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THE JOY OF LIVING, by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (Three Rivers) is #12 on the New York Times Bestseller List this week!

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS, by Sara Gruen (Algonquin) is #2 on the New York Times Bestseller List! This week marks the title's 40th on the list overall!


2008 RELEASES



Tethered
by Amy MacKinnon

Shaye Areheart Books, Fall 2008




The River Wife
by Jonis Agee

Random House, paperback release, May 2008

"Lush historical detail, a plot brimming with danger, love and betrayal, and a magnificent cast . . . will keep readers entranced." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

"This mesmerizing saga teeming with memorable characters, sharp depictions of frontier life, and lucid, beautifully wrought prose will haunt readers long afterward." -- Booklist




The Blood of Flowers
by Anita Amirrezvani

Back Bay Books, paperback release, Spring 2008

A #1 Booksense Pick for June!

"A winning debut." -- Publisher's Weekly



Scottsboro
by Ellen Feldman

W. W. Norton, April 2008

"Scottsboro is inspired and inspiring, and a welcome addition to the literature about the South... Ruby is a gem of a character, and belongs with the best of William Faulkner's, or Alice Walker's, women... a riveting drama... with good and evil locking horns." -- San Francisco Chronicle

"[Scottsboro] succeeds overwhelmingly as a work of imagination... distilled with great subtlety and wit, into a story worth retelling and remembering." -- Boston Globe

"With a sure sense of storytelling, a deft hand at characterization and a stylish and sensitive use of language, Feldman ... brings an American disgrace to life with eloquence, intelligence and passion." -- Richmond Times Dispatch

"A keen sense of drama... What emerges is a raw sense of alienation and collision." -- Publishers Weekly



The Heirloom Tomato
by Amy Goldman

Bloomsbury, August 2008




Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
by Maggie Jackson

Prometheus, June 2008

"This is an important book. I found it to be a harrowing documentation of our modern world's descent into fragmentation, self alienation, and emptiness -- brought on, to a large extent, by communication technologies that distract us, dislocate us, and destroy our inner lives. Others have commented on these issues, but I have never seen them gathered together and documented as completely as Maggie Jackson has done." -- Alan Lightman, author of the bestselling Einstein's Dreams





The Killing Room
by Peter May

St. Martin's Press, February 2008




Ghostwalk

by Rebecca Stott

Spiegel & Grau, paperback release, June 2008

"Mesmerizing." -- Booklist (starred reveiw)

"Truly haunting." -- New York Daily News

"Wonderfully written." -- USA TODAY

"Ambitious." -- The New Yorker

"Most impressive." -- The Observer (London)

"Eerily compelling." -- Time Out (London)

"Spellbinding." -- Kirkus (starred reveiw)

"Stunning." -- Publishers Weekly (starred reveiw)




Undiscovered
by Debra Winger

Simon & Schuster, June 2008





RECENTLY PUBLISHED



Skeleton Man
by Jim Kelly

St Martin's Press, January 2008




Nine Designs for Inner Peace
by Sarah Tomlinson

Inner Traditions, December 2007




The Critic: The Second of the Enzo Files
by Peter May

Poisoned Pen, November 2007

"A full-bodied, satisfying read."
-- Publisher's Weekly



Extraordinary People

by Peter May

Poisoned Pen, paperback release, November 2007

Currently in the Mystery Lovers' Bookshop trade paperback top ten!

"May, known for his award-winning thriller series set in China, has written a thoroughly engaging puzzle mystery that may appeal to patrons who enjoy group crime solving a la Christopher Fowler's Peculiar Crimes Unit (Ten Second Staircase) or Caleb Carr's The Alienist."
-- Library Journal



The Joy of Living

by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Harmony Books, March 2007

"There is real wisdom here . . . Read this book." -- Richard Gere.

"Marvelous . . . I heartily recommend this to anyone interested in the healing arts, conciousness studies, and genuine contemplative practice today." -- Lam Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within


The Scene Book: A Primer for the Fiction Writer

by Sandra Scofield

Viking, March 2007

"[Scofield writes] with a style as subtle and understated as family loyalty itself." -- New York Times Book Review


Water for Elephants

by Sara Gruen

Algonquin, paperback release, April 2007

Currently at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller List!

"So compelling, so detailed and vivid, that I couldn't bear to be torn away from it for a single minute."
-- Chicago Tribune



Riding Lessons

by Sara Gruen

HarperCollins, paperback release, April 2007

"So exquisitely written it's hard to believe that it's also a debut."
-- Booklist (starred review)


Flying Changes

by Sara Gruen

HarperCollins, paperback release, April 2007

"You will love this novel."
-- Rita Mae Brown


The List

by Tara Ison

Scribner, March 2007

The List is "a tale of intoxicating love that turns toxic... Readers who like their sunniness with a side of bitter will appreciate Ison's portrayal of love's power to bring out the worst in us." --
The Chicago Tribune

Praise for Tara Ison's A Child Out of Alcatraz:

"Ison has a gift . . . the fearsome plight of Olivia, who narrates much of the novel, is never simplified. It's through her radiant consciousness that Ison's novel achieves a natural, basic morality."
-- Publisher's Weekly



His Lovely Wife

by Elizabeth Dewberry

Harcourt, paperback release, March 2007

"In a daring turn of ventriloquism, Elizabeth Dewberry has crafted a strange and brazen meditation on life and romance." -- Stewart O'Nan


The Fourth Sacrifice

by Peter May

St. Martin's Press, February 2007

"While the mystery is grisly and intriguing, it's the relationship between the two leads that elevates the book above many others in the genre. . . . The author could have gone for the slick, familiar fish-out-of-water story, but by choosing a subtler approach, he rewards us with a far deeper, far more satisfying story." -- Booklist.



The Coldest Blood

by Jim Kelly

St. Martin's Press, January 2007

"The author's craft at wedding plot and character will remind many of British masters of psychological whodunits such as Minette Walters and Ruth Rendell."
-- Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review)


The Thrall's Tale

by Judith Lindbergh

Plume, paperback release, December 2006

"Epic debut... well-researched and emotional evocations of characters in a time of religious and social upheaval are dramatic and entertaining." -- Publishers Weekly


The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank

by Ellen Feldman

W. W. Norton, May 2006

A New York Times Book Review "Editors’ Choice."

"Engaging and morally questioning" -- USA Today

"A brave novel in the strongest sense of the word." -- The Observer (London)

"An appealing and inventive novel . . . original and cathartic." -- New York Times



COMING SOON



Ape House
by Sara Gruen


Spiegel & Grau, 2008




Bridge of Sand
by Janet Burroway

Harcourt, February 2009




Good, Better, Best
by Carol Prisant

Penguin Studio, 2009




Hinduism: A History
by Wendy Doniger

Penguin Press, 2009




Poseidon's Steed
by Helen Scales


Gotham Books, 2009




Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence
by David Levinson

Harcourt, 2009




Facing Freedom
by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche


Harmony Books, 2009




Untitled Rock'n'Roll Memoir
by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Simon & Schuster, 2009




In Search of Gaia
by John and Mary Gribbin

Princeton University Press, 2009




Rounding with Oscar
by Dr. David Dosa, MD MPH

Hyperion, Fall 2009




Come Sunday
by Isla Morley

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009




DE: America in the Atlantic War
by Richard Snow

Simon & Schuster, 2009




The Black Legend
by Lyn Cullen

Putnam, 2009




Dog Boy
by Eva Sallis

Viking, 2009




The Lacemakers of Skibbeen
by Heather Barbieri

HarperCollins, 2009