NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2013
"A golf-is-life allegory that fails to make the cut."
Novelist and memoirist Snyder (
The Winter Travelers: A Christmas Fable, 2011, etc.)
returns with the overwrought story of his training to be a caddie so he could help his son, who hopes for a PGA career.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2013
"A wild rock 'n' roll ride."
NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2013
"Don't buy this book to teach your children; take them along as you commit these beautiful speeches to memory."
Don't be fooled by the title. This book is for anyone who wants to brush up on Shakespeare.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2013
"Depth of detail and shrewd illustrative examples make this a must-read for anyone interested in the movie business."
Journalist-turned-producer Obst (
Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches, 1996) casts a sharp eye over recent developments in Tinseltown.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"The lesson in this surprisingly heartfelt memoir by an iconic American tattoo artist is that the man is not always the brand."
Hardy's memoir/cautionary tale about art, commerce, skin and ink, written with the assistance of
San Francisco Chronicle music writer Selvin (co-author:
Peppermint Twist: The Mob, the Music, and the Most Famous Dance Club of the '60s, 2012, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: June 18, 2013
"An important text whose dense design may dissuade some general readers but whose thorough research supplies some significant pages in the account of some of history's darkest decades."
A veteran recording producer and authority on Jewish music debuts with a richly detailed history of Jewish musicians--not just composers--who were threatened by the Holocaust.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"It won't be the last word on the play, but Critchley and Webster provide plenty of food for thought and fuel for obsession."
A philosophy professor and a psychoanalyst--also husband and wife--take
Hamlet well beyond the confines of literary criticism and Shakespearean scholarship.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 25, 2013
"An interesting tale of how curiosity and entrepreneurship merged to transform TV and education."
A memoir from Hendricks, the founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, the world's leading educational communications and TV company, which boasts more than 400 million subscribers living in 215 countries.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2013
"A resurrection story that offers a significant contribution to the history of American popular theater."
A veteran music critic and historian excavates the long-buried story of the signal contributions made to the original staged production of
Porgy and Bess by director Rouben Mamoulian (1897–1987).
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"A fascinating and moving piece of American history and a meditation on the cost of entertainment and human progress."
Daly (
The Book of Mychal, 2009) tells the story of the infamous 1903 execution of Topsy, a man-killing circus elephant.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"Even those unable to carry a tune will find that Horn's prose hits a high note.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 2, 2013
"Juicy, but it leaves a nasty aftertaste."
Based on the movie star's late-night ramblings, an unvarnished account of her marriages and affairs in golden-age Hollywood.
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