MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Holt-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War, by David Lebedoff

“Orwell could tell you how to make a perfect cup of tea; Waugh could give you advice on laying down a wine cellar.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Hochschild-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Freedom’s Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention, by Gary J. Bass

“In 19th-century military interventions, [Bass] sees lessons that might be used to confront humanitarian crises today.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Queenan-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Way We’ll Be: The Zogby Report on the Transformation of the American Dream, by John Zogby

“First Globals, as the pollster calls the demographic group of 18- to 29-year-olds, can’t be fooled all of the time.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Rosin-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Sex in Crisis: The New Sexual Revolution and the Future of American Politics, by Dagmar Herzog

“Christian leaders have embraced a new role as cheerleaders for sex – at least the marital kind.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Suellentrop-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority, by Bob Moser

“[Moser] says that for too long, Democrats have taken the wrong approach to Southern politics.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/books/review/Scammel-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Solzhenitsyn the Stylist, by Michael Scammell

“Censorship, in its more benign manifestations, may have been good for Solzhenitsyn’s prose.”