A colorable premise of a near-future America controlled by huge conglomerates and fundamentalist Christians loses its way and its power in its execution.
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Book Review: Hotel California by Barney Hoskyns
A British music journalist explores the rise of the counterculture-based "Southern California sound" of the late 1960s and its commercialization in the 1970s.
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A great read for fans of the music and times, providing a cautionary tale without feeling preachy.
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Are women attackers marginalised individuals seeking to redeem themselves, enraged avengers, duped victims or religious extremists?
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A collection of short stories doesn't quite get to grips with the great subject of the modern migration out of Africa.
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Despite problems with flow and an occasional bent toward invective, a Bronx public defender gives insight into the world of indigent defense.
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Annette Gilsono's debut novel surprises with a blend of utopian literature, chaos theory and New Age concepts.
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Pete Earley uses a journalist's eye in a personal and compelling exploration of America's mentally ill and its mental health system.
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All of Australia's history is here, in stories that form a universal account of 20th-century life and 'progress'.
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Two Air America Radio contributors take a satirical look at America in the age of the "Rapture Right."
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