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The Juice: Vinous Veritas

Knopf
304 pages
$26.95


“A master wine writer at the top of his class… ‘Is Jay McInerney the world’s best wine writer?’ The Guardian asked recently. After reading his last collection of wine essays, I would have to argue that he is certainly the most entertaining.”

— Corrie Perkin, The Weekly Review

The Juice: Vinous Veritas

Agee at 100: Centennial Essays on the Works of James Agee

University of Tennessee Press
304 pages
$49


“Drawn mainly from the centennial anniversary symposium on James Agee held at the University of Tennessee in the fall of 2009, the essays of Agee at 100 are as diverse in topic and purpose as is Agee’s work itself. Often devalued during his life by those who thought his breadth a hindrance to greatness, Agee’s achievements as a poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, critic, documentarian, and screenwriter are now more fully recognized. With its use of previously unknown and recently recovered materials as well as established works, this groundbreaking new collection is a timely contribution to the resurgence of interest in Agee’s significance.”

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Agee at 100: Centennial Essays on the Works of James Agee

Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game

Simon Spotlight
320 pages
$7.99


“The rules are simple: Draw a target. Track him down and ‘kill’ him with a spork. Take your victim’s target for your own. Oh, and make sure the player with your name doesn’t get to you first. No safe zones. No time-outs. The game ends when only one player remains. James T. Kirk is playing for fun. Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy is playing to get closer to a girl. But when a series of terrorist attacks rock the usually placid Starfleet Academy campus, it becomes clear that somebody is playing the game for real.”

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Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game

Voice of an American Playwright: Interviews with Horton Foote

Mercer University Press
360 pages
$22


“This book establishes that Horton Foote’s characters and themes come from Wharton, Texas, a region influenced more by the Deep South than the cowboy tradition of West Texas. But these interviews also establish that such stories are not place-specific. They are universal stories about going away and the eternal search of emotional and spiritual homes. Foote’s stories are revealed as reflecting the dislocation, loneliness, racial tension, and gender and class divisions of the United States.”

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Voice of an American Playwright: Interviews with Horton Foote

A Cup Full of Midnight

Permanent Press
288 pages
$28


“Terrell does not just tell a story, she plays with language to permit the story to take on its own life as you read. And her characters never lose their humanity, even as they struggle with pain that is almost more than an individual can bear.”

Suspense Magazine

A Cup Full of Midnight

The Good Dream

St. Martin’s Press
320 pages
$25.99


“Donna VanLiere has created a heartwarming story of redemption and has shown the world that she’s not just for Christmas anymore.”

— Richard Paul Evans, bestselling author of The Christmas Box, Lost December, and Miles to Go

The Good Dream

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