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Science Spottingnew
Author Paul Halpern has a razor-sharp eye for the science tidbits that have popped up in 19 years of The Simpsons.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
01-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Indian Summer' is a Great Read & Backgrounder to Today's Headlinesnew
Historical giants weave in and out of the years of high drama leading up to the British forces' withdrawal from India in 1947. But Von Tunzelmann reveals, often with comical verve, that many of those giants were grossly flawed.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
01-04-2008 |
Nonfiction
Jocks on Trialnew
Until Proven Innocent is a seething indictment of the individuals and institutions in Durham, North Carolina that conspired to put three demonstrably innocent lacrosse players in jail for 30 years.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
11-30-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Red Mutiny': Red Baitnew
Historian Neal Bascomb reclaims the Potemkin story from the twists of myth and propaganda to give us a rewarding, rip-roaring high-seas adventure set against the backdrop of the unravelling Romanov dynasty.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
11-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Italian Letter' Looks at Bush Administration's Dangerous Fakerynew
When the history of this gruesome war is finally written, people will marvel at how this shoddy forgery became such an effective weapon in the Bush administration's arsenal of lies.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew
Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Girl' Talknew
Serano's background as a biologist, performer and transsexual activist makes Whipping Girl insightful, in-depth and multi-faceted.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
08-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Russian Toxic Shockernew
The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London last year via a deadly dose of radioactive polonium, and the mystery of who and what was behind it, is ably told by former BBC Moscow correspondent Martin Sixsmith.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
No 'Beauty' Here, Just Mathnew
Stewart's prose is clear, and he has a good story to tell and some fascinating ideas to present -- but he never quite brings his subject to life.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Interpreter': Criminal Injusticenew
A well-told story of death and injustice, one of many such tales that are part of the narrative of World War II.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Gym' Dandynew
Except for one, each of the 33 working novelists, short story writers and poets assembled by Clark delivers practical tips in plain English for the practicing writer.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
07-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ralph Ellison's Visible Geniusnew
Rampersad overwrites the myth of Ellison as a one-hit wonder to reveal a diligent, irascible and self-directed man who clawed his way to greatness despite adversaries who tried to cut him down.
NOW Magazine |
Lauren Kirschner |
07-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Bling Blasted in 'Ghettonation'new
Part memoir, part cultural essay and part incendiary rant, Daniels' book is as much a meditation on her own origins as it is a survey of the contemporary African-American landscape.
NOW Magazine |
David Jager |
06-29-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Food' for Thoughtnew
In an exquisite menu pulled from various sections of her life, from her ancestral Eastern Europe to local lesbian feminist housing collectives, Bociurkiw finds meaning in ingredients, aromas and cooking times.
NOW Magazine |
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk |
06-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mercenary Mightnew
Journalist Jeremy Scahill manages to lift the curtain on this secretive, highly armed group of freebooting mercenaries and in the process shows an even uglier side of a very ugly war.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
05-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
