Professional Media Reviews | June 15, 2013

Digital

Review of The New Digital Scholar: Exploring and Enriching the Research and Writing Practices of NextGen Students.

Q&A: Jen Lin-Lui | June 15, 2013

on the noodle

A Q&A with Jen Lin-Liu, author of On the Noodle Road: From Beijing to Rome, with Love and Pasta.

Social Sciences Reviews | June 15, 2013

Pink

Reviews of Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India, The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill’s World War II Speeches, and Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, plus a full list of Social Sciences titles from the June 15 issue.

Christian Fiction Reviews | June 15, 2013

whenmockingbirds

Reviews of When Mockingbirds Sing, The Well, The Outcast, plus a full list of titles from the June 15 issue.

Fiction Reviews | June 15, 2013

onethousand

Reviews of One Thousand and One Nights: A Retelling, The Paris Architect, The Daughters of Mars, plus a full list of Fiction titles from the June 1 issue.

Iain (M.) Banks, Rest in Peace

Iain Banks

Two months after Iain Banks announced on his website that he had been diagnosed with terminal gall bladder cancer, the Scottish author of such acclaimed novels as The Wasp Factory  and The Hydrogen Sonata lost his brief battle on June 9 at the age of 59. Praised by William Gibson as “a phenomenon” and “fearlessly [...]

Science & Technology Reviews | June 1, 2013

beekeeping

Reviews of Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure; Bug Music: How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise; and Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Apiculture, plus a full list of Science & Technology titles from the June 1 issue.

Social Sciences Reviews | June 1, 2013

child

Reviews of Yokohama Yankee: My Family’s Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan; The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption; and A Call to Arms: Mobilizing America for World War II, plus a full list of Social Sciences titles from the June 1 issue.

Xpress Reviews: Graphic Novels | First Look at New Books, June 7, 2013

marbleseason060713

Ellis and Hitch command a new Authority, Hernandez limns childhood memories in Marble Season, and Tardi provides a new take on World War I that is absorbing, moving, and personal

Xpress Reviews: Nonfiction | First Look at New Books, June 7, 2013

blunders

Preserving tips from the Culinary Institute of America, Finzi puts a positive face on Botox, Lischer writes with honesty about religion and death, and Livio puts forth an entertaining and different take on the work of pivotal Western scientists

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