Focuses on Ithaca, New York-based independent publisher McBooks Press which specializes in nautical historical fiction. Challenges faced by the company; Comments from Alexander Skutt of McBooks Press; Financial performance of the company.HoltKarenEBSCO_bspPublishers Weekly...
It was a good book that introduced me to Caldwell, I found it on the train. This Side of Brightness, Colum McCann Any of you that pay attention to my bookshelves or stay awake while I go on and on about my favorite authors know that McCann is top of the list, I would read a groc...
The rationing and restrictions on movement experienced by all Germans are imposed even more strictly on the Jews, and in 1941, she is forced to wear the yellow Star of David so that conductors can keep her from using busses and trams, shop owners refuse her entrance, Aryan doctors refuse t...
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka is a novel told from the perspective of the women linked to Ansel Packer, a serial killer on death row in Texas counting down the hours to his execution by lethal injection. As well as the four victims he killed, the perspectives of other women in...
“Jamesis a reworking ofThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnnarrated by Jim, the escaped slave with whom Finn travels on a raft. In a starred review,Publishers Weeklynoted that in this version, Jim is ‘a Black man who’s mastered the art of minstrelsy to get what he needs from gullible wh...
Also due in April, Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister promises to be an equally eye-opening account as his/her bestselling debut book of how the legal system really works, this time focusing on themes of ignorance, corruption and fake news. Conti...
The rationing and restrictions on movement experienced by all Germans are imposed even more strictly on the Jews, and in 1941, she is forced to wear the yellow Star of David so that conductors can keep her from using busses and trams, shop owners refuse her entrance, Aryan doctors refuse ...
So I’d like it on record that, at my funeral, I’d likeUnforgettableby Nat King Cole (modest as always!), a reading of Jenny Joseph’sWhen I Am Old(yes, I do know it’s been performed to death but won’t that be appropriate?). I’d like anybody who wants to say anything…...
Filled with educational wisdom, the book features interviews and contributions from artists, agents, editors, designers, printers, publishers, distributors, booksellers, curators and librarians who share their experiences and provide advice about each step on the path to publication and placement. A remo...
still trying on the other clothes, even while liking her own. At the memoir’s center is the death of her husband, and her reflections about the life they lived together. By turns grieving and joyful, the book explores the pivotal crossroads in her life, and takes us along as she contin...