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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
Kirkus Star HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED: RETHINKING CHARACTER AND INTELLIGENCE
by Paul Tough
"Well-written and bursting with ideas, this will be essential reading for anyone who cares about childhood in America."
Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head, New York Times Magazine editor Tough (Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, 2008) argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence) are the most critical to success in school and life. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: A LIFE
by Harlow Giles Unger
"A fine examination of a life, well deserving a place alongside David McCullough's study of Adams père."
A neglected president receives his due as a statesman and practical politician. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 4, 2012
READ THIS!: HANDPICKED FAVORITES FROM AMERICA'S INDIE BOOKSTORES
edited by Hans Weyandt
"Entertaining, informative, satisfying and fun--everything books should be."
Selected independent booksellers offer their Top 50 lists. Read full book review >
Cover art for SURVIVING SURVIVAL
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 10, 2012
Kirkus Star SURVIVING SURVIVAL: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RESILIENCE
by Laurence Gonzales
"Survivors of traumatic events often do not recover without help from others, and Gonzales' excellent book is an education for those wishing to be of use in a stressful, often frightening world."
How can the world smite thee? Let us count the ways... Read full book review >
Cover art for DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 11, 2012
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
by Kenneth C. Davis
"The tedious format only occasionally dulls the author's sharp descriptive and analytical skills."
The author of Don't Know Much About History and similar titles returns with a sometimes-saucy handbook on the American presidency. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
THE BLACK COUNT: GLORY, REVOLUTION, BETRAYAL, AND THE REAL COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
by Tom Reiss
"A rarefied, intimate literary study delineating a roiling revolutionary era."
A compelling new work by literary detective Reiss (The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life, 2005) tracks the wildly improbable career of Alexandre Dumas' mixed-race father. Read full book review >