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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




New and Notable Nonfiction: November 2011


Cover art for NOT THE LAST GOODBYE
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. Read full book review >
Cover art for WHO'S IN CHARGE?
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. Read full book review >
Cover art for KEARNY'S MARCH
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." Read full book review >
Cover art for HOWARD COSELL
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. Read full book review >
Cover art for PRINCE
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011

"An energetic, detailed balance of reportage and criticism about an icon of his era."
Did 10 years of researching the enigmatic Prince pay off? You bet. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE BEAUTY AND THE SORROW
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2011
by Peter Englund, translated by Peter Graves

"An exquisite book."
The Great War, as experienced by 20 ordinary people. Read full book review >