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NONFICTION
Released: June 28, 2011
Kirkus Star THE DEAL FROM HELL: HOW MOGULS AND WALL STREET PLUNDERED GREAT AMERICAN NEWPAPERS
by James O'Shea
"A spirited, fascinating insider's account of a troubled realm."
An examination of failing American newspapers from a unique perspective. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 27, 2011
PARIS TO THE PAST: TRAVELING THROUGH FRENCH HISTORY BY TRAIN
by Ina Caro
"A nicely organized, reliable companion for touring by train from Paris."
In this sequel to Caro's The Road from the Past: Traveling Through History in France (1994), the author discovers that with today's high-speed trains, she doesn't need a car to visit historic France. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 21, 2011
FORBIDDEN LESSONS IN A KABUL GUESTHOUSE: THE TRUE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO RISKED EVERYTHING TO BRING HOPE TO AFGHANISTAN
by Suraya Sadeed, Damien Lewis
"A moving message from a courageous humanitarian, and more timely than ever."
"For the cost of one [American] bombing run," the author writes in this hard-hitting debut memoir, "I doubtless could have fed and clothed and cared for those 100,000 displaced Afghan refugees. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
Kirkus Star MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD: <I>UNCLE TOM'S CABIN</I> AND THE BATTLE FOR AMERICA
by David S. Reynolds
"A sharp work of cross-disciplinary criticism that gives new power to a diminished novel."
A provocative overview of the life and afterlife of one of American literature's most important texts. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
Kirkus Star SUGAR IN MY BOWL: REAL WOMEN WRITE ABOUT REAL SEX
edited by Erica Jong
"A smart, scrumptiously sexy romp of a read."
Award-winning writer and high-flying sexual truth-teller Jong (Love Comes First, 2009, etc.) partners with 28 collaborators to create this fierce and refreshingly frank collection of personal essays, short fiction and cartoons celebrating female desire. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 14, 2011
Kirkus Star WITNESS TO AN EXTREME CENTURY: A MEMOIR
by Robert Jay Lifton
"A call for a moral awakening by a deeply compassionate chronicler of our times."
A memoir by a courageous psychiatrist and National Book Award winner whose life's work has been the study of why fundamentally decent individuals commit evil acts. Read full book review >