Trailery - The Library of the Book and the Trailer

Book + Trailer: The Flame Alphabet, by Ben Marcus

2012-01-21T11:04:00.000-08:00

A short film. Video by Erin Cosgrove. Based on The Flame Alphabet, a new novel by Ben Marcus.

Become a fan of Ben on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ben.M.Marcus

In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families.

A terrible epidemic has struck the country and the sound of children's speech has become lethal. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that people are going into hiding. All Sam and Claire need to do is look around the neighborhood: In the park, parents wither beneath the powerful screams of their children. At night, suburban side streets become routes of shameful escape for fathers trying to get outside the radius of affliction.

With Claire nearing collapse, it seems their only means of survival is to flee from their daughter, Esther, who laughs at her parents' sickness, unaware that in just a few years she, too, will be susceptible to the language toxicity. But Sam and Claire find it isn't so easy to leave the daughter they still love, even as they waste away from her malevolent speech. On the eve of their departure, Claire mysteriously disappears, and Sam, determined to find a cure for this new toxic language, presses on alone into a world beyond recognition.

The Flame Alphabet invites the question: What is left of civilization when we lose the ability to communicate with those we love? Both morally engaged and wickedly entertaining, a gripping page-turner as strange as it is moving, this intellectual horror story ensures Ben Marcus's position in the first rank of American novelists.

http://www.randomhouse.com/book/204524/the-flame-alphabet-by-ben-marcus
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Sliding Void, by Stephen Hunt

2011-12-26T09:31:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: The Litigators, by John Grisham

2011-12-12T11:14:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: Taft 2012, by Jason Heller

2011-12-08T10:04:00.000-08:00

(@jason_m_heller)
Meet William Howard Taft. He's back, and he's the biggest thing in politics.

Paid for by the Citizens to Reelect William Howard Taft

Taft 2012
www.taft2012.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book Trailer: The Beggar's Opera, by Peggy Blair

2011-12-01T10:31:00.000-08:00

(@peggy_blair)
The first volume in the atmospheric and suspenseful Inspector Ramirez series.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, by Michael Scott

2011-11-30T09:42:00.000-08:00

(@flamelauthor)
Watch the amazing trailer for The Alchemyst, the first action-packed thriller in his bestselling The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series.

What would you do it you held the secret which could end the world?

Josh and Sophie arrive at their summer jobs expecting just another ordinary day. But their whole world is about to change....

www.thealchemyst.co.uk

www.nicholasflamel.co.uk.
(From the YouTube description)

LADY GAGA x TERRY RICHARDSON, by Lady Gaga

2011-11-28T11:14:00.000-08:00

@ladygaga reads the foreword she wrote to open her new book LADY GAGA x TERRY RICHARDSON, available wherever books are sold on 1. Pre-order at www.ladygagaxterryrichardsonthebook.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Goodnight iPad: a Parody for the next generation, by Ann Droyd

2011-11-28T07:55:00.000-08:00

A witty parody picture book for the gadget-crazy kid in all of us.

GOODNIGHT iPAD is a gentle reminder to power down at the end of the day. It will make you laugh, and it will also help you wrest yourself away from your gadgets and put yourself -- and your machines -- to sleep. Don't worry, though. Your gadgets will be waiting for you, fully charged, in the morning.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers

2011-11-27T07:51:00.000-08:00

(@OliverJeffers)
Delightful chaos ensues when a young boy gets his kite stuck up a tree in this laugh-out-loud new picture book from award-winning, internationally best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers! Watch this fantastic video reading by Oliver himself.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

2011-11-16T14:30:00.000-08:00

( @ransomriggs)
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.

Credits:
Written and directed by Ransom Riggs
Cinematography by Charles Haine and Ransom Riggs
Boy: Zachary Haas
Grandfather: Paul Gregory
Music composed by Michael Picton
(From the YouTube description)

Book + "Trailer": Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me, by Jenny Slate

2011-11-15T15:28:00.000-08:00

(@jennyslate25)
Directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp
Written by Dean Fleischer-Camp + Jenny Slate
Starring Jenny Slate as "Marcel"

***Read our new picture book MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON: THINGS ABOUT ME, out now!***
www.penguin.com/Marcel
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer + Music: Breathe Owl Breathe - The Listeners / These Train Tracks

2011-11-13T15:58:00.000-08:00

After years of writing one-off children's stories, Micah Middaugh has created a limited edition canvas-covered book that reads from the outside covers inward, ending at the center. And in the middle, slipped between a hand cranked copper block printed sleeve, are two new Breathe Owl Breathe songs pressed onto black 70 gram 7" vinyl. A project that took close to 3 years to complete, and all within the confines of his home studio (Cavern Lantern Wonder Welding) in the Jordan River Valley of Northern Michigan. Every single cover, page, sleeve, and block was made in Michigan.

