I'll have to look into those books - I haven't heard of a single one! If it isn't raw / can't be considered "literary", then I don't usually want to read it. So I'll follow up on these and see if anything strikes me.

Glad to hear from you - it's been a while. Best of luck in publishing / finding a job - it's a really rough market. Have you been looking into internships, too? That was what finally got me my job - I started as an intern.