OCTOBER Acquisitions:

World Without End
Contributor(s): Follett, Ken
In 1989, Follett astonished the literary world with "The Pillars of the
Earth," a sweeping epic novel set in 12th-century England that centered on
the building of a cathedral and the hundreds of lives it affected. This
sequel takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries later.
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The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
Contributor(s): Greenspan, Alan
With the distillation of a life's worth of wisdom and insight into an
elegant expression of a coherent worldview, this book will stand as
Greenspan's personal and intellectual legacy.
Publisher:  Penguin Press
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The Air We Breathe
Contributor(s): Barrett, Andrea
The National Book Award-winning author of "Ship Fever" delivers her
eagerly anticipated new novel, set in 1916, in an isolated town in the
Adirondacks, far from the war raging in Europe.
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Clapton: The Autobiography
Contributor(s): Clapton, Eric
In "Clapton: The Autobiography," one of the most revered and private
figures in the history of rock, blues, and pop finally shares his
astonishing life story. The perfect gift for any Slow Hand fan.
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Interred with Their Bones
Contributor(s): Carrell, Jennifer Lee
On the eve of the Globes production of "Hamlet," Shakespearean scholar
Kate Shelton is given what is claimed to be the Bards long-lost work. When
a killer decides to stage theatrical murders as flesh-and-blood realities,
Shelton must decipher a string of clues before anyone else dies.
Publisher:  Dutton Books
Pub Date:  10/2007
EAN:  9780525949701
ISBN:  0525949704
Binding:  Hardcover
US SRP:  25.95
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Orpheus Lost
Contributor(s): Hospital, Janette Turner
In an enthralling novel as passionate as it is true to life, Hospital
reveals an American underworld of suspicion and despair, and shows how
fear and paranoia have worked their way into our daily lives.
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Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself
Contributor(s): Alda, Alan
Actor and bestselling author Alda faces tough questions as he looks back
on paths his life has taken--from the turbulence of the sixties through
the ache of
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The Bone Garden
Contributor(s): Gerritsen, Tess
Shifting seamlessly between the 1830s and present-day Boston, one of the
worlds bestselling authors delves into the past with a blazing new
historical thriller featuring beloved character Maura Isles.
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Other Colors: Essays and a Story
Contributor(s): Pamuk, Orhan (Author); Freely, Maureen (Translator)
Pamuks first book since winning the Nobel Prize is a dazzling collection
of essays, written over the last three decades, on his lifelong
obsessions, his own work, and the work of others. Illustrated with
photographs, paintings, and the authors own sketches.
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Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer
Contributor(s): Brownlee, Shannon
A groundbreaking critique of the American health care systems addiction to
overtreatment, this searing expos from award-winning journalist Brownlee
shows how hospitals deliver huge amounts of unnecessary care that is not
only wasteful but can actually imperil the health of patients.
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The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel
Contributor(s): Hunter, Stephen
"New York Times" bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hunter
combines the raw grittiness of 1945 Iwo Jima with the mystique of the
samurai culture to create his best thriller to date.
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Under Enemy Colors
Contributor(s): Russell, S Thomas
At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britains most skillful naval
officers, Charles Hayden, is wrenchingly torn between honor and duty, as
the magnificent Royal Navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle
for power.
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The Tale of Hawthorn House: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter
Contributor(s): Albert, Susan Wittig
In this mystery in the endearing Beatrix Potter series by a national
bestselling author, Miss Beatrix Potter receives an unexpected visitor in
the form of Baby Flora. Now Beatrix and her animal friends are left to
ponder the possible involvement of fairy folk in some puzzling happenings.
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Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
Contributor(s): Macintyre, Ben
A gripping story of loyalty, love, and treachery, this history of Eddie
Chapman--the most successful British double agent in World War II--offers
a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, and the thin line
between fidelity and betrayal, courage and cowardice. Illustrated.
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Capitol Offense: A Nik Kane Alaska Mystery
Contributor(s): Doogan, Mike
>From the author of "Lost Angel" comes this second novel in a new series
featuring Detective Nik Kane. Sent to investigate a murder that implicates
one of Alaska’s most promising young politicians, Kane uncovers a secret
so great that he may have to pay for it with his life.
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Playing for Pizza
Contributor(s): Grisham, John
In John Grisham's new novel, a one-time American football star signed to
Italy's Parma Panthers becomes entangled in a series of comic
misadventures on and off the field.
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Sweet Revenge
Contributor(s): Davidson, Diane Mott
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Dark Tort" and "Double Shot"
delivers another knockout novel featuring Colorado caterer Goldy Schultz.
