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THE SHELTERS OF STONE, by Jean M. Auel. (Crown, $28.95.) Love and danger in a prehistoric society; the latest volume in a series that began with "The Clan of the Cave Bear." |
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DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) After the man convicted of killing her sister is set free on parole, an investigative reporter discovers new information about the murder. |
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STAR WARS: EPISODE 2 -- ATTACK OF THE CLONES, by R. A. Salvatore. (Lucas/Del Rey/Ballantine, $26.) As the Republic edges toward disaster, Anakin Skywalker falls for Senator Padmé Amidala. |
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THE NANNY DIARIES, by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. (St. Martin's, $24.95.) A satirical look at rich and powerful New Yorkers through the eyes of an Upper East Side nanny. |
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A THOUSAND COUNTRY ROADS, by Robert James Waller. (John M. Hardy, $19.95.) Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson return in a sequel to "The Bridges of Madison County." |
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*THE WAILING WIND, by Tony Hillerman. (HarperCollins, $25.95.) Sgt. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, the retired Navajo tribal policeman, try to solve a homicide case involving a lost gold mine. |
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THE SUMMONS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $27.95.) A law professor who has been called home to Mississippi by his father, a dying judge, discovers more than $3 million in cash in the old man's study. |
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EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL, by Stephen King. (Scribner, $28.) A collection of 14 "dark tales" about the strange and the supernatural. |
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CITY OF BONES, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $25.95.) The Los Angeles homicide detective Harry Bosch hunts for the person who killed a 12-year-old boy 20 years earlier. |
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ATONEMENT, by Ian McEwan. (Nan A. Talese/ Doubleday, $26.) A chronicle of the disintegration of an English family's idyllic life. |
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SEA GLASS, by Anita Shreve. (Little, Brown, $25.95.) In Depression-era New England, a newly married couple move into a dilapidated house on the beach. |
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GONE FOR GOOD, by Harlan Coben. (Delacorte, $23.95.) A young man whose brother disappeared 11 years earlier, after being accused of rape and murder, finds evidence that he is trying to contact him. |
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IF LOOKS COULD KILL, by Kate White. (Warner, $22.95.) A true-crime writer for Gloss magazine looks for a murderer in the media world of New York City. |
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SIN KILLER, by Larry McMurtry. (Simon & Schuster, $25.) In 1830, the upper-crust Berrybender family leaves England behind and heads for the American frontier; the first volume of a planned tetralogy. |
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*THE SHORT FOREVER, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $24.95.) In London, the lawyer and investigator Stone Barrington must deal with former lovers and murder. |
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THREE FATES, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $25.95.) The great-great-grandchildren of a petty thief who survived the sinking of the Lusitania are determined to recover a small, priceless statue he took from the ship. |
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HOPE THROUGH HEARTSONGS, written and illustrated by Mattie J. T. Stepanek. (VSP Books/Hyperion, $14.95.) A new volume of poems by an 11-year-old boy who suffers from muscular dystrophy. (+) |
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2ND CHANCE, by James Patterson with Andrew Gross. (Little, Brown, $26.95.) The members of the Women's Murder Club -- a detective, a medical examiner, a prosecutor and a reporter -- search for a killer. |
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RUNNING SCARED, by Elizabeth Lowell. (Morrow, $24.95.) Greed and murder follow an ancient Celtic golden treasure after it winds up in Las Vegas. |
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DYING TO PLEASE, by Linda Howard. (Ballantine, $25.95.) A bodyguard and expert marksman finds herself being stalked by a dangerous madman. |
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THE BONDWOMAN'S NARRATIVE, by Hannah Crafts. Edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Warner, $24.95.) The autobiographical tale (written in the 1850's) of a slave who makes her way to freedom. |
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FATAL, by Michael Palmer. (Bantam, $24.95.) A West Virginia internist, battling a mining company over its disposal of toxic wastes, encounters dangerous forces. |
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EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, by Jonathan Safran Foer. (Houghton Mifflin, $24.) A Ukrainian boy becomes enchanted with anything that is American. |
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THE COTTAGE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte, $26.95.) An aging, virtually penniless Hollywood star experiences excitement and even happiness after he rents out part of his house. |
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JOURNEY THROUGH HEARTSONGS, written and illustrated by Mattie J. T. Stepanek. (VSP Books, $14.95.) A collection of poems by an 11-year-old boy who suffers from muscular dystrophy. |
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THE SALMON OF DOUBT, by Douglas Adams. (Harmony, $24.) A collection of miscellaneous writings by the author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," who died in 2001. |
