Hardcover Non-Fiction
Published: May 11, 2008
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ARE YOU THERE, VODKA? IT’S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment, $24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the stand-up comedian. |
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ESCAPE,
by Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer. (Broadway, $24.95.) A former
member of a fundamentalist polygamous sect describes her forced
marriage to a much older man. |
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HOME, by Julie Andrews. (Hyperion, $26.95.) A memoir of Andrews’s early years from birth to being cast as Mary Poppins. |
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BEAUTIFUL BOY, by David Sheff. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A father struggles with his son’s meth addiction. |
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MISTAKEN IDENTITY,
by Don and Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen and Whitney Cerak, with
Mark Tabb. (Howard, $21.95.) The families of two girls whose identities
were confused after a 2006 accident describe their experience. |
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LADIES OF LIBERTY,
by Cokie Roberts. (Morrow, $26.95.) The influential women of early
America, from the ABC and NPR news analyst and the author of “The
Founding Mothers.” |
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THE REVOLUTION,
by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.) A libertarian manifesto from the
Texas congressman and Republican presidential candidate. (†) |
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BAD MONEY,
by Kevin Phillips. (Viking, $25.95.) How the financial sector has
hijacked the American economy, aided by Washington’s ruinous faith in
the efficiency of markets. |
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ARMAGEDDON IN RETROSPECT, by Kurt Vonnegut. (Putnam, $24.95.) Twelve unpublished writings on war and peace by the novelist, who died in 2007. |
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THE SOLOIST,
by Steve Lopez. (Putnam, $25.95.) A columnist for The Los Angeles Times
comes upon a homeless musician on Skid Row and sets out to change his
life. |
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GIRLS LIKE US,
by Sheila Weller. (Atria, $27.95.) A portrait of a generation of women,
seen through the lives, times and music of Carole King, Joni Mitchell
and Carly Simon. |
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THE TRILLION DOLLAR MELTDOWN,
by Charles R. Morris. (PublicAffairs, $22.95.) A clear explanation of
how we got into the economic mess we are in and what is likely to
happen next, from a lawyer and former banker. |
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IN DEFENSE OF FOOD, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin Press, $21.95.) A manifesto urges us to “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” |
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BONK, by Mary Roach. (Norton, $24.95.) An amusing look at the science of sexual physiology. |
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BRETT FAVRE: THE TRIBUTE, (Sports Illustrated, $27.95.) From the magazine, articles about and pictures of the Green Bay Packers quarterback. |
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Hardcover Fiction
Published: May 11, 2008
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THE WHOLE TRUTH,
by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a
journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor. |
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HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton, $26.95.) The aftermath of a high school kid’s suicide rocks a New Jersey suburb. |
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THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon, $22.95.) The ninth novel in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series. |
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UNACCUSTOMED EARTH,
by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Knopf, $25.) Stories about the anxiety and
transformation experienced by Bengali parents and their American
children. |
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WHERE ARE YOU NOW?,
by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.95.) A woman searches
for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared. |
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CERTAIN GIRLS,
by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria, $26.95.) A girl discovers the sexy,
somewhat autobiographical novel her mother wrote years earlier. |
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QUICKSAND,
by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin’s, $26.95.) The forensic sculptor Eve
Duncan tracks a killer who claims to have murdered her daughter years
earlier. |
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DEAD HEAT,
by Joel C. Rosenberg. (Tyndale, $24.99.) With the world on the brink of
war, terrorists plot to assassinate a candidate in a closely fought
presidential election. |
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THE APPEAL,
by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) Political and legal intrigue
ensue when a Mississippi court decides against a chemical company
accused of dumping toxic waste. |
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SANTA FE DEAD, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) A Santa Fe lawyer investigates his nefarious former wife. |
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THE THIRD CIRCLE,
by Amanda Quick. (Putnam, $24.95.) In Victorian England, a crystal
reader joins forces with a hypnotist to steal a mysterious stone (an
Arcane Society novel). |
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COMPULSION,
by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine, $27.) Several Los Angeles women are
murdered, and the psychologist-detective Alex Delaware investigates. |
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BELONG TO ME,
by Marisa de los Santos. (Morrow, $24.95.) When she moves to the
suburbs, a woman becomes enmeshed in complications and secrets. |
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BULLS ISLAND,
by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow, $24.95.) An investment banker
returns to the South Carolina island home she had left 20 years before. |
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS,
by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women
in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war. |
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CHANGE OF HEART, by Jodi Picoult. (Atria, $26.95.) A prisoner on death row begins performing miracles. |
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