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The Man Who Would Not Be WashingtonROBERT E. LEE’S CIVIL WAR AND HIS DECISION THAT CHANGED AMERICAN HISTORY

Jonathan Horn

The riveting true story of Robert E. Lee, the brilliant soldier bound by marriage to George Washington’s family but turned by war against Washington’s crowning achievement, the Union.

On the eve of the Civil War, one soldier embodied the legacy of George Washington and the hopes of leaders across a divided land. Both North and South knew Robert E. Lee as the son of Washington’s most famous eulogist and the son-in-law of Washington’s adopted child. Each side sought his service for high command. Lee could choose only one.

In The Man Who Would Not Be Washington, former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn reveals how the officer most associated with Washington went to war against the union that Washington had forged. This extensively researched and gracefully written biography follows Lee through married life, military glory, and misfortune. The story that emerges is more complicated, more tragic, and more illuminating than the familiar tale. More complicated because the unresolved question of slavery—the driver of disunion—was among the personal legacies that Lee inherited from Washington. More tragic because the Civil War destroyed the people and places connecting Lee to Washington in agonizing and astonishing ways. More illuminating because the battle for Washington’s legacy shaped the nation that America is today. As Washington was the man who would not be king, Lee was the man who would not be Washington. The choice was Lee’s. The story is America’s.

JONATHAN HORN is a former White House presidential speechwriter.

He has appeared as a commentator on MSNBC and BBC radio and

written for the New York Times Disunion series, the Weekly Standard,

and other outlets.

Simultaneous release with Scribner hardcover 9781476748566

n Delivers both Revolutionary War and Civil War, showing connections between Washington and Lee families

n A new view of Lee: general-interest biographers have not focused on the Washington–Lee relationship

n Elegantly and concisely written: perfect for the general reader of American history

n National TV, print, and radio publicity campaign

n Three-city author tour: New York, Richmond, Washington, DC

n Online advertising campaign

Unabridged;12½ hours on 10 CDs

History • Rights: N

ISBN 978-1-62231-654-0 • No. 792654

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Doctor DeathA MADELEINE KARNO MYSTERY

Lene Kaaberbøl

From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Boy in the Suitcase, a gripping historical thriller and poignant coming-of-age story set in 19th-century France.

Madeleine Karno is an ambitious young woman eager to shatter the confines of her provincial French town. Driven and strong headed, Madeleine is set apart by her unusual occupation: assisting her father, Dr. Albert Karno, in his job as a forensic doctor.

The year is 1894, and a young girl is found dead on the snowy streets of Varbourg. Dr. Karno is called in to determine the cause of her death, but before he can examine the body, the girl’s family forbids the autopsy from taking place. The only anomaly he manages to find is in the form of a mite in her nostril. Shortly after, several other dead bodies are discovered throughout the city, and Madeleine, her father, and the city commissioner must use the new science of forensic evidence to solve the mysterious cases before they all become the next victims of a deadly disease—or of a heinous murderer.

The Associated Press raved of Kaaberbøl’s The Boy in the Suitcase, “[The] uniquely Scandinavian style [is] sure to draw comparisons with a certain blockbuster trilogy (this is better).” For all crime and historical fiction aficionados, Kaaberbøl’s latest is a book you can’t afford to miss.

LENE KAABERBØL was 15 years old when her first two books

were published, and since then she has written over 30 novels and

children’s books. She has won several national and international

awards for her fiction, and her work has been translated into more

than 30 languages. The coauthor of The Boy in the Suitcase, Invisible

Murder, and Death of a Nightingale, she was nominated for the Hans

Christian Andersen Medal and lives near Aarhus, Denmark.

Simultaneous release with Atria Books hardcover 9781476731384

n National print review and feature campaign

n Book club outreach, including promotion on Facebook.com/SomethingtoReadAbout

n Extensive mailing campaign to key accounts

n Promotion through library marketing, including features at exhibits and trade shows

n Online promotions and features

Unabridged; 9 hours on 8 CDs

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ISBN 978-1-62231-660-1 • No. 792660

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The PoserJacob Rubin

A hilarious and dazzling debut novel about a master impressionist at risk of losing his true self.

All his life, Giovanni Bernini has possessed an uncanny gift: he can imitate anyone he meets. Honed by his mother at a young age, the talent catapults him from small-town obscurity to stardom.

As Giovanni describes it, “No one’s disguise is perfect. There is in every person, no matter how graceful, a seam, a thread curling out of them. … When pulled by the right hands, it will unravel the person entire.” As his fame grows, Giovanni encounters a beautiful and enigmatic stage singer, Lucy Starlight—the only person whose thread he cannot find—and becomes increasingly trapped inside his many poses. Ultimately, he must assume the one identity he has never been able to master: his own.

