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Fiction

Busch, Frederick. Rescue Missions. Norton. Oct. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-393-06252-X [ISBN 978-0-393-06252-6]. $24.95.
Short stories about our need to intervene; from the award-winning author of The Night Inspector, recently deceased.

Cornwell, Patricia. Book of the Dead. Putnam. Oct. 2006. 416p. ISBN 0-399-15393-4 [ISBN 978-0-399-15393-8]. $26.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
This just in: Kay Scarpetta seeks peace of mind by moving to Charleston, SC, and opening a forensic pathology practice. And then the sabotage begins.

Cox, Michael. The Meaning of Night: A Confession. Norton. Sept. 2006. 672p. ISBN 0-393-06203-1 [ISBN 978-0-393-06203-8]. $26.95.
In Victorian England, impoverished young Edward Glyver turns murderous when he is shut out of a Cambridge education--and, it transpires, a whole lot more--by smarmy Phoebus Rainsford Daunt. On the author's mind for three decades, this work was completed in a rush after Cox (editor, The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories) was treated for a brain tumor. With a ten-city tour and the sale of multiple foreign rights, South Korea and Serbia included.

Ford, Richard. The Lay of the Land. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 448p. ISBN 0-679-45468-3 [ISBN 978-0-679-45468-7]. $26.95.
With his first novel in more than a decade, Ford picks up the story of Frank Bascombe, begun in The Sportswriter in 1985. With a 15-city tour.

Frazier, Charles. Thirteen Moons. Random. Oct. 2006. 384p. ISBN 0-375-50932-1 [ISBN 978-0-375-50932-2]. $25.95.
As a 12-year-old, with only a horse, a key, and a map for company, Will is shoveled off to the Indian Nation to run a trading post. As a man, he ends up defending the Cherokees. Frazier's big step after Cold Mountain; with a national tour.

Julavits, Heidi. The Uses of Enchantment. Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-385-51323-2 [ISBN 978-0-385-51323-4]. $24.95.
Was 16-year-old Mary Veal really swept away by an abductor while playing field hockey at her New England prep school? Even Mary doesn't seem to know for sure. From the author of The Mineral Palace; with a national tour.

Katzenbach, John. The Wrong Man. Ballantine. Oct. 2006. 448p. ISBN 0-345-46483-4 [ISBN 978-0-345-46483-5]. $25.95.
Michael doesn't just love Ashley, he's obsessed with her. Soon, she and her parents concoct a plan that could literally be the end of Michael.

King, Stephen. Lisey's Story. Scribner. Oct. 2006. 528p. ISBN 0-7432-8941-2 [ISBN 978-0-7432-8941-2]. $28. CD: S. & S. Audio.
Don't look into mirrors after sundown--that's one secret among many Lisey learned early in her marriage and promptly buried. Now, with the death of her husband, she's got a lot of memories to resurrect. With an October 24 laydown; national tour.

Lawson, Mary. The Other Side of the Bridge. Dial: Random. Oct. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-385-34037-0 [ISBN 978-0-385-34037-3]. $25.
Hotheaded Jake won't forgive big brother Arthur for inheriting the family farm or for chasing after the same fetching young woman. And then Jake disappears. Lawson aims to repeat the success of her debut, Crow Lake, a Today show book club selection.

Nayman, Shira. Awake in the Dark. Scribner. Oct. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-7432-9268-5 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9268-9]. $24.
The consequences of the Holocaust for survivors and their children; a debut collection primed to reach a broad audience. With a national tour.

Parker, Robert B. Hundred-Dollar Baby. Putnam. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-399-15376-4. $24.95.
Lucky April, delivered from streetwalking to a better clientele in Ceremony and from a nasty lover in Taming a Sea-Horse. Now she's a madam protecting her turf, and she needs Spenser's help again.

Shaara, Jeff. The Rising Tide: A Novel of the Second World War. Ballantine. Oct. 2006. 672p. ISBN 0-345-46141-X [ISBN 978-0-345-46141-4]. $27.95.
Having done World War I in his recent To the Last Man, Shaara now takes on World War II.

Woods, Stuart. Short Straw. Putnam. Oct. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-399-15368-3. $25.95. Cassette/CD: Penguin Audio.
Santa Fe Rules's Ed Eagle is back, trying to recover from the mistake of his life--marrying a luscious lady who has just disappeared with all his money.

American Academy of Pediatrics & Tanya Remer Altmann, M.D. The Wonder Years: Helping Your Baby and Young Child To Negotiate Successfully the Major Developmental Milestones. Bantam. Oct. 2006. 224p. ISBN 0-553-80476-6 [ISBN 978-0-553-80476-8]. $24.
All the important signposts from birth to age five; with 300 photographs.

Baker, James A., III, with Steve Fiffer. "Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics!": Adventures and Lessons from an Unexpected Public Life. Putnam. Oct. 2006. 512p. ISBN 0-399-15377-2. $28.95.
Baker didn't follow his grandfather's titular advice, ending up as secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, and White House chief of staff in several administrations.

