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May 2008
| Hilary Davidson's short story "Anniversary" is featured in the anthology, A Prisoner of Memory and 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. The anthology was compiled by Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, and will be published by Pegasus on May 15. |
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The British paperback of Janine Latus' book, If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister's Story of Love, Murder and Liberation, debuted Jan. 13 as No. 2 on the Sunday Times (of London) paperback bestseller list, where it remained all of January. It also has been released in Indonesian. Turkish and Dutch translations are in the works. |
| Marian Calabro's latest organizational history, Flying High Again, is an in-depth case study of economic redevelopment after a military base closure (Plattsburgh Air Base in upstate New York). She will speak about the book at an industry conference in California this summer. Marian's company, CorporateHistory.net, designed and published the book. |
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Gloria Chadwick's newest book, Recipe for a Cookbook: How to Write, Publish, and Promote Your Cookbook, has just been published by Copper Canyon Books |
| Lise Funderburg's memoir, Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home was published by Free Press. Advance praise comes from Daniel Mendelsohn (The Lost), who says, "Lise Funderburg has transformed an already gripping personal narrative into an overwhelming parable about race, family, and mortality. A wonderful book." |
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Robert Schlesinger's White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters (Simon & Schuster) was published in April, and details the modern presidents' relations with their speechwriters and speeches. |
| Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kid: The Year that Changed Baseball Forever, John Rosengren's chronicle of the 1973 season, was released in April. Historian Gerald Early calls Hammerin' Hank "a wonderfully informative book that proves once again baseball reflects American culture more powerfully than any other sport." |
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Julie Weingarden Dubin writes "My Three Kids," the new parenting blog for Womansday.com. You can check out Dubin? blog |
Ada P. Kahn, Ph.D., is co-author of The Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 3rd edition (Facts on File, Inc., Dec. 2007). Kahn also produces a community access television program named for her earlier book, Keeping The Beat.
