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Books in the National Media July 2017
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Take out by Margaret MaronA debut entry in a spin-off series by the best-selling author of the long-running Deborah Knott mysteries focuses on NYPD Detective Sigrid Harald. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Three Day Town. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, July 7
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Golden Hill : A Novel of Old New York by Francis SpuffordWhen a mysterious man shows up at the countinghouse in 1746 New York with an order for a huge sum of money, the local colonial merchants can’t decide if they should trust him, befriend him, arrest him or seduce him. Featured on NPR's Fresh Air, July 10
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Jackie's girl : my life with the Kennedy family by Kathy McKeonA coming-of-age memoir by a woman who was Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and nanny for more than a decade shares the lessons about life and love that the author learned from the glamorous first lady. Featured on Access Hollywood, July 4
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The dark dark : stories by Samantha HuntA first collection of stories by the award-winning author of The Invention of Everything Else imagines lives that are disrupted by otherworldly manifestations, from a woman who inadvertently cheats on her husband when she turns into a deer by night, to an FBI agent who falls in love with a robot built for a suicide mission. Featured on NPR's Author Interviews, July 22
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A Flag Worth Dying for : The Power and Politics of National Symbols by Tim MarshallThe author of the best-selling Prisoners of Geography draws on more than 25 years of global reporting experience to share insights into the symbolism and power of flags representing the beliefs of nations and non-state organizations, revealing how flags and the politics they represent unite and divide world populations. Featured on NPR's Here and Now, July 3
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Less : a novel by Andrew Sean GreerReceiving an invitation to his ex-boyfriend's wedding, Arthur, a failed novelist on the eve of his 50th birthday, embarks on an international journey that finds him falling in love, risking his life, reinventing himself and making connections with the past. By the author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, July 21/28
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Amanda wakes up by Alisyn CamerotaA first novel by the co-host of CNN's New Day follows the experiences of a bootstrapping young reporter whose plum job at a big-time cable news station finds her ambitions and love life turned upside-down by impossible standards and a hotly contested election season. Featured on NPR Weekend Edition, July 23
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Queen of bebop : the musical lives of Sarah Vaughan by Elaine M. HayesAn account of the life of the influential jazz artist and civil rights advocate shares additional insights into her lesser-known contributions as an African-American woman, drawing on inside sources to discuss her creative process and challenge misperceptions about her character. Featured on NPR Book Reviews, July 8
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The Birdwatcher by William ShawWhen a fellow birdwatcher is found murdered in his remote home, Police Sergeant William South, who may have murdered a man when he was a child in Northern Ireland, finds his world turned upside down. By the author of A Song for the Brokenhearted. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, July 7
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House of spies by Daniel SilvaA latest entry in the best-selling series continues the adventures of Israeli assassin and art restorer-turned-spy Gabriel Allon. By the author of The Black Widow. Featured on the Today Show, July 10
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The accomplished guest : stories by Ann BeattieA new collection of stories by the award-winning author of Distortions is set along America's East Coast and explores unconventional friendships, frustrated loves, mortality and aging. Featured on NPR's All Things Considered, July 6
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Quiet until the thaw : a novel by Alexandra FullerA debut novel by the best-selling memoirist of Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight follows the experiences of two Native American cousins who become estranged by their different approaches to fighting cultural injustice and whose lives are disrupted by prison, parenthood and violence. Featured on NPR's Author Interviews, July 9
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.A colony in a nation by Christopher HayesAn exploration of policing and democracy in America examines how aggressive policing combined with racial inequality has created conditions resembling a police state, and argues for a more democratic and sympathetic justice system. Featured on Late Night, July 6
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The long drop by Denise MinaCentered around the “trial of the century” in Glasgow in 1950, the innocence and guilt of those involved is explored, starting with Peter Manuel who has been found guilty of a string of murders, starting with the Watt family, and is waiting to die by hanging. Featured in Entertainment Weekly, July 7
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American fire : love, arson, and life in a vanishing land by Monica HesseThe Washington Post reporter and author of Girl in the Blue Coat documents the trial of a man who was charged with dozens of counts of arson in rural Virginia county, sharing insight into the perpetrator's struggles with addiction, his relationship with his accomplice girlfriend and the impact of the fires on their community. Featured on NPR Book Review, July 13