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WITH THESE HANDS, by Louis L'Amour. (Bantam, $16.95.) The fourth in a series of posthumous collections of adventure stories. |
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THE GOLDEN ONE, by Elizabeth Peters. (Morrow, $25.95.) In 1917, the archaeologist Amelia Peabody investigates a murder at an ancient Egyptian burial site. |
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KENTUCKY HEAT, by Fern Michaels. (Kensington, $24.) A sequel to "Kentucky Rich" continues the family saga. |
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THE COMPANY, by Robert Littell. (Overlook, $28.95.) An epic account spanning the history of the CIA, blending fact and fiction. |
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UNLESS, by Carol Shields. (Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, $24.95.) A writer's comfortable domestic life is fractured when her daughter becomes a beggar. |
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SULA, by Toni Morrison. (Knopf, $15.) A woman is distrusted by old friends when she returns to her childhood home, a small town in Ohio, after spending a decade living an urban life. |
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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking, $24.95.) In South Carolina in 1964, a girl flees a dysfunctional family and racist violence. |
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DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY, by Lois McMaster Bujold. (Baen, $25.) In the distant future, the Barrayaran Imperial Auditor investigates a murder that threatens to turn into an interplanetary incident. |
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BODY OF LIES, by Iris Johansen. (Bantam, $24.95.) A United States senator summons the forensic sculptor Eve Duncan to Baton Rouge, La., for the purpose of identifying the remains of a murder victim. |
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LUCKY MAN, by Michael J. Fox. (Hyperion, $22.95.) A memoir by the film and television actor, who was told a decade ago that he had Parkinson's disease. |
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AMERICAN SON, by Richard Blow. (Holt, $25.) The last years of John F. Kennedy Jr., as seen by a former editor at George magazine. |
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*FIND ME, by Rosie O'Donnell. (Warner, $23.95.) The actress and talk show host discusses her childhood, her motherhood and, especially, her long-distance friendship with an unwed teenage mother-to-be. |
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THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME, edited by Marlo Thomas. (Atria, $25.) More than 100 celebrities describe a turning point in their lives. |
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MASTER OF THE SENATE, by Robert A. Caro. (Knopf, $35.) The third book in a multivolume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson, covering the years 1949 to 1960. |
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STUPID WHITE MEN, by Michael Moore. (ReganBooks/ HarperCollins, $24.95.) The man behind "Roger & Me" takes aim at Republicans and Democrats, corporate America and our "nation of idiots." |
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ODD GIRL OUT, by Rachel Simmons. (Harcourt, $25.) A study of the secret lives of girls and the culture of female aggression. |
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A MIND AT A TIME, by Mel Levine. (Simon & Schuster, $26.) A professor of pediatrics examines the learning patterns of children and the various ways in which parents and other adults can help them succeed. |
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CANCER SCHMANCER, by Fran Drescher. (Warner, $22.95.) The comic actress and former star of "The Nanny" recounts her battle with uterine cancer, from diagnosis to recovery. |
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MARTHA INC., by Christopher M. Byron. (Wiley, $27.95.) A financial writer traces Martha Stewart's life story and surveys her extraordinary success in the business world. |
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LAST MAN DOWN, by Richard Picciotto with Daniel Paisner. (Berkley, $24.95.) The highest-ranking firefighter to survive the attack on the World Trade Center describes the ordeal of Sept. 11. |
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SMALL WONDER, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper- Collins, $23.95.) A collection of essays by the novelist, poet and short-story writer. |
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STILL WOMAN ENOUGH, by Loretta Lynn with Patsi Bale Cox. (Hyperion, $24.95.) The country singer tells the story of her rise to stardom. |
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*PROFILES IN COURAGE FOR OUR TIME, edited by Caroline Kennedy. (Hyperion, $23.95.) Essays by noted writers about modern elected officials who have performed acts of political courage. (+) |
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OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! by Al Franken. (Dutton, $19.95.) The author of "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" offers a cradle-to-grave manual for living. |
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A SONG FLUNG UP TO HEAVEN, by Maya Angelou. (Random House, $23.95.) The sixth and final volume in an autobiographical series that began with "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." |
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JOHN ADAMS, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster, $35.) A biography of the country's first vice president and second president. |
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BLINDED BY THE RIGHT, by David Brock. (Crown, $25.95.) The author of "The Real Anita Hill" and "The Seduction of Hillary Rodham" recounts his break with the conservative movement. (+) |
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GOOD TO GREAT, by Jim Collins. (HarperBusiness, $27.50.) Why some companies thrive and others do not. (+) |
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DRIVER #8, by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with Jade Gurss. (Warner, $23.95.) The race car driver's account of his rookie year on the Nascar circuit. |
