Witches and historical “bad girls”
Bad Girls From History: Wicked Or Misunderstood? By Dee Gordon Now, this would make a great present, and in our current climate this book…
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The Race To Save The Romanovs by Helen Rappaport
I really enjoyed reading and reviewing Helen Rappaport’s previous book Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd 1917. As I wrote in my review of that…
27: The Legend and Mythology of the 27 Club by Gene Simmons
Most people reading this review will have heard of the legend of the 27 Club, basically a group of talented musicians all having in…
Iron Maiden: Album By Album by Martin Popoff
This is the best book ever published about Iron Maiden! For the following reasons: First, Martin Popoff is a great music writer, especially for…
Space Sirens, Scientists and Princesses by Dean Conrad
Nowadays, women are rightly a central part of science fiction films, but it was not always so. In early science fiction films women were…
Heavy Duty: Days and Nights in Judas Priest
by K.K. Downing with Mark Eglinton When a band member leaves an iconic band it’s then you’ll get the true story on the said…
I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY: 10 YEARS OF ROCK AND ROLL RAMBLINGS
Danko Jones (Feral House, 2018) Danko Jones requires little introduction. Whether you are a fan of his incredibly hard-rockin’ band, his hilarious podcast, or…
Book reviews by Steve Earles: The Great War Illustrated 1918
Archive and Colour Photographs of WW1 By William Langford and Jack Holroyd This is the final book in this series, the last of five…
Myth and Magic in Heavy Metal Music
This book scores major kudos by having Cronos of the mighty and highly influential Venom on the cover. It’s a fine idea to explore the…
Megaliths, dinosaurs and flying boats (book reviews by Steve Earles)
Spirits in Stone: The Secrets of Megalithic America Written by Glenn Kreisberg Forward by Graham Hancock We traditionally associate megalithic stone structures with places…