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ALINE OHANESIAN
Orhan’s Inheritance A NOVEL
In her extraordinary debut, Aline Ohanesian has created two remarkable characters—a young man ignorant of his family’s and his country’s past, and an old woman haunted by the toll the past has taken on her life.
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“ A line Ohanesian draws from her family’s own dark history to create a tender, powerful story of love and reclamation. Orhan’s Inheritance is a breathtaking and expansive work of historical fiction and proof that the past can sometimes rewrite the future.” —Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train A L I N E O H A N E S I A N was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction and Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers. She lives and writes in San Juan Capistrano, California, with her husband and two young sons. Her website is www.alineohanesian.com.
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hen Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather Kemal—a man who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs—is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business. But Kemal’s will raises more questions than it answers. He has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in an Armenian retirement home in Los Angeles. Her existence and secrecy about her past only deepen the mystery of why Orhan’s grandfather willed his home in Turkey to an unknown woman rather than to his own son or grandson. Left with only Kemal’s ancient sketchbook and intent on righting this injustice, Orhan boards a plane to Los Angeles. There he will not only unearth the story that eighty-seven-year-old Seda so closely guards but discover that Seda’s past now threatens to unravel his future. Her story, if told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which his family has been built. Moving back and forth in time, between the last years of the Ottoman Empire and the 1990s, Orhan’s Inheritance is a story of passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the hidden stories that can haunt a family for generations.
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A rollicking story of greed, financial corruption, dirty politics, over-the-top and under-the-radar deceit, illicit sex, and a brilliant and wildly charming con man who kept a Ponzi scheme alive perhaps for longer than anyone else in history.
Empire of Deception The Incredible Story of a Master Swindler Who Seduced a City and Captivated the Nation
“ Dean Jobb’s exploration of financial shaman Leo Koretz’s shameless scheming is a great read, but it’s also so much more than that. A brilliantly researched tale of greed, ambition, and our desperate need to believe in magic, it’s history that captures America as it really was—and always will be.” —Douglas Perry, author of Eliot Ness: The Rise and Fall of an American Hero
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DEAN JOBB “ Header” —Header Source Author “ A captivating tale of high-flying financial chicanery in 1920s Chicago. Dean Jobb tells the story of Leo Koretz, a legendary con artist of Madoffian audacity, with terrific energy and narrative brio. A thoroughly enjoyable read.” —Gary Krist, New York Times bestselling author of City of Scoundrels
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t was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. Speakeasies thrived, gang war shootings announced Al Capone’s rise to underworld domination, Chicago’s corrupt political leaders fraternized with gangsters, and the frenzy of stock market gambling was rampant. Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people (who should have known better) to invest as much as $30 million—upwards of $400 million today—in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama. When Leo’s scheme finally collapsed in 1923, he vanished, and the Chicago state’s attorney, a man whose lust for power equaled Leo’s own lust for money, began an international manhunt that lasted almost a year. When finally apprehended, Leo was living a life of luxury in Nova Scotia under the assumed identity of a book dealer and literary critic. His mysterious death in a Chicago prison topped anything in his almost-too-bizarre-tobelieve life. Empire of Deception is not only an incredibly rich and detailed account of a man and an era; it’s a fascinating look at the methods of swindlers throughout history. Leo Koretz was the Bernie Madoff of his day, and Dean Jobb shows us that the dream of easy wealth is a timeless commodity.
“ Empire of Deception is a sure thing—a book guaranteed to entertain and make you rich (in knowledge, that is). Dean Jobb has found a fascinating yet little-known jazz-age tale and told it with style and smarts. Get in on the action.” —Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Get Capone “ Begin with a Bernie Madoff, wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing con man, pursued by a power-hungry prig of a public prosecutor; add the great hog-trough feeding frenzy of 1920s Chicago; stir with great writing and enterprising research; and there you have it: A wonderfully entertaining read!” —Michael Lesy, author of Wisconsin Death Trip and Murder City D E A N J O B B has written for major newspapers and magazines in Canada and the United States in a thirty-year career as a reporter, columnist, and freelance writer. The author of six previous books, he is a professor at the School of Journalism, University of King’s College, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His website is www.deanjobb.com.
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“ This highly readable account of a major swindle in the Roaring Twenties in Chicago will convince any sensible reader that when it comes to investing in crackpot schemes, nobody ever learns anything by experience. Leo Koretz did exactly what Bernie Madoff did, and came to the same end, as did his investors. A dramatic read, and a useful lesson!” —Michael Korda, author of Charmed Lives
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HEATHER LENDE
Find the Good
The Rewards of Seeing What’s Right with the World “ A gem of a book. It’s honest and funny, reminding us to live in the moment and to pay attention to those around us. A joy to read.” —Sharon Salzberg, New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness
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eather Lende has been praised for her storytelling talent and her plainspoken wisdom. She’s been called “part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott” (Los Angeles Times), and with this new book, that comparison has never been more apt. As the obituary writer in tiny Haines, Alaska, Lende knows something about lives well lived. And now, she’s distilled what she’s learned about living a more exhilarating and meaningful life into three words: Find the Good. It’s that easy—and that hard. With humor and compassion, Lende reminds us that we can see every event as an opportunity to find the good. Drawing on her own experiences and unique skill of uncovering the positive aspects of the lives she chronicles, she shows us how to look at our relationships, our obligations, our priorities, our community, and our world from a fresh perspective. Lende empowers us to make the most of the life we have. As she says, “We are all writing our own obituary every day by how we live. The best news is that there’s still time for additions and revisions before it goes to press.” A gift to share with friends and family, Find the Good offers a way out of the negativity and cynicism that often overwhelm our daily routines. In stormy times like these, we have to make our own good weather, and Find the Good shows us how. “ Beguiling . . . The perfect book club book.” —Dana Stabenow, author of the Kate Shugak novels H E AT H E R L E N DE has contributed essays and commentary to NPR, the New York Times, and National Geographic Traveler, among other newspapers and magazines, and is a former contributing editor at Woman’s Day. A columnist for the Alaska Dispatch News, she writes obituaries for the Chilkat Valley News and is also the author of Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs. Her website is www.heatherlende.com.
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RAFAEL YGLESIAS
The Wisdom of Perversity A NOVEL
“ The sly courage, the deft intelligence, and the fierceness of vision that we, his fans, have come to expect from a Rafael Yglesias novel all blaze brightly forth—and cast very dark shadows—in The Wisdom of Perversity.” —Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue
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“ Many contemporary works of fiction are bold, but few are this courageous. With The Wisdom of Perversity, Rafael Yglesias has written a frightening, evocative, and intensely compassionate novel that manages somehow to do the impossible, shedding light on one of the darkest corners of this human theater.” —Helen Schulman, author of This Beautiful Life R A FA E L YG L E S I A S is the author of nine previous novels, including A Happy Marriage, winner of the Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize, and Fearless, the basis for the cult film by the same name, as well as the writer of five screenplays, including Dark Water and Death and the Maiden. He lives in New York City. His website is www.rafaelyglesias.com.
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rian and Jeff were best friends when they were young, leading lives of promise in New York City in the late 1960s, until something happened that brought an end to both their childhood and their friendship. Forty years later, when their secret surfaces in a terrible new context, they are forced to reunite by Jeff’s cousin, Julie, who was also a victim of their childhood trauma. Together they must decide whether to tell all—unbalancing their lives and threatening their future—or continue to hide the truth and allow others to be victimized. Rafael Yglesias, critically acclaimed bestselling novelist and screenwriter, has crafted a novel that tells the stories of these three childhood friends who join together as adults to acknowledge the ways in which their lives were altered by the actions of a predator who sexually abused them, and who now, many years later, has been exposed by more recent victims but, thanks to his wealth and influence, is on the verge of escaping punishment. The Wisdom of Perversity unmasks the headlines, giving voice to what has been left unsaid and light to what has been hidden. Yglesias has created a startling, engrossing, unsettling, and moving story of surviving an insidious evil and of a triumphant struggle to heal its wounds.
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ANDREW ROE
The Miracle Girl A NOVEL
“ To believe or not to believe—that is the question facing all who are touched by the comatose ‘miracle girl’ at the swirling center of Andrew Roe’s dazzling debut. But more than an exploration of the mysteries of faith, it’s also the unforgettable story of one family’s struggle against tragedy. The result is an uplifting miracle of a book.” —Will Allison, author of Long Drive Home
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he crowds keep coming. More and more every day it seems . . . drawn by rumor and whisper and desperate wish. Somehow they heard about the little girl on Shaker Street.” They come to see eight-year-old Anabelle Vincent, who lies in a comalike state—unable to move or speak. They come because a visitor experienced what seemed like a miracle and believed it was because of Anabelle. Word spread. There were more visitors. More miracles. But is there a connection? And does it matter? Set against the backdrop of the approaching millennium—with all its buzz about reckoning and doom—this impressive debut novel is narrated by Anabelle herself; by her devoted mother, who cares for her child while struggling to make sense of the media frenzy surrounding her; by Anabelle’s estranged father, who is dealing with the guilt of his actions; and by the people who come seeking the child’s help, her guidance, and her healing. Yet it tells a larger cultural story about the human yearning for the miraculous to be true, about how becoming a believer—in something, anything, even if you don’t understand it—can sustain you. “ In The Miracle Girl, we’re reminded that the desire for miracles always connotes dissatisfaction, even as it articulates a hope. Roe deftly explores this paradox . . . [and] examines the strange responsibility of being believed in. A stunning, confident debut.” —Peter Rock, author of The Shelter Cycle “ An incisive and insightful critique of America, investigating where we put our faith and why . . . It’s a novel about what it means to be human, to be lost or broken, a little or a lot, and to seek connection and hope and maybe even transcendence in the world around us.” —Doug Dorst, author of S. and Alive in Necropolis A N D R E W R O E ’s fiction has appeared in Tin House, One Story, the Sun, Glimmer Train, the Kenyon Review, and other publications. His nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, and elsewhere. He lives in Oceanside, California, with his wife and three children.
JIM GRIMSLEY
How I Shed My Skin
Unlearning the Lessons of a Racist Childhood “ White people declared that the South would rise again. Black people raised a fist and chanted for Black Power. Somehow we negotiated a space between those poles and learned to sit in classrooms together . . . Lawyers, judges, adults declared that the days of separate schools were over, but we were the ones who took the next step. History gave us a piece of itself. We made of it what we could.” —Jim Grimsley
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“ In all his beautiful works, Jim Grimsley has told hard, hidden truths in luminous, subtle prose. Here, he renders history not on the grand, sociological scale, where it is usually written, but on very personal terms, where it is lived . . . But Grimsley’s book illuminates a very large theme— the shadow old evil casts upon the young . . . Exquisite.” —Moira Crone, author of The Not Yet J I M G R I M S L E Y is the author of several award-winning novels, including Winter Birds, Dream Boy, and My Drowning. He is a professor at Emory University.
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n August of 1966, Jim Grimsley entered the sixth grade in his small eastern North Carolina hometown. But this year marked a significant shift in the way the people there—especially the white people—lived their lives. It was the year federally mandated integration of the schools went into effect, at first allowing students to change schools through “freedom of choice,” replaced two years later by forced integration. For Jim, going to one of the private schools that almost immediately sprang up was not an option: his family was too poor to consider paying tuition, and while they shared the community’s dismay over the mixing of the races, they had bigger, more immediate problems to face. Now, more than forty years later, Grimsley, a critically acclaimed novelist, revisits that school and those times, remembering his personal reaction to his first real exposure to black children and to their culture, and his growing awareness of his own mostly unrecognized racist attitudes. How I Shed My Skin is honest, unflinching, and deeply moving, an important work that takes readers inside those classrooms and onto the playing fields as, ever so tentatively, alliances were forged and friendships established, while all around them the adults found it impossible to accept the changes being wrought. And as we mark the fiftieth anniversary of this turbulent time, Grimsley asks, how far have we really come?
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“ A page-turning exploration of unexpressed love and unnecessary loss. Riveting and heartbreaking.” —Geraldine Brooks
The Daylight Marriage A NOVEL
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HEIDI PITLOR “ In The Daylight Marriage, there are two mysteries—the whereabouts of a missing woman and the vagaries of the human heart. Heidi Pitlor explores both of these enigmas with equal mastery, merging a shocking crime story with an incisive portrait of a failed marriage. The result is a novel that is fast-moving, emotionally complex, and ultimately heartbreaking.” —Tom Perrotta
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H E I D I P I T L O R is the author of The Birthdays, about which Fred Leebron wrote, “Undeniably gratifying . . . Subtly riveting . . . This isn’t just a terrific family novel; it’s a terrific novel through and through.” Pitlor was formerly a senior editor at Houghton Miff lin and is the series editor for The Best American Short Stories. She lives with her husband and their twins outside of Boston. Her website is pitlor.etherweave.com.
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“ Hypnotically readable—I absolutely couldn’t put it down. The structure is brilliant, and I turned the pages with increasing dread. This book is terrific.” —Stephen King
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“ Lin Enger sets out from the conventions of the traditional Western and brings the reader into new emotional territory, that of the soul of an exquisitely drawn American family. The High Divide is a novel to get lost in.” —James Scott, author of The Kept
The High Divide A NOVEL
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LIN ENGER
“ A gripping story with well-portrayed, complex, and sympathetic main characters and a complement of believable secondary figures in a vividly described region nearing the close of an era. Enger is an author worth watching.” —Booklist “ The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Enger writes with durable grace about a man’s quest for redemption and the human capacity for forgiveness.” —Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon L I N E N G E R is an Iowa Workshop graduate, author of the novel Undiscovered Country, and the recipient of a James Michener Award and a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship. He teaches at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. His website is www.lin-enger.com.
