Book Review: The Self-Portrait: A Cultural History
Author James Hall’s book about selfies.
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Book Review: What Happens Next? Matters of Life and Death
The essays in Douglas Bauer’s latest collection were written after he flew from Boston back to Iowa to piece together his life after his mother died.
Book Review: The Shelf
A sense of gentle, tongue-in-cheek irony permeates Phyllis Rose’s book.
Book Review: Bark: Stories
Author Lorrie Moore’s stories capture the sorrows of middle age.
Book Review: Dr. Mütter’s Marvels
Author Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz writes about intrigue and innovation at the dawn of modern medicine.
Book Review: Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War
Journalist James Risen’s latest book is a scathing indictment of the fearmongering and profiteering that keeps the war on terror humming along a dozen years after 9/11.
Books: A Foolish Consistency
Santa Barbara-based journalist Andrea Weir Estrada talks to David Starkey about her debut novel.
John Cleese Comes to S.B.
The comedian/writer stops in town on tour for his just-released autobiography. So, Anyway ….
In Search of the Dark Watchers
Thomas Steinbeck and Benjamin Brode’s new book is part adventure, part legend, filled with illuminating sketches and lavish oil paintings flush with mystery, shadow, and light.
The Age of Sail: The Transatlantic Packet Ship Era
Author Robin Lloyd discusses his novel Rough Passage and gives a multimedia presentation of the history of New York packet ships.