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Bash Author: Mike Bartos BASH blasts with brash and avuncular humanity – it is so human you want to be one of the characters within it!  Only – not so much.  BASH is the Bay Area State Hospital for the criminally “insane.” A slice of Hiaasen, a drop of One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a touch of HOUSE, and yet – BASH cannot be defined by previous works and authors!  Uniquely and organically original, succulently tart, Bartos’ characters prism themselves in the setting of the violent and ... continue reading...

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 By William Manchester and Paul Reid This last in the great three volumes detailing Winston Churchill’s life and times was begun by his biographer, the great William Manchester.  As Manchester was dying and only started on this last of the trilogy of England’s Best, he asked Paul Reid to finish the manuscript.  And he has done a wonderful job. As Churchill assumes the prime ministry of England to face the demons of ... continue reading...

The Christmas Kid: And Other Brooklyn Stories Author: Pete Hamill   Hamill’s collection of stories set in 1930-1950 Brooklyn speak to nostalgia, loss and yearning.  The neighborhood borough characters live in the world of neighborhood, the local bars, the grocery stores, the young stick ball gangs of kids, the immigrants, the poor, the strange, the unique.  They exist before TV, cell phones, or digital technology and they are a tight community, keeping their secrets and lives ringing ... continue reading...