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“ A deeply moving, gripping novel . . . Layered with meaning, this remarkable novel deserves to be read more than once. The High Divide proves Enger’s chops as a masterful storyteller.” —Ann Weisgarber, author of The Promise
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“ [A] masterfully told Western reinvention of Homer’s Odyssey . . . set against a backdrop of beauty and danger . . . In its narrative simplicity and emotional directness, it is reminiscent of John Ford’s classic The Searchers.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
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ALICE EVE COHEN
The Year My Mother Came Back A MEMOIR
“ A riveting journey . . . Funny, painful, absurd, and heartwarming. Alice’s mother comes fully to life in all her complexity, a woman of her times and ahead of her time. Alice’s own struggle to accept her imperfect self is a loving message to mothers who struggle to live life with grace. A beautiful book.” —Julie Metz, New York Times bestselling author of Perfection
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hirty years after her death, Alice’s mother appears to her, seemingly in the flesh, and continues to do so during the hardest year of parenting Alice has had to face. As it turns out, it’s entirely possible for the people we’ve lost to come back to us when we need them the most. Although letting her mother back into her life is not an easy thing, Alice navigates it with humor, intelligence, and honesty. What she learns is that she must revisit her childhood and allow herself to be a daughter once more in order to take care of her own girls. Eventually, understanding and then forgiving her mother’s parenting transgressions leads her to accept herself and to realize that she doesn’t have to be perfect to be a good mother.
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“ W hat Cohen made of this year is a book so honest, so moving, and ultimately so wise that it is a privilege to take the journey with her. It is a perfect book. I want to tell everyone, every mother, every daughter, to read it.” —Abigail Thomas, author of A Three Dog Life and Safekeeping “ I love, love, love this book. It’s so rich, so real, and so moving . . . an astonishingly wonderful book—I was enthralled.” —Caroline Leavitt, author of Is This Tomorrow “ This warm, witty, wise memoir is an elixir of love. It captures the struggles of every woman who ever wanted to be a better mother or daughter.” —Nancy Bachrach, author of The Center of the Universe A L IC E E V E C OH E N ’s first memoir, What I Thought I Knew, received the Elle Magazine Literary Grand Prix for Nonfiction, was one of O: The Oprah Magazine’s 25 Best Books of Summer, and was one of Salon’s Best Books of the Year. A solo theater artist and playwright, she has toured her plays nationally and internationally. She teaches at the New School and lives with her family in New York City. Her website is www.aliceevecohen.com.
BROCK CLARKE
The Happiest People in the World A NOVEL
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“ Brock Clarke’s hilarious new novel starts out in rural Denmark, then takes us someplace really foreign and utterly weird: upstate New York. The parallel universe Clarke creates there is both our world and not, and like his baffled, yearning characters, we navigate it with surprise and wonder.” —Richard Russo, author of Elsewhere
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The Remedy for Love A NOVEL
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“ Brilliant . . . A tale that is as gripping as any Everest expedition—and that is also tender and terrifying and funny and, in the end, so true it seems inevitable . . . I’m not sure there’s another American writing today who can lay down a love story, or any story, with the depth and appeal and freshness of Bill Roorbach.” —Peter Heller, author of The Dog Stars and The Painter
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“ A superbly grown-up love story . . . Another expertly delivered portrait of the world from Roorbach, that poet of hopeless tangles.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred “ One of the best novels of this or any year . . . A flat-out funny, sexy, and poignant romantic thriller.” —David Abrams, author of Fobbit PRAISE FOR LIFE AMONG GIANTS:
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“ A dizzy romp . . . Alive, electric and surprisingly dangerous.” —The New York Times Book Review
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BI L L RO OR BAC H is the author of the bestselling novel Life Among Giants. His earlier works of fiction include Big Bend, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Prize and the O. Henry Prize. He has been published in Harper’s, Orion, the Atlantic, Playboy, and the New York Times, among others. He lives in western Maine.
ROLAND MERULLO
Dinner with Buddha A NOVEL
Algonquin’s long-awaited follow-up to Breakfast with Buddha—one of our best-loved “word of mouth” bestsellers (with 200,000 copies in print)—finds Otto Ringling and Mongolian monk Volya Rinpoche on another unexpected road trip of discovery.
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R O L A N D M E R U L L O is the author of a dozen novels, including Breakfast with Buddha, Golfing with God, Lunch with Buddha, and The Vatican Waltz, as well as several works of nonfiction. He lives with his wife and children in Massachusetts. His website is www.rolandmerullo.com. BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA ISBN 978-1-56512-616-9 NO. 72616
GOLFING WITH GOD ISBN 978-1-56512-549-0 NO. 72549
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n Roland Merullo’s Breakfast with Buddha an inveterate skeptic and a world-renowned spiritual master set off across America; the Boston Globe raved, “Enlightenment meets On the Road, in this witty, insightful novel.” Now, some eight years later, the world has spun a few times, and what had been certainties in both men’s lives have proved fleeting. Otto’s future is less than clear after the death of his wife, the departure of his children to make their own lives, and the loss of the only remaining structure in his life—his long-held job. For Rinpoche, the changes have been less daunting but nonetheless dramatic, as the encroachment of both technology and daily society threaten the solitude and peace of his North Dakota retreat, and he has been forced to acknowledge (as other good and intelligent people have) that his mysteriously gifted young daughter may be the next Dalai Lama. So Otto and Rinpoche—seeking understanding, insight, and some new road-trip adventures—travel deep into the center of America: to Indian reservations and blighted farming towns, on a hike up the Great Sand Dunes and skinny dipping on the high planes, and from the heart of Colorado’s New Age culture to the classically nonspiritual streets of Las Vegas, where the answer to “What does the future hold?” may be found residing on the top floor of a luxury casino. Rich with humor and wise in its commentary on modern American life, Dinner with Buddha takes us along on an exhilarating path to self-discovery with two of the most intriguing men in modern fiction, whose lives seem to be forever entwined.
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“ Last Child in the Woods, which describes a generation so plugged into electronic diversions that it has lost its connection to the natural world, is helping drive a movement quickly flourishing across the nation.” —The Nation’s Health
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Recent Fiction Releases Tim Johnston DESCENT “Lyrical and hypnotic, Descent is a pulse-pounding thriller of the first order . . . You’ll be in Johnston’s unrelenting narrative grip until the final page, and his story will stay with you long after it’s done. A truly captivating read.” —Lisa Unger, author of In the Blood Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-304-7, No. 73304 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-430-3 • $25.95 HC
Gabrielle Zevin THE STORIED LIFE OF A. J. FIKRY “Zevin has done something old-fashioned and fairly rare these days. She has written an entertaining novel, modest in its scope, engaging and funny without being cloying or sentimental. On top of all that, it is marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both.” —The Washington Post Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-451-8, No. 73451 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-394-8 • $14.95 PB
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Gregory Sherl THE FUTURE FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE “A whip-smart novel about the obsession of love and the love of obsession.” —Aaron Gwyn, author of Wynne’s War “Comic and exuberant . . . A fine and tender tale for anyone who has tried to let go of the past and envision the future while falling in love.” —Rhonda Riley, author of The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-369-6, No. 73369 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-426-6 • $14.95 PB
Michael Parker ALL I HAVE IN THIS WORLD “This is a very funny, very moving novel about being lost and then found, about that rarest gift—shared sensibility—and about being saved . . . I love this book.” —Antonya Nelson, author of Bound Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-448-8, No. 73448 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-392-4 • $14.95 PB
Amy Rowland THE TRANSCRIPTIONIST “The Transcriptionist holds many pleasures . . . Brings to mind the wacky genius of Mary Robison and Denis Johnson.” —The New York Times Book Review “[A] mesmerizing novel about language, isolation, ethics, technology, and the lack of trust between institutions and the people they purportedly serve . . . A fine debut.” —Booklist, starred review Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-450-1, No. 73450 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-396-2 • $14.95 PB
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“[A] Springsteenian ode to the promise and heartbreak of the highway . . . Told with . . . emotional complexity and subtlety.” —The New York Times
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Recent Nonfiction Releases Mark Bailey & Edward Hemingway OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS Stumbling through Hollywood History
Hollywood history, movie-star mayhem, and forty cocktail recipes are mixed to perfection in this cleverly illustrated compendium. “This book is like being at the best dinner party in the world . . . I was clearly born during the wrong era.” —Chelsea Handler Food & Wine / Entertainment • ISBN 978-1-56512-593-3, No. 72593 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-398-6 • $21.95 HC
Michele Raffin THE BIRDS OF PANDEMONIUM Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered
“A remarkable book . . . [It] will make you laugh and cry; it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet; and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference.” —Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of Animal Planet Memoir/Nature • ISBN 978-1-61620-136-4, No. 73136 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-427-3 • $24.95 HC
William Alexander FLIRTING WITH FRENCH
How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart “Hilarious and touching . . . William Alexander proves that learning a new language is an adventure of its own—with all the unexpected obstacles, surprising breakthroughs, and moments of sublime pleasure traveling brings.” —Julie Barlow, author of Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong Memoir / Popular Culture • ISBN 978-1-61620-020-6, No. 73020 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-425-9 • $15.95 PB
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“A bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of The Signature of All Things and Eat, Pray, Love “Touchingly comic . . . What elevates it to a great read is the author’s ability to fully evoke her emotional and sensory memories”—Elle Memoir • ISBN 978-1-61620-449-5, No. 73449 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-397-9 • $15.95 PB
David Henry & Joe Henry FURIOUS COOL
Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him “An addictively readable study of the path of this outsized talent . . . [A] blazing entertainment history.” —Esquire “In what is clearly (and beautifully) a labor of love, brothers David Henry and Joe Henry have brought Richard Pryor back to pulsating life, affirming both his humanity and his immortality as a comic—and tragic—genius.” —The Huffington Post Biography • ISBN 978-1-61620-447-1, No. 73447 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-271-2 • $16.95 PB
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Heidi W. Durrow THE GIRL WHO FELL FROM THE SKY A searing portrait of a biracial girl coping with society’s ideas of race and class. “Stunning . . . What makes Durrow’s novel soar is her masterful sense of voice, her assured, nuanced handling of complex racial issues—and her heart.” —The Christian Science Monitor Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-015-2, No. 73015 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-037-4 • $13.95 PB
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Naomi Benaron RUNNING THE RIFT “Audacious and compelling . . . An authentic and richly textured portrait of African life.” —The Washington Post “Benaron writes . . . with the heart of a lion.” —The Dallas Morning News Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-194-4, No. 73194 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-187-6 • $14.95 PB
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Susan Nussbaum GOOD KINGS BAD KINGS “Authentic, galvanizing, and righteous.” —Booklist, starred and boxed review Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-325-2, No. 73325 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-336-8 • $14.95 PB
• Winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction
Bill Roorbach LIFE AMONG GIANTS “Consistently surprising and truly entertaining . . . Part thriller, part family drama, [it] is deliciously strange and deeply affecting.” —The Boston Globe “Hilarious and heartbreaking, wild and wise . . . Life Among Giants, which is earning comparisons to The World According to Garp, is a vivid chronicle of a life lived large.” —Parade Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-324-5, No. 73324 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-335-1 • $14.95 PB
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“Not only shines a light on a segment of society often ignored, in art as well as life, but also is a really great read.” —The Washington Post
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Gina Frangello A LIFE IN MEN “Frangello’s powerful novel is ambitious, relentless, and entirely unsentimental . . . A work of art.” —The Boston Globe “Original and fearless . . . A powerful portrait of human connection and individual triumph.” —People Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-163-0, No. 73163 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-349-8 • $14.95 PB
Lauren Grodstein THE EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING “Grodstein’s real gift is her emotional precision . . . Finding or losing God proves to be an equally destabilizing tectonic shift, and this novel is full of them . . . Their cumulative force will leave you happily unsteady, and moved.” —The Washington Post “A well-crafted story of wayward souls searching for forgiveness, healing and personal truth.” —Family Circle Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-381-8, No. 73381 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-343-6 • $14.95 PB
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“Nakedly honest . . . Suberbly charged.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “A tense, layered and evocative tale . . . Jones explores the rivalry and connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the contemporary African American experience.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-142-5, No. 73142 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-153-1 • $14.95 PB
