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New & Notable Nonfiction: June 2012 (page 2)


Cover art for I AM SPARTACUS!
NONFICTION
Released: June 12, 2012

"An entertaining and informative look at the troubled gestation of a film of both artistic and social significance."
He is Spartacus…and here's how it happened. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE PRICE OF INEQUALITY
NONFICTION
Released: June 11, 2012

"An impassioned argument backed by rigorous economic analysis."
From one of the world's leading economists, a political call to action in defense of equality and human rights. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE MANSION OF HAPPINESS
NONFICTION
Released: June 7, 2012

"A superb examination of the never-ending effort to enhance life, as well as the commensurate refusal to ever let it go."
A sharp, illuminating history of ideas showing how America has wrestled with birth, childhood, work, marriage, old age and death. Read full book review >
Cover art for VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL
NONFICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"In each chapter, Blackwell finds he loves the polluted places for all the ways they aren't ruined. With great verve, and without sounding preachy, he exposes the essence and interconnectedness of these environmental problems."
Humor and dry wit lighten a travelogue of the most polluted and ravaged places in the world. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE COST OF HOPE
NONFICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"A moving, beautifully written chronicle of true love and a clarion call for health-care reform."
The hot-button issue of unregulated health-care costs underscores this engaging memoir of marriage and terminal illness. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE (HONEST) TRUTH ABOUT DISHONESTY
NONFICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"Ariely writes in a conversational tone one might associate with a popular teacher, providing readers with a working knowledge of what shapes our ethics--or lack thereof."
Ariely (Psychology/Psychology and Behavioral Economics/Duke Univ.; The Upside of Irrationality, 2010, etc.) explores how honest we are, how honest we think we are and every white lie in the middle. Read full book review >