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No Simple Highway – A Cultural History of The Grateful Dead
I would never have considered myself the ideal critic to review Peter Richardson’s No Simple Highway – or any book about The Grateful Dead, for that matter. Growing up, it wasn’t so much that I wasn’t...
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Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors
Book by Mick Wall Published by Orion There can be no doubting the influence of The Doors on our beloved genre of heavy metal. Danzig’s first four albums (i.e The good ones!) are highly influenced by...
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The Basketball Diaries by Jim Caroll
Book review The Basketball Diaries by Jim Caroll (Penguin) I remember the first time I read The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. I was in eighth grade and a girl in my home room handed me her copy to...
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Occult Paris: The Lost Magic of the Belle Epoque
Written by Tobias Churton Published by Inner Traditions Any book by Tobias Churton is a special event. His books on Aleister Crowley, particularly ‘Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin’, are amongst...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles, November 2017
Military, Political & Social History Rebellion in the Reign of Charles II Written by Julian Whitehead Published by Pen & Sword History The Restoration is one of the most fascinating periods of...
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Bruce Dickinson – What Does This Button Do?
An Autobiography As I began to read ‘What Does This Button Do?’ in order to review it, I noted that it was firmly embedded in the UK Top 10 Books… This is as it should be, as it is a most splendid read...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: NON-FICTION
Celtic Astrology: From The Druids to the Middle Ages Written by M.G. Boutet Foreword by David Frawley As an Irishman I am always interested in anything to do with the Celts – my interest being...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: HISTORY
Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Said By Richard M. Langworth In 1968 Richard M. Langworth founded the Churchill Study unit and its journal Finest Hour, which he edited for over...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: FICTION
Radio Girls By Sarah-Jane Stratford It’s difficult in this 21st century era of mass communications to understand just how important radio was in its early years (think of Rush’s “Spirit of Radio”!). It...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies: What The Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Foreword by Steven Pinker It’s hard to get your head around the fact that on any given day the human...
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BOOK REVIEW: Aleister Crowley in America
Written by Tobias Churton Published by Inner Tradition Inner Traditions published a marvellously eclectic selection of books that make the reader think about the world in a different way. Aleister...
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The History of Metal Blade Records
For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records By Brian Slagel with Mark Eglinton Foreword by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Being an imaginative, restless, and generally unfuckwithable music...
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BOOK REVIEW: Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams Written by Matthew Walker Published by Allen Lane It was always thought that the three pillars of health were diet, exercise and sleep. But that was...
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Occult Paris: The Lost Magic of the Belle Epoque
Written by Tobias Churton Published by Inner Traditions Any book by Tobias Churton is a special event. His books on Aleister Crowley, particularly ‘Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin’, are amongst...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles, November 2017
Military, Political & Social History Rebellion in the Reign of Charles II Written by Julian Whitehead Published by Pen & Sword History The Restoration is one of the most fascinating periods of...
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Bruce Dickinson – What Does This Button Do?
An Autobiography As I began to read ‘What Does This Button Do?’ in order to review it, I noted that it was firmly embedded in the UK Top 10 Books… This is as it should be, as it is a most splendid read...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: NON-FICTION
Celtic Astrology: From The Druids to the Middle Ages Written by M.G. Boutet Foreword by David Frawley As an Irishman I am always interested in anything to do with the Celts – my interest being...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: HISTORY
Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Said By Richard M. Langworth In 1968 Richard M. Langworth founded the Churchill Study unit and its journal Finest Hour, which he edited for over...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: FICTION
Radio Girls By Sarah-Jane Stratford It’s difficult in this 21st century era of mass communications to understand just how important radio was in its early years (think of Rush’s “Spirit of Radio”!). It...
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Book reviews by Steve Earles: Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies: What The Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Foreword by Steven Pinker It’s hard to get your head around the fact that on any given day the human...
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