Comments
Happy paperback to Russell Korobkin! THE FIVE TOOL NEGOTIATOR is "a must-read for lawyers, business people, and other professionals wanting helpful negotiation advice" (Robert Harris Mnookin)! Get this guide to 5 simple, effective bargaining concepts now:
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631490200
We are incredibly honored to learn that Paul McCartney's THE LYRICS has been named Barnes & Noble's Book of the Year! Join us tonight — Thurs 11/18 at 7PM ET — to watch Paul and B&N's James Daunt in conversation!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oQjXT2wwkVI
It's for PATRICIA HIGHSMITH: HER DIARIES AND NOTEBOOKS: 1941-1995!
Publishing for the centenary of her birth, Patricia Highsmith’s diaries “offer the most complete picture ever published” of the canonical author (New York Times).
Dwight Garner of calls it "Excellent... one of the most observant and ecstatic accounts I’ve read... about being young and alive in New York City," while Frances Wilson of writes that "Patricia Highsmith’s lacerating diaries and notebooks... will be seen as one of the great twentieth-century artistic self-portraits." Get it now at your favorite bookstore!
•
•
At last, Paul McCartney's THE LYRICS is available now! Check out this "triumph... hugely readable, devoid of rock cliché, and full of fresh stories and opinions that even devoted fans won’t have encountered before" (The Times and The Sunday Times) wherever books are sold!
https://smarturl.it/thelyrics
Some pieces of music survive. Most fall into oblivion. What gives the ten masterpieces selected for this book their exceptional vitality? Available now, Harvey Sachs' TEN MASTERPIECES OF MUSIC is "a breezy, informative tour of classical music... Sachs’ lively prose will draw readers in . . . Heartily recommended to every serious lover of classical music" (). Last week for , Harvey Sachs detailed his process in six superb entries on Beethoven, Mozart, & more: check out Harvey's thoughts there, and TEN MASTERPIECES OF MUSIC wherever books are sold!
•
•
Happy to , editor of ON GIRLHOOD: 15 STORIES FROM THE LIBRARY! Join us for tonight's 7pm EST launch celebration with Edwidge Danticat and Glory Edim - and pick up ON GIRLHOOD wherever books are sold - using the link in our bio!
Join us Tuesday, October 26th to celebrate the release of "ON GIRLHOOD: 15 Stories from the Library", featuring in conversation with Edwidge Danticat! Brought to you by , , , and !
This meticulously selected anthology features stories by: Jamaica Kincaid, Toni Morrison, Dorothy West, Rita Dove, Camille Acker, Toni Cade Bambara, Amina Gautier, Alexia Arthurs, Dana Johnson, Alice Walker, Gwendolyn Brooks, Edwidge Danticat, Shay Youngblood, Paule Marshall, and Zora Neale Hurston.
At times heartbreaking and at times hilarious, these stories boldly push past flat stereotypes and powerfully convey the beauty of Black girlhood. In bringing together an array of influential authors―past and present―whose work remains timeless, Glory Edim has created an indispensable compendium for every home library and a soul-stirring guide to coming of age.
•
•
In stores now: Maureen Quillgan's WHEN WOMEN RULED THE WORLD is a game-changing revisionist history, in which a leading scholar of the Renaissance shows how four powerful women —Mary Tudor; Elizabeth I; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Catherine de’ Medici— redefined the culture of European monarchy in the glorious sixteenth century. Vibrantly chronicling the artistic creativity and political ingenuity that flourished in the pockets of peace created by these four queens, Quilligan’s lavishly illustrated work offers a new perspective on the glorious sixteenth century and, crucially, the women who helped create it. Available now at your favorite bookstore!
•
•
Available Now: Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Howard W. French's “Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War” vitally reframes our understanding of world history.
Amazon • Editor's Choice ― Best Books of the Month (History)
"There are few words that can express the resounding impact of French’s breathtaking work on the known historiography of African and African American history . . . Highly recommended for any audience."
― Monique Martinez,
"A Black journalist reframes modern history by restoring Africa to its rightful place at the center of the story . . . This meticulously researched book eloquently debunks conventional understanding of European conquest . . . A fascinating retelling of modern history that restores Africa to its rightful place."
― kirkus_reviews
•
•
Happy to .wickersham, author of the new book IT'S BETTER TO BE FEARED: THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS DYNASTY AND THE PURSUIT OF GREATNESS! It's the explosive account of football’s greatest dynasty―from the ESPN reporter who's been there from the beginning. of proclaims that “Seth Wickersham has managed to do the impossible: he has pulled off the definitive document of the Belichick/Brady dynasty,” while Chad Finn of calls it “[A]n honest, sprawling, meticulously reported, and beautifully written portrayal of perhaps the greatest and probably the most unlikely dynasty in modern professional sports . . . [Wickersham] draws richly detailed portraits of Brady, Belichick, the dynasty’s third constant in owner Robert Kraft, and how their personalities and relationships changed through the years . . . 'It’s Better To Be Feared' is the accounting the Patriots dynasty deserves."
IT'S BETTER TO BE FEARED is available now wherever books are sold!
•
•
"Paul Muldoon, McCartney’s collaborator on 'The Lyrics,' observes, 'For every Yeats, who did pretty well into old age, there are a hundred Wordsworths.... But Paul is kind of engineered to do it, to keep going.' The New Yorker's David Remnick on Paul McCartney's THE LYRICS, in stores November 2nd:
We are honored to learn that Nicole Eustace's COVERED WITH NIGHT is now a
Award Finalist in Nonfiction! An immersive tale of the killing of a Native American man and its far-reaching implications for the definition of justice from early America to today. Congrats to Nicole and all of this year's fantastic nominees!
•
•