Editorial Content for Go Set a Watchman
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Originally written in the mid-1950s, GO SET A WATCHMAN picks up 20 years after the events of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, as Jean Louise Finch --- Scout --- returns home to Maycomb to visit her father and struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.
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Originally written in the mid-1950s, GO SET A WATCHMAN picks up 20 years after the events of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, as Jean Louise Finch --- Scout --- returns home to Maycomb to visit her father and struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.
About the Book
An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
Originally written in the mid-1950s, GO SET A WATCHMAN was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.
GO SET A WATCHMAN features many of the characters from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD some 20 years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch --- Scout --- struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.
Exploring how the characters from TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, GO SET A WATCHMAN casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a magnificent novel in its own right.
Editorial Content for The Versions of Us
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THE VERSIONS OF US is a tale of possibilities and consequences that rings across the shifting decades, showing how even the smallest choices can define the course of our lives.
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THE VERSIONS OF US is a tale of possibilities and consequences that rings across the shifting decades, showing how even the smallest choices can define the course of our lives.
About the Book
In one moment, two lives will be changed forever...and forever...and forever.
The one thing that’s certain is they met on a Cambridge street by chance and felt a connection that would last a lifetime. But as for what happened next... They fell wildly in love, or went their separate ways. They kissed, or they thought better of it. They married soon after, or were together for a few weeks before splitting up. They grew distracted and disappointed with their daily lives together, or found solace together only after hard years spent apart.
With THE VERSIONS OF US, Laura Barnett has created a world as magical and affecting as those that captivated readers in ONE DAY and LIFE AFTER LIFE. It is a tale of possibilities and consequences that rings across the shifting decades, from the '50s, '60s, '70s and on to the present, showing how even the smallest choices can define the course of our lives.
Morihei Ueshiba
Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.
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Rudyard Kipling
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Desmond Tutu
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
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April 29, 2016
Today I attended and moderated a panel at the Random House Open House, the second in a series of events that I have lined up for the next few months where I get to meet up with readers and professionals in the publishing community. As I love both talking to authors and meeting readers, this day afforded me the perfect combo. It was nice to say hi to the readers I know, and to put faces to the names of some of our readers who I have not met, including one who truly is a doppelganger of Ina Garten!
Late April 2016Lots to share with this update! First, I want to thank those of you who took the time to vote for the Teen Choice Book Awards. We will be sharing the winners with you as part of the festivities that surround Children's Book Week, which kicks off THIS Sunday. Click here to see a listing of events scheduled for around the country, including kickoff events in both in New York City at the Jefferson Market Library and Los Angeles at YALLWEST.
April 29, 2016Can you believe it’s almost May?! Times flies when you’re waiting for your Formation tour date. Nikki's birthday was last week, and today her grandma turns 96! At nearly 100, she's still #FTD, rockin’ that tracksuit since the ‘80s. @champagnepapi could learn a thing or two (but we'll still swoon over his new album that dropped today!) Point is: We're all getting older by the minute as these months turn into years and years turn into decades. And as we gracefully approach our 30s, we're realizing that the things our parents and grandparents are always telling us sound less like “wisdom” (or wise-dumb) and more like actual wisdom. Suffice it to say, we could all learn a thing or two from our elders, life’s greatest teachers. Turns out, you really shouldn’t sit so close to the TV. Take it from two four-eyes (eight eyes?) over here.
Editorial Content for Extreme PreyBookContributorsReviewer (text)Joe Hartlaub
EXTREME PREY is a transitional book in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series. Sandford has never been reluctant to uproot Lucas professionally, so his retirement from Minnesota’s BCI at the conclusion of 2015’s GATHERING PREY was somewhat unexpected but not a total surprise. One would not expect to find Lucas unemployed for long, and this latest title provides a vehicle for switching his law enforcement gears and yet again renewing an always fresh and exciting series that has never shown signs of becoming staid or slowing down. Read More TeaserAfter the events in GATHERING PREY, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation --- no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. “Should be fun!” Lucas says, and it kind of is --- until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor…and anyone who gets in the way. PromoAfter the events in GATHERING PREY, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation --- no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. “Should be fun!” Lucas says, and it kind of is --- until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor…and anyone who gets in the way. About the BookThe extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. Audiobook available, narrated by Richard Ferrone Editorial Content for First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First LadiesContributorsReviewer (text)Carole Turner
Imagine that your hairstyle, your wardrobe, and even your manner of speech are fodder for journalists and celebrity news programs. That everything your husband did or said would come under intense scrutiny, and that he would often be criticized in a most bruising manner. That you could not drive or walk your children to school. That you must be camera-ready, well-groomed, polite and gracious at all times. That you could not step out for an impromptu latte or a little retail therapy. Read More TeaserOne of the most underestimated --- and challenging --- positions in the world, the First Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician, skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and special events at the White House. Former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources to tell the stories of the 10 remarkable women who have defined that role since 1960. PromoOne of the most underestimated --- and challenging --- positions in the world, the First Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician, skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and special events at the White House. Former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources to tell the stories of the 10 remarkable women who have defined that role since 1960. About the BookFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, THE RESIDENCE, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. One of the most underestimated --- and challenging --- positions in the world, the First Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician, skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and special events at the White House. Now, as she did in her smash #1 bestseller THE RESIDENCE, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources --- from residence staff and social secretaries to friends and political advisers --- to tell the stories of the ten remarkable women who have defined that role since 1960. Brower offers new insights into this privileged group of remarkable women, including Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Patricia Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush and Michelle Obama. The stories she shares range from the heartwarming to the shocking and tragic, exploring everything from the first ladies’ political crusades to their rivalries with Washington figures; from their friendships with other first ladies to their public and private relationships with their husbands. She also offers a detailed and insightful new portrait of one of the most-watched first ladies of all time, Hillary Clinton, asking what her tumultuous years in the White House may tell us about her own historic presidential run...and what life could be like with the nation’s first First Husband. Candid and illuminating, this first group biography of the modern first ladies provides a revealing look at life upstairs and downstairs at the world’s most powerful address. Audiobook available, narrated by Karen White Copyright © 2026 The Book Report, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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