January 30th, 2015
University of Notre Dame Press, 2015 An edition of letters between Thomas Merton and his longtime editor, Robert Giroux, was published in August 2015 by the University of Notre Dame Press, amidst celebrations marking the centennial of Merton’s birth. This new edition joins a raft of publications devoted to Merton and his work during the…
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June 25th, 2014
Oxford University Press, October 2014 A selection of the History Book Club (featured alternate), Quality Paperback Book Club, Military Book Club, and Scientific American Book Club Buy on Amazon (hardcover or e-book); Google Play; BN.com; iTunes The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case irresistibly combines intrigue, atmosphere, and scholarly command of the Reconstruction Era—shown here…
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April 29th, 2014
Jim Rooney and friends gathered at Club Passim in Harvard Square on Thursday, May 1, 2014, to celebrate the arrival of In It for the Long Run. University of Illinois Press, 2014 Amazon / Kindle • Barnes & Noble / Nook • Kobo • Google Play Jim has worked with some of the music industry’s greats, here in Cambridge, over in New…
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August 16th, 2013
In the August issue of the Atlantic, Jenny Rothenberg Gritz writes about “How Richard Nixon Fooled Friends and Influenced People”–reprising some excellent earlier reporting by George V. Higgins, whose 1974 article, “The Friends of Richard Nixon,” was published in expanded form by Atlantic Monthly Books. (More about George V. Higgins.)A guest post on a Houston Chronicle blog recognizes a Higginsesque…
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August 3rd, 2013
Marshall Jon Fisher’s book is now available in Italian, published by 66thand2nd to positive reviews. The year is 1937. The scene is Centre Court, Wimbledon. That’s Don Budge in the foreground, at full stretch, enacting one of the greatest moments in tennis history. On the far side of the net is Baron Gottfried von Kramm. In the…
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July 17th, 2013
News of the award, recently reported by Eileen Kersey at Allvoices.com, spurred a rise in sales of used copies of Hiam’s book “Who the Hell Are We Fighting?”: The Story of Sam Adams and the Vietnam Intelligence Wars (Steerforth Press, 2006). Sam Adams, a CIA analyst during the Vietnam War, made shocking discoveries about the Johnson administration’s deceptive public statements…
Read moreUnion Park Press, 2010 Buy full-color paperback edition on Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Read about it on the publisher’s blog. Visit www.greenspaceboston.com and download an innovative Android locator app based on the book.
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