Title: The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk Author: Randy Shilts Narrator: Marc Vietor Publication Year: 1982 Pages: 400 (audio length: 15 hours 58 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction, Audiobook Source: Audiobook version, purchased from Audible.com From the cover: Known as “The Mayor of Castro Street” even before he was elected to [...]
Title: Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West Author: Benazir Bhutto Narrator: Rita Wolf Publication Year: 2008 Pages: 352 (audio length: 12 hours 34 minutes) Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst [...]
Title: Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution Author: Sara Marcus Publication Year: 2010 Pages: 384 Genre: Non-Fiction Source: Review copy from the publisher From the cover: Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl — the radical feminist uprising that exploded into the public eye [...]
Where they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people. – Heinrich Heine In case you’ve somehow missed it, there’s a paster in Gainesville, Florida who is planning to hold “Burn a Koran Day” on September 11th – this Friday. (The link there is to a sort of advertisement that he broadcasted for [...]
Today, I’m featuring a post written by an American author whose books caused quite a stir when they were published. Here’s a brief introduction in her own words: Sherry Jones is an author and journalist living in Spokane, Washington. She is at work on a new historical novel about four sisters who all became queens [...]
