News in July 2015

News in July 2015

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS by David McCullough
31th July, 2015

David McCullough appeared on Monday’s edition of The Daily Show with John Stewart to discuss his bestselling book on the Wright Brothers. The book continues is now in its 10th week at the top of the Hardcover Non-fiction bestseller list. Simon & Schuster published the book on May 5, 2015.

 A FULL LIFE by Jimmy Carter
31th July, 2015

Jimmy Carter’s latest book debuted at number 4 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-fiction bestseller list for the week of July 26th. The former President was also took part in a “Table for Three” discussion in Sunday’s the New York Times with the author of Jacqueline Woodson. Simon and Schuster published the book on July 7, 2015.

THE YEAR OF THE RUNAWAYS by Sunjeev Sahota
31th July, 2015

Sunjeev Sahota’s debut novel is one of the 13 titles on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize. Picador has already published the book in the UK and Knopf will publish the book in the U.S. on March 1, 2016....

A GIRL AND HER GREENS by April Bloomfield
31th July, 2015

April Bloomfield, winner of the 2014 James Beard Award for Best Chef, having shared her talents in A GIRL AND HER PIG and A GIRL AND HER GREENS will be sharing her recipes and reflections regarding serving fish in A GIRL AND HER FISH. Ecco, the publisher of her first two books, will publish A GIRL AND HER FISH in Spring of 2017....

NOT MY FATHER’S SON by Alan Cumming
31th July, 2015

Alan Cumming’s memoir continues to be popular in paperback and appears on the Summer 2015 Indie Next List "For Reading Groups". Dey Street published the paperback edition May 5, 2015….

THE OTHER SERIOUS by Christy Wampole
31th July, 2015

Chicago Tribune reviewer, Sarah Kollmorgen , writes “Reading "The Other Serious" feels like having a late-night talk with a good, advice-ready friend. Whether or not you agree with Wampole's irony argument, reading "The Other Serious" will compel you to look at your own behaviors, which, in the end, is really the point.” Harper published the book on July 7, 2015….

THE FIFTH HOUSE OF THE HEART by Ben Tripp
31th July, 2015

In addition to a starred review, Publishers Weekly has included THE FIFTH HOUSE OF THE HEART as one of their books of the week for the week of July 27th, Book Riot included it in the New Books Newsletter, and Suspense Magazine reviewed the books saying that “all readers of suspense (whether vamp fan or not) will find this tale to be a great one.” Gallery will publish the book on July 28, 2015....

FOOD WHORE by Jessica Tom
31th July, 2015

Jessica Tom’s debut novel received a positive review in Kirkus Reviews. The reviews says “the book speeds along with enough intrigue and excitement to keep any reader hooked… A fun and compulsively readable look at a woman’s journey into the underbelly of the New York food scene.” William Morrow will publish the book on October 27, 2015…...

BORN ON THE BAYOU by Blaine Lourd
31th July, 2015

In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer and The Liars’ Club by Mary Karr, Blaine Lourd’s Born on the Bayou is a powerful gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. Gallery Books will publish the memoir on 8/18/2015....

THE INVADERS by Karolina Waclawiak
31th July, 2015

Shelf Awareness has reviewed THE INVADERS, calling it “An incisive skewering of a privileged beachside community facing an "invasion" of lower-class outsiders.” Regan Arts published the book on July 7, 2015....

NEUROLOGIC by Eliezer Sternberg
31th July, 2015

In advance of his book’s publication, neuroscientist Dr. Eliezer Sternberg has begun a column in Psychology Today that will explore similar themes. The first entry, “When Music Becomes Language” discusses the phenomenon that, in some people, the brain processes both music and language in the same way. Pantheon will publish the book on January 12, 2016....

CROOKED by Austin Grossman
31th July, 2015

The real cold war was the living against the dead. Austin Grossman, author of SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE and YOU, reimagines the ultimate American antihero in CROOKED. You don’t know jack about Dick. Mulholland Books published in hardcover July 28, 2015…..