"Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York's Underground Economy" (The Penguin Press), by Sudhir Venkatesh   A crack dealer. A madam. A porn store clerk....

Among the glories of its publications, PIN can list this series of highly-coloured books about practically all parishes in Malta and Gozo, showing, maybe for the first time, the many treasures that...

"You're Next" is a nasty little slasher film that starts poorly but gets better once most of the cast has been butchered.   Indie film figures Joe Swanberg and Ti West play two...

Zumba Fitness instructors worldwide are not only using a Latin-heavy song lineup in their classes, they're also creating new fans for artists such as Pitbull, Daddy Yankee and Don...

Wong Kar-wai swears he's seen people fly.   The acclaimed Hong Kong director crossed China meeting 100 kung fu masters as research for "The Grandmaster," his new film about...

"A Tap on the Window" (New American Library), by Linwood Barclay   Private detective Cal Weaver makes a simple mistake and destroys everything he holds dear in Linwood...

Jimmy Buffett, "Songs From St. Somewhere" (Mailboat)   On Jimmy Buffett's first album in four years, the mayor of Margaritaville returns to mixing softly swaying beach tunes...

Film fans everywhere can identify that movie-trailer voice: A booming baritone that entices viewers with cryptic explanations of the latest upcoming epic.   The business behind such voice...

"After Her" (William Morrow), by Joyce Maynard   Joyce Maynard's latest novel, "After Her," is loosely based on the 1980s Trailside Killer case, in which a serial...

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