Book Review

Anarchists, Cops, the Super Rich -- It's New York 100 Years Ago

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Ludlow Massacre, Emma Goldman, The One Percent, American History, Progressive Movement, Weather Underground, New York City, Anarchy, John D. Rockefeller, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Movement, New York History, More Powerful Than Dynamite, Book Review, Books News
Rick Ayers

In More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy, many will find parallels to the current social crises, from the upheavals of Occupy Wall Street to the manipulations of the super rich.

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Rather Outspoken

Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.21.2012

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Leslie Griffith

Dan Rather's latest book, Rather Outspoken, reminds us that reporters had best be careful when they set about the business of digging up news.

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The Art of the Hand-Sell, Part I

Peter Brown Hoffmeister | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: The Chronology of Water, The New York Times, Publishing, Michael Mcgriff, Lidia Yuknavitch, Home Burial, Sherman Alexie, Book Review, Amazon, Books News
Peter Brown Hoffmeister

As long as bookstores exist, people will keep buying books because the person next to them puts it in their hands. Literally.

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Toni Morrison: Building an American Home

Richard Z. Santos | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Literature, Nobel Prize, Toni Morrison, Book Review, Jazz, Novels, The Bluest Eye, Beloved, Books, African Americans, Toni Morrison Home, Books News
Richard Z. Santos

Searching for home -- for a safe place to rest your head, grow a family, and be part of a community -- occupies the heart of Morrison's body of work. How fitting then that her latest book has such a simple title: Home.

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Book Review: Monday Mornings

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Monday Mornings, New Releases, Sanjay Gupta Book, Book Reviews, Spoilers, Fiction, Novels, Healthy Living Health News, Sanjay Gupta, Book Review, Books News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

When this book was released, as a great fan of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, I immediately marched down to my local Barnes and Noble and picked up a copy of his novel. Yes, a novel -- not a medical guidebook.

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9 Kate-Related Garbage Pail Kid Cards

Kate Torgovnick | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Toys, Garbage Pail Kids, 1980s, Cards, Trading Cards, Nostalgia, Slidepollajax, 1980s Toys, Garbage Pail Kids Book, Art Spiegelman, Children's Book, Book Review, Books News
Kate Torgovnick

Art Spiegelman, the man behind the graphic novel Maus, was a member of the team that made the cards. So he was a natural to write the introduction for a new book, called simply Garbage Pail Kids.

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Ike and Tail Gunner Joe

Tom Alderman | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Jim Newton, Eisenhower, Gop, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Communist, Commie, Wwii, Angels in America, Edward R. Murrow, Republican, Pulitzer Prize, Dwight Eisenhower, Tony Kushner, Audiobook, Roy Cohen, Joseph R. McCarthy, West Point, Bay of Pigs, President Eisenhower, Audiobook Review, Book Review, Eisenhower Biography, Books News
Tom Alderman

Several people report they cannot forgive Eisenhower's moral and political failure to speak out and repudiate McCarthy. That is not how it went down with Ike, according to Jim Newton's excellent new biography, Eisenhower: The White House Years.

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The Moral Contemptibility of the Conservative Mind

Ian I. Mitroff | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Philosophy, Jonathan Haidt, Conservatives, Liberals, Liberalism, Kant, Morality, Political Philosophy, Morality and Politics, Liberal Morals, Book Review, Conservative Morals, Politics News
Ian I. Mitroff

Author Jonathan Haidt enjoins liberals to make a sincere attempt to listen to conservatives and appreciate sincerely the values they hold dear, and even more, to see that that they are generally necessary for any society to hang together.

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What's Killing Us: An Introduction to Global Health

Tom Murphy | Posted 04.06.2012

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Tom Murphy

The short e-book is a quick read, an hour or so, and is intended for an audience that is interested in but not knowledgeable about global health. The author graciously agreed to answer some questions about the book.

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Book Review: Seeing Green

Steve Dingledine | Posted 04.04.2012

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Steve Dingledine

Annabel Hertz's first foray into historical fiction, Seeing Green, is energetic, witty, and timely.

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Review: Our Dying Planet

Jan McGirk | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: China Dialogue, University of California, Extinction, Peter Sale, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Global Warming, Coral Reefs, Book Review, Green News
Jan McGirk

"We've wiped out a lot of species over the years. This will be the first time we've actually eliminated an entire ecosystem," laments ecologist Peter F Sale, in Our Dying Planet, his latest book, published by University of California Press. It's full of nasty surprises.

