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Week of November 15, 2009

Pursuit of Honor

By Vince Flynn

#5 - Hardcover Fiction

Half Broke Horses

By Jeannette Walls

#12 - Hardcover Fiction

Arguing with Idiots

By Glenn Beck and Kevin Balfe

#5 - Hardcover Non-Fiction

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Countdown to Christmas - 44 Days

by Sandra Harper - November 11, 2009

Sweet Potatoes Part Two: Our friend Ms. Peacock adds a dash of rodent repellent to a half cup of ...

Esquire

by Alex Lemon - November 11, 2009

Check out an excerpt in the new "Best & Brightest" issue of Esquire.

Hi From Tristan Bancks

by Tristan Bancks - November 11, 2009

Hi, I’m author of the upcoming MAC SLATER HUNTS THE COOL (April 2010). It’s the first in a...

Joel Harper

Q. What’s your greatest flaw?

A. Daydreaming - although the best daydreamers are the best psychics so it's apparently a career plus!

Chris Lynch

Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. Look for humor, find life.

Christine Johnson

Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

A. Hand-eye coordination. Seriously. It's bad.

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News from Simon & Schuster: November 13, 2009

10 Best Illustrated Children's Books: Nov. 5 — Included on the the The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books list for 2009 are Moonshot by Brian Floca; The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett; White Noise by David A. Carter; and All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon.

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2009: Nov. 2 — Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton and All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon are among the titles on PW's Best Books of 2009 lists.

Books for a Better Life Awards: Oct. 26 — Among the finalists for the awards from the NYC Chapter of the National MS Society are How to Rule the World from Your Couch by Laura Day; The Narcissism Epidemic by Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D., and W. Keith Campbell, Ph.D.; Second Spring by Dr. Maoshing Ni; and Spent by Frank Lipman, M.D.

Fall 2009 Parents' Choice Awards: Oct. 7 — A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant and Extra Credit by Andrew Clements have won Fall 2009 Parents’ Choice Awards.

Introducing the Vook: Read and Watch It: Oct. 1 — An entirely new concept, a vook blends text and video into a single, complete story. Learn more about this exciting new product now.

PEN USA 2009 Literary Awards: Sept. 30 — The Underneath by Kathi Appelt has been chosen as the 2009 winner in the Children's Literature category.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winner: Sept. 22 — A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery by Benjamin Skinner has won the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction.

2009 NAPPA Award Winners: Sept. 17 — Moonshot by Brian Floca and It's All Too Much, So Get It Together by Peter Walsh are 2009 National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award winners. Honors Award winners include It's Picture Day Today!; My Little Red Fire Truck; Pop-Up Book of Nursery Rhymes; Firefighter Ted; White Noise; and Rhyming Dust Bunnies.

Introducing Simonandschuster.net: Sept. 9 -- Simon & Schuster is pleased to introduce www.simonandschuster.net to serve the academic and library community.

2009 Shamus Award Nominations: Aug. 24 — Among the nominees for the Private Eye Writers of America’s award are The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang and The Black Hand by Will Thomas.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists Announced: Aug. 19 — Among the finalists are Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner; Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker; A Crime So Monstrous by E. Benjamin Skinner; and The Great Experiment by Strobe Talbott.

Author Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom: Aug. 13 — President Obama presented the medal, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow, to Stephen Hawking yesterday.

Great American Taste Test: Aug. 12 — Participate in Atria Books’ Great American Taste Test on Sept. 14 and have your blog featured on epicurious.com. Learn more.

Season Premiere of PRIVATE: Aug. 11 — Click here to watch the season premiere of PRIVATE, the exciting new web series based on the New York Times bestselling novels by Kate Brian.

S&S Adds Lexile Measures to Books: Aug. 6 — MetaMetrics®, Inc., will provide The Lexile Framework® for Reading, an educational tool that connects readers with books, for many of Simon & Schuster‘s imprints. Read the press release for more information.

SCRIBE Award Winners Announced at Comic-Con: July 28 — Winners of the awards from the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers include CSI: Headhunter by Greg Cox and Star Trek: Terok Nor: Day of the Vipers by James Swallow.

