AltWeeklies Wire
'The Shock Doctrine' Deliversnew
Klein may be called a conspiracy theorist because she argues that greedy multinational corporations, rightist think tanks and neo-liberal governments are the designers of many international economic disasters, but even skeptics will be impressed by the weight of statistics, documentation and first-hand quotes she assembles to make her case.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
09-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
Everybody Say 'Arrragh!'new
Being a brief but basically positive review of two new books about pirates.
Boston Phoenix |
Clif Garboden |
09-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Tearing Down the Gates' Examines School Inequitiesnew
Peter Sacks, a former community college teacher and longtime independent critic of American education, reminds readers that school decline as the class divide increases.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
09-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Poe Ballantine's Second Book is Full of Whoasnew
The personal essays in 501 Minutes to Christ demonstrate Ballantine's ability to examine his own life harshly but reserve such judgment when looking with kind and interested eyes into the lives of others, no matter how downtrodden, crazy, or corrupt.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Amanda Witherell |
09-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Eye of the Storm': Writing Out Katrinanew
Sally Forman's self-published book on Mayor Ray Nagin and the storm is not a kiss-and-tell, and that's to the writer's credit.
Gambit |
Jason Berry |
09-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
Luc Sante Sinks His Teeth into American Culturenew
The Sante on display in Kill All Your Darlings is the cultural critic; even the first-person essays that lead it off are much about the role society played into the author's early history.
Baltimore City Paper |
Michaelangelo Matos |
09-11-2007 |
Nonfiction
Martin Luther King, Jr., the Economistnew
Jackson casts King as arguably the most important, and certainly the most eloquent, American political economist of the 20th century.
The Texas Observer |
Todd Moye |
09-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Et Tu Brute?' Looks at Rendering Caesarnew
Instead of tracing the dismal lineage of political murder, from antiquity to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Woolf's concise book studies the history of one political murder, the murder of Caesar.
The Texas Observer |
Steven G. Kellman |
09-10-2007 |
Nonfiction
New 'Big Lebowski' Book Ties the Legacy Togethernew
In order to capture the impact the Coen Brothers' 1998 cult film has had on an unsuspecting world, the organizers of Lebowski Fest interviewed just about everyone they could think of, starting of course with the movie's cast.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Steve Palopoli |
08-31-2007 |
Nonfiction
Feel-Good Book of the Yearnew
Longtime activist and writer Paul Hawken gives reasons for optimism in his new book.
NUVO |
Jim Poyser |
08-30-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Heroin Diaries': The Most Fascinating Read Evernew
Particularly if you're into blow, hookers, and all things Crue.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jonathan Cunningham |
08-28-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Roadwork': Photo Finishnew
The life and times of Tom Wright: just add nitro to glycerin.
The Memphis Flyer |
Leonard Gill |
08-27-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Girl' Talknew
Serano's background as a biologist, performer and transsexual activist makes Whipping Girl insightful, in-depth and multi-faceted.
NOW Magazine |
Zoe Whittall |
08-24-2007 |
Nonfiction
'High Cotton': Not For Sissiesnew
There have been hundreds, maybe thousands, of books written about the social, agricultural and economic attributes of cotton, but not until Gerard Helferich came along did anyone think to provide insight into what it is like to actually be a cotton farmer.
Jackson Free Press |
James L. Dickerson |
08-23-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Freedom Next Time': Tracking Struggles for Justicenew
Agree with him or not, Pilger presents a view widely accepted in much of the world, one the American public ignores at its own peril.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Tom Gallagher |
08-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
