Tin House is "Raising the Roof"!

Exciting news from Tin House Books!

Christopher R. Beha is the author of his newest release What Happened to Sophie Wilder. As reviewed by the New York Times Book Review: "What Happened to Sophie Wilder is about many things -- the New York publishing world, the growing pains of post collegiate life, the rigors of Roman Catholicism -- but at its center its a moving meditation on why and for whom we write." Beha also wrote an essay on the idea of the 'new' new atheists in Harper Magazine, titled "Reason for living: the good life without God".

Beha explains that the 'new' new atheists like Rosenburg whom are writers that take on a more philosophical approach to religion as opposed to past writers like Richard Dawkins who focus mostly on the God vs. science aspects of religion. These 'new' new atheists tackle the important questions such as "what is the meaning of life" and "how should I live my life" by eliminating God as a necessity and facing the questions for what they are, if there are no religious boundaries than life can have as many meanings as [you] decide. Click here to listen to Beha's interview with KUOW radio: http://www.kuow.org/mp3high/mp3/Conversation/ConversationB20120621.mp3

In other news: Parsifal by Jim Kruscoe has been chosen for Mediabistro's Los Angeles Book Club and Misfit by Adam Braver was voted Best Cover at BEA and Tin House recently released The Listeners by Leni Zumas!

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Newest Release from Tin House Books

“Parsifal” will be released on July 14^th, the newest addition to author Jim Kruscoe’s collection of novels.  Parsifal is a humble man who sets out on a journey to revisit the place where he was born. On his adventure he meets a range of different people varying from a blind person to an interesting young woman named Misty.

Kruscoe’s other Tin House novels include Toward You, Erased, Girl Factor, and Iceland.

Check him out!

Akashic Books: Two New Releases

Akashic Books, a beloved Benay client, has released two new titles illustrated by Ricardo Cortes.

The first book which is both illustrated and written by Cortes started as a way to teach children about the history of the cocoa bean. However, after an interesting discovery Cortes decided to change paths and instead uncovers the untold past of the Coca-Cola Company in “The Secret History of Coffee, Coca, and Cola”. While there is potential for controversy between Cortes and the company, he remains unscathed and confident.

In the second book, “Seriously, Just go to Sleep”, Adam Mansbach hopes to bring parents and children together—the hassles of night time antics are condemned and put to rest.

“Seriously, Just Go to Sleep brings children in on the joke, helping them understand their own tactics and why their parents just want them to go . . . to sleep.”
--Publishers Weekly

Go check them out!

Eskandar has now opened a new store in Los Angeles

Established in 1993 by Eskandar Nabavi, the eskandar womenswear label has grown in success at an unprecedented rate. The signature fluid lines and traditional, voluminous silhouettes, are brought to life with exclusive and luxurious fabrics, for which Eskandar has become renowned world-wide Luxurious cashmere knits now form the core of the collection and are sought out worldwide by loyal customers. Eskandar has now opened a new store in Los Angeles! Go check it out!

Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet

Tubes is a creative explanation into the Internet's physical infrastructure to help the everyday reader, and daily Internet user understand the physical world that forms the foundation of our cyber-space experience. In Tubes, journalist Andrew Blum writes a revealing a fresh view of the cyber world, that the everyday user may think they understand. A world filled with components, staffed with electricians and supported by engineers who build and maintain our networks. Blum recounts the dramatic story of the Internet, its development, and how it interacts.

Check out what Kirkus Reviews calls “Fascinating and unique. . . . A captivating behind-the-scenes tour of how and where the Internet works. . . . Blum has a gift for breathing life into his subjects.” 

No One by Gwenaëlle Aubry to be Featured in New York Times Book Review

Another great addition to the Tin House catalog, No One by Gwenaëlle Aubry will be featured in this Sunday’s New York Times book review. No One is a fictional memoir in dictionary form that investigates the many men behind the masks, and a unified portrait evolves. "A" describes her father’s adopted persona as Antonin Artaud, the poet/playwright; "B" is for James Bond; and, finally, "Z" is forZelig, the Woody Allen character who could transform his appearance to that of the people around him. Letter by letter, Aubry gives shape and meaning to the father who had long disappeared from her view.

Congrats to Akashic Books for Another Great Success!

Gathering of Waters begins in the early 1920’s in Oklahoma, with a girl named Doll possessed by an evil spirit. After an unsuccessful exorcism, Doll’s mother to put her up for adoption. The story then shifts to Money, Mississippi, where Doll is raised under the influence of the unpleasant, unforgiving spirit that resides in her. She steals, she has sex with strangers and eventually gives birth to a daughter who comes to resent her. After the flood of 1927, the story focuses on the daughter, Hemmingway, just until her own daughter, Tass, falls in love with Emmett Till.

The novel Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden is not sad without purpose. It is a historical reminder to all races who have in the past or present or might in the future stare at the dark clouds of oppression and hate because of their ethnicity. Books reiterating these sad truths must continue to be written. Bernice L. McFadden did an exceptional job in her new novel and has seen great reviews by Publishers Weekly, NPR and the New York Time Sunday Review.