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2012 Fall Preview: Nonfiction

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NONFICTION
Released: Dec. 12, 2012
UNEARTHING
by Alan Moore, Mitch Jenkins
"Alan Moore at his Mooriest: inscrutable yet compelling."
A comic-book legend and an acclaimed photographer team up to present a visceral biographical sketch of author and occultist Steve Moore. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
Kirkus Star FAR FROM THE TREE: PARENTS, CHILDREN AND THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY
by Andrew Solomon
"An informative and moving book that raises profound issues regarding the nature of love, the value of human life and the future of humanity."
National Book Award–winning journalist Solomon (The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, 2001, etc.) uses issues raised by disability to examine the nature of parenthood, the definition of disability and the ability to control reproduction to create designer children. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
HOW TO CREATE A MIND: THE SECRET OF HUMAN THOUGHT REVEALED
by Ray Kurzweil
"A fascinating exercise in futurology."
A pioneering developer of optical character recognition and text-to-speech software explores the possibility of creating a synthetic neocortex that could surpass the human mind. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
BRAIN ON FIRE: MY MONTH OF MADNESS
by Susannah Cahalan
"A valiant attempt to recount a mostly forgotten experience, though the many questions that remain may prove frustrating to some readers."
A young journalist's descent into her own baffling medical mystery. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
Kirkus Star THOMAS JEFFERSON: THE ART OF POWER
by Jon Meacham
"An outstanding biography that reveals an overlooked steeliness at Jefferson's core that accounts for so much of his political success."
A Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer lauds the political genius of Thomas Jefferson. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
MY LIFE IN POLITICS
by Jacques Chirac, translated by Catherine Spencer
"Citizenship, leadership and service combine in this memoir of a full political life."
Candid memoir from France's former two-term president. Read full book review >