Freshman Year Reading

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Table of Contents

LIFE STORIES—Memoir, Biography,and Autobiography ..................................1

FICTION TO TALK ABOUT ............................32

INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE......................45

HISTORY AND SOCIETY................................52

LIFE & COLLEGE GUIDES ............................61

GO GREEN ....................................................68

MONEY MATTERS ........................................75

INDEX ..........................................................77

ORDER FORM ..............................................80

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As we begin a new decade full of possibility and opportunity, wewonder: How have common reading programs benefited students, andhow can they develop to meet a changing student populace? Whileanswers may vary, one thing is increasingly made clear: the selection ofthe “right” book by the “right” author about the “right” topic can makeall of the difference; so this year we present to you both classic bookswith the strongest track records and exciting new books with the bestpotential.

You’ll note that we have maintained the overall format of the catalogbut, in response to feedback, have added two new features: “Messagesfrom the Authors” and, by more popular request, “Messages from YourColleagues”, where your fellow program directors share feedback onauthors and books, such as:

“I would HIGHLY recommend this book for use in a first-year seminaror reading program. The response from our students and faculty wasincredibly positive, and Warren St. John’s presentation to our studentswas outstanding.” (Georgia Institute of Technology on Outcasts United,pgs. 14&15)

“This text captured the interest of our entire academic communitybecause Bill Strickland’s message of hope and potential crosses alldisciplines and academic levels. Our faculty actively engaged hundredsof students in a variety of curricular and co-curricular activities basedon the themes expressed in this impressive text.” (Indiana University ofPennsylvania on Make the Impossible Possible, pgs. 46&47)

“The book’s broad scope would make it ideal for an institution-widefreshman year reading program . . . Rebecca Skloot is a master of thewritten word.” (North Carolina Central University on The ImmortalLife of Henrietta Lacks, pgs. 52&53)

In addition to this print resource, we have launched a new blogdedicated solely to common reading. Visit www.commonreads.com toget the latest information on new book selections, read and sharefeedback on books, and take part in our free book offers.

Now, more than ever, let’s continue our conversation as we face a newdecade with exciting—and sometimes confounding—challenge andopportunity.

Speaking at the 2009 First-Year Experience®

Random House Luncheon in Orlando, FL

Life Stories—Memoir, Biography, and Autobiography 1

JOKER ONEA Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage,Leadership, and Brotherhood

By Donovan Campbell

Right after graduating from Princeton University, DonovanCampbell, motivated by his unwavering patriotism and

deep sense of faith, decided to join the service, realizingthat becoming a Marine officer would allow him to giveback to his country, engage in the world, and learn tolead. In this immediate, thrilling, and inspiring memoir,Campbell recounts a timeless and transcendent tale ofbrotherhood, courage, and sacrifice.

When Campbell’s platoon, Joker One, deployed to Ramadi inthe spring of 2004, they expected to build schools, train police,and make friends with the citizens. But soon, hundreds ofhardcore insurgents launched simultaneous attacks on theMarine forces in Ramadi.

Told by the man who led the unit of hard-pressed Marines,Joker One is a gripping tale of a leadership, loyalty, faith, andcamaraderie throughout the best and worst of times.

“Campbell’s narrative humanized a war, and challenged meto critically examine the ideas of leadership and socialresponsibility; topics I thought I had a handle on prior toreading Joker One.”

—Rachel Duff Anderson, Director of First-Year Experience, Siena Heights University

“Donovan Campbell, first as a Marine and then as a writer,shows us that the dominant emotion in war isn’t hatred oranger or fear. It’s love. His story stands as a poignanttribute to his men—their courage, their dedication, theirskill, and their love for one another, even unto death. This isa deeply moving book.”

—Nathaniel Fick, The New York Times bestselling author of One Bullet Away

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About the AuthorDONOVAN CAMPBELL graduated with honors from Princeton University and Harvard BusinessSchool, finished first in his class at the Marines’ Basic Officer Course, and served three combatdeployments—two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. He was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon and aBronze Star with Valor for his time in Iraq. He is now working for PepsiCo and living in Dallas, Texas,with his wife and daughter. He is the author of Joker One.

Now in Paperback

Selected for Common Reading

Siena Heights University

Website: www.joker-one.comTo view video of Donovan Campbell’s presentation at the 2009 First-Year

Experience® conference in Orlando FL, go to:http://tinyurl.com/y8spg2a

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A JOURNAL FOR JORDANA Story of Love and Honor

By Dana Canedy

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Websites:www.ajournalforjordan.com/ • www.ajournalforjordan.com/blog/

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About the AuthorDANA CANEDY is a senior editor at the The New York Times, where she has been a journalist fortwelve years. In 2001, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for “HowRace Is Lived in America,” a series on race relations in the United States. Raised near Fort Knox, shelives in New York City with her son, Jordan.

A 2009 New York Times Editors’ Choice

“The cost of war is high, the greatest price paid by those leftforever behind.” —Dana Canedy

In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to writewhat would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son

in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. He waskilled by a roadside bomb on October 14, 2006. His son,Jordan, was seven months old. A Journal for Jordan is amother’s letter to her son about the father he lost before hecould even speak—including a fiercely honest account of hersearch for answers about Charles’s death. It is also a father’sadvice and prayers for the son he will never know. Finally, thisis the story of Dana and Charles together—two seeminglymismatched souls who loved each other deeply and lost eachother too soon.

A powerful selection for common reading programs, studentswill find this to be an inspiring and resonant memoir, as wellas a compassionate introduction, a loving good-bye, areporter’s inquiry into her soldier’s life, and a heartrendingreminder of the human cost of the war in Iraq.

“A hauntingly beautiful account of a family fractured bywar.”

—The New York Times Book Review

“Canedy’s memoir speaks to military families everywhere . . . By openly and honestly revealing her side of their highlyemotional story as well, by detailing the effects of his deathon her and subsequent interactions with government brassabout burial and benefits, for example . . . she gives theproject a greater significance, making it especially relevantfor and meaningful to countless others in similar situations.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

“This tragic story of love and war reminds all Americansthat we are fortunate to have people like Sgt. Charles King,willing to die for our country. Dana Canedy bears witness tothe enduring power of love, to Sgt. King’s heroism and hisunfailing devotion to his family and his men.”

—Caroline Kennedy

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A MIGHTY LONG WAYMy Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

By Carlotta Walls LaNier with Lisa Frazier PageForeword by Bill Clinton

When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up thestairs of Little Rock Central High School on September

25, 1957, she and eight other black students only wantedto make it to class. But the journey of the “Little RockNine,” as they came to be known, would lead the nationon an even longer and much more turbulent path, one thatwould challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, andforever change the landscape of America. Complete withcompelling photographs of the time, A Mighty Long Wayshines a light on this watershed moment in civil rights history,and shows that determination, fortitude, and the ability tochange the world are not exclusive to a few special people, butare inherent within us all.

“Carlotta Walls LaNier’s A Mighty Long Way is a rivetingaccount of nine brave high school students and theirfamilies in a quest for quality desegregated publiceducation. What happened in Little Rock in 1957 resulted inAmerica’s greatest constitutional crisis since the Civil War.Carlotta’s account of events inside and outside Little RockCentral High School should be read and studied particularlyby those who now walk through doors of opportunity whichCarlotta and her schoolmates first opened over 50 yearsago. When I started her book, I couldn’t put it down. It is amust-read.”—James L. “Skip” Rutherford III, Dean of University of Arkansas

Clinton School of Public Service

“Carlotta Walls LaNier was the youngest of the Little Rock 9 to cross the color lines, political barriers and culturalchasms that circumscribed her life. She, her family andfriends paid a heavy price that burdened them even as itliberated all of us. Her memoir, which is really our memoir,provides a rare perspective on that history in the making.”

—Hank Klibanoff, Pulitzer Prize winning co-author of The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle,

and the Awakening of the Nation

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About the AuthorCARLOTTA WALLS LANIER attended Michigan State University and graduated from Colorado StateCollege—now the University of Northern Colorado, on whose board of trustees she sits. After workingfor the YWCA, she founded her own real estate brokerage firm, LaNier and Company. A sought-afterlecturer, LaNier speaks across the country, and has received the Congressional Medal of Honor and twohonorary doctorate degrees. She is the mother of two children, Whitney and Brooke, and lives inEnglewood, Colorado, with her husband, Ira.

To view video of Carlotta Walls LaNier’s presentation at the 2010

First-Year Experience® Conference in Denver, CO, go to:

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LAUGHING WITHOUT AN ACCENTAdventures of a Global Citizen

By Firoozeh Dumas



Website: www.firoozehdumas.com

In the bestselling memoir Funny in Farsi, Firoozeh Dumasrecounted her adventures growing up Iranian American in

Southern California. Now she again mines her rich Persianheritage in Laughing Without an Accent, sharing stories bothtender and humorous on being a citizen of the world, on herwell-meaning family, and on amusing cultural conundrums,all told with insights into the universality of the humancondition. (Hint: It may have to do with brushing and flossing daily).

With dry wit and a bold spirit, Dumas puts her own uniquemark on the themes of family, community, and tradition. Shebraves the uncommon palate of her French-born husband andlearns the nuances of having her book translated for Persianaudiences (the censors edit out all references to ham). Andalong the way, she reconciles her beloved Iranian customs withher Western ideals.

Moving and relevant, yet witty, Laughing Without an Accentshows how our differences can unite us—and providesindelible proof that Firoozeh Dumas is a humorist of thehighest order.

“There’s such warmth to Dumas’ writing that it invites thereader to pull up a seat at her table and smile right alongwith her at the quirks of her family and Iranians andAmericans in general.”

—Booklist

“These stories, like everything Firoozeh Dumas writes, arecharming, highly amusing vignettes of family life. Dumas isone of those rare people—a naturally gifted storyteller.”

—Alexander McCall Smith

“Humorous without being sentimental, [Dumas] speaks tothe American experience.”

—Cleveland Plain Dealer


University of Minnesota, Duluth

Author Spotlight: Firoozeh DumasFIROOZEH DUMAS was born in Abadan, Iran, and moved to California at the age ofseven. After a two-year stay, she and her family moved back to Iran and resided inAhvaz and Tehran. Two years later, Dumas returned to California, where she laterattended the University of California, Berkeley. Her first book, Funny in Farsi, was a finalistfor both the PEN/USA Award in 2004 and the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and has beenadopted in junior high, high school, and college curricula throughout the nation. It has also beenselected for several college, university, and One Book, One Community common reading programs.

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A Message from Firoozeh DumasSince 2003, over two dozen communities and schools have chosen my book, Funny in Farsi, for theircommon read. I have had the pleasure to visit and talk with most of them and I have been deeplyhonored and humbled to find that my book has been engaging and appealing to such a wide rangeof readers, whether in a high school, college, library, or community center. But all of this has mademe pause and wonder: why my book?

Funny in Farsi is a collection of short, humorous stories about my growing up Iranian in America.The book tells a story unique to my experience but, ultimately, the book is really about sharedhumanity. When I set out to write the book, my one goal was, and remains, that every reader—regardless of age, background, or color—come away from it with the idea that our commonalitiesfar outweigh our differences. I hope that this bit of knowledge encourages people to talk to oneanother knowing that the commonalities are there; we just have to look for them. And that beginswith a conversation.

So many readers tell me that my family reminds them of their own family and that my values andexperiences, both positive and negative, resonate with them. I heard this at Gallaudet Universitywhere many students are deaf; I heard this in rural Maine where many people had never met aMiddle Easterner; and I hear this at every school, library and community center where I speak.

It is within this context that people talk about my book across generations and across racial lines. Isee people united in conversation, not by American Idol, but by my family stories. My book becomestheir springboard to share ideas and engage in discussion about their lives as well as contemporaryissues. Even though my stories are about an Iranian family, they are really about being an outsider.And who among us has not experienced being an outsider? If you’ve gone through the awkwardstages of puberty, entered college as an anxious freshman, or have undergone a life transition at anyage, you’ve been there.

So I invite you to give my book a read, and consider it for use in your common reading program.Please know that both a Discussion and Teacher’s Guide are available, as is an audio edition of thebook. I truly look forward to the opportunity to come to your school, community or library (please contact Steven Barclay at [email protected] to schedule an appearance).

In these of all times, it gives me great satisfaction to know that one little book can create a littlemore understanding and knowledge in the world—and perhaps also make us laugh as well.

In the meantime, keep reading!

FUNNY IN FARSI A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaFunny in Farsi chronicles the American journey of Firoozeh Dumas’s wonderfully engagingfamily which moved from Iran to Southern California in the 1970s, arriving with no firsthandknowledge of this country.“What’s charming beyond the humor of this memoir is that it remains affectionate even in theweakest, most tenuous moments for the culture. It’s the brilliance of true sophistication at work.”

—Los Angeles Times Book Review

Selected for Common Reading at more than 20 colleges. For complete listing, go to: http://tinyurl.com/yepymcf

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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award

Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of thecollege common reading program classic, Mountains

Beyond Mountains, has been described by the Baltimore Sun asthe “master of the nonfiction narrative.” In this new book,Kidder gives us the superb story of a hero for our time. Deoarrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life.Having survived a civil war and genocide, and plagued byhorrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with 200 dollars, noknowledge of English, and no contacts. He ekes out aprecarious existence delivering groceries, living in CentralPark, and learning English by reading dictionaries inbookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who willchange his life, eventually pointing him in the direction ofColumbia University, medical school, and a life devoted tohealing. With Strength in What Remains, Kidder breaks newground in telling this unforgettable story as he travels backwith Deo over a turbulent life in search of meaning andforgiveness.

“That 63-year-old Tracy Kidder may have just written hisfinest work—indeed, one of the truly stunning books I’veread this year—is proof that the secret to memorablenonfiction is so often the writer’s readiness to be surprised.Deo’s experience can feel like this era’s version of the EllisIsland migration. Deo is propelled, so often, by pure will,and his victories . . . summon a feeling of restoredconfidence in human nature and American opportunity.Then we plunge into hell. Having only glimpses of Deo’spast, we suddenly get a full-blown portrait. Kidder’srendering of what Deo endured and survived just before heboarded the plane for New York is one of the most powerfulpassages of modern nonfiction.”

—Ron Suskind, The New York Times Book Review

“Tracy Kidder's new book Strength in What Remains is . . .narrative infused with a broad, universal appeal andoccasional touches of brilliance. He offers us fine prose,complex characters, and realistic portrayals. Deo’sresilience, his struggle to overcome adversity strikes achord in all of us. His story reaffirms our hope that oneperson can make a difference . . . [T]his book is one not tobe missed.”

—Seattle Times

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Author Spotlight: Tracy KidderTRACY KIDDER graduated from Harvard, studied at the University of Iowa, andserved as an army officer in Vietnam. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National BookAward, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He lives inMassachusetts and Maine.

STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINSBy Tracy Kidder

Website: www.tracykidder.com/To view video of Tracy Kidder’s presentation atthe 2009 First-Year Experience® conference inOrlando, FL, go to: http://tinyurl.com/yaud5t6

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MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World

By Tracy Kidder

An ALA Notable Book; A New York Times Notable BookA Popular College Common Reading Selection*

In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: tocure infectious diseases and bring the lifesaving tools of

modern medicine to those who need them most. TracyKidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can makea difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth,social systems, and disease.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy Kidder tells the true story ofmedical genius Paul Farmer and shows how one person caneffect global progress against seemingly impossibleproblems—TB, AIDS, poverty—with creativity, knowledgeand determination.

Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti,Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practicesthrough his dedication to the philosophy that “the only realnation is humanity”—a philosophy that is embodied in thesmall public charity he founded, Partners In Health. At theheart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, andon an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb,“Beyond mountains there are mountains”: as you solve oneproblem, another problem presents itself, and so you go onand try to solve that one too.

“Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, writes clearly andengagingly. . . . This book is being widely used in freshmanseminars at colleges across the United States, and it willlikely stir debates on such wide-ranging issues as thepolitics of health care, the role of government funding, andethics. Highly recommended.”

—Choice (American Library Association)



*Selected for Common Reading at over 100 Colleges and Universities.

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THINGS I’VE BEEN SILENT ABOUTMemories of a Prodigal Daughter

By Azar Nafisi

Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller,Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal

story of growing up in Iran, filled with memories of her lifelived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, and setagainst the background of a country’s political revolution. Agirl’s pain over family secrets; a young woman’s discovery ofthe power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays forfreedom in a country beset by political upheaval—these andother threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir, as agifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see theworld and “reminds us of why we read in the first place”(Newsday).

Reaching back in time to reflect on other generations in theNafisi family, Things I’ve Been Silent About is also a powerfulhistorical portrait of a family that spans many periods ofchange leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978–79,which turned Azar Nafisi’s beloved Iran into a religiousdictatorship. Writing of her mother’s historic term inParliament, even while her father—once mayor of Tehran—was in jail, Nafisi explores the remarkable “coffee hours” hermother presided over, where at first women came together togossip, to tell fortunes, and to give silent acknowledgment ofthings never spoken about, and which then evolved intogatherings where men and women would meet to openlydiscuss the unfolding revolution.

“Deeply felt . . . an affecting account of a family’s struggle.”—The New York Times

“A gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature,Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores andto seduce.”


“An immensely rewarding and beautifully written act ofcourage, by turns amusing, tender and obsessivelydogged.”

—Kirkus Reviews, starred review



AZAR NAFISI is a professor at Johns Hopkins University. She won a fellowship fromOxford and taught English literature at the University of Tehran, the Free IslamicUniversity, and Allameh Tabatabai University in Iran. She was expelled from theUniversity of Tehran for refusing to wear the veil and left Iran for America in 1997. Shehas written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, andThe New Republic, and is the author of Anti-Terra: A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels.

Author Spotlight: Azar Nafisi

Website: www.azarnafisi.com

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READING LOLITA IN TEHRANA Memoir in Books

By Azar Nafisi

Every Thursday morning for two years in the IslamicRepublic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar

Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed femalestudents to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamicmorality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran,fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blindcensor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’sliving room risked removing their veils, and immersedthemselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald,Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov.

For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gatheredseven young women at her house every Thursday morning toread and discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Theywere all former students whom she had taught at university.Some came from conservative and religious families, otherswere progressive and secular, and several had spent time injail. They were shy and uncomfortable at first, unaccustomedto being asked to speak their minds, but soon they began toopen up and to speak more freely, not only about the novelsthey were reading but also about themselves, their dreams anddisappointments. Their stories intertwined with the storiesthey were reading—Pride and Prejudice, Washington Square,Daisy Miller and Lolita—their Lolita, as they imagined her inTehran.

Reading Lolita in Tehran flashes back to the early days of therevolution, when Nafisi first started teaching at the Universityof Tehran amid the swirl of protests and demonstrations. Inthose frenetic days, the students took control of the university,expelled faculty members, and purged the curriculum. When aradical Islamist in Nafisi’s class questioned her decision toteach The Great Gatsby, which he saw as an immoral work thatpreached falsehoods of “the Great Satan,” she decided to lethim put Gatsby on trial and stood as the sole witness for thedefense.

Azar Nafisi’s story offers a fascinating portrait of the Iran-Iraqwar viewed from Tehran and gives us a rare glimpse, from theinside, of the lives of women in revolutionary Iran. It is a workof great passion, written with a startlingly original voice.

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ENRIQUE’S JOURNEYThe Story of a Boy’s Dangerous Odysseyto Reunite with His Mother

By Sonia Nazario

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeA Popular Common Reading Selection*

When Enrique was just five years old, his mother, Lourdes,seeing no other way out of their poverty in Honduras,

decided to make the hazardous trek north. Enrique and hissiblings struggled without their mother, until he finally madehis way from the rough streets of Tegucigalpa through Mexicoand across the dangerous Texan border. Journalist SoniaNazario’s expert reporting allows students to encounter eachsetback alongside Enrique, and the result is as suspenseful andharrowing as it is informative.

Enrique’s Journey is a timely account of one anguished family’sexperience with an issue of international scope and urgency—illegal immigration—but it is also a timeless, mythic story of adangerous journey undertaken to make a broken family whole.

“This portrait of poverty and family ties has the potential toreshape American conversations about immigration.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A stirring and troubling book about a magnificent journey . . . Joseph Campbell would recognize Enrique’s Journey. It’sthe stuff of myth . . . [but] Enrique’s Journey is true. . . . Amicrocosm of the massive exodus pouring over the bordersof our nations . . . Enrique’s suffering and bravery becomeuniversal, and one cannot fail to be moved by thedesperation and sheer strength of spirit that guides theselonely wanderers. . . . Enrique’s Journey is about love. It’sabout family. It’s about home. . . . The border will continue totrouble the dreams of anyone who is paying attention. . . . Enrique’s Journey is among the best border books yetwritten.”

—The Washington Post Book World

“Gripping and harrowing . . . a story begging to be told . . .readers fed up with the ongoing turf wars between fact andfiction, take note: Here is fantastic stunt reporting thatplaces this sometimes hard-to-believe story squarely in therealm of nonfiction.”

—The Christian Science Monitor



Website: www.enriquesjourney.com

*Selected for Common Reading at more than 20 Colleges and One Book, One City Programs.

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Author Spotlight: Sonia NazarioSONIA NAZARIO has spent 20 years reporting and writing about social issues, mostrecently as a projects reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Her stories have tackledsome of this country’s most intractable problems: hunger, drug addiction, immigration.She has won numerous national journalism and book awards. Nazario is a graduate ofWilliams College and has a master’s degree in Latin American studies from the Universityof California, Berkeley.


A Message from Sonia NazarioPresident Obama has vowed that in 2010, he will put immigration reform on the front burner.

That means that student interest in Enrique’s Journey, already made freshman read by 27 colleges anduniversities, will no doubt increase in the year to come.

