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- Books Published August 21, 2018
August 21, 2018
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Fans of Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now, and fine dining will enjoy this culinary, parodying romp. Inspired by his restaurant work experiences, David Julian Wightman reworks elements of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now into a... Read More
Van Why’s 9/11 is a heartfelt memoir of September 11th, 2001 that lends voice to the event’s survivors. Artie Van Why’s memoir 9/11 recounts his experiences as a witness to the September 11th, 2001 attacks and details the long,... Read More
In "Off the Rails", Burrowes recalls how she and her husband thought they were living a near-perfect life—until their fifteen-year-old daughter, Hannah, became addicted to opioids and her life spun out of control. Theirs is a nightmare... Read More
How quintessentially inspired that Lonely Planet’s 500-stop global gastronomy tour begins not with flashiness and flair, but by lauding what’s simple: “battered white asparagus, a tuna and anchovy tart or maybe mushrooms braised in... Read More
Learn about the life and times of the notorious boy king of Egypt and the mystery, scandal, and fortune that followed him to his final resting place in the Valley of the Kings. King Tut captured the imaginations of archeologists and... Read More
Davis has been through a great deal in his young life. He is a drug addict and, after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute, he has been sentenced to community service in the children’s cancer ward where he was once a... Read More
Inspiration. Elusive stuff. Find it where you can—ideally, not from a bottle. Robert Eastwood found it Dante’s Purgatorio, and went so far as to use the Italian master’s three-line stanzas. Consider us impressed. Twice a Pushcart... Read More