Coming in June 1999....
Staff -- Library Journal, 2/15/1999
Lots of current themes: fraught sisterhood (Goudge, Mapson), the discovery of family secrets (Steel, Uris), and life in the singles lane (newcomer Bank). In nonfiction, you'll find gay issues, parental advice, and a serious case of medical malpractice. FICTION BANK, Melissa. BARKER, Pat. BROWNRIGG, Sylvia. BUCKLEY, William F., Jr. DORFMAN, Ariel. DOYLE, Debra & James M. Macdonald. GOUDGE, Eileen. HICKAM, Homer H., Jr. LOWELL, Elizabeth. McNAMER, Deirdre. MAPSON, Jo-Ann. MINATOYA, Lydia Y. PETERS, Elizabeth. PINEIRO, R.J. SMITH, Wilbur. STEEL, Danielle. URIS, Leon. NONFICTION BURKE, James. BUSCH, Frederick, ed. CHAPLIN, Gordon. CLENDINEN, Dudley & Adam Nagourney. FADERMAN, Lillian. GABALDON, Diana. GOOCH, Brad. HIRSCHFELD, Tom with Julie Hirschfeld. HOOPER, Edward. KIRSHENBAUM, Mira. MAZURSKY, Paul. PELTIER, Leonard. RATHER, Dan. SANDERS, Summer with Melinda Marshall. STEWART, James B. THUROW, Lester.
The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing.
Viking. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-670-88300-X. $23.95.
abridged. Penguin Audio.ISBN 0-14-180028-3. $17.95.
After Bridget Jones, expect lots on being single. This one by a Nelson Algren Award winner features reluctant career girl Jane, who's reading the wrong self-help guide to getting married.
Another World.
Farrar. May 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-374-10525-1. $25.
Frightening stuff from the author of the "Regeneration" trilogy: a dying man relives his brother's death, while his grandson's family is put on edge by the discovery of an obscene painting beneath the wallpaper in the family room.
The Metaphysical Touch.Farrar. Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-374-19965-5. $24.
An in-house favorite: love on the Internet between a suicidal man and a philosophy Ph.D.
The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy.
Little, Brown. Jun. 1999. 544p.ISBN 0-316-11589-4. $25.
abridged. Time Warner Audio.ISBN 1-57042-689-9. $24.98.
unabridged. Time Warner Audio.ISBN 1-57042-719-4. $39.98.
Not, perhaps, the most romantic protagonist. Buckley's take on the senator should be obvious.
The Nanny and the Iceberg.
Farrar. May 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-374-21898-6. $25.
A virginal young man, his Don Juan father, the father's ambitious friend, the iceberg he wants to tow from Antarctica, and the 80-year-old nanny from a dying tribe who may save the day.
The Stars Asunder.
Tor. Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-312-86410-8. $24.95.
The Mages work magic to travel among star systems, but one system may prove their undoing. A popular series in hardcover for the first time.
One Last Dance.
Viking. Jun. 1999. 400p.ISBN 0-670-88575-4. $24.95.
abridged. Penguin Audiobook.ISBN 0-14-086941-7. $17.95.
Daphne, Alex, and Kitty are really confused when their mother shoots their father after 40 happy years.
Back to the Moon.
Delacorte. Jun. 1999. 368p.ISBN 0-385-33422-2. $23.95.
Plenty of nonfiction titles will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the moon landing, but here's a novel: rogue scientists kidnap the final launching of the space shuttle Columbia. From the NASA engineer who wrote the celebrated memoir Rocket Boys.
Pearl Cove.
Avon. Jun. 1999. 384p.ISBN 0-380-97404-5. $24.
More love and intrigue with the Donovans of Amber Beach fame.
My Russian.
Houghton. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-395-95637-4. $24.
Francesca is supposed to be in Greece, but she's really living in disguise just blocks from home, spying on her family and having an affair with the Russian gardener. High expectations.
The Wilder Sisters.
HarperFlamingo: HarperCollins.May 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-06-019116-3. $24.
Rose is a bereaved widow in her forties, Lily a single woman in her thirties. Can these sisters ever connect?
The Strangeness of Beauty.S. & S. Jun. 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-684-85462-0. $23.
The winner of numerous awards, from the PEN/ Jerard Fund Award to the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, tells the story of a Japanese woman who returns home before World War II with her dead sister's daughter in tow.
The Falcon at the Portal.
Avon. Jun. 1999. 384p.ISBN 0-380-97658-7. $24.
Fake artifacts, dead bodies, and a mysterious child demand Amelia Peabody's attention in her latest.
01-01-00.
Forge: Tor. Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-312-87058-2. $24.95.
A computer virus points to an ancient Mayan prophecy that may come true in the year 2000. There will be a tie-in with a huge merchandising campaign for numerous products featuring the trademarked 01-01-00.
Monsoon.