Roland Merullo BREAKFAST WITH BUDDHA Cynicism yields to amazement when a confirmed skeptic finds himself on a sixday road trip with an enigmatic crimson-robed holy man. “Enlightenment meets On the Road in this witty, insightful novel.” —The Boston Sunday Globe Fiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-616-9, No. 72616 • E-book ISBN 978-1-56512-659-6 • $13.95 PB
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Julia Alvarez IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES “ A gorgeous, sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism and familial devotion.” —People “ Imagination and history in sublime combination.” —The Denver Post Fiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-976-4, No. 72976 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-099-2 • $13.95 PB
• A National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Selection
Caroline Leavitt IS THIS TOMORROW “[An] arresting portrait of bygone America . . . Perhaps the most magical aspect of Leavitt’s wonderful novel is that her narrative works as almost a parable for that complicated and uncertain era, teaching and warning her readers even as she entertains them.” —San Francisco Chronicle “A page-turning heartbreaker.” —The Miami Herald Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-054-1, No. 73054 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-125-8 • $14.95 PB
“The wise and funny stories in Lee’s near-perfect collection contain multitudes about the messiness of love and modern life.” —Entertainment Weekly Stories · ISBN 978-1-61620-173-9, No. 73173 · E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-265-1 · $14.95 PB
Sara Gruen WATER FOR ELEPHANTS When Jacob Jankowski is tossed by fate onto a rickety Depression-era circus train, he enters a world that is both his salvation and a living hell. It is there that he falls in love with Marlena, the equestrian star married to the maniacal ringmaster, and where he meets Rosie, the untrainable elephant, who becomes the most surprising character of all. Fiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-560-5, No. 72560 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-56512-585-8 • $14.95 PB
• A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 5 million copies in print
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie PURPLE HIBISCUS “Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes . . . Adichie’s understanding of a young girl’s heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty’s Mississippi.” —The Boston Globe Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-241-5, No. 73241 • $14.95 PB
Julie Wu THE THIRD SON “A boy growing up in Japanese-occupied Taiwan in the 1940s will do anything to escape his tormenting family and reconnect with his first love in this compelling work of fiction.” —O: The Oprah Magazine “An appealing coming-of-age story packed with vivid historical detail.” —The Christian Science Monitor Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-327-6, No. 73327 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-338-2 • $14.95 PB
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“A fabulous up-to-the-last-minute page-turner about love, lust, lies, deception, heartbreak and resiliency.” —The Miami Herald “A killer debut novel . . . Suspenseful and erotic . . . [A] chillingly engrossing plot . . . Good to the riveting end.” —USA Today Fiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-977-1, No. 72977 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-000-8 • $14.95 PB
• A #1 New York Times bestseller with 1,000,000 copies in print
Jonathan Evison THE REVISED FUNDAMENTALS OF CAREGIVING “[A] most stealthily powerful novel . . . So poignant yet improbably funny.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is even-keeled, big-hearted, and very funny, and full of hope.” —The Boston Globe Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-315-3, No. 73315 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-317-7 • $14.95 PB
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BIRDS & BIRDING
The Birds of Pandemonium
Lincoln on War
Life Among the Exotic and the Endangered
by Michele Raffin
100 Birds and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells
illustrated by Lauren Jarrett
“Delightfully interesting . . . Packed with facts . . . It makes for an entertaining and absorbing 297 pages.” —The Washington Post A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-281-9, NO. 72281 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2001
Songbirds in Your Garden Fifth edition updated and expanded
by John K. Terres
A COUNTRY HOMES AND GARDENS BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-044-0, NO. 72044 $14.95 PAPER, 1994
The Music of Wild Birds illustrated and adapted by Judy Pelikan A DISCOVERY CHANNEL BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-271-0, NO. 72271 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2004
“A remarkable book. Reading about the birds of Pandemonium will make you laugh and cry; it will make you see more clearly the need to take care of our planet; and it will confirm that one person with a passion can make a difference.” —Jeff Corwin, nature conservationist and host of Animal Planet “Michele Raffin has written a delightful account of her adventures . . . It is a good read, full of wonderful accounts of bird behavior, demonstrating caring, learning, sociability, adaptability, and a will to live. Its appeal is ageless, her descriptions riveting, and her devotion to the birds remarkable.” —Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns Me ISBN 978-1-61620-136-4, NO. 73136 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-427-3
Lions of the West
Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion
by Robert Morgan
“Marvelous . . . In a sense Lions of the West is a sequel to Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage.” —Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior “A vivid, well-conceived look at western expansion in the old narrative-driven school of Bernard DeVoto and Wallace Stegner.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-61620-189-0, NO. 73189 $18.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-179-1
by Harold Holzer
From masterpieces such as the Gettysburg Address to lesser-known meditations on God’s purposes, Lincoln on War is the first book to highlight exclusively Lincoln’s sublime and enduring words on war. “Holzer . . . [is] the Muhammad Ali of Lincoln biographers. His command of Lincoln— the man, the politician, the orator—is unmatched.” —Chicago Tribune ISBN 978-1-56512-378-6, NO. 72378 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-060-2
Lincoln as I Knew Him
Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies
edited by Harold Holzer
“[A] revelatory little book.” —Parade Magazine “Even the most well-read of Lincoln lovers is sure to find something they have never read before.” —The Civil War News ISBN 978-1-56512-681-7, NO. 72681 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
Boone
by Robert Morgan “ Morgan stakes a fresh claim on the life of famed 18thcentury frontiersman Daniel Boone . . . [A] passionate and authoritative bio.” —Entertainment Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-615-2, NO. 72615 $18.95 PAPER, 2008
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introduction by Roger Tory Peterson
Pandemonium is a conservation organization dedicated to saving and breeding birds at the edge of extinction. These birds can teach us volumes about the interrelationships of humans and animals: they fall in love, mourn, rejoice, and sacrifice; they have a sense of humor, invent, plot, and cope. Their amazing stories make up the heart of this book.
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Gertrude Stein
In Words and Pictures
edited by Renate Stendhal
Furious Cool
Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him
by David Henry and Joe Henry
“A sleek, highly literate biography that places the comic in the pop-cultural context of his times.” —Bloomberg News “It would be enough if Furious Cool was a profile of Pryor’s uncanny talents, psychic turmoil, and ungovernable behavior, but it’s also a fascinating history of black comedy . . . The inextricable legacy of Richard Pryor—his boldness, inventiveness, candor, and empathy—lives on.” —Los Angeles Magazine ISBN 978-1-61620-447-1, NO. 73447 $16.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-078-7, NO. 73078 $25.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-271-2
Panther Baby
A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention
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“A compelling personal memoir and an astonishing evocation of the 1960s—the riots, the rage, the radical chic.” —USA Today “Jamal Joseph is a long distance intellectual freedom fighter who never lost his soul and integrity—despite the ugly underside of America! Don’t miss this powerful book!” —Cornel West “Fascinating and intimate.” —Time Out New York ISBN 978-1-61620-129-6, NO. 73129 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-126-5
“A revelatory combination of quotes, quips and 360 photos of Stein and her wildly brilliant circle.” —Elle ISBN 978-0-945575-99-3, NO. 71599 $19.95 PAPER, 1994
• Winner of the Lambda Award
Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home by Maria Finn
“A gracefully rendered memoir . . . Finn demystifies the illustrious world of tango with wry yet reverent insight.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-56512-517-9, NO. 72517 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
Truth
Four Stories I Am Finally Old Enough to Tell
by Ellen Douglas
ISBN 978-1-56512-214-7, NO. 72214 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1998
Heart in the Right Place A Memoir
by Carolyn Jourdan A Family Circle Book of the Month, an Elle magazine Reader’s Prize winner, and a Book Sense reading group pick. “Heartwarming and hilarious . . . You’ll fall in love with this story about family, community, and coming home.” —The Satellite Sisters Radio Show ISBN 978-1-56512-613-8, NO. 72613 $14.95 PAPER, 2008 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-666-4
Memoir of the Sunday Brunch
My Accidental Jihad
“Many amusing tales, and a few hair-raising ones, about growing up in a large family and working at the family restaurant.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
When Krista met Ishmael she embarked on an accidental jihad: a quest for spiritual and intellectual growth that would open her mind and her heart.
“Part coming-of-age story à la The Tender Bar, part window into the mysteries of the restaurant business à la Kitchen Confidential.” —Bookreporter.com
“Utterly absorbing . . . A beautiful book.” —Cheryl Strayed
by Julia Pandl
“If David Sedaris ever wrote a food memoir, it might look something like this one.” —The Christian Science Monitor ISBN 978-1-61620-172-2, NO. 73172 $13.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-191-3
Cardboard Gods by Josh Wilker
“[A] quirky, thoroughly engaging memoir . . . Anyone in any era who has ever collected baseball cards will feel the resonance of Wilker’s reminiscences like the aftershocks from an earthquake.” —Booklist, starred review “A deep-fried orgy of laughter.” —The Palm Beach Post ISBN 978-1-61620-069-5, NO. 73069 $15.95 PAPER, 2011
Tab Hunter Confidential The Making of a Movie Star
by Tab Hunter with Eddie Muller
“A gleeful romp.” —Entertainment Weekly A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB, INSIGHTOUT, AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-548-3, NO. 72548 $14.95 PAPER, 2006
A Love Story
by Krista Bremer
“A bold piece of writing (and thinking) by an incredibly brave woman.” —Elizabeth Gilbert “A moving, lyrical memoir about how an American essayist fell in love with a Libyan-born Muslim man and learned to embrace the life she made with him . . . A sweet and rewarding journey of a book.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-61620-449-5, NO. 73449 $15.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-068-8, NO. 73068 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-397-9
The Day My Brain Exploded by Ashok Rajamani
“[A] good-humored and self-deprecating memoir . . . Rajamani’s book deals with his drama elegantly.” —Jane Smiley, Harper’s Magazine “Rajamani delivers a fascinating look at his life and his recovery as a brain-injury patient that is both heartbreaking and uplifting.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-997-9, NO. 72997 $13.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-166-1
The Late Starters Orchestra by Ari Goldman
“A lovely, moving story of personal rediscovery disguised as a book about cello-playing. Part memoir, part cultural study, The Late Starters Orchestra is candid, wise, and inspiring, a book as rich and true as an open ‘A.’” —David Hajdu, author of Positively 4th Street and music critic for The New Republic
Lucky Girl
by Mei-Ling Hopgood “An award-winning writer recounts her experience as one of the first Chinese babies adopted in the West and her surprising trail back to the rural Taiwanese family who gave her away . . . A great book.” —Good Housekeeping ISBN 978-1-56512-982-5, NO. 72982 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
ISBN 978-1-56512-992-4, NO. 72992 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-400-6
by Robert Goolrick “[An] unnerving, elegantly crafted memoir . . . Morbidly funny.” —Entertainment Weekly
by Joel ben Izzy “It’s really the only important story there is—a story about finding light within darkness . . . What a gift, what a blessing, funny, brilliant, wise.” —Anne Lamott ISBN 978-1-56512-512-4, NO. 72512 $12.95 PAPER, 2005
Nothing Left to Burn by Jay Varner
Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs
A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles
by Heather Lende
“Uplifting, even cheerful . . . Lende has a knack for subtly illuminating the remarkable in the commonplace, the transcendence in tragedy.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune ISBN 978-1-61620-051-0, NO. 73051 $14.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-065-7
“Unadorned but vivid . . . Painful and poignant . . . Varner reminds us that few lives, even those we think we know best, are easily understood.” —USA Today ISBN 978-1-56512-609-1, NO. 72609 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2010
A Wedding in Haiti
The Story of a Friendship
by Julia Alvarez
“This beautiful memoir from Alvarez is a look at Haiti through an unlikely friendship . . . Wonderfully told.” —The New York Post “[A] beguiling memoir of family and culture.” —O: The Oprah Magazine ISBN 978-1-61620-280-4, NO. 73280 $15.95 PAPER, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61620-130-2, NO. 73130 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-274-3
The Receptionist
An Education at “The New Yorker”
by Janet Groth
“Literary Reality: No other memoir on the market today has half the charm, wit, and verbal dexterity of The Receptionist . . . Superb.” —New York Journal of Books “As much a window into the mythologized publication as it is a chronicle of one woman’s self-discovery. ” —The New York Times ISBN 978-1-61620-306-1, NO. 73306 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61620-131-9, NO. 73131 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-307-8
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A True Story
“An engaging account of a wonderful, enlightening journey, a voyage with the power to move readers deeply even as it stretches across differences of culture, family, and memory.” —The Christian Science Monitor
• Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
Scenes from a Life
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
by Ariel Sabar
ISBN 978-1-56512-933-7, NO. 72933 $14.95 PAPER, 2009
The End of the World as We Know It
ISBN 978-1-56512-602-2, NO. 72602 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past
