About Dead Beautiful Dead Beautiful is a contemporary retelling of the classic Greek myth of Persephone. This was the myth the Greeks used to explain how we came to have the change of seasons. In the traditional version of the myth, Persephone – the daughter of Demeter, Goddess of agriculture and fertility, and Zeus, the […]
Archives for February 17, 2012
Francine du Plessix Gray, author of The Queen’s Lover, on tour April/May 2012
About The Queen’s Lover • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 14, 2012) Few figures have as strong a hold on the public’s imagination as Marie Antoinette. Centuries after her death, she remains a fascinating character, whose life, loves, and death have been the subject of numerous books and films. Francine du […]
Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory, on tour March/April 2012
About The Idea Factory • Hardcover: 432 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (March 15, 2012) A sweeping, atmospheric history of Bell Labs that highlights its unparalleled role as an incubator of innovation and birthplace of the century’s most influential technologies. In the decades between 1920 and 1980, Bell Laboratories in New Jersey was the […]