Archive for Author 'Bill Wolf', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

by Joe Randazzo

A parody on life as you know it, or don’t. Or: everything you ever wanted to know about nothing in particular.

The Duplicata, Catch Me If You Can

by David Thornhill Thompson

Follow the trail of a mega-dollar Ferrari in this “mystery, love story, thriller.”

Betty & Veronica: Bad Boy Trouble

by Melanie Morgan & Steven Butler

Comic book character Archibald “Chick” Andrews tried to impress his new neighbor, Betty, right from his first appearance in 1941. He hasn’t stopped since—and nor have people stopped reading about him!

R. Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection

by Robert Crumb

The creator of Fritz the Cat drew hundreds of record covers for both new artists and forgotten masters back to the 1920s. In the latter case, his cover art, in turn, served to revive interest in the music itself.

Batmobile: The Complete History

by Mark Cotta Vaz

Meet the caped crusader and his primary toy, the Batmobile. From its comic book origins to today’s Hollywood blockbuster all the various models are examined.

Grand Delusions, The Cosmic Career of John DeLorean

by Hillel Levin

Strange car, strange man, strange story—nothing is simple, and it takes an investigative reporter to tell the tale just so.

Life Magazine

This weekly news magazine launched by Henry Luce (he also published Time and Fortune) in 1936 was the first all-photographic American news magazine and dominated the market for more than 40 years, selling as much as 13.5 million copies a week.

It’s About That Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record

by Richard Cook

This original book about an original musician is partly biography and partly discography and looks at 14 major albums to examine the life of the “Evil Genius of Jazz.”

Austerity Motoring, From Armistice Until the Mid-Fifties

by Malcolm Bobbitt

After WW II, Britain’s output of new cars was earmarked for the export market in order to generate much-needed cash. Add to that fuel rationing and shortages of raw materials and you see why austerity was the watchword.