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The Lair of the Wolven Series, Book 1 By J. R. Ward
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A heart-pounding new series set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, with a scientist ghting to save the timber wolves—and getting caught in a deadly trap herself … J. R. WARD is the author of more than thirty novels, including those in her #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. There are more than fteen million copies of her novels in print worldwide, and they have been published in more than two dozen countries around the world.
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Print run: 250,000 #1 New York Times bestselling author Ward is a winner of the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award for Best Paranormal Romance and is a multiple RITA nominee Ward is the author of more than thirty novels, and there are more than fteen million copies of her books in print worldwide Will appeal to fans of Jeaniene Frost and Christine Feehan Author website: JRWard.com
The Islanders
The Islanders Series, Book 1 By Mary Alice Monroe, with Angela May
From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes a beautiful story of friendship, loss, and the healing power of nature in her rst book for middle-grade listeners. “Monroe offers up believable characters in a well-crafted story.”
—Publishers Weekly on The Book Club Twelve-year-old Jake’s life has just turned upside-down. His father has been wounded in Afghanistan, and his mother is going to leave to care for him. That means Jake’s spending the summer on tiny Dewees Island with his grandmother. The island is a nature sanctuary—no cars or paved roads, no stores or restaurants. To make matters worse, Jake’s grandmother doesn’t believe in cable or the internet. Which means Jake has no cell phone, no video games … and no friends.
He’s barely on land before he meets and befriends two other kids—AJ, another “summer kid” and Lovie, who lives there and shows both Jake and AJ the ropes of life on the island. All three are struggling with their own family issues, and the three quickly bond, going on adventures all over Dewees Island.
But their fun stops after one misadventure on an abandoned boat leads to community service. Their punishment? Mandatory turtle duty as a part of Team Turtle, where they must do a daily dawn beach patrol checking for loggerhead sea turtle tracks and to keep an eye on the nest. And when the nest becomes endangered, the three friends must nd a way to protect it.
Can they save the turtle nest from predators? And can Jake’s growing love for the island and its inhabitants (be they two-legged, four-legged, feathered, or nned) help to heal his father? MARY ALICE MONROE is the author of nearly two dozen novels, several nonction titles, and award-winning children’s books. She has served on the faculty of numerous writer’s conferences and retreats and is a featured speaker at events, both literary and conservation. Her books have achieved several bestseller lists, including the New York Times, SIBA, and USA Today, and are sold worldwide. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Monroe has been awarded the SC Center for the Book Award for Fiction, the International Book Award for Green Fiction, the Career Achievement Award for mainstream ction by RT Book Reviews, and the South Carolina Book Festival Literary Excellence Award Author website: MaryAliceMonroe.com National media campaign National author publicity Local/regional author appearances
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We Can't Keep Meeting Like This
By Rachel Lynn Solomon
A wedding harpist disillusioned with love and a hopeless romantic cater-waiter irt and ght their way through a summer of weddings in this effervescent romantic comedy from the acclaimed author of Today Tonight Tomorrow. “An emotionally resonant and deeply characterized story of love, friendship, and identity in the broadest sense.”
—School Library Journal (starred review) on Our Year of Maybe Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s families have been in business together for years: Quinn’s parents are wedding planners, and Tarek’s own a catering company. At the end of last summer, Quinn confessed her crush on him in the form of a rambling email—and then he left for college without a response.
Quinn has been dreading seeing him again almost as much as she dreads another summer playing the harp for her parents’ weddings. When he shows up at the rst wedding of the summer, looking cuter than ever after a year apart, they clash immediately. Tarek’s always loved the grand gestures in weddings—the ashier, the better—while Quinn can’t see them as anything but fake. Even as they can’t seem to have one civil conversation, Quinn’s thrown together with Tarek wedding after wedding, from performing a daring cake rescue to lling in for a missing bridesmaid and groomsman.
Quinn can’t deny her feelings for him are still there, especially after she learns the truth about his silence, opens up about her own fears, and begins learning the art of harp-making from an enigmatic teacher.
