Dr. Wesley Britton
Reviewer Dr. Wesley Britton: Dr. Britton is the author of four non-fiction books on espionage in literature and the media. Starting in fall 2015, his new six-book science fiction series, The Beta-Earth Chronicles, debuted via BearManor Media.
In 2018, Britton self-published the seventh book in the Chronicles, Alpha Tales 2044, a collection of short stories, many of which first appeared at a number of online venues.
For seven years, he was co-host of online radio’s Dave White Presents where he contributed interviews with a host of entertainment insiders. Before his retirement in 2016, Dr. Britton taught English at Harrisburg Area Community College. Learn more about Dr. Britton at his WEBSITE
Articles by this Author
Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon Reviewed By Dr. Welsey Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published December 20, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher: Sterling;
ISBN-10: 1402765894: ISBN-13: 978-1402765896
It’s an epic story, and Harvey Kubernik should be credited with assembling a massive tapestry of the times, places, and people.
The Baker Street Irregular Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published December 14, 2010
- Crime & Mystery

Author: Jon Lellenberg
Publisher: Arkham
ISBN-10: 1552469220: ISBN-13: 978-1552469224
Life Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 28, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Publishers: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 031603438X ISBN-13: 978-0316034388
It’s a book hard to put down, perhaps now one of the most important books on rock ever written by someone who helped shape music of more than one era. An ideal Christmas gift for anyone who cares about rock from any generation.
Henry Fonda and The Deputy-The Film and Stage Star and His TV Western Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 21, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
ISBN-10: 1593936133: ISBN-13: 978-1593936136
As author Glenn Mosley addresses in the first pages of his anatomy of a largely forgotten TV Western, few television or film fans know Henry Fonda starred in the 1959 The Deputy. Even fewer recall that The Deputy was something of a controversial show for two seasons. On those grounds alone, Glenn Mosley offers both Fonda and television watchers a very readable and needed exploration into a neglected chapter of entertainment history.
Lady Gaga: Looking for Fame Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 18, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
ISBN-10: 1849384053: ISBN-13: 978-1849384056
Since late 2008, New Yorker Stefani Germanotta’s transformation into international superstar Lady Gaga has fascinated just about everyone who listens to popular music.
How Dare You Say How Dare Me Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 10, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Authors: Pat Cooper, Rich Herschlag, Steve Garrin
Publisher: Square One Publishers
ISBN-10: 075700363X: ISBN-13: 978-0757003639
Cooper’s very readable memoir, How Dare You Say How Dare me is a bitter rant against all the slings and arrows he has faced on and off stage
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragical Romance Reviewed by Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 2, 2010
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
ISBN-10: 1451605811: ISBN-13: 978-1451605815
Devotees of “Dudeism” will most enjoy this volume, and there are obviously enough of them to interest a major publisher in this effort
The Green Hornet Chronicles Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published November 2, 2010
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
ISBN-10: 1933076747: ISBN-13: 978-1933076744
Political Logic: Defeating Conservative Theories of Rationality Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published October 12, 2010
- Politics
Publisher: Decent Hill
ISBN-10: 193608533X: ISBN-13: 978-1936085330
A reader’s appreciation of the book will likely vary depending on their own preconceptions and/or their own awareness of the often obvious.
Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published October 7, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Charles Fox
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.ISBN-10: 0810869918: ISBN-13: 978-0810869912
Back to the Future (BFI Film Classics) Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published September 3, 2010
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Authors: Andrew Shail and Robin Stoate
Publisher: British Film Institute (August 17, 2010)
ISBN-10: 1844572935: ISBN-13: 978-1844572939
Arsenic and Clam Chowder: Murder in Gilded Age New York Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published August 24, 2010
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: James D. Livingston
Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New York (July 2010)
ISBN-10: 1438431791
ISBN-13: 978-1438431796
Arsenic and Clam Chowder is the non-fiction account of The apparent 1895 murder of Evelina Bliss by way of arsenic allegedly placed in her clam chowder by her daughter, Mary Alice Fleming
James Bond: Choice of Weapons: Three 007 Novels: Zero Minus Ten; The Facts of Death; The Man with the Red Tattoo Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published August 16, 2010
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Publisher: Pegasus
ISBN-10: 1605980994: ISBN-13: 978-1605980997
While movie fans worry about the future of 007, readers of Bond novels know he’ll return next year in Project X by Jeffery Deaver. Until then, those who haven’t read the continuation stories of Raymond Benson can revisit the literary Bond of the 1990s this month if they pick up the hefty anthology—over 800 pages—of three Benson novels and two of his short stories.TIED IN: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published July 26, 2010
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Editor: Lee Goldberg & Members of The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers
This collection of essays written by members of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers is designed for a very specific readership. As the group was organized by and for current and potential authors of books based on films, television series, and other media, one clear purpose of this collection is to present an exchange of ideas on how it’s all done. A wider audience would include readers of these books curious about how it’s all done as well, and no doubt fans of specific writers or the projects on which these books are built might enjoy the scattered bits of trivia throughout this publication.Storm Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published July 17, 2010
- Crime & Mystery
Author: Dave Pearson
Publisher: Stand Up America Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-615-35997-7In a year almost glutted with new espionage thrillers, Dave Pearson’s first novel, Storm, shouldn’t be lost in the flood. While many new spy novels this decade are filled with the verisimilitude provided by former intelligence officers turning to writing as a second vocation, good storytelling is front in center in Storm which is both believable and a fast-paced, well sketched adventure.
To Space and Back: A memoir Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published July 12, 2010
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Mark Goddard
Publisher: IUniverse Pub.
ISBN: 13: 978-0-595-51742-8 (pbk) ISBN: 13: 978-0-595-62013-5 (ebk)
To Space and Back is a book for fans and those interested in TV history
Embassy Intrigue Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published July 8, 2010
- Crime & Mystery
Author: Roger Neetz
Publisher: American Book Publishing
ISBN-10:
1589825926
ISBN-13: 978-1589825925
Mr. Ed: Dead: And Other Obituaries of the Most Famous People Who Never Lived Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published June 25, 2010
- Humour
Authors: Barry Nelson and Tom Schecker
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN-10: 1402237448
If this book doesn’t put you in a good mood, I’m not sure you deserve one.
The Columbo Collection Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published June 22, 2010
- Crime & Mystery
ISBN (trade softcover edition): 978-1-932009-94-1
It’s an ideal companion for airport terminals or bedtime reading, for times when you want to enjoy a writer and his character being their clever best. I’ll take seconds, Mr. Link
Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published June 18, 2010
- History
Bernard von Bothmer has provided a valuable service for anyone interested in understanding how our leaders have manipulated the facts and myths of the 1960s to champion their various agendas in the White House since 1980
Meet Carolyn Howard-Johnson author of Frugal and focused Tweeting for Retailers: Tweaking Your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published June 2, 2010
- AUTHOR INTERVIEWS- CHECK THEM OUT

Dr. Wesley Britton, one of bookpleasures' reviewers interviews Carolyn Howard-Johnson author of Frugal and focused Tweeting for Retailers: Tweaking Your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media
Frugal and focused Tweeting for Retailers: Tweaking Your Tweets and Other Tips for Integrating Your Social Media Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published June 1, 2010
- Business
Author: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
ISBN: 9781451546149
This is a book to keep on hand for reference so readers can consider and perhaps re-think these concise ideas that demand complex operations
Angels, Vampires, and Douche Bags Reviewed By Dr. Wesley Britton of Bookpleasures.com
- By Dr. Wesley Britton
- Published May 28, 2010
- Humour
Author: Carla Collins
ISBN: 978-1897404249
Publisher: Burman Books
