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Anthony Amore – The Rembrandt Heist

Anthony Amore The Rembrandt Heist review and information of the content of the true crime book with the Story of a Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship. Pegasus Books will the book by Anthony M. Amore, The Rembrandt Heist, on November 4, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the novel, the author and the publication.

Anthony Amore The Rembrandt Heist review

  • “Anthony Amore’s book gets up close and personal with Myles Connor, a seasoned art thief who was half of the duo that plucked the piece off the museum wall, and delving into the stranger-than-fiction back story of how and why he ended up at the center of one of the art world’s darkest moments.” (Town & Country)
  • “Amore delivers a dramatic and colorful recounting of the 1975 theft of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Amore constructs an impressively detailed play-by-play of the theft, drawing on his own investigations into the thefts of artworks and his access to Connor and Dotoli, both of whom he’d befriended, and sources in law enforcement and the art world. This captivates.” (Publishers Weekly)

Anthony Amore The Rembrandt Heist

The Rembrandt Heist

The Story of a Criminal Genius, a Stolen Masterpiece, and an Enigmatic Friendship

  • Author: Anthony M. Amore (United States)
  • Book type: true crime book
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • Released: November 4, 2025
  • Length: 272 pages
  • Format: hardcover/ ebook
  • Prize: $ 29.95
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the true crime book by Anthony Amore

A true crime tale of unbelievable friendship, loyalty, criminal genius, and a staggeringly audacious plot to steal one of the world’s most valuable paintings—and return it.

On April 14, 1975, Myles Connor, already a known art thief, entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in disguise along with a cohort. The pair went directly the Dutch Gallery and proceeded to remove Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn from its place on the wall. After a brief scuffle with the guards—with Myles deterring his partner from shooting a bystander—the pair was gone, leaving behind no traceable evidence amidst the mayhem.

Who was Myles Connor and what were his motivations? Most thieves are in it for the money, but Myles was far from most thieves. His motive was freedom. The summer before the heist, he was arrested by the FBI when he attempted to sell three highly valuable paintings by Andrew and N.C. Wyeth to an undercover agent. Incredibly, Myles did this while out on bail for possession of yet more stolen art. When he was arrested and placed in the back seat of a state police vehicle, the FBI agent said to him, “We’ve got you now. Let’s see you get out of this one.” Without batting an eye, Connor calmly replied, “Just you watch me.”

Again released on bail, Connor met with an old friend of his father’s, Massachusetts State Police Major John Regan. Regan worked for the District Attorney at the time, future Congressman William Delahunt. Connor asked Regan if there was any way out of the fix he was in, and the straightlaced cop told him bluntly, “It’s going to take a Rembrandt to get you out of this one.” With that, a master plan was hatched.

But there was a flip side to this story. One involving Connor’s best friend—Al Dotoli—who lived a life in the music industry, far from the world of art heists. Dotoli’s own masterpiece of a plan hinged on the Rembrandt’s return.

Filled with unforgettable personalities and non-stop action and intrigue, The Rembrandt Heist will lay out the anatomy of this notorious art theft while describing not just the criminal genius that is Myles Connor, but also the complexity of personal relationships between lifelong friends. All along, the reader will learn about a breathtaking painting by the world’s most famous artist and the incredible true story about how Portrait of Elsbeth van Rijn ended up on the wall at the MFA in the first place.

Anthony Amore is Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where he is charged with the ongoing efforts to recover thirteen works of art stolen from the museum on March 18, 1990. Additionally, he is the co-author of Stealing Rembrandts (a Wall Street Journal bestseller) and author of The Art of the Con (a New York Times bestseller) and provides analysis on issues related to security and terrorism for the BBC, NBC News, NPR, CNN, FOX, and others. He lives in Boston, MA.

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Alexander Larman – Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie

Alexander Larman Lazarus The Second Coming of David Bowie review and information book about story of the second half of Bowie’s life. Pegasus Books will publish this David Bowie biography written by Alexander Larman, on February 24, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.

