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NEWSLETTER Volume Thirteen • Number One
For Library Managers in Acquisitions and Collection Development
“A robust full-length portrait, in my
view the best ever written, of the most
brilliant, charismatic and dangerous
founder of them all.”—Joseph J. Ellis, Books Due:
author of Founding Brothers. The January
National Book Award-winning History, Biography, February
biographer of J. P. Morgan and John March
D. Rockefeller Sr. presents a landmark and Autobiography April
portrait of the illegitimate, self-taught 2004
orphan from the Caribbean who rose
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April 608 pp.
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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT AND THE
EPIC JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION THROUGH
LATIN AMERICA THAT CHANGED THE
WAY WE SEE THE WORLD
Gerard Helferich
The thrilling story of the scientific
genius who led the first extensive
scientific exploration of Latin America,
laying the groundwork for the sciences
of climatology, oceanography, and
geography. Illustrated with maps.
A Gotham hardcover
April 384 pp.
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A MARINE RESERVIST’S JOURNEY
FROM CAMPUS TO COMBAT IN 38 DAYS
THE FIRST WORLD WAR Buzz Williams THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUTH
Hew Strachan “Tells the honest, deeply human story A TEENAGER’S STORY OF LONGING
“A brilliant feat.”—John Keegan. of a young teacher sent off to war. That FOR ACCEPTANCE AND FRIENDSHIP
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the war in print. Strachan provides a its horrors and stupidities makes his The bestselling author supplies the
history of the war as a global conflict, tale a welcome addition to the ranks missing chapter of his life: as a boy
waged for fundamental issues that of our Gulf War storytellers.”—Joel on the threshold of adulthood.
continue to shape our values, and the Turnipseed. Photos. “A monumental series of books
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emerged as the master of us all who March 304 pp. —Richard Paul Evans.
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April 352 pp. UNVEILED
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QUITTING AMERICA than 300 nuns from a wide variety of A CHRONICLE OF MEDICAL MYSTERIES,
THE DEPARTURE OF A BLACK MAN orders, an award-winning journalist CURIOUS REMEDIES, AND BIZARRE BUT
FROM HIS NATIVE LAND is surprised to learn more about TRUE HEALING FOLKLORE
Randall Robinson motherhood, relationships, and Nancy Butcher
The distinguished African American feminism than she ever gleaned With uncommon wit and insight,
leader explains how a sense of from the outside world. Photos. the author brings together a rare
abandonment in the land of his birth A Berkley hardcover collection of medical facts and
prompted him to leave America for March 352 pp. fallacies, from arcane remedies to
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MISSISSIPPI IN AFRICA
THE SAGA OF THE SLAVES
OF PROSPECT HILL PLANTATION
AND THEIR LEGACY IN LIBERIA TODAY
Alan Huffman
A lost chapter in American history in
which two hundred freed Mississippi
slaves sail to Liberia to build a new
colony, and their subsequent repression
of the native tribes, begets a cycle of
violence that persists to this day. Maps.
A Gotham hardcover
January 336 pp.
1-592-40044-2 $27.00
THE REFORMATION
Diarmaid MacCulloch
“A masterpiece of learning, and yet
written with a disarming lightness of
touch....A magnificent achievement.”
—Andrew Pettegree, The Times Literary
Supplement. “Deserves to become the
standard history of early modern
European religion and its legacy.”—
Ronald Hutton, Independent (London).
A Viking hardcover
May 800 pp.
0-670-03296-4 $34.95
AIR POWER
THE MEN, MACHINES, AND IDEAS
THAT REVOLUTIONIZED WAR,
FROM KITTY HAWK TO GULF WAR II
Stephen Budiansky
“A truly fascinating and insightful
perspective of the history of air power.
His eloquent description of successes,
failures, controversies, and lessons is
worthy of reading by generals and
private citizens alike.”—Norman R.
Augustine, Former Chairman and CEO,
Lockheed Martin Corporation. Draws
on combat memoirs, government
archives, and museum collections.
