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Released: March 12, 2013
"A surprisingly open, extremely timely examination of the sexual coming-of-age for Egyptian youth."
A daring new study finds the newly liberated Egyptians poised to demand more sexual freedom in the face of religious fundamentalism.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"A step-by-step grasping of the enormity of an impending biodiversity crisis."
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A stinging indictment of one-sided policymaking destined, if undisturbed, to result in even greater violence."
Extracting three episodes from a complex 35-year history, a distinguished Middle East scholar exposes America's unfitness to mediate between Israel and Palestine.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"A refreshingly unpretentious statement of personal history and political accomplishment that avoids the pitfall of excessive self-congratulation."
The candid account of how the son of a casino owner who consorted with Chicago gangsters found his way into Nevada state politics and into the governor's mansion.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"A concise and controversial statement of what needs to be overcome if the world economy is to return to the path of growth and stability."
Henry, dean of the NYU Stern School of Business, argues that the United States and other first-world countries should heed lessons from the developing sector.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"Required reading for aspiring lawyers, but also intrinsically fascinating in its depiction of the frailty of human judgments."
Chronicles of miscarriages of justice due to the misuse of statistics, combined with blow-by-blow accounts of criminal trials.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"A shocking, galvanizing manifesto against the corporations manipulating nutrition to fatten their bottom line--one of the most important books of the year."
A revelatory look at America's increasing consumption of unhealthy products and at how the biggest food manufacturers ignore health risks, and employ savvy advertising campaigns, to keep us hooked on the ingredients that ensure big profit.
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Released: March 12, 2013
"There's enough here to make concerned readers want to learn more about Kony, whose forces have dwindled even as he continues to elude capture, but the condensing of the graphic narrative falls short of the immensity of the barbarism."
A graphic narrative illuminates the atrocities of Joseph Kony in Central Africa, yet the horror and the complexities of the story are a challenge for such a short work.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"The benefit of slavery is but one of the firebombs lobbed within a book that more are likely to find infuriating than enlightening."
A conservative professor of economics and public policy argues that conventional attitudes about racism and social injustice are not only wrong, but harmful as well, in an analysis that will spark outrage among the liberal intellectuals that he targets.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"Where paradox is as common as breathing, Olson discovers a kind of freedom amid the barbed wire. An empathetic, intriguing memoir."
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Released: March 11, 2013
"A novel and provocative thesis worth hearing out."
A pipe dream of a book that dares to suggest that we
can actually get along, politically speaking.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 7, 2013
""Utopia is realizable," insists Chávez. It may not have arrived yet in Venezuela, but it's interesting to watch from afar. Carroll provides a useful primer on a little-known regime."
