Web Excluisve 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.
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PW Talks with Elizabeth Noble by Cathy Burke - 11/23/2009
Brit transplant Elizabeth Noble imagines what goes on behind the closed doors of an Upper East Side apartment building in The Girl Next Door.
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Of Gods and Men 11/23/2009
The Infinities John Banville . Knopf , $25.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-307-27279-9 Having apparently exorcised his taste for bloody intrigue with his pseudonym, Benjamin Black, Banville returns to high form (and his given name) with a novel even more pristine than his Booker-winning The Sea. Old Adam Godley lies dying, flying through his past on the way to eternity while his brooding son (also name...
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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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PW Talks with Raj Patel by Robert Avila - 11/16/2009
"We need to shun the idea that the only way we can shape the world is through our consumption choices."
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PW Talks with Joshua Ferris by Shaun Manning - 11/16/2009
"We're always sort of grasping at hope. The answer is always right around the corner, and yet it eludes us."
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Beyond Her Book Barbara Vey, Contributing Editor, Publishers Weekly November 18, 2008 WW Ladies Book Club Blurbs
Yahoo now has a section with events in your city, so I was checking out the happening... More
August 8, 2007 From Dahl to Dahl
My audiobook listening time is currently being consumed by Tracy Kidder's wholly... More
