Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Paying Guests” by Sarah Waters
Honesty is the best policy, we’re often told, and the story (possibly apocryphal) about George Washington and the cherry…
January 16, 2015-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “How to Think About Exercise” by Damon Young
Exercise: you know it’s good for you, often you do it, and usually you acknowledge how good you feel…
January 9, 2015 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Summer House” by Alice Thomas Ellis
Margaret is to be married to Syl. Margaret is quite young, perhaps 20, and Syl is rather older, in…
December 19, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel” by Ari Shavit
A key component to growing up is to consider, and come to terms with, the compromises one must make…
December 12, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Barracuda” A Novel by Christos Tsiolkas
Find your passion, we’re told, and set a goal in life. What can happen if you don’t reach that…
December 5, 2014 -
Tracing the Transit System, 1940-1968 – an evening with Andrew Sparberg
Ever wonder how the IRT, BMT, and IND were molded into the subway system? How they were joined by…
December 3, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “How to Be a Good Wife” a novel by Emma Chapman
Fears, and our response to them, can be logical and constructive. Other times, perversely, we respond irrationally – sometimes…
November 21, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: Graphics Pleasures: “Legends of the Tour” by Jan Cleijne and “Pen and Ink: Tattoos & the Stories Behind Them” by Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
It’s one of the world’s glorious sporting events, followed, literally, by many thousands, and in news reports by many…
November 14, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Benediction” by Kent Haruf
Kent Haruf’s meditative new novel “Benediction” is, like his previous books “Plainsong” and “Eventide,” set in the high plains…
November 7, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East” by Scott Anderson
Notice the title of this book: it’s not “Lawrence of Arabia” (that’s a movie) or “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”…
October 31, 2014