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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith
In this latest episode in the beloved, best-selling series, the kindest and best detective in Botswana faces a tricky situation when her personal and professional lives become entangled.
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Pantheon at Center for Fiction in New York City: Alan Lightman, Thomas Mallon, and Peter Behrens
The Center for Fiction in New York City recently hosted events with Alan Lightman (Mr g) and Thomas Mallon (Watergate). Click through to watch the videos, and if you’ll be in the area on April 9th, stop by to see Peter Behrens (The O’Briens)! You can also see Knopf author Louis Begley on March 22nd.
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That’s How I Roll by Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss, the master of hard-boiled fiction, returns with a deeply revealing new novel, That’s How I Roll, about an assassin whose love forced him to kill his own conscience.
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Language by Daniel L. Everett
A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain—as most linguists do—but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide.
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Another Time, Another Life by Leif GW Persson
In 1975, six young people stormed the West German embassy in Stockholm, taking the entire staff hostage. They demanded the immediate release of members of the Baader- Meinhof group being held as prisoners in West Germany, but twelve hours into the siege, the embassy was blown up, two hostages were dead, and many others were injured, including the captors. Thus begins Leif GW Persson’s Another Time, Another Life.
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Watch Jonathan Haidt on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind, appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to talk about Newt Gingrich, moral psychology, and the Democrat/Republican divide. Video after the jump.
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Religion for Atheists by Alain De Botton
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world.
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The Undead by Dick Teresi
Important and provocative, The Undead examines why even with the tools of advanced technology, what we think of as life and death, consciousness and nonconsciousness, is not exactly clear and how this problem has been further complicated by the business of organ harvesting.
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The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
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The O’Briens by Peter Behrens is “Epic,” “Unforgettable”
The early reviews are unanimous as they hail award-winning author Peter Behrens’ “epic” and “unforgettable” new novel The O’Briens (going on sale Tuesday, March 6).
In protagonist Joe O’Brien, Behrens gives us a fiercely compelling grandson of a potato-famine emigrant who exchanges isolation and poverty in the Canadian wilds for a share in the dazzling riches and consuming sorrows of the twentieth century. Following his flight from Canada, Joe takes the reader from the freedom shores of Coney Island, NY to the luscious waves of Venice Beach, CA. His journey is mighty and painful, and truly American.
Look out for Behrens’ profile in the New York Times Home section on Thursday, 3/1, and tune in to his interview about the book on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday on Saturday, 3/17. Check out Behrens’ book tour schedule for an appearance near you.
Advance praise for The O’Briens:
“Unforgettable.” —Megan O’Grady, Vogue.com
“Moments of grace and romance are rocked by cruel words and violence in this epic, a piece of rough beauty itself.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An epic along the lines of Middlesex in the way it follows a family through time and examines the results of their actions . . . . A brooding novel, engrossing in its scope and detail, THE O’BRIENS keeps sight of the family’s personal stories amid the larger history of much of the twentieth century.” —Booklist
“Behrens’s characters are engaging and the history of the various cities, budding industries, and wars expertly handled . . . . Behrens’ writing is strong.” —Library Journal
“The O’Briens is a wonderful epic, across the generations and the continent. Another triumph for a writer who is fast proving he can write just about anything.” —Kevin Baker, author of Dreamland
About the author:
Peter Behrens is the author of The O’Briens and The Law of Dreams (which received Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and was published around the world to wide acclaim) and Night Driving, a collection of short stories. His stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including The Atlantic and Tin House. Honors he has received include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University’s Creative Writing Program.
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