Category: Book Reviews
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Hidden personality
A literary historian tackles C.S. Lewis’s Narnia series and finds medieval astronomy in Planet Narnia.
This article was published on 07.01.10
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Sierra Nevada lit
The Illuminated Landscape: A Sierra Nevada Anthology brings together the best literature about our own back yard.
This article was published on 07.01.10
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Time to go
From emotive to stoic, from verbose to terse, here are the final words of America’s executed.
This article was published on 07.01.10
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The weasel won
Philip Pullman splits the gospels and discovers that Jesus and Christ were not the same person in The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ.
This article was published on 06.24.10
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Less than illuminating
Jane Smiley’s latest novel, Private Life, is a depressing tutorial on the 19th century’s limited choices for women.
This article was published on 06.24.10
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Two-wheel snobbery
Eben Weiss is BikeSnobNYC, author of a blog and now a book about cycling.
This article was published on 06.24.10
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Presidential burden
Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race examines the president’s negotiation of America’s racial history.
This article was published on 06.17.10
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The house always wins
In She Bets Her Life, Mary Sojourner tells the truth about what happens when gambling becomes a problem.
This article was published on 06.17.10
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Vicious, complex, satisfying
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is a satisfying finish for the late Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.
This article was published on 06.17.10
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Rethinking economics
It’s not enough to gripe about the economy. Dean Baker’s new book Taking Economics Seriously says we should understand it.
This article was published on 06.10.10
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SN&R Vol 22 Issue 11
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SN&R Vol 22 Issue 8