New & Notable Nonfiction: May 2012

by David Talbot

Though he’s a little too enamored with “angel-headed hipsters” and “fairy dust,” Talbot takes the reader much deeper than... Full review >

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by Rosecrans Baldwin

Great fun and surprisingly touching. Full review >

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by Michael Stephenson

A first-rate addition to the military history canon. Full review >

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by Bernard Wasserstein

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by Bryan Sykes

For that reason alone, the book should be celebrated. But Sykes should also be applauded for his skills as a storyteller,... Full review >

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by Alison Bechdel illustrated by Alison Bechdel

Subtitled “A Comic Drama,” the narrative provides even fewer laughs than its predecessor but deeper introspection. Full review >

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by Paul J. Zak

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by Mark Kurlansky

The author notes that Birdseye knew that curiosity is “one essential ingredient” in a fulfilling life; it is a quality that... Full review >

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by Jai Pausch

Readers familiar with cancer or with terminal illness in general will find a source of comfort and meaning in Pausch’s... Full review >

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by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

In a well-researched, disinterested analysis, the authors show that collisions of ego, personality and politics can often... Full review >

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by Jonathan Franzen

An unfailingly elegant and thoughtful collection of essays from the formidable mind of Franzen, written with passion and... Full review >

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by Carlin Romano

A tour de force—encyclopedic, entertaining and enlightening. Full review >

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by Robert A. Caro

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by Steve Coll

Leaks, reserves, PACs, hydrofracking, bloated corporate profits and more: all pertinent concerns nicely handled by Coll in... Full review >

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by Charles Ferguson

A deeply argued call to action from a lucid, impassioned polemicist. Full review >

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