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FreakMarcella PixleyFor Miriam Fisher, a budding poet who reads the Oxford English Dictionary for fun, seventh grade is a year etched in her memory “clear as pain.” -
Memoirs of a Teenage AmnesiacGabrielle ZevinIf Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn’t have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn’t have hit her head on the steps... -
Big SlickEric LuperAll in all, sixteen-year-old Andrew Lang has been dealt a pretty good hand in life. Sure, he has to spend his afternoons slaving away in the hellhole that is... -
FallingDoug WilhelmEveryone expected fifteen-year-old Matt Shaw to be Jeffords Junior High’s star basketball player. But Matt never went out for the team. He won’t even touch a ball anymore, and he hardly talks to anyone... -
Forever ChangesBrendan Halpin5:30 a.m., Brianna Pelletier gets ready for her daily pounding. As she lies on the couch, her dad beats her chest, then her back, coaxing the mucus out of her lungs... -
How Ya Like Me NowBrendan HalpinSince his dad died, Eddie’s mom has spent all her time getting high on OxyContin, leaving Eddie to take care of himself. When Eddie’s mom goes into rehab... -
SpeakLaurie Halse AndersonThe first ten lies they tell you in high school "Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year... -
You Don't Know MeDavid KlassDark and funny. John ("My father named me after a toilet!") wrestles with the certainty that no one really knows him -- not in his miserable home, and...
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September 06, 2008
The Washington Post on Hot, Flat, and Crowded: "We need Tom Friedman."
The reviews are beginning to come in for Thomas L. Friedman's new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America. You can read some of them here, including the recent cover review in The Washington Post.
September 04, 2008
Fantastic Reviews for Chris Adrian
S. Kirk Walsh of The New York Times says of A Better Angel: "Adrian is a gifted, courageous writer—as demonstrated in his well-received novels, Gob’s Grief and The Children’s Hospital—and with this collection he continues to take far-reaching risks. Unspeakable grief and the innate will to survive create opposing forces in these stories, producing a universe bursting with humor and life... the gift and hope of Mr. Adrian’s inventive stories [is] to unearth a new kind of sadness that resonates from the inside out."
September 03, 2008
Meet Slavoj Zizek and Steven Lukes
Slavoj Zizek and Steven Lukes in conversation with Rebecca Mead of The New Yorker about their BIG IDEAS books, Violence and Moral Relativism on Sept. 3 at BN Union Square.
September 03, 2008
Picador Paperback Original Shortlisted for Sargent Prize
DERVISHES, Beth Helms' debut novel, has been shortlisted for the 2008 John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize.
September 03, 2008
In a Time of War by Bill Murphy Jr. - Video
"In a Time of War" by Bill Murphy Jr., is the new book chronicling the amazing, true story of the West Point class of 2002, the first cadets in a generation to graduate from the United States Military Academy during wartime.
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