Books: "If You Leave Me" By Crystal Hana Kim

If You Leave Me
By Crystal Hana Kim
William Morrow Books, $26.99, available Tuesday, August 7

Crystal Hana Kim's emotionally riveting debut novel, If You Leave Me, is a tale about war, family, and forbidden love, that is timely and timeless.

It has the honor of being an #OwnVoices work from a first-generation Korean who grew up in Queens and Long Island.

Books: "After Nightfall" By A.J. Banner

After Nightfall
By A.J. Banner
Lake Union Publishing, $24.95, hardcover, available Tuesday, August 7

A.J. Banner, who made her mark in 2015 with her debut novel The Good Neighbor, is back with the psychological thriller After Nightfall, an intricately plotted novel that will keep its readers on a razor-sharp edge.

When a dinner party ends in a shocking death, a web of secrets and lies unravels, leading a young woman to fear that the man who holds her heart captive may be the murderer.

Yankees Sign 3 Additional International Prospects

Photo by Jason Schott.

The Yankees announced on Wednesday that they have signed three additional international prospects: Cuba natives 16-year-old right-handed pitcher Osiel Rodriguez and 16-year-old shortstop Alexander Vargas; and Jose Chambuco, a 16-year-old right-handed pitcher from Carora, Venezuela.

Yankees To Host BP Block Parties Prior To 3 Games In August

Aaron Judge in the cage during a recent batting practice session. Photo by Jason Schott.

The Yankees on Wednesday announced that Yankee Stadium will be hosting Yankees Batting Practice Block Parties prior to the Yankees’ three Friday night home games in August.

They will be held on August 10 vs. Texas, August 17 vs. Toronto and August 31 vs. Detroit, with Gates 6 and 8 opening at 4:00 p.m.
Children’s activities, music and additional special events are planned from 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. on those days.

Yankees 1998 Tracker: Game 106

Chuck Knoblauch.

From now until the end of the season, we will be tracking the progress of the Yankees with their 1998 World Championship team, which won 114 games in the regular season.

Through 106 Games:

Books: Ronan Farrow On American Diplomacy Under Trump

War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
By Ronan Farrow
W.W. Norton & Company, hardcover, $27.95

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow, who has made a his mark with investigations in The New Yorker, looks at American diplomacy in his new book, War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.

Farrow reveals how the United States is becoming a nation that shoots first and asks questions later, possibly never. Though this is not without precedent, this is certainly a new extreme.

Books: "The Map of Salt and Stars" On The Syrian Experience

The Map of Salt and Stars
By Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Touchstone Books, hardcover, $27.00

We have all seen the heartbreaking photos of Syrian refugees in recent years, and Jennifer Seynab Joukhadar, offers an entryway into that experience through the breathtaking story of a family forced to flee violence in their homeland.