Tag Archives: non-fiction

Best book about 9/11

Posted on February 10, 2007 by Recharger
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THOUGH EVERY TV SET IN THE WORLD WAS TUNED TO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ON SEPT 11, those trapped in the North Tower had no idea that the South Tower had collapsed. And we who watched from our rooftops (see … Continue reading →

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How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Recharger
How To Lose Friends and Alienatte People

Dear Mr. Young, I too was a New York loser-journalist guiltily-smitten with celebrity, though I worked at the Village Voice, and my celebrities were not as Brad Pittish as yours. The Voice is not Vanity Fair, but the high-school cliques … Continue reading →

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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Recharger
Freakonomics

To:  Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, authors, Freakonomics. Dear Steven and Stephen, Having read Malcolm Gladwell’s rave, having understood and loved the book’s premise—that hidden statistics we don’t want to look at tell the real story—we expected a … Continue reading →

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Recharger
The Bronx is Burning

Son of Sam. The Blackout Reggie’s 3 for 3 Bella, Mario, Ed, Abe Arguably the freakiest summer in New York history. Yet…the book is oddly, frustratingly flat.

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Please Kill Me, The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Recharger
Please Kill Me

May 21, 2006 Legs McNeile and Gillian McCain New York, NY Dear Sir and Madam: Just finished your magnificent book, Please Kill Me, and although I found it a fascinating, disturbing, ultimately-depressing page-turner, I have two problems: First, you never … Continue reading →

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