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New Releases: May 2014 Highlights
by Dan
Art & Photography + Current Affairs + Design & Typography + Fiction + Health & Wellness / April 14, 2014
May is a great month to be a reader—there are so many great books coming out! Here's a quick look at just a few some of our new titles releasing next month.
FICTION
Historical Fiction
Liz Trenow
Page-turning and heartbreaking, The Forgotten Seamstress weaves together past and present in an unforgettable journey.
Before World War I casts its shadow, Maria catches the eye of the Prince of Wales, a glamorous and intense gentleman. But her life takes a far darker turn, and soon all she has left is a fantastical story about her time at Buckingham Palace.
Decades later, Caroline Meadows discovers a beautiful quilt in her mother's attic. When she embarks on a quest to reveal its mystery, the puzzle that only seems to grow.
Available May 13
"this is a page-turner with eye-opening details about the conditions of mental hospitals in the 20th century, as well as the provenance of royal fabrics, the art of quilting, and the vagaries of modern interior design."—Publishers Weekly
"Trenow meticulously stitches each piece of this engrossing story into a unified—and heartwarming—whole."—Kirkus Reviews
Short Stories
Kseniya Melnik
A remote Siberian town with a darkly fascinating history teems with life in this luminous linked debut collection.
Weaving in and out of the last half of the twentieth century, Snow in May is an inventive, gorgeously rendered, and touching portrait of lives lived on the periphery where, despite their isolation-and perhaps because of it-the most seemingly insignificant moments can be beautiful, haunting, and effervescent.
Available May 13
"Achingly beautiful, this collection signals a writer to watch."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Melnik tackles tragic subject matter while dramatizing daily struggles, giving equal weight to both. With dry humor and detailed description, Melnik creates a historically enlightening time capsule of an unfamiliar world."—Publishers Weekly
Literary Fiction
Edward St. Aubyn
Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels were some of the most celebrated works of fiction of the past decade. Ecstatic praise came from a wide range of admirers, from literary superstars such as Zadie Smith, Francine Prose, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Michael Chabon to pop-culture icons such as Anthony Bourdain and January Jones. Now St. Aubyn returns with a hilariously smart send-up of a certain major British literary award.
Available May 20
Science Fiction
Jo Walton
The new novel from the author of the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Among Others is a powerful tale of one woman with two lives.
It's 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. "Confused today," read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know. But she remembers things that don't seem possible.
Two lives, two worlds, two versions of modern history; each with their loves and losses, their sorrows and triumphs. Jo Walton's My Real Children is the tale of both of Patricia Cowan's lives… and of how every life means the entire world.
Available May 20
"My Real Children is the rarest sort of novel – one that transcends genre. It is a book that, one surmises, will be eagerly reread as the years pass."—Quill & Quire (starred review)
"a deeply poignant, richly imagined book about women’s lives in 20th- and 21st-century England, and, in a broader sense, about the lives of all those who are pushed to the margins of history: the disabled, the disenfranchised, the queer, the lower middle class."—Publishers Weekly
Literary Fiction
A Novel of Shakespeare's Dark Lady
Sally O'Reilly
A tale of sorcery and passion in seventeenth-century London—where witches haunt William Shakespeare and his Dark Lady, the playwrights’s muse and one true love.
In rich, vivid detail, Sally O’Reilly breathes life into England’s first female poet, a mysterious woman nearly forgotten by history. Full of passion and devilish schemes, Dark Aemilia is a tale worthy of the Bard.
Available May 27
"First-rate historical fiction: marvelously atmospheric and emotionally engaging."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"a lush what-if about the Dark Lady of Shakespeare’s sonnets that mesmerizes with its descriptions of the Bard’s London from 1592 to 1616, the year of his death."—Publishers Weekly
NONFICTION
Family & Relationships / Parenting
A Parent's Guide to Getting Your Kids to Cooperate Without Losing Your Cool
Rona Renner (foreword by Christine Carter)
Being a parent is hard work! And when your child refuses to do even the little things—like picking up their toys, taking a bath, or getting in the car to go to school—it's easy to become frustrated. But what if there was a gentle, effective way for you to improve your kid's behaviour without losing your cool or raising your voice? In Is That Me Yelling? leading authority on parenting, Rona Renner outlines effective communication strategies that focus on your child's unique temperament.