In the fall of 2009, I traveled to nearly 20 colleges and universities to talk with students about Enrique’sJourney. These visits led to incredibly interesting and moving encounters with students who reveal differ-ent responses to my book. Many non-Latino students tell me they had no real concept of the poverty thatpushes many migrants out of places like Honduras. They say they find the story of what Enrique andother migrant children are willing to do to reach the U.S. not only moving, but instructive, forcing themto re-evaluate the values they were raised with about immigrants. One African American student inChicago told me how her grandmother had moved from Mississippi to Illinois and left her childrenbehind, an experience common among African American women leaving the South. She saidthe book gave her a deeper bond with people south of the border.

Often Mexican American students tell me they have a better understanding of the tensionsbetween Mexicans and Central Americans in the U.S.

The most moving responses, however, are from Latino students who say this is the first bookwhere they could see some glimmer of their own lives and experiences. They—or someone intheir family—made the journey to the U.S. on top of freight trains, or were separated fromparents in the process of coming to the U.S.

Immigrant students—whether from China, Russia, or Poland—told methey lived with these separations as well.

What has been most promising is to see students’ clear desire to act to try to allevi-ate the situation I describe in Enrique’s Journey. As one UNC—Greensboro studentput it so beautifully, when the U.S. decided to put a man on the moon, they said itwould take 10 years. It actually took just eight years. Some of the astronauts onthat moon mission were 18 years old when the commitment by the U.S. was first

made. “I’m 18,” he told me. “If we can put a man on the moon in less than 10 years, surely we can makeprogress in helping to create jobs in Latin America in the next decade.”

The woman who administers the freshman read program at Northern Arizona University said Enrique’sJourney appealed to her and worked for many reasons:

It appealed to both male and female students. The protagonist is close to the students’ age. The book, shesaid, is a compelling read that broadens students’ awareness of cultures not their own. Simply, it is abouta hot current issue.

The administration and faculty liked that Enrique’s Journey addressed certain themes: survival, communi-ty, education, family, diversity, racism, violence, drugs, redemption, foreign relations, politics, and theimmigration issue. They also liked that it touches on emotions some first year students might be dealingwith, such as loneliness, connection to family, and the temptation to succumb toviolence and drugs.

What I have enjoyed most about my discussions at these universities is that it hastaken a highly polarizing issue, an important issue, and forced students to see itin a nuanced way. Because for me, even as we head into renewed and heateddebates about immigration, this is an issue with many shades of gray bestexplored through research, reflection and, most importantly, conversation.

Author Spotlight: John Elder Robison


LOOK ME IN THE EYEMy Life with Asperger’s

By John Elder Robison

Ever since he was a child, John Robison longed to connectwith other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his

odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoideye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (andstick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the label,“social deviant.” No guidance came from his mother, whoconversed with light fixtures, or his father, who spent eveningspickling himself in sherry. It was no wonder he gravitated tomachines, which could, at least, be counted on.

Look Me in the Eye is the moving, darkly funny story of grow-ing up with Asperger’s at a time when the diagnosis simplydidn’t exist. A born storyteller, Robison takes you inside thehead of a boy whom teachers and other adults regarded as“defective,” who could not avail himself of KISS’s endless sup-ply of groupies (he toured with the band as tech support), andwho still has a peculiar aversion to using people’s given names(he calls his wife, “Unit Two”). He also provides a fascinatingreverse angle on the younger brother he left at the mercy oftheir nutty parents—the boy who would later change his nameto Augusten Burroughs and write the bestselling memoir,Running with Scissors.

Ultimately, this is the story of Robison’s journey from hisworld into ours, and of his new life as a husband, father, andsuccessful small business owner—repairing his beloved high-end automobiles. It’s a strange, sly, indelible account—sometimes alien, yet always deeply human.

“There’s an endearing quality to Robison and his story thattranscends the “Scissors” connection . . . Look Me in theEye is often drolly funny and seldom angry or self-pitying.Even when describing his fear that he’d grow up to be asociopathic killer, Robison brings a light touch to whatcould be construed as dark subject matter . . . Robison isalso a natural storyteller and engaging conversationalist.”

—The Boston Globe

“Robison’s memoir is must reading for its unblinking (asonly an Aspergian can) glimpse into the life of a person whohad to wait decades for the medical community to catch upwith him.”

—Booklist

“Well-written and fascinating.” —Library Journal



JOHN ELDER ROBISON lives with his wife and son in Amherst, Massachusetts. His company, JE Robison Service, repairs and restores fine European automobiles.

Websites: www.johnrobison.com • www.jerobison.blogspot.comwww.robisonservice.blogspot.com • @johnrobison on Twitter

To view video of John Elder Robison’s presentation at the 2009 First-Year Experience® conference in Orlando FL, go to: http://tinyurl.com/y8nrzbu


Defiance CollegeSUNY Potsdam

A Message from John Elder RobisonThanks for considering Look Me in the Eye for your school reading program. I am trulyhonored by all the schools that have taken up my story as a teaching tool. Seeing that, Ihave worked hard to develop supporting materials to help teachersintegrate my writing into their programs.

The paperback edition of my book has been revised for younger read-ers, and it includes a new postscript and reading group guide. Thosechanges were a good start, but many teachers asked for more, andwe’ve responded . . . .

This fall we published a comprehensive Teacher’sGuide, available for free download from the RandomHouse website: http://tinyurl.com/ydragzy. The guide was created by thestudents and staff of Houston’s Monarch School, with a little help fromme. Monarch is a nationally recognized school for kids with neurologicaldifferences, including Asperger’s. They’ve done a fine job, with chapter bychapter discussion, sample questions, and more.

I have also developed a graduate course on my book and the Aspergermind. This one-day credit course will help you understand Asperger’s,and integrate the ideas expressed in Look Me in the Eye into middle andhigh school curriculums. “The Asperger Mind” is offered through ElmsCollege in Chicopee, MA, and it will also be available online for fall 2010.

Finally, I am available to conduct workshops and talks in schools. I lovetalking to young people, teachers, and parents. It’s important to show kids

that different is not always disabled, and it is possible to builda good life in the face of adversity. You can view video frommy talks on my website, www.johnrobison.com. My eventsare scheduled by The Lavin Agency.



OUTCASTS UNITEDAn American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference

By Warren St. John

Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, aremarkable woman coach, and a small southern town

turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.

In the 1990s, that town, Clarkston, Georgia, became aresettlement center for refugees and a modern-day Ellis Islandfor scores of families from war zones in Liberia, Congo,Sudan, Iraq, and Afghanistan. The town also became home toLuma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman whofounded a youth soccer team to help keep Clarkston’s boys offthe streets. These boys named themselves the Fugees—shortfor refugees.

Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the lives of theFugees, their families, and their charismatic coach, as theystruggle to build new lives in a fading town overwhelmed bychange. Theirs is a story about resilience in the face ofextraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make adifference, and the daunting challenge of creating communityin a place where people seem to have so little in common.

“Not merely about soccer, St. John’s book teaches readersabout the social and economic difficulties of adapting to anew culture and the challenges facing a town with a newand disparate population. Despite their cultural andreligious differences and the difficulty of adaptation, theFugees came together to play soccer. This wonderful,poignant book is highly recommended . . . ”

—Library Journal, starred review

A “richly detailed, uplifting account of a young Jordanianimmigrant who created a soccer program in Georgia foryoung refugees from war-torn nations . . . educational andenriching.”

—Kirkus Reviews

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Website: www.outcastsunited.com/To view video of author discussion with educators,

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Author Spotlight: Warren St. JohnWARREN ST. JOHN is a reporter for The New York Times and the author of thenational bestseller Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer.

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A Message from Warren St. JohnFor the better part of a hundred years, Clarkston, Georgia—a community of 7,100 on onesquare mile of land east of downtown Atlanta—was a mostly white town where little ofinterest happened. In the early 1990’s, the town was designated as a resettlement center forrefugees from around the world, and refugees poured in from Southeast Asia, the Balkans,Africa and the Middle East. In less than a decade, little Clarkston, Georgia transformed intoone of the most diverse communities in the country.

Outcasts United is the story of this town, told through the lens of a soccer team of refugeeboys called the Fugees, a team founded and coached by an American-educated, Jordanian-born volunteer named Luma Mufleh. The team and its remarkable coach ultimately providethe rest of us with powerful lessons about how to create community in places where everyoneis different.

The Fugees are a paradigm of the modern-day freshman class or student body. A group ofboys from an extraordinary range of backgrounds have come together in a new place and facethe challenge of forging alliances and creating a new community. But through lessons taughtby the coach and derived from their own experiences, the boys manage to identify commongoals that override their significant cultural differences.

A nuanced and realistic approach to discussing diversity. The drama of the Fugees’ soccerseason offers a way into a more complex and nuanced discussion about diversity that is notdoctrinaire or simplistic. The book does not gloss over the challenges posed by diversecommunities, but does offer positive, real-world examples in which people in Clarkston haveturned diversity into an asset.

Expands students’ horizons. Though set in Clarkston, Georgia, Outcasts United traces theorigins of the conflicts that caused the refugees of Clarkston to flee their homes in the firstplace, in order to contextualize the refugee experience. Students learn about conflicts inLiberia, Bosnia and Kosovo, Burundi and Congo, among others. In addition, students gainvaluable insights into the struggle of other young people to assimilate into a new culture.

The importance and rewards of service. The example of Coach Luma proves the adage thatone person can make a difference. With no formal training in social work and with littleoutside support, she identified a profound local need and single-handedly took the initiativeto help meet it. In the process, she found herself with a new family that valued andappreciated her for her efforts and kindness.

Strong female role model. Luma herself offers a powerful role-model for female students.A lone female coach in a league of male coaches, she is determined—sometimes stubborn—clever and, above all, passionate on behalf of her players and their families. And throughforce-of-will she takes on local prejudices and political intransigence that works against the refugees.

Having already been selected by several universities and communities within just the first yearof its publication, Outcasts United has already spoken to thousands of students. I hope to havethe opportunity to bring the book’s message to your school as well.



A HOPE IN THE UNSEENAn American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League

By Ron Suskind

A Popular Common Reading Selection*

It is 1993, and Cedric Jennings is a bright and ferociouslydetermined honor student at Ballou, a high school in one of

Washington, D.C.’s most dangerous neighborhoods, where thedropout rate is well into double digits and just 80 students outof more than 1,350 boast an average of B or better. At Ballou,Cedric has almost no friends. He eats lunch in a classroommost days, plowing through the extra work he has asked for,knowing that he’s really competing with kids from other,harder schools. Cedric Jennings’ driving ambition—which isfully supported by his forceful mother—is to attend a top-flight college.

In September 1995, after years of near superhumandedication, he realizes that ambition when he begins as afreshman at Brown University. In this updated edition, A Hopein the Unseen chronicles Cedric’s odyssey during his last twoyears of high school, follows him through his difficult firstyear at Brown, and now tells the story of his subsequentsuccesses in college and the working world.

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Author Spotlight: Ron SuskindRON SUSKIND is a former staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. In 1995, he wonthe Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing for a two-part series about Cedric Jennings’ highschool years. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Website: www.ronsuskind.com

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The next morning blooms into a radiant, cloudless day, as it ought to be. Freshmen arrive fororientation, ferried by a grand procession of proud parents.

Barbara, tired from the drive, gets a late start and, before long, the day feels harried. It’s nearly noonby the time they get to College Hill, a steep slope on top of which Brown sits like a cloud city abovethe gritty ethnic enclaves, legendary Italian restaurants, and aging factories of Providence. “I wanted toget this all done early. Now look,” she says, sitting in the van near the Brown student union as Cedric,looking at a checklist in his orientation packet, slips out to go get his temporary student ID. “Don’t beall day, Lavar,” she calls after him, all business, “I gotta get back home.”

Cedric has drawn a desirable dorm, Andrews Hall. It’s a three-story brick horseshoe on the quieterPembroke side of campus that was renovated over the summer and now boasts fresh carpeting andnew paint. From the Andrews parking lot, they unload the van swiftly, with Cedric helping on this end.While Barbara glances tersely at other parents—mostly white, of course—unloading Lexuses andRange Rovers and Volvo wagons, she notices that Cedric seems to be increasingly relaxed—smiling atsome of the other incoming freshmen and offering unsolicited greetings.

“These dorms are nice,” Barbara notes over her shoulder to Cedric, who is dragging a trunk full oflinens behind her across the second-floor hallway carpet. Remembering Cedric’s complaints about lastsummer’s dorms, she adds, “And a lot nicer than MIT, ain’t it?”

“Lot nicer,” he says, almost shouting. “This place is nothing like MIT.”

A small paper square taped to the door of room 216 says “Cedric Lavar Jennings and Robert Burton.”Cedric fumbles with the key and opens the heavy wooden door.

“Wow,” he says.

“Hmmm, very nice,” Barbara confirms.

Excerpted from A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind Copyright © 1998 by Ron Suskind. Excerpted by permission of Broadway, a division of RandomHouse, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Praise for A Hope in the Unseen

“Ron Suskind takes us on an unforgettable, peculiarly American journey—a journey which exposes the faultlines of race and class, and yet gives one reason for hope. This is a tale of fierce power—and one whichstayed with me long after finishing the book.”

—Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here and The Other Side of the River

“Suskind uses his reporter skills brilliantly, portraying Cedric’s outer and inner life and making an eloquentthough unstated plea for affirmative action. Essential reading that provides some small hope for our socialills.”

—Library Journal (starred review)

“The drama of the story is in the mediations Cedric learns to make between the inherited and the chosen,yet ‘unseen’ parts of his life.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“A beautiful book of a heroic American struggle.”—David Halberstam in USA Today

“[An] extraordinary, formula-shattering book.”—The New York Times Book Review

“A story of sheer human grit that should be read by others as example and inspiration.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World

“Absolutely gripping. A sort of suspense novel of the human psyche. . . . It’s beyond good, it’s reallyextraordinary.”

—Walter Kirn, National Public Radio



STREET SHADOWSA Memoir of Race, Rebellion, and Redemption

By Jerald Walker

Jerald Walker was born in a Chicago housing project andraised, along with his six brothers and sisters, by blind

parents of modest means but middle-class aspirations. A boyof great promise, whose parents and teachers saw success inhis future, Jerald seemed destined to fulfill their hopes. But byage fourteen, like so many of his friends, he found himselfdrawn to the streets. By age 17, he was a school dropout, adrug addict, and a gangbanger. And then came the blast ofgunfire that changed everything: His drug-dealing friend,Greg, was shot to death—less than an hour after Walkerscored drugs from him.

Here, told in alternating time frames, is the story of thejourney that Walker took to become the man he is today—ahusband, father, teacher, and writer. Masterfully told, markedby irony and humor as well as outrage and a barely containedsadness, it is the story of a young man’s descent into the “thuglife” and the wake-up call that led him to find himself again.An eloquent account of how the past shadows but need notdetermine the present, it is also a stirring portrait of twoAmericas—one hopeless, the other inspirational—embodiedwithin one man.

“What a powerful read. From the very first sentence webegin this incredible journey with this young man intohimself . . . and the world around him. We laugh, wecertainly tighten up at times, we hope and we do indeedcheer for a happy ending. I feel as if I know Jerald Walkernot just through his words but through his heart. This is amust read for everyone who cares about the questions andthe quest that being a human requires.”

—Nikki Giovanni

“Street Shadows is a powerful memoir narrated throughcolorful and moving stories. The movement of the memoirtraces the narrator’s life through delinquency, drug use,family tensions and family tragedies and adds realemotional muscle to the voice.”

—James Alan McPherson, author of Elbow Room

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About the AuthorJERALD WALKER is an associate professor of English at Bridgewater State College. Married and thefather of two young sons, he lives in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in The BestAmerican Essays (2007 and 2009), Best African American Essays (2009 and 2010), the anthologyBrothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Missouri Review, TheIowa Review, and Mother Jones, for which he profiled Chicago’s South Side.

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BARACK OBAMA is the President of the United States and the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.

Author Spotlight: Barack Obama


DREAMS FROM MY FATHERA Story of Race and Inheritance By Barack Obama

Dreams from My Father is the best-selling book by President BarackObama. In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the sonof a black African father and a white American mother searches for aworkable meaning to his life as a black American.

“Fluidly, calmly, insightfully, Obama guides us straight to theintersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, andrace.”

—The Washington Post Book World

THE AUDACITY OF HOPEThoughts on Reclaiming the American DreamBy Barack Obama

Echoing themes he sounded in his extraordinary keynote speech at the2004 Democratic National Convention, Senator Barack Obama, andnow President-elect, speaks in this book to Americans of all stripes whoare weary of U.S. politics today, and who long for something rooted inthe faith and decency of the American Dream.

“An upbeat view of the country’s potential and a political biographythat concentrates on the Senator’s core values.”

—Chicago Tribune


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MAGNIFICENT DESOLATIONThe Long Journey Home from the MoonBy Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham

The flight of Apollo 11 made Buzz Aldrin one of the most famous people on our planet, yetfew people know the rest of this true American hero’s story. In Magnificent Desolation,Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that camewithin seconds of failure, but also opens up with remarkable candor about his morepersonal trials—and eventual triumphs—back on Earth.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-46345-6 | 336pp. | $27.00/$33.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.50

Do not order paperback before 5/11/2010.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-46346-3 | 336pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCEDBy Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui

“I’m a simple village girl whose family had to move to the capital, and I have always obeyedthe orders of the men in my family. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything.Today, I have decided to say no . . . ”

In 2008, Nujood Ali was only nine years old when her parents married her off to a man inhis thirties. At the age of ten years old she was the first child bride in Yemen to win adivorce, breaking with the tribal tradition. Written with childlike simplicity and apenetrating honesty, I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, an international bestselling memoir,is at once shocking and inspiring, disturbing and redemptive.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-58967-5 | 208pp. | $12.00/$15.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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ESCAPE FROM SADDAMThe Incredible True Story of One Man’s Journey to FreedomBy Lewis Alsamari

Born in Iraq but raised in England, 12-year-old Lewis Alsamari accompanied his father toIraq for what was supposed to be a one-month vacation. Six years later, Lewis was stilltrapped in Iraq and, worse yet, had been conscripted to Saddam Hussein’s military. Riskinghis life, he escaped across the desert to Jordan, where he saved for passage back to England.

However, his story did not end there. After reestablishing himself in England, he receivednotice that the family he’d left behind in Iraq was being imprisoned, beaten, and torturedfor his desertion, and he had to embark on another dangerous journey to free them. Escapefrom Saddam is a remarkable story of heroism sure to inform and inspire.“A hair-raising and sensitively wrought tale of an Iraqi soldier. . . . A sharply delineated personalaccount charged with great emotional power.”

—Kirkus ReviewsThree Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-39402-6 | 320pp. | $13.95/$15.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGSBy Maya Angelou“Students [. . .] find this book plunges them into a passionate, sensitive life in the midst oftroubled and sometimes brutal realities. They found Maya Angelou’s spirit and strength awellspring of pride in womanhood. Students also experienced the book as writers themselvesand learned much about the memoir craft.”

—Constance Berman, Director of Professional Studies, Southern Vermont College

Selected for Common Reading at Berry College and Luther College.


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LETTER TO MY DAUGHTERBy Maya Angelou

For a world of devoted readers, here is a much-awaited new volume of absorbing storiesand inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers. Dedicated to the daughter shenever had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path toliving well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this booktranscends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight.“A slim volume packed with nourishing nuggets of wisdom. . . . Overarching each brief chapteris the vital energy of a woman taking life’s measure with every step.”

—Kirkus Reviews“Spellbinding . . . Angelou delivers with her signature passion and fire. . . . Each [essay] deliversa powerful message.”

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AMERICAN CHICA: Two Worlds, One Childhood By Marie Arana2001 National Book Award Finalist—Non-FictionLibrary Journal Best Books of 2001—Non-FictionA New York Times Nonfiction Notable Book

Written in the tradition of Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, this is an informativeand resonant portrait of a child coming to terms with her bicultural identity. Throughout,Arana provides an unforgettable look at her two worlds: the diverse terrain of Peru, redolentwith ghosts of Incan history and mythology; and the vast prairie lands of Wyoming.“The top rank of memoir. . . . Arana’s writing skills elevate the book to outright lyricism inchapter after chapter.”

—The Denver PostDelta | TR | 978-0-385-31963-8 | 320pp. | $14.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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TEARS OF THE DESERT: A Memoir of Survival in DarfurBy Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis

Born to an affluent family, Halima Bashir was lucky enough to get an education. Returningto Darfur as a doctor was supposed to be the beginning of a time of prosperity; then theJanjaweed came. The Sudanese-backed militias raped and tortured the women of Halima’svillage, and when she spoke up against it, she was raped and tortured, herself. Having fledthe massacre of her family and friends, Halima can now tell her story and give students aglimpse into the genocide and suffering that is often overlooked or unknown by so many.One World | TR | 978-0-345-51046-4 | 352pp. | $16.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE TIES THAT BINDA Memoir of Race, Memory, and RedemptionBy Bertice Berry

In this poignant, reflective memoir, Berry skillfully relays the evolution of relations betweenthe races, from slavery to Reconstruction, from the struggles of the Civil Rights movementand the Black Power 1970s, and on to the present day. In doing so, she sheds light on apicture of the past that not only liberates but also unites and evokes the need to forgive andbe forgiven.“Berry continues to demonstrate an uncanny aptitude for weaving African American history intoentertaining, empowering stories both fictional and personal.”

