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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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2013
"A lucid and entertaining analysis of contemporary quality TV, highly recommended to anyone who turns on the box to be challenged and engaged."
NONFICTION
Released: July 4, 2013
"A stirring study by an enthusiast of the game."
The
Economist's South Asia bureau chief finds the game of cricket a telling metaphor for what ails and heals the new India.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"A fine return to form for Klosterman, blending Big Ideas with heavy metal, The Wire, Batman and much more."
Of John Rawls and Keith Richards: Klosterman (
The Visible Man, 2011, etc.) returns with a pop-culture–laden meditation on the bad guys of the world and what they mean.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2013
"This inelegant argument won't change many minds among critics or the public."
A valiant but unsatisfying effort to reappraise a band loved by the masses and loathed by critics.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 11, 2013
"The ballet students barely survived through the civil war, foraging for food, burning furniture for heat, searching for venues and always dancing. Kendall's great success is her illustration of the profound love and devotion of these dancers for their art."
It's remarkable that so many great dancers and choreographers came out of repressive, revolutionary Russia. This book is the story of how and why.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 11, 2013
"An ambitious thematic arc, but the devil's in the details."
Fascinating but flawed, the latest from Kurlansky (
Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man, 2012 etc.) suggests that not only was the Martha and the Vandellas' hit
the anthem for a time of profound change, but a call to arms for rioting militants in its "invitation across the nation."
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NONFICTION
Released: July 16, 2013
"Like most oral histories, a tad self-indulgent but filled with insights and good dish that movie buffs will relish."
Tape recordings made in the three years before Orson Welles' death in 1985 capture the legendary film director's outsized personality.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 16, 2013
"Berry gave it the old college try, but the ultimate fantasy sports book has yet to be written--then again, it's possible that such an entity is a pipe dream."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"A smart, savvy portrait of arguably the country's most important publisher."
A thorough study of the gold standard in American literary publishing, complete with sex, sour editors and the occasional stumble into financial success.
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