Algonquin Books Fall 2008 Catalog

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ALGONQUIN BOOKS OF CHAPEL HILL FALL / WINTER 2008

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill BACKLIST

FRONTLIST Provacative Selections for Book Groups

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American Savior Breakfast with Buddha New Stories from the South, 2008 Tomato Girl Boone Heart in the Right Place Between Here and April My Father’s Paradise An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England Greasy Rider The Children in Room E4 Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain A Rose by Any Name The Music Teacher Work Hard, Be Nice

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Recently Published New in Paperback

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Out on the Porch Calendar 2009

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www.algonquin.com A complete online catalog, downloadable author photos, tour schedules, promotional materials, and reprintable author essays are available. The site is regularly updated with national media reports, seasonal promotions, and special author features.

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Nonfiction Birds and Birding Biography and Memoir Contemporary Issues Education Food and Wine Gardening Gift Books History/African American History/Maritime Jewish Interest Language and Writing Medicine Music Nature and Natural History Parenting Pets and Animals Poetry Popular Culture Popular Science Reference Spirituality Sports Travel and Adventure True Crime Weather Women’s Studies WWII/History WWII/Memoir

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Paperback Fiction, by Author

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Hardcover Fiction, by Author

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cover: Honi Werner; page 2: Amanda S. Merullo; page 5: R. D. Pupek; pages 6-7: Randi Anglin (author photo), background art, Sun in Kentucky, Alexander Helwig Wyant (1836-92), © Christie's Images / The Bridgeman Art Gallery; page 8: Josef Willis; page 9: Matthew Cippaghila; pages 10-11: Andy Nelson (author photo), background art, donated from the collection of the late Abraham Jacob Braver to the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center; page 12: Jon Hughes/Photopresse; page 13: Ann Marie Johnson; page 14: Matthew Schwartz; page 15: Michael Rauner; page 17: Henry Liles (top), Douglas Brenner (bottom); page 18: Michael Powers; page 19: Hilary Schwab.

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These four thought-provoking titles offer bound-in discussion questions, author interviews, and other complementary material to enhance your reading experience and encourage dialogue. Reader’s guides for these and other nonfiction and fiction titles are also available online at www.algonquin.com/etcetera/readers-guides.

Robert Olmstead

COAL BLACK HORSE When Robey Childs’s mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she sends her only child to find him and bring him home in this epic tale that joins the pantheon of great war novels—All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead. “A riveting tale of the American past and a brilliantly realized journey into the heart of darkness.” —The Boston Globe WINNER OF THE 2007 HEARTLAND AWARD FOR FICTION Fiction s 978-1-56512-601-5 s No. 72601 s $13.95

Robert Goolrick

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT With devastating honesty and razor-sharp wit, Goolrick looks back with love, and with anger, at the parents who created his seemingly idyllic life and then destroyed it. “[An] unnerving, elegantly crafted memoir. . . . Morbidly funny.” —Entertainment Weekly “Clear, forceful. . . . An exquisite memoir that everyone should read.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune Memoir s 978-1-56512-602-2 s No. 72602 s $13.95

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Aaron Lansky

OUTWITTING HISTORY At twenty-four, Aaron Lansky set out to save the world’s abandoned Yiddish books before it was too late. Now, twenty-seven years and one and a half million books later, he has accomplished what has been called “the greatest cultural rescue effort in Jewish history.” “A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.” —New York Post History/Jewish Interest s 978-1-56512-513-1 s No. 72513 s $13.95

Stella Suberman

THE JEW STORE An intimate story about the lives of the first Jewish family ever to live in the small town of Concordia, Tennessee. Told with a fine dry wit, it sheds light on a piece of our history and speaks to the immigrant experience shared by millions of Americans. “Beautifully portrays the complex web of interconnections and disconnections between blacks and whites, Jews and gentiles, Southerners and Northerners, rural farmers and big city sophisticates.” —The Dallas Morning News Memoir/Jewish Interest s 978-1-56512-330-4 s No. 72330 s $13.95

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ROLAND MERULLO

AMERICAN SAVIOR A NOVEL OF DIVINE POLITICS &INALLY AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION h7HAT WOULD *ESUS DO v

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hat if Jesus suddenly appeared and announced that he planned to run for President of the United States? Yes, that Jesus. And what if a well-meaning but utterly inexperienced band of disciples not only helped him mount a seat-of-the-pants campaign but also ran it well, getting millions of people to support him and in the process throwing the other two major party candidates—as well as the world’s news media—into a frenzy as they scramble to discredit him? Roland Merullo’s bitingly clever satirical novel about the state of American politics follows one man’s campaign to bring back goodness and kindness (real goodness and kindness this time) in a country that has fallen into a divisive state of fear and hatred. Merullo takes us into the heart of “a nation in grave spiritual dangerâ€? as the Son of man sets out to make everyone realize that “politics as usualâ€? is no longer an acceptable alternative. American Savior is a remarkably innovative novel that challenges our perceptions and beliefs while it wags a ďŹ nger at the folly of our self-righteousness. It is sure to cause controversy among those for whom politics itself has become a kind of religion. R O L A N D M E RU L L O is the critically acclaimed author of eight books, including the Revere Beach Trilogy, three novels about growing up in a tight-knit community outside Boston, and GolďŹ ng with God, a novel about a man’s unexpected spiritual journey. He lives with his wife and two daughters in eastern Massachusetts.

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hen his sister tricks him into taking her guru on a trip to their childhood home, Otto Ringling, a conďŹ rmed skeptic, is not amused. Six days on the road with an enigmatic holy man who answers every question with a riddle is not what he’d planned. But in an effort to westernize his passenger—and amuse himself—he decides to show the monk some “American funâ€? along the way. From a chocolate factory in Hershey to a bowling alley in South Bend, from a Cubs game at Wrigley Field to his family farm near Bismarck, Otto is given the remarkable opportunity to see his world—and more important, his life—through someone else’s eyes. Gradually, skepticism yields to amazement as he realizes that his companion might just be the real thing. In Roland Merullo’s masterful hands, Otto tells his story with all the wonder, bemusement, and wry humor of a man who unwittingly ďŹ nds what he’s missing in the most unexpected place.

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his year, acclaimed short-story writer ZZ Packer chooses twenty distinctive stories representing the great number of voices and narratives coming out of the South. Some of the youngest and freshest talents on the literary horizon—Bret Anthony Johnston, Kevin Brockmeier, Holly Goddard Jones—accompany well-known Southern stalwarts, including Pinckney Benedict, Clyde Edgerton, and Ron Rash. Their stories tell of life as it is now, a life not seen in romanticized Southern ďŹ ction, one where existence—both urban and rural—is as raw and risky as it is alluring. The energy of this collection courses through every one of Packer’s edgy, funny, and gritty selections. 02!)3% &/2 NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH: THE YEAR’S BEST, 2007, %$)4%$ "9 %$7!2$ 0 */.%3

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“An evocative selection of 18 stories for those sons and daughters of the South who yearn for ďŹ ction that eschews the moonlight-and-magnolias claptrap. . . . Traditional big hitters are featured . . . but the real excitement is reading stories by up-and-coming writers, such as National Book Award ďŹ nalist Joshua Ferris.â€? —USA Today “Newcomers mix with veteran writers in a rewarding anthology, Southern style. . . . One of the pleasures of reading New Stories from the South, year after year, is discovering new talent, writers who have not yet published a book.â€? —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution : : 0!# + % 2 ’s first collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and a New York Times Notable Book, and was selected by John Updike for the Today Show Book Club. She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for ďŹ ction, a Whiting Writers’ Award, and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award. Packer is on the faculty of California College of the Arts, and her stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories and New Stories from the South.

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JAYNE PUPEK

TOMATO GIRL A NOVEL ! POWERFUL AND DEEPLY EMOTIONAL DEBUT NOVEL IN THE CLASSIC 3OUTHERN TRADITION OF #ARSON -C#ULLERS +AYE 'IBBONS AND THE YOUNG 4RUMAN #APOTE

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* !9 . % 0 5 0% + who lives near Richmond, is a Virginia native and a former social worker. Though Tomato Girl is her ďŹ rst novel, her writing has appeared in many literary journals. She is the author of a book of poetry titled Forms of Intercession.

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The bestselling biography that transforms a mythic American hero into a ямВesh-and-blood man.

BOONE A BIOGRAPHY

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“The thoroughness and authority of Boone are beyond dispute. Though there have been many biographies of Boone . . . this one strikes me as ideally suited to today’s reader with its vivid descriptive passages (Morgan is, after all, a novelist and poet), its persuasive portrait of Boone and its ďŹ rm sense of his place in American history.â€? —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World “[A] revelatory biography. . . . What Morgan has done with his Boone is to make the man important as an entry point for today’s readers into what has become legend.â€? —The Boston Globe “The esh-and-blood Boone who emerges is vivid and rare, a far cry from the enigmatic icon. This is historical biography at its best.â€? —St. Louis Dispatch “With Mr. Morgan as biographer, Boone deďŹ nitely lucked out. . . . Stunning.â€? —The Dallas Morning News 2/"% 24 -/2' ! . was raised on his family’s farm in the North Carolina mountains. He is the author of eleven books of poetry and eight books of ďŹ ction, including the bestselling novel Gap Creek. Winner of a 2007 Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, he lives in Ithaca, New York, where he teaches at Cornell University. HC ISBN-13 978-1-56512-455-4 NO. 72455

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he story of Daniel Boone is the story of America—its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him. This rich, authoritative biography offers a wholly new perspective on a man who has been an American icon for more than two hundred years—a hero as important to American history as his more political contemporaries George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. Extensive endnotes, cultural and historical background material, and maps and illustrations underscore the scope of this distinguished and immensely entertaining work.

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arolyn Jourdan, an attorney on Capitol Hill, thought she had it made. But when her mother has a heart attack, she returns home—to the Tennessee mountains, where her father is a country doctor and her mother works as his receptionist. Jourdan offers to ďŹ ll in for her mother until she gets better. But days turn into weeks as she trades in her suits for scrubs and ďŹ nds herself following hazmat regulations for cleaning up bodily uids; maintaining composure when confronted with a splinter the size of a steak knife; and tending to the loquacious Miss Hiawatha, whose daily doctor visits are never billed. Most important, she comes to understand what her father really means to this close-knit community. With great tenderness and great humor, Heart in the Right Place shows that some of our biggest heroes might be the ones living right beside us. ( An Elle magazine reader’s prize winner ( A Family Circle book of the month AUGUST MEMOIR 320 pages, 5 ½" x 8 Âź" ISBN-13 978-1-56512-613-8 $14.95 TRADE PAPER NO. 72613 WORLD

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( A featured selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday book clubs ( A Satellite Sisters Radio book of the month ( A Book Sense reading group pick # ! 2 / ,9 . * / 5 2 $! . a former U.S. Senate Counsel to the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Governmental Affairs (now Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs), is an an award-winning writer and documentary ďŹ lmmaker. She lives on the family farm in east Knox County, Tennessee. HC ISBN-13 978-1-56512-487-5 NO. 72487

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DEBORAH COPAKEN KOGAN

BETWEEN HERE AND APRIL A NOVEL h (EARTFELT PAINFUL AND ALMOST HYPNOTICALLY READABLE v —Adam Gopnik, author of Paris to the Moon

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hen a deep-rooted memory suddenly surfaces, Elizabeth Burns becomes obsessed with the long-ago disappearance of her childhood friend April Cassidy. Driven to investigate, Elizabeth discovers a thirty-year-old newspaper article revealing the details that had been hidden from her as a child: April’s mother, Adele, drove with her two young daughters deep into the woods where she killed ďŹ rst them and then herself. Elizabeth, now a mother herself, tracks down everyone— Adele Cassidy’s neighbor, her psychiatrist, her sister—who might give her the insight necessary to understand how a mother could commit such a monstrous crime. Elizabeth’s investigation leads her back to herself: her compromised marriage, her demanding children, her increasing self-doubt, her desire for more out of her own life, and ďŹ nally to a fearsome reckoning with what it means to be a mother and wife.

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“Bracingly honest and poignant, this is a novel I will read again and again.It’s that good.â€? —Ayelet Waldman, author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits “A haunting work of ambition and dimension. . . . This is a big, rich novel that tackles the ambivalence of motherhood full-frontally.â€? —Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap $ % " / 2 ! ( # / 0! + % . +/ ' ! . ’s ďŹ rst book, Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War, was a Barnes and Noble Discover selection, was serialized in Talk magazine, and was optioned for ďŹ lm. Her writing and photographs have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, O: The Oprah Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Self, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Paris Match, Stern, and der Spiegel. She was an Emmy Award–winning television producer at ABC and for Dateline NBC.

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An award-winning journalist weaves an epic tale of a father and a son, and the two worlds that kept them apart and ďŹ nally brought them together: ancient Iraq and modern America.

MY FATHER’S PARADISE A SON’S SEARCH FOR HIS JEWISH PAST IN KURDISH IRAQ

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ARIEL SABAR 0ASSING CULTURE TO THE NEXT GENERATION ISN T ALWAYS EASY 'ROWING UP IN 7EST ,OS !NGELES ) KNEW NOTHING OF MY FATHER S CHILDHOOD AMONG THE *EWS OF +URDISTAN A RAUCOUS ENCLAVE OF HARD BITTEN TRADERS AND MAGIC MEN WHO CLUNG TO THEIR FAITH AND THEIR TINY PATCH OF EARTH FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS 7HY DID ) PUSH MY FATHER AWAY FOR SO LONG %VEN A GLANCE AT HIS PAST REVEALS AN EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF MYSTERY LOSS SACRIlCE AND REDEMPTION —Ariel Sabar

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n a remote and dusty corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an ancient community of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic— the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers, humble peddlers and rugged loggers who dwelt in harmony with their Muslim and Christian neighbors in the mountains of northern Iraq. To these descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, Yona Sabar was born. In the 1950s, after the founding of the state of Israel, Yona and his family emigrated there with the mass exodus of 120,000 Jews from Iraq—one of the world’s largest and least-known diasporas. Almost overnight, the Kurdish Jews’ exotic culture and language were doomed to extinction. Yona, who became an esteemed professor at UCLA, dedicated his career to preserving his people’s traditions. But to his ďŹ rst-generation American son Ariel, Yona was a reminder of a strange immigrant heritage on which he had turned his back—until he had a son of his own. My Father’s Paradise is Ariel Sabar’s quest to reconcile present and past. As father and son travel together to today’s postwar Iraq to ďŹ nd what’s left of Yona’s birthplace, Ariel brings to life the ancient town of Zakho, telling his family’s story and discovering his own role in this sweeping saga. What he ďŹ nds in the Sephardic Jews’ millennia-long survival in Islamic lands is an improbable story of tolerance and hope. Populated by Kurdish chieftains, trailblazing linguists, Arab nomads, devout believers— marvelous characters all— this intimate yet powerful book uncovers the vanished history of a place that is now at the very center of the world’s attention. ! 2 ) % , 3! "! 2 covered the 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns for the Christian Science Monitor and is a former staff writer for the Baltimore Sun and the Providence (RI) Journal. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Monthly, Mother Jones magazine, and other publications. He lives with his wife and two children in Washington, DC.