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A LION CALLED CHRISTIANThe True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a LionBy Anthony Bourke and John RendallForeword by George Adamson

In 2008, an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediatelybecame an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young menand their pet lion, Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s GeorgeAdamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild. Originally published in 1971,and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 photographs of Christian fromcuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, A Lion Called Christian is a touchingand uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is destined to become one ofthe great classics of animal literature.Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-3237-0 | 256pp. | $12.99/$15.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU: Growing Up Haunted: A MemoirBy Jennifer Finney Boylan

For Jennifer Boylan, the bestselling author of She’s Not There, creaking stairs, fleeting imagesin the mirror, and the remote whisper of human voices were everyday events in thePennsylvania house in which she grew up in the 1970s. Looking back on the spirits whoinvaded her family home, Boylan launches a full investigation with the help of a group ofearnest, if questionable, ghostbusters. She also examines the ways we find connectionsbetween the people we once were and the people we become, and shows us how love,forgiveness, and humor help us find peace—with our ghosts, with our loved ones, and withthe uncanny boundaries, real and imagined, between men and women.Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-2175-6 | 288pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


SHE’S NOT THERE: A Life in Two GendersBy Jennifer Finney Boylan

She’s Not There is the unconventional memoir of a person who changes genders, a portraitof a loving marriage that withstands a radical change, and a revealing look at society’s follyin over-emphasizing the importance of fixed gender roles.“Beautifully crafted, fearless, painfully honest, inspiring and extremely witty. Jennifer FinneyBoylan is an exquisite writer with a fascinating story and this combination has resulted in one ofthe most remarkable, moving, and unforgettable memoirs in recent history.”

—Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With ScissorsBroadway | TR | 978-0-7679-1429-1 | 320pp. | $14.95/$22.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


GOD GREW TIRED OF US: A Memoir By John Bul Dau and Michael Sweeney

This unforgettable book is the first-person account of a miracle—indeed, a whole series ofmiracles. One of the uprooted youngsters known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, John Bul Dau,was 12 years old when civil war ravaged his village and shattered its age-old society, a life ofherding and agriculture marked by dignity, respect, and the simple virtues of Dinka tribaltradition. As tracer bullets split the night and mortar shells exploded around him, John fledinto the darkness—the first terrified moments of a journey that would lead him thousandsof miles into an exile that was to last many years.

God Grew Tired of Us is ultimately a searing account of hardship, famine, and war thattestifies to human resilience and kindness.

Selected for Common Reading at Cazenovia College, Otis College of Art and Design,and Graceland College (IA).

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THE BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLEA Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to ManhoodBy Ta-Nehisi Coates

This evocative memoir of family and growing up in the tough, violent world of Baltimorein the 1980s chronicles the relationship between the author and his father, a Vietnam vetand Black Panther affiliate.“Ta-Nehisi Coates is the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation.” —Walter Mosley“A searing and soulful memoir.” —Michael Eric Dyson, Author of April 4, 1968Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52746-0 | 240pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


IRAN AWAKENING: A Memoir of Revolution and Hope By Shirin Ebadi and Azadeh Moaveni

This is the moving, inspiring memoir of one of the great women of our times, Shirin Ebadi,winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for the oppressed, whose spirit hasremained strong in the face of political persecution and despite the challenges she has facedraising a family while pursuing her work.“The safety and freedom of citizens in democracies is irretrievably bound with the safety andfreedom of people like Shirin Ebadi who are fighting to reassert the best achievements ofmankind: universal human rights. One of the staunchest advocates for human rights in hercountry and beyond, Ms. Ebadi, herself a devout Muslim, represents hope for many in Muslimsocieties that Islam and democracy are indeed compatible.”

—Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in BooksRandom House | TR | 978-0-8129-7528-4 | 256pp. | $14.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE POSSIBILITY OF EVERYTHINGBy Hope Edelman

In autumn 2000, Hope Edelman, the bestselling author of Motherless Daughters, was awoman adrift, questioning her marriage, her profession, and her place in the world.Confused and worried about how to handle the existence of her three-year-old daughter’scuriously disruptive imaginary friend, Edelman and her husband decided to take her toMaya healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them banish Dodo—and, as theycame to understand, all he represented—from their lives. This deeply affecting memoir of afamily’s emotional journey explores what Edelman and her husband went looking for inBelize, and what they ultimately discovered about the things that possess and destroy, orthat can heal us all.Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-50650-4 | 352pp. | $25.00/$29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


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RESILIENCE: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life’s AdversitiesBy Elizabeth Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards is no stranger to adversity—from coping with her teenage son’s deathand her husband’s infidelity, to her own breast cancer. While on the campaign trail,Elizabeth met many others who have had to contend with serious adversity in their lives,and in Resilience, she draws on their experiences as well as her own, crafting anunsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life’sbiggest challenges. This concise, powerful, and heartfelt book is ideal for generatingdiscussion and providing inspiration.Broadway | HC | 978-0-7679-3136-6 | 224pp. | $22.95/$26.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50

Do not order paperback before 4/6/2010.Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-3156-4 | 224pp. | $12.99/$14.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE MAN WHO LIVES WITH WOLVESBy Shaun Ellis and Penny Junor

In exhilarating prose, Shaun Ellis, a man who spent years living in the wild as a member ofa wolf pack, takes us from his upbringing in the wilds of Norfolk, England, to his survivaltraining with British Army Special Forces to the Nez Percé Indian lands in Idaho, where hefirst ran with a wolf pack for nearly two years. Offering an extraordinary look into the livesof wolves, Ellis shares how he ate raw kill—and little else; washed rarely; learned to bury hisface into the carcasses of prey; communicated with the pack by his howls and bodylanguage, which over time became seemingly identical to theirs; and much more.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-46453-8 | 288pp. | $24.99/$29.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

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I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATUREThe Secret Life of Girls Around the WorldBy Eve Ensler

This daring, provocative, and insightful book delivers fictional monologues and storiesinspired by girls around the globe. Among the girls Ensler creates are an anorexic bloggingas she eats less and less; a Chinese factory worker making Barbies; and a Masai girl fromKenya unwilling to endure female genital mutilation. Through rants, poetry, questions, andfacts, we come to understand the universality of girls everywhere: their resiliency, theirwildness, their pain, their fears, their secrets, and their triumphs. This is a celebration of theauthentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speakup, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be.Villard Books | HC | 978-1-4000-6104-4 | 176pp. | $20.00/$24.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00


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BEG, BORROW, STEAL A Writer’s LifeBy Michael Greenberg

In Beg, Borrow, Steal, Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry, vivid memoir of his life asa writer of little means trying to practice his craft and simply stay alive. He finds himselfdoctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of awomen’s department store; writing about golf, a game he has never played; and botching hisdebut as a waiter in a posh restaurant. Hilarious and bittersweet, Greenberg’s stories inviteus into a world where the familial, the literary, the tragic, and the mundane not only speakto one another, but deeply enjoy the exchange.Other Press | HC | 978-1-590-51341-5 | 232pp. | $19.95/$24.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00


JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF NOA Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran By Roya Hakakian

This memoir of a young Iranian American poet and journalist is the story of one deeplyintelligent young girl’s attempt to find an authentic voice of her own during a time offamilial and national upheaval.“Poet and documentary filmmaker Hakakian presents a lyrically poignant account of hercoming-of-age years in revolution-beset Iran. . . . Reflecting on growing up both Jewish andfemale in an increasingly restrictive environment, she is able to offer a unique perspective on thesearch for spiritual sustenance in a rapidly constricting society. It is both a joy and a privilege tobear witness to one young girl’s remarkable emotional and artistic metamorphosis within astunningly repressive culture.” —Booklist

Selected for Common Reading at Indiana University–Kokomo and SUNY Potsdam.

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-609-81030-9 | 256pp. | $13.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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Ideal for MFA in Writing Programs

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THE TRANSLATOR A Tribesman’s Memoir of DarfurBy Daoud Hari

The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one personcan make a difference in the world—an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest storiesof our time. Because he chose language and storytelling as his weapons—while othersaround him were taking up arms—Hari has given us a true and necessary portrait of adeeply troubled region of our world.

Selected for Common Reading at Colorado Mountain College and Mars Hill College.

Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7917-6 | 224pp. | $13.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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LOST BOYBy Brent W. Jeffs and Maia Szalavitz

In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), girlscan become valuable property as plural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. Inthis powerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffs reveals both theterror and the love he experienced growing up on his prophet’s compound—and the harshexile existence that so many boys face once they have been expelled by the sect.Broadway | HC | 978-0-7679-3177-9 | 256pp. | $24.95/$28.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


LITTLE HEATHENSHard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great DepressionBy Mildred Armstrong KalishIowa Reader Literary Award for NonfictionOne of the 10 Best Books of the Year, The New York Times Book Review

Little Heathens offers a loving but realistic portrait of a “hearty-handshake Methodist”family that gave its members a remarkable legacy of kinship, kindness, and rememberedpleasures. Recounted in a luminous narrative filled with tenderness and humor, Kalish’smemoir of her childhood shows how the right stuff can make even the bleakest of timesseem like “quite a romp.”“Not only trustworthy and useful, but also polished by real, rare happiness. It is a very goodbook, indeed. In fact, it’s averyveryverygoodbook.”

—Elizabeth Gilbert, The New York Times Book ReviewBantam | TR | 978-0-553-38424-6 | 304pp. | $12.00/$14.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN By Louis L’Amour

From his decision to leave school at fifteen to roam the world, to his recollections of life as ahobo on the Southern Pacific Railroad, as a cattle skinner in Texas, as a merchant seaman inSingapore and the West Indies, and as an itinerant bare-knuckled prizefighter across small-town America, here is Louis L’Amour’s memoir of his lifelong love affair with learning—from books, from wondering, and from some remarkable men and women—that shapedhim as a storyteller and as a man. With this book, L’Amour proves to even the mostskeptical reader that success stories can come out of all of life’s experiences.Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-05703-4 | 240pp. | $25.00/$28.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50Bantam | MM | 978-0-553-28652-6 | 272pp. | $5.99/$7.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES: My StoryBy Lang Lang and David Ritz

Born in China to parents whose musical careers were interrupted by the CulturalRevolution, Lang Lang has emerged as one of the greatest pianists of our time. Yet despitehis fame, few in the West know of the heart-wrenching journey from his early childhood asa prodigy in an industrial city in northern China to his difficult years in Beijing to hissuccess today. This is his inspiring story—and one that will give students an appreciationfor the courage and sacrifice it takes to achieve greatness.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52457-5 | 256pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


HEAVY METAL ISLAMRock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of IslamBy Mark LeVine

In Heavy Metal Islam, Mark LeVine explores the influence of Western music on the MiddleEast through interviews with musicians and fans. The result is a revealing tour ofcontemporary Islamic culture through the evolving music scene and the fusion of twocultures in the Middle East and Northern Africa.“Using music as a prism to observe social relations, he expertly describes the political upheavaland social confusion in the Middle East that Westerners ignore or seldom understand. Thisexamination of the changing and evolving cultures in a key global region is highlyrecommended.” —Library JournalThree Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-35339-9 | 304pp. | $13.95/$15.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE: The True Story of a Cambodian HeroineBy Somaly MamIntroduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof

As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. This book is the truestory of a Cambodian heroine.

In the vein of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Ishmael Beah’s A Long Way Gone, Somaly Mam’slife is an unforgettable and inspiring story of triumph over unthinkable adversity, and putsa face and voice to a human-rights disaster of global proportions: the sprawling sex tradeindustry of Southeast Asia. Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of LostInnocence recounts the experiences of her early life, tells the story of her awakening as anactivist, and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces thatsteal the lives of young girls.

Selected for Common Reading at West Texas A&M University.

Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52622-7 | 224pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


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SIX MONTHS IN SUDANA Young Doctor in a War-Torn VillageBy James Maskalyk

In 2006, James Maskalyk, a young, single ER physician, gave up a successful practice at oneof Toronto’s finest hospitals to join Doctors Without Borders. After months of waiting, hereceived his assignment: a small village called Abyei, sandwiched in between two militarycompounds on the border of northern and southern Sudan. A memoir of volunteerism thatrecalls Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains, Six Months in Sudan is written withhumanity, conviction, and piercing insight. Here, Maskalyk chronicles the unthinkable costof war for one community, and one man’s courageous effort to bring about lasting change.Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-0-385-52651-7 | 336pp. | $25.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $12.50


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Website:heavymetalislam.net

Website: www.somaly.org

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May 2010

THE OTHER WES MOORE: The Story of One Name and Two FatesBy Wes MooreAfterword by Tavis Smiley

Two boys named Wes Moore were born in the same neighborhood of the same American cityonly a year apart. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, anda top young business leader—the other is serving a life sentence in prison. Through anunlikely friendship, the two Wes’s discovered all of the similarities in their stories, and alsothe dramatic points of inflection—involving incidents of sudden violence, luck, uninformedchoices, and powerful mentors—where their stories fatefully diverged. Here is their dramatictwinned story, set against the larger story of the persistent challenges—and new possibilities—facing young men in America.Do not order before 5/4/2010.Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-0-385-52819-1 | 240pp. | $25.00/$29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


March 2010

JENNIEMAE & JAMES: A Memoir in Black and White By Brooke Newman

In this moving memoir, Brooke Newman, the daughter of white mathematical genius, JamesNewman, and a friend of Albert Einstein, tells the story of his improbable friendship withtheir housekeeper, an illiterate, uneducated African American woman from rural Alabamanamed Jenniemae Harrington. The author elegantly weaves together the stories of two verydistinct and different individuals, each of whom had a significant impact on her upbringing.She brings their relationship, the time during the 1940s and 1950s, and the city ofWashington, D.C., to life, and the result is an inspiring memoir about friendship and loveacross the race barrier.Do not order before 3/30/2010.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-46299-2 | 320pp.| $24.00 $29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00


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HIGH: Confessions of an International Drug SmugglerBy Brian O’Dea Winner of the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Crime Writing

Brian O’Dea turned to using and selling drugs as a teen and soon was operating a $100million business. Eventually, he quit the trade and drugs and began working with recoveringaddicts, but was arrested after authorities caught up with him and sentenced him to 10 yearsin jail. In High, O’Dea candidly recounts his incredible experiences, from smuggling cocainein Bogota to the bureaucracy of the prison system, in a story of intrigue, and ultimately,redemption. O’Dea speaks regularly to university students about his life as part of aConsequences of Choice lecture.Other Press | TR | 978-1-590-51310-1 | 358pp. | $14.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


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GERTRUDA’S OATH: A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War IIBy Ram OrenTranslated by Barbara Harshav

Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three yearsold when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle hisbusiness affairs, traveled to France, leaving Michael in the care of his mother and GertrudaBablinska, a Catholic nanny devoted to the family. When Michael’s mother suffered a stroke,Gertruda promised the dying woman that she would make her way to Palestine and raiseMichael as her own son. Written with the invaluable assistance of Michael, now 72 and livingin New York City, Gertruda’s Oath re-creates Michael and Gertruda’s amazing journey.Doubleday Religion | HC | 978-0-385-52718-7 | 320pp. | $24.95/$28.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

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Website:www.brianodea.com/


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THE EAVES OF HEAVEN: A Life in Three WarsBy Andrew X. PhamA 2009 Honor Book of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association

From Andrew X. Pham, author of Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through theLandscape and Memory of Vietnam, winner of the 1999 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize,here is a son’s memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars.“Searing . . . vivid and harrowing . . . Here is war and life through the eyes of a Vietnameseeveryman.”

—Seattle TimesThree Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-38121-7 | 320pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


HUNGER OF MEMORY: The Education of Richard Rodriguez By Richard RodriguezBest Books for a Transformative New Year, NPR

Hunger of Memory is the fascinating autobiography of a Mexican American student whopays the price for social assimilation and academic success with painful alienation from hispast, his parents, and his culture.“His story is extraordinarily sensitive and compassionate, yet disarmingly objective, a genuineact of human and religious faith. Few have presented with such skill the indestructible intimacyof family love and its resilience under the stress of change. This book provides new understand-ing of the dynamism of language in establishing a person’s private and public identity.”

—Prof. Walter J. Ong, St. Louis University“Superb autobiographical essay . . . Rodriguez offers himself as an example of the long labor ofchange: its costs, its loneliness, but also its triumph.”

—The New York Times Book Review Dial Press | TR | 978-0-553-38251-8 | 224pp. | $14.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Bantam | MM | 978-0-553-27293-2 | 208pp. | $6.99/$9.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE LAST RESORT: A Memoir of ZimbabweBy Douglas Rogers

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Douglas Rogers is the son of white farmers living throughthat country’s long and tense transition from postcolonial rule. He escaped the dull futureplanned for him by his parents for one of adventure and excitement in Europe and the U.S.But when Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, launched his violent program to reclaimwhite-owned land and Rogers’ parents were caught in the cross fire, everything changed.Evoking elements of The Tender Bar and Absurdistan, here is an inspiring, coming-of-agetale about home, love, hope, responsibility, and redemption, as well as a deeply movingstory about how to survive a corrupt Third World dictatorship with a little innovation,humor, and bribery.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-40797-9 | 320pp. | $24.99/$29.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


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EVERY PATIENT TELLS A STORY: Medical Mysteries and the Art of DiagnosisBy Lisa Sanders

Here, Dr. Lisa Sanders presents an unflinching look inside diagnosis, revealing thecombination of uncertainty and intrigue that doctors face when confronting patients whoare sick or dying. Through dramatic stories of patients with baffling symptoms, she portraysthe absolute necessity and surprising difficulties of getting the patient’s story, the challengesof the physical exam, the pitfalls of doctor-to-doctor communication, and the near calamityof diagnostic errors.Broadway | HC | 978-0-7679-2246-3 | 304pp. | $25.00/$29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


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WHEN SKATEBOARDS WILL BE FREE: A MemoirBy Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

With a profound gift for capturing the absurd in life, and a deadpan wisdom that comesfrom having survived a bizarre childhood in the Socialist Worker’s Party, Saïd Sayrafiezadehpoises himself perfectly between farce and tragedy. His story is one of a struggle to makesense of oneself in the world, and to find a place within a fractured family left behind byhistory.“Skateboards is a brave, honest and elegant book. It felt like the story was being whispered inmy ear. I haven’t read a memoir in quite a while that has so skillfully made sense of an Americanchildhood.” —Colum McCannThe Dial Press | HC | 978-0-385-34068-7 | 304pp. | $22.00/$25.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

Do not order paperback before 3/30/2010.Dial Press Trade Paperback | TR | 978-0-385-34069-4 | 320pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


WILDFLOWER: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in AfricaBy Mark Seal

Veteran journalist Mark Seal takes us deep into Africa to tell the story of Joan Root, arenowned Kenyan-born ecological activist who was brutally and mysteriously murdered inher sleep. A biography featuring something for everyone—adventure, wilderness, love,passion, deception and corruption—this work introduces students to a remarkable real-lifeheroine.Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6736-7 | 256pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

Do not order paperback before 7/13/2010.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7909-1 | 272pp. | $15.00/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE SOUVENIR A Daughter Discovers Her Father’s WarBy Louise Steinman

After her parents’ deaths, Louise Steinman discovered nearly 500 letters her father hadwritten to her mother during his service in the Pacific War and a Japanese flag mysteriouslyinscribed to Yoshio Shimizu. Setting out to determine the identity of Shimizu, Steinman setoff to Japan and the Philippines, and returned to the age of her father’s innocence, whereshe learned of the tender and expressive man she’d never known. Together, Steinman’sstories and her father’s letters create an evocative testament to the ways in which warchanges one generation and shapes another.“. . . an intimate and powerful story of the effects of war.”

—James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers

Selected for Common Reading at Lane Community College and Penn State University.

North Atlantic Books | TR | 978-1-556-43701-4 | 224pp. | $15.95/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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CARTWHEELS IN A SARI A Memoir of Growing Up CultBy Jayanti Tamm

In this colorful, eye-opening memoir, Jayanti Tamm offers an unforgettable glimpse into thehidden world of growing up “cult” in mainstream America. Through Jayanti’s fascinatingstory—the first book to chronicle Sri Chinmoy—she unmasks a leader who convincesthousands of disciples to follow him, scores of nations to dedicate monuments to him, andthrongs of celebrities (Sting, Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela) to extol him. Withtenderness, insight, and humor, Jayanti explores the triumphs and trauma of her life as aninsider who longs to be an outsider, her hard-won decision to finally break free, and theunique challenges she confronts as she builds a new life.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-39392-0 | 304pp. | $22.99/$25.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50


Website: www.louisesteinman.com

To view video of Louise Steinman’s presentationat the 2009 First-Year Experience® conferencein Orlando, FL, go to: http://tinyurl.com/ycla2jp

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THE POET OF BAGHDAD A True Story of Love and DefianceBy Jo TatchellShortlisted for The Costa Biography Award 2006Long-listed for The Samuel Johnson Prize 2007

Written by Jo Tatchell, a journalist who has spent many years in the Middle East and who isa close friend of Nabeel Yasin’s, The Poet of Baghdad is the gripping story of a family and itsfateful encounter with history. From a warm, lighthearted look at the Yasin family beforethe Saddam dictatorship, to the tale of Nabeel’s persecution and daring flight, and thesuspense-filled account of his family’s rebellion against Saddam’s regime, The Poet ofBaghdad is an intimate, illuminating, deeply human chronicle of a country and a culturedevastated by political repression and war.“Jo Tatchell’s moving narrative, from Nabeel’s mouth, tells of endurance, literary resistance andthe courage of a loving, close-knit family oppressed by tyranny and war. Behind the deadlystatistics and political rhetoric, voices such as his inspire us to pity and pride.”

—The Times (London)Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-2697-3 | 368pp. | $14.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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AMERICAN WIDOWBy Alissa TorresIllustrated by Sungyoon Choi

On September 10, 2001, Eddie Torres started his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in theNorth Tower of the World Trade Center. The next morning, he said goodbye to his 71⁄2-months-pregnant wife, Alissa, and headed out the door. In an instant, Alissa’s world wasthrown into chaos.