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Alexander Larman Lazarus The Second Coming of David Bowie

Lazarus

The Second Coming of David Bowie

  • Author: Alexander Larman (England)
  • Book type: biography
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • To be released: 24 February 2026
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Format: hardback / ebook
  • Prize:
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the biography of David Bowie by Alexander Larman

The compelling story of the second half of Bowie’s life, exploring the untold story of these latter years when Bowie moved from commercial failure to his final masterpiece.

When David Bowie died on January 10th, 2016, aged sixty-nine, his death was greeted with the greatest display of public mourning since Princess Diana three decades before. Politicians and fellow musicians alike fell over themselves to pay tribute to the former Starman, and his home cities of New York and London saw thousands of well-wishers assemble to play his music and console each other in their hour of grief.

Twenty-five years before, Bowie appeared to be washed up. His 80s career had been a slow descent into self-parody, his attempts to diversify into hard rock with the new group Tin Machine had been disastrous, and the art-rock music with which he had made his name was badly out of fashion. The Thin White Duke needed a miracle if he was not only going to be able to assume his rightful place at the top of the rock music firmament, but even to continue his career. And a miracle—a resurrection from the dead—is precisely what happened.

Lazarus: The Second Coming of David Bowie is the first biography of Bowie that tells the full and candid story of what happened in between those two apparently unbridgeable points. With new and exclusive interviews with the musicians, filmmakers, and cultural figures who worked with and befriended Bowie throughout this period, Lazarus is the definitive account of the previously overlooked and fascinating latter half of a great and distinguished career.

It climaxed with his final masterpiece, Blackstar, and the unprecedented—yet entirely appropriate—theatrical flourish of his departure from the stage on which he had thrived. And as it did so, Bowie passed from greatness into legend, and the world could only look on in admiration.

Alexander Larman is a historian and critic who writes for major journals like the Observer and The Telegraph in Britain and is currently books editor of The Spectator World. He has written on subjects as diverse as Oasis, Lord Byron, and the British royal family—but his real passion is David Bowie. He writes on Bowie whenever he can, and the articles always receive a huge amount of attention globally. Alex lives in England.

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Jordan Himelfarb – Interregnum

Jordan Himelfarb Interregnum review and information of the content of the book about the comptitive world of chess. Pegasus Books will the book by Jordan Himelfarb Inside the Grueling and Glamorous Battle to Become the Next King of Chess, on April 24, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the novel, the author and the publication.

Jordan Himelfarb Interregnum review

  • “A crackling, irresistible portrait of a game—and the brilliant, eccentric minds remaking it. Whether you live and breathe chess or are simply drawn to high-stakes struggle and larger-than-life personalities, Interregnum delivers a thrilling, deeply humane look at what it takes to rule the chess world.” (James R. Hansen)

Jordan Himelfarb Interregnum

Interregnum

Inside the Grueling and Glamorous Battle to Become the Next King of Chess

  • Author: Jordan Himelfarb (Canada)
  • Book type: Chess book
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • Released: April 24, 2026
  • Length: 224 pages
  • Format: hardcover/ ebook
  • Prize: $ 29.95
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book by Jordan Himelfarb about the battle for chess supremacy

A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.

Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going down in history. Yet for many of today’s top grandmasters, that dream long seemed out of reach: Norwegian juggernaut Magnus Carlsen was just too good. So when Carlsen announced he wouldn’t defend his world title for a fifth time, the rest of the best saw a chance finally to sit on the throne.

Interregnum follows these brilliant and often eccentric minds around the world as they vie to become world chess champion. It’s a story of millennial greats whose time is running out. Of teenaged prodigies who refuse to wait their turn. Of triumph and heartbreak, aspiration and anxiety. Of an ancient sport experiencing a remarkable resurgence and of the extremely online enfants terribles changing the game.