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AN ARSONIST’S GUIDE TO WRITERS’ HOMES IN NEW ENGLAND

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lot of remarkable things have happened in the life of Sam Pulsifer, the hapless hero of this incendiary novel, beginning with the ten years he spent in prison for accidentally burning down Emily Dickinson’s house and unwittingly killing two people. Emerging at age twenty-eight, he creates a new life and identity as a husband and father. But when the homes of other famous New England writers suddenly go up in smoke, he must prove his innocence by uncovering the identity of this literaryminded arsonist. In the league of such contemporary classics as A Confederacy of Dunces and The World According to Garp, An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England is an utterly original story about truth and honesty, life and the imagination. “Funny, profound. . . . A seductive book with a payoff on every page.â€? —People 3%04%-"%2 FICTION 320 pages, 5 ½" x 8 Âź" ISBN-13 978-1-56512-614-5 $13.95 TRADE PAPER NO. 72614 US/CAN/OM

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ompelling and critically acclaimed by educators, policymakers, and the media, The Children in Room E4 tells the story of one student, one classroom, and one resolute teacher. In the midst of Band-Aid reforms and hotshot superintendents with empty promises, drug dealers and street gangs, Ms. Luddy’s star student, Jeremy, and his fellow classmates must overcome tremendous challenges to succeed. Susan Eaton takes us inside and outside their classroom as she reveals the repercussions of ignoring urban schools that are cut off from mainstream America. And she introduces us to a team of civil rights lawyers ďŹ ghting an intrepid battle to end the de facto segregation that beleaguers not only Jeremy’s school but urban schools throughout the country. “Timely and important.â€? —The Washington Post Book World “Riveting.â€? —O: The Oprah Magazine

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“Powerful. . . . Eaton’s book makes a stirring companion to Jonathan Kozol’s The Shame of a Nation.â€? —New York Newsday “Compelling. . . . Vivid.â€? —Chicago Tribune “[Eaton] has written a book that goes to the heart of who we are as a nation, of what we mean when we ask our children to pledge allegiance to the ag of ‘one nation, indivisible.’â€? —The Boston Globe S U S A N E AT O N , an award-winning journalist specializing in education, is the research director at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard, where she received her doctorate in education policy. HC ISBN-13 978-1-56512-488-2 NO. 72488

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KIRSTEN MENGER-ANDERSON

DOCTOR OLAF VAN SCHULER’S BRAIN FICTION h )F ) HAD A TALENT FOR lCTION THIS IS THE BOOK ) D DREAM OF WRITING +IRSTEN -ENGER !NDERSON S WRITING mOORS ME 4O READ HER LUMINOUS PROSE APPLIED TO THE GROTESQUERIES OF HER CHARACTERS IS AN UNFORGETTABLE LITERARY EXPERIENCE v —Mary Roach, author of Bonk

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“Strange and wonderful, Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain introduces us to the tremendously gifted Kirsten MengerAnderson.� —Ben Fountain, author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara “Spellbinding. . . . This book is like nothing you’ve read before.� —Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Nobel laureate in chemistry and poet/playwright “A true pleasure to read. . . . Seamless.� —Daphne Kalotay, author of Calamity and Other Stories + ) 2 3 4 % . - % .'% 2 ! . $% 2 3 /. ’s stories have been shortlisted for the Andre Dubus Award, the Richard Yates Award, the Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers, and the Iowa Review story contest and have appeared in a number of literary publications. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and baby.

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DOUGLAS BRENNER AND STEPHEN SCANNIELLO 7E lRST PLANNED TO TELL THE STORIES OF ONLY FOUR DOZEN ROSES WITH INTRIGUING HISTORIES BUT BY THE TIME WE D lNISHED WRITING OUR LIST HAD STRETCHED TO INCLUDE MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED NAMES 4OGETHER THE TALES OF THESE NAMES SPIN A LARGER NARRATIVE ABOUT THE WAYS INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES IDENTIFY THE LIVING THINGS THAT MATTER TO THEM —DOUGLAS BRENNER AND STEPHEN SCANNIELLO

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BARBARA HALL

THE MUSIC TEACHER A NOVEL )F AN ARTIST S TRUE SUCCESS COMES FROM SEEING THE BEAUTY OF HER CREATION REmECTED IN THE EYES OF OTHERS WHAT IF THAT SUCCESS IS NEVER REALIZED (OW DOES SHE JUSTIFY HER LIFE

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n The Music Teacher, a penetrating and richly entertaining look into the heart and mind of a woman who has failed both as an artist and as a wife, Barbara Hall, award-winning creator and writer of such hit television series as Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia, tells the story of a violinist who has accepted the limitations of her talent and looks for the casual satisfaction of trying to instill her passion for music in others. She gets more than she bargains for, however, when a young girl named Hallie enters her life. For here at last is the real thing: someone with the talent and potential to be truly great. In her drive to shape this young girl into the artist the teacher could never be, she makes one terrible mistake. As a result she is forced to reevaluate her whole life and come to terms with her future. Hall has crafted a thoroughly engrossing novel that examines the pitfalls of failure and holds up a mirror to the face of a culture that places success and achievement above all else.

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In addition to Judging Amy and Joan of Arcadia, " ! 2 " ! 2 ! ( ! , , has written for the television series Northern Exposure, I’ll Fly Away, Moonlighting, and Hill Street Blues, among others. She is also the author of eight previous novels, five of them for young adults. She lives in Los Angeles.

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JAY MATHEWS

WORK HARD, BE NICE HOW TWO INSPIRED TEACHERS CREATED AMERICA’S BEST SCHOOLS

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“In Work Hard, Be Nice, Jay Mathews captures the exuberance, intelligence, and plain old-fashioned stick-toitiveness of two young educators. Like them, the book is ďŹ lled with energy and hope. It’s why KIPP schools are successful and why this book should be read by everyone who cares about education in our country. —Richard W. Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education

“Two stories are masterfully woven together here. One is of two young men—think Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn—setting out on an adventure to teach children how to read, write, and behave in some of our toughest urban classrooms. The other story is of the children themselves, mostly poor and minority, soaring to life in their new environments.� —DAVID GERGEN

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hen Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that—and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful ďŹ fth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia. KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America’s best, most charismatic teachers: lessons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers are available by telephone day and night). Chants, songs, and slogans such as “Work hard, be niceâ€? energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students, Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful book about education.

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4HE EXHILARATING TRUE STORY OF HOW TWO YOUNG EDUCATORS FOUNDED A NATIONWIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT HAS PRODUCED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT EVER SEEN IN INNER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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“Gossip of the Starlings grabs hold of you and does not let go for one minute. . . . Uninching, wise, terrifying, and beautiful, this is a book that will resonate long after it ends.â€? —ANN HOOD

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A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial BY !LISON "ASS

! hWISE FUNNY GENEROUS lRST NOVEL ;!BBOTT= ELEGANTLY WEAVES TOGETHER HER LOVERS STORIES 3HE DEFTLY POKES FUN AT what we call morality. She allows her CHARACTERS TO BE BOTH LOVABLE AND UGLY v

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The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful BY !MY 3TEWART

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h! BOOK EVERY mOWER LOVER SHOULD READ [Stewart] enlightens and entertains; she poses questions and offers opinions. !ND SHE DOES IT IN STYLE v —New York Newsday

“Funny, wise, and full of heart. . . . For EVERY TIME CRUNCHED MOTHER WHO WANTS more for her kids than pizza, candy, and french fries.� —MISSY CHASE LAPINE, author of The Sneaky Chef

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h! RIVETING TALE OF THE !MERICAN PAST and a brilliantly realized journey into the heart of darkness.�

h! DELIGHTFULLY WITTY AND CHARMING NOVEL THAT MAKES YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRY GODMOTHERS AND THE MAGIC OF LOVE v —CASSANDRA K ING, author of The Sunday Wife

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4HE ,ADY IN THE 0ALAZZO An Umbrian Love Story BY -ARLENA DE "LASI

Scenes from a Life BY 2OBERT 'OOLRICK

h#LEAR FORCEFUL !N EXQUISITE MEMOIR THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ v —Minneapolis Star-Tribune h;!N= UNNERVINGLY ELEGANTLY CRAFTED MEMOIR -ORBIDLY FUNNY v —Entertainment Weekly .O s (See page 24.)

,AST #HILD IN THE 7OODS Saving Our Children from Nature-DeďŹ cit Disorder BY 2ICHARD ,OUV

“This book is an absolute must-read for parents.� —The Boston Globe h4HOUGHT PROVOKING WELL WRITTEN 2IVALS 2ACHEL #ARSON S Silent Spring.� —The Cincinnati Enquirer .O s (See page 31.)

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h0ERFECT FOR ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS FOODIES OR ANY OTHER READER WHO LOVES A ROMANTIC STORY ABOUT THE JOY OF DISCOVERY IN A foreign land.� —Pages .O s (See page 33.)

OUT ON THE PORCH CALENDAR 2009

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ith over one million copies sold, the Out on the Porch calendar is a celebration of the good life. Of ice-cold lemonade on hot summer afternoons. Of the rhythmic thump-thump-thump of a beloved rocker. Of beautiful views and pure, put-up-your-feet relaxation. For 2009, kick back on a dozen fantastic porches, porticoes, and verandas (in your imagination, at least). A charmingly rustic terrace in New York’s Hudson Valley. A Bahamian porch swathed in green, pink, and yellow. And a sweeping Maine veranda with gorgeous ocean views. Photographs are accompanied by porch quotes from literature, and you can share the tranquility using the twelve full-color postcards included.

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by John K. Terres

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A Season of Birds, Flight, and Wonder

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-044-0, NO. 72044 $14.95 PAPER, 1994

by David Gessner A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-254-3, NO. 72254 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

“(istory at its best: a brilliant, fast-paced account based on solid research that reads like a great epic novel.� —CARLOS EIRE, author of Waiting for Snow in Havana

.OTORIOUS 6ICTORIA The Life of Victoria Woodhull, Uncensored

by Mary Gabriel A woman ahead of her time, Woodhull (1838 –1927) was the ďŹ rst woman to run for president, to address the U.S. Congress, and to operate a brokerage ďŹ rm on Wall Street, and according to Gloria Steinem, she was “the most controversial suffragist of them all.â€? h2EMARKABLE 7ARRANTS A SPOT ON EVERY SERIOUS !MERICAN HISTORY STUDENT S BOOKSHELF v ˆKirkus Reviews, STARRED

“William Morgan was a figure straight out of Hemingway. . . . Was [he] a double agent working for Castro? Was he a CIA man? . . . Another seamy mystery of the Cold War.� —Kirkus Reviews “Filled with the suspense of a blockbuster war movie, offering new and insightful perspective into the political climate of 1950s Cuba.� —Publishers Weekly, starred ISBN-13 978-1-56512-458-5, NO. 72458 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

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s ! New York Times .OTABLE "OOK

"IRDS AND (OW 4HEY 'OT 4HEIR .AMES by Diana Wells

4HE -USIC OF 7ILD "IRDS illustrated and adapted by Judy Pelikan

illustrated by Lauren Jarrett

F. Schuyler Mathews, a naturalist and astute birder, spent years scoring the songs of wild birds. He explains why birds sing, how each bird’s character is reected in its song, and how great composers and poets have incorporated these songs in their works. This useful guide is ďŹ lled with fascinating facts, anecdotes, and over eighty full-color illustrations. A DISCOVERY CHANNEL BOOK CLUB SELECTION

h! DELIGHTFULLY INTERESTING POCKET SIZED HARDCOVER BOOK TO TAKE ALONG ON A NATURE TRIP 0ACKED WITH FACTS )T MAKES FOR AN ENTERTAINING AND ABSORBING PAGES v —The Washington Post A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-271-0, NO. 72271 UPC 0-19628-72271-3 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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An indispensable companion to the ďŹ eld guides, here are one hundred stories that explore the myths, legends, literature, etymology, history, and avian passions associated with our ďŹ ne-feathered friends.

