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PENGUIN GROUP (USA) Advance Publication Newsletter For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development BOOKS DUE: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2008 • VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBEr 2 Penguin grouP (usa) academic marketing dePartment 375 Hudson street new York, nY 10014-3657 For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development Advance Publication Newsletter “Coben’s 15th novel, Hold Tight, is his most enthralling—as well as personal and timely.” —South Florida Sun-Sentinel SEE INSIDE FOR MORE TITLES COMING SOON FROM PENGUIN GROUP (USA)! PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID L.I.C., NY 11101 Permit No. 1104 Penguin grouP (usa) 375 Hudson street, new York, nY 10014-3657 telePHone (212) 366 2000 Fax (212) 366 2666 www.Penguin.com May 2008 Dear Librarian: Welcome to the Spring/Summer 2008 edition of PENGUIN GROUP (USA)’s Advance Publication Newsletter. The newsletter includes late-breaking reviews, news of award-winners, and up-to-date information on prices, and book descriptions for our May throught August titles. We hope you will take some time to review the many new books included here. As usual, the newsletter is divided into subject categories to route each section to your appropriate acquisitions and collection development specialists. Some highlights: • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author Steve Coll uncovers new information to show how American influences changed the Saudi family and how one member’s rebellion changed America in The Bin Ladens, available now from The Penguin Press. (see Current Events) • Riverhead welcomes Paula Uruburu’s American Eve, a scandalous story of America’s first supermodel, sex goddess, and modern celebrity, Evelyn Nesbit. (see History and Biography) • Dutton introduces bestselling author Harlan Coben’s fifteenth thriller, Hold Tight, which asks the burning question: how much do parents really want to know about their kids? Also, for the perfect beach read, pick up the aptly-titled The Beach House, from Viking. (see Fiction) • Putnam is excited to announce the first and only collection of unpublished works by Kurt Vonnegut released since his death—a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace, and humanity’s tendency toward violence. (see Literature) • Gotham’s Letters to a Young Sister brings Hill Harper’s new vision for facing tough issues and becoming the architect of your own life to young women. (see Psychology and Health) • Daniel J. Levitin tunes us in to six evolutionary musical forms that provide a window into the human soul in The World in Six Songs, from Dutton. (see Science/Education/Reference) • In Ahead of the Curve, Philip Delves Broughton provides an incisive student’s-eye view into how the Harvard Business School creates elite, global businessmen and women, from The Penguin Press. (see Business) Please enjoy our newsletter and order through your regular supplier or via the direct order form enclosed. In addition, you may peruse the newsletter online, and sign up for an email alert each time it goes live on our library site, www.penguin.com/ library. Regards, Alan S. Walker Senior Director, Academic & Library Sales PENGUIN GROUP (USA) ROUTE TO: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Advance Publication Newsletter For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development literature & Poetry BOOKS DUE: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2008 • VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBEr 2 LiFE oF BLACk HAWk, oR mà-kA-tAi-mE-SHE-kià-kiàk Black Hawk Dictated by Himself Edited with an Introduction and Notes by J. Gerald Kennedy On the 175th anniversary of its first publication, the gripping narrative by the vanquished Sauk leader of the Black Hawk War, including a map of the principal battle sites. A Penguin Classics paperback original July • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310539-8 • $14.00 african american classics HenrY louis gates, Jr., general editor tHE LAdiES oF tHE CoRRidoR ARmAgEddoN iN REtRoSPECt …and other new and unpublished writings on war and Peace dorotHY Parker and arnaud d’usseau Introduction by Marion Meade The blackly comic play about the oppressed lives of women living on their own in a 1950’s New York residence hotel. A Penguin Classics paperback original May • 144 pp. • 978-0-14-310531-2 • $12.00 kurt Vonnegut Introduction by Mark Vonnegut To be published on the first anniversary of the celebrated author’s death, these 12 pieces are enlivened by the trademark rueful humor and accompanied by an assortment of his artwork. A Putnam hardcover April • 288 pp. • 978-0-399-15508-6 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 10 hours, 8 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314315-4 • $34.95 LittLE REd RidiNg Hood, CiNdERELLA tHE PoRtABLE CHARLES W. CHESNutt and other classic Fairy tales of charles Perrault HARdHEAdEd WEAtHER new and selected Poems cornelius eadY “He knows how to strike to the center of a poem... stopping exactly at the point where the jagged edge whets the reader’s appetite for more.”—Darryl Lorenzo Wellington. “The full range of Eady’s musical and quicksilver poems is covered here in selections from six previous collections.”—Booklist. A Putnam/Marian Wood hardcover April • 288 pp. • 987-0-399-15485-0 • $25.95 angela carter Introduction by Jack Zipes Illustrations by Martin Ware “Carter was the most brilliant writer in England...its high sorceress, its benevolent witch-queen, a burlesque artist of genius and antic grace.”—Salman Rushdie. A Penguin Classics paperback original June • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310536-7 • $14.00 cHarles w. cHesnutt Edited with an Introduction by William L. Andrews Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the African American trailblazer with 12 short stories, 3 essays, and the novel The Marrow of Tradition. A Penguin Classics paperback original June • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-310534-3 • $18.00 god’S tRomBoNES seven negro sermons in Verse SPooN RivER ANtHoLogy edgar lee masters Introduction and Notes by Jerome Loving The first serious work of psychological naturalism, this innovative free-verse indictment of small-town hypocrisy influenced Dreiser and Faulkner. A Penguin Classics paperback original May • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-310515-2 • $15.00 James weldon JoHnson Foreword by Maya Angelou The Harlem Renaissance writer reimagines inspirational sermons of African American preachers as poetry, reverberating with the musicality of the spirituals. A Penguin Classics paperback June • 80 pp. • 978-0-14-310541-1 • $14.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018403-7 tHE WAtER BABiES a Fairy tale for a land-Baby cHarles kingsleY Introduction and Notes by Richard D. Beards This edition of the beloved Victorian children’s tale contains vintage illustrations and the unabridged text as original published. 5 b/w illustrations. A Penguin Classics paperback original May • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-310509-1 • $14.00 SELECtEd PoEmS Please visit us online to see next season’s library newsletter: www.penguin.com/library cHristina rossetti Edited with an Introduction by Dinah Roe Based on the definitive texts, this first fully annotated collection gathers together love lyrics, sonnets, hymns, ballads, devotional poetry, and fantasy poems. A Penguin Classics paperback original July • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-042469-0 • $15.00  To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. ELECtRA ANd otHER PLAyS soPHocles Edited and Translated by David Raeburn Introduction and Notes by Pat Easterling Arresting new translations of four of the seven surviving plays: Electra, Ajax, Women of Trachis, and Philoctetes. A Penguin Classics paperback original July • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-044978-5 • $12.00 Henry James tHE AmBASSAdoRS Edited with an Introduction by Adrian Poole A Boston blueblood’s son becomes involved with an unsuitable woman. A Penguin Classics paperback July • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-144132-0 • $10.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-043233-6 SELECtEd PoEmS tHE good PERSoN oF SzECHWAN constantine caVaFY Edited and Translated by Avi Sharon “Ever since I was first introduced to his poetry... Cavafy has remained an influence on my writing.”— W. H. Auden. “One of the greatest poets of our time.” —E. M. Forster. A Penguin Classics paperback original July • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-118561-3 • $15.00 tHE EuRoPEANS Edited with an Introduction by Andrew Taylor An expatriated American raised in Europe flees her crumbling marriage and travels to Boston. A Penguin Classics paperback July • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-144140-5 • $12.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-043232-9 Bertolt BrecHt Foreword by Carl Weber New Introduction by Norm Roessler Edited with an Introduction by John Willett and Ralph Manheim Translated by John Willett When three gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person, they encounter Shen Teh, a goodhearted but penniless prostitute. A Penguin Classics paperback original June • 160 pp. • 978-0-14-310537-4 • $11.00 dEmoNS FYodor dostoYeVskY Translated by Robert A. Maguire and Ronald Meyer Introduction by Robert L. Belknap A magisterial new translation of the prophetic novel that gave us an incisive, prescient portrayal of those who use violence to serve their beliefs. A Penguin Classics paperback original July • 928 pp. • 978-0-14-144141-2 • $18.00 tHE WiNgS oF tHE dovE Edited with an Introduction by Millicent Bell Two poor yet ardent lovers seduce a dying woman in the hope that she will leave them her fortune. A Penguin Classics paperback July • 608 pp. • 978-0-14-144128-3 • $11.