About Books, August 29, 2009

Ida Lichter, a cinical and research psychiatrist from Australia and the United Kingdom, has compiled a rich and moving account of "Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression." The book reveals women's conditions in some twenty plus countries from Afhanistan to Yemen. The strenghth and courage of ordinary women struggling for their rights and against abuse is astonishing and revealing. Reading this book will change your perceptions forever.

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About Books, August 22.2009

David Savran is the author of "Highbrow/Lowdown: Theater, Jazz and the Making of the New Middle Class." Published by the University of Michigan Press, it's an interesting look at the tension between legitimate and popular entertainment. Figuring prominently are Gershwin, Eugene O'Neill, the Theatre Guild and many plays like Shuffle Along and The Adding Machine.

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About Books, August 15, 2009

Dan Hofstadter takes a fresh look at the man who developed the telescope in "The Earth Moves: Galileo and the Roman Inquisition." The telescope led to Galileo's belief in the theories of Copernicus and eventually to his arrest and trial, which can be seen as the beginning of the conflict between science and religion.

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About Books, August 8, 2009

Bryan Burrough writes about crime and the FBI in "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBi, 1933-34." In it the new FBI battles John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd and the Barker gang. This is also the book that this summer's film, starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, was based upon.

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