Barnes & Noble Discovers How to Build an Ark; David Maine's the Preservationist; All Fall 2004 Discover Great New Writers Selections Discounted 20%.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BKS BKS Barracks BKS Best Kept Secret (gaming) BKS Bildung, Kultur Und Sport (German) BKS Brookside (city) BKS Bergen Kirurgiske Sykehus (Bergen, Norway) ), the world's largest bookseller, has selected The Preservationist pres·er·va·tion·ist n. One who advocates preservation, especially of natural areas, historical sites, or endangered species. pres by David Maine as one of its seasonal choices for the fall 2004 "Discover Great New Writers" program. If God told you a flood was coming, and directed you to build an ark large enough to hold breeding families of every beast in creation, how would you proceed? In his brilliant, comic debut novel, David Maine describes how and what the 600-year-old Noah (or "Noe," as Maine calls him) and his family must do to construct the boat, gather the animals and survive the impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. flood. Noe's family--his wife, sons, and daughters-in-law--let readers in on what it's like to live with a man touched by God, while they struggle against events beyond their control. When Noe orders his sons to build an ark, he can't tell them where the wood will come from. When he sends his daughters-in-law out to gather animals, he can offer no directions, money, or protection. And once the rain starts, they all realize that the true test of their faith is just beginning. Trapped on the ark with thousands of animals--with no experience in animal husbandry animal husbandry, aspect of agriculture concerned with the care and breeding of domestic animals such as cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, and horses. Domestication of wild animal species was a crucial achievement in the prehistoric transition of human civilization from and no idea when the waters will recede--what emerges is a family caught in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of an extraordinary Biblical event. "Maine nimbly imbues the Old Testament tale with his own sensibilities and clever, thoughtful writing. The Preservationist offers an imaginative new perspective on one of the Bible's best-loved stories," said Jill Lamar, manager and editor of the Discover Great New Writers program. Discover Titles Discounted 20% Discover Great New Writers' summer season includes 13 novels, two travel essays (Off Season and The Sex Lives of Cannibals), three nature titles (The Last Run, The Secret Life of Lobsters, and Wolves & Honey), a biography of a house (Red House) and Robert Kurson's bestselling nonfiction military history title, Shadow Divers Shadow Divers is a non-fictional recounting of the discovery of a World War II German U-Boat sixty miles off the coast of New Jersey in 1991. Plot summary . The fall Discover titles, each discounted 20 percent, will be prominently displayed in more than 600 Barnes & Noble bookstores across the country through October 2004. (See attached table for authors and a full list of titles.) The Discover Great New Writers program, now in its 15th year, is the leader in uncovering new and unheralded literary talents, with an unparalleled record of finding tomorrow's literary stars from today's publishing newcomers. A volunteer group of Barnes & Noble booksellers considered the works of more than 130 authors for the fall program. Over the years, Discover has prominently featured and promoted such writers as Yann Martel, Alice Sebold, James Frey For other persons named James Frey, see James Frey (disambiguation). James Christopher Frey (born September 12, 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American writer. He graduated from Denison University and also attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. , Michel Faber Michel Faber (13 April 1960) is an Australian writer of fiction. Faber was born in The Hague, The Netherlands, but claims to remember little of his life in Holland as he moved to Australia with his family at age 7 . , Sebastian Junger Sebastian Junger (born 17 January 1962 in Belmont, Massachusetts) is an American author and journalist. He graduated from Concord Academy in 1980 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University in cultural anthropology in 1984. , Frank McCourt
Francis "Frank" McCourt (born August 19, 1930) is an Irish-American teacher and author. , Jeffrey Eugenidies, Laura Hillenbrand, Hampton Sides Hampton Sides (born 1962 in Memphis, Tennessee) is the author of Ghost Soldiers, which won the 2002 PEN USA award[1] for nonfiction. He has also served as an editor for Outside magazine. and Tracy Chevalier, among dozens of authors who've gone on to become household names History Formation (1998-2000) Household Names have been together since 1998, with various members rotating throughout the line-up with singer, Jason Garcia, until it was solidified in the summer of 2000 with bassist/keyboardist, Chris Peters, and drummer, C. J. and the winners of prestigious literary awards. About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 840 bookstores in 49 states. For the third year in a row, the company is the nation's top retail brand for quality, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the EquiTrend(R) Brand Study by Harris Interactive Harris Interactive (NASDAQ: HPOL) is an American market research company that specializes in public opinion research using both telephone and surveys on online panels. The company is the product of a 1996 merger between the Gordon S. Black Company and Louis Harris & Associates. (R). Barnes & Noble conducts its e-commerce business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), which is ranked fifth in traffic among retailers with their own Web site, according to Media Metrix, and the number-one brand among e-commerce companies, according to the latest EquiTrend survey. In addition to its retail operations, Barnes & Noble is one of the largest book publishers in the world. Its subsidiary, Sterling Publishing, publishes over 1,300 new titles a year and has an active list of over 6,000 titles. Barnes & Noble also has approximately a 63 percent interest in GameStop (NYSE: GME GME granulomatous meningoencephalitis. GME Graduate medical education, see there ), the nation's largest video-game and entertainment-software specialty retailer with 1,676 stores.
SUMMER 2004 DISCOVER GREAT NEW WRITERS SELECTIONS
Title Author Genre Publisher
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Red House Sarah Messer Biography Viking
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The Circus in Winter Cathy Day Fiction Harcourt
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Colors Insulting to
Nature Cintra Wilson Fiction 4th Estate
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Father's Day Philip Galanes Fiction Knopf
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St. Martin's
The Garden Angel Mindy Friddle Fiction Press
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Going East Matthew D'Ancona Fiction Doubleday
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How The Light Gets
In M.J. Hyland Fiction Canongate
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The Laments George Hagen Fiction Random House
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The Patron Saint of
Red Chevys Kay Sloan Fiction Permanent Press
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St. Martin's
The Preservationist David Maine Fiction Press
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The Sari Shop Rupa Bajwa Fiction W.W. Norton
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This Side of Married Rachel Pastan Fiction Viking
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To Err is Divine Agota Bozai Fiction Counterpoint
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Margaret
Voyageurs Elphinstone Fiction Canongate
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Military
Shadow Divers Robert Kurson History Random House
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The Last Run Todd Lewan Nature HarperCollins
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The Secret Life of
Lobsters Trevor Corson Nature HarperCollins
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Wolves & Honey Susan Brind Morrow Nature Houghton Mifflin
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Travel
Off Season Ken McAlpine Essay Crown
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The Sex Lives of Travel
Cannibals J. Maarten Troost Essay Broadway Books
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