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July 2008
July is finally here, and with it, some great summer reads. Our authors have received some fantastic accolades this month, including the James Beard Foundation Award. Scroll down to read all the good news!
As for us, we're back from ALA in Anaheim, and we loved
connecting with all of you. If you stopped by our booth, we
hope you had a great time meeting our authors, checking out
our Fall list, and chatting with us about setting up events
at your Library.
Stay cool and we'll touch base again in August!
Best,
Virginia Stanley, Marketing Director
Bobby Brinson, Marketing Manager
Kayleigh George, Marketing Coordinator
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Rawi Hage Wins Dublin Literary Award |
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De Niro's Game
by Rawi Hage |
9780061470578
$13.95
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On Sale: July 2008
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Congratulations to Rawi Hage! Hage's novel, De Niro's Game, received the 13th annual International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The IMPAC Award is presented annually with the objective of promoting excellence in world literature. It is open to novels written in any language and by authors of any nationality, provided the work has been published in English or English translation within the specified time period. Nominations are submitted by library systems in major cities throughout the world. For more information and a list of past winners, please visit here.
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| John Ashbery Wins Griffin Poetry Prize |
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Notes from the Air
Selected Later Poems
by John Ashbery |
9780061367175
$34.95
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Congratulations to John Ashbery! Ashbery's poetry collection, Notes from the Air, has been awarded the International Griffin Poetry Prize. This award is sponsored by the Griffin Trust, which was created in 2000 to serve and encourage excellence in poetry written in or translated into English anywhere in the world. For more information please visit here.
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| Michael Chabon Wins Nebula Award |
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon |
9780007149827
$26.95
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Congratulations to Michael Chabon! Chabon's book, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, has won the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Nebula winners were announced recently at an Awards Banquet in Austin, Texas. For more information and a complete list of winners, please visit here.
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STAFF REVIEWS
Kay's Rave (from Harper Library's resident
20-something, Kayleigh George) |
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The Summer of Naked Swim Parties
by Jessica Anya Blau |
9780061452024
$13.95
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Fourteen-year-old Jamie will never forget the summer of 1976. It's the summer when she has her first boyfriend, cute surfer Flip Jenkins; it's the summer when her two best friends get serious about sex, cigarettes, and tanning; and it's the summer when her parents throw naked swim parties, leaving Jamie flushed with embarrassment. Most of all, it's the summer that forever changes the way Jamie sees the things that matter: family, friendship, love, and herself.
We follow Jamie through nearly every teen rite of passagefirst love, first broken heartall set against the backdrop of the sexually promiscuous 70s. In a sparkling debut novel, Jessica Anya Blau displays ample talent, showing us that Jamie's parents, problems, and inner thoughts aren't too different from our own. The Summer of Naked Swim Parties is the perfect summer readdeeply funny, but teeming with insight. Id recommend it to high school students, young adults, and parents who grew up in the 70s themselves. Happy reading!
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Kayleigh George, Library Marketing Coordinator
HarperCollins Publishers
"This book will make you laugh and cry in public."
Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth Cooper
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| HarperCollins Wins Four James Beard Foundation Awards |
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Congratulations to Paula Wolfert, Jean Anderson, Trish Magwood and Barbara Kingsolver! All three authors have won James Beard Book Awards. Established in 1990, the James Beard Foundation Awards are a program of the James Beard Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate, nurture, and preserve Americas culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate our appreciation of the culinary arts. For more information and a complete list of winners, please click here.
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James Beard Foundation Book Award WinnerCookbook Hall of Fame
Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco
by Paula Wolfert
9780060913960
$19.00
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James Beard Book Foundation Award WinnerAmericana
Recipes and Recollections
A Love Affair with Southern Cooking
by Jean Anderson
9780060761783
$32.50
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James Beard Foundation Book Award WinnerEntertaining
Dish Entertains
by Trish Magwood
9780002007726
$44.95
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James Beard Foundation Book Award WinnerWriting on Food
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver
9780060852559
$26.95
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| Marvelyn Brown: Power Writer, Powerful Speaker |
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The Naked Truth
by Marvelyn Brown
9780061562396
$14.95
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On Sale: August 2008
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Marvelyn Brown, author of The Naked Truth:
Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive, is an inspiration to young adults
everywhere. This is the heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful story of how a
straight, non-promiscuous, everyday girl contracted HIV, and how she manages to
stay upbeat, inspired, and more positive about life than ever before. Check out
her Emmy Awardwinning Public Service Announcement
here.
For more on Marvelyn, visit her website.
Or, pre-order your copy of The Naked Truth today.
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| RWA 2008 Annual Conference |
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We hope to see you at the Romance Writer's Association in San Francisco later
this month. Our own Dorothea Benton Frank, New York Times bestselling
author of Bulls Island, will be the speaker at breakfast, while New
York Times bestselling historical romance writer Stephanie Laurens will be
speaking at the luncheon. Even if you can't join us, please be sure to check out
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