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'A Disappearance in Damascus' is the story of a journalist鈥檚 hunt for a kidnapped Iraqi colleagueThe thriller, mystery novel-quality of this true story will keep readers turning pages.
Must an author鈥檚 wishes be honored after death?Authors once聽turned to fire to be rid of writing they didn鈥檛 want the world to read. Terry Pratchett took a slightly more creative 鈥� and modern 鈥� route. He ordered that his hard drive be crushed by a steamroller after his death.
'Red Famine' chronicles the ruin wrought upon Ukraine by Joseph Stalin'Gulag' author Anne聽Applebaum gives a chorus of contemporary voices to the tale, and her book is written in the light of later history.
'Devotions' collects five decades of poetry by Mary OliverOliver's work聽charts those moments when the temporal is touched by the transcendental.
Bestselling books the week of 10/19/17, according to IndieBoundWhat's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'Leonardo da Vinci' may be Walter Isaacson's most unusual subject everIsaacson concludes that Leonardo鈥檚 outsider status helped to feed his development.
History-making librarian of Congress checks in one year laterWhen Carla Hayden聽was sworn in as the librarian of Congress on Sept. 14, 2016, she made history as the first woman and the first African-American to hold that position.聽
Remembering poet Richard Wilbur, 'heir to Robert Frost'Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin once described Wilbur as 'a poet for us all, whose elegant words brim with wit and paradox.'
'The Gourmands' Way' examines France's powerful, ongoing influence on American dinersAuthor Justin Spring offers profiles of six talented American writers who were also gourmands, including the legendary and luminary Julia Child, essayist M.F.K. Fisher, and artist-turned-culinary savant Richard Olney.
'Code Girls' tells the captivating story of America's female World War II codebreakersLike 'Hidden Figures,' this well-crafted book reveals a remarkable slice of unacknowledged US history.聽
'Sing, Unburied, Sing' is a road novel, a ghost story, a family epicIt鈥檚 easy to see why Ward鈥檚 new novel has been called a 'Beloved' for the incarcerated generation, but there are also echoes of William Faulkner and Eudora Welty.
Bestselling books the week of 10/12/17, according to IndieBoundWhat's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'Grant' vigorously portrays its subject as a great military leader, champion of rights, honest manBiographer Ron Chernow returns with his latest take on a historical figure, which largely rewrites Grant's legacy.
'The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy' series editor John Joseph Adams shares how sci-fi is evolving'Trying to achieve change through something like science fiction seems like a pipe dream,' Adams says. 'But it also feels like the only thing that writers can hope to do.'
'Nine Continents' is Chinese author Xiaolu Guo鈥檚 resonant memoir about leaving her pastAlmost 20 years since she published her first novel in China, Xiaolu Guo lays bare her first 40 years in a single book.
Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe Nobel judges described Ishiguro as a mix of Jane Austen and Franz Kafka, with 'a little bit of Marcel Proust.'
'A Bold and Dangerous Family' ably chronicles one Italian family's battle against MussoliniMoorehead, who grew up in Italy and speaks Italian, portrays the trials and intrigues of the Rosselli clan in intimate detail.
Bestselling books the week of 10/5/17, according to IndieBoundWhat's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
'The Future Is History' is a dark examination of what went wrong in RussiaRussian-American journalist and activist聽Masha聽Gessen focuses on four brave resisters聽to Russian totalitarianism.
'A Moonless, Starless Sky' tells the stories of the courageous figures who stand up to extremismThe book is聽the result of Alexis Okeowo鈥檚 tenure spent reporting in Africa over the past decade.
