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Hot Stuffnew
Are you willing to read this book by candlelight?
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
03-22-2006 |
Nonfiction
Less Is Morenew
Experiments such as this one are really useful -- they help us to understand how unspoken assumptions shape our daily lives, and how much of our time is spent simply wanting.
Seven Days |
Bill McKibben |
03-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tunnel Visionnew
Trussoni wastes her talent in this memoir of her
Vietnam-vet father.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Liberated at Lastnew
Grossman, a long-forgotten chronicler of the cruellest years of the bloodiest war in history, turned slaughter to literature in simple and shattering terms.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
03-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Fallaci Codenew
Oriana Fallaci asks: Is Muslim immigration to Europe a conspiracy?
L.A. Weekly |
Brendan Bernhard |
03-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
An Idiot's Guide To Others' Livesnew
These recent memoirs and biographies are all worth checking out.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The World's Greatest Fighter Chokesnew
You might not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can sure as hell judge the author who wrote it.
Dig Boston |
Aaron Lecklider |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Really Black Humornew
The author of White Boy Shuffle digs through the crates for a surprising set of yuks.
The Village Voice |
Pete L'Official |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
L.A. Womannew
Braverman reflects on the city of face-lifts in her "accidental memoir."
The Village Voice |
Akiva Gottlieb |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Examining the Inevitablenew
Pierson's book is part memoir, part philosophical treatise on the idea of home and part history lesson.
The Village Voice |
Katherine Sharpe |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Cost Conscious
The contributors come to bury Wal-Mart, not to praise it.
Washington City Paper |
Bell Clement |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Bruckheimer Conspiracy
The book's high concept falls a bit short of its mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Where the Boys Arenew
The Skills to Pay the Bills is a light look at the Beasties’ place in hip-hop history.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
03-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
The Real Dealnew
Weschler's Everything is actually illuminated.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Screen Shotsnew
Artist "Show-n-tell" collects the mostly anonymous webcam photos and chat-room transcripts she gathered by contacting lonely souls in this book.
Seattle Weekly |
Heather Logue and Rachel Shimp |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Show-n-tell, webAffairs
