Books Archive: B

Dr. Mark Young with Karen Baar

• Women and Pain: Why It Hurts and What You Can Do (Hyperion, 2002)

Richard Bachman

• Blaze (Scribner, 2007)

Anita Rau Badami

• The Hero's Walk (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill)

Adam Bagdasarian

• First French Kiss (and Other Traumas) (Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002)

David Baggett and William A. Drumin [Editors]

• Hitchcock and Philosophy: Dial M for Metaphysics (Open Court, 2007)

Aaron McGruder and Reginald Hudlin with illustrations by Kyle Baker

• Birth of a Nation (Crown Publishers, 2004)

Ellen Baker

• Keeping the House: A Novel (Random House, 2007)

James Robert Baker

• Anarchy (Alyson Books, 2002)

David Baldacci

• Feature: David Baldacci

Philip Ball

• Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color (Farar, Straus, and Giroux, 2002)

Roger Ballen

• Outland (Phaidon Press Ltd, London, 2001)

Alexander Ballinger

• New Cinematographers (Laurence King/Harper Design, 2004)

Randall Balmer

• God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush (HarperOne, 2008)

Abby Banks, Timothy Findlen

• Punk House: Interiors in Anarchy (Abrams Image, 2007)

Russell Banks

• The Darling (HarperCollins, 2004)
• The Reserve (Harper, 2008)

Sir Roger Bannister

• Feature: Bannister's Magic Run

John Banville

• The Sea (Knopf (US) / Picador (Australia / UK), 2006)

Michael Bar-Zohar

• Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibeh

Benjamin R. Barber

• Column: Inevitable Consumption

Djuna Barnes

• Nightwood (New Directions Publishing Group, 2006)

Julian Barnes

• Something to Declare (Picador, 1969)

Richard Barone

• Frontman: Surviving the Rock Star Myth (Hal Leonard, 2007)

Max Barry

• Company (Vintage (US) / Scribe (Australia), 2007)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  It's a curious blend of a book: a confection that manages to provoke deep reflection; a contrived, superficial novel with something important to say.

   

Peter Bart

• BOFFO!: How I Learned to Love the Blockbuster and Fear the Bomb (Miramax, 2006)

Bruce Bartlett

• Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy (Doubleday, 2006)

Jean-Dominique Bauby

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Knopf/Vintage, 2007)

  Featured Article

  

  Economical and considered out of necessity, this is so meticulously crafted that there isn’t a wasted passage or a superfluous phrase.

   

Jean Baudrillard

• Feature: The Death of Jean Baudrillard Did Not Take Place
• Passwords (Verso, 2003)

Henry H. Bauer

• Science or Psuedoscience: Magnetic Healing, Psychic Phenomena, and Other Heterodoxies (University of Illinois Press, 2001)

James L. Baughman

• Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961 (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)

Michael Baur and Steven Baur [Editors]

• The Beatles and Philosophy (Open Court, 2006)

Louis Bayard

• Mr. Timothy (HarperCollins, 2003)

Arudre Bazin

• Feature: La Passion de Jeanne D’Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc)

Ishmael Beah

• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007)

Alex Beam

• Gracefully Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital (Public Affairs Books, 2001)

Cris Beam

• Transparent: Love, Family, and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers (Harcourt, 2007)

Mary Beard

• The Roman Triumph (Harvard University Press, 2007)

Steve Beard

• Meat Puppet Cabaret: A Baroque Novel (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2007)
• Aftershocks: The End of Style Culture (Wallflower Press, 2002)

Andrew Beaujon

• Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock (Da Capo, 2006)

Mario Beauregard and Denyse O'Leary

• The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul (HarperOne, 2007)

Marty Beckerman

• Generation S.l.u.t.*: A Brutal Feel-up Session With Today's Sex-crazed Adolescent Populace (MTV/Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster, 2004)

Lois Beckwith

• The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit: An a to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk (Broadway Books, 2006)

Steven Lee Beeber

• The Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's: A Secret History of Jewish Punk (Chicago Review, 2008)

Anna Been and Rosamund Bartlett

• Literary Russia: A Guide to the Authors, Characters, Scenes and Streets (The Overlook Press, 2007)

