TEEN
Released: June 4, 2013
"A disturbing tale that feels meant to titillate rather than caution. (Fiction. 12-18)"
Anyone familiar with the sensationalist pseudo-diary
Go Ask Alice knows it won't end well for an anonymous (fictitious) teen who chronicles her eating disorder.
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Released: Jan. 23, 2013
"A promising fantasy novel that struggles with awkward execution."
In this fantasy novel, a simple caravan guard's commitment to a dead friend leads him into a fight in an isolated town.
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FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Anyone who has ever watched American Idol, and that will be almost everyone, will have the immense satisfaction of the "inside scoop," real or not."
Written anonymously (by an insider?), this thinly veiled account of
American Idol's first season with Steven Tyler and JLo is a hilarious tour into the world of reality divas.
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Released: Nov. 11, 2012
"Would be better delivered as manifesto, rather than from the mouths of unconvincing characters."
In this anonymous author's novel, a near-future United States is crippled by gerontocracy until the Young People Party comes to power and wreaks a terrible vengeance.
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TEEN
Released: May 12, 2012
"Both engrossing and titillating; readers curious about drugs and readers who wouldn't dream of touching them will find satisfaction here. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
THRILLERS
Released: Jan. 25, 2011
"So who's Anonymous? Who cares? O is a worthy read, no matter who the author."
A gossipy, entertaining novel about presidential politics—and if this roman à clef got any more
clef, it'd have to be printed on newsprint.
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HEALTH
Released: Nov. 1, 2009
"An accessible, informative, insider's view, this book reminds readers that there is still a long way to go. (further information, glossary, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 10-16)"
BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Released: July 11, 2006
"Mildly alluring in the racy passages, but overall, an emotionally detached and disjointed effort."
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: June 13, 2006
"Anonymously written by a Manhattan prep-school teacher, this debut aspires to social satire, but much of the humor is canned. Stick with the original, Lucky Jim."
A conspiracy to get a rich man's daughter into Princeton ensnares an idealistic prep-school teacher.
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HISTORY
Released: Aug. 4, 2005
"Frank and affecting, a remarkable piece of war literature."
POETRY
Released: Oct. 1, 2002
"The moody illustrations suggest the drama and excitement of the magical night in an unusual way. (Picture book. 3-6)"
In a full-page introductory note, Tavares (Zachary's Ball, 2000) details the origins of the famous poem (attributed to Clement C. Moore some years after its first publication in a NY newspaper in 1823), which spurred the tradition in the US of hanging up stockings to be filled by St.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Released: Nov. 1, 1999
"The rule "know your customer" becomes "screw your customer— in this engaging slice of brokerage noir."
The anonymous stockbroker author and journalist Harper (Moscow Madness, 1999) create fictional "Brett Burtelsohn" to trace an archetypical career in unnamed Wall Street IPO bucket shops where investors regularly feed the hands of those that bite them.
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THRILLERS
Released: Feb. 1, 1996
"Mystery insider's view or not, this is a delicious gift for your friends who still believe that politics and politicians have the answers."
A marvelously down-and-dirty chronicle of a presidential campaign that will make your eyes water, and some more famous eyes burn, in recognition.
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