Bad reviews, as any writer will tell you, are the price of doing business. Put your work out there in the world, and you can be sure that someone will rise up and declare "UR BOOK SUX!"
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living
With Independence Day just around the corner, here is a list of ten of my favorite books about the Revolutionary War era.
Robin N. Hamilton | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business
For a mere $600 I would be transformed from a pathetic, illiterate louse to a successfully employable person!
Peter Clothier | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living
This book covers a truly amazing amount of material -- much of which was surprising and fresh even to one who has followed the adventures of human beings in space since the first Sputnik.
Peter Clothier | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living
I enjoyed reading Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea, by Jaimal Yogis, former surf bum and now a journalist surf bum, writing mostly for San Francisco magazine.
Donna Albergotti | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
The Animal Activists' Handbook is a quick one- to two-sitting read that could inspire its readers to a lifetime of activism in behalf of human and nonhuman animals.
Alex Remington | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media
As Denby says, snark is like a middle-school rumor: vicious, authorless, and anyone who objects gets slagged as having no sense of humor. It's good that he's publicly objecting.
Lanny Davis | Posted 04.18.2009 | Media
At times it takes on the feel of a "who-done-it" mystery - forcing the reader to keep turning easy-to-read pages and chapters into the wee hours to figure it out.
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
Frank Lambert's Religion in American Politics is a perfect starting point for understanding just how deep the tradition of liberal religious activism runs.
Megan Pillow | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
Morrison's self-immolation was seen as both a hopeful and a desperate act, sparking feelings of both empathy and outrage across a nation that had already seen its share of death.
Bart Motes | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media
Ernest Hemingway reportedly said "the first draft of anything is shit." Maybe that's why Shalom Auslander's Foreskin's Lament is so damn good. Ausl...
David Quigg | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics
I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...
Donna Albergotti | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living
With infectious optimism, One Can Make a Difference ends up being a comforting, hopeful read for seemingly helpless times.
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green
New Journalism has gone cold, flat, and crowded, as too many books, movies, and TV talking heads showcase journalists calling attention to themselves. Paradigmatic example: Thomas Friedman's new book.
Adrienne Celt | Posted 10.24.2008 | Entertainment
Paul Auster's new novel, Man in the Dark, steps into the dizzying tapestry of individual human consciousness and dances there.
John K. Wilson | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home
Corsi piles distortion upon innuendo to create a gigantic heap of right-wing garbage, with a seemingly endless parade of basic factual errors running through the text like rats.
Cynthia Kling | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living
Squire's witty and deeply researched work proves one thing: marriage has been hard on both husbands and wives for a very long time. But, but, but... is there anything we can do to make it easier?
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics
Corsi's biggest claim to fame is co-authoring the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. Judging from the shrill and paranoid tone of his latest effort I get the impression Obama has really scared these guys this time.
Donna Albergotti | Posted 07.26.2008 | Living
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.
Tyler Cowen and Seth Roberts | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media
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.
Fred Klein | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
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.
Fred Klein | Posted 05.11.2008 | Media
"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...
Tom Alderman | Posted 05.11.2008 | Media
"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...
Jennifer Weiner | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living