Bishop's Book Speak (Tony Horwitz's A Voyage Long and Strange reviewed), Installment 5

Click here for Mr. Bishop's podcast review of Tony Horwitz's A Voyage Long and Strange, an enthralling exploration and travelogue of discovery in America, including many of the seemingly forgotten who have been lost to the greater mythology of origin and place in America.

The following titles are also suggested:

Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Tony Horwitz
910.45 HORW

Confederates In The Attic: Dispatches From The Unfinished Civil War
Tony Horwitz
973.7 HORWITZ

Skeletons On The Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Dean King
916.48 KING

- Christopher Bishop

Bishop's Book Speak (Rob Sheffield's Love Is A Mixtape reviewed), Installment 4

Click here for Mr. Bishop's podcast review of Rob Sheffield's Love Is A Mixtape, a truly moving exploration of love set to mixtapes capturing the quickly changing soundscape of the early nineties. I also suggest visiting the following websites...



Muxtape
A site for creating and sharing mixtapes on the internet


Love Is A Mix Tape Official Site


Art Of The Mix
A site for submitting and sharing mixtapes


Mix Tape - Wikipedia entry
This is a great entry detailing the history, culture, and enthusiasm surrounding mixtapes

Bishop's Book Speak (Neal Bascomb's Red Mutiny reviewed), Installment 3

The mp3 file above plays Mr. Bishop's podcast review of Neal Bascomb's historical study of the 1905 Russian battleship Potemkin uprising, Red Mutiny. For additional podcast book reviews by Mr. Bishop click here. Red Mutiny is owned by the Carlyle Fraser Library. Additional titles owned by the CFL that may be of interest include:

Blue Latittudes

King Leopold's Ghost

Germs, Guns, and Steel

Bishop's Book Speak (Michael Ondaatje's Divisidero reviewed), Installment 2

The mp3 file above plays Mr. Bishop's podcast review of Michael Ondaatje's book Divisidero. For additional podcast book reviews by Mr. Bishop click here. The book is owned by the Carlyle Fraser Library. Books owned by the CFL that may be of additional interest include:

The English Patient

A Thousand Splendid Suns

The Yiddish Policeman's Wedding

Water For Elephants

Bishop's Book Speak (Brad Meltzer's Identity Crisis reviewed), Installment 1

The mp3 file above plays Mr. Bishop's podcast review of the graphic novel Identity Crisis. For additional podcast book reviews by Mr. Bishop click here. The book is owned by the Carlyle Fraser Library. Other books owned by the library that may be of interest include:

Green Lantern: Rebirth
Superman On The Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society
Eternals
The Sandman Presents Thessaly: Witch For Hire
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay: A Novel