NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2010
"Green's steely, factually dense analysis of this unlawful conspiracy sheds light on a perennial human-rights crisis."
The cold-blooded slaying of a runaway Tibetan teenager ignites worldwide concern about the violent oppression at "the roof of the world."
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INDIE
Released: June 1, 2010
"A fascinating study of a Texas-sized minister and the fraught fundamentalist culture he bestrode."
NONFICTION
Released: May 11, 2010
"A well-reported, well-written chronicle of a botched criminal investigation and its disturbing aftermath."
Two Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for the
Washington Post document what went wrong during the investigation of the high-profile Chandra Levy case.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2010
"An impressive, accessible history of a troubled time."
Scrupulously researched account of the men who made the 1920s roar, and the straight-arrows who stopped them.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
"An expertly written study in true crime, vividly recapturing the mood of 1968."
From veteran journalist and historian Sides (
Blood and Thunder, 2006, etc.), a riveting account of James Earl Ray's long quest to kill Martin Luther King Jr.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
"A sordid but strangely bland tale of cold-bloodedness."
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
"A thorough, well-written biography of an enigmatic figure."
The story of the little-known Violet Gibson (1876–1956), who shot Italian ruler Benito Mussolini on April 7, 1926, but failed in her assassination attempt.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
"A potent book that readers won't soon forget, and a warning of what can come of an insatiable market that knows no borders."
GQ and
Mother Jones contributing editor Bowden (
Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing: Living in the Future, 2009, etc.) digs into the complexities behind the ominous escalation of violence in Ciudad Juárez, a city across the border from El Paso that now has the tragic distinction of being the most dangerous city in the world.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 9, 2010
"A riveting picture of life outside the wire in Iraq, where "[y]ou tell a guy to go across a bridge, and within five minutes he's dead.""
NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 8, 2010
"A diligent but dry attempt to revivify a forgotten legal case."
The story of the murder of a priest in 1920s Alabama, and the sensational trial that followed.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 2, 2010
"Sure to appeal to armchair rogues and, like Blood Diamond, cinema-ready."
Exciting, well-crafted tale of the "School of Turin," a gang of master thieves who looted the putatively theft-proof Antwerp Diamond Center.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 1, 2010
"Disappointing."
Lackluster account of the vicious murder of a soldier that became the basis for the 2007 film
In the Valley of Elah.
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