2019 promises to be HOT HOT HOT with these two drop-in titles! Nikki Haley, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and the 116th Governor of South Carolina, will share her deeply personal story while covering the most significant events of our time in her as yet untitled memoir. Haley’s UNTITLED will be published by […]
Tag: memoir
It’s a Biden Extravaganza
The Bidens are this week’s official power couple. With a presidential run and two memoirs between them, your patrons are ready to learn more about these influential policy-makers. Dr. Jill Biden is a community college professor and served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. During the Obama-Biden administration, she advocated […]
Starred Review Round-Up (4/26/19)
Calling all collection development librarians! These books all received multiple starred reviews! THE RIGHT SORT OF MAN by Allison Montclair “The Right Sort Marriage Bureau’s debut is exactly the right sort to have readers hoping for a second date.”–Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Both leads are complex, well-developed characters, whose penchant for humorous byplay never comes […]
Drop-In Alert: TOUCHED BY THE SUN by Carly Simon
Music lovers! Jackie O lovers! Female friendship lovers! FSG will be publishing Carly Simon’s new memoir, TOUCHED BY THE SUN, this Fall, detailing an ordinary friendship between two extraordinary women. A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha’s Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an […]
Three Stars for MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU
Aleksandar Hemon’s two-book-in-one MY PARENTS: AN INTRODUCTION / THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU has received THREE starred reviews! “Two very different memoirs within the same cover address memory, identity, history, and mortality from different perspectives… An incisive combination of literature that addresses the function of literature and memories that explore the meaning of memory.”–Kirkus […]
Macmillan Library @ BookExpo 2019
We can’t wait to see you in New York City next month during BookExpo (Macmillan booth #1544-1545), and at these fantastic events: Wednesday, May 29 School Library Journal “Day of Dialog” 1:20-1:50 PM Publisher Pitch III starring Emily Day and her favorite YAs! 1:50–2:40 PM YA Panel III with Kim Liggett, THE GRACE YEAR Library […]
Nonfiction Round-Up (4/3/19)
Dive into four memoirs and The View in today’s nonfiction round-up! ALL SHIPS FOLLOW ME: A Family Memoir of War Across Three Continents by Mieke Eerkens “A generational memoir of war and its long-lasting effects on descendants…. The sins of the fathers are visited on their children, indeed. Eerkens’ poignant book sheds new light on […]
NYPL Fiction + Nonfiction Book Buzz
Earlier today we presented our favorite Spring 2019 titles at the New York Public Library… In case you missed us, check out the list below! Nonfiction THE BRITISH ARE COMING: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 | Rick Atkinson | 5/14/19 | 9781627790437 BITCOIN BILLIONAIRES: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption […]
Sneak Peek: April 2019 Indie Next List
The April 2019 Indie Next List includes FIVE Macmillan titles! WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews Three starred reviews! “[A] sharp blade of a novel…. Toews’ eviscerating fictionalization of this incendiary reality focuses not on the violence but, rather, on the keen, subversive intelligence of the Mennonite women, their philosophical casts of mind, clashing personalities, and […]
Most Downloaded E-Galleys on Edelweiss!
If your TBR pile is gettin’ low, check out our list of most downloaded Edelweiss e-galleys! GIDEON THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir Tamsyn Muir’s necromantic science fantasy debut is the most fun you’ll ever have with a skeleton. The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, […]
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