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BIAS, by Bernard Goldberg. (Regnery, $27.95.) A television journalist who worked at CBS for many years reports on "how the media distort the news." (+) |
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THE FIRE LOVER, by Joseph Wambaugh. (Morrow, $25.95.) An investigation into the life of John Leonard Orr, an arson investigator who was also an arsonist. |
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WHAT WENT WRONG? by Bernard Lewis. (Oxford University, $23.) A scholar of Middle Eastern history examines the reaction of the Islamic world to being overshadowed by the West. |
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SHARING THE WEALTH, by Alex Spanos. (Regnery, $27.95.) A rags-to-riches memoir by the construction magnate, who is also the owner of the San Diego Chargers and a philanthropist. |
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REPORT FROM GROUND ZERO, by Dennis Smith. (Viking, $24.95.) The author of "Report From Engine Co. 82" provides accounts of the attack on the World Trade Center and the rescue efforts that followed. |
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THE ART OF STAR WARS: EPISODE 2 -- ATTACK OF THE CLONES, by Mark Cotta Vaz. (Lucas/Del Rey/Ballantine, $35.) A lavishly illustrated guide to the work of the movie's design artists. |
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WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT AMERICA, by Dinesh D'Souza. (Regnery, $27.95.) The conservative analyst's defense of the American way of life against critics both foreign and domestic. |
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SACRED CONTRACTS, by Caroline Myss. (Harmony, $25.) Reflections on "spiritual energies" and the meaning of life by the author of "Anatomy of the Spirit." |
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KNIGHT: My Story, by Bob Knight with Bob Hammel. (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's, $25.95.) The autobiography of the man who was the basketball coach at Indiana University for decades and is now at Texas Tech. |
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THE NO SPIN ZONE, by Bill O'Reilly. (Broadway, $24.95.) More political opinions from the host of the cable news program ''The O'Reilly Factor.'' |
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CROSSING OVER, by John Edward. (Jodere, $23.95.) A "psychic television host" discusses his work and recounts conversations with those who crossed the bar. |
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THE UNIVERSE IN A NUTSHELL, by Stephen Hawking. (Bantam, $35.) A copiously illustrated book in which the physicist explains breakthroughs that have occurred since he wrote "A Brief History of Time." |
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SHAKEY, by Jimmy McDonough. (Random House, $29.95.) A biography of the rock legend Neil Young. |
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ONE NATION, by the editors of Life magazine. (Little, Brown, $29.95.) Photographs and essays dealing with the events of Sept. 11. |
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BREAKING CLEAN, by Judy Blunt. (Knopf, $24.) A memoir recounts the author's hard years as a Montana farm wife and the strength it took to wrench herself away. |
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CHOSEN PREY, by John Sandford. (Berkley, $7.99.) Lucas Davenport pursues a kinky art history professor who has discovered that he likes to kill women. |
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THE SUMMERHOUSE, by Jude Deveraux. (Pocket Books, $7.99.) Three women, each of them about to turn 40, are given the chance to rewrite their pasts. |
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ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Pocket Books, $7.99.) A defense lawyer finds herself haunted by two murders that took place 110 years apart. |
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THE VILLA, by Nora Roberts. (Jove, $7.99.) A successful businesswoman is torn between her professional rivalry with a vintner and her strong attraction to him. |
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THE NEXT ACCIDENT, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam, $7.50.) An F.B.I. profiler seeks help from a former policewoman in finding his daughter's diabolical killer. |
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SUMMER IN ECLIPSE BAY, by Jayne Ann Krentz. (Jove, $7.99.) Romance and a family feud heat things up in a small Oregon town. |
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SUZANNE'S DIARY FOR NICHOLAS, by James Patterson. (Warner, $12.95.) A woman who thinks she has found the perfect man discovers he has disappeared, leaving behind someone else's journal. |
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MOVING TARGET, by Elizabeth Lowell. (Avon, $7.99.) A young woman tries to unravel the mystery of her grandmother's death. |
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*LOOKING BACK, by Belva Plain. (Dell, $7.99.) An act of betrayal forever changes the lives of three women who have been friends since their school days. |
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EMPIRE FALLS, by Richard Russo. (Vintage, $14.95.) Life in a Maine industrial town where the prospects are few. |
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ON A WICKED DAWN, by Stephanie Laurens. (Avon, $7.50.) In 19th-century London, a woman proposes marriage to the roué she has always loved. |
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THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, by Tom Clancy. (Berkley, $7.99.) Middle Eastern terrorists edge the world to the brink of nuclear war. |
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DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, by Rebecca Wells. (HarperTorch, $14.) The experiences -- marriage, motherhood, anguish -- of three generations of Southern women. |
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THE DIARY OF ELLEN RIMBAUER, edited by Joyce Reardon. (Hyperion, $6.99.) The fictional journal of the wife of a Seattle industrialist; a companion volume to the mini-series "Stephen King's Rose Red." |
