Book reviews added in the week of 8/5-8/11

Hi all,

Multiple links to full-length professional reviews of the following
books released in the US have been added to http://www.reviewsofbooks.com
in the last week:

"The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of
His Life. His Own." by David Carr - In "The Night of the Gun," New
York Times reporter and columnist David Carr pens a memoir of his past
battles with alcohol and cocaine addiction. Like any addict, though,
his memories of the events of his past are either murky at best, if
not downright contradictory to the facts. To get to the truth, he
decides to investigate his own past as any reporter would, videotaping
people he interviews and sifting through medical records. What he
found surprised him how wrong his memory was of many of the events
from his past, including the night he believed a friend had pulled a
gun on him. "The Night of the Gun" has received positive reviews with
Entertainment Weekly saying, "You may not forgive Carr his flamboyant
misdeeds as readily as he seems to forgive himself, all the while
patting himself on the back for his brutal honesty. But he is an
undeniably brilliant and dogged journalist, and he's written an
unforgettable memoir."
Excerpt and all reviews are at:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/night_of_the_gun
Amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416541527/?tag=reviewsofbooks8-20

"Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What It Says About Us)" by
Tom Vanderbilt - With "Traffic," Tom Vanderbilt explores a subject
that most of us don't give a lot of thought to - driving. He explains
how it's one of the most complex tasks we undertake, from the constant
deluge of information each driver has to constantly process and then
make multiple decisions every minute. He also exposes some of the
truisms that run counter to conventional wisdom; roundabouts are safer
than intersections, parking farther away from the mall gets you into
the stores quicker, and why safer cars make drivers more willing to
accept risk. And that we all think we're better drivers than we
really are. "Traffic" has received positive reviews with the
Washington Post saying, "Tom Vanderbilt's 'Traffic' -- engagingly
written, meticulously researched, endlessly interesting and
informative -- is one of those rare books that comes out of the depths
of nowhere."
Excerpt and all reviews are at:
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/traffic
Amazon.com link:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307264785/?tag=reviewsofbooks8-20


Happy reading!

Bill - administrator of http://www.reviewsofbooks.com