Books

Book Review: Zona

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| Mon Feb. 20, 2012 4:00 AM PST
maggie anderson

A Year of Shopping Only at Black Businesses

Impractical? Damn right. But Maggie Anderson and her family gave it a whirl.

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| Tue Feb. 14, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: Our Black Year

What happens when you try to shop exclusively at black-owned businesses? Ask Maggie Anderson.

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| Mon Feb. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Liz Weil with her husband, Dan Duane

Elizabeth Weil Messes With Marriage

In her new book, Weil embarks on a risky endeavor: trying to fix a relationship that's not even broken.

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| Sun Feb. 12, 2012 3:59 AM PST

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Book Review: Beautiful Souls

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| Fri Feb. 10, 2012 4:00 AM PST
Rebecca MacKinnon

Q&A: Rebecca MacKinnon on the Brave New World of the Web

Internet scholar and advocate Rebecca MacKinnon talks SOPA/PIPA, Twitter censorship, and whether we're in danger of being "entertained to death."

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| Thu Feb. 2, 2012 8:03 PM PST

Book Review: Consent of the Networked

Rebecca MacKinnon's new book is an antidote to giddy promises that the Internet will set you free.

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| Thu Feb. 2, 2012 6:17 PM PST
newt gingrich

Gingrich's New-Age Love Gurus

Gingrich's intellectual mentors are former Marxist organizers who envisioned a future full of serial marriages and open relationships.

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| Mon Jan. 30, 2012 4:00 AM PST
loraz

A Victory for Cute Kids, Civic Engagement, and the Trees

Massachusetts 4th graders help encourage Universal to green up The Lorax.

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| Thu Jan. 26, 2012 3:39 PM PST
Michelle Obama

The Obamas, Revealed

Forget Johnny Depp—here are the best bits on the First Lady and president from Jodi Kantor's new tell-all.

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 1:43 PM PST

Book Review: Intimate Wars

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| Mon Jan. 9, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: A Universe From Nothing

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| Fri Jan. 6, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: Pity the Billionaire

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| Tue Jan. 3, 2012 4:00 AM PST

MoJo Readers' Top Books of 2011

Murakami, Malcolm X, and much more—the novels, biographies, and nonfiction books our readers loved this year.

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| Tue Dec. 27, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Alan Lomax and the Original Social Network

A new book details Lomax's on-the-road adventures spreading songs made by, and for, the people.

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| Mon Dec. 26, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Our Favorite Books of the Year

On dog cloning, cocaine smuggling, brain surgery, green technology, healthy farming, and much more. Read on!

Fri Dec. 23, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Book Review: 420 Characters

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| Mon Dec. 5, 2011 3:00 AM PST
Newt Gingrich

Gingrich Novel Whitewashes Confederate Cause

The GOP presidential candidate has a new piece of historical fiction out. Emphasis on fiction.

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| Tue Nov. 29, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Donald Trump's $3 Billion Name

Trump Vodka, Oysters Trump, Trump Mortgage, and Trump University are just a few of things The Donald has slapped his name on.

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| Tue Nov. 22, 2011 2:42 PM PST
Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann's Memoir, Fact-Checked

The GOP presidential candidate spins lots of good yarns in her new memoir—none more audacious than her pledge to tell the reader the truth.

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| Mon Nov. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST