NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2013
"Insightful, knowledgeable account of the "good war," intimately informed from the trenches. "
Using as a model Jeffrey Race's influential first-person Vietnam War–era analysis,
War Comes to Long An, Malkasian (
A History of Modern Wars of Attrition, 2002, etc.) evenhandedly examines the Garmser district in southern Afghanistan, where he was stationed as a political officer for the State Department between 2009 and 2011.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2013
"Some intriguing stories better read the way newspaper columns are published--one at a time--than as an extended series in one sitting."
A collection of recent newspaper columns on the homes of New York residents illuminates the ways in which the city has (and hasn't) changed.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2013
"An admirable, worthy message that could be contained on a bumper sticker."
INDIE
Released: April 1, 2013
"A useful, reassuring roadmap to the altering landscape of health insurance."
NONFICTION
Released: March 28, 2013
"Is there a clash of civilizations, as Samuel Huntington maintained, between the Muslim world and the West? Norton's response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."
What to do about the Muslims? It's a question, writes Norton (Political Science/Univ. of Pennsylvania;
Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empire, 2004, etc.), that non-Muslims have been asking, and the answers have been few.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"An honest probing of law, public perception and conscience in the abortion debate."
In her first book, pro-abortion rights activist Erdreich tries to bring some clarity and reason to the arguments around a woman's right to choose in light of recent attempts to restrict that right.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"A sweeping account of some of the major players in the Minuteman Project, though the ambitious narrative occasionally becomes unfocused."
A scouring investigation of the unorthodox methods of the anti-immigration Minuteman Project.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"In lesser hands, such a story could be maudlin or gimmicky, but Tyer's evocative prose of quiet melancholy and gentle humor avoids such pitfalls."
Journalist Tyer deftly weaves memoir and reportage in a tale of the reclamation of a river and the failed reclamation of a father's love.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 26, 2013
"May not alter opinions among true believers on either side of the gun control debate but will hopefully influence the thinking of people with open minds."
A longtime critic of American gun culture aims again at targets he holds responsible for the carnage.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 21, 2013
"Sure to be loved by readers who enjoy telling kids to get off their damn lawn, but unlikely to gain traction with a wider audience."
Media theorist Rushkoff (
Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age, 2011, etc.) returns with a dire prognosis of society's ills.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 20, 2013
"A tough but eye-opening read."
What has been lost is not a political boundary line between the United States and Mexico, but a 60-mile-wide cultural area above and below that line; the issues raised by the voices here reflect how and why that border has become a zone of fear, violence and bloody murder.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2013
"A gripping environmental thriller."
An award-winning science journalist exposes how corporate interests and corrupt politicians almost turned a quiet, suburban New Jersey beach community into a toxic wasteland.
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