March 12, 2008
Nonfiction
Sing Me Back Home: Love, Death and Country Music by Dana Jennings.
Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance by Mike Moore.
The World and its Double: The Life and Work of Otto Preminger by Chris Fujiwara.
Somebody Scream: Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power by Marcus Reeves.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale.
About My Life and the Kept Woman by John Rechy.
Pornography: A Groundwork Guide by Debbie Nathan.
Cheer!: Three Teams on a Quest for College Cheerleading's Ultimate Prize by Kate Torgovnick.
The Constant Rider Omnibus by Kate Lopresti.
Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller by Steven Weinberg.
Distance Makes the Heart Grow Sick: A Book of Postcards by Cristy C. Road.
The Chainbreaker Bike Book: A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance by Shelley Lynn Jackson & Ethan Clark.
On Empire: America, War and Global Supremacy by Eric Hobsbawn.
The Pearl: A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia by Douglas Smith.
The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan.
The Making of FDR: The Story of Stephen T. Early, America's First Modern Press Secretary by Linda Lotridge Levin.
Lost in the Fog: Memoirs of a Bastard by Rachel Van Meers.
Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood by Robyn Scott.
Teenage: The Prehistory of Youth Culture, 1875-1945 by Jon Savage.
Please Excuse My Daughter by Julie Klam.
The Runner: A True Account of the Amazing Lies and Fantastical Adventures of Ivy League Imposter James Hogue by David Samuels.
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by David Samuels.
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley.
Hearsay from Heaven and Hades: New Orleans Secrets of Sinners and Saints by TJ Fisher.
The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life by Austin Dacey.
AK47: The Story of a Gun by Michael Hodges.
Birds, Booze and Bulldozers by Peter Styles.
Posted by Jessa Crispin at March 12, 2008 05:15 PM