Maybe love isn’t the enemy after all—and maybe allowing herself to fall is the most honest thing Quinn’s ever done. RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON is the author of You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone, Our Year of Maybe, Today Tonight Tomorrow, and We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This. She is a Seattle native who loves rainy days, her tiny dog, tap dancing, old movies, red lipstick, and books with awed, complicated characters.
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To Sir, with Love
By Lauren Layne
Love Is Blind meets You’ve Got Mail in this laugh-out-loud romantic comedy following two thirty-somethings who meet on a blind dating app—only to realize that their online chemistry is nothing compared to their offline rivalry. “Comes to life like a sexy, comedic movie on the page.”
—Tessa Bailey, New York Times bestselling author, on Passion on Park Avenue
—Hypable on Passion on Park Avenue
Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just ve months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon nds out that the store’s prot margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout to turn the store into a parking garage. But Gracie can’t bear the thought of throwing away her father’s dream like she did her own.
Overwhelmed and not wanting to admit to her friends or family that she’s having second thoughts about the shop, Gracie seeks advice and solace from someone she’s never met—the faceless “Sir,” with whom she connected on a blind dating app where matches get to know each other through messages and common interests before exchanging real names or photos.
But although Gracie nds herself slowly falling for Sir online, she has no idea she’s already met him in real life … and they can’t stand each other.
LAUREN LAYNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen romantic comedies. Her books have sold over a million copies in nine languages. Lauren’s work has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Glamour, the Wall Street Journal, and Inside Edition. She is based in New York City. MARKETING
Print run: 50,000 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Will appeal to fans of Meet Cute by Helena Hunting and The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai Passion on Park Avenue was an O, The Oprah Magazine Best RomCom Pick Author website: LaurenLayne.com
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¡Hola Papi!
How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons By John Paul Brammer
From popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer John Paul Brammer comes a hilarious, heartwarming memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race Chicano kid in American’s heartland to becoming the “Picante Carrie Bradshaw” of his generation. “[Brammer] has a remarkable ability for writing in a way that makes it feel like he’s crawling around inside your head, opening up the old wooden chests and trunk that you were never quite smart enough to gure out how to unlock. I loved ¡Hola Papi!. I’m certain you will too.”
—Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author The rst time someone called John Paul (JP) Brammer “Papi” was on the popular gay hookup app Grindr. At rst, it was attering; JP took this as white-guy speak for “hey, handsome.” Who doesn’t want to be called handsome? But then it happened again and again … and again, leaving JP wondering: Who the hell is Papi?
What started as a racialized moniker given to him on a hookup app soon became the inspiration for his now wildly popular advice column “¡Hola Papi!,” launching his career as the Cheryl Strayed for young queer people everywhere—and some straight people too. JP had his doubts at rst—what advice could he really offer while he himself stumbled through his early twenties? Sometimes the best advice to dole outcomes from looking within, which is what JP has done in his column and book —and readers have ocked to him for honest, heartfelt wisdom, and of course a few laughs.
With wit and wisdom in equal measure, ¡Hola Papi! is for anyone—gay, straight, and everything in between—who has ever taken stock of their unique place in the world, offering considered advice, intelligent discourse, and ts of laughter along the way. JOHN PAUL BRAMMER is an author, illustrator, and columnist from rural Oklahoma currently living in Brooklyn. He runs the popular advice column “¡Hola Papi!” on Substack. His work, including essays, short ction, and illustrations, has appeared in the Washington Post, Food & Wine, Catapult, Business Insider, and many more. He runs a print shop where he puts his artwork and designs at HolaPapiShop.com. You can keep up with him on Twitter or Instagram @JPBrammer. MARKETING
Print run: 75,000 ¡Hola Papi! has earned glowing advanced praise from major publications and #1 New York Times bestselling authors alike Author website: JPBrammer.com Regional author tour National print and online media campaign Online inuencer campaign
House of Sticks
A Memoir By Ly Tran
An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl’s journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggle to nd her voice amid clashing cultural expectations “I guarantee that you will never see the nail salon technician in the same way after reading Ly Tran’s memoir.”
