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BookazineBits
February 4th, 2016
On the cover of the NYT Book Review for 2/7/16
Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney (ISBN 9780374113810
$26.00)
The story of a young African American man in divided Berlin
Jed--young, gay, black, out of rehab and out of
prospects in his hometown of Chicago--flees to
the city of his fantasies, a museum of modernism
and decadence: Berlin. The paradise that tyranny
created, the subsidized city isolated behind the
Berlin Wall, is where he's chosen to become the
figure that he so admires, the black American
expatriate. Newly sober and nostalgic for the
Weimar days of Isherwood and Auden, Jed
arrives to chase boys and to escape from what it
means to be a black male in America.
But history, both personal and political, can't be
avoided with time or distance. Whether it's the
judgment of the cousin he grew up with and her
husband's bourgeois German family, the lure of
white wine in a down-and-out bar, a gang of
racists looking for a brawl, or the ravaged visage
of Rock Hudson flashing behind the face of every
white boy he desperately longs for, the past never
stays past even in faraway Berlin. In the age of
Reagan and AIDS in a city on the verge of tearing down its walls, he clambers toward
some semblance of adulthood amid the outcasts and expats, intellectuals and artists,
queers and misfits. And, on occasion, the city keeps its Isherwood promises and the
boy he kisses, incredibly, kisses him back.
An intoxicating, provocative novel of appetite, identity, and self-construction, Darryl
Pinckney's Black Deutschland tells the story of an outsider, trapped between a painful
past and a tenebrous future, in Europe's brightest and darkest city.
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (ISBN 9780545850568
$9.99) Behind the Scenes Featurette – Go HERE

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IN STOCK
The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel (ISBN
9780812997170 $27.00)
In this allegorical three-part novel—quixotic quest story, ghost story, and contemporary
realism—all set in Portugal (in Lisbon and in the fictional High Mountains of Portugal)—
in the 17th century, at the turn of the 20th century, mid-20th century, and today—Yann
Martel presents us with three intersecting narratives that explore our relationship with
faith.
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant
(ISBN 9780385348157 $26.00)
A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind’s
extraordinary ability to heal the body.
NPR Science Friday–Interview – 2/5
Washington Post – Running "5 Myths" piece – 2/7
Washington Post – Review – 2/7
Keira Knightley in Talks to Star in ‘Colette’ Biopic. Go HERE for the full
article

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Film: Trumbo (ISBN 9781455564972 $15.99) - the man who defied the
witch-hunt
If anyone could have used a laptop, it was Dalton Trumbo. The great screenwriter
worked in a time before computers or even Tipp-Ex, and created ragged palimpsests of
tagged together notes and pages that looked like something out of a rubbish skip. But
using these arcane methods, he created scripts for such memorable films as Spartacus,
Roman Holiday and The Brave One.
Go HERE for the full article
Releasing in March
The Secret Subway by Shana Corey, Illustrated by Red Nose Studio
(ISBN 9780375870712 $17.99)
New York City in the 1860s was a mess: crowded, disgusting, filled with garbage. You
see, way back in 1860, there were no subways, just cobblestone streets. That is, until
Alfred Ely Beach had the idea for a fan-powered train that would travel underground. On
February 26, 1870, after fifty-eight days of drilling and painting and plastering, Beach
unveiled his masterpiece—and throngs of visitors took turns swooshing down the track.
The Secret Subway will wow readers, just as Beach’s underground train wowed riders
over a century ago.
Glynn Turman (The Wire) will guest star in new OWN original series
Queen Sugar (ISBN 9780143126232 $16.00), as a patriarch and proud
father running a failing farm. Drama is based on the novel by Natalie
Baszile

