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January 2016

January's roundup of History titles includes THE LOST TUDOR PRINCESS by Alison Weir, the first biography of Margaret Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of Henry VIII of England who used her sharp intelligence and covert power to influence the succession after the death of Elizabeth I; THE DEFENDER by Ethan Michaeli, a revelatory narrative of race in America that brings to life the reporters who braved lynch mobs and policemen’s clubs to do their jobs; THEIR PROMISED LAND, Ian Buruma’s account of his grandparents’ enduring love through the terror and separation of two world wars; and James P. Duffy's WAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD, a harrowing account of an epic, yet nearly forgotten, battle of World War II --- General Douglas MacArthur's four-year assault on the Pacific War's most hostile battleground: the mountainous, jungle-cloaked island of New Guinea.

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Week of January 30, 2017

Paperback releases for the week of January 30th include THE RAINBOW COMES AND GOES, a touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, that offers timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives; THE EX, a stand-alone novel from Alafair Burke in which a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder --- but begins to suspect that she is the one being manipulated; THE CURIOUS CHARMS OF ARTHUR PEPPER by Phaedra Patrick, a hauntingly beautiful story of love, loneliness and self-discovery that introduces readers to an endearing widower who embarks on a life-changing adventure; and Megan Miranda's ALL THE MISSING GIRLS, a nail-biting novel of suspense about the disappearances of two young women --- a decade apart --- told in reverse.

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