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Week of September 22, 2014

Releases for the week of September 22nd include UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY, in which Nancy Horan tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny; and BECOMING MR. OCTOBER, a soul-baring and brutally candid memoir of the two years --- 1977 and 1978 --- when Reggie Jackson went from being an outcast to a Yankee legend.

Week of September 15, 2014

Releases for the week of September 15th include THE TARGET, the third installment in David Baldacci's thriller series featuring assassins Will Robie and Jessica Reel; THE PRESERVATIONIST by Justin Kramon, a riveting psychological thriller about three people whose dark pasts are beginning to catch up with them; and THE MEN WHO UNITED THE STATES, Simon Winchester's fascinating popular history that illuminates the men who toiled fearlessly to discover, connect and bond the citizenry and geography of the U.S.A. from its beginnings.

Week of September 8, 2014

Releases for the week of September 8th include THE REDEEMER by Jo Nesbø, an Inspector Harry Hole thriller in which Oslo's best investigator must determine who's responsible for shots ringing out at a Salvation Army Christmas concert that left one of the singers dead in the street; THE BULLY PULPIT, Doris Kearns Goodwin's dynamic history of the first decade of the Progressive era, that tumultuous time when the nation was coming unseamed and reform was in the air; and THE PERFECT SCORE PROJECT by Debbie Stier, an indispensable guide to acing the SAT --- as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son.

Week of September 1, 2014

Releases for the week of September 1st include FALLEN WOMEN, a historical mystery by Sandra Dallas in which a wealthy New York socialite is determined to find the individual responsible for the death of her sister, who was brutally murdered in the brothel where she had been living; WILSON, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg's penetrating biography of our 28th President, Woodrow Wilson; THE LAST DARK, the conclusion of Stephen R. Donaldson's epic fantasy series, The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant; and J.L. Witterick's MY MOTHER'S SECRET, a novel inspired by a true story that intertwines the lives of two Jewish families in hiding from the Nazis, a fleeing German soldier, and the mother and daughter who team up to save them all.

September 2014

Among the paperback titles released this month, we have KIDS WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD by Anne Jankeliowitch, which features the inspiring stories of 45 young heroes who have made an impact on our planet; EL DEAFO by Cece Bell, a graphic memoir about Cece’s childhood hearing loss; and COUNTING BY 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, about an extraordin

Week of August 25, 2014

Releases for the week of August 25th include BLEEDING EDGE by Thomas Pynchon, a historical romance of New York in the early days of the Internet, not that distant in calendar time but galactically remote from where we’ve journeyed to since; EARLY DECISION, Lacy Crawford's debut novel that follows five students over one autumn as a college admissions consultant named Anne helps them craft their college essays, cram for the SATs and perfect the Common Application; and THE KIDS GOT IT RIGHT by Jim Dent, the compelling story of how a black and white player came together to break the color barrier in Texas football in 1965.

Week of August 18, 2014

Releases for the week of August 18th include SYCAMORE ROW by John Grisham. Nearly 25 years after the publication of A TIME TO KILL, Grisham returns to that famous courthouse in Clanton as Jake Brigance once again finds himself embroiled in a fiercely controversial trial --- a trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. Also in stores will be THREE STORY HOUSE by Courtney Miller Santo, the critically acclaimed author of THE ROOTS OF THE OLIVE TREE. Renovating an historic Memphis house together, three cousins discover that their spectacular failures in love, career and family provide the foundation for their future happiness.

Week of August 11, 2014

Releases for the week of August 11th include AFTER I'M GONE, Laura Lippman's addictive novel that explores how one man’s disappearance echoes through the lives of the wife, mistress and daughters he left behind; AN EVENT IN AUTUMN, Henning Mankell's latest Kury Wallander mystery in which the shocking truth about a long-buried secret is brought to light; and HOTHOUSE by Boris Kachka, which deftly reveals the era and the city that built the publishing house of Farrar, Straus and Giroux through the stories of two men: founder-owner Roger Straus and editor Robert Giroux.

Week of August 4, 2014

Releases for the week of August 4th include W IS FOR WASTED, book 23 in Sue Grafton's series of mysteries starring private investigator Kinsey Millhone; THE OCTOBER LIST by Jeffery Deaver, a race-against-the-clock thriller, told in reverse; COMPOUND FRACTURES, the riveting final chapter in Stephen White's decades-long saga featuring Boulder psychologist Alan Gregory; and THE GOOD LORD BIRD by James McBride, the 2013 National Book Award-winning novel about a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade --- and who must pass as a girl to survive.

August 2014

Among the paperbacks this month we have THE MUSEUM BOOK by Jan Mark and illustrated by Richard Holland, a mixed-media ode to museums and the practice of collecting; the graphic novel SISTERS, the companion to SMILE that highlights the complexities of author Raina Telgemeier’s relationship with her younger sister, Amara; and the Read more »

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