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And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
by Richard Engel (ISBN 9781451635119
$27.00)
Based on two decades of reporting, NBC’s chief
foreign correspondent’s riveting story of the Middle
East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism
seen up-close—sometimes dangerously so.
Vanity Fair, February issue
NBC-TV/"Today Show," February 11
NBC-TV/"Nightly News," February 11
MSNBC-TV/"Rachel Maddow Show,"
February 11
MSNBC-TV/"Morning Joe," February 12
HBO-TV/"RealTime with Bill Maher,"
February 12
MSNBC-TV/"Hardball," February 15
NPR-Radio/"Diane Rehm," February 16
MSNBC-TV/"Andrea Mitchell," February 16
CNBC-TV/"Power Lunch," February 17
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul
by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (ISBN 9780804137416 $26.00)
A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial
society, from a promising new public voice at Princeton University.
TIME Magazine – "10 Questions" – 2/12
4 Great Books Adapted for the Screen by Their Own Authors – Go
HERE
The cast of Broadway hit Hamilton will appear via satellite at the 58th
Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from LA Monday, February 15 at 8pm.
It’s the eighth time musical theater has been featured on the music awards
show.
Alexander Hamilton (ISBN 9780143034759 $20.00)

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Sundance - Autism Doc ‘Life, Animated’ (ISBN 9781423180364
$26.99) Sells to The Orchard. For more on this go HERE
Youngblood by Matt Gallagher (ISBN 9781501105746 $26.00)
The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq and newly-minted lieutenant Jack
Porter struggles to accept how it’s happening—through alliances with warlords who
have Arab and American blood on their hands.
“An urgent and deeply moving novel.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
WAMU-Radio/"Diane Rehm," February 23
FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story opened as the
most-watched and highest-rated show on cable on Tuesday, with 5.1
million viewers and a 2.0 rating among A18-49.
The show is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The
People v. O. J. Simpson (ISBN 9780812988543 $16.00)

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A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue
Klebold, Introduction by Andrew Solomon (ISBN 9781101902752
$28.00)
In A Mother’s Reckoning, Sue Klebold, for the first time, recounts, based on her
recollections, her daily journals, and the difficult and harrowing writings and video
recordings her son left behind, the days and months leading up to the tragic shooting at
Columbine High School.
ABC-TV - Good Morning America – 2/12
ABC News – World News Tonight promotes Diane Sawyer Special which
airs later that night - 2/12
Diane Sawyer ABC Prime Time Special-ABC News – 2/12
Releasing February 23rd
Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance by
Laura Poitras (ISBN 9780300217650 $45.00)
A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and government power
by writers, artists, and others
The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has
explored the themes of mass surveillance, “war on
terror,” drone program, Guantánamo, and torture in her
work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was
contacted by Edward Snowden, a former National
Security Agency subcontractor who leaked classified
information about government-sponsored surveillance.
Her resulting documentary, Citizenfour, which won an
Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2015, is
the third film in her post-9/11 film trilogy.
For this volume, Poitras has invited authors ranging from
artists and novelists to technologists and academics to
respond to the modern-day state of mass surveillance.
Among them are the acclaimed author Dave Eggers, the
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the former Guantanamo Bay
detainee Lakhdar Boumediene, the writer and researcher
Kate Crawford, and Edward Snowden, to name but a few. Some contributors worked
directly with Poitras and the archive of documents leaked by Snowden; others
contributed fictional reinterpretations of spycraft. The result is a “how-to” guide for living
in a society that collects extraordinary amounts of information on individuals.
Questioning the role of surveillance and advocating for collective privacy are central
tennets for Poitras, who has long engaged with and supported free-software
technologists.

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Go HERE for the trailer for Me Before You (ISBN 9780143124542 $16.00)
In theaters June 2016.
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions
into Adulthood by Lisa Damour, Ph.D. (ISBN 9780553393057 $27.00)
Finally, a book that tells parents what is PREDICTABLE and NORMAL about their teen
daughters’ often worryingly extreme behavior, and provides CONCRETE ways to form a
healthier, happier relationship with their girls.
CBS "This Morning" – Interview -2/9
IN STOCK
Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It by Grace Helbig
(ISBN 9781501120589 $19.99)
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grace’s Guide and the host of The
Grace Helbig Show on E! comes a beautifully illustrated, tongue-in-cheek book about
style that lampoons fashion and beauty guides while offering practical advice in Grace
Helbig’s trademark sweet and irreverent voice.
Marie Claire, February issue
Cosmopolitan, February issue
People, February 16 issue
Just released
The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (ISBN
9781626566743 $17.95)
New Revelations: Featuring 15 explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of
Perkins's classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and,
chillingly, home to the US. Over 40 percent of the book is new, including chapters
identifying today's EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM
activity since the first edition was published in 2004.

