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Killing Rommel: A Novel (2008) - Steven Pressfield (Grade:A+)
Silver: My Own Tale as Written by Me with a Goodly Amount of Murder (2008) - Edward Chupack (Grade:B) Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy (2008) - Martin Lindstrom (Grade:B+)
Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle: 366 Ways He Really Cares (2008) - Matthew Honan (Grade:A+)
The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78 (2008) - Richard Bradley (Grade:B+) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) - Samuel P. Huntington (Grade:B+) The Greatest Gift: The Original Story That Inspired the Christmas Classic It's a Wonderful Life (1943) - Philip Van Doren Stern (Grade:B) MOVIE REVIEWS:
Zodiac (2007) - David Fincher (Grade:A+)
Brothers Judd DailyBrothers Judd QuasiDaily Bookmarks: Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) was born in Galesburg, IL on January 6, 1878. He won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Abraham Lincoln but was first and foremost a poet; seven books of Sandburg's poems are available through a Univ. of Md. site E.L. [Edgar Lawrence] Doctorow (1931-) was born in New York City, NY on January 6, 1931. Read Orrin's reviews of Welcome to Hard Times (1960)(Grade: C+) &Ragtime (1975)(Grade: A) & Billy Bathgate (1989)(Grade: C) Wright Morris (1910-98) was born in Central City, NE on January 6, 1910. Joan of Arc (1412-31) was born in Domrémy, France on January 6, 1412 Robert Duvall(1931-) was born in San Diego, CA on January 5, 1931. Brothers Judd particularly recommends his less well known star turn in Tender Mercies (1983) The Apostle (1997) (directed by Robert Duvall 1931-) Umberto Eco (1932-) was born in Allessandria, Italy on January 5, 1932. Brothers Judd recommends his medieval mystery The Name of the Rose (1981) Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was born in Woolsthorpe, ENG on January 4, 1643. Jakob (Ludwig Karl) Grimm (1785-1863) was born in Hanau, GER on January 4, 1785. There's an interesting Red Riding Hood site online. J.R.R. [John Ronald Reuel ] Tolkein (1892-1973) was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa on January 3, 1892. Read Orrin's review of Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was born on January 2, 1920. Read Orrin's review of The Foundation Trilogy (Grade: A-) J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was born in Washington, DC on January 1, 1895. E.M. [Edward Morgan] Forster (1879-1970) was born in London, ENG on January 1, 1879. Read Orrin's reviews of A Passage to India (1924)(Grade: B) and Aspects of the Novel (1927)(Grade: A-) Shelby Steele (1946-) was born on January 1, 1946. Read Orrin's review of The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (1990) J.D. [Jerome David] Salinger (1919-) was born in New York, NY on January 1, 1919. Read Orrin's reviews of The Catcher in the Rye (1951)(Grade: A+) and Franny and Zooey (1961)(Grade: A+) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C.-43 BC) was born at Arpinum on January 3, 106 B.C. J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) was born in Washington, DC on January 1, 1895. Happy Birthday to Michael Walter, December 31 Nicholas Sparks was born December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. Read Orrin's review of The Notebook (1996) (Nicholas Sparks 1965-) Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was born in Raleigh, NC on December 29, 1808. William Gaddis (1922-1998), perhaps the greatest unread author of the past half century, was born in New York, NY on December 29, 1922. His masterpiece, The Recognitions, is a little forbidding--it even has an online readers guide: A READER'S GUIDE TO WILLIAM GADDIS'S The Recognitions (Steven Moore). But Brothers Judd heartily recommends his National Book Award winning A Frolic of His Own. If two New Hampshire men aren't a match for the Devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians. -Stephen Vincent Benet (1898-1943), The Devil and Daniel Webster
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