For those with a pre-conceived fascination for Africa and its unique perversities, "Acts of Faith" will probably prove engaging to the end.
Sharing directorial credits with Andy Baybutt, Ice T proves an engaging host in whose presence the contributors are clearly at ease.
Unfortunately, the pianist's original creations, surely the best evidence of his dedication to the form, don't match the brilliance of the older works, though his "Etude de Concert" proves an engaging fleet-fingered exercise.
His balanced, well-researched primer on America's tax system, "The Benefit and the Burden", will not endear him further to ideologues, but it is a refreshing entrée to a difficult subject.The book's no-nonsense approach to tax policy proves surprisingly engaging.
Chicken breast stuffed with fruits proved less engaging.
Those top notes still cause trouble, but his wide-boy swagger and fine declamation prove wonderfully engaging.
But in a brief BBC TV news interview the other day, he proved as engaging and watchable as Will Gompertz who was chatting to him.
But in fact Don't Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves – a title less like music to the ears than any I can remember – proved hugely engaging, with many joyful moments.
Mr Modi proved remarkably engaging towards his guest, addressing him familiarly as Barack and emphasising the importance of "chemistry" between leaders in establishing warm ties between countries (he did not mention that it would be better still if they were nurtured better by institutions, as well).
Yet political theater is alive and well in the Bay Area, as proved by engaging productions like "This World in a Woman's Hands, Marcus Gardleyy's drama for the Shotgun Players of Berkeley, about female workers in the Richmond, Calif., shipyards in World War II.
