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Collaborate or Perish!: Reaching Across Boundaries in a Networked World by William Bratton And Zachary Tumin

On January 27, 2012, in Book Reviews, Business & Investing, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In Collaborate or Perish! former Los Angeles police chief and New York police commissioner William Bratton and Harvard Kennedy School’s Zachary Tumin lay out a field-tested playbook for collaborating across the boundaries of our networked world.

The Street Sweeper – A Novel Of Life In Immigrant America by Elliot Perlman

On January 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

The acclaimed author of Seven Types of Ambiguity, Elliot Perlman weaves the narratives of Lamont and Adam-and their myriad connected friends, lovers, and families-into an ambitious, masterful depiction of the power that memory has over our lives.

Fug You: An Informal History of the Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fuck You Press, the Fugs, and Counterculture in the Lower East Side by Ed Sanders

On January 12, 2012, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Music, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Fug You is Ed Sanders’s unapologetic and often hilarious account of eight key years of “total assault on the culture,” to quote his novelist friend William S. Burroughs.

The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel About A Community’s Predilection For Violence by Nelson George

On January 12, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

The Plot Against Hip Hop is a noir novel set in the world of hip hop culture. The stabbing murder of esteemed music critic Dwayne Robinson in a Soho office building is dismissed by the NYPD as a gang initiation. But his old friend, bodyguard and security expert D Hunter, suspects there are larger forces at work.

From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant: A Novel by Alex Gilvarry

On January 2, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

With a nod to Junot Diaz and a wink to Gary Shteyngart, Alex Gilvarry’s first novel explores some of the most serious issues of our time with dark eviscerating wit.

The Morning Show Murders: A Novel by Al Roker and Dick Lochte

On December 26, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

As famous for his popular cooking segment on Wake Up America! as for his swank Manhattan bistro, Billy Blessing can add prime murder suspect to his impressive list of accomplishments.

Hurt Machine – The Seventh Installment In The Moe Prager Series by Reed Farrel Coleman

On December 24, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Wilfried F. Voss

At a pre-wedding party for his daughter Sarah, Moe Prager is approached by his ex-wife and former PI partner Carmella Melendez. It seems Carmella’s estranged sister Alta has been murdered, but no one in New York City seems to care.

Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by Brian Kellow

On December 18, 2011, in Biographies & Memoirs, Book Reviews, Entertainment, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

A decade after her death, Pauline Kael remains the most important figure in film criticism today, in part due to her own inimitable style and power within the film community and in part due to the enormous influence she has exerted over an entire subsequent generation of film critics.

The Artist of Disappearance – Three Novellas by Anita Desai

On December 16, 2011, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

Award-winning, internationally acclaimed author Anita Desai ruminates on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life’s expectations and its realities in three perfectly etched novellas.

LIFE 75 Years: The Very Best of LIFE by the Editors of Life

On December 13, 2011, in Art & Photography, Book Reviews, Nonfiction, by Wilfried F. Voss

In this deluxe commemorative edition, LIFE’s editors focus on the publication’s achievements more tightly than they ever have before: This is truly the best of everything LIFE has accomplished.

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