In Print

July 01, 2009

(All listings are tentative and subject to change.)

The New York Times Book Review -- July 5, 2009

TROUBLE By Kate Christensen (Doubleday)
AMERICAN RADICAL: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone By D.D. Guttenplan (FSG)
NIGHT NAVIGATION By Ginnah Howard (HMH)
LOVE STORIES IN THIS TOWN By Amanda Eyre Ward (Ballantine)
THE BOLTER By Frances Osborne (Knopf)
RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr.and the Conservative Movement By Richard Brookhiser (Basic)
AMERICAN PARENT: My Strange and Surprising Adventure in Modern Babyland By Sam Apple (Ballantine)
METHLAND: The Death and Life of an American Small Town By Nick Reding (Bloomsbury)
BUSTED: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown By Edmund L. Andrews (Bloomsbury)
OUR LOT By Alyssa Katz (Bloomsbury)
HEROIC MEASURES By Jill Ciment (Pantheon)
WORLD WAR ONE: A Short History By Norman Stone (Basic)
THE MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENTOF HIZBOLLAH WISHES YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East By Neil MacFarquhar (Public Affairs)

The New York Times Book Review -- July 12, 2009

BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT By Maile Meloy (Riverhead)
GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS By Gaynor Arnold (Crown)
THE LAST BEST HOPE: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise By Joe Scarborough (Crown)
THE TALL BOOK: A Celebration of Life From on High By Arianne Cohen (Bloomsbury)
HOW THE BEATLES DESTROYED ROCK N' ROLL: An Alternative History of American Popular Music By Elijah Wald (Oxford Univ. Press)
A BRIGHT AND GUILTY PLACE: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming-of-Age Richard Rayner (Doubleday)
THE BROTHERS BOSWELL BY Philip Baruth (Soho Press)
VANESSA & VIRGINIA By Susan Sellers (HMH)
THE BELLINI MADONNA By Elizabeth Lowry (FSG)
TO LIVE OR PERISH FOREVER: Two Tumultous Years in Pakistan By Nicholas Schmidle (Henry Holt)
ROCKET MEN: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon By Craig Nelson (Viking)
VOICES FROM THE MOON: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences By Andrew Chaikin with Victoria Kohl (Viking)
FREE: The Future of a Radical Price By Chris Anderson (Hyperion)
YOU ARE HERE: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon But Get Lost in the Mall By Collin Ellard (Doubleday)
KING OF THE SCREW UPS By K.L.Going (Harcourt)
THE VAST FIELDS OF ORDINARY By Nick Burd (Dial)
A MONSTER'S NOTES By Laurie Sheck (Knopf)

Daily Book World Reviews in the Washington Post's Style Section
June 29 -- July 3

THE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD: A Novel by Robert Wilson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
THE UNIT: A Novel by Ninni Holmqvist (Other Press)

Book World's Wednesday page in the Style section:
A MONSTER'S NOTES by Laurie Sheck (Knopf)
APRIL & OLIVER: A Novel by Tess Callahan (Grand Central)

For Young Readers
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers)
MIRANDA'S BEACH DAY by Holly Keller (HarperCollins)
ONE SMALL STEP: Celebrating the First Men on the Moon By Jerry Stone (Flash Point)

THE SWEET SCIENCE AND OTHER WRITINGS by A.J. Liebling (Library of America)
THE BOLTER: The Story of the Wild, Beautiful, Fearless Idina Sackville By Frances Osborne (Knopf)
CAPTURE THE FLAG: A Political History of American Patriotism By Woden Teachout (Basic Books)

Washington Post Book World in Outlook & Style -- Week of July 5

Outlook:
THE ASCENT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon By John Ferling (Bloomsbury USA)
PACKING THE COURT: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court by James MacGregor Burns (Penguin Press)
THE SOUND OF FREEDOM: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert That Awakened America by Raymond Arsenault (Bloomsbury USA)
THE WAXMAN REPORT: How Congress Really Works By Henry Waxman with Joshua Green (Twelve)
EXILES IN THE GARDEN: A Novel by Ward Just (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
BYRON IN LOVE: A Short Daring Life by Edna O'Brien (Norton)
IN HANUMAN'S HANDS: A Memoir by Cheeni Rao (HarperOne)
ZHIVAGO'S CHILDREN: The Last Russian Intelligentsia By Vladislav Zubok (Belknap Press/Harvard Univ.)

