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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 18, 2011
COCAINE'S SON: A MEMOIR
by Dave Itzkoff
"A satisfying journey into the depths of hard-heartedness and the struggle to heal an old wound."
A son's attempt to salvage a relationship with his cocaine-addict father. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 18, 2011
THE QUIET WORLD: SAVING ALASKA'S WILDERNESS KINGDOM, 1879-1960
by Douglas Brinkley
"Brinkley skillfully conveys how the natural beauty of Alaska worked its magic."
Vanity Fair contributing editor Brinkley (History/Rice Univ.; The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, 2009, etc.) delivers a vigorous, thorough survey of Alaska's natural splendors, from John Muir's first treks into Glacier Bay in 1879 to President Eisenhower's establishment of the Arctic National Wildlife Range in 1960. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011
FOOL ME ONCE: HUSTLERS, HOOKERS, HEADLINERS, AND HOW NOT TO GET SCREWED IN VEGAS
by Rick Lax
"An entertaining field guide to vice, but also one with a point--if you're headed anywhere near the Strip, watch your wallet."
Fear and loathing is in short supply, but there are plenty of cons and cheap hustles in this lively memoir of time spent on the seamier edge of Casinoland. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011
JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE RACE TO THE MOON
by John M. Logsdon
"Essential to understanding JFK's sponsorship of an historic enterprise linking him to the future."
With new documents now available, a space historian and founder of George Washington University's Space Policy Institute revisits a scholarly topic he pioneered: John F. Kennedy's decision to go to the moon. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011
ALL THINGS SHINING: READING THE WESTERN CLASSICS TO FIND MEANING IN A SECULAR AGE
by Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly

Two distinguished professors seek mankind's salvation in the ancient Greek gods. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2011
Kirkus Star HOME FIRES
by Gene Wolfe
"A somber, almost brooding tone permeates this compelling work from one of the genre's grandmasters."
Complex, enigmatic science fiction about war and the damage it inflicts, both visible and invisible, from the celebrated author. Read full book review >