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Film School: The True Story of a Midwestern Family Man Who Went to the World’s Most Famous Film School by Steve Boman

On February 3, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In this comic and moving and completely true tale, Film School reveals what life is like at the elite school that trained Hollywood’s biggest names. This story of challenge and triumph—and what it takes to make it in the world’s most famous film school—is a must-read for anyone aspiring to become a Hollywood great or anyone just looking for a good story.

How to Be Black – The Ideas Of Blackness by Baratunde Thurston

On February 2, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The result is a humorous, intelligent, and audacious guide that challenges and satirizes the so-called experts, purists, and racists who purport to speak for all black people. With honest storytelling and biting wit, Baratunde plots a path not just to blackness, but one open to anyone interested in simply “how to be.”

All the Missing Souls: A Personal History of the War Crimes Tribunals (Human Rights and Crimes Against Humanity) by David Scheffer

On January 29, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, History, Law, Nonfiction, Recommended Reviews, by Wilfried F. Voss

Scheffer reveals the truth behind Washington’s failures during the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, the anemic hunt for notorious war criminals, how American exceptionalism undercut his diplomacy, and the perilous quests for accountability in Kosovo and Cambodia.

The Fry Chronicles – A Charming Memoir by Stephen Fry

On January 26, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Spanning 1979-1987, “The Fry Chronicles” charts Stephen’s arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. “Heartbreaking, a delight, a lovely, comfy book”. (“The Times”). “Perfect prose and excruciating honesty. A grand reminiscence of college and theatre and comedyland in the 1980s, with tone-perfect anecdotes and genuine readerly excitement.

The Last Holiday: A Posthumous Memoir by Gil Scott Heron

On January 10, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

This posthumous publication of The Last Holiday is a fitting testament to the career and achievements of Gil Scott-Heron. But it is also a heartfelt and highly personal account of his growing up in the South, a touching portrait of Stevie Wonder, and a compelling narrative vehicle for Scott-Heron’s keen insights into the music industry, the civil rights movement, modern America, governmental hypocrisy, and our wider place in the world.

Anatomy of a Kidnapping: A Doctor’s Story by Steven L. Berk

On January 8, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Social Studies, by Wilfried F. Voss

In March 2005, Dr. Steven Berk was kidnapped in Amarillo, Texas, by a dangerous and enigmatic criminal who entered his home, armed with a shotgun, through an open garage door. Dr. Berk’s experiences and training as a physician, especially his understanding of Sir William Osler’s treatise on aequanimitas, enabled him to keep his family safe, establish rapport with his kidnapper, and bring his captor to justice.

Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats by Roger Rosenblatt

On January 7, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, Religious Studies, Social Studies, by Wilfried F. Voss

In Making Toast, Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year-old daughter, Amy. Now, in Kayak Morning, he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. “Everybody grieves,” he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of art that addresses the universal experience of loss.

Learning to Live Out Loud: A Memoir by Piper Laurie

On December 31, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

This memoir is the inspiring tale of Piper’s perseverance to break from tradition and to practice her craft at the highest level. She started life as a withdrawn, mute child who couldn’t find her voice and was transformed into a woman who learned to live out loud by her own rules.

Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir By Legendary Art Lecturer Rosamond Bernier

On December 31, 2011, in Art & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In Some of My Lives, Bernier has made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from diary entries to her many contributions to the art journal L’OEIL, which she cofounded in 1955. The result is a multifaceted self-portrait of a life informed and surrounded by the arts.

One Day It’ll All Make Sense – A Memoir by Common and Adam Bradley

On December 25, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Common holds nothing back. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies.