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- Death of a Cozy Writer: A St. Just MysteryRebecca Kai DotlichFans of stylish English detective work will welcome Malliet's droll debut, the first in a new series. When Sir Adrian Beauclerk-Fisk, a pompous cozy author, invites his four grown children to Continue reading »
- Scone Cold DeadRebecca Kai DotlichThe pseudonymous Dunnett’s enjoyable second Scottish-themed mystery (after 2007’s Kilt Dead ) finds ex-dancer Liss MacCrimmon, co-owner of a Scottish Continue reading »
- The Lions of Iwo Jima: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps HistoryRebecca Kai DotlichHaynes, who was a captain at Iwo Jima, and military historian Warren (American Spartans ) revisit familiar ground in this account of the 1945 Pacific battle, Continue reading »
- Jobnik!Rebecca Kai DotlichIn this unusual but important autobiographical graphic novel, author/artist Libicki goes to Israel and joins the army to find herself. Although Orthodox, she had lacked the expected modesty, was Continue reading »
- Method ManRebecca Kai DotlichRapper Method Man's attempt to reinvent his creative horizons has yielded this graphic novel. But instead of a memoir, à la Percy Carey (Sentences ), Continue reading »
- Ray Harryhausen Presents: Wrath of the TitansRebecca Kai DotlichThis continuation of Clash of the Titans does justice to the 1981 film that showcased Ray Harryhausen's much-loved stop-motion special effects. This story Continue reading »
- Absolute HonorRebecca Kai DotlichIn the latest installment to the rollicking Jack Absolute series (after The Blooding of Jack Absolute ), Humphreys borrows from Sheridan's
Continue reading » - The Night BattlesRebecca Kai DotlichBloxam delivers fine Sicilian literary horror in the vein of Tom Piccirilli and Sara Gran. When Joan Severance finds her career as an anthropology professor on the rocks, she returns to Sicily, Continue reading »
- Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at WorkRebecca Kai DotlichAlthough Erickson admits that her own Generation Y son informed her that he would prefer to consult a blog for career advice rather than dead-tree technology, her effort—chock-full of Continue reading »
- The Journal of HlneBerrRebecca Kai Dotlich“Iwas abruptly assailed by the feeling that I had to describe reality,” writes Berr midway through this urgent firsthand account of the devastation of Paris's Jewish community Continue reading »
- Wendell Berry and the Cultivation of Life: A Reader's GuideRebecca Kai DotlichWriter, farmer and cultural critic Wendell Berry is a man whose time has arrived. It only took more than 40 years for his critique of rootless and restless modernity to gather enough steam to help Continue reading »
- Gus and His GangRebecca Kai DotlichWhat is it about the French and their interest in the western genre? Generally, it's a good mix, and often a great mix. This book is the latter. Cowboy Gus and his gang rollick through 13 Continue reading »
- Santa ClawedRebecca Kai DotlichBrown is perhaps the only known novelist who collaborates with her cat, Sneaky Pie, but if their writing is any indication of their inherent talent, then the relationship should be celebrated. The Continue reading »
- Thank You, JeevesRebecca Kai DotlichLike a comic novelist Nostradamus, Wodehouse seems to have aimed his prologue at an audiobook audience 74 years after this first full-length Bertie-and-Jeeves novel was written. He begins by Continue reading »
- La MuseRebecca Kai DotlichThis raucous comedy of divine intervention tells the story of two sisters, Susan and Libby La Muse, two 20-somethings whose parents are noncorporeal aliens from whom Susan—a hard-living, Continue reading »
- The Scent of SakeRebecca Kai DotlichHistorian and author Lebra (Women Against the Raj ) makes her fiction debut with this historical novel concerning one of Japan's most ancient practices, Continue reading »
- Mesmo DeliveryRebecca Kai DotlichBrazilian cartoonist Grampá has been the subject of considerable buzz on the strength of a few anthology appearances, but this is his first full-length comics project of his own. The story Continue reading »
- Bella & BeanRebecca Kai DotlichBella is a moody, obsessed poet: “Bonnets, daisies, windows, toes—/ Secrets hide in sky, in rose,” she writes. Her best friend (and fellow mouse), Bean, is an impulsive bundle of Continue reading »
- The Best Teen Writing of 2008Rebecca Kai DotlichEntries from 41 of the nearly 400 winners of the 2008 national Scholastic Writing Awards, open to students aged 12 to 18, fill this anthology, impressive for its range and of special interest to Continue reading »
- Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, Vol. 1Rebecca Kai DotlichIn the first chapter of this dark parody of the “teacher” genre, schoolgirl Kafuka Fura encounters her teacher on the way to the first day of school. Nozomu, whose name can be Continue reading »
- SlightsRebecca Kai DotlichWarren’s debut is a promising launch for HarperCollins’s new Angry Robot imprint. Eighteen-year-old Stephanie “Stevie” Searle is more the center of consciousness than the Continue reading »
- When the Game Was OursRebecca Kai DotlichIt's been one of the most well-documented and popular rivalries in sports history. Perhaps no book has examined the countless battles between Bird and Johnson like this one, which tells that Continue reading »
- HouriRebecca Kai DotlichAn autobiographical novel that looks at changes in Iran between the late 1960s and the early 1980s through the eyes of a 12-year-old Iranian boy and the boy as a man some 14 years later. Having Continue reading »
- BurnRebecca Kai DotlichThe conflict between man and machine gets a graphic novel examination in this YA adventure by painter/designer/cartoonist d'Errico. Burn is just a fun-loving, normal kid before he's Continue reading »
- Dearest Georg: Love, Literature, and Power in Dark Times: The Letters of Elias, Veza, and Georges Canetti, 1933–1948Rebecca Kai DotlichIn 2003, a large packet of letters was discovered accidentally in a steamer trunk in a Paris basement: they were written to Georges Canetti from his brother, Elias (1981 winner of the Nobel Prize Continue reading »
- Mark Twain’s Other Woman: The Hidden Story of His Final YearsRebecca Kai DotlichIn this book on Twain’s last decade and his complicated relationship with his secretary, Isabel Lyon, Trombley is often too much the professor—quoting overlong passages when summary Continue reading »
- Mulligan GirlRebecca Kai DotlichMaking a snappy hole-in-one romantic comedy debut, Boschee tracks the mischief a little white lie creates for an Arizona single when she falls in love with a sexy golf instructor. As a customer Continue reading »
- Pretend All Your LifeRebecca Kai DotlichMackin's bleak debut traces six disastrous days in the life of Dr. Richard Gallin, a plastic surgeon living in post-9/11 New York City. Gallin is besieged on all fronts: his practice is Continue reading »
- Drake’s BayRebecca Kai DotlichRoberts (Beyond Sara ) ventures into religious thriller territory with mixed results. On a whim professor Ethan Storey, an expert on California history, and his Continue reading »
- Chocolate MagicRebecca Kai DotlichBenjamin returns with this second entry to her Love by Chocolate series (Chocolate Secrets ) with a run of the mill romance. Since accomplished chocolatier Chloe Continue reading »
- The Shroud CodexRebecca Kai DotlichBestseller Corsi (The Obama Nation ) makes his fiction debut with this tedious work of religious speculation. After his mother's death, brilliant physicist Continue reading »
- Paula Deen's Savannah StyleRebecca Kai DotlichThe Food Network queen of buttery Southern fare departs from publishing cookbooks to present—with help from Branch, her personal assistant and creative director—a photo-laden guide Continue reading »
- Doctor Who: Hornets Nest 1: The Stuff of NightmaresRebecca Kai DotlichResponding to a rather quirky advertisement, Capt. Mike Yates inexplicably finds himself in the service of his old partner and friend, Dr. Who, who's naturally on another crazy adventure. An Continue reading »
- The Spoils of EdenRebecca Kai DotlichProlific author Chaikin (For Whom the Stars Shine ) begins the Dawn of Hawaii trilogy with this novel, set in 1880s Hawaii, when the island group still had a Continue reading »
- ZebrafishRebecca Kai DotlichThis slow-paced and melancholic graphic novel for children opens to kids goofing around with musical video games and ends with them actually making a difference with music. This is in part thanks Continue reading »
- Burdens Do a Body Good: Meeting Life’s Challenges with Strength (and Soul)Rebecca Kai DotlichHowe and Foetisch offer a unique blend of inspiration and practicality in their first book collaboration. Howe, a women’s lifestyle writer (Still Going It Continue reading »
- Over in the Pink House: New Jump Rope RhymesRebecca Kai DotlichReaders can hop, skip and jump their way through a trove of poems in Over in the Pink House: New Jump Rope Rhymes by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illus. by Melanie Hall, each of which is rhythmically Continue reading »
- What Can a Crane Pick Up?Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rebecca Kai DotlichAll hail the crane! It may be a simple machine, but its answer to every question that Dotlich (Bella & Bean) asks—channeling readers’ wide-eyed inquisitiveness—is yes. “Can a crane pick up a crane? Continue reading »
- Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a TwistJane Yolen, Rebecca Kai DotlichYolen and Dotlich refashion 15 classic fairy tales into incisive poems told from dual perspectives. Cinderella laments wearing glass shoes when other choices were more sensible (“I could have put on/ Continue reading »
- All Aboard!Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Rebecca Kai DotlichDotlich and Lowery sang the praises of an oft-overlooked piece of machinery in What Can a Crane Pick Up? There’s significantly more competition out there for this companion title about train travel, Continue reading »
- One Day, the End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-than-Ever StoriesRebecca Kai Dotlich“For every story there is a beginning and an end,” Dotlich (All Aboard!) writes, “but what happens in between makes all the difference.” She and Koehler (How to Cheer Up Dad) prove Continue reading »
