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June 2016

June's roundup of History titles includes COMMANDER IN CHIEF, the sequel to Nigel Hamilton's THE MANTLE OF COMMAND, which recounts the astonishing story of FDR's year-long, defining battle with Churchill, as World War II raged in Africa and Italy; NEVER A DULL MOMENT, David Hepworth's rollicking look at 1971 --- the busiest, most innovative and resonant year of the '70s, defined by the musical arrival of such stars as David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Joni Mitchell; DOUGLAS MacARTHUR: AMERICAN WARRIOR by Pulitzer Prize finalist Arthur Herman, the definitive biography of the visionary general who led American forces through three wars and foresaw his nation’s great geopolitical shift toward the Pacific Rim; and HOW THE POST OFFICE CREATED AMERICA, Winifred Gallagher's examination of the postal service's surprising role in our country's political, social, economic and physical development.

Week of June 5, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of June 5th include BEFORE THE FALL, Noah Hawley's much-talked-about thriller that revolves around the aftermath of a plane crash and the backstories of the passengers and crew members; MILLER'S VALLEY by Anna Quindlen, in which a young woman unearths deep secrets about her family and unexpected truths about herself; THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD, Jade Chang's debut novel about a wealthy Chinese-American family whose spectacular fall from riches to rags brings them together in a way money never could; and IRENA'S CHILDREN by Tilar J. Mazzeo, the extraordinary and gripping account of Irena Sendler --- the “female Oskar Schindler” --- who took staggering risks to save 2,500 children from death and deportation in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.