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Here’s a sampling of some of the more promising early 2012 nonfiction titles.
Guitar Zero
By Gary Marcus
Penguin Group, 288 pp.
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8. 'Guitar Zero,' by Gary Marcus
He’s 38 and tone-deaf but that doesn’t stop psychology professor Gary Marcus from trying to fulfill a lifelong dream: to learn to play the guitar. “Guitar Zero” follows Marcus through the process even as it allows him to examine the science of learning. (January)
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