15th August

From Publishers Weekly
The centennial of Richard Wright’s birth occasions the publication of this still-unfinished crime novel, which Wright was working on when he died in 1960. Ruddy Turner, a black Chicago police officer, is appointed
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30th July

From Publishers Weekly
In his latest effort, Pearlman (The Bad Guys Won!) tells the story of how the Dallas Cowboys went from being a league doormat to a Super Bowl–winning machine. It’s the cast of characters
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27th July

From Publishers Weekly
Two brothers combine forces to compile the ultimate guy’s to-do-before-marriage list. Tim is married but still “fight(ing) the good fight” and Michael is “still a free man.” They take advantage of their different
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26th July

From Publishers Weekly
It should come as no surprise that the coauthor of the movie Legally Blonde has penned an equally hilarious, female-bondingâ?”inspired romp. Zadie Roberts is an attractive high school teacher who finds herself fantasizing
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25th July

From Publishers Weekly
Truman Capote’s legendary masked ball, at New York City’s Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966, was a hyped-up media event meticulously masterminded by the self-promoting, social-climbing author of In Cold Blood. Davis (Strapless:
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20th July

From Publishers Weekly
Forbes wasn’t the first 16-year-old boy to be smitten by the romance of revolution, but he is among the handful in recent American history who became top-ranking members of the Black Panther Party.
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8th July

From Publishers Weekly
In her debut novel, former party girl Cooper smartly focuses on the fringe freaks who fueled the nightlife in the nauseatingly hip late 1990s South Beach: über-publicist Ricky Pascal, petulant heiress Amy, sexy
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2nd July

From Publishers Weekly
His interest in club life undiminished, sociologist Grazian (Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs) ventures into after-hours Philadelphia for a dishy yet savvy tell-all that brings the city’s network
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