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August 26, 2010

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published August 26, 2010. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in August 2010.

Book Review

War and Sex

by E. James Lieberman

“War is a powerful aphrodisiac,” John V. H. Dippel writes. In this rich, far-reaching study of armed conflict since Abraham Lincoln’s time, Dippel discusses gender, women’s suffrage, and the demographics of marriage and birth,... Read More

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Revenge

by J. G. Stinson

Forced into exile for her fictional examinations of Islam and its faults, living with the possibility of a fatwa against her becoming a reality, Taslima Nasrin continues to explore her chosen topics in her writings. One might think that... Read More

Book Review

News From Home

by Andi Diehn

These days, it’s easier than ever to know what’s happening in another country. News travels fast; most people have immediate access to the tragedies, the glories, and the daily trivia of lives lived on the other side of the earth. As... Read More

Book Review

Entanglement

by Andi Diehn

The best crime stories are those in which everyone is flawed, both the good guys and the bad guys, the dead and the living. The good guys populating "Entanglement" are weak, guilty, and rude—human. Which makes them all the more... Read More

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John Crow's Devil

by Trina Carter

This is an astounding book—in verbal pyrotechnics, but also in the fact that it’s a softcover re-issue. How could such a rich fictional brew have come and gone with so little fanfare? John Crow’s Devil tells the story of the Rum... Read More

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