WHY WE WRITE ABOUT OURSELVES, TWENTY MEMOIRISTS ON WHY THEY EXPOSE THEMSELVES (AND OTHERS) IN THE NAME OF LITERATURE is the latest collection edited by Meredith Maran. The book features twenty well-known authors candidly disclosing the origins of their memoirs. In...
The Restaurant Critic’s Wife, Elizabeth LaBan, Lake Union/Amazon–THE RESTAURANT CRITIC’S WIFE is a charming portrait of the complexities of life that many women face when dealing with their marriages, their children, their friendships, and their careers.
21-Day Tummy Diet Cookbook, Liz Vaccariello, Readers Digest-150 all-new quick and easy recipes to help you extend and maintain the 21-Day Tummy Diet.
The Relic Master, Christopher Buckley, Simon & Schuster-The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter: one who procures “authentic” religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz.
Living Mindfully, Deborah David, David Panakkal, Wisdom Publications–Learn to live a life that’s good–for yourself and for the world. …an approachable guide for anyone who desires positive change
A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka, Lev Golinkin, Anchor Books–When Lev Golinkin and his Jewish family escaped the Russian-dominated eastern Ukraine city of Kharkov in 1990, they were allowed to take only a few possessions. Nine-year-old Lev chose to take his stuffed bear and a backpack.
The Night Clock, Paul Meloy, Solaris–An incredible debut novel that will move and terrify you, as reality itself is threatened by a world just beyond our own. And still the Night Clock ticks…
Food Whore, Jessica Tom, William Morrow — A Novel of Dining and Deceit (on-sale 10/27/2015, William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN: 9780062387004), a smart and savvy debut novel from Jessica Tom.
Prisoners of Geography, Ten Maps That Explain Everything About the World, Tim Marshall, Scribner–In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.
Time of the Locust, Morowa Yejide, Atria Books–A deeply imaginative debut novel about a family in crisis, Time of the Locust “deftly brings together the fantastic and the realistic, and touches on a variety of issues, from politics, race, and murder to disability, domestic tragedy, and myth…[and] spins them with gold and possibility” (The Washington Post).
