Hardcover – Fiction
The Ghost War, by Alex Berenson
Returning to Washington after a harrowing case in the Middle East, CIA agent and al-Qaeda infiltrator John Wells is selected to investigate a surge in Taliban activity with possible Asian ties. By the author of The Faithful Spy. 150,000 first printing.
7th Heaven, by James Patterson
Investigating the arson deaths of a wealthy couple, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant DA Yuki Castellano find the case further complicated by the disappearance of a former governor’s son, internal pressure, and the media. 1,250,000 first printing.
Someday, by Karen Kingsbury
When Dayne and Katy Matthews take on separate movie projects, tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but something drastic catches Dayne’s attention and makes him realize the destruction they’re playing with; meanwhile, the Flanigans recognize the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the theater from being torn down. Original. 300,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.
Song Yet Sung, by James McBride
A tale set against a backdrop of slave rights conflicts in the nineteenth-century Chesapeake Bay region finds young runaway Liz Spocott inadvertently inspiring a slave breakout from the attic prison of a notorious slave thief who vengefully calls slave catcher Denwood Long out of retirement. 100,000 first printing.
The Chocolate Lovers’ Club, by Carole Matthews
Together with her fellow addicts–Autumn, Nadia, and Chantal–Lucy Lombard forms a select group known as The Chocolate Lovers’ Club that gets together at their sanctuary, a caf‚ called Chocolate Heaven, whenever there is a crisis in one of the member’s lives, including a gambling husband, cheating boyfriend, flirtatious boss, and a loveless marriage. 25,000 first printing.
An Irish Country Village, by Patrick Taylor
Delighted to be offered a permanent position with crusty Dr. O’Reilly, Dr. Barry Lavery confronts a crisis when his reputation is threatened by the unexpected death of one of his patients, he and O’Reilly launch a campaign to save Ballybucklebo’s four-hundred-year-old pub, and his beloved Patricia tries to win a scholarship to Cambridge, in the sequel to An Irish Country Doctor. 75,000 first printing.
Stranger in Paradise, by Robert B. Parker
Ten years after hit man Crow Cromartie escapes with the spoils of a lucrative heist, Massachusetts police officer Jesse Stone is astonished when the fugitive enlists his cooperation with a job gone bad involving a young woman whose father wants her killed. By the author of High Profile. 275,000 first printing.
Dakota, by Marth Grimes
A sequel to Biting the Moon finds amnesiac drifter Andi Oliver moving between waitressing jobs throughout the country until a discovery at a livestock facility renders her a target of two men, including a hired gunman and a pursuer who would claim something from her forgotten past. By the author of Dust. 75,000 first printing.
Death of a Gentle Lady, by M.C. Beaton
Suspecting that an elderly matron is not quite the kindhearted favorite her neighbors believe her to be, fractious constable Hamish Macbeth investigates the local inspector’s suspicions when the lady dies under mysterious circumstances but harbors private opinions about what may have brought about her demise.
The Appeal, by John Grisham
The author of such best-selling legal thrillers as A Time to Kill, The Last Juror, and The Brethren presents his latest novel of courtroom and legal suspense as he offers a provocative look at the price of American justice. 2,800,000 first printing.
Life Class, by Pat Barker
Capturing the devastation and psychological trauma of the Great War on every level of British society, a new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of The Ghost Road focuses on a group of young art students, including Paul Tarrant, a Red Cross volunteer, who soon discovers that life, love, and art will never be the same. 35,000 first printing.
The Monsters of Templeton, by Lauren Groff
Returning in disgrace to her born-again Christian mother’s home after an affair with her professor, temperamental Willie arrives at the same time the remains of a prehistoric creature is discovered in the town’s lake, a finding that tests Willie’s archaeological skills and leads to painful revelations about her family. A first novel. 100,000 first printing.
