Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel Monday, March 14th: The Brain Lair . . . Home to Woefield by Susan Juby Monday, March 14th: Amusing Reviews Monday, March 14th: Colloquium Tuesday, March 15th: A Bookworm’s World Wednesday, March 16th: Rundpinne Thursday, March 17th: she reads and reads . 31 Bond Street by Ellen Horan Monday, […]
Dave Isay, author of Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps, on tour May 2010
We’re taking this book on a virtual tour to celebrate Mother’s Day. About Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps • Hardcover: 208 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (April 15, 2010) “What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what […]
Henry Kissinger, author of On China, on tour May 2011
About On China • Hardcover: 512 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (May 17, 2011) Drawing on forty years of intimate acquaintance with the country and its leaders, Henry Kissinger reflects on how China’s past relations with the outside world illuminate its twenty-first century trajectory. In On China, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time […]
Alison Pick, author of Far to Go, on tour April/May 2011
About Far to Go • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 19, 2011) When Czechoslovakia relinquishes the Sudetenland to Hitler, the powerful influence of Nazi propaganda sweeps through towns and villages like a sinister vanguard of the Reich’s advancing army. A fiercely patriotic secular Jew, Pavel Bauer is helpless to prevent his world […]
Amy Stolls, author of The Ninth Wife, on tour May 2011
About The Ninth Wife • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (May 10, 2011) Bess Gray is a thirty-five-year-old folklorist and amateur martial artist living in Washington, D.C. Just as she’s about to give up all hope of marriage, she meets Rory, a charming Irish musician, and they fall in love. But Rory is […]
Maureen Stanton, author of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money, on tour June 2011
About Killer Stuff and Tons of Money Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 9, 2011) An antique dealer’s journey from the populist mayhem of flea markets to the rarefied realm of auctions reveals the rich, often outrageous subculture of antiques and collectibles. Whether it’s “Antiques Roadshow” or “American Pickers”, the high-stakes world of […]
Daphne Kalotay, author of Russian Winter, on tour April 2011
About Russian Winter Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (April 5, 2011) “An exceptional debut novel…of secrets, intrigue, and wonderfully described priceless gems.” –USA Today “This novel, about an oppressive Soviet Russia, a mysterious amber pendant, and the lives of ballerinas, composers, and poets, is fantastic.” —The Rumpus When Nina Revskaya puts her remarkable jewelry […]
James B. Stewart, author of Tangled Webs, on tour May/June 2011
About Tangled Webs • Hardcover: 496 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (April 19, 2011) Bestselling author James B. Stewart’s newsbreaking investigation of our era’s most high-profile perjurers, revealing the alarming extent of this national epidemic. Our system of justice rests on a simple proposition: that witnesses will raise their hands and tell the truth. […]
Jennifer Haigh, author of Faith, on tour May/June 2011
About Faith • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper (May 10, 2011) When Sheila McGann sets out to redeem her disgraced brother, a once-beloved Catholic priest in suburban Boston, her quest will force her to confront cataclysmic truths about her fractured Irish-American family, her beliefs, and, ultimately, herself. Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh follows her critically […]
Suzannah Dunn, author of The Confession of Katherine Howard, on tour April 2011
About The Confession of Katherine Howard • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (April 5, 2011) The tragic, moving, and gripping story of the ascendance and fall of Katherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII, and the best friend she nearly dragged down with her When twelve-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the […]