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A PAINTED HOUSE, by John Grisham. (Dell, $7.99.) The experiences of a 7-year-old boy whose parents live and work in the cotton fields of Arkansas. |
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THE MANHATTAN HUNT CLUB, by John Saul. (Ballantine, $7.99.) A young man, falsely convicted of rape, is abducted to become the prey of an elite secret society which kills for sport. |
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DUST TO DUST, by Tami Hoag. (Bantam, $7.99.) Two Minneapolis police officers investigate the suspicious death of an Internal Affairs cop. |
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BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS, by Anne Tyler. (Ballantine, $14.95.) The head of an unruly extended family in Baltimore tries to recover her "original self." |
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A KISS TO REMEMBER, by Teresa Medeiros. (Bantam, $6.50.) A woman in need of a husband awakens a notorious rake, who has lost his memory, with a kiss. |
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THE LAST TIME THEY MET, by Anita Shreve. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $13.95.) Two writers who once had a passionate affair meet years later. |
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MAY THERE BE A ROAD, by Louis L'Amour. (Bantam, $4.99.) A posthumous edition of previously uncollected adventure stories. |
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KENTUCKY RICH, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra, $7.99.) When a woman returns to her family's thoroughbred horse farm after 30 years, unsettling truths emerge. |
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THURSDAYS AT EIGHT, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $7.50.) Four women who met at a journal-writing class begin regular meetings to discuss their lives. |
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FALL ON YOUR KNEES, by Ann-Marie MacDonald. (Scribner Paperback Fiction, $14.) The story of a family on Cape Breton Island, off Nova Scotia. |
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HOT RAIN, by Kat Martin. (Zebra, $6.99.) An undercover ATF agent discovers an attractive stowaway on a gun-running airplane that he is infiltrating. |
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SPIDER-MAN, by Peter David. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $6.99.) A novel based on the movie about the superhero. |
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WARRIOR CLASS, by Dale Brown. (Berkley, $7.99.) After leading a combat mission into Russia to rescue an American spy, an Air Force general finds himself at odds with the president of the United States. |
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THE EDGE OF TOWN, by Dorothy Garlock. (Warner, $6.99.) In the 1920's in Missouri, a young woman whose mother has died cares for her siblings and longs for romance. |
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HAZARD, by Jo Beverley. (Warner, $6.99.) A Regency-era heiress falls for an ex-soldier, despite his shady past. |
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THE BEACH HOUSE, by Mary Alice Monroe. (Mira, $6.50.) A woman returns to the South from Chicago to help care for her ill mother. |
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AMERICAN GODS, by Neil Gaiman. (HarperTorch, $7.99.) A man just out of prison becomes entangled in the schemes of an enigmatic grifter. |
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DARK GUARDIAN, by Christine Feehan. (Leisure Books, $6.99.) A police officer becomes the "lifemate" of a vampire-hunter. |
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TELL NO ONE, by Harlan Coben. (Dell, $6.99.) Eight years after his wife's disappearance, a doctor comes to suspect that she is still alive. |
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SULA, by Toni Morrison. (Plume, $13.) The divergent lives of two women who grew up together in the Bottom, a black neighborhood in Ohio. |
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GOOD IN BED, by Jennifer Weiner. (Washington Square Press, $13.) A woman is mortified when an ex-boyfriend begins writing a magazine column about their relationship. |
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SEABISCUIT, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Ballantine, $15.) A biography of the great horse whose career culminated in a 1938 match race with the Triple Crown winner War Admiral. |
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A CHILD CALLED "IT," by Dave Pelzer. (Health Communications, $9.95.) The autobiography of a man who survived abuse at the hands of an unstable, alcoholic mother. (+) |
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NICKEL AND DIMED, by Barbara Ehrenreich. (Metropolitan/Owl/Holt, $13.) Not getting by in America: a social critic reports on what it was like to become a member of the working poor. |
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*A BEAUTIFUL MIND, by Sylvia Nasar. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $16.) A biography of John Nash, the mathematical genius who suffered from schizophrenia and eventually won a Nobel Prize. |
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GHOST SOLDIERS, by Hampton Sides. (Anchor, $14.95.) The story of a United States Army plan to rescue prisoners of war in the Philippines in 1945. |
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THE DARWIN AWARDS, by Wendy Northcutt. (Plume, $10.) Commemorating those people whose spectacularly stupid behavior served to "improve our gene pool" by removing them from it. |
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*STOLEN LIVES, by Malika Oufkir and Michèle Fitoussi. (Talk Miramax/Hyperion, $14.) A Moroccan woman recalls the 20 years she spent in a desert jail. |
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THE LOST BOY, by Dave Pelzer. (Health Communications, $10.95.) The author of "A Child Called 'It'" recalls his life at a series of foster homes. (+) |