St. Martin's. Jun. 1999. 544p.ISBN 0-312-20339-X. $25.95.
Hal Courtenay made it big in Smith's Birds of Prey. Now his sons are ready to make their mark-in Africa.
Granny Dan.
Delacorte. Jun. 1999. 240p.ISBN 0-385-31709-3. $19.95.
lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-385-33427-3. $24.95.
unabridged. BDD Audio.ISBN 0-553-47931-8. $25.
unabridged. BDD Audio.ISBN 0-553-45651-2. $29.95.
Granny has a secret that comes out after her death: she was a great ballerina, favored by the tsar, until love, illness, and the revolution intervened.
A God in Ruins.
HarperCollins. May 1999. 800p.ISBN 0-06-018377-2. $27.50.
abridged. HarperAudio.ISBN 0-06-018377-2. $27.50.
It's 2008, and the Democratic candidate for the presidency is Jewish -- but, as an orphan who was raised Catholic, he doesn't even know it.
The Knowledge Web: From Electronic Agents to Stonehenge and Back-and Other Journeys Through Knowledge.
S. & S. Jun. 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-684-85934-3. $25.
Flights of fancy from a sci-tech expert, e.g., what do Buffalo Bill Cody and the Spanish Inquisition have in common?
Letters to a Fiction Writer.
Norton. Jun. 1999. 512p.ISBN 0-393-04745-8. $29.95.
Novelists' letters, which should be better than what the rest of us write.
Dark Wind: A Survivor's Tale of Love and Loss.
Atlantic Monthly. Jun. 1999. 240p.ISBN 0-87113-743-7. $22.
abridged. Audio Renaissance.ISBN NA. $NA.
After a failed marriage, Chaplin finds his true love -- then loses her when they sail straight into a typhoon off the Marshall Islands. A 75,000-copy first printing.
Out for Good: The Struggle To Build a Gay Rights Movement in America.
S. & S. Jun. 1999. 656p.ISBN 0-684-81091-3. $30.
Two New York Times reporters on the struggle for equal rights.
To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America; A History.
Houghton. Jun. 1999. 480p.ISBN 0-395-85010-X. $30.
A guiding light in lesbian studies considers how turn-of-the-century lesbians worked to assure the rights many Americans enjoy today.
The Outlandish Companion.
Delacorte. Jun. 1999. 496p.ISBN 0-385-32413-8. $24.95.
Not an outlandish idea: the novelist herself offers a guide to her celebrated "Outlander" series.
Finding the Boyfriend Within: A Practical Guide for Tapping into the Source of Love, Happiness, and Respect.
S. & S. Jun. 1999. 192p.ISBN 0-684-85040-0. $21.
Gooch started on a path to self-discovery by reimagining his apartment for the perfect boyfriend. Gay self-help from the author of City Poet.
Business Dad: How Businessmen Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa).
Little, Brown. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-316-21950-9. $23.
A former Salomon Brothers VP argues that good business and good fathering have much in common.
The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV & AIDS.
Little, Brown. Jun. 1999. 792p.ISBN 0-316-37261-7. $35.
From a medical journalist who has been covering the AIDS story for 14 years.
Women & Love.
Avon. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-380-97694-3. $23.
Want true love? Here's a guidebook from the author of the best-selling Too Good To Leave, Too Bad To Stay
Show Me the Magic: My Further Adventures with Woody, Fellini, Orson, Danny Kaye, Peter Sellers, Bette Midler, John Cassavetes, Natalie Wood, Stanley Kubrick, and My Bubbi & Zeda.
S. & S. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-684-84735-3. $25.
A director's memoirs.
Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sundance.
St. Martin's. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-312-20354-3. $22.95.
The Native American leader (see Peter Mathiessen's In the Spirit of Crazy Horse) after 24 years at Leavenworth.
Deadlines & Datelines.
Morrow. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-688-16566-4. $23.
Essays ranging from Iraq to Albright to bass fishing.
Champions Are Raised Not Born: How My Parents Made Me a Success.
Delacorte. Jun. 1999. 256p.ISBN 0-385-33421-4. $21.95.
Parents: want your child to be an Olympic medalist and Nickelodeon host like Sanders? Then check out her tips on supportive parenting.
Blind Eye.
S. & S. Jun. 1999. 352p.ISBN 0-684-85484-8. $25.
abridged. S. & S. Audio.ISBN 0-671-04421-4. $25.
Stewart, who took on financial scandal in Den of Thieves, considers medical scandal: how a doctor who killed patients and was even convicted of poisoning colleagues continued to practice.
Building Wealth: The New Rules of Competition for Nations, Companies, and Individuals.
HarperBusiness: HarperCollins. Jun. 1999. 288p.ISBN 0-88730-951-8. $27.50.
abridged. HarperAudio.ISBN 0-694-52080-2. $18.
The rules of global economy from MIT economist Thurow.
