by Site Owner | May 8, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Self-Help
It Could Happen to You By John Robert Marlow St. Matin’s Griffin, $15.99, 308 pages While John Robert Marlow, author of Make Your Story a Movie, makes it clear that strong film industry connections are needed to give you that leading edge (to...
by Site Owner | Apr 20, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), History
Elephants Never Forget By Susan Nance The Johns Hopkins University Press, $55.00, 294 pages As if serving as a press release for the 2013 publication of the book Entertaining Elephants by Susan Nance, a news item recently appeared in papers across the...
by michaeld | Nov 23, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Dance
The Real World of the Ballerina By Deirdre Kelly Greystone Books 27.95 244 pages While fans of the ballet can now experience more of the life of a dancer through reality TV shows such as Breaking Pointe, never could one imagine the brutal beginnings and...
by michaeld | Oct 5, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Relationships & Sex
Not So Dirty Minds by Kayt Sukel Free Press, $25.00, 270 pages Kayt Sukel writes with humor (quips such as “performance anxiety, fMRI style”) and a definite scientific approach in her new book, Dirty Minds: How Our Brains Influence Love, Sex, and Relationships....
by Site Owner | May 14, 2012 | Self-Help
By Michael J. Gelb and Kelly Howell New World Library, $14.95, 230 pages Who would have thought that simply standing with our bare feet touching the earth, daily for half an hour, could have such a healing power over our bodies and minds? Or that it is ok to be silly...