- Race Car CountRebecca Kai DotlichTen brightly colored race cars—Formula One racers, a windup toy lookalike, even a souped-up minivan—vie for first place on their way to the finish line. Neither Dotlich (All Aboard!) nor Continue reading »
- The Knowing BookRebecca Kai Dotlich“The sky has always been above you, is above you now, and will always be above you. Count on it. It is what you will always know.” Dotlich (Race Car Count) urges readers to Continue reading »
- LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SINGJames Weldon JohnsonGilchrist's colored pencil, gouache and watercolor art is as emotion-charged as the lyrics of what is widely considered the African-American national anthem," said Continue reading »
- IN THE LAND OF WORDS: New and Selected PoemsEloise GreenfieldLongtime collaborators Greenfield and Gilchrist (Nathaniel Talking ) present a snappy mix of new and old poems that collectively sing the praises of the written Continue reading »
- My AmericaJan Spivey GilchristIn celebration of this country's diverse population comes a title that marries color and copy to create a luminous work of art. Set to Gilchrist's (When the Continue reading »
- The Great Migration: Journey to the NorthEloise GreenfieldFrequent collaborators Greenfield and Gilchrist (Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems) shape an evocative portrait of African-Americans who moved North during the Great Migration between 1915 and 1930 to Continue reading »
- For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and MeEloise GreenfieldJust-retired basketball superstar Michael Jordan is the subject of this tribute in verse and paintings. All ages. Continue reading »
- How They Got Over: African Americans and the Call of the SeaEloise GreenfieldTaking the title from the gospel song ""How I Got Over,"" Eloise Greenfield discusses, through 13 biographies, how African-Americans ""were able to get on with their lives, in spite of pain, grief Continue reading »
- Honey, I LoveEloise GreenfieldAfter first appearing in Honey, I Love and Other Poems (1978), now, Eloise Greenfield's Honey, I Love, in which an African-American child joyfully recounts the things that make her life special, Continue reading »
- Nathaniel TalkingEloise GreenfieldThe rhythm of Greenfield's text is infectious from a very early line: ``It's Nathaniel talking / and Nathaniel's me/ I'm talking about / My philosophy/ About the things I do / And the people I see / Continue reading »
- Daddy and I--Eloise GreenfieldThe creators of Nathaniel Talking and Night on Neighborhood Street here introduce a series of board books featuring black children that describe everyday activities familiar to all kids. The first Continue reading »
- First Pink LightEloise GreenfieldThe creators of Nathaniel Talking and Night on Neighborhood Street again pool their considerable talents for a sympathetic and accessible tale. Like a one-act play, the story's scope is small: a boy Continue reading »
- For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and MeEloise GreenfieldMichael Jordan's grace on the basketball court and understated salesmanship as a spokesperson for everything from athletic shoes to hot dogs has inspired a generation of kids who want to ""be like Continue reading »
- Waiting for ChristmasMonica GreenfieldTwo African American children try to savor the special pleasures of the season (""We slide outside on a snowy hill,.../ We drink hot cider with cinnamon sticks"") while they eagerly await the arrival Continue reading »
- I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other DinosaursEloise GreenfieldA menagerie of fanciful beasts springs from the imagination of the young artist who narrates this slim collection of verses: ""My dinosaurs/ walk from my brush/ and live,/ they do what my/ moving Continue reading »
- Children of Long AgoLessie Jones LittleGilchrist's sweeping pastel illustrations summon readers and draw them into Little's affecting, nostalgic text about children in the past, who ``ate picnics under spreading trees,/ Played hopscotch Continue reading »
- William and the Good Old DaysEloise GreenfieldOnce again Greenfield displays commendable sensitivity in this story about an African American boy who must cope with a beloved grandmother's illness. William reminisces about the ``good old days'' Continue reading »
- Sweet Baby ComingEloise GreenfieldThough aimed primarily at youngsters anticipating the arrival of a new sibling, these cheerful board books are likely to appeal to any toddler who likes looking at drawings of babies. The narrator of Continue reading »
- Lift Ev'ry Voice and SingJames Weldon JohnsonFrom the title page, on which clouds part to show the face of a weeping black woman whose tears splash into the sea, Gilchrist's (Nathaniel Talking; Night on Neighborhood Street) colored pencil, Continue reading »
- Easter ParadeEloise Greenfield, Jan Spivey GilchristIn this holiday story set in 1943, Leanna, an African American girl in Chicago, and her older cousin Elizabeth in Washington, D.C., look forward to their respective Easter celebrations. The joys of Continue reading »
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