In the vein of Jonathan Lethem’s and Kevin Wilson’s playful surrealism, Jacob Rubin’s The Poser is the debut of a major literary voice, a masterfully written, deeply original comic novel, and the moving story of a man who must risk everything for the chance to save his life and know true love.

JACOB RUBIN’s writing has appeared in the anthology Best New

American Voices, the New Yorker online, New York magazine, Slate, n+1,

and the New Republic. Times Square, a screenplay he co-wrote, was

recently acquired by Focus Features. He lives in New York.

“The Poser is smart and grand and funny, a wonderful fable. Mr. Rubin is a great hope for comic fiction in the 21st century. He’s got the spirit and the ear.”

—Sam Lipsyte, New York Times bestselling author

Simultaneous release with Viking Adult hardcover 9780670016761

n Six-city author tour

n National and regional publicity and review coverage

n National radio campaign

n Online and social-media promotions

n Extensive Internet and blog campaign

Unabridged; 8 hours on 7 CDs

Fiction • Rights: C

ISBN 978-1-62231-662-5 • No. 792662

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Eye of the BeholderJOHANNES VERMEER, ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK, AND THE REINVENTION OF SEEING

Laura J. Snyder

The remarkable story of how an artist and a scientist in 17th-century Holland transformed the way we see the world.

“See for yourself!” was the clarion call of the 1600s. Natural philosophers threw off the yoke of ancient authority, peered at nature with microscopes and telescopes, and ignited the Scientific Revolution. Artists investigated nature with lenses and created paintings filled with realistic effects of light and shadow. The hub of this optical innovation was the small Dutch city of Delft. Here Johannes Vermeer’s experiments with lenses and a camera obscura taught him how we see under different conditions of light and helped him create the most luminous works of art ever beheld. Meanwhile, his neighbor Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s work with microscopes revealed a previously unimagined realm of minuscule creatures. The result was a transformation in both art and science that revolutionized how we see the world today.

LAURA J. SNYDER is a science historian, philosopher and writer. She

is a Fulbright Scholar, Life Member of Clare Hall (Cambridge), past

president of the International Society for the History of Philosophy

of Science, and professor of philosophy at St. John’s University in

New York City. Snyder is the author of The Philosophical Breakfast Club:

Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World

(an official selection of the TED Book Club, a Scientific American

Notable Book, and winner of the Royal Institution of Australia’s

2011 poll for Best Science Book) and Reforming Philosophy: A Victorian

Debate on Science and Society. She writes for the Wall Street Journal and

other publications.

Simultaneous release with W. W. Norton & Company hardcover 9780393077469

n Major review attention

n Art and science features

n Media interviews

n Co-op available

n Library marketing

Unabridged; 14½ hours on 12 CDs

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ISBN 978-1-62231-656-4 • No. 792656

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The TapestryNancy Bilyeau

The next page-turner in the award-winning Joanna Stafford series takes place in the heart of the Tudor court, as the gutsy former novice risks everything to defy the most powerful men of her era.

After her priory in Dartford is closed—collateral damage in tyrannical King Henry VIII’s quest to overthrow the Catholic Church—Joanna resolves to live a quiet and honorable life weaving tapestries, shunning dangerous quests and conspiracies. Until she is summoned to Whitehall Palace, where her tapestry weaving has drawn the King’s attention.

Joanna is uncomfortable serving the King whom she has twice attempted to overthrow—unbeknownst to him. She fears for her life in a court bursting with hidden agendas and a casual disregard for the virtues she holds dear. And her suspicions are confirmed when an assassin attempts to kill her moments after arriving at Whitehall.

Struggling to stay ahead of her most formidable enemy yet, an unknown one, she becomes entangled in dangerous court politics. Her dear friend Catherine Howard is rumored to be one of the King’s mistresses. Joanna is determined to protect young, beautiful, naïve Catherine from becoming the King’s next wife and, possibly, victim.

Set in a world of royal banquets and feasts, tournament jousts, ship voyages, and Tower Hill executions, this thrilling tale finds Joanna in her most dangerous situation yet, as she attempts to decide the life she wants to live: nun or wife, spy or subject, rebel or courtier. Joanna must finally choose her fate.

NANCY BILYEAU, author of The Crown and The Chalice, is a writer

and magazine editor who has worked on the staffs of InStyle, Rolling

Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Good Housekeeping. She is currently

the executive editor of Du Jour magazine. A native of the Midwest, she

lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Visit her

website at NancyBilyeau.com.

