BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

Best Nonfiction of 2012: Current Affairs & Social Sciences (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: July 24, 2012

BAILOUT: AN INSIDE ACCOUNT OF HOW WASHINGTON ABANDONED MAIN STREET WHILE RESCUING WALL STREET

by Neil Barofsky

"A courageous, insightful book that offers no cause for optimism."

A former watchdog in the federal government attacks the officials who perpetuated the financial meltdown by kowtowing to behemoth banks and Wall Street firms while abandoning the public interest. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 28, 2012

FIRE IN THE ASHES: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AMONG THE POOREST CHILDREN IN AMERICA

by Jonathan Kozol

"Cleareyed, compassionate and hopeful."

The award-winning author of Death at an Early Age (1967) tells the stories of the later lives of poor children who grew up in the Bronx. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 22, 2012

A FREE MAN: A TRUE STORY OF LIFE AND DEATH IN DELHI

by Aman Sethi

"Alternately sad, defiant, carefree and understated, this journey into a world hidden in plain sight is well worth taking."

A journalist ingratiates himself with a band of day laborers on the mean streets of Delhi, India. Read full book review >