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Released: July 23, 2012
"Some casual readers may be turned off by the page count, but this is likely to be the authoritative history of the origins and progress of the Iranian policy morass for years to come."
An encyclopedic account
of the ongoing military and diplomatic conflict between the United States and Iran.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 23, 2012
"Among recent publications on unemployment and education, this is a standout."
A must-read account of the origins and growth of Year Up, a groundbreaking employment program.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 19, 2012
"A sharp and disturbing look into the world of online reality."
In his first book, media consultant and American Apparel marketing director Holiday takes on the blogosphere, finding its content to be little more than manufactured and manipulated "conflict, controversy, and crap."
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"An invigorating reality check for anyone thinking about starting a business in a developing country. "
NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"In an impressive narrative, the author renders esoteric DNA concepts accessible to lay readers."
Science writer Kean (
The Disappearing Spoon: and Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements, 2010) returns with another wide-ranging, entertaining look at science history, this time focusing on the many mysteries of DNA.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Surely not the last word, but a complete and honest effort and a good starting place."
Fifty years after her death and hundreds of books later, are we any closer to understanding Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)? Probably not, but this new biography brings the known facts up to date and offers a fresh, modern take on the tragic star's life and choices.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Rapturously irreverent, this book should kick-start plenty of useful discussions."
A spirited memoir/manifesto that dares readers to "stand on a chair and shout ‘I AM A FEMINIST.' "
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"An exquisite--and often exquisitely depressing--patchwork of joy and pain."
Captivating samplings of one doctor's tour of duty inside the country's oldest and perhaps most illustrious public hospital.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"Scarifying stuff, without any mawkishness or dumb machismo--not quite on the level of Jarhead, but absolutely worth reading."
"The first thing you should know about me is that I'm Crazy." So begins this affecting tale of a modern war and its home-front consequences.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"Contrasting cultural values shine in this winning contemporary immigrant account of assimilation versus individuation."
In this engaging immigrant memoir, first-time author Marafioti, née Kopylenko, describes with humor and introspection how the self-described "Split Nationality Disorder" she experienced growing up only magnified upon her family's emigration from the former Soviet Union to Los Angeles when she was 15.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2012
"A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief."
A California attorney and youth advocate's rivetingly raw account of the years she spent as a runaway, juvenile delinquent and prostitute.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 9, 2012
"Occasionally thick with statistics and explication, but the author's personal voice is compelling and his thesis is most disturbing. Recommended reading for anyone who still thinks we live in a post-racial America."
Colby (
The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts, 2008) turns his attention to one of the most vexing and violent topics in American social history.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
""Ev'rything I've got belongs to you," goes one Hart lyric that now, thanks to the author's thorough, affectionate research, holds another, profoundly poignant meaning."
The author of
The Label: The Story of Columbia Records (2007) returns with a deeply sympathetic biography of Lorenz Hart (1895–1943), the talented, troubled lyricist of film and Broadway fame.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
"A true treasure-trove of insight laced with humor and polished prose."
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Released: July 3, 2012
"A lively, rollicking good read."
The exciting, improbable adventures of a young Spanish spy who managed to become Britain's most effective tool in deceiving Hitler.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
"Authoritative but never dry, stripping away soothing myths of national unity and victimhood, this is a painful but necessary historical task superbly done."
A breathtaking, numbing account of the physical and moral desolation that plagued Europe in the late 1940s.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2012
"Ambitious and thoughtful work, successfully fusing the personal and social by raising complex questions about drugs, addiction and contested cultural narratives."
NONFICTION
Released: July 1, 2012
"Watson makes a fascinating case that while there may be a single human nature, long exposure to dissimilar landscapes, food, animals and climate created two unique approaches to this nature."
A YEAR UP: HOW A PIONEERING PROGRAM TEACHES YOUNG ADULTS REAL SKILLS FOR REAL JOBS—WITH REAL SUCCESS
THE VIOLINIST'S THUMB: AND OTHER LOST TALES OF LOVE, WAR, AND GENIUS, AS WRITTEN BY OUR GENETIC CODE
