Reviews of religion, religious issues, worship, and scholarly books.
Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 4/21/2008 04/21/2008
This week: a war correspondent's love story; the cost of misunderstanding Muqtada; Swiss banking behind the scenes; the madness of Zelda and Marilyn; and the new graduation gift-book to beat. Plus: leadership for ladies, marketing's magic bullets and a fittingly over-the-top Top Chef cookbook.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 4/14/2008 04/14/2008
This week: a triumverate of feminist-folk-rock pioneers, building a better sales tax, ancient Egypt and Soviet Russia, going green with consumerism, going consumerist with Christ, and a classy new overview of Pop Art. Plus: three smokin' new guides to grilling.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 4/7/2008 04/07/2008
This week: a strong start for April, with star-worthy efforts on war, weapons, fashion, parenting, Paris, Gustave Courbet and the Red Headed Stranger. Plus: American art in danger, breaking up is hard on dogs, how and why to purposely shrink your clothes, and more.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 3/31/2008 03/31/2008
This week: Poetry, poets, puppies and psychopathology; marginalized voices from Native America and the Civil Rights movement; dedicated craftsmen and flighty counter-dependents; and a dazzling debut novel with a "polyphonic narrative." Plus: how do you measure up against McCain, Clinton and Obama?
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 3/24/2008 03/24/2008
In this week's Web roundup: culinary tours domestic and international, an improv comedy legend and a comic up-and-comer, the economic realities of global energy crisis and the new world order it's engendered, memoirs from a librarian and a teen with OCD, and a powerful resource for parents facing the death of a child. Plus: an inviting look at Winslow Homer and a novelist's take on Mary, mother of Jesus.
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Nonfiction Reviews 03/17/2008
The Eaves of Heaven: A Life in Three Wars Andrew X. Pham . Harmony , $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-307-38120-0 In a narrative set between the years of 1940 and 1976, Pham (Catfish and Mandala) recounts the story of his once wealthy father, Thong Van Pham, who lived through the French occupation of Indochina, the Japanese invasion during WWII, and the Vietnam War.
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