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The Theory of Clouds
Contributor(s): Audeguy, Stephane (Author); Bent, Timothy (Translator)
**DEBUT FICTION** Akira Kumo, miraculous survivor of Hiroshima, reinvented
himself as someone twenty years younger. Now an eccentric couturier and
collector of all literature having to do with clouds and meteorology, he
hires Virginie, a young librarian, to catalog his library. While she
works, he tells her stories of those who have devoted their lives to
clouds: the Quaker Luke Howard, contemporary of Napoleon and Goethe, who
first classified clouds; the painter Carmichael (based on John Constable),
who spent a year painting clouds; and the mysterious Abercrombie, a
photographer who cataloged clouds around the world. Virginie's trip to
London in search of the suppressed Abercrombie protocol becomes a quest no
less wondrous and strange than Kumo's own. Sensual, hypnotic, and filled
with stories both true and fanciful, The Theory of Clouds is a masterful
first novel.
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Trespass
Contributor(s): Martin, Valerie
Rich with menace, this novel unfolds in a world where darkness intrudes
into bright and pleasant places, a world with betrayal at its heart. In
shimmering prose Martin raises the question, Who shall inherit America?
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Velocity
Contributor(s): Krygowski, Nancy
Winner of the 2006 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize; Krygowski's
poems--often sad, sometimes humorous, always generous--; lovingly grounded
in the ordinary. They are thinking poems--tightly crafted, accessible
inquiries more interested in exploring stark and complicated knowledge
than in proclaiming it.
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A Wrongful Death
Contributor(s): Wilhelm, Kate
Wilhelm, the bestselling author of "Sleight of Hand," who has been hailed
as one of the masters of psychological fiction ("San Francisco
Chronicle"), offers a new legal thriller featuring Barbara Holloway.
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Contributor(s): Ackerman, Diane
When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw--and the citys zoo
along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and
Antonina Zabinski smuggled Jews through the empty cages, saving hundreds
of people from Nazi hands. Eight-page photo insert.
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
Contributor(s): Gabaldon, Diana
>From the exquisitely talented and award-winning author of the Outlander
saga comes this latest addition as Lord John Grey, an 18th-century
Englishman, pursues a deadly family secret as well as a clandestine love
affair.
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Rebel Island
Contributor(s): Riordan, Rick
The award-winning author of "Big Red Tequila" delivers the most compelling
thriller of his career in this sharp and atmospheric crime novel about
justice and love.
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The Wheel of Darkness
Contributor(s): Preston, Douglas JChild, Lincoln (Author)
At a remote monastery in Tibet, a rare and dangerous artifact mysteriously
disappears. Aloysius Pendergast agrees to take up the search that leads
him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the "Queen Victoria"--and to an
Atlantic crossing fraught with terror.
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Circling My Mother: A Memoir
Contributor(s): Gordon, Mary
After two acclaimed works of fiction, Gordon returns triumphantly to
nonfiction with this memoir of her mother, of their relationship, and of
her role as a daughter.
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End Games
Contributor(s): Dibdin, Michael
In this devilishly suspenseful and entertaining adventure, Venice-born
detective Aurelio Zen stumbles into a story full of unexpected twists and
turns, taking readers deep into the ancient Calabrian culture--and into
the darkest corners of the human heart.
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Lady Be Bad
Contributor(s): Hern, Candice
Hern delivers the third installment of her acclaimed Merry Widows series.
Grace Marlowe is both shocked and intrigued by the amorous adventures of
her fellow Merry Widows. Though she agreed to their pact, she can't
imagine giving herself over to passion--until the most notorious libertine
in London sets his sights on her.
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Here If You Need Me: A True Story
Contributor(s): Braestrup, Kate
Kate Braestrups remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness is a
dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable story. She shares
her uplifting account of finding God through helping others, and reminds
readers of the small miracles that occur every day when life and love are
restored.
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The Septembers of Shiraz
Contributor(s): Sofer, Dalia
Set in Tehran during the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, this
understated, beautifully told literary debut follows the Amin family as
they cope with their fathers false imprisonment for spying.
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Songs Without Words
Contributor(s): Packer, Ann
This stunning follow-up to the bestselling "The Dive from Clausens Pier"
takes readers on a journey into a life-long friendship tested by a
harrowing crisis.
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Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
Contributor(s): Fforde, Jasper
Literary sleuth Thursday Next is out to save literature in the fifth
installment of Ffordes wildly popular series. Packed with word play,
bizarre and entertaining subplots, and old-fashioned suspense, Thursdays
newest adventure will be celebrated by fans and critics alike.