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Refuge : a novel by Dina NayeriAn Iranian girl who escaped to America as a child grows up through 20 transformative years from a confused immigrant to an overachieving Westerner, before the plight of refugees in Europe compels the girl to save her father. Featured on NPR's Author Interviews, July 11
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Talon of God : a novel by Wesley SnipesA fiction debut by the actor who starred in the Blade film series depicts a holy warrior in a fantastical urban world where he must convince a doctor with no faith to help stop a powerful demon and his minions from establishing a hell on earth. A first novel. Featured on CBS This Morning, July 23
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Deadfall by Linda A FairsteinInvestigating the drive-by murder of a high-profile city employee, assistant district attorney Alexandra Cooper teams up with NYPD detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace to search for answers in secret societies, a big-game hunting operation, the illegal animal trade and covert government deals. Featured on CBS This Morning, July 24
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Caesar's last breath : decoding the secrets of the air around us by Sam KeanAn engaging round-the-globe journey through the periodic table explains how the air we breathe reflects the world's history, tracing the origins and ingredients of the atmosphere to explain air's role in reshaping continents, steering human progress and powering revolutions. Featured on NPR Book Review, July 23
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Off the cliff : how the making of Thelma & Louise drove Hollywood to the edge by Becky Aikman""You've always been crazy," says Louise to Thelma, shortly after she locks a police officer in the trunk of his car. "This is just the first chance you've had to express yourself." In 1991, Thelma & Louise, the story of two outlaw women on the run from their disenchanted lives, was a revelation. Suddenly, a film in which women were, in every sense, behind the wheel. It turned the tables on Hollywood, instantly becoming a classic, and continues to electrify audiences as a cultural statement of defiance. But if the film's place in history now seems certain, at the time its creation was a long shot. Only through sheer hard work and more than a little good luck did the script end up in the hands of the brilliant English filmmaker Ridley Scott, who saw itshuge potential.With Scott on board, a team willing to challenge the odds came together--including the stars Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon and a fresh-faced up-and-coming actor named Brad Pitt, as well as legends like actor Harvey Keitel, composer Hans Zimmer, and old-school studio chief Alan Ladd Jr.--to create one of the most controversial movies of all time. But before icons like Davis and Sarandon got involved, Thelma & Louise was just an idea in the head of Callie Khouri, a thirty-year-old music video production manager, who was fed up with working behind the scenes on sleazy sets. At four a.m. one night, sitting in her car outside the ramshackle bungalow in Santa Monica that she shared with two friends, she had a vision: two women on a crime spree, fleeing their dull and tedious lives--lives like hers--in search of a freedom they had never before been able to realize. But in the late 1980s, Hollywood was dominated by men, both on the screen and behind the scenes. The likelihood of a script by an unheard-of screenwriter starring two women in lead roles actually getting made was remote. But Khouri had one thing going for her--she was so inexperienced she didn't really know she would be attempting the nigh impossible. In Off the Cliff, Becky Aikman tells the full extraordinary story behind this feminist sensation, which crashed through barricades and upended convention. Drawing on 130 exclusive interviews with the key players from this remarkable cast of actors, writers, and filmmakers, Aikman tellsan inspiring and important underdog story about creativity, the magic of cinema, and the unjust obstacles that women in Hollywood continue to face to this day" Featured in Entertainment Weekly, July 21/28
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Strange practice by Vivian ShawA doctor to the supernatural residents of London must use her unusual gifts to protect the city’s residents, both human and undead, after a cult of murderous monks goes on a killing spree in the first novel of a new series. Featured on NPR Book Review, July 26
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Featured on NPR's Fresh Air, July 26
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What we lose : a novel by Zinzi ClemmonsRaised in America, the multiracial daughter of a mother from Johannesburg struggles with her mother's terminal cancer and her own need to find love and a place to belong, quests shaped by losses, changes in her sense of identity and unexpected motherhood. A first novel. Featured on NPR's Author Interviews, July 16
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My glory was I had such friends : a memoir by Amy SilversteinThe award-winning author of Sick Girl traces the story of her second heart transplant, celebrating an extraordinary group of friends who flew across the country to support her throughout a wrenching wait and subsequent medical procedure. Featured on The Talk, July 24
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Mrs. Fletcher : a novel by Tom PerrottaStruggling to adjust to her empty nest when her only child departs for college, a middle-aged divorcee receives an erotic message from a secret admirer and becomes obsessed with a fantasy porn site for women; while miles away at college, her son encounters challenges to his outmoded ideas of sex. By the best-selling author of Little Children. Featured on NPR's Author Interviews, July 29
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