Today for Lunch Lit we will be serving up a little werewolf action. Get scared. Get excited and read the Talulla Rising excerpt from Glen Duncan.  

Glen Duncan now gives us a stunning follow-up to The Last Werewolf, which has been hailed as “a brilliantly original thriller, a love story, a witty treatise on male (and female) urges, even an existential musing on what it is to be human” (James Medd, The Word).

Talulla, pregnant, grieving, and on the run, must face her werewolf future without Jake. Premature labor under a full moon leaves her near death, but with her newborn son in her arms, she believes the worst is over.

Until the door opens–and a new nightmare begins.

What follows tests her sanity, her motherhood, and her will to survive, in a race against time to recover her lost child, an epic struggle that sees her crossing paths with a psychotic new WOCOP leader, an unlikely human lover, blood-drinking religious fanatics, a pack of London werewolves, and (rumor has it) the oldest living vampire on earth…
Talulla Rising pushes the werewolf myth further into new territory to give us a novel rich in action and ideas, delivering in the process the definitive twenty-first-century female of the species.

 GLEN DUNCAN is the author of eight previous novels. He was chosen by both Arena and The Times Literary Supplement as one of Britain’s best young novelists.

Today for Lunch Lit we bring you Recipes from The Seasonal Baker by John Barricelli. Known for his delicious and gorgeous baked goods, John Barricelli of the SoNo Baking Company in Norwalk, Connecticut, has become a local celebrity. In The Seasonal Baker, he brings everyday baking with fruits and vegetables within reach for home cooks, offering 135 sweet and savory recipes for all seasons.

There are lots of yummy recipes in this cookbook that I’d love to try. I really would like to attempt to make the Fig Tart when my fig tree bares fresh fruit this summer. Barricelli shares the story of how he grew up with grandparents who always had figs on their table during fig season. He explains that as a child he didn’t really care for figs but now can’t seem to stop eating them. I adore the food stories that one discovers while reading cookbooks and this book is filled with many charming ones. Enjoy!

Praise for The Seasonal Baker:

Isabella of Castile is the most famous queen in history after Elizabeth I. Her conquest of Granada ended eight hundred years of Moorish occupation of Spain, an accomplishment no Christian king before her had achieved. Today’s Lunch Lit selection is The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile excerpt by C. W. Gortner. 

The Queen’s Vow is an irresistible work of historical fiction that fans of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir will enjoy. It is a gripping new novel that follows young Isabella of Castile in her dramatic and turbulent ascent to power, transforming herself from the defiant daughter of an exiled widow to the famed warrior-queen who irrevocably changed the future of Spain. The book will be published on June 12.

Isabella of Castile is such a  fascinating figure. She was the warrior-monarch who united a fractured kingdom; she was the passionate woman willing to risk her life to marry her true love; she was a Renaissance leader, patron of the arts, and scholar, responsible for sending Columbus to America. Revered by some as a devout leader who transformed Spain into a world power, she is reviled by others as a fanatic who ushered in an era of persecution. In The Queen’s Vow, C. W. Gortner brings Isabella’s world of faith, bloodshed, romance, and betrayal to powerful life.

For more information visit C. W. Gortner’s website.

Dream New Dreams is a remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer. For Lunch Lit today we are thrilled to bring you the DREAM NEW DREAMS excerpt and reading group guide.

“Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself,” Randy Pausch wrote about his wife. “Jai knows that she’ll have to give herself permission to make herself a priority.”
In Dream New Dreams, Jai Pausch shares her own story for the first time: her emotional journey from wife and mother to full-time caregiver, shuttling between her three young children and Randy’s bedside as he sought treatment far from home; and then to widow and single parent, fighting to preserve a sense of stability for her family, while coping with her own grief and the challenges of running a household without a partner.
Jai paints a vivid, honest portrait of a vital, challenging relationship between two strong people who faced a grim prognosis and the self-sacrificing decisions it often required. As she faced life without the husband she called her “magic man,” Jai learned to make herself a priority to create a new life of hope and happiness-as she puts it, to “feel a spark of my own magic beginning to flicker.”
Dream New Dreams is a powerful story of grief, healing, and newfound independence. With advice artfully woven into an intimate, beautifully written narrative, Jai’s story will inspire not only the legions of readers who made The Last Lecture a bestseller, but also those who are embarking on a journey of loss and renewal themselves.

Request a eGalley for Edelweiss here!

It’s hilarious, but it’s news, it’s The Onion, of course. Who doesn’t love the humor, packed fun that The Onion consistently delivers each Wednesday to newsstands across America. Well, this Friday we’re extending the mock-news-week into the weekend with today’s Lunch Lit excerpt. Drum roll, please … HOMELAND INSECURITY : THE ONION COMPLETE NEWS ARCHIVE: Volume 17 excerpt is jammed full with funny.  