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-043263-3 LiFE oF gALiLEo Bertolt BrecHt Translated by John Willett Foreword by Richard Foreman New Introduction by Norm Roessler Edited with an Introduction by John Willett and Ralph Manheim “Eloquent in its outcries against blind dogma and powerful in the simplicity of its storytelling.”—Chicago Tribune. A Penguin Classics paperback original June • 288 pp. • 978-0-14-310538-1 • $12.00 dovEgLioN collected Poems José garcia Villa Edited by John Edwin Cowen Introduction by Luis H. Francia “Villa seems to me to possess one of the purest and most natural gifts discoverable anywhere in contemporary poetry.”—Mark Van Doren. A Penguin Classics paperback original August • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-310535-0 • $16.00 tHE dEAtH oF ivAN iLyiCH ANd otHER StoRiES SWEEt tHuRSdAy leo tolstoY Translated and Edited by Anthony Briggs, Ronald Wilks, and David McDuff Introduction by Anthony Briggs More experimental than his novels, the stories in this collection explore two of the Russian master’s persistent themes: life and death. A Penguin Classics paperback June • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-044961-7 • $11.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-044508-4 tHE uNdERdogS JoHn steinBeck Introduction by Robert DeMott “A postwar continuation of Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday is every bit as juicy and relaxed as the original... This is comedy—bawdy, sentimental, and good fun.” —The Atlantic. A Penguin Classics paperback August • 272 pp. • 978-0-14-303947-1 • $15.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018750-2 a novel of the mexican revolution tHE kREutzER SoNAtA ANd otHER StoRiES mariano azuela Translated with Notes by Sergio Waisman Introduction by Carlos Fuentes In the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, a poor, illiterate Indian rises to a generalship in Pancho Villa’s army, only to become disillusioned with war. A Penguin Classics paperback original August • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310527-5 • $8.00 SELECtEd PoEmS leo tolstoY Translated and edited by David McDuff and Paul Foote Introduction by Donna Orwin The stories in this collection sprang from the wrenching spiritual crisis that fomented the author’s final period of creativity. A Penguin Classics paperback June • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-044960-0 • $10.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-044469-8 YeVgenY YeVtusHenko Translated by Robin Milner-Gulland and Peter Levi Introduction by Robin Milner-Gulland The distinctive lyric voice of Russia’s best-known post-Stalin poet resounds in these fresh translations. A Penguin Classics paperback original August • 96 pp. • 978-0-14-042477-5 • $14.00 tHE dEAtH oF Jim LoNEy James welcH Introduction by Jim Harrison “An undying story told with the austerity of Camus’s The Stranger, of a wounded soul seeking to become whole.”—Ivan Doig. A Penguin Classics paperback August • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-310518-3 • $14.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-010291-8 tHE FiRSt PoEmS iN ENgLiSH dEmoCRACy Translated and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Michael Alexander A revelatory presentation of the greatest Old English poems face to face with modern translations that retain the qualities of Anglo-Saxon meter and alliteration. 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A Viking hardcover August • 416 pp. • 978-0-670-01942-7 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 15 hours, 12 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314329-1 • $39.95 daVid BaJo Irma Arcuri vanishes, leaving behind her entire library of 351 books, in which her longtime lover, mathematician Philip Mazyrk, begins to descry disturbing clues to their affair and her disappearance. “A dazzling combination of love and sex and, yes, mathematics, and David Bajo uses mirrors to make his magic. If you have ever opened a novel and found yourself ‘inside’ the story, you must read this book.”—Keith Donohue, author of The Stolen Child. A Viking hardcover June • 304 pp. • 978-0-670-01929-8 • $25.95 tHE iSLANd oF EtERNAL LovE daína cHaViano Translated by Andrea Labinger Cut off from her Cuban family, history, and home, Cecilia seeks refuge in a bar in Miami’s Little Havana, where an old woman’s spellbinding tale keeps her returning night after night. A Riverhead hardcover June • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-992-1 • $25.95 ALivE iN NECRoPoLiS tHE RomANov BRidE roBert alexander The murder of his wife by tsarist soldiers has turned Pavel from a simple village man into a revolutionary. Now the fate of the last Romanov captured, the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta, rests in his hands. A Viking hardcover May • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-01881-9 • $24.95 doug dorst Longtime cemetery for San Francisco, Colma, California, is the home of rookie cop Michael Mercer, who obsesses about the fate of his predecessor, who became confused about whether he was policing the living or the dead. A Riverhead hardcover July • 400 pp. • 978-1-59448-987-7 • $24.95 tHE gLimmER PALACE A vENgEFuL LoNgiNg r. n. morris An apparently straightforward case leads investigator Porfiry Petrovich into the hidden, squalid heart of 1860’s St. Petersburg, Russia. A Penguin Press hardcover June • 336 pp. • 978-1-59420-180-6 • $24.95 tHE CELLiSt oF SARAJEvo steVen gallowaY “Though the setting is the siege of Sarajevo in the 1990s, this gripping novel transcends time and place. It is a universal story, and a testimony to the struggle to find meaning, grace, and humanity, even amid the most unimaginable horrors.”—Khaled Hosseini. A Riverhead hardcover May • 208 pp. • 978-1-59448-986-0 • $21.95 Beatrice colin The illegitimate orphan of a cabaret performer, Lilly Nelly Aphrodite rises from a Catholic orphanage in World War I Berlin to become one of the leading silent-film stars in the Weimar Republic. A Riverhead hardcover August • 400 pp. • 978-1-59448-985-3 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 13 hours, 11 CDs • Unabridged • 978-1-14-314321-5 • $39.95 tHE mAP oF tHE CREAtoR emilio calderón Translated by Katherine Silver In Fascist Italy, an architect and a librarian from Spain become entangled with an Italian prince in a web of love and deceit involving a map whose secrets have the power to destroy them. A Penguin Press hardcover July • 272 pp. • 978-1-59420-181-3 • $24.95 CAtHEdRAL oF tHE SEA tHE LAzARuS PRoJECt aleksandar Hemon The MacArthur Award–winning writer depicts a young Eastern European immigrant to Chicago who becomes obsessed with the murder a century ago of another young Eastern European immigrant. A Riverhead hardcover May • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-988-4 • $24.95 ildeFonso Falcones This sweeping, mesmerizing fresco of love and betrayal in 4th-century Barcelona was Spain’s #1 bestseller for a year. “Falcones...has become Spain’s new Dan Brown.”—El Mundo. A Dutton hardcover May • 612 pp. • 978-0-525-95048-6 • $26.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 23 hours, 18 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314293-5 • $39.95 SWEEt LovE saraH stroHmeYer When broke, divorced, unemployed single mother Julie Mueller receives four cooking classes for Mother’s Day, she unwittingly gets a chance to win back her soul mate. A Dutton hardcover June • 320 pp. • 978-0-525-95064-6 • $24.95 dRAgoNFLy SummER eVa rice In 1962, Cornwall teenager Tara Jupp sings at a wedding, attracting the attention of the groom, a top music impresario, who soon introduces her to the chaos and urgency of pre-Beatles London. A Dutton hardcover June • 320 pp. • 978-0-525-95022-6 • $24.95 tHE LikENESS tana FrencH A young woman is stabbed to death outside Dublin, her ID stating her name as Lexie Madison—the identity Detective Cassie Maddox used years ago in an undercover operation. And the vic is a dead ringer for the detective. A Viking hardcover July • 448 pp. • 978-0-670-01886-4 • $24.95 CoLLiSioN american library association’s 2008 notable Books CHEAtiNg At CANAStA Viking, 978-0-670-01837-6 JeFF aBBott “Collision rockets into the suspense stratosphere alongside the best works of Harlan Coben and Lee Child.”—Joseph Finder. “The best evidence yet that Abbott is one of the finest thriller writers working today.”—Harlan Coben. A Dutton hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-0-525-95028-8 • $24.95 william treVor Viking, 978-0-14-311346-1 ron carlson FivE SkiES  To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. euroPa editions Founded in 2005 by one of rome’s most prestigious independent publishing houses with the purpose of bringing fresh foreign voices to the american market. SoRRy gail Jones In the remote Australian outback during WWII, an emotionally adrift English girl is befriended by a deaf and mute boy and an Aboriginal girl. A Europa Editions paperback original June • 240 pp. • 978-1-933372-55-6 • $15.95 SEPuLCHRE viA dELLE oCHE carlo lucarelli Translated by Michael Reynolds In the finale of the acclaimed De Luca trilogy, a man’s death in Bologna’s red light district points to local politicians and police officers. A Europa Editions paperback original June • 160 pp. • 978-1-933372-53-2 • $14.95 Also available: Carte Blanche 978-1-933372-15-0, The Damned Season 978-1-933372-27-3 tHE PEoPLE oN PRiviLEgE HiLL kate mosse The author of the bestselling Labyrinth delivers another tour de force of secrets, murder, and the occult in both 19th-century and 21st-century France. A Putnam hardcover April • 512 pp. • 978-0-399-15467-6 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 20 hours, 16 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314317-8 • $39.95 Jane gardam “Artful, perfectly judged shifts of mood fill The People on Privilege Hill with an abiding sense of joy...nothing short of triumphant, managing to be both transcendent and devastatingly ironic.”