Coming in June 1999...
Staff -- Library Journal, 2/1/1999
DeMille, Reichs, and Smith, plus a real bonus: the late Ellison's first novel since Invisible Man. In nonfiction, the 30th anniversary of the moon landing in July has already launched a few books our way. AUSTER, Paul. BENSON, Raymond. CRAIS, Robert. DeMILLE, Nelson. DICKINSON, Peter. DOBYNS, Stephen. ELLISON, Ralph. FERGUSSON, Bruce Chandler. GRIFFIN, W.E.B. HOFFMAN, Alice. JEN, Gish. JOHNSTON, Wayne. L'AMOUR, Louis. REICHS, Kathy. SMITH, Martin Cruz. WALTERS, Minette. BOUTROS-GHALI, Boutros. BRENNER, Marie. DOUGLAS, John & Mark Olshaker. FOOTE, Horton. GAYNOR, Mitchell L., M.D. HARTMAN, Taylor. HISS, Tony. LIGHT, Michael. McENTIRE, Reba. MACK, John E., M.D. MAYLE, Peter. PECK, M. Scott. ROSENFELD, Isadore, M.D. RYBCZYNSKI, Witold. SCHEFTER, James. TVEDTEN, Brother Benet.
FICTION
Timbuktu.
Holt. Jun. 1999. 160p.ISBN 0-8050-5407-3. $23.
Another original novel from Auster, whose protagonists are Willy G. Christmas and his dog, Mr. Bones. Together they travel on an important mission to Baltimore to find Willy's old teacher.
High Time To Kill: The New James Bond Adventure.
Putnam. Jun. 1999. 272p.ISBN 0-399-14500-1. $23.95.
Bond has a new enemy: a crime organization called the Union, which thrives on military espionage.
L.A. Requiem.
Doubleday. Jun. 1999. 336p.ISBN 0-385-49583-8. $23.95.
Investigating the murder of a former lover may wreck the only thing edgy P.I. Joe Pike has left: the relationship with his cool partner, Elvis Cole.
The Lion's Gate.
Warner. Jun. 1999. 528p.ISBN 0-446-52065-9. $26.
Abridged. Time Warner Audio.ISBN 1-57042-660-0. $24.98.
Unabridged. Time Warner Audio.ISBN 1-57042-661-9. $44.98.
Abridged. Time Warner Audio.ISBN 1-57042-701-1. $29.98.
Plum Island's Detective John Corey battles a terrorist called the Lion, a young Arab whose family died in the Libya bombing.
Some Deaths Before Dying.
Mysterious. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-89296-696-3. $23.
Two-time Golden Dagger Award winner Dickinson comes up with an unusual mystery plot: a dying woman realizes that an important possession with a dangerous past is missing and that to die in peace she must find it.
Boy in the Water.
Metropolitan: Holt. Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-8050-6020-0. $25.
The new headmaster at Bishop's Hill Academy plans to turn everything upside down -- and the results are just killing.
Juneteenth.
Random. Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-394-46457-5. $25.
Abridged. Random Audio.ISBN 0-375-40718-9. $25.95.
Ellison made his mark with the classic Invisible Man. Now, after 40 years, he's back with a novel whose title commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union troops marched into Galveston, TX, and announced the Emancipation Proclamation. It's the Fifties, and a young black man has shot a racist senator. As he lay dying, he launches a conversation with an elderly black minister from his past.
The Piper's Son.
Dutton. Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-525-94431-1. $24.95.
It's bad enough when your father is a mass murderer dubbed the Pied Piper. But what if, after being gone for years and presumed dead, he returns to haunt your family? A scary debut.
The Soldier Spies.
Putnam. Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-399-14494-3. $24.95.
Abridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.ISBN 0-399-14521-4. $24.95.
Originally published as paperbacks under the name Alex Baldwin, Griffin's "Men at War" series is now being released in hardcover. In this installment, World War II has hit North Africa, and Lt. Joe Kennedy Jr. has some ideas about pilotless bombs.
Local Girls.
Putnam. Jun. 1999.ISBN 0-399-14507-9. $22.95.
Hoffman on a Long Island family's ups and downs, focusing on young Gretel.
Who's Irish?
Knopf. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-375-40621-2. $22.
In her first story collection, the noted novelist continues her exploration of the Chinese American experience.
The Colony ofUnrequited Dreams.
Doubleday. Jun. 1999. 528p. ISBN 0-385-49542-0. $24.95.
Canadian novelist Johnston debuts here with a story, set in Newfoundland, about the relationship between a rich girl and a scholarship boy at her private school who grows up to be a union organizer.
Beyond the GreatSnow Mountains.
Bantam. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-553-10963-4. $16.95.
Abridged. BDD Audio.ISBN 0-553-52619-7. $25.
