Friday, January 28, 2011

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America by Philip Dray


Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President by Edward McClelland


Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People and Politics by Monica Crowley


The Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Tournament of Books

The lineup for the seventh annual Tournament of Books has been released.  The March Madness-style competition officially begins March 7, 2011.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization by Gordon Brown

Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans by Wendell Potter

The Boy: A Holocaust Story by Dan Porat

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder

Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends On It by Zachary Karabell

Friday, January 14, 2011

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H.W. Brands 

The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era by Michael Mandelbaum

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S. C. Gwynne

Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

Leadership and Crisis by Bobby Jindal

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Winter Books Calendar

USA Today's interactive 2011 Winter Books Calendar is up!  The calendar allows you to search by title, author, month of release, or you can simply browse through the titles.  Highlights include new titles from Jodi Picoult (Sing You Home), Joyce Carol Oates (A Widow's Story: A Memoir), Belva Plain (Heartwood, her final book and sequel to Evergreen), Alexander McCall Smith (The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party), and Jean Auel (The Land of Painted Caves, the long-awaited finale to the Earth's Children series).

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Costa Book Awards

The Costa Book Awards, one of the most prestigious literary prizes honoring UK and Irish writing, were recently announced.

Fiction Award:

The Hand That First Held Mine by Maggie O'Farrell 


Biography Award:

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss by Edmund De Waal

For a list of previous Costa winners click here.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Indie Next

Check out the recommendations from independent booksellers in the January Indie Next list.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Best of the Month

Amazon's editors select their picks for the best books of January.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Book TV

Here are some of the highlights from this weekend's Book TV schedule:

A Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know Him by Michael Takiff












Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power by Robert D. Kaplan


Shock of Gray by Ted C. Fishman

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen by Kwame Anthony Appiah

Monday, January 3, 2011

New York Times Best Sellers

Click here for the latest New York Times best sellers lists.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

February Releases

Place your holds now on these upcoming releases:

Fiction:
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
Fatal Era by J.A. Jance
Deep Black: Death Wave by Stephen Coonts
The Tudor Secret by C.W. Gortner
Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow
The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
Fadeaway Girl by Martha Grimes
Agent X by Noah Boyd
The Secret Soldier by Alex Berenson
Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas
Heartwood by Belva Plain
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
A Heartbeat Away by Michael Palmer
Red Wolf by Liza Marklund
Finding Jack by Gareth Crocker
Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb
Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
Night Vision by Randy Wayne White
Now You See Her by Joy Fielding
When the Killing's Done by T.C. Boyle
Vicious Cycle by Terri Blackstock
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

Nonfiction:
Henry's Demons: Living with Schizophrenia, a Father and Son's Story by Patrick Cockburn & Henry Cockburn
Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes by Paula Szuchman & Jenny Anderson
The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Keep it Off by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates
The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan by Bing West