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Lomborg Tells Climate-Change Worrywarts to Chillaxnew

Cool It is more of a distraction than a contribution at a time when environmentalists should be busy promoting solutions, not debunking the carefully crafted fables of Lomborg's dollar-driven theses.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Amanda Witherell  |  09-26-2007  |  Nonfiction

Nelson Peery Surveys His Tenure in the Communist Partynew

While he is forthright about his ethical struggles and political development, there is a staginess to much of the dialogue that transforms plot turns into vehicles for Peery's soul-searching.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore  |  09-20-2007  |  Nonfiction

Is 'The Iran Agenda' a Theocratic Democracy?new

Reese Erlich's book discusses moronic policy, complicated politics, and hopes for the future in Iran.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tim Redmond  |  09-20-2007  |  Nonfiction

'Tearing Down the Gates' Examines School Inequitiesnew

Peter Sacks, a former community college teacher and longtime independent critic of American education, reminds readers that school decline as the class divide increases.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tom Gallagher  |  09-12-2007  |  Nonfiction

Poe Ballantine's Second Book is Full of Whoasnew

The personal essays in 501 Minutes to Christ demonstrate Ballantine's ability to examine his own life harshly but reserve such judgment when looking with kind and interested eyes into the lives of others, no matter how downtrodden, crazy, or corrupt.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Amanda Witherell  |  09-12-2007  |  Nonfiction

'Freedom Next Time': Tracking Struggles for Justicenew

Agree with him or not, Pilger presents a view widely accepted in much of the world, one the American public ignores at its own peril.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tom Gallagher  |  08-22-2007  |  Nonfiction

Murder Witnessnew

An observer in Darfur describes an unending nightmare.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tom Gallagher  |  04-25-2007  |  Nonfiction

A Careful Readernew

A collection of Susan Sontag's later work highlights the writer's unswerving attention to morality.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Max Goldberg  |  03-28-2007  |  Nonfiction

The Other Superpowernew

Traub documents the post-cold war careers of the United Nations and Kofi Annan.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tom Gallagher  |  11-29-2006  |  Nonfiction

Your Enemies and Neighborsnew

Julia Sweig's Friendly Fire and Jeff Faux's The Global Class War look at how the other 80 percent live -- and why they hate us.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Tom Gallagher  |  08-16-2006  |  Nonfiction

Pain Managementnew

Ugresic's new novel examines the marketplace of misfortune.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Adam Klein  |  08-09-2006  |  Nonfiction

Censorship is XXXX XX XXXnew

This new anthology looks at how we silence others and ourselves.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  David Moisl  |  05-31-2006  |  Nonfiction

A Conference With Ghostsnew

Two new books -- Conned and Forced Passages -- delve into the impact of America's criminal justice system on society at large.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Daniel Burton-Rose  |  05-31-2006  |  Nonfiction

The Dirty Worknew

Two omnivores pursue the perfect modern meal in The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine and The Omnivore's Dilemma.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Caitlin Van Dusen  |  05-31-2006  |  Nonfiction

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