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How college degrees and museum shows became just another purchase.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
03-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Author Explains Why 'Down Low' Gets the Blamenew
With all the ways in which lovers cheat on one another, all the paths by which HIV can be spread, and with such a dearth of actual evidence -- anecdotal, clinical, statistical or otherwise -- why did "the DL" get the blame?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Thomas Bell |
02-25-2005 |
Nonfiction
Men Are Dogsnew
A memoir defines the pleasures and pitfalls of Chick Lit.
Missoula Independent |
Azita Osanloo |
02-18-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Rachel Toor, The Pig and I
To Hell and Backnew
Two rainy seasons spent killing in Vietnam haunt Claude Anshin Thomas. When it rains, he thinks of mud, napalm, people screaming and dying. In his book, he describes how he grappled with violence and then found solace.
Jackson Free Press |
Shay O'Neil |
02-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Anniston Burningnew
Author Phil Noble describes how the work of the Bi-Racial Human Relations Council enabled citizens of Anniston, Ala., to endure and to overcome, for the most part, the violence associated with the Civil Rights Movement in the South.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
02-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
Abe's High Lonesome Soundnew
Ronald C. White Jr. illustrates Lincoln's political maturation, tracing his trajectory in the simplicity and grace of his words. White believes that the quality of the president's rhetoric was the thread that held the Union together.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
02-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
Gay Abe? "What Stuff!"new
In this over-hyped biography, Tripp 's evidence of Lincoln's homosexuality is flimsy to nonexistent, and his historical arguments are often dazzling in their vacuity.
Illinois Times |
Charles B. Strozier |
02-11-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Face of Rock and Rollnew
The aesthetic of Generation X's music and clothing, the entire culture, is represented in posters for rock 'n' roll gigs, coauthor Dennis King says.
Houston Press |
John Nova Lomax |
02-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
Ex-Officer Tells Her Side of Scandalnew
Renatta Frazier¹s "tell-all" book coughs up answers about, and a few mistakes in, the life of a Springfield cop. Frazier is the black female cop who was wrongly accused of failing to prevent a rape.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-05-2005 |
Nonfiction
A Beautiful Mindnew
Again, Malcolm Gladwell is able to cross one discipline after another, one subset of behavioral psychology after another.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
02-03-2005 |
Nonfiction
Oral Traditionnew
Legs McNeil says the pornification of America isn't coming. It came.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Alex Richmond |
02-03-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Legs McNeil, The Other Hollywood
Review of Collapse
“What were Easter Islanders saying as they cut down the last tree on their island?” That’s the question that drives Jared Diamond’s new book, and it’s a relevant one for a world currently doing the same things with the same lack of reflection.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
02-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Collapse, Jared Diamond
Apocalypse Soonnew
New books by Jared Diamond and Christopher D. Cook parse out details of the end of the world as we know it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Scott Carlson |
01-26-2005 |
Nonfiction
Balancing Liberty and Securitynew
Although this book is light on discussion about the war on terror and the Patriot Act, the historical lessons learned by previous encounters with First Amendment restrictions can serve as a valuable lesson for those willing to reflect on our history.
Illinois Times |
Stuart Shiffman |
01-25-2005 |
Nonfiction
Masterpiecenew
Despite some psychological overreaching, this new biography of 20th century art giant Willem de Kooning stands as the definitive account of his genius and turbulent life.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
01-19-2005 |
Nonfiction
