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Released: May 21, 2013
"A thoughtful reconsideration of China's actual place in the new world order, based on reality rather than fanciful speculation."
A Hong Kong–based executive suggests that the dreaded Chinese juggernaut has a few cracks in its armor.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A dramatic study emphasizing some of the combined consequences of ideological obsessions and bureaucratic thoughtlessness."
How budget-cutting responses to recession produce increases in death rates and epidemiclike breakdowns in public health.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Current affairs books always run the risk of going rather quickly from the New Releases shelf to the remainder bin, but Feldman's book carries enough insight to warrant serious attention from anyone interested in what may well be the defining relationship in global affairs for decades to come."
NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"A middling memoir of a young man's attempts to live as a modern-day ascetic."
A recent college grad discovers how to live life and pay off his student loans at the same time.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2013
"Military buffs will give this high marks; general readers may find it hard to relate to the author's relentlessly macho ethos, but they will find it hard not to admire his fierce dedication."
Memoirs from members of Special Forces tend to mix combat fireworks with a leavening of modesty, but O'Neal, writing with veteran co-author Fisher (with Tom Coughlin:
Earn the Right to Win, 2013, etc.), dispenses with the modesty at no great cost.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Intriguing reading for an academic audience."
An expert in sociology and organizational methods challenges the view that business has too much influence on government.
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NONFICTION
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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NONFICTION
Released: May 2, 2013
American Prospect co-founder and -editor Kuttner (
A Presidency In Peril: The Inside Story of Obama's Promise, Wall Street's Power and the Struggle to Control Our Economic Future, 2010, etc.) critiques the Obama administration's embrace of debt-driven austerity policies and calls for the resumption of postponed financial reforms.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 2, 2013
"Overblown but well-written and entertaining.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"A forcefully written treatment of the plight in which an increasing number of people find themselves."
What will the future hold when the best-educated generation ever can't find the employment for which it is qualified? Brussels-based
Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires reporter Froymovich debuts with an impressive presentation of the challenges raised by this question.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"Mele's anecdotes from the Dean campaign are a genuine, historic glimpse into real changes wrought by the Internet, but these are mostly lost in uninteresting, uninspired discussions of changes our networked future might bring."
An exploration of the idea that our densely networked online future will spell the end for big institutions.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 23, 2013
"Due to the fact that Texas is thriving while much of America struggles, it might be wise to consider what Texas is doing right."
"I wanted to write a book that would help people come to terms with the existence of Texas," writes
Texas Monthly senior editor Grieder of her debut.
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