New Nonfiction (with commentary): 8 June 2015
08 June 2015
A new series, published each Monday, sharing a selected list of new nonfiction titles to be published during the week. List originally published at The Reader's Advisor Online. Text in bold is commentary.
Butler, Brin-Jonathan- The Domino Diaries: My Decade Boxing with Olympic Champions and Chasing Hemingway's Ghost in the Last Days of Castro's Cuba [Meh, boxing. Meh, Hemingway.]
Caddy, Dan Awesome - Sh*t My Drill Sergeant Said: Wit and Wisdom from America's Finest [After watching "Full Metal Jacket," the idea of finding a drill sergeant funny is hard for me to envision. 75,000 first printing.]
Clynes, Tom- The Boy Who Played with Fusion: Extreme Science, Extreme Parenting, and How to Make a Star [That many "extremes" just seems like it would make me tired.]
Dunaway, Dennis and Chris Hodenfield- Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in the Alice Cooper Group
Fry, Stephen - More Fool Me: A Memoir [Of course I love Stephen Fry because he is British, but I don't know if I'll need to read this.]
Goldberg, Michelle - The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West
Green, Kristen – Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle [There are a lot of interesting, midlist books out there about civil rights. This sounds like it might be one of them; I'm going to look into it.]
Hajari, Nisid- Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition [I don't know anything about this subject but would like to.]
Ham, Mary Katharine - End of Discussion: How the Left's Outrage Industry Shuts Down Debate, Manipulates Voters, and Makes America Less Free (and Fun) [Politics, politics, blah blah blah.]
Lythcott-Haims, Julie - How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success [40,000 first printing. You know parenting manuals are catnip to me lately; I'll have to get this one.]
Mullin, Gerard E. – The Gut Balance Revolution
Posnanski, Joe - The Secret of Golf: The Story of Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus [Here come the Father's Day books!]
Quinn, Colin - Coloring Book: A Comedian Solves Race Relations in America [Is Colin Quinn a big enough name to sustain a 75,000 first printing? I used to find him funny and I'm always searching for humor I can stand; maybe I'll try this.]
Ryan, Shane - Slaying the Tiger: A Year Inside the Ropes on the New PGA Tour
Tattersall, Ian - The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack: And Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution [I just like the title of this one; I'll check it out.]
Vanderkam, Laura -I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time [Brother, this woman's making a real career out of this 'use your time better' shtick. I thought about it, briefly, but I'm not interested in doing as much as everyone else. Really what I want is for everyone else to do less. Let's have a slow-in!]
Wentworth, Ali – Happily Ali After [Humor, but I've never found Ali Wentworth all that funny.]
So. What do you think? Anything look good there?