NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
"A lively anthropological study encompassing the total belief system of these rare, hardy Arctic hunters."
A young Danish anthropologist's valiant attempt to organize the sable hunters of northeastern Siberia.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 13, 2012
"Each of these intimate tales of self-discovery are so brief as to be nearly indistinguishable, but the collection's overall effect gives voice to the desperate need for language to cope with one of the most socially challenging states of being."
A stark, important anthology of essays by mothers of transgender and gender variant children.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 17, 2012
"A worthy tribute and a good lesson on the conservation movement."
A tribute to David Brower (1912–2000), father of the modern environmental movement, on what would have been his 100th birthday.
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Contemplative, upbeat enlightenment for spiritually inclined positive thinkers."
NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Tasty as a Buddy Guy guitar lick, but seldom revelatory."
One of the last survivors of Chicago blues' golden age of the 1950s and '60s, Guy retravels a familiar route in this ingratiating but disappointingly slim as-told-to autobiography.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"An inspirational glimpse into one vibrant area of the local food movement."
An introduction to the growing local food movement in Chicago restaurants and the farmers who supply them.
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