MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Holbrooke-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khruschev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War, by Michael Dobbs

“‘We’re going to have to make a certain decisions within the next 12, or possibly 24 hours,’ Bobby Kennedy said.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Hirsh-t.html?sq=%22The%20Greed%20Beat%22&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=print

Good Guys and Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes With the Saints and Scoundresl of American Business (and EVerything in Between), by Joe Nocera

“Joe Nocera has made a career covering business’ human dramas.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Saletan-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century Politics With an 18th-Century Brain, by George Lakoff

“Why have conservatives been winning elections? Because…they manipulate us more effectively.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Jennings-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

On the Laps of Gods: The Red Summer of 1919 and the Struggle for Justice That Remade a Nation, by Robert Whitaker

“How justice was finally served in the wake of a 1919 Arkansas race massacre.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Heilbrunn-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

“Not My Fault” (Essay on Scott McClellan’s book), by Jacob Heilbrunn

“As White House memoirs have become more accusatory, they have also become less illuminating.”