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The IRB's Celebrating 10 Years of Intelligent Reviews October 2007-October 2017 Nonfiction THE UN-DISCOVERED ISLANDS: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes By Malachy Tallack, Illustrated by Katie Scott 144 pp. Picador Reviewed by Lynne M. Hinkey Un-discovered islands, those that once appeared on maps--either through an accident of navigation, an overabundance of imagination, or blatant lies--are the subject of this entertaining breeze through history and geography. Author Malachy Tallack explores two dozen islands that have shown up in cartography, literature, and mythology, many of them complete with elaborate and detailed accounts of their topography, flora and fauna, inhabitants, and culture, that were later discovered to be non-existent...un-discovered.   Beginning with islands of ancient legend and myth and continuing to the present day, the book provides brief vignettes of twenty-four islands that appeared on maps, but were eventually shown to not be ther...

Nonfiction But listen to his music I AM BRIAN WILSON: A Memoir By Brian Wilson with Ben Greenman 307 pp. Da Capo  Reviewed by Alan Goodman Brian Wilson has few peers as a prolific and influential Rock And Roll songwriter. As the front man and driving creative inspiration for the Beach Boys he is responsible – in total or partially – for such R & R musical icons as “California Girls,” “Fun, Fun, Fun,” “I Get Around,” “Surfin’,” “Surfin’ Safari,” “Surfin’ USA,” and “Surfer Girl.”   In 1988, Wilson and the Beach Boys were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2000 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2007 he was honored by the Kennedy Center for a lifetime contribution to the performing arts. A biopic film about his life won several wards at the Toronto Film Festival in 2014. All in all, not too shabby a track record for any ten musicians, let alone one single person. And yet, Brian Wilson is revealed in I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir , as barely ...