NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
"A quick read about a gruesome crime with a twist at the end--will appeal mostly to die-hard fans of historical true crime."
The final installment of the author's true-crime trilogy about New York City in the Gilded Age.
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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: April 27, 2012
"In an intimate glimpse, Coretta steps out from her husband's shadow."
NONFICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
"A decent cultural study, but many readers may desire more analysis and wisdom."
In her debut memoir, Wilson portrays our culture's intolerance of homosexuality through a mother-daughter story of dysfunction, loss and empowerment.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
"A fishing book that will appeal to initiates in the piscatorial arts (especially as practiced in the British Isles), but may be a bit tedious to others."
The coming-of-age memoir of an avid angler, weighted with plenty of fishing detail and lore and tied with a filament of retrospective reverie.
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NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
"With measured verve, McAuliffe presents an accessible text that occasionally approaches Barbara Tuchman's talented touch."
