FICTION
Released: Nov. 15, 2010
"A revelation."
This is a unique volume, an artistic autobiography of year-by-year sketchbook drawings, ranging from the scrawls of a two-year-old to a fully developed vision.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 11, 2010
"George Company's performance at Chosin Reservoir practically defines heroism. O'Donnell brings it to vivid life."
Military historian O'Donnell (
They Dared Return: The True Story of Jewish Spies Behind the Lines in Nazi Germany, 2009, etc.) chronicles a Marine company's struggles in the toughest campaign of the Korean War.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 9, 2010
"Apollo, Ra, Inti or Huitzilopochtli--all would rock with delight at Cohen's sweeping endeavor."
A remarkably comprehensive and engrossing synthesis of the sun's influence on science, art, religion, literature, mythology and politics.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 9, 2010
"Not nearly as soporific as most classical studies--a captivating look at imperial Rome's roots in the making of the modern stateswoman."
NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 5, 2010
"Eye-opening reading, with implications for just about anyone who uses that utility, which means just about everyone."
Powerful forces are afoot to take control of the Internet--for profit, of course. It's happened before, writes
Slate contributor Wu (Copyright and Communications/Columbia Univ.; co-author:
Who Controls the Internet?, 2006), and the corporations have won just about every time.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2010
"Premium vest-pocket histories of science."
The Royal Society has been incubating and disseminating scientific illumination for 350 years, as Bryson (
Shakespeare: The World as Stage, 2007, etc.) and his fellow contributors gracefully attest.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2010
"An engrossing Cuban-American story that will leave readers wanting more."
In a follow-up to his 2003 National Book Award–winning
Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, Eire (History and Religious Studies/Yale Univ.) describes his early years of exile in the United States.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2010
"The author artfully choreographs a huge, sometimes unruly cast, producing a work of elegance, emotion and enduring importance."
A magisterial and often moving history of the silent art by a former dancer and current journalist.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 2, 2010
"These days there are very few American comedy writers bringing their A-game, but Browne is swinging for the fences."
FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"An informative if starchy novel about a crucial turning point in American history."
A you-are-there account of George Washington's--and Baron von Steuben's--stalwart efforts to whip the beaten-down Continental Army into the crack fighting force that defeated the British.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"A collection of page-turning narratives for those who prefer the prolific tale spinner at his pulpiest."
Following an overstuffed feast of a novel (
Under the Dome, 2009), King returns with four comparative snacks, each of which deals in some way with the darkest recesses of the human soul.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 26, 2010
"A graceful exploration of loneliness, "their true covenant," and the worm that gnaws at the heart of all things."
Call it
Peyton Place with Uzis: Israeli novelist Hedaya finds the worm in an exceedingly shiny apple.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"Certainly not everyone's cup of tea, but an unfamiliar treat for those who like their comedy laced with a touch of satire."
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Vintage Bradford, with lavish descriptions of the pleasures of palate and palette, victims as virtuous as they are gorgeous, cruel lotharios and a satisfying if somewhat far-fetched resolution."
Bradford's latest rags-to-riches heroine is a London fine-art consultant with a dark secret--several of them, in fact.
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