NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"Juicy, but it leaves a nasty aftertaste."
Based on the movie star's late-night ramblings, an unvarnished account of her marriages and affairs in golden-age Hollywood.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"An invaluable contribution to understanding the mentality of extremist conservatism and its supporters."
Prompted by the rise of the modern-day tea party, Conner writes of her experiences as the child of leaders in the radical right-wing John Birch Society.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"It's often difficult--if not downright overwhelming--to keep track of the many players in this story, but aficionados of Mafia history and those concerned with FBI corruption will find this thorough investigation satisfying."
ABC news correspondent Lance (
Triple Cross: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI, 2009) delivers an exhaustive examination into the life and crimes of Mafia capo Gregory Scarpa Sr. and his questionable decadeslong relationship with the FBI.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"A well-researched, clearly written biography of a strange character."
Longtime magazine journalist Kobel (
Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture, 2007) documents the controversial life and death of Professor John Buettner-Janusch (1924-1992), the world's expert on lemurs and a man so out of control that he served two prison terms for two separate crimes.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 8, 2013
"Nicely drawn portraits by an authoritative historian."
An intriguing new angle to Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy leading up to and during World War II.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"Thorough research enriches the paint in this convincing and often unflattering portrait."
Isenberg (History/Temple Univ.;
Mining California: An Ecological History, 2005, etc.) examines the life and legend of the famous lawman/liar/faro dealer/boxing referee/advisor on Western movies.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"A writerly work that entices readers to seek out the titles in question."
With bombs falling across London between September 1940 and May 1941, five writers of various ages and backgrounds, selected by the sharp eye of Feigel (English and Medical Humanities/King's Coll., London;
Literature, Cinema and Politics, 1930–1945, 2010, etc.), shifted into romantic overdrive.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"As interesting for what it doesn't say (and the way it doesn't say it) as for what it does."
There's a fascinating story here, but one that's less about Katrina, or even New Orleans, than about the author's attempts to understand himself and his ambitions.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"A Rabelaisian celebration of appetite, complete with savory recipes, that genuinely satisfies."
A novelist's deliciously engrossing exploration of her life through the two major passions that have defined it: food and writing.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"While her stories are moving and the scenery is as beautifully caught as with a camera, Sovich reaches for spiritual life lessons that fail to ring true."
NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"A stirring, funny, thought-provoking appreciation of the place, the idea, the experiment, the United States of America."
An ardent mash note to the vast, vital nation that confounds and beguiles its European cousins in equal measure.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"Stark and haunting, this book stands as a powerful testament to not only the devastations of an era, but to the integrity and courage of an extraordinary woman."
An acclaimed Iranian novelist's harrowing account of the decade she spent in and out of prisons in post-revolutionary Tehran.
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