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BookazineBits

February 11th, 2016

Releasing July 31st

2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child — Parts I

& II (ISBN 9781338099133 $29.99)

Special Rehearsal Edition- Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Pottermore - https://www.pottermore.com/news/ww-publishing-cursed-child-script-book-

announcement

Time Magazine - http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/

Entertainment Weekly - http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/10/harry-potter-cursed-child-

script-book

Publishers Weekly - http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-

book-news/article/69366-new-publishing-projects-from-j-k-rowling-s-wizarding-world.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=8608178f84-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-8608178f84-304492217

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Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Novels Coming to TV – Go HERE for the

full article. Also check today’s SHOWCASE for Elena Ferrante’s

Bruce Springsteen Autobiography ‘Born To Run’ (ISBN

9781501141515 $32.50) Coming From Simon & Schuster in September. – Go HERE for the full story

Springsteen has been privately writing the autobiography over the past seven years. He began work in 2009, after performing with the E Street Band at the Super Bowl’s halftime show. In Born to Run, Springsteen describes growing up in Freehold, New Jersey amid the “poetry, danger, and darkness” that fueled his imagination. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song “Born to Run” reveals more than we previously realized.

“Writing about yourself is a funny business,” Springsteen notes in his book. “But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.”

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Netflix is rockin’ the hashtag. The streaming service has greenlit ‘#Girlboss’ (ISBN 9781591847939 $16.00), a new comedy series based on Sophia Amoruso’s best-selling memoir. Christian Ditter (How to Be Single) has been tapped

to direct the first episode. The series will be EP’d by Charlize Theron and Kay Cannon. Cannon, best known for scripting the Pitch Perfect movie franchise, will write the pilot

episode and serve as showrunner. For more on this go HERE

Much-in-demand Brit actress Rosamund Pike is circling long-gestating project Guernsey, with Harry Potter director Mike Newell also in the mix to

direct. The project, previously known by the more unwieldy The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (ISBN

9780385341004 $16.00), has previously attracted a string of high-profile actresses to consider the formidable lead role, including Kate Winslet, Lily

James and Rebecca Ferguson. Go HERE for the rest of this article

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life (ISBN 9780062362438 $40.00) An explosive and absorbing biography of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, Ted Hughes—drawn from newly opened archives and exclusive interviews and filled with revelatory information about his relationship with Sylvia Plath—which illuminates his life as it was lived, remembered, and reshaped in his art

New York Review of Books - February 11

Author of 'Thirteen Reasons Why' (ISBN 9781595141880 $10.99) has

new novel coming. For more go HERE

One to watch The One-in-a-Million Boy (ISBN 9780544617070 $25.00) The incandescent story of a 104-year-old woman and the sweet, strange young boy assigned to help her around the house — a friendship that touches each member of the boy’s unmoored family

Releasing April 5th

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‘A Discovery Of Witches’ (ISBN 9780143119685 $17.00) TV Series

In Works At Jane Tranter & Julie Gardner’s Bad Wolf. Go HERE for the full

article

February 2016 Indie Next List Pick Flood Girls by Richard Fifield (ISBN 9781476797380 $26.00)

Welcome to Quinn, Montana, population: 956. A town where nearly all of the volunteer firemen are named Jim, where The Dirty Shame—the only bar in town—refuses to serve mixed drinks (too much work), where the locals hate the newcomers (then again, they hate the locals, too), and where the town softball team has never even come close to having a winning season. Until now. Rachel Flood has snuck back into town after leaving behind a trail of chaos nine years prior. She’s here to make amends, but nobody wants to hear it, especially her mother, Laverna. But with the help of a local boy named Jake and a little soul-searching, she just might make things right. In the spirit of Empire Falls and A League of Their Own, with the caustic wit of Where’d You Go, Bernadette thrown in for good measure, Richard Fifield’s hilarious and heartwarming debut will have you laughing through tears.

