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Valediction: Maurice Sendak’s Final Voyage

In My Brother's Book, the beloved author delivers an elegant elegy and swan song.

February 22, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

Drugstore Inspiration: A Guest Post by Dennis Mahoney

In Dennis Mahoney's debut, Fellow Mortals, a carelessly discarded match ignites a raging fire that destroys a neighborhood and changes the victims' lives in very different ways. In precise, clean prose, this soulful and compassionate debut limns the boundary between [...]

February 21, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

The Road to "On the Road"

March 2: Jack Kerouac's first novel, The Town and the City, was published on this day in 1950. Although it sold very poorly, the book received some good reviews and comparisons to Thomas Wolfe. It is a conventionally told coming-of-age [...]

February 21, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

"The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love"

March 1: Fulfilling one of his most publicized campaign promises, President John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps on this day in 1961. Over the past half century, 210,000 volunteers have gone to 139 countries, devoting two or more years [...]

February 21, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

Sinclair’s Jungle

February 25: On this day in 1905 the first installment of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle appeared. Before the year was out, the Pure Food and Drugs Act and the Meat Inspection Act were in force across the country, and Sinclair [...]

February 20, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

Graven with Diamonds

Henry VIII's diplomat (and Anne Boleyn's lover) as seen through his vivid poetry.

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February 20, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

Sophomore Honor Roll

When second novels prove to be second nature.

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February 19, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

Wise Men

Stuart Nadler renders an elegiac portrait of post-WWII Cape Cod, as which teenager Hilly Wise's budding romance with the niece of his home's caretaker is shattered by his racist father. An ambitious saga of prejudice, class, and family secrets.

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February 19, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media

The Age of Edison

We take its effects for granted, but this electrifying account of Thomas Edison’s invention of the modern light bulb, will generate new appreciation for how the conquest of darkness has permanently altered the world. Ernest Freeberg offers a richly detailed [...]

February 19, 2013 Fresh from Barnes and Noble, Fresh Media