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- 'Now and Again,' by Charlotte Rogan, is an absorbing search for truthCharlotte Rogan's second novel takes readers from the Midwest to the deserts of Iraq as it follows a group of characters grappling for meaning in their lives.
- Following in the frozen tracks of a beloved Icelandic detectiveIcelandic author Arnaldur Indridason talks about Erlendur Sveinsson, the fictional detective whose brooding style has earned him fans around the world.
- Bestselling books the week of 4/07/16, according to IndieBound* What's selling best at independent bookstores across America?
- 'Wind Sprints' serves up the wit of Joseph Epstein in bite-sized piecesEpstein excels at lively, instructive, and often funny essays. In 'Wind Sprints' he proves he can also write short.
- 'Prisoners of Hope' fully, shrewdly chronicles LBJ鈥檚 'Great Society'For liberals, Johnson鈥檚 domestic record ranks him among the greatest presidents in American history.
- 10 best books of April 2016, according to Amazon's editors What are the best titles to be released this month? Check out the full list from Amazon staff.
- 'High Dive' reimagines the IRA plot to assassinate Margaret ThatcherBased on the true story of a 1984 crime, Jonathan Lee's debut novel follows the young IRA recruit assigned to the deadly mission.
- 'Frederick the Great' occasionally rises to greatnessThe foremost strength of Blanning's biography is its ability to capture the quicksilver nature of the mind of the fabled Prussian monarch.
- Baseball 2016: touching base with seven new books Here鈥檚 an around-the-horn look at a lineup of diverse releases:
- 'A Doubter's Almanac' brings deep insight to a story of genius squanderedThe son of a mathematical prodigy seeks 鈥 with compassion 鈥 to understand his father and his wasted gifts.
- Finding his mother, deep in the jungleDavid Good's memoir explores the difficult marriage of his father, a student of cultural anthropology, to his mother, a young Yanomami native.
- 'The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder' shows a devotion to readersIn her letters, just as in her books and in person, Laura Ingalls Wilder is effortlessly sunny good company.
- Bestselling books the week of 3/31/16, according to IndieBound* What's getting readers hooked at independent bookstores around the country?
- 5 surprising facts about Eugene V. Debs (aka, Bernie 1.0)Before Sanders, socialist Eugene V. Debs made bids for the top job.
- 'The Little Red Chairs' poignantly asks how the displaced find homeEdna O鈥橞rien's latest novel spins a story loosely based on Radovan Karad啪i膰, the war criminal who eluded capture for 12 years following the Bosnian War ceasefire.
- 'Don鈥檛 Let My Baby Do Rodeo' examines what it means to belongThe follow-up to Fishman's critically-acclaimed 'A Replacement Life' offers a compelling portrait of one woman's search for her own identity.
- 'Spain In Our Hearts' profiles the foreigners drawn into Spain's civil warThe Spanish Civil War exerted a strong influence over the writers and thinkers of its generation.
- First LookJ.K. Rowling offers rejection letters as lesson in perseverenceWhen fans struggling with literary rejection reached out to J.K. Rowling on Twitter, the best-selling author responded with words of inspiration and examples of some of her own rejection letters.
- A Southern tragedy: racism, redemption, and familyKaren Branan, author of 'The Family Tree,' found shocking connections to a 1912 mass lynching.
- 'Raoul Wallenberg' tells the story of the bureaucrat who fooled the NazisWallenberg, Swedish envoy and humanitarian, saved thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.