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Nell Bernstein on the war on hugs

<i>Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids</i>. By Maia Szalavitz. <i>Riverhead Books. 320 pages. $25.95.</i><br /><br /><i>Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth</i>. By John Hubner. <i>Random House. 277 pages. $25.95</i>

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| Wed Mar. 1, 2006 1:00 AM PST
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Absolute Convictions

<I>Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City and the conflict that divided America</i><br /> By Eyal Press. <I>Henry Holt. $26.00</i>

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| Wed Mar. 1, 2006 1:00 AM PST

Lust in the Dust: Arabian Romance Novels

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| Wed Mar. 1, 2006 1:00 AM PST
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Book Review: Gate of the Sun, by Elias Khoury

<i>Gate of the Sun</i><br /> By Elias Khoury<br /> <i>Translated by Humphrey Davies<br /> Archipelago Books<br /> $26</i>

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2006 1:00 AM PST

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A Man's World

<i>Self-Made Man: One Woman&#146;s Journey Into Manhood and Back Again</i> by By Norah Vincent. Viking. $24.95.

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| Wed Jan. 25, 2006 1:00 AM PST
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Postmodernism has resigned Upton Sinclair's book to the dustbin of history.

Why the reputation of Upton Sinclair?s good book has gone bad.

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| Sun Jan. 1, 2006 1:00 AM PST

Six Books on Religion

Six Books on Religion

Thu Dec. 1, 2005 1:00 AM PST
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Tulia: Race, Cocaine and Corruption in a Small Texas Town

Nate Blakeslee. <i>PublicAffairs. $26.</i>

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| Fri Nov. 11, 2005 1:00 AM PST
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Rednecks & Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music

Chris Willman. <i>The New Press. $25.95.</i>

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| Fri Nov. 11, 2005 1:00 AM PST
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Thin Ice: Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains

Mark Bowen. <i>Henry Holt. $30.</i>

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| Tue Nov. 1, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Did Bush Steal the 2004 Election? Maybe Less Than You Think

Was Ohio stolen? You might not like the answer.

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| Tue Nov. 1, 2005 1:00 AM PST

The Reading Cure: How to Organize a Political Book Group With a Social Conscience

How to Organize a Book Group With a Social Conscience

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Book Review: Night Draws Near by Anthony Shadid

<i>Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War.</i> By Anthony Shadid. <i>Henry Holt. $26.00</i>

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| Fri Sep. 9, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Book Review: Bait and Switch

<i>Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream</i>. By Barbara Ehrenreich. <i>Metropolitan Books. $23.</i>

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| Thu Sep. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Offshore

<i>Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy</i>, By William Brittain-Catlin. <i>Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $25.</i>

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| Fri Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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L'Epoque Bullshit

The Age of Discovery! The Space Age! The Enlightenment! To these glorious eras of history let us add the name of our own: The Age of Bullshit.<p> <i>On Bullshit</i> By Harry G. Frankfurt. <i>Princeton University Press. 67 pages. $9.95.</i><br /> <i>Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth About Bullshit</i> By Laura Penny. <i>Crown Publishers. 256 pages. $21.95.</i></p>

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| Fri Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
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Book Review: <i>Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash</i>

<i>Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash</i>, By Elizabeth Royte. <i>Little, Brown. $24.95.</i> <p></p><p> Exploring how our unwanted stuff keeps disappearing.</p>

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| Fri Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

The Subtitle That Saved Civilization
Fri Jul. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Everything Bad Is Good for You

Steven Johnson argues that pop culture isn’t just good for us, it’s a cognitive workout for the brain.

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| Sun May. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Global Warming by the Book(s)

A selective roundup of books that present the facts of climate change.

Sun May. 1, 2005 12:00 AM PDT