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October 2, 2012

The following are lists of books releasing the weeks of October 1st and October 8th that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers.

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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

October 2012

In 2007, Mary Anne Schwalbe was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which already had metastasized to her liver by the time her diagnosis was made. As she began to undergo chemotherapy treatment, her son Will, then a New York publishing executive, joined her for her sessions. They discussed what they were reading to pass the time. Both avid readers, they decided to form a book club of two, sharing books while the medication dripped. They both fell in love with some books, while others were not shared joys.

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John H. Patterson

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

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John H. Patterson

The Odds

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Full Disclosure Skyscraper

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Jay Leno

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good…Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

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Jay Leno, O Magazine, February 2003

Paul Brown

Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.

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Paul Brown

Hosea Ballou

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

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Hosea Ballou

September 28, 2012

This week around the office, when we were not talking about books, we were talking about television shows. This is “Premiere Week” where the new fall programming kicks off, and it was harkening me back to my teen years when the Fall Preview issue of TV Guide was as eagerly anticipated as the August issue of Mademoiselle.

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Editorial content for Robert Ludlum's The Janus Reprisal

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Robert Ludlum's The Janus Reprisal

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Ray Palen

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Ray Palen

Prolific and well-respected author Robert Ludlum passed away in March 2001.  Now, nearly 12 years after his death, he seems to be more popular than ever. Initial thanks for the Ludlum resurgence can be given to movie producer Doug Liman, who envisioned a new Jason Bourne series starring Matt Damon. The success of that trilogy re-opened the entire tome of Ludlum’s work for other authors to re-imagine. Read More

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Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is attending a conference in The Hague on infectious diseases. Without warning, the conference hotel is consumed in a bloodbath. Smith is caught in the crossfire and barely escapes. But the hotel is not the only location under attack in The Hague. In the midst of further chaos, Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar puts in motion a plot to bring down the West once and for all.

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Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is attending a conference in The Hague on infectious diseases. Without warning, the conference hotel is consumed in a bloodbath. Smith is caught in the crossfire and barely escapes. But the hotel is not the only location under attack in The Hague. In the midst of further chaos, Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar puts in motion a plot to bring down the West once and for all.

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With U.S. intelligence agencies wracked by internal power struggles and paralyzed by bureaucracy, the president was forced to establish his own clandestine group--Covert-One. It is activated only as a last resort, when the threat is on a global scale and time is running out.

It begins with a terrorist attack. Covert-One operative Colonel Jon Smith is attending a conference in The Hague on infectious diseases, together with leading scientists and political figures from around the world. Without warning, the conference hotel is consumed in a bloodbath. Smith is caught in the crossfire and barely escapes...but not before discovering a picture of himself and two other targets in the pocket of one of the shooters.

But the hotel is not the only location under attack in The Hague. Bombs are going off at the train station, the airport, and the International Criminal Court, where Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar is being held while he's tried for crimes against humanity. In the resulting chaos, the prisoner escapes.

Dattar nurses a special hatred for the United States and its allies. With his freedom, and access to a mysterious new weapon, Dattar puts in motion a murderous, ambitious plot to exact his revenge and bring down the West once and for all --- unless Covert-One can stop him.