NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"Fast-paced and wildly chaotic."
Mezrich (
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, 2011, etc.) returns with a breakneck retelling of how a bunch of closely knit fraternity brothers built an online poker empire and how fate's final hand dealt them all a wicked blow.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"Gossipy, rambling and enchanting, alive with Mason's love for books of every variety."
NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"A compelling example of investigative reporting that suggests continuing mass death for an African population that cannot or will not help itself find peace."
An intrepid journalist investigates the civil war, foreign interventions and mass starvation of Somalia.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 3, 2013
"A sympathetic and deeply moving story."
A writer and former WNYC radio producer's lovingly crafted memoir about growing up with her gay poet dad in San Francisco during the 1970s and '80s.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 3, 2013
"Pleasant enough beach reading for romantics and believers in fate but probably not for fans of Larry David."
NONFICTION
Released: June 3, 2013
"An informative but occasionally too-dry behind-the-scenes look into the funeral industry and its reflection on contemporary society in inner-city Baltimore."
NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"A rare eyewitness account by a Chinese dissident who managed to flee to the West to gain his freedom and tell his story."
In this third translation of Liao's work (
The Corpse Walker,
God Is Red), Wenguang Huang renders a lively, vernacular, fluent sense of the poet's angry depiction of being abruptly apprended by police in 1990 while making a protest film after the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"An unconventional and strikingly lyrical observation of women and their desire to speak regarding the fulfillment of their sexual and emotional needs."
A revealing look at postmodern feminism and its role in female desire through one woman's personal anecdotes, meditations and professional research.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"A fast-paced memoir of the easy-money hypercapitalist dream-turned-nightmare."
NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"An inspiring and refreshingly optimistic reminder about the untapped possibilities that exist in the relationships between humans and dogs."
NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"A touching, fairly uncomplicated portrayal of rowing legends."
The long, passionate journey of the University of Washington rowing team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"An entertaining and informative investigation into growing old."