LD Beghtol

• Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide (33 1/3) (Continuum, 2006)

Louis Begley

• About Schmidt (Serpent's Tail, 2003)

Michael Bellesiles

• Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture (Soft Skull Press, 2003)

Andy Bellin

• Poker Nation (Harper Collins, 2003)

Saul Bellow

• News: Chicago denies petition to honor Saul Bellow

Nathaniel Bellows

• On This Day (HarperCollins, 2003)

Aimee Bender

• Willful Creatures: Stories (Doubleday, 2005)

Khalil Bendib

• Mission Accomplished: Wicked Cartoons by America's Most Wanted Political Cartoonist (Interlink Books, 2007)

Colin Bennett

• Column: Abandoning the Fort

Rob Benvie

• Safety of War (Coach House Books, 2004)

Elizabeth Berg

• We Are All Welcome Here (Random House, 2006)

Tamara Faith Berger

• Column: A Moral Pornographer?

Mischa Berlinski

• Fieldwork: A Novel (Picador, 2008)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  This is clearly the work of a superior intellect, but one that doesn’t shy away from juicy plot twists or exciting set pieces, fashioning a story that thrills without condescension.

   

Emily Bernard

• Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2004)

Kate Bernheimer

• The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold (Fiction Collective Two/Black Ice Books, 2001)

Carl Bernstein

• News: Bernstein steps back into spotlight

Emily Bertrand

• Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, 1925-1964 (Alfred A. Knopf, 2001)

Michael T. Bertrand

• Race, Rock, and Elvis (University of Illinois Press, 2000)

David Bezmozgis

• Natasha: And Other Stories (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004)

Anthony Bianco

• Ghosts of 42nd Street: A History of America's Most Infamous Block (William Morrow, 2004)

Cordelia Frances Biddle

• The Conjurer (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, 2007)

Dave Bidini

• Baseballissimo: My Summer in the Italian Minor Leagues (McClelland & Stewart Ltd. (Canada), 2004)
• For Those About to Rock: A Road Map to Being in a Band (Tundra Books, 2004)

Nella Bielski

• The Year Is '42 (Pantheon, 2004)

John Biggs

• Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age (Apress, 2004)

John Biguenet

• The Torturer's Apprentice (Ecco, 2002)

Stanley Bing

• Sun Tzu Was a Sissy: Conquer Your Enemies, Promote Your Friends, and Wage the Real Art of War (HarperBusiness, 2004)

Sam Binkley

• Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s (Duke University Press, 2007)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Binkley does more than simply mark the transition from Yippy to yuppie.

   

Robert S. Birchard

• Cecil B. Demille's Hollywood (The University Press of Kentucky, 2004)

Adam Biro

• One Must Also Be Hungarian (University of Chicago Press, 2007)

Jason Bitner (Editor)

• FOUND Polaroids (Quack!Media, 2006)

Jeremy Blachman

• Anonymous Lawyer (Henry Holt & Co., 2006)

Benjamin Black

• The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
• Christine Falls (Henry Holt & Company, 2007)
• Christine Falls (Picador, 2008)

Conrad Black

• News: Convicted press baron Conrad Black admits timing tough on Nixon biography release

Edwin Black

• War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003)

Charles Blackstone

• The Week You Weren't Here (Flame Books, 2003)

Elise Blackwell

• Grub (Toby Press, 2007)

Mark Blake

• Feature: Comfortably Numb: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd

Michael F. Blake

• The Films of Lon Chaney (Madison Books, 1969)

Judith S. Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee

• What About the Kids?raising Your Children Before, During, and After Divorce (Hyperion Books, 2003)

Mary Clearman Blew

• Jackalope Dreams (University of Nebraska Press, 2008)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Blew's prose is as hardscrabble and finely whittled as her Montana subjects: protagonist Corey Henry is fierce, grumpy and, most unusual in today’s fiction, she’s older.