Los Angeles Times Sunday Books -- July 5

D.D. Guttenplan, AMERICAN RADICAL: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone (FSG)
Elizabeth Hawes, CAMUS, A Romance (Grove Press)
Jill Ciment, HEROIC MEASURES: A Novel (Pantheon)
Kevin Mattson, WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU UP TO, MR. PRESIDENT? Jimmy Carter, America's "Malaise" and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country (Bloomsbury USA)
Richard Lange, THIS WICKED WORLD: A Novel (Little, Brown)
David St. John and Cole Swensen (editors), AMERICAN HYBRID: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry (Norton)

In Other Print Publications

Ebony Magazine
June: Jill Nelson, LET'S GET IT ON, Amistad

Elle Magazine
June: Alejandro Junger, CLEAN, HarperOne
July: Gloria Vanderbilt, OBSESSION, Ecco

Entertainment Weekly
June 12: Norman Ollestad, CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, Ecco

Esquire Magazine
June: Norman Ollestad, CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, Ecco

Fine Cooking Magazine
July: Michelle Wojtowicz, Phillip Wojtowicz, and Michael Gilson, THE BIG SUR BAKERY COOKBOOK, Morrow Cookbooks

Food & Wine Magazine
June: Emeril Lagasse, EMERIL AT THE GRILL: A Cookbook for All Seasons, HarperStudio

Maxim Magazine
June: Charlie Todd and Alex Scordelis, CAUSING A SCENE, Morrow
July: Stacy Perman, IN-N-OUT BURGER, Collins

Men's Fitness Magazine
June: Forrest Griffin and Erich Krauss, GOT FIGHT?, Morrow

Men's Health Magazine
July: Todd Kashdan, CURIOUS?, Collins

Men's Journal
June: Norman Ollestad, CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, Ecco

More Magazine
July: Joyce Maynard, LABOR DAY, Morrow

The New York Daily News
June 28: Sarma Melngailis, LIVING RAW FOOD, Morrow

New York Magazine
June 8: Chandler Burr, YOU OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU, Ecco

O: The Oprah Magazine
Oprah Book Club Books to Movies
Week of June 19: July: Barbara Graham, EYE OF MY HEART, Harper
Week of June 26: 5 Self-Help Books to Read Now

Penthouse Magazine
July: Charlie Todd and Alex Scordelis, CAUSING A SCENE, Morrow

Redbook Magazine
June: Anna David, BOUGHT: A Novel, Harper Paperbacks

Time Magazine
June 8: Norman Ollestad, CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, Ecco
Claire Shipman and Katty Kay, WOMENOMICS: Write Your Own Rules for Success, HarperBusiness/HarperAudio
June 22: Justin Fox, THE MYTH OF THE RATIONAL MARKET, HarperBusiness

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/default.htm
Book Buzz from USA Today: What's new on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list
Week of June 24, 2009
No. 1 spot on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. GLENN BECK'S COMMON SENSE: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine. (Also by Beck, THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER; his 2007 best seller, AN INCONVENIENT BOOK: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems is out in paperback.)
Young adult novels: new one by The Hills' star Lauren Conrad making its debut in the top 20. No. 17 is Conrad's first novel, L.A. CANDY
No. 11: Sarah Dessen's ninth, ALONG FOR THE RIDE

Vanity Fair Magazine
June: Toni Morrison, BURN THIS BOOK, HarperStudio
Norman Ollestad, CRAZY FOR THE STORM: A Memoir of Survival, Ecco

W Magazine
July (on-stands 6/22): Gloria Vanderbilt, OBSESSION, Ecco

BookPage Title List -- July 2009
(see www.bookpage.com)

