NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
Booker Prize–winning author Keneally (Searching for Schindler: A Memoir, 2008, etc.) examines causes of deadly famines over the past 150 years, terrible times of starvation when the victims became "members of the nation of the famished, who have more in common with each other than with the cultures starvation steals from them."
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
"Reading to savor."
Distinguished celebrity biographer and
Vanity Fair contributing editor Bosworth (
Marlon Brando, 2001, etc.) recounts the life story of an American icon in all its heady--and at times, unabashedly scandalous--glory.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 23, 2011
"An affectionate family scrapbook crafted with a bittersweet blend of humor and pathos."
A daughter's loving tribute to her famous father and the iconic Manhattan apartment building that housed their family's joys and sorrows.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 22, 2011
"Perceptive and empathetic, but also gently unsparing--a superbly nuanced portrait."
From veteran nonfiction author Salamon (
Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids, 2008, etc.), the authorized biography of the playwright who brought the dreams and disappointments of her generation of women to the American stage.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 16, 2011
"The author tackles this beast of a topic admirably, creating a lucid, often riveting history that will be invaluable to the next generation of reformers."
An in-depth, impeccably researched examination of the education-reform movements that have swept America over the last several decades, as well as the obstacles they've faced.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 16, 2011
"A superb work that paints the resilient athlete as a fierce competitor and an unforgettable sportsman."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"Focusing on ecology and economics, Mann provides a spellbinding account of how an unplanned collision of unfamiliar animals, vegetables, minerals and diseases produced unforeseen wealth, misery, social upheaval and the modern world."
A fascinating chronicle of the "Columbian Exchange," which mixed old and new world elements to form today's integrated global culture, the "homogenocene."
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"Burleigh's propulsive narrative and the many unsettling aspects of the case make this a standout among recent true-crime titles."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"Essential reading about a writer whose major novels continue to command attention."
How do you top
Catch-22? Daugherty (English and Creative Writing/Oregon State Univ.;
One Day the Wind Changed: Stories, 2010, etc.) attempts to answer that question and more in this first full-length biography of Joseph Heller (1923–1999).
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"A profound exploration of credible leadership presented in a thoroughly engaging, accessible format."
The landmark meditation on true leadership, updated and streamlined for a troubled 21st-century world.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011
"A work of smoldering focus and marshaled evidence that just might have found its publishing moment."
The perils of an expanding American hegemony by military means rather than diplomacy, as skillfully tracked by an American journalist.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 1, 2011
"Simultaneously an elegiac memoir and a sparkling prose-poem."
Poet and Bakeless Prize winner Nealon (Immaculate Fuel, 2004, etc.) poetically writes about her close-knit Irish-American family and her vocation for healing.
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