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Whoah. Hold onto your bookbags. We have a lot coming out this week, and our staff is buzzing about it! FICTION The Bees by Laline Paull A L E X: “A few chapters into The Bees I realized what a feat of writing I was witnessing. I was already immersed in hive culture and shown … Continue reading New Releases 5/6/2014
HARDCOVER FICTION Monday, Monday by Elizabeth Crook The Statesman Selects Pick of the Month! Join us for the launch event tonight at 7p! On an oppressively hot Monday in August of 1966, a student and former marine named Charles Whitman hauled a footlocker of guns to the top of the University of Texas tower and began … Continue reading New Releases – 4/29/14
HARDCOVER FICTION Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken In store TONIGHT at 7PM! Event Info. Julie's new release pick of the day! “McCracken explores the unexpected avenues of loss in this absorbing new collection. What I love about McCracken is knowing that the characters I meet on her pages will never be typical. I come again … Continue reading New Releases – 4/22/2014
HARDCOVER FICTION The Steady Running of the Hour: A Novel by Justin Go "Go's debut novel is a dynamic illustration of what people will do for love. Through Tristan's European quest for the the truth behind his ancestor's love story, we get a tale of love found and lost and found again that is compelling. … Continue reading New Releases – 4/15/14
We were a little busy on Tuesday hosting former President Jimmy Carter, so, a couple of days late, here are a few of our greatest hits from the new release pile this week. Enjoy! HARDCOVER FICTION Astonish Me: A Novel by Maggie Shipstead From the author of the widely acclaimed debut novel Seating Arrangements, winner of … Continue reading New Releases This Week
HARDCOVER FICTION Frog Music by Emma Donoghue From the bestselling author of Room comes a new novel. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heat wave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman named Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. Full of songs … Continue reading New Releases – 4/1/2014
HARDCOVER FICTION Every Day is For the Thief by Teju Cole For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Ondaatje, this is new fiction from Teju Cole, whose critically acclaimed debut, Open City was the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A young Nigerian living in … Continue reading New Releases – 3/25/2014
FICTION Hyde by Daniel Levine A reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from the monster's perspective, Hyde makes a hero of a villain. As a bonus, Stevenson's original novel is included at the back. Decoded by Mai Jia (translated by Olivia Milburn & Christopher Payne) One of China's bestselling novels, an … Continue reading New Releases – 3/18/2014
FICTION HARDCOVER All Our Names by Dinau Mengestu From acclaimed author Dinaw Mengestu, a recipient of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, The New Yorker's 20 Under 40 award, and a 2012 MacArthur Foundation genius grant, comes a love story about a searing affair between an American woman and an African man in … Continue reading New Releases – 3/4/14
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. … Continue reading New Releases – 2/25/14
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