The Walk On by John Feinstein

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John Feinstein understands sports. He has written more than 20 books that cover a variety of sports topics. From golfing, through tennis, all the way to American football, John Feinstein has been through it all. He has also worked on several movies, contributed to major sports publications and hosts his own radio show “The john Feinstein Show.”

We have had the pleasure of having John in our studio to talk about his newest novel, The Walk On. The book takes place in the ever-competitive world of high school sports. Alex Meyers, the main protagonists is a promising triple-threat athlete, who finds himself in an unfamiliar situation – he has to compete with a rival. The book discusses some important issues young athletes may encounter. Especially how easily the ruthless competition between young athletes can take a wrong turn.

We prepared a satellite media tour with John to promote The Walk On and have posted the video on YouTube. To find out more about this book, and why it speaks to young athletes, watch it here:

Veronica Roth releases FOUR: A DIVERGENT COLLECTION

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Veronica Roth’s debut novel Divergent (2011) was an instant bestseller, immediately embraced by both teen readers and adults alike. Buzz of this new series spread quickly and the release of Insurgent in May 2012 solidified Veronica Roth as a new voice in Young Adult fiction; the book debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller’s list where the series has remained ever since. With massive critical and commercial appeal and unstoppable international buzz, the series skyrocketed in popularity. As fans geared up for the release of Veronica Roth’s highly-anticipated Allegiant in October 2013, SUMMIT Entertainment announced plans to make the popular series into a major motion picture much to delight of Veronica Roth’s loyal fan base. The DIVERGENT film starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Academy Award-winner Kate Winslet debuted on March 21, 2014, and grossed $56 million in its opening weekend. Wowing audiences across the country and enchanting fans of Roth’s action-packed series, the subsequent movies based on the books are set to release in coming years.

The DIVERGENT trilogy has become a major pop culture phenomenon and now fans have a chance to go back to the beginning with Tobias “Four” Eaton. With the release of FOUR: A DIVERGENT COLLECTION, readers and movie-goers can finally get inside of Four’s head and find out what makes him tick. FOUR is a collection of short stories set in Roth’s dystopian Chicago told from Tobias “Four” Eaton’s point of view. Each story gives readers a glimpse into Four’s past, his deepest thoughts and most profound moments, and the decisions of loyalty-and love- that he makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior. Also included are 3 exclusive scenes from DIVERGENT, except this time, they are told by Four.

Here, Veronica talks to us, during her integrated media tour in Boston, about her inspiration for DIVERGENT and how she was able to turn that small idea into a phenomenon.

 

Check out her interview here!

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The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

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the-here-and-now“From the author who brought us The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants comes the gripping page-turner about a girl who’s willing to risk it all for love and the fate of the world.” –Teen Vogue

 Follow the rules… Remember what happened… Never fall in love.

 New York Times Bestselling author returns to YA with this romantic thriller…

 The original queen of YA and author of the international bestselling Sisterhood series Ann Brashares is back on the teen scene with her biggest novel yet. Brashares enters a whole new world in this thriller while still capturing the teen voice and heart in the way we have come to know and love from her.

Brashares created a cultural phenomenon with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series and her legions of fans are thrilled for her return to the YA world. The impossible romance, thrilling twists and turns, and of course, the hardcore female lead, will have new fans and old fans alike celebrating her exciting return to YA.

About the book: The Here And Now is the story of seventeen-year-old Prenna James, who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn’t come from a different country. She came from a different time—a future where a mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and leaving the world in ruins.

Prenna and the others who escaped to the present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from, never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the plague that will one day ravage the earth and stop humanity’s destruction. But everything changes when Prenna falls for Ethan Jarves. Thrilling, exhilarating, haunting, and heartbreaking, The Here And Now is a twenty-first-century take on an impossible romance. A girl from the future might be able to save us . . . if she lets go of the one thing she’s found to hold on to.

Ann Brashares is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series, 3 Willows, The Last Summer (of You & Me), and My Name Is Memory. She lives in New York City with her husband and their four children. Discover more about Ann on AnnBrasharesBooks.com. Follow her on Twitter @AnnBrashares.
Delacorte Press is an imprint of Random House Children’s Books (www.randomhouse.com/teens), the world’s largest English- language children’s trade book publisher. Random House Children’s Books is a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company.

