NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 21, 2011
"A profoundly human book that touches readers with a rare and healing candor."
With poignant simplicity and heartbreaking humility, recently deceased psychiatrist Servan-Schreiber (
Anticancer: A New Way of Life, 2008, etc.) recounts the events of the year preceding his final battle with brain cancer.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 15, 2011
"A fascinating affirmation of our essential humanity."
The more we learn about the human brain, the more puzzling the question of free will becomes.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 14, 2011
"Galloping popular history, guaranteed to entertain."
Manifest Destiny fulfilled: Groom (Vicksburg, 1863, 2009, etc.) spotlights four journeys during two tumultuous years in American history that marked a "stupendous westward shift."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 14, 2011
"The definitive word on a loved, loathed, maddeningly complex broadcasting legend."
You could make a case that Howard Cosell (1918–1995) was the single most important sports broadcaster ever. You would be right.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011
"An exquisite book."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011
"The detail is occasionally overwhelming, but Feinstein's book is sound, timely and invaluable. Diligent readers will be rewarded."
A highly pertinent, deeply damning indictment of the flourishing of the world's "second-oldest profession."
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011
"An energetic, detailed balance of reportage and criticism about an icon of his era."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 9, 2011
"A rich, complex life told in rich, complex prose."
Cultural historian and translator Bartlett (
Chekhov: Scenes from a Life, 2004, etc.) unravels the ornate and complicated tapestry of the life of the great Russian writer.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 8, 2011
"Berger's readers will see with fresh eyes."
A deceptively brief volume offers profound meditations on art, the creative process and so much more.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 8, 2011
"A deeply reported, thoroughly engaging look at what it takes to succeed in the NFL--and a perfect complement to the NFL Network's compelling miniseries Bill Belichick: A Football Life."
A longtime Patriots chronicler goes inside the brain trust of the NFL's most successful team.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 8, 2011
"Inevitably a mixed bag, but with high ambitions and a strong sense of purpose."
Conceptual ambition, sense of purpose and a fan's evangelical devotion distinguish this collection from the typical novelist's gathering of nonfiction miscellany.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 7, 2011
"A strange, brilliant and endlessly arguable book, one every student of history needs to have close at hand."
Who was worse, Adolf Hitler or Genghis Khan? An odd question, perhaps--but after finishing prolific historian White's compendium, it's one readers will be better prepared to entertain.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 3, 2011
"A lyrical, lovely display of Updike's protean powers."
A potpourri of pieces from the busy pen of the gifted Updike (1932-2009), who shows that he could write convincingly about nearly anything.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2011
"An appealing mixture of erudition about high culture and curmudgeonly complaints about low."
In the spirit of his Barcelona (1992), the art critic and cultural historian zooms through Roman history, from Romulus and Remus to today.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2011
"Excellent general WWII accounts abound--including those by historical superstars such as Stephen Ambrose and John Keegan--but Hastings is matchless."
A World War II history by Hastings (
Winston's War: Churchill, 1940–1945, 2010, etc.) may seem like a tautology, but readers familiar with his previous books will expect an enthralling account of his favorite subject. They will not be disappointed.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A slim, somber classic."
Didion (We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction, 2006, etc.) delivers a second masterpiece on grief, considering both her daughter's death and her inevitable own.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A gripping inquiry. Trivers is informal but highly knowledgeable, provocative, brightly humorous and inviting."
Trivers (Anthropology and Biological Sciences/Rutgers Univ.) searches for the evolutionary biology behind why "we are thoroughgoing liars, even to ourselves."
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