—The Guardian. A Europa Editions paperback original July • 208 pp. • 978-1-933372-56-3 • $15.95 Also available: Old Filth 978-1-933372-13-6, The Queen of the Tambourine 978-1-933372-36-5 StuARt WoodS dEAtH RitES alicia giménez-Bartlett Translated by Jonathan Dunne Inspector Petra Delicado has been chained to a desk job for months. But the Barcelona police force is short-handed and there’s a serial rapist on the loose. A Europa Editions paperback original June • 304 pp. • 978-1-9333372-54-9 • $16.95 Also available: Dog Day 978-1-933372-14-3, Prime Time Suspect 978-1-933372-31-0 moSquito santa Fe dead Ed Eagle narrowly escaped the murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his wife. But now that she’s slipped police custody, not only is his life in danger but also that of his new girlfriend. A Putnam hardcover April • 304 pp. • 978-0-399-15490-4 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 8 hours, 7 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314318-5 • $29.95 roma tearne “Flashes of true beauty, along with an impressively sustained forward drive, are enough to make Mosquito an engaging and though-provoking novel.”— Times Literary Supplement. A Europa Editions paperback original July • 304 pp. • 978-1-933372-57-0 • $16.95 tHE tHiRd CiRCLE an arcane society novel A SuN FoR tHE dyiNg ERoS Helmut krausser Translated by Mike Mitchell “Compelling, historical, poetical, sensitive, erotic— this wonderful novel is all this and much more.” —Express. A Europa Editions paperback original August • 352 pp. • 978-1-933372-58-7 • $16.95 Jean-claude izzo Translated by Howard Curtis When a fellow clochard dies of exposure after a night on the Paris metro, Rico sets off for his beloved south, Marseilles and the Mediterranean. A Europa Editions paperback original August • 224 pp. • 978-1-933372-59-4 • $16.95 Also available: The Lost Sailors 978-1-933372-35-8, The Marseilles Trilogy: Total Chaos 978-1-933372-04-4, Chourmo 9781-933372-17-4, Solea 978-1-933372-30-3 amanda quick Disguised as a man, Leona Hewitt sneaks into Lord Delbridge’s private museum to retrieve a relic stolen from her family. 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A Dutton hardcover June • 384 pp. • 978-0-525-95070-7 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 14 hours, 11 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314333-8 • $39.95 tHE gENiuS Jesse kellerman Ethan Muller is trying to make it as a dealer in the cut-throat art world—and an elderly man disappears, leaving a treasure trove of original artwork in his New York slum. A Putnam hardcover April • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15459-1 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 12 hours, 10 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314313-0 • $29.95 A RAtHER CuRiouS ENgAgEmENt c. a. Belmond Freelancer-turned-heiress Penny Nichols and her boyfriend stumble upon another mystery on board a 1920s yacht on Lake Como, Italy. An NAL paperback original July • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-22405-7 • $14.00 tHE diRty SECREtS CLuB WiNtER Study tHE kiNg’S FAvoRitE meg gardiner “Stephen King is absolutely right. Meg Gardiner is an astonishing writer, and The Dirty Secrets Club is a humdinger of a thriller, with shocks and twists galore. 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If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. PLAguE SHiP cliVe cussler witH Jack duBrul Having just completed a mission against Iran in the Persian Gulf, the Oregon encounters a cruise ship adrift in the sea, hundreds of bodies littering its deck. A Putnam hardcover June • 448 pp. • 978-0-399-15497-3 • $26.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 16 hours, 13 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314308-6 • $39.95 6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314309-3 • $29.95 RESoLutioN tHE mAyoR’S toNguE roBert B. Parker When Everett Hitch lands in the Old West town of Resolution, he takes a job as lookout at the Blackfoot Saloon—and quickly establishes a reputation as a man unafraid to stand up to the muscle from the O’Malley copper mine. A Putnam hardcover June • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15504-8 • $25.95 natHaniel ricH “I read The Mayor’s Tongue with ever-increasing delight, rooting with all my heart for the young protagonist on his near-mythic quest. This is an elegantly-structured, brilliantly-told novel, by turns terrifying, touching, and wildly funny, and always generous and magical.”—Stephen King. A Riverhead hardcover April • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-990-7 • $24.95 ComFoRt Food WitHout A BACkWARd gLANCE kate VeitcH “Warm and always honest, Veitch manages to capture the ebb and flow of sibling dynamics and illuminate the mixed bag of emotions that comes with family life.”—Vogue Australia. A Plume paperback original July • 384 pp. • 978-0-452-28947-5 • $14.00 kate JacoBs On the verge of the big 5-0, Cooking with Gusto! personality Augusta “Gus” Simpson invites a select group—including her prickly daughter, ex-son-in-law, and television rival—to take an on-air cooking class. A Putnam hardcover May • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-15465-2 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 11 hours, 9 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314316-1 • $39.95 BLood tRAiL a Joe Pickett novel moSCoW RuLES c. J. Box Wyoming game warden Pickett can hardly believe the call on the radio: a hunter has been found strung up, gutted, and flayed, as if her were the elk he was pursuing. A Putnam hardcover May • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-15488-1 • $24.95 tHE BoxER ANd tHE SPy roBert B. Parker When an apparent suicide washes up on the shore of a New England town, 15-year-old Terry Novak decides to do some investigating. A Philomel hardcover May • 210 pp. • 978-0-399-24775-0 • $17.99 daniel silVa The death of a journalist leads Gabriel Allon to Russia, where he learns that an arms dealer is about to deliver Russia’s most sophisticated weapons to al-Qaeda. A Putnam hardcover July • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-15501-7 • $26.95 PHANtom PREy FoREigN Body JoHn sandFord When a wealthy widow returns home to find blood everywhere and her daughter gone, she seeks out someone she knows, a surgeon named Weather Davenport, whose husband is a big deal with the police. A Putnam hardcover May • 384 pp. • 978-0-399-15500-0 • $26.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 11 hours, 9 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314311-6 • $39.95 6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314312-3 • $29.95 dEAtH ANd HoNoR an Honor Bound novel w.e.B. griFFin and william e. ButterwortH iV During WWII, OSS chief Wild Bill Donovan tasks former Marine pilot Cletus Frade with establishing an airline in Argentina as a pretext for infiltrating the Nazis’ Operation Phoenix. A Putnam hardcover June • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15498-0 • $26.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 21 hours, 17 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314310-9 • $39.95 roBin cook UCLA med student Jennifer Hernandez investigates a series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals, including that of her beloved grandmother. A Putnam hardcover August • 464 pp. • 978-0-399-15502-4 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 13 hours, 11 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314337-6 • $29.95 SuFFER tHE LittLE CHiLdREN kiLLER viEW ridleY Pearson When a skier goes missing, Sun Valley Sheriff Walt Fleming assembles a search-and-rescue team. But by morning, one of his deputies will be dead and his best friend missing. A Putnam hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15505-5 • $24.95 tAiLSPiN an FBi thriller donna leon “Terrific at providing, through its weary but engaging protagonist, a strong sense of the moral quandaries inherent in Italian society and culture.”—San Francisco Chronicle. A Penguin paperback May • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311361-4 • $7.99 catHerine coulter Married FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock follow up on a Mayday from one of their own in the mountains near Parlow, Kentucky. A Putnam hardcover June • 432 pp. • 978-0-399-15503-1 • $25.95 CHEz moi tHE FRoNt Patricia cornwell The cast of characters introduced in At Risk—Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, District Attorney Monique Lamont, and Garano’s grandmother—become targets of the FRONT. A Putnam hardcover May • 224 pp. • 978-0-399-15418-8 • $22.