NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011
"Gleick loves the layered detail, which might cause some to sigh, "TMI." But for completist cybergeeks and infojunkies, the book delivers a solid summary of a dense, complex subject."
Think your inbox is jammed now, your attention span overtaxed? It's only the beginning, writes pop-science writer Gleick (
Isaac Newton, 2003, etc.) in this tour of information and the theory that goes along with it.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 29, 2011
"Whether in sketches or rigorous studies, each piece bears the mark of Dyer's unique intelligence and wit."
A grab-bag of critical essays, reportage and personal stories from the irrepressibly curious Dyer (
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, 2009, etc).
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NONFICTION
Released: April 4, 2011
"Ackerman's book is important for the guidance and hope it offers to stroke victims and their families, and it's also a satisfying, tender and humane celebration of love between two literary elites."
From prolific poet and essayist Ackerman (
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day, 2009, etc.), a sensitive memoir about how her relationship with her husband, novelist Paul West, evolved in the aftermath of his stroke.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 4, 2011
"A bold, sure-footed, significant biography of enormous depth and feeling."
A candid, corrective look at the Nation of Islam leader and renegade—and a deeply informed investigation of the evolution of his thinking on race and revolution.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 3, 2011
"An ambitious narrative that presents a teeming worldview through intimate, human portraits."
From historian Hochschild (
Bury the Chains: The First International Human Rights Movement, 2005, etc.), a selective history of the slaughter of innocents in World War I.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 28, 2011
"A staggering work of research, occasionally toilsome to read."
Exhaustive record of Britain's growing alarm at the escalating American Civil War and outright sympathy and shelter for the Confederacy.
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