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'The Shock Doctrine' Delivers

NOW Magazine | September 14, 2007

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.

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Tags: Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Nonfiction Reviews

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Mafiaboy Finally Writes About Being the World's Most Notorious Hackernew

In Mafiaboy: How I Cracked The Internet And Why It's Still Broken, Michael Calce and his writing buddy Craig Silverman have delivered a fun retrospective on the hacking underworld at the dawn of the new millennium.

NOW Magazine | Howard Goldenthal | 11-10-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: nonfiction, computers & technology, hackers, Mafiaboy, Mafiaboy: How I Cracked The Internet And Why It's Still Broken, Michael Calce and Craig Silverman

Putin Power Playnew

Today Russia has returned a stronger, richer and more confident nation, having barely survived the plundering of its wealth and the impoverishment of its people during the drunken reign of Boris Yeltsin. But Russia's resurrection has come at a high price.

NOW Magazine | Howard Goldenthal | 09-22-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Vladimir Putin, Russia, spies, Boris Yeltsin, Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder, and the Dark Heart of the New Russia, Steve LeVine

On October 27, 1962, the World Nearly Came to an Endnew

Much has been written about the ultimate crisis of the Cold War, but Michael Dobbs' account vividly captures the white-knuckled anxiety that gripped the White House and the Kremlin during those dark days.

NOW Magazine | Howard Goldenthal | 07-28-2008 | Nonfiction

Tags: Nonfiction Reviews, Cuban Missile Crisis, John F. Kennedy, Kremlin, Michael Dobbs, One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

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Mark Twain Minus the N-Wordnew

Can’t anybody teach anymore?

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 01-05-2011 | Books

Tags: Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn

Bourdain Spills the Beansnew

Anthony Bourdain talks about other celebrity chefs and his current projects.

NOW Magazine | Steven Davey | 09-16-2010 | Author Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential, Medium Raw

Lydia Kwa’s 'Pulse' is a courageous piece of fiction.new

It’s always pleasurable to read a novel set in Toronto, but the key to Pulse is Kwa’s spare yet evocative prose.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 04-02-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Lydia Kwa, Pulse (Book), Books, Pulse

'The Amazing Absorbing Boy': Trinidad to T.O.new

When his mother dies, comic-book-obsessed Sammy leaves Trinidad to live with his strangely distant dad in Regent Park. Everything about his new city fascinates the teenager, and he dives into his experience with eyes and ears wide open.

NOW Magazine | Susan G. Cole | 02-05-2010 | Fiction

Tags: Rabindranath Maharaj, The Amazing Absorbing Boy

'Global Warring': The Geopolitics of Climate Changenew

The Earth is warming. Fact. Weather patterns are changing. Undeniable. We’re all in a heap of trouble. Uh-huh. And we’re all doing our best to deal with it. Nope. According to Montrealer Cleo Paskal, the world governments are snoozing while the world boils.

NOW Magazine | Patrick Lejtenyi | 01-29-2010 | Nonfiction

Tags: Cleo Paskal, Global Warring, environment, climate change, global warming, geopolitics

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