FICTION
Released: June 8, 2010
"Another ambitious change of pace from talented and visionary Egan, who reinvents the novel for the 21st century while affirming its historic values."
"Time's a goon," as the action moves from the late 1970s to the early 2020s while the characters wonder what happened to their youthful selves and ideals.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 2, 2010
"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.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2010
"A powerful, revealing and authoritative depiction of one the 20th century's most notorious literary figures."
Monumentally engaging account of W. Somerset Maugham's fiercely protected personal life (1874–1965).
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NONFICTION
Released: May 25, 2010
"A welcome contribution to the history of Texas, Westward expansion and Native America."
An appropriately fast-paced life of Comanche leader Quanah Parker and his band, the last Native free riders on the plains.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
"If one person's story can shed light on a larger history, Bird's memoir carries many excellent lessons."
A wise, intimate memoir about growing up the son of an American foreign-service officer in the Middle East, from Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Bird (co-author,
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 2005, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2010
"An imperfect grab-bag of ruminations that reflect a likable nerdy enthusiasm."
A freewheeling assortment of essays that bring surprising weight to ephemera like Dungeon & Dragons, Doritos and household repair.
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