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2011 Best of Indie: The Complete List (page 4)


Cover art for OIL AND FINANCE
INDIE
Released: May 12, 2011

"On-target insights that will illuminate and enrage the average citizen."
Learsy (Over a Barrel, 2007) offers a chronological and critical perspective on the power wielded by Big Oil and Wall Street. Read full book review >
Cover art for PROPHETS OF THE GHOST ANTS
INDIE
Released: May 5, 2011

"The wobbly science of its premise notwithstanding, this is a fascinating, enjoyable sci-fi yarn."
In this postapocalyptic science-fiction allegory, diminutive tribal humans share the world, and a deeply intertwined society, with hordes of insects. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE VOICE OF THE DOLPHINS
INDIE
Released: May 4, 2011

"A moving, effective tale that urges readers to place greater importance on environmental conservation."
An award-winning filmmaker describes three decades of work with dolphins. Read full book review >
Cover art for MINDWARP
INDIE
Released: April 15, 2011

"A beguiling blend of high-concept narrative and old-school literary chops."
This scintillating collection of a novella and eight short stories uses offbeat character studies to wrestle with snaky issues of identity and self-knowledge. Read full book review >
Cover art for SPEAKING TRUTHS
INDIE
Released: April 8, 2011

"Teaches and informs while remaining a compelling, nonexploitative read."
A teenage boy must piece his past together after discovering he was kidnapped as a child. Read full book review >
Cover art for DEATH WITH DIGNITY
INDIE
Released: April 4, 2011

"A lucid, powerful argument for letting dying patients go gentle into that good night."
Orfali's compelling manifesto explores the fraught ethics and surprisingly convenient practical details of physician-assisted dying. Read full book review >