Today, we encourage you to dip into a wonderful—and powerful—little book that just may change the way you see the world. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, self-aware, and charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, THE REASON I JUMP is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in […]
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Marisha Pessl’s second novel, Night Film, hits shelves this week. And, we’re excited to share with you news about the companion App to the book. The free Night Film Decoder App unlocks exclusive multimedia content to enhance your Night Film book and eBook experience. The app includes stunning audio and visuals, including a slide show […]
Jennifer duBois delivers a suspenseful and haunting novel of an American foreign exchange student arrested for murder, a father determined to win her freedom, and the sphinx-like young man who happens to be her only alibi. When Lily Hayes arrives in Buenos Aires for her semester abroad, she is enchanted by everything she encounters: the […]
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We’ve been sharing our excitement with you about of the kickoff of LibraryReads – a new program that harnesses the value of “library staff picks” into a single nation-wide discovery tool, a monthly list of ten newly released must-reads. This is your chance – make your voice heard! The deadline to vote for September picks is […]
From the New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics comes a brilliant and haunting literary thriller, Night Film. On a damp October night, beautiful young Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lower Manhattan. Though her death is ruled a suicide, veteran investigative journalist Scott McGrath suspects otherwise. […]
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In this free, hour-long webinar, Rebecca Vnuk, Reference and Collection Management Editor for Booklist, will be joined by representatives from HarperCollins, Random House Library Marketing, and Sourcebooks for a discussion of upcoming and backlist titles that are a perfect fit for adult book groups, as well as a whirlwind tour of must-know websites for book […]
Random House and The Association of American Publishers’ Libraries Committee Cordially Invites You to Our Annual LIBRARIANS’ SNEAK PEEK BOOK PREVIEW 2012 Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Random House, Café Auditorium Second Floor 1745 Broadway, between 55th and 56th Streets, New York City Register here. Back by popular demand, the Association of American Publishers invites librarians […]
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Dreams of Joy author Lisa was interviewed recently on St. Louis’ HEC-TV for an in-depth discussion on her writing process and the books she has written to date (including Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Shanghai Girls.) During “A Conversation with Lisa See,” the author spoke about the research she conducts during while writing […]
