Susan Orlean, Author . Random $17.95 (282p) ISBN 978-0-679-46293-4
Orlean (The Orchid Thief
) hasn't so much been everywhere as she's been everywhere no one else has thought to go. In this collection, she focuses not on cities but on singular locales and events. She zooms in on an African music shop in...
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Susan Orlean, Author Random House (NY) $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-679-46298-9
One of the New Yorker's most distinctive stylists, Orlean (The Orchid Thief) has a knack for capturing ""something extraordinary in [the] ordinariness"" of her subjects. Most are completely unknown, or were before she wrote about them in these 20...
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Susan Orlean, Author Alfred A. Knopf $19.95 (258p) ISBN 978-0-394-57336-6
Tight, clean prose and thoughtful observations make this series of essays about the Saturday night experience hum with all the vitality and activity of its subject. Freelance writer Orlean demonstrates a fine eye for detail as she describes an array
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Susan Orlean. Simon & Schuster, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4767-4018-8
New Yorker staff writer Orlean (Rin Tin Tin) doubles as an investigative reporter and an institutional historian in this sprawling account of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Public Library. On April 29, 1986, just before 11 a.m., a fire...
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Susan Orlean, Author, G. Brian Karas, Illustrator , illus. by G. Brian Karas. Abrams $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-7027-4
You don’t have to be a genius to realize that babies are just lazy,” complains the peeved, thoroughly cosmopolitan young heroine at the start of Orlean’s first children’s book (after her well-received adult titles, The Orchid
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Susan Orlean, Author, Susan Crlean, Author Random House (NY) $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-679-44739-9
""Folding virtue and criminality around profit are [John] Laroche's specialty,"" Orlean writes of the oddly likable felon who's the subject of her latest book. But what could be virtuous about poaching endangered orchids, which--not insignificantly--
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Susan Orlean, Author, Jennifer Meyers, Read by, Jennifer Jay Myers, Read by , read by Jennifer Jay Myers. Random House Audible $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-75656-2
For listeners seeking to learn something new, Orlean offers a whimsical look at the sexy, mysterious world of orchids. Perfect for anyone who wants to know a little bit about a lot of things, this quirky, quintessential New Yorker
story pulls back...
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Susan Orlean, Author, Vanblaricom, Author, Hal Mayforth, Illustrator Faber & Faber $6.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-571-12982-9
In these essays that first appeared in the Boston Globe magazine, Orlean notes the quirks, oddities and characters who lend a distinctive charm to New England. There's a hilarious chapter on Harvard Square. (""Do you want to relive the '60s? The '70s
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Susan Orlean. Avid Reader, $27 (288p) ISBN 978-1-98218-153-6
New Yorker staff writer Orlean (The Library Book) delivers an entertaining and informative look at various animals in this clever collection of essays. According to Orlean, her “animalish” personality has driven her to track down critters her whole...
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