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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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May 15th, 2011 Science & Technology

Re-visiting Uncle Ted

Many of us grew up with a wild-ass grandpa or grumpy uncle. Whether they were preaching conspiracy theories, needling us to invest in gold or embarrassing us in front of our friends by gleefully threatening to get revenge on the techno-industrial empire, they usually made quite an impression. Ted Kaczynski might just be that relative to those of us in the radical ecological movement. Over...

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February 2nd, 2011 Science & Technology

The Guardian’s Wikileaks Book Is This Generation’s “All The President’s Men”

Two weeks ago, I reviewed the New York Times’ book: ‘Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy‘. It’s a remarkable work of journalism, combining the paper’s collected reporting on Wikileaks, with editor Bill Keller’s personal account of working with Assange. For my money, Keller’s account was the stand-out highlight of the book –...

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October 22nd, 2010 Science & Technology

Disaster on the Horizon: High Stakes, High Risks, and the Story Behind the Deepwater Well Blowout

I was in Venice, Louisiana in late April and early May of this year, waiting for the first oil from the blowout of BP's Macondo well to come ashore. Journalists from across the globe, politicians, fishermen, government bureaucrats, environmentalists, BP reps all milled about in a chaotic scrum. No one had good information. It seemed that once a rumor had passed through the crowd twice, it...

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September 7th, 2009 Science & Technology

Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics

Mathematics, as presented by Clifford Pickover, is a palace filled with awe-inspiring curiosities. His Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics is a 500-page, full-color tour of mathematical highlights from 150 Million B.C. to 2007. Each two-page spread has a fascinating story about a mathematical principle, discovery, puzzle, artifact,...

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