Boyd, S. E.
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Rapper’s Deluxe: How Hip Hop Made the World
As a book about hip-hop influences in pop culture, this is fairly informative and worth a read. Those seeking a more cohesive argument about hip-hop’s impact may want to look elsewhere.
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Saucy: 50 Recipes for Drizzly, Dunk-able, Go-To Sauces To Elevate Everyday Meals
James Peterson’s exhaustive Sauces continues to be the bible on this topic, but readers wishing to dip their culinary toes in to the world of sauces and sauce pairings will be well served by this excellent guide.
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The Lemon
Taking the death of Anthony Bourdain as a jumping-off point, this bitingly satiric tale examines the mix of greed and reverence that drives people who have something to gain or to protect. Boyd is the pen name of journalists Kevin Alexander and Joe Keohane and editor Alessandra Lusardi, publishing their first novel.
Trio
With finely delineated characters and a deft comic touch, Costa Prize winner Boyd (Restless) precisely skewers the absurdity of the movie business while sending his trio of characters toward a not uniformly pleasant reckoning with truer versions of themselves.
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem; A Memoir
Dapper Dan is a Harlem success story. His tale, told here in the vernacular and with honesty, is a true treasure. Absolutely fascinating; will exceed all expectations.
Young Castro: The Making of a Revolutionary
An important, thoroughly researched and documented recent work on Cuban history that belongs in all collections.
Almost Yankees: The Summer of '81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You've Never Heard Of
A lively grand slam that will win over all sports fans, and anyone interested in a story well told.
This Is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow
Cuba watchers should read this informative new work, as should all interested in a country that is geographically closer to the United States than some might realize.
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Impossible Owls
Recommended for fans of NPR's Driveway Moments, short-form history, and highbrow periodicals. ["Phillips's essays are not only fascinating and thoroughly researched but written in a distinctive voice that conveys humor, awareness, and vulnerability": LJ 7/18 review of the Farrar hc.]
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