Nora Ephron's I Remember Nothing and Other Observations takes a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten.

 

Ephron's signature deadpan style shines in this collection of pithy essays about falling hard for a way of life and about breaking up even harder with the men in her life lists "Twenty-five Things People Have a Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised by Over and Over Again"; reveals the alarming evolution of her relationship with her in-box and asks the age-old question, which came first, the chicken soup or the cold?

 

All the while, she gives candid, edgy voice to everything women who have reached a certain age have been thinking . . . but rarely acknowledging.  I Remember Nothing is filled with insights and observations that instantly ring true.

 

Nora Ephron is the author of five previous books, including I Feel Bad About My Neck.  She wrote and directed Julie & Julia and has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally . . . , Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed.  

A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.

In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. It is a love story and a marvelously insightful account of their years together, beginning with their initial meeting when Fraser was the wife of a member of Parliament and mother of six, and Pinter was married to a distinguished actress. Over the years, they experienced much joy, a shared devotion to their work, crises and laughter, and, in the end, great courage and love as Pinter battled the illness to which he eventually suc­cumbed on Christmas Eve 2008.

Must You Go? is based on Fraser's recollections and on the diaries she has kept since October 1968. She shares Pinter's own revelations about his past, as well as observations by his friends. Fraser's diaries - written by a biographer living with a creative artist and observing the process firsthand - also pro­vide a unique insight into his writing.

 

Antonia Fraser is the author of many internation­ally bestselling historical works, including Love and Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette (made made into a film by Sofia Coppola), The Wives of Henry VIII, Mary Queen of Scots, and Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot. She has received the Wolfson Prize for History, the 2000 Norton Medlicott Medal of Britain's Historical Association, and the Franco-British Society's Enid McLeod Literary Prize.   

Amanda Hesser, the well-known New York Times food columnist, brings her signature voice and expertise to this compendium of influential and delicious recipes from chefs, home cooks, and food writers.

 

Hesser has cooked and updated every one of the 1,000-plus recipes here. Her chapter introductions showcase the history of American cooking, and her witty and fascinating headnotes share what makes each recipe special. 

 

From the novice who needs basics, to the more experienced and adventurous home cook, The Essential New York Times Cookbook will be at home in any kitchen.

As listed in the New York Times Book Review, their selection of "The Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2010."

• Here Comes the Garbage Barge written by Jonathan Winter, illustrated by Red Nose Studio
• Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
• Seasons by Blexbolex
• Shadow by Suzy Lee
• Busing Brewster written by Richard Michelson, illustrated by R. G. Roth
• Big Red Lollipop written by Rukhsana Khan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
• Henry in Love by Peter McCarty
• A Sick Day for Amos McGee written by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead
• Subway by Christoph Niemann
• Bink and Gollie  by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee

We have a lovely display of these honored books in our children's section.  Come in to peruse the varied styles of illustration - artists have used collage, watercolor, woodcut printing, pen and ink, and other techniques in the books - and bring home your favorites.