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Released: Dec. 12, 2012
"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.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"Citizenship, leadership and service combine in this memoir of a full political life."
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"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.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"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.
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"A valiant attempt to recount a mostly forgotten experience, though the many questions that remain may prove frustrating to some readers."
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Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"An outstanding biography that reveals an overlooked steeliness at Jefferson's core that accounts for so much of his political success."
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Released: Nov. 8, 2012
"An examination that escapes the dangers of overgeneralization to provide provocative information presented compellingly."
A mother and daughter examine the millennials, children born in the United States from 1980 through 1990.
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Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A riveting look inside the human brain and its quirks."
Acclaimed British neurologist Sacks (Neurology and Psychiatry/Columbia Univ.;
The Mind's Eye, 2010, etc.) delves into the many different sorts of hallucinations that can be generated by the human mind.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Entertaining and somewhat informative, but readers should take it with a grain of salt."
Action-packed accounts of the missions of one of the world's most effective and mysterious intelligence services, Israel's Mossad.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Vonnegut's most human of hearts beats on every page."
Selected and edited letters by the author of
Cat's Cradle,
Slaughterhouse-Five and other enduringly popular novels, letters that reveal Vonnegut's passions, annoyances, loves, losses, mind and heart.
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Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Thankfully, King's book is an impressive work of restoration--the author helps readers see this painting for the first time."
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Released: Oct. 30, 2012
"A thoroughly engaging examination of the irreversible changes emerging from a year when the nation's very survival remained in doubt."
A historian zeroes in on the year Lincoln found his footing as president and set the country on a bold new course.
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Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"An ambitious but overlong historical study."
In this historical overview, Morris (
The Sages: Warren Buffett, George Soros, Paul Volcker, and the Maelstrom of Markets, 2009, etc.) asserts that American industry in its early days was far more concerned with growth and large-scale mass production than was Great Britain.
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Released: Oct. 22, 2012
"Alternately sad, defiant, carefree and understated, this journey into a world hidden in plain sight is well worth taking."
A journalist ingratiates himself with a band of day laborers on the mean streets of Delhi, India.
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Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Incisive, reflective and unfailingly stimulating. It wouldn't hurt Mendelsohn to occasionally pass up an opportunity to remind readers he's the smartest guy in the room, but then again, he almost always is."
Another top-notch collection of previously published criticism from Mendelsohn (
How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken, 2008, etc.).
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Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"Beautifully constructed reflections and careful sifting of Jefferson's thoughts and deeds."
A well-rendered yet deeply unsettling look behind the illusion of the happy slaves of Monticello.
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Released: Oct. 9, 2012
"Lucent prose illuminates a man obscured for years in history's shadows."
New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Egan (
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, 2009, etc.) returns with the story of the astonishing life of Edward Curtis (1868–1952), whose photographs of American Indians now command impressive prices at auction.
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Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"Essential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir."
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Released: Sept. 11, 2012
"A great starting point for readers interested in exploring the intersecting issues of gender, family and employment."
Atlantic senior editor Rosin (
God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America, 2007), co-founder of
Slate's women's section, DoubleX, argues that women are more likely than men to succeed in the modern workforce.
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Released: Sept. 11, 2012
"A thorough, refreshing biography by an independent-minded historian."
A sympathetic, evenhanded reappraisal of President Lincoln's secretary of state as a statesman who practiced effective preventive strategies.
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Released: Sept. 10, 2012
"A rich, highly readable examination of the seeds of poppies, trade, greed, grandeur and an international partnership that remains uneasy and perilous."
The author of
Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America (2010) returns with the story of America's first voyages to the Middle Kingdom, where Americans and Chinese looked at each other with wonder, alarm and calculation.
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Valenti doesn't claim to have all the answers, but she provides the right analytical tools for mothers seeking answers that are right for them."
A leading feminist digs into questions about parenting--why we have children, what we're told about the parenting experience, and what happens when the reality doesn't mesh with the fairy tale.
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Certainly, Hitchens died too soon. May this moving little visit to his hospital room not be the last word from him."
A jovially combative riposte to anyone who thought that death would silence master controversialist Hitchens (
Hitch-22, 2010, etc.).
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"A stellar biography of a complicated subject: Max's portrait skillfully unites Wallace's external and internal lives."
A thorough, understated account of the life of the pioneering author and how his addictions and fiction intersected.
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Although not the first biography of Volcker, Silber's book is the most up-to-date and blessedly free of jargon."
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"A refreshing chronicle of a fervent sportsman with his head and heart in all the right places."
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"An insider's personal account based on lessons drawn from long experience. Aspects of this book complement Jacques Chirac's autobiography, My Life in Politics (2012)."
With the assistance of Oxford Analytica CEO Mousavizadeh (editor:
The Black Book of Bosnia: The Consequences of Appeasement, 1996), former United Nations Secretary-General Annan discusses the major benchmarks of his life and career.
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"An insider's look at hunting that devotees and nonparticipants alike should find fascinating."
TV host and outdoorsman Rinella (
American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon, 2008, etc.) contemplates the hunter's place in modern society while reliving his favorite hunting trips.
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Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Thrilling and illuminating."
A dissatisfied psychologist abandons the therapist's couch for the high-pressure world of hostage negotiations.
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Released: Aug. 28, 2012
"Cleareyed, compassionate and hopeful."
The award-winning author of
Death at an Early Age (1967) tells the stories of the later lives of poor children who grew up in the Bronx.
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