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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"Isherwood was unquestionably a fascinating man. True fans of his work as well as gossip lovers will no doubt read all three volumes of his diaries. For the rest of us, a simple biography should be sufficient."
Final volume of the meticulously detailed diaries of the acclaimed author of
Goodbye to Berlin (1939) and other celebrated works.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A compelling documentary portrait of the real Marmee, whose life provided the impetus for Little Women and who emerges here as a noteworthy woman in her own right."
This revealing collection of Abigail May Alcott's writings provides previously unknown details of the life of a 19th-century daughter, sister, wife and mother who associated with transcendental luminaries, suppressed her own dreams to provide for her family, inspired her famous daughter Louisa, and remained an ardent reformer for abolition and women's rights.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Some interesting reading for armchair travelers."
An uneven collection of pieces that extend and expand the typical notion of travel writing.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"As smart, lively and assured as modern debunkery gets."
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," says a character in John Ford's
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. As
New Yorker contributor Lepore (American History/Harvard Univ.;
The Mansion of Happiness: A History of Life and Death, 2012, etc.) sees it, American historians have been doing just that since the dawn of the republic.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Too scholarly for some readers, but Stavans provides a relevant, fresh point of view."
Born in Mexico City and educated in a Yiddish-language school, Stavans (Latin American and Latino Culture/Amherst Coll.;
Gabriel García Márquez: The Early Years, 2010, etc.) collects some of his journalistic output as a deeply engaged cultural observer.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Vonnegut's most human of hearts beats on every page."
Selected and edited letters by the author of
Cat's Cradle,
Slaughterhouse-Five and other enduringly popular novels, letters that reveal Vonnegut's passions, annoyances, loves, losses, mind and heart.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"An impressive cache of primary-source documents, normally the province of scholars, presented here in an entertaining, aesthetically pleasing fashion guaranteed to entice general readers."
In his first book project, Andrlik, the curator and publisher of Raglinen.com, an online archive of rare newspapers, presents an intriguing real-time look at the American Revolution.
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A real treat for New Yorker fans and dog lovers alike."
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A must for the bookshelf of any Jewish sports fan."
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Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"A splendid assemblage of significant work by one of our keenest observers. "
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Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"A grab bag well worth dipping into and a testament to the still-thriving art of book design."
The irreverent crew from the long-running satirical newspaper and website present a compendium of mock encyclopedia entries, lavishly illustrated.
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Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"A soulless corporate birthday party that sheds no new light on its well-traveled subjects."
At the half-century mark, the "World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band" unambitiously recounts its own story in pictures.
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