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Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq
Contributor(s): Holmstedt, Kirsten A (Author); Duckworth, L Tammy
(Foreword by)
This overdue account of the combat actions of the women who wore our
country's uniform in recent wars reads as swiftly as a thriller, but the
thrills here come from the real sacrifices and valor of America's fighting
women.--Ralph Peters, author of "Never Quit the Fight."
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Bones to Pick
Contributor(s): Haines, Carolyn
When Quentin McGee is found dead in a cotton field, private investigator
Sarah Booth Delaney finds herself wading through the gossip, the
conjecture, and the outright lies to uncover the hidden truth behind the
murder.
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The Economic Naturalist: In Search of Explanations for Everyday Enigmas
Contributor(s): Frank, Robert H
Frank delightfully and painlessly employs basic economic principles to
answer scores of intriguing questions from everyday life, and, along the
way, introduces key ideas such as the cost benefit principle and the law
of one price.
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Felt It! Stitch It! Fabulous!: Creative Wearables from Flea Market Finds
Contributor(s): Bieber, Katheryn Tidwell
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To My Dearest Friends
Contributor(s): Volk, Patricia
>From the critically acclaimed author of "Stuffed: Adventures of a
Restaurant Family" comes a smart, generous novel about two New York City
women, the bonds of friendship, and the power--and responsibility--of
secrets.
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Julia Child
Contributor(s): Shapiro, Laura
Written by the award-winning author of "Perfection Salad," this biography
portrays one of the most beloved figures in 20th-century American culture:
Julia Child, the buoyant French Chef who taught millions of Americans to
cook with confidence and eat with pleasure.
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The Visible World
Contributor(s): Slouka, Mark
>From an author whose gifts recall Milan Kundera and W.G. Sebald, "The
Visible World" is a literary page-turner and an immensely powerful novel
about the vagaries of love and the need to make sense of life through the
telling of stories.
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What the Dead Know
Contributor(s): Lippman, Laura
Bestselling author Lippman returns to the compelling terrain of "Every
Secret Thing" and "To the Power of Three" with this indelible story of
crime and vengeance in which the past becomes all too present.
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Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life
Contributor(s): Shawn, Allen
In this memoir of enormous bravery, a member of one of New York's premier
literary families delivers a droll, inquisitive, and poignant examination
of his life with agoraphobia.
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Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Contributor(s): Gawande, Atul
The "New York Times" bestselling author examines the complex and
risk-filled medical profession and how those involved progress from merely
good to great. Gawande provides rare insight and offers an honest
firsthand account of his own life as a surgeon.
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Back to Bologna
Contributor(s): Dibdin, Michael
When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football
team is found both shot and stabbed, Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen
is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Soon a world-famous
university professor is shot with the same gun, immediately after publicly
humiliating Italy's leading celebrity television chef.
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The Marshal and the Madwoman
Contributor(s): Nabb, Magdalen
Long out of print, this mystery featuring Nabb's Marshal Guarnaccia finds
him having to piece together the events of a tragic night 20 years earlier
in order to solve a present-day murder.
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Some Bitter Taste
Contributor(s): Nabb, Magdalen
An elderly woman is found dead in her apartment. The marshal's search for
the villains brings him into confrontation with the past, with Jewish
refugees from fascism, and with an English expatriate.
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Property of Blood
Contributor(s): Nabb, Magdalen
The kidnapping for ransom of a beautiful American-born contessa poses
Marshal Guarnaccia's gravest challenge.<BR>
Publisher:  Soho Press
Pub Date:  10/2002
EAN:  9781569473108
ISBN:  1569473102
Binding:  Paperback
US SRP:  12.00
BISAC Categories:  Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General
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Death in Autumn
Contributor(s): Nabb, Magdalen
The body of a woman, clad only in a fur coat and jewelry, is found
floating in the Arno at dawn. Marshal Guarnaccia of the Florentine
carabinieri identifies her as a missing hotel guest. But how and why did
she die? Was it a bizarre suicide? Or murder?
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Death of an Englishman
Contributor(s): Nabb, Magdalen
The debut of Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri, a Sicilian,
stationed in Florence. It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants
to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he
must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri
short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired
Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita
bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and
Scotland Yard has despatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in
solving the crime. But it is the marshal, a quiet observer, not an
intellectual, who manages to figure out what happened, and why. In
addition to the wonderful atmosphere of Florence, Magdalen Nabb has
created a delightful investigator who has been described as "the most
Maigret-like of contemporary policemen" by the "Times Literary
Supplement."
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