Life After Life
A woman who moves from Boston to be near the grave of her lover; the widow of a judge who keeps a scrapbook of murder and crime; an 85-year-old who has always seen the sunnier side of life; an old man feigning dementia. These are the residents of Pine Haven retirement center. Author Jill McCorkle balances humor and sorrow as her characters, together and separately, face the ends of their lives.
News and Reviews
Going Clear
Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright draws from more than 200 interviews with current and former Scientologists to present a look inside the world of Scientology and the life of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986. He examines the group's special cosmology, uncovers its outsized efforts to attract members from Hollywood and considers a difficult question: What makes a belief system a religion?
News and Reviews
Days That I'll Remember
Spending Time With John Lennon and Yoko Ono
When Jonathan Cott and John Lennon met in 1968, it was the beginning of a friendship that would span more than two decades. Cott's new book chronicles his years in Lennon and Yoko Ono's company.
News and Reviews
The Ordinary Acrobat
A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present
Duncan Wall recounts his novice plunge into the abstract and intensely competitive world of the contemporary circus. To the stories of his own experience, Wall adds a history of circus performance in general, including his commentary on its current resurgence in popularity with acts like Cirque du Soleil.
News and Reviews
Detroit City Is the Place to Be
The Afterlife of an American Metropolis
Mark Binelli grew up in a Detroit suburb in the 1970s. The city used to embody the American dream — the auto industry, consumer culture, Motown — but the Detroit he knew was a study in decline. When Binelli was offered a magazine assignment to write about the Detroit auto show in January 2009, he jumped on it. But he didn't stop there. He moved back to his hometown to chronicle the city, tracing Detroit's demise and recovery efforts while evaluating plans to transform it into a viable, desegregated and economically diverse post-industrial region.
News and Reviews
On The Map
A Mind-Expanding Exploration Of The Way The World Looks
Journalist Simon Garfield takes us from the earliest maps — scratchings on rocks dating back over 10,000 years — through medieval European maps — with Jerusalem always in the middle — right up to the maps that guide us with voices from our smartphones and GPS trackers. All the while, he examines the pivotal relationship between mapping and civilization, demonstrating the unique ways that maps relate and realign history.
News and Reviews
*Some of the language in the summaries above has been provided by publishers.
More From New In Paperback
Books
Nov. 4-10: 'On The Map,' Beneath The Big Top And In Detroit
Books
Oct. 28-Nov. 3: Flights From England, Persia And Polite Conversation
Books
Oct. 21-27: Movies, Marathons And A Shrinking Middle Class
Books
Oct. 7-13: A Kidnapper, A Dictator And A London Shrink
Category: amber alert Tom Clancy VMA Awards tesla model s UPS plane crash
No comments:
Post a Comment