Alvah's Books » In Today’s Post http://www.alvahsbooks.com Book Reviews, Essays, and Author Interviews Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:26:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 In Today’s Post… http://www.alvahsbooks.com/in-todays-post/in-todays-post-14/ http://www.alvahsbooks.com/in-todays-post/in-todays-post-14/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:26:43 +0000 Rebeca http://www.alvahsbooks.com/?p=570 . . . I hit the jackpot!

Via snailmail, I recieved

  • Picking Bones from Ash by Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Special thanks goes to Marie, a fellow Tweeter, and to her publisher Graywolf Press. Can’t wait to get started

Via United Postal Service

  • The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
  • Germany 1945: From War to Peace by Richard Bessel

Another special thanks to Van Luu at HarperCollins!

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Clara's War: One Girl's Story of Survival by Clara Kramer

Special thanks for a speedy return request to Jocelyn Kalmus at HarperCollins!

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A World I Never Made by James LePore

and. . .

Ratio: The Simple Codes behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking, by Michael Ruhlman

Thanks to Story Planet and Scribner!

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith

Thanks to Melissa at Quirk Publications for sending PPZ out!
and…
New Stories from the South 2009, edited Madison Smartt Bell. 
Thanks to Algonquin Books!

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First Execution by Domenico Starnone

First Execution by Domenico Starnone

Special thanks to Julia McCallum at Europa Editions.

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Thank you Algonquin Books!

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This is the book I’ll be reviewing for blog tour I previously posted. Thanks to Tolly at Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists for considering me!

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A big thank you to the folks at Afred A. Knopf!

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Special thanks goes to Courtney at Algonquin Paperbacks!

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A big THANK YOU to Michael at Algonquin for getting this book out to me so quickly! 

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