“Excellent . . . Its heart is Ariel’s heart, that of a son searching with love for the meaning of his relationship with his father.” —The Providence (RI) Journal
“An anthem for the amateur.” —The Washington Post
“Captivating . . . Barbed and canny, with a sharp eye for the infliction of pain.” —The New York Times
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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
EDUCATION
FOOD & WINE
Work Hard. Be Nice. Educating Esmé
Diary of a Teacher’s First Year
Keeping it Civil
by Margaret Klaw “An excellent, non-technical crash course on how and why lawyers do what they do . . . This book accomplishes an admirable goal: to foreground the humanity in the halls of justice.” —Publishers Weekly, starred “Conversational, entertaining . . . Informative and smart . . . An accessible description of the intricate field of law, examined in an open-hearted style.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-61620-239-2, NO. 73239 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-344-3
The M Word
Writers on Same-Sex Marriage
edited by Kathy Pories
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“Witty, wise reading . . . [this] timely anthology argues, with energy and heart, that all Americans, gay or straight, should have the right to marry. Contributors include marquee names and new talent working in fiction, memoir and satire.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-454-7, NO. 72454 $12.95 PAPER, 2004
Talking About Death by Virginia Morris
“A wake-up call on the need to approach death con sciously . . . Morris makes the strong case that the end of life can be one of our most beautiful experiences, if we prepare for it.” —Los Angeles Times ISBN 978-1-56512-437-0, NO. 72437 $14.95 PAPER, 2004
by Esmé Raji Codell
foreword by Katherine Paterson afterword by Jim Trelease
The book heralded by the New York Times as “the gold standard,” now expanded for a new generation of readers. ★★New foreword by Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia ★★All new guide for teachers and teachers-to-be
“At turns entertaining, damning, and heartbreaking, the diary is a testament to the very best and worst of teaching—to the small miracles that occur in the classroom every day, as well as the deadening bureaucracies . . . A must-read.” —NEA Today “ The imagination and irreverent wit she brought to education make this bristling journal well worth reading.” —Entertainment Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-935-1, NO. 72935 $12.95 PAPER, 2009
Be the Dream
Prep for Prep Graduates Share Their Stories
compiled and introduced by Gary Simons with a foreword by Marian Wright Edelman
“[This] is the American dream in flesh and blood— a chronicle of how to make things go right in this country.” —Jonathan Alter, Newsweek Senior Editor ISBN 978-1-56512-417-2, NO. 72417 $12.95 PAPER, 2003
How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America
by Jay Mathews
The bestselling story of the young men who founded the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP). “Tracks a triumph in urban education . . . A vivid account of two young men who transform themselves from ‘terrible’ first-year teachers into visionaries.” —USA Today ISBN 978-1-56512-516-2, NO. 72516 $14.95 PAPER, 2009
• A New York Times Bestseller
The Soul of a Doctor
Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death
edited by Susan Pories, MD, Sachin H. Jain, and Gordon Harper, MD “A guidebook for humanity and compassion . . . This book should be required reading for all medical students, doctors, patients, and those of us who will be patients someday. In short, for everyone.” —ALICE HOFFMAN ISBN 978-1-56512-507-0, NO. 72507 $12.95 PAPER, 2006
The Children in Room E4
American Education on Trial
by Susan Eaton
“A vital, informative, important book about public education in the U.S.” —NPR’s Morning Edition “A great read and a call to arms.” —New York Newsday ISBN 978-1-56512-617-6, NO. 72617 $14.95 PAPER, 2009
52 Loaves
A Half-Baked Adventure
by William Alexander
“Alexander’s breathless, witty memoir is a joy to read. It’s equal parts fact and fun . . . Alexander is wildly entertaining on the page, dropping clever one-liners in the form of footnotes and parenthetical afterthoughts throughout.” —The Boston Globe “A warm, laugh-out-loud [memoir].” —The Oregonian ISBN 978-1-61620-050-3, NO. 73050 $15.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-062-6
Maman’s Homesick Pie A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen
by Donia Bijan
“Delectable . . . Bijan recounts her journey from well-off Iranian schoolgirl to teenager in America taking refuge from her country’s upheaval to restaurateur and mom. But ultimately this memoir is a loving tribute to her mother, her heritage—and food . . . Indulge in this savory slice of life.” —Family Circle “Bestow[s] not only a satisfying culinary experience but also a larger appreciation of life’s precious table.” —National Geographic Traveler ISBN 978-1-56512-957-3, NO. 72957 $19.95 PAPER OVER BOARD, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-116-6
GARDENING
Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers by Mark Bailey and Edward Hemingway
Forty-three classic American writers. Forty-three classic cocktails. ISBN 978-1-56512-482-0, NO. 72482 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2006
Man with a Pan
Culinary Adventures of Fathers Who Cook for Their Families
edited by John Donohue “A rangy, toothsome, timely . . . collection of essays by kitchen dads . . . Man with a Pan contains essays (and recipes) by marquee names including Stephen King— isn’t it time he set a scary novel in a Hardee’s?—and Mario Batali. But the best pieces here, the line-caught beauties, are by people you’ve probably barely heard of.” —The New York Times ISBN 978-1-56512-985-6, NO. 72985 $15.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-064-0
Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League edited by Linda Glick Conway
ISBN 978-0-945575-84-9, NO. 71584 $14.95 COMB-BOUND, 1993
• Over 200,000 copies in print
Dori Sanders’ Country Cooking
Recipes and Stories from the Family Farm Stand
by Dori Sanders
A LITERARY GUILD AND A RODALE PRESS BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-385-4, NO. 72385 $15.95 PAPER, 2003
by Mark Bailey and Edward Hemingway
True tales of celebrity hijinks are served up with an equal measure of Hollywood history, movie-star mayhem, and a frothy mix of forty cocktail recipes. “Foodies and celebrity watchers alike will be delighted by this walk through Hollywood drinking history.” —Library Journal
Southern Belly
A Food Lover’s Companion
by John T. Edge
Completely updated and expanded. From chicken shack to fish camp, from barbecue pit to pie shed—a food lover’s companion to the South, including recipes from the region’s most celebrated kitchens. ISBN 978-1-56512-547-6, NO. 72547 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-841-5
“Of All the Gin Joints is one part cinematic history, one part old Hollywood weirdness, and one part handy basic bar guide, with a dash of romance and more than a few wry twists. Bailey and Hemingway prove themselves very entertaining cultural mixologists.” —Sam Lipsyte ISBN 978-1-56512-593-3, NO. 72593 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-398-6
The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities
by Amy Stewart
“This captivating page-turner is a walk on the dark side of plants as entertaining as any best-selling whodunit.” —Houston Chronicle ISBN 978-1-56512-683-1, NO. 72683 $18.95 PAPER OVER BOARD, 2009
• A New York Times Bestseller • An AHS Best Book
“This book is like being at the best dinner party in the world.” —Chelsea Handler “This wonderful combination of words and picture is the perfect cocktail of a book: sweet enough to go down easily, sour enough to cleanse the palate, and strong enough to leave you giddy. I gulped down the first half and sipped the second half slowly, but when I finished I still wanted more!” —Walter Kirn, author of Blood Will Out
Wicked Plants
Seasoned in the South
Recipes from Crook’s Corner and from Home
by Bill Smith
ISBN 978-1-56512-550-6, NO. 72550 $13.95 PAPER, 2006
The Botantist and the Vintner How Wine Was Saved for the World
by Christy Campbell
“A taut, suspense-filled account . . . There’s a sweaty urgency to [this] tale, as one wine region after another falls victim to the plague, with science hot on the trail.” —The New York Times ISBN 978-1-56512-528-5, NO. 72528 $14.95 PAPER, 2006
Wicked Bugs
The Louse That Conquered Napoleon’s Army and Other Diabolical Insects
by Amy Stewart
“A ton of well-researched, fascinating information with terrific and terrifying stories from history.” —Smithsonian.com ISBN 978-1-56512-960-3, NO. 72960 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-063-3
• A New York Times Bestseller
From the Ground Up
The Story of a First Garden
by Amy Stewart
ISBN 978-1-56512-240-6, NO. 72240 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000
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GIFT BOOKS
The Drunken Botanist The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks
by Amy Stewart
“With more than 50 drink recipes, and growing tips, this highly entertaining book will please both cocktail enthusiasts and backyard gardeners. The inclusion of rich history throughout will delight armchair historians and the naturally curious. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred “A rich compendium of botanical lore for cocktail lovers.” —Kirkus Reviews ISBN 978-1-61620-046-6, NO. 73046 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-104-3
• A New York Times Bestseller
The Earth Moved
On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms
by Amy Stewart
“Stewart’s fascination with her subject is infectious, her writing as simple and sleek as the earthworm itself.” —San Francisco Chronicle A LG O N Q U I N B O O K S SPR I N G /SUM M ER 2015 28
Lives of the Trees
An Uncommon History
by Diana Wells
“Wells portrays 100 trees, beginning with acacia and ending with yew, in a tree album containing lovely drawings and pithy essays. Cinnamon, ginkgo, ‘small and spiny’ frankincense, mahogany, Osage orange, sycamore — all are succinctly described and celebrated in this warmly informative, fun-to-browse book of colorful tree histories.” —Booklist “You’ll learn all sorts of delectable lore and legend, history and science.” —Chicago Tribune
by William Alexander
“A wry memoir in which every reader who’s spent way more to grow a plant than he could purchase it for at the supermarket will recognize his own successes, failures and foibles.” —San Francisco Chronicle ISBN 978-1-56512-557-5, NO. 72557 $13.95 PAPER, 2007
The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman
Beckerman brings the wit and wisdom of her grandmother, the irrepressible Ettie Goldberg, to life. “A delightfully heartfelt and humorous bouquet of a book.” —Jewish Woman Magazine “A quick, amusing read complete with quirky illustrations.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-537-7, NO. 72537 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-117-3
100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells
illustrated by Ippy Patterson
From abelia to zinnia, one hundred well-known garden favorites and the stories behind their names. A GARDEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-138-6, NO. 72138 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997
• 140,000 copies in print
Flower Confidential
A Rose by Any Name
by Amy Stewart
The Little-Known Lore and Deep-Rooted History of Rose Names
“A book every flower lover should read . . . [Stewart] gives lessons in botany and big business, history and horticulture. She enlightens and entertains; she poses questions and offers opinions. And she does it with style.” —New York Newsday
by Douglas Brenner and Stephen Scanniello
“Covering social and cultural history, technology, art, and science, A Rose by Any Name proves that a whole world can be found within the petals of a single rose.” —Martha Stewart Living
ISBN 978-1-56512-603-9, NO. 72603 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
ISBN 978-1-56512-518-6, NO. 72518 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2009
• A New York Times Bestseller
How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden
ISBN 978-1-56512-491-2, NO. 72491 $19.95 PAPER, 2009
ISBN 978-1-56512-468-4, NO. 72468 $12.95 PAPER, 2005
The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
The $64 Tomato
Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden by Emily Whaley
Emily Whaley’s garden on Church Street in Charleston may be the most visited private garden in the country. It is the life’s work of a vibrant, sociable, opinionated, and determined woman who spent over eighty-five years cultivating whatever life offered her. Through Whaley’s distinctive voice, this book captures and preserves how to cultivate a practical personal philosophy alongside one’s garden. ISBN 978-1-56512-115-7, NO. 72115 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 1997
Mother of the Bride
The Dream, the Reality, the Search for a Perfect Dress
by Ilene Beckerman
“Pithy wit and cute drawings sketch the happy tears, bittersweet memories and flares of anxiety that a daughter’s wedding elicits.” —The Dallas Morning News “An account that is sweetly sentimental and brutally honest, touching and witty—in short, a true gem.” —Publishers Weekly, starred ISBN 978-1-56512-476-9, NO. 72476 $10.95 PAPER, 2005
HISTORY/ AFRICAN AMERICAN
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
by Ilene Beckerman Ilene “Gingy” Beckerman’s beloved and bestselling book has been adapted for the stage by Nora and Delia Ephron. The star-studded Off-Broadway show is receiving rave reviews, as did the book: “Illuminates the experience of an entire generation of women . . . This small gem of a book is worthy of a Tiffany box.” —The New York Times Book Review “Ilene Beckerman’s sleek little memoir . . . strikes a startling chord . . . Unsettling and oddly powerful.” —People
What My Mother Gave Me
Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most
edited by Elizabeth Benedict “The complexity and souldeep connection of the mother-daughter bond is vividly explored in this emotionally eloquent collection of essays.” —Family Circle “A gift to mothers, daughters and readers everywhere.” —BookPage ISBN 978-1-61620-135-7, NO. 73135 $15.95 PAPER W/ FLAPS, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-268-2
ISBN 978-1-56512-475-2, NO. 72475 $10.95 PAPER, 2005
What We Do for Love by Ilene Beckerman
“This savory little truffle turns out to be surprisingly poi gnant, laced with the bitter, the rueful, and the sweet.” —Good Housekeeping A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION
Rising to the Occasion
A Practical Companion for the Occasionally Perplexed
by Edith Hazard and Wallace Pinfold
“A witty cross between an etiquette book and a scout manual . . . This is a truly essential book purchase.” —Wilson Library Bulletin ISBN 978-1-56512-329-8, NO. 72329 $12.95 PAPER, 2001
What the Dormouse Said
Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books
collected by Amy Gash
illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan with a foreword by Judith Viorst
Wisdom and whimsy from more than two hundred of our best-loved children’s books, from Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter. “Charming.” —The New York Times “By turns humorous, perverse, nonsensical and insightful, the words will jog more than a few memories.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-451-6, NO. 72451 $9.95 PAPER, 2004
On the Road to Freedom A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail
by Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Award-winning journalist and 1960s civil rights worker Charles E. Cobb Jr. takes us on a pilgrimage through the heart of the civil rights era. This essential piece of American history is also a useful travel guide with maps, photographs, and sidebars of background history, newspaper coverage, and firsthand interviews.
