Nonfiction

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“. . . will empower you to give the technique a try.”

Barbara Abercrombie has packed her extensive knowledge into an exercise book for writers.

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“This is a punch-packing, heart-breaking, and ultimately invigorating book . . .”

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Reader beware! This is just about one of the most beautifully executed books about one of America’s most enduring and quintessential society and style icons: C. Z. Guest.

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“Shocked: My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me is a brilliant thing, well considered, well wrought, and wonderfully well written.”

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“. . . high praise.”

The title The Golden Ticket is taken from Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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“Mr. Klosterman is as much a showman as anything else—and he never pretends otherwise.”

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“Dr. Stenger’s history of the atom is good. His philosophical arguments and conclusions are inadequate.”

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“. . . a window to the massive Nazi plan to rid Europe of every Jewish man, woman and child.

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“. . . a useful tool for anyone who wants to improve his or her outlook on life and resilience against its storms . . .”

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Perhaps you never thought about major-league baseball as a monopoly, but it is.

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“. . . brimming with sage advice about how to use social media tools. In the end it most succeeds where many other books come up short: in fully communicating . . .”

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“. . . anyone interested in either political biographies and/or the recent history of America’s foreign policy [should read] this very interesting and informative book.”

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“It is a rich story often laced with irony, the work of a keen observer, full of colorful encounters, an odyssey . . .”

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“Mr. Reese writes with the authority of someone who has developed groundbreaking technologies and made money doing it. . . . he writes as an evangelist.”

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“If the civil war crippled the South then air conditioning finished it off.”

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“Understanding the man behind Fox News, how his juggernaut was assembled, and how it is captained shines a new light on news reporting—whether one leans port or starboard.”

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“Mr. Braly: Man up. Stop spreading gossip about your family. Start protecting your sons [and] Show some respect for the woman who made their existence possible.”

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