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Released: April 16, 2013
"Shepherd's experience with Zen is not everyone's, but it should prove helpful to those struggling with spiritual practice."
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Released: April 16, 2013
"A feast of bite-sized morsels of humor and wisdom."
Accomplished novelist Lipman (
Tweet Land of Liberty: Irreverent Rhymes from the Political Circus, 2012, etc.) exposes her journalistic roots by collecting over 30 "(all too) personal" essays and columns that have appeared in a number of periodicals.
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Released: April 16, 2013
"Although the narrative occasionally veers into aw-shucks-I'm-just-a-country-boy territory, this is a warm account of a star who has managed to remain humble."
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Released: April 15, 2013
"A blisteringly honest portrait of a young, fast and greatly misunderstood life."
An outspoken, gender-ambiguous author and activist reflects on her halcyon days as a wild child in San Francisco.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Read this book for the portrait of Benedict Arnold. The tales of the two Revolutionary-era women leave a great deal to be desired."
Stuart (
The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Mercy Otis Warren and the Founding of a Nation, 2008, etc.) draws on her long experience writing about women and social history to show that strong women have always driven their husbands to perform prominent actions, both good and bad.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A nuanced treatment spirals through the crucial years of CIA operations."
A thorough biography of "the ultimate subversive" that probes the shadowy U.S. intelligence efforts through the Vietnam War.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Minor, perhaps, but a revelation all the same, told with both candor and odd innocence."
An unusually good-natured memoir about life in the Nazi camps and the travails of being a postwar refugee.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Sad, controversial and illuminating."
A mother explores, morally and emotionally, her decision to forgo medical help and allow her newborn son to die.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"A mediocre book, but it's not difficult to understand why Burnett wrote it. Instead of buying it, rent Tokyo Pop, a 1988 cult classic starring a young, radiant Hamilton."
Comedian Burnett (
This Time Together, 2010, etc.) limns her relationship with her eldest daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who died of cancer at age 38.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Arana ably captures the brash brilliance of this revered and vilified leader."
Inspired biography of the great Latin American revolutionary, with great depth given to his fulsome ideas.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Sincere and at times even lyrical, but not especially compelling."
Novelist and memoirist Vandenburgh (
Architecture of the Novel, 2010, etc.) tells the story of her relationships with two family dogs while exploring her own inner emotional landscapes.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"By analyzing the "Letter" as both literature and moral imperative, Rieder adds to his subject's considerable legacy."
A tight, academic focus on the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" offers a fresh perspective on Dr. King's message.
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