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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 >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
Kirkus Star RIN TIN TIN: THE LIFE AND THE LEGEND
by Susan Orlean
"Although occasionally excessive in its claims for the ultimate significance of it all, a terrific dog's tale that will make readers sit up and beg for more."
New Yorker staff writer Orlean (My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who's Been Everywhere, 2004, etc.) follows the long and curious trail of the celebrity dog born on a World War I battlefield. Read full book review >
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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. 11, 2011
Kirkus Star MY SONG: A MEMOIR
by Harry Belafonte, Michael Shnayerson
"Bracingly opinionated autobiography from an American original, still provocative in his ninth decade."
The noted entertainer and activist looks back over his tumultuous life. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2011
DEATH AND OIL: A TRUE STORY OF THE PIPER ALPHA DISASTER ON THE NORTH SEA
by Brad Matsen
"A searing indictment of human greed mixed with memorable sagas of death and survival."
A detailed, up-close account of a 1988 oil-rig explosion in the North Sea off the coast pf Scotland coast that killed more than 150 men. Read full book review >