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New & Notable Nonfiction: January, 2013 (page 2)

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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
Kirkus Star THE WORLD IS MOVING AROUND ME: A MEMOIR OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE
by Dany Laferrière, translated by David Homel
"Nonfiction with the resonance of literary fiction and the impact of real tragedy."
Keen observation, incisive analysis and passionate engagement mark this author's account of the 2010 earthquake that devastated his native Haiti. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
Kirkus Star THE UNIVERSE WITHIN: DISCOVERING THE COMMON HISTORY OF ROCKS, PLANETS, AND PEOPLE
by Neil Shubin
"An intelligent, eloquent account of our relations with the inanimate universe."
In a follow-up to Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (2008), Shubin (Biological Sciences/Univ. of Chicago) delivers an equally engrossing history of life's connections to everything else. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
Kirkus Star FIVE MYTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS
by Ward Wilson
"A provocative reframing of a problem that still awaits a solution."
A compelling, plainspoken piece of advocacy in which the author maintains that everything we think we know about nuclear weapons is wrong. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
Kirkus Star ENGINEERS OF VICTORY: THE PROBLEM SOLVERS WHO TURNED THE TIDE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
by Paul Kennedy
"An absorbing new approach to a well-worked field."
Kennedy (The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present and Future of the United Nations, 2006, etc.) presents what he calls "a new way of treating that epic conflict," World War II. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
Kirkus Star FAREWELL, FRED VOODOO: A LETTER FROM HAITI
by Amy Wilentz
"An extraordinarily frank cultural study/memoir that eschews platitudes of both tragedy and hope."
A veteran journalist captures the functioning chaos of Haiti. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
Kirkus Star THE BIG TRUCK THAT WENT BY: HOW THE WORLD CAME TO SAVE HAITI AND LEFT BEHIND A DISASTER
by Jonathan M. Katz
"An eye-opening, trailblazing exposé."
A top-notch account of Haiti's recent history, including the January 2010 earthquake, from the only American reporter stationed in the country at the time. Read full book review >