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March 19th, 2015
Ken Burns Presents CANCER: THE
EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
(ISBN 9781439170915 $18.00) , a threepart, six-hour documentary directed by awardwinning filmmaker Barak Goodman and
executive produced by Ken Burns, will air on
PBS March 30-April 1, 2015. The project is
based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by
Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D., The Emperor of
All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
PBS Trailer http://video.pbs.org/video/2365362396/
Actress Maura Tierney talks candidly about
her breast cancer diagnosis and her fears
about chemotherapy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez1C1_1F
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Academy Award-nominated actor Terrence
Howard talks about his emotions around his
mother’s death and vows to destroy cancer in
her honor.
http://video.pbs.org/video/2365433048/
• Ken Burns' "CANCER: The Emperor of All Maladies," a 3-part, 6 hour miniseries, to air
on PBS starting March 30.
• PBS/"Newshour," March 20
• WNYC/"Leonard Lopate Show," March 24
• Fox Business Network/"Opening Bell," March 25
• April issues of Mother Jones and GQ
‘Insurgent’ Aims to Beat ‘Divergent’ Debut
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/box-office-insurgent-aims-to-beat-divergent-debut1201454595/
Check out today’s BookazineBits Showcase for list of titles
Peter Dinklage in Talks to Join Christian Bale in ‘Deep Blue Good-by’
(ISBN 9780812983920 $16.00)
Dennis Lehane wrote the script with Scott Frank writing the latest draft. Pic
is based on the Travis McGee series by author John D. MacDonald.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/peter-dinklage-deep-blue-goodby-christian-bale-1201452449/
Lionsgate is in negotiations to acquire the YA novel Blackbird by Anna
Carey (ISBN 9780062299734 $17.99)
http://deadline.com/2015/03/blackbird-movie-anna-carey-danny-mackey-lionsgate-alloy1201392412/
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (ISBN
9781476746586 $27.00)
The Diane Rehm Show will feature All the Light We Cannot See as part of
their "Readers' Review" series on Wednesday, March 25 at 11 a.m. (ET)
Cormac McCarthy will be awarded a Merit Medal for his novel writing by
the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
IN STOCK – The Pork Roll Cookbook (ISBN
9781604335361 $16.95)
Two Pork Roll Festivals this year! Both on May 23rd
Competing '2nd annual' pork roll festivals to be held on same day in
Trenton after organizers part
ways
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/20
15/03/two_2nd_annual_trenton_pork_
roll_festivals_emerge.html
About the book - The ultimate
tribute to the mid-Atlantic
region's favorite treat, with more
than 50 tantalizing recipes
featuring pork roll!
This book is a celebration of
Pork Roll, the pork-based treat
originating and commonly
available in New Jersey and
Philadelphia. It was developed
in 1856 by John Taylor of
Trenton, New Jersey. The Pork
Roll Cookbook explores the
world of pork roll and its history,
and features more than 50
dishes made with this unique regional delicacy! Pork roll is typically eaten
as part of a sandwich, with popular condiments including salt, pepper,
ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, lettuce, and tomato, and it’s often enjoyed as
a popular breakfast sandwich known in the region as a "Jersey Breakfast,”
or "Pork Roll, Egg, and Cheese,” in which fried pork roll is topped with a
fried egg and American cheese and served on a hard roll or bagel.
However, today, pork roll is branching out! The Pork Roll Cookbook
features such wonderful recipes as Pork Roll Hawaiian Pizza and Pork Roll
Jambalaya, as well as tantalizing Pork Roll recipes from popular midAtlantic restaurants, and so much more!
‘My Heart & Other Black Holes’ (ISBN 9780062324672 $17.99)
Movie: Paramount Books Suicide-Themed YA Novel
http://deadline.com/2015/03/my-heart-and-other-black-holes-movie-paramount-jasmine-warga1201394534/
The Wayward Pines series
Thursday, May 14 marks the global premiere of the 10-episode,
intense psychological thriller WAYWARD PINES on Fox stations.
The highly anticipated event series, based on Blake Crouch’s
international best-selling series of books and adapted for
television by Chad Hodge (“Runaway,” “The Playboy Club”), is
brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan,
and executive-produced by Shyamalan, Donald De Line, Hodge
and Ashwin Rajan. The event series stars Academy Award
nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”) as a Secret Service agent on a
mission to find two missing federal agents, whose investigation
only turns up more questions. Debuting simultaneously in more
than 125 countries, it will be the world’s largest day-and-date
launch for a scripted series ever.
