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NONFICTION
Released: June 24, 2010
LETTERS TO MY TORTURER: LOVE, REVOLUTION, AND IMPRISONMENT IN KHOMEINI’S IRAN
by Houshang Asadi, translated by Nushin Arbabzadah
"A horrifying glimpse of the decades-long nightmare still afflicting the people of Iran."
A harrowing memoir of imprisonment and torture under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 9, 2010
Kirkus Star CAESARS' WIVES: THE FIRST LADIES OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
by Annelise Freisenbruch
"Not nearly as soporific as most classical studies--a captivating look at imperial Rome's roots in the making of the modern stateswoman."
A groundbreaking study of some of the most powerful women in early Western civilization. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
Kirkus Star ANARCHY EVOLUTION: FAITH, SCIENCE, AND BAD RELIGION IN A WORLD WITHOUT GOD
by Greg Graffin, Steve Olson
"Humble, challenging and inspiring."
With the assistance of science journalist Olson (Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes, 2002, etc.), Bad Religion leader Graffin presents a memoir of a life lived "at the intersection of evolutionary biology and punk rock." Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star GOLD DIGGERS: STRIKING IT RICH IN THE KLONDIKE
by Charlotte Gray
"A lively, delightful reenactment of a signal era of "Klondike mythology.""
Tracing the crossed paths of six Klondikers caught up in "the last great gold rush in history." Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
ACROSS AMERICA BY BICYCLE: ALICE AND BOBBI'S SUMMER ON WHEELS
by Alice Honeywell, Bobbi Montgomery
"Exhilarating fun and good motivation for armchair adventurers."
Two retirees undertake a daring cross-country bicycle trek from Oregon to Maine. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 27, 2010
SOME GIRLS: MY LIFE IN A HAREM
by Jillian Lauren
"A gritty, melancholy memoir leavened by the author's amiable, engrossing narrative tenor."
The journey of a teenaged theater-school dropout enticed into traveling to Southeast Asia to be a "harem girl." Read full book review >