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2012 Fall Preview: Nonfiction (page 2)

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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 8, 2012
TWENTYSOMETHING: WHY DO YOUNG ADULTS SEEM STUCK?
by Robin Marantz Henig, Samantha Henig
"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. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
HALLUCINATIONS
by Oliver Sacks
"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. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
Kirkus Star KURT VONNEGUT: LETTERS
by Kurt Vonnegut, edited by Dan Wakefield
"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. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
Kirkus Star LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER
by Ross King
"Thankfully, King's book is an impressive work of restoration--the author helps readers see this painting for the first time."
An absorbing study of a disappearing masterpiece. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
MOSSAD: THE GREATEST MISSIONS OF THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE
by Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal
"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. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 30, 2012
RISE TO GREATNESS: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND AMERICA'S MOST PERILOUS YEAR
by David Von Drehle
"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. Read full book review >