Alan Eisenstock, Author . Pocket $26 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7434-0694-9
"Fan" is the operative word in these breezy, inside-the-booth sketches of the reigning personalities in sports radio's huge electronic community. The premise is a sharp elbow to the ribs of Howard Stern and the radio shock-jock industry:
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Alan Eisenstock, Author . Atria $24 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7434-4214-5
The premise of this book—a group of men have a weekly basketball game that anchors their lives—is so wholesome and therapeutic, it's easy to go into it with a jaded eye. But that won't last for long, since Eisenstock's...
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Mark Borovitz, Author, Alan Eisenstock, Author . Morrow $23.95 (226p) ISBN 978-0-06-056379-0
Borovitz started with petty thievery—baseball cards, candy, marbles—at age eight. By 14, shortly after the death of his father, he became a middleman, and at 25, he beat two middle-aged men at their own scam. Through most of this he...
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Alan Eisenstock, with Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala. St. Martin’s/Dunne, $25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-250-00147-4
Fans of all things Indiana Jones will enjoy this new book by journalist and author Eisenstock (In Stitches, with Dr. Anthony Youn), who details the story of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, a shot-by-shot remake of the Steven...
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Theresa Larson and Alan Eisenstock. HarperOne, $25.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-239948-9
This uneven memoir ties a woman’s demons, manifested as bulimia, to her high achievement. Larson, writing with Eisenstock (Ten on Sunday: The Secret Life of Men), was a college softball champion, a fitness model, and a platoon leader in Iraq. The...
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Elgin Baylor, with Alan Eisenstock. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-544-61705-6
In this sturdy, thoughtful memoir, Los Angeles Lakers legend Baylor digs into his lifelong relationship with basketball. When he was a boy in postwar Washington, D.C., the court served as a refuge from racism and from his perpetually scowling father,
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Ayaz Virji with Alan Eisenstock. Convergent, $26 (208p) ISBN 978-0-525-57720-1
Virji (The Skinny Book), a family physician and bariatric specialist practicing in Dawson, Minn., paints a harsh portrait of small-town America following the 2016 presidential elections in this clear-eyed memoir. Virji, of South Indian descent,...
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