Here are LOTS of reading recommendations courtesy of Talia’s “Three’s Company” Book Buzz at ALA Midwinter 2017: ECHOES IN DEATH by J.D. Robb | 9781250123114 | Out: Feb. 7 COME SUNDOWN by Nora Roberts | 9781250123077 | Out: June 6 (LR: 4/20) EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES by Daniel Wallace | 9781250118455 | Out: May 30 (LR: 3/20) […]
Tag: Paul Auster
Sneak Peek: February 2017 Indie Next List
The February 2017 Indie Next list includes six Macmillan titles! LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK by Kathleen Rooney Two starred reviews! “Inspired by Margaret Fishback, poet and Macy’s ad-writing phenom of the 1930s, Rooney imagines an extraordinary walk through the streets of New York City on the last night of 1984, one that triggers a […]
Stars for 4 3 2 1
4 3 2 1 is Paul Auster’s first novel in seven years and it is huge—literally ! This bildungsroman follows Archibald Isaac Ferguson, born March 3, 1947 in Newark, NJ as his life splits into four different simultaneous parallel lives. 4 3 2 1 is one of Kirkus Reviews‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2017 and […]
Kirkus’s Most Anticipated Books of 2017 Thus Far
Kirkus Reviews shared their Most Anticipated Books of 2017 Thus Far, including these two Macmillan titles: TEARS WE CANNOT STOP by Michael Eric Dyson “The provocateur-scholar returns to the pulpit to deliver a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation. The readership Dyson addresses may not fully be convinced, but […]
2016 Adult Tri-State Book Buzz Titles
During today’s Tri-State Book Buzz, Anne presented #allthebooks and was serenaded by Rakesh Satyal, author of the forthcoming NO ONE CAN PRONOUNCE MY NAME. What a great (and funny) talk from @rakeshsatyal . Thanks to @MacmillanLib #TheMusicMan #aaplibrarianbookbuzz — Natalieknowhow (@natalieknowhow) October 19, 2016 Don’t be a #bookbuzzleftbehind! Download Anne’s presentation and use it at your library’s next […]
Holt Celebrates 150 Years!
Holy smokes, Henry Holt & Company is 150 this year! (We see your awesome tweets via #Holt150!) Founded in 1866 by Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt, the imprint focused exclusively on publishing translations and textbooks. A fruitful relationship with Robert Frost began in 1915 with the publication of NORTH OF BOSTON, and his books became […]
Maximum Shelf Awareness: Picador Turns 20!
Today’s issue of Maximum Shelf Awareness is all about Picador! Learn about the imprint’s rich 20-year history and its stellar list of authors, including Paul Auster, Jeff Chang, Michael Cunningham, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Franzen, Atul Gawande, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ann Leary, Hilary Mantel, Marilynne Robinson, Robin Sloan, Olen Steinhauer, Hector Tobar and Adelle Waldman, among others. […]
Sneak Peek: The December 2013 Indie Next list
The December Indie Next list was recently announced and we're thrilled that it includes so many wonderful Macmillan titles!
THROUGH THE EVIL DAYS by Julia Spencer-Fleming
The eighth book in the Clare Fergusson and Russ van Alstyne series is also #2 on the November LibraryReads list and is celebrating a very special #BookBday today!
JEEVES AND THE WEDDING BELLS by Sebastian Faulks
Bertie and Jeeves are back and in fine fettle, courtesy of Sebastian Faulks's homage to P.G. Wodehouse. Faulksie's done him proud: four outstanding starred pre-pub reviews. Well done, old chap!
THE HOUSEMAID'S DAUGHTER by Barbara Mutch
The great praise keeps coming in for this debut novel: "Rich in detail and subtle in its politics, this affecting novel tells a poignant, inspiring story." –Booklist, starred review
REPORT FROM THE INTERIOR by Paul Auster
In the bestselling author's most intimate autobiographical work to date, Auster describes his journey into adulthood through the postwar 1950s into the turbulent 1960s.
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Kirkus Reviews’ Best Nonfiction of 2012!
Huzzah! Kirkus Reviews continues their year-end celebration by inviting all of their top nonfiction picks to the party! 18 of their top 100 nonfiction selections were published or distributed by Macmillan this year:
WINTER JOURNAL By Paul Auster
VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL: And Other Adventures in the World's Most Polluted Places By Andrew Blackwell
AFTERMATH: On Marriage and Separation By Rachel Cusk
CITY: A Guidebook for the Urban Age By P.D. Smith
THE TENDER HOUR OF TWILIGHT: Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s: A Memoir of Publishing's Golden Age By Richard Seaver
WHAT MONEY CAN'T BUY: The Moral Limits of Markets By Michael J. Sandel
POWER, INC.: the Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning that Lies Ahead By David Rothkopf
HAITI: The Aftershocks of History By Laurent Dubois
FREEDOM'S CAP: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War By Guy Gugliotta
LIVING, THINKING, LOOKING: Essays By Siri Hustvedt
LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER By Ross King
THE PATAGONIAN HARE: A Memoir By Claude Lanzmann
SAVAGE CONTINENT: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II By Keith Lowe
DESERT AMERICA: Boom and Bust in the New "New West" By Rubén Martínez
SUBVERSIVES: The FBI's War on Student Radicals, and Reagan's Rise to Power By Seth Rosenfeld
RED PLENTY By Francis Spufford
THE BIG SCREEN: The Story of the Movies By David Thomson
RISE TO GREATNESS: Abraham Lincoln and America's Most Perilous Year By David Von Drehle
See the the full Best Nonfiction of 2012 list from Kirkus Reviews. Also take a look at all of the great Macmillan titles in their Best of Fiction 2012! [...]
It’s Video Friday!
Happy Friday, librarians! We have two videos for you to cue up and enjoy over your lunch break today.
The first video is an episode of "Book Lust with Nancy Pearl" featuring Nancy in conversation with memoirist Paul Auster in which they talk about his latest, WINTER JOURNAL!
The second video is Shelf Awareness' Book Trailer of the Day for WE KILLED: The Rise of Women in American Comedy: A Very Oral History by Yael Kohen.
Be warned: The video itself is less that 2 minutes long, but time might get away from you as you spend the next few hours looking up clips from all your favorite comediennes...
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