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| Ruth Butler |
Hidden in the Shadow of the Master
In this remarkable book of discovery, art historian Ruth
Butler coaxes three shadowy women out of obscurity
and introduces them for the first time as individuals.
Through unprecedented research, Butler has been
able to create portraits of Hortense Fiquet, Camille
Doncieux, and Rose Beuret--the models, and later the
wives, respectively, of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin,
three of the most famous French artists of their
generation.
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| Ted Kerasote |
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
"Everybody who loves dogs must read this
book." Temple Grandin author of
Animals in Translation . Merle and Ted found
each other in the Utah desert-- Merle was living wild
and Ted was looking for a pup to keep him company.
As their bond grew, Ted taught Merle how to live
around wildlife, and Merle taught Ted about the
benefits of letting a dog make his own decisions. Ted
will be showing a slide presentation of Merle's life
guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye.
Ted Kerasote's writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming. |
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| W. Hodding Carter |
Off the Deep End
Hodding Carter dreamed of being an Olympian as a
kid. And though he has not qualified for any Olympics
since 1976, he never stopped believing he could
make it. He has begun his quest again at the age of
42. This outrageous, courageous chronicle is much
more than Carter's race with time to make it to the
Olympics. It's the exhilarating story of a man who
rebels against middle age the only way he can--by
chasing a dream. "Carter's story will inspire people
to go for their dreams at any age, and you can never
get enough of that. I love this book!" Lynne Cox
author of Swimming to Antarctica and
Grayson .
Carter was an NCAA Division III All-American and a national champion on his college swim team. He is a contributing writer for Outside Magazine, has written for Esquire and Gourmet, and is the author of five previous books of nonfiction. |
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| Sam Gosling |
Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms,
even our clothes and our cars), Gosling shows not
only how we showcase our personalities in
unexpected-and unplanned-ways, but also how we
create personality in the first place, communicate it to
others, and interpret the world around us. What he
has learned from snooping around dorm rooms and
offices is astonishing and can boost our
understanding of ourselves and sharpen our
perceptions of others.
Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today and is featured in Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. |
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| Garth Stein |
The Art of Racing in the Rain
"[This book] has everything: love, tragedy,
redemption, danger, and--best of all--the canine
narrator Enzo. This old soul of a dog has much to
teach us about being human. I loved this
book." Sara Gruen author of Water for
Elephants. Enzo knows he is different from other
dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul. He has
gained tremendous insight into the human condition,
and he sees that life, like car racing, isn't simply about
going fast. Using the techniques needed on the race
track, one can successfully navigate all of life's
ordeals. The absurdities of human life seen through
the eyes of a dog - highly entertaining!
Stein is the author of two previous novels; Raven Stole the Moon and How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets which won a 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award and was a Booksense Pick. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a June Booksense Top 20 Pick. |
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| Hallie Ephron |
1001 Books for Every Mood
These 1001 great reads are sorted by the reader's
mood. Find the perfect book for when you're in the
mood for "a good laugh," or "a good cry," or "a wallow
in the slough of despond," for "a kick in the pants"
or "a shot in the arm," "a trip in the fast ***" or "a trip
down memory ***"... and so on through more than
70 moods. A short summary of each book gives the
flavor for what lies between its covers.
Ephron is an avid reader, writer, and award-winning book reviewer for The Boston Globe. She is the author of Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'em Dead with Style, which was nominated for Edgar and Anthony Awards, and coauthor of five mystery novels under the shared pseudonym G. H. Ephron. She is a regular contributor to Writer magazine and teaches writing workshops across the country. |
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| David Guterson |
The Other
A dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of
Snow Falling on Cedars about youth and
idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two
powerfully different visions of what it means to live a
good life. Two men from very different socio-
economic backgrounds become friends and a mutual
love of the outdoors takes them into Washington's
remote backcountry. There they are both forced to
confront who they really are and make life-altering
decisions.
Guterson is also the author of the novels East of the Mountains and Our Lady of the Forest, as well as a story collection, The Country Ahead of Us, The Country Behind. A PEN/Faulkner Award winner, he is a co-founder of Field's End, an organization for writers in Washington State. |
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| Judith Nies |
The Girl I Left Behind
At the height of the Vietnam War protests, twenty-eight
year-old Judith Nies and her husband lived a
seemingly idyllic life. Both were building their
respective careers in Washington--Nies as the
speechwriter and chief staffer to a core group of
antiwar congressmen, her husband as a Treasury
department economist. When her husband brought
home a list of questions from an FBI file with Judith's
name on the front, Nies soon realized that her life was
about to take a radical turn. This is a candid, personal
and heartfelt look at the 60's and how the
consequences of that era are apparent in society
today.
Nies has worked as a journalist, teacher, historian, researcher, and speechwriter, and is the author of several books, including Nine Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Christian Science Monitor, Ms., the Harvard Review, and other publications. Please join Judith for a celebration of the publication of The Girl I Left Behind. |
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| Roxana Robinson |
Cost
When Julia Lambert, an art professor, settles into her
idyllic Maine house for the summer, she plans to
spend the time tending her fragile relationships with
her father, a repressive neurosurgeon, and her gentle
mother, who is descending into Alzheimer's. But a
shattering revelation intrudes: Julia's son Jack has
spiraled into heroin addiction. In this novel Robinson
tackles addiction and explores its effects on the bonds
of family, dazzling us with her hallmark subtlety and
precision in evoking the emotional interiors of her
characters.
Robinson is the author of three earlier novels, among them Sweetwater, and three short-story collections, as well as a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, Best American Short Stories and Vogue, among others. She has received Fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacDowell Colony. She teaches at the New School in New York. |
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| Sarah Levine |
The Saint of Kathmandu
"In this remarkable book Sarah LeVine brings us
into religious lives and cultural worlds portrayed with
an immediacy, complexity, and intimacy so very
different from 'textbook religion.' With her we enter into
those borderlands of real encounter where we meet
people who do not share our lived world and who ask
us questions as penetrating and illumining as any we
might ask of them."--Diana Eck, author of
A New Religious America and Encountering God
. The Saint of Kathmandu is a
window into worlds both far from and similar to our
own, and a portrait of faith that sustains in the face of
uncertainty and suffering.
LeVine was educated at Oxford and the University of Chicago and received her PhD. from Harvard where she is an associate of the department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies. Her most recent book is Rebuilding Buddhism with David Gellner. |
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| Josh Emmons |
Prescription for a Superior Existence
A thrilling and timely novel about a flawed, ordinary
man who is torn between love and the appeal of a
powerfully seductive cult. Prescription for a
Superior Existence explores the bounds of faith
and human connection, and showcases the
spectacular imagination of a very talented young
writer.
Emmons was raised in Northern California and received an MFA and teaching fellowship from the University of Iowa. He recently won the James Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award. He is also the author of the novel The Loss of Leon Meed. |
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