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An Unforeseen Life

Nautilus Publishing
320 pages
$24.95


“Cry, laugh, and applaud as you relive the remarkable life of Mary Ann Strong Connell beloved daughter, wife, mother, friend, and gifted writer.”

-Robert Khayat author of The Education of a Lifetime

The South’s Best Butts

Oxmoor House
288 pages
$26.95


“Moore acts as a guide and mentor, explaining why certain ingredients and techniques work, offering a handful of iconic regional sauces, and addressing the unforgivable sin of including liquid smoke. This terrific tour is sure to inspire readers to fire up the smoker.”

Publishers Weekly

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

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