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Nesting Placesnew
Birdhouses is an unusual book devoted to avian real estate.
INDY Week |
Jaimee Hills |
03-13-2008 |
Nonfiction
How a Bootlegger's Son Shaped the Westnew
One measure of success for a book like Philip L. Fradkin's Wallace Stegner and the American West is whether it inspires readers to take up books by the biographer's subject.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
03-12-2008 |
Nonfiction
Leaders of the No Schoolnew
National identity has always been something of an obsession in classical music circles. The debate's been reinvigorated by the extraordinary influx of Asian musicians, as Japanese pianist Mari Yoshihara examines in her new book.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Peter Burwasser |
03-11-2008 |
Nonfiction
Same To You, Fellanew
Snarking back at self-righteous, passive-aggressive, thick-skulled dim-wits isn't as easy as you might think. But help has arrived.
Boston Phoenix |
Sharon Steel |
03-06-2008 |
Nonfiction
Table Talknew
Former Gambit Weekly restaurant critic Sara Roahen writes from the heart about New Orleans food culture and her immersion in it.
Gambit |
David Lee Simmons |
02-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
Slack Onnew
When recovering slacker Kennedy gets a high-paying job in the marketing department of a major record company, he sees his coolness finally validated. Then he started work.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
02-28-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Travel Italia' Surveys Commerical Artistsnew
By the 1920s, high-end travel by ship, train and airplane had become a thriving business the world over, promoted by colorful posters of great artistry.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
02-22-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Across the Lines' Shares Stories from the Not-So-Distant Pastnew
Barry Jacobs gives us a timely, spellbinding account of the racial integration of men's basketball in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference between the mid-1960s and early 1970s.
INDY Week |
Thad Williamson |
02-22-2008 |
Nonfiction
What Would Jesus Debate?new
Thumpin' It (besides boasting an enviable title) is a thorough examination of how politicians manipulate scripture to support their assertions.
The Portland Mercury |
Will Gardner |
02-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
Adrian Tomine's Graphic Identitynew
A Japanese-American artist confronts race and disappointment in his first long-form graphic novel.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
02-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
Lee Siegel vs. The Internetnew
Self-expression, Siegel argues, is not art. One's take on Against the Machine may depend on how one comes down on that claim.
Las Vegas Weekly |
T.R. Witcher |
02-21-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Lust': Graphic Sexnew
Seattle cartoonist Ellen Forney does kinky right.
Metro Times |
Sean Bieri |
02-19-2008 |
Nonfiction
'Shyness' Shows How Shy Became Sicknew
A Northwestern Victorian lit prof investigates the psychiatric-industrial complex.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
02-19-2008 |
Nonfiction
Tyrant of the Screennew
Foster Hirsch uses personal background only as determining antecedents in the context of Otto Preminger's role as a director, giving the reader juicy insights where it matters most -- his relationships with his actors and the fascinating skirmishes on-set.
Shepherd Express |
Steve Spice |
02-15-2008 |
Nonfiction
Exploring Communism's Dixie Rootsnew
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, a North Carolina-born history professor at Yale University, traveled to Russia to research the Communist Party's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
02-14-2008 |
Nonfiction