 

I’ve Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark

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photo 1-2Perennial New York Times bestseller MARY HIGGINS CLARK

returns with her latest novel

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

 

From the reigning “Queen of Suspense” and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark, comes a gripping new mystery that begins when a handsome Manhattan ER doctor is brazenly murdered in front of his young son in a city playground. Only three-year-old Timmy saw the face of his father’s killer, and five years later his piercing blue eyes still haunt Timmy’s dreams. His heartbreaking shriek, ‘Blue Eyes killed my Daddy’ and the killer’s shouted warning, ‘Tell your mother she’s next, then it’s your turn’, is overheard by an elderly woman, the only witness to the crime.

About I’ve Got You Under My Skin: Now, five years later, Laurie, Timmy’s mother is dealing with murder again, this time as the producer of a true-crime, cold-case television show. The series will launch with the twenty-year-old unsolved murder of Betsy Powell. Betsy, a socialite, was found suffocated in her bed after a gala celebrating the graduation of her daughter and three friends. The sensational murder was news nationwide. Reopening the case in its lavish setting and with the cooperation of the surviving guests that night, Laurie is sure to have a hit on her hands. But when the estranged friends begin filming, it becomes clear each is hiding secrets . . . small and large.

And a pair of blue eyes is watching events unfold, too . . .

Fast-paced, exciting, and expertly plotted, I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN is Mary Higgins Clark at her best – a master storyteller keeping readers on the edge of their seats with the heart-pounding suspense that has made her books international bestsellers.

Mary Higgins Clark is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, has written thirty-three suspense novels; three collections of short stories; a historical novel, Mount Vernon Love Story; and a memoir, Kitchen Privileges. She is the coauthor with Carol Higgins Clark of five suspense novels: Dashing through the Snow, Deck the Halls, He Sees You When You’re Sleeping, The Christmas Thief, and Santa Cruise. Her books are worldwide bestsellers, with over 100 million sold in the United States alone. She lives with her husband, John Conheeney, in Saddle River, New Jersey.

 

The Finisher by David Baldacci

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s most popular, widely-read storytellers- David Baldacci – comes a new fantasy novel for young readers, THE FINISHER. 

“What happens when an international best-selling crime novelist tries his hand at a youth fantasy? Well, in this case, success. Baldacci, best known for writing thrillers, also has a talent for creating magical worlds… offers readers a smart, tough heroine worth rooting for.” –Booklist, starred review

Called a “master craftsman” by the Associated Press and “one of the greatest thriller writers of the last decade” by Strand Magazine, Baldacci, whose adult thrillers have more than 110 millions copies in print worldwide, is venturing onto new fictional turf with THE FINISHER.  The novel centers on 14-year-old Vega Jane, who fights to do what’s right after discovering that her village of Wormwood is built on dangerous lies.  She is determined to uncover the truth, but the closer she gets, the more she risks her life.

About THE FINISHER: Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations—until Vega’s mentor Quentin Herms disappears. Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there’s a way out of Wormwood, and something extraordinary on the other side. As Vega begins to investigate, she realizes that Wormwood is a village built on dangerous lies. And that powerful people are willing to kill in order to keep it that way. Soon Vega is careening down a path that will either lead straight to the truth…or straight to an early grave.

David Baldacci is the author of twenty-seven books for adults, each of which has become both a national and international bestseller. His astonishing career started with Absolute Power, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Clint Eastwood. David’s books have sold more than 110 million copies worldwide, and been translated into more than forty-five languages. Together with his wife, Michelle, David established the Wish You Well Foundation® to promote family literacy. David and his family live in Virginia.

Audio Books By Lisa Scottoline and daughter Francesca Serritella

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Join New York Times best-selling author LISA SCOTTOLINE and daughter, author/columnist Francesca Serritella, as they discuss their careers, recent works and the joy of audio books

Thanksgiving is the biggest travel holiday of the year with millions of Americans anticipating hours of unavoidable traffic, gridlock, and delays. Audio books are the perfect way to transform time that would otherwise be wasted into the most entertaining part of your trip!  Nearly all of today’s biggest books are available in audio. Read by polished actors, passionate authors, and even celebrities, these CD’s and digital downloads are the perfect way to sit back, relax, and make the time fly by on what would otherwise be an agonizingly wasteful commute. Authors Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are no strangers to audio books.  All of Lisa’s novels have been released in audio format.  In fact, Lisa has even narrated four of them with her daughter, fellow writer and columnist, Francesca Serritella.

