Prepub Alert
By Barbara Hoffert -- Library Journal, 9/1/2006
Fiction | Nonfiction
FictionAmis, Martin. House of Meetings. Knopf. Jan. 2007. 240p. ISBN 1-4000-4455-3 [ISBN 978-1-4000-4455-9]. $23.Moscow, 1946: the war is over, but two brothers and a young Jewish woman are set for conflict of a different sort that culminates at a slave labor camp's House of Meetings. With a five-city tour.Avery, Ellis. The Teahouse Fire. Riverhead: Putnam. Jan. 2007. 368p. ISBN 1-59448-930-0. $24.95.
After a fire separates nine-year-old Aurelia from her nasty missionary uncle in 1860s Kyoto, she takes refuge in a teahouse, entering a magical new world. Debut novelist Avery studied the Japanese tea ceremony for five years.Begley, Louis. Matters of Honor. Knopf. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-307-26525-0 [ISBN 978-0-307-26525-8]. $24.95.
In Begley's latest, genteel Sam, army brat Archie, and brilliant Polish refugee Henry are brought together at Harvard. With a three-city tour.Brandeis, Gayle. Self-Storage. Ballantine. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-345-49260-9 [ISBN 978-0-345-49260-9]. $23.95.
Flan Parker earns a living selling the stuff abandoned in self-storage units, but the contents of one box—an address and a note saying yes—leads her on a whole new quest. Featured in the publisher's “Best Bets for Reading Groups” newsletter.Child, Lincoln. Deep Storm. Doubleday. Jan. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-385-51550-2 [ISBN 978-0-385-51550-4]. $24.95. lrg. prnt. CD: Random Audio.
Workers start getting sick on an oil platform far out in the Atlantic, right after the discovery of ruins 12,000 feet down that could be the lost city of Atlantis.Clarke, Richard A. Breakpoint. Putnam. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-399-15378-0. $25.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
Middle East terrorists? The Russian Mafia? Home-grown Right-Wingers? Someone is trying to destroy the communications grid that cyberlinks people worldwide, and Clarke has assembled a team to find out.Fairstein, Linda. Bad Blood. Scribner. Jan. 2007. 416p. ISBN 0-7432-8748-7 [ISBN 978-0-7432-8748-7]. $26. CD: S. & S. Audio.
An explosion that rocks the construction site of Water Tunnel #3 in New York also rocks the courtroom where Alexandra Cooper aims to prove that a young businessman did in his wife. With a national tour.Frey, Stephen. The Successor. Ballantine. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-345-48062-7 [ISBN 978-0-345-48062-0]. $24.95.
Is Christian Gillette wise to leave protégé Allison Wallace in charge of Everest Capital while he runs off on another scary international mission? Garwood, Julie. Shadow Dance. Ballantine. Jan. 2007. 368p. ISBN 0-345-45386-7 [ISBN 978-0-345-45386-0]. $25.95.
Putting the accent on romance in her latest case of romantic suspense, Garwood gives stalwarts Jordan Buchanan and Noah Clayborne starring roles in a story that swings from Boston to small-town Texas.Griffin, W.E.B. The Hunters: A Presidential Agent Novel. Putnam. Jan. 2007. 480p. ISBN 0-399-15379-9. $26.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
Back for his third “Presidential Agent” outing, Charley Castillo follows a UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal to Uruguay, where a key suspect is murdered at his feet. Hood, Ann. The Knitting Circle. Norton. Jan. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-393-05901-4 [ISBN 978-0-393-05901-4]. $24.95.
The quiet comfort of a knitting group helps Mary recover from the loss of her child. With a seven-city tour; reading group guide available.Johansen, Iris. Stalemate. Bantam. Jan. 2007. 352p. ISBN 0-553-80345-X [ISBN 978-0-553-80345-7]. $26. lrg. prnt.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is back for more puzzles.Kasischke, Laura. Be Mine. Harcourt. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-15-101273-3 [ISBN 978-0-15-101273-2]. $23.
A little note left in her mailbox on Valentine's Day sends empty-nester Sherry down the path to a wild affair that almost wrecks her life. Reading group guide available.Krentz, Jayne Ann. White Lies. Putnam. Jan. 2007. 384p. ISBN 0-399-15373-X. $24.95.
Level Ten parasensitive Clare Lancaster just knows something is wrong when she meets her father's financial adviser, but soon they're on the same side tracking down danger.Marx, Patricia. Him Her Him Again the End of Him. Scribner. Jan. 2007. 240p. ISBN 0-7432-9623-0 [ISBN 978-0-7432-9623-6]. $24.
Humor writer for The New Yorker, Marx spins a debut about a neurotic grad student who can't stop loving the wrong man. With a four-city tour.Navarro, Julia. The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud. Bantam. Jan. 2007. 480p. ISBN 0-385-33962-3. $23. CD: Random Audio.
