March 2010

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The California Roll
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Fragile Beasts
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I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
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Meet the Author

Frances Mayes, author of Every Day in Tuscany

Enter for your chance to win an autographed copy of Every Day In Tuscany. Post a comment at Frances Mayes’s website and then post the link to that comment below. Winners will be chosen at random and notified by email within 30 days of posting. Limited quantities, while supplies last. Limit one entry per person. No purchase necessary.

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Meet the Editor

The Editor-Model Hybrid Is Born: Posing For Jean Plaidy Covers with Editor Heather Lazare

“What’s up with all the headless women?” As an editor, the last thing you think anyone is going to say to you is, “Hey, do you want to be the model for a few book jackets?” But when our jacket designer needed more photos for the repackaged Jean Plaidy series, she realized she had the funds to hire the photographer but not a model; and thus the editor-model hybrid was born.

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Five Myths on How Men Approach Marriage

A woman tells her friends she’s engaged and there are celebrations in the streets. My congratulations! A man tells his friends and we roll out the funeral procession. My condolences. Somewhere along the way, marriage and masculinity became mutually exclusive. Maybe it’s always been that way, but I don’t buy it.

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Recipes for Your Book Group

Frances Mayes Shares Recipes from Every Day in Tuscany

Celebrate your book group with an all-out Tuscan feast! Frances Mayes shares recipes from Every Day in Tuscany perfect for making your meeting as warm and delicious as the Italian countryside.

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Readers Love Wedlock by Wendy Moore

Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore, makes even the most shocking story of today’s socialites look tame by comparison. A favorite of book groups and historical fiction fans alike, Wedlock is the true story of the disastrous marriage and remarkable divorce of one of 18th-century England’s richest, most free-wheeling heiresses.

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Readers Rave About The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine

When we think of the staid traditions of Parliament, “adventure sex” doesn’t usually come to mind (but maybe in our world full of political scandal, it should). In The Birthday Present, Barbara Vine tells a compulsively readable story of obsessive desire and dark twists of fate.

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Prima Donna Prima Donna

Four stars! By the end of the book I was cheering for her, although I didn’t agree with some of the decisions she made.

Readers Delight

Lady Vernon and Her Daughter Lady Vernon and Her Daughter

This book will appeal to those Jane Austen fans out there and even to those who have never read Jane Austen, like me, will want to check out this book. I highly recommend it.

Blog O' The Irish

Cleopatra’s Daughter Cleopatra’s Daughter

Michelle Moran does a superb job of re-creating this once-great empire….Cleopatra’s Daughter is part a historical account, part a love story, and part a book you will not be able to put down.

Luxury Reading

Something Missing Something Missing

Highly recommended if you’re looking for something a little out of the ordinary and is a real joy to read.

Steph & Tony

New World Monkeys New World Monkeys

I read this book for an upcoming book club meeting where the author will be present. I am looking forward to discussing the book with her and learning more about her perspectives on Lily and Duncan and their marriage.

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