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 4.5 hours, 4 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314200-3 • $25.95 tHE diSoRdER oF LoNgiNg natasHa Bauman In Victorian Boston, a controlling husband brings home a crate of orchids to his restless wife. Soon she is forming alliances with the Brazilian orchid hunters who work for her husband, angling to escape to Brazil. A Putnam hardcover June • 384 pp. • 978-0-399-15495-9 • $24.95 agnès desartHe Translated by Adriana Hunter Short on cash and long on pain, 43-year-old Myriam decides to open a restaurant in a quiet Paris neighborhood. A Penguin paperback original May • 256 pp. • 978-0-14-311323-2 • $14.00 CHuRCH oF tHE dog tHE HELL SCREEN SkELEtoN LAkE i. J. Parker Traveling to the bedside of his dying mother, Sugawara Akitada chances upon a temple with a brilliantly painted hell screen—and a murdered woman. A Penguin paperback July • 352 pp. • 978-0-14-303562-6 • $14.00 mike doogan Something about getting severely injured during his latest case gets detective Nik Kane thinking about his first case, cold now for 20 years—the execution of a bare-knuckled Anchorage cop. A Putnam hardcover August • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15492-8 • $25.95 kaYa mclaren In Oregon farm country, Edith and Earl McRae are ruefully looking down the barrel of their 50th anniversary, when a mysterious woman with the power to mend long-broken fences shows up on their ranch. A Penguin paperback June • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-311342-3 • $13.00 10 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. 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A Penguin paperback original July • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-311340-9 • $14.00 Book three of the aegypt cycle a dead-end Job mystery JoHn crowleY Would-be historian Pierce Moffett moves to the Faraway Hills, where he discovers a path into magic. “A prophecy of America entering the authentic new age.”—Harold Bloom. An Overlook paperback May • 464 pp. • 978-1-59020-044-5 • $15.95 elaine Viets Helen Hawthorne’s deadbeat ex sails back into her life aboard the yacht of his new lady, known as the Black Widow. The next day, the ex goes missing, but Helen’s the one led off in cuffs. An NAL Obsidian hardcover May • 272 pp. • 978-0-451-22394-4 • $21.95 A HoLLyWood ENdiNg roBYn sisman American starlet Paige Carson lands in London, determined to prove her chops at Shakespeare. But she proves a nightmare for her new landlord, a supercilious documentary filmmaker. A Plume paperback original May • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28613-9 • $14.00 FAtAL voWS CooL CACHE the tragic wives of sergeant drew Peterson a tucker sinclair mystery JosePH HoseY The shocking true story story that’s become a national obsession—Drew Peterson and the mysterious murder and disappearance of his wives. A NAL hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-0-451-22622-8 • $23.95 Patricia smileY Tucker Sinlcair and Associates have been hired by a new chocolate shop. But one night, Tucker finds the shop open, truffles tossed, and the cleaning woman lying next to a bloody green feather. An NAL Obsidian hardcover June • 304 pp. • 978-0-451-22401-9 • $23.95 tHE tEN BESt dAyS oF my LiFE adena HalPern After an unfortunate encounter with a Mini Cooper, 29-year-old Alexandra Dorenfield finds herself in heaven, the seventh level, to be exact. Now she must prove she led a fulfilling life—or face demotion. A Plume paperback original June • 272 pp. • 978-0-452-28940-6 • $14.00 LovE ANd BioLogy At tHE CENtER oF tHE uNivERSE mR. moNk goES to gERmANy Jennie sHortridge When her husband cheats, Mira Serafino drives away with little money and no destination. Soon she’ll meet someone she’ll come to love: the new Mira. An NAL Accent paperback original May • 384 pp. • 978-0-451-22388-3 • $14.00 lee goldBerg When Monk hits the OCD skids, he follows his shrink to Germany, where he catches a glimpse of a man with six fingers—perhaps the man responsible for his wife’s death. An NAL Obsidian hardcover July • 288 pp. • 978-0-451-22099-8 • $21.95 gEEk ABRoAd dEAtH By CASHmERE e. m. Forster award JoHn lancHester FAmiLy RomANCE Penguin, 978-0-14-311295-2 PiPer Banks Miranda Bloom finally has a boyfriend at Orange Cove High. But when she visits her mother in London over holiday break, a very cute British guy complicates matters. An NAL Jam paperback original May • 256 pp. • 978-0-451-22393-7 • $9.99 a seaside knitters mystery sallY goldenBaum Izzy Chambers raises the locals’ eyebrows when she rents the apartment above her shop to loose, hotheaded Angie Archer. But could any of them have wanted her dead? An NAL Obsidian hardcover August • 272 pp. • 978-0-451-22471-2 • $21.95 a love story 11 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. Hot PRoPERty susan JoHnson When her controversial book elicits threats, Zoe Chandler prevails upon her muscle-bound neighbor. But Nick is haunted by his CIA past and not looking for company. A Berkley Sensation paperback original August • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22173-0 • $15.00 tHE CAt a novel of the sons of destiny Jean JoHnson Although mages chased Amara out of her homeland, there is something about the mage Trevan of Nightfall that she can’t resist. A Berkley Sensation paperback original June • 352 pp. • 978-0-425-22149-5 • $14.00 uNdEAd ANd uNWoRtHy marYJanice daVidson Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor is enjoying her days as a new bride, but at night a pack of feral wolves decides to pay an unwelcome visit. A Berkley Sensation paperback original July • 288 pp. • 978-0-425-22162-4 • $23.95 tHE REd SCARF kate FurniVall After surviving and fleeing a Siberian labor camp in the 1930s, Sofia is close to everything she ever wanted. All that stands in her way is her secret past. A Berkley paperback original July • 496 pp. • 978-0-425-22164-8 • $15.00 dEJA dEmoN the days and nights of a demon-Hunting soccer mom A PAgE out oF LiFE Julie kenner Not only does Kate Connor have hundreds of eggs to dye for the upcoming neighborhood Easter Party, but the High Demon Goramesh has returned to San Diablo with an army of the undead. A Berkley paperback original July • 368 pp. • 978-0-425-22190-7 • $14.00 katHleen reid Three women find comfort—and more than a few surprises—in a scrapbooking group. “Well-written and fast-paced. A fun and thoughtful read.”—Sharon Baldacci. A Berkley paperback original May • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22130-3 • $14.00 tHE SiNNER’S guidE to CoNFESSioN CAPtAiN WENtWoRtH’S diARy PHYllis scHieBer Each of three friends nurtures her own secret: Barbara writes erotica on the side; Kaye carries on an extramarital affair; and Ellen is still haunted by the baby girl she gave up as a teen. A Berkley paperback original July • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22153-2 • $14.00 ACCidENtALLy dEAd dakota cassidY It’s the first day on the job for Nina Blackman when a patient bites her. The next evening she wakes up with razor-sharp fangs, bionic vision, supersonic hearing, and a taste for blood. A Berkley Sensation paperback original July • 352 pp. • 978-0-425-22159-4 • $14.00 amanda grange In this retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion from Wentworth’s point of view, the wealthy captain encounters Anne Elliot eight years after her rebuff and finds her as enchanting as ever. A Berkley paperback original May • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22352-9 • $14.00 tHE CouRtESAN’S SECREt claudia dain Lady Louisa Kirkland thinks it’s time the Marquis of Dutton is made aware that he loves her. Also, there’s the matter of her family pearls in his possession. A Berkley Sensation paperback original May • 336 pp. • 978-0-425-22136-5 • $14.00 mAttERS oF FAitH EdmuNd BERtRAm’S diARy kristY kiernan Marshall Tobias’s parents have always focused on his ill little sister. Now he returns from college with his first girlfriend—and her beliefs about the evils of medical intervention. A Berkley paperback original August • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22179-2 • $14.00 amanda grange A retelling of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park from Edmund Bertram’s point of view: when he becomes disillusioned with Mary Crawford, he turns to the one woman who’s always been at his side—Fanny Price. A Berkley paperback original August • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22379-6 • $14.00 BLood NoiR an anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel laurell k. Hamilton Blake’s favor for her werewolf lover ignites a scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean-Claude’s reign. A Berkley hardcover June • 432 pp. • 978-0-425-22219-5 • $25.95 tHE guy NExt dooR a BFF novel carol culVer With her shortage of funds and Ugly Betty looks, Maggie isn’t even a blip on Ethan Andrews’s radar. But that all changes when she gets the makeover of a lifetime. A Berkley Jam paperback original May • 192 pp. • 978-0-425-22135-8 • $9.99 RomANCiNg tHE dEAd tate HallawaY Garnet Lacey is co-founding a new coven and a gorgeous vampire has just asked her to marry him. Then the goddess that camps out in her body starts making embarrassing appearances. A Berkley paperback original May • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22133-4 • $14.00 REAL vAmPiRES gEt LuCky gerrY Bartlett When female loan shark Lucky is left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns into one of the undead to save her. But eternity would’ve been safer without her. A Berkley paperback original June • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22154-9 • $14.00 HoW i FouNd tHE PERFECt dRESS WARRioR RiSiNg P. c. cast Fed up with the Trojan War, the Goddesses attempt to distract Achilles with something more pleasurable than combat. Enter Kat from Tulsa, Oklahoma... 