FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Dry, drab and drowsy. T.H. White it ain't."
A mannered lecture of a novel borrowing from--and liberally interpreting--the Arthurian Cycle.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"This novel, first published in Norway, was worth the wait."
Miller's affecting debut, about a cantankerous Jewish widower transplanted to Norway who becomes party to a hate crime, is an unusual hybrid: part memory novel, part police procedural, part sociopolitical tract and part existential meditation.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"The story of Brockes' quest to understand her mother's past is powerful on its own, but the backdrop against which most of the narrative unfolds--a country with its own history of rapacious violence--makes the book even more poignant and unforgettable."
The riveting memoir about how a prizewinning British journalist reclaimed her mother's traumatic past.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"An engaging nature/environment book that goes beyond simple-minded sloganeering."
The plights of polar bears, Lange's metalmark butterflies and whooping cranes frame this discussion of humankind's relations with the animal kingdom, the environment and itself.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"O'Brian's fans and armchair travelers will naturally gravitate to this eclectic work."
A curiously engrossing collection of travel writings from the 17th and 18th centuries, collected by the deceased author of the Aubrey/Maturin series.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"Gripping, emotional depictions of the conflicts that rage in the interior and exterior worlds of a spy--and of a journalist."
A former
Newsweek foreign correspondent reviews his often perplexing experiences as the son of a CIA operative.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 18, 2013
"With few real consequences to anyone's actions, it's hard to tell who the intended audience is for this formulaic, ultimately unsatisfying novel. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
FICTION
Released: May 17, 2013
"Soap-operatic in spots, but a fine adult love story with locations both exotic and familiar."
A sensitive portrayal of distant love, broken affinities and culture clash by Nigerian novelist Adichie (
Purple Hibiscus, 2003, etc.).
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INDIE
Released: May 17, 2013
"A pleasant read, rich in cultural ethos, but with little character depth."
Townsend's (
Reel Life, 2012) second novel presents a portrait of two clashing cultures, embodied in the relationship between a career-minded American woman and a conflicted Italian man.
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FICTION
Released: May 16, 2013
"Mujica's prose is vigorous and intense, and the story is paradoxically both dark and illuminating."
Incidents in the life of Diego Velázquez, the most prominent artist in 17th-century Spain, as filtered through the consciousness of his mysterious model for the
Rokeby Venus.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 16, 2013
"Not much to chew on here. (London facts) (Fantasy. 5-8)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 16, 2013
"An interesting and somewhat enlightening look at a girl struggling but sometimes making bumpy progress in dealing with Asperger's. (Fiction. 12-18)"
An eighth-grader's Asperger's syndrome complicates her navigation of an unpredictable--and often inexplicable--world.
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