Simultaneous release with Touchstone hardcover 9781476756370

n For fans of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory: Tudor England and the Reformation are hotter than ever

n Well-researched historical thriller: This book is as pulse-pounding a read as any thriller

n Award-winning author: Bilyeau’s The Chalice was recently named Best Historical Mystery of the Year by RT Book Reviews

n Great reviews for the series: The Chalice received positive reviews from Entertainment Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and others

Unabridged; 13¼ hours on 11 CDs

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ISBN 978-1-62231-664-9 • No. 792664

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What You Left BehindSamantha Hayes

A mesmerizing new thriller from the author of Until You’re Mine.

Two years after a terrifying spate of teenage suicides, the remote village of Radcote has just begun to heal. Then a young man is killed in a freak motorcycle accident and a suicide note is found among his belongings. When a second boy is found dead shortly thereafter, the nightmare of repeat suicides once again threatens the community.

Desperate for a vacation, Detective Inspector Lorraine Fisher has just come to Radcote for a stay with her sister, Jo, but the atmosphere of the country house is unusually tense. Freddie, Jo’s son, seems troubled and uncommunicative, and Jo is struggling to reach out to him. Meanwhile, Lorraine becomes determined to discover the truth behind these deaths. Are they suicides, or is there something more sinister at work? Finding answers might help Freddie, but they’ll also lead to a shocking truth: whatever it is—or whoever it is—that’s killing these young people is far more disturbing than she ever could have imagined, and unraveling the secret is just as dangerous as the secret itself.

Wicked, intense, and utterly compulsive, What You Left Behind confirms Samantha Hayes as a top thriller writer.

SAMANTHA HAYES, before becoming a writer, worked at jobs

ranging from private detective to bartender to fruit picker and factory

worker, lived on a kibbutz, and spent a few years in Australia and the

USA. Her writing career began when she won a short story competition

in 2003. She now lives in Warwickshire with her family. What You Left

Behind is her second novel.

“[Hayes is] bursting with talent … This is a fine psychological suspense novel from a writer to watch.”

—Globe and Mail

Simultaneous release with Crown hardcover 9780804136921

n Follow-up to a great first novel: Until You’re Mine—with its commercial appeal, sophisticated wit, and remarkable insight—put Samantha Hayes among the ranks of genre greats

n Continued interest in the genre: audiences for domestic and psychological suspense continue to grow

n Reviewers already love Hayes—Until You’re Mine has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as “twisted”; Publishers Weekly gave the novel a starred review, calling it “[An] excellent psychological thriller”

Unabridged; 9¼ hours on 8 CDs

Suspense • Rights: A

ISBN 978-1-62231-658-8 • No. 792658

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No Good Men Among the LivingAMERICA, THE TALIBAN, AND THE WAR THROUGH AFGHAN EYES

Anand Gopal

“Gopal’s book is essential reading for anyone concerned about how America got Afghanistan so wrong.”

—New York Times Book Review

In a breathtaking chronicle, acclaimed journalist Anand Gopal traces in vivid detail the lives of three Afghans caught in America’s war on terror. He follows a Taliban commander, who rises from scrawny teenager to leading insurgent; a U.S.-backed warlord, who uses the American military to gain personal wealth and power; and a village housewife trapped between the two sides, who discovers the devastating cost of neutrality.

Through their dramatic stories, Gopal shows that the Afghan war, so often regarded as a hopeless quagmire, could in fact have gone very differently. Top Taliban leaders actually tried to surrender within months of the U.S. invasion, renouncing all political activity and submitting to the new government. Effectively, the Taliban ceased to exist—yet the Americans were unwilling to accept such a turnaround. Instead, driven by false intelligence from their allies and an unyielding mandate to fight terrorism, American forces continued to press the conflict, resurrecting the insurgency that persists to this day.

With its intimate accounts of life in war-torn Afghanistan, Gopal’s thoroughly original reporting lays bare the workings of America’s longest war and the truth behind its prolonged agony. A heartbreaking story of mistakes and misdeeds, No Good Men Among the Living challenges our usual perceptions of the Afghan conflict, its victims, and its supposed winners.

ANAND GOPAL has served as an Afghanistan correspondent for the

Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. He has reported

on the Middle East and South Asia for Harper’s, the Nation, the New

Republic, Foreign Policy, and other publications.

Simultaneous release with Metropolitan Books hardcover 9780805091793

n A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice

n “Probably the world’s leading expert on the Taliban,”according to Peter Bergen, author of Manhunt and Holy War, Inc.

n National review and feature attention

n National media attention

n Academic marketing

Unabridged; 11½ hours on 10 CDs

Nonfiction/Political Science • Rights: C

ISBN 978-1-62231-666-3 • No. 792666

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