Author: Kevin Cook: Book: TEN INNINGS AT WRIGLEY: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, With Baseball on the Brink Publishing: Henry Holt and Co. (May 7, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The dramatic story of a legendary 1979 slugfest between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, full of runs, hits, and subplots, at the tipping point […]

Author: David O. Dowling Book: A DELICATE AGGRESSION: Savagery and Survival in the Iowa Writers’ Workshop Publishing: Yale University Press (March 26, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): A vibrant history of the renowned and often controversial Iowa Writers’ Workshop and its celebrated alumni and faculty As the world’s preeminent creative writing program, the Iowa Writers’ […]

Book: THE PRESIDENTS: Noted Historians Rank the Best – and Worst – Chief Executives Co-Author: Brian Lamb (with Susan Swain & C-SPAN) Publishing: PublicAffairs (April 23, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The complete rankings of our best — and worst — presidents, based on C-SPAN’s much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.   Over a period […]

AUTHOR: Charles Lane BOOK: FREEDOM’S DETECTIVE: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America’s First War on Terror Publishing: Hanover Square Press (April 9, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but […]

Author: Alafair Burke Book: THE BETTER SISTER: A Novel Publishing: Harper (April 16, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Recommended by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Entertainment Weekly, Popsugar, Goodreads, CrimeReads, and BookBub. Keep your enemies close and your sister closer. Though Chloe was the younger of the two Taylor sisters, she always seemed to be the […]

Co-Authors: Nancy Isenberg & Andrew Burstein Book: THE PROBLEM OF DEMOCRACY: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality Publishing: Viking (April 16, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “Told with authority and style. . . Crisply summarizing the Adamses’ legacy, the authors stress principle over partisanship.”–The Wall Street Journal How the father and son presidents […]

Author: David Baldacci Book: REDEMPTION (Memory Man Series) Publishing: Grand Central Publishing (April 16, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Detective Amos Decker discovers that a mistake he made as a rookie detective may have led to deadly consequences in the latest Memory Man thriller in David Baldacci’s #1 New York Times bestselling series. Amos Decker […]

Author: Dave Barry Book: LESSONS FROM LUCY: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog Publishing: Simon & Schuster (April 2, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy. Faced with […]

Author: Wright Thompson Book: THE COST OF THESE DREAMS: Sport Stories and Other Serious Business Publishing: Penguin Books (April 2, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): The instant New York Times bestseller! From one of America’s most beloved sportswriters, a collection of true stories about the dream of greatness and its cost in the world of sports. […]

Author: David R. Dow Book: CONFESSIONS OF AN INNOCENT MAN: A Novel Publishing: Dutton (April 9, 2019) Synopsis (from the Publisher): “Every person wrongfully convicted of a crime at some point dreams of getting revenge against the system.  In Confessions of an Innocent Man, the dream comes true and in a spectacular way.”—John Grisham, New York Times bestselling […]