Beautifully and thoughtfully illustrated, American Widow is the affecting account of onewoman’s journey through shock, pain, birth, and rebirth in the aftermath of a great tragedy.Villard Books | HC | 978-0-345-50069-4 | 224pp. | $22.00/$25.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

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LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF PEACE The Diary of Dang Thuy TramBy Dang Thuy TramTranslated by Andrew X. Pham

“Last night, I dreamed that Peace was established . . . ”—Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnam, June 4, 1968

Written from 1968–1970, this diary of a young, idealistic Vietnamese female doctordescribes the horrors of war and her devotion to family, country, and the Communist party.Her last entry was made the day before she died protecting her hospital.“Urgent, simple prose that pierces the heart.”

—Kirkus ReviewsThree Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-34738-1 | 256pp. | $12.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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HANDS OF MY FATHERA Hearing Boy, His Deaf Parents, and the Language of LoveBy Myron Uhlberg

“Does sound have rhythm?” my father asked. “Does it rise and fall like the ocean? Does it comeand go like the wind?”

Such were the kinds of questions posed to Myron Uhlberg, the hearing son of deaf parentsas he helped his father decipher, and understand, the elusive nature of sound. Thischallenge, among many others, shaped Uhlberg’s atypical childhood during the remarkablyeventful period spanning the Depression, World War II, and the early fifties. His is a storythat illuminates similarities and differences within one’s closest community: a family.Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-80688-5 | 256pp. | $23.00/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50


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Website:www.randomhouse.com/crown/thuytram

Spotlight: New Orleans


NINE LIVES Mystery, Magic, Death, and Life in New OrleansBy Dan Baum

In the tradition of great works of literary nonfiction like Midnight in the Garden ofGood and Evil comes a critically praised and bestselling exploration of one ofAmerica’s most haunted and fiercely loved places—New Orleans—told through theinterwoven stories of nine unforgettable characters.

“Dan Baum tests the power of a very haunting place to bring these beautifullycrafted narratives into a coherent whole—and New Orleans comes through withsoulful aplomb. Nine Lives is a masterful portrait of a fragile American outpostbetween two terrible storms.”

—Jed Horne, author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City

Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52320-2 | 368pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


BREACH OF FAITHHurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American CityBy Jed Horne

Journalist Jed Horne, a French Quarter resident, was an up-close witness to the chaosand horror of Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on his two decades in the Big Easy, Hornesteps back and locates the roots of the disaster in the culture of New Orleans; in thepolitics of this troubled city; and in the national politics of homeland security,poverty, and race relations. He addresses the government’s lackluster response to thecrisis, the polarizing debate over whether to rebuild the city, and the initialreconstruction efforts.

“[A] splendid mix of reporting and commentary. . . . Horne, with a sure grasp oflocal politics and culture, provides a [clear] sense of why things fell apart socompletely in New Orleans.”




SONG FOR MY FATHERSBy Tom Sancton

Tulane Reading Project 2006

Former Time Paris Bureau Chief and bestselling author Tom Sancton returns to theNew Orleans of his youth and the music that shaped and guided his life. Here is thestory of a young white boy driven by a consuming passion to learn the music andways of a group of aging black jazzmen in the twilight years of the segregation era.The narrative unfolds against the vivid backdrop of New Orleans in the 1950s and‘60s. Written several years before Katrina crashed into New Orleans and changed itsface forever, Song for My Fathers seems all the more moving in the wake of thatcataclysm.

Do not order before 4/20/2010.Other Press | TR | 978-1-59051-376-7 | 304pp. | $13.95/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulentepidemics that America ever experienced—the 1918 flu

epidemic—Thomas Mullen’s powerful, sweeping first novel is atale of morality in a time of upheaval, and a powerfulmeditation for our own time.

Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is asmall mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a havenfor workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, theadopted son of the town’s founder, it is a haven in anothersense—as the first place in his life he’s had a loving family tocall his own.

And yet, the ideals that define this outpost are being threatenedfrom all sides. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spiesrampant, the loyalty of all Americans is coming under scrutiny.Meanwhile, another shadow has fallen across the region in theform of a deadly illness striking down vast swaths ofsurrounding communities.

Inspired by a little-known historical footnote regarding townsthat quarantined themselves during the 1918 epidemic, TheLast Town on Earth is a remarkably moving and accomplisheddebut that stimulates discussion and debate.

“Thomas Mullen’s book, The Last Town on Earth, inspiredour students to think about choices and consequences. Mr.Mullen is not only an extraordinarily gifted writer, he is alsoan engaging speaker, wonderful listener, and an inspirationfor students of all ages.”

—Sarolta Anna Takács Dean, School of Arts and SciencesHonors Program Professor of History Rutgers, The State

University of New Jersey

“Not only is Tom Mullen’s The Last Town on Earth a com-pelling read, it was an outstanding choice for our HonorsCollege Freshman Fall Welcome. Our students were drawnto the interlocking themes of morality, compassion for one’sfellow man, the meaning of community, and the all-consum-ing ethical dilemma the citizens of Commonwealth wereforced to address. This wonderful novel was the centerpieceof an entire week of programming designed to engage ourstudents in reflective thinking and lively debate.”

–Nicholas Andreadis M.D., Dean, Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University




Bowling Green State UniversityMurray State UniversityRutgers University School of Arts andSciences Honors ProgramWestern Michigan University HonorsProgramWhitman College

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Author Spotlight: Thomas Mullen

THE LAST TOWN ON EARTHA Novel

By Thomas Mullen

THOMAS MULLEN is the author of The Many Deaths of the Firefly Brothers and TheLast Town on Earth, which was named Best Debut Novel of the Year by USA Todayand Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, and won the James Fenimore CooperPrize for excellence in historical fiction. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and son.

Website: www.thomasmullen.netTo view video of Thomas Mullen’s presentation at the2010 First-Year Experience® Conference in Denver, CO

go to: www.commonreads.com

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Also by Thomas MullenNew

THE MANY DEATHS OF THE FIREFLY BROTHERS A NovelFrom the acclaimed author of The Last Town on Earth comes an evocative new novel which detailsthe Depression-era adventures and exploits of two celebrity bank robbers known as The FireflyBrothers by the press, the authorities, and those who worship their acts as brazen, heroiccounterpunches thrown at a broken system. It’s an imaginative and mythical saga that raisesserious questions about justice, fate, and mortality.Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6753-4 | 416pp. | $26.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00


A Message from Bowling Green State University

University Libraries Department of Library Teaching and Learning

January 6, 2010

To: Random House From: BGSU Common Reading Experience Committee

Re: Endorsement of Thomas Mullen

The Last Town on Earth is one of those books our students continue to talkabout and reference. Though set in an era long ago, one can’t help but thinkabout the timeliness of this haunting piece of historical fiction because ofthe H1N1 situation we find ourselves in currently. Mullen’s characters areplentiful and carefully crafted which enabled our students to more easilyengage with the book and identify with the moral dilemmas faced by thecharacters. Mullen’s interactions with students during his campus visit gavethem the opportunity to delve even deeper—not only into the charactersand plot but into the writing process. He was patient and accessible—students responded well to Mullen which resulted in one of the best authorvisits we have had in the ten years we have had the program!

Bowling Green State University


HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEETBy Jamie Ford

In 1986, Henry Lee, a Chinese American widower, comesupon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the

gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up fordecades, but now a new owner has made an incrediblediscovery: the belongings of Japanese families left behindwhen they were rounded up and sent to internment campsduring World War II. As Henry looks on, memories take himback to the 1940s. At the height of the war, Henry meets KeikoOkabe, a young Japanese American student, at the exclusiveRainier Elementary. They forge a friendship—and an innocentlove—that transcends the long-standing prejudices of theirOld World ancestors. After Keiko and her family are evacuatedto the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with thehope that the war will end and that their promise to eachother will be kept. Decades later, Henry tries to make sense ofthe past and confront the choices he made.

Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times inAmerican history, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is anextraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. InHenry and Keiko, Jamie Ford has created an unforgettableportrait of a couple whose story teaches us of the power offorgiveness and the human heart.

“A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shamefulepisode in American history, but cautions us to examine thepresent and take heed we don’t repeat those injustices.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Ford expertly nails the sweet innocence of first love, thecruelty of racism, the blindness of patriotism, theastonishing unknowns between parents and their children,and the sadness and satisfaction at the end of a life welllived. The result is a vivid picture of a confusing and criticaltime in American history.”

—Library Journal

Ballantine | TR 978-0-345-50534-7 | 320pp.$15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


About the AuthorJAMIE FORD is an award-winning short-story writer, an alumnus of the Squaw Valley Community ofWriters, and a survivor of Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp. Having grown up near Seattle’sChinatown, he now lives in Montana with his wife and children.

Website: www.jamieford.com


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THE LAW OF DREAMSA NovelBy Peter Behrens

Driven from the only home he has known during Ireland’s Great Hunger of 1847, FergusO’Brien makes the harrowing journey from County Clare to America, traveling with boldgirls, pearl boys, navies, and highwaymen. Along the way, Fergus meets his three passionateloves—Phoebe, Luke, and Molly—vivid, unforgettable characters, fresh and willful.

Based on Peter Behrens’s own family history, The Law of Dreams is lyrical, emotional, andthoroughly extraordinary—a searing tale of ardent struggle and ultimate perseverance.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7800-1 | 416pp. | $13.95/NCR. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE SOLEMN LANTERN MAKER A NovelBy Merlinda Bobis

The magical and the humble collide in this extraordinary novel from the award-winningauthor of Banana Heart Summer. When a mute ten-year-old boy in Manila whisks anAmerican tourist injured in a drive-by shooting to the safety of the hut he shares with hismother, their lives are transformed as the wounded guest’s presence sparks long-buriedmemories—and reignites in them the power of love.Delta | TR | 978-0-385-34113-4 | 272pp. | $14.00/$17.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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FAHRENHEIT 451By Ray BradburyWinner of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

Internationally acclaimed, Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury’s landmark novel of a futuresociety where books are outlawed and only one man awakens to the evils of censorship.“Frightening in its implications . . . Mr. Bradbury’s account of this insane world, which bearsmany alarming resemblances to our own, is fascinating.”

—The New York Times

Selected for Common Reading at Illinois Central College, Randolf-Macon College, and Xavier University.

Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-41001-6 | 192pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Del Rey | MM | 978-0-345-34296-6 | 208pp. | $6.99/$8.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE GUARDIANSA NovelBy Ana Castillo

From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, movingnew novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as ateacher’s aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tía Regina is also raising her teenagenephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to thepriesthood. When Gabo’s father, Rafa, disappears while crossing over from Mexico, Reginafears the worst.“Castillo writes fiction and poetry of earthy sensuality, wry social commentary, and lyricalspiritualism that confront the cruel injustices accorded women and Mexicans in America, legaland otherwise. . . . In this tightly coiled and powerful tale. . . . At once shatteringly realistic anddramatically mystical, Castillo’s incandescent novel of suffering and love traces life’s movementtoward the light even in the bleakest of places.”

—Booklist (starred review)Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7571-0 | 240pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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BROTHERS A NovelBy Da Chen

Bestselling memoirist Da Chen delivers a sprawling, dynamic family saga, complete withassassinations, love affairs, narrowly missed opportunities, and the ineluctable fulfillment ofdestiny.“From Shaolin to the sugarloaf mountains of Gwangdong to Tiananmen Square and theskyscrapers of New York: an epic novel that neatly distills modern Chinese history. Da Chen’selegantly written novel ends on the promise of redemption . . . ”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-1-4000-9729-6 | 448pp. | $14.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE POWER OF ONEA NovelBy Bryce Courtenay

In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheidtake root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked byhumiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams—whichare nothing compared to what life actually has in store for him. He embarks on an epicjourney through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice where he will learn thepower of words, the power to transform lives, and the power of one.“The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology andmagic; schoolboy adventures, drama.”

—The New York TimesBallantine Books | TR | 978-0-345-41005-4 | 544pp. | $14.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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A MEANINGFUL LIFEBy L.J. DavisIntroduction by Jonathan Lethem

Just out of college, Lowell Lake heads to New York to make it big as a writer. Instead, he’shired as a technical editor, a job at which he toils away while passion leaks out of hismarriage. Then Lowell sinks every penny he has into a beautiful crumbling mansion in acrime-ridden section of Brooklyn. He quits his job, moves in, and devotes himself todemolition and construction. He is determined to dig up the lost history of his house, andrestore it to its past grandeur. He will make good on everything that has gone wrong withhis life, even commit murder to do it.NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-590-17300-8 | 232pp. | $14.95/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

NIKIThe Story of a DogBy Tibor DéryTranslated by Edward HyamsIntroduction by George Szirtes

The Ancsas are a middle-aged couple living on the outskirts of Budapest in a ruinousHungary that is just beginning to recover from the nightmare of World War II. Mr. Ancsahas no time for a little mongrel, pregnant with her first litter. But Niki knows better, andbefore long she is part of the Ancsa household. And when Mr. Ancsa is swept up in apolitical crackdown—disappearing without a trace for five years—it is a terrifying timeduring which Mrs. Ancsa and Niki have only each other.

The story of Niki, an ordinary dog, and the Ancsas, is an extraordinarily touching, utterlyunsentimental, parable about caring, kindness, and the endurance of love.NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-590-17318-3 | 144pp. | $14.95/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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NIKOLSKIA NovelBy Nicolas DicknerTranslated by Lazer Lederhendler

This is a sweet and quirky story of three characters who break free from their families inorder to live authentically. It follows Noah, Joyce, and the anonymous narrator as each leavetheir far-flung birthplaces to follow their own personal songs of migration. All three end upin Montreal, each on his or her voyage of self-discovery, each compelled to deal with themishaps of heartbreak and the twisted branches of their shared family tree. Filled withhumor, charm, and marvelous storytelling, this novel links cartography, garbage-obsessedarcheologists, pirates past and present, a mysterious book with no cover, and a brokencompass whose needle obstinately points to the miniscule Aleutian village of Nikolski.Trumpeter | TR | 978-1-590-30714-4 | 304pp. | $14.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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EVERY MAN DIES ALONEBy Hans FalladaTranslated by Michael Hofmann

This never-before-translated masterpiece—by a heroic bestselling writer who saw his lifecrumble when he wouldn’t join the Nazi Party—is based on a true story. It presents a richlydetailed portrait of life in Berlin under the Nazis and tells the sweeping, deeply-stirring sagaof one working-class couple who decides to take a stand when their only son is killed at thefront. With nothing but their grief and each other against the awesome power of the Reich,they launch a simple, clandestine resistance campaign that soon has an enraged Gestapo ontheir trail, and a world of terrified neighbors and cynical snitches ready to turn them in.Melville House | HC | 978-1-933-63363-3 | 544pp. | $27.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.75

Do not order paperback before 3/30/2010.Melville House | TR | 978-1-935-55404-2 | 544pp. | $18.95/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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BOMBINGHAMBy Anthony Grooms

From the war-torn rice fields of Vietnam to the riot-filled streets of Birmingham, Alabama,Bombingham is the affecting story of a middle-class black family shattered by its personalchaos. As young African American Walter Burke struggles to make sense of his presence inVietnam, he wonders if the victory of the civil rights movement meant nothing more thanbeing sent into a battlefield of another kind.

Selected for Common Reading at Marquette University, Alabama A&M University, and SUNY Oswego.

One World/Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-45293-1 | 320pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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SLOW HOMECOMINGBy Peter HandkeIntroduction by Benjamin Kunkel

A novel of self-questioning and self-discovery, Slow Homecoming begins in America, wherethe author introduces Valentin Sorger, a troubled geologist who has gone to Alaska to losehimself in his work, but now feels drawn back home: On his way to Europe he moves inominous disorientation through the great cities of America. The book’s second partidentifies Sorger as a projection of the author, who now writes directly about his ownstruggle to reconstitute himself and his art by undertaking a pilgrimage. The culmination isa deeply moving account of a new father—not so much Sorger or the author as a kind ofEveryman—and his love for his growing daughter.NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-590-17307-7 | 296pp. | $15.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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INTO THE FORESTBy Jean Hegland

Into the Forest follows two young sisters struggling to make sense of their world when theirnear-future society collapses. Hegland’s exploration of the sisters’ relationship as they godeeper into the forest reveals the full dimension of their bond, and what it means to behuman and alive in this new world.“The plot draws readers along at the same time that the details and vivid writing encouragerereading. . . . a truly admirable addition to a genre defined by the very high standards of GeorgeOrwell’s 1984 and Russell Hoban’s Ridley Walker.”

—Publishers Weekly

Selected for Common Reading at Santa Rosa Junior College and Bowling Green State University.

Bantam | TR | 978-0-553-37961-7 | 256pp. | $15.00/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


ONE FOOT WRONGBy Sofie Laguna

Imprisoned in a house by her reclusive, religious parents, Hester Wakefield has never spokento another child, nor seen the outside world. Her one possession is an illustrated children’sBible, and its imagery forms the sole basis for her capacity to make poetic, real-lifeconnections. One day she takes a brave Alice in Wonderland-trip into the forbidden outside,and this overwhelming encounter with light and sky and sunshine changes her life.

This harrowing tale challenges the boundaries of right and wrong, sanity and madness, loveand justice. Hester’s distinctive voice and her way of seeing the world illuminate every pageand make this novel an enlightening and, ultimately, uplifting and transformative experience.Other Press | TR | 978-1-590-51316-3 | 208pp. | $12.95/$15.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE LAST DAY: A NovelBy James Landis

Armed with a rifle and his deeply held faith, a young U.S. Army sniper freshly returned fromthe Iraq War to his native New Hampshire travels across ideological borders and earns anappreciation for his enemy’s culture and for what connects us all as human beings. Uponreturning home, he spends an entire day with Jesus, visiting and contemplating his own lifewith fresh eyes, and a willing heart.

This extraordinary work of compassion and healing grace combines the themes of religion,war, and poetry in a way that is wholly original, unforgettable, will resonate with skepticsand believers, and will be shared and discussed between friends and among families.Steerforth | TR | 978-1-586-42165-6 | 304pp. | $14.99/$18.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE BLUE NOTEBOOK: A NovelBy James A. Levine, M.D.

This fictional story written by Mayo Clinic doctor James A. Levine takes readers into the lifeof Batuk, a precocious 15-year-old girl from rural India who was sold into sexual slavery byher father when she was nine. As Batuk navigates the grim realities of the Common Street—a street of prostitution in Mumbai where children are kept in cages as they wait forcustomers to pay for sex—she manages to put pen to paper, recording her private thoughtsand stories in a diary where she finds hope and beauty in the bleakest circumstances.

All of the U.S. proceeds from this novel will be donated to the International and NationalCenters for Missing and Exploited Children (www.icmec.org).Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-0-385-52871-9 | 224pp. | $23.00/$26.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50

Do not order paperback before 7/6/2010.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52872-6 | 224pp. | $14.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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ANGRY BLACK WHITE BOY A Novel By Adam Mansbach

From the acclaimed author of Shackling Water comes the first great race novel of thetwenty-first century—an incendiary and ruthlessly funny satire about violence, pop culture,and American identity.“ . . . [A] revelation, a wise and funny riff on hip hop and the racial divide that has alwaysplagued America. I found that [Angry White Black Boy] could get a class talking, at the deepestlevel, about the hardest issues, with a common language of youth culture. Mansbach’s writing ismasterful, his references are erudite but accessible, and his vision is unflinching.”

—Rick Ayers, Berkeley High School, co-author, Great Books for High School Kids: A Teacher’sGuide to Books That Can Change Teens’ Lives

Currently taught in courses at over thirty colleges and universities nationwide



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THE END OF THE JEWS A NovelBy Adam Mansbach

From the author of Angry Black White Boy, this is an ambitious and affecting family dramaelevated by Mansbach’s imaginative storytelling techniques and deep empathy for hischaracters.Boldly reworking the story of Jewish assimilation around the tale of a family of fierceindividuals, this is the story of anyone willing to fight for love, art, and a place in the world.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52042-3 | 320pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


LAY THAT TRUMPET IN OUR HANDSBy Susan Carol McCarthy

Inspired by real events, Lay That Trumpet in Our Hands is a novel that tackles race politicsin the pre-Civil Rights South unlike any other book in recent memory.“Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird, McCarthy’s debut novel is an engrossing story of onegirl’s coming of age during the early years of the Civil Rights Movement.”

—Library Journal

Selected for Common Reading at numerous high schools, colleges and communities. For a complete list, go to www.tinyurl.com/yc356bg.

Bantam | TR 978-0-553-38103-0 | 288pp. | $13.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


TRUE FIRES A NovelBy Susan Carol McCarthy

Inspired by true events in Central, Florida, 1954, this is the moving story of a family exiledfrom school and community by discriminatory segregation laws. A gripping read, True Firesplumbs the depths of small-town prejudices and politics and exposes one of the grimmestfaces of injustice. This book is excellent for discussions of American history, segregation,and civil rights.“In McCarthy’s insightful, fervent second novel . . . flawless dialogue, warm characters andcompassionate wit service a moving story about the powers of love and justice.”

