In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir
by Dick Cheney
~August 29
Who wouldn’t want to hear about the rise and fall of the Galactic Empire straight from Darth Vader’s mouth? Former Vice President Dick Cheney is known for a lot of things and most of them aren’t very good for the world as we know it today. Cheney has worked with his daughter to piece together a memoir on the decades that he spent ruling the neo-con agenda. It’ll be good to get his take on the Scooter Libby scandal, the election of 2000 itself, and perhaps an insider’s look at what it’s like to take a set of uber-conservative ideals from Congress to the White House.
Fall of Giants
by Ken Follett
~ August 30
Follett won critical and reader acclaim with World Without End. This novel is the first in The Century Trilogy. It follows the fates of five families as they maneuver through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women’s suffrage.
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
by Eric Metaxas
~ August 30
From the author of Amazing Grace comes this biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who is known as the man who stood up to Hitler. Bonhoeffer found faith in a Harlem church and returned to Germany to become one of the first people to speak out against the Nazi regime. He acted as a double-agent to attempt an assassination of Hitler.
We’re Not Leaving: 9/11 Responders Tell Their Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Renewal
by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D.
~ Out Now
As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 approaches on the calendar, readers may be looking for an insider’s perspective on the aftermath of those attacks. “We’re Not Leaving” is a compilation of narratives told from the point of view of the disaster workers and first responders that were at the site that day and after.
Paris Without End: The True Story of Hemingway’s First Wife
by Gioia Diliberto
~ September 6
Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Richardson were the IT couple in Paris in the 1920s. Diliberto explores their courtship, their family life as expatriates, and the devastating menage a trois that ultimately ended their relationship.
Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History
by Matt Taibbi
~ September 6
Who doesn’t like a good grifter story? Unfortunately, this one isn’t fiction. Matt Taibbi offers up a heaping dose of financial scandal with details on backroom deals of the bailout, the story of Goldman Sachs, and the hidden commodities bubble that gave the Wall Street elite billions of dollars while simultaneously creating food shortages around the world. While the book may not be for the faint of heart, it’s a story about the hijacked America that we all live in today.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 1
by Kevin B. Eastman, Peter Laird
~ September 6
Cowabunga, dude! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are making their way back to the forefront of pop culture and Mirage Studios plans to equip new turtle lovers with the backstory. This hardcover collection features issues #1-7 and a Raphael one-shot that was created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It’s over 300 pages of the origins of the turtles as we know them today.
