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Released: June 1, 2013
"A cute memoir of living in India with some advice for expatriates as well."
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Released: June 3, 2013
"An intriguing addition to a centuries-long geopolitical adventure story."
Day (Research Fellow/La Trobe Univ., Melbourne;
Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others, 2008, etc.) examines the strange history of Antarctica, "a continent of many claimants and no owners."
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Released: June 3, 2013
"Pleasant enough beach reading for romantics and believers in fate but probably not for fans of Larry David."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"An inspiring and refreshingly optimistic reminder about the untapped possibilities that exist in the relationships between humans and dogs."
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Released: June 4, 2013
"A therapeutic analysis of global crises and enthusiastic ideas on how to implement changes."
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Released: June 6, 2013
"The author's vision and knowledge substantiate his clearly expressed concerns."
Fagan (Emeritus, Anthropology; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara;
Beyond the Blue Horizon: How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans, 2012, etc.) provides his assessment of rising sea levels.
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Released: June 10, 2013
"Enchanting travels with the good-natured Parks."
English-born expat novelist Parks (
The Server, 2012, etc.) pokes affectionate fun at his fellow train travelers and surveys a rapidly changing Italian landscape.
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Released: June 10, 2013
"A serviceably written yet inspired exploration of the meaning of commitment."
A celebrated long-distance hiker's account of how she captured the Appalachian Trail speed-hiking record.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"Brechneff leavens his account of adventure, simple pleasures and hard work in a magical landscape with interludes from his life in Europe and America. Yet, happily, the author seldom strays far from his beloved island refuge, even when its enduring entreaty begins to wane."
Artist and author Brechneff (
Homage: Encounters with the East, 2007) chronicles his 30-year courtship with the Aegean isle of Sifnos, recalling his passages of self-discovery, development as a painter and ambivalence over his island identity.
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Released: June 11, 2013
"A moving account of how one woman's willpower saved her home and her family."
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Released: June 25, 2013
"Adams presents Davis warts and all, as a callous, scheming tycoon who amassed a fortune and then did an about-face and behaved with honesty, responsibility and generosity as he transformed archaeology from glorified grave robbing to a science. "
Long before Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter discovered King Tut's tomb, Theodore Davis (1837–1915) was the driving force in the exploration of the Valley of the Kings. Adams vividly portrays the unlikely robber baron who set the standards for archaeology.
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Released: June 25, 2013
"A tender, nail-biting account of an orca's fate as the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Department considered trapping and sending him to captivity."
Six years in the life of a young killer whale that lost contact with his family yet managed to survive on his own.
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