Pines (ISBN 9781612183954 $14.95)
Wayward (ISBN 9781477808702 $14.95)
Last Town (ISBN 9781477822586 $14.95)
Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DxySpq6jFY
Netflix has flexed its financial muscles once again, shelling out $12 million
on March 2 for the rights to Cary Fukunaga’s feature “Beasts of No Nation”
‘Beasts of No Nation’ (ISBN 9780060798680 $12.99)
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/netflix-makes-another-bigscreen-splash-with-beastsof-no-nation-1201444716/
Smithsonian Channel investigates the story of what it dubs “the Alamo of
the ancient world” in Siege of Masada. Clues to what really happened and
dramatic re-enactments of events are offered in the one-hour special
premiering Friday, March 27 at 9p. CBS mini-series The Dovekeepers
(ISBN 9781476790381 $16.00), recounting events from the perspective of
women at Masada, launches Tuesday, March 31 at 9pm.
Preview trailer - http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-dovekeepers/video/
Roma Downey & Cast of THE DOVEKEEPERS Talks CBS Event Series
http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Roma-Downey-Cast-of-THE-DOVEKEEPERSTalks-CBS-Event-Series-20150313#
The sequels to Lifetime original movies Flowers in the Attic and Petals
on the Wind have premiere dates. If Their Be Thorns debuts Sunday,
April 5 at 8pm, and Seeds of Yesterday arrives Sunday, April 12 at 8pm
See today’s ‘Showcase’ for a list of VC Andrews’ titles
Jennifer Lawrence, Steven Spielberg & Warner Bros Land War Photog
Memoir ‘It’s What I Do’ (ISBN 9781594205378 $29.95)
http://deadline.com/2015/03/steven-spielberg-jennifer-lawrence-warner-bros-its-what-i-dolynsey-addario-war-photographer-1201384706/
Coming soon in paperback
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (ISBN
9780316055444 $18.00) – April 7th
Can a single moment cast a shadow over every
year that follows? In Donna Tartt's latest novel,
The Goldfinch it takes just a split second for 13year-old Theo's life to be upended.
The Children Act by Ian McEwan
(ISBN 9781101872871 $15.00) – April
28th
Fiona Maye, a High Court judge in London, has
built an impressive career on the bench, but a
controversial case involving an adolescent
Jehovah's Witness—on top of her husband's
yearning for an open marriage—shakes all her
convictions in this tightly coiled novel.
The Snow Queen by Michael
Cunningham (ISBN 9781250067722
$16.00) - May 5th
Walking through Central Park days after being
ignominiously dumped by his latest boyfriend,
Barrett Meeks, "love's holy fool," sees a vision:
"a pale aqua light, translucent, a swatch of veil,
star-high." The apparition couldn't have
appeared at a better time; Barrett, in his late 30s, is underemployed and desperate for a
miracle, which is exactly what he believes he has seen.
IN STOCK - Cat Out of Hell by Lynne Truss (ISBN 9781612194424
$24.95)
Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Lynne Truss (Eats, Shoots & Leaves
ISBN 9781592402038 $15.00) is back with a
mesmerizing and hilarious tale of cats and murder
For people who both love and hate cats comes the
tale of Alec Charlesworth, a librarian who finds
himself suddenly alone: he’s lost his job, his
beloved wife has just died. Overcome by grief, he
searches for clues about her disappearance in a
file of interviews between a man called “Wiggy” and
a cat, Roger. Who speaks to him.
It takes a while for Alec to realize he’s not gone
mad from grief, that the cat is actually speaking to
Wiggy… and that much of what we fear about cats
is true. They do think they’re smarter than humans,
for one thing. And, well, it seems they are! What’s
more, they do have nine lives. Or at least this one
does – Roger’s older than Methuselah, and his
unblinking stare comes from the fact that he’s seen
it all.
And he’s got a tale to tell, a tale of shocking local
history and dark forces that may link not only the
death of Alec’s wife, but also several other local deaths. But will the cat help Alec, or is
he one of the dark forces?
Is it a coincidence that both of the novel’s human protagonists—Wiggy and the
librarian—have recently lost loved ones to death or disappearance? The suspense
comes to a boil in the book’s latter half, where Roger proves himself to be one of the
funniest villains in recent memory, human or otherwise. Cat Out of Hell is a brisk, clever,
darkly hilarious book that begs to be read in one gut-busting sitting.
Lynne Truss’ latest work of fiction is a nimble mix of horror, Gothic mystery and dark
comedy that will delight fans of authors like Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke, who
infuse supernatural stories with British humor.
