February 5, 2011
In celebration of African American History Month, our next Book Trailer of the Week is for Isabel Wilkerson’s phenomenal The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration. Named one of the NY Times’ 10 Best Books of 2010, this beautifully written masterwork focuses on the years 1915 to 1970 when six million black Southerners […]
January 29, 2011
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this stylish short for Carl Hiaasen’s outrageously offbeat novel Star Island. The madcap fun begins just as 22-year-old fading pop star Cheryl Bunterman (aka Cherry Pye) is frantically attempting a comeback designed by her uber stage mom, Weed Whacker wielding bodyguard, and fraternal twin publicists who’ve spent thousands […]
January 22, 2011
Our next Book Trailer of the Week is for Susan Casey’s riveting investigative study The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean. A 2010 NY Times Notable Book, The Wave travels around the world and back in time to search out gargantuan walls of water including a 1,740 foot-high monster that pummeled the Alaskan coast in 1958. Along […]
January 15, 2011
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is for Dan Chaon’s pulse-pounding novel Await Your Reply. A fixture on many 2009 best book lists, this haunting tale explores the dangers of reinventing yourself as it traces the oddly interlocking lives of three disparate characters: an 18-year-old orphan who runs away with her high school teacher, a college dropout […]
January 7, 2011
In recognition of the new year and the steady march of time, our first Book Trailer of the Week for 2011 is this intriguing clip for Pulitzer Prize-winner Jonathan Weiner’s Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality. A 2010 NY Times Notable Book, this rollicking scientific adventure traces the history of longevity research while […]
December 30, 2010
Our final Book Trailer of the Week for 2010 is this chilling award winner for Norwegian author Jo Nesbo’s haunting mystery The Snowman. Billed as the perfect crime fiction fix for Stieg Larsson fans, The Snowman is the fifth heartstopping read in a bestselling series favorably compared to Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch books. So check it out, or […]
December 22, 2010
This Book Trailer of the Week is in belated celebration of the great Jane Austen’s 235th birthday on December 16th. Selected as one of 2009’s best book videos, the hilarious clip is for Ben H. Winters’ contribution to Austen mash-up mania, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. So, enjoy the trailer, check out the Quirk classic, and don’t forget about […]
December 15, 2010
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this cinematic clip for T.C. Boyle’s Wild Child: Stories. A 2010 NY Times Notable Book and Boyle’s ninth short story collection, Wild Child showcases its acclaimed author’s astonishing range and imaginative muscle in 14 superb tales. Focusing on man’s relationship with nature and what it means to be human, Boyle’s stories are […]
December 8, 2010
Next up as our Book Trailer of the Week is this 1940’s-style newsreel for Ben Macintyre’s Operation Mincemeat. Recently named a 2010 NY Times Notable Book, this rousing real-life spy thriller tells the tale of the World War II ruse concocted by the British and Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming that used a corpse to fool the Nazis about the […]
December 2, 2010
Our latest Book Trailer of the Week is this vaguely creepy clip for Emma Donoghue’s Room. Short-listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize and also honored as a NY Times Notable Book, this outstanding novel is narrated by five-year-old Jack, a boy whose whole world is the 11-by-11-foot room in which his 19-year-old mother is being held captive. […]