Breathe Owl Breathe - The Listeners / These Train Tracks
RAD 006 - Book / 7"
Release: 12/6/11

1. The Listeners (The Mole & The Ostrich) [4:49 / 26 pages]
2. These Train Tracks [3:41 / 26 pages]

www.breatheowlbreathe.com || www.whatisrad.com

Copyright 2011 by Breathe Owl Breathe
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (Outspoken Authors), by Cory Doctorow

2011-11-02T10:46:00.000-07:00

(@doctorow)

Book + Trailer: That Is All, by John Hodgman

2011-10-29T07:31:00.000-07:00

(@hodgman)

Book + Trailer: Confessions of a Guidette, by Nicole Polizzi

2011-10-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

@nytimes bestselling author @Sn00ki takes over her book publisher's office and shares her sickest tips from CONFESSIONS OF A GUIDETTE. Production Company: Web Media Digital
(From the YouTube description)

Book + 3D Trailer: Dirty! Dirty! Dirty!: Of Playboys, Pigs, and Penthouse Paupers - An American Tale of Sex and Wonder, by Mike Edison

2011-10-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

(@mrmikeedison)

Book + Trailer: You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness, by Julie Klam

2011-10-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

(@JulieKlam)
The secrets of love, health, and happiness gleaned from a life lived with dogs from the bestselling author of You Had Me At Woof and Love At First Bark.

Julie Klam was thirty, single, and working as a part-time clerk in an insurance company, unable to meet a man she could spend her life with. And then it happened: she had a dream about a Boston terrier- a dream that practically hit her over the head. The companion she needed was not necessarily the one she'd had in mind.

As fate would have it, a dog is exactly the thing that she needed. The New York Times bestselling You Had Me at Woof is the often-hilarious and always charming story of one woman's discovery of all she really needed to learn about life through her relationships with her canine companions. Klam shares how her love for dogs and the lessons she's learned caring for them has shaped her heart. This is a funny, earnest, and emotionally compelling look at the surprises, pleasures, and revelations that happen when you let any mutt, beagle, terrier, or bulldog go charging through your world.
(From the YouTube description)

The Visible Man, by Chuck Klosterman

2011-10-08T08:50:00.000-07:00

Book trailer for bestselling author @CKlosterman's new novel.
[Directed by Charles Haine; produced by Dirty Robber]

Book + Trailer: A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness

2011-10-05T10:56:00.000-07:00

(@Patrick_Ness) and illustrated by Jim Kay
Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd

At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting-- he's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It's ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd-- whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself-- Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
(From the YouTube description)

Liesl & Po, by Lauren Oliver

2011-10-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

Enter the world of Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver (@OliverBooks) with an animated book trailer featuring the official Liesl & Po song: "A Train with Wings."

Liesl lives in a tiny attic bedroom, locked away by her cruel stepmother. Her only friends are the shadows and the mice—until one night a ghost appears from the darkness. It is Po, who comes from the Other Side. Both Liesl and Po are lonely, but together they are less alone.

That same night, an alchemist's apprentice, Will, bungles an important delivery. He accidentally switches a box containing the most powerful magic in the world with one containing something decidedly less remarkable.

Will's mistake has tremendous consequences for Liesl and Po, and it draws the three of them together on an extraordinary journey.

From New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver comes a luminous and magnificent novel that glows with rare magic, ghostly wonders, and a true friendship that lights even the darkest of places.

Discover the world at http://www.lieslandpo.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: MetaMaus, by Art Spiegelman

2011-09-24T11:06:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness

2011-09-22T11:53:00.000-07:00

(@Patrick_Ness]
The monster showed up just after midnight.
As they do.
But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming... The monster in his back garden, though, this monster is something different. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Carnegie and Costa Award winner Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final idea of much-loved Carnegie Medal winner Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself.

A Monster Calls is an absolutely unmissable novel of coming to terms with loss from two of our finest writers for young adults.

http://www.patrickness.com
http://www.facebook.com/patricknessfanpage
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Dark Inside, by Jeyn Roberts

2011-09-19T18:17:00.000-07:00

(@JeynRoberts)

In a world gone mad

4 will fight to survive

Something bad is about to happen. A lot of people are going to die and it's only the beginning.

A murderous rage has been unleashed. Moments after earthquakes rock the world, people start to change in the most terrifying ways. Friends turn in on friends, girlfriends on boyfriends, brothers on sisters. Nobody can be trusted.

For those who survive the first wave of killing, the world is a different, deadlier place. Michael, Aries, Mason and Clementine must battle to stay alive in a world determined to kill them. All they have is one another... but can they even be sure of that?

http://www.mykindabook.com/Books/Dark-Inside

http://www.mykindabook.com/Authors/Jeyn-Roberts
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: I Am Maru, by mugumogu

2011-09-16T16:19:00.000-07:00

Everyone's favorite cat in a box is back in action with his new book, I Am Maru. Check him out hopping in the box the books came in!
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Name of the Star (Shades of London), by Maureen Johnson

2011-09-12T07:55:00.000-07:00

(@maureenjohnson)
The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago.