—Saïd Sayraezadeh, author of When Skateboards Will Be Free Ly Tran is just a toddler in 1993 when she and her family immigrate from a small town along the Mekong river in Vietnam to a two-bedroom railroad apartment in Queens. Ly’s father, a former lieutenant in the South Vietnamese army, spent nearly a decade as a POW, and their resettlement is made possible through a humanitarian program run by the US government. Soon after they arrive, Ly joins her parents and three older brothers sewing ties and cummerbunds piece-meal on their living room oor to make ends meet.
As they navigate this new landscape, Ly nds herself torn between two worlds. She knows she must honor her parents’ Buddhist faith and contribute to the family livelihood, working long hours at home and eventually as a manicurist alongside her mother at a nail salon in Brownsville, Brooklyn, that her parents take over. But at school, Ly feels the mounting pressure to blend in.
A growing inability to see the blackboard presents new challenges, especially when her father forbids her from getting glasses, calling her diagnosis of poor vision a government conspiracy. His frightening temper and paranoia leave an indelible mark on Ly’s sense of self. Who is she outside of everything her family expects of her?
Told in a spare, evocative voice that, with ashes of humor, weaves together her family’s immigration experience with her own fraught and courageous coming of age, House of Sticks is a timely and powerful portrait of one girl’s struggle to reckon with her heritage and forge her own path. LY TRAN graduated from Columbia University in 2014 with a degree in Creative Writing and Linguistics. She has received fellowships from MacDowell, Art Omi, and Yaddo. MARKETING
Print run: 100,000 House of Sticks is a powerful portrait of one girl’s struggle to reckon with her heritage and forge her own path Author website: LyTran.me National print and online media campaign Pre-publication buzz campaign
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As a Woman
What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy after I Transitioned By Paula Stone Williams
A moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor’s journey from despair to joy as she transitioned from male to female and learned about gender inequity, at home and in the workplace— perfect for fans of Redening Realness and There Is Room for You As a father of three, married to a wonderful woman, and holding several prominent jobs within the Christian community, Dr. Paula Stone Williams made the life-changing decision to physically transition from male to female at the age of sixty. Almost instantly, her power and inuence in the evangelical world disappeared and her family had to grapple with intense feelings of loss and confusion.
Feeling utterly alone and at a loss after being expelled from the evangelical churches she had once spearheaded, Paula struggled to create a new safe space for herself where she could reconcile her faith, her identity, and her desire to be a leader. Much to her surprise, the key to her new career as a woman came with a deeper awareness of the inequities she had overlooked before her transition. Where her opinions were once celebrated and amplied, now she found herself sidelined and ignored. New questions emerged. Why are women’s opinions devalued in favor of men’s? Why does love and intimacy feel so different? And, was it possible to nd a new spirituality in her own image?
In As a Woman, Paula pulls back the curtain on her transition journey and sheds light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community. DR. PAULA STONE WILLIAMS is an internationally known speaker on gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. She is also a pastor and pastoral counselor in Boulder County, Colorado. Paula has been featured in the New York Times, TEDWomen, TEDSummit, TEDxMileHigh, Red Table Talk, the Denver Post, New York Post, New Scientist magazine, Radio New Zealand, and many other media outlets. Her TED talks have had more than ve million views.
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Print run: 60,000 Williams has been featured in many major media outlets, and her TED talks have millions of views online Will appeal to fans of She's My Dad: A Father’s Transition and a Son’s Redemption by Jonathan S. Williams and Tomorrow Will Be Different by Sarah McBride National author publicity National media campaign National author tour Blogger outreach campaign Author video
Revival Season
A Novel By Monica West
The daughter of one of the South’s most famous Baptist preachers discovers a shocking secret about her father that puts her at odds with both her faith and her family in this “tender and wise” (Ann Patchett, author of Commonwealth) debut novel. “Revival Season explores a girl’s faith in both her family and in God. Monica West’s formidable talent is matched by her generosity of spirit, making the most winning combination a reader could wish for.”
—Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author Every summer, fteen-year-old Miriam Horton and her family pack themselves tight in their old minivan and travel through small southern towns for revival season: the time when Miriam’s father—one of the South’s most famous preachers—holds massive healing services for people desperate to be cured of ailments and disease.This summer, the revival season doesn’t go as planned, and after one service in which Reverend Horton’s healing powers are tested like never before, Miriam witnesses a shocking act of violence that shakes her belief in her father —and in her faith.
When the Hortons return home, Miriam’s confusion only grows as she discovers she might have the power to heal—even though her father and the church have always made it clear that such power is denied to women. Over the course of the next year, Miriam must decide between her faith, her family, and her newfound power that might be able to save others, but, if discovered by her father, could destroy Miriam.
Celebrating both feminism and faith, Revival Season is a story of spiritual awakening and disillusionment in a Southern, black, Evangelical community. Monica West’s transporting coming-of-age novel explores complicated family and what it means to live among the community of the faithful.
MONICA WEST was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and currently resides in Oakland, California. She received her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2017 where she was a Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow. She has attended the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference; she was also a 2014 Southern Methodist University Kimbilio Fellow.
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Print run: 50,000 Revival Season has earned strong advanced praise from the author's peers Revival Season is a story of spiritual awakening and disillusionment in a Southern, black, Evangelical community Regional author tour National print and online media campaign
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The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton
By Eleanor Ray “If ever there was a time for a book like The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton to lift us above the everyday doom and gloom, it is now.”
—Joanna Nell, author of The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village Amy Ashton once dreamed of becoming an artist—of creating beautiful objects. Now she simply collects them. Having suffered a terrible tragedy, she’s decided that it’s easier to love things than people. But when a new family moves in next door with two young boys, one of whom has a collection of his own, Amy’s carefully managed life starts to unravel, prompting her to question why she began to close herself off in the rst place.
ELEANOR RAY has an MA in English literature from Edinburgh University and works in marketing. She was inspired to write her debut book by the objects her toddler collects and treasures.
Print run: 100,000 This debut novel has already received a lot of praise from Ray's peers Will appeal to fans of The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan and Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes Author website: EleanorRayBooks.com
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One Great Lie
By Deb Caletti “Masterful…This is one for the ages.”
—Gayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author, on A Heart in a Body in the World When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it’s a dream come true. Writing is her passion, and Venice itself is beautiful, charming, and seductive—but so is Luca Bruni. As his behavior becomes increasingly unnerving, and the events of the summer build to a shattering climax, Charlotte will be forced to confront some dark truths about the history of powerful men —and about the determination of creative girls.
DEB CALETTI is an award-winning author and a National Book Award nalist. Her books are published and translated worldwide. She lives with her family in Seattle.
Deb Caletti is the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award, the PNBA Best
Book Award, the Washington State Book Award, and more
Caletti was a nalist for the National Book Award and the PEN USA Award
Author website: DebCaletti.com
Also available: Girl, Unframed, Essential Maps for the Lost, A Heart in a Body in the World, and more
Space Nomads: Set a Course for Mars
Chasing the Arts, Sciences, and Technology for Human Transformation By Camomile Hixon “The vision she presents in this book is one of courageous optimism: a pure and beautiful hopefulness for humanity.”
—Sheika Fariha Al-Jerrahi, founder of Dia Art Foundation
Open your mind, expand your universe, reach for Mars. Not since the 1969 moon landing has space—or the promise of a utopian future for humanity—felt so close. Dare we reach for it? Celebrating the limitless potential of space and the human spirit, Hixon’s essays invite us to imagine a future when we reach together for freedom and prosperity for all, in a grand quest for world peace, unconditional love, transcendent experiences, and deep knowing. This is a book of unbridled optimism for the future.
CAMOMILE HIXON is a New York City visual artist who believes in a transformational shift to a universal paradigm and communicates this message through paintings, textiles, and music.
