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Released: May 14, 2013
"An amalgam of entertaining vignettes written in an informal, rambling style."
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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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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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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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Released: May 14, 2013
"A work of advocacy for greater awareness of sociopathy's reach and conduct."
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Released: May 14, 2013
"Simon and Garfunkel famously asked, "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" Clavin reminds readers that Joe is not the only DiMaggio worth remembering."
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Released: May 14, 2013
"An incendiary piece of work that will hopefully encourage other victims to escape the IFB's web."
A damning memoir of life under the thumb of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church, from former member Zichterman.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A feel-good story that begs for a where-are-they-now follow-up in 10 years."
The story of former NBA star Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway's return to the mean streets of his youth to lead a team of disadvantaged middle schoolers to basketball glory.
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Released: May 7, 2013
A charming series of letters from a young Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) to his wife, Betsy, chronicles his rising star as a war correspondent.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"You may say that he's a dreamer; celebrate him as a visionary, or dismiss this as futurist fantasy."
The moonwalking astronaut offers a passionate but not always persuasive manifesto encompassing space tourism and the inevitability of inhabiting Mars within a couple of decades.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A provocative collection that is thoughtful in both scope and attention to detail."
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Released: May 7, 2013
"Refreshingly free of self-serious dogmatism, the author's study of other religions shows how it deepened his commitment to his Christian faith."
An American Catholic theologian offers a candid memoir about his unusual spiritual journey and a plea for ecumenical tolerance.
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