Soon "Rippermania" takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was walking with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, why has Rory become his next target? In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of suspense, humor, and romance, Rory will learn the truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her own shocking abilities.
READ AN EXCERPT: http://www.scribd.com/doc/63600546/The-Name-of-the-Star-Shades-of-London-1-by...
(From the YouTube description)

Pretty, by Jillian Lauren

2011-09-12T07:49:00.000-07:00

Book trailer for the new novel by @jillylauren, @nytimes bestselling author of SOME GIRLS: My Life in a Harem.

Directed by Aaron Nardi. Music by Scott Shriner. Still photographs by D.J. Mendel.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: You Deserve Nothing, by Alexander Maksik

2011-09-08T11:46:00.000-07:00

(@AlexanderMaksik)
Directed by John McNulty. Available now from Europa Editions.
(From the YouTube description)

The Black Prism (Lightbringer), by Brent Weeks

2011-09-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

A book trailer for @brentweeks' BLACK PRISM, directed by Leo Kei Angelos.

www.brentweeks.com | www.orbitbooks.net
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Shut Out, by Kody Keplinger

2011-09-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

Sophomore novel from @Kody_Keplinger

"Most high school sports teams have rivalries with other schools. At Hamilton High, it's a civil war: the football team versus the soccer team. And for her part,Lissa is sick of it. Her quarterback boyfriend, Randy, is always ditching her to go pick a fight with the soccer team or to prank their locker room. And on three separate occasions Randy's car has been egged while he and Lissa were inside, making out. She is done competing with a bunch of sweaty boys for her own boyfriend's attention. Lissa decides to end the rivalry once and for all: She and the other players' girlfriends go on a hookup strike."
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, by Colin Meloy

2011-09-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

(@colinmeloy)

Book + Trailer: Record Collecting for Girls, by Courtney E. Smith

2011-09-01T17:49:00.001-07:00

(@courtneyesmith)

Book + Trailer: Happy Accidents, by Jane Lynch

2011-08-23T17:51:00.000-07:00

@janemarielynch intimidates shoppers in a bookstore to get her new book, HAPPY ACCIDENTS, front and center.
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25, by Richard Paul Evans

2011-08-23T12:01:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: The Apothecary, by Maile Meloy

2011-08-23T09:42:00.000-07:00

(@mailemeloy)
It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascinating boy who's not afraid to stand up to authority and dreams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies - Russian spies in possession of nuclear weapons. Discovering and testing potions they never believed could exist, Janie and Benjamin embark on a dangerous race to save the apothecary and prevent impending disaster.

Together with Ian Schoenherr's breathtaking illustrations, this is a truly stunning package from cover to cover.

ON SALE OCTOBER 4, 2011!

www.theapothecarybook.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Keeper of Lost Causes, by Jussi Adler-Olsen

2011-08-22T09:51:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: Bloodlines, by Richelle Mead

2011-08-21T10:57:00.000-07:00

(@RichelleMead)

Book + Trailer: The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater

2011-08-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

(@mstiefvater)
Stay alive, stay astride, stay out of the blood-stained water. Every year, the Scorpio Races are run beneath the chalk cliffs of Skarmouth. To race the savage water horses can be suicide. But the danger is irresistible...

A stunning new standalone fantasy from the best-selling author of SHIVER and LINGER.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: One Love, by Cedella Marley

2011-08-16T07:27:00.000-07:00

This heartwarming picture book, based on one of Bob Marley's most beloved songs, brings his joyful spirit and unforgettable lyrics to life for a new generation. Adapted by Cedella Marley, Bob Marley's oldest child, and vibrantly illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, One Love depicts the positive groove of change, showing one girl's journey as she enlists her friends, family, and community to help transform their neighborhood for the better.

Cedella says, "When my father sang 'One Love,' he felt it all the way—heart and soul, mind and body. He thought a world united by love was possible, and it is. All we've got to do, he said, is 'Give a little, take a little.' " One Love animates this sentiment and passes on an important message about the strength of love and community. Perfect for families everywhere, this charming story is a colorful and upbeat testament to the amazing things that can happen when we all get together with one love in our hearts.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Blood and Bronze, by David J. Guyton

2011-08-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

(@davidjguyton)

Book + Trailer: Retribution (Dark-Hunter), by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2011-08-14T11:01:00.000-07:00

(@kenyonsherrilyn)

Book + Trailer: Ashtown Burials #1: The Dragon's Tooth, by N. D. Wilson

2011-08-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

(@ndwilsonmutters)

Book + Trailer: Machine Man, by Max Barry

2011-08-10T20:02:00.000-07:00

(@MaxBarry)
MACHINE MAN by Max Barry (author of "Syrup", "Jennifer Government", "Company"): *** OUT AUGUST 9, 2011 *** http://maxbarry.com/machineman

Scientist Charles Neumann loses a leg in an industrial accident. It's not a tragedy. It's an opportunity. Charlie always thought his body could be better. He begins to explore a few ideas. To build parts. Better parts.