In the deft and comedic hands of mega-bestseller Lynne Truss, the story is as
entertaining as it is addictive” (The Sunday Telegraph) – an increasingly suspenseful
and often hysterically funny adventure that will please cat lovers and haters alike. And
afterwards, as one critic noted, “You may never look at a cat in quite the same way
again” (The Daily Mail).
The media is already clamoring to hear CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell discuss ISIS, al
Qa’ida & global conflict through the lens of his forthcoming book
The Great War of Our Time: An
Insider's Account of the CIA vs. al Qa'ida
(ISBN 9781455585663 $28.00)
(On Sale: May 12, 2015)
THE GREAT WAR OF OUR TIME offers an
unprecedented assessment of the CIA while at the
forefront of our nation's war against al-Qa'ida and
during the most remarkable period in the history of the
Agency. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation,"
Michael Morell is a top CIA officer who saw it all--the
only person with President Bush on 9/11/01 and with
President Obama on 5/1/11 when Usama Bin Laden
was brought to justice. Like Ghost Wars, See No Evil,
and At the Center of the Storm, THE GREAT WAR
OF OUR TIME will be a vivid, newsmaking account of
the CIA, a life of secrets and a war in the shadows.
CBS / CBS This Morning—interview, 05.11
Fox News / Bret Baier—interview, 05.11
MSNBC / Morning Joe—interview, 05.12
CNN / Jake Tapper – interview, 05.12
CNN / Christianne Amanpour – interview, 05.13
USA Today – Profile, 05.11
Confirmed Radio:
ABC / Drive Time Radio Tour – Interviews across top DMA stations, 05.13
‘Cinderella’ Review: Pete Hammond on the Gorgeous, Lively LiveAction Remake
http://deadline.com/2015/03/cinderella-review-lily-james-richard-madden-pete-hammond1201389460/
Check out todays ‘Showcase’ for Cinderella titles
#1 Indie Next Pick for March!
The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell
(ISBN 9781451694147 $25.99)
A lost gospel, a contentious relic, and a dying
pope’s final wish converge to send two
brothers—both Vatican priests—on an
intellectual quest to untangle Christianity’s
greatest historical mystery.
Ten years ago, Ian Caldwell and Dustin
Thomason’s The Rule of Four became a literary
phenomenon that sold nearly two million copies
in North America and was hailed by critics as
“ingenious…profoundly erudite” (The New York
Times), “compulsively readable” (People), and
“an exceptional piece of scholarship” (San
Francisco Chronicle). Now, after a decade of
painstaking primary research, Ian Caldwell
returns with a masterful new thriller that
confirms his place among the most ambitious
popular storytellers working today.
In 2004, as Pope John Paul II’s reign enters its twilight, a mysterious exhibit is under
construction at the Vatican Museums. A week before it is scheduled to open, its curator
is murdered at a clandestine meeting on the outskirts of Rome. That same night, a
violent break-in rocks the home of the curator’s research partner, Father Alex Andreou,
a Greek Catholic priest who lives inside the Vatican with his five-year-old son. When the
papal police fail to identify a suspect in either crime, Father Alex, desperate to keep his
family safe, undertakes his own investigation. To find the killer he must reconstruct the
dead curator’s secret: what the four Christian gospels—and a little-known, true-to-life
fifth gospel known as the Diatessaron—reveal about the Church’s most controversial
holy relic. But just as he begins to understand the truth about his friend’s death and its
consequences for the future of the world’s two largest Christian Churches, Father Alex
finds himself hunted down by someone with a vested stake in the exhibit—someone he
must outwit to survive.
At once a riveting intellectual thriller, a feast of biblical history and scholarship, and a
moving family drama, The Fifth Gospel is “a story of sacrifice, forgiveness, and
redemption. Peppered with references to real-life people, places, and events, the
narrative rings true, taking the reader on an emotional journey nearly two thousand
years in the making” (Library Journal, starred review).
Orange is the New Black (ISBN 9780385523394 $16.00) returns to
Netflix on June 12
http://time.com/3729109/netflix-orange-is-the-new-black-wet-hot-american-summer/
Releasing May 12th - Hold Still by Sally Mann (ISBN 9780316247764
$32.00)
In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's
preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the
storied landscape of the American South are revealed
as almost genetically predetermined, written into her
DNA by the family history that precedes her.
Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed
photographs she finds more than she bargained for:
"deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car
crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved
and disputed family land . . . racial complications, vast
sums of money made and lost, the return of the
prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder."
