Category: Authors
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Author Sonali Dev’s new novel is an Indian twist on Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Sonali Dev’s newest book, “Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors,” is an Indian take on Jane Austen’s classic, “Pride and Prejudice.”
Jane Simon Ammeson
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Scott Turow: The Last Trial

Sandy Stern is a fragile 85 after surviving several devastating bouts of cancer, dealing with several other ailments and the deaths of his two wives. But when his longtime friend Kiril Pafko asks Stern, a noted defense lawyer to represent him on charges of inside trading and murder. Stern though doubtful as to whether…
Jane Simon Ammeson
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Barnes and Noble’s Best Books of 2020 (So Far)

Booksellers Select the Top Ten Titles from the First Half of 2020 Barnes & Noble Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced that booksellers from across the U.S. selected ten titles as the Best Books of 2020 (So Far), including books that address our current moment, share lessons from the past, and bring memorable characters—both…
Jane Simon Ammeson
2020 Best Titles, A Burning, Barnes & Noble, Best Books, Brit Bennett, Chris Wallace, Countdown 1945, Deacon King Kong, Erik Larson, Glennon Doyle, Ibram X. Kendi, James McBride, Jason Reynolds, Katherine Applegate, Layla Saad, Me and White Supremacy, Megha Majumdar, Stamped, Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The One and Only Bob, The Splendid and the Vile, The Vanishing Half, Top Ten, Untamed -
The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef’s Recipe for Real Life.

“The Wellness Lifestyle is an all-in-one life-long wellness plan,” says Daniel Orr. “Dr. K and I wanted to create something that was a one size fits all in both understanding health and enjoying life. A lot of that is food. ”
Jane Simon Ammeson
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The Splendid and the Vile. A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

When New York Times bestselling author Erik Larson (Devil in the White City; Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania) moved to New York five years ago, he had what he describes as a revelation. He had watched, horrified, as 911 unfolded on CNN. “But I wondered what was it like for…
Jane Simon Ammeson
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Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope

Tightrope tells the tale of an America that is still in the process of losing well-paying jobs, where people work two or more jobs just to make ends meet, where one illness can turn into a bankruptcy for those who are uninsured or underinsured and where opioids and other drugs lead to incarceration, early death…
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MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES

Class Mom meets Small Admissions in MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, a wryly-observed debut about the privileged bubble that is Liston Heights High–the micro-managing parents, the overworked teachers, and the students caught in the middle–and the fallout for each of them when that bubble finally bursts. A former teacher, Kathleen West keeps us amused and amazed in her…
Jane Simon Ammeson
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Old School Love and Why It Works

“We’ve had hard times, but we have resilience and we always knew we wanted to be together,” says Rev Run, front man of Run-DMC about how he and his wife make their marriage work.
Jane Simon Ammeson
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F*ck Your Diet and Other Things My Diet Tells Me

“Our food choices and our image of ourselves are part of our culture.,” says Chloe Hilliard.
Jane Simon Ammeson
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The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing

Adam Frankel tells in his recently released book, The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing, about identity, family trauma and how in family those who came before us impact our own lives.
Jane Simon Ammeson