The Killing Ground, by Jack Higgins
Entreated for help by an English-Bedouin man whose thirteen-year-old daughter has been kidnapped and forced to marry a terrorist, intelligence operative Sean Dillon finds his willing assistance sparking a deadly chain of events.
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name, by Vendela Vida
Raised by her father after the disappearance of her mother, twenty-eight-year-old Clarissa discovers upon her father’s death that he had not been her father at all, a finding that drives her to leave and travel to the Arctic to discover the truth about her heritage. Reprint.
Hardcover – Nonfiction
The Greatest Gift, by Binka Le Breton
An inspirational portrait of an extraordinary nun describes how Sister Dorothy Stang came to Brazil as a missionary in 1966, her work in the Amazon to protect small farmers from powerful and ruthless logging and development interests, and her 2005 murder, and offers a provocative expos‚ of the collusion between government and commercial interests that contributed to the crime. 20,000 first printing.
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Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary, Reflections by Women Writers, Edited by Susan Morrison
An evaluation of the presidential candidate by thirty women writers from diverse walks of life considers her political career and prospects from supportive and less favorable perspectives, in a volume that includes contributions by such names as Deborah Tannen, Susan Cheever, and Lorrie Moore. 35,000 first printing.
Sent Yourself Roses, by Kathleen Turner
An irreverent self-portrait by the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actress discusses such topics as the father she lost at a young age, her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and her relationships with such fellow celebrities as Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, and Francis Ford Coppola.
Marching Toward Hell, by Michael Scheuer
A veteran CIA counter-terrorism analyst provides a sobering analysis of the U.S. Iraqi War policy while making unsettling predictions about how American security will be affected by the conflict, in a report that reveals how America’s foreign policy is undermining key national goals and rendering the country vulnerable to terrorism. 200,000 first printing.
Daydream Believers, by Fred Kaplan
The author of the “War Stories” column in Slate argues that America’s foreign policy under the Bush administration has gone astray not only because of incompetence, but also because of misconceptions about world politics, the lessons of history, the nature of warfare, democracy, and other so-called “Daydreamer” beliefs.
Losing It, by Valerie Bertinelli
An inspirational memoir by the one-time star of the hit TV show One Day at a Time recalls the challenges of maintaining a healthy self-image while coping with the stress of celebrity, her twenty-year marriage to rock star Eddie Van Halen, her battle with depression and weight, motherhood, and her determination to take control of her own life. 250,000 first printing.
Fanon, by John Edgar Wideman
A fictional portrait based on the life of Frantz Fanon, a philosopher, psychiatrist, political activist, and author of The Wretched of the Earth, chronicles Fanon’s life, from his Martinique upbringing through the publication of his influential work and his legacy in a post-9/11 world, as seen through the eyes of the African-American novelist writing his biography.
The Food You Crave, by Ellie Krieger
The host of Food Network’s Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger shares her approach to a healthy and delicious diet with a selection of two hundred recipes for every meal and craving, with dishes that emphasize fresh, aromatic ingredients–herbs, spices, vegetables, grains, fruits, meats, and fish–accompanied by complete nutritional breakdowns.
Real Change, by Newt Gingrich
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives examines the need for change in health care, immigration, energy and environmental policy, transportation, and national security, and discusses the difficulties politicians from both parties have in implementing new agendas.
The Great Swim, by Gavin Mortimer
Draws on primary sources, diaries, and family interviews to document the story of four American athletes who in 1926 became the first women to swim the English Channel, in an account that also cites the media frenzy that surrounded their achievement.
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The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Centruy, by Alex Ross
The scandal over modern music has not died–while paintings by Picasso and Pollock sell for millions of dollars, works from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring onward still send ripples of unease through audiences. Yet the influence of modern music can be felt everywhere. Avant-garde sounds populate the soundtracks of Hollywood thrillers. Minimalist music has had a huge effect on rock, pop, and dance music from the Velvet Underground onward. Music critic Alex Ross shines a bright light on this secret world, taking us from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties, from Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia to New York in the sixties and seventies. We follow the rise of mass culture and mass politics, of new technologies, of hot and cold wars, of experiments, revolutions, and riots. The end result is not so much a history of twentieth-century music as a history of the twentieth century through its music.–From publisher description.A history of modern music is set against the backdrop of the events and cultural movements of the twentieth century, chronicling the evolution of mass culture, technological innovation, revolution, social experiments, and more in terms of the music of the era.