In the Wake of Madness
The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
by Joan Druett
“A nautical murder mystery.” —USA Today “A genuine nautical thriller, a page-turner.” —Richard Zacks, author of The Pirate Hunter ISBN 978-1-56512-435-6, NO. 72435 $14.95 PAPER, 2004
HISTORY/ WWII
“Charlie Cobb was in the heart of the Southern movement and one of its keenest observers. Now he takes us there in this exciting and inspiring tour. His book is rich with history, drama, and emotion.” —Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States “Cobb brings alive America’s last good war and its many heroes, unsung as well as famous.” —Hodding Carter III “The great strength of this book is that it is the story of people and not simply a repetition of dates and a listing of places and events. Put this book on your must-read list!” —Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP A BLACK EXPRESSIONS BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-439-4, NO. 72439 $18.95 PAPER, 2007
A Frozen Hell
The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 –1940
by William Trotter
A HISTORY BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-249-9, NO. 72249 $15.95 PAPER, 1999
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ISBN 978-1-56512-180-5, NO. 72180 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 1997
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INSPIRATION
JEWISH INTEREST
LANGUAGE & WRITING
The Aleppo Codex Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman
One of America’s most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times. “Writing with sparkling directness, warmth, humor, and long-steeped wisdom, Hoffman has created a companionable and genuinely useful book for times of crisis. Small, intimate, and lovely . . . Hoffman’s storytelling artistry enlivens each intimate, thoughtfully distilled, charming, and nurturing lesson in living.” —Booklist
Outwitting History
The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books
by Aaron Lansky
“A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters as memorable as Singer creations.” —New York Post ISBN 978-1-56512-513-1, NO. 72513 $14.95 PAPER, 2005
• Bound-in Reader’s Guide • 75,000 copies in print
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ISBN 978-1-61620-278-1, NO. 73278 $15.95 PAPER, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61620-040-4, NO. 73040 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2012
edited by Emily Franklin
“Funny . . . Poignant . . . Explore[s] what it’s like to celebrate Hanukkah in a culture where Christmas is ubiquitous.” —USA Today
by Stella Suberman
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-399-3
ISBN 978-1-56512-193-5, NO. 72193 $20.95 HARDCOVER, 1998
“A treasure box of history, mystery, conspiracy, and convolutions that would do any biblical thriller proud . . . A remarkable job.” —Booklist, starred
18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights
The Jew Store
ISBN 978-1-61620-377-1, NO. 73377 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2013
nonfiction essays by Julia Alvarez
How to Spell Chanukah
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-345-0
“[A] wildly imaginative instruction manual for life . . . Ono’s poetic directives are always unexpected.” —Bust magazine
“A superb work of investigative journalism that reads like a detective thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal
Something to Declare
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-270-5
ISBN 978-1-61620-314-6, NO. 73314 $13.95 HARDCOVER, 2013
by Yoko Ono
by Matti Friedman
• Winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
“It may be short, but it’s powerful. An absolutely beautiful book.” —Sue Monk Kidd
Acorn
In Pursuit of One of the World’s Most Coveted, Sacred, and Mysterious Books
“ Suberman tells her family’s story with compassion and humor, in the process bringing to life an obscure bit of Jewish-American history.” —Chicago Tribune ISBN 978-1-56512-330-4, NO. 72330 $13.95 PAPER, 2001 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-874-3
“Eighteen youngish writers contribute personal essays— from the snarky to the sentimental—riffing on the ancient Jewish holiday.” —The Washington Post ISBN 978-1-56512-934-4, NO. 72934 $13.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-183-8
Shalom Y’all
Images of Jewish Life in the American South
photographs by Bill Aron text by Vicki Reikes Fox foreword by Alfred Uhry
ISBN 978-1-56512-355-7, NO. 72355 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 10” x 10”, 2002
First Words
Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
collected and edited by Paul Mandelbaum
A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB AND WRITER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-272-7, NO. 72272 $16.95 PAPER, 2000
Making Whoopee
Words of Love for Lovers of Words
by Evan Morris
With wry wit and a wealth of word love, Evan Morris, a.k.a. the Word Detective, traces the often surprising origins and evolution of the language of love. ISBN 978-1-56512-350-2, NO. 72350 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2004
MUSIC
NATURE/ HEALTH
NATURE WRITING
The Nature Principle
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Imperfect Harmony
Finding Happiness Singing with Others
by Stacy Horn
“In this joyful and contemplative memoir about the power of singing together, Horn celebrates the transcendent consolations to be found in the act of making song.” —More “Horn offers an eclectic history of group singing, the lives of conductors and composers, the science of singing, and all the benefits that come from being immersed with others in song.” —Publishers Weekly ISBN 978-1-61620-041-1, NO. 73041 $15.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-101-2
Our Noise
The Story of Merge Records, the Indie Label That Got Big and Stayed Small
by John Cook with Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance
introduction by Ryan Adams
“A primer for anyone who cares enough about music to not only make records, but also remain relevant and solvent.” —Los Angeles Times ISBN 978-1-56512-624-4, NO. 72624 $18.95 PAPER, 2009
The Essential Klezmer a music lover’s guide by Seth Rogovoy
ISBN 978-1-56512-244-4, NO. 72244 $15.95 PAPER, 2000
by Richard Louv
The author of Last Child in the Woods now offers evidence that when adults live a nature-balanced existence, they can be smarter, healthier, more creative, and happier. The Nature Principle presents a compelling case that a conscious reconnection to nature can make us whole again and that the future will belong to naturesmart individuals, families, businesses, and communities. This timely, inspiring, and important work will give readers renewed hope while challenging them to rethink the way they live. “Louv’s vital, inclusive, and inspiring call to better our lives by celebrating and protecting the living world marks the way to profound personal and cultural transformation.” —Booklist, starred “This book provides a way back to where we belong, a world full of reverence, joy, and discovery.” —David Suzuki, author of The Sacred Balance ISBN 978-1-61620-141-8, NO. 73141 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 ISBN 978-1-56512-581-0, NO. 72581 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-150-0
by Elisabeth Tova Bailey “An exquisite meditation on the restorative connection between nature and humans . . . The writing is pristine and clear, with sentences of stunning lyrical beauty that I read over and over again . . . Bailey’s slim book is as richly layered as the soil she lays down in the snail’s terrarium: loamy, potent, and regenerative.” —The Huffington Post “A small, short book filled with an enormous amount of natural history and science about snails . . . An acknowledgment of an individual’s determination to recover and regain life with humor and insight.” —Library Journal ISBN 978-1-56512-606-0, NO. 72606 $18.95 HARDCOVER, 2010
Settled in the Wild
Notes from the Edge of Town
by Susan Hand Shetterly
“[A] lovely book, a gathering of 26 essays that probe, ponder, and celebrate life and landscape on ‘the edge of town’ . . . In a succession of wise, quiet, attentive pieces, Shetterly introduces us to a world resplendent with wild things . . . Like Annie Dillard, Shetterly slows herself down and takes the time first to really apprehend these things, and then to evoke them for us.” —National Geographic Traveler ISBN 978-1-56512-618-3, NO. 72618 $21.95 HARDCOVER, 2009
Celebrating the
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
of the Book That Launched the Children-and-Nature Movement
Last Child in the Woods Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
In his landmark work, Richard Louv brings together cutting-edge studies that point to direct exposure to nature as essential for a child’s healthy physical and emotional development. “[The] international movement to ‘leave no child inside’ . . . has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grass-roots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day . . . The increased activism has been partly inspired by a bestselling book, Last Child in the Woods, and its author, Richard Louv.” —The Washington Post “This book is an absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe A DISCOVERY CHANNEL BOOK CLUB AND PROGRESSIVE BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-605-3, NO. 72605 $14.95 PAPER, 2008
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“[A] rich piece of music history.” —Newsweek
Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder
PARENTING
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PETS & ANIMALS
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm And Other Adventures in Parenting
by Mei-Ling Hopgood
“Her cultural research for the new book How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm made it clear that we can all lighten up—and still raise happy, healthy kids.” —Redbook “A refreshing break from the often judgmental tone of parenting books and blogs . . . The book is breezy and entertaining, and Hopgood is charmingly selfdeprecating about her own mothering of the formidable Sofia, who emerges as a sassy character in her own right.” —The Boston Globe “A satisfying mix of research, observation, interview, and personal experience . . . Readers will laugh, marvel and muse over the many (frequently opposing) childrearing methods that persist despite the growing globalization of parenthood.” —Publishers Weekly A LG O N Q U I N B O O K S SPR I N G /SUM M ER 2015 32
ISBN 978-1-56512-958-0, NO. 72958 $15.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-120-3
by Esmé Raji Codell
“ An exuberant treasure trove for parents . . . The book is akin to having one’s own personal children’s librarian at one’s fingertips.” —Publishers Weekly, starred A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND A CHILDREN’S BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-308-3, NO. 72308 $18.95 PAPER, 2003
Loving Every Child Wisdom for Parents
the words of Janusz Korczak edited by Sandra Joseph foreword by Ari L. Goldman
“Korczak’s insights are profound . . . in this perfect inspirational gift book.” —Publishers Weekly, starred “This book is filled with simple commonsense truisms about child rearing.” —The Boston Globe ISBN 978-1-56512-489-9, NO. 72489 $10.95 HARDCOVER, 2007
The Dinner Diaries
Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World
by Betsy Block
“Betsy Block has done an amazing job of giving creative tips, nutritional information, and relating her adventures on the road to feeding her family in a more healthful way. The book is funny, honest, and full of excellent advice that any mother will appreciate.” —NELL NEWMAN, cofounder and president of Newman’s Own Organics ISBN 978-1-56512-570-4, NO. 72570 $14.95 PAPER, 2008
Kitty Cornered by Bob Tarte
Comet’s Tale
How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life
by Steven D. Wolf with Lynette Padwa
“Although every bit a topnotch dog story, Comet’s Tale is at heart an inspiring look into a man’s struggle to remain himself in the face of a progressive disability. Wolf’s admission of his own flaws and mistakes is as courageous and endearing as his fight to maintain independence, making the incredible ending both startling and welcome.” —Shelf Awareness
“Tarte is a bit of a (selfadmitted) odd duck, but his unabashed love for his felines (especially an intriguing stray named Frannie) eventually wins you over.” —USA Today “Better than a big ball of string rolled in tuna.” —The Denver Post “It’s laugh-out-loud funny, but it’s also profound.” —Elizabeth Letts, author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion ISBN 978-1-56512-999-3, NO. 72999 $13.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-149-4
“Both honest and heartwarming, and a wonderful salute to the power of man’s best friend.” —Booklist ISBN 978-1-61620-323-8, NO. 73323 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-334-4
First Dogs
American Presidents and Their Best Friends
by Roy Rowan and Brooke Janis
ISBN 978-1-56512-936-8, NO. 72936 $9.95 PAPER, 2009
Fowl Weather by Bob Tarte
“[A] moving follow-up to 2003’s Enslaved by Ducks . . . Tarte’s laughter-throughtears approach is therapeutic and inspirational.” —Entertainment Weekly ISBN 978-1-56512-502-5, NO. 72502 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte
“A laugh-out-loud chronicle of what it means to bring animals—a blind turkey, an irascible rabbit, a lovesick dove—into your heart and home and make them part of the fabric of your life.” —Marty Becker, DVM, Good Morning America ISBN 978-1-56512-450-9, NO. 72450 $13.95 PAPER, 2004
POETRY
POPULAR CULTURE
Rock On
An Office Power Ballad
SPORTS
by Dan Kennedy
“A hilarious—and damning— insider’s memoir.” —Wired “Kennedy’s style—hilarious, paranoid and vulnerable—captures wonderfully the absurdity of the corporate music industry.” —Publishers Weekly “Fast-moving and darkly funny, Rock On should be a chart-topper.” —People, four stars
The Woman I Kept to Myself by Julia Alvarez
“Brave and vivid . . . Seventyfive poems express wonder, anger, grief and joy in clear, accessible narratives.” —The Miami Herald ISBN 978-1-61620-072-5, NO. 73072 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION
The Beatles Are Here!
