Ian: 5018 books

The 84th issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here. This May 2015 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with: Phil Buck Creator of Those Shadow People Jean-Paul Deshong Creator of Sons of Fate Mike Wolfer Creaor of Ragdoll and Daughters of the Dark Oracle Emiliyan...

Now iconic to Canadian, if not global culture, Cape Breton Island underwent a metamorphosis of sorts during the 1970s and 1980s. Long marginalized by geography, economics and predominant mainland political culture, a countercultural sea change brought the island’s deeply rooted creative side—music,...

Ian Hamilton's last book, published posthumously in 2002, is a typically brilliant revisiting of the concept of Samuel Johnson's classic Lives of the English Poets, wherein Hamilton considers 45 deceased poets of the twentieth century, offering his personal estimation of what claims they will have...

Literary biography is an endlessly fascinating form, not least because of the fierce controversies that attend the question of how much of a writer's real life ought to be related to readers. Ian Hamilton, a first-rate biographer who encountering his share of adversity in writing the life of J.D....

"Nothing so appalling in the annals of horror!"They were the directors who didn't care what appeared on screen, who were interested only in nickles and dimes and viewed film-making as just another hustle. They shot laughably inept pictures in their backyards that were released with a great deal...

In this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first. In 'Women and Children First', watching...

The untold story of Britain’s oldest car maker Many previously unpublished images from the vaults of Vauxhall A view from the inside that has been untold until now Of interest to the motorcar historian and modellers Vauxhall has been making cars in Britain for longer than anyone else. The first...

William Presslie's "The Uncommon Herd" brings the mid 19th Century rural poor of Aberdeenshire, Scotland to life. It is difficult to judge which was harder, the day to day unremarked cruelty of schooling or the unrelenting demands of labour on farms, in all weathers and all seasons. William's...

Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell for Jamaicans, a society where gangs control the...

Sick of Big Budget Hollywood Horse$£@t?Tired of all those prequels to remakes of adaptations brought to you by the producers of a remake of a sequel?Of course you are! The $250m features playing the multiplex are so rarely great fun that anyone seeking a night at the movies had better learn to appreciate...

'The pair steered straight for Edwards' table. Most of the other patrons remained blissfully unaware of the sharks gliding past them. He let them come to him because the shorter, darker one had reached into his jacket and moved the lapel far enough back for a shoulder holstered gun to be visible....

A mentalist is first most an entertainer – a magician of the mind. And like a good magician he/she creates a sense of wonder, amazement and awe in an audience. But whereas a magician appears to do the impossible – the mentalist does the very unlikely – the extremely unlikely. For this reason...

,A mentalism, mind reading and magic routine that has five separate moments of pure amazement. Indeed one could argue that it is in fact a professional demonstration of mentalism and magic involving five effects in one extended routine.As in my other publications – the main advantage of studying...

A mentalist is first most an entertainer – a magician of the mind. And like a good magician he/she creates a sense of wonder, amazement and awe in an audience. But whereas a magician appears to do the impossible – the mentalist does the very unlikely – the extremely unlikely. For this reason...