Part sports chronicle, part paean, part character study, Interregnum offers something for both the chess-obsessed and the chess-curious as well as anyone who enjoys a riveting tale of struggle in sport or triumph of the intellect.

Jordan Himelfarb is a managing editor of the Toronto Star, one of North America’s largest newspapers, where he oversees political, national, foreign and opinion coverage. He was previously the Star’s politics editor and, before that, deputy editorial page editor. Himelfarb has been nominated three times for a National Newspaper Award, the highest honour in Canadian journalism, twice for his writing and once for his editing. Before coming to the Star, he was co-editor of Said the Gramophone, one of Time Magazine’s top blogs of 2009, and co-editor of the book Tax is Not a Four-Letter Word. Once a competitive Scrabble player, he has in recent years turned his obsessive attention to chess and contract bridge.

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Elly McCausland – Swifterature

Elly McCausland Swifterature review and information of the content of the book about English Literature and Taylor Swift. Pegasus Books will publish the book by Elly McCausland about Taylor Swift and het love for Literature and her femnist views on life, on November 4, 2025. Here you can read information about the content of the novel, the author and the publication.

Elly McCausland Swifterature review

  • “A piercing look at an undeniable phenomenon through a literary lens. Each chapter dives into a different literary genre or conceit, tying Swift’s songs to classic works of literature. This relentlessly smart book serves as the perfect introduction to literary theory for Swift’s fans, as well as a fascinating exploration of the pop-music phenomenon to outside observers––you don’t need to be a Swiftie to enjoy it (though it can’t hurt). Enchanting.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Elly McCausland Swifterature

Swifterature

A Love Story: English Literature and Taylor Swift

  • Author: Elly McCausland
  • Book type: book about Taylor Swift and English literature
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • Released: November 4, 2025
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Format: hardcover/ ebook
  • Prize: $ 29.95
  • Order book from: Amazon / Bol

Blurb of the book by Elly McCausland about Taylor Swift and English literature

A daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift.

Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture.

The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift’s lyrics as departure points. The reader experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift’s lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity.

She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift’s place on the world’s stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.

Elly McCausland is an associate professor of English literature at Ghent University in Belgium. She specializes in children’s literature and also teaches a course on English literature and Taylor Swift. She is the author of two books on Swift and literature, including “Stars Around My Scars: The Annotated Poetry of Taylor Swift.” She is also an award-winning food writer.

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Lesley-Ann Jones – The Stone Age Boek over de Rolling Stones

Lesley-Ann Jones The Stone Age Boek over de Rolling Stones recensie en informatie over de inhoud. Op 13 februari 2023 verschijnt het nieuwe boek over de Rolling Stones, zowel in het Engels als in Nederlandse vertaling.

Lesley-Ann Jones The Stone Age boek over de Rolling Stones recensie en informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van The Stone Age. Het boek is geschreven door Lesley Ann Jones. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud over zestig jaar The Rolling Stones, geschreven door Lesley-Ann Jones.

Lesley-Ann Jones The Stone Age Boek over de Rolling Stones

The Stone Age

Zestig jaar The Rolling Stones

  • Schrijfster: Lesley-Ann Jones (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: muziekboek
  • Origineel: The Stone Age (12 juli 2022)
  • Nederlandse vertaling:
  • Uitgever: Inside
  • Verschijnt: 13 februari 2023
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: € 21,99 / € 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekhandel / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek over zestig jaar The Rolling Stones

Good, bad en vaak ugly. Hier zijn The Stones zoals we zo nog nooit eerder zagen.

In de zomer van 1962 trokken vijf witte Britse jongeren de wereld in met hun ‘zwarte Amerikaanse’ muziek. Met hun bluesy toon en verwijzingen naar vrouwen, seks en drugs werden ze bestempeld als moreel verderfelijk of boodschappers van de duivel en maakte ze wat van de meest opwindende muziek ooit gemaakt. Maar hoe werden deze ultieme buitenbeentjes het wereldwijde merk dat we nu kennen. Wie waren de slachtoffers en wat zijn de vergeten verhalen?

