NONFICTION
Released: March 19, 2013
"A gripping environmental thriller."
An award-winning science journalist exposes how corporate interests and corrupt politicians almost turned a quiet, suburban New Jersey beach community into a toxic wasteland.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 15, 2013
"A loving, lyrical, complicated portrait of a mentally ill father and the family he left behind."
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A book of clear, practical advice."
NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A sexy heads up for young women who may not grasp how culture and media continually manipulate women into thinking that what they have and how they look are never quite good enough."
A fun and enlightening guide detailing the multifaceted ways women can integrate an inclusive mode of feminism into their lives without compromising their ideals and giving up their lip gloss.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 12, 2013
"A simple, comforting reflection on one woman's crusade to make a difference in the world."
NONFICTION
Released: March 11, 2013
"A beautiful, searing exploration of the landscape of grief and a profound meditation on the meaning of life."
NONFICTION
Released: March 5, 2013
"The author's suggestion of the $600 billion savings to be had by eliminating public education suggests a libertarian political agenda, but it should make his proposals attractive, if not entirely convincing."
Psychology Today blogger Gray (Psychology/Boston Coll.) argues the need for radical reforms in our educational system.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 4, 2013
"Insightful case studies that explore how young women are negotiating the pressures of sexual and professional liberation."
Sociologist and psychotherapist Bell investigates the generation of women in their 20s who, despite unprecedented opportunities, are struggling to find balance in their emotional and sexual lives.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013
"Enlivened by literary anecdotes, but less appealing as social history."
Shorter (Psychiatry and History of Medicine/Toronto Univ.; co-author:
Endocrine Psychiatry, 2010, etc.) charges that current diagnoses of mood disorders are fatally flawed and becoming "close to unintelligible."
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013
"Raw vulnerability and rigorous emotional honesty make this weight-loss memoir compelling and memorable."
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2013
"A fascinating discussion that addresses medical, moral and social issues and their implications for understanding consciousness, self-awareness and the soul."
A pioneer in the field of critical-care medicine poses the profound question: "What does the recovery of consciousness after the complete cessation of heartbeat and brain function" tell us about the relationship between the mind and body in the process of dying?
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 26, 2013
"Shea's narrative derives its true power from the eloquence and intelligence with which he illuminates a world that may be unfamiliar to many readers."
The moving, poignant account of how a brilliant lawyer came to terms with the midlife discovery of his own partial deafness.
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