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-281-9, NO. 72281 UPC 0-19628-72281-2 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

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! 4WIST OF ,EMMON A Tribute to My Father

by Chris Lemmon foreword by Kevin Spacey

'ERTRUDE 3TEIN In Words and Pictures

edited by Renate Stendhal h!FTER AN ASTONISHING PLAYFUL ESSAY THE BOOK OPENS INTO A REVELATORY COMBINATION OF QUOTES QUIPS AND PHOTOS OF 3TEIN AND HER WILDLY BRILLIANT CIRCLE v —Elle ISBN-13 978-0-945575-99-3, NO. 71599 $19.95 PAPER, 1994

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h0OIGNANT ;!N= UNABASH EDLY SENTIMENTAL MEMOIR v —Publishers Weekly A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, LITERARY GUILD, AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-480-6, NO. 72480 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

4AB (UNTER #ONlDENTIAL The Making of a Movie Star

by Tab Hunter with Eddie Muller h! MESMERIZING ACCOUNT OF ;(UNTER S= #ANDIDE LIKE JOURNEY THROUGH (OLLYWOOD v —The New York Times Book Review h;!= WRY AND UNBLINKERED MEMOIR v The Washington Post h! GLEEFUL ROMP v —Entertainment Weekly A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB, INSIGHTOUT, AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-548-3, NO. 72548 UPC 0-19628-72548-6 $14.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-466-0, NO. 72446 UPC 0-19628-72446-3 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

*OHN 'ARDNER Literary Outlaw

by Barry Silesky The first full-scale biography of one of America’s most famous and controversial writers. A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-218-5, NO. 72218 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

4HE "EGGAR +ING AND THE 3ECRET OF (APPINESS A True Story

by Joel ben Izzy h)T S REALLY THE ONLY IMPORTANT STORY THERE IS A STORY ABOUT lNDING LIGHT WITHIN DARK NESS 7HAT A GIFT WHAT A BLESSING FUNNY BRILLIANT WISE v !..% ,!-/44 h)NVITES READERS TO SEE THEIR OWN LIVES AS STORIES OVER mOWING WITH MEANING AND NEVER PREDICTABLE v —San Francisco Chronicle ISBN-13 978-1-56512-512-4, NO. 72512 UPC 0-19628-72512-7 $12.95 PAPER, 2005 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-290-1, NO. 72290 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

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"ILLY 2AY S &ARM essays by Larry Brown A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-167-6, NO. 72167 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

-Y ,IFE AS A "OY A Woman’s Story

by Kim Chernin

4HE %ND OF THE 7ORLD AS 7E +NOW )T

by Dan Kennedy

by Robert Goolrick

h! HILARIOUS AND DAMNING INSIDER S MEMOIR v —Wired

h;!N= UNNERVING ELEGANTLY CRAFTED MEMOIR -ORBIDLY FUNNY v —Entertainment Weekly h#APTIVATING The End of the World as We Know It IS BARBED AND CANNY WITH A SHARP EYE FOR THE INmICTION OF PAIN v —The New York Times h)MPRESSIVE ! COURA GEOUS AND SUCCESSFUL WORK v —People h!N EXQUISITE MEMOIR THAT EVERYONE SHOULD READ v —Minneapolis Star-Tribune h! GIFTED WRITER; S= MEMO RABLE ACCOUNT OF HIS TERRIBLY mAWED FAMILY 3EARING )T STAYS WITH YOU v —USA Today ISBN-13 978-1-56512-602-2, NO. 72602 UPC 0-19628-72602-5 $13.95 PAPER, 2008 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-481-3, NO. 72481 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell

by Ellen Douglas ISBN-13 978-1-56512-214-7, NO. 72214 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1998

by Tony Earley A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-360-1, NO. 72360 $13.00 PAPER, 2002 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-302-1, NO. 72302 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

h(E S EFFING HILARIOUS 4HE BOOK IS NOT JUST LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY IT S SNORT AUDIBLY ON THE SUBWAY FUNNY v —Time Out New York h+ENNEDY S STYLE HILARIOUS PARANOID AND VULNERABLE CAPTURES WONDERFULLY THE ABSURDITY OF THE COR PORATE MUSIC INDUSTRY v —Publishers Weekly h&AST MOVING AND DARKLY FUNNY Rock On SHOULD BE A CHART TOPPER v —People, FOUR STARS h!MAZINGLY FUNNY YET PERCEPTIVE v —USA Today A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-509-4, NO. 72509 UPC 0-19628-72509-7 $14.95 PAPER, 2007

3EEMED ,IKE A 'OOD )DEA AT THE 4IME by David Goodwillie h)N HIS BREAKOUT lRST BOOK A BREATHLESS HUMOR TINGED ACCOUNT OF POSTCOLLEGIATE LIFE IN THE FAST LANE $AVID 'OOD WILLIE TAKES AN UNmINCHING LOOK BACK AT LIFE IN .EW 9ORK #ITY DURING THAT TIME v —Elle

4RUTH

Stories That Are Mostly True

An Office Power Ballad

Scenes from a Life

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-163-8, NO. 72163 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

3OMEHOW &ORM A &AMILY

2OCK /N

3OLO My Adventures in the Air

by Clyde Edgerton h;!= SPARE HEARTFELT CELEBRA TION OF THE mYING LIFE v —The New York Times A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-546-9, NO. 72546 UPC 0-19628-72546-2 $12.95 PAPER, 2006

h!N ASTONISHINGLY ENTERTAIN ING BOOK ! ROLLICKING TALE THAT IS LAUGH OUT LOUD FUNNY AND SOMEHOW lERCELY POETIC ! WONDROUS DEBUT v —34%0(%. * $5".%2 COAUTHOR OF Freakonomics ISBN-13 978-1-56512-465-3, NO. 72465 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-426-4, NO. 72426 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

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4HE .EXT "ETTER 0LACE

(EART IN THE 2IGHT 0LACE by Carolyn Jourdan

Memories of My Misspent Youth

:FEK<DGFI8IP <;L:8K@FE @JJL<J

(See page 8.)

by Michael C. Keith h9OU WILL lND YOURSELF GRIN NING LIKE A FOOL FROM THE LOVE AND AFFECTION THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK RADIATES v ˆ!5'534%. "522/5'(3 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-436-3, NO. 72436 UPC 0-19628-72436-6 $13.95 PAPER, 2004

%DUCATING %SMÂŁ

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-364-9, NO. 72364 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

3INS AND .EEDLES A Story of Spiritual Mending

Diary of a Teacher’s First Year

by EsmĂŠ Raji Codell 4ALKING !BOUT $EATH by Virginia Morris

4HE 3KY )SN T 6ISIBLE FROM (ERE

by Ray Materson and Melanie Materson

A Daughter’s Story

One man’s victory over drugs, alcohol, and imprisonment, and his emergence as a celebrated artist. With ďŹ fty full-color illustrations of Materson’s stunning artwork.

h!N UNFORGETTABLE STORY BREATHTAKINGLY TOLD 4HIS BOOK WILL BREAK YOUR HEART AND MAKE IT STRONGER v —*!.)#% %2,"!5- AUTHOR OF Girlbomb

h!N INSPIRING AND TOUCHING STORY OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART AND THE RESILIENCY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT v —Booklist

“Felicia Sullivan’s memoir is a brave and lovely one. It’s full of terrifying moments in the mean streets of Brooklyn as well as courageous ones in the complicated byways of familial love. Sullivan has created a world that’s beautifully crafted and powerfully inhabited. Brava.� —ROXANA ROBINSON, author of Sweetwater and A Perfect Stranger

We’re conditioned to avoid discussions of death and loss. But Virginia Morris has confronted her deepest fears, and with sensitivity and compassion, she gives us the vocabulary, the tools, and the information we need to confront our own.

by Felicia C. Sullivan

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-340-3, NO. 72340 UPC 0-19628-72340-6 $20.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

!N !PPLE FOR -Y 4EACHER Twelve Writers Tell About Teachers Who Made All the Difference

edited by Louis D. Rubin, Jr. A WRITER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-0-912697-57-4, NO. 70757 $10.95 PAPER, 1987

h! BRUTALLY HONEST ACCOUNT OF LIVING WITH ADDICTION v ˆ"OSTON./7 COM

h3HOULD BE READ BY ANYONE WHO S INTERESTED IN PUBLIC EDUCATION v ˆBoston Phoenix ISBN-13 978-1-56512-279-6, NO. 72279 $10.95 PAPER, 2001

s COPIES IN PRINT

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-437-0, NO. 72437 UPC 0-19628-72437-3 $14.95 PAPER, 2004

4HE M 7ORD edited by Kathy Pories

by Dana Sachs ISBN-13 978-1-56512-291-8, NO. 72291 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-515-5, NO. 72515 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam

“Educating EsmĂŠ IS THAT EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATION BOOK ABOUT AN EVEN MORE EXCEP TIONAL TEACHER v —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED

Writers on Same-Sex Marriage

h3ULLIVAN S BRACING PARED TO THE BONE PROSE EVOKES COMPASSION IN THIS HARD BITTEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY v —Kirkus Reviews

4HE (OUSE ON $REAM 3TREET

h! WAKE UP CALL ON THE NEED TO APPROACH DEATH CON SCIOUSLY -ORRIS MAKES THE STRONG CASE THAT THE END OF LIFE CAN BE ONE OF OUR MOST BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCES IF WE PREPARE FOR IT v —Los Angeles Times

h4HE GOLD STANDARD ;FOR= lRST PERSON ACCOUNT;S= OF WHAT IT S REALLY LIKE THERE IN THE TRENCHES v —The New York Times

s Elle READERS PRIZE

! "OY ) /NCE +NEW

h7ITTY WISE READING ;THIS= TIMELY ANTHOLOGY ARGUES WITH ENERGY AND HEART THAT ALL !MERICANS GAY OR STRAIGHT SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO MARRY #ONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE MARQUEE NAMES AND NEW TALENT WORKING IN lC TION MEMOIR AND SATIRE v —Publishers Weekly ISBN-13 978-1-56512-454-7, NO. 72454 $12.95 PAPER, 2004

What a Teacher Learned from Her Student

by Elizabeth Stone

4ALES FROM 2HAPSODY (OME

AN INSIGHTOUT BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-315-1, NO. 72315 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

Or, What They Don’t Tell You about Senior Living

by John Gould ISBN-13 978-1-56512-280-2, NO. 72280 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

)N #ODE A Mathematical Journey

by Sarah Flannery with David Flannery

h9OU LL BE HOOKED ON 3ARAH &LANNERY S STORY FROM THE VERY lRST PAGE 4HE AMAZING LIFE OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN AND HER INCREDIBLE MATHEMATI CAL JOURNEY ARE SURE TO CAPTIVATE YOU LIKE FEW OTHER HUMAN STORIES v ˆ%,) -!/2 AUTHOR OF To InďŹ nity and Beyond AND e: The Story of a Number h7HAT EVERY ASPIRING YOUNG SCIENTIST AND MATHEMATI CIAN NEEDS LOVE HUMOR INSPIRATION AND A COPY OF THIS BOOK v ˆ2)#(!2$ -!.+)%7)#: AUTHOR OF The Story of Mathematics ISBN-13 978-1-56512-377-9, NO. 72377 $13.95 PAPER, 2002

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4HE #HILDREN IN 2OOM % American Education on Trial

$INNER AT -ISS ,ADY S

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Memories and Recipes from a Southern Childhood

by Susan Eaton

by Luann Landon

(See page 16.)

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-227-7, NO. 72227 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 1999

(EMINGWAY "AILEY S "ARTENDING 'UIDE TO 'REAT !MERICAN 7RITERS by Edward Hemingway and Mark Bailey

"E THE $REAM Prep for Prep Graduates Share Their Stories

compiled and introduced by Gary Simons with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman

h;4HIS= IS THE !MERICAN DREAM IN mESH AND BLOODˆ A CHRONICLE OF HOW TO MAKE THINGS GO RIGHT IN THIS COUN TRY v ˆ*/.!4(!. !,4%2 Newsweek 3ENIOR %DITOR ISBN-13 978-1-56512-417-2, NO. 72417 $12.95 PAPER, 2003

4HE "OTANTIST AND THE 6INTNER How Wine Was Saved for the World

by Christy Campbell h! TAUT SUSPENSE lLLED ACCOUNT 4HERE S A SWEATY URGENCY TO ;THIS= TALE AS ONE WINE REGION AFTER ANOTHER FALLS VICTIM TO THE PLAGUE WITH SCIENCE HOT ON THE TRAIL v —The New York Times ISBN-13 978-1-56512-528-5, NO. 72528 UPC 0-19628-72528-8 $14.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-460-8, NO. 72460 $24.95 HARCOVER, 2005

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-416-5, NO. 72416 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

Forty-three classic American writers. Forty-three classic cocktails. h#IVILIZATION lNALLY HAS A BOOK THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO BOTH DRINK and READ v ˆ3%"!34)!. *5.'%2 h! WITTILY ILLUSTRATED ROGUE S GALLERY OF LITERARY LUSHES WITH COCKTAIL RECIPES TO LET YOU DRINK IN THEIR FOOT STEPS v —Men’s Journal A READER’S SUBSCRIPTION BOOK CLUB AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-482-0, NO. 72482 UPC 0-19628-72482-3 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

3EASONED IN THE 3OUTH Recipes from Crook’s Corner and from Home

by Bill Smith A new and expanded paperback edition. Structured around the seasons, it offers up delicious recipes —from Tomato and Watermelon Salad to Fried Green Tomatoes with Sweet Corn and Lemon Beurre Blanc to Honeysuckle Sorbet. h-AKES YOU WANT TO GET UP RIGHT NOW AND COOK SOME THING v —The Charlotte Observer h3OUTHERN WITH A &RENCH TWIST v —The Denver Post ISBN-13 978-1-56512-550-6, NO. 72550 UPC 0-19628-72550-9 $13.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-479-0, NO. 72479 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

3OUTHERN "ELLY The Ultimate Food Lover’s Companion to the South

by John T. Edge John T. Edge reveals a South hidden in plain sight in this fully updated and expanded edition, with recipes throughout. h*OHN 4 %DGE HAS SCOURED THE 3OUTH IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL OF THE REGION S FOOD )N Southern Belly, HE SERVES UP A MESS OF $IXIE DELIGHT WELL SEASONED WITH HISTORY ANECDOTE OPINION AND WIT v —*%33)#! " (!22)3

AUTHOR OF The Welcome Table h%DGE MAKES YOU HUNGER TO KEEP TURNING THE PAGES v —The San Diego UnionTribune ISBN-13 978-1-56512-547-6, NO. 72547 UPC 0-19628-72547-9 $14.95 PAPER, 2007

0ARTY 2ECEIPTS FROM THE #HARLESTON *UNIOR ,EAGUE (ORS D OEUVRES s 3AVORIES s 3WEETS

edited by Linda Glick Conway A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, GOOD COOK CLUB, AND COUNTRY HOMES AND GARDENS SELECTION ISBN-13 978-0-945575-84-9, NO. 71584 $13.95 COMB-BOUND, 1993

$ORI 3ANDERS #OUNTRY #OOKING

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Recipes and Stories from the Family Farm Stand

#ANDYFREAK

by Dori Sanders

A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America

Over one hundred fresh, delicious recipes and a bushel of family stories.

by Steve Almond A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-421-9, NO. 72421 UPC 0-19628-72421-2 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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Advice, Opinions, and 100 Recipes from a Charleston Kitchen

by Emily Whaley in conversation with William Baldwin ISBN-13 978-1-56512-200-0, NO. 72200 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1998

'ARDENER S ,ATIN A Lexicon

>8I;<E@E>

/THERWISE .ORMAL 0EOPLE

by Bill Neal

Inside the Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening

introduction by Barbara Damrosch

RECIPES INCLUDED

4HE 4OMATO How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden

by Aurelia C. Scott

This charming volume provides gardeners with brief, clear deďŹ nitions and terms that combine to form the names of a seemingly inďŹ nite number of plant species. It’s a sprightly bouquet of little-known horticultural facts and fables, and the wisdom of gardeners from Virgil to Vita Sackville-West. h!N ENGAGING AND INFORMA TIVE GUIDE v ˆThe Garden Book Club

by William Alexander h! WRY MEMOIR IN WHICH EVERY READER WHO S SPENT WAY MORE TO GROW A PLANT THAN HE COULD PURCHASE IT FOR AT THE SUPERMARKET WILL RECOGNIZE HIS OWN SUCCESSES FAILURES AND FOIBLES v —San Francisco Chronicle h-ONEY SEX AGING That’s REAL GARDENING v —New York Observer

h.IFTY PITHY EXPLANATIONS OF WORDS THAT CONFRONT EVERY PLANT TAG READER v —New York Times Book Review

&LOWERS AND (OW 4HEY 'OT 4HEIR .AMES by Diana Wells

A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-115-7, NO. 72115 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

&ROM THE 'ROUND 5P

'OOD "UGS FOR 9OUR 'ARDEN written and illustrated by Allison Mia Starcher

illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan with a foreword by Judith Viorst

Wisdom and whimsy from more than two hundred of our best-loved children’s books, from Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter. h#HARMING v ˆThe New York Times h"Y TURNS HUMOROUS PER VERSE NONSENSICAL AND INSIGHTFUL THE WORDS WILL JOG MORE THAN A FEW MEMORIES v —Publishers Weekly ISBN-13 978-1-56512-451-6, NO. 72451 UPC 0-19628-72451-9 $9.95 PAPER, 2004

Wisdom for Parents

From abelia to zinnia, one hundred well-known garden favorites and the stories behind their names.

foreword by Ari L. Goldman

The Story of a First Garden

by Amy Stewart

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-138-6, NO. 72138 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

h! RICH FEAST OF A BOOK THAT CELEBRATES THE EXTRAORDINARILY SATISFYING JOYS OF MAKING AND KEEPING A GARDEN v —Kirkus Reviews

s COPIES IN PRINT

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-240-6, NO. 72240 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

illustrated by Signe Sundberg-Hall

6EGETABLES AND 7HERE 4HEY #AME &ROM by William Woys Weaver Weaver mixes history, culinary suggestions, and practical information in this guide to unusual and common vegetables.

