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. More
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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Web Exclusive Reviews: 10/5/2009 10/05/2009
This week: Edward Kennedy's last memoir, a 14-year-old Malawi boy's story of hope and resourcefulness, Valerie Bertinelli's life after Losing It, a cultural history of mentshes and shmucks, a look at not-so-desperate housewives, a new Jacques Cousteau bio, the Simpsons revealed, and cookbooks from the Deen Bros., Zora O'Neill & Tamara Reynolds, Piper Davis, and Lucinda Scala Quinn. Plus: raising twins, equalizing marriage, and demystifying life for the undead.
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Web Exclusive Children's Book Reviews: 10/2/2009 10/02/2009
This collection of web-exclusive children's book reviews includes new work from R.L. LaFevers, Lynne Jonell, Mark Dunn and a star for Sally Gardner's sequel to The Red Necklace.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: 9/28/2009 09/28/2009
This week: archeologist Timothy Pauketat on the Big Apple of ancient America, former FBI special agent Jack Owens on Hoover's bureau, Yes Man man Danny Wallace's quest for playmates, grieving mom Sorrel King's inspiring chronicle of medical malpractice, and an adventurer's history of K2 from Ed Viesturs. Plus: an L. Frank Baum biography, the story of Springsteen's Born to Run, and ecological rallying cries from David W. Orr, John Wargo and Orin H. Pilkey.
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