{"id":12427,"date":"2022-10-11T10:47:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T14:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=12427"},"modified":"2023-03-08T11:04:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T16:04:36","slug":"october-2022-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/october-2022-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Your October 2022 Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Enjoy these recently published books\u2014fiction, nonfiction, YA, and more\u2014by your fellow alumni<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center rkv-gutter-bottom-quarter\"><em>Did you know that Cornell has an online book club? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbc.guru\/Cornell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check it out here!<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center rkv-gutter-bottom-double\"><em>And for more books by Big Red authors, peruse our <a href=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/category\/books\/\">previous round-ups<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Restless Crucible<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yaw Agawu-Kakraba, PhD \u201993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/en\/book\/show\/61185528-the-restless-crucible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debut historical novel<\/a> by Agawu-Kakraba, a <a href=\"https:\/\/altoona.psu.edu\/person\/yaw-agawu-kakraba-phd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">professor of Spanish and African Studies<\/a> at Penn State, Altoona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, it\u2019s narrated by Pedro de Barbosa, a Brazilian-born former slave who has himself become a slave merchant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The novel explores issues of deep moral conflict as de Barbosa finds himself in opposition to Queen Ena Sunu of Dahomey\u2014a powerful realm on the West African coast\u2014who is determined to end the slave trade in her kingdom. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of The Restless Crucible\" class=\"wp-image-12421 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A-263x395.jpg 263w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/The-Restless-Crucible-A-83x125.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The queen has her own history of oppression, having been forced into a royal marriage and subjugated by her society\u2019s traditional roles for women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agawu-Kakraba\u2019s previous books include the scholarly works <em>Postmodernity in Spanish Fiction and Culture<\/em> and <em>Demythification in the Fiction of Miguel Delibes.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of Elegy for an Appetite\" class=\"wp-image-12424 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A-255x395.jpg 255w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A-323x500.jpg 323w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A-162x250.jpg 162w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/elegy-for-an-appetite-A-81x125.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elegy for an Appetite<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaina Loew-Banayan \u201913<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the <em>New Yorker<\/em> observes in a review, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/61291444-elegy-for-an-appetite?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this memoir<\/a> is \u201cwritten in 48 short chapters of sprinting, irreverent stream of consciousness that is only scantly punctuated.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chef-owner of <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/Cafemutton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cafe Mutton<\/a> in Hudson, NY, Loew-Banayan (who uses they\/them pronouns) describes both their experiences in the male-dominated world of professional cuisine and a battle with disordered eating that began in adolescence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hotelie describes their fraught relationship with their body and with food, while chronicling their profession\u2019s grind and intensity. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something timeless about Loew-Banayan\u2019s story,\u201d says <em>Vogue<\/em>, \u201cexploring what it means for people who are not cis-het white men to occupy the kind of space\u2014in restaurant kitchens, and even in their own bodies\u2014that their carefree counterparts thoughtlessly take up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next Door to Happy<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Allison Weiser Strout \u201988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aimed at middle-grade readers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60881590-next-door-to-happy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this novel<\/a>\u2014which <em>Kirkus<\/em> praises as \u201ca tender exploration of a budding friendship between two introspective tweens\u201d\u2014follows a lonely 12-year-old girl named Violet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An only child, she wishes she were part of a big family, like the one with five siblings that just moved in next door. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Violet becomes particularly close to the mom and one of the sons\u2014so she\u2019s devastated to overhear herself and her family being disparaged in a conversation between the two of them. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of Next Door to Happy\" class=\"wp-image-12422 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A-263x395.jpg 263w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/next-door-to-happy-A-83x125.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Says <em>Publishers Weekly<\/em>: \u201cIn a softly told debut, Strout captures family chaos, sibling rivalries, and the delicate nature of new bonds via two protagonists who bravely build confidence in their unique identities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former English major in Arts &amp; Sciences, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allisonweiserstrout.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Strout is based in NYC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of Sonorous Desert\" class=\"wp-image-12420 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A-255x395.jpg 255w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A-323x500.jpg 323w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A-162x250.jpg 162w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/sonorous-desert-A-81x125.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sonorous Desert<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kim Haines-Eitzen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/neareasternstudies.cornell.edu\/kim-haines-eitzen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Haines-Eitzen<\/a> is the Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor of Near Eastern Studies in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She penned this <a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691232898\/sonorous-desert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nonfiction work<\/a> from Princeton University Press, subtitled <em>What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks\u2014and What It Can Teach Us<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drawing on ancient texts from Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine, she  contemplates how monks of that era used the ambient sounds of the desert (wind, thunder, water, and more) to deepen their spiritual practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As she writes: \u201cIn antiquity, the distinction between town and desert, civilization and wilderness, was in many ways more stark than we find today.