September 23, 2008
Nonfiction
Unpacking the Boxes: A Memoir of a Life in Poetry by Donald Hall
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London's Jazz Age by DJ Taylor
The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Publishers, Their Editors and Authors by Al Silverman
Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley by William Emery
Devil's Brood: The Last Days of the Tempestuous Marriage of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine by Sharon Kay Penman
Searching for Schindler by Thomas Keneally
Listen to Me: Shared Secrets from WriteGirl
Dark Water: Flood and Redemption in the City of Masterpieces by Robert Clark
Red Princess: A Revolutionary Life by Sofka Zinovieff
The Art of the Public Grovel: Sexual Sin and Public Confession in America by Susan Wise Bauer
A Comrade Lost and Found: A Beijing Story by Jan Wong
Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath by Rick Wartzman
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China by Leslie T Chang
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
The Third Chapter: Passion, Risk, and Adventure in the 25 Years after 50 by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
The German Discovery of the World: Renaissance Encounters with the Strange and Marvelous by Christine R Johnson
The Queen's Sorrow by Suzannah Dunn
All Art is Propaganda by George Orwell
Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism by John Byrne Cooke
Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays by George Orwell
A Book of Ages: An Eccentric Miscellany of Great and Offbeat Moments in the Lives of the Famous and Infamous, Ages 1 to 100 by Eric Hanson
La Clinica: A Doctor's Journey Across Borders by David P Sklar
No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row by Susan Kuklin
Genius and Heroin: The Illustrated Catalogue of Creativity, Obsession, and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages by Michael Largo
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Notes on Democracy by HL Mencken
Lost in the Supermarket: An Indie Rock Cookbook by Kay Bozich Owens and Lynn Owens
The Customer is Always Wrong: The Retail Chronicles edited by Jeff Martin
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta Ahmed, MD
Posted by Jessa Crispin at September 23, 2008 07:58 PM