Chris Hall is our Head Book Buyer. This is his list of most anticipated releases for September.
On Canaan's Side. new book has been generating a lot of buzz in the UK and has been named to the Man Booker Prize Long List for 2011. His previous novels, Long Long Way and Secret Scripture have been under the radar yet steady sellers over the years. I suspect I'm not alone in anticipating his new work.
That Used to Be Us. has written what I think are the best two books to read if you want to understand our world as it is oday and how it got to be this way. The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a history of economics from about 1995 to 2000 and The World is Flat is a history of economics from about 2000 to 2005. I'm looking forward to this new book which attempts to explain how America got itself (and the world) into the mess it's in.
Winter. has been a McNally Robinson favourite ever since the release of his first book, Paris to the Moon, which details the adventures of his young family in Paris. Winter is this year's Massey Lecture and presents five different takes on winter. I think our appreciation of the coldest season can't help but be increased with the help of such a fine writer.
The Reinvention of Love. is back with a novel about the love story of Charles Sainte-Beauve and Adele Hugo, Victor's wife. Charles and Adele create a scandal in Paris until Victor exacts his revenge. This is a well told story of the clash of love, art, and ego.
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Footnotes In Gaza by Joe Sacco (Metropolitan Books)
A truly remarkable accomplishment by graphic novelist Joe Sacco. It is hard to imagine how he will ever top the epic scale of this book. Footnotes in Gaza tells the long-forgotten story of the massacre of 111 Palestinians in Gaza in 1956 by Israeli soldiers. We follow Sacco as he searches for the truth from the remaining witnesses still alive. He sifts through their conflicting memories and uncovers what really happened on that terrible day. All the while, he must contend with Palestinians who just don't see the point in dredging up old history when what's happening now in Gaza is so much more important. But Sacco makes a compelling case as to why the past matters.
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The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing by . The delightful, amusing and deeply mysterious follow-up to The Case of the Missing Servant (2009), featuring Vish Puri. When the goddess Kali appears from the mist at Dr. Suresh Jha's morning yoga class and plunges a sword into his chest, Vish Puri, head of Delhi's Most Private Investigators, is called in to investigate the bizarre murder. To get at the truth, Puri and his team of operatives must travel from Delhi's Shadipur slum to the holy city of Haridwar where they enter a world in which illusion and the supernatural are virtually indistinguishable.
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Delightfully smart and heartbreakingly poignant, smash debut novel has exploded onto bestseller lists as "The national anthem for working mothers." Hedge-fund manager, wife, and mother of two, Kate Reddy manages to juggle nine currencies in five time zones and keep in step with the Teletubbies. But when she finds herself awake at 1:37 a.m. in a panic over the need to produce a homemade pie for her daughter's school, she has to admit her life has become unrecognizable. With panache, wisdom, and uproarious wit, I Don't Know How She Does It brilliantly dramatizes the dilemma of every working mom.
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Cookook of the Day is Mission Street Food by and
This book, the first of the as-yet-unnamed McSweeney's food imprint, captures the story and the spirit of San Francisco's Mission Street Food and thoughtful and hilarious discussions of contemporary food issues, tongue-in-cheek manifestos, and a bevy of worthwhile and tasty recipes.
Two years after sublet a Salvadoran taco truck for a night so he could serve his own brand of inspired street food, he and his wife have turned Mission Street Food into four wildly different and exciting restaurant incarnations. The food has remained bold and innovative throughout, and the mission has always been the same: To provide good, affordable food, while giving back to the community. Each Mission Street Food project has donated a significant portion of its profits to charities around San Francisco.
"Mission Street Food is an uncommonly generous read. When I finished it, I felt like I'd drained a cold can of beer at the end of a shift at the restaurant. The interplay of narrative, design, and photography is more compelling and candid than any food book I've ever seen; the focus on fundamental techniques and how to think in the kitchen is more truthful, accurate, and contemporary than almost any basic cookbook; in fact, the whole package, powered by the exuberance of and , is infectious, inspiring, something apart from the rest. This is a special book." , co-author of Momofuku
"An amazing story. An amazing institution. And now a book that's as creative and pioneering as its subjects. Let us hope that Mission Street Food's uniquely American success story points the way to a brighter, and delightfully stranger, future."
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