NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2013
"Most of the essays are intriguing and detailed, but others will leave readers wanting more."
Fun but uneven collection of essays on the love troubles of historical and cultural figures.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2013
"Enjoyable, if not particularly enlightening, take on the new economy."
Popular business writer Godin (
Whatcha Gonna Do with that Duck?: And Other Provocations, 2006–2012, 2012, etc.) offers a self-help guide to surviving and thriving in the new, postindustrial economy.
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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 31, 2012
"A symphonic yet unromantic portrait of traditional societies and the often stirring lessons they offer."
A supple and engaged journey into traditional societies and an exploration of their ways of life, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of
Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997).
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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 4, 2012
""Occasionally Mom knew what she was talking about," as this clever book confirms, but often she did not."
A fun, lighthearted compendium of conventional wisdom, mostly parental, which debunks plenty of old wives' tales and urban myths while offering a few surprising truths.
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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 4, 2012
"While there are moments of great insight and outright hilarity, the book feels more like a sharp magazine article or clever website than a full-length book."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 20, 2012
"A provocative mixture of scholarship, sly observation and wry writing that often glistens."
An Israeli novelist father (
Scenes from Village Life, 2012, etc.) and historian daughter
(
Israelis in Berlin, 2001, etc.) argue that words are the most crucial ingredients in the long history of Jewish culture.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 20, 2012
"A memoir infused with personality and the ballsy honesty of someone for whom becoming a man was "the most natural thing in the world." "
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 20, 2012
"Like Bennett's catalog of music--you may not fall in love with each individual story, but it's hard to argue with the way it's being told."
The legendary master of the American songbook shares stories and lessons learned from a life in music.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 19, 2012
"A spirited nurturist polemic."
Cognitive Science editorial board member Prinz (Philosophy/City Univ. of New York;
The Emotional Construction of Morals, 2008, etc.) tackles an age-old debate, making an argument for "the primacy of nurture over nature."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"This broad approach toward harnessing our "negative capability" deserves wide readership; the author's nonprescriptive message has the potential to effect genuine, lasting changes for people who find happiness just out of reach."
A fascinating, wide-ranging exploration of negativity, positivity, failure, success and what it means to be happy.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Readers unfamiliar with the anecdotal material Greene presents may find interesting avenues to pursue, but they should beware of the author's quirky, sometimes misleading brush-stroke characterizations."
Greene (
The 33 Strategies of War, 2007, etc.) believes that genius can be learned if we pay attention and reject social conformity.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Some intriguing ideas amid a dry narrative."
A city planner offers a blueprint for making midsize American cities more pedestrian-friendly.
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