Willem Marx, Book Reviewer

Book Review

Bandwidth

by Willem Marx

The insider’s history "Bandwidth" filters the meteoric rise, fall, and resurgence of fiber-optic telecommunication companies through the lenses of industry leaders. Part memoir, part technology history, Dan Caruso’s "Bandwidth" is... Read More

Book Review

Sunken Lands

by Willem Marx

An interdisciplinary history of flooding and flood stories, Gareth E. Rees’s book "Sunken Lands" explores the eerie legacy of climate change in humanity’s past. Weaving the oracular, poetic, and horrifying together in tales of... Read More

Book Review

Toi Te Mana

by Willem Marx

"Toi Te Mana" is a definitive survey of Māori art written by three Māori scholars and artists—Deidre Brown, Ngarino Ellis, and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki. The assumption of art history—that an artwork is more than a beautiful object;... Read More

Book Review

Zeke Borshellac

by Willem Marx

Overflowing with tall tales and slapstick humor, "Zeke Borshellac" traces a hapless adventurer’s coming-of-age. In James Damis’s madcap bildungsroman "Zeke Borshellac", an idealistic young man has fantastical experiences as he seeks... Read More

Book Review

Civic Minded

by Willem Marx

A commonsense guide to what the United States government actually does, Jeff Fleischer’s "Civic Minded" demystifies subjects at the heart of contemporary political discourse and creates a groundwork of facts for everyday citizens.... Read More

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