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Powell's Daily Book Reviews



Review-a-Day for Sat, Nov 21: The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future 
  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Fri, Nov 20: The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science 
  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Thu, Nov 19: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict 
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Wed, Nov 18: The Ninth (Writings from an Unbound Europe) 
  Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Tue, Nov 17: Terror and Joy: The Films of Dusan Makavejev 
  Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Mon, Nov 16: Dark Places 
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 
    Dark PlacesDark Places by Gillian Flynn, a review from Rain Taxi by Spencer Dew.


Review-a-Day for Sun, Nov 15: Feminism, Inc.: Coming of Age in Girl Power Media Culture 
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Sat, Nov 14: Chronic City 
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 
    Chronic CityChronic City by Jonathan Lethem, a review from Identity Theory by Darby M. Dixon III .


Review-a-Day for Fri, Nov 13: Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Essays and Provocations 
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Thu, Nov 12: The Opposite Field: A Memoir 
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Wed, Nov 11: Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression 
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Tue, Nov 10: Buying Into English: Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World (Pitt Comp Literacy Culture) 
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Mon, Nov 9: The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest (Wesleyan Poetry) 
  Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Sun, Nov 8: Till We Can Keep an Animal 
  Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 


Review-a-Day for Sat, Nov 7: Meditations (Modern Library Classics) 
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST 
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Powell's Daily Book Reviews
Review-a-Day for Sat, Nov 21: The Case for Books: Past, Present, and Future  Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
Review-a-Day for Fri, Nov 20: The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science  Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
Review-a-Day for Thu, Nov 19: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PST
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