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Daddy's Girlsnew

You might pick up this book expecting some of Canada's best-known female writers to deliver accounts of trauma and brutalization at the hands of their fathers -- forget about it; these dads are for the most part inspiring or benign.
NOW Magazine  |  Susan G. Cole  |  05-18-2007  |  Nonfiction

How 'Sassy' Changed My Lifenew

Two writers pen a mash note to the mag that made them the women they are now.
Willamette Week  |  Claire Evans  |  05-16-2007  |  Nonfiction

'My So-Called Punk' News and Analysisnew

Green Day, Operation Ivy, and Rancid's place in Matt Diehl's new CliffsNotes of Punk.
East Bay Express  |  David Downs  |  05-16-2007  |  Nonfiction

Nazi Economics: New Insights into the Third Reichnew

It was actually the United States that made Hitler do it -- at least in his twisted mind.
Shepherd Express  |  Roger Miller  |  05-11-2007  |  Nonfiction

A Worthy Entry Onto the School of Rock Required-reading Listnew

If ever you wanted a minute-by-minute account of the rise of the beast that became punk rock, this is it.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Emily Flake  |  05-08-2007  |  Nonfiction

Dudes Look Like a Maybenew

Journalist Charlie Leduff goes looking for the rugged American man -- and may be still looking for him.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Zak M. Salih  |  05-08-2007  |  Nonfiction

Politics in the Light of Daynew

Using personal records, correspondence, meeting minutes and other long-forgotten documentation, Crespino chronicles how white reaction to the civil rights movement in Mississippi contributed to the rise and formation of Republican Party as we know it.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jere Nash  |  05-07-2007  |  Nonfiction

Tracing Issues in Canadian Foreign Policynew

Stephen Harper's Conservatives aren't likely to enjoy Linda McQuaig's latest.
The Georgia Straight  |  Derrick O'Keefe  |  05-07-2007  |  Nonfiction

Leave the Gore-Tex Behindnew

A camping guide for city mice.
Eugene Weekly  |  Molly Templeton  |  05-04-2007  |  Nonfiction

All 'Stacked' Up: Laughing About Breastsnew

Stacked is a wide-ranging exploration of All Things Breast, and it's also that rare combination -- a book that gives readers the opportunity to laugh and learn at the same time.
Shepherd Express  |  Amy Waldman  |  05-04-2007  |  Nonfiction

More Creative and Influential than Bob Dylan?new

Donovan's delightful cosmic swirl is a fascinating oral history.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Lee Valentine Smith  |  05-03-2007  |  Nonfiction

Annals of Terminationnew

George W. Bush is guilty of a lot of things -- but in her just-released book, former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega gets specific.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  05-03-2007  |  Nonfiction

Upright Mennew

A history of impotence says guys made the ruler they measure themselves by.
San Antonio Current  |  Nick Gillespie  |  05-03-2007  |  Nonfiction

Clairvoyant Archaeology

In his latest book, Craig Childs tracks the vanished Anasazi across the Southwest.
The Inlander  |  Ted S. McGregor Jr.  |  05-02-2007  |  Nonfiction

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