Nothing Is Impossible: Further Problems of Dr. Sam HawthorneEdward D. Hoch. Crippen & Landru, $19 trade paper (238p) ISBN 978-1936363032
Hoch's third collection of impossible short mystery stories (after 2006's More Things Impossible) is another showcase of the author's ingenuity. Throughout the 15 stories, spanning Dr. Sam's career as smalltown doctor and amateur sleuth in New England from 1932 to 1936, Hoch plants clues fairly, alt... Continue reading »
PossibilitiesHerbie Hancock, with Lisa Dickey. Viking, $29.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-670-01471-2
Melodically weaving the notes of his personal life around his exploration of numerous music genres from classical and R&B to funk and hip-hop, renowned pianist Hancock elegantly composes a tuneful sound track of his life in music. While growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the 1940s, Hancock starte... Continue reading »
Through the WoodsEmily Carroll. S&S/McElderry, $21.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4424-6595-4
Canadian graphic artist Carroll uses familiar horror motifs—the first wife's ghost, the monster that dwells in the forest—to create fresh and disturbing tales. Sure in her handling of line, color, and sequential art techniques, she revels in period settings, placing her five stories ... Continue reading »
Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, PrayerRowan Williams. Eerdmans, $10 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8028-7197-8
In this accessible and thought-provoking book, Williams (Faith in the Public Square), the former Archbishop of Canterbury, explores four essential elements of Christian life. In a conversational tone and with good-natured humor, he elucidates key points; for example, with baptism, one joins a Christ... Continue reading »
Above the Dreamless Dead: World War I in Poetry and ComicsEdited by Chris Duffy. Roaring Brook/First Second, $24.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-62672-065-7
If any poetry cries out for adaptation as sequential art, it is that of the Great War, and this anthology is an exemplary testament to this. Various artists adapt the works of some of the most famous WWI poets, including Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg. The talented cartoonists,... Continue reading »
The Serpent of VeniceChristopher Moore, read by Evan Morton. Harper Audio, unabridged, nine CDs, 10.5 hrs., $39.99 ISBN 978-0-06-231100-9
Evan Morton has a field day in his laugh-out-loud reading of Moore’s latest bit of novelistic frivolity. Playing off of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Othello and Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” Moore produces an unlikely but often hilarious story that finds Pocket the fool in... Continue reading »
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