Boot, Max. War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History; 1500 to Today. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 640p. ISBN 1-59240-222-4. $35.
Focusing on the guns instead of germs or steel, Boot (Council on Foreign Relations; The Savage Wars of Peace) points to revolutions in warfare that have changed the course of history.

Bloom, Gadi & Nir Hefez. Ariel Sharon: A Life. Random. Oct. 2006. 480p. ISBN 1-4000-6587-9 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6587-5]. $29.95.
The tragic life and the controversial politics of Israel's prime minister; by two editors at Yedioth Tikshoret, a group of weekly newspapers in Israel.

Brock, Fred. Health Care on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Getting Affordable Coverage. Times Bks: Holt. Oct. 2006. 256p. ISBN 0-8050-7980-7 [ISBN 978-0-8050-7980-7]. pap. $15.
Having explained how to Retire on Less Than You Think, former New York Times business editor Brock now explains how to get the best healthcare for the least money.

Bryson, Bill. The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. Broadway. Oct. 2006. 224p. ISBN 0-7679-1936-X [ISBN 978-0-7679-1936-4]. $25; lrg. prnt. Random. CD: Random Audio.
Before he grew up to write books like A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bryson vanquished foes in 1950s Middle America as the Thunderbolt Kid. With an eight-city tour.

Cahill, Thomas. Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science, and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-385-49555-2 [ISBN 978-0-385-49555-4]. $32.50. CD: Random Audio.
Continuing his "Hinges of History" series, Cahill shows that plenty hinged on cultural developments in the Middle Ages.

Cannadine, David. Mellon: An American Life. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 672p. ISBN 0-679-45032-7 [ISBN 978-0-679-45032-0]. $35.
Andrew W. Mellon's biographer boasts some grand credentials--he's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor of British History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

Carroll, Sean B. The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution. Norton. Oct. 2006. 288p. ISBN 0-393-06163-9 [ISBN 978-0-393-06163-5]. $25.95.
Look closely enough, and DNA reveals all the events that prompted the evolution of a species. From a University of Wisconsin genetics professor; with a six-city tour.

Cook, Dane. Untitled (for Now...). Dutton. Oct. 2006. 288p. ISBN 0-525-94983-6. $24.95.
More from the comedian whose Retaliation CD/DVD debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Crosby, David & Carl Gottlieb. Since Then...; or, How I Survived Everything and Lived To Tell About It. Putnam. Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-399-15381-0. $26.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
From "Mr. Tambourine Man" to hepatitis C and reconciliation with a grown son--and lots of brilliant music in between.

DeYoung, Karen. Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 608p. ISBN 1-4000-4170-8 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4170-1]. $28.95.
Associate editor of the Washington Post and a former White House national security correspondent, DeYoung is well placed to reconstruct the life of the one-time secretary of state.

Dolan, Deirdre. Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Book. Gotham: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 208p. ISBN 1-59240-230-5. $30.
The story behind the hysterical TV award winner, with fresh interviews, show outlines, and more than 100 color photos.

Eisner, Will. Will Eisner's New York: Life in the Big City. Norton. Oct. 2006. 448p. ISBN 0-393-06106-X [ISBN 978-0-393-06106-2]. $29.95.
All in one: Eisner's four graphic novels on the Big Apple--New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People.

Everitt, Anthony. Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor. Random. Oct. 2006. 384p. ISBN 1-4000-6128-8 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6128-0]. $26.95.
Everitt does for Imperator Caesar Augustus what he did for another leading Roman in his best-selling Cicero.
Fraser, Antonia. Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 544p. ISBN 0-385-50984-7 [ISBN 978-0-385-50984-8]. $35. CD: Random Audio.
Love lives of the royal; with a national tour.

Fursenko, Aleksandr & Timothy Naftali. Khrushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary. Norton. Oct. 2006. 640p. ISBN 0-393-05809-3 [ISBN 978-0-393-05809-3]. $35.
Fursenko (Russian Academy of Sciences) and Naftali (Univ. of Virginia) go beyond their top-flight "One Hell of a Gamble," an account of the Cuban missile crisis.

Goldberg, Jeffrey. Prisoners: A Muslim and a Jew Across the Middle East Divide. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-375-41234-4 [ISBN 978-0-375-41234-9]. $25.
Now a New Yorker correspondent, Goldberg began conversations with an imprisoned PLO leader named Rafiq while serving as a guard at Israel's Ketziot prison in 1990. They're still talking. With an eight-city tour.

Gopnik, Adam. Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 272p. ISBN 1-4000-4181-3 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4181-7]. $25.
After Paris, what? New Yorker contributor Gopnik resettles in New York with his family. With a seven-city tour.

Grimaud, Hélène. Something Wild. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Sept. 2006. 256p. ISBN 1-59448-927-0. $24.95.
Having connected with millions as a concert pianist, Grimaud found she also connected remarkably with wolves. She is now certified to run her own wolf preserve at her home in New York State.

