What You Want Is in the Limo On the Road With Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born by Michael Walker Hardcover, 235 pages Documents the courses of three history-making tours by rock-and-roll artists The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Alice Cooper to evaluate how they significantly impacted the music industry. On The Road To Rock Excess: Why The '60s Really Ended In 1973
Masters of Sex The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love by Thomas Maier Paperback, 415 pages Thomas Maier follows the careers of William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson Masters, a famous sex research couple who used their own relationship to gain the confidence of study subjects and to convince readers of their expertise. Pioneering 'Masters Of Sex' Brought Science To The Bedroom Pioneering 'Masters Of Sex' Brought Science To The Bedroom
As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 by Susan Sontag and David Rieff Paperback, 523 pages A second volume of Susan Sontag's journals shares intimate reflections on the writer's artistic and political development during a trip to Hanoi at the peak of the Vietnam War and throughout her filmmaking years in Sweden. July 29-Aug. 4: Neil Young, Susan Sontag And Alice Munro Courage And Curiosity: The Best Heroines Of 2012
Elsewhere A Memoir by Richard Russo Paperback, 246 pages Richard Russo delivers an upbeat, personal account of his youth and the 1950s upstate New York town his family struggled to escape. He recounts the encroaching poverty and illness that challenged everyday life and the dreams his mother instilled that inspired his career. July 29-Aug. 4: Neil Young, Susan Sontag And Alice Munro 10 Books To Help You Recover From A Tense 2012 Caring For Mom, Dreaming Of 'Elsewhere'
Waging Heavy Peace A Hippie Dream by Neil Young Paperback, 502 pages Neil Young presents the story of his career against a backdrop of 40 years of history. He discusses such topics as his collaborations with fellow artists, his creative process and his activist work with Farm Aid and The Bridge School. July 29-Aug. 4: Neil Young, Susan Sontag And Alice Munro In Memoir, Neil Young Wages 'Heavy Peace'
Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller Hardcover, 256 pages A memoir about growing up in a family of extreme hoarders describes how the author's childhood home in Long Island hid rat-infested stacks of her father's collections and how the family's emotional burden led to the author's suicide attempt and her against-all-odds bond with her parents. 30,000 first printing. 'Coming Clean' About Growing Up In A Hoarding Household
The Telling Room A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese by Michael Paterniti Hardcover, 320 pages The author of the best-selling Driving Mr. Albert recounts his visit to the medieval Castilian village of Guzman as part of a decade-long effort to taste the world's finest cheese, an encounter that involved him in long-held regional secrets and the story of a heartbroken genius cheese-maker. NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2013's Great Reads A Touching, 'Telling' Book About Cheese 'The Telling Room': This Cheese Stands Alone
Looking for Palestine Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family by Najla Said Hardcover, 258 pages A second-generation Arab American and daughter of an outspoken Palestinian advocate describes her struggles with her identity growing up in Manhattan and the denial she felt while assimilating into different social and economic groups. 'Looking For Palestine': A Once-Split Identity Becomes Whole
My Lunches With Orson Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles by Peter Biskind Hardcover, 306 pages Based on long-lost recordings, a set of revealing conversations between the film historian author and the iconic cultural provocateur unstintingly reflects on topics ranging from politics and literature to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films Welles wanted to make. 'My Lunches With Orson' Puts You At The Table With Welles Q&A: Director Henry Jaglom, Author Of 'My Lunches With Orson'
I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place by Howard Norman Hardcover, 194 pages A memoir of haunting and redemptive events covers such topics as a con-man father's betrayal, the murder-suicide of a house guest and a decade spent in the arctic as a translator of Inuit tales. NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2013's Great Reads Living With Tragedy And Fright In A 'Beautiful Place' A Memoir About Finding One's Place In The Natural World
I Await the Devil's Coming by Mary Maclane and Jessa Crispin Paperback, 162 pages Lost And Found: 5 Forgotten Classics Worth Revisiting
My Last Sigh The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel by Luis Bunuel and Abigail Israel Paperback, 256 pages Lost And Found: 5 Forgotten Classics Worth Revisiting
Blue Plate Special An Autobiography of My Appetites by Kate Christensen Hardcover, 240 pages The PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author of The Great Man builds on her popular food-centric blog to recount her unconventional upbringing and her unusually happy and occasionally sorrowful life of literary and culinary sensuality. 'Blue Plate Special': A Generous Helping Of Life What's Eating Her? A Writer Meditates On Food And Loneliness Sneak Preview: 5 Books To Look Forward To This Summer
She Left Me the Gun My Mother's Life Before Me by Emma Brockes Hardcover, 298 pages Documents the author's investigation into a shattering childhood trauma in South Africa, tracing the discovery of her grandfather's abuse of her mother, which compelled her mother's unsuccessful attempt to kill him before fleeing the country. Best Of The Summer: 6 Books The Critics Adore
Diaries by George Orwell and Peter Davison Hardcover, 608 pages This collection, edited by Peter Davison, contains Orwell's 11 personal diaries. Introduced by Christopher Hitchens. Best Of The Summer: 6 Books The Critics Adore Want A Winner? These Books Made The Critics' Cut