Space Nomads discusses humanity's future among the stars as well as on Earth Hixon here draws on the futurism that fueled Star Trek, The Martian, and 2001: A Space Odyssey Hixon's art has been exhibited in Tokyo’s Shibuya Subway Terminal, New York City’s World Trade Center, museums, and more
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Of Princes and Promises
The Rosetta Academy Series, Book 2 By Sandhya Menon
—School Library Journal on Of Curses and Kisses “[A] dreamy, sassy confection of a romance.”
—Shelf Awareness on Of Curses and Kisses
When Caterina nds out Alaric is taking a supermodel to the upcoming gala, she knows she cannot arrive without the perfect date. But the thought of taking another supercial St. R’s boy exhausts her. The solution? Sweet-but-clueless Rahul Chopra and a mysterious pot of hair gel with the power to alter the wearer into whatever his heart desires. When Rahul tries it, he transforms instantly into RC—debonair, handsome, and charming. But transformation comes with a price.
SANDHYA MENON is the New York Times bestselling author of several young adult novels.
Print run: 50,000 New York Times bestselling author In a series with a contemporary spin on fairy tales, this one is a romantic twist on The Frog Prince Of Curses and Kisses was an Amazon Editor's Pick of Best Romances
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Anthro-Vision
A New Way to See in Business and Life By Gillian Tett “Superb.”
—Wall Street Journal on Fool’s Gold
In chaotic times, how can we make sense of the world? Leaders typically look for answers in economic models, algorithms, and business schools. Gillian Tett points to anthropology, the study of human culture. Modern anthropologists are more likely to study Amazon warehouses than remote Amazon tribes. They research companies to shed light on how internet users dene themselves, how advertising groups can best market pizza, why teenagers are addicted to cell phones, or why bank traders miscalculate losses. Tett offers a revolutionary new way to understand the behavior of organizations, individuals, and markets in our ever-evolving world.
GILLIAN TETT oversees global coverage of nancial markets for the Financial Times.
Print run: 75,000 New York Times bestselling author Tett won the Wincott Prize for nancial journalism and was 2008 British Business Journalist of Year Tett's ability to explain complex ideas has been highly praised by Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times
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Bad Moon Rising
A Bad Axe County Novel The Bad Axe County Mysteries, Book 3 By John Galligan
—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sheriff Heidi Kick has a dead body on her hands, a homeless young man last seen alive miles away. Meanwhile, she also nds herself embroiled in a nasty reelection campaign. Then Vietnam veteran Leroy Fanta, editor-in-chief of the local paper, drums up his old journalistic instincts in an effort to help Heidi nd a lead in her case—or at least a good story. With simmering tension that sweats off the page, Bad Moon Rising infuses newsworthy relevance with a page-turning story of crime in America’s heartland, capturing global issues with startling immediacy while entertaining from start to nish.
JOHN GALLIGAN is the author of several novels in the Fly Fishing mystery series and the Bad Axe County mysteries. He teaches writing in Madison, Wisconsin.
Print run: 40,000 First book in this series was a Kirkus Reviews pick of Best Fiction of the Year Will appeal to fans of C. J. Box, Lee Goldberg, J. A. Jance Downloadable assets available Author website: JohnGalligan.com
Changes
An Oral History of Tupac Shakur By Sheldon Pearce
In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the murder of George Floyd. For this revealing account, Sheldon Pearce interviewed dozens who knew Tupac, including people who had never before spoken on the record. Meticulously woven together by Pearce, their voices combine to portray Tupac in all his complexity and contradiction. This biography illustrates not only how he changed during his brief twenty-ve years on this planet but how he forever changed the world.
SHELDON PEARCE is the music writer and editor for the New Yorker. Previously, he was a contributing writer at Pitchfork, and he has worked for NPR Music.
