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12 fascinating things about Judy Garland

There’s a lot we don’t know about Judy Garland since she never wrote an autobiography, but Judy Garland on Judy Garland; Interviews and Encounters, edited by Randy L. Schmidt (Chicago Review Press, 2014) is the closest we’ll ever get to a Garland memoir. It’s a collection of terrific articles about…

Cathy PerlmutterNovember 13, 2014

Nonfiction

Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More: Just as good the second time

Plenty More is here, and there is plenty to love in it. Few cookbooks have been so ardently anticipated as this follow-up volume to Yotam Ottolenghi’s 2011 sensation, Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London’s Ottolenghi (Chronicle). To cut to the chase, the new volume, this one subtitled Vibrant Vegetable Cooking…

Karen BermanNovember 7, 2014

Nonfiction

Hearing the Voice of the Woman Behind the Veil

By Bina Shah If you go to a bookstore, chances are you'll see a lot of veiled women looking at you. They gaze mysteriously at you from behind veils covering their faces, revealing only large, dark, kohl-lined eyes. Their veils may be black, or they may be coloured and decorated…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 3, 2014

Nonfiction

Imagine if they had cable news: The raucos political election of 1844 — WIN a copy

As this year’s mid-term elections approach, the modern political zeitgeist tells us that America is more fractured today than it has ever been; that the rift between left and right is a chasm that can’t be breached. But a new book by author and journalist John Bicknell shows us that…

Michael RuscoeNovember 1, 2014

Nonfiction

Unbelievable eye-popping sculptures — WIN: Pumpkins by Ray Villafane

For most of us, carving pumpkins consists of primary shapes and trying not to cut our fingers off. But for Villafane Studios, pumpkin carving is truly an art form. For the past eight years they’ve been turning pumpkins into celebrity portraits, eye-popping tableaux, and 3D masterpieces that have earned them…

Rachel CarterOctober 31, 2014

Nonfiction

WIN: Mysteries of the Unknown. The creepy, the kooky, the mysterious and spooky

What really happened to Amelia Earhart? Is the Kennedy family truly cursed? Do the spirits of the dead haunt a house in Amityville, Long Island? And why did it take the Boston Red Sox 86 years to win a World Series after selling Babe Ruth to the hated rival New…

Michael RuscoeOctober 26, 2014

Nonfiction

WIN: Bring Your Lunch. It’s packed with tasty tips for better eating

Every summer as I was growing up, my family would take road trips. To save money and time, my parents would pack a cooler, and we would stop for lunch “along the road.” In spite of the variety of sandwiches that might include homemade ham salad, or a loaf of…

Ann NordlandOctober 20, 2014

Nonfiction

How fish sauce traveled the world and became ketchup in The Language of Food

It took a while for academia to acknowledge the role food of in history. In his 2003 memoir, The Apprentice, Jacques Pépin tells of the long-ago Columbia University professor who forbade him to focus on the history of French food when the then-young chef was studying for his Ph.D. (Yes,…

Karen BermanOctober 17, 2014

Nonfiction

Defining her destiny in the face of domestic violence

Domestic violence still happens far too often. Despite national attention, it happens in homes every day in every state in our country. One out of every four women will experience domestic violence during their lifetime. I am one of those women. My story of abuse began at age 19. It…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 16, 2014

Nonfiction

Women writers and illustrators soar to new heights in the comic book industry

So the Mighty Thor—at least on the printed page—is now a woman. Rarely has a gender-bend made as many headlines as this one, with both fans and non-fans alike weighing in with thoughts and opinions on the new Goddess of Thunder. But as a new heroine picks up Thor’s hammer…

Michael RuscoeOctober 11, 2014

Nonfiction

From city dweller to Vermonter: Mud Season’s Ellen Stimson on love, humor and Good Grief

After a family vacation to Vermont, Ellen Stimson and her family did what most of us only dream about – they packed up their lives and moved to the mountains, fantasizing about small town life, green trees and chicken coops. They certainly got the trees and the chicken coops, but…

Rachel CarterOctober 6, 2014

Nonfiction

What you need to know before you turn up your nose at the thought of drinking vinegar

With the cool autumn nights here, backyard barbeques and pool parties make way for indoor dinner parties and haunted hayrides. And we all know that no social gathering is complete without liquid refreshment. Instead of falling back on the safe choices, like beer, wine or if you are West Indian,…

Mea StewartOctober 2, 2014

Nonfiction

Tom Maxwell remembers “Hell” with the Squirrel Nut Zippers in his new memoir

Tom Maxwell rose to fame writing and playing for the interestingly named band, Squirrel Nut Zippers. With his help, the band’s hit “Hell” rocketed them to new heights, bringing their retro-swing sound to big stages in venues such as Los Angeles and Europe. Fast forward almost 20 years, and Maxwell…

Stephen J. GrantOctober 2, 2014

Nonfiction

The forgotten hero who helped save England in World War II

Harry Hopkins entered my life in my final year at St. Andrews University in Scotland when my tutor, who was from Texas, wanted me to assess the reputation of a man who had fallen “through a trapdoor in history.” I had never heard of Harry Hopkins before and nor, as…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 1, 2014

Nonfiction

50 years after the Warren Commission Report, a graphic novel sheds fresh light

Fifty years ago this week, the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy—better known as the Warren Commission—released its official finding: an 889-page report asserting that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby similarly acted alone in killing Oswald, who was…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 27, 2014

Nonfiction

Style that knows no age: Ari Seth Cohen on the muses of Advanced Style

Walking down the street in New York City is always a unique experience. The clichés are true—it really is a melting pot of culture, fashion, and age. But for Ari Seth Cohen, founder of the popular blog Advanced Style, it’s also his workplace. Cohen spends his days photographing the unique…

Rachel CarterSeptember 26, 2014

12 fascinating things about Judy Garland

Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More: Just as good the second time

Hearing the Voice of the Woman Behind the Veil

Unbelievable eye-popping sculptures — WIN: Pumpkins by Ray Villafane

WIN: Mysteries of the Unknown. The creepy, the kooky, the mysterious and spooky

WIN: Bring Your Lunch. It’s packed with tasty tips for better eating

How fish sauce traveled the world and became ketchup in The Language of Food

Defining her destiny in the face of domestic violence

Women writers and illustrators soar to new heights in the comic book industry

From city dweller to Vermonter: Mud Season’s Ellen Stimson on love, humor and Good Grief

What you need to know before you turn up your nose at the thought of drinking vinegar

Tom Maxwell remembers “Hell” with the Squirrel Nut Zippers in his new memoir

The forgotten hero who helped save England in World War II

50 years after the Warren Commission Report, a graphic novel sheds fresh light

Style that knows no age: Ari Seth Cohen on the muses of Advanced Style

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