Welcome to Morcan Books & Films, the blog devoted to providing a unique perspective and intelligent commentary on books and films. It includes commentary on our own books and films – i.e. novels and screenplays co-written by the Morcans, and feature films produced by, or in development wi...
(2000) The Second Coming of Steve Jobs, Broadway Books, New York Edwards, Douglas (2011) I’m Feeling Lucky: The confessions of Google employee number 59, Allen Lane, London Elliot, Jay (2011) The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a new generation, Vanguard Press, New York Foley, Mary ...
I started this project from the Moda Holiday SAL in November 2021 when we took a nice trip to Rockport for a week. I have 3 more blocks to do and it will be ready to do a setting for the top soon. I have enjoyed working on the blocks, but this one gave me problems. I have be...
When the illegal immigrant asked where the Mexican men dressed in military attire associated with the No Mas Muertes nonprofit were from, one responded, “From Sonora,” while another was from Tijuana – notorious Mexican cartel hotbeds. “I have a friend coming soon. He will take you to the...
I soon found more than enough reasons to buy it: its size (8″x5″, just about the ideal for a book that’s pleasant to hold AND read; the nostalgic disclaimer “ABOUT THE APPEARANCE OF BOOKS IN WARTIME” on the colophon page; and a couple of opening lines that guaranteed I’d want...
Emily Perkinsis an award-winning writer living in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Her books include the Women’s Prize longlistedThe Forrests, Novel About My Wife,winner of the Believer Book of the Year Award and the Montana Medal for Fiction, and the short story collectionNot Her Real Name,winner ...
Every year a slew of new philosophy books are published, works by or about everyone from Aristotle to Žižek, and covering subjects from aesthetics to Zen. But which ones are actually worth reading? Below we keep track of new philosophy books coming out, and try to pick out ones that ...
(our keen interest not always welcomed I soon discovered). We started corresponding and became friends. Those who got to know Colin soon got to know Harriet Ward, about whom Scott-Brown writes warmly. We also shared a common enthusiasm for adventure playgrounds, as Larraine Worpole and I ...
The Rise and Fall of Prohibitionby Daniel Okrent. Before reading this book, I hadn’t consideredhoworwhyProhibition happened. Okrent tells the story well, describing movements such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League, as well as the soon-to-change political rea...
I totally didn’t remember what I wrote last until I read it all. Brain damage. Not even once, y’all. Some updates since June: I’m a little less than halfway through inventorying my comic books (DC is basically done, but Marvel, independents, and then the pretty ridiculous number ...