Random House has a couple of new release books that interest me this week, and a couple which come out in paperback today too.
First, a heavily promoted title on Twitter, OTHER PEOPLE'S REJECTION LETTERS: Relationship Enders, Career Killers, and 150 Other Letters You'll Be Glad You Didn't Receive edited by Bill Shapiro. Shapiro hit it big with OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE LETTERS a while back.
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/features/other-peoples-rejection-letters/
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Next up, a cute little offering from Kate Moses entitled CAKEWALK: A Memoir. Promoted as a funny and touching memoir of a crummy and crumby childhood. As an added bonus, nearly every chapter includes a recipe by Ms. Moses. Reading and eating are two of my favorite things.
http://www.katemoses.com/site/books/cake-walk/
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Out this week in paperback is a winner of both the Pulitzer Prize (perhaps you've heard of it) and the National Book Award (no slouch either), THE FIRST TYCOON: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T.J. Stiles. To say this book should be on the shelf of every serious non-fiction reader is to state the obvious. And, living in Nashville, I am confronted by the Vanderbilt name on a daily basis...might as well get some context.
http://www.tjstiles.com/disc.htm
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And, finally this week, Nassim Nicholas Taleb delivers THE BLACK SWAN: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Second Edition, with a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility". If you like Malcolm Gladwell, and I do, this book seems to be a book you might enjoy. I really want to read this one.
http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/
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http://www.randomhouse.com
http://crownpublishing.com
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