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'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 IndieBound What'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 IndieBound What'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 IndieBound What'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.
10 best books of October 2017, according to Amazon's editors As fall continues, more intriguing titles are headed to bookstores 鈥� check out what Amazon says are the best of the bunch.
'Unbelievable' chronicles the 'most unlikely, exciting, ugly ... bizarre campaign' in US historyNBC asked聽Tur聽to cover a couple of Trump events while the network鈥檚 political reporters followed more serious contenders. Five hundred and聽ten days later, she watched as Trump won.
'At the Strangers' Gate' is Adam Gopnik's captivating story of a couple finding their way in the Big AppleGopnik's new memoir is sure to become as beloved as 'Paris to the Moon.'
