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BookazineBits

July 28, 2016

Releasing Sunday 07/31/16

From Seattle Weekly - Harry Potter and the Inexorable March of Time. Go HERE Harry Potter and the Cursed Child book release: Speed-reading 10-year-old to post first review of new JK Rowling play. Go HERE

A #MuggleMob celebrates the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two – go HERE From Buzzfeed- “Harry Potter And The Cursed Child” Photos Are Here And They’re So Magical – Go HERE From The Guadian - 'I was in tears': fans on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Go HERE

Make sure to check out our

HARRY POTTER SHOWCASE for easy ordering

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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (ISBN 9781101904220 $26.99) From the author of the bestselling WAYWARD PINES trilogy, a brilliantly mind-bending science-fiction thriller in which an ordinary man is kidnapped, knocked unconscious—and awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew.

New York Times Book Review – 7/31

Disney and Selma director Ava DuVernay are setting Oprah Winfrey to star

in A Wrinkle In Time, an adaptation of the 1963 Newbery Medal-

winning Madeleine L’Engle fantasy classic novel that has a script by Oscar-winning Frozen writer and co-director Jennifer Lee. Winfrey will play the role of Mrs. Which. For more go HERE

Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical

Tales by Penn Jillette (ISBN 9781501140181 $26.00) An unconventional weight loss tale from an unconventional personality—Penn Jillette tells how he lost 100 pounds with his trademark outrageous sense of humor and biting social commentary that makes this success story anything but ordinary.

HBO-TV/"Real Time with Bill Maher," July 29 Boston Globe, July 31 Fox-Radio/"Alan Colmes Show," August 2 MSNBC-TV/"Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell," August 2 ABC-TV/"Good Morning America," August 2 SiriusXM-Radio/"Opie & Jim Norton," August 3 CNBC-TV/"Closing Bell," August 3

Bloomberg-TV/"With All Due Respect," August 3 Newsmax-TV/"Hard Line," August 3 Fox Business-TV/"Varney & Co.," August 4 ABC-TV/"The View," August 5

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Paramount TV and The Night Manager producers The Ink Factory are teaming to develop a limited series based on another John le Carré novel, the New York Times

bestselling espionage tale, The Spy Who Came in From The Cold (ISBN 9780143124757 $16.00).

Releasing November 15, 2016 The Chemist by Stephenie Meye (ISBN 9780316387835 $28.00)

In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.

Kirsten Dunst is set make her feature film directorial debut with The Bell Jar, an adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s famed 1963 novel.

The Light Between Oceans (ISBN 9781451681758 $17.00) will

premiere at the 73rd Venice Film Festival

Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from

Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill (ISBN 9781501124945 $26.00) In Nobody, scholar and journalist Marc Lamont Hill presents a powerful and thought-provoking analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable and disposable through the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice. These are the people considered “Nobody” in contemporary America. Through on-the-ground reporting and careful research, Hill shows how this Nobody class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit it in ways that are both humiliating and harmful.

PBS-TV/"MetroFocus," week of August 1 CNN-TV/"Anderson 360" and "CNN Tonight," August 1 CUNY-TV/"Black America with Carol Jenkins," August 3

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Rose Byrne has been cast opposite Oprah Winfrey in HBO Films’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (ISBN 9781400052189 $16.00).

Go HERE for the full article

Randi Zuckerberg’s New York Times bestselling 2013 tome Dot Complicated: Untangling Our Wired Lives (ISBN 9780062285157

$15.99) is on its way to the small screen. The Gotham Group optioned the book to

develop as a series, with Zuckerberg on board to executive produce. No network is attached yet.

The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston (ISBN

9781612196329 $24.99) Covering the long arc of Trump’s career, Johnston tells the full story of how a boy from a quiet section of Queens, NY would become an entirely new, and complex, breed of

public figure. Trump is a man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout. Yet his career has been plagued by legal troubles and mounting controversy. From the origins of his family’s real estate fortune, to his own too-big-to-fail business empire; from his education and early career, to his whirlwind presidential bid, The Making of Donald Trump provides the fullest picture yet of Trump’s extraordinary ascendency. Love him or hate him, Trump’s massive influence is undeniable, and figures as diverse as Woody Guthrie (who wrote a scathing song about Trump’s father) and Red Scare prosecutor Roy Cohn, mob bosses and high rollers, as well as the average American voter, have all been pulled into his orbit. Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay

Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man who would be president.

MSNBC - All in with Chris Hayes – live interview – 8/2 MSNBC - Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell – Live interview – 8/3

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Having jointly conquered one literary classic with Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the Weinstein Co. and BBC are re-teaming for an event TV

adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic Les Miserables . For more go HERE

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (ISBN 9780307455925

$16.00) A powerful, tender story of race and identity by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun.

