Books Lords http://www.bookslords.com Popular books, reviews, publications and news Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:08:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Peace and War http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-peace-and-war.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-peace-and-war.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:08:50 +0000 admin Like Jonathan Franzen’s previous novel, “The Corrections,” this is a masterly portrait of a nuclear family in turmoil, with a majestic sweep that gathers every sociocultural morsel of our shared millennial life.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-peace-and-war.html/feed 0 Den of Antiquities http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-den-of-antiquities.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-den-of-antiquities.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:08:27 +0000 admin Craig Childs explores archaeology’s ethical debates and the costs of discovering lost history.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-revolutionary-road.html/feed 0 Nuclear Family http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-nuclear-family.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-nuclear-family.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:08:00 +0000 admin The final book in a four-volume series describes the fate of nuclear weapons since the Soviet Union fell.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-nuclear-family.html/feed 0 Her Darkest Places http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-her-darkest-places.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-her-darkest-places.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:08:21 +0000 admin A Library of America collection showcases Shirley Jackson’s fascination with psychology, society and the terrors of everyday life.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-her-darkest-places.html/feed 0 The Language of Exile http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-the-language-of-exile.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-the-language-of-exile.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:08:16 +0000 admin Milan Kundera’s essays illuminate music, painting and writing in the context of what he calls a “post-art” era.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-the-language-of-exile.html/feed 0 Where It Hurts http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-where-it-hurts.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-where-it-hurts.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:08:38 +0000 admin An expansive mix of medical reportage, history and memoir explores our relationship to pain.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-where-it-hurts.html/feed 0 I Get Around http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-i-get-around.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-i-get-around.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:08:06 +0000 admin An absorbing biography of a man who was an academic, a writer, a tattoo artist and an avid sexual adventurer in pre-Stonewall gay America.

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]]> http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-i-get-around.html/feed 0 Hangover in a Strange Land http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-hangover-in-a-strange-land.html http://www.bookslords.com/2010-08-hangover-in-a-strange-land.html#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:08:11 +0000 admin This memoir of traveling Europe is not shy about reporting on sex, drinking marathons or personal humiliation.

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