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'These Things' is Drop-dead Hilariousnew
Smoking, once a cultural norm, is now essentially a taboo subject -- and there's no one better than Emily Flake to get to the heart of the drama of an addicted smoker trying her damndest to quit.
C-Ville Weekly |
Doug Nordfors |
08-22-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Seeing Beyond' Goes Inside a Photog's Worst Nightmarenew
A profession that relies on vision would, in theory, be severely crippled by blindness, and it is with this deep-rooted fear in mind that photographer Tony Deifell approached Governor Morehead School for the Blind in 1992 to start an after-school photography club.
Baltimore City Paper |
Katherine M. Hill |
08-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Let's Spend' is a Ceaseless Cascade Of Clichesnew
No one expects A Farewell to Arms when picking up a book titled Let's Spend the Night Together, but you should expect more than what's offered here.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ed Schrader |
08-21-2007 |
Nonfiction
A Russian Toxic Shockernew
The murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London last year via a deadly dose of radioactive polonium, and the mystery of who and what was behind it, is ably told by former BBC Moscow correspondent Martin Sixsmith.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
No 'Beauty' Here, Just Mathnew
Stewart's prose is clear, and he has a good story to tell and some fascinating ideas to present -- but he never quite brings his subject to life.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Dowler |
08-20-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The World Without Us': Homo Extinctusnew
Alan Weisman takes an in-depth look at a human-less earth.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
08-17-2007 |
Nonfiction
'(Not That You Asked)': I'm Telling You Anywaynew
This guy's not gonna stop writing this drivel until he gets a TV show -- so just buy the stupid book and file it under "literary pityfuck."
Dig Boston |
Steve Almond |
08-15-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Mistress's Daughter': Hell-o Mother!new
A.M. Homes memoir recounts the author's nightmarish
reunion with her troubled old lady.
Montreal Mirror |
Juliet Waters |
08-14-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Teenage' Delivers a Dialectical Thesisnew
Savage charts the cyclical ebb and flow of youth culture, its relationship with greater economic and demographic trends, and its vanguard role in the arts.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
08-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'American Furies': Heartbreak Hotelnew
The politics and folly of criminal justice are familiar ground for Abramsky, and his latest book is not a riveting tale -- its value lies in making us consider why we do what we do, how we came to this point, and why it's important to trace history's longer arcs.
The Texas Observer |
Stayton Bonner |
08-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Brothers': Chasing Assassinsnew
Bobby Kennedy died believing his brother's killers had not been found.
The Texas Observer |
Matthew Stevenson |
08-13-2007 |
Nonfiction
The 'Silk Road' Has Dark Shadowsnew
While central Asia enters its biggest changes in what might be a millennium, Thubron decided to re-travel the pathway by which silk once moved, from China, across Afghanistan, across Iran and into Turkey, and from there the wider world.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-08-2007 |
Nonfiction
'The Interpreter': Criminal Injusticenew
A well-told story of death and injustice, one of many such tales that are part of the narrative of World War II.
NOW Magazine |
Howard Goldenthal |
08-06-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Unprintable Chomskynew
Say what one will about his ideas, Chomsky has taken this mandate seriously, even as his criticisms of U.S. power have marginalized him.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
08-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
'Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick'new
Thomas Bewick, a wood engraver in England helped nurture the public's interest in nature.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Michael S. Gant |
08-01-2007 |
Nonfiction
