NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2012
"A straightforward approach to revamping one's life from an expert on vulnerability."
Brown (Univ. of Houston Graduate College of Social Work;
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, 2010, etc.) exposes and challenges some of the common myths surrounding vulnerability.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 13, 2012
"An entertaining overview of the science of physical attraction."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Well-written and bursting with ideas, this will be essential reading for anyone who cares about childhood in America."
Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head,
New York Times Magazine editor Tough (
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, 2008) argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence) are the most critical to success in school and life.
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Read Samuel Johnson instead."
A well-meaning but not especially insightful guide to deriving greater satisfaction in life by feeling "more at home, at home."
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"For such an overcrowded topic, this entry manages to be both instructional and enlightening."
Gottman and Silver (co-authors:
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, 1999, etc.) return with a discussion of trust, intimacy and the secrets to love's longevity.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 28, 2012
"A valuable guide with useful tips for every parent."
A psychologist explains how cognitive behavioral therapy offers simple tools to assist parents in dealing with their children's anxieties.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 21, 2012
"An unsatisfying and scattered analysis."
Halperin (History and Theory of Sexuality/Univ. of Michigan;
What Do Gay Men Want?, 2010, etc.) attempts to deconstruct various aspects of gay male culture.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"Raw material on the life of a dissident thinker that does little to enhance or further damage his reputation."
The last volume of the letters and journals of the prototypical mad scientist, Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957).
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"The author provides plenty of interesting material, but sometimes it's laid on a little too thick. Readers will understand very quickly that pot should be legal and that it's not the scourge that square politicos have made it out to be."
Everybody must get…well, hip to the history of hemp and all the hobgoblins that made it heinous.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"Bold, gripping, original and occasionally darkly funny."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"A provocative and unsettling look at something most take for granted--but shouldn't."
Acclaimed essayist and
Harper's contributor Keizer (
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise, 2010, etc.) conducts a philosophical meditation on the nature of privacy and finds that the "right to be let alone" is a lot more complex than many may think.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Whether read straight through or dipped into at random, in times of despair or not, this is a most helpful musical sourcebook through every kind of blue."
A comprehensive, sharply written journey through the music of sadness, of every stripe and from every genre.
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