—Publishers WeeklyBantam | TR | 978-0-553-38104-7 | 320pp. | $13.00/$18.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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April 2010

BEATRICE AND VIRGIL: A Novel By Yann Martel

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Life of Pi, a popular common readingselection, Yann Martel’s newest book is a mesmerizing and brilliant exploration of thelimitations of language in understanding and describing the horrors of the Holocaust. Atthe center of the novel is the relationship between two Henrys—a novelist and ataxidermist—who collaborate on a play about a donkey and a howler monkey who havesurvived a genocide. Heartbreaking and utterly original, the novel asks enduring questionsabout life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. Like Life of Pi, it willelicit endless discussion among students and is destined to become a storytelling classic.Do not order before 4/13/2010.Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-1-4000-6926-2 | 224pp. | $23.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $11.50


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THE TIME IT SNOWED IN PUERTO RICO: A NovelBy Sarah McCoy

In the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Annie John comes a novel about thestruggle to break free from the people who have raised us, and the difficulties of leavingbehind one’s homeland for places unknown. Both joyous and heartbreaking, it is the storyof a young girl discovering her power and finding the strength to decide what sort ofwoman she’ll become.“In the voice of her lovably defiant adolescent narrator, Sarah McCoy tells a story of magic,myth, and mystery amid political and cultural unrest . . . A delightful debut. . . . ”

—Sheri Reynolds, author of A Gracious PlentyShaye Areheart Books | HC | 978-0-307-46007-3 | 224pp. | $19.99/$24.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $10.00


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AMERICAN RUST: A NovelBy Philipp MeyerA 2009 New York Times Notable Book

Left alone to care for his aging father after his mother commits suicide, Isaac English longsfor a life beyond his hometown. But when he finally sets out to leave for good, accompaniedby his temperamental best friend, they are caught up in a terrible act of violence thatchanges their lives forever.

Set in an economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, here is a novel of the lostAmerican dream and the desperation—as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love—that arise from its loss. It is the story of two young men bound to the town by family,responsibility, and inertia, who dream of a future beyond the factories and abandonedhomes.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52752-1 | 400pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE SPEED OF DARK: A NovelBy Elizabeth MoonWinner, 2004 Nebula Award

The Speed of Dark is an exploration into the world of Lou Arrendale, an autistic man who isoffered a chance to try a brand-new experimental “cure” for his condition. Now Lou mustdecide if he should submit to a surgery that might completely change the way he views theworld . . . and the very essence of who he is. The Speed of Dark is a fascinating work offiction ideal for discussions about choice and its consequences.

Selected for Common Reading at Clemson University, Ohio State University and SUNY Oswego.

Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-44754-8 | 368pp. $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Del Rey | MM | 978-0-345-48139-9 | 384pp. | $6.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE PATIENCE STONEBy Atiq RahimiTranslated by Polly McleanIntroduction by Khaled Hosseini

“For far too long, Afghan women have been faceless and voiceless. Until now. With ThePatience Stone, Atiq Rahimi gives face and voice to one unforgettable woman—and, onecould argue, offers her as a proxy for the grievances of millions . . . it is a rich read, partallegory, part a tale of retribution, part an exploration of honor, love, sex, marriage, war. Itis without doubt an important and courageous book.” —from the introduction by KhaledHosseini, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid SunsOther Press | HC | 978-1-590-51344-6 | 154pp. | $16.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $8.50

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MY JIM: A Novel By Nancy RawlesALEX Award Winner (American Library Association)A New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

A deeply moving recasting of one of the most controversial characters in Americanliterature, Huckleberry Finn’s Jim.

Written in the great literary tradition of novels of American slavery, My Jim is told in theincantatory voice of Sadie Watson, an ex-slave who schools her granddaughter with lessonsof love she learned in bondage. To help her granddaughter confront the decisions she needsto make, Sadie mines her memory for the tale of the unquenchable love of her life, Jim. Anuanced critique and reinvention of Twain’s great American novel, My Jim stands on itsown as a haunting and inspiring story about freedom, longing, and the remarkableendurance of love.“In a spare, naturalistic style that’s reminiscent of oral history . . . Rawles covers territory Twaindid not: Jim’s early life in captivity, his seemingly endless struggle for freedom, his love for hiswife and children, his impossible anguish upon separation.”


Selected for Seattle Reads One Book, One Community 2009.



ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONTBy Erich Maria Remarque

This is the classic anti-war novel about young German soldiers during World War I.Twenty-year old Paul Baumer’s world of work, duty, culture, and progress is shattered withthe first bombardment in the trenches, and he vows to fight against the principle of hatethat pits young men of the same generation against each other. Few other books have everachieved such dramatic acclaim or enduring success.

Selected for Common Reading at St. Louis Community College.

Ballantine | TR | 978-0-449-91149-5 | 304pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Ballantine | MM | 978-0-449-21394-0 | 304pp. | $6.99/$9.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS: A NovelBy Arundhati Roy

Winner of the prestigious Booker Prize in 1997, The God of Small Things was ArundhatiRoy’s stunning debut. Set in 1969, Rahel and Estha are twins born of a wealthy Indianfamily. The story shifts between two times: the present, where Rahel visits her mute brother,and the past, one day in December that tore the family apart. As vivid as it is powerful,Roy’s novel is reminiscent of Faulkner, Rushdie, and Márquez—a sure-fire contemporaryclassic that should be added to every student’s reading library.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7965-7 | 352pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE SATANIC VERSES A Novel By Salman Rushdie

A new edition of Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie’s fifth and best-knownnovel, which is as relevant as ever: the metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations of two menafter their plane explodes in a hijacking over the English Channel.“A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles,and jokes. Rushdie has the power of description, and we succumb.”

—The Times (London)Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7671-7 | 576pp. | $16.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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DREAMERS OF THE DAY A NovelBy Mary Doria Russell

A schoolteacher from Ohio, Agnes has come into a modest inheritance that allows her totake the trip of a lifetime to Egypt and the Holy Land. Arriving at the Semiramis Hotel justas the Peace Conference convenes, she finds herself in the company of Winston Churchilland other dignitaries who have come to decide upon the fate of the Arab world—a fate thatstill resonates today. An engrossing piece of historical fiction, this book will both enticestudents and educate them about the lasting effects of political decisions.“A remarkably vivid account of a woman’s accidental witness to history.”

—Kirkus ReviewsBallantine | TR | 978-0-345-48555-7 | 288pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


A THREAD OF GRACE A Novel By Mary Doria Russell

Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, Mary Doria Russell tells the little-known but true story of the network of Italian citizens who saved the lives of 43,000 Jewsduring the war’s final phase. The result of five years of meticulous research, A Thread ofGrace is an ambitious, engrossing novel about ordinary people taking heroic risks in the faceof a powerful evil.Ballantine | TR | 978-0-449-00413-5 | 464pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE SPARROW A NovelBy Mary Doria Russell“If you have to send a group of people to a newly discovered planet to contact a totallyunknown species, whom would you choose? How about four Jesuit priests, a youngastronomer, a physician, her engineer husband, and a child prostitute-turned-computer-expert?That’s who Mary Doria Russell sends in her new novel, The Sparrow. This motley combination ofagnostics, true believers, and misfits becomes the first to explore the Alpha Centuri world ofRakhat with both enlightening and disastrous results. . . . Vivid and engaging . . . ”

—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Selected for Common Reading at Knox College.

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SEASON OF MIGRATION TO THE NORTHBy Tayeb SalihTranslated by Denys Johnson-DaviesIntroduction by Laila Lalami

After years of study in Europe, this novel’s young narrator returns to his village along theNile in the Sudan. There, he discovers Mustafa, an enigmatic stranger who tells him abouthis own years in London, and of the series of deadly relationships with European womenthat led him back to his native land. Then Mustafa suddenly disappears, leaving the youngman—whom he has asked to look after his wife—in an unsettled, violent no-man’s-landbetween Europe and Africa, tradition and innovation, holiness and defilement, from whichno one will escape unaltered or unharmed.NYRB Classics | TR | 978-1-590-17302-2 | 184pp. | $14.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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SHANGHAI GIRLS: A NovelBy Lisa See

A fascinating new novel from author Lisa See about two sisters, two cultures, and thestruggle to find a new life in America while bound to the old.“A buoyant and lustrous paean to the bonds of sisterhood.” —Booklist“See is masterly in her powerful depictions of the prejudice and harsh treatment the sistersencounter as they try to assimilate into the strange new world of Los Angeles. Possibly the bestbook yet from the author of Peony in Love; highly recommended.”

—Library JournalRandom House | TR | 978-0-8129-8053-0 | 336pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN A Novel By Lisa SeeA New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

Lily is haunted by memories of who she once was, and of a person, long gone, who definedher existence. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a brilliantly realistic journey back to an eraof Chinese history that is as deeply moving as it is sorrowful. With the period detail anddeep resonance of Memoirs of a Geisha, this lyrical and emotionally charged novel delvesinto one of the most profound human relationships: friendship. A moving exploration ofthe power of memory, the dangers of oppression, and the redemptive powers of language.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-6806-4 | 288pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETYBy Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsA Library Journal Best Book of 2008

January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member ofthe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of theisland of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as itsname.“[A] marvelous debut. . . . Reminiscent of Helene Hanff’s 84 Charing Cross Road, this is awarm, funny, tender, and thoroughly entertaining celebration of the power of the written word.”

—Library Journal“Charming. . . . [Heroine] Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but alsofor her life—as readers will.” —Publishers Weekly

Selected for Read Across Rhode Island 2010 and SaratogaReads! 2009–2010.

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PRIDE OF BAGHDADBy Brian K. Vaughan Art by Niko HenrichonWinner, IGN Award for Best Original Graphic Novel 2006

Inspired by true events, this provocative graphic novel offers a startlingly original look atlife on the streets of Baghdad during the Iraq War. It is the fictionalized account of the truestory of four lions that escaped from the Baghdad Zoo after an American bombing in 2003.In documenting the plight of the lions—lost and confused, hungry but finally free—thisheartbreaking window into the nature of life during wartime raises questions about the truemeaning of liberation—can it be given or is it earned only through self-determination andsacrifice? And in the end, is it truly better to die free than to live life in captivity? Vertigo | TR | 978-1-401-20315-3 | 136pp. | $12.99/$15.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE A NovelBy Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world’s great anti-war books. Centering on the infamousfire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journeyof our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.“Poignant and hilarious, threaded with compassion and, behind everything, the cataract of athundering moral statement.”

—Boston GlobeDial Press | TR | 978-0-385-33384-9 | 288pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00Dell Books | MM | 978-0-440-18029-6 | 224pp. | $7.99/$9.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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SWEEPING UP GLASSBy Carolyn Wall

Someone is killing the wolves of Big Foley Mountain, and Olivia, who owns a strip ofmountain, starts to realize how much of her own bitter history she’s never understood: Hermother’s madness; her daughter’s flight to California; and most of all, her town’s fear, forOlivia has real and dangerous enemies. Now this proud, lonely woman is ready to ignite aconflict that will embroil an entire community—and change her life—in this tough andtender novel of love, race, justice, and the power of family.“The fresh voice of that clear-eyed narrator reminded me of Scout in Harper Lee’s To Kill aMockingbird. I literally could not put it down.”

—Boston GlobeDelta | TR | 978-0-385-34303-9 | 336pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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MANDELA’S WAYFifteen Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage

By Richard StengelPreface by Nelson Mandela

We long for heroes and have too few. Nelson Mandela isthe closest thing the world has to a secular saint. He

liberated a country from a system of violent prejudice andhelped unite oppressor and oppressed in a way that had neverbeen done before.

Now Time magazine editor Rick Stengel, who collaboratedwith Mandela on his bestselling autobiography and became acherished friend, distills Mandela’s wisdom into 15 vital lifelessons. Woven into these lessons are remarkable stories—ofMandela’s childhood as the protégé of a tribal king, of his earlydays as a freedom fighter, of the 27-year imprisonment thatcould not break him, and of his new and fulfilling marriage atthe age of eighty.

This profoundly inspiring book spurs us to look withinourselves, reconsider the things we take for granted, andcontemplate the legacy we’ll leave behind.

Do not order before 3/30/2010.Crown | HC 978-0-307-46068-4 | 256pp.$23.00/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50


About the AuthorRICHARD STENGEL is the editor ofTime magazine. Stengel collaboratedwith Nelson Mandela on Mandela’s best-selling 1993 autobiography, Long Walk toFreedom, and later served as coproducerof the 1996 Oscar-nominated documen-tary Mandela. He is also the author ofJanuary Sun: One Day, Three Lives, aSouth African Town. He is married toMary Pfaff, and they have two sons.

March 2010

1. Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear

2. Be Measured

3. Lead from the Front

4. Look the Part

5. Lead from the Back

6. See the Good in Others

7. Keep Your Rivals Close

8. Have a Core Principle

“Rick Stengel’s wise and moving book captures the NelsonMandela I have been privileged to know. . . . I was inspiredanew, and I know others will be too.”

—President Bill Clinton

“This delightfully inspiring book is a philosophical guide tohow we can aspire to achieve Mandela’s grace and how wecan draw upon his greatness as a model for thecomportment of our lives each day.”

—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University

“Through anecdotes both heartwarming and heartbreaking,this uplifting, inspiring volume makes Mandela’s hard-wonwisdom accessible to anyone who wants to play a part inmaking the world a better place.”

—Greg Mortenson, author of Three Cups of Tea

The 15 Lessons

9. Know When to Say No

10. Know Your Enemy

11. It’s Always Both

12. Love Makes the Difference

13. It’s a Long Game

14. Quitting Is Leading Too

15. Find Your Own Garden


MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLEOne Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary

By Bill Strickland with Vince Rause

According to MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” award winnerBill Strickland, a successful life is not something you

simply pursue, it is something that you create, moment bymoment. Over the past 30 years, Bill Strickland has beentransforming the lives of thousands of people through thecreation of Manchester Bidwell, a jobs training center andcommunity arts program. Working with corporations,community leaders, and schools, he and his staff strive to givedisadvantaged kids and adults the opportunities and tools theyneed to envision and build better, brighter futures.

Strickland believes that every one of us has the potential forremarkable achievement. Every one of us can accomplish theimpossible in our lives if given the right inspiration andmotivation to do so. Through lessons from his own lifeexperiences, and those of countless others who have overcometheir circumstances and turned their lives around, Make theImpossible Possible shows how all of us can build on ourpassions and strengths, dream bigger and set the bar higher,achieve meaningful success, and help mentor and inspire thelives of others.

“Straddling between both autobiographical and inspirationalgenre, the most exquisite beauty of this book is in itsstraightforward and heartfelt approach. There are so manyimminently quotable lines you can draw from cover tocover. This is the kind of book you’d want to read over andover again, with a marker in hand to annotate it as you read,or with a pen and paper on the side to take down notes. Oreven both. For as you share in the struggles and successesof Bill Strickland, Make The Impossible Possible is aninexhaustible wellspring of real-life inspiration.”

—Sacramento Book Review

“Bill Strickland’s story resonates beautifully with our missionas educators.”

—Dr. Anthony J. DiGiorgio, President, Winthrop University

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Indiana University of Pennsylvania Winthrop University

BILL STRICKLAND is the President and CEO of Manchester Bidwell Corporationand its subsidiaries, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild (MCG), and Bidwell Training Center(BTC). He is nationally recognized as a visionary leader who authentically deliverseducational and cultural opportunities to students and adults within an organizationalculture that fosters innovation, creativity, responsibility and integrity. Throughout Strickland’sdistinguished career, he has been honored with numerous prestigious awards for his contributions tothe arts and the community, including the coveted MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” award. The pastseveral decades have been dedicated to maintaining successful relationships with prominent nationalfoundations and political leaders who share his passion and vision for a healthier future.

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May 2010

THE ONE-WEEK JOB PROJECT One Man, One Year, 52 JobsBy Sean Aiken

Like many others in his generation, Sean Aiken graduated from college and asked himself,“What should I do with my life?” Thus he started the One-Week Job project where hetransformed his uncertainty about his future and traveled around the world working 52 jobsin 52 weeks. All his wages were donated to charity. Inventive and empowering, witty and wise,The One-Week Job Project is a book that will give students the courage to follow theirpassions.Do not order before 5/4/2010.Villard Books | TR | 978-0-345-50803-4 | 320pp. | $15.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson By Mitch AlbomA National Bestseller and Top Adoption Title

After learning of his former professor’s terminal illness, Mitch Albom flew to BrandeisUniversity, reunited with his old friend, and returned every Tuesday thereafter to visit withhim. Morrie Schwartz turned these visits into one final “class”: a lesson in how to live. Thisbook is a magical chronicle of Mitch and Morrie’s time together.

Selected for Common Reading at Concordia University, SUNY—New Paltz, University of Buffalo, University ofNorth Dakota, among other colleges.

Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-0592-3 | 208pp. | $12.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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RECLAIMING VIRTUEHow We Can Develop the Moral Intelligence to Do the Right Thing at the Right Time for the Right ReasonBy John Bradshaw

John Bradshaw brings together a lifetime of experience and teaching to redefine virtue—howwe learn it and live it—for our troubled times. Backed by ancient Greek philosophers and hislifelong study of human development to the most recent discoveries of neuroscience,Bradshaw shows that each of us has, what he calls, an inborn moral intelligence.Bantam | HC | 978-0-553-09592-0 | 528pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

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WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE?The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question By Po Bronson

“What should I do with my life?” Author Po Bronson was asking himself that very questionwhen he decided to write this book—an inspiring exploration of how people successfullytransform their lives, and a template for how we can answer this question for ourselves. Withhumor, empathy, and insight, Bronson probes the depths of people who learned how to hearthe whisper and overcame fear and confusion to find larger truths about their lives. Thisbook includes nine new stories not included in the hardcover edition.“Brimming with stories of sacrifice, courage, commitment and, sometimes, failure, the book willsupport anyone pondering a major life choice or risk without force-feeding them pat solutions.”

—Publishers Weekly

Selected for Common Reading at Rutgers College and Sam Houston State University.

Random House | TR | 978-0-375-75898-0 | 432pp. | $14.95/$22.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00 Ballantine | MM | 978-0-345-48592-2 | 464pp. | $7.99/$10.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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April 2010

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE ITFind Your Own Path to FulfillmentBy Peter Buffett

Most people probably think that having billionaire investor Warren Buffett as a fathermakes life far from average. But, as his son Peter Buffett explains, an individual’s success hasmore to do with building personal character than simply using a family platform to getahead. In Life Is What You Make It, Buffett, a musician, composer and philanthropist, sharesthe important lessons learned from his parents, an upbringing that focused on instillinghonorable values as individuals in a community and what we are able to give back.Do not order before 4/27/2010.Harmony | HC | 224pp. | 978-0-307-46471-2 | $23.99/$27.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00


April 2010

IF IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUILD ONEBy Malaak Compton-Rock

“Service is the rent we pay for living” says preeminent children’s advocate Marian WrightEdelman and this is the motto by which Malaak Compton-Rock lives her life. From achildhood grounded in the importance of giving back to her work in public relations atUNICEF to becoming a full-time mother and humanitarian, Malaak’s life has fullyembodied this sentiment. In this book, she offers an uplifting chronicle of her “journey forchange” and shows readers how and why they should embark on their own.“Malaak has taken her own life experiences with service, community and family and penned animportant how-to for taking action and giving back. I’ve been fortunate to know her and to workwith her, witnessing first-hand her dedication to helping others. If It Takes a Village, Build One isan empowering must-read for all of us working to make our communities, our country and ourworld a better place.”

—Congresswoman Maxine WatersDo not order before 4/6/2010.Broadway | HC | 978-0-767-93170-0 | 304pp. | $23.99/$29.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00


THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARYHow a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them By The Freedom Writers with Erin Gruwell

An uplifting true account of an idealistic 23-year-old teacher assigned to a room of‘unreachable, at-risk’ students, The Freedom Writers Diary details a life-changing journeythrough ignorance and misunderstanding, and includes powerful excerpts from thestudents’ own diaries. This book is not only inspiring; it offers timely social commentary as well.

Selected for Common Reading at Western New England College and Bloomsburg University.

Main Street Books | TR | 978-0-385-49422-9 | 304pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE WAY TO GODBy Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi became famous as the leader of the Indian independence movement, buthe called himself, “a man of God disguised as a politician.” The Way to God demonstrates hisenduring significance as a spiritual leader whose ideas offer insight and solace to seekers ofevery practice and persuasion. Collecting many of his most significant writings, the bookexplores the deep religious roots of Gandhi’s worldly accomplishments and reveals—in hisown words—his intellectual, moral, and spiritual approaches to the divine.North Atlantic Books | TR | 978-1-55643-784-7 | 104pp. | $12.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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ROADTRIP NATION: A Guide to Discovering Your Path In Life By Nathan Gebhard, Mike Marriner and Joanne Gordon

In this engaging career guide, two recent college graduates travel the U.S. in an RV, in searchof something other than a standard career path. From learning how to make cold calls toformulating stimulating interview questions, Roadtrip Nation gives readers practical adviceon finding the vocations that work for them. This book, which includes interviews with 140people who offer their own candid career stories, is ideal for students as they embark ontheir studies and prepare for their future occupations.Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-49638-6 | 272pp. | $13.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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DO HARD THINGS A Teenage Rebellion Against Low ExpectationsBy Alex Harris and Brett Harris

In August 2005 Alex and Brett Harris started what is now the most popular Christian teenblog on the Internet. They describe the Rebelution as “a teenage rebellion against the lowexpectations of an ungodly culture.” Written by teens for teens, this is the handbook forteens who are rebelling against pervasive low expectations and reaching for their God-givenpotential. Filled with examples from the Bible, the authors’ personal experiences, andcontemporary youth culture, this book will positively empower your teen.Multnomah Books | HC | 978-1-60142-112-8 | 256pp. | $17.99/$22.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $9.00


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START HERE Doing Hard Things Right Where You AreDo not order before 3/16/2010.Multnomah Books | TR | 978-1-60142-270-5 | 256pp. | $12.99/$15.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


PROMISES I MADE MY MOTHERBy Sam Haskell and David RensinForeword by Ray Romano

When Sam Haskell was young, his mother instilled in him the values of character, faith, andhonor by setting an example and asking him to promise to live his life according to herlessons. In this inspiring memoir full of touching stories and amusing anecdotes, Haskellreveals how he kept his pledge to his mother to live a decent life—even in Hollywood,where he handled the hottest stars and packaged the highest-rated shows at the WilliamMorris Agency—by refusing to become the cliché of an amoral agent. Haskell has achievedsuccess through self-respect, and from his story we learn how we, too, can maintain ourdignity when faced with life’s challenges.Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-50655-9 | 272pp. | $24.00/$28.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00


CHARACTER IS DESTINYInspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember By John McCain with Mark Salter

In Character Is Destiny, John McCain and Mark Salter tell the stories of celebrated historicalfigures and lesser-known heroes whose values exemplify the best of the human spirit.McCain illustrates these qualities with moving stories of triumph against the odds,righteousness in the face of iniquity, hope in adversity, and sacrifice for a cause greater thanself-interest.

