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Elif Shafak's THE BASTARD OF ISTANBUL makes the long list for
the prestigious Orange Prize in UK.
Read The Independent article here... |
A CARRION
DEATH by Michael Stanley receives a Publishers Weekly
Starred Review on February 28, 2008.
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Patricia Hampl's THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER is a New York Times
Notable Book of 2007 and on the Christian Science Monitor's "2007
Books We Liked Best" list. |
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Tova
Reich's MY HOLOCAUST is an on the Washington Post Best Books of
2007 list and a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2007. |
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Erika
Mailman's THE WITCH'S TRINITY is a San Francisco Chronicle
Notable Book of 2007. |
| Chicago Tribune selects three of our titles on its
list of FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2007... two novels:
Ellen
Baker's KEEPING THE HOUSE,
Anthony Romano's WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG and
Patricia Hampl's memoir THE FLORIST'S DAUGHTER (December 15,
2007) |
Paulina
Porizkova, the 1990s supermodel who was named one of
People's 50 Most Beautiful People twice, and whose novel
A MODEL
SUMMER was published by Hyperion, has joined the panel of
"Top Model" judges.
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THE CURE FOR MODERN LIFE
by Lisa Tucker receives a Publishers Weekly Starred review on
Monday November 5, 2007.
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ELLINGTON
BOULEVARD by Adam Langer won the Elle Magazine Reader’s
Prize for January 2008. |
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THE
EIGHTH PROMISE by William Poy Lee has been selected by the
city of Ann Arbor (MI) for its 2008 One City One Book Reads.
Also PEN/Oakland has awarded The Eighth Promise it's Josephine
Miles National Literary Prize for 2007 (October 29, 2007). |
THE
JEWEL TRADER OF PEGU by Jeffrey Hantover selected for "Discover
Great New Writers" Barnes & Noble program and a Borders "Original
Voices" pick.
It is also a Booksense Selection for the month of January 2008.
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| CHANGING YOU by Gail Saltz illustrated by Lynne
Avril Cravath is in position #3 on The New York Times Children's
Best Seller list for the week of September 30, 2007. |
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CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT by Laurie Viera Rigler
debuts on the Los Angeles Times hard bound fiction best seller list
the week of August 26, 2007. It is also a Southern California
Bookseller Association bestseller and a Booksense Notable Book for
August 2007. |
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THE
FLORIST'S DAUGHTER by Patricia Hampl receives starred reviews in
Kirkus,
and Publishers Weekly.
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KABUL BEAUTY
SCHOOL by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson appears on
New York Times best seller list at #10 Sunday April 29, 2007. |
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Starred Reviews for
BLUE ARABESQUE by
Patricia Hampl: - a Kirkus Starred Review,
a Publishers Weekly Starred Review,
and a Booklist Starred Boxed Review.
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More from Kabul on The Kabul Beauty School - The
following article appeared June 9, 2007 in the Kabul Survival
Guide.
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Background on
the KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL "controversy". For information left out of The
New York Times piece Style section of April 29, 07 on the "fight"
over the beauty school see the newsletter posted by the school actual
founder and Kabul resident for more than 25 years Mary MacMakin on her
PARSA-Afghan website. |
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WHEN
THE WORD WAS YOUNG by Tony Romano is one of the "hot reads
of the summer" for Chicago Tribune on Saturday June 2, 2007. |
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ANGELICA by Arthur
Phillips is an Editor's Choice in New York Times for the week of
May 20, 2007 |
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THE SPACE
BETWEEN US by Thrity Umrigar has been chosen as the August
Book Club pick for Books-a-Million stores. |
Patricia Hampl is elected to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
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ANGELICA by Arthur
Phillips appeared on Boston Globe best seller list for Sunday May
13, 2007 |
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KABUL BEAUTY
SCHOOL by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson debutes on
New York Times best seller list at #10 on Sunday April 22, 07 |
Starred Review for
IF TODAY
BE SWEET by Thrity Umrigar from Library Journal.
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KEEPING
THE HOUSE by Ellen Baker has been selected as July 2007 pick
by Midwest Connections the marketing program of Midwest Booksellers
Association. |
| On Monday April 9, 2007 watch ABC Television host
Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America at 8:00 AM interview Deborah
Rodriguez on her memoir
KABUL BEAUTY
SCHOOL. |
KABUL BEAUTY
SCHOOL by Deborah Rodriguez with Kristin Ohlson is a
Critic's Choice, Four Star Review in the April 16, 2007 issue of
People Magazine .
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