Barnes & Noble Recommends Program Announces Its 12th Selection: The Fast-Paced and Hilarious Dog on It by Spencer Quinn.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, announced today that Spencer Quinn's Dog on It (Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. ) is the next selection in the Barnes & Noble Recommends program. The book goes on sale tomorrow, February 10, and can be purchased at any Barnes & Noble store or online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com/recommends). "Dog on It is the first volume in Spencer Quinn's new mystery series featuring the charming detective duo of private investigator Bernie Little Bernie Little (born in McComb, Ohio, USA circa 1926 - died April 25, 2003) was the most successful owner in Unlimited Hydroplane racing history. His Miss Budweiser team won 134 of the 354 hydroplane races they entered. and his dog Chet," said Jaime Carey, chief merchandising officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "A dog lover's mystery filled with laughs, Dog on It is sure to be the next hit in the Recommends program's succession of breakout titles." Dog on It is a suspenseful adventure narrated by the inimitable in·im·i·ta·ble adj. Defying imitation; matchless. [Middle English, from Latin inimit Chet, best friend and canine partner to Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator. When the story begins, Bernie's enterprise, the Little Detective Agency Noun 1. detective agency - an agency that makes inquiries for its clients agency - a business that serves other businesses , is limping along, waiting for the next job to arrive. Riding shotgun for stakeouts in Bernie's beat-up convertible is the perfect life for Chet, though he knows Bernie's worried about cash flow. But their luck is about to change. During a nighttime stroll through the neighborhood, the pair encounters a panicked neighbor, Cynthia Chambliss, who beseeches Bernie to find her daughter Madison, a fifteen-year-old who has been missing for several hours. Madison soon returns home on her own, only to disappear again - this time for several days. As Chet and Bernie race across the desert towards Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. in their sandblasted Porsche, Quinn's narrative unfolds with mounting suspense. At every stage of their journey, readers will warm to Chet's loyalty and courage - to say nothing of his delightful doggy digressions - and be captivated cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. by Spencer Quinn's deft blend of humor and thrills in this enormously entertaining tale. One Barnes & Noble bookseller who voted for this selection said, "Dog on It was not only unputdownable un·put·down·a·ble adj. Informal So well written and entertaining as to be difficult to put down. unputdownable Adjective , it was stay-up-all-night-reading-but-save-the-last-few-chapters-for-the-next-day-because-you-don't-want-it-to-be-over-good." Another bookseller called Dog on It "hilarious and refreshing. I look forward to reading more of Chet's adventures!" The Barnes & Noble Recommends program includes: * Barnes & Noble store events. Reading group discussions of Dog on It will be held in select Barnes & Noble stores across the country. * A free reading group guide. Customers can ask any Barnes & Noble bookseller for a copy of our free guide on how to start a reading group. The guide can also be found online at www.bn.com/recommends. Selections for Barnes & Noble Recommends are chosen by the company's booksellers from across the country. Each selection is a book that Barnes & Noble recommends unconditionally, believes is "unputdownable" and is especially appropriate for book discussion groups. The previous 11 Barnes & Noble Recommends selections are: * Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale (Atria Atria The heart has four chambers. The right and left atria are at the top of the heart and receive returning blood from the veins. The right and left ventricles are at the bottom of the heart and act as the body's main pumps. Books). * Chris Bohjalian's The Double Bind double bind n. 1. A psychological impasse created when contradictory demands are made of an individual, such as a child or an employee, so that no matter which directive is followed, the response will be construed as incorrect. 2. (Shaye Areheart Books). * Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Harcourt). * Paulette Jiles' Stormy Weather (William Morrow). * Sarah Addison Allen's Garden Spells (Bantam Books). * Maggie O'Farrell's The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox (Harcourt). * Marisa de los Santos' Belong to Me (William Morrow). * Tom Rob Smith's Child 44 (Grand Central Publishing). * Ethan Canin's America America (Random House). * Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows' The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (The Dial Press). * Stieg Larsson's The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo (Knopf). About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller and a Fortune 500 company, operates 799 bookstores in 50 states. Barnes & Noble is also the nation's top bookseller in quality, and for the fifth year in a row, the top bookseller brand, as determined by a combination of the brand's performance on familiarity, quality, and purchase intent, according to the EquiTrend[R] Brand Study by Harris Interactive[R]. Barnes & Noble conducts its online business through Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com. |
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