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Words and language, served with laughter
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson DAMN ENGLISH! By Gary Sherbell. Black Rose Writing. 131 pages. $15.95, paperback. If you are a writing and word nerd, or if clever humor and good laughs would lift your spirits, you’ll probably enjoy spending time with Gary Sherbell’s new book, Damn English! Sherbell, a New Yorker who has also…
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Telling the future who you were
This book particularly resonates with Paul O’Connor because it applies to a project he’s been involved in for quite a while, but, he says, this useful guide has a message for all of us. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor THE BOX OF LIFE: A GUIDE TO LIVING LIFE WITH PURPOSE AND PRESERVING WHAT MATTERS MOST.…
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Apple’s predicament, detailed
Paul O’Connor has long been a fan of Apple computers and other products, but a book about how Apple is in thrall to China has given him much to consider. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor APPLE IN CHINA: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company. By Patrick McGee. Scribner. 448 pages. $32. Also in audiobook…
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Murder most foul – yet again – in that Scottish village
I’ve enjoyed many of the books in the Hamish Macbeth series, and now that Bob Moyer has let me know about this latest, I will be looking for it. I have two questions: What would I do without Bob? and How does he get hold of these books before I do? Reviewed by Robert P.…
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One corpse after another
Are you a fan of Alex Delaware books? Bob Moyer is, and he’s just read No. 40 in the series. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer OPEN SEASON. By Jonathan Kellerman. Penguin Random House. 273 pages. $30. Possible to probable to resolution. That’s how most mysteries proceed, from the moment the crime comes to the attention…
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A detective in island exile
Michael Connelly introduces a new detective, and reviewer Bob Moyer is on the case. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer NIGHTSHADE. By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. 241 pages. $30. He’s not like Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly”s hard-boiled, hard-bitten ex-LAPD detective, who drives an old jeep around, drives women away and lives on a downtown hillside. Los…
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More murder and mystery in the desert Southwest
Bob Moyer and I are both loyal fans of the late Tony Hillerman and his mysteries featuring the Navajo Nation Police. I have read one or two of the mysteries added to the series since Hillerman’s daughter Anne since her father died, but Bob beat me to this latest one. I will have to catch…
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A murder mystery with much to discover
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson DETECTIVE AUNTY. By Uzma Jalaluddin. Harper Perennial. 324 pages. $17.99, trade paperback original. Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut murder mystery is both familiar and different, a well plotted and well written whodunit that should appeal both to mystery fans and to readers who have enjoyed Jalaluddin’s earlier novels, which are generally considered…
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A patriot’s story, well told
Paul O’Connor tells us of a new book about an old story, one we’ve probably heard many times before. But, as he discovered, there’s more to the story than the famous poem tells us. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor THE RIDE: PAUL REVERE AND THE NIGHT THAT SAVED AMERICA. By Kostya Kennedy. St. Martin’s Press…
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Speaking truth to corrupt, incompetent power
Paul O’Connor, longtime newspaper journalist and something of a world traveler, reviews a memoir by a courageous man who died an early death last year after having been a relentless critic of the Putin regime in Russia. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor PATRIOT: A MEMOIR. By Alexei Navalny. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. 496 pages. $35, hardcover.…