The Iron
Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-0308-5
The Nation, extended review in the December 18th issue
Thirst,
Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 0-8070-6896-9
#15 New England Independent Booksellers Association Hard Cover Fiction Bestseller
for w/e 12/3 (11th Appearance on a Book Sense List for this title)
New York Times Book Review, Inside the List Column, in December 3rd
issue: “Books of poetry, unless they’re written by someone like
Jewel, rarely make the Times best-seller list. The Web site poetryfoundation.org,
however, prints a weekly poetry list, with numbers from Nielsen BookScan.
As this issue was going to press, Mary Oliver had each of the top three spots
with her books Thirst, Why I Wake Early: New Poems and New
and Selected Poems: Volume One.
New York Times Book Review, advertisement in December 10th issue
Big-Box Swindle,
Stacy Mitchell, cloth, November 2006, $25.95, 0-8070-3500-9
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, lead review in December 1st issue: “…a
galvanizing eye-opener that deserves the widest possible audience. This is
one of those urgent, revelatory volumes that could change how many readers
conduct their daily lives…Page after page of Big-Box Swindle unleashes
a shocker or sometimes several about the power, pervasiveness and relentlessness
of mega-retailers.” (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/books/294276_book01.html)
Soaring with
Fidel, David Gessner, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8578-3
"From the tidal marshes of Cape Cod to jungle lakes in Venezuela, David
Gessner lets nothing—not language barriers, not empty pockets, not steely-eyed
Cuban bureaucrats or American embargoes—stop him from following the migration
of the osprey. Just reckless enough to be lucky, Gessner wins over everyone
he meets. Soaring with Fidel has wings." —Scott Weidensaul,
author of Living on the Wind
“Mike O’Connor knows birds—I mean, REALLY knows them. He
has been answering questions about birds for years, and he can deliver the
straight scoop with a hilarious twist that makes it unforgettable. Reading
this book is almost as fun as bird watching, and that’s saying a lot!”
—Kenn Kaufman, author of the Kaufman Field Guide to the Birds of North
America
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