Bill's Picks

The Town of Chester's Mill, Maine is enjoying a beautiful fall day. A loving wife is enjoying a flying lesson, a housewife is gardening, an oldtimer is riding his lawnmower into town and a drifter short order cook is trying to get out of town but then the barrier appreared. A fascinating look at a town in it's own fish bowl.

Studs, God rest his soul, preserved America’s voice and stories in this incredible book. This is the story of WWII as told by the everyday people who lived it.

Forget the hype about the movie. The book is always better. While some may argue the merits of whether a graphic novel is really a book they miss the point. This is a great story and a great read period. In this alternate reality, we won Vietnam and Richard Nixon is in his third term. Someone is targeting the costumed heroes of America. These retired heroes (??) must contend with both their own disillusions with their lives as well as a society that both loathes and needs it's heroes.

This was the book given as a gift to President Clinton by a certain intern as detailed in the Starr Report. Only recommended for mature readers.

 

Remy is reeling from the attacks of 9/11. He finds himself with a self inflicted gunshot head wound and a reality that exists in fractured pieces. He has a girl friend he can't remember, a kid who pretends he is dead and his new employer is a secret government agency chasing terrorist one burnt paper shred at a time. A darkly comic look at the aftermath of 9/11.

This book kept me out of fast food restaurants for 5 years. I still pause when forced to eat in them.