Prosthetist Lola Shanks loves a good artificial limb. In Charlie, she sees a man on his way to becoming artificial everything. But others see a madman. Or a product. Or a weapon.

"Machine Man" is a gruesomely funny unraveling of one man's quest for ultimate self-improvement.

http://maxbarry.com/machineman

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green

2011-07-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

(@realjohngreen)

Book + Trailer: Children of Paranoia, by Trevor Shane

2011-07-27T07:51:00.000-07:00

(@childofparanoia) Break the rules, become the target.

Children of Paranoia is the first novel in a trilogy by Trevor Shane. On Sale September 8, 2011.

http://www.childrenofparanoia.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Implosion of Aggie Winchester, by Lara Zielin

2011-07-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

(@larazielin)
My Kirkus review for 'Aggie Winchester' was so brutal, my friend turned it into a black metal song, which we turned into a video. Rock on, readers!
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown by Paul Malmont

2011-07-08T11:49:00.000-07:00

(@pmalmont)

Book + Trailer: Writing Movies for Fun and Profit, by Robert Ben Garant

2011-07-07T08:06:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: "You: A Novel", by Joanna Briscoe

2011-06-30T16:37:00.000-07:00

Cecilia is obsessively in love with her teacher, the older, married Mr. Dahl. She plots and speculates, yet she never guesses that what she dreams of could actually happen. Is it her imagination, or is the high-minded Mr. Dahl responding to her?

Cecilia's mother Dora wants the good life. She and her husband moved to Dartmoor so their children could run wild, free to make their own choices and mistakes. But Dora discovers that there is more to the countryside idyll, and indeed to her own marriage, than she assumed, when she finds herself fascinated by the very last, the very worst person she could fall for: the elegant and dangerous Elisabeth Dahl.

Now, after twenty years, Cecilia is coming home, to face Dora, and to face her past. But the excitement and pain she had thought were buried cannot be buried. The past is a dangerous place.

You, the unnerving and exceptional new novel from Joanna Briscoe, is a stunning story of sex, memory and family lies.
http://bloomsbury.com/You/Joanna-Briscoe/books/details/9780747598992
(From the YouTube description)

[Book + Trailer] Bad Girls Don't Die: From Bad to Cursed, by Katie Alender

2011-06-15T12:07:00.000-07:00

(@KatieAlender)
Zendaya (From Disney Channel's Shake It Up!) stars in the trailer for Katie Alender's new novel, BAD GIRLS DON'T DIE: FROM BAD TO CURSED, available now from Hyperion!

http://katiealender.com
http://facebook.com/KatieAlenderBooks
http://twitter.com/KatieAlender

http://zendaya.com
http://twitter.com/Zendaya96

Music by Lovett: "The Signal Waltz, 1st Movement" - available on Amazon and iTunes
http://www.lovettmusic.com/
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Wire to Wire, by Scott Sparling

2011-05-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

(@Sparling)
Scott Sparling takes his editor, Tony Perez, on something of a tour of his debut novel.

tinhouse.com

Learn more about Scott at: scottsparling.net

Directed by Zak Davis
Produced by Zak Davis & Jayson Bosteder
Shot by Jayson Bosteder & Everett Yockey
Edited by Jayson Bosteder & Adam Souza
Sound Design by Matt Harmon

(From the vimeo description)

Book + Trailer: Man with a Pan, by John Donohue

2011-05-18T11:17:00.000-07:00

(@StayAtStoveDad) Daddy Does Dinner! The first video in Parent Earth's and Algonquin Books' series celebrating dads in the kitchen features John Donohue, editor of "Man with a Pan -- Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families." In this send-up of a 1950's film noir, Donohue creates harmony out of chaos by stepping into the kitchen to cook. Contributors to the book include Chef Mario Batali, Mark Bitman, Stephan King, Matt Greenberg, Paul Greenberg, Shankar Vedantam, Sean Wilsey and others!
find more videos about food for parents at http://www.parentearth.com/

GET THE BOOK and read John Donohue's blog:http://www.stayatstovedad.com/
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Meowmorphosis, "by" Franz Kafka

2011-05-04T10:55:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, by Steve Hockensmith

2011-04-07T14:36:00.000-07:00

(@MrHockensmith)

Book + Trailer: Rotters, by Daniel Kraus

2011-04-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

@DanielDKraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.

To learn more, visit:http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385738576
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: All That Is Bitter and Sweet: A Memoir, by Ashley Judd

2011-04-04T11:57:00.000-07:00

@AshleyTJudd is an award-winning film and stage actor known for her roles in both box-office hits and art-house gems, and the daughter and sister of country-music royalty. In 2002, drawing on a deep well of empathy, she found her true calling: as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts of the world.

Asked why she was opting out of a successful career, walking away while she was one of the highest-paid women in Hollywood, Ashley herself could not provide an answer. She simply knew that after her first trip to the notorious brothels, slums, and hospices of southeast Asia, her own life depended on advocating on behalf of the vulnerable. Promising each new sister, "I will never forget you," Ashley began writing extraordinary diaries—on which this memoir is based—expanding her capacity to relate to, and to share with a global audience, stories of survival and resilience.