NPR - Morning Edition – 8/2 USA Today – 8/2 NPR - Fresh Air – 8/3 CBS This Morning – 8/3

Universal Pictures has optioned rights to Matt Ruff’s novel Bad Monkeys (ISBN 9780061240423 $13.99), Go HERE for the full article

All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (ISBN 9781501107962

$25.00) Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women—a decade apart—told in reverse.

New York Times Book Review – 7/31

The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers by

Terry McDonell (ISBN 9781101946718 $26.95) A celebration of the writing and editing life, as well as a look behind the scenes at some of the most influential magazines in America (and the writers who made them what they are).

Vanity Fair – Featured in James Wolcott's column – 8/1

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An August Indie Next Pick! Carousel Court by Joe McGinniss Jr. (ISBN 9781476791272 $28.00) Carousel Court is the story of Nick and Phoebe Maguire, a young couple who move cross-country to Southern California in search of a fresh start for themselves and their infant son following a trauma. But they arrive at the worst possible economic time. Instead of landing in a beachside property, Nick and Phoebe find themselves cemented into the dark heart of foreclosure alley, surrounded by neighbors being drowned by their underwater homes who set fire to their belongings, flee in the dead of night, and eye one another with suspicion while keeping shotguns by their beds. Trapped, broke, and increasingly desperate, Nick and Phoebe each devise their own plan to claw their way back into the middle class and beyond. Hatched under one roof, their two separate, secret agendas will inevitably collide. Combining the excruciating honesty of Richard Yates’s Revolutionary Road with the social urgency of George Packer’s The Unwinding, Carousel Court is a blistering and unforgettable vision of contemporary life. It has the ambition of our most serious literary work and the soul of a thriller, managing to be simultaneously sexy, scary, and powerfully moving. Most of all, it offers an unflinching portrait of modern marriage in a nation scarred by vanished jobs, abandoned homes, psychotropic cure-alls, infidelity via iPhone, and ruthless choices. No matter what kind of relationship you are in, it will leave you simultaneously gutted and grateful for your own good fortune—if perhaps curious what your partner is really up to on that electronic device across the living room.

New Yorker, "Op-Ed," July 26 Salon, August 2 USA Today, August 2 Entertainment Weekly, August 2

Oscar Isaac is joining forces with Steven Spielberg. The “Star Wars” and

“X-Men” actor is currently in talks to star in the director’s “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara (ISBN 9780679768173 $17.00)” for

Amblin Entertainment. For more go HERE

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This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell (ISBN 9780385349420

$26.95) An irresistible love story, an unforgettable family. Best-selling author Maggie O’Farrell captures an extraordinary marriage with insight and laugh-out-loud humor in what Richard Russo calls “her breakout book.” Perfect for readers of Where’d You Go, Bernadette.

People Magazine – review – 8/1

The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel by Uri Bar-Joseph

(ISBN 9780062420107 $29.99) In a gripping feat of reportage, The Angel exposes—for the first time in English—the sensational life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian senior official who spied for Israel, offering new insight into the turbulent modern history of the Middle East

New York Times Book Review 7/31/2016

Underground Airlines by Ben Winters (ISBN 9780316261241

$26.00) will be back in stock soon. Make sure you get youer backorders in as soon as

possible

Your can either order using this weeks SHOWCASE, give us a call or shoot us a

note. You can, of course, also order through whichever electronic platform that you use.

‘Queen of the South’ (ISBN9780452286542 $16.00) packs on the

action. Go HERE for the full article

Bernie Sanders Has a Book Deal Just days after ending his campaign and endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing to take his message to the printed page. Thomas Dunne Books told The Associated Press on Thursday it will publish Sanders'

"Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (ISBN 9781250132925

$27.00)." The book is scheduled to come out Nov. 15, a week after election day. It will

include both his policy ideas for the future and reflections on his surprisingly strong run in the primaries.

Go HERE for the full article

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Netflix has set Ritesh Batra to direct Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in

Our Souls At Night (ISBN 9781101911921 $15.00), an adaptation of

the Kent Haruf novel. Go HERE for the full article

Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower,

Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford by Clint Hill, Lisa McCubbin (ISBN 9781476794136 $28.00) A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November.

Nationally Syndicated-Radio/"Jim Bohannon Show," July 29

Amblin has set Blaise Hemingway to adapt the John Connolly novel The Gates (ISBN 9781442429338 $7.99). Go HERE for the full article.

