BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS

New & Notable Nonfiction: October 2012 (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 30, 2012

LIFE'S RATCHET: HOW MOLECULAR MACHINES EXTRACT ORDER FROM CHAOS

by Peter M. Hoffmann

"A fascinating mix of cutting-edge science with philosophy and theology."

A biophysicist examines the relationship between chance and necessity at the boundary between life and inanimate objects. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 30, 2012

TRIUMPHS OF EXPERIENCE: THE MEN OF THE HARVARD GRANT STUDY

by George E. Vaillant

"Joyful reading about a groundbreaking study and its participants."

A fascinating account of the 268 individuals selected for the Harvard Study of Adult Development (the "Grant Study"), which "began in 1938 as an attempt to transcend medicine's usual preoccupation with pathology and learn something instead about optimum health and potential and the conditions that promote them." Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Oct. 30, 2012

HELL-BENT: OBSESSION, PAIN, AND THE SEARCH FOR SOMETHING LIKE TRANSCENDENCE IN COMPETITIVE YOGA

by Benjamin Lorr

"Meticulously researched, suspenseful and engrossing."

A comprehensive examination of hot, competitive yoga, its cultlike following and the author's immersion into the practice. Read full book review >