Along the way, Ashley realized that the coping strategies she had developed to deal with her own emotional pain, stemming from childhood abandonment, were no longer working. Seeking in-patient treatment in 2006 for the grief that had nearly killed her, Ashley found not only her own recovery and an enriched faith but an expanded kit of spiritual tools that energized and advanced her feminist social justice work.

Now, in this deeply moving and unforgettable memoir, Ashley Judd describes her odyssey, as a left-behind lost child attains international prominence as a fiercely dedicated advocate. Her story ranges from anger to forgiveness, isolation to interdependence, depression to activism. In telling it, she resoundingly answers the ineffable question about the relationship between healing oneself and service to others.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Troubled Man, by Henning Mankell

2011-03-30T14:49:00.000-07:00

The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell's brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander.

On a winter day in 2008, Håkan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The investigation into his disappearance falls under the jurisdiction of the Stockholm police. It has nothing to do with Wallander—officially. But von Enke is his daughter's future father-in-law. And so, with his inimitable disregard for normal procedure, Wallander is soon interfering in matters that are not his responsibility, making promises he won't keep, telling lies when it suits him—and getting results. But the results hint at elaborate Cold War espionage activities that seem inextricably confounding, even to Wallander, who, in any case, is troubled in more personal ways as well. Negligent of his health, he's become convinced that, having turned sixty, he is on the threshold of senility. Desperate to live up to the hope that a new granddaughter represents, he is continually haunted by his past. And looking toward the future with profound uncertainty, he will have no choice but to come face-to-face with his most intractable adversary: himself.

http://www.randomhouse.com/book/201002/the-troubled-man-by-henning-mankell
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Where She Went, by Gayle Forman

2011-03-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

(@gayleforman)

It's been three years since the devastating accident . . . three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever.

Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam gets stuck in New York by himself, chance brings the couple together again, for one last night. As they explore the city that has become Mia's home, Adam and Mia revisit the past and open their hearts to the future-and each other.
ON SALE APRIL 6, 2011
www.WhereSheWent.com
(From the YouTube description)

Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, by Rob Bell

2011-03-24T07:56:00.000-07:00

Trailer for @realRobBell's controversial book
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Gift (Witch & Wizard, Book 2), by James Patterson

2011-03-22T10:43:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex (Blank Inside), by Sheridan Simove

2011-03-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

(@ShedSimove)

Book + Trailer: Invincible (The Chronicles of Nick), by Sherrilyn Kenyon

2011-03-19T09:36:00.000-07:00

(@kenyonsherrilyn)
Just when he thought things couldn't get any worse...

Nick Gautier's day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul.

His new principal thinks he's even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can't even mention and the girl he's not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him.

But more than that, he's being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn't learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them...

Book Excerpt: http://www.sherrilynkenyon.com/book_profile.php?id=93
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Dead Witch Walking + Pale Demon (The Hollows, Book 1 + 9), by Kim Harrison

2011-03-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

(@BurningBunnies)

Book + Trailer: Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy) by Lauren DeStefano

2011-03-16T15:23:00.000-07:00

Book + Trailer: I Got the Fever, by J. C. Davies

2011-03-16T12:24:00.000-07:00

(@jcdaviesauthor)

Book Trailer: My Life Undecided, by Jessica Brody

2011-03-11T15:42:00.000-08:00

Coming June 7, 2011! By @JessicaBrody, a new young adult novel from the best selling author. Available wherever books are sold.
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Royal Wedding: William and Kate Dress-Up Dolly Book

2011-03-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

Celebrate William and Kate's royal romance that has captured the hearts of people around the globe with this charming paper doll book. This fully illustrated book contains lifelike cut-out figures of HRH Prince William and Kate Middleton, and includes a variety of delightful outfits to mix-and-match. Children will have hours of fun dressing up their favourite prince and princess. The book also contains interesting facts about their budding romance, engagement and forthcoming marriage. This beautiful paper doll book is the perfect gift for children, paper doll fans and anyone who is thrilled by the magic of a royal wedding.
http://books.ladybird.co.uk/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781409390701,00.html
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: If You Knew Then What I Know Now, by Ryan Van Meter

2011-03-09T17:43:00.000-08:00

(@Ifyouknewthen)
"@SarabandeBooks presents a short film by Tucker Capps, inspired by "First" from Ryan Van Meter's debut essay collection, If You Knew Then What I Know Now.

Music by Goldmund, courtesy of Western Vinyl."
(Adapted from the Vimeo description)

Book + Trailer: City of Fallen Angels, by Cassandra Clare

2011-03-09T12:07:00.000-08:00

(@cassieclare)
The Shadowhunters—touched by angels and charged with protecting innocents—battle demons and other evil in the bestselling Mortal Instruments series.

