Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Crouch, Gregory. The Bonanza King: John Mackay and the Battle over the Greatest Fortune in the American West. Scribner. Jun. 2018. 384p. ISBN 9781501108198. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781501108211. HISTORY Like so many others, Irish immigrant John Mackay rushed to 1840s California in search of gold. It didn’t pan out, but in 1859, he walked 100 miles […]
Barak, Ehud. My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace. St. Martin’s. May 2018. 432p. ISBN 9781250079367. ebk. ISBN 9781466892088. CD. MEMOIR/POLITICS Barak’s life is so deeply entwined with his homeland that any memoir he offers will also be a history of Israel. Here he focuses on his efforts in 2000 to find […]
Harkness, Deborah (text) & Colleen Madden (illus.). The World of All Souls: The Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life. Viking. May 2018. 608p. ISBN 9780735220744. $40; ebk. 9780735220751. Downloadable. LITERATURE Hilburn, Robert. Paul Simon: The Life. S. & S. May 2018. 400p. ISBN 9781501112126. $30. BIOGRAPHY/MUSIC […]
Baier, Bret & Catherine Whitney. Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire. Morrow. May 2018. 368p. ISBN 9780062748362. $28.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062748492. CD. HISTORY Author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling Three Days in January and anchor of Fox News Channel’s top-rated Special Report with Bret Baier, […]
Abrams, Dan & David Fisher. Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency. Hanover Square: Harlequin. May 2018. 368p. ISBN 9781335424693. $26.99. HISTORY The only case in a two-decades-long career for which we have an almost complete transcript, Abraham Lincoln’s last big trial before his run for the presidency was deeply […]
Abrams, Stacey. Minority Leader: How To Lead from the Outside and Make Real Change. Holt. Apr. 2018. 272p. ISBN 9781250191298. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781250191304. SELF-HELP/POLITICAL House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly who’s now running for Georgia governor, Abrams won national acclaim for helping register voters of color in her state and getting business to […]
Barnet, Andrea. Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World. Ecco. Apr. 2018. 528p. ISBN 9780062310729. $29.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062310743. HISTORY Rachel Carson fought for the environment and Jane Jacobs for livable cities; Jane Goodall shows us the link between humans and animals and Alice Waters how to […]
Bastianich, Lidia Matticchio. My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food. Knopf. Apr. 2018. 352p. ISBN 9781524731618. $ 28.95; ebk. ISBN 9781524731625. lrg. prnt. CD/downloadable: Random Audio. MEMOIR/COOKING From an impoverished upbringing in a formerly Italian city that came under Tito’s rule, to two years in a refugee camp with her family awaiting […]
Allen, Ray & Michael Arkush. From the Outside: My Journey Through Life and the Game I Love. Dey Street: HarperCollins. Mar. 2018. 288p. ISBN 9780062675477. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062675491. MEMOIR/SPORTS Two-time National Basketball Association champion Allen, celebrated for his three-point shot, shares about his upbringing in a military family (which taught him discipline and respect) […]
Bonanos, Christopher. Flash: The Making of Weegee the Famous. Holt. Mar. 2018. 366p. ISBN 9781627793063. $30; ebk. ISBN 9781627793070. BIOGRAPHY/PHOTOGRAPHY Famed for his gritty, sometimes lurid shots, particularly of mid-century New York, Arthur Fellig was nicknamed Weegee (from the Ouija board) for his spooky ability to arrive at the scene of a crime almost before […]
