by michaeld | Feb 16, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography
Savvy, Complex Read – Well Worth the Reader’s Diligence and Time By Andre Dombrowski University of California Press, 60.00, 310 pages “The viewer has intruded upon a scene she never wished to see. There is nothing but a bleak bedroom with a...
by michaeld | Dec 28, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks
Historic Account of Tuna Fishing in America By Andrew F. Smith University of California Press 34.95 242 pages Based on exhaustive, primarily literature research, American Tuna is a reference book for libraries but also for those interested in the...
by Site Owner | Jun 14, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Cooking, Food & Drinks
By Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim University of California Press, $29.95, 303 pages Reviewing Why Calories Count is a bit tricky. Is this a book for those in need of eating fewer calories, or is this a textbook? The layout of the book is like a textbook written for...
by Site Owner | Apr 5, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs, Film, TV & Theater
By Emily Leider University of California Press, $34.95, 411 pages No scandal has ever been attached to the perfect wife of the Silver Screen, which is perhaps why no one has written about her….until now. In Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood, author Emily W....
by Site Owner | Apr 3, 2012 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Biographies & Memoirs
By Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Mim Eichler Rivas University of California Press, $27.50, 317 pages Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa sums it all up simply, “my less-than-conventional journey, the story of a little boy from Mexico who had been encouraged to be the architect of his...