AltWeeklies Wire
Fun and Breezynew
"Bling is a concept, a sound effect, a light refraction, a lifestyle," write authors Reggie Osse and Gabriel Tolliver in the introduction to Bling.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mosi Reeves |
12-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Spartan, Elliptical Prosenew
Too many of Healy's pages are strung together vignettes that go nowhere, but the passages of his childhood memories are priceless.
New York Press |
N.P. Thompson |
12-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Arabian Nights, American Centuriesnew
Oren's history of the Middle East finds U.S. adventurers, bounders, and dreamers of every persuasion.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
12-20-2006 |
Nonfiction
Inspiration in Iraqnew
This book is a testament to and inspiration for those who seek to revive and rejuvenate a human spirit battered by shock and awe, attrition and insanity.
NOW Magazine |
Robert Priest |
12-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Don't Shoot the Clowns, Jo Wilding
When 'Music Biz' Was an Oxymoronnew
This new book chronicles the transformation of Nashville into Music City.
Nashville Scene |
Lacey Galbraith |
12-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: A Shot in the Dark, Martin Hawkins
Wrapping Paperbacksnew
Indie books make perfect last-minute gifts.
Tucson Weekly |
Jarret Keene |
12-14-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: 2006gift
Through the Lens, Annienew
What makes this expensive photo book worth owning is that ultimately it is a self-portrait of the photographer.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Lewis Whittington |
12-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
Clever and Stupidnew
Vaughan broadens an already somewhat loose definition of MacGyverism to encompass "acts of improvised genius, period."
Washington City Paper |
Joe Dempsey |
12-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bead to Blingnew
Far from sapping your will to bead with dry prose and unintelligible diagrams, this book actually inspires the beader within.
NUVO |
Lisa Gauthier |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Edwards' Empathynew
In a candid memoir, Elizabeth Edwards writes of the private pain behind the public career.
INDY Week |
Christy Hardin Smith |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Saving Graces
Magnificent Solipsismnew
Vidal's second memoir is pompous, flip, arrogant, and somewhat irresistable.
San Antonio Current |
John Dicker |
12-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Here As I Amnew
Stefanko's new photo anthology is pretty in Patti.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Frank Stefanko |
12-05-2006 |
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
Tags: James Traub, The Best Intentions
Save It Nownew
It's now or never to save the Earth, E.O. Wilson writes in a new book, addressed to an imagined Southern Baptist minister.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
11-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Our Real Founding Father?new
It's too bad John Cooke is not around anymore -- the 17th-century English lawyer who turned the divine right of kings to rule unquestioned into a crime punishable by death would be welcome here in our waning democracy.
Portland Phoenix |
Jeff Inglis |
11-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
