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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
"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 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: 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: May 27, 2013
"A welcome new edition of a classic."
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Released: May 21, 2013
"Yet another point of view on the long saga of the Stones, this memoir reads like it has an agenda to tick off."
Long-suffering rock-'n'-roll wife spills the dirt on life inside the world's longest-running musical circus.
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Released: May 15, 2013
"Really, it wasn't that simple, though the book is often that awkward."
A short book that adds little to the exhaustive analyses of the band, this exists for two reasons: first, to share a fan's passion for the music; second, because publication coincides with "the 50th anniversary of the release of their first album, 'Please Please Me.' "
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Released: May 14, 2013
"Ages are "golden" only in misty-eyed retrospect, but Barra excels at showing these athletes' superhuman abilities and all-too-human frailties."
Veteran sports journalist and biographer Barra (
Yogi Berra, 2009, etc.) returns with a dual biography of two of baseball's all-time greats.
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Released: May 14, 2013
"An amalgam of entertaining vignettes written in an informal, rambling style."
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Released: May 14, 2013
"Will appeal to fans of the Caddyshack films and to those who revere the wisdom of the locker room."
A freelance golf writer rehearses his decades of caddying and carousing at some of the toniest venues in the world--from Augusta to St. Andrews.
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Released: May 14, 2013
"Even if your metal collection consists of a couple of Kiss cassettes and an AC/DC CD, you'll find this a killer read."
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Released: May 14, 2013
"Simon and Garfunkel famously asked, "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" Clavin reminds readers that Joe is not the only DiMaggio worth remembering."
