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by Laura Harrington - Fiction

At once universal and very personal, ALICE BLISS is a transforming story about those who are left at home during wartime, and a teenage girl bravely facing the future.

Editorial Content for William and Catherine

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Amie Taylor

On April 29, 2011, an estimated three billion people worldwide gathered in front of their television sets to watch the fairy-tale wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton as they walked down the aisle of Westminster Abbey in London, England. In the midst of economic woes, job loss and personal crises, we couldn't get enough of this romantic tale that transported us out of our own problems for a day and into a world of wealth and privilege. Read More

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Acclaimed biographer Andrew Morton has been covering Prince William since birth. Now he brings his unique insights to this portrait of the histories and characters of the bride and groom.

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The marriage of Prince William to Catherine Middleton is one of the most significant royal events of recent times. As second in line to the throne, the elder son of the much mourned Diana, Princess of Wales --- whose famous sapphire and diamond engagement ring he bestowed on his future bride --- William embodies the hopes and expectations of millions of people around the world. And as a “commoner” who will become a princess, Catherine brings romance and freshness to a very traditional union.

Acclaimed biographer Andrew Morton, who was trusted by Diana herself to recount her true story to the outside world, has been covering Prince William since birth. Now he brings his unique insights to this portrait of the histories and characters of the bride and groom --- from their family backgrounds, their childhoods, and the early days of their relationship at university, through their ups and downs as a couple in the public eye, their private engagement in Kenya, and all the glamour and drama of the wedding itself. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, both a chronicle and a lasting memento of a day to remember, WILLIAM & CATHERINE brings us both the public spectacle and the private moments as only the author of DIANA: HER TRUE STORY can reveal them.

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by Andrew Morton - Nonfiction

Acclaimed biographer Andrew Morton has been covering Prince William since birth. Now he brings his unique insights to this portrait of the histories and characters of the bride and groom.

Editorial Content for Just One Catch

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Harvey Freedenberg

Fifty years ago this October, the debut novel of a World War II veteran and advertising copywriter appeared on bookstore shelves. 10 million or so copies later, Joseph Heller’s CATCH-22 retains its place as a cultural icon of the 1960s. In this first full-length biography, Tracy Daugherty, novelist and professor of English and creative writing, offers a balanced literary and personal portrait of one of the late 20th century’s most influential novelists. Read More

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In time for the 50th anniversary of CATCH-22, Tracy Daugherty illuminates his most vital subject yet in this brilliant biography of Joseph Heller.

About the Book

Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, who went on to great fame and fortune. His most memorable novel took its inspiration from a mission he flew over France in WWII (his plane was filled with so much shrapnel it was a wonder it stayed in the air). Heller wrote seven novels, all of which remain in print. SOMETHING HAPPENED and GOOD AS GOLD, to name two, are still considered the epitome of satire. His life was filled with women and romantic indiscretions, but he was perhaps more famous for his friendships --- he counted Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, Carl Reiner, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Mario Puzo, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen, and many others among his confidantes. In 1981 Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a debilitating syndrome that could have cost him his life. Miraculously, he recovered. When he passed away in 1999 from natural causes, he left behind a body of work that continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year. 

JUST ONE CATCH is the first biography of Yossarian’s creator, with cooperation by the estate.

Content for The Paradise Prophecy

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Donna Volkenannt

Bernadette Callahan and Sebastian “Batty” LaLaurie are damaged souls. Callahan is a by-the-book government agent and trained killer mysteriously dispatched to Brazil to investigate the bizarre death of a popular singer, a former addict who has turned her life around and dedicated herself to God. The circumstances of her passing, along with a hidden message found near the body, trigger memories of the death of Callahan’s father. Troubled by insomnia and experiencing vivid hallucinations, Callahan begins to question her grip on reality. Read More

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An ancient mystery linked to religious dogma, coded messages and fallen angels who wander the earth are the crux of THE PARADISE PROPHECY. Government agent Bernadette Callahan and religious historian Sebastian “Batty” LaLaurie race against time to decode an archaic text and try to defeat diabolical forces bent on destroying mankind.

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An ancient mystery linked to religious dogma, coded messages and fallen angels who wander the earth are the crux of THE PARADISE PROPHECY. Government agent Bernadette Callahan and religious historian Sebastian “Batty” LaLaurie race against time to decode an archaic text and try to defeat diabolical forces bent on destroying mankind.

About the Book

The Myth 

When God cast the archangel Satan into Hell, ending the War in Heaven, peace prevailed on Earth. Until the fallen angels took revenge in the Garden of Eden. Ever since, mankind has been in a struggle between good and evil, paradise and apocalypse: the fall of Rome, The Crusades, World Wars, nuclear proliferation, the Middle East Crisis... The War in Heaven never really ended-it just changed venues. For millennia, God's angels have been fighting Satan's demons on Earth, all in hopes of bringing about Satan's greatest ambition, the Apocalypse. 

The Reality 

Satan has never been closer to his goal than right now. 

Agent Bernadette Callahan is a talented investigator at a shadowy government organization known only as Section, on the trail of a serial killer with nearly supernatural abilities. Sebastian "Batty" LaLaurie is a religious historian who knows far too much about the other side --- and that hard-earned knowledge is exactly what Callahan needs. This unlikely duo pair up for a race across the globe, decoding clues left in ancient texts from the Bible to PARADISE LOST and beyond. In the process they stumble upon a vast conspiracy-one beyond the scope of mankind's darkest imagination.

Editorial Content for The Pack

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Joe Hartlaub

I’m here to tell you that Jason Starr does not write fiction. He writes documentaries. I’m not quite sure how he does that, but if you put a gun to my head and force me to hazard a guess, I would say that he picks an interesting-looking lowlife and begins following him around, taking notes and reading his mind. After a few days, he has all the research he needs to write another masterpiece like COLD CALLER or FAKE I.D., or, what had been my favorite of his novels, LIGHTS OUT. I say “had been” because THE PACK, his new book, has supplanted my affections. Read More

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Simon Burns, a stay-at-home father,  meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. He soon realizes they are different from other men he has met, and is lured into their mix. As he experiences disturbing changes in his body, he suspects that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack," they were talking about much more than male bonding.

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Simon Burns, a stay-at-home father,  meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. He soon realizes they are different from other men he has met, and is lured into their mix. As he experiences disturbing changes in his body, he suspects that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack," they were talking about much more than male bonding.

About the Book

When Simon Burns is fired from his job without warning, he takes on the role of stay-at-home dad for his three-year-old son. But his reluctance pushes his already strained marriage to the limit. In the nestled playgrounds of the Upper West Side, Simon harbors a simmering rage at his boss's betrayal. 

Things take a turn when he meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. They are different from other men Simon has met, stronger and more confident, more at ease with the darker side of life- and soon Simon is lured into their mix. But after a guys' night out gets frighteningly out of hand, Simon feels himself sliding into a new nightmarish reality. 

As he experiences disturbing changes in his body and his perceptions, he starts to suspect that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack," they were talking about much more than male bonding. And as he falls prey to his basest instincts, Simon must accept that werewolves exist if he is to turn the tides of his fortune...

by Jason Starr - Fiction, Thriller

Simon Burns, a stay-at-home father,  meets a tight-knit trio of dads at the playground. He soon realizes they are different from other men he has met, and is lured into their mix. As he experiences disturbing changes in his body, he suspects that when the guys welcomed him to their "pack," they were talking about much more than male bonding.

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