Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Key titles forthcoming in Fall 2009

Nibble & Kuhn: A Novel, David Schmahmann Academy Chicago, Nov 09
ISBN 978-0-89733-592-8, $24.95, Cloth, Fiction
A legal thriller set in Boston; Robert B Parker calls it a “great book!”

Never Trust a Thin Cook, Eric Dregni, Univ. of Minnesota, Sept 09
ISBN 978-0-8166-6745-1, $22.95, Cloth, Travel/Memoir/Cuisine
The author of In Cod We Trust goes to Italy & learns culinary lessons

Triple Time: Stories, Anne Sanow, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Aug 09
ISBN 978-08229-4380-8, $24.95, Cloth, Fiction/Short Stories
2009 Drue Heinz Award -- fascinating tales set in Saudi Arabia

The Last of His Mind, John Thorndike, Swallow Press, Dec 09
ISBN 978-08040-1122-8, $24.95, Cloth, Memoir/Health
Bittersweet account of a son’s final year with his father; a candid portrait
of Alzheimer’s Disease

Kevin Kling’s Holiday Inn, Kevin Kling, Borealis Books, Nov 09
ISBN 978-0-87351-766-9, $22.95, Cloth, Essays/Humor
A playful romp through a year of holidays from the bestselling author of
The Dog Says How

Deadly Voyage: The SS Daniel J Merell Tragedy, Andrew Kantar,
Michigan State Univ. Sept 09, ISBN 978-0-87013-863-8, $16.95, Paper, History
The harrowing story of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history

What Comes Down to US: 25 Contemporary Kentucky Poets, Jeff Worley,
Univ. Press of KY, Nov 09, ISBN 978-0-8031-2557-2, Cloth, Poetry
An accomplished collection of KY poets including Wendell Berry, Nikki Finney & James Baker Hall

Glass Ceilings and 100-Hour Couples, Karine Moe, Univ of Georgia, Oct
ISBN 978-0-8203-3404-2, $19.95, Paper, Women Studies/Current Events
A comprehensive and provocative account of the opt-out revolution

Inside Fallujah, Ahmed Mansour, Interlink, Sept 09
ISBN 978-1-56656-778-7, $20.00, Paper, Politics/Middle East/Current Events
A courageous work of journalism by one of the few reporters on the gorund during the US siege of Fallujah in 2004

Hold Onto Your Dreams: Arthur Russell Tim Lawrence, Duke Univ. Nov 09
ISBN 978-0-8223-4485-8, $23.95, Paper, Music/Biography
The first biography of musician and composer Russell, one of the most important but least-known contributors to the NY C downtown scene in the 1970s and 80s

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