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RESILIENCEFaith, Focus, TriumphBy Alonzo Mourning with Dan Wetzel

Whether petitioning himself into foster care as an 11-year-old, tirelessly studying his wayonto the dean’s list at Georgetown University, making it as an all-star center in the NBA, orreturning to peak form after organ-transplant surgery, Alonzo Mourning has shownenormous inner strength. His faith, determination, and courage are what have driven andsustained him throughout his extraordinary life.Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-50750-1 | 272pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE LIFE YOU CAN SAVEActing Now to End World PovertyBy Peter Singer

In The Life You Can Save, philosopher Peter Singer makes the irrefutable argument thatgiving will make a huge difference in the lives of others, without diminishing the quality ofour own. This book is an urgent call to action and a hopeful primer on the power ofcompassion, when mixed with rigorous investigation and careful reasoning, to lift othersout of despair.Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6710-7 | 224pp. | $22.00/$25.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.00

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STANDING TALLA Memoir of Tragedy and TriumphBy C. Vivian Stringer with Laura Tucker

“As much as I love basketball . . . it has always been a vehicle for me to instill values and self-respect in the girls I coach . . . I am the last stop before the young women I coach take theirplace in society, and it is a responsibility I take seriously. My goal is to give them the confidenceto dream big and the skills to overcome any challenges they face, whether it’s under the basketor in the boardroom.” —C. Vivian Stringer

With nothing more than true grit, hard work, and a dream, this coalminer’s daughterbecame one of the winningest and most beloved coaches in basketball, and has showncountless young women that the impossible is possible. This is her extraordinary life story.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-40627-9 | 304pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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YOU WERE BORN FOR THISSeven Keys to a Life of Predictable MiraclesBy Bruce Wilkinson

The bestselling author of The Prayer of Jabez starts with the dramatic premise that everyoneis in need of a miracle, and that God is ready to meet those needs supernaturally throughordinary people who are willing to learn the “protocol of heaven.” In the straightforward,story-driven, highly motivating style for which he is known, Wilkinson describes howanyone can be a ‘Delivery Guy’ from heaven in such universally significant arenas of life asfinances, practical help, relationships, purpose, and spiritual growth. Readers will masterseven simple tools of service, and come to say confidently, “I want to deliver a supernaturalgift from God to someone in need today—and I expect to!”Multnomah Books | HC | 978-1-60142-182-1 | 240pp. | $22.99/$27.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $11.50


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THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKSBy Rebecca Skloot

Crown | HC 978-1-4000-5217-2 | 384pp.$26.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

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REBECCA SKLOOT teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Memphis. She has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s RadioLab and PBS’s NovaScienceNOW, and her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O,The Oprah Magazine; Discover; Columbia Journalism Review, and elsewhere.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her asHeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who

worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the mostimportant tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cellsgrown in culture, they were vital for developing the poliovaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects ofthe atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitrofertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been boughtand sold by the billions, with devastating consequences for her family.

Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey,from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers full of HeLa cells,from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia—a land of wooden slave quarters, faith healings, and voodoo—to East Baltimore today, where Henrietta’s children, unable toafford health insurance, wrestle with feelings of pride, fear,and betrayal.

“This is an extraordinary book, haunting and beautifully told.” —Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation

“What is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks really about?Science, African American culture and religion, intellectualproperty of human tissues, Southern history, medical ethics,civil rights, the overselling of medical advances? . . . Thebook’s broad scope would make it ideal for an institution-wide freshman year reading program.”

—David J. Kroll, Professor and Chair, Pharmaceutical Sciences,North Carolina Central University

“Skloot’s book is wonderful—deeply felt, gracefully written,sharply reported.”

—Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief

“An incredibly readable and smart text that should be a partof countless university discussions . . . Ethically fascinatingand completely engaging—I couldn’t recommend it more.”

—Deborah Blum, Helen Firstbrook Franklin professor ofjournalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison

“A stunning illustration of how race, gender and diseaseintersect to produce a unique form of social vulnerability, thisis a poignant, necessary and brilliant book.”

—Alondra Nelson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

Author Spotlight: Rebecca Skloot

Website: Rebeccaskloot.com

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History and Society 53

A Message from Rebecca SklootI first learned about HeLa cells and the woman behind them as a teenager sitting in a freshman biologyclass. I knew only fragments of her story, but those fragments inspired me to start asking questions—about science and mortality, bioethics, and how I’d feel if my own cells were used in research. I didn’tyet know that her cells had launched a multibillion dollar industry while her children lived in poverty,or that the cells had devastating consequences for the family.

Henrietta’s story captures the imagination of students in any number of disciplines, including thesciences, medicine, African American studies, sociology, philosophy, law, bioethics, journalism, andcreative writing. I’ve spoken about HeLa at schools around the country, where students are transfixedby the story. I tell them that if you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown on a scale they would weighmore than 100 Empire State Buildings, and that HeLa has been fused with mouse cells to createHenrietta-mouse hybrid cells. It’s the stuff of science fiction, but it’s true, and students love it.Combine that with the story of Henrietta’s family—a tale about science, religion, race, and class—andstudents’ reactions are powerful.

During Q&As, the first question is usually, “Wasn’t it illegal to take her cells and use them in researchwithout asking?” The answer is no—not in 1951, and not in 2010. Today, most Americans have theirtissue on file somewhere through routine blood tests or biopsies. And since the late sixties, whentesting newborns for genetic diseases became required by law, each baby born in the United States hashad blood taken, and those samples are often stored and used by scientists. This means that themajority of college students in this country have tissues of their own being used in research, andneither they nor their parents likely realize it.

As a college professor, I always look for books that bring together the many disparate fields that stu-dents will study throughout their careers, and that allow them to explore the real-world consequencesof intellectual discoveries. Other professors tell me The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks does just that,bringing together health, community, family, ethics, religion, science, storytelling, history, business, law,and humanity.

During the spring 2010 semester, I will be speaking about my book at more than sixty schoolsnationwide. As a regular guest speaker who’s also worked as a correspondent for radio and television, Iunderstand the importance of being an engaging speaker, and my talks have been called “moving andengaging of both the heart and mind.” You can visit the schedule page of my website atRebeccaSkloot.com to see if I’ll be speaking at your school this spring, and you can contact me throughthe site. I look forward to visiting even more schools as part of their Freshman Experience Programs.

As a college biology major, I couldn’t have imagined that Henrietta’s story would lead me to become awriter, or that writing this book would be a ten-year journey. There’s no telling what effect this storycould have on students. I can’t wait to find out.

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THE MERCURY 13The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight By Martha Ackmann

In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secrettesting in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the samebattery of tests as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by theboys’ club at NASA and on Capitol Hill. A provocative tribute to these extraordinary women,The Mercury 13 is an unforgettable story of determination, resilience, and inextinguishablehope in the face of adversity.

Selected for Common Reading at Eastern Kentucky University and University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, amongother colleges.



ISLAM: A Short History By Karen Armstrong

In this compact volume, Armstrong offers a thoughtful and engaging history of Islam, cur-rently the world’s fastest-growing faith. Islam is an informative and provocative explorationof a history, a religion, and a culture which will inspire and inform discussions of currentand historical events. Includes a new Epilogue by the author and a new pronunciation guide.“A valuable corrective to the hostile caricatures of Islam that circulate in the English-speakingworld. . . . Engaging and provocative.”

—The New York TimesModern Library | TR | 978-0-8129-6618-3 | 272pp. | $14.95/$21.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


Paperback April 2010

HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR Confronting Religious FundamentalismBy Reza Aslan

At a time when religion and politics increasingly share the same vocabulary and function inthe same sphere, award-winning writer Reza Aslan writes that we must strip the conflicts ofour world of their religious connotations and address the earthly grievances that always liebehind the cosmic impulse.“In this provocative and engaging book, Reza Aslan shows why he is one of America’s leadinganalysts of the confusing and frightening forces that confront us. It is Aslan’s great gift to seethings clearly, and to say them clearly, and in this important new work he offers us a wayforward.”

—Jon Meacham, author of Pulitzer-Prize winning American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6672-8 | 256pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00



NO GOD BUT GOD The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam By Reza Aslan“Beginning with an exploration of the religious climate in the years before the Prophet’sRevelation, Aslan traces the story of Islam from the Prophet’s life and the so-called golden age ofthe first four caliphs all the way through European colonization and subsequent independence.Aslan sees religion as a story, and he tells it that way, bringing each successive century to lifewith the kind of vivid details and like-you-were-there, present-tense narration that makes popularhistory popular. . . . this is an excellent overview that doubles as an impassioned call to reform.”

—BooklistRandom House | TR | 0-8129-7189-2 | 336pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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NOBODIESModern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global EconomyBy John Bowe

In Nobodies, John Bowe travels from the agricultural quagmires of Florida to the factoriesand brothels of Saipan, filing a first-hand report on the working conditions that ourgovernment and our corporations depend on but are trying their best to ignore. Bowedelivers a sobering look at the moral costs of the cheap goods—from orange juice to cut-rate fashions—to which our economy has grown so accustomed.

This is rich and vibrant reporting—not a polemic but a presentation of things as they areon the underside of American commerce.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7184-2 | 336pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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SWAY: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational BehaviorBy Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman

Drawing on cutting-edge research from the fields of social psychology, behavioraleconomics, and organizational behavior, this engaging book reveals dynamic forces thatinfluence every aspect of our personal and business lives, including loss aversion (ourtendency to go to great lengths to avoid perceived losses), the diagnosis bias (our inability toreevaluate our initial diagnosis of a person or situation), and the “chameleon effect” (ourtendency to take on characteristics that have been arbitrarily assigned to us). A riveting lookat the hidden psychological influences that derail our decision-making, Sway will changethe way readers think about the way they think, and provoke fascinating discussions.Broadway Business | TR | 978-0-385-53060-6 | 224pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


ECOTOPIABy Ernest Callenbach

In the tradition of Huxley, Orwell, and Verne, Callenbach’s controversial and thought-provoking novel describes a future in which the West Coast states have seceded to formEcotopia, their own environmentally-sound nation.“Callenbach gives us a vivid, comprehensive, positive vision of an ecologically sustainable world.Essential reading for all who care about the earth’s future.”

—Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point

Selected for Common Reading at Muskingum College.

Bantam | TR | 978-0-553-34847-7 | 192pp. | $16.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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FACTORY GIRLS From Village to City in a Changing ChinaBy Leslie T. Chang

Former Wall Street Journal Beijing correspondent Leslie Chang investigates the lives offemale Chinese migrant workers—an enormous and growing population upon whommuch of the world’s economic growth depends. A book of global significance that providesnew insight into China, Factory Girls demonstrates how the mass movement from ruralvillages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming Chinese society, much asimmigration to America’s shores remade our own country a century ago.“Chang’s deeply affecting book tells the story of the invisible foot soldiers who made China’sstirring rise possible.”

—The New York TimesSpiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52018-8 | 448pp. | $16.00/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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SONIC BOOM: Globalization at Mach SpeedBy Gregg Easterbrook

With a terrific sense of humor, pitch-perfect reporting, and clear, elegant prose, GreggEasterbrook explains why economic recovery is on the horizon, but why the next phase ofglobal change will also be problematic. First, he contends that the world is about to becomefar more globally linked. Second, the next wave of global change will be primarily positive:Economic prosperity, knowledge and freedom will increase more in the next 50 years thanin all of human history to this point. But before you celebrate, Easterbrook warns that thenext phase of global change is going to drive us crazy. Most things will be good for mostpeople—but nothing will seem certain for anyone.Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6395-6 | 272pp. | $26.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00


THE PROGRESS PARADOX How Life Gets Better While People Feel WorseBy Gregg Easterbrook

Author Gregg Easterbrook details how the rise of technology in the Western world has ledto vast social improvements on nearly every front, from extending life spans to spreadingliteracy and wealth. However, concurrent with these trends is the widespread belief that,according to research and anecdotal evidence, most people feel less ‘happy’ and contentthan in previous generations. The reasons behind this technology-spawned paradox, and auseful method for resolving it, are explored in this timely and nuanced book.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7303-7 | 400pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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FAREWELL, MY SUBARU: An Epic Adventure in Local LivingBy Doug Fine

Did you know it takes more water to sustain a vegetable crop in New Mexico for a year thanit would to sustain a Bangladeshi village of 500? Did you know almost all components of asolar-powered water pump are made in Japan or Denmark? Did you know it takes 16,000gallons of jet fuel to fly an organic banana from Honduras to Silver City, New Mexico?Neither did Doug Fine. Farewell, My Subaru is the hilarious and inspirational account of aLong Island suburbanite’s attempt to go green—extreme green—in the middle of nowhereNew Mexico.

Selected for Common Reading at The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Villard Books | HC | 978-1-4000-6644-5 | 224pp. | $24.00/$28.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00

Do not order paperback before 3/24/2010.Villard | TR | 978-0-8129-7789-9 | 224pp. | $15.00/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE INNOCENT MANBy John Grisham

In 1982, a 21-year-old waitress in Ada, Oklahoma named Debra Sue Carter was raped andmurdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that werenever clear, they suspected former local baseball star, Ron Williamson, and his friend,Dennis Fritz, whom they wound up charging with capital murder.

With the prosecution’s case built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitchesand convicts, Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence, and Williamson was sent todeath row.

This book is a disturbing account of the very real flaws in the criminal justice system and amust-read for those interested in law, justice, and bureaucracy.

Selected for Common Reading at Greensboro College.

Dell | MM | 978-0-440-24383-0 | 448pp. | $7.99/$11.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00Delta | TR | 978-0-385-34091-5 | 400pp. | $16.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE SHAME OF THE NATION The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America By Jonathan Kozol

Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtuallyeverywhere, he has found that conditions have grown worse for inner-city children in the 15years since federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board ofEducation. In The Shame of the Nation, Kozol makes a powerful and persuasive argumentthat America needs to finally face the ongoing problems with its urban schools. Filled withthe passionate voices of children and their teachers, and some of the most revered andtrusted leaders in the black community, The Shame of the Nation is a triumph of firsthandreporting.“Segregation is back, and only a writer of Jonathon Kozol’s wisdom and passion can assess itsterrible price, one child at a time. It isn’t easy, but before we can craft a solution, we have to feelthe shame.” —Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and DimedThree Rivers Press | TR | 978-1-4000-5245-5 | 432pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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THE HARDBALL HANDBOOK: How to Win at LifeBy Chris Matthews

With his more than 40 years of experience observing people and politicians in our nation’scapital—ten of those years on Hardball, five nights a week—Chris Matthews has learnedfrom the pros what it takes to be a success. Now, Matthews shows readers what we can learnfrom the world’s most accomplished people and, more important, how we can emulate theirbest habits to improve our own lives. Written in the assertive, good-natured style that isMatthews’s trademark, he focuses on four areas—friendship, rivalry, reputation, andsuccess—and shows how we can cull the best traits of others and use them ourselves.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7597-0 | 224pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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INHERITING THE HOLY LANDAn American’s Search for Hope in the Middle East By Jennifer Miller

Writing with fierce honesty, Jennifer Miller has created an extraordinary synthesis ofhistory, reportage, and coming-of-age memoir in Inheriting the Holy Land. Hergroundbreaking perspective on the conflict is presented through interviews with youngIsraelis and Palestinians and conversations with some of the most influential officialsinvolved in the Middle East, including Shimon Peres, Yasir Arafat, James Baker, BenjaminNetanyahu, Colin Powell, Ehud Barak, and Mahmoud Abbas. This book will open eyes,open hearts, and open minds.

Selected for Common Reading at Dartmouth College.

Ballantine | TR | 978-0-345-46925-0 | 320pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A Plant’s-Eye View of the World By Michael Pollan“Pollan shines a light on our own nature as well as on our implication in the natural world.”

—The New York Times“[Pollan] has a wide-ranging intellect, an eager grasp of evolutionary biology and a subversivestreak that helps him to root out some wonderfully counterintuitive points. His prose bothshimmers and snaps, and he has a knack for finding perfect quotes in the oddest places. . . .Best of all, Pollan really loves plants.” —The New York Times Book Review

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THE DAY THE EARTH CAVED IN: An American Mining TragedyBy Joan Quigley

Beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when 12-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through theearth in his grandmother’s backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania, here is an unprecedentedand riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire. Drawing on interviews with keyparticipants and exclusive new research, award-winning journalist Joan Quigley, thegranddaughter of Centralia miners, ushers readers into the dramatic world of theunderground blaze, and paints unforgettable portraits of Centralia and its residents. LikeJonathan Harr’s A Civil Action, The Day the Earth Caved In is a seminal investigation ofindividual rights, corporate privilege, and governmental indifference to the powerless.Random House | TR | 978-0-8129-7130-9 | 288pp. | $16.00/$19.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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BORDER CROSSER: One Gringo’s Illicit Passage from Mexico into AmericaBy Johnny Rico

After risking his life as an Afghanistan stop-loss soldier, an experience he described in BloodMakes the Grass Grow Green, Johnny Rico now dares to embed himself on both sides ofAmerica’s most dangerous domestic conflict—the war for and against illegal immigration—in an exhilarating new exercise in immersion journalism. As a “typically spoiled American”who doesn’t speak a lick of Spanish, he attempts to cross the Mexican border into theUnited States illegally. Eager to tell the story from all sides, Rico also travels treacherouslywith the Border Patrol, meets extreme immigrant advocates who publish maps for illegals,visits a modern-day “underground railroad” in Texas, and hunts for miscreants with angryvigilantes.Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-50383-1 | 288pp. | $26.00/$30.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00


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AMERICAN BUFFALO In Search of a Lost IconBy Steven Rinella

In 2005, Steven Rinella won a lottery permit to hunt for a wild buffalo in the Alaskanwilderness. Despite the great odds, Rinella managed to kill one and raft the meat back tocivilization while being trailed by grizzly bears and suffering from hypothermia. AmericanBuffalo is a narrative tale of Rinella’s hunt—as well as the story of the many ways in whichthe buffalo has shaped our national identity. Both a captivating narrative and a book ofenvironmental and historical significance, this fascinating examination of an animal thathas haunted the American imagination tells us as much about ourselves as Americans as itdoes about the creature who best embodies the American ethos.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52169-7 | 304pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


Paperback March 2010

NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENTThe Tragedy at Virginia TechBy Lucinda Roy

No Right to Remain Silent offers a unique, inside perspective on the Virginia Tech tragedythat raises urgent questions about the safety of our undergraduate institutions and theresponsibility of higher education. By reading about the laws, policies, behavior, andsecurity protocols that need to be addressed, students will be more knowledgeable aboutmatters that so directly and vastly impact their lives on campus.Harmony | HC | 978-0-307-40963-8 | 336pp. | $25.00/$28.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50

Do not order paperback before 3/30/2010.Harmony | TR | 978-0-307-58770-1 | 336pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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Website: lucindaroy.net


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HEIRLOOMNotes from an Accidental Tomato FarmerBy Tim Stark

Heirloom is not just a success story of a government consultant turned organic farmer; TimStark brings rich detail and rueful humor full of passionate affection for the land andpeople to his wonderful book. And his stories of the triumphs (fleeting and infrequent) andtribulations (constant and numerous) of the farming life are ironically entertaining andinstructive.

In a time which, more than ever, we are concerned about what we eat and where it comesfrom, and about the support of local, sustainable, human-scale agriculture, this book couldnot be more pertinent—to our diets and to our American identity.Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-2707-9 | 240pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


Paperback May 2010

THE BLACK SWANThe Impact of the Highly ImprobableBy Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A black swan is a highly improbable event that is unpredictable, carries a massive impact,and later appears more predictable than it was. For Taleb, black swans underlie almosteverything about our world, from the rise of religions to events in our own personal lives.

Why do we not acknowledge these black swans until after they occur? According to Taleb,humans are hardwired to learn specifics when they should be focused on generalities. Weconcentrate on things we already know and repeatedly fail to consider what we don’t know.We are, therefore, unable to truly estimate opportunities; too vulnerable to the impulse tosimplify, narrate, and categorize; and not open enough to rewarding those brave enough toimagine the “impossible.”

Selected for Wellesley Reads 2010




BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAMEA True Story By Timothy B. TysonWinner, Grawemeyer Award for Religion 2007 A 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York Public Library Book to Remember

In the tradition of To Kill a Mockingbird, Blood Done Sign My Name is a classic work ofconscience. Tim Tyson’s riveting narrative of a fiery summer of racial conflict and onefamily’s struggle to build bridges in a time of destruction is a complex rendering of a truestory, in which violence and faith, courage and evil, despair and hope all mingle to powerful effect.“Blood Done Sign My Name is a most important book and one of the most powerfulmeditations on race in America that I have ever read.”

—Cleveland Plain Dealer

Selected for Common Reading at Furman University, Queens University of Charlotte, University of NorthCarolina—Chapel Hill, University of Wisconsin at Richland, University of Wisconsin’s College of Letters andScience, and Villanova University.



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EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our LivesBy David Sloan Wilson2007 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine (American Library Association)“Evolution for Everyone is a remarkable contribution. No other author has managed to combinemastery of the subject with such a clear and interesting explanation of what it all means forhuman self-understanding. Aimed at the general reader, yet peppered with ideas original enoughto engage scholars, it is truly a book for our time.”