Hot off the reprint presses!

Onion fans hear this! Homeland Insecurity is the largest collection of award-winning journalism from America’s Finest News Source ever released, and that means you must buy it! Featuring every brilliantly biting article printed in The Onion between November 2004 and December 2005, a time in our country’s history ripe for further examination by America’s Finest News Source, Homeland Insecurity collects all the news reporting you were too lazy to read when it first appeared, now delivered in a handy single volume that will fit perfectly on the bookshelf of your dorm, ward, or cell. Homeland Insecurity is Volume 17 in the always bestselling and always entertaining Onion series.

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

The Onion is the world’s most popular humor publication, with more than 3.8 million weekly visitors to its website (theonion.com) and a print circulation of more than 500,000. More than a million copies of its various books have been sold to date, beginning with Our Dumb Century, which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

Today for a Lunch Lit tidbit excerpt we have HEARTBROKEN by Lisa Unger. I love the opening lines to the prologue:

“Birdie Burke stood on the edge of the rock and watched the first light of morning color the sky a dusty rose. As she perched on the cold, slippery stone shore, the lake water lapped at her toes. Other than the whisper of a light breeze through the trees, there was only
the distant calling of a loon.”

Does that not sound like a pleasant way to spend the morning hours? 

Heartbroken is the mesmerizing story of these three women on a collision course, of an island haunted by dark memories and restless ghosts, and of the all-too-real demons we must battle. Part thriller, part ghost story, part meditation on what holds us together and keeps us apart, this is a riveting tale of family dysfunction and a ticking clock of bad deeds and even more sinister outcomes.

 Check out more of the Heartbroken exerpt here.

I’m really excited that this historical marvel of a book went up on Scribd today … We bring you for your lunch break today a Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World excerpt by Jack Weatherford. It’s a very interesting read filled with lots of factiods about Mr. G. Khan. It has some amazing maps and line drawings that are breathtaking. Check it out.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO BREAKING NEWS:

Random House is switching back to the original cover art for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Call it a return to the classic Dragon Tattoo. 

This is the only available premium edition of DRAGON TATTOO. Same book, same ISBN, new cover. Books with the new cover are available now and will start shipping immediately!

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson

Vintage Premium Mass Market Edition

ISBN: 978-0-307-94948-6

TR: 978-0-307-94949-3

Price: $9.99

eISBN: 978-0-307-27211-9

Large Print: 978-0-7393-8415-2

CD: 978-1-4159-5778-3

AD: 978-1-4159-5780-6

Movie-Tie-In: 978-0-307-98955-0

Today we give you and excerpt of the The Fannie Farmer Cookbook Anniversary: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of America’s Great Classic cookbook. It just went up on Scribd. Fannie Farmer is a staple in my kitchen when it comes to family, wholesome cooking. It was originally published in 1896. Now that is an American classic.

By reading this excerpt I learned that “beurre manie” means “handled butter” in French. It refers to butter that is used as a thickening agent for soup that is already cooked. On this cold rainy, New York day soup sounds good. Also reading this excerpt I got great recipes for Sauteed Mushrooms on Polenta or Buttered Toast and Zucchini Pancakes. If only the fresh zucchini from my Mom’s garden were ready, I suppose I’ll have to wait til mid summer when they become huge and I may have all the zucchini pancakes I desire:(

So check out this excerpt on Scribd and get inspired to cook something yummy soon!

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Your patrons may watch Rachel Maddow’s show on MSNBC, but have they seen her #1 New York Times bestselling book, DRIFT?  Help them to discover it by posting the trailer to your website or distributing the excerpt on Scribd through your Facebook page!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/81979718/Drift-by-Rachel-Maddow-Excerpt

Have your patrons heard about this RH Library Marketing staff favorite?  Share Jen’s rave review from our latest Random Revelations newsletter or circulate the eerie book trailer, which introduces us to its young protagonist.  Or share with them the discussion guide, excerpt, and auhor Q & A from the book’s website!

Library favorite, Chris Bohjalian’s newest book is steeped in his Armenian heritage and takes us on a very different journey from his previous bestselling novels.  Fans will be excited to see a new Bohjalian on your shelves and yet this is a great opportunity to introduce new readers to this author.  Create a reading list of relatable Armenian history books and enrich your book clubs!  The author’s website provides an array of  resources!  He may just be the most accessible author I know!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/79113714/The-Dressmaker-Read-an-Excerpt-from-the-Novel

Make sure your patrons are ready for the sequel to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children coming next year!  Who knows where the peculiar children will end up next, and what year it will be?