Book Releases - June 2010

Releasing this month:

• Blackstock, Terri - Predator. (6/1)
• Brashares, Ann - My Name is Memory. (6/1)
• Castillo, Linda - Pray for Silence (Kate Burkholder). (6/22)
• Coulter, Catherine - Whiplash. (6/15)
• Cussler, Clive & Justin Scott - The Spy (Isaac Bell). (6/1)
• Deaver, Jeffery - The Burning Wire (Lincoln Rhyme). (6/1)
• DeMille, Nelson - The Lion. (6/8)
• Evanovich, Janet - Sizzling Sixteen (Stephanie Plum). (6/22)
• Gardiner, Meg - The Liar's Lullaby (Jo Beckett). (6/24)
• Gerritsen, Tess - Ice Cold. (6/29)
• Koontz, Dean - Frankenstein: Lost Souls. (6/15)
• Ling, Laura & Lisa Ling - Somewhere Inside (Nonfiction). (6/1)
• Lowell, Elizabeth - Death Echo. (6/1)
• Margolin, Phillip - Supreme Justice. (6/1)
• Martini, Steve - The Rule of Nine (Paul Madriani). (6/1)
• McCrumb, Sharyn - The Devil Amongst the Lawyers. (6/22)
• Meyer, Stephenie - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight). (6/5)
• Parkhurst, Carolyn - The Nobodies Album. (6/15).
• Patterson, James - Private. (6/28)
• Sheldon, Sidney and Tilly Bagshawe - After the Darkness. (6/1)
• Slaughter, Karin - Broken. (6/22)
• van Lustbader, Eric - Robert Ludlum™'s The Bourne Objective (Bourne). (6/1)

Friday Find: Infinity Instruments Hilton Wall Clock

Infinity Instruments Hilton Wall Clock, Bed Bath & Beyond, $59.99

Inspiration: Bokeh

In Bokeh photography the focus is, ironically, on the blur.  The technique has long been used to mute background imagery  in order to highlight the focused object,  Now, a quiet trend is emerging to the forefront: to capture the aesthetic quality of light - out of focus.

Flickr Roundup:

Honeycorn

Komatoes

Andrew Abogado

Tutorial

John Petrick

jubrok

photocillin

patrícia soransso

Friday Find: Shell Measuring Spoons

Shell Measuring Spoons, Anthropologie, $12

Artist Spotlight: Fyfe Dangerfield

Fyfe Dangerfield covers the Billy Joel classic "She's Always a Woman":

Friday Find: Strips and Blocks Placemats

Strips and Blocks Placemats, MoMA Store, $16

New Jerusalem

Amazing. TaRanda Greene of The Greenes sings with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir on this incredible song, "New Jerusalem".



Behind the scenes:

Friday Find: Mariza Pillow

Mariza Pillow, Crate & Barrel, $19.95 (clearance price)

Book Releases - May 2010

Releasing this month:

• Barry, Brunonia - The Map of True Places. (5/1)
• Brown, Dale - Executive Intent. (5/1)
• Child, Lincoln & Douglas Preston - Fever Dream (Pendergast). (5/11)
• Farnsworth, Christopher - Blood Oath. (5/18)
• Grant, Andrew - Die Twice. (5/11)
• Gruber, Michael - The Good Son. (5/11)
• Harris, Charlaine - Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse). (5/4)
• Larsson, Stieg - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. (5/25) 
• McNeil, Gil - Needles and Pearls. (5/11)
• Morrison, Boyd - The Ark. (5/11)
• Parker, Robert B - Blue-Eyed Devil. (5/4)
• Polansky, Steven - The Bradbury Report. (5/14)
• Sandford, John - Storm Prey. (5/18)
• Turow, Scott - Innocent. (5/4)
• Weisberger, Lauren - Last Night at Chateau Marmont. (5/25)