NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 2, 2010
"A timid, uncontroversial look at one of the most controversial, outspoken female musicians in history."
NONFICTION
Released: April 6, 2010
"A limitless world squeezed through a limited scope. Disappointing."
NONFICTION
Released: April 13, 2010
"A dour and narcissistic Seinfeldian exercise."
NONFICTION
Released: April 28, 2010
"Grier's iconic force fails to translate to the page--a disappointment for fans of her unforgettable performances and reign as the queen of blaxploitation."
Screen goddess Grier reflects on her life as an Army brat and showbiz icon, to middling effect.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 14, 2010
"One woman's quest for the meaning of living beyond her means--a middling memoir."
NONFICTION
Released: May 25, 2010
"A disappointingly superficial, unrevealing adventure memoir."
NONFICTION
Released: June 8, 2010
"More a collection of profiles and game reviews than a focused thesis, this little book never answers the question implicit in its subtitle--best appreciated by serious game junkies."
Harper's contributor Bissell (Fiction Writing/Portland State Univ.;
The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam, 2007, etc.) considers the importance of video games.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 3, 2010
"Intelligent, well-written and scrupulously honest, but off-puttingly self-involved."
French novelist/screenwriter/journalist Carrère (
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Inside the Mind of Philip K. Dick, 2003, etc.) recalls two fraught years that took him to Siberia and ended a love affair.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"A journey that loses its way on the road to significance."
The thin chronicle of a cross-country trip modeled on John Steinbeck's
Travels with Charley.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"Provides some interesting tidbits but no great revelations, except on why she became a Republican: "I would rather be ignored than patronized.""
Former Secretary of State Rice presents a low-key, modest memoir about growing up an only child to highly educated teachers in segregated Birmingham, Ala.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"Average comedian-writes-a-book career padding. This same material is more enjoyable in Birbiglia's stage act."
Popular comedian Birbiglia reminisces about his wacky childhood pipe dreams, sleep disorders and occupational and social failures.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"Heartfelt but disappointingly disengaged from broader social realities, except as perceived by the author's party-mates."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"There's no magic, black or otherwise, in this cut-and-paste bio."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 9, 2010
"Only occasionally reaches emotional depth--seems like a tardy attempt to capitalize on the success of I Feel Bad About My Neck."
