NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Incisive, reflective and unfailingly stimulating. It wouldn't hurt Mendelsohn to occasionally pass up an opportunity to remind readers he's the smartest guy in the room, but then again, he almost always is."
Another top-notch collection of previously published criticism from Mendelsohn (
How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken, 2008, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2012
"Some pieces rebel better than others, but there's ample inspiration for comic and serious fiction authors alike."
A compendium of fictional satires, parodies and other attempts to transform commonplace forms into literary art.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A must for movie lovers and more proof that Denby's gifts are better displayed in a full-length text than in a short review."
From the
New Yorker film critic, a collection of critical essays that's more than a miscellaneous roundup.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Snack-food style blends with health-food substance for a most satisfying meal."
Inky Fool blogger Forsyth debuts with a breezy, amusing stroll through the uncommon histories of some common English words.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A trove of fine writing on big issues, albeit at the expense of more playful exemplars of the contemporary essay."
Well-told pieces on a narrow range of subjects define the latest iteration of the Best American Essays franchise.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Mostly engaging, diverse tales of offbeat travel adventures."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"An anthology that reads like a long, engaging annual magazine."
An eclectic annual that will leave readers marveling over many of the discoveries and puzzling over the inclusion of a few.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"A showcase for clean, plain-English science and nature writing and a treat for readers."
Ariely (Psychology and Behavioral Economics/Duke Univ.;
The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves, 2012, etc.) presents a smorgasbord of top-notch science writing covering everything from the 1,000 species in the human gut to efforts to reverse-evolve a chicken into a dinosaur.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Articulate, funny, informed and bitchy--guaranteed to both delight and disconcert."
The acclaimed essayist and former editor of the
American Scholar presents a provocative collection of essays that illustrate the ways a writer can employ biographical detail.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Bubbling with energy and conviction but less practical than an old-fashioned style manual."
Self-help for aspiring writers, who need, it seems, to zap the red sauce of their prose with tangier verbs.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Fun and intelligent but disjointed reading."
A collection of essays by a regional theater actress and writer about the relationship of voice to identity.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"Proof that science writing online is healthy and growing. For naive surfers, an anthology like this will help separate the wheat from the chaff."
A collection of solid science writing celebrating a diversity of topics, writer credentials and styles.
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