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Coming soon to a bookstore near you
The Show Must Go On How the Deaths of Lead Actors Have Affected Television Series
By Douglas Snauffer
McFarland & Co., Inc.
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This book offers an in-depth look at some of television's most popular series in their darkest hours – when a lead actor dies during production. With interviews of more than 80 of television’s top actors, producers, and directors, the book examines how the deaths affected the shows on every level – from the networks to the studios to the soundstages to the private lives of the other performers – and chronicles the efforts to keep each show going without those stars. Interviewees include David Chase, the elusive creator and producer of The Sopranos, who was intrigued by the idea for the book and who tells how he worked for two years with terminally ill Nancy Marchand on that show.
Newly Released
Quarry
By Susan Cummins Miller
The Berkley Publishing Group
Winner, Turquoise Award,
2007 New Mexico Book Award (Mystery)
Geologist Frankie MacFarlane is drawn into a police investigation when the remains of her ex-fiance are found in the desert. And after a student and several of her colleagues are attacked, Frankie realizes she may be the killer's next target.
This mystery series featuring geologist Frankie MacFarlane was originally published in hardback by Texas Tech University Press. Berkley has now picked up the paperback rights to publish under its Prime Crime line. The first in the series, Detachment Fault, was released in March 2006.
Detachment Fault
By Susan Cummins Miller
The Berkley Publishing Group
Finalist, 2004 Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers' Book Award (Adult Fiction)
Honorable Mention, ForeWord Magazine 2005 Book of the Year (Mystery) When the brother of the McFarlane family’s longtime fishing guide is found dead in the Sea of Cortez,
the girlfriend of Frankie’s brother disappears during a police interrogation in Mexico; and a student
and a professor – Frankie’s favorite student and a colleague, respectively – are murdered, Frankie
finds herself in a shadow war with unwritten rules and unknown foes. Joining the police in their hunt
for the killers, Frankie ventures into a fringe world where the antiquities trade slips too easily into
international money-laundering and far higher stakes.
Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
By Dr. Sheldon Russell
University of Oklahoma Press
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A work of historical fiction.
Selected as an Official Centennial Project, Oklahoma Centennial
As seen through the eyes of Creed McReynolds, a young half-breed returning to the Oklahoma Territory in the late 1800s to make his fortune as an educated man – an attorney, no less – Creed tells of the boom and bust of the city of Guthrie, fuelled by greed and ambition. When all is done, as the author says, “Creed rides into the prairie to regain the truth in his life, if he can, to find the woman he loves, if she’s still there, and the empty buildings of Guthrie Station stand empty and deserted behind him, frozen in time, a town born in a day, a town which dies as it’s born.”
How to Understand Autism: The Easy Way
By Dr. Alexander Durig
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Limited, London
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From Jessica Kingsley Publishers Inc. catalog:
"In this groundbreaking book, Alexander Durig presents a new model of social and computer thinking that moves beyond modern science, and breaks through mankind's contemporary theories of the mind. He provides a host of ideas and insights that allow the reader to understand the phenomenon of autism, recognize different kinds of autistic perception and behavior, and prepare for interaction with autistic people."
Balaam Gimble's Gumption
A Humorous Novel by Mike Nichols
John M. Hardy Publishing Company To order, click here.
To learn more about Balaam's wacky world, click here.
Winner, Texas Institute of Letters John Bloom Humor Award for the Funniest Texas Book of 2004
Here's what the critics are saying about Balaam Gimble's Gumption:
Mike Nichols is "a funny fellow with a considerable gift for telling good stories. Both these qualities are on prime display in his first novel. . . There's top-notch writing in Balaam Gimble's Gumption. . ." --Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Balaam Gimble's Gumption is "a novel of integrity, with a solid premise, believable characters, and cleverly understated dialogue. Nichols has assembled a host of individuals who gladly live in a place where, when you stop to smell the roses, the noise in the background is that of an armadillo rustling through the underbrush –not the roar of gunfire from the neighbor kid's video game. All in all, a pretty nice place to spend some time." --Fort Worth Weekly
Here's what other Texas writers are saying about Balaam Gimble's Gumption: "In
Balaam Gimble, Mike Nichols has created a man after my own heart. Balaam
lives in a world most of us can only dream about--with a pet deer named
'Stilts,' a hidden cave with healing waters, more Mason jars than a
Tennessee still, a mountain of exploding cow chips, and a terrified
masseur zipping around central Texas on a riding lawn mower. What else
could you want?" "Mike Nichols takes his readers
into worlds they could not otherwise visit and furnishes plenty of laughs
along the way." "There aren't many novels that
can make you laugh while simultaneously making you examine your
priorities. This one pulls it off with grace--part parable, part satire,
and all comedy. Wherever Willoughby, Texas, is, I want to live there. We
could use more men like Balaam Gimble."
The I Don't Know How to Cook Book
By Mary-Lane Kamberg
Adams Media Corporation
Now In its Third Printing
Winner, Missouri
Writers Guild Award for the Best Non-Fiction Book published
in 2004
From Publishers Weekly: For the culinary novice, both in palate and in skill, this cookbook presents a very user-friendly introduction to the basics. Recipes in each of the 11 chapters—including breakfast, salads, main dishes for carnivores, vegetarian and vegan entrees, and desserts—are organized by level of difficulty. The volume includes helpful appendices on equipping the kitchen, a glossary of cooking terms, and cooking fresh vegetables. Throughout, Kamberg addresses the neophyte in bold boxes that address challenges like choosing ground beef, blocks vs. tubs of softened cream cheese, and the difference between slicing and dicing. The book obviously doesn’t target a sophisticated audience, but could be helpful for teenagers, recent college grads or any blossoming but kitchen-phobic chef. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
The Proud Bastards
A Vietnam Memoir by E. Michael Helms
Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books Also a selection of The Military Book Club
Helms' staccato AK-47 style delivery works well in this fast moving, hard hitting, no excuses journal of one man's Marine Corps experience. . . . a story told from the heart as well as the gut. -- The Fallon Review
The Proud Bastards takes you for a jarring rode on an emotional roller coaster. . . . An agonizing, emotional read that merits your attention. . . . The Red Badge of Courage of the Vietnam War. -- The American Veteran
Very realistic! You see, hear, smell and feel the Vietnam experience. Will have a major impact on its readers. A story highly recommended! -- Huntress Book Reviews
For this one, Mike took off his agent hat and donned his ghost-writing Stetson. He collaborated with Murphy Martin to pen Martin's memoirs.
Front Row Seat: A Veteran Reporter Relives the Four Decades that Reshaped America
A memoir by former ABC-TV Anchorman Murphy Martin
Eakin Press; to order, click here (type "Murphy Martin" + "Front Row Seat")
From Publishers Weekly: Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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