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A Berkley paperback original August • 448 pp. • 978-0-425-22168-6 • $14.00 tHE PoWER oF LovE JenniFer BanasH No sooner does Casey McCloy arrive in New York’s hoity-toity Meadowlark Academy from the Midwest than she’s catching the eye of the boyfriend of her new frenemy, the popular Madison Macallister. A Berkley Jam paperback original June • 240 pp. • 978-0-425-22157-0 • $9.99 Edited by Lori Foster Lori Foster, Erin McCarthy, and ten other women offer original stories about women who rediscover their essential selves in the clutch of love. A Berkley Sensation paperback original June • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22148-8 • $14.00 Please visit us online to see next season’s library newsletter: www.penguin.com/library 12 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. A LittLE SomEtHiNg carmen rodrigues Susie Shannon’s dad’s girlfriend just spent the night for the first time, her grandparents are moving in with them, and she’s been assigned to tutor her ex-boyfriend. A Berkley Jam paperback original July • 224 pp. • 978-0-425-22170-9 • $9.99 uNEASy RELAtioNS aaron elkins Skeleton detective Gideon Oliver jumps at the chance to view the ancient remains of a human woman clutching a part-Neanderthal child in the Rock of Gibraltar. A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22176-1 • $23.95 REBECCA HoRoWitz, PuERto RiCAN SEx FREAk edgardo Vega Yunqué What happens when a beautiful young Jewish girl from Manhattan falls in love with a Latino Casanova—and converts to Puerto Rican? 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An Overlook hardcover August • 326 pp. • 978-1-59020-080-3 • $26.95 vERmEER’S miLkmAid stories manuel riVas Translated by Jonathan Dunne The everyday lives of the Galician characters may be desperately harsh and lonely, but they are always redeemed by humor and tenderness in these stories by the prize-winning Spanish writer. An Overlook hardcover August • 128 pp. • 978-1-59020-002-5 • $21.95 StRiP FoR muRdER max allan collins Illustrations by Terry Beatty When Sam Fizer, creator of a once-popular boxing strip, is found dead, all evidence points to his despised rival, Hal Rapp, creator of the popular Tall Paul comic strip. A Berkley Prime Crime paperback original May • 272 pp. • 978-0-425-22139-6 • $14.00 ENLigHtENmENt ALL tHE tEA iN CHiNA maureen FreelY “A dark Conradian drama set in a beautifully illuminated Istanbul, where the past is always with us.”— Orhan Pamuk. An Overlook hardcover May • 384 pp. • 978-1-59020-074-2 • $24.95 kYril BonFiglioli In the early 19th century, young Karli Van Cleef quits his native Holland to seek his fortune—on an opium clipper hell-bent for the Indies. An Overlook hardcover August • 272 pp. • 978-1-59020-072-8 • $23.95 dyER CoNSEquENCES a knitting mystery maggie sHeFton Kelly Flynn is eager to renovate her new alpaca ranch, but her local yarn shop has just been trashed and a young woman found floating in a tub of dye. A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover June • 272 pp. • 978-0-425-21933-1 • $23.95 tHE dARkRoom oF dAmoCLES EPiC willem Frederick Hermans During the German occupation of Holland, tobacconist Henri Osewoudt agrees to help British agents and eliminate traitors. But the assassinations get out of hand... An Overlook hardcover May • 400 pp. • 978-1-59020-062-9 • $27.95 conor kostick Welcome to New Earth, governed by a fantasy computer game. “The action is nonstop, and the story flows seamlessly.”—Booklist. A Firebird paperback May • 400 pp. • 978-0-14-241159-9 • $9.99 muRdER oN BANk StREEt a gaslight mystery Victoria tHomPson In turn-of-the-century New York, Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy thinks he has solved a murder— but the revelation may destroy midwife Sarah Brandt, along with his hopes of a future with her. A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover June • 336 pp. • 978-0-425-22151-8 • $23.95 youNg PuSHkiN YurY tYnYanoV Translated by Anna Kurkina Rush and Christopher Rush Introduction by Anna Kurkina Rush “A sparkling jewel of an historical novel—sumptuous entertainment that compellingly recreates a golden era, an eccentric family, and Russia’s greatest poet in his wild and brilliant youth.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore. An Overlook hardcover May • 544 pp. • 978-1-58567-962-1 • $35.00 Thousands of popular Penguin Group titles are available to library patrons in format via NetLibrary. 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An ACE hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-0-441-01594-8 • $24.95 iNto tHE StoRm mARSHBouNd destroyermen, Book one taYlor anderson “I dipped my toe into Destroyermen...and when I looked up, it was two in the morning...Anderson has brought a fresh new perspective to the tale of crosstime shipwreck.”—S. M. Stirling. A ROC paperback original June • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-46207-7 • $23.95 Joe Haldeman On a visit to Mars with her family, young Carmen Dula wanders off alone one night and falls into danger. She is saved by an angel—one with too many arms and legs—who has a message: We were here first. An ACE hardcover August • 288 pp. • 978-0-441-01595-5 • $23.95 tHE SHAdoW iSLE dAEmoNS ARE FoREvER Book three of The Silver Wyrm simon r. green During WWII, the Droods formed an alliance with the Loathly Ones from another dimension to fight the Nazis. But then the Loathly Ones decided they liked this world too much to leave. A ROC hardcover June • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-46208-4 • $23.95 katHarine kerr In the long-awaited conclusion to the Deverry saga, only the magic of Dallandra and Valandario and the might of dragons Arzosah and Rori can save the Northlands. A DAW hardcover May • 480 pp. • 978-0-7564-0476-5 • $24.95 FALL WitH HoNoR FRom dEAd to WoRSE a novel of the Vampire earth e. e. knigHt David Valentine attempts to establish an Appalachian stronghold against the Kurian Occupation of Earth. A ROC hardcover July • 336 pp. • 978-0-451-46210-7 • $23.95 cHarlaine Harris In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana cocktail waitress—and friend to the local vampire community—Sookie Stackhouse searches for her missing boyfriend. An ACE hardcover May • 336 pp. • 978-0-441-01589-4 • $24.95 vALoR’S tRiAL a Confederation novel tanYa HuFF Unexpectedly pulled from battle, stellar Confederation Marine Torin Kerr finds herself in an underground POW camp, where all her fellow marines have lost the will to escape. 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If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. PENGUIN GROUP (USA) ROUTE TO: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Advance Publication Newsletter For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development History & Biography BOOKS DUE: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2008 • VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBEr 2 dESCENt iNto CHAoS the united states and the Failure of nation Building in Pakistan, afghanistan, and central asia mR. gAtLiNg’S tERRiBLE mARvEL the gun that changed everything and the misunderstood genius who invented it WAkE uP a life of the Buddha aHmed rasHid A shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West. 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A Viking hardcover August • 160 pp. • 978-0-670-01957-1 • $24.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 5 hours, 4 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314307-9 • $25.95 AmERiCAN EvE evelyn nesbit, stanford white, the Birth of the “it” girl and the crime of the century A voyAgE RouNd JoHN moRtimER a Biography of the creator of rumpole of the Bailey Valerie groVe Granted full access to the legendary creator of Rumpole, Grove traces his legal and literary career, shedding fresh light on his heralded work and colorful life. 16-page b/w insert. A Viking hardcover June • 560 pp. • 978-0-670-01880-2 • $27.95 iRoquoiS diPLomACy oN tHE EARLy AmERiCAN FRoNtiER The Penguin Library of American Indian History Series timotHY J. sHannon Engaging in trade and diplomacy with their colonial Dutch, French, and British neighbors, the Iroquois reigned as the most influential Native American confederacy of the colonial era. 1 map. 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If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. tHE LiBERAL HouR washington and the Politics of change in the 1960s SPyCRAFt g. calVin mackenzie and roBert weisBrot “This is a terrific and timely book—a riveting narrative of one of the most fascinating decades in American history, as well as a brilliantly insightful account of the forces that came together to produce enduring change.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin. A Penguin Press hardcover July • 432 pp. • 978-1-59420-170-7 • $27.95 the secret History of the cia’s spytechs from communism to al-qaeda tHE JAmES FAmiLy roBert wallace and H. keitH melton witH HenrY r. scHlesinger An unprecedented look, using never-before-seen images, at the CIA’s Office of Technical Service, bringing to light its most secretive operations and the gadgets that made them possible. 32 pp. of photos, 100 b/w illustrations. A Dutton hardcover June • 480 pp. • 978-0-525-94980-0 • $29.95 a group Biography, including selections from the writings of Henry James, senior, william, Henry, and alice James F. o. mattHiessen Available again for the first time in 40 years, the classic group biography remains an enduring work of American cultural history. An Overlook paperback August • 736 pp. • 978-1-59020-066-7 • $24.95 tHE FoRSAkEN RoyAL AFFAiRS an american tragedy in stalin’s russia timotHeos tzouliadis The forgotten story of the thousands of Americans who were lured to Soviet Russia by the promise of jobs and better lives, only to meet a tragic fate. A Penguin Press hardcover July • 320 pp. • 978-1-59420-168-4 • $29.95 a lusty romp through the extramarital adventures that rocked the British monarchy leslie carroll From the passionate Plantagenets to Charles and Diana, a millennium’s worth of royal peccadilloes that have disrupted dynastic alliances and endangered lives. An NAL paperback original June • 384 pp. • 978-0-451-22398-2 • $14.00 tHE LEgENd oF CoLtoN H. BRyANt alexandra Fuller “In powerful, irresistible prose, Fuller puts us on the oil rigs of Wyoming and smack into the middle of a classic American story. Too many men like Colton Bryant have lost their lives, more or less anonymously, drilling for the oil that this country depends on. Fuller has delivered to us another kind of American hero.”