A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-071-6, NO. 72071 $10.95 HARDCOVER, 1995

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-238-3, NO. 72238 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

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,OVING %VERY #HILD

illustrated by Ippy Patterson

A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION

h! FACT lLLED CHARMINGLY ILLUSTRATED GUIDE v —American Bookseller

ALGONQUIN BOOKS

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-464-6, NO. 72464 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

collected by Amy Gash

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-384-7 NO. 72384 UPC 0-19628-72384-0 $10.95 PAPER, 2003

in conversation with William Baldwin

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-503-2, NO. 72503 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

h! DELIGHTFUL FUN STORY OF OBSESSION !URELIA # 3COTT HAS NURTURED A WON DERFUL BLOOM A ROSE BOOK FOR ROSARIANS AND PEOPLE WHO CAN T TELL A BOURBON FROM A TEA v ˆ-!2+ /"-!3#)+ AUTHOR OF The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession

Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books

A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION

-RS 7HALEY AND (ER #HARLESTON 'ARDEN by Emily Whaley

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-557-5, NO. 72557 UPC 0-19628-72557-8 $13.95 PAPER, 2007

h4HE LABORIOUS AGONIES OF CREATING BEAUTY CAPTURED IN RELAXED ANECDOTAL PROSE v —Kirkus Reviews

7HAT THE $ORMOUSE 3AID

the words of Janusz Korczak edited by Sandra Joseph Timeless wisdom from one of the greatest educators of the last century—for a new generation of parents and educators. h+ORCZAK S INSIGHTS ARE PROFOUND IN THIS PERFECT INSPIRATIONAL GIFT BOOK v —Publishers Weekly, STARRED h4HIS BOOK IS lLLED WITH SIM PLE COMMONSENSE TRUISMS ABOUT CHILD REARING v —The Boston Globe ISBN-13 978-1-56512-489-9, NO. 72489 UPC 0-19628-72489-2 $10.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

?@JKFIP& 8=I@:8E 8D<I@:8E

,OVE ,OSS AND 7HAT ) 7ORE by Ilene Beckerman

7HAT 7E $O FOR ,OVE by Ilene Beckerman

h! REMARKABLE AND ELOQUENT BOOK A HANDFUL OF DRESSES THAT WRITE A LIFE v —New York Newsday

h&EW CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS CAPTURE THE POIGNANCY OF ROMANTIC FEELING IN THE SPARE SUBTLE WAY )LENE "ECKERMAN DOES v —USA Today, h"EST "ETv

h)LLUMINATES THE EXPERIENCE OF AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF WOMEN 4HIS SMALL GEM OF A BOOK IS WORTHY OF A 4IFFANY BOX v —The New York Times Book Review h ! MEMOIR EVERY READER WILL WISH TO COPY IN HER OWN SIZE v —Glamour ISBN-13 978-1-56512-475-2, NO. 72475 UPC 0-19628-72475-5 $10.95 PAPER, 2005

h4HIS SAVORY LITTLE TRUFFLE TURNS OUT TO BE SURPRISINGLY POI GNANT LACED WITH THE BITTER THE RUEFUL AND THE SWEET v —Good Housekeeping A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-180-5, NO. 72180 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

2ISING TO THE /CCASION A Practical Companion for the Occasionally Perplexed

by Edith Hazard and Wallace Pinfold h! WITTY CROSS BETWEEN AN ETIQUETTE BOOK AND A SCOUT MANUAL 4HIS IS A TRULY ESSENTIAL BOOK PURCHASE v —Wilson Library Bulletin ISBN-13 978-1-56512-329-8, NO. 72329 UPC 0-19628-72329-1 $12.95 PAPER, 2001

3INGING FOR 9OUR 3UPPER Entertaining Ways to Be a Perfect Guest

by Edith Hazard ISBN-13 978-1-56512-090-7, NO. 72090 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 1996

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-111-9, NO. 72111 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 1995

-AKEOVERS AT THE "EAUTY #OUNTER OF (APPINESS by Ilene Beckerman -OTHER OF THE "RIDE The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress

by Ilene Beckerman h0ITHY WIT AND CUTE DRAWINGS SKETCH THE HAPPY TEARS BITTERSWEET MEMORIES AND mARES OF ANXIETY THAT A DAUGHTER S WEDDING ELICITS v —The Dallas Morning News h!N ACCOUNT THAT IS SWEETLY SENTIMENTAL AND BRUTALLY HONEST TOUCHING AND WITTYˆIN SHORT A TRUE GEM v —Publishers Weekly, STARRED

Beckerman addresses what really matters in life in a book that captures all the wisdom, humor, and candor of her bestselling illustrated memoir Love, Loss, and What I Wore. h#UTS TO THE HEART OF THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE v —Chicago Tribune ISBN-13 978-1-56512-374-8, NO. 72374 UPC 0-19628-72374-1 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

/UT ON THE 0ORCH An Evocation in Words and Pictures

Introductory text by Reynolds Price h4HE SOUL OF THE 3OUTHERN PORCH HAS BEEN CAPTURED v —The Atlanta JournalConstitution ISBN-13 978-0-945575-93-1, NO. 71593 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1992

s /VER COPIES IN PRINT

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-476-9, NO. 72476 UPC 0-19628-72476-2 $10.95 PAPER, 2005 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-259-8, NO. 72259 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

:ERO TO &IFTY A Lifetime in the Driver’s Seat

-Y $EAR -OTHER

by Kate Lake

Stormy, Boastful, and Tender Letters by Distinguished Sons— from Dostoevsky to Elvis

AN INSIGHTOUT BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-342-7, NO. 72342 UPC 0-19628-72342-0 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

collected and annotated by Karen Elizabeth Gordon and Holly Johnson

/N THE 2OAD TO &REEDOM A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

by Charles E. Cobb Jr. Award-winning journalist and 1960s civil rights worker Charles E. Cobb Jr. takes us on a pilgrimage through the heart of the civil rights era. This essential piece of American history is also a useful travel guide with maps, photographs, and sidebars of background history, newspaper coverage, and ďŹ rsthand interviews. “Charlie Cobb was in the heart of the Southern movement and one of its keenest observers. Now he takes us there in this exciting and inspiring tour. His book is rich with history, drama, and emotion.â€? —HOWARD ZINN, author of A People’s History of the United States h#OBB BRINGS ALIVE !MERICA S LAST GOOD WAR AND ITS MANY HEROES UNSUNG AS WELL AS FAMOUS &ROM CHAPTER TO CHAPTER YOU ARE THERE v —(/$$).' #!24%2 ))) h#HARLIE #OBB S On the Road to Freedom BRINGS OUR STORY AND OUR VOICES ALIVE 4HE GREAT STRENGTH OF THIS BOOK IS THAT IT IS THE STORY OF PEOPLE AND NOT SIMPLY A REPETITION OF DATES AND A LISTING OF PLACES AND EVENTS 0UT THIS BOOK ON YOUR MUST READ LIST v ˆ*5,)!. "/.$ CHAIRMAN OF THE .!!#0 A BLACK EXPRESSIONS BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-439-4, NO. 72439 UPC 0-19628-72439-7 $18.95 PAPER, 2007

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-121-8, NO. 72121 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

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/UTWITTING (ISTORY The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books

3HALOM 9 ALL

)SLAND OF THE ,OST

by Aaron Lansky

Images of Jewish Life in the American South

Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World

by Joan Druett “One of the finest survival stories I’ve read. . . . [Druett’s] tale is backed up by a solid knowledge of sailing ships and of the flora, fauna and weather of Auckland Island, an inhospitable terrain that has defied attempts at human settlement.� —The Seattle Times

h! MARVELOUS YARN LOADED WITH NEAR CALAMITOUS ADVEN TURES AND CHARACTERS AS MEM ORABLE AS 3INGER CREATIONS v —New York Post

photographs by Bill Aron text by Vicki Reikes Fox foreword by Alfred Uhry A TRADITIONS BOOK CLUB SELECTION

h7HAT BEGAN AS A QUIXOTIC JOURNEY WAS ALSO A PICARESQUE ROMP A DETECTIVE STORY A PROFOUND HISTORY LESSON AND A POIGNANT EVOCATION OF A BYGONE WORLD ,ANSKY S EXTRAORDINARY STORYTELLING CONVEYS THE DAUNTING TASK HE SET FOR HIMSELF v —The Boston Sunday Globe

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-355-7, NO. 72355 UPC 0-19628-72355-0 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 10" x 10", 2002

h$RUETT S WELL RESEARCHED ACCOUNT EARNS ITS PLACE IN ANY GOOD COLLECTION OF SURVIVAL LITERATURE v —Entertainment Weekly h! RIVETING STUDY OF THE EXTREMES OF HUMAN NATURE AND THE EFFECTS OF GOOD AND BAD LEADERSHIP v —The New York Times Book Review ISBN-13 978-1-56512-408-0, NO. 72408 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

(OW TO 3PELL #HANUKAH 18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights

edited by Emily Franklin Eighteen Jewish writers extol, excoriate, and expand our understanding of this most merry of Jewish holidays. h4HE BOOK S ESSAYSˆFROM FUNNY TO POIGNANTˆEXPLORE WHAT IT S LIKE TO CELEBRATE (ANUKKAH IN A CULTURE WHERE #HRISTMAS IS UBIQUI TOUS v —USA Today h&UNNY IRREVERENT OR TOUCH ING AND SOMETHINGS RECALL (ANUKKAS PAST (ILARIOUS v —Hadassah

)N THE 7AKE OF -ADNESS The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship 3HARON

by Joan Druett h! NAUTICAL MURDER MYSTERY v —USA Today h! GENUINE NAUTICAL THRILLER A PAGE TURNER v ˆ2)#(!2$ :!#+3 AUTHOR OF The Pirate Hunter

h4HE REAL REASON TO READ THE BOOK IS TO REMIND YOURSELF OF THE VALUE OF A GREAT IDEA *EWISH OR OTHERWISE EVEN IF YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS IT OR BELIEVES IN IT AND THE IMPACT OF ENTHUSIASM ON PRODUCTIVITY 4HE STORIES HERE lLL UP YOUR SPIRIT v —Minneapolis Star Tribune ISBN-13 978-1-56512-513-1, NO. 72513 UPC 0-19628-72513-4 $13.95 PAPER, 2005 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-429-5, NO. 72429 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

s ! -ASSACHUSETTS "OOK !WARD WINNER s "OUND IN 2EADER S 'UIDE s COPIES IN PRINT

4HE *EW 3TORE by Stella Suberman h 3UBERMAN TELLS THE REMARK ABLE STORY OF HER FAMILY S SOJOURN AS THE ONLY *EWS IN A SMALL 4ENNESSEE TOWN DURING THE S WITH SUCH SPARKLE IT READS LIKE A NOVEL v —Booklist, STARRED h"EAUTIFULLY PORTRAYS THE COMPLEX WEB OF INTERCON NECTIONS AND DISCONNECTIONS BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES *EWS AND GENTILES 3OUTH ERNERS AND .ORTHERNERS RURAL FARMERS AND BIG CITY SOPHISTICATES v —The Dallas Morning News A TRADITIONS BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-330-4, NO. 72330 UPC 0-19628-72330-7 $13.95 PAPER, 2001

s "OUND IN 2EADER S 'UIDE s COPIES IN PRINT

C8E>L8>< NI@K@E> 3OMETHING TO $ECLARE nonďŹ ction essays by Julia Alvarez ISBN-13 978-1-56512-193-5, NO. 72193 $20.95 HARDCOVER, 1998

&IRST 7ORDS Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors

collected and edited by Paul Mandelbaum A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB AND WRITER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION

h4HE &ESTIVAL OF ,IGHTS IN ALL ITS OIL FRIED #HRISTMAS lED GLORY v —Boston Herald h3OMETIMES SNARKY SOME TIMES SENTIMENTAL SOME TIMES SERIOUS BUT ALWAYS ENTERTAINING v —Booklist

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-272-7, NO. 72272 $16.95 PAPER, 2000

-AKING 7HOOPEE Words of Love for Lovers of Words

by Evan Morris With wry wit and a wealth of word love, Evan Morris, a.k.a. the Word Detective, traces the often surprising origins and evolution of the language of love.

