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2010 Best Nonfiction: The Top 25 (page 3)

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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 15, 2010
Kirkus Star MENTOR: A MEMOIR
by Tom Grimes
"Without wasting a word, Grimes presents a thoroughly readable view of how stories--and writers, at least of a certain kind--are made."
An illuminating account of a writer's life under the tutelage of another writer. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 10, 2010
Kirkus Star COMPOSED: A MEMOIR
by Rosanne Cash
"An excellent memoir that ends on an encouraging note: "More to come.""
Beautifully written meditations on love, death, family and redemption from the celebrated songwriter. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: July 6, 2010
Kirkus Star THE FIDDLER IN THE SUBWAY: AND OTHER GREAT PIECES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED
by Gene Weingarten
"Every page is a pleasure."
A sparkling collection of features by the Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post columnist. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 2, 2010
Kirkus Star HITCH-22: A MEMOIR
by Christopher Hitchens
"Revealing and riveting. There's little about his brother, his two marriages or his children, but other memoirs may follow."
Hitchens (Thomas Jefferson: Author of America, 2009, etc.) offers an engrossing account of his lives as a British Navy brat, a socialist activist and a leading essayist and intellectual of our time. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 11, 2010
Kirkus Star LAST CALL: THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION
by Daniel Okrent
"Intoxicating."
Both a rollicking recap of the Roaring '20s and a cautionary tale about how a government's attempts to legislate and monitor morality are nearly always doomed. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
Kirkus Star HELLHOUND ON HIS TRAIL: THE STALKING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE INTERNATIONAL HUNT FOR HIS ASSASSIN
by Hampton Sides
"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. Read full book review >