Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond by Michael Lindsay-Hogg is a refreshing and amusing book in which the author talks about his lifelong haunts with honesty. The author might or might not be the son of Orson Welles, an imposing figure which comes and goes through-out Mr. Lindsay-Hogg’s life in a way which makes him seem both benevolent and detached....
Dorian’s wish fulfilled, he stays young, but the portrait begins to transform into the image of his soul. Dorian Gray becomes a monster underneath his skin....
Today is the anniversary of Alfred, Lord Tennyson publishing his poem The Charge of the Light Brigade (read poem). The poem commemorates are the actions of British soldiers during the Battle of Balaklava, in the Crimea....
The author was also having fun, in the middle is a two-act play called And the Sun Stood Still which captures the interaction between Copernicus and a student...
A well written and sweeping book which touches many subjects and ties them all together in a humane sense rather than the meticulous books we read about history...
Welcome to the December 4, 2011 edition of book review blog carnival. Book Reviews Zohar presents Thoughts on: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami posted at Man of la Book. Zohar presents Thoughts on: The Family Affair by Leon H. Gildin posted at Man of la Book. Sarah Ahmad presents Frankenstein posted at The Book Nook. Zohar presents Thoughts on: The Emperor of Lies by Steve Sem-Sandberg posted at Man of la Book. Books Raphael presents Great Ameri...
Leon H. Gildin wrote The Polski Affair (my thoughts) and its sequel The Family Affair (my thoughts). Both books were very interesting...
Tomorrow is the birthday of famed Polish author Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 – August 3, 1924). Reading Conrad’s work one could see his development of an author from adventure stories to sophisticated works....
Google has announced that they will no longer support Google Friends Connect (GFC) on non-blogger blogs such as ManOfLaBook.com. That is too bad, I found GFC to be a useful application working in connection with my Google Reader. If you do follow with GFC you can sign up to follow ManOfLaBook.com via email (link on the right), RSS Feed, Networked Blogs (link on the right) or Google+. So tell me, will you miss GFC? Zohar – Man of...
Author Yona Zeldis McDonough (webÂsite) wrote The Cats in the Doll Shop (my thoughts) which not only did I like, but my daughter (who is turning 7 today) liked as well. My daughter had some questions for Ms. McDonough and here is the best Author Q&A ever – that of a proud father. Q.Why did you put cats in the book? A. Many years ago, my husband and used to watch the comings and goings of a stray, pregnant cat outside the b...
