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Book Reviews

Like you, we love books... and the next best thing to reading books is reading about books! Below you'll find an assortment of reviews for titles that we regularly stock. Also, be sure to check out our online catalog.

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July 1st, 2011 Appalachia

Review of When Miners March by William C. Blizzard

The recording and telling of history have proven to be troublesome for the critically-minded as inconsistencies, innocent mistakes, and downright lies plague much of what readers are given as purported fact. Of course as many realize, the “winners” or those in power have traditionally written history and delivered it in a neat, seemingly indisputable package. Fortunately, honest...

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May 3rd, 2009 Appalachia

Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal

When the prophet Isaiah famously wrote "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low" to prepare for the coming Messiah, he didn't have the modern practice of mountaintop removal in mind.To many modern readers, the very term "mountaintop removal" is a mystery, so a few words of explanation may be in order. Almost everyone is familiar with the practices of...

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June 22nd, 2006 Appalachia

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future

With oil prices soaring and the Middle East in turmoil, it may be some comfort to know that the United States is sitting on gargantuan reserves of fossil fuel. That's the good news. The bad news is that it's coal.Just how bad is laid out emphatically in "Big Coal," Jeff Goodell's compelling indictment of one of the United States's biggest, most powerful and most antiquated industries. Coal, he...

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