Category Archives: Non-fiction
United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) – Mickey Huff & Nolan Higdon, Foreword by Ralph Nader
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…commercial media are in the business of marketing the immediate and sensational and have no mandate to serve the public interest.” In fact, the media profited from Trump’s celebrity and candidacy, and continues to do so … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, History, Non-fiction
Tagged commericalism, Donald Trump, free press, media
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The Way We Work: On The Job in Hollywood – Bruce Ferber
(Reviewed by Don Jung) So, you want to succeed in the entertainment industry? Sorry, it’s not that easy or glamorous. This anthology written by various career movie and television people will dispel the myths on what the industry is really … Continue reading
Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged classic television, film, Hollywood, movies
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My Neighbour Osama Bin Laden – Yslar Tatuky
(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned What happens when one puts Osama bin Laden and Salman Rushdie at the same dinner table? Yslar Tatuky is such a person as he has grand, though idealistic, hopes for humanity in his novel, My … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Humor & Satire, Philosophical reads, Politics, Slavic Literature, World Issues, World Literature
Tagged Georgia, Marx, Osama bin Laden, philosophy, Salman Rushdie, Soviet Union
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Mr. Siegel Writes to Washington – Rich Siegel
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mr. Siegel sends a weekly letter to various Republican politicians on what they are doing wrong. This collection of letters to each Republican senator (including multiple ones to speaker McConnell) is filled with a satirical look … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, Humor & Satire, Non-fiction, Politics
Tagged Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Senate
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Secrets To Being Amazing: What confident people don’t do – Denise Wijayaratne
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Self- awareness is the first step to change, and to a better world.” “Find the good things you like about yourself and focus all your time on that. If somebody says something unpleasant about you, ask … Continue reading
Posted in Your Best Self
Tagged self-awareness, self-help
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Torn from the World: A Guerrilla’s Escape from a Secret Prison in Mexico – John Gibler
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “This word: disappeared. They have so many ways of erasing you, “of trying to make you doubt the truth of your own life.” After five days, after every two hours, after only having felt a world … Continue reading
Posted in History, World Issues
Tagged dissent, freedom fighters, guerrilla warfare, Mexico, poverty, sociology
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Golden Monkey- Lance Pototschnik
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Nathan was meant to be the last batch, to use the last of the family dough. All the remaining chocolate chips were dumped into him—he was large, muscular, handsome, and had a charming inexplicable southern drawl. … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Humor & Satire
Tagged humor, memoirs
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Rockin’ Through Troubled Waters: Memoir -Surviving the West Coast Music Scene 1966-1971 – Don Jung
(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Wow! I want to thank the author for this sentimental journey. I was only on page 15 when I had already downloaded two albums from iTunes. Be prepared to have a whole new perspective listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Non-fiction
Tagged 1960s, Doors, Janis Joplin, Los Angeles, rock music, Vietnam War
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Date Like a Woman – Kai Nicole
(Reviewed by Judy Deutsch ) Let me be upfront with you. I’m not the target audience for this book. I’m not a millennial. In fact, I’m quite a bit older than the author, Kai Nicole. I married young, found myself … Continue reading
Posted in How do I do that?, Your Best Self
Tagged dating, sex
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Constance: One Road to Take: The Life and Photography of Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914–2000) – Peter Elliott
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Constance is not so much of a biography but an attempt to put Constance Stuart Larrabee’s life into perspective using her photography. The attempt is to gain more of an understanding of her work, thus allowing … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs
Tagged biography
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