NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"For fans and students of popular sociology, an eclectic and pithy confirmation that many colorful heroes who speak in balloons are, indeed, Jewish."
How comic books' awesome superheroes stormed the mainstream without forsaking their distinctive ethnic character.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"An epic look at the man and his music."
A painstakingly traced chronicle of the remarkable career of powerhouse proletarian rocker Bruce Springsteen.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A National Enquirer–esque peep show of a book partially redeemed by its underlying mission to cultivate awareness about a little-known method of alcohol detoxification."
Soap-operatic memoir of a minor screen and TV star's slow descent into booze-fueled hell and her long, slow road back to recovery.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Pleasant but inessential."
Pollak, the busy character actor and comedian, recounts his career in show business in this fitfully amusing but innocuous, mostly forgettable memoir.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"A hard, sobering look at what it really takes to bring live music to the fans."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Makes watching a replay of the lowest scoring game in NBA history--a 19-18 contest between the Minneapolis Lakers and Fort Wayne Pistons in 1950--seem exciting in comparison."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"A moving tribute to an artist who should not be forgotten."
From journalist and Motown chronicler Benjaminson (
The Lost Supreme: The Life of Dreamgirl Florence Ballard, 2009, etc.), a compelling, sympathetic biography of Motown's first diva Mary Wells (1943–1992).
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Some choice nuggets hidden among an uneven "reference" book."
Not the comprehensive reference the title promises, but a long-winded volume of music criticism by journalist Jones (
When Ziggy Played Guitar: David Bowie and Four Minutes that Shook the World, 2012, etc.), editor of the U.K. version of
GQ.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"Meticulously researched, suspenseful and engrossing."
A comprehensive examination of hot, competitive yoga, its cultlike following and the author's immersion into the practice.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A must for the bookshelf of any Jewish sports fan."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 25, 2012
"A bounteous buffet for passengers aboard the cruise ship Modern Art."
A BBC arts editor and authority on modern art guides us on an amiable cruise through the archipelago of personalities, works and movements that have comprised the art world since the mid-19th century.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"For die-hard Zep fans and guitar geeks only."
The wizardly, tight-lipped guitarist-producer-songwriter of Led Zeppelin opens up…a little.
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