—Sebastian Junger. A Penguin Press hardcover May • 208 pp. • 978-1-59420-183-7 • $23.95 CommANd oF HoNoR general lucian truscott’s Path to Victory in world war ii H. 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A Putnam hardcover April • 544 pp. • 978-0-399-15496-6 • $29.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 25 hours, 20 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314319-2 • $44.95 kHAyELitSHA CHARLES FoRt the man who invented the supernatural EmPiRES oF tRuSt How rome Built—and america is Building—a new world Jim steinmeYer The renowned historian of stage magic presents the first fully rendered literary biography of the 20thcentury’s premier chronicler of the paranormal, whose name gave rise to an adjective, fortean, to describe the unexplained. 8-page b/w photo insert. A Tarcher hardcover May • 224 pp. • 978-1-58542-640-9 • $24.95 Also available: The Book of the Damned 978-1-58542-641-6 steVen otter A umlungu’s (white man’s) experiences in one of Cape Town’s most notorious townships. Provides hope that one day South Africa can achieve a common identity to transcend the prejudice of race. Penguin S. 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A Berkley Caliber hardcover May • 336 pp. • 978-0-425-21970-6 • $24.95 walter laqueur and BarrY ruBin For the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, this comprehensive resource has been update to include the Gaza withdrawal, the Hamas election victory, and the Lebanon-Israel War. A Penguin paperback May • 592 pp. • 978-0-14-311379-9 • $18.00 gHoStS marine snipers in iraq cHarles w. Henderson A Marine veteran explains the training, the techniques, and the steel will necessary to survive as a ghost. A Berkley Caliber hardcover June • 496 pp. • 978-0-425-21955-3 • $24.95 Want to read about more of our titles? visit http://booksellers.penguin.com/ static/html/catalogs-2008.html to peruse each of Penguin’s imprint catalogs AN imPERiAL PoSSESSioN Britain in the roman empire, 54 bc–ad 409 tHE imPERiAL CAPitALS oF CHiNA daVid mattinglY “Exemplary...from brothel slaves to procurators, then, from the very lowest to the highest, all are here in a magnificent work.”—The Spectator. A Penguin paperback original June • 640 pp. • 978-0-14-014822-0 • $20.00 a dynastic History of the celestial empire artHur cotterell Explores and celebrates each of the imperial cities of China, revealing their rich array of characters, political turmoil, and technological genius. 32 b/w photos. An Overlook hardcover June • 336 pp. • 978-1-59020-007-0 • $27.95 1 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. tHE SECREt PLot to mAkE tEd kENNEdy PRESidENt How the camelot conspiracy Los Angeles Times Hijacked watergate geoFF sHePard A Nixon White House insider shows how Kennedy and his allies tried to exacerbate the Watergate scandal to pave the way for another Kennedy presidency in 1976. A SentinelT S E I D E N B A U M A W A R D A R hardcover June • 256 pp. • 978-1-59523-048-5 • $26.95 Book awards Finalists lincoln Prize co-winner a Portrait of robert e. lee through His Private letters Penguin, 978-0-14-311390-4 REAdiNg tHE mAN elizaBetH PrYor FOR FIRST FICTION tHE BEAutiFuL tHiNgS tHAt HEAvEN BEARS Riverhead, 978-1-59448-285-4 dinaw mengestu SCotLANd tHE AutoBiogRAPHy 2,000 Years of scottish History by those who saw it Happen BIOGRAPHY the life of aaron Burr Penguin, 978-0-14-311371-3 l.l. winship/Pen new england award music, dreams, and coming of age in the Heartland Gotham, 978-1-592-40319-6 rosemarY goring “History caught on the hoof and the wing by those who were actually there—a brilliant selection and guide which should do for today what Scottish Pageant did for us fifty years ago.”—Andrew Marr, author of A History of Modern Britain. An Overlook hardcover July • 512 pp. • 978-1-59020-073-5 • $35.00 FALLEN FouNdER nancY isenBerg AmERiCAN BANd kristen laine CURRENT INTEREST How extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed washington and Polarized america The Penguin Press, 978-1-59420-139-4 tHE SECoNd CiviL WAR tHE PLot AgAiNSt PEPyS the thrilling untold story of espionage and intrigue in the tower of london James long and Ben long In 1679, charged with treason and abandoned by the king he loyally served, Samuel Pepys sets to work with customary brilliance investigating his mysterious accuser. An Overlook hardcover June • 336 pp. • 978-1-59020-069-8 • $29.95 ronald Brownstein FICTION tHE BRiEF WoNdRouS LiFE oF oSCAR WAo Riverhead, 978-1-59448-958-7 new York Public library’s “Books to remember from 2007” tHE BRiEF WoNdRouS LiFE oF oSCAR WAo Riverhead, 978-1-59448-958-7 BLuE mAuRitiuS Junot díaz the Hunt for the world’s most Valuable stamps Junot diaz Helen morgan The dramatic tale of the world’s most prized stamp and the advent of philately. An Overlook hardcover August • 336 pp. • 978-1-59020-077-3 • $29.95 LASt NigHt At tHE LoBStER Viking, 978-0-670-01827-7 stewart o’nan CHEAtiNg At CANAStA Viking, 978-0-670-01837-6 william treVor MYSTERY/THRILLER iN tHE WoodS Penguin, 978-0-14-311349-2 LASt NigHt At tHE LoBStER Viking, 978-0-670-01827-7 JoHN StuARt miLL Victorian Firebrand ricHard reeVes The first definitive biography of the foremost English thinker of the 19th century, the “Saint of Rationalism.” An Overlook/Atlantic hardcover August • 544 pp. • 978-1-59020-076-6 • $40.00 stewart o’nan tana FrencH an inspector erik winter novel Viking, 978-0-670-06323-9 FRozEN tRACkS Åke edwardson “R.F.k. muSt diE!” a History of the robert kennedy assassination and its aftermath SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY the search for the origins of language cHristine kenneallY Penguin, 978-0-14-311374-4 Viking and Penguin Books are proud to announce the launch of a new roBert Blair kaiser “The essential book to read in order to know the whole story of a senseless, shocking tragedy” (Newsday), completely rewritten and updated by the author. An Overlook paperback May • 416 pp. • 978-1-59020-124-4 • $16.95 tHE FiRSt WoRd VP Book cluB www.vpbookclub.com guides, gossip, goods, and more to enhance your reading... we hope to see you there! a struggle for the soul of Physics Penguin, 978-0-14-311373-7 FAuSt iN CoPENHAgEN gino segrè 1 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. memoir tuRtLE FEEt the making and unmaking of a Buddhist monk CHANgE iN tHE WEAtHER life after stroke mark mcewen witH daniel Paisner The beloved morning-show host recounts his arduous recovery from a massive stroke, putting a longoverdue spotlight on the number-one cause of disability in the U.S. 8-page b/w photo insert. A Gotham hardcover May • 256 pp. • 978-1-592-40371-4 • $26.00 nikolai grozni “This is a rare and wonderful book, unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Rich in detail and humor, with a quirky and exotic cast of characters, it’s an exquisitely written journey through life in a Tibetan monastery and village, where a brilliant young Western monk encounters discipline, freedom, Buddhism and himself.”—Anne Lammott. A Riverhead hardcover May • 320 pp. • 978-1-59448-984-6 • $24.95 kiCk tHE BALLS PLAyiNg WitH tHE ENEmy an offensive suburban odyssey a Baseball Prodigy, a world at war, and the wisdom of the Heart garY w. moore Foreword by Jim Morris The author offers a warm-hearted memoir of his father, a baseball phenom whose major-league future was forestalled by a top-secret Navy mission during WWII. B/w photos and illustrations. A Penguin paperback Now available • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-311388-1 • $15.00 alan Black Growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, the author lived for what he called fitba’ (soccer). Now middle-aged and living in California, he attempts to coach a peewee soccer team of soft suburban children. A Hudson Street Press hardcover June • 304 pp. • 978-1-59463-047-7 • $23.95 LEARNiNg to BREAtHE one woman’s Journey of spirit and survival alison wrigHt “Wright is a wonder...Her life is one of a true pilgrim and a seeker of truth...There is muscle and tears here, and the fierce flame of inspiration.”—Richard Gere. 8-page 4-color insert. A Hudson Street Press hardcover August • 288 pp. • 978-1-59463-046-0 • $24.95 No mAN’S LANd a memoir rutH Fowler The gritty tale of a young woman’s descent into the world of strip clubs and how she pulled herself out. A Viking hardcover June • 288 pp. • 978-0-670-01939-7 • $24.95 dEAd LuCky life after death on mount everest lincoln Hall An Australian mountain climber recounts a night spent near the summit of Everest, where he had been left for dead by his Sherpa guides. 8-page color insert. A Tarcher hardcover May • 384 pp. • 978-1-58542-646-1 • $24.95 A FEW SECoNdS oF PANiC LoPSidEd How Having Breast cancer can Be really distracting a 5-foot-8, 170-pound, 43-year-old sportswriter Plays in the nFl mereditH norton Alongside the harrowing portrait of her treatments, the author offers equally amusing memories from her offbeat life. A Viking hardcover June • 224 pp. • 978-0-670-01928-1 • $23.95 steFan Fatsis “Fatsis’s unlikely personal NFL adventure is certainly entertaining. But his sharp eye for detail and genuine empathy for his teammates make A Few Seconds of Panic exceptional.”