by Howard Leighton | Jun 2, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
After a PhD in social psychology and a JD in law, J. W. Freiberg has practiced as an attorney with a significant focus of cases involving social/psychological issues and the law for over 30 years. This book is the presentation of the legal cases from his career and...
by Dick Weissman | Apr 20, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
Rhodes has concocted an unusual format for this memoir, which is also in development as a feature film. The chapters are titled as “Tracks,” as one would find on a record album. Each track includes an introductory page that references a specific performance of a piano...
by Axie Barclay | Apr 6, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Body, Mind & Spirit, Sponsored
Riding the Light Beam: How Any Woman Can Find the Hero Inside is a book of questions and reflections posed by author Cathrine Silver in her quest to aid others as they too wrestle with their own life’s journey. She describes many moments for her life that precipitated...
by Whitney Smyth | Apr 3, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Sponsored, True Crime
Dan “Tito” Davis has lived the kind of life that is often only seen in film. Raised by parents deeply affected by the Great Depression, Davis gains an appreciation for finer things at a young, impressionable age after enjoying the staggering income...
by Megan McIntyre | Mar 29, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Mathematics, Science & Technology
Joel N. Shurkin has created a thorough narrative of the life and impact of Richard Garwin, a pivotal physicist of modern life. This biography captures great detail in terms of world events, thinking, competing ideas, and changing cultures during most of the 20th...
by Dick Weissman | Mar 14, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Music
Although this is a slim 95-page book, it is essential reading for anyone who cares to explore the roots of the DIY (do it yourself) movement in music. The author sketches the odyssey of the town, which he describes as a rust belt remnant with high unemployment, and a...