Posts tagged with ‘Social and Cultural Commentary’
May 12, 2012
THE EXTRAORDINARY LITERARY HISTORY of gay writers in America, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Grade: B PLUS
EMINENT OUTLAWS: THE GAY WRITERS WHO CHANGED AMERICA
Grand Central
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Literary History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary
May 8, 2012
FASCINATING TRUE STORY of a 1919 confidence game (and the victim’s revenge) sheds light on the history of scams.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MARK INSIDE: A PERFECT SWINDLE, A CUNNING REVENGE, AND A SMALL HISTORY OF THE BIG CON
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Social History, Texas, True Crime, United States
May 5, 2012
GORGEOUS GRAPHIC NOVEL looks at three generations of the Irish-American experience through interlocking tales.
Grade: B PLUS
GONE TO AMERIKAY
Vertigo
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Ireland, New York City, Social and Cultural Commentary
May 4, 2012
A LAID-BACK LOOK AT a wide range of “clean energy” inventors, from the mainstream to the maverick. Fascinating!
Grade: SOLID B
MAD LIKE TESLA: UNDERDOG INVENTORS AND THE RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF CLEAN ENERGY
ECW Press
2011
Tags: History of Science, Non-Fiction, Science, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews
April 30, 2012
TOUCHING TRUE STORY of the pride and hope the beleaguered citizens of Ciudad Juárez have found in soccer.
Grade: SOLID B
THIS LOVE IS NOT FOR COWARDS: SALVATION AND SOCCER IN CIUDAD JUAREZ
Bloomsbury USA
2012
Tags: Mexico, Non-Fiction, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews, Sports
April 25, 2012
POETIC, COMPELLING MEDITATION on the power of myth: a girl’s fascination with Norse legend during, after WWII.
Grade: A MINUS
RAGNAROK: THE END OF THE GODS
Grove
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Novels, Social and Cultural Commentary
March 20, 2012
IDIOSYNCRATIC, ABSORBING, INSIGHTFUL, snarky overview of the phenomenon of “scapegoating” throughout history.
Grade: SOLID B
SCAPEGOAT: A HISTORY OF BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE
The Overlook Press
2012
Tags: History, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Social and Cultural Commentary, Solid B Reviews