Category: Books

Samuel Leibowitz

April 7, 2013 Books
Samuel Leibowitz August 14, 1893 – January 11, 1978 While reading an article in Thursday’s New York Times (4/4/13),I flashed back forty years deep into my public defender days. Alabama...

Practice: Steve Jobs

February 26, 2013 Books
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo The cliches roll off the tongue...

Deon Meyer

June 28, 2012 Books
I love thrillers. My only dangerous addiction. When I find a new thriller writer it makes my day. A couple of months ago I read a review of Deon Meyer’s...

June 16th

June 26, 2012 Books
Last Saturday was Bloom’s day. Yes, I bet some of you missed it, so mark it on your calendar for next year. I took the day off to celebrate the...

Storytelling: Part 2

August 26, 2011 Books
here is a good lesson detailed by Janet Maslin in her review of "Bed" by David Whitehouse. In the New York Times, Maslin, one of our more perceptive book reviewers,...

Observing People

August 18, 2011 Anna Deavere Smith
Yogi Berra allegedly said: "You can observe a lot just by watching." Brilliant, if he said that intentionally. Once the quote became famous, he embraced it and wrote a book...