edited by Penelope Rowlands “In this compulsively readable personal history, Rowlands gathers the recollections of fans, writers, musicians, and artists about the deep ways that the Beatles and their music affected them.” —Publishers Weekly
ISBN 978-1-56512-509-4, NO. 72509 $14.95 PAPER, 2007
Hard Work
SPIRITUALITY
“By the end of this engaging tale, you’ll realize why Williams is an unparalleled recruiter . . . He works as hard as anyone, and he knows how to tell a good story.” —Sports Illustrated
“One of the more fascinating new books on the Fab Four’s impact.” —The Boston Globe ISBN 978-1-61620-350-4 NO. 73350 $15.95 PAPER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-361-0
Greasy Rider
Poetry Out Loud
edited by Robert Alden Rubin
introduction by James Earl Jones A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB, AND WRITER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB SELECTION
Love Poetry Out Loud edited by Robert Alden Rubin
“This sweet little book collects 100 poems ‘to stir the heart.’ Rubin provides annotation and commentary, but if readers prefer no interference or intrusion, it’s easy to stick to the original words alone and still get a good measure of the silly and the sublime.” —The Washington Post Book World ISBN 978-1-56512-459-2, NO. 72459 $14.95 PAPER, 2007
by Greg Melville
Full of surprising revelations about sustainable measures within our reach. “An entertaining combination of On the Road and An Inconvenient Truth.” —The New York Times Book Review “A hopeful, goodhearted . . . road-trip-cum-search-forAmerica’s-energy-future.” —Newsweek ISBN 978-1-56512-595-7, NO. 72595 $15.95 PAPER, 2008
• Named a Top 10 Book on the Environment by Booklist
The Buddha and the Terrorist by Satish Kumar
“Hard Work is a successful coach’s memoir not because it provides a blueprint for success but because it reveals the humiliations and insecurities that have stoked Williams’ competitive fire and made him a basketball coach.” —Will Blythe, The Raleigh News and Observer ISBN 978-1-61620-107-4, NO. 73107 $15.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-128-9
foreword by Thomas Moore
“This kind of parable has a calming effect on the mind. The change in outlook from anger to compassion is also contagious, also powerful.” —Los Angeles Times “Eloquent and highly accessible . . . A powerful statement of the power of nonviolence and compassion.” —Tricycle “Kumar neatly reworks an ancient allegory . . . This short piece hits its mark with studied grace.” —Publishers Weekly “A challenging story, beautifully written, most pertinent and relevant to our time.” —Deepak Chopra “It has a lucid clarity and directness that speaks pointedly and movingly to our times.” —Pico Iyer ISBN 978-1-56512-520-9, NO. 72520 $12.95 HARDCOVER, 2006
Cobb
A Biography
by Al Stump ISBN 978-1-56512-144-7, NO. 72144 $15.95 PAPER,1996
• A New York Times Notable Book • 120,000 copies in print
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ISBN 978-1-56512-122-5, NO. 72122 $13.95 PAPER, 1995
Two Dudes, One Fry-OilPowered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future
by Roy Williams with Tim Crothers
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TRAVEL & ADVENTURE
A Great and Glorious Game
Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
French Dirt
edited by Kenneth S. Robson with a foreword by David Halberstam
ISBN 978-1-56512-192-8, NO. 72192 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1998
REVISED AND EXPANDED
Dream Golf
The Making of Bandon Dunes
by Stephen Goodwin
“ [A] very special book . . . [Dream Golf ] will appeal to golfers and lovers of golf history on multiple levels: as a crash course in golf-course architecture; as an insider’s look at how golf holes are designed and constructed; and as a surprisingly inspirational account of how a golf course built the oldfashioned way can inspire a ‘sense of the sublime’ in all who tread its fairways.” —Booklist ISBN 978-1-56512-981-8, NO. 72981 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2010
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by James Dodson
“ What do you get when you combine an engaging rites of passage story together with interesting golf history as relayed by a skilled storyteller? The answer would be A Son of the Game by James Dodson . . . A great gift for the golfing father or son.” —Golf Today ISBN 978-1-56512-978-8, NO. 72978 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
Paris Was Ours
Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light
edited by Penelope Rowlands
David Sedaris, Diane Johnson, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, Stacy Schiff, and Edmund White are but a few of the writers who expound upon the fateful allure of one of the world’s most seductive cities. “Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there.” —National Geographic Traveler “Paris doesn’t merely put visitors in the mood; the city itself is the object of mad crushes. This diverse collection of reflections is a testament to that passion.” —The New York Times Book Review “While the anthology’s authors dismantle the blind romanticism that clouds thoughts about Paris . . . ‘they reveal an infinitely more complex city and people. What could be more French than rendering complications from mere adoration?’” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer “The collection takes some of the shine off Paris but not the allure—not unlike the pull of a troubled but passionate lover who could never be more than a fling.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune ISBN 978-1-56512-953-5, NO. 72953 $15.95 PAPER, 2010
The Story of a Garden in the South of France
by Richard Goodman “One of the most charming, perceptive and subtle books ever written about the French by an American.” —San Francisco Chronicle ISBN 978-1-56512-352-6, NO. 72352 $13.00 PAPER WITH FLAPS, 2002
New Orleans, Mon Amour
Twenty Years of Writings from the City
by Andrei Codrescu
“Codrescu is in on everything fascinating about New Orleans, from its history to its music to its food . . . He covers a great deal of ground—from the sacred to the profane, angels to alligators—sometimes within the same paragraph . . . With New Orleans, Mon Amour, [he] has honored a great, wounded American city.” —Los Angeles Times
A Thousand Days in Venice
An Unexpected Romance
by Marlena de Blasi
“A little cioppino of a book, a tasty stew with equal parts travel and food and romance, spiced up with goodly amounts of fantasycome-true.” —The Seattle Post-Intelligencer “The ‘happily-ever-after’ is riveting and the recipes are mouth-watering just to read.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer ISBN 978-1-61620-281-1, NO. 73281 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-275-0
ISBN 978-1-56512-505-6, NO. 72505 $14.95 PAPER, 2006
Traveling While Married by Mary-Lou Weisman
with illustrations by Edward Koren
The author of the bestselling My Middle-Aged Baby Book turns her trademark humor to the pitfalls and pleasures of traveling with the one you love. ISBN 978-1-56512-319-9, NO. 72319 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2003
The Lady in the Palazzo An Umbrian Love Story
by Marlena de Blasi
“De Blasi[’s] . . . robust appetite for life saturates the book.” —Entertainment Weekly “[This] cookbook writer does for Umbria what Frances Mayes did for Tuscany.” —Bloomberg.com ISBN 978-1-56512-610-7, NO. 72610 $14.95 PAPER, 2008 ISBN 978-1-56512-473-8, NO. 72473 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2007
TRUE CRIME Bloodsworth by Tim Junkin
“Bloodsworth may well be the most incredible and important true story ever written about a death row convict’s daily battle for survival, both in the cell block and in the courtrooms.” —JOSEPH WAMBAUGH
Very Charleston If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende
“Who knew a writer could find so much human drama, simple pleasure and thorny issues in such a remote place? If you like the stories on Prairie Home Companion or Northern Exposure, you’ll love some real news from small-town Alaska.” —USA Today ISBN 978-1-56512-524-7, NO. 72524 $12.95 PAPER, 2006
Waking Up in Eden
In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island
by Lucinda Fleeson
“With a reporter’s skill for unearthing and explaining complicated histories and a travel writer’s keen eye and ear for the illuminating detail, Fleeson fills in the fantasy’s blank—and paints a multifaceted portrait of Paradise.” —National Geographic Traveler
ISBN 978-1-56512-486-8, NO. 72486 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
WEATHER
A L P H A B E T I C A L LY BY AUTH O R
designates an Algonquin Readers Round Table edition with reader’s guide and additional features included. For complete listings, please visit our online catalog at www.algonquin.com.
Purple Hibiscus
a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“A delightful mix—part hand-drawn photo album, part map, part history book—that takes readers on a memorable journey through this unforgettable city.” —Luxury Living
ISBN 978-1-61620-241-5, NO. 73241 $14.95 PAPER, 2012
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
ISBN 978-1-56512-339-7, NO. 72339 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2003
a novel by Julia Alvarez
• 100,000 copies in print
ISBN 978-1-56512-975-7, NO. 72975 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
Very Washington DC
In the Time of the Butterflies
A Celebration of the History and Culture of America’s Capital City
written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
This fact-filled keepsake offers all the history, beauty, and culture of America’s capital city. A picture-perfect guidebook, it’s as unique as the city itself — w ith eyecatching watercolors that capture the charms of one of the most visited destinations in the country. ISBN 978-1-56512-582-7, NO. 72582 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2009
Very New Orleans
A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm
a novel by Julia Alvarez ISBN 978-1-56512-976-4, NO. 72976 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
The Weather Wizard’s 5-Year Weather Diary A handy, fact-filled way for weather watchers to record their observations and compare daily entries from month to month and year to year, compiling a personal weather log. Features hundreds of facts, figures, and folk wisdom about meteorology, weather lore, and weather history—and colorful photographs of the ten basic cloud types. ISBN 978-0-945575-85-6, NO. 71585 $13.95 WIRE-O-BOUND, 1991
written and illustrated by Diana Hollingsworth Gessler
WWII/MEMOIR
In vibrant watercolors and detailed sketches, artist Diana Gessler celebrates the city, Cajun country, the people, and our history.
An Eyewitness Account of the Bataan Death March and the Men Who Lived Through It
ISBN 978-1-56512-447-9, NO. 72447 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 2006
Some Survived
by Manny Lawton
“Shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth.” —Charleston News & Courier ISBN 978-1-56512-434-9, NO. 72434 $14.95 PAPER, 2004
Saving the World a novel by Julia Alvarez
ISBN 978-1-56512-558-2, NO. 72558 $13.95 PAPER, 2007
Something for Nothing
a novel by David Anthony ISBN 978-1-61620-022-0, NO. 73022 $13.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-061-9
The Rental Sister by Jeff Backhaus
ISBN 978-1-61620-326-9, NO. 73326 $14.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-137-1, NO. 73137 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-188-3
Running the Rift a novel by Naomi Benaron
ISBN 978-1-61620-194-4, NO. 73194 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 ISBN 978-1-61620-042-8, NO. 73042 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-187-6
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“Fleeson takes us on a sensual journey of the island [Kauai], and of her life.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
A Celebration of History, Culture, and Lowcountry Charm
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-514-8, NO. 72514 $13.95 PAPER, 2005
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Peep Show
a novel by Joshua Braff ISBN 978-1-56512-508-7, NO. 72508 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
Dirty Work
a novel by Larry Brown ISBN 978-1-56512-563-6, NO. 72563 $12.95 PAPER, 2007
Joe
by Larry Brown ISBN 978-1-56512-413-4, NO. 72413 $14.95 PAPER, 2003
Facing the Music
stories by Larry Brown ISBN 978-1-56512-125-6, NO. 72125 $12.95 PAPER, 1996
The Puzzle King a novel by Betsy Carter
ISBN 978-1-61620-016-9, NO. 73016 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
All This Talk of Love
a novel by Christopher Castellani ISBN 978-1-61620-170-8, NO. 73170 $13.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-190-6
Exley
a novel by Brock Clarke ISBN 978-1-61620-084-8, NO. 73084 $13.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-114-2
An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England a novel by Brock Clarke
ISBN 978-1-56512-614-5, NO. 72614 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Mr. Universe
ISBN 978-1-61620-015-2, NO. 73015 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
A STAGE AND SCREEN BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-680-0, NO. 72680 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2009
ISBN 978-1-56512-211-6, NO. 72211 $17.95 PAPER, 1998
The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving
The Explanation for Everything
a novel by Heidi W. Durrow
by Jonathan Evison
ISBN 978-1-61620-315-3, NO. 73315 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61620-039-8, NO. 73039 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-317-7
West of Here a novel by
Jonathan Evison ISBN 978-1-61620-082-4, NO. 73082 $15.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-124-1
Until the Next Time
a novel by Kevin Fox ISBN 978-1-56512-993-1, NO. 72993 $15.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-053-4
A Life in Men a novel
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-388-7
Secret Son a novel by
A Friend of the Family
ISBN 978-1-56512-979-5, NO. 72979 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
a novel by Lauren Grodstein ISBN 978-1-61620-017-6, NO. 73017 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
Water for Elephants
a novel by Sara Gruen ISBN 978-1-56512-560-5, NO. 72560 $14.95 PAPER, 2007
Pocket Kings by Ted Heller
