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"Hardly groundbreaking comedy material, but the book will appeal to Gaffigan's fans. Others can stick to his usually funny Twitter feed."
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A well-researched treatment of two interesting figures in one of the most eventful times in world history. Though a bit plodding at first, it's well worth sticking with it."
John Quincy Adams spent several years as the American diplomatic representative in Russia, at the height of the Napoleonic wars. Here's the story.
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"Surprisingly dreary, given the turbulent backdrop, Orangutan, Broderick's scathing memoir of alcoholism, had more drama."
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A careful, informed analysis of the origins, progress and disposition of the complex, high-stakes legal disputes that find their way to the court."
In her first book, the
National Law Journal's longtime chief Washington correspondent examines the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court, seven years after the appointment of the youngest chief justice since John Marshall.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A motivational, inspirational addition to the ever-expanding library of total-health guidebooks."
The co-host of MSNBC's
Morning Joe parlays her lifelong preoccupation with food into re-educating an increasingly corpulent nation about smarter eating practices.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"The author's novels may provide a better introduction to his work, but this memoir will help to further illuminate them."
Kertész, the first Hungarian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, interrogates himself in a provocative memoir that will deepen the understanding of those already familiar with his novels.
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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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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."
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"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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"This book, like one of its myriad cocktails, is dry, dirty and surprisingly refreshing."
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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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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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