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Stylized Simplicitynew
Jackson, Miss. painter Miriam Weems' has a technique that is simple and direct, with bold swatches of paint applied in rapid daubs and broad, bright sweeps of color.
Jackson Free Press |
Elise Smith |
10-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Big Con' Examines the GOP's Crackpot E-Con 101new
Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence may have been getting all the publishing headlines lately, but Jonathan Chait's book is actually more noteworthy in its analysis of the Republican economic revolution of the last three decades.
Port Folio Weekly |
Jim Newsom |
10-04-2007 |
Nonfiction
In 'Foreskin's Lament,' God is a Four-Letter Wordnew
Auslander's new memoir reveals both the paranoia of both the devout and those desperately trying not to believe.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
10-03-2007 |
Nonfiction
Comic Proportionsnew
Enter the newest mind-bending world of Doktor Sleepless from creator Warren Ellis and catch a good laugh or two from Green Arrow and Black Canary Wedding Special No. 1
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Carlton Hargro |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Mike Sager's New Journalism Fills 'Donut Boys'new
Sager gives frontline reports on everything from the rapper Ice Cube to expat Vietnam vets in Thailand to suburban-Maryland Tupperware saleswomen.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
The 'Things' We Lovenew
Writers extol sacred objects of everyday use -- and uselessness -- in Taking Things Seriously and Evocative Objects.
Boston Phoenix |
Caitlin Curran |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
Environmentally Yoursnew
Eco-authors Ted Nordhaus and Bjorn Lomborg advocate a paradigm shift that emphasizes big, international thinking in their books Breaking Through and Cool It.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Greatest Travels Ever Toldnew
Penguin's Great Journeys series excerpts the great texts of travel literature, from Herodotus to Ernest Shackleton, in 10 slender and beautifully designed paperback volumes.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
Lomborg Tells Climate-Change Worrywarts to Chillaxnew
Cool It is more of a distraction than a contribution at a time when environmentalists should be busy promoting solutions, not debunking the carefully crafted fables of Lomborg's dollar-driven theses.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-26-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Songs Without Words' Captures the Tolstoys' Lifenew
The book, which includes 180 of Countess Sophia Tolstoy's photos and dozens of deeply personal journal entries, tells the story of a famous family living through the tumultuous times of pre-Revolution Russia.
Shepherd Express |
Heather Zydek |
09-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Babylon by Bus': Fear and Doping in Iraqnew
Contradictory, honest, and compelling, LeMoine and Neumann offer a decidedly new vantage point on the war in Iraq.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
09-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Italian Letter' Looks at Bush Administration's Dangerous Fakerynew
When the history of this gruesome war is finally written, people will marvel at how this shoddy forgery became such an effective weapon in the Bush administration's arsenal of lies.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
Professor Works Out His Salvation Through NASCARnew
Here is what many nonbelievers see when they glimpse a NASCAR race on television: A bunch of billboards on wheels turning left at insane speeds, perpetrating unconscionable air and noise pollution and pointless death, and wasting an increasingly precious natural resource.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
09-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Nelson Peery Surveys His Tenure in the Communist Partynew
While he is forthright about his ethical struggles and political development, there is a staginess to much of the dialogue that transforms plot turns into vehicles for Peery's soul-searching.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore |
09-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
Is 'The Iran Agenda' a Theocratic Democracy?new
Reese Erlich's book discusses moronic policy, complicated politics, and hopes for the future in Iran.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tim Redmond |
09-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
