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Nonfiction, November 2009
- Auletta, Ken
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Auletta provides an account of Google's rise, shares the secret of Google's success, and shows why the worlds of new and old media often communicate as if residents of different planets.
- Bird, Larry
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With intimate, fly-on-the-wall detail, When the Game Was Ours transports readers to an electric era of basketball and reveals for the first time the inner workings of two players dead set on besting one another.
- Bradley, Walter G
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For anyone who has ever had a neurological symptom, from a headache to tingling hands, and for anyone with a personal interest in how the brain works in health and disease, Treating the Brain will prove to be a valuable, easy-to-read source of information.
- Brighton, Terry
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Through previously unreleased research and historical reinterpretation, Patton, Montgomery, Rommel presents the Second World War as it was experienced by three of its most controversial and influential commanders.
- Cohen, Stephen P.
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A Middle East expert traces U.S. policy in the region back to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, when the West failed to take crucial steps to secure peace there.
- Denbeaux, Mark
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The Guantánamo Lawyers contains over 100 personal narratives from attorneys who have represented detainees held at "GITMO" as well as at other overseas prisons, from Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to secret CIA jails or “black sites.
- Ellis, Richard
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As global warming threatens the ice caps' integrity, the polar bear has come to symbolize the peril that faces all life on Earth. Science writer Ellis offers an impassioned and moving statement on behalf of polar bears — and all they stand for.
- Epstein, Jason
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"Having developed an interest in cooking as a young child, the renowned editor and publisher Epstein offers readers a glimpse of his foodie life through his recipes and stories about food — whether publishing cookbooks at Random House, working and eating in restaurants around the world or cooking dishes." Library Journal
- Evans, Harold
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Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of his newspapering life — his passion for reporting, his clashes with Rupert Murdoch, and his struggle to use journalism to better the lives of those less fortunate. My Paper Chase offers a nostalgic journey in black and white.
- Gibbons, David
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A full master's course in a book, Mastering Cheese covers the world of cheese in 22 distinct lessons, featuring tasting plates that deliciously demonstrate key topics.
- Henry, Diana
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Based on five years of travel to chilly climates, Henry offers up nearly 100 recipes for soul-warming, cold-weather cooking — potato and cheese dishes from Italy's skiing slopes, pastries from the coffee houses of Vienna, and maple everything from the sugar houses of Vermont.
- Johnson, Paul
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Historian Johnson applies a wide lens and an unconventional approach to illuminate the various phases of Winston Churchill's career. The author's narration of Churchill's many triumphs and setbacks illustrates the statesman's humor, resilience, courage and eccentricity.
- Lester, Toby
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From a contributing editor for The Atlantic comes an epic adventure story about the creation of the map that introduced Europe to America and ushered in the New World.
- Lewis, Michael M.
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In this account of how the U.S. economy has been driven over the cliff, the author of the bestseller Liar's Poker explains how the free fall of the American economy occurred and who, exactly, is to blame.
- Mandel, Howie
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A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir, Here's the Deal reveals Mandel's ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD — and tells how it has shaped his life and career. As heartfelt as it is hilarious, this is the story of one man's effort to draw comic inspiration out of his most vulnerable places.
- McCommons, James
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During the tumultuous year of 2008 — when gas prices reached four dollars a gallon — journalist McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system.
- Packer, George
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In this collection of essays from the past extraordinary decade, from September 11 to the rise of Barack Obama, journalist Packer brings insight and passion to his accounts of the war on terror, Iraq, troubled societies, political writers and the 2008 election.
- Pakula, Hannah
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Featuring a beautiful, powerful and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the 20th century, The Last Empress offers a wonderfully wrought narrative of the founding of modern China.
- Palmer, Robert
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Palmer, a longtime Rolling Stone contributor, wrote with authority on rock and roll, blues, punk, jazz and world music. Music writer DeCurtis has compiled the best pieces from Palmer's oeuvre and presents them in one compelling volume.
- Sklenicka, Carol
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In this biography of the iconic literary figure the London Times called the American Chekhov, Sklenicka penetrates the myths and controversies surrounding Raymond Carver's life and career.
- Turan, Kenneth
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Los Angeles Times film critic Turan presents an irresistible history of the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater — two institutions that, under the inspired leadership of Papp, have been a premier source of revolutionary and enduring American theater.
- Visser, Margaret
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Known as an anthropologist of everyday life, Visser presents a fascinating inquiry into all aspects of gratitude. With her engaging combination of curiosity and erudition, Visser once again reveals the extraordinary in the everyday.