Until it
Hurts, Mark Hyman, March 2010, paperback, $15.00, 978-0-8070-2119-4
Sports Illustrated; author has an article in the current issue.
It describes a national campaign against overuse injuries recently launched
by the famed sports surgeon James Andrews. Also, names the many sports celebs
who are backing the effort.
Power in
Words, Mary Frances Berry and Josh Gottheimer, Eds., October
2010, hardcover, $24.95, 978-0-8070-0104-2
Kirkus Reviews; very nice write up in June 15th issue
“…this is an impressive collection of 18 memorable speeches that
mark milestones in Obama’s rise to political power …Berry and
Gottheimer bring their own depth of insight to an analysis of each of the
speeches and the vision they embody.”
Love in a
Headscarf,Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, October 2010, Paperback Original,
$15.00, 978-0-8070-0080-9
“Her account of having to meet the succession of suitors—frequently
unsavory, reluctant or downright rude—is hilarious…
A forthright, charming tale of unraveling the “overwhelming contradictions
and tangles” of identity.”
Population Connection; reposted the Guardian article that
ran last week and the website for CurrentTV has a link to the New
Scientist essay that ran in April.
Advocate-Messenger (Danville, Ky.); featured The Coming Population
Crash in an article titled, “Global population, a ticking time bomb?”
in their Saturday edition.
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes; the book was featured in the June newsletter
which went out to members of the Lesbian and Gay Law Association of Greater
New York at the beginning of the month
“This should become a basic text for college LGBT studies courses
and can be read with profit by all students of LGBT law, but it is also
aimed at a more general audience and is recommendable to non-specialists
as well.”
Book Culture (NYC); author reading and signing this evening, Wednesday June
9th at 7:00 pm, 536 W. 112th Street New York, NY 10025
The Protest
Psychosis, Jonathan M. Metzl, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8592-9
Health Affairs; review in June issue
“Overall, The Protest Psychosis is a valuable contribution,
one that is well written and well worth reading. Metzl addresses a long-standing
diagnostic tension in psychiatry with insight, clarity, and informative
historical detail”
Love in a
Headscarf,Shelina Zahra Janmohamed, October 2010, Paperback Original,
$15.00, 978-0-8070-0080-9
What a fun glimpse into the courting rituals of a traditional South Asian British
Muslim community! Janmohamed's colorful and often humorous memoir shows us how
those of another culture and religion might navigate the search for love, that
most universal of themes.Perfect for the bedside table, but enlightening, as
well. "
—Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of The Muslim Next Door: the Qur'an,
the Media, and that Veil Thing
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