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Foul Trouble By John Feinstein

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Terrell Jamerson is the #1 high school basketball player in the country. His team is poised to win the state championship. He’s got top colleges lined up to offer him scholarships. Press coverage at every game. Everyone says he could play in the NBA tomorrow. From all outward appearances, Terrell is living the dream.  But his best friend, Danny Wilcox, would tell you a different story. Danny is his teammate, and a top prospect himself. But he sees that not all of the people buzzing around Terrell have his best interests at heart. The sneaker guys, the money managers, the college boosters–they’re all so eager to help. But their kind of help comes with strings attached, and could get Terrell investigated by the NCAA.  In between exciting play-by-play scenes of a tension-filled, high-stakes basketball season, there’s an equally tense gamesmanship happening off the court. It’s a dirty game, but Terrell will have to learn to play if he wants his chance at a slam dunk.

FOUL TROUBLE takes readers deep inside the seedy underbelly of big time college basketball recruiting, where nothing is as it seems . . . and everyone is playing to win. School Library Journal calls it “A riveting, cautionary tale about behind-the-scenes, big-money pressures confronting talented high school athletes” and goes on to say, “Readers will breathlessly await Terrell’s final decision.”

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Finding The Next Steve Jobs By Nolan Bushnell

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Nolan Bushnell founded the groundbreaking gaming company Atari, the restaurant chain Chuck E. Cheese’s, and two dozen other companies. Widely regarded as the father of video games, Bushnell is one of the most creative and prolific innovators of our time. He also launched the career of Steve Jobs along with many other brilliant creatives over the course of his five decades in business. In his eagerly awaited first book, Finding the Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep and Nurture Talent, Bushnell uses his long-time friendship and mentor-employee relationship with Jobs as an example of how to identify and foster excellent work in brilliant employees. With 52 lessons—or Pongs—and written in Bushnell’s inimitable voice, Finding the Next Steve Jobs offers practical, unique, first-hand  advice to hiring the kind of talent that could make any business a creative powerhouse like Apple, AirBnb, and Amazon, or like Atari, or Chuck E. Cheese’s in their day.

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“An absolutely invaluable book by the founder of Atari and the man who launched Steve Jobs’s career.”

—Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs

 

King and Maxwell By David Baldacci

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s most popular, widely read storytellers

Called a “master craftsman” by the Associated Press and “one of the greatest thriller writers of the last decade” by Strand Magazine, Baldacci is once again at the top of his game in KING AND MAXWELL, bringing back former Secret Service agents turned private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell.  When a teenage boy asks for their help, Sean and Michelle begin their most surprising, personal, and dangerous case ever.

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It seems at first like a simple, tragic story. Tyler Wingo, age 16, learns the awful news that his father, a soldier, was killed in action in Afghanistan. Then the extraordinary happens: Tyler receives an email from his father…after his supposed death.  Tyler hires Sean and Michelle to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Sean and Michelle realize they’ve stumbled onto something bigger and more treacherous than anyone could have imagined. And as their hunt for the truth leads them relentlessly to the highest levels of power and to uncovering the most clandestine of secrets, Sean and Michelle are determined to help and protect Tyler—though they may pay for it with their lives.

 

Stella Bain By Anita Shreve

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It is 1916, and a woman awakens, wounded, in a field hospital in northern France. She wears the uniform of a British nurse’s aide, but has an American accent. With no memory of her past or what brought her to the battlefields of World War One, she knows only that she can drive an ambulance, and that her name is Stella Bain. Suffering from severe shell shock, Stella ends up in London with no family or friends and, worst of all, no memory of her life before the war. With the help of Dr. August Bridge, a surgeon who takes an interest in her case, Stella must piece together her story and, in doing so, contend with some gut-wrenching truths about the life she left behind.

 

Crafted with care and woven by a master storyteller, STELLA BAIN brings back the complex, layered narrative Anita’s readers have loved in such beloved books as The Pilot’s Wife and Fortune’s Rocks.

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