Light Years, Emily Ziff Griffin, Simon Pulse – Writer and film producer Emily Ziff Griffin survived two experiences of devastating grief.
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Five Cautionary Points to Ponder Before Publishing on Amazon
So, you are about to self-publish a book in e-book or print-on-demand format. It seems like a no-brainer to sign an exclusive contract with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and up goes your book to Amazon’s vast online audience. After all, presumably they own 60...
2017 LAB GIRL Wins Awards for Advancement of Science
Hope Jahren's Lab Girl (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016) has been named Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Film Prize for Excellence in Science Books. Ms. Jahren received the award during the AAAS Annual Meeting in...
Ohlsson Follows Her Heart in Writing The Chosen
The Chosen, Kristina Ohlsson, Washington Square Press – On a cold winter’s day, a preschool teacher is shot to death in front of parent and children at the Jewish Congregation in Stockholm.
“Face Value” Explores How Beauty Shapes Lives
FACE VALUE: The Hidden Ways Beauty Shapes Women’s Lives, Autumn Whitefield-Madrano, Simon & Schuster – A self-proclaimed beauty obsessive, author Autumn Whitefield-Madrano spent more than a decade working at women’s magazines, where she witnessed firsthand the crafting of mainstream messages about beauty.
Two Shattered Souls Find Hope in Novel by Charles Martin
Unwritten (Center Street/Hachette, May 2013) Charles Martin AUDIO Interview with Charles Martin New York Times bestselling author discusses his latest novel, Unwritten 20-minute audio interview A broken recluse, living on his boat off the Florida coast is compelled...
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.”
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.
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.
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.
