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MAY 1, 2012
Leaks, reserves, PACs, hydrofracking, bloated corporate profits and more: all pertinent concerns nicely handled by Coll in... Full review >
DEC. 4, 2012
A masterful work of critical journalism. Full review >
MAY 8, 2012
Though he’s a little too enamored with “angel-headed hipsters” and “fairy dust,” Talbot takes the reader much deeper than... Full review >
MAY 1, 2012
MAY 8, 2012
In a well-researched, disinterested analysis, the authors show that collisions of ego, personality and politics can often... Full review >
AUG. 27, 2012
An innovative, marvelous book about comedy, stereotypes and the struggle to steer through the sometimes-fierce internal... Full review >
SEPT. 10, 2012
A rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that... Full review >
OCT. 22, 2012
Provocative, illuminating and entertaining—an exemplary work of philosophy and history whose author's deep learning is... Full review >
JAN. 3, 2012
Will the partnership prevail? Stay tuned, but hope for the best—for, they warn, “[i]f urgent steps are not taken to rein in... Full review >
JULY 23, 2012
Some casual readers may be turned off by the page count, but this is likely to be the authoritative history of the origins... Full review >
NOV. 27, 2012
A dark but hopeful chronicle that shows how even humanity’s worst can fracture and fall. Full review >
JUNE 7, 2012
A superb examination of the never-ending effort to enhance life, as well as the commensurate refusal to ever let it go. Full review >
FEB. 28, 2012
A frank, exhaustive, marvelously readable study. Full review >
DEC. 4, 2012
A captivating tale of an oft-overlooked, morally ambiguous moment in American history. Full review >
MARCH 6, 2012
Rothkopf delivers a lively, accessible treatment of a multifaceted, complex subject. Full review >
AUG. 21, 2012
A potent reminder of the explosiveness of 1960s politics and how far elements of the government were (and perhaps still are)... Full review >
OCT. 30, 2012
A thoroughly engaging examination of the irreversible changes emerging from a year when the nation’s very survival remained... Full review >
JAN. 3, 2012
A profound demonstration of what needs to be recognized, reconciled and forgiven if current crises are to be overcome. Full review >
AUG. 7, 2012
Less self-absorbed than Luis Alberto Urrea, less cynical than Charles Bowden, less otherly obsessed than William... Full review >
MARCH 6, 2012
Impressive research underlies a well-told story that’s simultaneously depressing (what a nasty species we are) and inspiring... Full review >
JULY 3, 2012
Authoritative but never dry, stripping away soothing myths of national unity and victimhood, this is a painful but necessary... Full review >
OCT. 9, 2012
Rarely has a book with so much information been such an entertaining read. Full review >
JUNE 1, 2012
As exciting, sprawling and multifarious as a shining city on a hill. Full review >
SEPT. 24, 2012
Such a large historical project could have easily descended into tedious and dry academia, but instead, all three volumes... Full review >
FEB. 14, 2012
A highly creative, illuminating, genre-resisting history. Full review >
SEPT. 4, 2012
Truly remarkable, composed with all the precision and insight you expect from a law professor, marked by all the elegance... Full review >
AUG. 7, 2012
Brown is as smart as he is puckish, and there are plenty of laughs on this terrific trip through modern fame. Full review >
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