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KILLING PABLO, by Mark Bowden. (Penguin, $14.) The rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín drug cartel until his death in 1993. |
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FAST FOOD NATION, by Eric Schlosser. (Peren-nial/HarperCollins, $13.95.) From California subdivisions to the New Jersey Turnpike: a survey of "the dark side of the all-American meal." |
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FOUNDING BROTHERS, by Joseph J. Ellis. (Vintage, $14.) A historian's study of the intertwined lives of the nation's founders. |
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*FRENCH LESSONS, by Peter Mayle. (Vintage, $12.95.) A celebration of the gastronomic pleasures available throughout France, by the author of "A Year in Provence." |
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NAPALM & SILLY PUTTY, by George Carlin. (Hyperion, $12.95.) The comedian offers opinions on everything from God to pets to the Lone Ranger. |
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AN ALBUM OF MEMORIES, by Tom Brokaw. (Random House, $14.95.) More personal histories from members of "the greatest generation." |
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IN HARM'S WAY, by Doug Stanton. (St. Martin's, $7.99.) The sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis in World War II and the story of its survivors. |
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*THE METAPHYSICAL CLUB, by Louis Menand. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $15.) The lives and thought of William James, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey. |
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BLACK HAWK DOWN, by Mark Bowden. (Penguin, $13.95; Signet, $7.99.) The bloody battle between American forces and Somali street fighters in Mogadishu in 1993. |
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A MAN NAMED DAVE, by Dave Pelzer. (Plume, $11.) The concluding volume of a memoir that began with "A Child Called 'It'" and "The Lost Boy."(+) |
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WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE . . . AND YOUNG, by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. (Perennial, $16; HarperTorch, $7.99.) Vietnam as experienced by two battalions during a battle in 1965. |
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COMFORT ME WITH APPLES, by Ruth Reichl. (Random House, $13.95.) The second volume of memoirs, after "Tender at the Bone," by the former restaurant critic for The New York Times. |
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THE PIANO SHOP ON THE LEFT BANK, by Thad Carhart. (Random House, $13.95.) An American expatriate tells how he rediscovered his love of music at an atelier in Paris. |
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ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY, by David Sedaris. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A collection of autobiographical comic essays by the author of "Naked." |
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BEHIND THE MASK OF SPIDER-MAN, by Mark Cotta Vaz. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $20.) Behind the scenes of the film about the superhero. |
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PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE, by Gore Vidal. (Thunder's Mouth/Nation Books, $10.) The essayist and novelist explains how the United States "got to be so hated." |
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THE FIRST AMERICAN, by H. W. Brands. (Anchor, $17.) A biography of Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). |
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STAR WARS: THE NEW ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CHARACTERS, by Daniel Wallace. Illustrated by Mike Sutfin. (Lucas/Del Rey/Ballantine, $24.95.) Profiles of the cinematic heroes and villains. |
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KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $14.) A memoir-exposé by the executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles in New York. |
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APRIL 1865, by Jay Winik. (Perennial/HarperCollins, $14.95.) An account of one of the most dramatic months in American history. |
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FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM, by Thomas L. Friedman. (Anchor, $15.95.) A journalist's updated account of the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME, by Ross King. (Penguin, $13.) How a Renaissance goldsmith and clockmaker constructed the famous Duomo of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. |
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PERSONAL HISTORY, by Katharine Graham. (Vintage, $15.) The autobiography of the former publisher of The Washington Post, who died in July. (+) |
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THE NOONDAY DEMON, by Andrew Solomon. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, $16.) A personal, cultural and scientific survey of depression. |
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PARIS TO THE MOON, by Adam Gopnik. (Random House, $14.95.) Essays about France by a former Paris correspondent for The New Yorker. |
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WALKING THE BIBLE, by Bruce Feiler. (Perennial/HarperCollins, $14.95.) A 10,000-mile journey retracing the story told in the Pentateuch. |
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THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $14.95.) A journalist's study of social epidemics, otherwise known as fads. |
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Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending May 11, at almost 4,000
bookstores plus wholesalers serving 60,000 other retailers, statistically
weighted to represent all such outlets.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable
from those of the book above.
A dagger (+) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders.
Expanded rankings are available at The New York Times on the Web:
www.nytimes.com/books.
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