February 2008

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.

FICTION:

THE ALIBI MAN Tami Hoag Bantam ISBN: 9780553583601 • Read a Review	ANGELICA Arthur Phillips Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812972603
THE ASSASSIN Andrew Britton Pinnacle ISBN: 9780786018017 • Read a Review	THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT HEAVEN BEARS Dinaw Mengestu Riverhead Trade ISBN: 9781594482854 • Read a Review
BECAUSE SHE CAN Bridie Clark Grand Central Publishing ISBN: 9780446697576 • Read a Review	BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD Sean Chercover Harper ISBN: 9780061128684
THE BOOK OF AIR AND SHADOWS Michael Gruber Harper Paperbacks ISBN: 9780061456572 • Read a Review	BURNING BRIGHT Tracy Chevalier Plume ISBN: 9780452289079 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
CHRIST THE LORD: OUT OF EGYPT Anne Rice Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345492739 • Read a Review	THE COLOR OF BLOOD Declan Hughes Harper ISBN: 9780060825508
DARK ROOM Andrea Kane Avon ISBN: 9780060741358 • Read a Review	THE DEAD HOUR Denise Mina Back Bay Books ISBN: 9780316003537 • Read a Review
THE DOUBLE BIND Chris Bohjalian Vintage ISBN: 9781400031665 • Read a Review	A FATAL GRACE: A Three Pines Mystery Louise Penny St. Martin’s Minotaur ISBN: 9780312947132
GROTESQUE Natsuo Kirino Vintage ISBN: 9781400096596	IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN Hisham Matar Dial Press Trade Paperback ISBN: 9780385340434 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
KEY LIME PIE MURDER Joanne Fluke Kensington ISBN: 9780758210197 • Read a Review	KOCKROACH Tyler Knox Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061143342 • Read a Review
LACED: A Regan Reilly Mystery Carol Higgins Clark Pocket Star ISBN: 9781416523376 • Read a Review	LOST CITY RADIO Daniel Alarcon Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780060594817 • Read a Review
LUNCHEON OF THE BOATING PARTY Susan Vreeland Penguin ISBN: 9780143113522 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	MAGIC CITY James W. Hall St. Martin’s Paperbacks ISBN: 9780312947477 • Read a Review
MALICE Robert K. Tanenbaum Pocket Star ISBN: 9781416505433 • Read a Review	THE MISSING Chris Mooney Pocket Star ISBN: 9780743463812
NEFERTITI: The Book of the Dead Nick Drake Harper Paperbacks ISBN: 9780060765910 • Read a Review	NINETEEN MINUTES Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press ISBN: 9780743496735 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
PEONY IN LOVE Lisa See Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812975222 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD Lionel Shriver Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061187896 • Read a Review
RED CAT Peter Spiegelman Vintage ISBN: 9781400097043 • Read a Review	THE RUINS Scott Smith Vintage ISBN: 9780307390271 • Read a Review
SELF STORAGE Gayle Brandeis Ballantine Books ISBN: 9780345492616 • Read a Review	SKYLIGHT CONFESSIONS Alice Hoffman Back Bay Books ISBN: 9780316017879 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide
THE SPELLMAN FILES Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9781416532408 • Read a Review	SURVEILLANCE Jonathan Raban Vintage ISBN: 9781400033652 • Read a Review
TALLGRASS Sandra Dallas St. Martin's Griffin ISBN: 9780312360207 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	THE TESTAMENT OF GIDEON MACK James Robertson Penguin ISBN: 9780143113195 • Reading Group Guide
THEN WE CAME TO THE END Joshua Ferris Back Bay Books ISBN: 9780316016391 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	WHAT THE DEAD KNOW Laura Lippman Harper ISBN: 9780061128868 • Read a Review
THE WITCH OF PORTOBELLO Paulo Coelho Harper Perennial ISBN: 9780061338816
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NONFICTION:
BAMBI VS. GODZILLA: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business David Mamet Vintage ISBN: 9781400034444	THE BASEBALL ECONOMIST: The Real Game Exposed J.C. Bradbury Plume ISBN: 9780452289024
CHURCHILL AND AMERICA Martin Gilbert Free Press ISBN: 9780743259934 • Read a Review	FINAL ANALYSIS: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case Catherine Crier Harper ISBN: 9780061148019
FOUR QUEENS: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe Nancy Goldstone Penguin ISBN: 9780143113256 • Read a Review • Reading Group Guide	GRACE (EVENTUALLY): Thoughts on Faith Anne Lamott Riverhead Trade ISBN: 9781594482878 • Read a Review
GRAND AVENUES: The Story of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the French Visionary Who Designed Washington, D.C. Scott W. Berg Vintage ISBN: 9781400076222 • Read a Review	GRAYSON Lynne Cox Harvest Books ISBN: 9780156034678
HARD CALL: The Art of Great Decisions John McCain, with Mark Salter Twelve ISBN: 9780446699112 • Read a Review	IN AN INSTANT: A Family's Journey of Love and Healing Lee & Bob Woodruff Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN: 9780812978254 • Read a Review
MELLON: An American Life David Cannadine Vintage ISBN: 9780307386793	PISTOL: The Life of Pete Maravich Mark Kriegel Free Press ISBN: 9780743284981
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present Michael B. Oren W. W. Norton ISBN: 9780393330304	PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Michael R. Beschloss Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780743257442 • Read a Review
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BASEBALL: Inside the Mental Game of the Major League Player Mike Stadler Gotham ISBN: 9781592403431	TRIUMPH: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics Jeremy Schaap Mariner Books ISBN: 9780618919109

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