NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2012
"A captivating, solidly documented work rendered with wit and humor."
NPR contributor Fine (
Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living, 2008, etc.) reports on his year spent in Northern California researching the hazy world of medical marijuana.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2012
"A liberal-minded but still evenhanded primer for all students of U.S. history."
A terrifically useful wide-lens survey of the United States in the last half of the 20th century.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Whether read straight through or dipped into at random, in times of despair or not, this is a most helpful musical sourcebook through every kind of blue."
A comprehensive, sharply written journey through the music of sadness, of every stripe and from every genre.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Less self-absorbed than Luis Alberto Urrea, less cynical than Charles Bowden, less otherly obsessed than William Vollmann--and right in the pocket, a necessary chronicle of a weird corner of America."
A savage journey into terror, cacti, drugs, desperation and all-around anomie in the superheated atmosphere of the desert Southwest.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"Brown is as smart as he is puckish, and there are plenty of laughs on this terrific trip through modern fame."
A hilarious collection of strange-but-true tales of encounters between the rich and famous.
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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 14, 2012
"Not for all readers, but prime in its class--literate, learned and wise criticism, with scarcely a breath of cynicism or disdain."
A winner of just about every major literary award exercises his considerable critical chops, ruminating on the works
of poets, photographers, writers and other artists.
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