Non-fiction

My Beef With Vegetarianism My Beef With Vegetarianism

The Bloodless Revolution explores four centuries of arguments for vegetarianism, from good health to fascist politics.

Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

Self-Consciousness Raising Self-Consciousness Raising

What is the self? Do we all have one? Is it best treated with Botox or with books? Bohemian Los Angeles explains it all.

Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Martin Duberman

The Work Cut Out for Us The Work Cut Out for Us

Eight books explore the right-wing assault on American politics and chart a course for a Democratic resurgence.

Jan 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

Parasites of Plunder? Parasites of Plunder?

Hitler's Beneficiaries advances a controversial, deeply flawed argument that Germans failed to revolt against the Nazis because Hitler established a welfare state built on plunder.

Dec 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

Waltzing With Warlords Waltzing With Warlords

Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.

Dec 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen

In Palestine, a Dream Deferred In Palestine, a Dream Deferred

Two new books explore fundamental Palestinian and Israeli concerns: The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi considers the Palestinians’ failure to achieve sovereignty, and One Country by A...

Nov 30, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Bashir Abu-Manneh

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction I Can’t Get No Satisfaction

Laura Kipnis's The Female Thing takes women to task for perpetuating the notion that they're vulnerable.

Nov 22, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood

A Civilizing Mission A Civilizing Mission

The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.

Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar

The Business of America The Business of America

The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.

Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

The New World Order The New World Order

Two new books examine the diverse and ambitious alliances that led to the end of slavery in America.

Oct 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robin Blackburn

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