New from BWLB: "Circuits" by Michael Brodsky

"Circuits," by Michael Brodsky (BWLB, $ 5.99)

This startling novel (originally published in 1991) is the concentrated peak of Brodsky’s dynamic and unique vision. With a shifting group of characters—Mazel Tov Jones, Neddie and Eddie, Vladimir and Mr. and Mrs. Stein, Brodsky . . .
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Books We Live by releases: "Stanley Kubrick: The Odysseys," by Fabrice Jaumont

Books We Live by announces the release of "Stanley Kubrick: The Odysseys," by Fabrice Jaumont (BWLB, $ 9.99, 140 pages)

April 2, 2018 was the 50th anniversary of a 1968 premiere in Washington, DC. of Stanley Kubrick's 2001:  . . . READ MORE HERE

New release from BWLB: "Relative Man" by Ionel Petroi and Ivanka Stoïanova

“Relative Man: the Music of Ionel Petroi,” by Ionel Petroi and Ivanka Stoïanova.

Born in Yugoslavia into an ethnic Romanian family, raised in Serbia, groomed in the Paris music circle before relocating to New York, if anything, provide a strong metaphor for Ionel Petroi’s “Musique Relative.” What came first the relative identity or the music? Is this latter the emanation of the former?

Author du Jour: Rob Dunn, "Never Out of Season"

“Never Out of Season: How Having the Food We Want When We Want it Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future,”
by Rob Dunn

(Little, Brown and Company, pp 348, $27.00)

The opening chapter of “Never Out of Season,” exposes the book premise flat out. It deals with the short history of the . . .

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Author du Jour: Jonathan White, "Tides"

“Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean,” by Jonathan White

(Trinity, pp 336, $28.00)

Something unexpected will happen upon reading the chapters of this captivating book. Your nostrils will feel the iodine-laden air as the winds break like waves upon the shores of your...

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Author du Jour: Fabrice Jaumont, "The Bilingual Revolution"

“The Bilingual Revolution,” by Fabrice Jaumont

(TBR Books, pp 210, $19.99)

This book is about education and the teaching of foreign language in the American school system . . . And this book is about community and the use of other languages within a specific social framework . . .

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