Print run: 75,000 Changes is timed to the ftieth anniversary of Shakur's birth and twentyfth anniversary of his death Pearce has previously contributed to Pitchfork, NPR Music, the Guardian, Rolling Stone, Fader, Spin, Dazed, Complex, Deadspin, and others Book trailer video Adult librarian e-newsletter feature National print and online media campaign
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Upper Bohemia
A Memoir By Hayden Herrera
—New York Times on Listening to Stone
“A comprehensive biography.” —Kirkus Reviews on Listening to Stone
On the surface, Herrera’s childhood was idyllic and surreal. But underneath, the pain of being a parent’s afterthought was acute. Intimate and honest, Upper Bohemia is a celebration of a wild and pleasure-lled way of living—and a poignant reminder of the toll such narcissism takes on the children raised in its grip.
HAYDEN HERRERA is an art historian and the author of biographies of Frida Kahlo, Arshile Gorky, Mary Frank, Isamu Noguchi, and Henri Matisse. Her biography of Gorky was a nalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Print run: 50,000 Herrera’s biography of Arshile Gorky was a nalist for the Pulitzer Prize and her biography of Isamu Noguchi won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize Also available: Listening to Stone, Frida, Arshile Gorky, Joan Snyder, Mary Frank, and several others National print and online media campaign Online inuencer campaign
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Biography & Autobiography / Music (BIO004000) Unabridged • Book #dzns 9 hours • 7 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797119175 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797119182 $39.99 ,
Publishing Background: Scribner Book ISBN: 9781982151782 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/18/21 In the Wee Small Hours By Tony Oppedisano, with Mary Jane Ross
From Sinatra’s closest condant and an eventual member of his management team, Tony Oppedisano, comes an extraordinarily intimate look at the singing idol. For more than two thousand nights, Frank and Tony would converse —about music, family, friends, great loves, achievements and successes, failures and disappointments, the lives they wished they’d led. Featuring startlingly fresh anecdotes and new revelations that center on some of the most famous people of the past fty years, Sinatra and Me pulls back the curtain to reveal a man whom history has, in many ways, gotten wrong.
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 8, 2021
History / Ancient / Greece (HIS002010) Unabridged • Book #ekos 9 hours • 7 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797129228 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797129235 $39.99 ,
Publishing Background: Scribner Book ISBN: 9781501198014 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/18/21
The Sacred Band
Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom By James Romm
In The Sacred Band, Romm presents the story of an elite three-hundred-man corps recruited from pairs of lovers. This account highlights a chaotic era of ancient Greek history, four decades marked by battles, ideological disputes, and the rise of vicious strongmen. At stake was freedom, democracy, and the fate of Thebes, at this time the leading power of the Greek world.
—Publishers Weekly on Ghost on the Throne
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 1, 2021
History / United States / 19th Century (HIS036040) Unabridged • Book #ef05 14 hours • 11 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797125350 $69.99 Retail CD 9781797125367 $49.99 ,
Publishing Background: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster Book ISBN: 9781982104283 Retail per Carton: 36 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/11/21
From the River to the Sea
The Untold Story of the Railroad War That Made the West By John Sedgwick
The railroad companies were governments on wheels: they set the course, chose the route, and built up cities and towns along their tracks. The men behind them fought all across the west to lay claim to the routes that would secure the most protable territory and the richest silver mines. To win them, each side turned hundreds of their train workers into private armies backed by local militia and paid mercenaries. From the River to the Sea is the epic story of the greatest railroad war of all time.
—Evan Thomas, New York Times bestselling author
Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges (BIO020000) Unabridged • Book #efzy 21½ hours • 17 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797124902 $89.99 Retail CD 9781797124919 $75.00 ,
Publishing Background: Simon & Schuster Book ISBN: 9781501188206 Retail per Carton: 28 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/18/21 The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America's Judicial Hero By Peter S. Canellos
They say that history is written by the victors. But not in the case of the most famous dissenter on the Supreme Court. John Marshall Harlan’s dissents, particularly in Plessy v. Ferguson, were widely read and a source of hope for decades. Thurgood Marshall called Harlan’s Plessy dissent his “Bible”—and his legal roadmap to overturning segregation. In the end, Harlan’s words built the foundations for the legal revolutions of the New Deal and Civil Rights eras. Spanning from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement and beyond, The Great Dissenter is an epic rendering of the American legal system’s greatest failures and most inspiring successes.
