Allan Levine will be in our Winnipeg bookstore to sign copies of the paperback version of his McNally Robinson Book of the Year winning work Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba, on Sunday May 16, 2:00 pm.
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The Devil's Company by David Liss (Random House)
A great historical mystery series should have just the right blend of character, place and plot. It is a difficult balance, but American writer David Liss pulls it off brilliantly in his trilogy of Benjamin Weaver novels. He introduced Weaver, a likeable Portuguese-Jewish pugilist and rogue living in eighteenth century London in his award-winning A Conspiracy of Paper (2000). That novel revolved around the South Sea Bubble, the stock manipulation of 1729. He followed it up with A Spectacle of Corruption (2004) which found Weaver battling nefarious politicians. And then in The Devil's Company (2009), Weaver becomes embroiled in a twisted adventure surrounding the rise of the East India Company. Each novel succeeds because Liss has a wonderful sense of time and place. Readers are literally transported back to London of the 1700s with all of its wealth, poverty and sin. His dialogue is spot on as is his integration of local customs and attitudes from the parlours to the gin houses. Each novel is a page-turner and a lot of fun.
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For You, Mom. Finally. by is perfect reading on Sunday afternoon
after the obligatory Mother's Day lunch.
Former NYT restaurant critic, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine and the
author of three bestselling memoirs, is a beloved cultural
figure in the food world. For You, Mom. Finally. is her openhearted
investigation of the life of a woman she realises she never really knew- her
mother. It is an openhearted and gracious story.
Holly McNally
International best selling author has a new novella coming out at midnight June 5, 2010. Titled The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella, the story follows the newborn vampire army's journey as it prepares to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullen family. And as millions of readers who devoured all the Twilight novels are aware, things do not end well for Bree!
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The shortlist for The Lost Man Booker Prize - a one-off prize to honour the
books published in 1970 that were not eligible for consideration for the
Booker Prize - has been announced at a special event at the Sunday Times
Oxford Literary Festival.
, prolific novelist, biographer, and magician, passed away last week, the day after his 90th birthday.
In addition to scores of charming and peculiar novels, including the Newbery Award-winning book The Whipping Boy, Fleischman had written fantastic biographies of Harry Houdini and Mark Twain. Before his death, he completed Sir Charlie, a biography of Charlie Chaplin, which is set to release June 1, 2010.
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