Calling all otaku! If you adore anime, manga, or Japanese culture in general, you will love learning how to Cook Anime. Wow, the author has spent some quality time watching anime! Each recipe is based on a single show episode. However, there is list of other anime where the foodContinue Reading
An interesting, though somewhat disorganized, look into the world’s illegal drug culture. Dopeworld is the author’s personal experience with being a drug dealer in England. It is also a worldwide history of the gangs who profited by transporting and selling drugs for the last 50 years. Finally, the author interviewsContinue Reading
The title, 27 Essential Principles of Story, basically explains what the book is about. It looks closely at plot, character, setting, dialogue, and theme. The book uses a simple system. First, a brief description of the principle. Then, a detailed explanation of how the principle works. Next, an example fromContinue Reading
“January 10. Got up. Went to Twickenham. Rehearsed until lunchtime. Left The Beatles. Went home.”—George Harrison’s diary of the first split up of The Beatles in 1969 from And in the End, a book about the band’s breakup. Was it really Yoko who split up The Beatles? Well, she certainlyContinue Reading
With an in-depth look at thirty cities worldwide, the World’s Greatest Cities is the perfect coffee table or waiting room read. From New York City to Istanbul, many of civilization’s best cities are highlighted. Each city’s section contains a two-page iconic full-color photograph title page. In the following two pages,Continue Reading
With eighteen man-made and twelve natural wonders, this coffee table book really does include the World’s Greatest Wonders. From the familar like the Taj Mahal to the more obscure like Petra, many of the World’s Greatest Wonders are shown and described here. There a few glaring omissions like there areContinue Reading
Remain in Love is an extremely detailed memoir, almost an autobiography of the drummer for Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club. Beginning at the beginning, the book starts with the author’s birth. Then it backtracks to his parent’s meeting for the first time. In fact, it takes quite awhileContinue Reading
“Everybody at work is your ‘customer’ now. And you are theirs. Up, down, sideways, and diagonal. That’s because collaboration is the latest revolution sweeping across the workplace.” That’s why every employee needs to know The Art of Being Indispensable at Work. So how do you become indispensable? Stop being aContinue Reading
You will enjoy Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood best if you are a fan of RuPaul’s Drag Race and like parody. Or am I being redundant? Anyway, you also need a strong knowledge of pop culture. Take this test: “I believe it was the great prophet Britney JeanContinue Reading
Craigslist Confessional has been an ad, a blog, even a newspaper column, and now it’s a book. Every story answers the question, “Tell me about yourself.” What secret would you tell if you could speak with complete anonymity and without stigma? The forty stories here tell tales of love, regret,Continue Reading
Let Them Eat Tweets is an intentionally political divisive book. I am only concerned because the non-rich Republican voter who needs to read the facts within the book will skip it based on the title or quickly judge it as fake news. Essentially, the book is preaching to its own,Continue Reading
Keto or cutting down on carbs or gluten? Craving a sweet blueberry muffin, a savory pepperoni pizza or lasagna but not the carbs they typically have? Then, the Sweet and Savory Keto Chaffles cookbook is for you. These are not your grandma’s waffles. They emulate many of the flavors missingContinue Reading
Why is Harry Potter such an icon of children’s literature? Because the characters, at least at the beginning, are such fun! Who wouldn’t want to discover there is a secret underlying all reality and that you are a famous part of it? Now that all the movies are available toContinue Reading
Sharing a House with the Never-ending Man is an intriguing behind-the-scenes look at a Japanese company from an American’s perspective. It is not about the personalities at Studio Ghibli or where Miyazaki gets his ideas for the movies. It is interesting to see cultural differences explained so clearly. I alsoContinue Reading
A Cult Musician is someone that has an eclectic artist point-of-view or who likes to perform in new or multiple genres of music. The fifty musicians explored go from Yoko Ono to Bobbie Gentry to Sun Ra. The one thing they have in common is great, sometimes greatly overlooked, musicality.Continue Reading
Burn-In is a new type of tale. It’s almost like a future docudrama. It combines a fictional story with existing technology in new and exciting ways. Special Agent Lara Keegan finds a terrorist hidden in plain sight. As a “reward”, she is given a Tactical Autonomous Mobility System robot, orContinue Reading