—Bob Costas. A Penguin Press hardcover July • 352 pp. • 978-1-59420-178-3 • $25.95 dRuNkARd a Hard-drinking life neil steinBerg The popular news columnist for the Chicago SunTimes grapples with his decades of hard drinking, seeking to rebuild his marriage and reclaim his life. A Dutton hardcover June • 288 pp. • 978-0-525-95065-3 • $24.95 tHE giRL FRom FoREigN WELL ENougH ALoNE a search for shipwrecked ancestors, lost loves, and Forgotten Histories a cultural History of my Hypochondria SuCH A PREtty FAt sadia sHePard Fulfilling a promise made at her grandmother’s deathbed, a young Muslim-Christian woman travels to an insular Jewish community in India to unlock her family’s secret history. A Penguin Press hardcover August • 384 pp. • 978-1-59420-151-6 • $25.95 JenniFer traig The author’s inquiry into her ailment becomes a literary tour of hypochondria, from the implied hypochondria of the Talmud, to the flatulence-obsessed 18th century, to the malady’s current lack of a celebrity spokesperson. A Riverhead hardcover July • 288 pp. • 978-1-59448-991-4 • $23.95 one narcissist’s quest to discover if Her life makes Her ass look Big, or why Pie is not the answer Jen lancaster “Jen Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls and a super-cute handbag.”—Jennifer Coburn, author of The Queen Game. An NAL paperback original May • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-22389-0 • $14.00 it’S oNLy tEmPoRARy ALWAyS By my SidE the good news and the Bad news of Being alive a Father’s grace and a sports Journey unlike any other 365 NigHtS a memoir of intimacy eVan Handler “Handler confronts the subject of mortality the way some writers confront, say, deep-sea diving: with wonder, humor and a resonant feel for his subject. His memoir is candid and highly enjoyable.”—Meg Wolitzer. A Riverhead hardcover May • 288 pp. • 978-1-59448-995-2 • $24.95 Jim nantz witH eli sPielman Foreword by President George H. W. Bush America’s most visible sports commentator pays tribute to the man who inspired him to pursue his dream—his father, now a victim of Alzheimer’s. 8page photo insert. A Gotham hardcover May • 320 pp. • 978-1-592-40361-5 • $26.00 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314331-4 • $29.95 cHarla muller witH BetsY tHorPe When the author’s husband turned 40, she gave him something priceless: sex every day for a year. Will daily sex strengthen a marriage, or reveal the cracks? A Berkley paperback original July • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22257-7 • $14.00 PARAdiSE WitH SERPENtS travels in the lost world of Paraguay roBert carVer “Fantastic. The funniest and most learned travel memoir to appear this century—and required reading on Paraguay.”—Tahir Shah. An Overlook/Rookery hardcover July • 384 pp. • 978-1-58567-963-8 • $29.95 1 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. PENGUIN GROUP (USA) ROUTE TO: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Advance Publication Newsletter For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development current events & Politics BOOKS DUE: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2008 • VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBEr 2 WHAt’S mAtH got to do WitH it? Helping children learn to love their most Hated subject— and why it’s important for america Jo Boaler After outlining the current math crisis and its significance for our future, the author presents concrete solutions to reverse the trend. B/w photos. A Viking hardcover August • 256 pp. • 978-0-670-01952-6 • $24.95 tHiNkiNg BEyoNd tHE uNtHiNkABLE Harnessing doom from the cold war to the age of terror JonatHan steVenson If America is to restore its lost capacity to prepare for new threats to its security, the strategic analyst advises, we must renew the pragmatic creativity that once distinguished its strategic brain trust. A Viking hardcover August • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-01901-4 • $26.95 tHE BiN LAdENS an arabian Family in the american century FiNAL SALutE steVe coll “Uses the prism of one family to examine the mindboggling, culture-rocking effects that sudden oil wealth had on Saudi Arabia, while shedding new light on the…relationship that developed between that desert nation and the United States. It is a book that possesses the novelistic energy of a rags-toriches family epic.”—The New York Times. A Penguin Press hardcover Now available • 688 pp. • 978-1-59420-164-6 • $29.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 12 hours, 10 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314323-9 • $39.95 a story of unfinished lives Jim sHeeler The author expands his Pulitzer Prize–winning story to provide a wrenching, inspiring look at the way our country honors those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. A Penguin Press hardcover May • 304 pp. • 978-1-59420-165-3 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 6 hours, 5 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314325-3 • $29.95 BEyoNd toLERANCE searching for interfaith understanding in america A PLACE CALLEd CANtERBuRy tales of the new old age in america WHiLE AmERiCA AgEd How Pension debts ruined general motors, stopped the nYc subways, Bankrupted san diego, and loom as the next Financial crisis dudleY clendinen A deeply moving look at how the oldest Americans are living with the reality of living longer. Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. A Viking hardcover May • 432 pp. • 978-0-670-01884-0 • $24.95 gustaV nieBuHr “Niebuhr’s remarkable and absorbing Beyond Tolerance comes at a time when religious fanaticism, with its perversion and violence, has emerged as a threat to civilization. Anyone involved or at least interested in dialogue among individuals, communities, and nations, will benefit from its wisdom and humanity.” —Elie Wiesel. A Viking hardcover August • 224 pp. • 978-0-670-01956-4 • $25.95 roger lowenstein The bestselling author documents how corporations and governments ran up ruinous pension and health-care promises to their workers—which are now coming due. A Penguin Press hardcover May • 288 pp. • 978-1-59420-167-7 • $25.95 CoNCREtE REvERiES tHE PoLitiCAL miNd consciousness and the city why You can’t understand 21st-century american Politics with an 18th-century Brain HiS PANiC why americans Fear Hispanics in the u.s. geraldo riVera The veteran journalist places the issue of illegal immigration in a historic context, dispelling the myth that we are facing an unprecedented crisis. A Celebra hardcover Now available • 272 pp. • 978-0-451-22414-9 • $24.95 george lakoFF The cognitive scientist explains why progressives must wrest control of the terms of the debate from their opponents rather than accepting their frame and trying to argue within it. A Viking hardcover June • 300 pp. • 978-0-670-01927-4 • $25.95 mark kingwell Mining the sights, smells, and forms of New York and Shanghai, a philosopher considers how we occupy city space and why place is so important to who we are. 75 b/w photos and illustrations. A Viking hardcover August • 256 pp. • 978-0-670-03780-3 • $24.95 Want to read about more of our titles? visit http://booksellers.penguin.com/ static/html/catalogs-2008.html to peruse each of Penguin’s imprint catalogs 1 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. LAW ANd tHE LoNg WAR the Future of Justice in the age of terror BenJamin wittes The first nonpartisan account of how America came to its current impasse in the debate over liberty, human rights, and counterterrorism, offering a road map for how the country and its next president might move forward. A Penguin Press hardcover June • 256 pp. • 978-1-59420-179-0 • $25.95 tHE good FigHt Hard lessons from searchlight to washington senator HarrY reid witH mark warren The author explains two places to each other: Searchlight, Nevada, where he grew up in poverty, and Washington, D.C., where he now holds the top post in the U.S. Senate. A Putnam hardcover May • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15499-7 • $25.95 tHE RELigiouS CASE AgAiNSt BELiEF James carse “In our era of dangerously colliding belief systems Carse shows how at its core religion reveals a reality that we can not know. His book demonstrates a superb command of religious history and is written in an inviting and engaging style: A voice of sanity amidst the screaming.”—Harvey G. Cox. A Penguin Press hardcover June • 256 pp. • 978-1-59420-169-1 • $24.95 FiRSt StoP iN tHE NEW WoRLd mexico city, the capitol of the 21st century daVid lida An American transplant offers a gritty, entrancing portrait of Mexico City, a paradoxical urban center caught between the developed and developing worlds. “A weaving of memoir and reportage that is at turns funny and haunting, a personal journey into the crazy geography and tortured psychology of a place called Mexico City. First Stop in the New World captures that most elusive part of Mexico City: its soul.”—Héctor Tobar, author of Translation Nation. “Lida shows us a Mexico City that’s not in the guidebooks, but, like a subversive code-breaker, he has pointed out the pathways to its delectably seamy soul. If Burroughs were alive and planning a return visit to Mexico today, he’d want to take this book with him.”—Jon Lee Anderson author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life. B/w photos, maps. A Riverhead hardcover June • 304 pp. • 978-1-59448-989-1 • $25.95 tHE dumBESt gENERAtioN How the digital age stupefies Young americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or, don’t trust anyone under 30) tHE muRdER Room HoW doES it FEEL to BE A PRoBLEm? Being Young and arab in america moustaFa BaYoumi The hopeful story of young Arab and Muslim Americans coping with discrimination, surveillance, and threats in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy. A Penguin Press hardcover August • 288 pp. • 978-1-59420-176-9 • $24.95 mark Bauerlein This unstintingly realistic portrait of the young American mind suggests that cyberculture is turning us into a nation of know-nothings. “An urgent and pragmatic book on the very dark topic of the virtual end of reading among the young.”