“[The Flood Girls] includes barfights and AA meetings, a parade, a wedding, and a black bear, all of which Fifield juggles beautifully...The Wild West earns its name all over again in this lovable chronicle of small-town insanity.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

‘Bethlehem’ Director Yuval Adler to Helm Eco-Thriller ‘The Last Of The Tribe’ (ISBN 9781416594758 $18.99). Go HERE for more on this.

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Trailer for Stephen King’s ‘11.23.63’ (ISBN 9781451627299 $19.99).

Series premiers on HULU February 15th – Go HERE NBC-TV/"Today Show," February 12 ABC-TV/"The View," February 12

“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson will play mathematics genius Katherine Johnson in

“Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who

Helped Win the Space Race,” by Margot Lee Shetterly (ISBN 9780062363596 $27.99) for Fox 2000. This book will be published in September

2016. For more on this go HERE

From PW - Surviving the Loss of a Child Through a Graphic Novel –

Go HERE for the article on Rosalie Lightning (ISBN 9781250049940

$19.99)

The Creative Tarot: A Modern Guide to an Inspired Life by Jessa

Crispin (ISBN 9781501120237 $22.00) A hip, accessible, and practical guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration in the tradition of The Secret Language of Birthdays and Steal Like an Artist.

Elle, February issue SiriusXM-Radio/"Dirty, Sexy, Funny with Jenny McCarthy," February 16

The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health

by David B. Agus (ISBN 9781476712109 $27.00) Bestselling author David Agus unveils the brave new world of medicine, one in which we can take control of our health like never before and doctors can fine-tune strategies and weapons to prevent illness.

New York Times "Op-Ed," February 7 CNN-TV/"Fareed Zakaria GPS," February 7 CNBC-TV/"Mad Money," February 17 NBC-TV/"Today Show," February 18

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In theaters March 4th

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Kim Barker. Originally titled ‘The Taliban Shuffle (ISBN 9780307477385 $15.95)

The movie tie-in will release February 23rd as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot MTI (ISBN 9781101973127 $15.95). This is not to be mixed up with the

recent David Shafer novel whose title I am not going to mention as this is getting very confusing…

Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon (ISBN 9780385540025 $25.95) On the evening of May 3rd, 1937, ninety-seven people board the Hindenburg for its final, doomed flight to Lakehurst, New Jersey. Among them are a frightened stewardess who is not what she seems; the steadfast navigator determined to win her heart; a naive cabin boy eager to earn a permanent spot on the world’s largest airship; an impetuous journalist who has been blacklisted in her native Germany; and an enigmatic American businessman with a score to settle. Over the course of three hazy, champagne-soaked days their lies, fears, agendas, and hopes for the future are revealed. Flight of Dreams is a fiercely intimate portrait of the real people on board the last flight of the Hindenburg. Behind them is the gathering storm in Europe and before them is looming disaster. But for the moment they float over the Atlantic, unaware of the inexorable, tragic fate that awaits them. Brilliantly exploring one of the most enduring mysteries of the twentieth century, Flight of Dreams is that rare novel with spellbinding plotting that keeps you guessing till the last page and breathtaking emotional intensity that stays with you long after.

New York Times Book Review – Review – 2/14

March 2016 Indie Next List Pick

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Two if by Sea by Jacquelyn Mitchard (ISBN 9781501115578 $25.99) From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, an epic story of courage and devotion that spans three continents and the entire map of the human heart. Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit and pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child’s life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank’s own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the boy home to the Midwestern farm where he grew up. Not long into their journey, Frank begins to believe that Ian has an extraordinary, impossible telepathic gift; but his only wish is to protect the deeply frightened child. As Frank struggles to start over, training horses as his father and grandfather did before him, he meets Claudia,

a champion equestrian and someone with whom he can share his life—and his fears for Ian. Both of them know that it will be impossible to keep Ian’s gift a secret forever. Already, ominous coincidences have put Frank’s police instincts on high alert, as strangers trespass the quiet life at the family farm. The fight to keep Ian safe from a sinister group who want him back takes readers from the ravaged shores of Brisbane to the middle of America to a quaint English village. Even as Frank and Claudia dare to hope for new love, it becomes clear that they can never let Ian go, no matter what the cost. A suspenseful novel on a grand scale, Two If by Sea is about the best and worst in people, and the possibility of heroism and even magic in ordinary life.

On Sale March 15, 2016

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (ISBN 9780545850568

$9.99) Behind the Scenes Featurette – Go HERE

IN STOCK

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The High Mountains of Portugal by Yann Martel (ISBN

9780812997170 $27.00) In this allegorical three-part novel—quixotic quest story, ghost story, and contemporary realism—all set in Portugal (in Lisbon and in the fictional High Mountains of Portugal)—in the 17th century, at the turn of the 20th century, mid-20th century, and today—Yann Martel presents us with three intersecting narratives that explore our relationship with faith.

Keira Knightley in Talks to Star in ‘Colette’ Biopic. Go HERE for the full article

Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (ISBN 9780804137416 $26.00) A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society, from a promising new public voice at Princeton University.

TIME Magazine – "10 Questions" – 2/12

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And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East

by Richard Engel (ISBN 9781451635119 $27.00) Based on two decades of reporting, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent’s riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close—sometimes dangerously so.

Vanity Fair, February issue NBC-TV/"Today Show," February 11 NBC-TV/"Nightly News," February 11 MSNBC-TV/"Rachel Maddow Show," February 11 MSNBC-TV/"Morning Joe," February 12 HBO-TV/"RealTime with Bill Maher," February 12 MSNBC-TV/"Hardball," February 15 NPR-Radio/"Diane Rehm," February 16 MSNBC-TV/"Andrea Mitchell," February 16 CNBC-TV/"Power Lunch," February 17

The cast of Broadway hit Hamilton will appear via satellite at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, airing live from LA Monday, February 15 at 8pm. It’s the eighth time musical theater has been featured on the music awards show.

Alexander Hamilton (ISBN 9780143034759 $20.00)

Youngblood by Matt Gallagher (ISBN 9781501105746 $26.00) The US military is preparing to withdraw from Iraq and newly-minted lieutenant Jack Porter struggles to accept how it’s happening—through alliances with warlords who have Arab and American blood on their hands. “An urgent and deeply moving novel.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

WAMU-Radio/"Diane Rehm," February 23

Sundance - Autism Doc ‘Life, Animated’ (ISBN 9781423180364

$26.99) Sells to The Orchard. For more on this go HERE

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FX’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story opened as the most-watched and highest-rated show on cable on Tuesday, with 5.1 million viewers and a 2.0 rating among A18-49.

The show is based on Jeffrey Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The

People v. O. J. Simpson (ISBN 9780812988543 $16.00)

A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue

Klebold, Introduction by Andrew Solomon (ISBN 9781101902752 $28.00) In A Mother’s Reckoning, Sue Klebold, for the first time, recounts, based on her recollections, her daily journals, and the difficult and harrowing writings and video recordings her son left behind, the days and months leading up to the tragic shooting at Columbine High School.

ABC-TV - Good Morning America – 2/12 ABC News – World News Tonight promotes Diane Sawyer Special which airs later that night - 2/12 Diane Sawyer ABC Prime Time Special-ABC News – 2/12

Just released

The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (ISBN

9781626566743 $17.95) New Revelations: Featuring 15 explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of Perkins's classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and, chillingly, home to the US. Over 40 percent of the book is new, including chapters identifying today's EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM activity since the first edition was published in 2004.

‘Indignation’ by Philip Roth (ISBN 9780307388919 $15.00) Glen Basner’s FilmNation has virtually sold out across the world on James Schamus’ directorial debut Indignation. The film, an adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel about a middle class Jewish student from New Jersey attending an Ohio college in the 1950’s, debuted at Sundance to great reviews and a positive audience reaction. The film is also in official selection at the Berlin Film Festival in Panorama. Schamus, Anthony Bregman and actors Logan Lerman and Sarah Gadon will be attending.

For the full article go HERE

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IN STOCK

Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It by Grace Helbig

(ISBN 9781501120589 $19.99) From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grace’s Guide and the host of The Grace Helbig Show on E! comes a beautifully illustrated, tongue-in-cheek book about style that lampoons fashion and beauty guides while offering practical advice in Grace Helbig’s trademark sweet and irreverent voice.

Marie Claire, February issue Cosmopolitan, February issue People, February 16 issue

The Wait: A Powerful Practice

for Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life You Love by DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good (ISBN 9781501105296 $24.00) Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good candidly share about their courtship and marriage, and the key to their success—waiting. President/CEO of Franklin Entertainment and former Sony Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-winning actress Meagan Good have learned sometimes all we can do is wait for “the one” to come into our lives. They spent years crossing paths but it wasn’t until they were thrown together while working on the film Jumping the Broom that their storybook romance began.

Essence Magazine, February issue Ebony Magazine, February issue Nationally Syndicated-TV/"Hollywood Today Live," February 15

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With the success of Empire of the Summer Moon (ISBN 9781416591061 $17.00) & The Heart of Everything That Is (ISBN 9781451654684

$17.00), you might want to stock this classic by Zitkala-Sa,

American Indian Stories, Legends, and Other Writings

(ISBN 9780142437094 $16.00) One of the first Native American women to publish traditional stories derived from oral tribal legend was Zitkala-Sa. She was born at the Yankton Sioux Agency in South Dakota, from a white father and a Dakota Indian mother. Her writing was full of imagery and emotion and frequently harangued on the white oppression of Native Americans. Raised on a Sioux reservation, she was educated at boarding schools that enforced assimilation and was witness to major events in white-Indian relations in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Tapping her troubled personal history, Zitkala-Sa created stories that illuminate the tragedy and complexity of the American Indian experience. In evocative prose laced with political savvy, she forces new thinking about the perceptions, assumptions, and customs of both Sioux and white cultures

and raises issues of assimilation, identity, and race relations that remain compelling today.

Beatrix Potter story Kitty-in-Boots discovered after 100 years. Go HERE for the full article

Uma Thurman, Alexandra Daddario Join Marjane Satrapi’s Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an Ikea Wardrobe by Romain Puértolas (ISBN 9780804172080 $17.00). You can check out the full article HERE

Releasing in March

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All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an

Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister (ISBN 9781476716565 $27.00) A nuanced investigation into the sexual, economic, and emotional lives of women in America. In a provocative, groundbreaking work, National Magazine Award finalist Rebecca Traister, “the most brilliant voice on feminisism in the country” (Anne Lamott), traces the history of unmarried and late-married women in Amerca who, through social, political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation.

Vanity Fair, "Hollywood Issue," on stands February 4 New York Magazine, February 22 issue CBS-TV/"CBS This Morning," February 29

Meet the Unknown Author of the Next Blockbuster Novel – go HERE for

the article

Lily & the Octopus (ISBN 9781501126222 $25.99) release June 9th

Frances Hardinge’s ’The Lie Tree’ has been crowned the surprise winner of the £30,000 2015 Costa Book of the Year This is the first children's book to have won the award since Philip Pullman took the prize for his third novel in the Dark Materials trilogy The Amber Spyglass in 2001.

’The Lie Tree’ (ISBN 9781419718953 $17.95)

is scheduled for release here in the U.S. in May. About the book - Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy—a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father

was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered.

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9 Story Media Group, Netflix and Scholastic are partnering to produce a

new version of 1990s series The Magic School Bus. Animated kids’

show will launch in fall 2017 as a global Netflix original.

Looking for more franchise properties, Lionsgate has just acquired the

rights to the Magic Tree House book series and says it plans to develop

multiple live-action films for its Summit Entertainment label.

You can check out the full article HERE, and be sure to check today’s

SHOWCASE for all of the Magic Tree House titles

For ordering info on all the above titles, visit our Showcase page at – https://orders.bookazine.com/BOOKAZINEBITS-FEBRUARY-11TH-

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