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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
Kirkus Star LIFE AFTER DEATH
by Damien Echols
"Essential reading for anyone interested in justice or memoir."
Exceptional memoir by the most famous of the West Memphis Three. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
Kirkus Star THE VOICE IS ALL: THE LONELY VICTORY OF JACK KEROUAC
by Joyce Johnson
"A triumph of scholarship."
An exemplary biography of the Beat icon and his development as a writer. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
Kirkus Star CYNDI LAUPER: A MEMOIR
by Cyndi Lauper, Jancee Dunn
"A moving story of an American musical original."
With the assistance of Dunn (Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask, 2009, etc.), Lauper tells her alternately harrowing, hopeful and hilarious life story. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 18, 2012
Kirkus Star JUST PLAIN DICK: RICHARD NIXON'S CHECKERS SPEECH AND THE "ROCKING, SOCKING" ELECTION OF 1952
by Kevin Mattson
"In that sense--and given the talk of "real" American-ness that persists today--Mattson's excellent book is a timely companion to the current election season. The question is: Who's playing Nixon?"
A cocker spaniel and a plain cloth coat become emblems of the paranoid-style right-wing politics of the 1950s, courtesy of one Richard Milhous Nixon. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 14, 2012
Kirkus Star DEADLINES AND DISRUPTION: MY TURBULENT PATH FROM PRINT TO DIGITAL
by Stephen B. Shepard
"Insightful and convivial account of a bright, bountiful life dedicated to words, information and wonder."
The digital media revolution powers a lifelong journalist's sharp, business-minded autobiography. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: Sept. 12, 2012
Kirkus Star HOW MUSIC WORKS
by David Byrne
"Highly recommended--anyone at all interested in music will learn a lot from this book."
From the former Talking Heads frontman, a supremely intelligent, superbly written dissection of music as an art form and way of life. Read full book review >