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DNO · Oct 27, 2012

davidraphael said:
Both books are important and worthwhile additions to anyone's bookshelf; they're not just for those who like graphic novels. In fact, I think Spiegelman received a Pulitzer for them.

Both Maus books are well worth buying and well worth reading. Graphic novels have never really appealed to me but the Maus books are the exception.

AmateisGal · Oct 27, 2012

David - Oh, man. The CMS is a beast, especially when they change the rules! It's made worse when I have to use AP style at my job and in some of my freelance writing for magazines.

I'll definitely have to check out the Maus books. Thanks for the review!

Story · Nov 7, 2012

This interview was originally broadcast on Sept. 26, 2012.

After the global financial crisis hit in 2008, Pulitzer Prize winner J.R. Moehringer was so angry at banks, he says, he decided to write about the people who rob them — in the form of fiction, since he's not an economist. "I thought it would be healthy to live vicariously through a bank robber at that moment that bankers were ruining the world," Moehringer tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. In his first historical novel, Sutton, Moehringer writes from the point of view of Willie Sutton, whom he calls the "greatest American bank robber."

http://www.npr.org/2012/10/30/163947259/sutton-americas-1920s-bank-robbing-robin-hood

Tomasso · Nov 8, 2012

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PADDY · Nov 8, 2012

Eleven kinds of Loneliness - Richard Yates

1961MJS · Nov 8, 2012

Hi

I'm reading a biography of Senator McCarthy. He was a driven man, but where to and why are kind of up for discussion. I'm to the part where he won his election as Senator from Wisconsin.

Later

Miss Golightly · Nov 8, 2012

Thank Heaven...by Leslie Caron

LocktownDog · Nov 10, 2012

In The Garden Of Beasts
- Erik Larson

Miss Golightly · Nov 11, 2012

Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen by Michael G. Ankerich

Feraud · Nov 16, 2012

I'm currently reading Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean. A well written bio of movie star Rin Tin Tin and his owner Lee Duncan. Rinty was found in a litter of 5 on a WWI battlefield. Duncan saved those pups and they gave him a purpose. An enjoyable read.

Touchofevil · Nov 17, 2012

World War Z by Max Brooks.

SHOWSOMECLASS · Nov 17, 2012

Trying to read the Bible (NWT) daily. James is my favorite book.

Derek Cavin · Nov 17, 2012

Three for the Money - Luke Short. Western. Its funny to see in the book that the men wear stetsons (not capitalized). Used book published and printed in 1970, cover price $.60.

Kirk H. · Nov 19, 2012

Just got through reading GANGSTER SQUAD. It is the book that the new movie is based on. It is a very good read if you are interested in that time period of LA from the late 1940's through the early 1960's.

Kirk H.

Tomasso · Nov 19, 2012

Feraud · Nov 19, 2012

Touchofevil said:
World War Z by Max Brooks.

Even with the great reviews I hesitated reading this. I didn't think zombie lit would be up my alley. World War Z was a fantastic read!
It's a shame the upcoming movie looks absolutely horrible..

fashion frank · Nov 20, 2012

Started reading a book about Mary Astor star of silent screen and "talkie's", she is talking about how exciting it was to be kissed by Douglas Fairbanks ,very interesting .

All the Best , Fashion Frank

Touchofevil · Nov 20, 2012

Feraud said:
Even with the great reviews I hesitated reading this. I didn't think zombie lit would be up my alley. World War Z was a fantastic read!
It's a shame the upcoming movie looks absolutely horrible..

I too never thought that I would be in to the zombie genre, but I have found that I enjoy this vein of appocalyptic reading much more than I would have thought. I was introduced to this world when I stumbled upon Dave Wellington's zombie trilogy which led me to authors J.L. Bourne, Jonathan Stowers, Max Brooks and a few others.

davidraphael · Nov 21, 2012

Two graphic novels:

"Alice in Sunderland"
A historical account of 19th C Sunderland and Lewis Carroll's time spent there, with a lot of (almost overwhelmingly so) diverse cultural and historical information. It was been called "the greatest graphic novel ever written"

"Marvel 1602"
The Marvel universe transposed to the (historically accurate) Elizabethan period.

Derek Cavin · Nov 22, 2012

Homeland - book one of the Dark Elf Trilogy.

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