Flames engulf Turin's cathedral, home of the famed Shroud, and soon the Italian Art Crimes Department is tracking a mystery back to the Knights Templar. Your chance to read the book that knocked Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code off Spain's best sellers lists. Patterson, Richard North. Exile. Holt. Jan. 2007. 576p. ISBN 0-8050-7947-5 [ISBN 978-0-8050-7947-0]. $26. CD: Audio Renaissance.
Jewish lawyer David Wolfe's dilemma? To agree or not to agree when old flame Hana Arif, accused of orchestrating the assassination of Israel's prime minister, asks him to defend her. With a ten-city tour.Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. The Sun over Breda. Putnam. Jan. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-399-15383-7. $24.95.
Captain Alatriste has joined his old regiment at the siege of Breda, but struggle will await him when he returns home. Rozan, S.J. In This Rain. Bantam. Jan. 2007. 400p. ISBN 0-385-33804-X [ISBN 978-0-385-33804-2]. $24.
Out of jail, where he landed owing to a scandal in New York's construction industry, former Building Department inspector Joe Cole drifts about until murder wakes him up to some really big trouble.Swofford, Anthony. Exit A. Scribner. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-7432-7038-X [ISBN 978-0-7432-7038-0]. $25. CD: S. & S. Audio.
Like his sensational memoir, Jarhead, Swofford's debut novel draws on the military life. Severin Boxx decides to look for the love of his teenaged years, the wayward daughter of the general who ran the air force base in Japan where Severin grew up. With a seven-city tour.Toibin, Colm. Mothers and Sons: Stories. Scribner. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 1-4165-3465-2. $24.
From the masterly author of books like The Master. Nonfiction
Allen, Arthur. Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver. Norton. Jan. 2007. 512p. ISBN 0-393-05911-1 [ISBN 978-0-393-05911-3]. $27.95.
The history of vaccination, from Edward Jenner's fight with smallpox to the current controversy linking vaccines to neurological disorders. Apter, Terri. The Sister Knot: Why We Fight, Why We're Jealous, and Why We'll Love Each Other No Matter What. Norton. Jan. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-393-06058-6 [ISBN 978-0-393-06058-4]. $25.95.
Understand the relationship between sisters, and one understands the relationships among women. A Cambridge scholar reports.Behrendt, Greg & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt. It's Just a Freakin' Date: New Thoughts on an Old Idea. Broadway. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-7679-2543-2 [ISBN 978-0-7679-2543-3]. $19.95.
From the authors of He's Just Not That into You: how to make dating fun, not fraught. Chen, Pauline W. Final Exam: A Young Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality. Knopf. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-307-26353-3 [ISBN 978-0-307-26353-7]. $23.95.
A UCLA Outstanding Physician of the Year and a finalist for a 2006 National Magazine Award, Chen reflects on the questions doctors ask themselves as they face their patients' mortality. With a six-city tour.D'Souza, Dinesh. The Enemy at Home: The Cultural Left and Its Responsibility for 9/11. Doubleday. Jan. 2007. 304p. ISBN 0-385-51012-8 [ISBN 978-0-385-51012-7]. $26.95.
Why do Muslim countries and indeed other traditional societies hate the West? They're put off by the permissive views espoused by liberals, argues the author of Illiberal Education.
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy. Metropolitan: Holt. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-8050-5723-4 [ISBN 978-0-8050-5723-2]. $26.
From Dionysian festivities to danced religion in the Middle Ages to sports, carnivals, and rock'n'roll, humans like to get together and party, claims the author of Blood Rites—which tracked our tendency to get together and fight.Malkiel, Burton G. A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing. Norton. Jan. 2007. 480p. ISBN 0-393-06245-7 [ISBN 978-0-393-06245-8]. $29.95.
Updating a classic to keep your investing fresh.Rosen, Jeffrey. The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America. Times: Holt. Jan. 2007. 288p. ISBN 0-8050-8182-8 [ISBN 978-0-8050-8182-4]. $25.
A George Washington University law professor gives us a people's history of the Court, tracing its development through the contentious personalities (e.g., John Marshall and President Thomas Jefferson) who shaped it. Companion to a PBS series.Taylor, John B. Global Financial Warriors: The Untold Story of International Finance in the Post-9/11 World. Norton. Jan. 2007. 320p. ISBN 0-393-06448-4 [ISBN 978-0-393-06448-3]. $26.95.
From freezing terrorists' assets to figuring out how to reduce Iraq's debt, Taylor had a lot to do after being sworn in as head of the U.S. Treasury Department's international finance division just months before 9/11.Tobin, Jacqueline L. with Hettie Jones. From Midnight to Dawn: The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad. Doubleday. Jan. 2007. 272p. ISBN 0-385-51431-X [ISBN 978-0-385-51431-6]. $24.95.
Riding the Underground Railroad to Detroit (code-named Midnight) and beyond to Canada's black settlements (e.g., Dawn), which were protected by British law. Wolpert, Lewis. Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief. Norton. Jan. 2007. 256p. ISBN 0-393-06449-2 [ISBN 978-0-393-06449-0]. $25.95.
A University College, London, professor of biology as applied to medicine considers the evolutionary basis of our belief in gods, devils, angels, wizards, and more.