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-538-4, NO. 72538 UPC 0-19628-72538-7 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-435-6, NO. 72435 UPC 0-19628-72435-9 $14.95 PAPER, 2004

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-350-2, NO. 72350 UPC 0-19628-72350-5 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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4HE 3OUL OF A $OCTOR Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death

edited by Susan Pories, MD, Sachin H. Jain, and Gordon Harper, MD h! GUIDEBOOK FOR HUMANITY AND COMPASSION 4HIS BOOK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ALL MEDICAL STUDENTS DOCTORS PATIENTS AND THOSE OF US WHO WILL BE PATIENTS SOMEDAY )N SHORT FOR EVERYONE v ˆ!,)#% (/&&-!. ISBN-13 978-1-56512-507-0, NO. 72507 $12.95 PAPER, 2006

STORIES ABOUT THE HEROES VILLAINS AND VICTIMS IN THIS DRAMA !N ENGROSSING READ AND A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR REFORM v —!2./,$ 3 2%,-!. -$ 0ROFESSOR %MERITUS OF -EDICINE AND 3OCIAL -EDICINE (ARVARD -EDICAL 3CHOOL AND AUTHOR OF A Second Opinion: Rescuing America’s Health Care “Side Effects IS A SERIOUS INDICTMENT OF THE PHARMA CEUTICAL INDUSTRY CLINICAL RESEARCHERS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATORS TOLD IN CAPTIVAT ING PROSE v ˆ*%2/-% 0 +!33)2%2 $ISTINGUISHED 0ROFESSOR 4UFTS 5NIVERSITY 3CHOOL OF -EDICINE AND AUTHOR OF On the Take: How Medicine’s Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health ISBN-13 978-1-56512-553-7, NO. 72553 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

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3IDE %FFECTS A Bestselling Drug on Trial

,ITTLE "LUES "OOK by Brian Robertson

by Alison Bass

illustrations by R. Crumb

h4HE RIVETING STORY OF HOW ONE OF THE WORLD S LARGEST DRUG COMPANIES AND A FEW UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS ON ITS PAYROLL SUPPRESSED EVIDENCE THAT A TOP SELLING ANTI DEPRESSANT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE DANGEROUS IN ADOLESCENTS )T S ALSO THE VERY HUMAN STORY OF HOW TWO COURAGEOUS AND PERSISTENT WOMEN MADE SURE THE WORLD LEARNED ABOUT IT v ˆ-!2#)! !.'%,, -$ FORMER %DITOR IN #HIEF THE New England Journal of Medicine, AND AUTHOR OF The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What To Do About It

Famed underground illustrator R. Crumb’s portraits of blues masters accompany blues lyrics and lore.

h! RICHLY DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE DISGRACEFUL SELF SERVING TIES BETWEEN DRUG COMPA NIES AND THE PSYCHIATRIC PROFESSION AS TOLD THROUGH

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-137-9, NO. 72137 $9.95 PAPER, 1996

4HE %SSENTIAL +LEZMER a music lover’s guide by Seth Rogovoy h!LL ENCOMPASSING CRITICALLY ASTUTE AND UNFAILINGLY ENTHUSIASTIC v —Newsday h)NDISPENSABLE v —Jewish Week h)NVALUABLE !N ENTHUSIAST S SOURCE BOOK v ˆThe New York Times ISBN-13 978-1-56512-244-4, NO. 72244 $15.95 PAPER, 2000

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4HE %ARTH -OVED On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms

by Amy Stewart &LOWER #ONlDENTIAL The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers

by Amy Stewart Award-winning author Amy Stewart takes readers on an around-the-world, behind-the-scenes look at the ower industry and how it has sought—for better or worse—to achieve perfection. h)F BOOKS HAD GENETIC LINES Flower ConďŹ dential WOULD CARRY ITS PEDIGREE FROM !NTHONY "OURDAIN S Kitchen ConďŹ dential AND -ICHAEL 0OLLAN S The Botany of Desire Flower ConďŹ dential ATTAINS THE UNCOMMON RANK OF A NON lCTION BOOK THAT IS EQUALLY AS REWARDING TO THE READER FOR ITS STORYTELLING AS IT IS FOR ITS CONTENT v —USA Today

h;2ACHEL= #ARSON S LEGACY IS PROOF THAT SCIENCE BOOKS MATTER THAT GOOD PROSE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD /N ITS OWN SCALE 3TEWART S BOOK PADDLES ALONG IN #ARSON S WAKE v —!.4(/.9 $/%22

The Boston Globe h3TEWART AWAKENS THE IDEA THAT WORMS ARE NOT ONLY PARTNERS BUT TEACHERS INSTILL ING A REGARD FOR THE LEAST CON SIDERED AND MOST IMPORTANT PART OF OUR GREEN WORLD v —The Washington Post h3TEWART S FASCINATION WITH HER SUBJECT IS INFECTIOUS HER WRITING AS SIMPLE AND SLEEK AS THE EARTHWORM ITSELF v —San Francisco Chronicle A DISCOVERY CHANNEL BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-468-4, NO. 72468 UPC 0-19628-72468-7 $12.95 PAPER, 2005

h! BOOK EVERY mOWER LOVER SHOULD READ ;3TEWART= GIVES LESSONS IN BOTANY AND BIG BUSINESS HISTORY AND HORTICULTURE 3HE ENLIGHTENS AND ENTERTAINS SHE POSES QUESTIONS AND OFFERS OPIN IONS !ND SHE DOES IT WITH STYLE v —New York Newsday h%NGAGING AND SCRUPULOUSLY REPORTED )NVESTIGATIVE REPORTING OF A GENTLE SORT v —The New York Times Book Review

'INSENG THE $IVINE 2OOT

h5TTERLY FASCINATING 3HE HAS THE SOUL OF AN UNRE STRAINED mOWER LOVER THE MOXIE OF AN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST %NTHRALLS BUT ALSO OPENS EYES v —Seattle Post-Intelligencer

h;4AYLOR= TAKES US ON A FASCINATING TOUR THROUGH GINSENG S HISTORY )N HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF NATU RAL SETTINGS HE READS LIKE A MASTER STORYTELLER v —Library Journal

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-603-9, NO. 72603 UPC 0-19628-72603-2 $13.95 PAPER, 2008

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-401-1, NO. 72401 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World

by David A. Taylor

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-438-7, NO. 72438 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

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Lessons in Unconditional Love

Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World

by Diana Wells

by Betsy Block

UPDATED AND EXPANDED ,AST #HILD IN THE 7OODS Saving Our Children from Nature-DeďŹ cit Disorder

by Richard Louv In his landmark work, Richard Louv brings together cutting-edge studies that point to direct exposure to nature as essential for a child’s healthy physical and emotional development. h;4HE= INTERNATIONAL MOVE MENT TO @LEAVE NO CHILD INSIDE HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF #APITOL (ILL HEAR INGS STATE LEGISLATIVE ACTION GRASS ROOTS PROJECTS A 5 3 &OREST 3ERVICE INITIATIVE TO GET MORE CHILDREN INTO THE WOODS AND A NATIONAL EFFORT TO PROMOTE A @GREEN HOUR IN EACH DAY 4HE INCREASED ACTIVISM HAS BEEN PARTLY INSPIRED BY A BEST SELLING BOOK Last Child in the Woods, AND ITS AUTHOR 2ICHARD ,OUV v —The Washington Post

h&UNNY WISE AND FULL OF HEART The Dinner Diaries IS FOR EVERY TIME CRUNCHED MOTHER WHO WANTS MORE FOR HER KIDS THAN PIZZA CANDY AND FRENCH FRIES v ˆ-)339 #(!3% ,!0).% AUTHOR OF THE New York Times BEST SELLER The Sneaky Chef h"ETSY "LOCK HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF GIVING CREATIVE TIPS NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION AND RELATING HER ADVENTURES ON THE ROAD TO FEEDING HER FAMILY IN A MORE HEALTHFUL WAY 4HE BOOK IS FUNNY HONEST AND FULL OF EXCELLENT ADVICE THAT ANY MOTHER WILL APPRECIATE v ˆ.%,, .%7-!. COFOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF .EWMAN S /WN /RGANICS ISBN-13 978-1-56512-570-4, NO. 72570 $14.95 PAPER, 2008

%NSLAVED BY $UCKS by Bob Tarte h! LAUGH OUT LOUD CHRONICLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BRING ANIMALSˆA BLIND TURKEY AN IRASCIBLE RABBIT A LOVESICK DOVEˆINTO YOUR HEART AND HOME AND MAKE THEM PART OF THE FABRIC OF YOUR LIFE v —-!249 "%#+%2 $6- Good Morning America h4HIS RICH AND FUNNY PER SONAL ACCOUNT OF "OB 4ARTE S NOTICEABLY NEVER ENDING AND LARGELY INADVERTENT ACQUISITION OF PETS WILL WARM YOUR HEART &OR ANYONE WHO HAS EVER OPENED HEART AND HOME TO AN ANIMAL OR EXPERIENCED THE LOVE HATE RELATIONSHIP OF BEING OWNED BY PETS v ˆThe Dallas Morning News ISBN-13 978-1-56512-450-9, NO. 72450 UPC 0-19628-72450-2 $12.95 PAPER, 2004

h4HIS BOOK IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST READ FOR PARENTS v —The Boston Globe A DISCOVERY CHANNEL BOOK CLUB AND PROGRESSIVE BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-605-3, NO. 72605 UPC 0-19628-72605-6 $14.95 PAPER, 2008

4HE "IG 4URNOFF Confessions of a TV-Addicted Mom Trying to Raise a TV-Free Kid

by Ellen Currey-Wilson h!N ENTERTAINING INSPIRING AND DECIDEDLY COUNTERCUL TURAL ACCOUNT OF PARENTING IN A MEDIA CRAZY WORLD v —Kirkus Reviews ISBN-13 978-1-56512-539-1, NO. 72539 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

(OW TO 'ET 9OUR #HILD TO ,OVE 2EADING by EsmĂŠ Raji Codell

&OWL 7EATHER by Bob Tarte

h !N EXUBERANT TREASURE TROVE FOR PARENTS 4HE BOOK IS AKIN TO HAVING ONE S OWN PERSONAL CHILDREN S LIBRAR IAN AT ONE S lNGERTIPS v —Publishers Weekly, STARRED A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND A CHILDREN’S BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION

h)F YOU RE LONGING FOR A BOOK THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD THEN RUN DON T WALK TO THE NEAREST LIBRARY OR BOOK STORE AND PICK UP A COPY OF "OB 4ARTE S Fowl Weather v —.!.#9 0%!2, .02 S Morning Edition h;!= MOVING FOLLOW UP TO S Enslaved by Ducks 4ARTE S LAUGHTER THROUGH TEARS APPROACH IS THERA PEUTIC AND INSPIRATIONAL v —Entertainment Weekly

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-308-3, NO. 72308 UPC 0-19628-72308-6 $18.95 PAPER, 73â „8" x 91â „4", 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-502-5, NO. 72502 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

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An insightful and true story of human and animal natures, of loss and acceptance, and of the capacity of the human heart to heal. h!N UNCONVENTIONAL INTRICATE DANCE BETWEEN PATIENT AND THERAPIST 0OIGNANT TESTI MONY TO THE POWER OF HEALING RELATIONSHIPS v —Publishers Weekly ISBN-13 978-1-56512-371-7, NO. 72371 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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,OVE 0OETRY /UT ,OUD edited by Robert Alden Rubin h4HIS SWEET LITTLE BOOK COLLECTS POEMS @TO STIR THE HEART 2UBIN PROVIDES ANNOTATION AND COMMENTARY BUT IF READ ERS PREFER NO INTERFERENCE OR INTRUSION IT S EASY TO STICK TO THE ORIGINAL WORDS ALONE AND STILL GET A GOOD MEASURE OF THE SILLY AND THE SUBLIME v —The Washington Post Book World h4HIS IS A COLLECTION FOR THOSE WHO LIVE FOR 6ALENTINE S $AYˆAND THOSE WHO LIVE IN SPITE OF IT v —O: The Oprah Magazine ISBN-13 978-1-56512-459-2, NO. 72459 UPC 0-19628-72459-5 $14.95 PAPER, 2007

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Poems that come alive when read aloud, with notes, introductions to basic poetic terms, and helpful hints. A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB, AND WRITER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-122-5, NO. 72122 $10.95 PAPER, 1995

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4HE 7OMAN ) +EPT TO -YSELF by Julia Alvarez h#HARMING AND INTENSE AT THE SAME TIME !LVAREZ WRITES CANDIDLY OF EPIC CONCERNS AND EVERYDAY REALITIES IN THIS UNFAILINGLY LUCID COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL POEMS v —Booklist ISBN-13 978-1-56512-406-6, NO. 72406 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

! 7ONDERFUL ,IFE

h4HIS KIND OF PARABLE HAS A CALMING EFFECT ON THE MIND 4HE CHANGE IN OUTLOOK FROM ANGER TO COMPASSION IS ALSO CONTAGIOUS ALSO POWERFUL v —Los Angeles Times

The Quest for Art, Entertainment, and Big Bucks in the Videogame Revolution

An inspiring collection of fond farewells that celebrate the lives of some of the world’s greatest contributors to the arts, politics, sports, and letters. These uplifting tributes honor their subjects with wit, humor, and reverence.

h! VOYEURISTIC ENJOYABLE JOURNEY THROUGH THE BIZARRE AND lSCALLY FERTILE SUBCULTURE OF AN INDUSTRY EXPLODING IN POPULARITY AND RELEVANCE 4HE WRITING IS QUICK AND INFORMATIVE AND THE BOOK IS A SMART READ FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN FROM THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP GAMERS SO ENTERTAINED v —Fast Company

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-511-7, NO. 72511 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

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ISBN-13 978-1-56512-545-2, NO. 72545 UPC 0-19628-72545-5 $13.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-346-5, NO. 72346 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

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h;/NE OF= THE BEST SPIRITUAL BOOKS OF v —Spirituality and Health “Eloquent and highly accessible. . . . A powerful statement of the power of nonviolence and compassion.� —Tricycle “Kumar neatly reworks an ancient allegory. . . . This short piece hits its mark with studied grace.� —Publishers Weekly h! CHALLENGING STORY BEAUTI FULLY WRITTEN MOST PERTINENT AND RELEVANT TO OUR TIME v —$%%0!+ #(/02!

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR’S PICK

&LEEING &UNDAMENTALISM A Minister’s Wife Examines Faith

by Carlene Cross An eloquent and compelling story about faith lost and regained.

