TO EXPLAIN THE WORLD by Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg received rave reviews in the New York Times Book Review, which says that Weinberg “tells a rich, meaningful tale about the emergence of science, and evokes a sense of ‘how difficult was the discovery of modern science, how far from obvious are its practices and standards’.” The book was also reviewed by John Farrell on Forbes.com who calls it “entertaining”

Craig Davidson has won the inaugural James Herbert Award for Horror Writing, for his novel THE TROOP. The award commemorates the late horror writer James Herbert, whose daughter said of THE TROOP, “This is the darkest of tales where human evil meets an insatiable force of nature to wreak havoc on kids, a scout troop, no less. What could be better? My father would have chuckled in his chair; his fans will love it. And you’ll never go camping again.

Jason Hewitt’s THE DYNAMITE ROOM was given a starred review in Publishers Weekly, which said, “[A] strong debut novel … Hewitt's novel is well-crafted and engrossing. In the confines of a house that can feel at once claustrophobic and expansive, he artfully explores family and identity, and how war changes the lives of both soldiers and civilians.” Little, Brown published the book on March 17, 2015.

Lin Enger’s THE HIGH DIVIDE has been shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Algonquin published the book on September 23, 2014.

Novella Carpenter’s GONE FERAL has been shortlisted, in the Adult Non-Fiction category, for the Reading the West Book Award, given by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers’ Association. Penguin Press published the book on June 12, 2014.

Renata Adler was interviewed by the novelist Catherine Lacey for the website VICE. New York Review of Books will release a selection of her non-fiction called AFTER THE TALL TIMBER on April 7, 2015.

Sarah Manguso’s ONGOINGNESS was reviewed by Alice Gregory in The New Yorker, by Maria Popova in Brain Pickings, and also in BookReporter. Said The New Yorker, “In her almost psychedelic musings on time and what it means to preserve one’s own life, she has managed to transcribe an entirely interior world. She has written the memoir we didn’t realize we needed.”

David McCullough’s latest book about the THE WRIGHT BROTHERS has received positive reviews in Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly. Kirkus calls it a “fluently rendered, skillfully focused study” and Publisher’s Weekly says “McCullough’s usual warm, evocative prose makes for an absorbing narrative.” Simon & Schuster will publish the book on May 5, 2015.

Dan Harris’ book has risen to #6 on the New York Times paperback bestseller list and commands #16 slot on the combined print and ebook list. Additionally it is on the AUDIBLE Top 10 (the audio book list) at #8. IT books published the book in paperback December 30, 2014.

In less than a month chef, restaurant owner, and author of the critically lauded A Girl and Her Pig April Bloomfield will share a beautiful, full-color cookbook that offers tantalizing seasonal recipes for a wide variety of vegetables, from summer standbys such as zucchini to earthy novelties like sunchokes. The author was recently interviewed by Alex Redgrave on the Kaufmann Mercantile blog. Ecco will publish the Hardcover on April 21, 2015.