For more information on the author:
http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Cassandra-Clare/35026200
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Rebel without a Deal, by Vincent Rocca

2011-03-08T11:01:00.000-08:00

(@vincentrocca)

Book + Trailer: Unfamiliar Fishes, by Sarah Vowell

2011-03-08T09:22:00.000-08:00

From the bestselling author of The Wordy Shipmates, an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn.

Many think of 1776 as the defining year of American history, when we became a nation devoted to the pursuit of happiness through self- government. In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as defining, when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded first Cuba, then the Philippines, becoming an international superpower practically overnight.

Among the developments in these outposts of 1898, Vowell considers the Americanization of Hawaii the most intriguing. From the arrival of New England missionaries in 1820, their goal to Christianize the local heathen, to the coup d'état of the missionaries' sons in 1893, which overthrew the Hawaiian queen, the events leading up to American annexation feature a cast of beguiling, and often appealing or tragic, characters: whalers who fired cannons at the Bible-thumpers denying them their God-given right to whores, an incestuous princess pulled between her new god and her brother-husband, sugar barons, lepers, con men, Theodore Roosevelt, and the last Hawaiian queen, a songwriter whose sentimental ode "Aloha 'Oe" serenaded the first Hawaiian president of the United States during his 2009 inaugural parade.

With her trademark smart-alecky insights and reporting, Vowell lights out to discover the off, emblematic, and exceptional history of the fiftieth state, and in so doing finds America, warts and all.

For more details: http://bit.ly/hb4Jww
Join Sarah's fans on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SarahJaneVowell
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Live Wire, by Harlan Coben

2011-03-08T08:50:00.000-08:00

#1 @NYTimes bestselling author @HarlanCoben proves once again that "nobody writes them better" in a thriller that asks a provocative question: Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth?

Harlan Coben published his first Myron Bolitar thriller, Deal Breaker, in 1995, introducing a hero that would captivate millions. Over the years we have watched Myron walk a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his client's interests so fiercely that he can't help but jump in to save them, no matter the cost.

When former tennis star Suzze T and her rock star husband, Lex, encounter an anonymous Facebook post questioning the paternity of their unborn child, Lex runs off, and Suzze - at eight months pregnant - asks Myron to save her marriage, and perhaps her husband's life. But when he finds Lex, he also finds someone he wasn't looking for: his sister-in-law, Kitty, who along with Myron's brother abandoned the Bolitar family long ago.

As Myron races to locate his missing brother while their father clings to life, he must face the lies that led to the estrangement - including the ones told by Myron himself. If we thought we knew Myron Bolitar, Coben now proves we didn't. An electric, stay-up-all night thriller that unfolds at a breakneck pace, Live Wire proves that Harlan Coben still has the ability to shock us anew.

View more: http://bit.ly/govysV
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: A Double Life, by Lisa Catherine Harper

2011-03-03T11:57:00.000-08:00

(@LisaHarper)

Book + Trailer: Drinking Closer to Home, by Jessica Anya Blau

2011-02-25T11:14:00.000-08:00

Animated trailer for the novel published by Harper Perennial.
www.jessicaanyablau.com

Art and animation by Luca Dipierro.
www.lucadipierro.com

Music by Mahmoud Guinia
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Band that Played On, by Steve Turner

2011-02-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

When TITANIC collided with an iceberg at 23:40 on April 14th, the eight members of the band had already retired for the evening. Still, they put on overcoats and mufflers and came out to play in the lounge. When most of the First Class passengers had taken to their lifeboats, the musicians simply moved to the deck and continued to play, calming the passengers as the ship sank. One second class passenger said: "Many brave things were done that night, but none were more brave than those done by men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea. The music they played served alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recalled on the scrolls of undying fame." Survivors' accounts differ about whether their final tune was "L'Automme" or "Nearer My God To Thee." What has never been disputed is the courage of these musicians who deliberately sacrificed the possibility of escape in order to produce a mood of tranquillity at a time of extreme anxiety. But who were they? What journeys brought them to this deck on this icy ocean? Had any of them previously displayed signs of great courage? Who did they leave behind? Historian and biographer Steve Turner delves into the lives of these brave men, revealing eight unique portraits of bravery.
(From the YouTube description)

When the Killing's Done, by T. Coraghessan Boyle

2011-02-23T15:14:00.000-08:00

Official Book Trailer for T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done. Available from Viking Books on 2.22.11.

Dir. Jamieson Fry

http://www.tcboyle.com
http://jamiesonfry.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: An Improvised Life: A Memoir by Alan Arkin

2011-02-18T11:28:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: Let's Panic About Babies! by Alice Bradley

2011-02-18T08:05:00.000-08:00

(@finslippy)
Babies. So small, so terrible.

In this educational filmstrip, we learn that the only cure for the horrors of new motherhood is a healthy dose of information-soaked pages, conveniently bound into the new book LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES!

