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You Embody One of “The Seven Gifts” That Inspire Humanity

A “Gift Map” featuring assorted images, from a Humpback Whale to a set of salt and pepper shakers, greets you when you open this book. What does this have to do with wisdom? It’s a funny little teaser (gorgeously illustrated Syed Muhammed Waqas) that draws you in and makes you…

Judy MorenoJuly 13, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Julia Baird’s Memoir “Phosphorescence” Shares Wisdom to Make Life Glow

In Phosphorescence: A Memoir of Finding Joy When Your World Goes Dark (Random House), Australian journalist and biographer Julia Baird explores the experiences that give life meaning and joy — the things that make life glow. The book is a thought-provoking mix of journalism and memoir as Baird blends essays…

Kirsten MacdissiJuly 6, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

The Intriguing Literary Genius Philip Roth Comes to Light in a Brilliant New Biography

“Don’t try to rehabilitate me,” Philip Roth told biographer Blake Bailey. “Just make me interesting.” Based on the early returns, Bailey has done just that in his much-anticipated Philip Roth: The Biography (W.W. Norton & Company). —∞— “A monumental gift in the realm of international letters. I wept and railed,…

BookTribApril 5, 2021

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A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan

Once upon a time, Thomas Hart Benton was a household name, known widely as America’s foremost Regionalist painter. A prolific chronicler of the nation during the good and bad times of the 1920s through World War II, the Kansas City native studied art in Paris and New York City and…

Claudia KeenanMarch 1, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Hidden Figures Emerge in “Overnight Code”

In an era of shattering glass ceilings, no story tells of overcoming adversity better than this captivating memoir. Paige Bowers and David Montague tell the incredible story of Raye Montague, the engineer credited with creating the first digital draft of a United States naval ship, in Overnight Code. From humble…

Gabby TorrentiJanuary 12, 2021

Children's Books

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: An Inspiring Biography for the Youngest Readers

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18, 2020, was a champion for equal rights and an inspiration to many. Now, children can experience her life through the pages of My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Golden Books) by Shana Corey. We begin by…

Kelly StatenDecember 4, 2020

Miscellany

20 Years After “Kitchen Confidential” & Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth,” Plus Great American Women

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. The Latest From BookTrib on Demand: Author Interviews You Don't Want to Miss — BookTrib…

BookTribJuly 17, 2020

Book Club Network

“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

A little bit Huckleberry Finn, a little bit Spanky and Our Gang, Wild Blueberries (O'Brien & Whitaker) is a delightful and beautifully written collection of essays by Peter Damm about growing up in rural Michigan. We meet the whole Damm family: young Peter, his four older brothers, one formidable sister Susan,…

Sherri DaleyJune 7, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

Everyone’s Favorite First Lady and Her Quest for Happily Ever After

For the many who have read about Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, few have missed her elegance and dignity, her remarkable style as a wife, mother, sister, daughter-in-law and First Lady. Myriad articles and nonfiction books have documented Jackie, but what stands out in Stephanie Marie Thornton's newest historical fiction is…

Susan Shapiro BarashMarch 3, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

Who Was Grace Kelly If Not “The Girl in White Gloves”?

Millions fell in love with the Princess of Monaco, but as her independence shifted from the thumb of one man to another, hardly anyone saw the real woman beneath the icon and legend. In The Girl in White Gloves (Berkley), Kerri Maher masterfully reveals the Grace Kelly few people knew:…

Jessica McEnteeFebruary 25, 2020

Nonfiction

Lessons on “The Art of Resistance” from a Legendary Freedom Fighter

When he was fifteen years old, Justus Rosenberg snuck into a Wagner music festival. The next year, as Nazis descended upon his town of Danzig, he stole away again to Paris. When the Nazis took that city from him as well, Justus went underground, and so began a daring chapter…

Jeff DaughertyJanuary 29, 2020

Nonfiction

Master of Subversive Fiction Chuck Palahniuk Asks Readers to “Consider This”

To paraphrase Chuck Palahniuk, “People are always asking, did I know about Chuck Palahniuk.” Everyone does at this stage, at the very least from Fight Club, but for edgy kids who want to write edgy stories and didn’t grow up with Burroughs and Bukowski, this guy has always been the…

Jeff DaughertyJanuary 8, 2020

Nonfiction Pop Culture

“Rocket Man” Satisfies Both Rabid and Casual Elton Fans

Rocket Man by Mark Bego is for serious Elton John fans: ones who have already seen the movie, who have at least two dozen of his LPs balanced on a shelf over an honest-to-God turntable, who saw Billy Elliott twice and went to see The Lion King by themselves. This…

Sherri DaleyJanuary 7, 2020

Nonfiction

Rachel Maddow: Traversing the Political Divide

Lisa Rogak’s well-researched Rachel Maddow: A Biography (Thomas Dunne Books) details Maddow’s life from growing up in the conservative town of Castro Valley, CA, as the youngest child of Elaine and Robert Maddow to becoming the popular and brilliant superstar political pundit for MSNBC-TV on the Emmy award-winning The Rachel…

Carole ClapsJanuary 7, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

The Powerful Woman Behind Winston Churchill

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Lady-Clementine-Marie-Benedict.jpg With the publication of Lady Clementine (Sourcebooks Landmark), Marie Benedict, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman in the Room, (read our review here) provides readers a story so beautifully written and filled with historical fact and colorful fiction it becomes almost impossible to put down until the…

Carole ClapsJanuary 6, 2020

Nonfiction

Ian McKellen Bio Illuminates the Myth, the Man, the Magneto

In 2001, Ian McKellen put on the robe and pointed hat of a wizard named Gandalf and won a place in the hearts of Tolkien fans worldwide. Though his role in the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings introduced him to a new audience, McKellen had a thriving career a lifetime…

BookTribNovember 25, 2019

You Embody One of “The Seven Gifts” That Inspire Humanity

Julia Baird’s Memoir “Phosphorescence” Shares Wisdom to Make Life Glow

The Intriguing Literary Genius Philip Roth Comes to Light in a Brilliant New Biography

A Murder Mystery Full of Art and Intrigue in 1960s Manhattan

Hidden Figures Emerge in “Overnight Code”

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: An Inspiring Biography for the Youngest Readers

20 Years After “Kitchen Confidential” & Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth,” Plus Great American Women

“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

Everyone’s Favorite First Lady and Her Quest for Happily Ever After

Who Was Grace Kelly If Not “The Girl in White Gloves”?

Lessons on “The Art of Resistance” from a Legendary Freedom Fighter

Master of Subversive Fiction Chuck Palahniuk Asks Readers to “Consider This”

“Rocket Man” Satisfies Both Rabid and Casual Elton Fans

Rachel Maddow: Traversing the Political Divide

The Powerful Woman Behind Winston Churchill

Ian McKellen Bio Illuminates the Myth, the Man, the Magneto

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