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Summer Golf Reading for 2018

“Golf is a good walk spoiled” is an often-quoted aphorism attributed to Mark Twain. Author John Feinstein titled one of his early books on the game of golf A GOOD WALK SPOILED. In the 20 years since that book first appeared, the game has changed substantially. The 1990s were something of a golfing boom. Across America and the world, golf courses were constructed at a rapid rate. People flocked to the game, and its popularity was aided by the arrival of a television network then known as The Golf Channel that was 100% devoted to golf. Arnold Palmer, the man associated with the rising popularity of golf in the 1960s and ’70s, was one of the founders of the network. Its creation coincided with the career of Tiger Woods, whose exploits threatened to surpass those of countless golf legends, from Palmer to Jack Nicklaus and even the great Bobby Jones. (More on that later.)

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Week of April 1, 2019

Paperback releases for the week of April 1st include THE FORBIDDEN DOOR, Dean Koontz's fourth adventure featuring rogue FBI agent Jane Hawk, who may be all that stands between a free nation and its enslavement by a powerful secret society’s terrifying mind-control technology; KUDOS, the conclusion to Rachel Cusk's trilogy that began with OUTLINE and continued in TRANSIT, an exploration of the nature of family and art, justice and love, and the ultimate value of suffering; THE FAVORITE SISTER by Jessica Knoll, a blisteringly paced thriller starring two sisters who join the cast of a reality TV series --- and one of them won't make it out alive; LOOK ALIVE OUT THERE, a brand-new collection of essays filled with Sloane Crosley's trademark hilarity, wit and charm; and THE RACE TO SAVE THE ROMANOVS, an international bestseller investigating the murder of the Russian Imperial Family, in which Helen Rappaport embarks on a quest to uncover the various plots and plans to save them, why they failed and who was responsible.

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