The Cult of Truland
Pop culture sparkles over the edges of Kevin Brass' mystery set among the SoCal celeb set
211-240 of 1,084 entries
Michael King, Arts, June 11, 2015
The Reluctant Matador
FBI agent Hugo Marston heads to Barcelona on the trail of a murderer and a Spanish prison gang
Jesse Sublett, Arts, June 11, 2015
Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom With America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
Nick Offerman's book of essays about 21 personal heroes is funny, thought-provoking, and mostly interesting
Melanie Haupt, Arts, June 11, 2015
Missing
When his stepdaughter is kidnapped in Mexico, Jack Searle has to cross the border to find her
Jesse Sublett, Arts, June 11, 2015
MAD's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs
Collecting 50 years of the satire that's made MAD the preferred reading of smarty-pants fifth-graders everywhere
Raoul Hernandez, Arts, June 11, 2015
Exploring Calvin & Hobbes
This catalog from an exhibition about the comic strip reveals an unusual amount about its creator
Raoul Hernandez, Arts, June 11, 2015
At the Water's Edge
In the midst of World War II, three trust-fund brats go searching for Nessie and find romance
Jessi Cape, Arts, June 11, 2015
A Touch of Stardust
Its peek behind the scenes of filming Gone With the Wind make this novel a delectable summer treat
Rosalind Faires, Arts, June 11, 2015
Words Without Music: A Memoir
Famed Austin composer appraises the autobiography of Philip Glass, father of the modern classical avant-garde
Graham Reynolds, Music, May 28, 2015
No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
A long strange trip contextualized
Kevin Curtin, Music, May 28, 2015
NYHC: New York Hardcore 1980-1990
Hardcore demanded history, so here it pounds
Marc Savlov, Music, May 28, 2015
Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967-1982
The formative years of Austin's vaunted live music scene spawned a visual soundtrack
Doug Freeman, Music, May 28, 2015
Behemoth: Devil's Conquistadors and Confessions of a Heretic: The Sacred and the Profane – Behemoth and Beyond
A lavish diary of Poland's black metal breakout Behemoth, and a book-length Q&A defense of frontman Adam Darski
Raoul Hernandez, Music, May 28, 2015
Talk That Music Talk: Passing on Brass Band Music in New Orleans the Traditional Way
Coffeetable book on New Orleans? Dense ethnography and oral history of Crescent City brass bands!
Thomas Fawcett, Music, May 28, 2015
Anger Is an Energy: My Life Uncensored
Johnny Rotten's second autobiography picks up from the Pistols' demise and pistons into the present
Tim Stegall, Music, May 28, 2015
It's a Long Story: My Life
Austin outlaw updates his 1988 autobiography
Tim Stegall, Music, May 28, 2015
Beale Street Dynasty
Historical overview of Memphis' legendary music row
Nina Hernandez, Music, May 28, 2015
Lou Reed: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Thirty years of final grouses from a New Yorker
Kahron Spearman, Music, May 28, 2015
Brand New Ancients and Hold Your Own
UK poet-rapper screams in both prose and meter
Jay Trachtenberg, Music, May 28, 2015
John Prine, In Spite of Himself
Unauthorized bio isn't even helped by its own subject
Kevin Curtin, Music, May 28, 2015
I Fought the Law: The Life and Strange Death of Bobby Fuller
West Texan law fighter's mysterious death remains just that
Greg Beets, Music, May 28, 2015
See Hear Yoko
Yoko Ono in pictures
Neph Basedow, Music, May 28, 2015
Throwing Frisbees at the Sun: A Book About Beck
Fanboy Beck tome
Neph Basedow, Music, May 28, 2015
Brian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones' sacrificial lamb receives an overdue close-up
Tim Stegall, Music, May 28, 2015
Be Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
Another micro UK label with macro influence
Michael Toland, Music, May 28, 2015
Into the Field: A Foreign Correspondent's Notebook
A UT professor recounts his three decades of reporting in Asia
Jesse Sublett, Arts, April 30, 2015
Barefoot Dogs
A Mexico City family scatters to the wind when its patriarch goes missing
Jesse Sublett, Arts, April 30, 2015
Hausfrau
This first novel is about the desperation of a depressed expat housewife in Switzerland
Jessi Cape, Arts, April 30, 2015
Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose
This nonfiction account of a teen's encounters with sex, drugs, and jail is one long, raw primal scream
Tim Stegall, Arts, Dec. 31, 2014
Brainquake
Sam Fuller's last novel is the perfect cap on his legacy of true-to-life, flamboyant, high-impact storytelling
