AltWeeklies Wire
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
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
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
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Piss-And-Tellnew
Jong has photographed herself peeing all over New York, Florida, China, Mexico and Hawaii -- this book documents her spree.
Dig Boston |
Paul McMorrow |
05-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Ellen Jong, Pees on Earth
Holocaust Hauntsnew
By piecing together her past in drawings and words, Eisenstein begins to understand how being a child of Holocaust survivors has made her the person she is.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
05-18-2006 |
Nonfiction
Anything But Smooth Sailingnew
Schama drowns the American Revolution.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
05-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Rough Crossings, Simon Schama
War Storiesnew
There are better Iraq war memoirs already, plus more in the pipeline, but each one adds to the collective damning shelf.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
05-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Chasing Ghosts, Paul Rieckhoff
Sorrow Floatsnew
Periodically buoyant, Perfect Example is a tender little yelp of a book.
OC Weekly |
Cornel Bonca |
05-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: John Porcellino, Perfect Example
The Home Frontnew
Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military beg the question: Do we have to hate America in order to get out of Iraq?
Seattle Weekly |
David Stoesz |
05-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Mom Troublesnew
Flanagan opines on upper-class housewifery.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
04-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Mendacity 101new
Sirota's new book unveils the movers and the motives of big, bad money.
Missoula Independent |
Jason Wiener |
04-27-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: David Sirota, Hostile Takeover
Success for Naughtnew
Shackleton mania continues -- this time from the opposite side of Antarctica.
Seattle Weekly |
Robert Speer |
04-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Jottings and Wanderingsnew
Looking for a unifying new story he never finds, Gay Talese reveals bits of himself, and his writing process, in the margins.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
04-26-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese
Too Pretty for Radionew
What should you know about the voices of NPR?
New York Press |
Kevin Friedl |
04-20-2006 |
Nonfiction
Channeling Wisdom Through Clichenew
Rev Run's inspirational blurbs can be enlightening, if not redundant.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Sonia Clark |
04-14-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Opinionatorsnew
Two recently self-published books represent the new (blogs) and old school (op-eds) of political commentary in Virginia.
Style Weekly |
Amy Biegelsen |
04-13-2006 |
Nonfiction
