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New & Notable Nonfiction: October 2012 (page 2)

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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
Kirkus Star MAO: THE REAL STORY
by Alexander V. Pantsov, Steven I. Levine
"The Great Helmsman fully fleshed, still complicated and ever provocative."
A comprehensive, authoritative new study that challenges the received wisdom regarding Mao's relationship with Stalin and the Soviet Union. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
Kirkus Star EMPIRES, NATIONS, AND FAMILIES: A NEW HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST, 1800-1860
by Anne F. Hyde
"With a vast dramatis personae and stage, Hyde's book sheds considerable light on the 19th-century development of the nation. Highly recommended."
A sharp reframing of the history of the early Western frontier in personal terms. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 6, 2012
Kirkus Star YOU SAVED ME, TOO: WHAT A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TAUGHT ME ABOUT LIVING, DYING, FIGHTING, LOVING, AND SWEARING IN YIDDISH
by Susan Kushner Resnick
"A poignant, memorable story of friendship and of a period in time that should never be forgotten."
Stirring story of the tender and unusual friendship between a Holocaust survivor and a woman 40 years his junior. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2012
Kirkus Star HELLO, GORGEOUS: BECOMING BARBRA STREISAND
by William J. Mann
"Even though we know the answers to most of the questions--Will our heroine win the coveted role of Fanny Brice in Funny Girl? Will she live happily ever after with her Prince Charming, Elliott Gould?--this book makes getting to them a treat."
Hollywood chronicler Mann (How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, 2010, etc.) divulges the blood, sweat and tears that propelled a diva's rise to stardom. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2012
Kirkus Star SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER: THE EPIC LIFE AND IMMORTAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF EDWARD CURTIS
by Timothy Egan
"Lucent prose illuminates a man obscured for years in history's shadows."
New York Times Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Egan (The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, 2009, etc.) returns with the story of the astonishing life of Edward Curtis (1868–1952), whose photographs of American Indians now command impressive prices at auction. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2012
Kirkus Star MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY
by Sean Howe
"Brilliantly juxtaposes Marvel with its best characters: flawed and imperfect, but capable of achieving miraculous feats."
An impeccably researched, authoritative history of Marvel Comics. Read full book review >