FICTION
The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan
“I just finished The Spinning Heart and I thought it was excellent. It does what all great fiction does – tell a specific story to explore what’s universal. Each character has a distinct voice and what I found most interesting is how each perceives themselves and one another. These perceptions reverberate to create a whole picture of this Irish village at a very particular moment. So good.” – Counselo
Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore
“Lorrie Moore, you make my heart sing. And wonder about itself. Here is another collection of Moore’s strange stories of the heart, told with humor and pathos, original characters, and that particular tension Moore seems to ratchet up with each new publication that asks, Will it really all, in the end, be okay? Fans will not be disappointed.” – Julie
We have signed copies of Bark by Lorrie Moore while supplies last. Pick one up in-store or via bookpeople.com.
Long Man: A Novel by Amy Greene
From the critically acclaimed author of Bloodroot, a gripping, wondrously evocative novel of a family in turmoil, set against the backdrop of real-life historical event–the story of three days in the summer of 1936, as a government-built dam is about to flood an Appalachian town, and a little girl goes missing.
Kinder Than Solitude by Yiyun Li
Raiders of the Nile by Steven Saylor
The latest in his much-loved series of mysteries set in the late Roman Republic. Gordianus finds himself in the midst of a very bold and dangerous plot–the raiding and pillaging of the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great himself.
Steven Saylor will be at the store on Monday, Mar 30 at 7PM speaking & signing copies of Raiders of the Nile. Click here for more info & to pre-order your signed copy.
The Wives of Los Alamos by Tarashea Nesbit
Their average age was twenty-five and arrived in New Mexico ready for adventure, or at least resigned to it. But hope quickly turned to hardship as they were forced to adapt to a rugged military town where everything was a secret, including what their husbands were doing at the lab. Though they were strangers, they joined together—adapting to a landscape as fierce as it was absorbing, full of the banalities of everyday life and the drama of scientific discovery.
NONFICTION
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata & My Crazy Mother, & Still Came Out Smiling (With Great Hair) by Rosie Perez
Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez’s never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found success–both in and out of the Hollywood limelight.
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, & Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku
The New York Times best-selling author of Physics of the Impossible, Physics of the Future and Hyperspace tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain. An authoritative and compelling look at the astonishing research being done in top laboratories around the world—all based on the latest advancements in neuroscience and physics.
Little Demon in the City of Light: A Tale of Murder & Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris by Steven Levingston
The thrilling–and so wonderfully French–story of a gruesome 1889 murder of a lascivious court official by a ruthless con man and his pliant mistress, an international manhunt, a sensational trial, and an inquiry into the limits of hypnotic power.
MFA VS. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction by Chard Harbach
In a widely read essay entitled “MFA vs NYC,” bestselling novelist, Chad Harbach (The Art of Fielding) argued that the American literary scene has split into two cultures: New York publishing versus university MFA programs. This book brings together established writers, MFA professors and students, and New York editors, publicists, and agents to talk about these overlapping worlds, and the ways writers make (or fail to make) a living within them.
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