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Guide Aimed at Cynical Hip Parents Who Still Want to Have Fun
Hip mamas, slacker mamas, rejoice -- it's a tongue-in-cheek parenting book written just for you.
Monday Magazine |
Alisa Gordaneer |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Gall of the Wildnew
This anthology of 30 authors seeks to rescue nature writing from its own soft-focus postcard prose by putting people back in the landscape. The argument is overheated, but the contributions stand on their own merits.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
08-06-2004 |
Nonfiction
Comic Heroes Save the Day for Fictionnew
Closely observed and fondly earnest examinations of comics' golden and silver ages shoot through this smart, stylish, not-just-for-geeks collection like a barely contained, rare elixir whose strange effects reveal themselves only over time.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
08-05-2004 |
Nonfiction
Less Chuck for your Buck in "Stranger Than Fiction"new
In the parlance of corporate marketing, Chuck Palahniuk the guy—not to be confused with Chuck Palahniuk the oeuvre—has been branded.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
07-29-2004 |
Nonfiction
God's Countrynew
Thomas Frank engages the most important political question of our time: why do so many of America’s working poor vote persistently against their own economic interests?
Boston Phoenix |
Catherine Tumber |
07-27-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Tale of Two Y'allsnew
The dictionary of Southern dialect is simple, concise and respectful. It stands in contrast to Maureen Duffin-Ward's Suddenly Southern: A Yankee's Guide to Living in Dixie, a breathtaking collection of every cliché and stereotype ever promulgated about the South and Southerners.
Mountain Xpress |
Cindy Burda |
07-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Biographer Martin Roach Phones in This White Stripes Book
A grammatical nightmare, Morphing the Blues is not an insightful look into the "mysteries" of the White duo, as it claims to be; it is simply a restatement of everything we already know, as well as a very detailed history of Detroit.
Austin Chronicle |
Darcie Stevens |
07-23-2004 |
Nonfiction
Paging Elvis and Other Rock 'n' Roll Fantasiesnew
This book on the myths, legends, and curses surrounding rock 'n' roll will entertain anyone who's ever used a turntable to play Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" backward.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
07-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
Working for Peanutsnew
The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952 offers readers insight into the rough-and-tumble origins of the classic comic strip.
Gambit |
Alex Rawls |
07-21-2004 |
Nonfiction
That ’90s Shownew
Its dubious literary merits aside, Bill Clinton’s My Life sparks nostalgia for a decade of peace, prosperity and presidential sex.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
07-08-2004 |
Nonfiction
Disappearing Crew Inspires Nautical Myth
In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found drifting on the North Atlantic with no trace of her crew. 130 years later Brian Hicks has an idea what happened.
Columbia Free Times |
David Axe |
07-08-2004 |
Nonfiction
Author Attempts to Define Canadianness
Douglas Coupland delves once more into Canada's identity—and comes up with a taxidermied fish.
Monday Magazine |
Jenni Cash |
07-06-2004 |
Nonfiction
Laws and Ordernew
Joe Domanick's new book takes a hard look at a hard law, examining California's "three strikes" rule and its consequences.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
07-02-2004 |
Nonfiction
Cool Consolationnew
The author's insights float on a kind light irony that he creates by mixing a mastery of English prose sentences with lemon-twisted locutions that sound translated -- like pixilated Barthes.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
06-10-2004 |
Nonfiction
Collection Mixes the Good with Too Many Bad Jokes
Far from making effective political statements, many of the cartoonists in "Attitude 2" are mired in a lazy approach to their craft that ignores tradition and leaves readers more bored than inspired.
Columbia Free Times |
Arik Berglund |
06-09-2004 |
Nonfiction