—Edward O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of On Human NatureDelta | TR | 978-0-385-34092-2 | 400pp. | $15.00/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


COVERINGThe Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights By Kenji YoshinoWinner, 2006 Myers Outstanding Book AwardWinner, 2006 American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Award

In Covering, one of the country’s most brilliant young legal scholars fashions a newparadigm of civil rights. Drawing on his experiences as a gay Japanese American, Yale LawProfessor Kenji Yoshino argues that the culturally sanctioned suppression of our authenticselves is a harm from which the law should sometimes protect us. More profoundly, heclaims that law will be less important to the civil rights of the future than a commonculture of authenticity. A moving memoir and a penetrating analysis of today’s culturalmores, Yoshino’s lucid prose is accessible and thought-provoking.“Yoshino argues convincingly in this book that covering is going to become more and more acivil rights issue as the nation (and the nation’s courts) struggle with an increasingly multiethnicAmerica.”

—San Francisco Chronicle

Selected for Common Reading at Pomona College, Yale University, University of North Carolina at ChapelHill, and Virginia Commonwealth University.


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THE LUCIFER EFFECTUnderstanding How Good People Turn EvilBy Philip ZimbardoWinner, the William James Book Award of the Society for General Psychology (Division 1 of the AmericanPsychological Association)

In The Lucifer Effect, Philip Zimbardo—creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment —tellsthe full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers wasrandomly divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a mock prisonenvironment. Within a week, the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students weretransformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners.

Illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardoenables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporatemalfeasance to organized genocide to the abuse and torture in Abu Ghraib. He presents anengrossing study of how situational forces and group dynamics can make monsters out ofdecent men and women.

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LECTURE NOTESA Professor’s Inside Guide to College SuccessBy Philip Freeman, Ph.D.

“College is hard, but the rules for college success are simple. The trickis, even though they are simple in theory, they are often very difficult inpractice. But here’s my college professor’s guarantee: If you consistentlyand conscientiously follow these rules, you will ace your courses,impress your friends and family, and have prospective employers orgraduate schools begging you to walk through their doors.” So beginsPhilip Mitchell Freeman’s Lecture Notes, a practical primer from aveteran college professor and respected historian for every incomingcollege student on how to successfully transition from high school tothe halls of academe.

Professor Freeman outlines the benefits for students in developingappropriate mentoring relationships with teachers, explains how theymay foster these crucial relationships and get the best from theirprofessors, and demystifies faculty hierarchy by revealing who makes agood choice, who is a waste of time, and why. In addition,straightforward, no-nonsense study strategies, including how to read abook, when to start a paper, and why it is smart for students to showup for class round out this little gem of a book.

Do not order before 4/6/2010.Ten Speed Press | TR |978-1-5800-8754-4 | 160pp.$14.99/$18.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


COLLEGE RULES!How to Study, Survive, and Succeed in CollegeBy Sherrie Nist-Olejnik and Jodi Patrick Holschuh

This completely revised guide to college success educates students inthe basic college survival skills that professors don’t teach, such as howto study, take tests, balance school and social life, and more. This fun-spirited crash course in the rules of college provides tools to equipstudents for a lifetime of learning, and includes three completely newchapters on research papers, theories of learning, and Q&As, as well ashelpful sidebars featuring study tips, information for nontraditionalstudents, and more.

Iowa State University will be using College Rules! for an upcomingAcademic Skills Seminar course in the Fall and Spring Semesters.

Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8838-1 | 320pp.$14.95/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Two Essential Books for New College Students

April 2010

Author Spotlight: Chip Heath and Dan Heath


SWITCHHow to Change Things When Change Is HardBy Chip Heath and Dan Heath

This compelling narrative about the difficulty in bringing aboutgenuine, lasting change—in ourselves and in others—especially whenone has few resources and no title or authority, is a riveting read thatwill change lives. Combining psychology, sociology, management, andcase studies from a host of different fields, the authors tell countlessstories of people and organizations successfully creating significantchange, from the graduate who transformed the diets and nutrition ofpoor families in rural Vietnam—using what the authors call findingBright Spots—to breaking bigger goals down into more manageablesteps—what the authors call Small Steps.

Broadway Business | HC | 978-0-385-52875-7 | 320pp.$26.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $13.00

Audio Edition • Authors Available • e-Book

MADE TO STICKWhy Some Ideas Survive and Others DieBy Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Updated, with a new chapter

Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improvethe chances of worthy ideas? Here, accomplished business educatorsChip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions, in a bookthat will transform the way we communicate ideas. As the Heathsreveal the anatomy of ideas that stick, they also explain ways to makeideas stickier.

Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas, and tells ushow we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick—evenoffering advice for educators on how to make their lessons stick withstudents.

Random House | HC | 978-1-4000-6428-1 | 336pp.$26.00/$32.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $13.00

Audio Edition • Authors Available • e-Book • Teacher’s Guide

CHIP HEATH is a professor of organizational behavior in the GraduateSchool of Business at Stanford University. DAN HEATH, a formerresearcher at Harvard Business School, is now a Senior Fellow at DukeUniversity's CASE Center, which supports social entrepreneurs.

Websites: www.heathbrothers.com • www.madetostick.com • www.madetostick.com/blog

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THE IDENTITY CODEThe 8 Essential Questions for Finding Your Purpose and Place in the World By Larry Ackerman

In this passionate and provocative book, Larry Ackerman shows students how to discovertheir true purpose in life by better understanding their own identities. Ackerman’s solutiontakes the form of eight penetrating questions, which allow students to carefully considertheir own personalities, beliefs, and goals. The questions are accompanied by engagingstories and concrete exercises to guide students in their introspection.

Selected for Common Reading at Manchester College.



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ASK FOR ITHow Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really WantBy Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever

Drawing from the stories of real women, the authors present an innovative approach tonegotiation that explains how women can identify important goals, and takes them step-by-step through the entire planning and preparation process, while offering strategic advice onthe negotiation stage—with tips on managing emotions, confidence-building techniques,and the implementation of an effective collaborative style.Bantam | TR | 978-0-553-38455-0 | 336pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? 2010A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-ChangersBy Richard N. Bolles

Streamlined this year to help those struggling in these difficult economic times acquire thejob-search tools they need faster and more efficiently, this perennial bestseller is not onlyabout finding a job in hard times; it is about finding your passion. By exploring dozens ofimportant questions, career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-hunters to find meaningfulwork. In the words of Fortune magazine: “What Color Is Your Parachute? remains the goldstandard of career guides.”Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8987-6 | 336pp. | $18.99/$23.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? FOR TEENSDiscovering Yourself, Defining Your FutureBy Carol Christen, with Richard N. Bolles, and Jean M. Blomquist

Written for young adults, with simpler, more direct language, the teen Parachute teacheshigh school and college students to zero in on their favorite skills and then to apply thatknowledge to finding their perfect college major or job. A significant addition to theParachute Library, this book will provide guidance and inspiration to a whole newgeneration of job seekers.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-580-08713-1 | 176pp. | $14.99/$18.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? WORKBOOK, REVISED EDITIONBy Richard N. BollesTen Speed Press | TR | 978-1-58008-729-2 | 48pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE OVERNIGHT RESUMÉ, 3RD EDITIONThe Fastest Way to Your Next JobBy Donald Asher

A step-by-step approach to resumé writing for all career stages and most educationalbackgrounds that shows job seekers how to develop and craft a focused, successful resuméin one sitting.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-580-08091-0 | 144pp. | $12.99/$15.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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HOW TO GET ANY JOB, 2ND EDITIONCareer Launch and Re-Launch for Everyone Under 30 (or How to Avoid Living inYour Parents’ Basement)By Donald Asher

Donald Asher, America’s career guru, believes that success comes from an alignment ofpassion and preparation. In this book, he counsels college job seekers on the essential stepsfor aligning personal career goals with available job opportunities and explains how totranslate a major into a job that places an emphasis on achieving balanced life goals overcareer advancement.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8947-0 | 240pp. | $15.99/$19.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELYHow to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real JobBy Emily Bennington and Skip Lineberg

Filled with good wisdom, this is a savvy handbook for ambitious new graduates and first-time employees who want to market themselves as top performers and get on theiremployers’ fast track, with advice on initial skills, tasks, and milestones in the first year onthe job.Do not order before 4/13/2010.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8999-9 | 256pp. | $14.99/$18.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


THE JOB-HUNTER’S SURVIVAL GUIDEHow to Find Hope and Rewarding Work, Even When “There Are No Jobs”By Richard N. Bolles

Never has his advice been more sought than during these brutal economic times. Bolles hasresponded by writing a completely new book: The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide, designedparticularly for people who are job-hunting—or who are trying to figure out what to dowith their life.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8026-2 | 112pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE WORKING LIFEThe Promise and Betrayal of Modern WorkBy Joanne B. Ciulla

In The Working Life, scholar and ethics professor Joanne Ciulla examines what “work” hascome to mean in the new “Information Age”; how it has come to take a new, and all-encompassing, providence over the average American’s life; and what factors havetransformed the relationship between the company and the employee from one of mutualloyalty and trust to one of insecurity, transience, and deceit. The Working Life is aninformative and thought-provoking book for this country’s future workforce.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-609-80737-8 | 288pp. | $13.95/$19.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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SHOWING UP FOR LIFEThoughts on the Gifts of a LifetimeBy Bill Gates, Sr. and Mary Ann MackinForeword by Bill Gates

Through a wide-ranging arpeggio of stories and anecdotes, lessons and insights, inveteratedo-gooder Bill Gates, Sr.—lawyer, activist, husband, father, philanthropist—conveys thevalues and principles he’s learned in life, has instilled in his children, and which he nowpractices on a world stage as the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.Doubleday | HC | 978-0-385-52701-9 | 208pp. | $23.95/$27.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.00

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WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN . . .Talking to People with Confidence on Any Social or Business OccasionBy Florence Isaacs

The art of conversation is a necessary skill for navigating life’s social and business occasions,and with practice, anyone can develop the ability to easily talk to people. A smart, usefultool that helps you assess all situations and approach people with confidence, here is acomplete guide to conversation in a variety of circumstances. It teaches the basics, plusoffers helpful rules that work anywhere and with anyone. Also covered are can’t-failconversation openers and strategies for expanding conversation and getting to know casualsocial or business contacts better. Filled with examples, ideas, and practical advice, What DoYou Say When . . . helps you master one of life’s most essential skills.Clarkson Potter | HC | 978-0-307-40528-9 | 160pp. | $18.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $9.00

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IMPROV WISDOMDon’t Prepare, Just Show Up By Patricia Ryan Madson

Improv Wisdom shows how to apply the maxims of improvisational theater to real-lifechallenges—whether it’s dealing with a demanding boss, a tired child, or one of life’sunceasing surprises. Patricia Madson distills 30 years of experience into 13 simple strategies,including “Say Yes,” “Start Anywhere,” “Face the Facts,” and “Make Mistakes, Please,” helpingreaders to loosen up, think on their feet, and take on everything life has to offer with skill,chutzpah, and a sense of humor.Harmony/Bell Tower | HC | 978-1-4000-8188-2 | 160pp. | $16.00/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $8.00

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CRACKING CREATIVITYThe Secrets of Creative GenuisBy Michael Michalko

In this trailblazing book, internationally renowned business creativity expert MichaelMichalko shows how creative people think—and how to put their secrets to work for you.To create this book, Michalko researched and analyzed hundreds of history’s greatestthinkers—from Leonardo da Vinci to Pablo Picasso—and then brought their techniquesinto the modern home and workplace.Ten Speed Press | TR | 978-1-5800-8311-9 | 320pp. | $19.99/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THINKERTOYSA Handbook of Creative-Thinking TechniquesBy Michael Michalko

In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking book, creativity expert MichaelMichalko reveals life-changing tools that will help students think like geniuses, andapproach problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises,students will learn how to create original ideas that will improve their academic, personal,and business lives. Michalko’s techniques show how we may look at the same information aseveryone else and see something different. With hundreds of hints, tricks, tips, tales, andpuzzles, Thinkertoys will open students’ minds to a world of innovative solutions toeveryday and not-so-everyday problems“Designed to change the way you think.”

—Wall Street Journal“Shows you how to expand your imagination.”

—NewsweekTen Speed Press | TR | 978-1-58008-773-5 | 416pp. | $19.95/$24.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

SUCCESSAdvice for Achieving Your Goals from Remarkably Accomplished People Edited by Jena Pincott

Success is a collection of insights from more than 400 remarkably successful people in allfields—including business, politics, entertainment, and the arts.

The high achievers quoted in the book share one crucial belief: Success is possible as long asthere’s passion. Students who know where they want to be—but do not how to get there—will find an ideal guide in Success.Random House Reference | HC | 978-0-375-42589-9 | 256pp. | $14.95/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $7.50

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GUIDE TO COLLEGE MAJORS, 2010 EDITIONBy Princeton Review

Choosing an undergraduate major is a difficult decision that impacts a student’s collegeyears and future career path. Guide to College Majors is fully revised and updated to includethe most current information possible on more than 350 of the most popular majors.

Every profile of a major includes:

• An overview of the major

• Career options and salary potential information

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• Sample college curriculum for the major

• Fun facts and interesting triviaPrinceton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42969-9 | 816pp. | $21.00/$25.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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PAYING FOR COLLEGE WITHOUT GOING BROKE, 2010 EDITIONBy Princeton Review

This is a thoroughly revised and updated edition that reflects the current economicuncertainties to take the stress, confusion, and guess-work out of applying for financial aid.It also shows students and parents how to improve their chances of receiving aid byplanning ahead and calculating their aid eligibility before applying to college. Includes thelatest financial aid forms and lists of annual changes in tax laws.Princeton Review | TR | 978-0-375-42942-2 | 352pp. | $20.00/$23.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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DARE TO PREPAREHow to Win Before You BeginBy Ronald M. Shapiro and Gregory Jordan

Ron Shapiro will teach your students how to get long-term results in our short-term worldusing eight disciplines of preparation, including: understanding objectives, utilizingprecedents to help understand circumstances and obstacles, knowing alternatives, andsetting strategy after goals are assembled. This is a perfect book for teaching students theorganizational and other life skills necessary to succeed in college and in life.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-45180-4 | 304pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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FROM PRINCETON REVIEWThese unique and informative guides direct students to career paths that will make the mostof their educational backgrounds. It includes chapters on further academic study, fellowshipopportunities, and understanding career options, as well as practical and detailed job searchtips and strategies.

WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR ENGLISH OR COMMUNICATIONS DEGREEBy Princeton ReviewPrinceton Review | TR | 978-0-375-76624-4 | 304pp. | $13.95/$17.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Author Spotlight: John Francis, Ph.D.


PLANETWALKER22 Years of Walking. 17 Years of Silence.

By John Francis, Ph.D.

2007 Gold Winner—Nautlilus Book Awards in the categories ofEcology/Environment and Independent Press

When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restoreblackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and

helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental andpersonal stand—he stopped using all forms of motorizedtransportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that wouldspan two decades and two continents, the young man took avow of silence that endured for 17 years. It began as a silentenvironmental protest, but as a young African American man,walking across the country in the early 1970s, his idea of “theenvironment” expanded beyond concern about pollution andloss of habitat to include how we humans treat each other andhow we can better communicate and work together to benefitthe earth.

Through his silence and walking, Francis learned to listen, andalong the way earned college and graduate degrees in scienceand environmental studies. The United Nations appointedhim goodwill ambassador to the world’s grassrootscommunities, and the U.S. government recruited him to helpaddress the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Was he crazy? How did he live and earn all those degreeswithout talking? An amazing human-interest story with a vitalmessage, Planetwalker is also a deeply personal and engagingcoming-of-age odyssey—the positive experiences, thechallenging times, the characters encountered, and thelearning gained along the way.

National Geographic | TR 978-1-4262-0405-0 | 288pp.$16.95/$20.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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JOHN FRANCIS, PH.D. is the Founder and Director of Planetwalk, a nonprofitenvironmental education organization. He travels around the world speaking onpilgrimage and change, and on Planetlines, an environmental studies curriculum basedon the walking pilgrimage, which he is developing for K-12 schools and universities.

Website: www.planetwalk.org


Marian University, WITarleton State UniversityUniversity of South Carolina Upstate

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Excerpt

On January 17, 1971, I witnessed a crude oil spill of nearly a half-million gallons in the waters near theGolden Gate Bridge. The oil spill was my first experience with a major environmental insult. As I drovemy car over the Golden Gate I felt some responsibility for the mess washing up onto the shore. It wasnearly a year afterwards, still feeling this responsibility, that I gave up the use of motorized vehicles andstarted walking.

My community took note. Then to end the almost constant bickering and arguments with my friends asto the question of whether one person walking could make a difference, I stopped speaking and spenta day in silence. My life altered. As that day of silence stretched out before me, I realized I had begun apilgrimage, an outer and inner journey, walking and sailing around-the-world, as part of my educationdedicated to raise environmental consciousness, and promote earth stewardship and world peace.

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Leaving my Northern California home in 1983, I walked in silence across the United States. During mysilent walk I studied the environment formally in institutions of higher learning and informally on thetrails, roads, and highways that stretched throughout the villages, towns, and cities across America.When I started learning about the environment, it was the pollution of an oil spill that prompted me toaction. Later I learned there were other issues besides pollution that demanded attention, likeoverpopulation, and the loss of species and habitat. People talked and organizations worked on issuesof conservation, restoration, preserving wilderness and now climate change. Yet, as important as thoseissues are, listening from my silence, environment for me became more. In this scenario people arepart of the environment, not just caretakers, and we are at the core of our environmental troubles.Environment then, is also about human and civil rights, economic equity, gender equality, and from thestandpoint of a pilgrim on the road, environment is about how we treat each other when we meet eachother.

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How I came to be on this journey, as well as the meaning of pilgrimage for me, and society, is thesubject of this book. Of course, we are all pilgrims of one kind or another and I hope that my story willhelp you begin, complete, or enhance your own pilgrimage. I use the pages from my daily journals tolook back. This is how it begins.

Excerpted from PlanetWalker by John Francis Copyright © 2008 by John Francis. Excerpted by permission of National Geographic Society. All rightsreserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Praise for Planetwalker

“It’s a remarkably insightful, poetic, and inspiring story, one that’s sure to make readers think more carefullyabout their own styles of living.”

—Booklist

“Planetwalker is an inspiring story that will make teens think and may help them to realize that globalchange is possible through individual action.”

—School Library Journal

“First John Francis stopped riding in cars. Then he stopped talking. More than three decades, twocontinent-spanning hikes, and countless trail miles later, he’s still following his remarkable path of protest—only now he’s not alone.”

—Backpacker Magazine

“Francis took himself all across America, across the world, and back. And he took himself to a place whereone man could truly and remarkably make a mighty difference.”

—American Way Magazine

Author Spotlight: Daniel Goleman


ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCEHow Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything

By Daniel Goleman

E cological Intelligence draws on cutting-edge research toreveal why “green is a mirage,” illuminates inconsistencies

in our response to the ecological crisis, and introduces newtechnologies that reveal with “radical transparency” the eco-impact of products we buy, with the potential to driveconsumers to make smarter decisions and companies toreform their business practices.

Ecological Intelligence has been selected for Virginia Tech’sCommon Book Project for the 2009–10 academic year.

“Drawing on his capacious intelligence, Daniel Golemandissects the issues involved in the attainment of long-termsustainability and details promising and intriguing solutions.Once again, he has written an essential book.”

—Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition andEducation, Harvard Graduate School of Education

“The theme of ecological awareness and environmentalsustainability emerged as we considered a variety of books.The selection committee felt that such a theme would offermany options for engagement and use of the book acrossall colleges and disciplines. It could connect with newuniversity efforts in the area of heightened environmentalawareness and action and provide opportunities to facilitatecommunity service options for students and faculty.”

—Ron Daniel, associate provost for undergraduate education,Virginia Tech

“Students, faculty, and staff at MIT found Daniel Goleman'slecture highly thought-provoking and stimulating. Hismessage was simultaneously vexing and daunting as wellas hopeful and optimistic. . . . It was a fascinating andilluminating talk which has lead to ongoing conversationand discussion here at MIT.”

—Tracy Purinton, Associate Director, MIT Leadership Center

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DANIEL GOLEMAN is the author of the international bestsellers, EmotionalIntelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and Social Intelligence, and the co-author of the acclaimed business bestseller Primal Leadership. He was a sciencereporter for The New York Times, was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, andreceived the American Psychological Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his media writing.Ecological Intelligence was profiled as one of Time magazine’s “10 Ideas Changing the World RightNow.” Read the story at: www.tinyurl.com/ad69hr


Virginia Tech

Colleges visited include Dominican University, MIT, Virginia Tech, and Harvard.Upcoming: London School of Economics, University of the Pacific, Brown University, Yale, City Universityof New York.

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A Message from Virginia Tech

A Message from Daniel GolemanIn my talks on college campuses around the country I’ve found that students find the vision outlined in Ecological Intelligenceboth sobering and empowering. I draw on data from a wide range of disciplines—ecology, industrial design, economics andbusiness, neuroeconomics and beyond—to portray the lifelong challenges young people will face in reversing the slow-motion catastrophe driven by our everyday habits and purchases. The emerging force of Web 2.0, and new informationsystems, are key to the hopeful solutions I envision. I’ve immensely enjoyed my interactions with students and find myselfenergized by their enthusiasm for positive solutions to the ecological challenges we face. I look forward to many more suchencounters.

In fact if a college or university adopts Ecological Intelligence as an all-school read, I will try to visit the campus to speak therepro bono (if I can readily fit the trip into my travel schedule). If not, I would be happy to do a webinar with Q&A for thestudents there.