90 b/w photos, 75 b/w illus.
A Viking hardcover
April 528 pp.
0-670-03285-9 $27.95

THE GREAT NATION

FRANCE FROM LOUIS XV TO NAPOLEON
Colin Jones
“Brilliant…the best history of
eighteenth-century France available
in any language.”—Timothy DW
Blanning, University of Cambridge. A LIFETIME GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES
A Penguin paperback original Darrell Waltrip, with Jade Gurss
January 688 pp. In the style that made him a NASCAR
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winner portrays himself as a bridge
MAO’S LAST DANCER between NASCAR’s formative days
Li Cunxin and its explosion into one of the
THE LETTERS OF JOHN world’s most popular sports.
The extraordinary memoir of a peasant
AND ABIGAIL ADAMS 16 pages b/w photos.
boy raised in rural Maoist China who
Edited by Frank Shuffelton A Putnam hardcover
was plucked from his village to study
Introduction and Notes by the editor February 320 pp.
ballet and went on to become one of
Documenting fifty-four years of 0-399-15153-2 $23.95
the greatest dancers of his generation.
an intellectually and emotionally
8 pages b/w photos.
fulfilling relationship, this unique
A Putnam hardcover THE CROSS AND THE CRESCENT
set of correspondence covers key
April 464 pp. CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM FROM
moments in American history, from
0-399-15096-X $24.95 MUHAMMAD TO THE REFORMATION
the Continental Congress through
John’s succession of George Richard Fletcher
THE COMING OF Washington as president. “Fletcher’s fine, concise history
THE THIRD REICH A Penguin Classics paperback original of early Muslim-Christian relations
Richard J. Evans January 416 pp. will bring sanity and balance to the
“Brilliant....A peerless work.”—Kirkus 0-14-243711-5 $15.00 discussion.”—Karen Armstrong, The
(starred). “Impressive in its command, Guardian (London). A brilliant, clear-
perceptive in analysis, fluent in style, sighted survey of the relationship
ALL DRESSED IN WHITE between the Islamic and Christian
and humane in judgment, this work
THE IRRESISTIBLE RISE OF worlds from the 7th to the 16th centuries.
could only have been produced by
THE AMERICAN WEDDING A Viking hardcover
a master historian.”—Ian Kershaw.
Carol McD. Wallace February 208 pp.
32 pages of photo inserts.
A witty and keenly observed social 0-670-03271-9 $22.95
A Penguin Press hardcover
history of a ritual, an industry, and
February 480 pp.
a subculture—the only social event
1-59420-004-1 $34.95 WORKING FIRE
in America where matters of money,
sex, and class are brought to the fore. Zac Unger
40 line drawings, b/w photos. A remarkable memoir, by turns funny
Winner of the John
A Penguin original paperback and deeply moving, of one man’s
Llewellyn Rhys Prize transformation from ambivalent Ivy
April 320 pp.
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by Mary Laven to do.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred).
Viking, 0-670-03183-6 A Penguin Press hardcover
March 272 pp.
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THE GREAT INFLUENZA
THE EPIC STORY OF
THE DEADLIEST PLAGUE IN HISTORY
John M. Barry
“A compelling, brilliantly researched
and written account of the people and
events surrounding a devastating
epidemic that changed America and
the world. This book is especially
relevant today as we confront new
emerging infectious diseases.”—Steve
Rosenberg, Chief of Surgery, National
Cancer Institute. 16 pages b/w photos.
A Viking hardcover
February 496 pp.
0-670-89473-7 $29.95
BLUE BLOOD
Edward Conlon
The NYPD officer who wrote the
“Cop’s Diary” in The New Yorker
under the pseudonym Marcus Laffey
depicts his life on the force, from his
first days walking a beat in the South
Bronx to his rise to detective.
A Riverhead hardcover
April 512 pp.
