Knopf and Everyman’s Library Books going on sale the week of 10/31/22

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOV 1: SURRENDER: 40 Songs, One Story, by Bono.
A memoir by the artist, activist, and lead singer of the Irish rock band U2. The book will be released simultaneously in 15 territories. Announced first printing 1,000,000.
Knopf. 32 pages of photos. 576 pages. $34 ISBN 978-0-525-52104-4
Publicists: Erinn Hartman, ehartman@penguinrandomhouse.com; Jess Purcell, jpurcell@penguinrandomhouse.com; Rose Cronin-Jackman, jcroninjackman@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: CHEAP LAND COLORADO: Off-Gridders at America’s Edge, by Ted Conover.
A provocative look at a community of people living by choice in a failed rural subdivision in Colorado in exchange for freedom from government. Conover is the author of Newjack, winner of the NBCC Award; he teaches journalism at NYU. First printing 40,000.
Knopf. 32 illustrations and 2 maps. 288 pages. $30 ISBN 978-0-525-52148-8
Publicist: Jess Purcell, jpurcell@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: THE RUIN OF ALL WITCHES: Life and Death in the New World, by Malcolm Gaskill.
The true story of young family living in Springfield MA in 1651 who became the target of a witch-hunt after a series of peculiar and unexplained events gripped the community. Gaskill is emeritus professor of early modern history at the University of East Anglia; he lives in London.
Knopf. 3 maps. 336 pages. $30 ISBN 978-0-593-31657-3
Publicist: Abby Endler, aendler@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: VIGILANCE: The Life of William Still, Father of the Underground Railroad, by Andrew K. Diemer.
A biography of the little-known abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. Diemer is associate professor at Towson University and author of The Politics of Black Citizenship; he lives in Maryland.
Knopf. 10 photos. 432 pages. $30 ISBN 978-0-593-53438-0
Publicist: Emily Reardon, ereardon@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: OUR AMERICA: A Photographic History, by Ken Burns.
The acclaimed and admired filmmaker presents a pictorial history of America through a selection of photos that, for him, best embody nearly two hundred years of our collective experience. Burns’ films include The Vietnam War, The Roosevelts, The War, and The Civil War; he lives in New Hampshire. First printing 75,000.
Knopf. 251 color photos. 352 pages. $75 ISBN 978-0-35301-4
[Previously announced for Oct 25]
Publicist: Sarah Nisbet, snisbet@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN by James Weldon Johnson.
A groundbreaking novel — first published anonymously in 1912 and then republished in 1927 at the height of the Harlem Renaissance — the story of a Black man whose light skin enables him to “pass” for white. Johnson was born in Jacksonville FL in 1871; he died in 1938. New introduction by Gregory Pardlo.
Everyman’s Library. 184 pages. $24 ISBN 978-0-593-53556-1
Publicist: Nicholas Latimer, nlatimer@penguinrandomhouse.com

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NOV 1: REUNION by Fred Uhlman.
A deceptively simple but emotionally powerful novella about a passionate friendship between two teenage boys that begins in Germany in 1932, under the shadow of Hitler’s rise. Uhlman was born in Stuttgart in 1901; he died in 1985. Introduction by Ali Smith.
Everyman’s Library. 120 pages. $22 ISBN 978-0-593-53562-2
Publicist: Nicholas Latimer, nlatimer@penguinrandomhouse.com

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