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 8, 2021
Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce (FIC045010) Unabridged • Book #eh7p 9 hours • 7 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797126272 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797126289 $39.99 ,
Publishing Background: Gallery Books Book ISBN: 9781982159566 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 6/1/21
The Sweetest Days
By John Hough Jr.
Pete and Jackie were high school sweethearts. Everyone expected them to marry immediately but an explosive incident tore them apart before graduation. Now, decades later, they face an uncertain future. Determined to stay positive, the two travel to their Cape hometown for a book signing of Pete’s debut novel. But when a disastrous encounter in the bookstore with an old classmate brings their long relationship to the breaking point, they are forced to examine their marriage and explore their deepest feelings.
—Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 22, 2021
Body, Mind & Spirit / Astrology / General (OCC002000) Unabridged • Book #ek2u 4 hours • 4 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797129259 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797129266 $29.99 ,
Publishing Background: Tiller Press Book ISBN: 9781982165086 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/18/21
Mercury in Retrograde
And Other Ways the Stars Can Teach You to Live Your Truth, Find Your Power, and Hear the Call of the Universe By Rachel Stuart-Haas
In Mercury in Retrograde, practicing astrologer Rachel Stuart-Haas takes us on a fun and energizing exploration of the astrological phenomena that guide our lives. Unpacking eclipses, retrogrades, the major and minor aspects, asteroids, and moon wisdom, Stuart-Haas teaches readers how to go beyond their zodiac sun sign and natal chart (how the stars were aligned at their birth) and start thinking like a real astrologer.
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 8, 2021
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 29, 2021
Fiction / Coming of Age (FIC043000) Unabridged • Book #ejvm 3 hours • 3 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797128832 $39.99 Retail CD 9781797128849 $24.99 ,
Publishing Background: Scribner Book ISBN: 9781982143480 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 6/8/21
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 15, 2021
Business & Economics / Personal Success (BUS107000) Unabridged • Book #eezx 7¾ hours • 6 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797125114 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797125121 $34.99 ,
Publishing Background: Simon & Schuster Book ISBN: 9781982135799 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/25/21
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SIMULTANEOUS RELEASE JUNE 15, 2021
Biography & Autobiography / Sports (BIO016000) Unabridged • Book #dmto 7 hours • 6 CDs ISBN-13: Library CD , 9781797108575 $49.99 Retail CD 9781797108582 $34.99 ,
Publishing Background: Scribner Book ISBN: 9781982127886 Retail per Carton: 80 CDs Retail Ship Date: 5/25/21
A Novel By Victor Jestin
Seventeen-year-old Leo is sitting in an empty playground at night, listening to the sound of partying and pop music ltering in from the beach, when he sees another, more popular boy strangle himself with the ropes of the swings. Then, in a panic, Leo drags him to the beach and buries him. Over the next twenty-four hours, Leo wanders around the campsite like a sleepwalker, haunted by guilt and fear, and distracted by his desire for a girl named Luce. Meanwhile, the teenage summer rituals continue all around him.
—Leila Slimani, #1 internationally bestselling author
Decoding Greatness
How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success By Ron Friedman
For generations, we’ve been taught there are two ways to succeed—either from talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman illuminates a powerful third path—one that has quietly launched icons in a wide range of elds, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering. Friedman teaches you how to harness this vital skill for yourself.
—Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author
Seeing Serena
By Gerald Marzorati Read by Angelo Di Loreto
Seeing Serena illuminates Williams’s singular status as the greatest women’s tennis player of all time and—in a moment when race and gender are the most talked-about topics in America and beyond—a pop icon like no other. Marzorati is on the scene, observing her matches, and talking to her, her coach, her competitors, and former greats who have witnessed her for years.
—New York Times, praise for the author
