WITH AND WITHOUT HER: A Memoir of Being and Losing a Twin, Dorothy Foltz-Gray
In 1949, author Dorothy Foltz-Gray and her identical twin sister, Deane, were born. In 1981, Deane, then a psychologist, was fatally shot by one of her patients. In the years between, the pair formed an almost supernaturally close bond, one so intimate that at times, their memories fused and their individual identities dimmed. Here, Foltz-Gray, […]
Spotted at McNally Jackson Bookmongers, Princeton, NJ
It’s not too late for the candidates to get some guidance from Quintius Cicero on how to run a successful campaign! You can “Like” Quintius Cicero” on Facebook where he will continue to live-blog during the final Presidential debate. Here is HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION, Edited by Philip Freeman, well-positioned next to a “binder.”
IT’S OK NOT TO SHARE…And Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids, Heather Shumaker
Parenting can be such an overwhelming job that it’s easy to lose track of where you stand on some of the more controversial subjects at the playground (What if my kid likes to rough house—isn’t this ok as long as no one gets hurt? And what if my kid just doesn’t feel like sharing?). In […]
Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to be First in Science, Morton A. Meyers, M.D.
We often think of scientists as dispassionate and detached, nobly laboring without any expectation of reward. But scientific research is much more complicated and messy than this ideal, and scientists can be torn by jealousy, impelled by a need for recognition, and subject to human vulnerability and fallibility. In Prize Fight , Emeritus Chair at […]
Virgins, Caryl Rivers
The hilarious international bestseller, back in digital form. To read VIRGINS is to remember the days when a kiss was two tightly closed mouths colliding and there were definite rules as to where a roving hand could rove… and no, if you are too young to remember those days, Caryl Rivers is not making it […]
LIES BENEATH, Anne Greenwood Brown
Anne Greenwood Brown grew up sailing the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, leaning over the rail and wondering, with a lake that big, that ancient, what amazing thing might flash by. What happens when a family of murderous mermaids seeks revenge? Now she knows. Lies Beneath is her first novel.
Ellen E. Schultz’s RETIREMENT HEIST Wins Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism
We were thrilled when we heard that Ellen E. Schultz’s brilliant expose, RETIREMENT HEIST: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers, was nominated for the prestigious Helen Bernstein Award for Excellence in Journalism. But when the New York Public Library head, Anthony Marx, announced that Ms. Schultz’ book had been […]
A SPIRITUAL RENEGADE’S GUIDE TO THE GOOD LIFE, Lama Marut
“A Spiritual Renegade’s Guide to the Good Life is so good I wish I had written it myself! You should try to overcome your fear of bliss and start living the way Lama Marut suggests. I recommend this delightful book that should accompany your day to day from now on.” —Robert A. F. “Tenzin” Thurman, […]
Remembering Kathi Kamen-Goldmark
I first encountered Kathi Kamen-Goldmark seven years ago when our mutual dear friend and my client, Leslie Levine, asked me to join her, Kathi and Sam Barry to lead what has come to be known as the reading and writing week at Rancho La Puerta, a health spa of some renown in Tecate, Mexico. With […]
THE LAST POLICEMAN Starred Review in Kirkus!
We’re so excited to see that Kirkus has given a much-coveted starred review to THE LAST POLICEMAN, the first in a planned fiction trilogy by Ben H. Winters from the brilliant and innovative publisher, Quirk Books (distributed by Random House). We know this is just the first of many good reviews for this incredibly talented […]