Ten stories that have never before appeared in book form.
Death du Jour.
Scribner. Jun. 1999. 384p.ISBN 0-684-84118-5. $25.
Abridged. S. & S. Audio.ISBN NA. $NA.
Tempe Brennan is back, digging up a century-old corpse while trying to figure out what links all the people dropping dead around her. Can Reichs possibly match the success of her first novel, Déjà Dead, a best seller that won the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel?
Havana Bay.
Random. Jun. 1999. 416p. ISBN 0-679-42662-0. $25.95.
lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-375-70679-8. $24.95.
Abridged. Random Audio.ISBN 0-375-40670-0. $24.
Arkady Renko is back, too, but far from Gorky Park. He's investigating the death of a Russian embassy worker in Cuba.
The Breaker.
Putnam. Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-399-14492-7. $23.95.
A woman is found dead in the water and her little girl abandoned-too close for comfort to the sailboat of a troubled young actor the mother was evidently seeing. But then the little girl seems awfully frightened of her dad. Walters tries for another Edgar Award.
NONFICTION
Unvanquished: A U.S.-U.N. Saga.
Random. Jun. 1999. 384p. ISBN 0-375-50050-2. $29.95.
The conflict between the United States and the United Nations -- as seen by the U.N.'s former secretary-general.
On the Border:A Murder in the Family.
Crown. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-517-58551-0. $22.
Former New Yorker writer Brenner relates the murder of Joey Fischer with particular poignancy: 18-year-old Joey, gunned down in a killing arranged by the mother of his former girlfriend, was her cousin.
The Anatomy of Motive: The FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals.
Lisa Drew Bk: Scribner.Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-684-84598-9. $25.
The team that brought you Mindhunter and other best sellers on tracking criminals is back with more.
Farewell: A Memoirof a Texas Childhood.
Scribner. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-684-84439-7. $24.
The award-winning screenwriter/playwright recalls a Texas of long, long ago.
Sounds of Healing: A Physician Reveals the Therapeutic Powerof Sound, Voice, and Music.
Broadway: Bantam. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-7679-0265-3. $25.
An oncologist explains how he uses sound to help his patients heal.
Color Your Future: Using the Color Code To Strengthen Your Character.
Scribner. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-684-84377-3. $22.
Substantially revised from its original self-published edition, this sequel to the best-selling The Color Code helps readers improve character.
The View from Alger's Window: A Son's Memoir.
Knopf. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-375-40127-X. $24.
As intimate an account as we're likely to get; a 40,000-copy first printing.
Full Moon.
Knopf. Jun. 1999. 244p.ISBN 0-375-40634-4. $50.
Light chooses 145 of the 32,000 photos taken by the Apollo astronauts; a 100,000-copy first printing.
Comfort from a Country Quilt: Finding New Inspiration and Strength from Old-Fashioned Values.
Bantam. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-553-10794-1. $19.95.
Abridged. BDD Audio.ISBN 0-553-52574-3. $18.
Abridged. BDD Audio.ISBN 0-553-45648-2. $25.
McEntire shares some of her "inherited country wisdom."
Passport to the Cosmos: What the Alien Visitations Are Teaching Us.
Crown. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-517-70568-0. $23.
The Harvard psychiatrist, whose best-selling Abduction argued that aliens indeed visit us, here claims that these "visitations" prove we are being guided by intelligent beings from beyond.
Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France.
Knopf. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-679-44124-7. $23.lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-375-70683-6. $23.
Abridged. Random Audio.ISBN 0-679-46083-7. $24.
Unabridged. Random Audio.ISBN 0-375-40669-7. $36.95.
Abridged. Random Audio.ISBN 0-375-40698-0. $27.50.
More Provencial bonhommie.
Golf and the Spirit: Golf Lessons for the Journey and the Spirit.
Harmony: Crown.Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-517-70883-3. $25.
The spiritual lessons of golf, like handling anger and learning humility.
Live Now, Age Later: Proven Ways To Turn Back the Clock.
Warner. Jun. 1999. 368p.ISBN 0-446-52060-8. $24.
A best-selling doctor on warding off signs of age.
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century.
Scribner. Jun. 1999. 416p.ISBN 0-684-82463-9. $28.
A noted urbanist gives us a portrait of Olmsted not just as landscape architect but as cultural figure.
The Race: The Uncensored Story of How America Beat Russia to the Moon.
Doubleday. Jun. 1999. 304p.ISBN 0-385-49253-7. $24.95.
Schefter, who as a journalist covered NASA from 1963 to 1973, bares all on the race to the moon.
The View from the Monastery
Riverhead: Putnam. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 1-57322-134-1. $22.95.
What it's really like to be a monk, from one at the abbey Kathleen Norris documented in The View from the Monastery.
