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Shelf Awareness: Enlightenment for Readers for Friday, August 16, 2019

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From My Shelf

• First Contact

Book Candy

• Yay!: Palindrome Construction

Great Reads

• Rediscover: William the Curious

The Writer's Life

• Amy Pixton: 10 Years of Indestructible Books for Babies

Book Review

• Fiction

  • Cornelius Sky
  • Things You Save in a Fire

• Mystery & Thriller

  • The Hidden Things
  • The Last Good Guy
  • Trust Me When I Lie

• Biography & Memoir

  • And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks
  • The Blessing
  • Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention

• Social Science

  • Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917

• Travel Literature

  • The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City

• Children's & Young Adult

  • Why?
  • The Silence Between Us
  • Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys

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Shelf Awareness Pro: Enlightenment for the Book Trade for Friday, August 16, 2019

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Quotation of the Day

• 'This Is a Place for You to Feel at Home'

News

• Bookstore Sales Down 5% in June
• Remodeled Books Inc. Laurel Village Store Reopens Today
• Sidekick Coffee & Books Coming to Iowa City
• Books on the Pond Opens in Charlestown, R.I.
• ABA Launches Entrepreneurial Excellence Award
• Drag Queen Story Hour Moves Due to Protests

Notes

• Happy Birthday, Shakespeare and Company!
• Sales Floor Display with Buzz: Snowbound Books
• Chalkboard of the Day: Book Passage
• Hachette to Distribute Lonely Planet
• Book Trailer of the Day: From Madness to Mindfulness

Media and Movies

• TV: Tiny Pretty Things; One of Us Is Lying

Books & Authors

• Awards: NAIBA Legacy
• President Obama's Summer Reading
• Reading with... Candace Bushnell

Book Review

• Review: Make It Scream, Make It Burn: Essays

Deeper Understanding

• Robert Gray: Ian Fleming, Lorrie Moore & the Great Escape

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019: Maximum Shelf: Followers

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Maximum Review

• Followers

The Writer's Life

• Megan Angelo: The Future of Social Media Stardom

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Shelf Awareness for Thursday, August 8, 2019

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Editors' Note

• Introducing HarperVia

Books & Authors

• HarperVia's Many Ways of Connecting Readers with the World
• Key Players on HarperVia's Team
• HarperVia: The First Seven Titles
• Heddi Goodrich on Lost in the Spanish Quarter