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Released: April 2, 2013
"A poignant account of personal bravery, love, and loss and a chronicle of the tragedy of our times."
With the assistance of Robbins, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Abdi chronicles the ravages of the ongoing civil war in Somalia and her efforts to establish a safe haven amid the destruction.
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Released: April 2, 2013
"Inspired, breath-of-fresh-air reading, especially for those who have ever questioned what the public school system can do for American children."
A veteran educator's uplifting account of how he introduced schoolchildren to global problems through a visionary game that charged them with saving the world.
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Released: April 2, 2013
"A heartwarming tale of adoption and unconditional love."
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Released: April 2, 2013
"A tightly strung, finely tuned memoir about life with her mother."
Angelou (
Letters to My Daughter, 2008, etc.) has given us the opportunity to read much of her life, but here she unveils her relationship with her mother for the first time.
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Released: April 2, 2013
"A well-wrought portrait of a visionary side of Ted Turner that may be unfamiliar to many readers."
Journalist Wilkinson (
Science Under Siege: The Politicians' War on Nature and Truth, 1998) explores the back story of Ted Turner's evolution from media mogul and devotee of Ayn Rand to the most successful and influential green capitalist in the world.
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Released: April 2, 2013
"Alternately grating and amusing, Oxford skips the most interesting part of her life: her canny use of Twitter."
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Released: April 2, 2013
"Aptly titled, this bittersweet scrapbook demonstrates the kind of steely fortitude necessary to remain afloat through a lifetime of stormy weather."
The multitalented Reynolds nostalgically expands on a fruitful career and a chaotic adulthood.
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Released: April 1, 2013
"One of the most thorough scholarly works on the subject."
Halsall (History/Univ. of York;
Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 2008) studies the veracity of Arthurian legends.
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Released: April 1, 2013
"An intriguing adventure story that often doesn't ring true. Caveat emptor."
The improbable story of how Chapman was kidnapped from her rural Colombian village at the age of 5 and abandoned in the jungle.
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Released: April 1, 2013
"Though touching on the unique Japanese-American experience, this is ultimately an inoffensive, pedestrian trek. "
A Nisei's story of being confined in an internment camp during World War II and hardscrabble years afterward, interspersed with a diary of high-altitude hiking.
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Released: April 1, 2013
"Readers with an interest in the subject would do better to begin with David Roberts' far superior Once They Moved Like the Wind (1993)."
Second-tier, oddly old-fashioned military history by former naval officer Mort (
The Hemingway Patrols, 2009).
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Released: April 1, 2013
"For cat lovers, a pleasant and moving story of love and identity among mothers, daughters and felines. Non–cat lovers need not apply."
