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With her latest, bestselling author and deified Fox News den mother Dana Perino delivers something of a surprise: a fiction debut that roams beyond the boundaries of her established safe space.
Find your next great graphic novel, retrospective, memoir, or manifesto in this all-over-the-place reading list, curated by our eclectically interested staff for your education and quiet-time entertainment.
With her latest, bestselling author and deified Fox News den mother Dana Perino delivers something of a surprise: a fiction debut that roams beyond the boundaries of her established safe space.
Author and Oklahoma native Tonya Little delivers a heartfelt tribute to a treasured Americana music scene with her engaging debut release, Dirt & Spirit:: A History of the Red Dirt Music Scene, Vol. 1.
Blake R. Bickham finds Lauren Coyle Rosen and Ani DiFranco’s conversations to be an intimate portrait of DiFranco’s real life, in The Spirit of Ani: Reflections on Spirituality, Feminism, Music and Freedom.
You might think Erin Gallagher’s Hype Women was birthed the moment Michelle Yeoh won the 2023 Golden Globe award for best actress, Jamie Lee Curtis the enraptured midwife, but the movement — and this book — have been gestating for a long, long time.
A collection of engaging interviews culled from the personal archives of Canadian radio host Shane Christopher Neal, the recently released After the Encore: Intimate Conversations with Music Legends is a page-turner for classic rock-crazed enthusiasts.
In her electrifying, just-released memoir, Eternally Electric, ’80s pop music icon Debbie Gibson shares her personal rollercoaster story with candor, wit, and humility. As longtime friend and music colleague Joey McIntyre maintains in his foreword, “You think you know (Deb), but you have no idea.”
Silent film historian Ben Model has created a fascinating guide to decoding the visual language of silent movies in The Silent Film Universe.
With her latest book, I Wish Someone Had Told Me: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful Life, bestselling author and FOX News poster girl Dana Perino, along with a massive all-star roster of contributors, delivers what Christopher Long calls an inspiring, entertaining, and highly recommended read.
Delivering all of the signature-style historical value that made their Killing… series a celebrated brand, Confronting the Presidents, the latest from Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard is, according to Christopher Long, recommended reading for teens and seasoned enthusiasts alike.
Hell on Wheels – Tour Stories: Remembered, Remixed, Remastered will make your liver shudder. Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Daniel Rachel gives us a comprehensive account of the 2 Tone Records label and the innovative ska bands who fueled the movement in Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation.
Possessing all the coziness of a gawk-worthy car crash, Permanent Damage, the salacious memoir from the notorious, outrageous “groupie” Miss Mercy Fontenot and celebrated pop culture journalist Lyndsey Parker, provides a surprise payoff.
With her latest book, I Used to Like You Until…, staunch (small l) libertarian and free speech poster girl, Kat Timpf proves that she just might be the much-needed cooling agent required to extinguish today’s super-charged sociopolitical dumpster fire.
With her newly-released memoir, Earth to Moon, actress, podcaster, and boutique tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa delivers much more than a nitty-gritty account of life as a member of one of music’s most iconic families.
Bring your loupe and spend some time poring over the maps that open Navola with Ian Koss.
Despite its prominent, pulsating “I Am Woman” drumbeat, Desperately Seeking Something, the debut memoir from celebrated filmmaker Susan Seidelman, is a wonderful and entertaining source of inspiration and encouragement for all readers.
Vintage Tattoo Flash collects the tear sheets of outlaw tattooist Jonathan Shaw in a rich two-volume collection.
How can you spice up your eight-headed alien story? Ian Koss recommends you add esoteric philosophical concepts and a gripping narrative.
How can you spice up your eight-headed alien story? Ian Koss recommends you add esoteric philosophical concepts and a gripping narrative.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.