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Book Reviews: Elegy for Eddie

Elegy for Eddie Author: Jacqueline Winspear Like M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin, Jacqueline Winspear’s Maisie Dobbs tantalizes. The commonality is this – you can’t get enough of them! And the resemblance ends there. Agatha Raisin is a self made, antagonistic, narcissistic but smart man addicted pug-like investigator. Daisie Dobbs is also a self made investigator of murder; and she sports elegance, courtesy, intelligence and is generous to all. Both authors keep us coming back for more, for ... continue reading...

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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...

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Book Reviews: The Christmas Kid

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...

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DVD Reviews: Crooked Arrows

Crooked Arrows Sports films, hells yes, bring it on. It’s really hard not to get wrapped up in sports films. Underdog stories about sports really get me going, I love cheering for the underdog and by the end of the feature I’m usually yelling at the screen. Maybe this is because my father and I used to watch Rocky all the time. I’ve never played lacrosse so I doubted how much I was going to like Crooked Arrows. But first a Synopsis! A mixed-blood Native American, Joe Logan, ... continue reading...

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DVD Reviews: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Ever wondered what the cue to get into heaven at St. Peter's Gates is going to look like? Then you should have seen theaters for this flick. Like the line for entry to heaven, there was regretfully the odd young person in the audience, no doubt terrified at the prospect of leaving their life behind to sit with all the oldies for what might seem like eternity. So this is a movie aiming at a very different demographic than the usual teenage-targeted Hollywood fare and it is a refreshing and ... continue reading...