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Released: May 22, 2012
Kirkus Star AMERICA THE PHILOSOPHICAL
by Carlin Romano
"A tour de force--encyclopedic, entertaining and enlightening."
Chronicle of Higher Education critic-at-large Romano (Philosophy and Humanities/Ursinus Coll.) debuts with a comprehensive and certain-to-be controversial diagnosis of the condition of philosophical thinking in America today. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
Kirkus Star FREEDOM'S FORGE: HOW AMERICAN BUSINESS BUILT THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY THAT WON WORLD WAR II
by Arthur Herman
"A magnificent, controversial re-examination of the role of American business in winning WWII."
It's not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman (Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age, 2009, etc.) has done just that. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
BETTER, STRONGER, FASTER: THE MYTH OF AMERICAN DECLINE..AND THE RISE OF A NEW ECONOMY
by Daniel Gross
"An upbeat account full of useful information."
Yahoo! Finance columnist and editor Gross (Dumb Money: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation, 2009, etc.) confidently asserts that America is not in a terminal decline. Read full book review >
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Released: May 8, 2012
WE CAN ALL DO BETTER
by Bill Bradley
"An important contribution to the national discussion with appeal to independents as well as the more traditionally party-minded."
The three-term Democratic senator shares his political perspective and primary concerns for the United States. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
SERVICE: A NAVY SEAL AT WAR
by Marcus Luttrell, James D. Hornfischer
"An action-packed, occasionally reflective saga of contemporary military service."
A Navy combat veteran showcases the deadly operations in Iraq, promoting American military duty as ennobling in the service of humanity. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 17, 2012
Kirkus Star THE OCCUPY HANDBOOK
edited by Janet Byrne
"An educational, highly useful primer on what's broken and how to fix it."
A succinct body of essays by knowledgeable, sympathetic observers on the grievances of the Occupy Wall Street protestors. Read full book review >