New & Notable Nonfiction: January, 2013

by Tracy Kidder ; Richard Todd

Other writing guides have more nuts-and-bolts advice, but few combine the verve and plainspokenness of this book, which... Full review >

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by P.G. Wodehouse edited by Sophie Ratcliffe

Editor Ratcliffe’s (On Sympathy, 2009) generous annotations and judicious edits give scope to a rich, brilliant, happy,... Full review >

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by Neil Shubin

An intelligent, eloquent account of our relations with the inanimate universe. Full review >

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by Amy Wilentz

An extraordinarily frank cultural study/memoir that eschews platitudes of both tragedy and hope. Full review >

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by Nick Flynn

Flynn’s determination to better understand his life through the act of writing and remembering has yielded a truly... Full review >

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by Sam Sheridan

An upbeat and entertaining survival guide for the end of the world. Full review >

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by Charles Wheelan

A delightful, informative guide to an often-intimidating subject. Full review >

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by Paul Kennedy

An absorbing new approach to a well-worked field. Full review >

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by Jonathan M. Katz

An eye-opening, trailblazing exposé. Full review >

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by Jeanne Theoharis

Even though her refusal to give up her bus seat sparked a revolution, Rosa Parks was no accidental heroine. She was born to... Full review >

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by Richard Rashke

A richly researched, gripping narrative about war, suffering, survival, corruption, injustice and morality. Full review >

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by Peter Hook

Electric transmissions from a bygone era, etched in blood by someone who was there in body and spirit. Full review >

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by Dany Laferrière translated by David Homel

Nonfiction with the resonance of literary fiction and the impact of real tragedy. Full review >

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by Lawrence Wright

A patient, wholly compelling investigation into a paranoid “religion” and the faithful held in its sweaty grip. Full review >

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by Ward Wilson

A provocative reframing of a problem that still awaits a solution. Full review >

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by Al Gore

Provocative, smart, densely argued—and deserving of a wide audience and wider discussion. Full review >

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