Memorial Day Reading
Just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, Larry Miller offers the following update from our History shelves:
Next summer marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. The Ivy is pleased to offer two new books on that conflict. Sean McMeekin's July 1914: Countdown to War concentrates on the war's immediate outbreak, and Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 takes a longer view to
Ivy Bestsellers - May 21, 2013
Well, this week's #1 bestseller is hardly a surprise: even Ivy customers can't be expected to resist the Dan Brown juggernaut. Apparently once again they can't resist F in Exams either. The perfect little impulse buy (for graduation, perhaps?) returns to our list at #9. And staff favorite A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, by first-time author Anthony Marra, debuts at #6.
Inferno, by Dan Brown
Mario Livio on WYPR
Don't miss Mario Livio at The Ivy this Wednesday, May 22. Today he appeared on WYPR's Maryland Morning to discuss his new book, Brilliant Blunders, with Sheilah Kast. You can listen here.
Qais Akbar Omar on The Diane Rehm Show
We are excited to host Qais Akbar Omar, author of A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story, this Monday, May 20. Click here to read the transcript of his recent appearance on The Diane Rehm Show. A Fort of Nine Towers is Omar's memoir of coming of age in war-torn Afghanistan, amid bravery and
Front Table at The Ivy Bookshop
Join us this May and June for Front Table at The Ivy Bookshop, a series of events featuring outstanding authors of memoir and literary fiction.
On May 20, Qais Akbar Omar discusses and signs A Fort of Nine Towers, his memoir of coming of age in war-torn Afghanistan, amid terrifyingly narrow escapes and absurdist adventures, as well as moments of immense joy and beauty.
