Alex Moore, Book Reviewer

Book Review

Tiffany's Swedenborgian Angels

by Alex Moore

“Love, no matter how pure and powerful, always needs the balance of wisdom for full and glorious expression,” write the authors of Tiffany’s Swedenborgian Angels in regard to the art glass window dedicated to the Angel of Pergamos.... Read More

Book Review

Creating Dairyland

by Alex Moore

“The lowing heard wind slowly o’er the lea, / The plowman homeward plods his weary way,” wrote Thomas Gray in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. In Creating Dairyland, Edward Janus, historian, dairy farmer, and creator of... Read More

Book Review

How to Read Churches

by Alex Moore

How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized guide for neophytes that’s convenient enough to tote while touring featured buildings ranging from Boston’s Old North Church to Vienna’s St. Stephens Cathedral. In it, Dr. Denis McNamara... Read More

Book Review

The Allure of the Automobile

by Alex Moore

“I love Duesenbergs,” said Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show and owner of eight “Duesies.” Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper, and Greta Garbo were other Hollywood denizens that owned these luxurious motor cars. "The Allure of the... Read More

Book Review

The Cisco Kid

by Alex Moore

With both amigos laughing riotously “Oh Pancho!” “Oh Cisco!” were the enduring closing lines of each "The Cisco Kid" television show from 1950 to 1956. Starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo they were the Don Quixote and Sancha... Read More

Book Review

Tupperware Unsealed

by Alex Moore

Kathleen Bellow scurried up the stairs with her eight-month-old son, Hayden, as Hurricane Katrina raged. Kathleen’s husband, Frank, was already in the Boston Whaler alongside the submerging house. Kathleen looked down the steeply... Read More

Book Review

Family Wars

by Alex Moore

Wearing an elegant Yves Saint Laurent suit with a black cowl, Patrizia Gucci stood up and listened to the magistrate in a Milan courtroom read the verdict. Guilty—for the murder of the father of her children, Maurizio Gucci, the... Read More

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