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Stella

Siegfried Lenz

"A superbly crafted novella of first love, with a tenderly evocative sense of place, mood and era....Suggestively rich in overtones and undercurrents, Lenz's beautiful miniature also stands alone as a masterclass in 'the grammar of farewell.'" —Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers

Mark Scholz, M.D. and Ralph Blum

"A masterpiece of eye-opening science that promises to enhance the lives of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. I give it my highest recommendation." —Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause

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Murray Bail

"A surfeit of imagination, skill, and style." —The New York Times Book Review

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September 1, 2010

Other Press joins NetGalley

We’re thrilled to announce that as of today, select Other Press titles are available on NetGalley!  If you’re a reviewer, blogger, bookseller or librarian and would like to read our galleys on your e-reader or computer, you can access our available titles here.  (You’ll need a NetGalley account, but setting one up is easy–and free.)
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August 31, 2010

Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers in Science Times

In the Science section of today’s New York Times, Dana Jennings reviews Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers by Mark Scholz and Ralph Blum:
“Their book, written tag-team style, is a provocative and frank look at the bewildering world of prostate cancer, from the current state of the multibillion-dollar industry to the range of available treatments…prostate cancer [...]

August 18, 2010

Where We Going, Daddy? on NPR.org

In a roundup of end-of-summer nonfiction for NPR.org, Cord Jefferson reviews Jean-Louis Fournier Where We Going, Daddy? He writes: “Leave it to a Frenchman, humorist Jean-Louis Fournier, to break practically every taboo in the world in order to write honestly and admirably about something off-limits to most everyone else: severely handicapped people….By the final [...]

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    Magnificent Octopus: This harmony was not complete

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