Nonfiction in November 2003…

by Barbara Hoffert -- Library Journal, 7/15/2003

Coming in November 2003…holiday greetings from Deveraux, Mitchard, and Perry, plus everything from a new series by Gabaldon to a new translation of Don Quixote. And nonfiction ranges widely, too; there are two memoirs recalling Ann Landers, two books tracking the connection of our earliest Presidents to slavery, and two books by Garry Wills.

ANDERSEN, Christopher.
[Untitled].
Morrow. Nov. 2003. 320p. ISBN 0-06-621369-X. $25.95.
All we know is that Andersen's next subject is an American who is always in the news. With a one-day laydown on October 21.

BERGREEN, Laurence.
Over the Edge of the World.
Morrow. Nov. 2003. 416p. ISBN 0-06-621173-5. $27.95.
Audio: abridged. Morrow. ISBN 0-06-057521-2. $29.95.
CD: abridged. Morrow. ISBN 0-06-057730-4. $29.95.
Biographer Bergreen (Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin) sails where Magellan sailed and recaptures his life. A revisionist view—and also a cracking good tale.

BRAUDY, Susan.
Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 496p. ISBN 0-679-43294-9. $30.
The life and family of Kathy Boudin: Weather Underground radical, among the FBI's 10 Most Wanted, and now a model prisoner.

BRINKLEY, David.
Brinkley's Beat: People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Time.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 224p. ISBN 0-375-40644-1. $22.95.
lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-375-43222-1. $25.
CD: abridged. Random Audio. ISBN 0-7393-0633-2. $29.95.
U.S. history, up close and personal. Brinkley finished this just months before his death. With a 200,000-copy first printing.

CARMICHAEL, Stokely with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell.
Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture).
Scribner. Nov. 2003. 640p. ISBN 0-684-85003-6. $30.
Five years after Carmichael's death: his autobiography.

COHEN, Roger.
Soldiers of Another War.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 0-375-41410-X. $25.
CD: abridged. Random Audio. ISBN 0-7393-0679-0. $29.95.
Foreign editor of the New York Times, Cohen recounts the fate of 350 American POWs—mostly Jewish—used as slave labor by the Nazis. Look for the PBS film.

COSBY, Camille & Renee Pouissant.
A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African American Elders Speak.
Atria: S. & S. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 0-7434-7892-4. $27.95.
Gems collected by the creators of the National Visionary Leadership Project.

COSTE, Joanne Koenig.
Learning To Speak Alzheimer's: A New Philosophy for Patients—and Those Who Care for Them.
Houghton. Nov. 2003. 192p. ISBN 0-618-22125-5. $24.
Five basic tenets—and hundreds of tips—from a nationally known advocate of better treatment for Alzheimer's patients.

DANEMAN, Meredith.
Margot Fonteyn: A Life.
Viking. Nov. 2003. 544p. ISBN 0-670-84370-9. $30.
Herself a former dancer—and now a novelist—Daneman brings plenty to this first big bio of Dame Margot.

DASCHLE, Tom with Michael D'Orso.
Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever.
Crown. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 1-4000-4955-5. $25.
Audio: abridged. Random Audio. ISBN 0-7393-0640-5. $25.
The U.S. Senate minority leader revisits the Congress that faced challenges from the 2000 presidential elections to 9/11.

DI GIOVANNI, Janine.
Madness Visible: A Memoir of War.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 320p. ISBN 0-375-41073-2. $25.
A senior foreign correspondent for the London Times asks penetrating questions about the war she witnessed in the Balkans.

DONALD, David Herbert.
"We Are Lincoln Men."
S. & S. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 0-7432-5468-6. $25.
From a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner: understanding Lincoln by looking at his friendships.

FERRER, Sean Hepburn.
Audrey Hepburn, an Elegant Spirit.
Atria: S. & S. Oct. 2003. 256p. ISBN 0-671-02478-7. $28.
Hepburn recalled by her son, with hundreds of photos (some of which will be new to you), plus examples of Hepburn's paintings.

