Featured Reviews
Classic Cubs: A Tribute to the Men and Magic of Wrigley Field (2008) - Chris De Luca - John Hanley (Grade:A+)
Super-Detective Flip Book: Two Complete Novels (November 1940/March 1943) - "John" "Grange" (Grade:C)
The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won (2008) - Peter Navarro (Grade:B)
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008) - Rick Perlstein (Grade:B-)
The Truth about Syria (2007) - Barry Rubin (Grade:A)
The Russian Question at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) - Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn (Grade:B+)
Wall-E (2008) - Andrew Stanton (Grade:A+)
Brothers Judd Daily
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08/30/08:
John Gunther (1901-70), one of America's greatest journalists, was born in Chicago, IL on August 30, 1901. Read Orrin's review of Death Be Not Proud: A Memoir (1949)(Grade: A-)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was born in London, England on August 30, 1797. Read Orrin's review of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818)(Grade: A+)
John Locke (1632-1704) who was the pivotal figure in the development of democratic theory, was born in England on August 27, 1632.
Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker (1920-55) was born in Kansas City, KS on August 29, 1920. Dryfoos recommends Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) , was born in Hungary on August 27, 1865. Brothers Judd recommends her great novel The Scarlet Pimpernel
[Cecil Scott] C.S. Forester (1899-1966) was born on August 27, 1899. Read Orrin's review of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (1948) (Grade: A)
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-73), one of the worst men ever to become President of the United States, was born in Stonewall, TX on August 27, 1908. Read Robert Caro's awesome biography The Years of Lyndon Johnson
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was born on August 26, 1884. Read Orrin's review of the first Charlie Chan mystery, The House Without a Key (1925)(Grade: B)
Christopher Isherwood (1904-) was born in Cheshire, ENG on August 26, 1904.
Brian Moore (1921-99) was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 25, 1921. Read Orrin's reviews of Black Robe (1985)(Grade: B+) and The Statement (1996) (Grade: A)
Jean Rhys (1894) was born in Roseau, Dominica on August 24, 1894. Read Orrin's review of Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) was born in Belsano, PA on August 24, 1898.
A.S. Byatt (1936-) was born in Sheffield, ENG on August 24, 1936. Read Orrin's review of Possession: A Romance (1990)(Grade: A+)
Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) was born in London, ENG on August 24, 1872. Read Orrin's review of Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford Love Story (1911)(Grade: A)
Dorothy Parker, American short story writer/poet/critic and wit, Aug. 22, 1893 - 1967
Ray Bradbury (1920-) was bon in Waukegan, IL on August 22, 1920. Read Orrin's reviews of Fahrenheit 451 (1953) (Grade: A-) and Dandelion Wine (1957)(Grade: A+)
E. Annie Proulx (1935-) was born in Norwich, CT on August 22, 1935. Read Orrin's review of The Shipping News (1993)
Peter Weir (1944-) was born in Sydney, Australia on August 21, 1944. Read Orrin's review of The Truman Show.
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) was born in Brighton, ENG on August 21, 1872.
Isaac Hayes (1942-), the Black Moses of Soul, was born in Covington, TN on August 20, 1942. Brothers Judd especially recommends Live At The Sahara Tahoe.
