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Released: May 20, 2013
"O'Brian's fans and armchair travelers will naturally gravitate to this eclectic work."
A curiously engrossing collection of travel writings from the 17th and 18th centuries, collected by the deceased author of the Aubrey/Maturin series.
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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
"Nonessential. The collection offers an occasionally intriguing but hardly revelatory view of the author's career, but reader response will likely hinge on political affiliation."
Two-time former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (
Known and Unknown: A Memoir, 2011) condenses the rules that he claims shaped, and were shaped by, a lifetime in business and public service.
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Released: May 7, 2013
"A provocative collection that is thoughtful in both scope and attention to detail."
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Released: May 7, 2013
"High-octane lit-chat served cold, heavy on the bitters."
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Released: April 23, 2013
"Those who have followed Sedaris through the years will find plenty to enjoy, though not much in the way of surprise or revelation."
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Released: April 19, 2013
"A splendidly edited, generous gift to lovers of Cather and American literature."
A revealing, even revelatory collection of correspondence from Willa Cather (1873–1947), a woman who never wanted her letters made public.
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Released: April 16, 2013
"Frequent illumination within the density of compression, as the writer challenges readers to determine what they're thinking and feeling about what she's thinking and feeling."
A slim volume of short essays that explore the possibilities (and impossibilities) of language.
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Released: April 16, 2013
"A rich, vibrant collection that pries wide the door to the East, welcoming Western readers inside."
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Released: April 15, 2013
"Like sitting next to a loquacious, genial and informative passenger on a slow trans-Texas train."
A Sooner-born, Longhorn-raised writer offers a rich selection of pieces originally published in
Texas Monthly and elsewhere.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Bardolaters, thespians, logophiles and followers of the muses Thalia and Melpomene--all will find light and warmth, comfort and companionship in these glowing pages."
An eclectic collection of pieces from an eclectic collection of writers about reading, directing, performing and adoring the Bard of Avon.
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Released: April 9, 2013
"Missing the voice and presence of a man who could be an outrageously entertaining speaker, these transcripts fail to match the depth of his writing, as well."
These transcripts of four interviews with the late man of letters offer some provocative volleys but cover the same ground too often and don't show Vidal fully amplifying his ideas.
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