In The Secret Token, Andrew Lawler excavates the many theories surrounding the vanished colony of Roanoke
In The Secret Token, Andrew Lawler investigates the fate of the vanished colony of Roanoke Island, the first English settlement on North America. Andrew Lawler will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 18 and at the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville on June 19.
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A naïve young woman is captivated by 1940s New York in Elizabeth Gilbert’s City of Girls
With City of Girls, Elizabeth Gilbert delivers a perfect by-the-pool book, full of spectacle, glitz, and bygone glamour. Gilbert will appear at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville on June 17.
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The CIA is under attack in Mike Maden’s Tom Clancy Enemy Contact
What would happen if cyber thieves managed to hack the CIA? That’s the terrifying premise of Tom Clancy Enemy Contact, the third novel in the Jack Ryan Jr. suspense series from Knoxville writer Mike Maden. Maden will appear at Union Ave. Books in Knoxville on June 15.
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In Eric Barnes’ Above the Ether, survivors of global catastrophe seek new beginnings
Eric Barnes’ Above the Ether follows characters who survive flood, fire, and pestilence in an attempt to start anew in the burned-out shell of an industrial city. Eric Barnes will discuss Above the Ether at Novel in Memphis on June 11.
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In Sea Sirens by Amy Chu and Janet K. Lee, young readers take an underwater fantasy adventure
Illustrator Janet K. Lee will celebrate the release of the graphic novel Sea Sirens, her collaboration with comic book writer Amy Chu, at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 11.
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Amanda Little’s The Fate of Food considers the future of our global table
Nashville author Amanda Little traveled the globe—touching down in orchards, fields, oceans, and science labs—to research her new book The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World. She’ll appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 13.
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