AltWeeklies Wire
Our Way or No Way?new
Noam Chomsky opens his latest book, What We Say Goes, with fists flying.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-18-2008 |
Nonfiction
Hunter Storiesnew
Gonzo celebrates the life and work of outlaw journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Craig Vetter |
01-17-2008 |
Nonfiction
Bob Eckhardt: The Man in the Panama Hatnew
Gary A. Keith reclaims the legacy of the quixotic progressive.
The Texas Observer |
Brant Bingamon |
01-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
Steve Martin: Philosopher in Bunny Earsnew
His just-published memoir, Born Standing Up, verifies what you always suspected -- Steve Martin never was your typical comedian.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
01-04-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dark Prince Goes Down in Plamesnew
In his memoir, Novak attempts to justify outing Valerie Plame and other moral lapses, but his explanations are self-serving, to say the least, and not very convincing.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
01-03-2008 |
Nonfiction
The Challenge of Holiday Feastingnew
After reading The Omnivore's Dilemma, you may never look at a holiday ham -- or any dinner for that matter -- the same again.
Jackson Free Press |
Brandi Herrera Pfrehm |
12-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Examining Bush and the Neoconsnew
At times Unger focuses so closely on neocon tactics that he misses other forces driving Bush-Cheney policies. Even so, the book offers a vivid account of the use of disinformation to promote extremism.
Chicago Reader |
Chris Pepus |
12-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
Buy Some Stuff, Enslave Somebodynew
In Nobodies, John Bowe aims to make explicit the connection between the rise of the global market and the growing number of people throughout the world living in poverty, doomed to spend their lives providing goods and services for people born into wealthier circumstances.
The Texas Observer |
Josh Rosenblatt |
12-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Young Stalin': Georgia Rulenew
New biography shows the wild west underground education of a future dictator.
Baltimore City Paper |
John Barry |
12-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mississippi's CIA Connectionnew
This story of the CIA reads more like a thriller than a history book.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
11-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mark Jenkins' Excellent Adventurenew
And so we come to Jenkins, author and former Outside columnist, who stands in the face of his clownish peers as an authentic adventurer.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matt Martin |
11-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Blood and Soil' Looks at Lands of The Lostnew
This tome mines the links between systemic population exterminations and conquest.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
11-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Life of Charles Schulznew
Michaelis has produced a stunningly insightful and compulsively readable account of the life -- particularly the emotional life -- of the creator of "Peanuts," the famed comic strip about "born loser" Charlie Brown and his young friends.
Shepherd Express |
Roger Miller |
11-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Rehabilitation of Joe McCarthynew
Evans' book is the latest in a revisionist school of thought that casts McCarthy, not the people he investigated, as the true victim.
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Jenna Bush, Compassionate Conservativenew
Any snide suspicions one may harbor about the author's ability or her intentions are quickly swept away upon opening the book. Ana's Story deserves high marks as a dramatic, absorbing and moving read for kids and adults alike.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
11-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
