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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2009/10/14/uncivil_society/index.html?source=rss Stephen Kotkin's fascinating "Uncivil Society" presents a revisionist account of Communism's failure By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT 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 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT 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 Kevin Berger Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT 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 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT 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 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT 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 By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss A controversial new history of Communism suggests that most everything we think we know about it is wrong By Jacqueline Linge Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2009/06/27/stonewall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2009/06/27/stonewall/index.html?source=rss This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the riots. We spoke to some of the people who were there By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/16/east_west_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/16/east_west_sex/index.html?source=rss What is the deal with Western men's erotic obsession with the East? By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/27/dynamite_club/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/02/27/dynamite_club/index.html?source=rss In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times? By King Kaufman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/02/26/greatest/index.html?source=rss The trend in sports books is to claim that a single contest changed the course of history. Sure it did. By Cary Tennis Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/04/will_our_words_be_heard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/02/04/will_our_words_be_heard/index.html?source=rss We write and we write and we write on the Net, dispensing thoughts and advice. For what? By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/01/09/johnson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/01/09/johnson/index.html?source=rss In "The Invention of Air," Steven Johnson creates a fascinating portrait of Joseph Priestley, a friend of Franklin and Jefferson and a freethinker who changed history. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2008/12/08/2008/index.html?source=rss Our picks for the 10 most pleasurable fiction and nonfiction reading experiences of the year. By Joy Press Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/04/scrapbook/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/04/scrapbook/index.html?source=rss The billion-dollar scrapbooking industry may be cheesy, but as author Jessica Helfand explains, there's rich history in that glitter and glue. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/11/10/race_trial/index.html?source=rss From Jim Crow laws to workplace discrimination, the history of race and the American courtroom is incendiary. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/14/ghosh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/must_read/2008/10/14/ghosh/index.html?source=rss "Sea of Poppies," set in Calcutta, is a swashbuckling saga full of sadists, weaklings and tyrants -- and, thankfully, there are two more volumes to come. By King Kaufman Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/17/england/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/09/17/england/index.html?source=rss News item: 1755 diary mentions baseball in England. That's nice, but we already had a 1744 reference. Not to mention David Wells. By Louis Bayard Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/05/trachtenberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/09/05/trachtenberg/index.html?source=rss Peter Trachtenberg took a tour around the world in his quest to understand why some people are crushed by suffering and others are transformed by it. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/28/knowledge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/28/knowledge/index.html?source=rss How do we know what we know? A new book takes a long view of knowledge, from ancient oral traditions to the rise of universities and the Internet. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/25/bruno/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/25/bruno/index.html?source=rss Giordano Bruno has been called a martyr to science and an occultist, but a new book argues that the brilliant philosopher's unconventional behavior did him in. By Louis Bayard Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/14/forgery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/08/14/forgery/index.html?source=rss Can great art spring from a lie? Two new books about forgers raise provocative questions about the links between authenticity and genius. By Laura Miller Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/24/matthew_kneale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/24/matthew_kneale/index.html?source=rss The 9-year-old narrator of the heartbreaking "When We Were Romans" flees family chaos through literature. By James Hannaham Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/07/21/jokes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/07/21/jokes/index.html?source=rss Who invented jokes, and why do we laugh at them? Jim Holt discusses the history of funny. By Cary Tennis Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/07/art_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/07/art_history/index.html?source=rss I hit the wall in my dead-end job, I'm sleeping on a friend's floor, but I have a dream!