NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 17, 2012
"Stately pronouncements from a master of the form."
A wry, mannered retrospective collection of essays by octogenarian Gass (
A Temple of Texts, 2006, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
"A provocative, surprising look at the lesser-known parts of a sci-fi superstar's writing career."
Cyberpunk's patron saint of prose proves that his reality is every bit as trippy as his fiction.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
"A profound demonstration of what needs to be recognized, reconciled and forgiven if current crises are to be overcome."
A vigorous retelling of Haiti's history intended to revive the promise of the world's first black-led republic.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 2012
"Zaslow's profile of the bridal shop, from the geopolitics of dressmaking to the effects of TV shows like Bridezillas, is almost as riveting as the bridal tales."
Wall Street Journal columnist Zaslow (
The Girls from Ames, 2009, etc.) delivers an emotive excursion through the world of parents and daughters and the state of marriage in the United States.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 2, 2012
"For the world that knew Liu Xiaobo only for his empty chair in Oslo, this much-needed book fills the void."
The recipient of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize confronts the problems of closed-society China.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
"A fascinating portrait of a complex figure who ponders the place of man and God in the universe and who still loves the "Eureka moment of discovering something that no one knew before.""
Ferguson (
Pythagoras, 2010, etc.) brilliantly updates her 1991 children's biography of Stephen Hawking for an adult audience.
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