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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A well-presented investigation into how dogs came to be."
Hare (Evolutionary Anthropology/Duke Univ.) and Woods (
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, 2010) delve into the rich cognitive world of dogs and how they domesticated themselves through natural selection.
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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A disturbing yet realistic examinations of the consequences of a warmer world."
Dire and detailed description of what tragedies are in the making for humanity as global warming continues its seemingly inexorable rise.
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Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"At once encyclopedic and intimate--a tour de force in canine appreciation."
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A distressing but important read."
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A good choice for those who look for expert advice in finding more adventurous choices for their global journeys."
Hearst Magazines president Clinton's first nonphotography book (
American Portraits, 2010, etc.) mixes travel guide and travel diary.
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Released: Feb. 1, 2013
"A slim book that takes readers on a mind-expanding journey."
A delightful, enlightening book that employs islands as jumping-off points for essays on a wide range of topics from A(nthropology) to Z(oology).
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Not intended as an exposé, but as an overview, the book strikes at the heart of hot-button issues with an Everyman appeal."
In his debut, journalist and
This American Life contributor Johnson examines aspects of medicine, food and the environment to encourage informed decisions among readers caught between the nature-vs.-technology argument.
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Released: Jan. 29, 2013
"Provocative, smart, densely argued--and deserving of a wide audience and wider discussion."
A tour de force of Big Picture thinking in which the former vice president gets his inner wonk on.
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Released: Jan. 28, 2013
"An upbeat and entertaining survival guide for the end of the world."
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Released: Jan. 28, 2013
"Roberts creates a full portrait of Mawson and does justice to what famed mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary would later call "[t]he greatest survival story in the history of exploration.""
Mountaineer and prolific author Roberts (
Finding Everett Ruess: The Life and Unsolved Disappearance of a Legendary Wilderness Explorer, 2011, etc.) returns with a vivid history of Australian explorer Douglas Mawson (1882–1958) and his 1912 exploration of Antarctica.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 22, 2013
"Uneven and mostly bland."
An assortment of essays, reviews, and excerpts from British travel writer and biographer Wheeler (
The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic Circle, 2012, etc.).
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Released: Jan. 22, 2013
"A mixed bag with some very good lines (if often spoken by others) jumbled up with some rather stale ephemera."
Assorted opinions on literary and cultural matters by critic and novelist O'Hagan (
The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of His Friend Marilyn Monroe, 2007, etc.).
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