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Released: May 27, 2013
"A welcome new edition of a classic."
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Released: May 28, 2013
"Full of information and attitude--will appeal more to aficionados than to casual fans."
A veteran theater critic (
Newark Star-Ledger) walks us through the Hall of Not-So-Much Fame, speculating why some musicals win Tonys and others lose.
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Released: June 1, 2013
"A valuable survey of U.S. golf history, but a bit too dry and academic for casual readers."
Moss (History, Emeritus/Colby Coll.;
Eden in the Pines: A History of Pinehurst Village, 2005, etc.) presents a study of golf's development in the United States.
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Released: June 1, 2013
"Best read as an antidote to the usual Morrison hagiographies by adoring critics."
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Released: June 1, 2013
"Seriously funny, humorously serious, scholarly, witty and wise."
A survey and analysis of Jewish humor, from the Bible to Larry David and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Released: June 1, 2013
"Fast-paced and wildly chaotic."
Mezrich (
Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History, 2011, etc.) returns with a breakneck retelling of how a bunch of closely knit fraternity brothers built an online poker empire and how fate's final hand dealt them all a wicked blow.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A touching, fairly uncomplicated portrayal of rowing legends."
The long, passionate journey of the University of Washington rowing team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A work as charming and elegant as the actress herself, conveying her remarkable career as a survivor of the Iranian debacle."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"Guys' guys may enjoy, but they could just as easily listen to Carton's radio show."
"The Howard Stern of Sports Radio" offers a mishmash of intermittently interesting anecdotes and biographical sketches.
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Released: June 4, 2013
"Better than your average memoir of rise, fall and redemption."
Pitching great Gooden tells the story of his spectacular baseball career and the loss of it all through a devastating cocaine addiction.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Smart, careful reviews covering a reasonably representative swathe of movies past and present."
Multitasking writer/editor O'Brien (
The Fall of the House of Walworth, 2010, etc.) showcases his work over the past decade as a film critic and historian.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Despite the inherent tension in the world of the circus and the whiff of glamour surrounding the circus queen, her story will appeal mostly to true circus enthusiasts."
A story of circus fame and all its accompanying troubles from the years when the "greatest show on Earth" was at its glamorous best.
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