NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 19, 2013
"A small-town-kid-in-a-big-city memoir that mostly shines with borrowed star power but glows every now and then with its own candor and heart."
An Emmy Award–winning CNN producer shares an occasionally humorous peek into his star-studded, behind-the-scenes life in broadcasting.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 19, 2013
"Academics steeped in the work of Pierre Bourdieu will get the most out of this, yet film fans will also find some revelation."
Some incisive insight into independent films framed within a Marxist ethnographic critique that is occasionally impenetrable.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 15, 2013
"May serve as a useful handbook for digital media strategists and marketers, but this dense tome will take a major effort for nonspecialists to fully understand."
A wide-ranging examination of the contemporary media environment as individuals increasingly control their own creation of content.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"Lennon and Ono as open and naked as on the cover of Two Virgins."
Rangy and revealing interview/conversations between
Rolling Stone journalist Cott (
Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews, 2006, etc.) and John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"Entertaining yet inconclusive: the real story of the "Man Behind the Wall" will probably have to wait until the hype dies down."
Graffiti meets high art in the first biographical assessment of a renowned yet anonymous figure.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"Given the widespread nature of prescription-drug abuse, the book may prove useful to people facing similar circumstances, but reading it is a slog."
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"Many of those who look for their real names here will feel they could have written a better book."
There is lots of name-dropping and post-punk heroin hipster cliché in this memoir by a rock journalist who seems to be a legend in his own mind.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 12, 2013
"A superior ballplayer, still a work-in-progress as a human being."
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A better fit for the article format, but there's enough here to toughen up even the softest players."
Former Duke basketball player and current ESPN college hoops analyst Bilas surveys an all-star cast of athletes and coaches to define the true meaning of toughness--and suggest how it can be developed.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"An easygoing account of the outlaw duo whose era separated Frank and Jesse James from Bonnie and Clyde."
In this dual biography of celebrated bandits, a specialist in the Old West deftly separates fact from fiction.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A mildly funny book lacking any key takeaways or lessons--good for somebody looking for an easy read to kill time."
Chelsea Lately writer and producer McDonald (
You'll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again, etc.) offers a collection of stories about her personal and professional lives.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A damning indictment of all that is corrupting sports and a song of praise for athletes standing up for human rights and decency."