In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs,
she crafts a totally original form of personal history that
has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is
firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Upcoming publicity for Hold Still
Charlie Rose will tape a feature interview with Sally
Mann and her family on her Virginia farm to air on CBS “This Morning” on the May 12
publication date!
May 12/NPR “Fresh Air”
May/Elle, 2 page feature
May/Vanity Fair “Hot Type”
May/Marie Clarie, Review
May/More, Review
May 12/Kirkus, Cover Interview
May/Washingtonian Magazine, Interview
May/BookPage, Inerview
May/Garden & Gun, Lead Review
May, Vanity Fair, Hot Type
May, Garden & Gun, Lead Review
May, Washingtonian Magazine, Q&A
May 12, Kirkus, Feature
Toni Morrison and Rita Dove to attend NBCC Awards
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/24/auto-draft/
For more on the NBCC finalists go to - https://orders.bookazine.com/2014NATIONAL-BOOK-CRITICS-CIRCLE/48/bookazine7/show-list-sc
First Look: Bryan Cranston, Diane Kruger Start Filming ‘The Infiltrator’
(ISBN 9780316077538 $25.99) in London
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/first-look-bryan-cranston-diane-kruger-start-filming-theinfiltrator-in-london-1201449672/
Season two of AMC Revolutionary War drama Turn: Washington’s Spies
launches with a two-hour premiere Monday, April 13 at
9pm, settling into its regular 10pm slot the following week
as part of the net’s original programming expansion on the
night. Viewers can catch up on season one via AMC On
Demand and AMC.com through Tuesday, March 24, and
on Netflix beginning March 25.
Washington's Spies: The Story of America's
First Spy Ring (ISBN 9780553392593 $17.00)
It is in our system! We are now accepting orders for….
What Pet Should I Get? By Dr.
Seuss
(ISBN 9780553524260 $17.99)
A never-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss!
This never-ever-before-seen picture book by Dr. Seuss about
making up one’s mind is the literary equivalent of buried
treasure! What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet
store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can’t choose just one! The
tale captures a classic childhood moment—choosing a pet—
and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it is hard to make up
your mind, but sometimes you just have to do it!
Told in Dr. Seuss’s signature rhyming style, this is a must-have for Seuss fans and book
collectors, and a perfect choice for the holidays, birthdays, and happy occasions of all
kinds.
An Editor’s Note at the end discusses Dr. Seuss’s creative process, his interest in
animals, and Seussian creatures throughout his work.
Now taking orders for…..
Go Set a Watchman’ (ISBN
9780062409850 $27.99)
July 14th Release
Harper Lee to publish Mockingbird 'sequel'
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31118355
From Buzzfeed - Here’s what we know about
Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’
http://flavorwire.com/502811/heres-what-we-know-about-harperlees-go-set-awatchman?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_c
ampaign=FlavorwireSocial
FYI - HarperCollins, plans to print two million
copies
About the book - Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the
novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird.
Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.
Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some
twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch—
Scout—struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and
the small Alabama town that shaped her.
Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent
events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new
light on Harper Lee’s enduring classic. Moving, funny and compelling, it stands as a
magnificent novel in its own right.
Milan Kundera's first novel in 12 years, ‘The Festival of
Insignificance’ (ISBN 9780062356895 $23.99), releases June 23, 2015
Upcoming publicity ….
Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security
by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller and Paul Solman (ISBN
9781476772295 $19.99)
Better Investing Magazine, March issue
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae (ISBN
9781476749051 $26.00)
February 2015 issues of Elle, Marie Claire, and MS. Magazine
Vanity Fair "Hot Type," March issue
Green on Blue by Elliot Ackerman (ISBN 9781476778556 $25.00)
Harper's review, February issue
Vogue original piece, March issue
Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to
Become Powerful Leaders by Stacey Radin (ISBN 9781451699302
$25.00)
Good Housekeeping, March issue
Do You Believe? By Travis Thrasher (ISBN 9781501111983 $14.99)
NBC-TV/"Today," March 18
Fox News/"Fox & Friends," March 19
"TheBlaze" cast interview, March 20
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a
Visionary Leader by Brent Schlender &Rick Tetzeli (ISBN
9780385347402 $30.00)
ABC Good Morning America – 3/23
Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square by Randy
Boyagoda (ISBN 9780307953964 $30.00)
New York Times Book Review – 3/29
Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam (ISBN
9781476769899 $28.00)
New York Times Book Review "Editor's Choice," March 15
CBS-TV/"CBS Sunday Morning," April 12
Esquire, April issue
Book Trailer - http://videos.simonandschuster.com/Our-Kids-and-America-sEducation-System/4105312058001
Heretic by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (ISBN 9780062333933 $27.99)
NPR: Weekend Edition – 3/22
CBS This Morning – 3/22
NPR: Diane Rehm – 3/31
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni (ISBN
9781455532704 $25.00)
While high school students all across America are anxiously waiting to hear
from the college of their dreams,
Good Day NY/Fox-TV – 3/19
At This Hour/CNN – 3/19
New Day/CNN – 3/20
The Diane Rehm Show/WAMU (NPR/National) – 3/16
Leonard Lopate Show/WNYC (NPR/New York) – 3/17
Here and Now/WBUR (NPR/National) – 3/20
Any Saturday/WBAI (NYC) – 3/28
Huffington Post Live – video interview on 3/19
Grown and Flown (Parenting blog) – interview on 3/17
The New York Times – Lead cover story in Sunday Review section with
brief excerpt from book on 3/15
TIME Magazine – Excerpt to run in issue on stands 3/20
The New York Times Book Review – 3/29
From Jailer to Jailed: My Journey from Correction and Police
Commissioner to Inmate #84888-054 by Bernard B. Kerik (ISBN
9781476783703 $27.00)
On Sale March 31, 2015
The controversial New York City police commissioner and bestselling author of The Lost
Son shares the story of his fall from grace and the effects of his incarceration on his
views of the American justice system.
NBC-TV/"Today," March 30
CNN-TV/"CNN Tonight," March 31
The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer (ISBN 9781476710457
$26.99)
On Sale April 7, 2015
From the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of The Dive
From Clausen's Pier, a sweeping, masterful new novel that explores the
secrets and desires, the remnant wounds and saving graces of one
California family, over the course of five decades.
April issues of Good Housekeeping & Vanity Fair
A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life by Brian Grazer &
Charles Fishman (ISBN 9781476730752 $25.99)
On Sale April 7, 2015
Book will be shown on-air during season finale of Empire, March 18
CBS-TV/"Sunday Morning," March 29
Vanity Fair excerpt, March issue
ABC-TV/"Good Morning America," April 7
ABC Radio Satellite Tour, April 7
MSNBC-TV/"Morning Joe," April 8
Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic: And Other Opinions I
Can't Back Up With Factsby Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (ISBN
9781476787305 $15.00)
From the popular mommy blogger and seasoned author of Sippy Cups
Are Not for Chardonnay (ISBN 9781416915065 $15.00) and Naptime Is
the New Happy Hour (ISBN 9781416954132 $14.99) is this hilarious book
of honest, no-holds-barred musings on motherhood.
NBC-TV/"Today," – 4/7
Fox News-TV/"Fox & Friends," – 4/8
Baby & Pregnancy Magazine, April issue
Parents Magazine, May issue
Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (ISBN 9780062002761 $27.99)
NPR Diane Rehn – 4/15
Pleasantville by Attica Locke (ISBN 9780062259400 26.99)
NPR Morning Edition – 4/21
Dealing with China: An Insider Unmasks the New Economic
Superpower by Henry “Hank” Paulson Jr’s (ISBN 9781455504213
$32.00)
A Facebook ‘Year of Books’ Pick w. Online Q&A
CBS / CBS This Morning—interview – 4/13
FOX NEWS / Bret Baier—interview – 4/13
MSNBC / Morning Joe—interview – 4/14
CNBC / Squawk Box—interview – 4/14
BLOOMBERG TV—interview – 4/16
MSNBC / Andrea Mitchell Reports—interview – 4/16
CNN / Smerconish—interview – 4/18
FOX BUS / Maria Bartiromo—interview from Milken Conference – 5/3
NPR / Morning Edition—interview – 4/13
The Atlantic—byline article co-written w. Bob Rubin – 4/21
American Wife by Taya Kyle & Jim DeFelice (ISBN 9780062398086
$27.99)
Good Morning America – 5/1
Joan of Arc by Helen Castor (ISBN 9780062384393 $27.99)
NPR Diane Rehn – 5/19
Mislaid by Nell Zink (ISBN 9780062364777 $26.99)
NPR Weekend Edition – 5/16
Happily Ali After by Ali Wentworth (ISBN 9780062238498 $25.99)
Good Morning America – 6/9
For ordering info on all the above titles, visit our
Showcase page at –
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