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Released: May 3, 2013
"A thoroughly researched book that will appeal mostly to a scholarly rather than general audience."
A comprehensive but unfortunately arid biography of John Jacob Raskob (1879–1950), whom Farber (History/Temple Univ.;
The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History, 2010, etc.) depicts as a progenitor of modern capitalism.
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Released: May 2, 2013
"A clever, affable story of one Mormon, his family, his vocation and his implacable ailment."
A jaunty memoir covering both the influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the torments of Tourette's syndrome.
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Released: May 2, 2013
"An outspoken dad's brassy, wise and painfully honest view from the top of the family tree."
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Released: May 1, 2013
"An evenhanded study by an author determined to cover all the bases."
A nuts-and-bolts biography of the great American visionary portrays a character of enormous contrasts.
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Released: May 1, 2013
"A touching portrait of Victoria offstage and unguarded."
Mining the record left by six intimate Victorian servants, Hubbard (
Rubies in the Snow, 2007, etc.) discovers a great deal about the British monarch, wife and mother.
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Released: May 1, 2013
"A graphic but inspiring depiction of the ravages of the disease, their bravery and the sustaining love of their families."
A moving but also hair-raising story of Tourette's syndrome and a risky surgical procedure.
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Released: May 1, 2013
"Readers familiar with Brazelton's books and articles on babies and children may relish this close-up look at the man who guided them through the vicissitudes of parenthood; others, not so much."
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Released: May 1, 2013
"Unflinching and inspirational, a parent's powerful tale of finding love and understanding beyond the senses."
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Released: May 1, 2013
"A lightweight, sometimes-funny showbiz memoir from a successful background player."
A view from the trenches of show business by a comic actor straddling the line between success and obscurity.
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Released: May 1, 2013
"Readers may not relish the country or love the people as much as the author confesses he does, but despite the overblown search for meaning, they may enjoy the trolley ride."
Before it came crashing down in 1989, the wall that divided East Germany from the West had stood for a generation. Now, a later generation in the East still bears vestiges of that Cold War separation.
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Released: May 1, 2013
"Really an overblown magazine article, lightly and pleasantly enough written, though without the depth of like-minded projects by Bill Bryson, Jim Harrison and others."
In which an inside-the-Beltway type goes all Euell Gibbons on us--and doesn't starve to death and even finds true love in the bargain.
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Released: April 30, 2013
"Emotion and reflection contend for prominence with superficiality; the former win, but barely."
The octogenarian Irish novelist, playwright, poet, biographer (and more) revisits her rich and sometimes rowdy life.
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