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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2011
Kirkus Star COLLISION COURSE: RONALD REAGAN, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, AND THE STRIKE THAT CHANGED AMERICA
by Joseph A. McCartin
"With the collective-bargaining power of public employees under fierce assault, McCartin's story couldn't be timelier or more important."
On the 30th anniversary of the showdown between Ronald Reagan and the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), McCartin (History/Georgetown Univ.; Labor's Great War: The Struggle for Industrial Democracy and the Origins of Modern American Labor Relations, 1912-1921, 1998, etc.) revisits the most consequential labor dispute since the New Deal. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
Kirkus Star ALIBIS: ESSAYS ON ELSEWHERE
by André Aciman
"These essays sing with bracing clarity."
From the acclaimed Egyptian-born author, gorgeous musings on longing and memory fueled by travel. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE: WHY VIOLENCE HAS DECLINED
by Steven Pinker
"Classic Pinker, jammed with facts, figures, and points of speculative departure; a big, complex book, well worth the effort for the good news that it delivers."
Frightened of your own shadow? Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
Kirkus Star ASSASSINS OF THE TURQUOISE PALACE
by Roya Hakakian
"A nonfiction political thriller of a very high order."
Riveting account of a multiple murder and trial that led to a paradigm shift in Europe's relations with post-revolutionary Iran. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
THE MAGIC OF REALITY: HOW WE KNOW WHAT'S REALLY TRUE
by Richard Dawkins, illustrated by Dave McKean
"Watch for this to be mooted and bruited in school board meetings to come. And score points for Dawkins, who does a fine job of explaining earthquakes and rainbows in the midst of baiting the pious."
A resounding denunciation of the enemies of science--namely, magical and supernatural thinking. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
Kirkus Star IT CALLS YOU BACK: AN ODYSSEY THROUGH LOVE, ADDICTION, REVOLUTIONS, AND HEALING
by Luis J. Rodriguez
"Raw, searing reading from start to finish."
In this brilliantly jagged sequel to the gang-life classic, Always Running (1994), acclaimed journalist, poet and fiction writer Rodriguez (Music of the Mill, 2005, etc.) chronicles his struggle to leave behind a drug- and crime-ridden world that always threatened to "call him back." Read full book review >