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Jim Kaplan Tour Sat. Nov. 2: ‘The Great Crashes of Wall Street’

From Jim Kaplan: Subject: The Great Crashes of Wall Street: My Final Tour of the 2013 Fall Season To My Walking Tour Participants and Supporters: After a highly successful walking tour in commemoration of Jewish Arrival Day on September 29, and an even more successful tour for Openhouse New York…

October 29, 2013

Paul Angiolillo Sculptures & Carvings at 3 Art Shows in MA

See these three art shows for wonderful work by Paul Angiolillo this fall and winter: "Sculptures and Carvings" by Paul Angiolillo Brookline Public Library 361 Washington St. Brookline MA Oct. 18 - Dec. 1, 2013 Holiday Shop Fuller Craft Museum Brockton MA (off Route 24) Nov. 10, 2013 - Jan. 12,…

October 29, 2013

Jim Rothman Shares Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Congratulations!! to Jim Rothman---how cool is this? From nobelprize.org: The Nobel Prize…

October 7, 2013

Jim Kaplan’s July 4 Tour

Jim Kaplan writes: To My Walking Tour Fans and Participants. I. I am pleased to report that my lunchtime pre July 4 nighttime walking tour lecture at Fraunces Tavern on June 18 was a great success. 2. As we move closer to my July 4 all nighttime tour (3 to 7 a.m.) I thought this article in the…

June 21, 2013

Catherine Ross Invitation: Book Talks by Jon Rieder

Catherine Ross writes: My husband Jon Rieder has a new book -- Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle that Changed a Nation.  . . . Jon was on Tavis Smiley two days ago, but it's not too late to hear him in person. There will be readings and discussions…

April 6, 2013

Jim Kaplan History Tours Update

Jim Kaplan writes: I am pleased to report the historical walking tours and lectures that I expect to undertake this spring and summer. 1. HELL'S KITCHEN: A POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IRISH ­ Sunday, March 17, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm--Leaves from St. Patrick¹s Cathedral On Saint Patrick¹s Day…

March 3, 2013

Memoir of a Poet and Physician—Martin Rubin Review

Book cover - Goodbye Twentieth CenturyDannie Abse, “Goodbye, Twentieth Century: An Autobiography.” Chicago: Library of…

September 6, 2012

Gordon Bowker’s Biography of James Joyce Reviewed by Martin Rubin

Gordon Bowker, “James Joyce: A New Biography.” New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 608pp. $35. Illustrated. San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2012 By Martin Rubin In many ways, James Joyce is a literary biographer’s dream: a rich, complex oeuvre; a complicated and peripatetic life, much of it in…

August 6, 2012

Review of Hilary Mantel’s “Bring Up the Bodies” by Martin Rubin

Book review: 'Bring Up the Bodies' is a compelling re-creation Hilary Mantel returns to the vicious world of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell's maneuverings. May 20, 2012 - Los Angeles Times - By Martin Rubin Hilary Mantel's novel about the Tudor political puppet-master supremo Thomas Cromwell, "Wolf…

July 6, 2012

‘David Hockney,’ Review by Martin Rubin

THE WASHINGTON TIMES JUNE 10, 2012 Book Cover: David Hockney: A Bigger Picture “David Hockney: A Bigger Picture.” With essays by…

June 25, 2012