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TransAtlantic: A Novel
TransAtlantic: A Novel
Colum McCann



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Esther Bushell is a book group facilitator whose opinions and perspectives are sought by leading publishers, including Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins. Her 20+ book groups across...
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Cai Boldt Pandolfino is a book-loving, entrepreneurial-minded mother of two. A happy recipient of Esther's literary expertise as a student at Greenwich High School, Cai went on to study at Dartmouth College...
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    • An evening with Robert K. Massie
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    • Tulie's Garden by Matt Sloane
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    • 2011's Best Cookbooks: Revenge Of The Kitchen Nerds: NPR
  • 6.26.11 Save the Date! Jim Lehrer on 9/15
    • SAVE THE DATE for a Literary Matters luncheon for Jim Lehrer, host of the PBS News Hour. The luncheon will be at Innis Arden on Thursday, September 15th from 11-2. Lehrer’s new book, TENSION CITY: INSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, FROM KENNEDY-NIXON TO OBAMA-MCCAIN, will be published on September 13th.