Shelf Awareness - Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade

Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for July 29, 2014

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From My Shelf

• Remembering Walter Dean Myers

Book Candy

• Vacation Reads; Shakespearean Insult Generator

Book Review

• Fiction
• Forensic Songs
• Shirley
• Expecting
• The Actress
• Science Fiction & Fantasy
• Half a King
• Food & Wine
• A Mouthful of Stars: A Constellation of Favorite Recipes from My World Travels
• Biography & Memoir
• Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
• History
• A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
• Children's & Young Adult
• Through the Woods
• Dog Days of School
• Reference & Writing
• Dancing on the Head of a Pen: The Practice of a Writing Life
• Art & Photography
• Bricks & Mortals: Ten Great Buildings and the People They Made

Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for July 29, 2014

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Editors' Note

• New Column Highlights Bookseller Recommendations

News

• New Director: B&N Welcomes Aboard Vice Admiral
• Banned Books Week: Virtual Read-Out and Twitter Parties
• BookLamp Acquired by Apple
• Obituary Note: Brian Innes, Louise Shivers

Notes

• Image of the Day: Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
• Happy 30th Birthday, Books on the Common!
• Titcomb's Bookshop: 'We Try to Think Five Years Forward'
• Cool Idea of the Day: 'Get Fit & Literate!'
• Personnel Changes at Abrams, Scribner
• Book Trailer of the Day: The Slaughter

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: Robert Timberg on Fresh Air
• Movies: Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1; The Hobbit; Horns

Books & Authors

• Awards: Eisner Comic Winners

Book Review

• Review: Before, During, After

Deeper Understanding

• Bookseller Wisdom: World War I Titles, Part 1

Wednesday, July 23, 2014: Maximum Shelf: Fives and Twenty-Fives

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Maximum Review

• Fives and Twenty-Fives

The Writer's Life

• Michael Pitre: At Our Most Human

Tuesday, June 24, 2014: Dedicated Issue: DK

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Editors' Note

• DK Publishing: Happy 40th!

Books & Authors

• DK Publishing: Better by Design
• DK's 40th: A Year of Prizes and Promotions
• DK Publishing: 40 Years of Innovation
• DK Photography Then… and Now