Book: Bettye LaVette’s blows and hits
‘A Woman Like Me’
By Bettye LaVette with David Ritz. Blue Rider Press; 272 pgs., $27.
Book: Jason Howard’s unbridled Kentucky music
Jason Howard has been a big music fan since childhood.
Book: Step in and take a look around
'The Leight House: The Home and Collections of Leonard and Adele Leight'
‘The Leight House: The Home and Collections of Leonard and Adele Leight’
Book: Taking shots with Watt from Pedro
To many who came up in the ’80s punk scene or ’90s alt-rock explosion, Mike Watt remains a folk hero.
Book: Historical mysteries
Sometimes it takes two (authors)
The opportunity to simultaneously dive into both history and mystery draws in many a reader.
Book: It’s the economy, stupid
‘Economix: How our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work) in Words and Pictures’
Book: Them’s fightin’ words
Two events this week land at the crossroads of literacy and violence
Books are for nerds, librarians and kids?
Book: ‘Parklands of Floyds Fork’ introduces Louisville’s new park
‘A Landscape and Its Legacy: The Parklands of Floyds Fork’
Book: It’s not our fault
Book declares free will an illusion … to an extent
‘Free Will’
By Sam Harris. Free Press; 83 pgs., $9.99.
Book: The great divide
'America, You Sexy Bitch'
‘America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter to Freedom’
By Michael Ian Black and Meghan McCain. Da Capo Press; 309 pgs., $26.
