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THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS by Dinaw Mengetsu

Dinaw Mengestu’s THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS has been nominated as one of the top four books for DC Reads: the annual Washington, DC “one city, one book” program. Residents of DC and its surrounding Maryland and Virginia counties are eligible to vote online or in one of the 50 designated locations between May 28 and June 30. Riverhead published the book March 1, 2007.

JOHNNY CASH: The Life by Robert Hilburn

Mr. Hilburn’s biography of Johnny Cash was named best book on country music, winning the Belmont Book Award...which is presented annually by Belmont college, the music business college in Nashville. Little Brown published the book on October 29, 2013.

LEXICON by Max Barry

The paperback edition of LEXICON by Max Barry reached #12 on the “New Atlantic Indie Bestseller List” and #10 on the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association bestseller list. Penguin published the paperback edition April 1, 2014.

ALL OUR NAMES by Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu spoke to PBS NewsHour chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown about lost and found identities and colliding worlds in his novel ALL OUR NAMES. The segment aired on May 14. Knopf published the book on March 5, 2014.

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris

Mr. Harris’ book continues to fly off the shelves. It is #5 on the NYT Hardcover Non Fiction list, #5 on B&N’s Non Fiction list, #19 on Bookscan’s Hardcover Non Fiction list, #6 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller list, #8 on the San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller list, #85 on USA Today Bestseller list, #10 on Indie Bound,

The KNOWLEDGE by Lewis Dartnell

Lewis Dartnell was reviewed in Kirkus which says that, “The Knowledge will prove a valuable owner’s guide for a difficult but not impossible future.” Penguin published the book on April 17, 2014.

Dinaw Mengestu

Dinaw Mengestu published “5 Writing Tips” in Publishers Weekly. Menegestu’s ALL OUR NAMES was published by Knopf on March 5, 2014.

CARNAL CURIOSITY by Stuart Woods

CARNAL CURIOSITY by Stuart Woods will debut at #1 on the “Combined Print and E-book” and #3 on the Hardcover Fiction New York Times bestseller lists for the week of April 8, 2014. Putnam published the book April 8, 2014.

A CALL TO ACTION by Jimmy Carter

A CALL TO ACTION by former President Jimmy Carter debuted at number 2 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestseller list for the week of 4/13/14. Simon & Schuster published the book on March 25, 2014.

10% HAPPIER by Dan Harris

For the week of 4/6 10% HAPPIER is doing well on the Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller lists. The book is #2 on SCIBA (Southern California Independent Booksellers Association), #3 on NEIBA (New England Independent Booksellers Association), #4 on SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance), #5 on NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association),