20 non-fiction books to watch for in 2012

Here’s a sampling of some of the more promising early 2012 nonfiction titles.

17. 'Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China,' by James Palmer

Heaven Cracks, Earth Shakes: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Death of Mao's China By James Palmer Basic Books, 296 pp.

The story of the 1976 earthquake, which destroyed the city of Tangshan and killed hundreds of thousands of Chinese, coincides with the tumultuous final decade of Mao’s reign. British historian James Palmer’s account of events not only re-creates China in the 1970s in vivid detail but also sheds light on the China of today. (January)

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