July 2009
July’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes PROMISES IN DEATH by J. D. Robb, in which Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces down a cop killer; THE OTHER QUEEN, a work of historical fiction from Philippa Gregory that examines a different aspect of Tudor England from the perspective of one of Queen Elizabeth’s greatest rivals --- Mary, Queen of Scots; THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY, the fifth installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s series featuring Isabel Dalhousie, who returns to investigate a medical mystery; GOOD-BYE AND AMEN, a beautifully written novel that continues the story of the Moss family that began in Beth Gutcheon’s critically acclaimed LEEWAY COTTAGE; BOOKS: A Memoir, in which Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Larry McMurtry recounts his life as both a reader and a writer; and THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH, Helene Cooper’s memoir that chronicles her youth and coming of age in 1980s Liberia during a period of political unrest.
FICTION:
THE COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY: An Isabel Dalhousie NovelAlexander McCall Smith
Anchor
ISBN: 9780307387073
NONFICTION:
THE CHALLENGE: How a Maverick Navy Officer and a Young Law Professor Risked Their Careers to Defend the Constitution -- and WonJonathan Mahler
Picador
ISBN: 9780312428853
THE HOUSE AT SUGAR BEACH: In Search of a Lost African ChildhoodHelene Cooper
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780743266253
LEARNING TO BREATHE: One Woman's Journey of Spirit and SurvivalAlison Wright
Plume
ISBN: 9780452295353
ROME 1960: The Summer Olympics That Stirred the WorldDavid Maraniss
Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416534082
THE SHADOW FACTORY: The NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America James Bamford
Anchor
ISBN: 9780307279392
TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN: The Audacious Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton Sara Wheeler
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780812968927
WAITER RANT: Thanks for the Tip: Confessions of a Cynical WaiterThe Waiter, Steve Dublanica
Harper Perennial
ISBN: 9780061256691
WASHINGTON BURNING: How a Frenchman's Vision for Our Nation's Capital Survived Congress, the Founding Fathers, and the Invading British ArmyLes Standiford
Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780307346452
WELL ENOUGH ALONE: A Cultural History of My HypochondriaJennifer Traig
Riverhead Trade
ISBN: 9781594483806
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ART IN AMERICA
BLOOD COLONY
THE BOOK OF MURDER
DECEMBER
ENLIGHTENMENT FOR IDIOTS
THE FIFTH FLOOR
THE GLIMMER PALACE
GOOD-BYE AND AMEN
I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
JULY AND AUGUST
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
THE MERCEDES COFFIN: A Decker and Lazarus Novel
THE MERCY RULE
MY NAME IS WILL: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
OFF SEASON
ONE OF THOSE MALIBU NIGHTS
THE OTHER QUEEN
PROMISES IN DEATH
REAL WORLD
REQUIEM, MASS.
ROUGH JUSTICE
A ROYAL PAIN: A Royal Spyness Mystery
SAY YOU’RE ONE OF THEM
THE SEAMSTRESS
THE SISTER
SO LONG AT THE FAIR
STILL WATERS
TAILSPIN
BLUE SKY JULY: A Mother's Story of Hope and Healing
BOOKS: A Memoir
HOW FICTION WORKS
THE THREE OF US: A Family Story
TUNA: Love, Death and Mercury
WHY I CAME WEST: A Memoir