FLEMING, Fergus.
The Sword and the Cross: The Conquest of the Sahara.
Grove. Nov. 2003. 400p. ISBN 0-8021-1752-X. $26.
The conquest of the Sahara by two Frenchmen: tough, old soldier Henri Laperrine, who founded a camel corps, and Charles de Foucauld, sybarite turned monk whose brutal death Laperrine avenges. From the author of the acclaimed Ninety Degrees North.

GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel.
Living To Tell the Tale.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 528p. ISBN 1-4000-4134-1. $26.95.
Already a best seller in its Spanish edition (Vivir para contarla. ISBN 1-4000-4106-6. $25), this work ranges from the Nobel laureate's 1927 birth to his first years as a writer.

GLANZ, James & Eric Lipton.
City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center.
Times Bks: Holt. Nov. 2003. 320p. ISBN 0-8050-7428-7. $26.
The life story of the Twin Towers, from a science reporter and a metropolitan reporter at the New York Times.

GOLDBERG, Bernard.
Arrogance: Rescuing America from the Media Elite.
Warner. Nov. 2003. 256p. ISBN 0-446-53191-X. $26.95.
Audio: abridged. Warner. ISBN 1-58621-573-6. $25.98.
CD: abridged. Warner. ISBN 1-58621-574-4. $31.98.
In the best-selling Bias, Goldberg decried the way U.S. media slant the news. Here, he reputedly names names and offers solutions. At least he has an insider's perspective: he was a CBS correspondent for nearly 30 years.

HAMILTON, Nigel.
Bill Clinton: An American Journey.
Random. Nov. 2003. 736p. ISBN 0-375-50610-1. $35.
The author of JFK: Reckless Youth can surely take on the equally reckless Clinton. This first of two volumes examines Clinton's start.

HAMMER, MC.
Enemies of the Father: A Message from the Heart on Being a Family Man.
Atria: S. & S. Nov. 2003. 224p. ISBN 0-7434-7684-0. $22.
Once a famed rapper, now head of MC Hammer Ministries, Hammer blends memoir with an assessment of what it takes to be a loving father.

HOWARD, Margo.
A Life in Letters: Ann Landers' Letters to Her Only Child.
Warner. Nov. 2003. 224p. ISBN 0-446-53271-1. $22. lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-446-53315-7. $22.
Prudence of Salon.com's "Dear Prudence" column, Howard is also the daughter of monumentally syndicated columnist Ann Landers. Here, she recounts their relationship—and a half-century of staggering social change—through their correspondence.

HUGHES, Robert.
Goya.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 480p. ISBN 0-394-58028-1. $40.
Time art critic Hughes thought it was high time to examine Goya and the social and political context of his era.

JENKINS, Roy.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 1933–1945.
Times Bks: Holt. Nov. 2003. 192p. ISBN 0-8050-6959-3. $20.
Audio: unabridged. Times Bks: Holt. ISBN 1-55927-962-1. $25.95.
Alas, Jenkins (Churchill; Gladstone) died in January 2003, having not quite finished this addition to the "American Presidents" series, edited by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. His work was finished by historian Richard Neustadt.

KNIGHT, Suge.
American Nightmare American Dream.
Putnam. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 1-57322-255-0. $24.95.
Audio: unabridged. Putnam Berkley Audio. ISBN 0-399-15137-0. $25.95.
The nightmare? Growing up in the ghetto and, as an adult, doing jail time. The dream? Founding Death Row Records and remaining a major if controversial figure on the music scene even as he gives back to the community.

KOGAN, Rick.
America's Mom.
Morrow. Nov. 2003. 224p. ISBN 0-06-054478-3. $23.95.
Ann Landers again, this time recalled by the award-winning Chicago Tribune journalist who served as her final editor.

LEBOWITZ, Fran.
Progress.
Knopf. Nov. 2003. 112p. ISBN 1-4000-4136-8. $18.
This may be funny, but it's got an edge. Lebowitz decries a culture that focuses on the moment—a "faux democracy" that forgets its ideals.

MACAULAY, David.
Mosque.
Houghton. Oct. 2003. 96p. ISBN 0-618-24034-9. $18.
He's built castles and cathedrals. Now Macaulay uses his delicate but decisive drawings to show us the construction of a late 16th-century Turkish mosque.