Written by Alice Bradley (www.finslippy.com) and Eden M. Kennedy (www.fussy.org) and released by St. Martin's Press, LET'S PANIC ABOUT BABIES! is available in bookstores everywhere March 1.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Fuddles, by Frans Vischer

2011-02-17T09:19:00.000-08:00

A pampered fat cat finds his grounding.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Strings Attached, by Judy Blundell

2011-02-16T08:54:00.000-08:00

(@judymblundell) via @reverieBR: From National Book Award winner Judy Blundell, comes Strings Attached—a daring blend of love, mystery, and the Mob.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Sleeping With Mortals (The Story of a New York Mistress), by Cathrine Goldstein

2011-02-16T08:41:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: Play Like a Girl!, by Jennifer Shahade

2011-02-16T08:32:00.000-08:00

(@JenShahade)
The Play Like a Girl! Tactics by 9 Queens trailer features author and 2-time US Women's Champ Jennifer Shahade and former Denker Champion Abby Marshall.

Buy the book at mongoosepress.com, uscfsales.com, amazon.com or 9queens.org!

Book + Trailer: Pat the Zombie: A Cruel (Adult) Spoof, by Aaron Ximm

2011-02-16T08:21:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: Chocolate & Vicodin, by Jennette Fulda

2011-02-09T08:31:00.000-08:00

(@jennettefulda)
The pretty pink teddy bear tries 12 things that didn't cure my headache. The best cure? "Chocolate & Vicodin" by Jennette Fulda. http://www.chocolateandvicodin.com/

Music is "Penalties" by The Odyssey Favor. http://odysseyfavor.com/
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Husk, by Matt Hults

2011-02-09T08:26:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: You Killed Wesley Payne, by Sean Beaudoin

2011-02-03T11:13:00.000-08:00

YA novel by @SeanBeaudoin to be released Feb. 2011. Learn more at www.seanbeaudoin.com

Trailer directed and scored by the awesomely talented Shawn Harris http://oxenoxen.com/
(Adapted from the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: I, Alex Cross by James Patterson

2011-02-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

Book + Trailer: Press Here, by Hervé Tullet

2011-02-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

It's not magic . . . It's the power of your imagination! PRESS HERE. That's right. Just press the yellow dot and turn the page. Follow the instructions and embark upon a magical journey! Each page of this surprising, irresistible book instructs the reader to press the dots, shake the pages, tilt them, and even blow on them—who knows what will happen next! Read-aloud fun for all ages!

Visit www.chroniclebooks.com/presshere to learn more.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Death Cloud (Young Sherlock Holmes), by Andrew Lane

2011-02-02T08:15:00.000-08:00

Coming February 2011: Two dead bodies. One unforgettable hero. A teenage Sherlock solves his first murder mystery . . . and the legend begins.

It is the summer of 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. On break from boarding school, he is staying with eccentric strangers—his uncle and aunt—in their vast house in Hampshire. When two local people die from symptoms that resemble the plague, Holmes begins to investigate what really killed them, helped by his new tutor, an American named Amyus Crowe. So begins Sherlock's true education in detection, as he discovers the dastardly crimes of a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent.

Death Cloud by Andrew Lane
Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux BYR
An Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
www.macteenbooks.com
youngsherlockseries.com

Also available as an Audiobook from Macmillan Audio!
(From the YouTube description)

The Violets of March, by Sarah Jio

2011-01-27T11:52:00.000-08:00

The book trailer for the novel by @sarahjio. To be published by Penguin, Plume, April 26, 2011. For more information, visit www.sarahjio.com
(From the YouTube description)

Beneath the Shadows, by Sara Foster

2011-01-27T09:46:00.000-08:00

How do you begin to move on, if the past won't let you go?

Book Trailer for BENEATH THE SHADOWS by Sara Foster. A stunning and complex thriller about a young woman named Grace, who loses her husband, Adam, on the Yorkshire moors. A year later, Grace returns trying to tie up loose ends but always desperate for answers. Soon she discovers she has been looking in the wrong place all along and the real danger is only just beginning.

Read more about BENEATH THE SHADOWS
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/Books/B...

BENEATH THE SHADOWS is out February 2011
http://www.randomhouse.com.au/

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Shimmer, by Alyson Noël

2011-01-27T09:06:00.000-08:00

Available March 15, 2011: @AlysonNoel, author of the Immortals series, continues her new series about Ever's younger sister, Riley.

Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi's advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca's sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she's not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during a slave revolt in 1733. Mired in her own anger, Rebecca is lashing out by keeping the ghosts who died along with her trapped in their worst memories. Can Riley help Rebecca forgive and forget without losing herself to her own nightmarish memories?

Shimmer by Alyson Noël
Published by Square Fish
An Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
www.mackids.com
(From the YouTube description)

The Leopard, by Jo Nesbø

2011-01-20T09:57:00.000-08:00

A teaser trailer for the new Harry Hole thriller by Jo Nesbo - The Leopard. Can Harry Hole return to Oslo and help the struggling police catch a new serial killer?

In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with twenty-four inexplicable puncture wounds, both drowned in their own blood. The crime scenes offer no clues, the media is reaching fever pitch, and the police are running out of options. There is only one man who can help them, and he doesn't want to be found.

