A light book cracking wise and playfully introducing some of the core arguments/philosophies/perspectives about a very heavy subject that we all, ultimately, become *very* familiar with. This book strives to be a death-oriented philosophy 101 course overlaid with the humor of the New Yorker Capti...
Full disclosure: I was chosen a First Reads winner, and received a paperback copy of Travels With Epicurus by Daniel Klein in the mail. That in no way influenced the review that follows. When seventy-odd-year-old Daniel Klein's dentist wants to outfit him with tooth implants instead of a lower pl...
The King Hits Hollywood! Just finished with the shooting of Kissin' Cousins-and fresh from a headline-making affair with the sizzling Ann-Margret-Elvis Aron Presley is at one devilish crossroads. Should he choose glittering Hollywood, or the temptations of Graceland? Keep making lucrative bad mo...
Tucked behind his right ear is a sprig of wild lavender that, with considerable effort, he stooped to pick on his way here. From time to time—usually during lulls in conversation with his tablemates—he removes the herb, takes a few sniffs of it, and then returns it to its nesting spot. Leaning ag...