NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 30, 2013
"A fascinating, fact-filled story of marriage and the movies."
Exhaustive, entertaining take on how the silver screen has portrayed wedded bliss and wedded misery.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Electric transmissions from a bygone era, etched in blood by someone who was there in body and spirit."
The propulsive bass guitarist for Joy Division puts his fingers on the beating pulse of one of the U.K.'s most influential bands.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Music lovers will be divided over whether they agree with Mottola and friends that those contributions were net positive, but business students will find his insiders' view valuable and his street smarts charming."
The former head of Sony Music Entertainment pens an earthy, self-congratulatory memoir of his rise to the top of the music industry during its most lucrative era.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"An intermittently compelling memoir of music-biz perseverance that eventually lapses into worthless celebrity worship."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 22, 2013
"An unforgettable game recalled in all its glory, but with its warts remembered too."
A veteran Philadelphia sportswriter revisits the thrilling 1985 NCAA national championship basketball game.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 22, 2013
"A skillfully written tale of technology and wealth, celebrity and murder and the nativity of today's dominant art and entertainment medium."
National Book Award winner Ball (Writing/Yale Univ.;
The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History Through DNA, 2007, etc.) returns with a complex story about railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and the murdering man who for a time was his protégé, pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 17, 2013
"A patient, wholly compelling investigation into a paranoid "religion" and the faithful held in its sweaty grip."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A dull, gossipy rendering of days past, bereft of candor or narrative verve."
A post-mortem of Hollywood's lawless decade, rife with lawsuits, debauchery and some of the world's worst films.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A catchy chronicle primarily geared toward poker and online-gambling fanatics."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A slam-dunk for readers energized by fast-paced, play-by-play sports stories."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 13, 2013
"Heylin's attempt to deromanticize an icon is admirable, but the finished product comes across as sullen and lackluster."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A gold mine of contemporary cautionary information for the sports-minded."
A fully functional sports manual focused on the awareness and prevention of common athletic injuries.
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