Pauley Perrette, Rob Reiner & More Join ABC’s Gay Rights Event Series

‘When We Rise’ (ISBN 9780316315432 $27.00) November release

Go HERE for the full article

Former Relativity Studios president Tucker Tooley is expanding into television at his monied shingle Tooley Productions. The indie production company has optioned Neil

Strauss’ non-fiction book Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life (ISBN 9780060898779 $16.99) to develop it as a drama television series with comedic

bent. For the full article go HERE

Netflix and Canadian broadcaster CBC have teamed up to greenlight Alias Grace, a

six-hour miniseries inspired by the historical true story of convicted murderer Grace Marks and based on Margaret Atwood’s novel. For more go HERE

More Margaret Atwood news - Reed Morano is in talks to direct The Handmaid’s Tale for Hulu starring Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men). Hulu has given a

straight-to-series order for the drama from MGM Television, which is based on Margaret Atwood’s bestselling novel. Go HERE for the full article.

Be sure to check this week’s SHOWCASE for Margaret Atwood titles

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BBC One ordered a third season of Poldark, slated to air 2017. Season 2 launches

later this year.

You can find Winston Graham’s ‘Poldark’ books in this week’s SHOWCASE

Colored pencils! Bright Ideas Colored Pencils: Bright Ideas: 10 Colored Pencils (ISBN 9781452154374 $14.95) Colored Pencil Set: Pen & Pencil Colored (ISBN 9780735346994 $13.99) Tutti Frutti Pencils (ISBN 9781616893378 $14.95) 24 Piece Colored Pencil Set With Sharpener (ISBN 9780735348387 $14.99) Metallic Colored Pencil Set (ISBN 9780735348363 $9.99) Releasing in August A Colorful Life Pencils (ISBN 9781452146973 $14.95) Releasing in September Bright Ideas Deluxe Colored Pencil Set (ISBN 9781452159768 $24.95) 642 Things to Draw Colored Pencils (ISBN 9781452156903 $14.95) Fantastic Colors: 10 Colored Pencils (ISBN 9781452159096 $14.95) Releasing in October Brillante Pencils (ISBN 9781616895136 $14.95)

Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to Brit comic and author David Baddiel’s novel The Parent Agency (ISBN 9780062405449 $16.99) . The

novel, published by HarperCollins, is an epic wish-fulfilment adventure for every child and for the child in everyone where you get to choose your parents. In this zany, internationally bestselling adventure, a boy travels to an alternate world where kids get to choose their own parents. Barry Bennett is sick of his parents. They’re boring, they’re too strict, and it’s their fault his name is Barry. So he makes a wish for better ones—and is instantly whisked away to the Parent Agency, where kids get to pick out their perfect parents. For Barry, this seems like a dream come true. But as he’s about

to discover, choosing new parents isn’t as simple as it sounds…

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IN STOCK

The Little Grumpy Cat that Wouldn't (ISBN

9780399553547 $4.99)

The most famous cat in the world stars in her very own Little Golden Book!

Grumpy Cat has 8 million Facebook followers, her own TV movie, and now…a Little Golden Book! In this story featuring an all-new iconic art style, Grumpy Cat’s friends and admirers try to get her to try new things and have fun, and each time she is even more resolved to say NO. In the end, she is right. Having fun is awful.

‘Divergent’ Finale to Skip Theaters, Launch as a TV Movie and Spinoff

Series. Go HERE for the full story

Bill Kunstler has been hired to adapt the Ursula Vernon children’s book Castle Hangnail (ISBN 9780147512734 $8.99) into a feature film at Disney. It centers

on a 12-year old witch who becomes an unlikely new master to a motley crew of

creatures.. For the full story go HERE

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Scholastic has acquired the worldwide rights to four books by 9-year-old Hilde Lysiak — to be co-written with her father, reporter Matthew Lysiak

— and now the film/TV rights are being sold off. Go HERE for the full story

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Official Featurette. Go

HERE

The Airport Book by Lisa Brown (ISBN 9781626720916 $17.99) Follow a family and the youngest member's favorite sock monkey through all the inner and outer workings of an airport. In a book that is as intriguing as it is useful and entertaining, we follow a family on its way through the complexities of a modern-day airport. From checking bags and watching them disappear on the mysterious conveyer belt, to security clearance and a seemingly endless wait at the gate to finally being airborne. But wait! There's more! The youngest family member's sock monkey has gone missing. Follow it at the bottom of the page as it makes a journey as memorable as that of the humans above.

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Releasing in September Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin, Rob Dunlavey (ISBN 9780553497823 $17.99) Fans of the classic picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson (ISBN 9780763617103 $6.99) will adore this utterly simple picture book in which a baby owl goes off on his first adventure. With just three or four words per page, this story follows a baby owl one night as he leaves the safety of his nest (Home/Mama/Brother/Sister) and explores the starry world around him (Soar/Glide/Swoop/Swoosh). Inspired by reverso poetry, the words reverse in the middle when the baby owl is startled upon seeing his reflection in the pond (Owl/Sees/Owl). Afraid of it, little owl takes off toward home, soaring over farms and forests (Swoosh/Swoop/Glide/Soar) until he is finally safely home again (Sister/Brother/Mama/Home).

For ordering info on all the above titles, visit our Showcase page