For My Love, in Sickness and in Health

h)T HAS A LUCID CLARITY AND DIRECTNESS THAT SPEAKS POINT EDLY AND MOVINGLY TO OUR TIMES )T SHOULD TOUCH EVERY HEART THAT IT MEETS v ˆ0)#/ )9%2 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-520-9, NO. 72520 UPC 0-19628-72520-2 $12.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

4HE !CCIDENTAL "UDDHIST

h;!= BRAVE MEMOIR %LO QUENT WITHOUT SELF PITY #HRONICLED WITH COMPASSION AND SPIRIT v ˆKirkus Reviews, STARRED

Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still

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h!N EDUCATIONAL BEHIND THE SCENES GLIMPSE INTO THE EFFORTS OF NEUROSCIENTISTS TO UNCOVER THE BRAIN S SECRETSv —Science News

“Fleeing Fundamentalism IS BOTH A COURAGEOUS PERSONAL STORY AND A TELLING ACCOUNT OF WHAT AILS MUCH OF CONTEMPO RARY RELIGION )T IS THE BEST KIND OF MEMOIR ONE THAT DEEPENS AND ENRICHES US ON OUR OWN JOURNEY v —2%6%2%.$ #!"%,, 4%..)3 FORMER BISHOP OF $ELAWARE

A SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BOOK CLUB MAIN SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-498-1, NO. 72498 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

by Jane Yolen

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-402-8, NO. 72402 UPC 0-19628-72402-1 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

foreword by Thomas Moore

edited by Cyrus M. Copeland foreword by Larry Gelbart

4HE 2ADIATION 3ONNETS

h4HIS IS A BOOK OF COURAGE FOR ANYONE ROWING THROUGH SIMILAR WATERS FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES DEEPLY FOR ANYONE WHO HOPES TO v ˆ#,!2)33! 0).+/,! %34›3 0H$

50 Eulogies to Lift the Spirit

3MARTBOMB

by Heather Chaplin and Aaron Ruby

4HE "UDDHA AND THE 4ERRORIST by Satish Kumar

4HE 4HREE 0OUND %NIGMA The Human Brain and the Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries

by Shannon Moffett

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-423-3, NO. 72423 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

by Dinty W. Moore ISBN-13 978-1-56512-142-3, NO. 72142 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

On the Path to a Spiritual Life

by Lauren F. Winner h3HARING !NNE ,AMOTT S SELF DEPRECATING INTENSITY AND 3TEPHEN * $UBNER S PASSION FOR AUTHENTICITY ;7INNER= REVEALS HERSELF THROUGH ABUNDANT CONCRETE AND OFTEN FUNNY DESCRIPTIONS OF HER LIFE INNER AND OUTER ! PAGE TURNING DEBUT v —Publishers Weekly, STARRED ISBN-13 978-1-56512-309-0, NO. 72309 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

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#OBB ! "IOGRAPHY by Al Stump

The Probably Insane Idea That I Could Swim My Way through a Midlife Crisis—and Qualify for the Olympics

h!N INSTANT CLASSIC ONE OF THE lVE OR SIX BEST SPORTS BIOGRAPHIES EVER WRITTEN v —New York Newsday

by W. Hodding Carter h4HIS BOOK IS AS FAST AND FUNNY A READ AS #ARTER IS AN INSANELY AMBITIOUS SWIMMER UNDAUNTED BY THE OSTENSIBLE LIMITATIONS OF MIDDLE AGE v —7),, ",94(% AUTHOR OF To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever “Off the Deep End IS HILARI OUS AND INSIGHTFUL #ARTER INSPIRES PEOPLE TO GO FOR THEIR DREAMS AT ANY AGE AND YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THAT 4HIS BOOK IS FAR MORE THAN A BOOK ABOUT SWIMMING ) LOVE THIS BOOK v ˆ,9..% #/8 AUTHOR OF Swimming to Antarctica ISBN-13 978-1-56512-564-3, NO. 72564 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

4HE ,ADY IN THE 0ALAZZO An Umbrian Love Story

by Marlena de Blasi 2UNNING .ORTH A Yukon Adventure

by Ann Mariah Cook

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-144-7, NO. 72144 $15.95 PAPER, 1996

s A New York Times .OTABLE "OOK

A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-253-6, NO. 72253 $12.95 PAPER, 1999

!T 3EA IN THE #ITY New York from the Water’s Edge

by William Kornblum with a foreword by Pete Hamill

$REAM 'OLF The Making of Bandon Dunes

by Stephen Goodwin h! NARRATIVE GEM AND AN IRRE SISTIBLE GLIMPSE INTO THE MIND OF WORKING GENIUS v ˆ*!-%3 $/$3/. AUTHOR OF Ben Hogan: An American Life AND Final Rounds h! CRASH COURSE IN GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE AN INSIDER S LOOK AT HOW GOLF HOLES ARE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED AND A SURPRISINGLY INSPIRATIONAL ACCOUNT OF HOW A GOLF COURSE BUILT THE OLD FASHIONED WAY CAN INSPIRE A @SENSE OF THE SUBLIME IN ALL WHO TREAD ITS FAIRWAYS ;!= VERY SPECIAL BOOK v ˆ"),, /44 Booklist

! 'REAT AND 'LORIOUS 'AME Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti

edited by Kenneth S. Robson with a foreword by David Halberstam

h!N EXPLORER S TALE WITH A FEMININE SLANT v ˆThe New York Times Book Review

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-530-8, NO. 72530 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

h! MASTERFUL JOB OF COMBINING HISTORY SOCIOLOGY LITERATURE MEMOIR A BIT OF SAILING AND A WHIFF OF DANGER v —The Seattle Times/ Post-Intelligencer ISBN-13 978-1-56512-265-9, NO. 72265 UPC 0-19628-72265-2 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

A Father and Son Sail Around Cape Horn

by David Hays and Daniel Hays A LITERARY GUILD AND A NAUTICAL BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-102-7, NO. 72102 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 1995

/N 7HALE )SLAND Notes from a Place I Never Meant to Leave

by Daniel Hays

#UBA $IARIES An American Housewife in Havana

by Isadora Tattlin A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-349-6, NO. 72349 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

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h;4HIS= COOKBOOK WRITER DOES FOR 5MBRIA WHAT &RANCES -AYES DID FOR 4USCANY v —Bloomberg.com h4HE LATEST GASTRONOMIC ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF A Thousand Days in Venice BRINGS TO LIFE AN )TALIAN CULTURE STEEPED IN CULINARY TRADITION AND SOCIAL ECCENTRIC ITY 2ECIPES ARE INCLUDED v —Library Journal ISBN-13 978-1-56512-610-7, NO. 72610 $14.95 PAPER, 2008 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-473-8, NO. 72473 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

! 4HOUSAND $AYS IN 4USCANY A Bittersweet Adventure

by Marlena de Blasi -Y /LD -AN AND THE 3EA

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-345-8, NO. 72345 UPC 0-19628-72345-1 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-192-8, NO. 72192 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1998

h$E "LASI DOESN T SO MUCH OBSERVE LIFE AS DEVOUR IT (ER ROBUST APPETITE FOR LIFE SATURATES THE BOOK v —Entertainment Weekly

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-392-2, NO. 72392 UPC 0-19628-72392-5 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

.EW /RLEANS -ON !MOUR Twenty Years of Writings from the City

by Andrei Codrescu h#ODRESCU IS IN ON EVERYTHING FASCINATING ABOUT .EW /RLEANS FROM ITS HISTORY TO ITS MUSIC TO ITS FOOD (E COVERS A GREAT DEAL OF GROUNDˆFROM THE SACRED TO THE PROFANE ANGELS TO ALLIGA TORSˆSOMETIMES WITHIN THE SAME PARAGRAPH 7ITH New Orleans, Mon Amour, ;HE= HAS HONORED A GREAT WOUNDED !MERICAN CITY v —Los Angeles Times ISBN-13 978-1-56512-505-6, NO. 72505 $14.00 PAPER, 2006

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6ERY #HARLESTON )F 9OU ,IVED (ERE ) D +NOW 9OUR .AME News from Small-Town Alaska

by Heather Lende h7HO KNEW A WRITER COULD lND SO MUCH HUMAN DRAMA SIMPLE PLEASURE AND THORNY ISSUES IN SUCH A REMOTE PLACE )F YOU LIKE THE STORIES ON Prairie Home Companion OR Northern Exposure, YOU LL LOVE SOME REAL NEWS FROM SMALL TOWN !LASKA v —USA Today

A Celebration of History, Culture, and Lowcountry Charm

written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler h! DELIGHTFUL MIXˆPART HAND DRAWN PHOTO ALBUM PART MAP PART HISTORY BOOKˆTHAT TAKES READERS ON A MEMORABLE JOURNEY THROUGH THIS UNFORGETTABLE CITY v ˆLuxury Living

6ERY #ALIFORNIA Travels Through the Golden State

written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler Illustrates the color and character of our third-largest and most populous state in watercolors and stories. A NORTH LIGHT BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-285-7, NO. 72285 UPC 0-19628-72285-0 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-339-7, NO. 72339 UPC 0-19628-72339-0 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

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h(EARTFELT HOMESPUN ESSAYS ABOUT LIFE v —Seattle PostIntelligencer h0ART !NNIE $ILLARD PART !NNE ,AMOTT .02 COM MENTATOR (EATHER ,ENDE SUBTLY REMIND;S= READERS TO EMBRACE EACH DAY EACH OPPORTUNITY EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES OUR OWN AND TO NOTE THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL v —Los Angeles Times ISBN-13 978-1-56512-524-7, NO. 72524 UPC 0-19628-72524-0 $12.95 PAPER, 2006

4RAVELING 7HILE -ARRIED by Mary-Lou Weisman with illustrations by Edward Koren

6ERY .EW /RLEANS A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm

written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler In vibrant watercolors and detailed sketches, artist Diana Gessler celebrates the city, Cajun country, the people, and our history. ISBN-13 978-1-56512-447-9, NO. 72447 UPC 0-19628-72447-2 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

&RENCH $IRT The Story of a Garden in the South of France

by Richard Goodman h/NE OF THE MOST CHARMING PERCEPTIVE AND SUBTLE BOOKS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT THE &RENCH BY AN !MERICAN v —San Francisco Chronicle

The author of the bestselling My Middle-Aged Baby Book turns her trademark humor to the pitfalls and pleasures of traveling with the one you love.

"LOODSWORTH by Tim Junkin h4RIED AND CONVICTED FOR A SADISTIC MURDER HE DID NOT COMMIT AND THEN SENTENCED TO DEATH "LOODSWORTH IS AN !MERICAN *OSEF + AN ICON OF A SYSTEM THAT FAILED HIMˆAND JUSTICEˆAT EVERY TURN v ˆWashington Post Book World “Bloodsworth MAY WELL BE THE MOST INCREDIBLE AND IMPOR TANT TRUE STORY EVER WRITTEN ABOUT A DEATH ROW CONVICT S DAILY BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL BOTH IN THE CELL BLOCK AND IN THE COURTROOMS v ˆ*/3%0( 7!-"!5'( A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-514-8, NO. 72514 UPC 0-19628-72514-2 $13.95 PAPER, 2005 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-419-6, NO. 72419 UPC 0-19628-72419-9 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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h-ARY ,OU 7EISMAN MAY JUST BE THE %RMA "OMBECK OF TRAVEL WRITING &OR LIKE "OMBECK SHE OFFERS SAGE ADVICE GENEROUSLY LACED WITH FREQUENT DOLLOPS OF HUMOR v —The Philadelphia Inquirer h;!= LIGHTHEARTED SEND UP OF THE ADVENTURES OF JOURNEYING IN A STATE OF MATRIMONIAL BLISS OR MISERY AS THE CASE MAY BE 7EISMAN S BREEZY HUMOR ;AND= GET UP AND GO SPIRIT IS CONTAGIOUS v —Publishers Weekly ISBN-13 978-1-56512-319-9, NO. 72319 UPC 0-19628-72319-2 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-352-6, NO. 72352 UPC 0-19628-72352-9 $13.00 PAPER WITH FLAPS, 2002

-IDNIGHT !SSASSIN A Murder in America’s Heartland

by Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf h!lCIONADOS OF THE UNSOLVED CASE MAY lND A DELECTABLE EXAMPLE IN THIS RETELLING OF THE LITTLE KNOWN BUT GRUE SOME MURDER OF AN )OWA FARMER -ETICULOUSLY BUT BRISKLY RENDERED MYSTERY v —Kirkus Reviews ISBN-13 978-1-56512-306-9, NO. 72306 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

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/N !MERICAN 3OIL How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II

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by Jack Hamann

4HE 7EATHER 7IZARD S #LOUD "OOK A Unique Way to Predict the Weather Accurately and Easily by Reading the Clouds

by Louis D. Rubin, Sr., and Jim Duncan

h!N %MMY WINNING JOURNALIST SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE DEATH OF AN )TALIAN 0/7 DURING 77)) ! WELCOME PIECE OF MILITARY HISTORY ADROITLY BALANCING RACISM AND LEGAL QUESTIONS IN ONE STORY v —Kirkus Reviews ISBN-13 978-1-56512-394-6, NO. 72394 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

7ORLD 7AR )) IN THE -EDITERRANEAN n by Carlo D’Este

with the assistance of Hiram J. Herbert A RODALE PRESS BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-0-912697-10-9, NO. 70710 $8.95 PAPER, 1989

s COPIES IN PRINT

introduction by John S. D. Eisenhower

by Manny Lawton

DESIGNATES AN !LGONQUIN 2EADERS 2OUND 4ABLE EDITION WITH READER S GUIDE AND ADDITIONAL FEATURES INCLUDED

h3HOWS THAT THE HUMAN SPIRIT CAN SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL ON EARTH v —Charleston News & Courier

&OR COMPLETE LISTINGS PLEASE VISIT OUR ONLINE CATALOG AT WWW ALGONQUIN COM

3OME 3URVIVED An Eyewitness Account of the Bataan Death March and the Men Who Lived Through It

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-434-9, NO. 72434 UPC 0-19628-72434-2 $14.95 PAPER, 2004

ISBN-13 978-0-945575-04-7, NO. 71504 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 1990

! &ROZEN (ELL The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939–1940

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by William Trotter

4HE %VIL " " #HOW AND /THER 3TORIES by Steve Almond

A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION ISBN-13 978-1-56512-249-9, NO. 72249 $15.95 PAPER, 1999

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4HE 3OUVENIR A Daughter Discovers Her Father’s War

by Louise Steinman

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-529-2, NO. 72529 UPC 0-19628-72529-5 $12.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-422-6, NO. 72422 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

h!N INTIMATE AND POWERFUL STORY OF THE EFFECTS OF WAR v —*!-%3 "2!$,%9 AUTHOR OF Flags of Our Fathers A LITERARY GUILD, TRADITIONS, AND BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION

!LL .IGHT 0ARTY

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-310-6, NO. 72310 $14.00 HARDCOVER, 2001