INTERVIEWS
Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham, MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: The Long Journey Home from the Moon, Harmony, 9780307463456
Laura Caldwell, RED BLOODED MURDER, Mira, 9780778326588
Vikas Swarup, SIX SUSPECTS, Minotaur, 9780312605032

MEET THE AUTHOR
Weiner Jennifer, BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, Atria, 9780743294294

FEATURES
Behind the Book
Ernest Hemingway, A MOVEABLE FEAST, Scribner, ISBN 9781416591313

Beach Reading
Gaynor Arnold, GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS, Crown, 9780307462268
Heather Barbieri, THE LACE MAKERS OF GLENMARA, HarperCollins, 9780061721557
Quinn Cummings, NOTES FROM THE UNDERWIRE: Adventures from My Awkward and Lovely Life, Hyperion, 9781401322861
Lisa Gardner, THE NEIGHBOR, Bantam, 9780553807233
David C. Heymann, BOBBY AND JACKIE: A Love Story, Atria, 9781416556244
Syrie James, THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE, Avon, 9780061648373
Hape Kerkeling, I'M OFF THEN: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago, Free Press, 9781416553878
Margaret Mascarenhas, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF IRENE DOS SANTOS, Grand Central, 9780446541107
Laurie Viera Rigler, RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT, Dutton, 9780525950769
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, THE HUSBAND HABIT, St. Martin's, 9780312537043

Debut Mystery
Linda Castillo, SWORN TO SILENCE, Minotaur, 9780312374976
Harry Dolan, BAD THINGS HAPPEN, Putnam, 9780399155635
Jeremy Duns, FREE AGENT, Viking, 9780670021017
Attica Locke, BLACK WATER RISING, Harper, 9780061735868

Space
Andrew Chaikin, VOICES FROM THE MOON: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences, Viking Studio, 9780670020782
Robert Jacobs, Michael Cabbage, Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking, APOLLO: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Abrams, 9780810921467
Craig Nelson, ROCKET MEN: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, Viking, 9780670021031
Tom Sachs, SPACE PROGRAM, Rizzoli, 9780847832262
Amanda Young and Mark Avino, SPACESUITS: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection, powerHouse Books, 9781576874981

COLUMNS
Audio
Harlan Coben, LONG LOST, Brilliance Audio, 9781423327578
Ariana Franklin, GRAVE GOODS, Penguin Audio, 9780143144120
Lee Woodruff, PERFECTLY IMPERFECT, Random House AudioBooks, 9780739382189

Book Clubs
John Dufresne, REQUIEM MASS., Norton, 9780393334869
Selden Edwards, THE LITTLE BOOK, Plume, 9780452295513
Rose Tremain, THE ROAD HOME, Back Bay, 9780316002622

Cooking
Vefa Alexiadou, VEFA'S KITCHEN: Classic Greek Recipes, Phaidon, 9780714849294
Mark Bittman, MARK BITTMAN'S KITCHEN EXPRESS, S&S, 9781416575665
Adam Ried, THOROUGHLY MODERN MILKSHAKES, Norton, 9780393068771

Romance
Joan Johnston, OUTCAST, MIRA, 9780778325741
Mary Jo Putney, LOVING A LOST LORD, Zebra/Kensington, 9781420103281
Jill Shalvis, INSTANT GRATIFICATION, Brava/Kensington, 9780758231253
Gena Showalter, SEDUCE THE DARKNESS, Pocket, 9781416531647

Well Read
Colum McCann, LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN, Random House, 9781400063734

Whodunit?
Brett Battles, SHADOW OF BETRAYAL, Delacorte, 9780385341585
Stephen L. Carter, JERICHO'S FALL, Knopf, 9780307272621
Steve Martini, GUARDIAN OF LIES, Morrow, 9780060727581
Donald E. Westlake, GET REAL, Grand Central, 9780446178600

