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Hot Cripple

Monday, April 9th, 2012

You can probably assume that the author of a book called Hot Cripple doesn’t take herself, disability, or the world too seriously.

The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

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Think you’re free from superstition, whimsical beliefs, and faith-based decision-making?

Drop Dead Healthy

Monday, March 26th, 2012

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Jacobs made a name for himself with such “immersion journalism” book projects as reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica (all 33,000 pages of it) and living according to biblical laws for a year.

Growgirl

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

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Heather Donahue has come a long way since she starred in The Blair Witch Project—and that’s something she wants readers of her memoir, Growgirl, to know.

American Desperado

Monday, January 9th, 2012

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Jon Roberts is not only the most outrageous criminal you’ve never heard of...

George & Hilly: The Anatomy of a Relationship

Friday, January 6th, 2012

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If you think your relationship is annoying, try George Gurley’s.

The Onion® Presents: Christmas Exposed

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

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The paper’s satirical journalists tackle the holidays with a collection guaranteed to provoke a few eggnog spit-takes this season.

The Ultimate Book of Gangster Movies

Thursday, December 1st, 2011

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This guide to the “100 Greatest Gangster Films of All Time” from Running Press will provide hours of conversation and debate for any gangster-movie buffs on your holiday-gift list.

The Mafia: History and Legend

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

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For a more journalistic approach to gangland, put this page-turner of a history book (from Flammarion) on your holiday list.

Elf Girl

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

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Rev Jen has been part of the Lower East Side art scene for more than a decade.

Dove Season

Monday, October 31st, 2011

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In this new novel from AmazonEncore, Jimmy returns home to California’s Imperial Valley to take care of his dying father...

Father-Mucker

Monday, October 24th, 2011

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Think the suburbs, and fatherhood, are boring? Not in this novel from Harper Paperbacks, in which playground scenes are cover for discreet flirting and the seedbed of flings.

The Death-Ray

Monday, October 17th, 2011

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This graphic novel by the man who created GhostWorld takes the trappings of a superhero story and applies them to an orphaned teenage outcast named Andy and his hilariously oafish only friend, Louie.

House of Holes

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

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You wouldn’t expect a straightforward novel from the twisted mind of Nicholson Baker, and in this alternate-world fantasy from Simon & Schuster, anything and everything goes.