February’s roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult, in which the residents of a small town must come to terms with the role they played in a shocking tragedy; PEONY IN LOVE, Lisa See’s follow-up to SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN that tells of three women in 17th-century China who become emotionally involved with a famous opera known to cause lovesickness and even death; CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT, an ambitious novel from Anne Rice about the early years of Jesus Christ; Sandra Dallas’s TALLGRASS, which revolves around Japanese internment camps during World War II; KOCKROACH, the classic tale of an immigrant's search for the American dream as seen from a new perspective, as Tyler Knox turns Kafka's “The Metamorphosis” on its head; and THE ASSASSIN, Andrew Britton’s second political thriller, in which maverick CIA agent Ryan Kealey must fight against his own agency while the clock is ticking on a devastating terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Among our nonfiction highlights are GRACE (EVENTUALLY), Anne Lamott’s third book on faith (following TRAVELING MERCIES and PLAN B), an examination of the ways we're caught in life's most daunting predicaments; IN AN INSTANT, a dual memoir by ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his wife, Lee, who share their never-before-told story of romance, resilience and survival following the tragedy that transformed their lives; and HARD CALL, in which presidential candidate John McCain and Mark Salter describe the anatomy of great decisions in history by telling the remarkable stories of men and women who have exemplified composure, wisdom and intellect in the face of life's toughest decisions.
February’s roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes NINETEEN MINUTES by Jodi Picoult, in which the residents of a small town must come to terms with the role they played in a shocking tragedy; PEONY IN LOVE, Lisa See’s follow-up to SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN that tells of three women in 17th-century China who become emotionally involved with a famous opera known to cause lovesickness and even death; CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT, an ambitious novel from Anne Rice about the early years of Jesus Christ; Sandra Dallas’s TALLGRASS, which revolves around Japanese internment camps during World War II; KOCKROACH, the classic tale of an immigrant's search for the American dream as seen from a new perspective, as Tyler Knox turns Kafka's “The Metamorphosis” on its head; and THE ASSASSIN, Andrew Britton’s second political thriller, in which maverick CIA agent Ryan Kealey must fight against his own agency while the clock is ticking on a devastating terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
THE ALIBI MAN
ANGELICA
THE ASSASSIN
THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS
BECAUSE SHE CAN
BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD
THE BOOK OF AIR AND SHADOWS
BURNING BRIGHT
CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT
THE COLOR OF BLOOD
DAMAGE CONTROL
DARK ROOM
THE DEAD HOUR
DEEP STORM
THE DOUBLE BIND
A FATAL GRACE: A Three Pines Mystery
GROTESQUE
IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN
KEY LIME PIE MURDER
KOCKROACH
LACED: A Regan Reilly Mystery
LOST CITY RADIO
LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY
MAGIC CITY
MALICE
THE MISSING
NEFERTITI: The Book of the Dead
NINETEEN MINUTES
OBSESSION: An Alex Delaware Novel
PEONY IN LOVE
THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD
RED CAT
THE RUINS
SELF STORAGE
SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS
THE SPELLMAN FILES
THE SUCCESSOR
SURVEILLANCE
TALLGRASS
THE TESTAMENT OF GIDEON MACK
THEN WE CAME TO THE END
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO
BAMBI VS. GODZILLA: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
THE BASEBALL ECONOMIST: The Real Game Exposed
CHURCHILL AND AMERICA
FINAL ANALYSIS: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case
FOUR QUEENS: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
GRACE (EVENTUALLY): Thoughts on Faith
GRAND AVENUES: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C.
GRAYSON
HARD CALL: The Art of Great Decisions
IN AN INSTANT: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing
MELLON: An American Life
PISTOL: The Life of Pete Maravich
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BASEBALL: Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player
TRIUMPH: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics