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Pantheon’s founder, Kurt Wolff, was born in Germany in 1887. He emigrated to the United States in 1941 and began publishing major works in translation. Today its authors include, Julia Glass, James Gleick, Ha Jin, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Alexander McCall Smith, and graphic novelists Marjane Satrapi and Art Spiegelman. Read more
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The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.
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The O'Briens by Peter Behrens is "Epic," "Unforgettable"
The early reviews are unanimous as they hail award-winning author Peter Behrens’ “epic” and “unforgettable” new novel The O’Briens (going on sale Tuesday, March 6).
In protagonist Joe O’Brien, Behrens gives us a fiercely compelling grandson of a potato-famine emigrant who exchanges isolation and poverty in the Canadian wilds for a share in the dazzling riches and consuming sorrows of the twentieth century. Following his flight from Canada, Joe takes the reader from the freedom shores of Coney Island, NY to the luscious waves of Venice Beach, CA. His journey is mighty and painful, and truly American.
Look out for Behrens’ profile in the New York Times Home section on Thursday, 3/1, and tune in to his interview about the book on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday on Saturday, 3/17. Check out Behrens’ book tour schedule for an appearance near you.
Advance praise for The O’Briens:
“Unforgettable.” —Megan O’Grady, Vogue.com
“Moments of grace and romance are rocked by cruel words and violence in this epic, a piece of rough beauty itself.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An epic along the lines of Middlesex in the way it follows a family through time and examines the results of their actions . . . . A brooding novel, engrossing in its scope and detail, THE O’BRIENS keeps sight of the family’s personal stories amid the larger history of much of the twentieth century.” —Booklist
“Behrens’s characters are engaging and the history of the various cities, budding industries, and wars expertly handled . . . . Behrens’ writing is strong.” —Library Journal
“The O’Briens is a wonderful epic, across the generations and the continent. Another triumph for a writer who is fast proving he can write just about anything.” —Kevin Baker, author of Dreamland
About the author:
Peter Behrens is the author of The O’Briens and The Law of Dreams (which received Canada’s Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction and was published around the world to wide acclaim) and Night Driving, a collection of short stories. His stories and essays have appeared in many publications, including The Atlantic and Tin House. Honors he has received include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University’s Creative Writing Program.
Listen to Our Watergate Spotify Playlist and Enter Our Giveaway!
Thomas Mallon’s Watergate is finally out today, and to celebrate, we’re giving away two copies between now and Friday on our Tumblr. Click here for details.
In the meantime, get into the 70s spirit with our Spotify playlist featuring the top hits from 1972 – 1974! (Learn more about Spotify here.)
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Watergate by Thomas Mallon
From one of our most esteemed historical novelists, a remarkable retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.
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MR Ga novelby Alan Lightman
“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.”
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“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.”
So begins Alan Lightman’s playful and profound new novel, Mr g, the story of Creation as told by God. Become a fan of First Lit on Facebook and enter our giveaway to be one of the first to read this new novel by the author of Einstein’s Dreams!
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Turing's Cathedral by George Dyson
“It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence,” twenty-four-year-old Alan Turing announced in 1936. In Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson focuses on a small group of men and women, led by John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, who built one of the first computers to realize Alan Turing’s vision of a Universal Machine. Their work would break the distinction between numbers that mean things and numbers that do things—and our universe would never be the same.
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Joann Sfar Draws from Memory: A New Documentary
A new documentary about Joann Sfar (The Rabbi’s Cat) is set to premiere in New York City on January 25th.
About the film: Sam Ball returns with another fascinating documentary portrait, turning his lens on graphic novelist Joann Sfar, author of the popular The Rabbi’s Cat series and director of the recent film, Serge Gainsbourg (Vie HéroÏque). The film follows Sfar to his favorite neighborhood spots, as he muses on his artistic process and the influence of his Algerian and East European family heritage.
Buy tickets to the January 25th screening here, and watch the trailer after the jump!
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Does God Exist? Alan Lightman on Religion, Science, and the Universe
“As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe.”
– Mr g by Alan Lightman
So begins Alan Lightman’s playful and profound new novel, Mr g, the story of Creation as told by God. Barraged by the constant advisements and bickerings of Aunt Penelope and Uncle Deva, who live with their nephew in the shimmering Void, Mr g proceeds to create time, space, and matter. Then come stars, planets, animate matter, consciousness, and, finally, intelligent beings with moral dilemmas. Mr g is all powerful but not all knowing and does much of his invention by trial and error.
Mr g doesn’t hit stores until 1/24/12, but people are already buzzing. Ron Charles of The Washington Post calls it “a scientific vision laced with the mirthful aura of divinity.”
Read more ›Cheers! The Pantheon 2011 Holiday Drink Guide
This holiday season, why bore your guests with the usual sangrias and rum punches when you could be serving them unique concoctions based on your favorite 2011 Pantheon books? From the Middle Eastern-inspired Habibitini to a tasty twist on the Mint Julep in honor of Louis Armstrong’s hometown, these drinks are guaranteed to get your guests talking—and reading. And add your own book-inspired drink names to our #Noveltini Twitter hashtag!
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