ISBN 978-1-56512-620-6, NO. 72620 $13.95 PAPER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-147-0
Laila Lalami
Is This Tomorrow by Caroline Leavitt ISBN 978-1-61620-054-1, NO. 73054 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-125-8
Pictures of You a novel by Caroline Leavitt
ISBN 978-1-56512-631-2, NO. 72631 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee
ISBN 978-1-61620-302-3, NO. 73302 $13.95 PAPER, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61620-276-7, NO. 73276 $14.95 PAPER, 2013
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-308-5
ISBN 978-1-61620-077-0, NO. 73077 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2012
by Kaye Gibbons
A Dangerous Age by Ellen Gilchrist
ISBN 978-1-61620-379-5, NO. 73379 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
ISBN 978-1-61620-279-8, NO. 73279 $14.95 PAPER, 2013
ISBN 978-1-56512-565-0, NO. 72565 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
ISBN 978-1-56512-926-9, NO. 72926 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
ISBN 978-1-56512-442-4, NO. 72442 $13.95 PAPER, 2004
All Woman and Springtime
ISBN 978-1-56512-676-3, NO. 72676 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
Anthony De Sa
introduction by Esmé Raji Codell translation by Richard Lourie
Ellen Foster a novel
Heading Out to Wonderful
Barnacle Love stories by
a novel by Janusz Korczak
Every Last Cuckoo a novel by
Gossip of the Starlings
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-393-1
ISBN 978-1-61620-112-8, NO. 731125 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2013
King Matt the First
ISBN 978-1-56512-446-2, NO. 72446 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-662-6
ISBN 978-1-56512-927-6, NO. 72927 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
ISBN 978-1-61620-381-8, NO. 733815 $14.95, PAPER, 2014
ISBN 978-1-56512-932-0, NO. 72932 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-349-8
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-146-3
by Anthony De Sa
by Lauren Grodstein
a novel by Deborah Copaken Kogan
ISBN 978-1-61620-173-9, NO. 73173 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 9781-61620-265-1
ISBN 978-1-61620-163-0, NO. 73163 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
ISBN 978-1-56512-542-1, NO. 72542 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
Kicking the Sky
by Jim Grimsley
Between Here and April
The Big Steal
by Gina Frangello
ISBN 978-1-56512-951-1, NO. 72951 $13.95 PAPER, 2012
a novel by Nina de Gramont
And Other Plays
a novel by Emyl Jenkins
by Brandon Jones
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-264-4
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones ISBN 978-1-61620-142-5, NO. 73142 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 ISBN 978-1-56512-990-0, NO. 72990 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-153-1
Kate Maloy
ISBN 978-1-56512-675-6, NO. 72675 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
Life After Life a novel by Jill McCorkle
ISBN 978-1-61620-322-1, NO. 73322 $14.95 PAPER, 2013 ISBN 978-1-61620-177-7, NO. 73177 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-333-7
Going Away Shoes by Jill McCorkle
ISBN 978-1-61620-014-5, NO. 73014 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
When She Woke a novel
Creatures of Habit
ISBN 978-1-56512-923-8, NO. 72923 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61620-193-7, NO. 73193 $14.95 PAPER, 2012
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-272-9
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-184-5
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-397-7, NO. 72397 $13.95 PAPER, 2003
A Reliable Wife a novel by
Mudbound a novel by
ISBN 978-1-56512-977-1, NO. 72977 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
A PROGRESSIVE BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-931-1, NO. 72931 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
ISBN 978-1-56512-677-0, NO. 72677 $14.95 PAPER, 2009
The Cheer Leader
by Robert Goolrick
Robert Goolrick
by Hillary Jordan
Hillary Jordan
stories by Jill McCorkle
Ferris Beach a novel by Jill McCorkle
a novel by Jill McCorkle ISBN 978-1-56512-001-3, NO. 72001 $12.95 PAPER, 1992
July 7th
a novel by Jill McCorkle ISBN 978-1-56512-002-0, NO. 72002 $12.95 PAPER, 1992
Breakfast with Buddha
a novel by Roland Merullo ISBN 978-1-56512-616-9, NO. 72616 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
Golfing with God
A Novel of Heaven and Earth
by Roland Merullo
ISBN 978-1-56512-549-0, NO. 72549 $13.95 PAPER, 2007
Gap Creek
The Story of a Marriage
a novel by Robert Morgan AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB, LITERARY GUILD, TEEN PEOPLE BOOK CLUB, AND BOOK-OFTHE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-61620-176-0, NO. 73176 $14.95 PAPER, 2012 ISBN 978-1-56512-296-3, NO. 72296 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 1999
I Thought You Were Dead
The Watery Part of the World
A Blessing on the Moon
ISBN 978-1-61620-048-0, NO. 73048 $13.95 PAPER, 2011
ISBN 978-1-61620-143-2, NO. 73143 $13.95 PAPER, 2012
ISBN 978-1-61620-018-3, NO. 73018 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-057-2
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-157-9
Lightning Song
Kids These Days
Guests on Earth
ISBN 978-1-56512-220-8, NO. 72220 $10.95 PAPER, 1998
ISBN 978-1-61620-171-5, NO. 73171 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
a novel by Pete Nelson
a novel by Lewis Nordan
Music of the Swamp
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Brave Enemies A Novel of the
American Revolution
by Robert Morgan
A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB, LITERARY GUILD, DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUB, AND QUALITY BOOK CLUB SELECTION
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The Truest Pleasure
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Wolf Whistle a novel by Lewis Nordan
ISBN 978-1-56512-222-2, NO. 72222 $13.95 PAPER, 1998
What You See in the Dark
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The Resurrectionist a novel by Jack O’Connell
ISBN 978-1-56512-678-7, NO. 72678 $13.95 PAPER, 2009
The Coldest Night by Robert Olmstead
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-335-1
The Transcriptionist a novel by Amy Rowland
ISBN 978-1-61620-450-1, NO. 73450 $14.95 PAPER, 2015 ISBN 978-1-61620-254-5, NO. 73254 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-396-2
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The Family Diamond stories by Edward Schwarzschild
ISBN 978-1-56512-410-3, NO. 72410 $13.95 PAPER, 2007
Broadway Baby a novel by Alan Shapiro
ISBN 978-1-61620-277-4, NO. 73277 $14.95 PAPER, 2013
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ISBN 978-1-61620-043-5, NO. 73043 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2012
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-113-5
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-269-9
The Art Forger
Coal Black Horse a novel by
ISBN 978-1-61620-316-0, NO. 73316 $14.95 PAPER, 2013
Robert Olmstead
ISBN 978-1-56512-601-5, NO. 72601 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
by B. A. Shapiro
ISBN 978-1-61620-132-6, NO. 73132 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-318-4
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-145-6
Far Bright Star a novel by
The Future for Curious People
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
ISBN 978-1-56512-980-1, NO. 72980 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
ISBN 978-1-61620-369-6, NO. 73369 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
stories by Manuel Muñoz ISBN 978-1-56512-532-5, NO. 72532 $12.95 PAPER, 2007
Robert Olmstead
All I Have in This World
a novel by Michael Parker ISBN 978-1-61620-448-8, NO. 73448 $14.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-162-3, NO. 73162 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-392-4
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E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-426-6
A Curable Romantic
a novel by Joseph Skibell ISBN 978-1-61620-083-1, NO. 73083 $16.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-121-0
a novel by Joseph Skibell
by Lee Smith
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-380-1, NO. 73380 $14.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-253-8, NO. 73253 $25.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-387-0
Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger stories by Lee Smith
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-049-7, NO. 73049 $13.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-058-9
On Agate Hill a novel by Lee Smith
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-577-3, NO. 72577 $13.95 PAPER, 2007
The Christmas Letters a novella by Lee Smith
ISBN 978-1-56512-376-2, NO. 72376 $9.95 PAPER, 2002
The Taste of Salt a novel by Martha Southgate
ISBN 978-1-56512-925-2, NO. 72925 $13.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-115-9
The Frozen Rabbi a novel by Steve Stern
ISBN 978-1-61620-052-7, NO. 73052 $13.95 PAPER, 2011 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-067-1
The Ghost of Milagro Creek
a novel by Melanie Sumner ISBN 978-1-56512-917-7, NO. 72917 $13.95 PAPER, 2010
Dorothy on the Rocks a novel by Barbara Suter
ISBN 978-1-56512-471-4, NO. 72471 $13.95 PAPER, 2008
Best of the South
From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South selected and introduced by Anne Tyler edited by Shannon Ravenel A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-470-7, NO. 72470 $15.95 PAPER, 2005
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a novel by Robert Morgan
a novel by Bill Roorbach
The Sharpshooter Blues
Good Kings Bad Kings
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-385-6
Life Among Giants
ISBN 978-1-61620-076-3, NO. 73076 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2012
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-178-4
ISBN 978-1-61620-161-6, NO. 73161 $25.95 HARDCOVER, 2013
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-348-1
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-783-8
The Road from Gap Creek
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-378-8, NO. 73378 $14.95 PAPER, 2014
a novel by Drew Perry
ISBN 978-1-61620-324-5, NO. 73324 $14.95 PAPER, 2013
ISBN 978-1-56512-110-2, NO. 72110 $13.95 PAPER, 1993
by Robert Morgan
a novel by Michael Parker
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Big Fish
2002
by Daniel Wallace
ISBN 978-1-56512-375-5, NO. 72375 $14.95 PAPER, 2002
A Novel of Mythic Proportions ISBN 978-1-61620-164-7, NO. 73164 $13.95 PAPER, 2012
2001
E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-165-4
ISBN 978-1-56512-311-3, NO. 72311
with a preface by Lee Smith $14.95 PAPER, 2001
Blind Your Ponies a novel by
2000
ISBN 978-1-56512-984-9, NO. 72984 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
ISBN 978-1-56512-295-6, NO. 72295 $14.95 PAPER, 2000
Stanley Gordon West
The Third Son
a novel by Julie Wu ISBN 978-1-61620-327-6, NO. 73327 $14.95 PAPER, 2014 ISBN 978-1-61620-079-4, NO. 73079 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-338-2
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
a novel by Gabrielle Zevin ISBN 978-1-61620-451-8, NO. 73451 $14.95 PAPER, 2015 ISBN 978-1-61620-321-4, NO. 73321 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-394-8
New Stories Library
New Stories from the South The Year’s Best 2010 guest editor, Amy Hempel ISBN 978-1-56512-986-3, NO. 72986 $14.95 PAPER, 2010
with a preface by Ellen Douglas
HARDCOVER FICTION A L P H A B E T I C A L LY BY AUTH O R
1999
with a preface by Tony Earley
The Future of Love a novel by Shirley Abbott
ISBN 978-1-56512-247-5, NO. 72247 $14.95 PAPER, 1999
ISBN 978-1-56512-567-4, NO. 72567 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
1997
Winter Run fiction by Robert Ashcom
with a preface by Robert Olen Butler ISBN 978-1-56512-175-1, NO. 72175 $12.95 PAPER, 1997
1996 ISBN 978-1-56512-155-3, NO. 72155 $10.95 PAPER, 1996
1993 ISBN 978-1-56512-053-2, NO. 72053 $11.95 PAPER, 1993
1992 ISBN 978-1-56512-011-2, NO. 72011 $10.95 PAPER, 1992
1991 ISBN 978-0-945575-82-5, NO. 71582 $9.95 PAPER, 1991
Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence by David Samuel Levinson ISBN 978-1-56512-918-4, NO. 72918 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2013 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-273-6
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A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-328-1, NO. 72328 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 2002
A Crime in the Neighborhood a novel by Suzanne Berne A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB AND QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-165-2, NO. 72165 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997
A Miracle of Catfish a novel by Larry Brown ISBN 978-1-56512-536-0, NO. 72536 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2007
Fay a novel by Larry Brown
2009
ISBN 978-1-56512-168-3, NO. 72168 $24.95 HARDCOVER, 2000
ISBN 978-1-56512-674-9, NO. 72674 $14.95 PAPER, 2009
A Kiss from Maddalena a novel by Christopher Castellani
guest editor, Madison Smartt Bell
Stories from Sri Lanka
by Joanna Luloff
ISBN 978-1-56512-921-4, NO. 72921 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2012 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-182-1
A Dixie Christmas
Holiday Stories from the South’s Best Writers
edited by Charline R. McCord and Judy H. Tucker preface by Fred Chappell illustrations by Wyatt Waters ISBN 978-1-56512-483-7, NO. 72483 $15.95 HARDCOVER, 2005
Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain a novel by Kirsten Menger-Anderson ISBN 978-1-56512-561-2, NO. 72561 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
When Tito Loved Clara a novel by Jon Michaud ISBN 978-1-56512-949-8, NO. 72949 $29.95 HARDCOVER, 2011
When Angels Sing a novella by Turk Pipkin A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-252-9, NO. 72252 $14.95 HARDCOVER, 1999
Tomato Girl a novel by Jayne Pupek
2008
ISBN 978-1-56512-389-2, NO. 72389 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003
ISBN 978-1-56512-472-1, NO. 72472 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
ISBN 978-1-56512-612-1, NO. 72612 $14.95 PAPER, 2008
Walking Across Egypt a novel by Clyde Edgerton
The Widows of Eden a novel by George Shaffner
2007