The Women of Bohemian Greenwich Village and Harlem, 1913–1930

4HE -EDIC

by Andrea Barnet 7HEN )T 7AS /UR 7AR

h;"ARNET S= mAIR FOR STORY TELLING AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS ENDLESSLY FASCINATING SUBJECT MAKES EACH JUICY CHAPTER GO DOWN AS DELI CIOUSLY AS AN E! True Hollywood Story.v —Bust MAGAZINE

A Soldier’s Wife on the Home Front

by Stella Suberman h! REMARKABLE STORY THAT RES ONATES WITH INTELLIGENCE AND INSIGHT v ˆKirkus Reviews, STARRED

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-381-6, NO. 72381 UPC 0-19628-72381-9 $16.95 PAPER, 2004

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-403-5, NO. 72403 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

Life and Death in the Last Days of WWII

by Leo Litwak h4HIS IS A DISTURBING REVEAL ING AND VERY IMPORTANT GLIMPSE OF WARFARE AT THE MOST ELEMENTARY LEVEL v —Booklist

3AVING THE 7ORLD a novel by Julia Alvarez ISBN-13 978-1-56512-558-2, NO. 72558 UPC O-19628-72558-5 $13.95 PAPER, 2007 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-510-0, NO. 72510 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

A MILITARY HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION

%XCUSE -E FOR !SKING a novel by Janis Arnold

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-305-2, NO. 72305 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-172-0, NO. 72172 $10.95 PAPER, 1997

$AUGHTERS OF -EMORY a novel by Janice Arnold A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-031-0, NO. 72031 $9.95 PAPER, 1991

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0ASSING 4HROUGH a novel by Leon V. Driskell ISBN-13 978-1-56512-056-3, NO. 72056 $8.95 PAPER, 1993

"OULEVARD a novel by Jim Grimsley A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB AND AN INSIGHTOUT BOOK CLUB SELECTION

4HE 'HOST AT THE 4ABLE a novel by Suzanne Berne A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-579-7, NO. 72579 UPC 0-19628-72579-0 $13.95 PAPER, 2007 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-334-2, NO. 72334 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

$IRTY 7ORK a novel by Larry Brown ISBN-13 978-1-56512-563-6, NO. 72563 UPC 0-19628-72563-9 $12.95 PAPER, 2007

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-400-4, NO. 72400 UPC 0-19628-72400-7 $12.95 PAPER, 2003

#OMFORT AND *OY a novel by Jim Grimsley ISBN-13 978-1-56512-396-0, NO. 72396 UPC 0-19628-72396-3 $12.95 PAPER, 1999

+ING -ATT THE &IRST a novel by Janusz Korczak introduction by EsmĂŠ Raji Codell translation by Richard Lourie ISBN-13 978-1-56512-442-4, NO. 72442 $13.95 PAPER, 2004

And Other Plays

by Robert Morgan A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, LITERARY GUILD, DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB, AND QUALITY BOOK CLUB SELECTION

s "OUND IN 2EADER S 'UIDE

by Jim Grimsley

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-356-4, NO. 72356 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

A STAGE AND SCREEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION

*OE by Larry Brown

A Novel of the American Revolution

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-578-0, NO. 72578 UPC 0-19628-72578-3 $13.95 PAPER, 2007

-R 5NIVERSE

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-211-6, NO. 72211 $17.95 PAPER, 1998

"RAVE %NEMIES

#REATURES OF (ABIT stories by Jill McCorkle A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-397-7, NO. 72397 UPC 0-19628-72397-0 $12.95 PAPER, 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-413-4, NO. 72413 UPC 0-19628-72413-7 $12.95 PAPER, 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-256-7, NO. 72256 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

4HE 4RUEST 0LEASURE a novel by Robert Morgan ISBN-13 978-1-56512-222-2, NO. 72222 $12.95 PAPER, 1998

7ATER FOR %LEPHANTS a novel by Sara Gruen &ACING THE -USIC stories by Larry Brown ISBN-13 978-1-56512-125-6, NO. 72125 $12.95 PAPER, 1996

s "OUND IN 2EADER S 'UIDE

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-560-5, NO. 72560 UPC 0-19628-72560-8 $13.95 PAPER, 2007

s "OUND IN 2EADER S 'UIDE ISBN-13 978-1-56512-499-5, NO. 72499 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

$OG ON THE #ROSS stories by Aaron Gwyn ISBN-13 978-1-56512-412-7, NO. 72412 UPC 0-19628-72412-0 $14.95 PAPER WITH FLAPS, 2004

4HE #HEER ,EADER a novel by Jill McCorkle ISBN-13 978-1-56512-001-3, NO. 72001 UPC 0-19628-72001-6 $12.95 PAPER, 1992

*ULY TH a novel by Jill McCorkle ISBN-13 978-1-56512-002-0, NO. 72002 UPC 0-19628-72002-3 $12.95 PAPER, 1992

4HE &AITH (EALER OF /LIVE !VENUE stories by Manuel MuĂąoz ISBN-13 978-1-56512-532-5, NO. 72532 UPC 0-19628-72532-5 $12.95 PAPER, 2007

,IGHTNING 3ONG a novel by Lewis Nordan

4HE &EASTING 3EASON a novel by Nancy Coons

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-220-8, NO. 72220 $10.95 PAPER, 1998

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-519-3, NO. 72519 UPC 0-19628-72519-6 $13.95 PAPER, 2007

4HE 3HARPSHOOTER "LUES a novel by Lewis Nordan

(OT AND "OTHERED a novel by Annie Downey

3TEALING WITH 3TYLE a novel by Emyl Jenkins

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-474-5, NO. 72474 UPC 0-19628-72474-8 $12.95 PAPER, 2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-523-0, NO. 72523 UPC 0-19628-72523-3 $12.95 PAPER, 2006 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-445-5, NO. 72445 UPC 0-19628-72445-8 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-182-9, NO. 72182 $11.95 PAPER, 1997

'OLlNG WITH 'OD A Novel of Heaven and Earth

by Roland Merullo ISBN-13 978-1-56512-549-0, NO. 72549 UPC 0-19628-72549-3 $13.95 PAPER, 2007 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-501-8, NO. 72501 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

4HE 1UEEN OF /CTOBER a novel by Shelley Fraser Mickle ISBN-13 978-1-56512-003-7, NO. 72003 $8.95 PAPER, 1989

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3UGAR !MONG THE &REAKS selected stories by Lewis Nordan ISBN-13 978-1-56512-131-7, NO. 72131 $10.95 PAPER, 1996

7OLF 7HISTLE a novel by Lewis Nordan ISBN-13 978-1-56512-110-2, NO. 72110 UPC 0-19628-72110-5 $12.95 PAPER, 1993

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-USIC OF THE 3WAMP a novel by Lewis Nordan

2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-016-7, NO. 72016 $9.95 PAPER, 1992

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-395-3, NO. 72395 UPC 0-19628-72395-6 $14.95 PAPER, 2003

with a preface by Roy Blount, Jr.

ISBN-13 978-0-945575-76-4, NO. 71576 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 1991

2002 with a preface by Larry Brown

7HY $OGS #HASE #ARS stories by George Singleton A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-404-2, NO. 72404 UPC 0-19628-72404-5 $12.95 PAPER, 2004

#OAL "LACK (ORSE a novel by Robert Olmstead ISBN-13 978-1-56512-601-5, NO. 72601 UPC 0-19628-72601-8 $13.95 PAPER, 2008

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-375-5, NO. 72375 UPC 0-19628-72375-8 $14.95 PAPER, 2002

"EST OF THE 3OUTH From the Second Decade of .EW 3TORIES FROM THE 3OUTH selected and introduced by Anne Tyler edited by Shannon Ravenel

2001

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-470-7, NO. 72470 UPC 0-19628-72470-0 $15.95 PAPER, 2005

with a preface by Ellen Douglas

with a preface by Lee Smith ISBN-13 978-1-56512-311-3, NO. 72311 UPC 0-19628-72311-6 $14.95 PAPER, 2001

2000 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-295-6, NO. 72295 $14.95 PAPER, 2000

1999 with a preface by Tony Earley

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-521-6, NO. 72521 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-247-5, NO. 72247 $14.95 PAPER, 1999

1997 with a preface by Robert Olen Butler

/N !GATE (ILL a novel by Lee Smith A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-577-3, NO. 72577 UPC 0-19628-72577-6 $13.95 PAPER, 2007 ISBN-13 978-1-56512-452-3, NO. 72452 UPC 0-19628-72452-6 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

$ON T -AKE -E 3TOP .OW stories by Michael Parker ISBN-13 978-1-56512-485-1, NO. 72485 UPC 0-19628-72485-4 $12.95 PAPER, 2007

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-175-1, NO. 72175 $12.95 PAPER, 1997

.IGHT OF THE !VENGING "LOWlSH

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-410-3, NO. 72410 UPC 0-19628-72410-6 $13.95 PAPER, 2007

1993

by John Welter

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-053-2, NO. 72053 $11.95 PAPER, 1993

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-050-1, NO. 72050 $12.95 PAPER, 1994

1992

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-076-1, NO. 72076 $9.95 PAPER, 1994

ISBN-13 978-0-945575-82-5, NO. 71582 $9.95 PAPER, 1991

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2007 guest editor, Edward P. Jones

2ESPONSIBLE -EN a novel by Edward Schwarzschild

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-556-8, NO. 72556 UPC 0-19628-72556-1 $14.95 PAPER, 2007

&OR COMPLETE LISTINGS PLEASE VISIT OUR ONLINE CATALOG AT WWW ALGONQUIN COM

2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-543-8, NO. 72543 UPC 0-19628-72543-1 $12.95 PAPER, 2006

guest editor, Allan Gurganus ISBN-13 978-1-56512-531-5, NO. 72531 UPC 0-19628-72531-8 $14.95 PAPER, 2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-409-7, NO. 72409 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

$OROTHY ON THE 2OCKS a novel by Barbara Suter ISBN-13 978-1-56512-471-4, NO. 72471 UPC 0-19628-72471-7 $13.95 PAPER, 2008

2005

-Y /LD 4RUE ,OVE a novel by Sheila Kay Adams ISBN-13 978-1-56512-407-3, NO. 72407 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-432-5, NO. 72432 UPC 0-19628-72432-8 $13.95 PAPER, 2004

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ISBN-13 978-1-56512-567-4, NO. 72567 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-469-1, NO. 72469 UPC 0-19628-72469-4 $13.95 PAPER, 2005

with a preface by Tim Gautreaux

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4HE &UTURE OF ,OVE a novel by Shirley Abbott

with a preface by Jill McCorkle

2004

ALGONQUIN BOOKS

1991

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4HE (AT OF -Y -OTHER stories by Max Steele

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-232-1, NO. 72232 $10.95 PAPER, 1999

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-011-2, NO. 72011 $10.95 PAPER, 1992

4HE #HRISTMAS ,ETTERS a novella by Lee Smith ISBN-13 978-1-56512-376-2, NO. 72376 UPC 0-19628-72376-5 $9.95 PAPER, 2002

4HE 5NEXPECTED 3ALAMI a novel by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-155-3, NO. 72155 $10.95 PAPER, 1996

A Novel of Covert Operations, Love, and Luncheon Meat

.%7 34/2)%3 ,)"2!29 New Stories from the South The Year’s Best

4HE &AMILY $IAMOND stories by Edward Schwarzschild

1996

0URPLE (IBISCUS a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ISBN-13 978-1-56512-387-8, NO. 72387 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

*UDGE a novel by Dwight Allen

(EADLOCK a novel by Adam Berlin

2ILEY S &IRE a novel by Lee Merrill Byrd

-EETING ,UCIANO a novel by Anna Esaki-Smith

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-369-4, NO. 72369 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-266-6, NO. 72266 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-497-4, NO. 72497 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-215-4, NO. 72215 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1999

4HE 'REEN 3UIT fiction by Dwight Allen ISBN-13 978-1-56512-274-1, NO. 72274 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

7HICH "RINGS -E TO 9OU A Novel in Confessions

by Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott ISBN-13 978-1-56512-443-1, NO. 72443 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

! 0ERFECT !RRANGEMENT a novel by Suzanne Berne A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, TEEN PEOPLE, AND LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-261-1, NO. 72261 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

! #RIME IN THE .EIGHBORHOOD a novel by Suzanne Berne A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

3UMMERS AT "LUE ,AKE a novel by Jill Althouse-Wood

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-165-2, NO. 72165 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-496-7, NO. 72496 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

4ROUBLE WITH 'IRLS stories by Marshall Boswell

)N THE .AME OF 3ALOM£ a novel by Julia Alvarez

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-344-1, NO. 72344 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB AND AN INSIGHTOUT BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-276-5, NO. 72276 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

s 2EADING 'ROUP 'UIDE AVAILABLE

_9O a novel by Julia Alvarez A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-157-7, NO. 72157 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

)N THE 4IME OF THE "UTTERmIES a novel by Julia Alvarez A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-038-9, NO. 72038 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 1994

(OW THE 'ARC¤A 'IRLS ,OST 4HEIR !CCENTS a novel by Julia Alvarez ISBN-13 978-0-945575-57-3, NO. 71557 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1991

s 2EADER S 'UIDE AVAILABLE

3WIM TO -E a novel by Betsy Carter

ISBN-13 978-0-945575-33-7, NO. 71533 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 1991

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-492-9, NO. 72492 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

! 6IRTUOUS 7OMAN a novel by Kaye Gibbons

4HE /RANGE "LOSSOM 3PECIAL a novel by Betsy Carter A LITERARY GUILD, BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-449-3, NO. 72449 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

4HE 3AINT OF ,OST 4HINGS a novel by Christopher Castellani ISBN-13 978-1-56512-433-2, NO. 72433 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-420-2, NO. 72420 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

! +ISS FROM -ADDALENA a novel by Christopher Castellani

0HONE #ALLS FROM THE $EAD stories by Wendy Brenner

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-389-2, NO. 72389 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-245-1, NO. 72245 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

!N !RSONIST S 'UIDE TO 7RITERS (OMES IN .EW %NGLAND a novel by Brock Clarke

#ONlNEMENT a novel by Carrie Brown A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-393-9, NO. 72393 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

4HE (OUSE ON "ELLE )SLE stories by Carrie Brown A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-300-7, NO. 72300 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

A LITERARY GUILD BOOK CLUB SELECTION

4HE 5NTHINKABLE 4HOUGHTS OF *ACOB 'REEN a novel by Joshua Braff

! #URE FOR $REAMS a novel by Kaye Gibbons

A LITERARY GUILD AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-206-2, NO. 72206 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 1989