1-57322-266-6 $26.95
FOLLOWING THE BLOOM
ACROSS AMERICA WITH
THE MIGRATORY BEEKEEPERS
Douglas Whynott
“Biography and autobiography,
popular science and travel writing,
the history of beekeeping and the
natural history of bees...Whynott
excites our wonder.”—The New York
Times Book Review. B/w photos.
A Tarcher paperback
February 240 pp.
1-58542-280-0 $16.95
HOW I LEARNED TO COOK
AND OTHER WRITINGS ON COMPLEX
MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS
Edited by Margo Perin
A moving collection of writings in
which Jamaica Kincaid, Paula Fox,
Alice Walker, and others describe
their complicated relationships
with their mothers.
A Tarcher paperback original
February 320 pp.
1-58542-291-6 $14.95
C’EST LA VIE
AN AMERICAN CONQUERS THE
CITY OF LIGHT, BEGINS A NEW LIFE,
AND BECOMES—ZUT ALORS!—
ALMOST FRENCH
Suzy Gershman
“The most famous shopper in the
world” had always planned to retire
to Paris with her husband. But when
he dies, Suzy decides to fulfill their
dream alone. “Gershman’s love for
Paris is infectious.”—Publishers Weekly.
A Viking hardcover
January 288 pp.
0-670-03269-7 $24.95 MARTIN LUTHER
Martin Marty
America’s preeminent historian of
religion portrays the figure who
nailed 95 theses on a church door in
Wittenberg in 1517—thus sparking the
Reformation and changing the world.
A Lipper/Viking hardcover
February 176 pp.
0-670-03272-7 $19.95
SOMETHING FROM THE OVEN
REINVENTING DINNER
IN 1950S AMERICA
Laura Shapiro
A lively narrative history of how home
GOD AGAINST THE GODS cooking changed in the 1950s, from
THE HISTORY OF THE WAR BETWEEN “anti-cooking” marketing to Julia Child.
MONOTHEISM AND POLYTHEISM “A stylish and witty history of women
Jonathan Kirsch and food....Brilliantly redefines an
“An accessible and engaging study.... important period.”—Barbara Haber.
Tells us a great deal about the religious B/w photos.
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bedeviling the world today—religious
intolerance....A timely book, well-written
JOHN FOWLES
and researched.”—Leonard Shlain. A LIFE IN TWO WORLDS
A Viking hardcover Eileen Warburton
March 352 pp. The first biography of the celebrated
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based on exclusive access to the writer’s
GURDJIEFF fifty-year private diary, personal letters,
AN INTRODUCTION and interviews. 32 pp. b/w photos.
TO HIS LIFE AND IDEAS A Viking hardcover
John Shirley April 528 pp.
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genre presents a lively, accessible
portrait of one of the twentieth century’s
GORGON
most influential spiritual teachers,
THE GREATEST CATASTROPHE
the man who pioneered the culture IN EARTH’S HISTORY
of spiritual search that flourishes Peter Ward
in the West today. “A realistic account of the quotidian
A Tarcher paperback details and battles of fieldwork.”—
April 288 pp. Publishers Weekly. Depicts the lost world
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long before the age of dinosaurs until
ROUGH GUIDE their sudden extinction. Ward offers
HISTORY OF IRELAND provocative theories on the mass
Heather Farmbrough extinction and the startling implications
“Uniquely accessible pocket for us today. 16 pages b/w photos.
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era to the contemporary divide
between the north and south
of the island.
A Rough Guides paperback
March 400 pp.
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BLUE IS THE COLOUR
OF HEAVEN
A JOURNEY THROUGH AFGHANISTAN
Richard Loseby
Dodging landmines and bullets,
the author spends months traveling
through Iraq and Iran negotiating a
way into Afghanistan. Joining forces
with the Mujahedeen he finds
unexpected—and unforgettable
—friends.
A Penguin New Zealand paperback
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SACHIN
THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S
GREATEST BATSMAN
Gulu Ezekiel
Sachin Tendulkar is the world’s
greatest cricket batsman—and India’s
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