ENDED Book Giveaway: Celebrate Back to School

The end of summer is quite near and soon the kids will be off to school. We want to help our readers celebrate our shared love of learning/reading with a special giveaway of 5 thought-inspiring books for parents:

1. NurtureShock By Po Bronson , Ashley Merryman ISBN: 0446504122


2. Close Encounters of the Third-Grade Kind By Phillip Done ISBN: 1599951487


3. In CHEAP We Trust By Lauren Weber ISBN: 0316030287


4. The Love Revolution By Joyce Meyer ISBN: 0446538566


5. Six Pixels of Separation By Mitch Joel ISBN: 0446548235

Each winner will receive one whole set of books (5 books) for the giveaway. Thanks to Valerie from Hachette for this wonderful giveaway.

Giveaway Rules:

• One entry only - just say "I love school"
• Leave your email (I cannot contact you without your email)
• Only residents of the US and Canada may enter
• Please no PO Boxes!!!
• The drawing will last till September 15
• Random number generator will be used - 5 copies to give away
• I will post the winners here on September 16
• Winners have 24 hours to reply or a new winner will be selected

WINNERS - deadlymasquerade, denny.gill, mendenha, sweetreaderma, cmurphy

ENDED Book Giveaway: The Divorce Party: A Novel by Laura Dave

Divorce parties—which recently have been discussed in The New York Times and CNN—are an emergent part of contemporary society. Laura Dave’s highly anticipated The Divorce Party (Penguin; April 28, 2009; $14; 9780143115601) is the first novel to focus on this growing phenomenon.

The Divorce Party brings together two immensely appealing women, one who is stumbling upon the end of her marriage, and one who is just beginning hers, both asking themselves: how much work is it worth to keep two people together. This is a multigenerational love story full of humor, candor, and a powerful message about how to commit to someone over the course of a lifetime.

The movie rights to THE DIVORCE PARTY have already been scooped up by Universal Studios for Jennifer Aniston and her production partner, and is set for release in 2010.

Laura Dave is the author of the acclaimed novels The Divorce Party and London Is the Best City in America. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour, Self,Redbook, ESPN the Magazine, and The New York Observer. Dave graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. In August, Cosmopolitan magazine named her as one of the eight "Fun and Fearless Phenoms" of 2008. She lives in California.

Giveaway Rules:

• One entry only - just say "I want this book"
• Leave your email (I cannot contact you without your email)
• Only residents of the US and Canada may enter
• Please no PO Boxes!!!
• The drawing will last till August 31
• Random number generator will be used - 1 to give away
• I will post the winners here on September 1
• Winners have 24 hours to reply or a new winner will be selected

WINNER - raymondw345

ENDED - Book Giveaway - THE LOST DOG by Michelle de Kretser

Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush.

Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend.

Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive--by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions. THE LOST DOG makes brilliant use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the ever-present conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized.

About Michelle de Kretser

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia when she was fourteen. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris and has worked as an editor and a book reviewer.

The Hamilton Case, her second novel, received the Commonwealth Writers Prize (SE Asia and Pacific region), and the Society of Authors’ (U.K.) Encore Award for best second novel of the year. It was also first runner-up for Barnes & Noble’s Discover Award in Fiction, and a New York Times Notable Book.

The Lost Dog is her third novel. It was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and received the 2008 Christina Stead Prize for fiction.

Thanks to Hachette for this great giveaway.

Giveaway Rules:

• One entry only - just say "I want this Lost Dog"
• Leave your email (I cannot contact you without your email)
• Only residents of the US and Canada may enter
• Please no PO Boxes!!!
• The drawing will last till August 29
• Random number generator will be used - 5 copies to give away
• I will post the winners here on August 30
• Winners have 24 hours to reply or a new winner will be selected

WINNERS - brkwalker, kpbarnett1941, wandanamgreb, Samanthah, ncschools