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Janice Y.K. Lee renders the dramas of human history with intelligence and imagination, crafting a novel of the highest caliber. Imbued with authentic, sensual detail and keen observations about a forgotten world, The Piano Teacher evokes the romantic sweep of The English Patient and the colonial fiction ... (more)of W. Somerset Maugham. A remarkable debut by a gifted writer, it will remain with the reader long after the last page is turned.

In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary insights into how animals think, act, and feel. Now she builds on those insights to show us how ... (more)to give our animals the best and happiest lifeon their terms, not ours.

Authors Sheila Cohen, Bob Kann, Julia Pferdehirt, and Stuart Stotts, writers in the Wisconsin Historical Society Presss Badger Biographies Series, discuss the opportunities and challenges of writing biographies that engage young readers. Marlys Sloup, reading specialist, will lead the discussion.

Authors Joe Garden, Chris Pauls, and Anita Serwacki discuss The New Vampire's Handbook.

Raymond Carver was the most beloved American short-story writer of the late twentieth century. Two decades after his death, this definitive biography tells the story of Carver's uncanny ambition, legendary life, and enduring work.