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ebook and audiobook versions feature recordings of desert sounds by the author, whose inspiration for the book came in part from her own travels in the Middle East as the child of expat parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Demon Dagger<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russell James \u201984<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flametreepublishing.com\/demon-dagger-isbn-9781787586932.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The latest<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellrjames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">horror author<\/a> and CALS alum features a protagonist named Drew who, since his youth, has had the ability to see demons\u2014specifically, those who possess people who\u2019ve sold their souls for personal gain. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he initially fears he\u2019s insane, he meets a demon hunter who helps him understand his supernatural power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-five years after that mentor\u2019s brutal (and possibly demonic) murder, Drew is a married deputy sheriff in L.A. County\u2014and an evil creature wreaks vengeance by stealing his son\u2019s soul. <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of Demon Dagger\" class=\"wp-image-12423 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A-253x395.jpg 253w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A-321x500.jpg 321w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A-160x250.jpg 160w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/Demon-Dagger-cover-A-80x125.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Drew has to wield the potent weapon of the title\u2014the only thing that can send demons back to hell\u2014in the hope of saving him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Publishers Weekly<\/em> says James \u201cmakes a familiar trope fresh in this gripping horror novel,\u201d calling it \u201ca thrilling game of supernatural cat and mouse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of A Banker's Journey\" class=\"wp-image-12425 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A-263x395.jpg 263w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A-167x250.jpg 167w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/bankers-journey-A-83x125.jpg 83w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Banker&#8217;s Journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel Gross \u201989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gross, a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grossdm?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">historian and financial journalist<\/a>, had exclusive access to his subject\u2019s personal archives for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/61220290-a-banker-s-journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">authorized biography<\/a> of famed global banker and philanthropist Edmond Safra. Gross chronicles Safra\u2019s life and career, from childhood in Lebanon to stints in Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, and the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safra was just 67 when he died in a fire in his penthouse in Monaco that was ultimately determined to be arson. (An employee was convicted of having set the blaze in the hope of becoming a hero by rescuing the billionaire banker.) <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Safra is remembered not only as a force in his industry, but as a major donor to a variety of causes and a leader in the Syrian-Lebanese Jewish community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEdmond had much in common with the titans of finance: drive, ambition, an eye for numbers, a fantastic memory,\u201d Gross writes. \u201cBut there was also an essential humility to the man, born of his upbringing and heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#B31B1B\"><blockquote><p><\/p><cite><strong>Classic by a Cornellian<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-offset\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lovecraft Country<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Matt Ruff \u201987<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Halloween in the air, it\u2019s a fine time to revisit Ruff\u2019s 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/25109947-lovecraft-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantasy\/horror tale<\/a>\u2014the basis for the much-lauded HBO series, which ran for just one season in 2020 but won two Emmys and was nominated for a Golden Globe for best TV drama. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <em>Kirkus<\/em> observes: \u201cIf nothing else, you have to giggle over how this novel\u2019s namesake [legendary horror author H.P. Lovecraft], who held vicious white supremacist opinions, must be doing triple axels in his grave at the way his imagination has been so impudently shaken and stirred.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A.jpg\" alt=\"the cover of Lovecraft Country\" class=\"wp-image-12426 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A-261x395.jpg 261w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A-330x500.jpg 330w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A-165x250.jpg 165w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lovecraft-country-A-82x125.jpg 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A sequel to <em>Lovecraft Country<\/em>, <em>The Destroyer of Worlds<\/em>\u2014set three years later, in 1957\u2014is scheduled to publish in February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bymattruff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruff\u2019s other books<\/a> include <em>Fool on the Hill<\/em>, the 1988 cult classic that chronicles the adventures of a young writer-in-residence at a fantastical version of Cornell\u2014complete with a sorceress, talking animals, and a dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-link has-cornell-teal-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"rkv-gutter-bottom-none\"><em>To submit your book for consideration, email <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;to&#x3a;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#108;&#108;&#105;a&#110;&#x73;&#x40;&#x63;orne&#x6c;&#108;&#x2e;&#101;&#100;&#x75;?subject=New%20book%20submission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">co&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;llians&#64;&#99;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;e&#x6c;l&#46;e&#x64;u<\/a>. Please note that to be included in our listings of new titles, books must be recently published by a conventional publisher<em>\u2014not self published, pay-to-publish, publish on demand, or similar\u2014<\/em>and be of interest to a general audience. 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