Book Reviews

Getting By With A Little Help From Yourself

Donna Albergotti | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living


Donna Albergotti

Kathy Freston conducts a one-on-one conversation that encourages readers to do a self-exam of what makes themselves tick and to formulate a plan for making life a meaningful and rewarding journey.

Book Review: Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth

Andrew Frisicano | Posted 07.16.2008 | Media


Andrew Frisicano

Take note: Sonic Youth's story is largely unglamorous. And rightfully so. While excising rock from its blues roots, SY also managed to create a new paradigm of the rock star.

Why Entertainment Weekly Rules the World

Tyler Cowen and Seth Roberts | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media


Tyler Cowen and Seth Roberts

Too many readers are concerned about prestige rather than learning something. EW takes us to new places because the magazine covers only what is new.

Book Review: Hold Tight

Fred Klein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media


Fred Klein

Coben is not only one of today's top selling thriller writers, he has almost single handedly spawned a special category, that of contemporary domestic suspense.

Why Are We Always on the Wrong Side? (A Comic Book Offers Answers)

Peter Miller | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living


Peter Miller

Howard Zinn's new, A People's History of American Empire provides a damning account of America's empire building - And it does it all with cartoons.

Book Review: "Slip Of The Knife"

Fred Klein | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media


Fred Klein

"Slip of the Knife" by Denise Mina For inveterate mystery fans, finding a new voice can be a wonderful jolt, like discovering your own personal oil w...

Book Review: "Child 44"

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media


Tom Alderman

"Child 44" - Audio Book by Tom Rob Smith; Narrator: Dennia Boutsikaris While there are flashes of a compelling police mystery in this first novel b...

The Best Meteorology Novel of the Year

Mark Oppenheimer | Posted 04.20.2008 | Entertainment


Mark Oppenheimer

A review of mine that just appeared in The Forward: Atmospheric Disturbances By Rivka Galchen Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 256 pages, $24. Having just...

Being Judged

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.12.2008 | Media


Robert Schlesinger

It's a strange thing, reading your first book review. You want to rush through it, find the judgment. You force yourself to read it in full. And of course you look for the pull quote.

It's the Humanity, Stupid!

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living


Peter Clothier

The Gospel of Father Joe is really about salvation, about hope amidst the hopeless, about compassion -- not as some kind of religious imperative but as lived experience.

Book Reivew: Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of the Buddha, by Paul Gerhards

Peter Clothier | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living


Peter Clothier

This book succeeds remarkably well in schematizing and simplifying the relationship between the key lists with which the Dharma abounds.

Iran Agenda: How Tehran Joined the Axis of Evil Club

Omid Memarian | Posted 11.29.2007 | Politics


Omid Memarian

The real dispute between the United States and Iran has little to do with Iran's ability to develop nuclear weapons.

Book Review: Other People's Love Letters

Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.29.2007 | Living


Samara O'Shea

Every imperfect detail makes the experience of reading other people's private love sentiments that much more real.

Why Publishers and Readers are Natural Enemies

Philip Slater | Posted 10.24.2007 | Media


Philip Slater

Publishers are like frat boys. Frat boys don't drink to savor the libations--they drink to get drunk. Publishers want books to chug-a-lug.

Stephen Colbert Doesn't Read Books (She Does it for Him)

Jane Ciabattari | Posted 09.18.2007 | Media


Jane Ciabattari

Emily Lazar, producer of The Colbert Report, made it clear that Stephen Colbert needs books, but he doesn't really read them. That's her job.


 

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