June White Box Bursting With Excitement

June is bursting with excitement as publishers provide copies of ARCs and galleys of their early fall releases for your approval, as well as other more current publications. Among the myriad titles:

• Grove Atlantic offers three ARCs: THE DIVINE HUSBAND by previous Book Sense Pick author Francisco Goldman; BROKEN FOR YOU by Stephanie Kallos; THE LITTLE WHITE CAR from the Canongate imprint, by Danuta de Rhodes (hmmmm.... Could this be a pseudonym for a recent award-winning author???)
  
• Other Press also offers multiple titles this month: PHANTOM PAIN: A Novel by Arnon Grunberg (finished copy) and 25 MONTHS by Linda McK. Stewart, a moving memoir of living and dealing with Alzheimer's disease
  
• From Soho Press (distributed by Consortium): THE MIDNIGHT BAND OF MERCY: A Novel, bringing you back to late 19th century New York City, by Michael Blaine
  
• From Harlequin: MEAN SEASON by Heather Cochran, a publication of the Red Dress Ink imprint
  
• The Perseus Group offers three good and distinct reads: THE MERCY KILLERS, a novel by Lisa Reardon; THE IMPOSSIBLE WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE: A Citizen's Guide to Keeping Hope Alive in a Time of Fear, the latest from Paul Rogat Loeb; MEN OF TOMORROW: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book by Gerard Jones
  
• From Penguin USA, two intriguing stories: TOAST: The Story of a Boy's Hunger by Nigel Slater and THE FALL OF BAGHDAD by Jon Lee Anderson
  
• Sourcebooks brings you the fruit of a decade of labor and research in the important and intriguing: THE BOUNDARIES OF HER BODY: A History of Women's Rights in America by Debran Rowland, Esq.
  
• The Volt imprint of Bonus Books brings you a troubling premise, extraordinarily conceived in IN THE MIDST OF WOLVES by Keith Remer
  
• A new press from old friends … Unbridled Books, headed by Fred Ramey and Greg Michalson, creators of MacMurray & Beck and BlueHen, makes an auspicious debut with THE GREEN AGE OF ASHER WITHEROW: A Novel by M. Allen Cunningham
  
• From St. Martin's comes an ARC of Augusten Burroughs' latest collection, MAGICAL THINKING, complete with a CD of readings
  
• MacAdam/Cage offers you an ARC of FRUIT: A Novel by Brian Francis
  
• Previous Book Sense Pick author Christopher Moore returns with his latest, entitled THE STUPIDEST ANGEL: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, to be published by William Morrow (HarperCollins)
  
• 2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Winner and 2004 Finalist Cornelia Funke returns with DRAGON RIDER to be published by Chicken House/Scholastic
  
• Margaret Weis begins a new saga with AMBER AND ASHES: The Dark Disciple, Volume 1 to be published by Wizards of the Coast
  
• The Jossey Bass imprint at Wiley offers an ARC of the latest from Parker J. Palmer, A HIDDEN WHOLENESS: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life
  
• Hyperion brings you to THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING, a previous pick in hardcover by Laura Moriarty, now in trade paperback with a special offer for reading groups
  
• Houghton Mifflin launches their new YA imprint GRAPHIA with a number of titles including COMFORT by Carolee Dean
  
• James Grippando continues to build his audience, and in anticipation of his August hardcover release HEAR NO EVIL, HarperCollins offers the mass market edition of his previous bestseller, THE PARDON
  

As well as bookmarks, posters, postcards, sell sheets, brochures, blads, and more from:

This New World Publishing, DK, Other Press, Akashic Books (Consortium), Laurel Glen (PGW), HarperCollins, Hampton Roads, Archipelago Books, Wizards of the Coast, Ten Speed Press, Algonquin, Harlequin, Wiley, Comics One (Diamond Book Distributors), Aliform Group (specialists in literature in translation), Black Rose Books, Pure Products USA, Picador, and others.

As always, please be in touch with any comments or concerns. Thanks!

Cheers,
Mark Nichols
Director, Book Sense Marketing
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