Book Reviews on nonfiction books. Similar to memoirs. Narratives are based on research and facts.
Not From Here by Leah Lax In this Cantina Conversation Megan welcomes Leah Lax to talk about her upcoming novel, Not From Here: The Song of America, available March 28. Megan and Leah discuss how she spoke to hundreds of immigrants to write an opera. Please rate, review, and subscribe so that you never miss… Continue reading Episode 22 – Leah Lax: Not From Here
In 2007, librettist Leah Lax was asked to write an opera about the lives of local immigrants in Houston, TX. She had to locate people who had come from different countries and find a way to get them to open up about their lives. Once she had collected their stories, she then had to somehow… Continue reading Not From Here by Leah Lax
Members of the capital investment industry and especially Wall Street will remember the Southport Lane Scandal headed by self-proclaimed financial prodigy Alexander Chatfield Burns. The criminal activity had been occurring long before The Wall Street Journal got wind of it. But all it took was one rule-following, good-natured, morally-sound employee to connect the dots and secretly sound the alarm. Pirate Cove by Richard D. Bailey is a first-person insider’s account as to how Richard unraveled the massive $350 million fraud and brought down one of the biggest white-collar crimes in New York. Read more
