Cold Type
by Harvey Araton (Cinco Puntos Press)
Longtime New York sportswriter Araton — at The Post in the ’70s and ’80s — has penned acclaimed books about the champion Knicks (really, that did happen) and the Yogi Berra-Ron Guidry friendship. For his fiction debut, he’s mined what he knows best — newspapers. A period piece set in 1990s New York, it centers on tabloid reporter Jamie Kramer, whose father is a pressman at his paper, The Trib. A strike pits friend against friend, co-worker against co-worker and son against father. If you like the movie “The Paper” you’ll want to read this.
Double Agent: The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring
by Peter Duffy (Scribner)
They couldn’t take Manhattan: A ring of German spies spent the early years of World War II gathering military secrets in the Big Apple, Duffy (“The Bielski Brothers”) writes in his latest work. But a double agent stopped them: William Sebold, a mild-mannered German immigrant on the Upper East Side. Sebold’s sleuthing resulted in the arrest of 33 Nazi informants including scientists, femme fatales and soldiers of fortune. They were convicted just hours after Hitler declared war on the US.
When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation
by Francois Furstenberg (Penguin Press)
Furstenberg follows the men who fled France in the 1789 revolution and found stateside sanctuary in the City of Brotherly Love. By the mid-1790s, French immigrants made up 10% of Philadelphia’s population, bringing with them exclusive shops and gourmet chefs. The little-known story sheds some light on historical events like the Louisiana Purchase.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé
by Bob Stanley (Norton)
Brit Stanley utilizes his experience as a co-founder of the band Saint Etienne, music journalist, DJ and record label owner to look at pop music “from the birth of the 7-inch single in the 1940s to the decline of pop music as a palpable, physical thing in the nineties.”
Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure
by David Resenfelt (St. Martin’s Griffin)
When mystery writer Rosenfelt and his wife decided to move from California to Maine, it wasn’t as simple as hiring some guys with a moving van and booking a flight. There was the matter of the 25 rescue dogs they cared for. So, with a convoy of three RVs, 11 volunteers, three backup GPSs, as well as Heathcliff the black Lab, Benji the Bernese, Sara the beagle and 22 other homeless hounds, they set off. Along the way, the writer tells the story of how he and his wife became leaders of the pack, following the death of their beloved golden retriever, Tara.