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Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of...

Hooker: An Authentic Wrestler’s Adventures Inside the Bizarre World of Professional Wrestling Review by Greg Kessler When I was but a tike, my mother had the damnedest time dragging us to her church....

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My Misspent Youth

My Misspent Youth Meghan Daum Review by Bonnie Spinola I was unfamiliar with Meghan Daum’s work before I stumbled across this collection of her articles and essays from the likes of The New Yorker and...

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If Chins Could Kill Confessions of a B Movie Actor

If Chins Could Kill Confessions of a B Movie Actor Bruce Campbell St. Martin’s Press Review by Rick Hecke I took up a lot of space with our high adventure at the book signing so I’ll keep this review a...

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Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes Pierre Boulle Review by Greg Kessler Recently Ballantine published a new edition of Pierre Boulle’s Planet of the Apes to coincide with the release of Tim Burton’s afterbirth of a...

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Shopgirl: A Novella

Shopgirl: A Novella Steve Martin Review by Jim Harper A light, but intense read, Steve Martin’s latest journey into fiction delivers a very interesting look at relationship woes, human metamorphoses,...

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Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1

Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns Book 1 Kevin J. Anderson Review by Jim Bone Fairly or not, there is a stigma attached to most writers who do work-for-hire. Some overcome this and become...

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Foley Is Good And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling

Foley Is Good And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling Mick Foley Review by Rick Hecke Foley is funny. Foley is sensitive. Foley is professional. Foley is insightful. Foley is a family man. He’s also...

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Fast Food Nation

Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser Review by Matt Reedy I don’t know about you, but I love eating fast food. McDonalds, Taco Bell, Papa John’s, you name it, I’ll eat it. It’s almost akin to cigarette...

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The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean By Jim Harper I was originally drawn to Susan Orlean’s new book when I heard it contained a story on the Wiggin sisters from Fremont, New Hampshire who...

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Justine

Justine Marquis de Sade By Greg Kessler Everywhere you look these days someone is claiming that the world is going to hell in a hand basket. Civilization is declining and becoming cheap and tawdry....

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