NONFICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
"While somewhat unique, El Sicario's tale is also quite familiar—one in which the power of money, drugs and women all play a role in achieving the necessary numbness required to carry out unspeakable crimes."
A reformed assassin's tell-all of the horrors endured and executed throughout his years in the Mexican drug trade.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
"Despite the murky title, this is a beautifully composed, deeply felt journey inside Morocco."
An improbable pursuit of a strange murder in Casablanca segues into a moving study of cross-cultural friendship.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 31, 2011
"A valiant effort to determine truth, marred by clunky writing, repetition, poorly organized chapters and—despite primary research using court and prison records—over-reliance on superficial and less-than-accurate newspaper clippings."
NONFICTION
Released: May 31, 2011
"A wonderfully creative beginning to what promises to be a revitalizing history series."
Overlooked Gilded Age crooked financier Jim Fisk receives a compelling historical exhumation.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2011
"A feel-good narrative that underscores the brutal effects of poverty at home and injustice abroad."
Unusual split memoir of the intertwined lives of a reformed drug dealer and a misfit turned Africa diplomat.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2011
"Just the facts—and still a great story."
NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2011
Examination of a 22-year-old crime that resulted in wrongful convictions of five adolescents.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 16, 2011
"By nature depressing, but shot through with rays of optimism."
NONFICTION
Released: May 10, 2011
"A riveting tale of an unusual abduction and a father's determination to regain rightful custody of his son."
With the assistance of veteran co-author Abraham (Billy: The Untold Story of a Young Billy Graham and the Test of Faith that Almost Changed Everything, 2008, etc.), Goldman tells the story of his six-year battle to regain custody of his son Sean.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 3, 2011
"Certain to engender controversy in the law-enforcement realm, as James has previously done in the world of baseball, where his seemingly revolutionary notions are now accepted by some members of the establishment."
An offbeat, sweeping examination of true crime in America (and occasionally other nations).
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NONFICTION
Released: April 20, 2011
"A well-told tale of true crime that provides a few good arguments for why it should not be a crime at all."
High times on the high seas: Investigative reporter Ryan recounts the glory days of dope smuggling and their terrible denouement.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 13, 2011
"Burton should receive an A for effort. If in truth he has identified the killer--he concedes he has not identified a second man who drove the getaway car--he should receive an A+ as a detective."