Titles from Pocket Books Win Romance Awards: July 21 — Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard and Seducing Mr. Darcy by Gwyn Cready won 2009 RITA Awards from the Romance Writers of America. Other finalists include Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire and Julia London's novella Snowy Night with a Highlander, which was published in Snowy Night with a Stranger.

Frank McCourt, 78, Author of Angela's Ashes: July 19 — Frank McCourt, the former New York City schoolteacher whose book about his childhood in Ireland won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, passed away today.

S&S Titles Win at Thrillerfest: July 13 — The Bodies Left Behind by Jeffery Deaver won Best Thriller of the Year at the 2009 Thriller Awards. The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver and The Last Patriot by Brad Thor were up for Best Thriller of the Year; Calumet City by Charlie Newton was up for Best First Novel.

Former Vice President to Publish Memoir: June 24 — Former V.P. Dick Cheney will publish his memoir with Threshold Editions. The yet-to-be-titled work is expected in Spring 2011.

Spring 2009 Parents’ Choice Awards: June 4 — Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life Song, by Ashley Bryan, and All God's Critters, by Bill Staines and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, are Spring 2009 Parents’ Choice Award winners.

S&S Audio Titles Receive AUDIE Awards: June 1 — The winners are The Little Red Book of Selling by Jeffrey Gitomer and Duma Key by Stephen King.

International Latino Book Awards: June 1 — The following titles won awards:
• Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
• El Secreto: El libro de la gratitud by Rhonda Byrne
• A Simple Guide to U.S. Immigration and Citizenship by Luis Cortes
• De inmigrante a ciudadano by Luis Cortes
• Por la vida de mi hermana by Jodi Picoult
• The Heartbreak Pill by Anjanette Delgado
• Take Me With You by Carlos Frias
For more information, visit the International Latino Book Awards website.

David Herbert Donald, 88, Historian and Biographer: The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Lincoln, Lincoln At Home, and We Are Lincoln Men passed away on May 17.

New! Star Trek Klingon Language Suite for iPhone: May 8 — The Star Trek Klingon Language Suite application for iPhone® and iPod Touch® is now available in the Apple App Store.

BakeWise Wins James Beard Award: May 5 — BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes by Shirley O. Corriher won the 2009 James Beard Foundation Award in the Baking and Dessert category.

S&S Audio Titles Receive 2009 Parents’ Choice Awards: April 23 — The winners are Misty of Chingoteague by Marguerite Henry; The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh; Lost and Found by Andrew Clements; and The Olivia Audio Collection by Ian Falconer.

Free Press Title Named a Finalist for Pulitzer Prize: April 21 — The Bitter Road to Freedom by William I. Hitchcock was announced as a finalist for the 93rd annual Pulitzer Prize in the General Nonfiction category of Letter and Drama Prizes.

Title Shortlisted for 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: April 2 — Animal’s People by Indra Sinha is a finalist for the award, the world’s most valuable literary prize for a single work of fiction published in English.

Sonnenfeld to Direct The Spellman Files: April 2 — Barry Sonnenfeld of Men in Black and Get Shorty fame will direct the Paramount Pictures adaptation of Lisa Lutz’s novel.

2009 Thriller Award Nominees: March 31 — The nominees for the awards, given by the International Thriller Writers, include Bodies Left Behind and Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver, Last Patriot by Brad Thor, and Calumet City by Charlie Newton.

S&S Audio to Publish Book by Al Gore: March 24 — Simon & Schuster Audio will publish the audio edition of the former vice president’s next book, Our Choice, a blueprint for solving the climate crisis, on Nov. 3, 2009.

BakeWise Receives James Beard Award Nomination: March 24 — BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes by Shirley O. Corriher is a finalist for a 2009 James Beard Foundation Award.

Starbucks Picks Happens Every Day: March 24 — Starbucks selected Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story, by Isabel Gillies, as the next title in its book program. The book will be offered at U.S. bookstores and more than 7,000 Starbucks locations beginning today.

S&S Children's to Publish Picture Books by Toni Morrison: March 19 — The first of the books by the Nobel Prize laureate and her son Slade Morrison, Peeny-Butter Fudge, will be published Sept. 9.