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Book Trailer of the Week

November 16, 2016

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Amor Towles’ stylish new novel A Gentleman in Moscow.  Already a NY Times bestseller, the novel follows Count Alexander Rostov after a 1922 Bolshevik tribunal orders him to spend the rest of his life inside the luxury Metropol hotel for being an unrepentant aristocrat.  Described by theSkimm as crossing The Grand Budapest Hotel and Eloise with all the Bond villains, A Gentleman in Moscow is Rules of Civility-author Towles at his best.  Don’t miss it.

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Book Trailer of the Week

November 29, 2012

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this must-see clip for Penny Marshall’s new memoir My Mother Was Nuts.  A virtual lock for a 2012 Moby Award, the clever spot features SNL and Portlandia star Fred Armisen impersonating the long-time actress and director to hilarious effect.  Don’t miss the “lotion” bit, and after you’ve shared the fun with friends, don’t forget to check out Marshall’s book as well.  Honest, poignant, and funny, her down-to-earth reflections on Hollywood life and close friendships with John Belushi, Carrie Fisher, and Art Garfunkel make for a fascinating read indeed.  Enjoy!

 

Book Trailer of the Week

October 13, 2012

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Dennis Lehane’s new historical crime epic Live by Night.  A follow-up of sorts to 2008’s masterful The Given Day, the novel revisits the Coughlin family in Prohibition-era Boston as youngest brother Joe defies his police officer father to climb the ladder of organized crime.  As his rum running empire grows from Tampa all the way to Batista’s Cuba, however, a Vito Corleone-like Joe struggles to protect his family from his violent chosen path. Described by Booklist as “an utterly magnetic novel on every level,” Live by Night is Mystic River-author Lehane at his best.  Don’t miss it.

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Book Trailer of the Week

July 25, 2011

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this hilarious spoof for John Wray’s intriguing novel Lowboy.  Honored with a 2010 Moby Award for the Best Cameo in a Book Trailer, this awkwardly funny clip features comedian Zach Galifianakis impersonating Wray in possibly the worst and strangest author interview of all time.  Watch it now, watch it often, and make sure to check out Wray’s capitivating novel as well.  A vivid character study, the story follows 16-year-old Will Heller’s battle with mental illness in what Booklist called “a tour de force of empathy, style, and imagination.”  Don’t miss it.

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Book Trailer of the Week

June 11, 2011

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Dash Shaw’s darkly fantastical graphic novel BodyWorld.  The year is 2060 and America is reeling from a devastating civil war when Professor Paulie Panther rambles into the small town of Boney Borough.  An experimental botanist by trade, he soon stumbles upon a mysterious two-lobed plant of possible alien origin growing back behind the high school.  The strange flora’s telepathic powers are unwelcomed by the humorously quirky townsfolk, however, and the eccentric Panther  quickly finds himself chafing against Boney Borough’s rigid conformist attitude.  Funny and fearless, BodyWorld is a mind-blowing blend of sci-fi, offbeat romance, and futuristic what-if that will challenge your imagination with its visionary artwork.  Don’t miss it.

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Book Trailer of the Week

May 28, 2011

After a brief hiatus, the Book Trailer of the Week is back with this captivating clip for Laura Hillenbrand’s new biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption.  Winner of the 2010 L.A. Times Book Prize for Biography, Unbroken tells the enthralling tale of Louie Zamperini, a 1936 Munich Olympics track star and a WWII Army Air Corps bombardier who endured 47 days in a life raft and two years in Japan’s most brutal POW camps after his B-24 crashed in the Pacific.  Broken and haunted upon his repatriation, Zamperini eventually experienced a spiritual rebirth, and now at 93, he works with the Japanese to promote forgiveness and healing.  Inspiring, heart-wrenching, and simply unforgettable, Unbroken is Seabiscuit-author Hillenbrand at her best.  Don’t miss it.

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Book Trailer of the Week

March 19, 2011

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Peter Bognanni’s fantastic debut novel The House of Tomorrow.  A finalist for the 2010 L.A. Times’ Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, The House of Tomorrow tells the story of Sebastian Prendergast, a lonely 16-year-old who lives in rural Iowa with his grandma and is homeschooled in a geodesic dome.  When his grandma takes ill, Sebastian is forced from his bubble world and soon meets Jarod Whitcomb, a moody music lover who introduces Sebastian to punk rock, brutal honesty, and friendship.  Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching, The House of Tomorrow is a sly portrayal of teen angst and self-discovery that’s “as fun and lively as a Ramones tune.”  Don’t miss it.     

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Book Trailer of the Week

February 21, 2011

Today is Presidents Day, and we celebrate with this Book Trailer of the Week for Ron Chernow’s landmark biography Washington: A Life.  In this fascinating clip, the National Book Award-winning author tours in person several of the same landmark locations he visits in the pages of his richly nuanced portrait of America’s first President.  A 2010 NY Times Notable Book, Chernow’s carefully researched page turner brings Washington to vivid life as “a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods” while recounting how he rose from humble beginnings to become the father of our nation.  A unique, groundbreaking biography not to be missed.  Happy Birthday, George!      

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Book Trailer of the Week

February 12, 2011

Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is designed to put you in a T.C. Boyle state of mind.  On February 22nd the author’s thirteenth novel When the Killing’s Done hits the shelves, and to help get you primed for Boyle’s patented brand of intricate, thought-provoking fiction, we present the following short film for his stunning twelfth novel The Women.  Published in 2009, this fictional biography recounts the life of master architect Frank Lloyd Wright through the experiences of four captivating women who loved him.  Lush, imaginative, and hyperliterate, The Women is vintage Boyle.  So enjoy this “literary appetizer,” check out the book itself, and mark your calendars for When the Killing’s Done.  

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Book Trailer of the Week

February 5, 2011

In celebration of African American History Month, our next Book Trailer of the Week is for Isabel Wilkerson’s phenomenal The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration.  Named one of the NY Times’ 10 Best Books of 2010, this beautifully written masterwork focuses on the years 1915 to 1970 when six million black Southerners undertook an exodus from the terrors of Jim Crow to an uncertain future in the North.  Combining extensive research with the riveting stories of three remarkable men and women who made the Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns is a bold, resonating portrait of a pivotal time in American history.

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