—Harold Bloom. A Tarcher hardcover May • 304 pp. • 978-1-58542-639-3 • $24.95 the Heirs of sherlock Holmes gather to solve the world’s most Perplexing cold cases micHael caPuzzo True tales from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world’s best forensic investigators, which meets monthly over a gourmet lunch to solve a cold murder. 2 8-page b/w photo inserts. A Gotham hardcover May • 384 pp. • 978-1-592-40142-0 • $27.50 tHE NEW CASE AgAiNSt immigRAtioN Both legal and illegal mark krikorian The nation’s most frequently quoted immigration expert argues that the rise of identity politics, political correctness, and Great Society programs hinder the assimilation of today’s immigrants. A Sentinel hardcover July • 288 pp. • 978-1-59523-035-5 • $25.95 tHE HumAN FACtoR ALL ABout tHE BEAt nelson mandela and the game that made a nation why Hip-Hop can’t save Black america JoHn carlin The inspiring account of Mandela’s improbable campaign to unite his country around...the Springboks, the all-white national rugby team, whose fans traditionally belted out racist songs. A Penguin Press hardcover August • 304 pp. • 978-1-59420-174-5 • $24.95 JoHn mcwHorter While celebrating the artistry and craftsmanship of the genre, the cultural critic eviscerates the claim that hip-hop is politically valuable because it offers the only authentic portrayal of black America. A Gotham hardcover June • 192 pp. • 978-1-592-40374-5 • $20.00 mEAt: A LovE StoRy 2008 aBa silver gabel award Finalist the inside story of the struggle for control of the united states supreme court Jan crawFord greenBerg Penguin, 978-0-14-311304-1 tHE diRty dozEN my Year in search of the Perfect meal How twelve supreme court cases radically expanded government and eroded Freedom roBert a. leVY and william mellor Foreword by Richard A. Epstein A lively, accessible guide to the little-known cases that allowed breathtaking expansions of government power, significantly reducing individual rights and jettisoning the limited federal government envisioned by the founders. A Sentinel hardcover May • 288 pp. • 978-1-59523-050-8 • $25.95 susan Bourette A compassionate carnivore asks whether she can have her meat and a clear conscience too—and celebrates the professionals who hunt, raise, or cook it. A Putnam hardcover May • 288 pp. • 978-0-399-15486-7 • $24.95 SuPREmE CoNFLiCt 20 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. PENGUIN GROUP (USA) ROUTE TO: __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Advance Publication Newsletter For Library Managers In Acquisitions and Collection Development science, education & reference BOOKS DUE: MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST 2008 • VOLUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBEr 2 tHANk god FoR EvoLutioN How marriage of science and religion will transform Your life and our world micHael dowd “Dowd masterfully unites rationality and spirituality in a world view that celebrates the mysteries of existence and inspires each human being to achieve a higher purpose in life. A powerful book! A must read for all, including scientists.”—Craig Mello, 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine. A Viking hardcover May • 432 pp. • 978-0-670-02045-4 • $24.95 HACk tHE SAt tHE WoRLd iN Six SoNgS How the musical Brain created Human nature daniel J. leVitin The author extends the argument of his This Is Your Brain on Music by showing how the brain evolved to listen to music in 6 fundamental forms—for knowledge, friendship, ceremony, joy, comfort, and love. A Dutton hardcover August • 336 pp. • 978-0-525-95073-8 • $25.95 Also available as a Penguin Audiobook 6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314337-6 • $29.95 LitERALLy, tHE BESt LANguAgE Book EvER a Private sat tutor spills the secret strategies and sneaky shortcuts that can raise Your score Hundreds of Points annoying words and abused Phrases You should never use again Paul Yeager This wry review of hundreds of illogical expressions and misappropriated meanings will literally— whoops, figuratively knock your socks off. A Perigee paperback original May • 208 pp. • 978-0-399-53423-2 • $13.95 eliot scHreFer A young tutor to Manhattan’s elite students—who commands $300 an hour to help clients raise scores an average of 300 points—lends his tricks to the rest of us. A Gotham paperback original August • 256 pp. • 978-1-592-40369-1 • $15.00 PRo FootBALL PRoSPECtuS 2008 the essential guide to the 2008 Pro Football season aaron scHatz and tHe exPerts at FootBalloutsiders.com Stats on more than 500 skill players, along with KUBIAK projections forecasting their 2008 fantasy numbers. A Plume paperback July • 528 pp. • 978-0-452-28973-4 • $21.95 oNLy A tHEoRy WHo tHE HELL iS PANSy o’HARA? the Fascinating stories Behind 50 of the world’s Best-loved Books JennY Bond and cHris sHeedY The first single volume to explore the backstories of so many great books, from the woman who copied War and Peace by hand 7 times to the spy novelist who helped crack Enigma. A Penguin paperback original August • 224 pp. • 978-0-14-311364-5 • $13.00 evolution and the Battle for america’s soul WHy you SHouLdN’t EAt youR BoogERS kennetH r. miller “In this powerfully argued and timely book, Ken Miller takes on the fundamental core of the Intelligent Design movement, and shows with compelling examples and devastating logic that ID is not only bad science but is potentially threatening in other deeper ways to America’s future. But make no mistake, this is not some atheistic screed—Miller’s perspective as a devout believer will allow his case to resonate with believers and non-believers alike.”— Francis Collins. A Viking hardcover June • 256 pp. • 978-0-670-01883-3 • $25.95 211 tHiNgS A CLEvER giRL CAN do BuntY cutler Learn how to make a little black dress out of a garbage bag, use fishnet stockings 17 ways, and bellydance. A Perigee paper-on-board original May • 288 pp. • 978-0-399-53441-6 • $15.95 and other useless or gross information about Your Body FouR-LEttER WoRdS Francesca gould Also, what does human flesh taste like? How do astronauts, ahem, go number 2 in space? And why is yawning contagious? A Tarcher paperback Now available • 368 pp. • 978-1-58542-645-4 • $12.95 and other secrets of a crossword insider micHelle arnot “One of the clearest, liveliest, most entertaining writers in the world of puzzles.”—Will Shortz. A Perigee paperback August • 256 pp. • 978-0-399-53435-5 • $13.95 Tune in each week to hear exclusive interviews, helpful advice, and riveting book excerpts from the most exciting authors around. 21 To order, use your regular supplier or mail the order form provided directly to Penguin GrOUP (USA) INC. If form is missing call (212) 366-2372. WHAt kiNdERgARtEN tEACHERS kNoW Practical and Playful ways to Help Your child listen, learn, and cooperate at Home HoW to gEt iNto tHE toP LAW SCHooLS 4th Edition ricHard montauk, J.d. An insider’s view of what leading law schools look for, with savvy advice on marketing strategies, winning essays, and financial aid. A Perigee paperback August • 608 pp. • 978-0-7352-0429-4 • $27.50 tHE PENguiN diCtioNARy oF tHE BiBLE lisa Holewa and Joan rice Foreword by Jacquelyn Mitchard In order to foster independence and self-reliance in your 3- to 6-year-olds, learn how to organize their routines, handle transitions, and give them tools to resolve their own problems. A Perigee paperback original May • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-53424-9 • $13.95 JoHn m. court Contains entries on Biblical characters and events, treatments of related areas of scholarship, charts of the contents of each book, maps, and illustrations. A Penguin paperback original May • 544 pp. • 978-0-14-101533-0 • $17.00 diSguStiNg tHiNgS a miscellany don VoorHees Meet the cannibal who ate more than 800 people, the amazing farting fish, and the worm that lives in your intestine—and may crawl out your nose! A Perigee paperback August 320 pp. • 978-0-399-53433-1 • $12.95 tHE PENguiN LAtiN diCtioNARy roBert sHorrock and daVid ButterField In addition to vocabulary drawn from classical authors, this user-friendly tool features boxes on grammar and language, commonly used Latin terms, and a chronology of Roman figures. A Penguin paperback original August • 416 pp. • 978-0-14-101555-2 • $14.00 tHE RougH guidE to CLASSiC NovELS simon mason Each treatment of the 200 best books suggests TV or film versions, contextual reading, and related novels to try. Illustrated. A Rough Guides paperback original May • 368 pp. • 978-1-84353-516-4 • $12.99 REAdiNg tHE oEd one man, one Year, 21,730 Pages ammon sHea For the 80th anniversary of the Oxford English Dictionary, the author conducts an intimate tour of the lexicographic treasure, highlighting its most delightful and obscure gems. A Perigee hardcover June • 272 pp. • 978-0-399-53398-3 • $21.95 Library Journal’s Best science & technology Books of 2007 tHE AmAziNg Book oF uSELESS iNFoRmAtioN ASTRONOMY a day on earth in nature and imagination Viking, 978-0-670-06328-4 more things You didn’t need to know But are about to APoLLo’S FiRE micHael sims PuBLiCizE youR Book an insider’s guide to getting Your Book the attention it deserves Jacqueline deVal An updated edition of “easily the most incisive and expert guide to book publishing ever.”—Publishers Weekly. 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