Web Exclusive Book Reviews: 11/23/2009 11/23/2009
This week: starred reviews of Chinua Achebe, Joris Luyendijk, Kelli and Peter Bronski, and Michael Forsberg, et al. Plus: archeologist John Major Jenkins on 2012, Carnival Cruise Lines CEO Shari Arison on spirtuality, Art Chansky on three UNC coaches, internist Richard S. Klein on the malpractice "pandemic," and a Frenchman on sex in its unnatural habitat. More
Web Exclusive Book Reviews: 11/16/2009 11/16/2009
This week: stars for a look at Fidel Castro by Ann Louise Bardach, Todd McLeish basking with endangered New England sea creatures, a fresh look at problem solving from Ian Mitroff and Abraham Silvers, trial lawyer Terrence Mix on fertility drugs, a women's career guide by Linda Tarr-Whelan, and more. Plus new books on Molly Ivins, Paulo Coelho, Georgia O'Keefe, George Carlin, dogs, death and sex.
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Web Exclusive Book Reviews: Week of 11/2/2009 11/02/2009
This week: stars for Michael Psilakis's How to Roast a Lamb, Andrew Smith's Eating History, Peter Nichols's Final Voyage, Rebecca K. O'Connor's Lift, Desmond Morris's Planet Ape, and Sherry Jones's The Sword of Medina. Plus: journalist Amy Goodman, conservationist Lawrence Anthony, actor Robert Englund, ex-J.A.P. Lisa Fineberg Cook, international trade expert Daniel Griswold, 60 Minutes correspondent Byron Pitts, and more.
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Web Exclusive Book Reviews: 10/26/2009 10/26/2009
The return of photographer Andrew Zuckerman and documentarian Ken Burns, TV's Dogtown in print, a personal story of integrating Ole Miss, a rower's education, an oral history of Second City, and a fine appreciation of Strunk & White's Elements of Style. Plus: the year's best food writing, a couple new volumes on cheese, and more.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/20/2009 10/20/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new works from Sujean Rim, Geoffrey Norman and E.B. Lewis, Adam Selzer and Jean Little.
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Web Exclusive Book Reviews: 10/19/2009 10/19/2009
Stars for Diana Henry's Roast Figs Sugar Snow, Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein's Girldrive, Poul Anderson's Collected Short Works Vol. 2, Mickey Zucker Reichert's Flight of the Renshai and Tanith Lee's Night's Master. Plus Chuck Klosterman's Eating the Dinosaur, Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo, and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters from the irreverent folks at Quirk.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/13/2009 10/13/2009
This selection of web-exclusive children's book reviews from Publishers Weekly includes new titles from Kevin Sherry, Chris Van Dusen and Carolyn MacCullough, as well as a starred review for Joaquin Dorfman's new novel.
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