MASSIE, Robert K.
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea.
Random. Nov. 2003. 880p. ISBN 0-679-45671-6. $35.
World War I on the high seas: from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Dreadnaught and Nicholas and Alexandra.

MASSON, Jeffrey Moussaieff.
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals.
Ballantine. Nov. 2003. 320p. ISBN 0-345-45281-X. $25.95.
Masson does for our barnyard buddies what he did for wildlife (When Elephants Weep) and pets (Dogs Never Lie About Love).

MURRAY, Charles.
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950.
HarperCollins. Nov. 2003. 720p. ISBN 0-06-019247-X. $29.95.
Audio: abridged. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-057722-3. $29.95.
The coauthor of The Bell Curve considers individuals in history (4,139, to be exact) who have made a difference in art and science.

NEWMAN, Paul & A.E. Hotchner.
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good.
Doubleday. Nov. 2003. 192p. ISBN 0-385-50802-6. $22.95.
What started out in 1978 as a way to spoof the inanities of modern merchandising has turned into a gigantic business whose profits support camps for desperately ill children. Find out the story behind Newman's Own.

NEWTON, Helmut.
Autobiography.
Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Nov. 2003. 240p. ISBN 0-385-50807-7. $30.
How Newton went from wealthy little Jewish boy in 1920s Berlin to controversial fashion photographer.

PECK, Dale.
What We Lost: Based on a True Story.
Houghton. Nov. 2003. 240p. ISBN 0-618-25128-6. $23.
It could be fiction: novelist Peck (Martin and John) recalls the troubled youth of his father, who was forced to choose between his divided family and the uncle he had grown to love.

PHILBRICK, Nathaniel.
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842.
Viking. Nov. 2003. 416p. ISBN 0-670-03231-X. $27.95.
After his award-winning In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick stays on the water with this account of the six-vessel expedition launched by the U.S. government in 1838 to explore the Pacific.

SHERRY, Norman.
The Life of Graham Greene. Vol. 3: 1956–1991.
Viking. Nov. 2003. 800p. ISBN 0-670-03142-9. $39.95.
Sherry wraps up an acclaimed biography.

SWIFT, Earl.
Where They Lay: Searching for America's Lost Soldiers.
Houghton. Nov. 2003. 320p. ISBN 0-618-16820-6. $25.
Swift, who has himself gone on recovery missions, here chronicles the efforts of the Central Identification Laboratory–Hawaii—and the costs (not only monetary) of doing so.

TAN, Amy.
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings.
Putnam. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 0-399-15074-9. $23.95.
In her first work of nonfiction, Tan shows how she bridges the past (her family firmly believes in fate) and present (she's learned how to shape her own fate).

TRUMAN, Margaret.
The President's House: A First Daughter Shares the History and Secrets of the World's Most Famous Home.
Ballantine. Nov. 2003. 288p. ISBN 0-345-44452-3. $26.95.
Truman takes the mystery out of life in the White House.

VIDAL, Gore.
Fathers of the Republic: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the Invention of a Nation.
Yale Univ. Nov. 2003. 224p. ISBN 0-300-10171-6. $22.
Yale's lead fall title, this work takes an intimate less-than-solemn look at the Founding Fathers—including John Adams, nicknamed His Rotundity.

WIENCEK, Henry.
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America.
Farrar. Nov. 2003. 528p. ISBN 0-374-17526-8. $30.
CD: abridged. Audio Renaissance. ISBN 1-55927-927-3. $34.95.
Having won the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, Wiencek here tracks Washington's change in attitude regarding slavery.

WILLS, Garry.
"Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power.
Houghton. Nov. 2003. 256p. ISBN 0-618-34398-9. $25.
As Wills shows, Jefferson was called the "Negro President" not because he empathized with blacks but because he won the 1800 election with votes based on the three-quarters representation of slaves—who could not themselves vote, of course.

WILLS, Garry.
Saint Augustine's Sin.
Viking. Nov. 2003. 128p. ISBN 0-670-03241-7. $23.95.
In his Confessions, St. Augustine wasn't obsessed with sex, argues Wills; he was concerned with our ability to choose evil.