STANDARD REVIEWS
Fiction
Monica Ali, IN THE KITCHEN, Scribner, 9781416571681
Anita Brookner, STRANGERS, Random House, 9781400068340
Claudel Philippe, BRODECK, Doubleday, 9780385527248
Ron Currie Jr., EVERYTHING MATTERS!, Viking, 9780670020928
James A. Levine, THE BLUE NOTEBOOK, Spiegel & Grau, 9780385528719
Meloy Maile, BOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT, Riverhead, 9781594488696
Carlos Ruis-Zafon, THE ANGEL'S GAME, Doubleday, 9780385528702
J. Courtney Sullivan, COMMENCEMENT, Knopf, 9780307270740
Vikas Swarup, SIX SUSPECTS, Minotaur, 9780312605032
Kate Walbert, A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN, Scribner, 9781416594987
Rafael Yglesias, A HAPPY MARRIAGE, Scribner, 9781439102305

Nonfiction
Chris Anderson, FREE: The Radical Future of a Radical Price, Hyperion, 9781401322908
Daniel James Brown, THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride, Morrow, 9780061348105
Alice Eve Cohen, WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW, Viking, 9780670020959
Jancee Dunn, WHY IS MY MOTHER GETTING A TATTOO? And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask, Villard, 9780345501929
Richard Holmes, THE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, Pantheon, 9780375422225
Sally Jenkins and John Stauffner, THE STATE OF JONES: The Small County that Seceded from the Confederacy, Doubleday, 9780385525930
Fred Kaplan, 1959: The Year That Changed Everything, Wiley, 9780470387818
Charles R. Morris, THE SAGES: Warren Buffett George Soros Paul Volcker and the Maelstrom of Markets, Public Affairs, 9781586487522
Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo, PROVENANCE: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art, Penguin Press, 9781594202209
Graham Swift, MAKING AN ELEPHANT: Writing from Within, Knopf, 9780307270993
Larry Tye, SATCHEL: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Random House, 9781400066513
Hobson Woodward, A BRAVE VESSEL: The True Tale of the Castaways Who Rescued Jamestown and Inspired Shakepeare's 'The Tempest', Viking, 9780670020966

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Interview
Jennifer E. Smith, YOU ARE HERE, S&S, 9781416967996

Meet the Illustrator
Alan Bean (written by Andrew Chaikin), MISSION CONTROL THIS IS APOLLO: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon, Viking, 9780670011568

Standard Reviews
Gayle Forman, IF I STAY, Dutton, 9780525421030
Beth Kephart, NOTHING BUT GHOSTS, HarperTeen, 9780061667961
Suzanne LaFleur, LOVE AUBREY, Wendy Lamb/Random House, 9780385737746
Nan Marino, NEIL ARMSTRONG IS MY UNCLE, Roaring Brook, 9781596434998
Sarah Ockler, 20 BOY SUMMER, Little Brown, 9780316051590
Robert B. Parker, CHASING THE BEAR, Philomel, 9780399247767
Laurel Snyder, ANY WHICH WALL, Random House, 9780375855603
Rebecca Stead, WHEN YOU REACH ME, Wendy Lamb, 9780385737425

Space
Buzz Aldrin and Wendell Minor, LOOK TO THE STARS, Putnam, 9780399247217
Robert Burleigh, ONE GIANT LEAP, Philomel, 9780399238833
Andrew Chaikin, MISSON CONTROL THIS IS APOLLO, Viking, 9780670011568
Alan Dyer, MISSION TO THE MOON, S&S, 9781416979357
Brian Floca, MOONSHOT: The Flight of Apollo 11, Atheneum, 9781416950462
Mark Haddon, FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON, Candlewick, 9780763644406
Peter Murray, ONE SMALL STEP: 40th Anniversary of the Race to the Moon, Murray Books, 9780980313192
Jim Ottaviani and Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon, T-MINUS: The Race to the Moon, S&S, 9781416986829
Miroslav Sasek, THIS IS THE WAY TO THE MOON, Universe, 9780789318428
Jerry Stone, ONE SMALL STEP: Celebrating the First Men on the Moon, Roaring Brook, 9781596434912
Tanya Lee Stone, ALMOST ASTRONAUTS: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream, Candlewick, 9780763636111
Tomi Ungerer, MOON MAN, Phaidon, 9780714855981

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