Announcing the top selling titles on our website for 2014! 1. Tattoos on the Heart 2. Star Wars: A New Hope 3. The Goal […]
Remembering Nelson Mandela
December 8th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
South African president and apartheid leader Nelson Mandela passed away one year ago on December 5. Commemorate his memory by listening to stories of his remarkable life. Mandela: An Audio History Radio Diaries; hosted by Desmond Tutu; commentary by Nelson Mandela; foreword by Joe Richman The award-winning radio series documenting the struggle against apartheid through intimate first-person accounts of Nelson […]
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Featured Audio Giveaway – December 2014 – Uncle Janice
December 1st, 2014 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
Uncle Janice Matt Burgess; read by Rachel Fulginiti On any given day, Janice Itwaru might be found trolling the streets of Queens for drugs. Janice is an “uncle”-an undercover narcotics officer-trying to meet the impossibly high quota of drug busts needed to make detective, or be sent back down to uniformed patrol. So Janice is […]
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Favorite of Favorites
November 24th, 2014 · No Comments · Publishing News
LibraryReads just announced their inaugural “Favorite of Favorites” List revealing the top ten titles that public library staff across the country most enjoyed recommending in 2014. The title that got the most votes was The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin!
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A Riot on Loving Day
November 20th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
In 2007, novelist Mat Johnson was named the first USA James Baldwin Fellow by the United States Artists Foundation. In 2011, he was awarded the Dos Passos Prize for Literature given annually to the best under-recognized American writer. His last novel PYM won the 2011 Salon Book Award and was selected a Best Book of […]
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Whatever happened to James Madison?
November 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Joseph Ellis challenged our notions of George Washington in His Excellency. David McCullough restored John Adams’ legacy in his epic biography John Adams. Joseph Ellis also again redefined a Founder’s life with his Thomas Jefferson bio American Sphinx. Walter Isaacson reminded us all of Benjamin Franklin’s greatness in Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. All of […]
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Featured Audio Giveaway – November 2014 – NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories
November 3rd, 2014 · No Comments · Featured Audio Giveaways
NPR Driveway Moments Love Stories: Radio Stories that Won’t Let You Go NPR; hosted by Kelly McEvers NPR presents tales about the love we share: unforgettable stories of unlikely matches, love lost and found, the ties that bind families together, and of course romance. If you listen to NPR, you’ve had at least one “driveway […]
Bridget Jones meets Fight Club
October 30th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
Sarai Walker received her M.F.A. in creative writing from Bennington College. As a magazine writer, her articles appeared in national publications, including Seventeen and Mademoiselle. She subsequently served as an editor and writer for Our Bodies, Ourselves, before moving to London and Paris to complete a Ph.D. She currently lives in the New York City […]
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The preeminent historian of the Civil War era
October 22nd, 2014 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ruth DeFries is a Columbia University professor and MacArthur Fellow who explains an interesting detail of evolution. Have you ever wondered how a species that was essentially a hunter-gatherer tribe came to completely dominate the entire planet? Do you know that we produce enough food to feed every single human being a diet of 3,000 […]
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The debut of a major literary voice
October 13th, 2014 · No Comments · Acquisition News
We’re excited to announce that HighBridge will publish the audio edition of Jacob Rubin’s debut novel “The Poser“! A hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true self All his life, Giovanni Bernini has possessed an uncanny gift: he can imitate anyone he meets. Honed by his mother […]
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