Books

He's just published When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism. It's a coffee table book of post-Sept. 11 political posters, with slogans such as "Political Correctness is Dangerous...Demand Real Security" and "Put a Flag on Your Car...It's Literally the Least You Can Do/Empty Gestures Don't Win Wars." For nine years, Maher was the host of the TV talk show Politically Incorrect" which aired first on Comedy Central and then on ABC.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Little Friend (Knopf) the second novel by Donna Tartt.

Book Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Quentins(Dutton) the new novel by Maeve Binchy.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices (Pantheon) a collection of stories of real women in China taken from a call-in talk show in China by journalist Xinran. Xinran was host of the talk show.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews In The Devil's Snare (Knopf), a new history of the 17th century Salem Witch Hunts by Mary Beth Norton.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Lives of the Muses (HarperCollins) the new novel by Francine Prose.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Artificial Silk Girl (Other Press) the 1932 German novel written by Irmgard Keun which has just been newly translated and published.

Dennis McNally is the publicist for the Grateful Dead, and the band's official historian. He's also the author of the new book, A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. He is also author of the book, Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Why I Am a Catholic (Houghton Mifflin) by Pulitzer prize-winning author Garry Wills.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews The Lovely Bones, a debut novel by Alice Sebold.