Deeply traumatised by The Snowman investigation, which threatened the lives of those he holds most dear, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kong's opium dens. But with his father seriously ill in hospital, Harry reluctantly agrees to return to Oslo. He has no intention of working on the case, but his instinct takes over when a third victim is found brutally murdered in a city park.

The victims appear completely unconnected to one another, but it's not long before Harry makes a discovery: the women all spent the night in an isolated mountain hostel. And someone is picking off the guests one by one.

Published January 2011 by Harvill Secker
www.jonesbo.co.uk
www.vintage-books.co.uk

A Gemini Films production
Director - Yasmin al Naib
Cinematographer - Christopher Moon
Producer - Kurban Kassam
(From the YouTube description)

The 2011 Edgar® Nominees in Book Trailer

2011-01-20T09:02:00.000-08:00

The full list is here

Book + Trailer: A Tale Dark and Grimm, by Adam Gidwitz

2011-01-16T08:31:00.000-08:00

http://www.adamgidwitz.com/

"Unlike any children's book I've ever read... A Tale Dark and Grimm holds up to multiple rereadings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be."
--The New York Times, Editor's Choice

"A marvelous reworking of old stories that manages to be fresh, frightening, funny and humane." --The Wall Street Journal

"An audacious debut that's wicked smart and wicked funny." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Gidwitz is terrifying and funny at the same time. His storytelling is so assured that it's hard to believe this is his debut novel. And his treatment of the Grimms' tales is a whole new thing." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches.

Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Lady of Light and Shadows, by C. L. Wilson

2011-01-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

(@clwilsonbooks) She is the salvation of a Fey king's tormented soul and the key to saving
his immortal race. Only by unleashing her vast power can they conquer the
evil forces determined to destroy them. Award winning author, C.L. Wilson
combines epic fantasy with simmering romance in her two-book publishing
debut, Lord of the Fading Lands and Lady of Light and Shadows.
Watch the Book Trailer...read the book!
http://www.clwilson.com
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Await Your Reply, by Dan Chaon

2011-01-16T08:15:00.000-08:00

(@Danchaon)
http://www.danchaon.com - Book info here.
http://www.jamiesonfry.com - More videos here.
http://www.hanisbrown.com - Score by Hannis Brown
--
directed / edited / produced by Jamieson Fry
director of photography Brett Pawlak
camera assistant Christopher Arata
original score by Hannis Brown
sound design by Steve Tushar
illustrations by Pete Larsen
read by K. Kvashay-Boyle
--
starring:

Ben Messmer
Paloma Campos
Nathan Budde
Pete Larsen
Caden Kvashay
Brett Pawlak
Resmine Atis

special thanks to:

Dan Chaon
Patrick Brown
T.C. Boyle
Edan Lepucki
K. Kvashay-Boyle
Randal Kirk
Skylight Books
(From the YouTube description)

To Darkness Fled, by Jill Williamson

2011-01-15T09:40:00.000-08:00

(@JillWilliamson) Book trailer for the medieval fantasy adventure novel. It is the second in the Blood of Kings series.

In this book Achan, Vrell, and the Kingsguard Knights have fled into Darkness to escape the wrath of the former prince. They head for Ice Island to rescue two of Sir Gavin's colleagues who were falsely imprisoned years ago. Darkness is growing and only one man can push it back. Achan wanted freedom, not a crown. His true identity has bound him more than ever. He must learn decorum, wear fancy clothes, and marry a stranger. Achan knows one thing for certain. He will not be a puppet prince. Either he will accept his role and take charge or he will flee. But which will he choose?
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: The Memory Palace by Mira Bartók

2011-01-12T10:48:00.000-08:00

(@miraslist)
It's a breathtaking literary memoir about the complex meaning of love, truth, and the capacity for forgiveness among family. Through stunning prose and original art created by the author in tandem with the text, The Memory Palace explores the connections between mother and daughter that cannot be broken no matter how much exists—or is lost—between them.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Mad Love, by Suzanne Selfors

2011-01-11T10:52:00.000-08:00

In Suzanne Selfors's third teen novel, sixteen-year-old Alice Amorous, daughter of the internationally famous romance writer, The Queen of Romance, meets a boy who claims to be Cupid.
(From the YouTube description)

Book + Trailer: Clarity, by Kim Harrington

2011-01-10T11:15:00.000-08:00

(@Kim_Harrington)
Clarity "Clare" Fern sees things. Things no one else can see. Things like stolen kisses and long-buried secrets. All she has to do is touch a certain object, and the visions come to her. It's a gift. And a curse. When a teenage girl is found murdered, Clare's ex-boyfriend wants her to help solve the case—but Clare is still furious at the cheating jerk. Then Clare's brother, who has supernatural gifts of his own, becomes the prime suspect, and Clare can no longer look away. Teaming up with Gabriel, the smoldering son of the new detective, Clare must venture to the depths of fear, revenge, and lust in order to track the killer. But will her sight fail her just when she needs it most? Learn more at http://www.kimharringtonbooks.com
(From the YouTube description)