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Why Does One Stay in a Life One Doesn’t Want? Douglas Kennedy Asks
“With FIVE DAYS, Douglas Kennedy has crafted a brilliant meditation on regret, fidelity, family, and second chances that will have you breathlessly turning pages to find out what happened in the past and what will happen next. At once heartbreaking and hopeful, it is a powerful new work of fiction by an internationally acclaimed writer at the height of his powers.” Read more »
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Nathaniel Rich Crafts a Novel for the Age of Anxiety
Every now and then a novel comes along that completely captures the tone and tenor of our times. Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathaniel Rich is that novel, a story that captures the physical and psychological implications of living in a time marked by catastrophe and terrorism Read more »
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Taiye Selasi Discusses Retying the Family
Renowned surgeon, failed husband and father Kweku Sai stumbles out of his home in Ghana one morning and dies. Years earlier, he had walked out of his family home in America and never returned. His estranged wife and now grown children have each dealt with his abandonment in their own private way and it has taken a toll on their lives Read more »
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Why Y? by Marjorie Celona
A baby is abandoned on the doorstep of the YMCA. She becomes Shannon as she passes through foster homes where she is sometimes abused or neglected. Her life turns for the better when she is adopted by Miranda, a single mother raising another daughter. But she still never quite feels as if she fits in Read more »
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Meg Wolitzer Explores the Meaning of Early Talent and the Nature of Envy in The Interestings
Like Virginia Woolf in The Waves, Meg Wolitzer gives us the full picture here, charting
her characters lives from the self-dramatizing of adolescence, through the resignation of middle age, to the attainment of a wisdom that holds all the intensities of life in a single, sustained chord, much like this book itself Read more » -
Ron Rash Explores Time in Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash Buy this Book at Amazon.com The greatest challenge of the collection was exploring this idea and showing how cultural geography influences how people live…" RASH An Authorlink Exclusive Interview with Ron Rash Author of Nothing Gold Can Stay By Ellen Birkett Morris March 2013 In his latest Read more »
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Blind Man and Dog escape Ground Zero – Michael Hingson’s Story
Making its debut on the New York Times best-seller list in its first week of release, Thunder Dog, by Michael Hingson continues to be a top seller in both print and e-book. Blind since birth, Hingson is inspiring thousands, giving readers a transformative look into the life and boundless capabilities of the blind Read more »
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Their Souls in Letters – An Interview with Carlene Bauer
In Carlene Bauer’s debut novel, Frances and Bernard meet at an artists colony. Though very different in temperament, they continue their friendship through letters and occasional visits. They discuss their faith, their families and their feelings. As the intensity of their relationship grows, from 1957 to 1968, and their writing careers develop, so does the difficulty in maintaining their lives and their sanity Read more »
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Love and Animal Instinct Collide in Margaret Atwood’s Latest E-book Episode
When the impulse to love collides with the animal instinct to survive, who (or what) will remain? Internationally bestselling author Margaret Atwood explores the theme in Erase Me, third installment in her dark comedic e-book series, Poistron Read more »
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Michael Dahlie Discusses Goats, Guns and Ghostwriting
In Michael Dahlies second novel, The Best of Youth, Henry Lang is trying to find his way in life after his parents die and leave him 15 million dollars. Henry is not quite sure how to handle much of anything including his fourth cousin Abby, a million-dollar herd of heirloom goats and some inherited pistols Read more »
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VIEW ALLE-Books Fuel Growth in Trade Publishing
Fueled by a year of strong new releases and even more widespread popularity of e-books, BookStats reports that trade publishing (adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction, and religion) experienced significant growth in calendar year 2012. While the US book industry remained relatively flat overall in 2012 at $27.1B, the trade sector grew significantly from $ Read more »
Amazon Introduces Kindle Worlds, New Publishing Model
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)/May. 22, 2013—Today, Amazon Publishing announces Kindle Worlds, the first commercial publishing platform that will enable any writer to create fan fiction based on a range of original stories and characters and earn royalties for doing so. Amazon Publishing has secured licenses from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Alloy Entertainment division for its New York Times best-selling book series Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar Read more »
New England Book Fest Call for Entries
BOSTON, MASS/May 22, 2013–The 2013 New England Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The day festival and awards will be held in January, 2014 at the historic Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston. The competition will accept entries in non-fiction, fiction, Read more »
UK Publishers Partner With NOOK in Reading Event
LONDON/ May 16, 2013-NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller and leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, announced today that leading UK publishers have donated a selection of top children’s titles to support NOOK’s efforts to make reading more accessible and affordable across Read more »
Bertelsmann Q1 Profits Up 43 Percent
Gütersloh, May 16, 2013—Bertelsmann, the international media company which owns Random House in the US, recorded a positive business performance in the first three months of the year, increasing both its operating result and net profit to record levels. With consolidated revenues from continuing operations stable at €3.63 billion (previous year: €3.66 billion), Read more »
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Advent by James Treadwell
Thrill-seekers, puzzle investigators and paranormal lovers, there is no way to say it better than: THIS is the book you’ve been dying to read Read more »
Lifetime
A character that has grown popular all over the world – Annika Bengtzon comes back to prove she is the hard-headed, dedicated reporter who will solve a crime no matter what it takes Read more »
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Although many have tried, no writer has quite been able to reach the ‘top rung’ on the ladder when it comes to the ‘best’ in tween fantasy (top spot being held by Harry Potter)…until now. This is a fairytale/adventure/thriller/fantasy with humor and characters readers will never forget, and everyone from tweens to adults will want to walk in this world! Read more »
y by Marjorie Celona
Marjorie Celona’s uniquely titled debut novel, y, portrays the harsh reality of an abandoned child horrifically abused by foster parents. The child launches a desperate search to understand why her mother dropped her off hours after she was born in front of the YWCA (hence the title) wrapped in a sweatshirt Read more »
Dinner with Churchill by Cita Stelzer
Hungry for a delicious book on diplomacy? Try a Dinner with Churchill, a compilation of unpublished material by Cita Stelzer, a researcher at Churchill College, that serves up Churchill’s “policy-making at the dinner table.” Read more »