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How to Be a Hepburn in a Kardashian World

Center Street
240 pages
$20


“Though fashions may change, certain things never go out of style–like your favorite little black dress that can take you from a business meeting to a dinner party to a night on the town. But what makes it work is not the dress, it’s how you present yourself while wearing it.”

-from the Publisher

Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image

University Of Chicago Press
192 pages
$45


“A beautiful meditation on the agency of photographs, this book on the Mormon photographer Charles Ellis Johnson is also a remarkable account of American sexuality, its rituals, and its prohibitions, down to the last strap unfurled from the last shoulder in that photograph earmarked for an eager customer in Fresno.”
-Alexander Nemerov, author of Soulmaker

Change of Seasons

St. Martin's Press
400 pages
$29.99


“His story stands on its own, and it’s one that Oates delights in telling. . . . A charming, almost breezy retrospective. . . . Change Of Seasons is Oates’ moment in the spotlight, which he handles with aplomb.”

AV Club

Situation Momedy

Medallion Press
472 pages
$14.95


“Filled with the humor and reassurance only a best friend can offer, this book will guide moms through the topsy-turvy world of life with toddlers.”

-from the Publisher

The Carroll Farm Fight

Five Star Publishing
212 pages
$25.95


“Living at a frontier crossroads can have unexpected perils, especially when war is afoot.”

-from the Publisher

Death of a Rhinestone Cowboy

Two Creeks Press
270 pages
$16.93


“Jenna Brown captures the atmosphere of Music Row better than any other novelist I’ve ever read. I recognize the places, people, and events she describes. This is a terrific book.”

-Fred Koller

Death of a Rhinestone Cowboy 

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