NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2013
"Essential reading for aspiring female policymakers and political leaders."
An activist and public affairs strategist's intelligent, no-nonsense guide for women seeking to hold elected office.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 5, 2013
"As delightful as it is intelligent and important."
A journalist's inspiring story of the "Pink Gang," a group of ordinary women fighting for justice in the political badlands of Northern India.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"A thought-provoking examination of counterculture through the eyes of those living life just outside the conventional box."
The ways in which a cross-section of intrepid renegades finds contentment and success by swimming upstream.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"An experiment in genre fusion too clever for its own good."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"Riveting reading from start to finish."
A prominent New York attorney's unsparing account of how she and her four siblings survived extreme abuse and neglect at the hands of their mentally ill mother.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2013
"Intriguing and diverse, but necessarily skin-deep."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2013
"A dense, comparative tome that should act as a challenge to students of Spanish."
In a studious, occasionally turgid work, accomplished British biographer Treglown (
V.S. Pritchett, 2004, etc.) explores the legacy of Francisco Franco in monument and art.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2013
"An important guide to an occasionally overlooked aspect of modern parenting."
Parents and children may be enjoying "swift and constant access to everything and everyone on the Internet," but they are losing "a meaningful personal connection with each other in their own homes."
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2013
"An engrossing, well-researched examination of important social issues."
Journalist Beam examines what is needed to improve the way we care for troubled families and children.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 15, 2013
"An attractive, nuanced addition to the self-help shelf."
The principals of a communications firm reveal the strategies they use to coach corporate and political clients.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 20, 2013
"A well-researched program to help reclaim personal downtime from the inundation of cyberinformation."
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2013
"A satisfying investigation of the mechanics of heroism."
A personal quest to become more mindful takes science writer Svoboda on a search for outstanding examples of heroism and how they relate to altruism.
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