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This Was Not the Plan by Cristina Alger (ISBN 9781501103759
$26.00)
From the acclaimed author of The Darlings comes an incisive, hilarious, and tender
exploration of fatherhood, love, and family life through the story of a widower who
attempts to become the father he didn’t know he could be.
Watch! Magazine, February issue
Newsday, "What's New," February 7 issue
Keep an eye out for original essays by Cristina Alger on The Daily Beast,
Dujour Magazine, and BookPage!
On My Own by Diane Rehm (ISBN 9781101875285 $23.95)
In a deeply personal and moving book, the beloved
NPR radio host speaks out about the long drawn-out
death (from Parkinson’s) of her husband of fifty-four
years, and of her struggle to reconstruct her life without
him.
With John gone, Diane was indeed “on her own,”
coping with the inevitable practical issues and, more
important, with the profoundly emotional ones. What to
do, how to react, reaching out again into the world—
struggling to create a new reality for herself while
clinging to memories of the past. Her focus is on her
own roller-coaster experiences, but she has also
solicited the moving stories of such recently widowed
friends as Roger Mudd and Susan Stamberg, which
work to expose the reader to a remarkable range of
reactions to the death of a spouse.
John’s unnecessarily extended death—he begged to be helped to die—culminated in
his taking matters into his own hands, simply refusing to take water, food, and
medication. His heroic actions spurred Diane into becoming a kind of poster person for
the “right to die” movement that is all too slowly taking shape in our country. With the
brave determination that has characterized her whole life, she is finding a meaningful
new way to contribute to the world.
Her book—as practical as it is inspiring—will be a help and a comfort to the recently
bereaved, and a beacon of hope about the possibilities that remain to us as we deal
with our own approaching mortality.
USA Today – review by Sharon Peters – 2/10

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Releasing February 9th
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (ISBN 9781101875551 $26.95)
In Other Words is a revelation.
It is at heart a love story—of a
long and sometimes difficult
courtship, and a passion that
verges on obsession: that of a
writer for another language.
For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love
was for Italian, which first
captivated and capsized her
during a trip to Florence after
college. Although Lahiri
studied Italian for many years
afterward, true mastery
always eluded her.
Seeking full immersion, she
decides to move to Rome with
her family, for “a trial by fire, a
sort of baptism” into a new
language and world. There,
she begins to read, and to
write—initially in her journal—
solely in Italian. In Other
Words, an autobiographical
work written in Italian,
investigates the process of
learning to express oneself in
another language, and
describes the journey of a
writer seeking a new voice.
Presented in a dual-language
format, this is a wholly original
book about exile, linguistic
and otherwise, written with an
intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection
and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.
NPR - All Things Considered – interview with Ari Shapiro – 2/9

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United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the
Common Good by Cory Booker (ISBN 9781101965160 $27.00)
A rising United States Senator—widely recognized as the accessible and energetic new
voice of politics—makes the case that the virtues of connection and compassion must
guide our nation toward a brighter future.
New York Times Book Review – By the Book – 2/7
‘Indignation’ by Philip Roth (ISBN 9780307388919 $15.00)
Glen Basner’s FilmNation has virtually sold out across the world on James Schamus’
directorial debut Indignation. The film, an adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about a
middle class Jewish student from New Jersey attending an Ohio college in the 1950’s,
debuted at Sundance to great reviews and a positive audience reaction. The film is also
in official selection at the Berlin Film Festival in Panorama. Schamus, Anthony Bregman
and actors Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon will be attending.
For the full article go HERE
Releasing in March

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All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an
Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister (ISBN 9781476716565 $27.00)
A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in
America. In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award finalist
Rebecca Traister, “the most brilliant voice on feminisism in the country” (Anne Lamott),
traces the history of unmarried and late-married women in Amerca who, through social,
political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation.
Vanity Fair, "Hollywood Issue," on stands February 4
New York Magazine, February 22 issue
CBS-TV/"CBS This Morning," February 29
The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and
the Life You Love by DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good (ISBN
9781501105296 $24.00)
Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan
Good candidly share about their courtship and
marriage, and the key to their success—waiting.
President/CEO of Franklin Entertainment and former
Sony Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-
winning actress Meagan Good have learned
sometimes all we can do is wait for “the one” to come
into our lives. They spent years crossing paths but it
wasn’t until they were thrown together while working
on the film Jumping the Broom that their storybook
romance began.
Essence Magazine, February issue
Ebony Magazine, February issue
Nationally Syndicated-TV/"Meredith Vieira,"
February 9
Fox-TV/"The Real," February 9
GMA-TV/"700 Club," February 9
Nationally Syndicated-TV/"Hollywood Today Live," February 15
Beatrix Potter story Kitty-in-Boots discovered after 100 years. Go HERE
for the full article