Swimming in a Sea of Death, by David Rieff
A tribute to writer Susan Sontag and her final battle with cancer, written by her son, relates the human experience of being close to someone who is gravely ill and evaluates the current state of cancer research and treatment. 35,000 first printing.
The Radical and the Republican, by James Oakes
Oakes (history, City U. of New York) examines how the abolitionist and former slave, Frederick Douglass, and the pragmatic anti-slavery politician, President Abraham Lincoln, began from positions of relative mutual antipathy–with Douglass frequently denouncing Lincoln’s compromises and Lincoln just as frequently taking care to personally disavow the “radical” positions of the abolitionist movement–towards a mutual respect that would lead to Lincoln inviting Douglass to the White House twice and Douglass fastening his allegiance to Lincoln’s Republican Party.
Prime Green, Remembering the Sixties, by Robert Stone
A first work of nonfiction by the award-winning author of Dog Soldiers is a tribute to the 1960s that is told through a series of personal vignettes recounting his global experiences, from his final year in the military and Antarctic trip to his work as a correspondent in Vietnam, where he witnessed the invasion of Laos. Reprint.
Seducing the Boys Club, by Nina Disesa
In a valuable toolkit for professional women, the chair of McCann Erickson explains how to take advantage of their femininity, intuition, and wit to outmaneuver the competition, offering helpful tips on how to get ahead by learning how to read a room, use body language, develop a buddy system, and enhance their power of “benevolent manipulation.” 40,000 first printing
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Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult
In the aftermath of a horrific small-town school shooting, lawyer Jordan McAfee finds himself defending a youth who desperately needs someone on his side, while intrepid detective Patrick DuCharme works with a primary witness in the daughter of the superior court judge assigned to the case. By the author of The Tenth Circle. Reprint. 800,000 first printing.
Dream Chaser, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Given a single month on Earth as a human to redeem himself or face eternal damnation in Tartarus, Dream-Hunter Xypher, who only feels emotions through the dreams of others, assists Simone Dubois, a coroner with the power to read the minds of the wrongfully dead to find those responsible for their murders, as together they pursue an evil Dimme demon. Original.
The Boys in the Trees, by Mary Swan
Newcomers in their rural home, William Heath, his wife, and his two daughters appear to be the picture of a devoted family, until accusations of embezzlement prompt William to commit a terrible crime, leaving those around him struggling to reconcile his actions with their preconceived perceptions. A first novel. Original. 40,000 first printing.
Mistress of the Art of Death, by Kim Edwards
Sent to medieval Cambridge in order to exonerate a group of Jewish prisoners with financial ties to King Henry I, University of Salerno medical examiner Adelia and a group of companions struggle to avoid being accused of witchcraft and discover that the killer may be a former crusader. Reprint.
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
In an impassioned rebuttal to religion, a noted scientist and author of The Blind Watchmaker speaks out on the irrationality of belief in God; criticizes the dire impact of religion on society, from the Crusades to September 11; and argues that religion fuels war, bigotry, child abuse, violence, and other ills. Reprint.
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, by Atul Gawande
The surgeon-author of Complications explores the efforts of physicians to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, discussing such topics as the ethical considerations of lethal injections, the influence of money on modern medicine, malpractice, and surgical errors. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics
A behind-the-scenes look at the accomplishments of Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympic Games draws on previously unpublished interviews, family sources, and extensive archival research to provide a portrait of a remarkable man in relation to the intrigues, plots, controversies, and political machinations that took place. By the author of Cinderella Man. Reprint.
