We’re now in the third week of our Guru giveaways, and still picking up steam! This week we have eight new titles for you, as well as the seven from last week.
Eating the Dinosaur, by Chuck Klosterman.
Chuck Klosterman is a writer for The Onion A/V Club, ESPN Magazine, and Esquire who has written subject as diverse as Guns N’ Roses, the Final Four, and Marxism. This is his latest essay collection.
Genesis, by Bernard Beckett.
This slim volume, set in a near-future where catastrophe looms and robots have begun to evolve in terrifying ways, is inspired by the works of Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick but fits nicely into the current craze for all things apocalyptic.
Mathilda Savitch, by Victor Lodato.
“I want to be awful. I want to do awful things and why not? Dull is dull is dull is my life.” Thus begins the story of Mathilda Savitch, a title character that Publishers Weekly called “a metaphysical Holden Caulfield for the terrifying present day.”
The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, by Sam Stephenson
An ideal book for our fans of photography, old New York, and jazz greats like Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, or Miles Davis. This book made best-of 2009 lists at The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon.com.
The Ticking Is the Bomb: A Memoir, by Nick Flynn.
The publisher beautifully describes this book as “a dazzling, searing, and inventive memoir about becoming a father in the age of terror.” Flynn, who received rave reviews for his previous memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, continues his exploration of what it means to be a father in this day and age.
The 50th Law, by 50 Cent and Robert Greene.
From bestselling business writer Robert Greene, the author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Art of Seduction, and bestselling musician 50 Cent, whose smash album Get Rich or Die Trying is still a club staple. The 50th Law is a bible for success in life and work based on one principle: fear nothing.
The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News, by Jason Holt.
Nineteen essays from today’s top philosophers on what goes into the Emmy-winning “fake news” of The Daily Show. Essays range from topics like “Can The Daily Show Save Democracy?” to “Jon Stewart and the New Public Intellectual.”
Corked: A Memoir, by Kathryn Borel.
A memoir of a father-daughter road trip through the greatest vineyards of France. Borel, after an incident in her personal life, attempts to get her know her father better through his life’s greatest passion: wine.