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Frances Hardinge’s ’The Lie Tree’ has been crowned the surprise winner
of the £30,000 2015 Costa Book of the Year
This is the first children's book to have won the award since Philip Pullman
took the prize for his third novel in the Dark Materials trilogy The Amber
Spyglass in 2001.
’The Lie Tree’ (ISBN 9781419718953 $17.95) is scheduled for release
here in the U.S. in May.
With the success of Empire of the Summer Moon (ISBN 9781416591061
$17.00) & The Heart of
Everything That Is (ISBN
9781451654684 $17.00), you
might want to stock this classic by
Zitkala-Sa, American Indian
Stories, Legends, and Other
Writings (ISBN 9780142437094
$16.00)
One of the first Native American women
to publish traditional stories derived from
oral tribal legend was Zitkala-Sa.
She was born at the Yankton Sioux
Agency in South Dakota, from a white
father and a Dakota Indian mother.
Her writing was full of imagery and
emotion and frequently harangued on
the white oppression of Native
Americans.
Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was
educated at boarding schools that
enforced assimilation and was witness to
major events in white-Indian relations in
the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping
her troubled personal history, Zitkala-Sa
created stories that illuminate the
tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced
with political savvy, she forces new thinking about the perceptions, assumptions, and
customs of both Sioux and white cultures and raises issues of assimilation, identity, and
race relations that remain compelling today.

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Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism—From Goldwater to
the Tea Party and Beyond by E.J. Dionne Jr. (ISBN 9781476763798
$30.00) – Jan. 19 release
From one of our most engaging political reporters and the author of Why Americans
Hate Politics; the story of conservatism from the Goldwater 1960s to the present day
Tea Party that has resulted in broken promises and an ideological purity that drives
moderate Republicans away.
HBO-TV/"RealTime with Bill Maher," February 5
Uma Thurman, Alexandra Daddario Join Marjane Satrapi’s Extraordinary
Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe
by Romain Puértolas (ISBN 9780804172080 $17.00). You can check out
the full article HERE
FYI - Ken Kratz, the lawyer whose prosecution of Steven Avery and
Brendan Dassey was chronicled on Netflix’s wildly popular docu-series
“Making a Murderer,” is writing a book about the case.
In the meantime get your orders in for ‘The Innocent Killer’ (ISBN
9781627223638 $16.95)
Showtime is developing the novel ‘Super Sad True Love Story’ (ISBN
9780812977868 $16.00) with Ben Stiller Directing. Go HERE for the full article
TriStar Lands Cartel Book ‘Wolf Boys’; Antoine Fuqua Attached to Direct –
Go HERE for the full article
Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous
Drug Cartel (ISBN 9781501126543 $26.95) Sept 2016 release
Embankment Films has boarded the Wim Wenders-directed love story
Submergence (ISBN 9781566893190 $16.95) starring Alicia Vikander and
James McAvoy and based on J.M. Ledgard’s NY Times bestseller.
For more on this go HERE