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Saw Kony 2012? A Must Read New Book on Conflict and Aid

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Central African Republic, Drc, Car, Unicef, Samantha Nutt, Somalia, Ic, Dr Samantha Nutt, Iraq, War Child Canada, Samantha Nutt MD, Damned Nations, Dr Nutt, Aid, Book Review, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kony 2012, Afghanistan, Invisible Children, Development, War Child, Books News
Tom Murphy

The timing of the Kony 2012 campaign is quite apt in light of the recent release of Dr Samantha Nutt's memoir-cum-aid commentary Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies & Aid.

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The Book We're Talking About This Week

Posted 03.12.2012

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"Threats" by Amelia Gray Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, $14.00 Published on February 28, 2012 What is it about? When we meet David, he's just ...

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Review of Skin Rules: Trade Secrets from a Top New York Dermatologist by Debra Jaliman M.D.

Traci L. Slatton | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Skin, Complexion, Debra Jaliman, Dermatology, Book Review, Skin Routine, Healthy Skin Tips, Skin-Rules, Acne, Skin Care, Healthy Skin, Facials, Books News
Traci L. Slatton

Skin Rules meticulously documents Dr. Jaliman's actual advice. She practices what she preaches in this slim, smart volume.

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The U.S. War for Drugs and of Terror in Colombia

Dan Kovalik | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Book Review, Drugs, War on Terror, Alvaro Uribe, Colombia, Death Squads, Terror, War on Drugs, Paramilitaries, World News
Dan Kovalik

I just had the pleasure of reading an important new book entitled, Cocaine, Death Squads and the War on Terror (U.S. Imperialism and Class Struggle in Colombia).

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Review: Terrorists in Love: The Real Lives of Islamic Radicals

Dr. Adam Lankford | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Ken Ballen Terrorists in Love, Terrorists in Love, Ken Ballen, Terrorists in Love Book, Terrorists in Love Book Review, Book Review, Books News
Dr. Adam Lankford

Ultimately, in Terrorists in Love, Ballen is bringing us closer to the real motives of terrorists, and thus closer to the truth. Even if that is uncomfortable, it's a step in the right direction.

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Review of Spin and Interview With Catherine McKenzie

Julie A. Carlson | Posted 04.03.2012

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Julie A. Carlson

Spin made my day. It's uproariously funny, charming, and filled with delightful twists and turns, and likable characters, often reminding me of Bridget Jones's Diary.

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Chicago Spaces

Erika Ward | Posted 02.19.2012

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Erika Ward

Jan Parr and the Editors of Chicago Homes and Garden Magazine take their rightful place at center stage with their first ever book appropriately entitled Chicago Spaces: Inspiring Interiors.

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Book Review: The Voice by Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald

Michael Hughes | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Mysticism, Islam, Religion, Paul Fitzgerald, Book Review, Judaism, Afghanistan, Knights Templar, Christianity, Elizabeth Gould, Books News
Michael Hughes

Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald's novel The Voice takes its audience on a quest for the real Holy Grail, entwining scientific mythology with geopolitical intrigue in an esoteric thrill-ride Dan Brown couldn't dream up.

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The Fathermucker Holiday Shopping Guide: Gifts for Dads: Vol 2: Nonfiction

Greg Olear | Posted 02.05.2012

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Greg Olear

Here are my recommendations for some nonfiction books that make great daddy gifts.

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The Fathermucker Holiday Shopping Guide: Best Gift Books for Dads, Part 1: Novels

Greg Olear | Posted 01.29.2012

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Greg Olear

So you want to buy the dad in your life a book, but you're not sure what to get him, because he's already finished the Dragon Tattoo series and he thinks Game of Thrones is for pimple-faced middle schoolers?

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Memories of a Life Spent Saving Seeds

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Iowa, Seed Savers, Decorah, Book Review, Organic Gardening, Books, Seeds, Food, Sustainable Agriculture, Books We Love, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

Very few people in Iowa have had a greater impact on the movement to protect real food than Diane Ott Whealy, the author of a new memoir detailing a life obsessed with seeds and soil, farm and family.

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In the Long Run: Is the Way We Define Success All Wrong?

Jon Ward | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Success, Marriage, Book Review, Weight Loss Success, Book Reviews, Distraction, Jim Axelrod, Parenting, Redefining Success, Happiness, Books News
Jon Ward

Jim Axelrod's In the Long Run shows us that, in the end, it's only either failure or some combination of continual awareness, grace and a little luck that keeps the ambitious from losing their minds and sacrificing what's most important.

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Book Review Roundup: Conspiracy Theories And How To Determine A Psychopath

Posted 07.19.2011

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"A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter" by William Deresiewicz Los Angeles Ti...

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HuffPost Divorce Blogger Laura Dave Debuts New Novel

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 07.12.2011

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On Wednesday night, the cozy screening room at West Hollywood's Soho House was buzzing as crowds gathered to hear bestselling author and Huffington Po...

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