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The Real Immigration Storynew
An LA Times reporter tells the personal stories of Mexican immigrants.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Julia Goldberg |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Gore Attacknew
Someone exceptional seems to have erupted from the trappings of the old, more conventional politician -- the new Gore 2.0 talks smart and straight, and The Assault on Reason eviscerates the Bush administration while exploring the strange new American dialogue.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
06-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Legend After His Timenew
A new biography of photographer Clarence John Laughlin examines the life and work of an artist whose full measure has not yet been realized.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
06-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Gore: The Enemy of Reason is Fearnew
The Assault on Reason purports to examine America's dramatic skid off the road of reason since 9/11.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
06-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
Ducking the God Questionnew
To better appreciate just how difficult it can be for even the most devout intellectuals to confront the godless implications of Darwinism, one need look no further than Francisco Ayala's Darwin's Gift: To Science and Religion and Edward Larson's The Creation-Evolution Debate.
The Texas Observer |
James McWilliams |
06-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
A Defense of Supposedly 'Simplistic' Southern Hip-hopnew
Roni Sarig's excellent new history of Southern rap is one of the few of its kind and nonetheless overdue.
Baltimore City Paper |
Jess Harvell |
06-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Comet, Not the Tailnew
Altared looks at weddings from 26 perspectives.
Illinois Times |
Jacqueline Jackson |
06-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
Remembering America's First Black Marinesnew
Through their own words, we get the true picture of what life was like for these men who trained in the Jim Crow South and a gritty and harrowing account of their combat experiences.
INDY Week |
Alice Osborn |
05-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mike Jones Shares His 'Art'new
It's barely been six months since this male escort from Denver brought one of the nation's most powerful evangelicals to his knees for the last time, and already the book version is about to fly off the shelves into the eager, upturned sweaty palms of the masses.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Cara DeGette |
05-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Kinfolks': Missing Personsnew
This is a book in which the destination is more interesting than the journey -- Alther struggles to find a way to make the famous-writer's-memoir format mesh with the exceedingly complex web of historical clues she's weaving.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
05-25-2007 |
Nonfiction
History Never Forgetsnew
Two documentaries forever defined German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl.
Baltimore City Paper |
Zak M. Salih |
05-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
DeLay, Inknew
Whatever the cause, DeLay disappoints readers who hoped the pen would be mightier than the Hammer.
The Texas Observer |
Andrew Wheat |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Year of Eating Locallynew
Two households go to extremes to show how it's done in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and Plenty.
Chicago Reader |
Martha Bayne |
05-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Roll Over Leonard Bernsteinnew
Classical faces the music?
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
05-21-2007 |
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
