Happy Monday, friends! We’ve got three new titles to share with you today, all of which shed light on three very different and fascinating empires: BERLIN: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries by Rory MacLean Told through the biographies of 23 Berliners who conceived and created the new capital of Europe over five centuries, […]
Tag: nonfiction
Queens Library Mystery Book Buzz 2014
Today Anne presented all the latest and greatest Mystery titles at the Queens Library “Mystery in the Stacks” Book Buzz. We don’t want anyone to feel left out, so here are the books she talked about: LibraryReads MALICE by Keigo Higashino MURDER AT THE BRIGHTWELL by Ashley Weaver THE LONG WAY HOME by Louise Penny […]
2014 National Book Award nominees
‘Scuse us while we celebrate: we’ve got TEN nominees on the 2014 National Book Awards longlist! Longlist for Fiction WOLF IN WHITE VAN by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) LILA by Marilynne Robinson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Longlist for Nonfiction CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT by Roz Chast (Bloomsbury) NO GOOD MEN […]
Stars for POLITICAL ORDER AND POLITICAL DECAY
For those of you who like your history and politics on the meaty side, the wait is nearly over for Francis Fukuyama’s POLITICAL ORDER AND POLITICAL DECAY: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy. In this second volume (after THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ORDER), Fukuyama examines how societies and their political institutions have […]
Introducing Flatiron Books!
Today’s dedicated issue of Shelf Awareness gives a warm welcome to Flatiron Books, Macmillan’s new imprint headed up by Bob Miller. Flatiron Books’ first list of seven titles is set for Winter 2015, although they do have one major Fall 2014 title: WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE by Oprah Winfrey. When the imprint gets up […]
Happy Birthday LibraryReads!
Happy Anniversary LibraryReads! Can you believe it’s already been a year? Thanks very much for your support of these great Macmillan LibraryReads picks: September 2013 #1: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell #2: HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN by Louise Penny November 2013 #2: THROUGH THE EVIL DAYS by Julia Spencer-Fleming #8: THE RAVEN’S EYE by Barry […]
Top Titles Kirkus Recommends…
Kirkus Reviews knows which books readers are eager to read and are really worth the time. Topping their list of books that are “not just popular but pretty great to boot” is Euny Hong’s THE BIRTH OF KOREAN COOL: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture! The funny, young Korean-American Journalist Hong […]
Belated #BookBday (7/23/14 Edition)
We’re a day late to wish these two titles a Happy #BookBday, but it’s only to keep the celebration going! MAEVE BINCHY: The Biography by Piers Dudgeon Drawing on extensive research and humorous personal anecdotes, this first biography of the prolific, much-loved Irish writer chronicles the stories, anecdotes, humor, and sheer indomitable character of Binchy. […]
Spotlight: ON IMMUNITY
If you love fascinating non-fiction, have we got a timely story for you: ON IMMUNITY, National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Eula Biss’s investigation about why we fear vaccines. As a new mother, Biss grew fearful of the government and medicine, ultimately realizing that she cannot immunize her child, or herself, from the world. In order to […]
Buzz for A STING IN THE TALE
Spring is upon us, which means that everything is blooming (our sympathies to all you allergy sufferers), and where there are blooms, there are bees.
We've got a “buzz”-worthy must-read memoir for you: A STING IN THE TALE: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson.
One of the U.K.’s most respected conservationists and the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Goulson combines light-hearted tales of a child’s growing passion for nature with a deep insight into the crucial importance of the bumblebee.
It was a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize and named a Barnes & Noble Discover Selection, and received rave reviews from NPR, the Seattle Times, the New York Post, and Shelf Awareness:
“A STING IN THE TALE melts memoir and conservation issues into a sweet pot, moving from subject to subject very much in the manner of a foraging bee seeking flowers… Warm and delightful: I frequently found myself wanting to put it down to go bird and bee-watching, to find for myself the species he discusses.” — Amal El-Mohtar, NPR.org
“[A STING IN THE TALE] is both a whodunit as well as a revealing study of a bug on whom we depend a great deal.” — The Seattle Times
“...Goulson transforms what could be dry material with a stinging wit.” — New York Post
“A charming and highly informative narrative about the anything-but-humble bumblebee.” — Shelf Awareness
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