Lesley-Ann Jones The Stone Age 60 Years of the Rolling Stones

The Stone Age

60 Years of the Rolling Stones

  • Schrijfster: Lesley-Ann Jones (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: muziekboek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Pegasus Books
  • Verschijnt: 12 juli 2022
  • Omvang: 368 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek
  • Boek bestellen bij: Boekhandel / Bol

Flaptekst boek over The Rolling Stones van Lesley-Ann Jones

An acclaimed rock and roll journalist evokes the legacy of The Rolling Stones—iconic, granitic, commercially unstoppable as a collective; and fascinating, contradictory, and occasionally disturbing as individuals.

As Lesley-Ann Jones writes, the Rolling Stones are “still roaming the globe like rusty tanks without a war to go to. Jumping, jacking, flashing, posturing, these septuagenarian caricatures with faces that might have been microwaved but coming on like eternal thirty-year-olds.”

On 12th July 1962, the Rollin’ Stones performed their first-ever gig at London’s Marquee jazz club. Down the line, a ‘g’ was added, a spark was lit and their destiny was sealed. No going back.

These five white British kids set out to play the music of black America. They honed a style that bled bluesy undertones into dark insinuations of women, sex, and drugs. Denounced as ‘corruptors of youth’ and ‘messengers of the devil,’ they created some of the most thrilling music ever recorded.

Now their sound and attitude seem louder and more influential than ever. Elvis is dead and the Beatles are over, but Jagger and Richards bestride the world. The Stones may be gathering moss, but on they roll.

Yet how did the ultimate anti-establishment misfits become the global brand we know today? Who were the casualties, and what are the forgotten legacies? Can the artist ever be truly divisible from the art?

Lesley-Ann Jones’s new history tracks this contradictory, disturbing, granitic and unstoppable band through hope, glory and exile, into the juggernaut years and beyond into rock’s ongoing reckoning . . . where the Stones seem more at odds than ever with the values and heritage against which they have always rebelled. Good, bad, and often ugly, here are the Rolling Stones as never seen before.

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Edward Chisholm – A Waiter in Paris

Edward Chisholm A Waiter in Paris recensie en informatie autobiografisch boek over het rauwe leven als ober in Parijs. Op 9 augustus 2022 verschijnt bij Pegasus Books het journalistiek memoir van de Britse journalist over de zelfkant van het Parijse restaurentleven. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Edward Chisholm A Waiter in Paris recensie en informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van A Waiter in Paris, Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City. Het boek is geschreven door Edward Chisholm. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van dit journalistieke memoir over het rauwe leven als kelner in Parijs, geschreven door Edward Chisholm.

Edward Chisholm A Waiter in Paris

A Waiter in Paris

Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City

  • Schrijver: Edward Chisholm (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: journalistiek memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Pegasus Books
  • Verschijnt: 9 augustus 2022
  • Omvang: 384 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek over het leven als kelner in Parijs

An evocative portrait of the underbelly of contemporary Paris as seen through the eyes of a young waiter scraping out a living in the City of Light.

A waiter’s job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door . . . is hell.

Edward Chisholm’s spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you beneath the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world—and right into its glorious underbelly.

He inhabits a world of inhuman hours, snatched sleep and dive bars; scraping by on coffee, bread and cigarettes, often under sadistic managers, with a wage so low you’re fighting your colleagues for tips. Your colleagues—including thieves, narcissists, ex-soldiers, immigrants, wannabe actors, and drug dealers—are the closest thing to family that you’ve got.

It’s physically demanding, frequently humiliating and incredibly competitive. But it doesn’t matter because you’re in Paris, the center of the universe, and there’s nowhere else you’d rather be in the world.

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