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Drawing on her grandfather’s intimate correspondence with Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and others, Sinclair takes us on a personal journey through the life of a legendary member of the Parisian art scene. Paul Rosenberg’s story is emblematic of millions of Jews, rich and poor, whose lives were indelibly altered by World War II. Sinclair’s journey to reclaim her family history paints a picture of modern art on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and 1950s that reframes twentieth-century art history.

Since his arrival at "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart has become one of the major players in comedy as well as one of the most significant liberal voices in the media. In ANGRY OPTIMIST, Lisa Rogak follows his unlikely rise to stardom --- from his early days growing up in New Jersey, through his years as a struggling stand-up comic in New York, and on to the short-lived but acclaimed "The Jon Stewart Show," before at last landing a job as host of a half-hour comedy show that at the time was still finding its footing amidst roiling internal drama.

April, 1944. The quiet rural village of Stark, New Hampshire is irrevocably changed by the arrival of 150 German prisoners of war. And one family, unexpectedly divided, must choose between love and country. Inspired by the little-known existence of a real World War II POW camp, THE MAJOR'S DAUGHTER is a stirring tale and a fresh take on the timeless theme of forbidden love.

During the years they spent together, few people outside of Dylan's immediate family were closer than Victor Maymudes, who was Dylan’s tour manager, personal friend, and travelling companion from the 1960s through the late 90’s. ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN recounts landmark events including Dylan's infamous motorcycle crash; meeting the Beatles on their first US tour; his marriage to Sara Lownds, his romances with Suze Rotolo, Joan Baez, and others; fellow travelers Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Wavy Gravy, Dennis Hopper, The Band, The Traveling Wilburys, and more; memorable concerts, and insights on Dylan's songwriting process.

BAND OF GIANTS brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Here, Jack Kelly captures the fraught condition of the war --- the bitterly divided populace, the lack of supplies, the repeated setbacks on the battlefield, and the appalling physical hardships. That these inexperienced warriors could take on and defeat the superpower of the day was one of the most remarkable feats in world history.

For 17 years Julia Kalas renovated historic buildings as a front for her husband's illegal arms business. Then the business made her a widow, and witness protection shipped her off to the middle of nowhere, Texas. Julia's got a watchdog now: police chief Teresa Hallstedt, who keeps an eye on Julia at a local bar. But before Julia can settle down, they find a body on the bar's roof. The evidence points to Hector, the bar's owner, but Julia's street smarts tell her he isn't a killer. She reconnects with the outlaw underground to prove it, and learns that she's not nearly as tough --- or as right --- as she thinks she is.

Sandinista Police Captain Ajax Montoya was once a hero of the Nicaraguan revolutionaries in their long uprising against the Ogre and his hated National Guard. But then Ajax took the fall for an assassination he had no part of, and tumbled into a bottle, and maybe out of his mind. Now he's a homicide investigator sweating through the nightmares from his guerilla days. When he's called to investigate a murder, Ajax recognizes the marks of a surprising enemy --- the CIA mercenary army known as The Contra. This isn't just a random murder; this is an execution, a call to war. Or is it? As the bodies pile up, Ajax questions whether he can stay sober, sane, and alive long enough to figure it all out.

When his father is diagnosed with cancer, the author is struck by the blunt force of it all. FATHER AND SON weaves in history and personal narrative to attempt to do justice to a relationship that the author finds difficult to reflect upon --- but one that he can’t escape. In the end, the reader is left with an account that is neither homage nor reckoning, but instead an indelible dual portrait of a father and his son.

Not a traditional history of World War I --- not simply the army’s history of battles won and lost --- TOMMY'S WAR is first and foremost the soldier’s story. Renowned WWI historian Richard van Emden reveals the life of the everyday soldier, using personal photos, diaries, letters home, and observations of the ordinary man and the minutiae of life in the trenches. Including over 250 personal and unpublished photographs, combined with extracts from personal diaries and letters written by soldiers and civilians in Britain through each year of the war until Armistice Day in 1918, TOMMY'S WAR is a stunning portrayal of humanity, at its best and at its worst.