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Releasing March 22nd
Dimestore by Lee Smith (ISBN 9781616205027 $24.95)
In her first work of nonfiction, Lee Smith deploys the
wit, wisdom, and graceful prose for which she is
beloved to conjure her early days in the small coal town
of Grundy, Virginia—and beyond.
For the inimitable Lee Smith, place is paramount. For
forty-five years, her fiction has lived and breathed with
the rhythms and people of the Appalachian South. But
never before has she written her own story. Set deep in
the rugged Appalachian Mountains, the Grundy of Lee
Smith’s youth was a place of coal miners, mountain
music, and her daddy’s dimestore. It was in that
dimestore--listening to customers and inventing life
histories for the store’s dolls--that she began to learn
the craft of storytelling.
Even though she adored Grundy, Smith’s formal
education and travels took her far from Virginia, though
her Appalachian upbringing never left her. Dimestore’s
fifteen essays are crushingly honest, always wise, and superbly entertaining. Smith has
created both a moving, personal portrait and a broader meditation on embracing one’s
heritage. Hers is an inspiring story of the birth of a writer and a poignant look at a way of
life that has all but vanished.
“You know how in Lee Smith’s fiction there’s always something so fresh,
crazy, and loving? In Dimestore is the essence of Lee.” —Roy Blount Jr.
“This memoir is Smith at her finest. There is not one false note in the book.
This wonderful memoir—filled with tenderness, compassion, love, and
humor—is highly recommended for fans of Smith’s fiction, lovers of
Southern writing, and readers who are interested in the changes in small-
town America.” —Library Journal (starred review)
Kevin Spacey has been set to star with Nicholas Hoult in Rebel In The Rye,
the Black Label Media drama about the formative years of The Catcher In
The Rye author J.D. Salinger. Empire exec producer Danny Strong is
directing the script he adapted based on the Kenneth Slawenski
biography JD Salinger: A Life (ISBN 9780812982596 $17.00). Go
HERE for the full article.

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Robert Bolaños, 2666 (ISBN 9780312429218 $23.00 – Spanish edition
ISBN 9780307475954 $22.00) premieres next month at Chicago's
Goodman Theater. It is scheduled to run from February 6 - March 13, 2016.
Approximate running time… five hours with three intermissions
The Goodman Theatre Brings 2666 to Life – Go HERE
‘A Dog’s Purpose’ (ISBN 9780765330345 $14.99), movie based on
Bestselling Book to Unleash in 2017. Go HERE for the full article.
Oscar-nominated Bridge Of Spies producer Marc Platt has optioned Carla Buckley’s
novel The Deepest Secret (ISBN 9780553393736 $15.95)
For more go HERE
Medical procedural ‘Zoobiquity’ (ISBN 9780307477439 $15.95) lands
pilot order from Fox. For the full article, go HERE
United States of Jihad: Investigating America's Homegrown
Terrorists by Peter Bergen (ISBN 9780804139540 $28.00)
In the wake of the attacks at Fort Hood, at the Boston marathon, and in Paris, here is a
riveting, panoramic look at “homegrown” Islamist terrorism, from 9/11 to the present.
New York Times Book Review — review – 2/7

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USAToday - Is 'Calendar Girl' the next 'Fifty Shades'? Go HERE
for the full article
The first four books are now in our system and on order with the publisher.
CALENDAR GIRL V01 (ISBN 9781943893034 $15.99)
CALENDAR GIRL V02 (ISBN 9781943893041 $15.99)
CALENDAR GIRL V03 (ISBN 9781943893058 $15.99) – Jan 26th
release
CALENDAR GIRL V04 (ISBN 9781943893065 $15.99) – Feb 12th
release
Wallace Stegner’s critically acclaimed novel ‘Crossing To Safety’
(ISBN 9780375759314 $16.00), has been optioned. For the full article go
HERE
Go HERE for the 2016 Oscar nominee titles for all the major categories
Trailer for Stephen King’s ‘11.23.63’ (ISBN 9781451627299 $19.99).
Series premiers on HULU February 15th
– Go HERE
AMC said its six-part miniseries The Night Manager (ISBN 9780399594007
$9.99) starring Tom Hiddleston and Olivia Colman — the first TV adaptation of a John
le Carré novel in more than 20 years — will kick off a new night of original programming
on Tuesday, April 19.
Meet the Unknown Author of the Next Blockbuster Novel – go HERE for
the article
Lily & the Octopus (ISBN 9781501126222 $25.99) release June 9th

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Fox has acquired Joe Hill’s forthcoming novel The Fireman (ISBN
9780062200631 $28.99-May release), and has attached Louis Leterrier to
direct. Go HERE for the full article
Based on ‘The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving’ by
Jonathan Evison (ISBN 9781616203153 $14.95)
Rob Burnett On ‘The Fundamentals of Caring’: “Once You Have Paul
Rudd, You Have A Movie” - Go HERE for more
Looking for more franchise properties, Lionsgate has just acquired the
rights to the Magic Tree House book series and says it plans to develop
multiple live-action films for its Summit Entertainment label.
You can check out the full article HERE, and be sure to check today’s
SHOWCASE for all of the Magic Tree House titles
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