   

Brett Ellen Block

• The Grave of God's Daughter (William Morrow, 2004)

Jennifer Block

• Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care (Da Capo, 2007)

Lawrence Block

• Small Town (William Morrow, 2003)

Miguel de Cervantes, newly translated by Edith Grossman with an introduction by Harold Bloom

• Don Quixote (Ecco Books, 2003)

Roy Blount Jr.

• Long Time Leaving: Dispatches From Up South (Knopf, 2007)

Bob Blumenthal

• Jazz: An Introduction to the History and Legends Behind America's Music (Collins, 2007)

Steven Blush

• Various Artists: American Hardcore [DVD]
• Various Artists: American Hardcore [DVD]

Paul Blustein

• The Chastening: Inside the Crisis That Rocked the Global Financial System and Humbled the Imf (Public Affairs Books, 2001)

Robert Bly

• The Winged Energy of Delight: Selected Translations (HarperCollins, 2004)

Charles Bock

• Beautiful Children (Random House, 2008)
• Beautiful Children (Random House, 2008)

Victor Bockris

• Beat Punks (Da Capo Press, 2000)

Anonymous, translated by Philip Boehm

• A Woman in Berlin: Six Weeks in the Conquered City (Metropolitan Books, 2005)

Marc Bojanowski

• The Dog Fighter (HarperCollins, 2004)

Eavan Boland

• Domestic Violence: Poems (Norton, 2007)

Roberto Bolano

• Column: The Resilient Works of Roberto Bolaño: Raccoon-Resistant, Water Resistant, Immortal

Stefan Bollmann

• Women Who Write (Merrell, 2007)

Joe Bonomo

• Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band (Continuum, 2007)

Massimo Bontempelli

• The Chess Set in the Mirror (Paul Dry Books, 2007)

Max Boot

• War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History: 1500 to Today (Gotham, 2006)

Jim Booth

• The New Southern Gentleman (Wexford College Press)

Michael Borer

• Faithful to Fenway: Believing in Boston, Baseball, and Americas Most Beloved Ballpark (NYU Press, 2008)

Andy Borowitz

• The Republican Playbook (Hyperion, 2006)

Paulina Borsook

• Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech (Public Affairs Books, 2000)

Sumantra Bose

• Contested Lands: Israel-Palestine, Kashmir, Bosnia, Cyprus, and Sri Lanka (Harvard University, 2007)

Shmuley Boteach

• Hating Women: America's Hostile Campaign Against the Fairer Sex (Regan Books, 2005)

Greg Bottoms

• Sentimental, Heartbroken Rednecks (Context Books, 2001)

Grégoire Boullier, translated by Lorin Stein

• The Mystery Guest (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006)

Charles Bowden

• Blood Orchid (North Point Press, 2002)

Herb Boyd

• Baldwin's Harlem: A Biography (Atria, 2008)

Joe Boyd

• Feature: Like a Boyd on a Wire

William Boyd

• Fascination (Vintage, 2006)
• News: Author! Author! Historic secret was his inspiration

Amanda Boyden

• Pretty Little Dirty (Vintage, 2006)

T. Coraghessan Boyle

• The Inner Circle (Viking, 2004)

Ray Bradbury

• One More for the Road (William Morrow, 2002)

Bobby Braddock

• News: Facing the music about a Florida town's racism in the '50s

Arthur Bradford

• Dogwalker (Alfred A. Knopf)

George Bradley

• Some Assembly Required (Alfred A. Knopf, 2001)

Jo Brand

• It's Different for Girls (Headline, 2005)

John Brandon

• Arkansas (McSweeney's, 2008)

William McDonough and Michael Braungart

• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (North Point Press, 2002)

Richard Brautigan

• Column: Trout Fishing in America

Adam Braver

• Divine Sarah (William Morrow & Co., 2004)

Andy Breeding

• The Music Internet Untangled: Using Online Services to Expand Your Musical Horizons (Giant Path Publishing, 2004)

Eric Brende

• Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology (HarperCollins, 2004)

Nicole Brenez

• Abel Ferrara (University of Illinois Press, 2007)

David Breskin

• Supermodel (Soft Skull, 2006)

Christopher Breu

• Hard-boiled Masculinities (University of Minnesota Press, 2005)

