The New York Review of Books (2022-01-13)

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TWISTED SILVER

SPOONS

by Karen M. Wicks

In Twisted Silver Spoons we experi-

ence the struggle of a protagonist

who defies expectations to find his

voice and become his own man.

978-1637528198 • Paper, $18.99 •

360 Pages • Literary Fiction

Available on Amazon, Barnes &

Noble, Ingram, and IndieBound.

Author’s website: karenmwicks.com.

NEWER TESTAMENTS

by Philip Brunetti

Encounter a mercurial narrator

on a surreal, neo-noir journey in

Newer Testaments—“an innovative

existential novel told through hal-

lucinatory poetics.” —Independent

Book Review

978-1-64921-943-5 • Hardcover,

$25.99 • 204 Pages • Experimental/

Literary Fiction

Available on AtmospherePress.com,

IndieBound, Amazon, and Ingram

Spark.

Author’s website: philipbrunetti.com

ATMOSPHERE PRESS

atmospherepress.com; (740) 416-0443

RELATIVELY PAINLESS

Twenty Stories

By Dylan Brody

“Dylan Brody is funny in ways

that don’t remind me of anyone.”

—David Sedaris

“Dylan Brody is always worth the

read.” —Jenny Lawson

978-1-64921-901-5 • Paper, $17.99

• 216 Pages • Family Drama/
  Antholog y
  Available at Amazon, Atmosphere
  Press, and at the author’s website:
  dylanbrody.com

KINDLE DIRECT PUBLICATION

kdp.amazon.com; (888) 280-4331

DARE YOU SEE A SOUL

A Frank Gould Mystery, Vol. 7

by Alan Asnen

Frank, tired, life punching down, fa-

mous but broke, in bad health, now

comes news of murder in the family.

And the past comes back, haunting.

B09H5H6VQ7 • e-Book, $2.99

• 279 Pages • Mystery/Thriller/
  Literature
  Available on Amazon.
  Author’s website: http://www.facebook.com
  /The-Frank-Gould-Mysteries

LET’S BLOW UP THE

ELITE COLLEGE

ADMISSIONS

BLACK BOX

It’s Roiling Young Lives,

Rigged for the Rich,

and Wrong for America

by Terry Connelly

“A blistering takedown of the ad-

missions process at elite academic

institutions... with practical, ac-

tionable steps on how to create a

fairer and more balanced... pro-

cess.” —Kirkus Reviews

9798652036003 • Paper, $14.95; eBook, $5.49 • 366 Pages •

Nonfiction

Available on Amazon.

Author’s Page: Terry Connelly on Amazon

MUSTANG PUBLISHING

http://www.mustangtn.pub; [email protected]

HUMANITY ’S

GREATEST LEAP

The Science and Technolog y

Behind Feasible Interstellar

Space Travel

by Mark Pickrell

Explains, for a general audience, re-

cent scientific discoveries that make

interstellar travel possible, arguing

for a global endeavor to explore

nearby stars.

978-0-9964111-0-3 • Hardcover,

$19.99 • 80 Pages • Science

Available on Mustang Publishing and Amazon.

Author’s website: http://www.pickrell.net

ARCHWAY PUBLISHING

http://www.archwaypublishing.com/en; (844) 669-3957

THE NEW EUGENICS

Modifying Biological Life in the

Twenty-First Century

by Conrad B. Quintyn

The author considers whether

genetic engineering used today to

repair “defects” in all humans will

exacerbate social injustices and/or

lead to a public safety issue.

978-1480899209 • Paper, $28.99 •

424 Pages • Science and Society

Available on Amazon, Barnes &

Noble, and Archway Publishing.

Author’s website: intranet.bloomu.edu/quintyn

MARK DUFF

authormarkduff.com; (970) 309-5435

ON JERICHO FLATS

by Mark Duff

A beautifully written sci-fi/nature

story in which climate change, AI,

and the holographic universe con-

verge. The story pushes the bound-

aries of reality, belief, and what it

means to be human.

978-0-578-95309-0 • Paper, $10.00

• 145 Pages • Science Fiction
  Available on Ingram, Amazon, and
  Barnes & Noble.

PRONGHORN PRESS

PronghornPress.org; (307) 765-2979

FOUR MILES WEST OF

NOWHERE

A City Boy’s First Year in the

Montana Wilderness

by John Phillips

“An excellent ride.” —Jay Leno

“Phillips observes with affection

and detachment.” —Tom McGuane

“John is hilarious about his tus-

sles with Mother Nature.” —P. J.

O’Rourke

“Charming turn of good humor

and self-awareness.” —David Abra-

hamson, School of Journalism,

Northwestern

“A hoot, a sideways Tilbury Town of Montana’s prickly and particu-

lar.”—Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize winner, Wall Street Journal

978-1-941052-54-9 • Paper, $19.95; 978-1-941052-55-6 •

Hardcover, $35.95; 978-1-941052-53-2 • e-Book, $9.95 • 400 Pages

• Memoir
  Available at your favorite bookseller.

NAOMI ULSTED

http://www.idletimepress.com; 44 (0)7462 613289

THE APOLOGY BOX

by Naomi Ulsted

When a teen girl causes a forest fire,

she must find redemption. An un-

likely friendship and a box of apol-

og y letters might be the key.

978-1-7372629-9-2 • Paper, $12.99

• 236 Pages • YA Contemporary
  Available on Amazon, Barnes &
  Noble, and ThriftBooks.

TRAFFORD PUBLISHING

http://www.trafford.com; (812) 339-6000

THE ODYSSEY OF THE

WESTERN SPIRIT

From Scarcity to Abundance

(Third Edition)

by Jack Meyer

The Odyssey is a general theory as to

how mankind moved from the scar-

city of primitive life to the present

world of technological abundance,

from the primitive to the iPhone.

9781490796239 • Hardcover,

$39.99; 9781490796246 • Paper,

$28.99; 9781490796321 • e-Book,

$3.99 • 423 Pages • History and

Philosophy

Available on Trafford and Amazon.

BOOK BABY

bookbaby.com; (877) 961-6878

DOCTOR ASSASSIN

A Medical Science Thriller

by Mark R. Belsky

Max Dent, heart surgeon and former

assassin, is drawn into a terrorist plot

that threatens another holocaust.

Only Max can stop it, if he survives.

978-1-09839-488-2 • Paper, $17.99

• 384 Pages • Fiction/Spy Thriller
  Available on Amazon, Barnes &
  Noble, The Book Store (Lenox, MA),
  and The Strand Bookstore.
  Author’s website:
  markrbelskymd.com

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