NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"Gripping, emotional depictions of the conflicts that rage in the interior and exterior worlds of a spy--and of a journalist."
A former
Newsweek foreign correspondent reviews his often perplexing experiences as the son of a CIA operative.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"O'Brian's fans and armchair travelers will naturally gravitate to this eclectic work."
A curiously engrossing collection of travel writings from the 17th and 18th centuries, collected by the deceased author of the Aubrey/Maturin series.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"An engaging nature/environment book that goes beyond simple-minded sloganeering."
The plights of polar bears, Lange's metalmark butterflies and whooping cranes frame this discussion of humankind's relations with the animal kingdom, the environment and itself.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 20, 2013
"The story of Brockes' quest to understand her mother's past is powerful on its own, but the backdrop against which most of the narrative unfolds--a country with its own history of rapacious violence--makes the book even more poignant and unforgettable."
The riveting memoir about how a prizewinning British journalist reclaimed her mother's traumatic past.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"This novel, first published in Norway, was worth the wait."
Miller's affecting debut, about a cantankerous Jewish widower transplanted to Norway who becomes party to a hate crime, is an unusual hybrid: part memory novel, part police procedural, part sociopolitical tract and part existential meditation.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Dry, drab and drowsy. T.H. White it ain't."
A mannered lecture of a novel borrowing from--and liberally interpreting--the Arthurian Cycle.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"This lengthy coming-of-age story spliced with "issues" trades on empathy rather than strong storytelling and seems pitched at a younger readership."
Adolescent angst reaches a whole new level after a sexual assault forces intersex Max (who has equal numbers of female and male chromosomes) to rethink his identity.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A mystical foray into our ancestral shadows--not for nonspiritually inclined readers."
Spiritual counselor and psychic O'Sullivan and journalist Graydon provide guidance toward connecting with the gallery of heroes, villains and everyday folks who comprise our physical, psychological and emotional heritage (and baggage).
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NONFICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"Will open interesting doors for casual readers and provide plenty of debate fodder for military-history buffs."
How would the world be different if certain critical battles had gone the other way? Two top military historians offer answers.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A worthy addition to the canon of extreme-survival nonfiction."
White-knuckle account of a terrifying 1984 plane crash in the Canadian wilderness and its improbable reverberations in the lives of four survivors.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"A clever, well-conceived dual portrait that shows what connects and divides Cubans inside and outside of the island."
Fidel Castro contemplates his legacy at the end of his life while a disgruntled Cuban expat plots to hurry that end along.
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FICTION
Released: May 21, 2013
"The concrete details of Alberto's case resonate more than P.'s abstract spiritual odyssey."
A son returns from self-exile and comes to terms with his father's past, and his own, during the military dictatorship in Argentina; the fifth, largely autobiographical novel and American debut from this Argentine writer.
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