NYT Books in Review: “The Enemy Within,” “State By State,” “The Freedom Agenda,” “Yes We Can,” “Barack,” “Barack Obama,” “My Dad, John McCain,” “Angler”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Greer-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
The Enemy Within: 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World, by John Demos
“The institution of what we would call a witch hunt is only tangentially related to the practice of witchcraft…The Inquisition, the Salem trials, the Red Scare: a survey of witch hunts over the past two millenniums.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Moehringer-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
State By State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey
“50 states, 50 essays, from the likes of Jhumpa Lahiri, Anthony Doerr [and] Heidi Julavits [and] Jonathan Franzen [and] Joshua Ferris.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Bass-t.html?pagewanted=print
The Freedom Agenda: Why America Must Spread Democracy (Just Not the Way George Bush Did), by James Traub
“Trying to salvage the idea of promoting democracy from what it has meant under George W. Bush.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Handy-t.html?pagewanted=print
Yes We Can: A Biography of Barack Obama, by Garen Thomas
Barack, by Jonah Winter
Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope, by Nikki Grimes
My Dad, John McCain, by Meghan McCain
“Campaign biographies for kids are a sunny, upbeat lot, unlike the grown-up versions.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/books/review/Heilbrunn-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, by Barton Gellman
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