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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Tuesday, August 15, 2017

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From My Shelf

• Slow Down, You're Reading Too Fast

Book Candy

• The Joy of Rereading a Childhood Favorite

Great Reads

• Rediscover: On the Road

The Writer's Life

• Camille Bordas: Finding One's Place

Book Review

• Fiction

  • Meddling Kids
  • The Diplomat's Daughter
  • The Almost Sisters
  • How to Behave in a Crowd

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Devil's Muse

• Science Fiction & Fantasy

  • Noumenon

• Biography & Memoir

  • After Andy: Adventures in Warhol Land

• Essays & Criticism

  • Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology

• Psychology & Self-Help

  • Text, Don't Call: An Illustrated Guide to the Introverted Life

• Children's & Young Adult

  • The Only Fish in the Sea
  • Sun and Moon: Folk Tales by Various Artists

• Poetry

  • Lessons on Expulsion

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Wednesday, August 16, 2017

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Quotation of the Day

• 'A Bookseller's Advice for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos'

News

• Bookstore Sales Up 1.5% in June, Up 0.2% for Year
• Quarto Group Ends Sale Negotiations with Mystery Bidder
• Annie Philbrick, Pequot Museum in New Partnership
• Obituary Note: Diane Pearson

Notes

• Image of the Day: Redheads Roll Out Red Carpet
• Happy 25th Birthday, McLean & Eakin Booksellers!
• Bookstore Display of the Day: Belmont Books
• Book Trailer of the Day: How to Read Nature

Media and Movies

• Media Heat: John Dickerson on Colbert's Late Show
• Movies: Exit West; Rebel in the Rye

Books & Authors

• Awards: Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color
• Reading with... E. Lockhart

Book Review

• Children's Review: Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

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Monday, August 14, 2017: Kids Maximum Shelf: Lighter Than My Shadow

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Maximum Review

• Lighter Than My Shadow

The Writer's Life

• Katie Green: "I can't write this book if I die."

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Thursday, July 20, 2017: Dedicated Issue: Lonely Planet Kids

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Editors' Note

• Lonely Planet Kids

Books & Authors

• Inspiring a New Generation of Explorers and Travelers
• Managing Director Pickard: 'Making Books that Show Kids This Incredible, Diverse Planet'
• Art Director Andy Mansfield on the Look of the Books
• The Joy of Illustrating How Cities Work and How Airports Work
• Lonely Planet Kids Titles