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'The Rough Guide' is a Simple Roadmap to Nirvananew
Veteran Seattle music scribe Gillian G. Gaar smartly resists sensationalism in a new book about the iconic local band.
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Cunningham |
07-20-2009 |
Nonfiction
'Don't Stop' Looks at Karaoke's Democratization of Musicnew
Despite his book's limitations, it's hard to disagree with Brian Raftery's basic proposition: Skill is overrated, and the music stars or publishing houses who own the big hits tend to be overpaid.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
01-12-2009 |
Nonfiction
Operation Smoke and Mirrorsnew
Frank Rich takes a damning peek backstage, but neglects to review the audience.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-04-2006 |
Nonfiction
Smart Pop Analysisnew
What's best about Empire of Dirt is that Fonarow's equally a thinker's thinker and a fan's fan.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
08-16-2006 |
Nonfiction
Supersized Competitionnew
Fagone is hungry to find deeper meaning in the growing popularity of competitive eating -- but is it there?
Seattle Weekly |
Molly Lori |
07-19-2006 |
Nonfiction
Sympathetic, Never Sournew
Cohen connects much of Western civilization back to his own lineage, building an entire memoir out of historical context.
Seattle Weekly |
Ross Simonini |
07-12-2006 |
Nonfiction
Idleness and Drudgerynew
Lutz surveys more than three centuries' worth of self-doubting slackers and proud workaholics in this study of the American slacker.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
06-28-2006 |
Nonfiction
Not a Sheltered Childhoodnew
Erlbaum pulls no punches recalling her down-and-out girlhood.
Seattle Weekly |
Rachel Shimp |
06-21-2006 |
Nonfiction
Unevenly Seasonednew
Though I've always admired Anthony Bourdain's bravado and his love of a good beer buzz, I somehow feel cheated by this new bouillabaisse of culinary pieces.
Seattle Weekly |
Molly Lori |
06-07-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Anthony Bourdain, The Nasty Bits
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
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
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
Writing as Therapynew
A sorority girl battles intestinal parasites -- in dangerous Guatemala!
Seattle Weekly |
Sara Niegowski |
04-12-2006 |
Nonfiction
Who Killed Slobo?new
How to Rule the World: A Handbook for the Aspiring Dictator and The Rough Guide to Conspiracy Theories show how power grabs and secret plots never go out of style -- or print.
Seattle Weekly |
David Stoesz |
04-05-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
