New Releases
Below are a few of our latest books, hot off the press. Roll over the covers below to learn more.
In addition, here's what's happening lately: Alice LaPlante won the Wellcome Trust Book Prize for her novel Turn of Mind, which also recently made the Booklist Editor's Choice and the Kirkus Best List. Janet Maslin reviewed The Last Testament: A Memoir by God in the NYTBR, calling it "recklessly funny" and "fearless." And Ed Park calls novelist Lawrence Douglas "the real thing" in Bookforum.
Josh Dean
Show Dog
It Books/HarperCollins
Magazine journalist Josh Dean yanks back the curtain on the dog show world, showing a colorful subculture only slightly exaggerated in the film Best in Show—but also a revealing look at our love affair with the world's most doted-upon and tinkered-with animal species, examining the colossal array of dog types and humans who love them. Mark Adams calls it “a hilarious chronicle of blow-dried poodles, diva trainers and egregious canine puns. Above all, though, this is an irresistible story about the wondrous bond between humans and animals.”
Bryant Terry
The Inspired Vegan
Da Capo Press
Marking his 10-year anniversary working to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system, Bryant Terry offers more than just a collection of recipes in The Inspired Vegan. Altogether it’s a collage of food, storytelling, music, and art. Bryant shares his favorite preparation and cooking techniques with simple recipes—basics to help strengthen your foundation for home cooking and equip you with tools for culinary improvisation and kitchen creativity.
Lucy March
A Little Night Magic
St. Martin's Griffin
Olivia Kiskey needs a change. She’s been working at the same waffle house since she was a teenager; not a lot of upward mobility there. She’s been in love with the cook for the last four years; he’s never made a move. Then she meets Davina Granville, a mystical Southern woman who shows her that there is more to life than she ever dreamed. As Liv’s latent magical powers come to the surface, she learns that having an interesting life is not all it’s cracked up to be.
Lisa Lutz
Trail of the Spellmans
Simon & Schuster
For the first time in Spellman history, Isabel Spellman, PI, might be the most normal member of her family. Mom has taken on an outrageous assortment of extracurricular activities. Dad has a secret. Izzy’s brother and sister are at war. Things aren’t any simpler on the business side of Spellman Investigations. A math professor hires Izzy to watch his immaculate apartment while he unravels like a bad formula. As the questions pile up, Izzy won’t stop hunting for the answers—even when they threaten to shatter both the business and the family.
Brad Smith
Red Means Run
Scribner/Simon & Schuster
Brad Smith debuts a new crime series set in upstate New York featuring jack-of-all-trades Virgil Cain, who must clear his name of two murders while on the run from the law. Smith has been praised by Dennis Lehane, who calls him, “funny, poignant, evocative, and he tells a blistering tale,” and by Richard Russo, who says, “Brad Smith is a writer with lots of skill, lots of heart, and lots of brains.” Smith’s novel Busted Flush was nominated for the Dashiell Hammett Prize.
David Novak
Taking People With You
Portfolio/Penguin Group
David Novak is chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands, Inc., which operates in more than 112 countries and employs 1.4 million people. Writing in Fortune, Geoffrey Colvin says “Not many business leaders have produced long-term performance that merits our attention; of those few, not many write books; and of those who do, hardly any write good books. Novak is in that tiny subset. You can safely declutter much of your business leadership bookshelf, even if it's just taking up gigabytes in your iPad or Kindle, and install this one in the vast empty space.”