It’s easier to say “no”
In preparation for my upcoming week as one of a team of publishing “experts” at Rancho La Puerta, I chatted with an editor colleague about the state of the industry. The editor had just come from a writer’s conference. He told me: “I used to introduce myself as an acquisition editor. But now, I say […]
WE’RE NOT LEAVING: 9/11 Responders Tell Their Stories of Courage, Sacrifice and Renewal, by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D.
A compilation of powerful first-person narratives told from the vantage point of World Trade Center disaster workers–police officers, firefighters, construction workers, and other volunteers–in their own words. These stories, shared by ordinary people who responded in disaster and devastation in extraordinary ways, remind us of America’s strength, and inspire us to recognize and believe in […]
An encounter with an unexpected lover of books
It was a Saturday night and alas, I was doing laundry and continuing to unpack boxes from a recent move. When I discarded some cartons in the recycling room on my complex, I noticed that someone had neatly stacked scores of books–good books–including pristine hardcovers and a tasteful selection of trade paperback fiction. I could […]
THE FINANCIAL AID HANDBOOK, Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik
In today’s competitive global marketplace, a college education is more important than ever before. THE FINANCIAL AID HANDBOOK is the essential guide to getting the education you want and need for a price that you can afford. It provides advice from two college admissions officers with more than 70 years of experience between them, and […]
THE FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE, Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey
Soulful advice for studying, socializing and everything in between from the editors of Busted Halo, this is a values-based guide to navigating that critical first year of college.
THE THIRD SCREEN, by Chuck Martin
How the smartphone and tablet are changing the way we market, creating “untethered” customers who exchange information with forward-thinking companies within the cloud. (Nicholas Brealey Publishing)
THE BIG NEW YORK SANDWICH BOOK, Sara Reistad-Long and Jean Tang
99 Delicious Creations from the City’s Greatest Restaurants and Chefs, featuring Mario Batali, Gramercy Tavern, Alexandra Guarnascelli, Eleven Madison Park, Carmine’s Anne Burrell, Daniel Boulud, Fatty Crab, and much more! Who knew sandwiches could be so varied and so amazing?
David Monagan’s IRELAND UNHINGED pubs today in time for St. Patrick’s Day
Fittingly, today marks the official publication for expat journalist David Monagan’s whose IRELAND UNHINGED: Encounters with a Wildly Changing Country releases from Council Oaks Books. A rollicking and penetrating look at how the boom-and-bust of the last decade has impacted the very heart and soul of modern Ireland, this is a must-read for anyone with Irish […]
IRELAND UNHINGED: Encounters with a Wildly Changing Country, David Monagan
The boom to bust story of Ireland by the author of Jaywalking with the Irish. Monagan, an expat who relocated his family to Ireland, goes in search of the soul of modern Ireland in the aftermath of a decade of explosive growth followed by a precipitous economic decline. Frank McCourt called Monagan, who is in turn […]
MOTHER ME: An Adopted Woman’s Journey to Motherhood, Zara H. Phillips
A passionate advocate for the rights of adoptees, singer/songwriter Zara Phillips draws on her own experience as an adoptee, her search for her birth mother, and the healing she found when she became a mother in her own right in this powerful memoir. “Zara Phillips tells us what it’s like to be adopted as she […]