NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"A good bit of journalistic documentation related in lackluster writing."
Overly detailed look at the expert manipulations of an attractive young Parisian on the make and the English prince who fell for her.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Schirripa's rough-and-resilient child-rearing practices will not appeal to everyone but may raise a laugh or two from other wiseguys."
NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Entertaining beach reading for fans of humorous, breezy essays."
From comedic essayist and novelist Notaro (
It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy, 2011, etc.), another compendium of humorous, heated, autobiographical tales about the minutiae of modern American life.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"This book, like one of its myriad cocktails, is dry, dirty and surprisingly refreshing."
NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"An epic-sized true-life adventure tale that appeals to both the heart and the head."
Man's indomitable need for adventure is the only thing more impressive than the awesome power of nature and the brilliance of technology described in this lovingly rendered retelling of one of the most remarkable events ever to occur inside the Grand Canyon.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 6, 2013
"The literary sensibility speaks more broadly to the human condition, as the author relates the particularities of his own experience through shards of memory."
Sweet and sad but generally tender vignettes about a poet/professor's coming-of-age as a gay Mexican immigrant.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 3, 2013
"A thoroughly researched book that will appeal mostly to a scholarly rather than general audience."
A comprehensive but unfortunately arid biography of John Jacob Raskob (1879–1950), whom Farber (History/Temple Univ.;
The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History, 2010, etc.) depicts as a progenitor of modern capitalism.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 2, 2013
"A clever, affable story of one Mormon, his family, his vocation and his implacable ailment."
A jaunty memoir covering both the influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the torments of Tourette's syndrome.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 2, 2013
"An outspoken dad's brassy, wise and painfully honest view from the top of the family tree."
NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"An evenhanded study by an author determined to cover all the bases."
A nuts-and-bolts biography of the great American visionary portrays a character of enormous contrasts.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"A touching portrait of Victoria offstage and unguarded."
Mining the record left by six intimate Victorian servants, Hubbard (
Rubies in the Snow, 2007, etc.) discovers a great deal about the British monarch, wife and mother.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"A graphic but inspiring depiction of the ravages of the disease, their bravery and the sustaining love of their families."
A moving but also hair-raising story of Tourette's syndrome and a risky surgical procedure.
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