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Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST Read book reviews by Salon's critics By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/22/tinsel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/22/tinsel/index.html?source=rss "Tinsel" investigates the allure -- and demented poignancy -- of America's holiday obsession By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/15/memoir/index.html?source=rss A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/10/25/lexicographers_dilemma/index.html?source=rss A new book on the history of "proper" English says you're just stuck up By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST 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http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/11/01/the_hidden/index.html?source=rss Mystery and conspiracy plague a dig at the site of ancient Sparta in "The Hidden" By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/10/01/trotsky/index.html?source=rss A gripping new account captures the October Revolution's great intellectual facing doom (and feeding bunnies) By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/22/literary_history/index.html?source=rss This masterly literary history from co-editor Greil Marcus does justice to our country's best and worst moments By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/15/dan_brown/index.html?source=rss With "The Lost Symbol," his "Da Vinci" follow-up, Brown spins a wild Freemason conspiracy -- then never solves it By Stephanie Zacharek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/01/lorrie_moore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/09/01/lorrie_moore/index.html?source=rss The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting By Stephanie Zacharek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/25/sartorialist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/25/sartorialist/index.html?source=rss Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style" By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/12/magicians/index.html?source=rss "The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids By Kevin Berger Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/10/age_of_wonder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/10/age_of_wonder/index.html?source=rss Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/10/speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/10/speech/index.html?source=rss An eye-opening collection of essays revisits the legendary campaign-trail moment By Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/06/cahokia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/06/cahokia/index.html?source=rss Archaeologists are slowly unearthing the ghastly secrets of Cahokia, an ancient city under the American heartland By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/31/pynchon/index.html?source=rss The famed author is back with a tale of drugs, hippies and paranoia -- and you don't need a decoder ring to read it By Joy Press Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/28/shelf_discovery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/07/28/shelf_discovery/index.html?source=rss From "Harriet the Spy" to "A Wrinkle in Time," girl-centric novels of the past come to life in "Shelf Discovery" By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2009/07/23/nick_laird/index.html?source=rss A lovelorn schoolteacher uses the Internet to exact his romantic revenge in Nick Laird's chilling tale By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/20/this_is_your_country_on_drugs/index.html?source=rss Resistance to mind-altering substances is futile, according to a new "Secret History of Getting High in America" By Stephanie Zacharek Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/12/cheap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/12/cheap/index.html?source=rss Everyone loves a bargain, but a new book illuminates the dangers of cheap stuff By Laura Miller Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/09/macmillan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/09/macmillan/index.html?source=rss Much of what we're taught has been twisted to suit someone's needs