Introduction: Welcome to James Martinos’ Books Reviewed, where I share my thoughts on recent published books on various topics, ideas and concepts. Sometimes I will go back to some of the old standard management leadership books and highlight how things have changed and yet in some instances,...
James: A Novel by Percival Everett Read expert recommendations “James is a reworking of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn narrated by Jim, the escaped slave with whom Finn travels on a raft. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly noted that in this version, Jim is ‘a Black man who’s...
Top notes of James Cowan’s A Mapmaker’s Dream and Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon and a splash of Umberto Eco in the middle make way for a powerful dry down that leaves plenty of room for Griffiths’s base notes to settle in the nose for the long haul. In the latter vein, nods ...
James has one singular goal in his life: Destroy Peter Michaels. When Peter’s daughter, Wendy, shows up in his bar, James sees his opportunity and takes it. Wendy’s spent her life sheltered by her overprotective father. James’s interest immediately captivates her, but she can feel some...
Courtesy of Jen Lewin, Photo by Brendan Burkett / The Pool In the world of interior design, light serves as an essential medium, but light can also create immersive public spaces. While James Turrell, Olafur Eliasson, and Dan Flavin are celebrated for their transformative mastery of color, re...
by James Millward It's hard not to be aware of what is going in Xinjiang (literally 'new province') in western China where concentration camps are making a comeback. It's where the Uyghurs live, a generally Muslim ethnic minority who have never appreciated being ruled from Beijing. Historic...
Martin Heidegger,What Is Called Thinking?trans. J. Glenn Gray (New York: Harper Perennial, 19 68). P. 16. … the digital hand is […] a version of what the artist’s hand, the craftsman’s hand, the poet or scholar’s hand, and the lover’s hand has always been: a means of ...
Guillaume Apollinaire, Italo Calvino, James Joyce, Jana Dambrogio, Jessica Spring, Justine Provino, Kevin Begos, Kimsooja, Laurence Sterne, Letterlocked, Marjorie Welish, Nikos Stavropoulos, Pavel Büchler, Raymond Queneau, Rick Adams, Samuel Beckett, Simon Morris, Stéphane Mallarmé, William Gibson...
1. Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro, narrated by Peter Hermann (Hachette Audio) 2. A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, narrated by Roy Dotrice (Random House Audio) 3. Glass Houses: A Novel by Louise Penny, narrated by Robert Bathurst (Macmi...
Martin Duncan Contents: 16 colour plates; 3 black-and-white diagrams in text Cover Design: by Marian Mahler Date Published: June 1943 Editor: N. B. L. Pevsner Technical Editor: R. B. Fishenden Pages: 32pp. + 16pp. Printer (text): R. and R. Clark Ltd Printer (plates)...