A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-535-3, NO. 72535 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2008
ISBN 978-0-912697-51-2, NO. 70751 $17.95 HARDCOVER, 1987
The Half-Mammals of Dixie stories by George Singleton
guest editor, ZZ Packer
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with a preface by Larry Brown
ISBN 978-1-56512-556-8, NO. 72556 $14.95 PAPER, 2007
2006
guest editor, Allan Gurganus ISBN 978-1-56512-531-5, NO. 72531 $14.95 PAPER, 2006
2005
with a preface by Jill McCorkle ISBN 978-1-56512-469-1, NO. 72469 $13.95 PAPER, 2005
2004
with a preface by Tim Gautreaux ISBN 978-1-56512-432-5, NO. 72432 $13.95 PAPER, 2004
2003
with a preface by Roy Blount, Jr. ISBN 978-1-56512-395-3, NO. 72395 $14.95 PAPER, 2003
A Cure for Dreams a novel by Kaye Gibbons A LITERARY GUILD SELECTION
ISBN 978-0-945575-33-7, NO. 71533 $16.95 HARDCOVER, 1991
Acts of God
by Ellen Gilchrist ISBN 978-1-61620-110-4, NO. 73110 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2014 E-BOOK ISBN 978-1-61620-395-5
Lying in Bed a novel by J. D. Landis ISBN 978-1-56512-068-6, NO. 72068 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 1994
A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK ISBN 978-1-56512-354-0, NO. 72354 $22.95 HARDCOVER, 2002
The English Disease a novel by Joseph Skibell ISBN 978-1-56512-257-4, NO. 72257 $23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003
The Good Negress a novel by A. J. Verdelle A QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK CLUB SELECTION
ISBN 978-1-56512-085-3, NO. 72085 $19.95 HARDCOVER, 1995
INDEX BY TITLE
52 Loaves 26 The $64 Tomato 28 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names 23 100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names 28 Acorn 30 Acts of God 38 The Aleppo Codex 30 All I Have in This World 17, 37 All This Talk of Love 36 All Woman and Springtime 36 An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England 36 Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence 38 The Art Forger 21, 37 Barnacle Love 36 Be the Dream 26 The Beach at Galle Road 38 The Beatles Are Here! 33 The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness 25 Best of the South 37 Between Here and April 36 Big Fish 38 The Big Steal 36 The Birds of Pandemonium 18, 23 A Blessing on the Moon 37 Blind Your Ponies 38 Bloodsworth 35 Bobcat and Other Stories 21, 36 Boone 23 The Botanist and the Vintner 27 Brave Enemies 37 Breakfast with Buddha 20, 37 Broadway Baby 37 The Buddha and the Terrorist 33
A Dangerous Age 36 The Day My Brain Exploded 24 The Daylight Marriage 8–9 Descent 17 The Dinner Diaries 32 Dinner with Buddha 15 Dirty Work 36 A Dixie Christmas 38 Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain 38 Dori Sanders’ Country Cooking 27
The Earth Moved 28 Educating Esmé 26 Ellen Foster 36 Empire of Deception 2–3 The End of the World as We Know It 25 The English Disease 38 Enslaved by Ducks 32 The Essential Klezmer 31 Every Last Cuckoo 36 Exley 36 The Explanation for Everything 20, 36 Facing the Music 36 The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue 37 The Family Diamond 37 Far Bright Star 37 Fay 38 Ferris Beach 36 Find the Good 4 First Dogs 32 First Words 30 Flirting with French 18 Flower Confidential 28 Fowl Weather 32 French Dirt 34 A Friend of the Family 36 From the Ground Up 27 A Frozen Hell 29 The Frozen Rabbi 37 Furious Cool 18, 24 The Future for Curious People 17, 37 The Future of Love 38 Gap Creek 37 Gertrude Stein 24 The Ghost of Milagro Creek 37 The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 19, 36 Going Away Shoes 36 Golfing with God 37 Good Kings Bad Kings 19, 37 The Good Negress 38 Gossip of the Starlings 36 Greasy Rider 33 A Great and Glorious Game 34 Guests on Earth 20, 37 The Half-Mammals of Dixie 38 The Happiest People in the World 13 Hard Work 33 Heading Out to Wonderful 36 Heart in the Right Place 24 Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide to Great American Writers 27 The High Divide 10–11 Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home 24 How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm 32 How I Shed My Skin 7 How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 35 How to Get Your Child to Love Reading 32 How to Spell Chanukah 30
If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name 35 Imperfect Harmony 31 In the Time of the Butterflies 21, 35 In the Wake of Madness 29 Is This Tomorrow 21, 36 I Thought You Were Dead 37 The Jew Store 30 Joe 17, 36 July 7th 37 Keeping It Civil 26 Kicking the Sky 36 Kids These Days 37 King Matt the First 36 A Kiss from Maddalena 38 Kitty Cornered 32 The Lady in the Palazzo 34 Last Child in the Woods 16, 31 The Late Starters Orchestra 25 Life After Life 22, 36 Life Among Giants 19, 37 A Life in Men 20, 36 Lightning Song 37 Lincoln as I Knew Him 23 Lincoln on War 23 Lions of the West 23 Lives of the Trees 28 Love, Loss, and What I Wore 29 Love Poetry Out Loud 33 Loving Every Child 32 Lucky Girl 25 Lying in Bed 38 The M Word 26 Making Whoopee 30 Maman’s Homesick Pie 26 Man with a Pan 27 Memoir of the Sunday Brunch 24 The Miracle Girl 6 A Miracle of Catfish 38 Mother of the Bride 28 Mr. Universe 36 Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger 37 Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden 28 Mudbound 19, 36 Music of the Swamp 37 The Music of Wild Birds 23 My Accidental Jihad 18, 24 My Father’s Paradise 25 The Nature Principle 31 New Orleans, Mon Amour 34 New Stories from the South 38 Nothing Left to Burn 25 Of All the Gin Joints 18, 27 On Agate Hill 37 On the Road to Freedom 29 Orhan’s Inheritance 1 Our Noise 31 Out on the Porch Calendar 2015 16 Outwitting History 30 Panther Baby 24 Paris Was Ours 34
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Cardboard Gods 24 The Cheer Leader 36 The Children in Room E4 26 The Christmas Letters 37 Clover 37 Coal Black Horse 37 Cobb 33 The Coldest Night 37 Comet’s Tale 32 Creatures of Habit 36 A Crime in the Neighborhood 38 A Curable Romantic 37 A Cure for Dreams 38
Dorothy on the Rocks 37 Dream Golf 34 The Drunken Botanist 28
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Party Receipts from the Charleston Junior League 27 Peep Show 36 Pictures of You 36 Pocket Kings 36 Poetry Out Loud 33 Purple Hibiscus 22, 35 The Puzzle King 36 The Receptionist 25 A Reliable Wife 22, 36 The Remedy for Love 14 The Rental Sister 35 The Resurrectionist 37 The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving 22, 36 Rising to the Occasion 29 The Road from Gap Creek 37 Rock On 33 A Rose by Any Name 28 Running the Rift 19, 35 Saving the World 35 Seasoned in the South 27 Secret Son 36 Settled in the Wild 31 Shalom Y’all 30 The Sharpshooter Blues 37 Silver Sparrow 20, 36 The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac 36 The Smartest Woman I Know 28 Some Survived 35 Something for Nothing 35 Something to Declare 30 Songbirds in Your Garden 23 A Son of the Game 34 The Soul of a Doctor 26 The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 31 Southern Belly 27 The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry 17, 38 Survival Lessons 30
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Tab Hunter Confidential 24 Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs 25 Talking About Death 26 The Taste of Salt 37 The Third Son 22, 38 A Thousand Days in Venice 34 Tomato Girl 38 The Transcriptionist 17, 37 Traveling While Married 34 The Truest Pleasure 37 Truth 24 Until the Next Time 36 Very Charleston 35 Very New Orleans 35 Very Washington DC 35 Waking Up in Eden 35 Walking Across Egypt 38 Water for Elephants 21, 36 The Watery Part of the World 37 The Weather Wizard’s 5-Year Weather Diary 35 A Wedding in Haiti 25
West of Here 36 What My Mother Gave Me 29 What the Dormouse Said 29 What We Do for Love 29 What You See in the Dark 37 When Angels Sing 38 When She Woke 36 When Tito Loved Clara 38 Wicked Bugs 27 Wicked Plants 27 The Widows of Eden 38 Winter Run 38 The Wisdom of Perversity 5 Wolf Whistle 37 The Woman I Kept to Myself 33 Work Hard. Be Nice. 26 The Year My Mother Came Back 12
INDEX BY AUTHOR
Abbott, Shirley 38 Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 22, 35 Alexander, William 18, 26, 28 Alvarez, Julia 21, 25, 30, 33, 35 Anthony, David 35 Aron, Bill 30 Ashcom, Robert 38 Backhaus, Jeff 35 Bailey, Elisabeth Tova 31 Bailey, Mark 18, 27 Beckerman, Ilene 28, 29 Bell, Madison Smartt 38 Benedict, Elizabeth 29 Benaron, Naomi 19, 35 ben Izzy, Joel 25 Berne, Suzanne 38 Bijan, Donia 26 Block, Betsy 32 Braff, Joshua 36 Bremer, Krista 18, 24 Brenner, Douglas 28 Brown, Larry 17, 36, 38 Campbell, Christy 27 Carter, Betsy 36 Castellani, Christopher 36, 38 Clarke, Brock 13, 36 Cobb, Charles E., Jr. 29 Codell, Esmé Raji 26, 32 Codrescu, Andrei 34 Cohen, Alice Eve 12 Conway, Linda Glick 27 Cook, John 31 D’Agostino, Kris 36 de Blasi, Marlena 34 de Gramont, Nina 36 De Sa, Anthony 36 Dodson, James 34 Donohue, John 27 Douglas, Ellen 24 Druett, Joan 29 Durrow, Heidi W. 19, 36
Eaton, Susan 26 Edge, John T. 27 Edgerton, Clyde 38 Enger, Lin 10–11 Evison, Jonathan 22, 36 Finn, Maria 24 Fleeson, Lucinda 35 Fox, Kevin 36 Fox, Vicki Reikes 30 Frangello, Gina 20, 36 Franklin, Emily 30 Friedman, Matti 30 Gash, Amy 29 Gessler, Diana Hollingsworth 35 Gibbons, Kaye 36, 38 Gilchrist, Ellen 36, 38 Goldman, Ari L. 25 Goodman, Richard 34 Goodwin, Stephen 34 Goolrick, Robert 22, 25, 36 Grimsley, Jim 7, 36 Grodstein, Lauren 20, 36 Groth, Janet 25 Gruen, Sara 21, 36 Gurganus, Allan 38 Harper, Gordon 26 Hazard, Edith 29 Heller, Ted 36 Hemingway, Edward 18, 27 Hempel, Amy 38 Henry, David 18, 24 Henry, Joe 18, 24 Hoffman, Alice 30 Holzer, Harold 23 Hopgood, Mei-Ling 25, 32 Horn, Stacy 31 Hunter, Tab 24 Jain, Sachin H. 26 Janis, Brooke 32 Jenkins, Emyl 36 Jobb, Dean 2–3 Johnston, Tim 17 Jones, Brandon 36 Jones, Edward P. 38 Jones, Tayari 20, 36 Joseph, Jamal 24 Joseph, Sandra 32 Jordan, Hillary 19, 36 Jourdan, Carolyn 24 Junkin, Tim 35 Kennedy, Dan 33 Klaw, Margaret 26 Kogan, Deborah Copaken 36 Korczak, Janusz 32, 36 Kumar, Satish 33 Lalami, Laila 36 Landis, J. D. 38 Lansky, Aaron 30 Lawton, Manny 35 Leavitt, Caroline 21, 36 Lee, Rebecca 21, 36 Lende, Heather 4, 25, 35 Levinson, David Samuel 38 Louv, Richard 16, 31
Luloff, Joanna 38
Suter, Barbara 37
Maloy, Kate 36 Mandelbaum, Paul 30 Mathews, Jay 26 McCord, Charline R. 38 McCorkle, Jill 22, 36, 37 Melville, Greg 33 Menger-Anderson, Kirsten 38 Merullo, Roland 15, 20, 37 Michaud, Jon 38 Morgan, Robert 23, 37 Morris, Evan 30 Morris, Virginia 26 Muñoz, Manuel 37
Tarte, Bob 32 Terres, John K. 23 Trotter, William 29 Tucker, Judy H. 38 Tyler, Anne 37
Nelson, Pete 37 Nordan, Lewis 37 Nussbaum, Susan 19, 37 O’Connell, Jack 37 Ohanesian, Aline 1 Olmstead, Robert 37 Ono, Yoko 30
Varner, Jay 25 Verdelle, A. J. 38 Wallace, Daniel 38 Weisman, Mary-Lou 34 Wells, Diana 23, 28 West, Stanley Gordon 38 Whaley, Emily 28 Wilker, Josh 24 Williams, Roy 33 Wolf, Steven D. 32 Wu, Julie 22, 38 Yglesias, Rafael 5 Zevin, Gabrielle 17, 38
Packer, ZZ 38 Pandl, Julia 24 Parker, Michael 17, 37 Pelikan, Judy 23 Perry, Drew 37 Pinfold, Wallace 29 Pipkin, Turk 38 Pitlor, Heidi 8–9 Pories, Kathy 26 Pories, Susan 26 Pupek, Jayne 38 Raffin, Michele 18, 23 Rajamani, Ashok 24 Ravenel, Shannon 37 Robson, Kenneth S. 34 Roe, Andrew 6 Rogovoy, Seth 31 Roorbach, Bill 14, 19, 37 Rowan, Roy 32 Rowland, Amy 17, 37 Rowlands, Penelope 33, 34 Rubin, Robert Alden 33
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Sabar, Ariel 25 Sanders, Dori 27, 37 Scanniello, Stephen 28 Schwarzschild, Edward 37 Shaffner, George 38 Shapiro, Alan 37 Shapiro, B. A. 21, 37 Sherl, Gregory 17, 37 Shetterly, Susan Hand 31 Simons, Gary 26 Singleton, George 38 Skibell, Joseph 37, 38 Smith, Bill 27 Smith, Lee 20, 37 Southgate, Martha 37 Stendhal, Renate 24 Stern, Steve 37 Stewart, Amy 27, 28 Stump, Al 33 Suberman, Stella 30 Sumner, Melanie 37
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ALGONQUIN OFFICES Chapel Hill: P. O. Box 2225 Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2225 Tel: (919) 967-0108 Fax: (919) 933-0272 New York: 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 Tel: (212) 254-5900 Fax: (212) 614-7783
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WA, OR, AK, ID Ted Weinstein & the Company He Keeps Pacific Market Center 6100 4th Avenue South Suite 282 Seattle, WA 98108 Tel: (206) 763-9474 Tel: (503) 222-5105 Fax: (206) 768-3075
ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI Roberts North & Associate 476 Missing Link Road P.O. Box 857 Springfield, VT 05156 Tel: (802) 885-1725 Fax: (802) 885-4483
MT, WY, UT, CO Long Sales Group 451 E. 58th Avenue Suite 1661 Denver, CO 80216 Tel: (303) 294-0191 Fax: (303) 294-0193
TN, MS, AL, GA, NC, SC, FL, KY 225 Unlimited AmericasMart Showroom 1718 230 Spring Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Tel: (800) 773-4225 Fax: (407) 895-1764 www.255unlimited.com
LIBRARY SALES AND MARKETING Michael Rockliff, Director Tel: (212) 614-7572 Fax: (800) 344-3482 mrockliff@workman.com
Upstate NY Helen Kaminski & Co. 30 Rondout Lane Accord, NY 12404 Tel: (845) 626-0001 Fax: (845) 626-0001 hkaminsky@hvc.rr.com Western PA, WV, IN, OH Singer Son & Associates 6125 Dublin Road Delaware, OH 43015 Tel: (800) 800-5312 Fax: (740) 811-1988 Northern CA, Northern NV Jenny Hammons & Associates 631 Center Street Healdsburg, CA 95448 Tel: (800) 606-6471 Fax: (866) 861-4769 www.jennyhammonsco.com IL Rep Factor The Merchandise Mart #13-608-610 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Chicago, IL 60654 Tel: (847) 428-4020 Fax: (847) 428-4020
INTERNATIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES Canada Thomas Allen & Son Limited 390 Steelcase Road East Markham, Ontario L3R 1G2, Canada Tel: (905) 475-9126 Fax: (905) 475-6747 info@t-allen.com All Other Export Orders Workman Publishing 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 Attn: Sara High Tel: (212) 614-7757 Fax: (212) 614-7704 international.inquiries@ workman.com INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS Kendra Poster, Director Tel: (212) 614-7506 Fax: (212) 614-7704 international.inquiries@ workman.com
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Tel: (708) 978-7826
Southern CA, AZ, NM, Southern NV, HI California Marketing Associates 110 East 9th Street Suite C1300 Los Angeles, CA 90079 Tel: (800) 874-6716 Fax: (213) 452-7010 www.cmagifts.com
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