The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons

Title: The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons

Author: Sader, Luke

Source: Quarterly Review of Film & Video; Jan2009, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p51-55, 5p

Abstract:
The article reviews the book "The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons," by Samantha Barbas.

Review: The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella O. ParsonsSo much of journalism today depends on celebrity—whether Angelina's womb is full or Lindsay's stomach is empty. Despite famed gossip columnist Louella Parsons' flaws as a writer and a person, she was essential to how our nation became drunk on fame.

Children at Play: An American History

Title: Children at Play: An American History

Authors: Musher, Sharon Ann

Source: Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Winter2009, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p437-438, 2p

Abstract: This article reviews the book "Children at Play: An American History," by Howard P. Chudacoff.

Review: Filled with intriguing stories and revelatory insights, Children at Play provides a chronological history of play in the U.S. from the point of view of children themselves. It highlights the transformations of play that have occurred over the last 200 years, paying attention not only to the activities of the cultural elite but to those of working-class men and women, to slaves, and to Native Americans.

The Stolen legacy

Title: Review: THE STOLEN LEGACY.

Authors: Williams, John A.

Source: African Presence in Early Europe - African Civilizations; 1986, p83-89, 7p

Abstract: The controlling scientific, religious and political mechanisms of Western Civilization are to be found rooted in South European Greek thought, from Thales to Aristotle. But the late Professor George G.M. James in his work The Stolen Legacy dismantles the long-accepted argument that civilization as we know it originated in Greece.

Review: The book is an attempt to show that the true authors of Greek Philosophy were not Greeks, but the people of North Africa, commonly called the Egyptians; and the praise and honor falsely given to Greeks for centuries belong to the people of North Africa.

Title : Democracy

Author: Powell G Bingham Jr

Source: Journal of Interdisciplinary History; Winter2009, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p402-403, 2p

Abstract: This article reviews the book "Democracy," by Charles Tilly.

Review: This book examines the electoral experience of the countries of South Asia, from a comparative and developmental point of view. It involves a consideration of the different roles and functions of elections in various South Asian states in an area where electoral experience has varied greatly and the contributions of elections to the political development or political decay of the countries of South Asia. Dustjacket slightly damaged otherwise in good condition.

American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon.

Title: American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon

Authors: Byrne, Julie

Source: Church History; Mar2006, Vol. 75 Issue 1, p234-236, 3p

Abstract: The article reviews the book "American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon," by Stephen Prothero.

Review: It has been observed that religious liberty in America has benefited greatly from the strict separation of church and state. Without a powerful government attempting to define and impose religious orthodoxy on the people, significantly more religious pluralism has developed in America than in most other places. This has allowed people to create religious groups based upon personal experiences and divorced from historical traditions or orthodoxy.

Dog Soldiers

Author: Robert Stone
Title: Dog Soldiers
Imprint: New York : Penguin Books, 1973,1974
Review: A masterpiece! The best novel I've ever read!If you came of age in the late 60's and early 70s (as I did) and found yourself at the center of the counterculture (in my case, Madison, Wisconsin), you'll recognize all of the characters who people this extraordinary story. In no book I've read are they rendered with such precision and invested with such uncanny life. Charmian, the heroine dealer

Dinner at the homesick restaurant

Author: Anne Tyler

Titel: Dinner at the homesick restaurant

Imprint: London : Vintage, [1992], c1982

Review: What can I say about this book that so many others seem to love? Well, there are books about dysfunctional families that have some sort of redemptive ending, and then there are books that are just about dysfunctional families. This book falls into the latter category for me.
I read this book for my Booksamont reading group on yahoo and had heard such great things about the book. I wanted to like it, I really really did.