Top 19 August Nonfiction (page 3)

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 21, 2012

SUBVERSIVES: THE FBI'S WAR ON STUDENT RADICALS, AND REAGAN'S RISE TO POWER

by Seth Rosenfeld

"A potent reminder of the explosiveness of 1960s politics and how far elements of the government were (and perhaps still are) willing to go to undermine civil liberties."

A kaleidoscopic look at the FBI's willingness to undermine American citizens during the 1960s. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 21, 2012

WINTER JOURNAL

by Paul Auster

"A consummate professional explores the attic of his life, converting rumination to art."

The acclaimed novelist (Sunset Park, 2010, etc.), now 65, writes affectingly about his body, family, lovers, travels and residences as he enters what he calls the winter of his life. Read full book review >

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NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 21, 2012

THE GUARDIAN OF ALL THINGS: THE EPIC STORY OF HUMAN MEMORY

by Michael S. Malone

"An original, fascinating scientific history of how human memory and a series of inventions have driven the advance of civilization."

Every living organism possesses a memory, however primitive, but Homo sapiens carried it to a dazzling level, writes technology journalist Malone (The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You, 2009, etc.) in this ingenious, richly complex account of how humans exchange, record, preserve and manipulate information. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 27, 2012

DARKEST AMERICA: BLACK MINSTRELSY FROM SLAVERY TO HIP-HOP

by Yuval Taylor, Jake Austen

"An innovative, marvelous book about comedy, stereotypes and the struggle to steer through the sometimes-fierce internal debates over African-American identity in a society still struggling with its racial past."

A provocative, compelling exploration of one of the most controversial elements of the black entertainment world. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 27, 2012

PORTRAIT OF A NOVEL: HENRY JAMES AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN MASTERPIECE

by Michael Gorra

"Not for all readers, but Gorra's approach will appeal to scholars, fans of the James family, and lovers of important novels and those who create them."

Gorra (English/Smith Coll.; The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany, 2004, etc.) blends a focused biography of Henry James (1843–1916) with the story of his composition of The Portrait of a Lady (1881). Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: Aug. 28, 2012

FIRE IN THE ASHES: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AMONG THE POOREST CHILDREN IN AMERICA

by Jonathan Kozol

"Cleareyed, compassionate and hopeful."

The award-winning author of Death at an Early Age (1967) tells the stories of the later lives of poor children who grew up in the Bronx. Read full book review >

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