Available May 1
New Series from Laurence King
Art History
Catherine Ingram & illustrated by Andrew Rae
This book penetrates the surface and explores Andy Warhol's art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Vivid illustrations reveal Andy's worlds: his childhood in Pittsburgh, his chaotic Manhattan mansion, and the Silver Factory, where New York's bright new things hung out and had fun.
Catherine Ingram & illustrated by Andrew Rae
This is Dali tells the story of the artist's life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his fine art practice and discusses his venture into the commercial world. Surrealism is revealed as a way of life. Fun, provoking, and endlessly frustrating, Dalí is brought under the spotlight.
Catherine Ingram & illustrated by Andrew Rae
Pollock's iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of America's Western landscape where the artist grew up. This book traces the artist's career and discusses how his loose, individual style was used as a political weapon in the Cold War, representing America as the free, democratic nation. Illustrations simplify the theory and reveal the hidden meaning behind the mesh of painted lines.
Available May 6
Art History
The Supermodel and the Brillo Box 
Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art
Don Thompson
A look at the contemporary art market and the economics and psychology that first produced a market crash, and then two years later resulted in astronomical prices. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box looks at the increasing dominance of Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and a few über dealers; the hundreds of millions of new museums coming up in cities like Dubai, Abu Dabai, and Beijing; the growing importance of the digital art world; and the shrinking role of the mainstream gallery.
Available May 6
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Body, Mind & Spirit
Heal Your Body with Medicine, Affirmations, and Intuition
Louise Hay and Mona Lisa Schulz
Best-selling authors Louise L. Hay and Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz have teamed up for an exciting reexamination of the quintessential teachings from Heal Your Body.
All Is Well brings together Louise's proven affirmation system with Mona Lisa's knowledge of both medical science and the body's intuition to create an easy-to-follow guide for health and well-being. And, for the first time ever, they present scientific evidence showing the undeniable link between the mind and body that makes these healing methods work.
Available May 6
Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction
Life and Legend
Box Brown
Andre Roussimoff is known as both the lovable giant in The Princess Bride and a heroic pro-wrestling figure.
Box Brown brings his great talents as a cartoonist and biographer to this phenomenal new graphic novel. Drawing from historical records about Andre's life as well as a wealth of anecdotes from his colleagues in the wrestling world, Brown has created in Andre the Giant, the first substantive biography of one of the twentieth century's most recognizable figures.
Available May 6
"A labor-of-love tribute, exquisitely rendered, to the larger-than-life wrestling giant."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"It’s the sort of book that I knocked out in one sitting, and it lived up to every hope I had for it. It’s not just one of my favorite graphic novels of the year, but it’s also one of my favorite comic biographies of all time."—Comics Alliance
Art / History
Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Evan Osnos
A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation.
Writing with great narrative verve and a keen sense of irony, Evan Osnos, Beijing correspondent for The New Yorker, follows the moving stories of everyday people and reveals life in the new China to be a battleground between aspiration and authoritarianism, in which only one can prevail.
Available May 13
"Osnos combines scintillating reportage with an eye for telling ironies that illuminate broader trends; without downplaying the uniqueness of Chinese society, he makes its tensions feel achingly familiar for Western readers."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Family & Relationships / Parenting
This is Ridiculous This is Amazing
Parenthood in 71 Lists
Jason Good
Blogging sensation and family man Jason Good delivers a laugh-out-loud reminder that everything is easier and more fun when approached with a sense of humour—especially parenting. Sweet, sincere, and oh-so-true, this is the ideal gift for parents who could use a laugh. And isn't that every single one of us?
Available May 13
Design
A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students
Ellen Lupton and Maryland Institute College of Art
The long awaited follow-up to Thinking with Type is here! Type on Screen is the definitive guide to using classic typographic concepts of form and structure to make dynamic compositions for screen-based applications. An essential design tool for anyone seeking clear and focused guidance about typography for the digital age.
Available May 13
Take a look at a preview of next month's new releases for kids, middle grade, and teens.
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