%LLEN &OSTER a novel by Kaye Gibbons A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-205-5, NO. 72205 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 1987

! $ANGEROUS !GE a novel by Ellen Gilchrist A DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB, BOOK-OF-THEMONTH CLUB, AND LITERARY GUILD SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-542-1, NO. 72542 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

! 0RIVATE 3ORCERY a novel by Lisa Gornick A LITERARY GUILD AND IN BOOK SELECTION

(See page 12.) 7AKElELD a novel by Andrei Codrescu ISBN-13 978-1-56512-372-4, NO. 72372 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

'OSSIP OF THE 3TARLINGS a novel by Nina de Gramont

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-341-0, NO. 72341 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

-Y $ROWNING a novel by Jim Grimsley ISBN-13 978-1-56512-141-6, NO. 72141 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1997

$REAM "OY a novel by Jim Grimsley A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-106-5, NO. 72106 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1995

4HE (ATBOX "ABY a novel by Carrie Brown

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-565-0, NO. 72565 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

5RSULA 5NDER a novel by Ingrid Hill

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-299-4, NO. 72299 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

&OOL a novel by Frederick G. Dillen

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-388-5, NO. 72388 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

,AMB IN ,OVE a novel by Carrie Brown

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-234-5, NO. 72234 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 1999

4AMARIND 7OMAN a novel by Anita Rau Badami

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-203-1, NO. 72203 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 1999

,UNCH AT THE 0ICCADILLY a novel by Clyde Edgerton

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-368-7, NO. 72368 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-335-9, NO. 72335 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

2OSE S 'ARDEN a novel by Carrie Brown

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-195-9, NO. 72195 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2003

-IDDLE 3ON a novel by Deborah Iida

4HE (ERO S 7ALK a novel by Anita Rau Badami

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-174-4, NO. 72174 $20.95 HARDCOVER, 1998

A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION

! -IRACLE OF #ATlSH a novel by Larry Brown

7INTER 2UN fiction by Robert Ashcom A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-328-1, NO. 72328 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2002

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-312-0, NO. 72312 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

s 2EADING 'ROUP 'UIDE AVAILABLE

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-536-0, NO. 72536 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

,AST "ITE a novel by Nancy Verde Barr

&AY a novel by Larry Brown

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-495-0, NO. 72495 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2006

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-168-3, NO. 72168 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2000

2EDEYE ! 7ESTERN a novel by Clyde Edgerton ISBN-13 978-1-56512-060-0, NO. 72060 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1995

7ALKING !CROSS %GYPT a novel by Clyde Edgerton A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION

ISBN-13 978-0-912697-51-2, NO. 70751 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1987

4HE #OAL 4ATTOO a novel by Silas House

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-119-5, NO. 72119 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1996

4HE #RIPPLE AND (IS 4ALISMANS a novel by Anosh Irani ISBN-13 978-1-56512-456-1, NO. 72456 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2005

#HATTER a novel by Perrin Ireland ISBN-13 978-1-56512-540-7, NO. 72540 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007

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BACKLIST FICTION ALGONQUIN BOOKS

-UDBOUND a novel by Hillary Jordan

#HRISTMAS IN THE 3OUTH

A PROGRESSIVE BOOK CLUB SELECTION

Holiday Stories from the South’s Best Writers

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-569-8, NO. 72569 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2008

edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker preface by Kaye Gibbons illustrated by Wyatt Waters

'OOD #OUNSEL a novel by Tim Junkin A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN-13 978-1-56512-284-0, NO. 72284 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2001

ISBN-13 978-1-56512-448-6, NO. 72448 UPC 0-19628-72448-9 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2004

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The $64 Tomato 27 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names 23 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names 27 100 Vegetables and Where They Came From 27 The Accidental Buddhist 32 All-Night Party 35 The Americano 23 American Savior 2 An Apple for My Teacher 25 An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England 12 At Sea in the City 33 Balls 38 Be the Dream 26 The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness 24 Best of the South 37 Between Here and April 9 The Big Turnoff 31 Billy Ray’s Farm 24 Bloodsworth 34 Boone 6–7 The Botanist and the Vintner 26 Boulevard 36 A Boy I Once Knew 25 Brave Enemies 36 Breakfast with Buddha 3 A Brief Lunacy 39 The Buddha and the Terrorist 32 The Canal House 39 Candyfreak 26 Chatter 20, 38 The Cheer Leader 36 The Children in Room E4 14 The Christmas Letters 37 Christmas in the South 39 Clover 39 Coal Black Horse 21, 37 The Coal Tattoo 38 Cobb 33 A Cold Spring 39 Comfort and Joy 36 A Company of Three 39 Confinement 38 Creatures of Habit 36 A Crime in the Neighborhood 38 The Cripple and His Talismans 38 Cuba Diaries 33 A Cure for Dreams 38 The Curve of the World 39 A Dangerous Age 20, 38 Daughters of Memory 35 Dinner at Miss Lady’s 26 The Dinner Diaries 21, 31 Dirty Work 36 The Divine Economy of Salvation 39 A Dixie Christmas 39 Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain 15

Dog on the Cross 36 Don’t Make Me Stop Now 37 Dori Sanders’ Country Cooking Dorothy on the Rocks 21, 37 Dream Boy 38 Dream Golf 33

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If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name 34 If You Want Me to Stay 39 In Code 25 The Innocents 29 In the Land of Second Chances 39 In the Name of Salomé 38 In the Time of the Butterflies 38 In the Wake of Madness 29 Island of the Lost 29

The Earth Moved 30 Eddie & Bella 39 Educating Esmé 25 Ellen Foster 38 The End of the World as We Know It 24 The English Disease 39 Enslaved by Ducks 31 The Essential Klezmer 30 Every Last Cuckoo 39 The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories 35 Excuse Me for Asking 35

The Jew Store Joe 36 John Gardner Judge 38 July 7th 36

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King Matt the First 36 A Kiss from Maddalena 38

Facing the Music 36 The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue 36 The Family Diamond 37 Fay 38 The Feasting Season 36 Final Vinyl Days 39 First Words 29 Fleeing Fundamentalism 32 Flower Confidential 21, 30 Fool 38 Fowl Weather 31 French Dirt 34 From the Ground Up 27 A Frozen Hell 35 The Future of Love 20, 37

The Lady in the Palazzo 21, 33 Lamb in Love 38 Last Bite 38 Last Child in the Woods 21, 31 The Last Girls 39 Lightning Song 36 Little Blues Book 30 Love, Loss, and What I Wore 28 Love Poetry Out Loud 31 Loving Every Child 27 Lucky Us 39 Lunch at the Piccadilly 38 Lying in Bed 39

Gap Creek 39 Gardener’s Latin 27 Gertrude Stein 23 The Ghost at the Table 36 Ginseng, the Divine Root 30 Girl Meets God 32 Golfing with God 36 Good Bugs for Your Garden 27 Good Counsel 39 The Good Negress 39 Gossip of the Starlings 20, 38 Greasy Rider 13 A Great and Glorious Game 33 The Green Suit 38 The Half-Mammals of Dixie 39 The Hatbox Baby 38 The Hat of My Mother 37 Headlock 38 Heart in the Right Place 8 Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers 26 The Hero’s Walk 38 Hollow Ground 39 Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits 39 Hot and Bothered 36 House-Dreams 29 The House on Belle Isle 38 The House on Dream Street 25 How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 38

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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading 31 How to Spell Chanukah 29

The M Word 25 Making Whoopee 29 Makeovers at the Beauty Counter of Happiness 28 The Medic 35 Meeting Luciano 38 Middle Son 38 Midnight Assassin 34 A Miracle of Catfish 38 Mother of the Bride 28 Mr. Universe 36 Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden 27 Mrs. Whaley Entertains 27 Mudbound 20, 39 The Music of Wild Birds 23 Music of the Swamp 37 The Music Teacher 18 My Dear Mother 28 My Drowning 38 My Father’s Paradise 10–11 My Life as a Boy 24 My Old Man and the Sea 33 My Old True Love 37 My Therapist’s Dog 31 New Orleans, Mon Amour New Stories from the South The Next Better Place 25 Night of the Avenging Blowfish 37 Notorious Victoria 23

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Off the Deep End 20, 33 On Agate Hill 37 On American Soil 35 One Part Angel 39 On the Road to Freedom 28 On Whale Island 33 The Orange Blossom Special 38 Otherwise Normal People 27 Out on the Porch 28 Out on the Porch Calendar 22 Outwitting History 29 The Painting 39 Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League 26 Passing Through 36 A Perfect Arrangement 38 Phone Calls from the Dead 38 Poe & Fanny 39 Poetry Out Loud 32 A Private Sorcery 38 Purple Hibiscus 37 The Queen of October

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The Radiation Sonnets 32 Ray in Reverse 39 Redeye 38 Responsible Men 37 The Resurrectionist 20, 39 Return of the Osprey 23 Riley’s Fire 38 Rising to the Occasion 28 Rock On 24 A Rose by Any Name 16–17 Rose’s Garden 38 Running North 33 The Saint of Lost Things 38 Saving the World 35 The School of Beauty and Charm 39 Seasoned in the South 26 Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time 24 Shalom Y’all 29 The Sharpshooter Blues 36 Side Effects 20, 30 Singing for Your Supper 28 Single Wife 39 Sins and Needles 25 The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here 25 Smartbomb 32 Solo 24 Somehow Form a Family 24 Some Survived 35 Something to Declare 29 The Song of the Earth 39 Songbirds in Your Garden 23 The Soul of a Doctor 30 Southern Belly 26 The Souvenir 35 Stealing with Style 36 Sugar Among the Freaks 36 Summers at Blue Lake 38 Swim to Me 38 Tab Hunter Confidential Tamarind Woman 38

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Campbell, Christy 26 Carter, Betsy 38 Carter, W. Hodding 20, 33 Castellani, Christopher 38 Chaplin, Heather 32 Chernin, Kim 24 Clarke, Brock 12 Cobb, Charles E., Jr. 28 Codell, Esmé Raji 25, 31 Codrescu, Andrei 33, 38 Conway, Linda Glick 26 Cook, Ann Mariah 33 Coons, Nancy 36 Copeland, Cyrus M. 32 Cross, Carlene 32 Currey-Wilson, Ellen 31 de Blasi, Marlena 21, 33 de Gramont, Nina 20, 38 D’Este, Carlo 35 Dillen, Frederick G. 38 Douglas, Ellen 24 Downey, Annie 36 Driskell, Leon V. 36 Druett, Joan 29 Earley, Tony 24 Eaton, Susan 14 Edge, John T. 26 Edgerton, Clyde 24, 38 Esaki-Smith, Anna 38 Flannery, Sarah 25 Fox, Vicki Reikes 29 Franklin, Emily 20, 29

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Bailey, Mark 26 Barnet, Andrea 35 Barr, Nancy Verde 38 Bass, Alison 20, 30 Beckerman, Ilene 28 ben Izzy, Joel 24 Berlin, Adam 38 Berne, Suzanne 36, 38 Block, Betsy 21, 31 Boswell, Marshall 38 Braff, Joshua 38 Brenner, Douglas 16–17 Brenner, Wendy 38 Brown, Carrie 38 Brown, Larry 24, 36, 38 Bryan, Patricia L. 34 Byrd, Lee Merrill 38

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Gabriel, Mary 23 Gash, Amy 27 Gessler, Diana Hollingsworth 34 Gessner, David 23 Gibbons, Kaye 38 Gilchrist, Ellen 20, 38 Goodman, Richard 34 Goodwillie, David 24 Goodwin, Stephen 33 Goolrick, Robert 21, 24 Gordon, Karen Elizabeth 28 Gornick, Lisa 38 Gould, John 25 Grimsley, Jim 36, 38 Gruen, Sara 36 Gurganus, Allan 37 Gwyn, Aaron 36

Packer, ZZ 4 Parker, Michael 37, 39 Pelikan, Judy 23 Pinfold, Wallace 28 Pipkin, Turk 39 Pories, Kathy 25 Pories, Susan 30 Pupek, Jayne 5

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Ravenel, Shannon 37 Robertson, Brian 30 Robson, Kenneth S. 33 Rogovoy, Seth 30 Rubin, Louis D., Jr. 35 Rubin, Robert Alden 31, 32 Ruby, Aaron 32

Jain, Sachin H. 30 Jenkins, Emyl 36 Johnson, Holly 28 Jones, Edward P. 21, 37 Joseph, Sandra 27 Jordan, Hillary 20, 39 Jourdan, Carolyn 8 Junkin, Tim 34, 39 Keith, Michael C. 25 Kennedy, Dan 24 Kincaid, Nanci 39 Kogan, Deborah Copaken Korczak, Janusz 27, 36 Kornblum, William 33 Kumar, Satish 32

Welter, John 37 Whaley, Emily 27 Wilson, Wayne 39 Winner, Lauren 32 Wolf, Thomas 34 Wuori, G. K. 39

O’Connell, Jack 20, 39 O’Connor, Varley 39 Olmstead, Robert 21, 37

Hall, Barbara 18 Hamann, Jack 35 Harper, Gordon 30 Hays, Daniel 33 Hays, David 33 Hazard, Edith 28 Hemingway, Edward 26 Hill, Ingrid 38 House, Silas 38 Howard, Hugh 29 Hunter, Tab 24

Sabar, Ariel 10–11 Sachs, Dana 25 Sanders, Dori 26, 39 Scanniello, Stephen 16–17 Schuyler, Nina 39 Schwarzschild, Edward 21, 36 Scott, Aurelia C. 27 Seebohm, Caroline 39 Shaffner, George 20, 39 Shapiro, Laurie Gwen 36 Shetterly, Aran 23 Silber, Joan 39 Silesky, Barry 24 Simons, Gary 26 Singleton, George 37, 39 Skibell, Joseph 39 Smith, Bill 26 Smith, Lee 37, 39 Solomon, Nina 39 Starcher, Allison Mia 27 Steele, Max 37 Steinman, Louise 35 Stendhal, Renate 23 Stevens, Marcus 39 Stewart, Amy 21, 27, 30 Stone, Elizabeth 25 Stump, Al 33 Suberman, Stella 29, 35 Sullivan, Felicia C. 25 Sumner, Melanie 39 Suter, Barbara 21, 37 Tarte, Bob 31 Tattlin, Isadora 33 Taylor, David A. 30 Terres, John K. 23 Thayer, Cynthia 39 Trotter, William 35 Tucker, Judy H. 39 Tyler, Anne 37 Uppal, Priscila Verdelle, A. J.

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