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Grave Robbers and Academicsnew
David LaVere recounts the struggle for rich cache of Indian artifacts.
Illinois Times |
William Furry |
11-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Money for Nothing' Examines a Lotto Winnernew
The fantasy of someday winning the lottery is the ultimate populist pipe dream, but this is the sort of memoir that quells the impulse to engage in the racket.
Metro Times |
Raymond Cummings |
11-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Military Misdemeanors' Hits its Targetnew
A basic compendium of interesting anecdotes from warfare's brutal past, and enough modern tales of bungling and clandestine savagery to make you want to find a bunker and hide.
New Haven Advocate |
Evan Brown |
11-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
Pulitzer-winner Richard Rhodes Examines the Russiansnew
Rhodes sifts the half-century between World War II and the dissolution of the USSR to understand the hysteria that brought the supergiants (and the rest of us) to the brink of Armageddon. The result is a meticulously researched, compelling examination of the 20th century's dread-wracked second half.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
11-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Beatlemaniacnew
Ian McDonald devised a book that wraps astute social analysis around the fan bait of track-by-track, annotated descriptions of every Beatles recording, including session notes, trivia and critical exegesis.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
11-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Red Mutiny': Red Baitnew
Historian Neal Bascomb reclaims the Potemkin story from the twists of myth and propaganda to give us a rewarding, rip-roaring high-seas adventure set against the backdrop of the unravelling Romanov dynasty.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
11-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
Increase Your Vocabulary While You Poopnew
A quintessential bathroom reader, Anu Garg (creator of the A.Word.A.Day email newsletter at wordsmith.org) reports on the travels, tribulations, and histories of more than 300 words, which makes for a semi-interesting squat, but you'll never be taking this book out on the town.
The Portland Mercury |
Courtney Ferguson |
11-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
Jenna Bush, Compassionate Conservativenew
Any snide suspicions one may harbor about the author's ability or her intentions are quickly swept away upon opening the book. Ana's Story deserves high marks as a dramatic, absorbing and moving read for kids and adults alike.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
11-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Onion Gets Stale With 'Our Dumb World'new
Our Dumb World more closely resembles a reference book of tired stereotypes than a fresh atlas-platform for inventive lampoons.
Dig Boston |
Mark Polanzak |
11-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Hefty Book Captures the Early 19th Centurynew
Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the portentous half-century before the Civil War, a time that seems at once alien to our modern sensibilities and yet strangely echoes our own technological, consumer-driven age.
Willamette Week |
Matt Buckingham |
11-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
Poe Ballantine Searches for Inspirationnew
"I don't recommend the writing life," declares Poe Ballantine. "At least, not the one where you move around a lot, live alone and work odd jobs."
Willamette Week |
Alastair Rockoff |
11-07-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Dirtiest Copnew
How the East Side, the West Side, and 42nd Street corrupted the 20th century.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Why John Leland Doesn't Matternew
Leland's Why Kerouac Matters doesn't attempt to defend On the Road so much as outline what Kerouac actually meant. And Leland tells most everyone that their readings are, more or less, wrong.
Shepherd Express |
Todd Lazarski |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Studs on Studsnew
This is a book about the working life of a man who has defined his long life by his success at getting other people to tell their stories.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
Selling Ain't Wrongnew
What punk still doesn't get about capitalism.
Chicago Reader |
Harold Henderson |
11-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
