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The Outrageous Idea of William F. Buckley
By
Paul O'Donnell
The name of his first book, “God and Man at Yale,” sounds so hidebound and culturally clueless, even for the early ’50s, that it’s hard to imagine that William F. Buckley, who died this morning, made his reputation on it. But what made Buckley’s long career as a conservative author, speaker, and talk-show host lascivious…
Manga Bible Hits Shelves
By
Donna Freitas
A number of graphic novelists have taken on the Bible in the last several years. Check out “Marked” by Steve Ross, which takes on the Gospel of Mark in both imagery and Word, and pubbed from Seabury books in 2005. But there’s a new Bible format in town–Manga Bible by Ajinbayo Akinsiku, who “wants the…
“Eat, Pray, Duck!”
By
Paul O'Donnell
I bought my wife “Eat, Pray, Love” thinking the spiritual travelogue (and runaway bestseller) by Elizabeth Gilbert would match well with my beloved’s belief that travel to exotic climes is essentially a spiritual endeavor: hers is the Church of the Frequent Flier. Instead, my own bedtime reading was interrupted every night for days with her…
Is Suri the Test Tube Baby of L. Ron Hubbard? No, But Wouldn’t That Be Cool?
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Paul O'Donnell
Andrew Morton, author of two biographies of Princess Di, is used to getting blowback from his subjects’ defenders. And he expected his new book on Tom Cruise to raise the considerable ire of both Scientology and Cruise himself. (His publisher, Pan-Macmillan, was so worried about legal repercussions that they won’t be releasing the book in…
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