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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
Kirkus Star LIFE AFTER DEATH
by Damien Echols
"Essential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir."
Exceptional memoir by the most famous of the West Memphis Three. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
THE NEGOTIATOR: MY LIFE AT THE HEART OF THE HOSTAGE TRADE
by Ben Lopez
"Thrilling and illuminating."
A dissatisfied psychologist abandons the therapist's couch for the high-pressure world of hostage negotiations. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2012
Kirkus Star SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER: THE EPIC LIFE AND IMMORTAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDWARD CURTIS
by Timothy Egan
"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. 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 >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
MEAT EATER: ADVENTURES FROM THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN HUNTER
by Steven Rinella
"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. 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 >