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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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 14, 2013
"As this personal essay veers toward polemic, its humorless author seems a little too proud of his bravery at voicing the unspeakable, shattering the taboo."
What purports to be an unflinchingly, devastatingly honest look at the author's marriage--and the institution of American marriage in general--instead reveals its layers of deceit, even self-deception.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Perhaps a bit too acidic for some tastes, but most foodies will find the book refreshingly different."
A knowledgeable look at the transformation of fine dining over the past half-century, viewed through the prism of the author's personal history.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Ages are "golden" only in misty-eyed retrospect, but Barra excels at showing these athletes' superhuman abilities and all-too-human frailties."
Veteran sports journalist and biographer Barra (
Yogi Berra, 2009, etc.) returns with a dual biography of two of baseball's all-time greats.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A middling memoir of a young man's attempts to live as a modern-day ascetic."
A recent college grad discovers how to live life and pay off his student loans at the same time.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A top-notch biography of Oppenheimer to sit alongside Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's American Prometheus (2006)."
A highly detailed examination of the life and times of Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967), the man who ushered in the Atomic Age and played a leading role in putting American science on the map.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A daughter's tender tribute to a remarkable mother."
Philanthropist and environmental activist Daly writes about her spiritual search as she shared her mother's courageous 4-year battle with the ravages of pancreatic cancer.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"An amalgam of entertaining vignettes written in an informal, rambling style."
NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Candid and affecting."
Journalist Rodrick's powerful debut chronicles the long, difficult process of coming to terms with the untimely death of his father, a Navy pilot.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Will appeal to fans of the Caddyshack films and to those who revere the wisdom of the locker room."
A freelance golf writer rehearses his decades of caddying and carousing at some of the toniest venues in the world--from Augusta to St. Andrews.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Nonessential. The collection offers an occasionally intriguing but hardly revelatory view of the author's career, but reader response will likely hinge on political affiliation."
Two-time former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (
Known and Unknown: A Memoir, 2011) condenses the rules that he claims shaped, and were shaped by, a lifetime in business and public service.
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