September 2008
September's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes A KILLER'S KISS, William Lashner's seventh book featuring Philadelphia DA Victor Carl, who desperately wants to prove that his ex-fiancée did not kill her husband; THE REINCARNATIONIST by international bestselling author M. J. Rose, a spellbinding, psychologically riveting epic thriller of secrets, history and murder; THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER, in which Tom Perrotta offers a sharp-eyed look at suburban America and what happens when sex education clashes with fundamentalist religion; THE VIEW FROM MOUNT JOY, Lorna Landvik's delightfully quirky and intensely moving novel about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life; and the National Book Award-winning TREE OF SMOKE, Denis Johnson's first full-length novel since 1998, which tells the story of a spy-in-training during the Vietnam War and the disasters that befall him thanks to his famous war hero uncle.
Among our nonfiction highlights are THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY, in which A. J. Jacobs recounts his spiritual journey as he attempts to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year; THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, beloved actor Alan Alda's insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he has asked himself over the years; THE NINE, an engrossing portrait of the past quarter century at the United States Supreme Court from noted journalist, attorney and legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin; and THE STORY OF SUSHI, an entertaining documentary account by the author of the highly-acclaimed THE SECRET LIFE OF LOBSTERS, which reveals everything you never knew about sushi --- its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it.
FICTION:
20th CENTURY GHOSTS
THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER
THE ALMOST MOON
THE ART THIEF
BEVERLY HILLS DEAD
BOOK OF THE DEAD
CONFESSOR
DARK OF THE MOON
DEAD HEAT
DEXTER IN THE DARK
DOWN RIVER
THE ELEPHANTA SUITE
THE END OF THE ALPHABET
ENGLEBY
GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD: A Tale of Adventure
THE HOUSE OF LANYON
THE INDIAN CLERK
A KILLER’S KISS
LANDING
THE LAST SECRET OF THE TEMPLE
MAKING MONEY
REBEL ISLAND
THE REINCARNATIONIST
RESTITUTION
SARAH’S KEY
SOUL CATCHER
THE TELL-TALE HORSE
THIRD DEGREE
TOMORROW
TREE OF SMOKE
TRESPASS
THE VIEW FROM MOUNT JOY
THE WORST THING I’VE DONE
ZUGZWANGNONFICTION:
AGE OF TURBULENCE: Adventures in a New World
BORN STANDING UP: A Comic’s Life
BROTHER, I’M DYING
THE COLDEST WINTER: America and the Korean War
THE DAY OF BATTLE: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944Rick Atkinson
Holt Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780805088618
DOG DAYS: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm
DOWN THE NILE: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff
ELVIS IS TITANIC: Classroom Tales from Iraqi Kurdistan
LOOK ME IN THE EYE: My Life with Asperger'sJohn Elder Robison
Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780307396181
MUSICOPHILIA: Tales of Music and the Brain
THE NINE: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
ONE DROP: My Father’s Hidden Life -- A Story of Race and Family SecretsBliss Broyard
Back Bay Books
ISBN: 9780316008068
PROUST WAS A NEUROSCIENTIST
THE SLAVE SHIP: A Human History
THE STORY OF SUSHI: An Unlikely Saga of Raw Fish and RiceTrevor Corson
Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780060883515
THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELFAlan Alda
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780812977523
THE YEAR OF LIVING BIBLICALLY: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as PossibleA. J. Jacobs
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780743291484
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