By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood,” by William J. Mann; HarperCollins, New York (480 pages, $27.99) ——— There’s...

Whitney Tyrrell, current student at Northeast Community College, proves that it is possible to publish a book.  Her book, "Waiting for Something", is on Amazon at this very moment waiting to be...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “The Art of Neil Gaiman” by Hayley Campbell; Harper Design, NY (320 pages, $39.99) ——— If you haven’t heard of Neil Gaiman, you’ve missed...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “How Star Wars Conquered the Universe” by Chris Taylor; Basic Books ($28.99, 448 pages) ——— “How Star Wars Conquered The Universe” by...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “The Abduction” by Jonathan Holt; HarperCollins, NY (457 pages, $26.99) ——— In Jonathan Holt’s first book, he introduced readers to Capt....

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “World of Trouble” by Ben H. Winters; Quirk Books ($14.95, 328 pages) ——— How would you behave the end of the world? In “World of Trouble,”...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — In “Enduring Courage” John F. Ross aims to revive the memory of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, who was also an early racecar...

Last year, Northeast Community College sophomore Whitney Tyrrell was in the process of writing her very own novel.  Now, her book "Waiting for Something" is published and ready to be downloaded on...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary” by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien; Houghton Mifflin, NY (448 pages, $28) ——— One does...

By Rick Bentley The Fresno Bee (MCT) Ivor Davis knows exactly where he was 50 years ago today—hanging out with The Beatles. As the West Coast bureau chief for the London Daily Express, Davis was...

Have you ever wanted to just pack up your bags and take off to a far away country and strike out on your own? Richard Arthur did and he tells his tales of Southeast Asia in “I of the Sun”. Shortly...

By Tish Wells McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) “Russian Roulette: How British Spies Thwarted Lenin’s Plot for Global Revolution” by Giles Milton; Bloomsbury Press, NY (400 pages, $28) ——— If...