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How to Make White People Laugh by Negin Farsad Negin Farsad will speak and sign at BookPeople Tuesday, June 21 at 7PM. From the acclaimed writer, director, and star of the hit documentary The Muslims Are Coming! comes a memoir in essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy … Continue reading New Books! 5/24/16
Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett (speaking & signing at BookPeople 5/13 at 7PM) "This touching chronicle of love and pain traces half a century in a family of five, from the parents' engagement in 1963 through a father's and son's psychological torments and a final crisis....Each chapter is told by one of the family's … Continue reading New Books! Week of 5/3/16
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker (speaking & signing this Sunday at 3PM!) To most Americans, Frank Hamer is known only as the “villain” of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Now, in Texas Ranger, historian John Boessenecker sets out to restore Hamer’s good … Continue reading New Books! 4/26/15
Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much by Faith Salie From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!” a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval, whether it’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism in the hopes … Continue reading New Books! 4/19/16
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson “Despite knowing how the doomed Lusitania's story ultimately ends, the tense build up to the big event is fantastic. The alternating story lines and points of view - the passengers & crew, the German U-boat captain, President Woodrow Wilson, British code breakers & Admiralty, and major … Continue reading New Books! 3/22/16
A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar "When a coworker passed along an advanced review copy of Lavie Tidhar’s latest genre bending novel, A Man Lies Dreaming, a few months ago, I immediately took it home and devoured it. I then ordered in his previous mixture of scifi and noir, Osama, set in an alternative … Continue reading New Books! 3/15/16
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography by Elaine Showalter Julia Ward (1819-1910) was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an internationally-acclaimed pioneer in the education of the blind. Together the Howes knew many of the key figures of their era, from Charles Dickens to John Brown. … Continue reading New Books! 3/8/16
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary. From Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond comes a ground-level view … Continue reading New Books! 3/1/16
Living Like a Runaway by Lita Ford In this long-awaited memoir, heavy metal's leading female rocker (Rolling Stone) opens up about the 70s and 80s music scene and her trailblazing life as the lead guitarist of pioneering band the Runaways and her platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated solo career. Lita Ford will speak & sign here at BookPeople … Continue reading New Books! 2/23/16
The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer Newly single mom Beth has one constant, gnawing worry: that her dreamy eight-year-old daughter, Carmel, who has a tendency to wander off, will one day go missing. And then one day, it happens: On a Saturday morning thick with fog, Beth takes Carmel to a local … Continue reading New Books! 2/16/16
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