The Early Word: New Non-Fiction for the Week of September 1, 2008 - Page 2

The Arctic: A History
By Richard Vaughan

If John McCain was really a maverick, he’d grab himself an ice queen from the North Pole and make her his VP pick. As far as Obama is concerned, the Arctic may just be where we will find the Change We Can Believe In. Or the Change We Need, the Change In My Pants Pocket, or whatever the change du jour happens to be.

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Harry S. Truman
By Robert Dallek, Sean Wilentz (Editor), Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Editor)

Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty
By David Harris

Crossbearer: A Memoir of Faith
By Joe Eszterhas

Italianissimo: The Quintessential Guide to What Italians Do Best
By Louise Fili, Lise Apatoff

Thin is the New Happy
By Valerie Frankel

Resistance: A Frenchwoman's Journal of the War
By Agnes Humbert, Barbara Mellor, Barbara Mellor (Translator)

The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again
By Emma Gilbey Keller

Kilgore Rangerettes
By O. Rufus Lovett, Foreword by Elliott Erwitt, Katy Vine (Introduction)

Kelly Slater: For the Love
By Kelly Slater, With Phil Jarratt, Jack Johnson (Introduction)

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