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May 2014

May’s roundup of History titles includes THE LION'S GATE by Steven Pressfield, which tells the story of the Six Day War in the voices of the young men and women who battled not only for their lives, but also for the survival of a Jewish state and for the dreams of their ancestors; JAMES MADISION: A Life Reconsidered, Lynne Cheney's new biography of James Madison that explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world; SUPREME CITY, Donald L. Miller’s account of Manhattan’s growth and transformation in the 1920s and the brilliant people behind it; THE PHANTOM OF FIFTH AVENUE by Meryl Gordon, which, as the subtitle states, details "the mysterious life and scandalous death of heiress Huguette Clark,” a vivacious, young socialite who became a recluse; and an illustrated edition of Stephen E. Ambrose's D-DAY: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II, featuring an extraordinary collection of over 125 photos.

Week of April 13, 2015

Releases for the week of April 13th include SHOPAHOLIC TO THE STARS, which marks the return of Sophie Kinsella's beloved Shopaholic series, with Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) newly arrived in Hollywood and starry-eyed; EUPHORIA, Lily King’s nationally bestselling breakout novel of three young, gifted anthropologists of the ‘30’s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers and, ultimately, their lives; and TIBETAN PEACH PIE, Tom Robbins' long-awaited memoir in which he stitches together stories of his unconventional life --- from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures.

April 2015

April’s roundup of History titles includes CAPITAL DAMES by Cokie Roberts, a riveting exploration of the ways in which the Civil War transformed not only the lives of women in Washington, D.C., but also the city itself; James Bradley’s THE CHINA MIRAGE, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent; KL by Nikolaus Wachsmann, an unprecedented, integrated account of the Nazi concentration camps from their inception in 1933 through their demise, 70 years ago, in the spring of 1945; and WENT THE DAY WELL?, David Crane’s astonishing hour-by-hour chronicle that starts the day before Waterloo, the battle that reset the course of world history, and continues to its aftermath.