Grisham, John. Untitled. Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-385-51723-8 [ISBN 978-0-385-51723-2]. $28.95; lrg. prnt. Random. Cassette/CD: Random Audio.
Grisham does nonfiction (his first ever), and that's all we know.

Halperin, Mark & John F. Harris. The Way To Win: Clinton, Bush, Rove, and the Trade Secrets for Taking the White House in 2008. Random. Oct. 2006. 336p. ISBN 1-4000-6447-3 [ISBN 978-1-4000-6447-2]. $25.95.
How to become President; from the political director of ABC News and the national political editor of the Washington Post.

Healy, Thomas. I Have Heard You Calling in the Night. Harcourt. Oct. 2006. 384p. ISBN 0-15-101259-8 [ISBN 978-0-15-101259-6]. $25.
Healy's ticket out of despair and the Glasgow gutter: a Doberman pup.

Jaffrey, Madhur. Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 1-4000-4295-X [ISBN 978-1-4000-4295-1]. $25.
An actress and best-selling cookbook author recalls the India of her youth. With a six-city tour.

Johnson, Steven. The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Deadliest Epidemic--and How It Changed the Way We Think About Disease, Cities, Science, and the Modern World. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 1-59448-925-4. $26.95.
An account of how Dr. John Snow solved a medical mystery by tracking cholera's spread through Victorian London.

Katz, Jon. A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life. Villard. Oct. 2006. 256p. ISBN 1-4000-6189-X [ISBN 978-1-4000-6189-1]. $24.95.
After A Dog Year, Katz's many years with a rambunctious border collie named Orson. With a seven-city tour.

Lewis, Michael. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. Norton. Oct. 2006. 288p. ISBN 0-393-06123-X [ISBN 978-0-393-06123-9]. $24.95.
A disadvantaged child, the rich Evangelical family that rescued him, and changes in the game of football as protecting the quarterback became all-important. With a 16-city tour.

Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed. Knopf. Oct. 2006. 272p. ISBN 0-307-26348-7 [ISBN 978-0-307-26348-3]. $24.95.
Winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, Maathai remains "unbowed" in her efforts to bring back Africa's forests and bring education to African women. With a nine-city tour.

Merida, Kevin & Michael Fletcher. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas. Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-385-51080-2 [ISBN 978-0-385-51080-6]. $26.95.
The authors expand a piece that sparked as much heated conversation as Thomas himself when it appeared in the Washington Post Magazine.

Newton, James S. Justice for All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Oct. 2006. 512p. ISBN 1-59448-928-9. $29.95.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist on the man behind the Warren Court.

Norwich, John Julius. The Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean. Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 608p. ISBN 0-385-51023-3 [ISBN 978-0-385-51023-3]. $39.95.
Famed historian Norwich has done Venice and Byzantium, so why not move on to the entire Mediterranean?

Sides, Hampton. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West. Doubleday. Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-385-50777-1 [ISBN 978-0-385-50777-6]. $26.95; lrg. prnt. CD: Random Audio.
Here's the real history of the American West behind all those "Blood and Thunders," as Western dime novels were called. From the author of Ghost Soldiers; with a national tour.

Steadman, Ralph. The Joke's Over: Ralph Steadman on Hunter S. Thompson. Harcourt. Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-15-101282-2 [ISBN 978-0-15-101282-4]. $25.
How Steadman hooked up with Thompson and made Gonzo history. With a four-city tour.

Stowe, Harriet Beecher. The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin. Norton. Sept. 2006. 768p. ISBN 0-393-05946-4 [ISBN 978-0-393-05946-5]. $45.
The estimable Henry Louis Gates Jr. refreshes Stowe's often disputed classic; with a six-city tour.

Toll, Ian W. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the American Navy. Norton. Oct. 2006. 592p. ISBN 0-393-05847-6 [ISBN 978-0-393-05847-5]. $27.95.
Why the new American republic agreed to build just six heavy frigates and how they showed up the Royal Navy in 1812. With a nine-city tour.

Viesturs, Ed with David Roberts. No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks. Broadway. Oct. 2006. 304p. ISBN 0-7679-2470-3 [ISBN 978-0-7679-2470-2]. $23.95. CD: Random Audio.
If a mountain is over 8000 meters, Viesturs aims to be king--without lugging along those heavy oxygen bottles. With a seven-city tour.

Weber, Caroline. Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution. Holt. Oct. 2006. 352p. ISBN 0-8050-7949-1 [ISBN 978-0-8050-7949-4]. $26.
The queen who made fashion history--and another sort of history when the sans-culottes cried, "Off with her head."

Weisskopf, Michael. Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57. Holt. Oct. 2006. 320p. ISBN 0-8050-7860-6 [ISBN 978-0-8050-7860-2]. $25.
An embedded journalist loses his hand in Iraq, then befriends fellow amputees at the Walter Reed Medical Center. With an eight-city tour.