AltWeeklies Wire
'I Am America' is a Nice Try That Falls a Little Flatnew
Even if Stephen Colbert was America, the sad reality is that I Am America is not Stephen Colbert. Without Colbert's special je ne sais quoi animating these words and distracting you from the spelling and grammar mistakes, too often the text is lacking.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
10-19-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Living Biblically': A Skeptically Holy Experimentnew
It could have been shaved down by a quarter without losing its effect, but Jacobs' dedication to his project, combined with his own ambivalence to the Bible, make this book one of the surprise hits of the fall.
The Portland Mercury |
Chas Bowie |
10-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
'My Brother's Madness' is a Heart's-Blood Memoirnew
Pines is a good writer, a dedicated brother and a Brooklyn-bred humorist.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
10-18-2007 |
Nonfiction
Alex Ross Brings the 'Noise'new
The New Yorker critic surveys the many faces of 20th-century classical music.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Max Goldberg |
10-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
Fast, Cheap, and Out of Controlnew
Former labor secretary Robert Reich examines the heavy price we pay for prospering as consumers in Supercapitalism.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
10-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
Judgment Daysnew
Two new books -- The Preacher and the Presidents and The Prince of War -- find good and evil in the Rev. Billy Graham's presidential politics.
Mountain Xpress |
Seth Dowland |
10-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
James Case Questions Economistsnew
Through new discussions of market-related competition, he aims to debunk orthodox economic theory as it has developed since Adam Smith's 1776 The Wealth of Nations.
Baltimore City Paper |
Darcelle Bleau |
10-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Value of Semennew
On one hand it's genetic dynamite, an indispensable lifeline to the future for a guy, and on the other hand it's just a step less disposable than other renewable bodily products like mucus or saliva. Lisa Jean Moore explores the contradiction in her academic study Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-16-2007 |
Nonfiction
Leilah Nadir Finds Baghdad Through Her Familynew
The picture Nadir provides in Orange Trees of Baghdad is of a continuum of palpable suffering in Iraq that pre-dates the current war.
Montreal Mirror |
Juiet Waters |
10-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Making It New' Revisits the Heart of 1920s Artnew
This illustrated tribute to Sara and Gerald Murphy evokes the lost fizz of the 1920s, although at times the cavorting can seem precious and shallow. The Murphys anchored an artistic circle that encompassed Picasso, Cocteau, Hemingway, Dos Passos and more.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
10-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Finally, a Reason for America to Learn to Readnew
Just as The Colbert Report is an offshoot of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Colbert's book is best read as a companion volume to Stewart&Co.'s 2004 bestseller America (The Book): A Guide to Democracy Inaction.
Willamette Week |
Ian Gillingham |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Force of Nature' Captures the Difficuluty of Installation Artnew
The 144-page hardcover book about the groundbreaking exhibit of the same name, Force of Nature chronicles the exuberance of the 10 Japanese artists who visited the Carolinas last year to make site installations.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
10-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Naked on the Internet' Looks at Risks and Restrictions of the Internet's Pornographic Gazenew
Though the title implies some To Catch a Predator moralizing, what's found inside is just the opposite: a guide for women considering breaking into sex blogging or other online sex specialties.
Baltimore City Paper |
Raymond Cummings |
10-09-2007 |
Nonfiction
Journalism in the Twilight Zonenew
In Off the Record, Norman Pearlstine tells his version of the leak-and-smear campaign to out CIA covert agent Valerie Plame, while looking at the current problems with Washington journalism.
The Texas Observer |
Myra Macpherson |
10-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Head Trip' Explores the Science of Sleepnew
Warren's book charts his adventures in Montreal sleep labs, Hawaiian lucid dreaming workshops, Scottish meditation retreats, London and New York hypnotherapy sessions and Toronto neurofeedback labs.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
10-05-2007 |
Nonfiction
