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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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. 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. 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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