Rob Brezsny

• The Televisionary Oracle (Frog Ltd., 2000)

• Feature: Historian: Interview with Brian Garfield

Douglas Brinkley

• The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (William Morrow, 2006)

Hunter S. Thompson; edited by Douglas Brinkley

• Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of An Outlaw Journalist (the Gonzo Letters, Volume 2) (Simon & Shuster, 2000)

Pope Brock

• Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam (Crown, 2008)

Kevin Brockmeier

• The Brief History of the Dead (Pantheon, 2006)

Tom Brokaw

• News: With '1968,' Tom Brokaw can't help being part of the story

Nick Bromell

• Tomorrow Never Knows: Rock and Psychedelics in the 1960s (University of Chicago Press, 2000)

Charlotte Bronte, illustrations by Dame Darcy

• The Illustrated Jane Eyre (Studio/Penguin, 2006)

Will Brooker

• Batman Unmasked: Analysing a Cultural Icon (Continuum Books, 2000)
• Using the Force: Creativity, Community, and Star Wars Fans (The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc., 2002)

Geraldine Brooks

• March (Penguin (US) / HarperCollins (Australia), 2006)
• People of the Book (Viking, 2008)
• News: Pulitzer Prize-winner invents a history in ‘People of the Book'
• News: Wondrous Jewish icon inspired Geraldine Brooks

Tim Brooks

• Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919 (University of Illinois Press, 2005)

Mikita Brottman

• Feature: The Solitary Vice: Remove the 'Guilt' from 'Guilty Pleasures'

Dan Brown

• The Da Vinci Code (Doubleday, 2003)

Ethan Brown

• Queens Reigns Supreme: Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler (Anchor Books, 2005)

Jeffrey A. Brown

• Black Superheroes, Milestone Comics, and Their Fans (University Press of Mississippi, 1969)

Joe David Brown

• Paper Moon (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1969)

Larry Brown

• A Miracle of Catfish (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2007)
• The Rabbit Factory (Simon & Schuster, 2003)

Sandra Brown

• The Crush (Warner Books, 2002)

Willie Brown

• News: Willie Brown: The ex-speaker is as outspoken as ever

Tara Browner

• Heartbeat of the People: Music and Dance of the Northern Pow-wow (University of Illinois Press, 2002)

Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee

• The Life and Death of the Planet Earth: How the New Science of Astrobiology Charts the Ultimate Fate of Our New World (Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2003)

Bill Brownstein

• Glued to the Tube: The Diary of My Week in Tv Hell. 200 Channels, No Escape. (ECW Press, 2001)

Robert Bruegmann

• Sprawl: A Compact History (University of Chicago Press, 2005)

Ken Bruen

• American Skin (Justin, Charles & Co., 2007)

Elizabeth Brundage

• The Doctor's Wife (Plume, 2005)

Frank Bruni

• Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssesy of George W. Bush (HarperCollins, 2002)

Bernd Brunner

• The Ocean At Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005)

Jan Harold Brunvand

• The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story (University of Illinois Press, 2001)

Bill Bryson

• A Short History of Nearly Everything (Broadway Books, 2003)
• William Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Atlas/Harper Collins, 2007)

Warren Buckland

• Directed By Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the Contemporary Hollywood Blockbuster (Continuum, 2006)

Christopher Buckley

• Boomsday (Twelve Books, 2007)

Daniel Buckman

• Water in Darkness (Akashic Books, 2001)

Charles Bukowski

• Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way (Ecco Press, 2003)

Luis Bunuel

• My Last Sigh (University of Minnesota Press, 2003)

James Burge

• Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography (HarperCollins, 2004)

Glenn Burger

• Chaucer's Queer Nation (University of Minnesota Press, 2003)

Gordon Burn

• Born Yesterday (Faber and Faber, 2008)

Van Burnham

• Supercade: A Visual History of the Videogame Age 1971 - 1984 (The MIT Press)

Charles Burns

• Black Hole (Pantheon, 2005)

Augusten Burroughs

• Dry: A Memoir (St. Martin's Press, 2003)

Yvonne Bynoe

• Stand & Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership, and Hip-hop Culture (Soft Skull Press, 2004)