January 2012 Indie Next List
Out now, the Indie Next List for January!
Watch Ayad Akhtar discuss his new book, AMERICAN DERVISH, an enthralling debut novel about which Lynn Riggs from Books & Company says, "It is impossible to leave Akhtar's exceptional debut novel without experiencing the struggles and pain of young Hayat as he comes to terms with both his Muslim faith and his humanity."
This month's cover title is RUNNING THE RIFT from Naomi Benaron, which follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy, from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life, a 10-year span in which his country is undone by the Hutu-Tutsi tensions.
Other selections this month include:
- BLUEPRINTS OF THE AFTERLIFE by Ryan Boudinot: ". . .This is a brave, daring, entrancing book, one that elicits empathy for the characters in it, even as it makes you look at the real world around you with different, startled eyes.” -- Rick Simonson, The Elliott Bay Book Company, Seattle, WA
- THE PARTNERSHIP by Philip Taubman: "Nuclear war continues to be an apocalyptic threat for America and other countries. Five men, members of the Cold War brain trust, have campaigned to challenge the United States and other nations to reconsider their strategic policies regarding nuclear arsenals. . ." -- Sue Fleming, The King's English, Salt Lake City, UT
Also, don’t forget about past IndieBound picks now available in paperback, which includes Amy Chua's much talked about BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER/a> and Joseph O'Connor's GHOST LIGHT, the excellent fictionalized account of the famed Irish playwright J.M. Synge and his lover, the actress Maire O'Neill.
Find the printed list at an independent bookstore near you. We're also offering a print-at-home version, found on the Indie Next List page directly beneath the carousel of titles, so you can browse at home and take it to your local indie.
Happy reading!
December 2011 Indie Next List
Out now, the Indie Next List for December!
Watch Joan Didion discuss her new book, Blue Nights, a profoundly moving and honest new work which finds Didion contemplating what it’s like to lose a daughter.
There are more videos this month as Alan Bradley, the author behind the Flavia de Luce novels, talks about his latest, I Am Half Sick of Shadows, and Debbie Nathan discusses her new book, Sybil Exposed, a book that documents the fascinating story behind the famous multiple personality case.
From NPR, hear interviews and reviews of Didion’s Blue Nights as well as Robert Massie’s Catherine the Great, about which Arlene Cook of the Watermark book Company writes, “An enlightened autocrat, Catherine did nort succeed at all she attempted, but Massie argues persuasively that she truly earned the title bestowed upon her by the Russian people. What a woman, what a book!”
This month, dig into ReadingGroupChoices.com's conversation starters for The Sisters by Nancy Jensen, a dazzling debut novel about the family bonds that remain even when they seem irretrievably torn apart.
Also, don’t forget about past IndieBound picks now available in paperback, which includes James Kaplan’s riveting biography of Frank Sinatra, Frank: The Voice, and Greg Bear’s Hull Zero Three, where one man wakes up aboard a ship and finds that something has gone horribly wrong.
Find the printed list at an independent bookstore near you. We're also offering a print-at-home version, found on the Indie Next List page directly beneath the carousel of titles, so you can browse at home and take it to your local indie.
Happy reading!
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The Economy- Spend $100 at a local and $68 of that stays in your community. Spend the same $100 at a national chain, and your community only sees $43.
- Local businesses create higher-paying jobs for our neighbors.
- More of your taxes are reinvested in your community--where they belong.
- Buying local means less packaging, less transportation, and a smaller carbon footprint.
- Shopping in a local business district means less infrastructure, less maintenance, and more money to beautify your community.
- Local retailers are your friends and neighbors—support them and they’ll support you.
- Local businesses donate to charities at more than twice the rate of national chains.
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1Q84 Haruki Murakami Knopf |
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The Marriage Plot Jeffrey Eugenides Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
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The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes Knopf |
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Death Comes to Pemberley PD James Knopf |
