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Book Review: Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan by Jake Adelstein
American gets job in Japan's largest daily newspaper and tangles with the yakuza as he investigates the illicit side of Japan.
Read More »Book Review: Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So by Mark Vonnegut
Mark Vonnegut's second memoir on living with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia worthy addition to anyone's bookshelf.
Read More »Whose Life Has It Been, Anyway? Memoir and Famous Friends
The secrets of the famous: to tell or not to tell? What if they're our secrets, too?
Read More »Book Review: The Kitchen Shrink by Dora Calott Wang M.D.
A personal and deeply moving account of a doctor’s life and her insights into the troubled American health care system.
Read More »Book Review: Try Me by Farah Damji
The true story of the rise and fall and rise of one of the Beautiful People.
Read More »Book Review: Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban by Jere Van Dyk
American journalist's open discussion of being held captive by the Taliban shows readers the human aspect of his experience.
Read More »An Interview With Sloane Crosley, Author of How Did You Get This Number?
A funny memoirist makes hot summers more bearable.
Read More »An Interview With Eric Poole, Author of Where’s My Wand?: One Boy’s Magical Triumph Over Alienation and Shag Carpeting
"I can’t even look at a shag haircut without throwing up...if we did get shag carpeting, there would be a moratorium on avocado green plastic carpet rakes."
Read More »Book Review: Impossible Man by Michael Muhammad Knight
For those who have ever questioned the why's behind Michael Muhammad Knight's story what answers he has to offer can be found in this book.
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