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The War that Fractured History, 100 Years On: WWI Books
If one can glean anything from the WWI-related titles released to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the war’s outbreak, it’s that historians continue to find new perspectives through which to examine the conflict.
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Solving the Unsolved: True Crime 2014
This is the story of a murder, of a single soft-nosed bullet that traveled upward through a man’s rib cage, piercing his lung and lodging in his neck, after being fired by an unknown assailant 92 years ago on a cold Los Angeles night.
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The Art of Photography: Photography Books, 2014
Browse any gift shop or bookstore. Odds are you will soon be within thumbing distance of an art or photography book.
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Spanish Books, Spring 2014: All Our Coverage
The latest on the Spanish-language publishing market: new books coming this spring, e-book sales, how libraries are engaging the Spanish-speaking community, and more.
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Inspirational and Spirituality Books 2014: Getting Centered
The spirituality and inspirational category has long had something for everyone—exploring the wildest of fringe interests, as well as more mainstream varieties of encouraging personal and spiritual growth.
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Sustaining Sustainability: Green Publishing 2014
Publishers’ environmental efforts gained significant momentum in the mid-2000s, as companies large and small began to explore and implement practices to lower their carbon footprint.
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Books in Spanish: Spanish Books Spring 2014
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Where One Death Is a Crime (But a Thousand Is a Statistic): Mysteries 2014
“Most of the shell shock victims he’d seen in hospital had been docile, sitting with blank faces staring blindly into the abyss of their terrors, or pacing back and forth, hour after hour, as if bent on outdistancing the demons pursuing them.
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You Could Look It Up…Sports Books 2014
The concept of too much information does not exist in sports.
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How to Parent? Hard Science, Light Humor: Parenting Books 2014
Today’s parents have science savvy—they demand evidence-based information, but want it delivered with cleverness and wit (who has time to read a dry scientific treatise when baby’s diapers are wet?).
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Travel Directions: Travel Books 2014
The dust has just settled on 2013, a year in which travel publishers, weary from six straight years of declining sales, weathered several headline-making mergers and acquisitions.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Spring Books
Man, it’s cold. As we polish off this new year’s spring announcements issue, there is much to look forward to: weather that must be warmer and, from what we can tell, great books to keep us company and keep publishers, booksellers, and librarians happy that the flow of great content between covers goes unabated.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: All Praise the Essay: Literary Biographies, Essays & Criticism
In a season that promises fresh attention for J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Penelope Lively, and others, let’s not forget the pleasures of a great essay collection.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Green and Other Colors: Art, Architecture & Photography
Concern about global warming should be, well, a global one—it is arguably (people still argue) the principle political struggle of our time, or will be. The field of architecture is one discipline that is not in denial.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Familiar Names, Flawed Stars: Lifestyle
No more dieting? It’s devoutly to be wished by millions, but probably not publishing executives hoping for another heavy-hitter in the health and fitness category this spring.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Comics Ponder the Meaning Of Life: Comics and Graphic Novels
Over the past 10 years, graphic novels have become more and more “novelistic,” for lack of a better word, led by such dense and revealing books as Persepolis and Fun Home.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: And Then... What Happened? Memoir
Life stories can entertain; they can teach, amaze, and if you’ve ever been trapped in a corner at a cocktail party having your ear bent, you know they can bore.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Be There... or Be Square: Travel
The Grand Tour has included Europe for centuries, and one of its most desirable stops has always been Paris.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: Soccer vs. Baseball: Sports
Although many Americans might not know just what FIFA stands for, the world’s most popular sport, soccer, is increasingly catching on in the U.S.
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Spring 2014 Announcements: ‘Freak’ Out: Social Sciences
Our world is constantly changing, but does it feel like the pace of change is picking up? Even if lawmakers are gridlocked, change in the courts, culture, and technology is humming along. This spring’s crop of social science titles reflects the deep effects of social, legal, technical, and cultural influences on our everyday lives.
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