In our latest, we’ve got reviews of cutting edge future fic, a time-traveling hipster romance, diet and nutritional advice, a biography of Winston Churchill’s “dark lady” (his mother), an examination of our “darker selves,” an account of mafia and cop shenanigans, the speeches and writings of Pope Benedict XVI, a “sensual cookbook,” and a history of beer and food.

Xpress Reviews for Week of Jan. 30th, 2007

FICTION
Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge. Pyr: Prometheus.

Mancusi, Marianne. A Hoboken Hipster in Sherwood Forest. Love Spell: Dorchester.

NONFICTION
Haas, Elson M., M.D., with Buck Levin. Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine. 21st century ed. Celestial Arts.

Higham, Charles. Dark Lady: Winston Churchill’s Mother and Her World. Carroll & Graf.

Hollis, James. Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA).

Lawson, Guy & William Oldham. The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia. Scribner.

Pope Benedict XVI. The Essential Pope Benedict XVI: His Central Writings and Speeches. HarperSanFrancisco: HarperCollins.

Reiley, Amy (text) & Kersti Frigell (illus.). Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Sensual Cookbook. Life of Reiley.

Skilnik, Bob. Beer & Food: An American History. Jefferson, dist. by Independent Pubs. Group.