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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Pat Buchanan’s New Book Argues The Second World War Was Unnecessary
Adam Kirsch writes for the NY Sun: Churchill, of course, was the one British statesman who recognized that a Europe dominated by Hitler could never be at peace, and who never wavered from the consequences of this insight. Here lies … Continue reading
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Tagged adam kirsch, british statesman, communist tyranny, dr martin luther, immigration restriction, japanese alliance, military strategist, mr buchanan, pat buchanan, patrick buchanan, treaty of versailles, winston churchill
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There’s A Giant Book Expo In Town
And nobody has invited me to a party. I have no pull. Whatever happened to the power of Luke Ford? I guess I gave it all up for HaShem. I went in 1999. It seemed boring. I walked around. Big … Continue reading
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Tagged angel city press, book expo, bookexpo america, california artists, david kipen, edgar award, giant book, hashem, intimate history, joe queenan, kevin roderick, keynote speaker, local publishers, luke ford, michael connelly, new york stinks, publishers weekly, raw egg, red carpet, thomas l friedman
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1001 Books To Read Before You Die
William Grimes writes: An odd book fell into my hands recently, a doorstopper with the irresistible title “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.” It suggests that you, the supposedly educated reader, might have read half the list at … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon men, anthony powell, british publishers, dance to the music, demerit, doorstopper, eternal gratitude, great novels, man booker prize, mandatory reading, odd book, paul auster, prejudices, reading list, rsquo, russian version, stage magazine, sussex university, william grimes, world war ii
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Book Clubs Are For Girls
In theory, I should be hot for book clubs. I typically read several books a week. I love discussing books with smart people. I love to bond with people over books. Yet I’ve never enjoyed a book club. I rarely … Continue reading
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Tagged blowhard, book clubs, chicks, conservative synagogues, Dennis Prager, drivel, equality, girls, hierarchy, insights, jane austen, jane austen book, own horn, parsha, profound insight, retards, thoughts and feelings, toot, torah classes, torah portion
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Book Review: The Producers: Profiles in Frustration
Here’s a recent blog post: SEATTLE, Washington – In case you’ve wondered what it is that a television or movie producer does – you can read The Producers and still not be quite sure what they do. Author Luke Ford … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, don phillips, ford claims, grad school, jewish town, lee strasberg, luke ford, man from elysian fields, mankiewicz, netflix queue, orthodox judaism, porn gossip, quot, scuttlebutt, seattle washington, shul, sidney lumet, sordid lives, sydney lumet, trees lounge
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I’m A Sensual Semite
Menahem Wecker reviews a new book called Jews & Sex: Abrams opens his own study of the ways people have responded to Jewish involvement in pornography by critiquing Luke Ford, “a self-styled adult industry gossip-monger.” Abrams argues that Ford, who … Continue reading
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Tagged adult industry, anti semites, critiquing, dirty industries, gossip monger, industry gossip, jewish education, jewish identity, jewish involvement, jewish population, luke ford, moral leader, porn industry, porn sites, religious terms, rsquo, secular jews, semite, subheading, wecker
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‘Sacred Secrets: The Sanctity of Sex in Jewish Law’ by Gershon Winkler
Nobody has ever translated Rabbi Jacob Emden‘s memoir into English because it is so raunchy. It’s time somebody breaks this boundary. A reader posts to Amazon.com: This mischevious little book gathers excerpts from all over the Jewish legal codes on … Continue reading
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Tagged 20b, amazon, dissenting opinion, emden, jewel in the crown, jewish law, maimonides, mikveh, nachmanides, par excellence, perogative, rabbi jacob, Rabbis, sacred secrets, sanctity of sex, sexual position, sifting through, stirring the pot, traditional interpretation, unmarried woman
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‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’
The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading
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Tagged 300s, bad character, coward, enemies, excuse, girlfriend, girlfriends, girls, Google, Journey, literary men, mdash, nemeses, new novel, New York Times, rsquo, senses, shallowness, talia, young man
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Investigating Sex Research
The New York Times reports: BONK The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex By Mary Roach Illustrated. 319 pp. W.W. Norton & Company. $24.95. Related ‘Bonk,’ by Mary Roach: Sexual Advances (March 30, 2008) Janet Maslin writes: Readers of Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged amp company, clinical interest, guinea pig, introductory chapter, investigating sex, janet maslin, mary roach, moonlights, proclivities, rhetorical question, rsquo, sex research, sex researchers, sexual advances, sicko, stage of life, vaginal fluids, wisecrack, word title, york times reports
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‘Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times’
I love this new book by Dennis McDougal and not just because I get a mention in the thank-you section. Publishers Weekly says: Taking on not just a legendary subject, but a legendarily private subject-refusing biographers and TV personalities, Nicholson … Continue reading
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