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Undercover in 'Christian Country,' Gina Welch Pretended to Be an Evangelicalnew

While preparing for her baptism at Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church, Gina Welch was handed a checklist: She'd need a towel and a change of underwear.
East Bay Express  |  Anneli Rufus  |  03-17-2010  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Gina Welch, In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church

Born to Losenew

Born an untouchable, born into a culture that executes rape victims -- sometimes your heritage just hurts.
East Bay Express  |  Anneli Rufus  |  01-30-2006  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Ghazal Omid, Living in Hell

Say What?new

Three books look at the way language shifts, unfolds and changes as people adopt ever more efficient ways of pronouncing words.
East Bay Express  |  Anneli Rufus  |  06-27-2005  |  Nonfiction
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors, David Crystal, Do You Speak American, Guy Deutscher, Robert MacNeil, The Stories of English, The Unfolding of Language, William Cran

Fandom -- Ultimately, It's All About Younew

Several books demonstrate, not always intentionally, that celebrity is ultimately all about us and how we use stars as models and mirrors.
East Bay Express  |  Anneli Rufus  |  05-10-2005  |  Nonfiction
Tags: vintage, Various Titles, Various Authors, Random House, $23.95, $24.95, Bloomsbury, By Jennie Erdal, By Michael Joseph Gross, By Peter Carey, By Ruth Reichl, By Tom Reiss, Doubleday, Garlic and Sapphires, Ghosting, My Life as a Fake, Penguin Press, Starstruck, The Orientalist

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