January 2010

To Whom It May Concern,

I write to provide information on the selection of Ecological Intelligence by DanielGoleman as Virginia Tech’s “Common Book” for the 2009–2010 academic year. Manyfaculty members integrated content from the book into their classes—especiallythose in which mostly freshman students were registered. The selection and use ofEcological Intelligence was congruent with Virginia Tech’s commitment tosustainability issues and practices. We were pleased that the nature of the bookafforded faculty members the opportunity to choose to include parts of the book formore intensive review and analysis by the students.

In October of 2009, Dr. Goleman made a one-day visit to Virginia Tech. During thattime he spoke to several groups including students. He engaged in lively discussionswith the students and many reported that they appreciated the opportunity to learnfrom someone who had dedicated so much time and intellect to this important topic.

Currently, Ecological Intelligence is one of several books on the general topic ofsustainability under consideration for selection as the 2010–2011 academic year“Common Book”.

Sincerely,

Mary Ann LewisDirector of First Year ExperiencesVirginia Tech

VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY An equal opportunity, affirmative action institution

First Year Experiences Office of the University Provost 103 Hillcrest Hall (0914) Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 540/231-3341 Fax: 540/231-4891 E-mail: [email protected] www.provost.vt.edu

Invent the Future


Now in Paperback

THE BLUE ZONESLessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the LongestBy Dan Buettner

In this expanded edition of the bestseller, longevity expert Dan Buettner draws on hisresearch from extraordinarily long-lived communities—Blue Zones—around the globe tohighlight the lifestyle, diet, outlook, and stress-coping practices that will add years toreaders’ lives. This edition includes coverage of a new Blue Zone.National Geographic | TR | 978-1-4262-0400-5 | 304pp. | $14.95/$17.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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ECOTOPIABy Ernest Callenbach

Published in 1975, Ecotopia is a seminal dystopian novel by Ernest Callenbach. The societydescribed in the book is one of the first ecological utopias and was influential on thecounterculture, and the green movement in the 1970s and thereafter.“Callenbach gives us a vivid, comprehensive, positive vision of an ecologically sustainable world.Essential reading for all who care about the earth’s future.”

—Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics and The Turning PointBantam | TR | 978-0-553-34847-7 | 192pp. | $15.00/$18.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


YOU CAN SAVE THE EARTH7 Reasons Why & 7 Simple Ways—A Philosophy For The FutureEdited by Hatherleigh Press

You Can Save the Earth is the perfect book to pick up for your common reading program astoday’s students will be the next guardians of the planet. While many books on sustainabili-ty and climate change focus only on disasters and what has gone wrong, You Can Save theEarth provides a roadmap for students with real-life, simple solutions to many of our globalproblems, and emphasizes steps that can be taken on an individual basis or local level topromote environmental awareness and conservation.Hatherleigh Press | HC | 978-1-57826-280-9 | 144pp. | $12.95/$14.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $6.50

MINDFULLY GREENA Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth ThinkingBy Stephanie Kaza

There has been a flood of attention given to the small actions we can take to live in a moreenvironmentally friendly way—from reducing water use to conserving electricity.

In this unique book, Stephanie Kaza, professor of Environmental Studies at the Universityof Vermont, tells us how to affect real environmental change in the world. Influenced by herbackground in Buddhism, she offers a simply applied philosophy for engaging inenvironmental action in real, practical, and scientifically-based ways. Students will find newmethods for evaluating their own relationship to the environment, think more deeply abouttheir impact on the natural world, engage in environmental change, and make living green apersonal practice.Shambhala | TR | 978-1-59030-583-6 | 144pp. | $14.00/$16.50 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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THE NEW GOOD LIFE Living Better Than Ever in an Age of LessBy John Robbins

In The New Good Life, John Robbins, the bestselling author of Diet for a New America(which later became a PBS series), and the founder of Earth Save International, offerscounterintuitive high-joy, low-cost solutions to life’s challenges: ideas for saving moneyaround our homes, on our plates, in our entertainment, and through our good physical andmental health. Informed by his colorful financial story and sparked by our national “end ofexcess,” The New Good Life is both a passionately-argued manifesto for finding meaningbeyond money and value beyond status, and a practical blueprint for living well on less.Do not order before 5/25/2010.Ballantine Books | HC | 978-0-345-51984-9 | 256pp. | $25.00/$29.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


THE GREEN BOOKThe Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a TimeBy Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen

“It’s exciting to have a book like this where you can flip through and go see what you cando, what you can do instead of what you should have done. . . . ” —Cameron Diaz

With wit and authority, authors Elizabeth Rogers and Thomas M. Kostigen providehundreds of everyday environmental solutions, pinpointing the tiniest adjustments thathave the biggest impact upon the health of our great green globe. With celebritycontributions from: Justin Timberlake, Tiki Barber, Tyra Banks, Owen Wilson, DaleEarnhardt, Jr., Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell, and many others. Perfect for younger readers.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-38135-4 | 224pp. | $12.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


March 2010

SHIFT YOUR HABITEasy Ways to Save Money, Simplify Your Life, and Save the PlanetBy Elizabeth Rogers

By bestselling author Elizabeth Rogers, an environmental consultant and entrepreneur, thisbook will help to empower students with the knowledge and skills needed for making apositive impact on their world.“Elizabeth Rogers brought a new face to the environmental movement with The Green Book,and now she’s doing it again with Shift Your Habit. Her unique understanding of both greenissues and popular culture enables her to make sustainability sustainable—for real people, withreal lives.”

—Steve Glenn, CEO of Living HomesDo not order before 3/9/2010.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-46530-6 | 272pp. | $14.00/$17.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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PLENTY Eating Locally on the 100-Mile DietBy Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon

The remarkable, amusing, and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.Using this food-focused experiment as a way to think about globalization, monoculture, theoil economy, environmental collapse, and community, the authors reveal a meaningful wayto relate to the very essence of human survival: the food we eat.“A funny, warm, and seductive account of how we might live better—better for this earth, betterfor the community, better for our bellies!”

—Bill McKibben

Selected for Common Reading at Colorado Mountain College.One Book, One Community Choice in Alliance, OH.

Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-34733-6 | 272pp. | $13.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


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ANTARCTICA 2041My Quest to Save the Earth’s Last WildernessBy Robert Swan with Gil Reavill

In 1985, when Robert Swan walked across Antarctica, the fragile polar environment was nothigh in his mind. But upon his return, the earth’s perilous state became personal: Robert’sice-blue eyes were singed a pale gray, a result of being exposed to the sun’s rays passingunfiltered through the depleted ozone layer. At this moment, his commitment to preservingthe environment was born, and in Antarctica 2041 Swan details his journey to awareness,and provides the information and tools readers need to reverse the harm done to the planetthus far, and secure its future for generations to come.Broadway | HC | 978-0-7679-3175-5 | 304pp. | $24.99/$29.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $12.50


Also of Interest

GO GREEN, LIVE RICH 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich TryingBy David Bach and Hillary RosnerBroadway | TR | 978-0-7679-2973-8 | 192pp. | $14.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


LIVING LIKE ED A Guide to the Eco-Friendly LifeBy Ed Begley, Jr.Clarkson Potter | TR | 978-0-307-39643-3 | 240pp. | $18.00/$21.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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READY, SET, GREEN Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-LivingBy Graham Hill and Meaghan O’NeillVillard | TR | 978-0-345-50308-4 | 240pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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SIX DEGREES Our Future on a Hotter PlanetBy Mark LynasNational Geographic | TR | 978-1-4262-0385-5 | 336pp. | $16.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00

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FIGHT FOR YOUR MONEYBy David Bach

In Fight For Your Money, David Bach, financial guru and consumer advocate,has written the ultimate guide to making smarter financial decisions andprotecting yourself from companies that want to separate you from your hard-earned income.

Starting with an A to Z list of items for which you are paying too much—yourcell phone, cable bill, cars, credit cards, insurance, airfare, hotels and manymore—Bach shows how you are being taken. Then the “Fight for Your MoneyToolkit” shows you how to fight back, with sample letters, call scripts, and real-life stories of ordinary people who have fought back and won.Broadway | HC | 978-0-7679-2984-4 | 448pp. | $26.00/NCR | Exam Copy: $13.00


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THE AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIREIn The Automatic Millionaire, popular financial writer David Bach championsautomated transactions and a slow, gradual approach to wealth accumulation.Bach suggests making use of automated payroll deductions for pre-taxretirement funds—hence the book’s title—and accelerated mortgage paymentsas ways to ensure a wealthy retirement, even for those without extraordinaryincomes.

For millions of Americans discouraged by the economy, and for the 97 millionAmericans who haven’t yet saved a dollar for their future, The AutomaticMillionaire will be a life-changing book.Broadway | TR | 978-0-7679-2382-8 | 272pp. | $12.95/NCR | Exam Copy: $3.00


SUZE ORMAN’S ACTION PLANBy Suze OrmanFully revised and updated for 2010 and beyond, Suze Orman’s bestsellingfinancial action plan provides up-to-date information on new legislation thatcould affect how individuals will achieve their financial goals. Includes: anexplanation of new FICO practices, and a new strategy for dealing with creditcard debt; guidance on how to live within one’s means, and strategies to keepindividuals on the path to achieving his or her goals in this new age of financialhonesty. Plus an all-new chapter on kids and money—how to give children asolid financial education, no matter their age.Do not order before 3/23/2010.Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-8129-8155-1 | 256pp. | $9.99/$12.99 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00

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Also by Suze Orman

WOMEN & MONEYA groundbreaking new study by the best-selling author Suze Orman probes thecomplex relationship between women and money, addressing the impact ofpsychological practices and financial behavior on women’s finances, andoffering practical solutions to create a fundamental change in how womenhandle their money.Spiegel & Grau | HC | 978-0-385-51931-1 | 272pp. | $24.95/$30.00 Can |. Exam Copy: $12.50


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Website: www.suzeorman.com

Website: www.finishrich.com

For more books by Suze Orman, visit http://tinyurl.com/yemdtdq

For more books by David Bach, visit http://tinyurl.com/ya5g6c4


THE WALL STREET JOURNAL GUIDE TO STARTING YOUR FINANCIAL LIFEBy Karen Blumenthal

For anyone on his or her financial own, or about to be—students still in school or recentgraduates about to start a job—this is a valuable guide to starting on the right path for life-long, responsible money management and financial freedom.Three Rivers Press | TR | 978-0-307-40708-5 | 336pp. | $14.95/$16.95 Can. | Exam Copy: $3.00


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Ackerman, Laurence ..................................63Ackmann, Martha ........................................54Aiken, Sean ................................................48Albom, Mitch ..............................................48Aldrin, Buzz ................................................20Ali, Nujood ..................................................20ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ..........41Alsamari, Lewis ..........................................20AMERICAN BUFFALO....................................58AMERICAN CHICA ........................................21AMERICAN RUST ........................................40AMERICAN WIDOW ......................................30Angelou, Maya ......................................20, 21ANGRY BLACK WHITE BOY ..........................39ANTARCTICA 2041 ......................................74Arana, Marie................................................21Armstrong, Karen ........................................54Asher, Donald ..............................................64ASK FOR IT..................................................63Aslan, Reza ................................................54AAUDACITY OF HOPE, THE ..........................19AUTOMATIC MILLIONAIRE, THE ....................75Babcock, Linda............................................63Bach, David ................................................75Bashir, Halima ............................................21Baum, Dan ..................................................31BEATRICE AND VIRGIL..................................40BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE, THE ........................23BEG, BORROW, STEAL ................................24Begley, Ed Jr. ..............................................74Behrens, Peter ............................................35Bennington, Emily........................................64Berry, Bertice ..............................................21BLACK SWAN, THE ......................................59BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME ....................59BLUE NOTEBOOK, THE ................................38BLUE ZONES, THE........................................72Blumenthal, Karen ......................................76Bobis, Merlinda ..........................................35Bolles, Richard N. ................................63, 64BOMBINGHAM ............................................37BORDER CROSSER ......................................58BOTANY OF DESIRE, THE ............................57Bourke, Anthony ..........................................22Bowe, John ................................................55Boylan, Jennifer Finney ..............................22Bradbury, Ray..............................................35Bradshaw, John ..........................................48Brafman, Ori................................................55BREACH OF FAITH ......................................31Bronson, Po ................................................48BROTHERS ..................................................36Buettner, Dan ..............................................72Buffett, Peter ..............................................49Callenbach, Ernest ................................55, 72Campbell, Donovan ......................................1Canedy, Dana ................................................2CARTWHEELS IN A SARI ..............................29Castillo, Ana ................................................35Chang, Leslie T. ..........................................55CHARACTER IS DESTINY..............................50Chen, Da ....................................................36Christen, Carol ............................................63

Ciulla, Joanne B. ........................................64Coates, Ta-Nehisi ........................................23COLLEGE RULES! ......................................61Compton-Rock,Malaak ................................49Courtenay, Bryce ........................................36COVERING ..................................................60CRACKING CREATIVITY ................................65DARE TO PREPARE ......................................67Dau, John Bul..............................................22Davis, L.J. ..................................................36DAY THE EARTH CAVED IN, THE ..................58Dery, Tibor ..................................................36Dickner, Nicolas ..........................................37DO HARD THINGS ........................................50DREAMERS OF THE DAY ..............................42DREAMS FROM MY FATHER ........................19Dumas, Firoozeh........................................4, 5Easterbrook, Gregg......................................56EAVES OF HEAVEN, THE ..............................28Ebadi, Shirin ................................................23ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE ........................70ECOTOPIA..............................................55, 72Edelman, Hope ............................................23EDUCATION OF A WANDERING MAN ............25Edwards, Elizabeth ......................................23EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ............................64Ellis, Shaun ................................................24END OF THE JEWS, THE ..............................39ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY ..................................10Ensler, Eve ..................................................24ESCAPE FROM SADDAM..............................20EVERY MAN DIES ALONE ............................37EVERY PATIENT TELLS A STORY ..................28EVOLUTION FOR EVERYONE ........................60FACTORY GIRLS ..........................................55FAHRENHEIT 451 ........................................35Fallada, Hans ..............................................37FAREWELL, MY SUBARU ..............................56FIGHT FOR YOUR MONEY ............................75Fine, Doug ..................................................56Flach, Andrew ............................................72Ford, Jamie ................................................34Francis, John ..............................................68FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY ..........................49Freeman, Philip Mitchell ..............................61FUNNY IN FARSI ............................................5Gandhi, Mahatma ........................................49Gates, Bill Sr. and Mary Ann Mackin ............65Gebhard, Nathan ........................................50GERTRUDA’S OATH......................................27GO GREEN, LIVE RICH ..................................74GOD GREW TIRED OF US ............................22GOD OF SMALL THINGS, THE ......................41Goleman, Daniel ..........................................70GREEN BOOK, THE ......................................73Greenberg, Michael ....................................24Grisham, John ............................................56Grooms, Anthony ........................................37GUARDIANS, THE ........................................35GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO

PEEL PIE SOCIETY ..................................43GUIDE TO COLLEGE MAJORS 2010..............66Hakakian, Roya ..........................................24

Handke, Peter..............................................37HANDS OF MY FATHER ................................30HARDBALL HANDBOOK, THE........................57Hari, Daoud ................................................25Harris, Alex and Brett Harris ........................50Haskell, Sam ..............................................50Heath, Chip and Dan Heath ........................62HEAVY METAL ISLAM ..................................26Hegland, Jean ............................................38HEIRLOOM ..................................................59HIGH............................................................27Hill, Graham ................................................74HOPE IN THE UNSEEN, A..............................16Horne, Jed ..................................................31HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER

AND SWEET............................................34HOW TO GET ANY JOB ................................64HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR ......................54HUNGER OF MEMORY..................................28I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE ..................24I AM NUJOOD, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED ........20I KNOW WHY CAGED BIRD SINGS ................20IDENTITY CODE, THE ..................................63IF IT TAKES A VILLAGE, BUILD ONE ..............49IF YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS ................76I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU........................22IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA ..................52IMPROV WISDOM ........................................65INHERITING THE HOLY LAND........................57INNOCENT MAN, THE ..................................56INTO THE FOREST ......................................38IRAN AWAKENING ........................................23Isaacs, Florence ..........................................65ISLAM ........................................................54Jeffs, Brent W. ............................................25JENNIEMAE & JAMES..................................27JOB HUNTERS SURVIVAL GUIDE ..................64JOKER ONE ..................................................1JOURNAL FOR JORDAN, A ............................2JOURNEY FROM THE LAND OF NO ..............24JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES ..............26Kalish, Mildred Armstrong ..........................25Kaza, Stephanie ..........................................72Kidder, Tracy..............................................6, 7Kozol, Jonathan ..........................................57Laguna, Sofie ..............................................38L’Amour, Louis ............................................25Landis, James ............................................38Lang Lang ..................................................26Lanier, Carlotta Walls ....................................3LAST DAY, THE ............................................38LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF PEACE ............30LAST RESORT, THE ......................................28LAST TOWN ON EARTH, THE........................32LAUGHING WITHOUT AN ACCENT ..................4LAW OF DREAMS, THE ................................35LAY THAT TRUMPET IN OUR HANDS ............39LECTURE NOTES ........................................61LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER ..........................21Levine, James MD ......................................38Levine, Mark ..............................................26LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT ........................49LIFE YOU CAN SAVE, THE ............................51

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LION CALLED CHRISTIAN, A ........................22LITTLE HEATHENS ......................................25LIVING LIKE ED ............................................74LOOK ME IN THE EYE ..................................12LOST BOY....................................................25LUCIFER EFFECT, THE ..................................60Lynas, Mark ................................................74MADE TO STICK ..........................................62Madson, Patricia Ryan ................................65MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION ........................20MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE ..............46Mam, Somaly ..............................................26MAN WHO LIVES WITH WOLVES ..................24MANDELA’S WAY ........................................45Mansbach, Adam ........................................39MANY DEATHS OF FIREFLY BROS ................33Martel, Yann ................................................40Maskalyk, James ........................................26Matthews, Chris ..........................................57McCain, John ..............................................50McCarthy, Susan Carol ................................39McCoy, Sarah ..............................................40McFarlane, Evelyn ......................................76MEANINGFUL LIFE, A ..................................36MERCURY 13, THE ......................................54Meyer, Philipp..............................................40Michalko, Michael ................................65, 66MIGHTY LONG WAY, A ....................................3Miller, Jennifer ............................................57MINDFULLY GREEN......................................72Moon, Elizabeth ..........................................40Moore, Wes ................................................27MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS ................7Mourning, Alounzo ......................................51Mullen, Thomas ....................................32, 33MY JIM........................................................41Nafisi, Azar ................................................8, 9Nazario, Sonia ............................................10NEW GOOD LIFE, THE ..................................73Newman, Brooke ........................................27NIKI ............................................................36NIKOLSKI ....................................................37NINE LIVES ..................................................31Nist-Olejnik, Sherrie ....................................61NO GOD BUT GOD ......................................54NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT ....................58NOBODIES ..................................................55Obama, Barack............................................19O’Dea, Brian ................................................27ONE FOOT WRONG ......................................38ONE-WEEK JOB PROJECT, THE ....................48Oren, Ram ..................................................27Orman, Suze ..............................................75OTHER WES MOORE, THE ............................27OUTCASTS UNITED......................................14OVERNIGHT RESUME, THE ..........................64PATIENCE STONE, THE ................................41PAYING FOR COLLEGE 2010 ........................66Pham, Andrew X. ........................................28Pincott, Jena ..............................................66PLANETWALKER ..........................................68PLENTY ......................................................74POET OF BAGHDAD, THE ............................30

Pollan, Michael ............................................57POSSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING, THE ..............23POWER OF ONE, THE ..................................36PRIDE OF BAGHDAD ....................................43Princeton Review ..................................66, 67PROGRESS PARADOX, THE ..........................56PROMISES I MADE MY MOTHER ..................50Quigley, Joan ..............................................58Rahimi, Atiq ................................................41Rawles, Nancy ............................................41READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN..........................9READY, SET, GREEN ....................................74RECLAIMING VIRTUE ....................................48Remarque, Erich Maria ................................41RESILIENCE ................................................23RESILIENCE ................................................51Rico, Johnny................................................58Rinella, Steven ............................................58ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE ........................26ROADTRIP NATION ......................................50Robbins, John ............................................73Robison, John Elder ....................................12Rodriguez, Richard ......................................28Rogers, Douglas ..........................................28Rogers, Elizabeth ........................................73Roy, Arundhati ............................................41Roy, Lucinda................................................58Rushdie, Salman ........................................42Russell, Mary Doria ....................................42Salih, Tayeb ................................................43Sancton, Tom ..............................................31Sanders, Lisa ..............................................28SATANIC VERSES, THE ................................42Sayrafiezadeh, Said ....................................29Seal, Mark ..................................................29SEASON OF MIGRATION NORTH ..................43See, Lisa ....................................................43Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows..........43SHAME OF THE NATION, THE ......................57SHANGHAI GIRLS ........................................43Shapiro, Ronald M. ....................................67SHE’S NOT THERE ......................................22SHIFT YOUR HABIT ......................................73SHOWING UP FOR LIFE ................................65Singer, Peter................................................51SIX DEGREES ..............................................74SIX MONTHS IN SUDAN ..............................26Skloot, Rebecca ..........................................52SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE..............................44Slott, Ed ......................................................76SLOW HOMECOMING ..................................37Smith, Alisa and J.B. MacKinnon ................74SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN ........43SOLEMN LANTERN MAKER, THE ..................35SONG FOR MY FATHERS ..............................31SONIC BOOM ..............................................56SOUVENIR, THE............................................29SPARROW, THE ............................................42SPEED OF DARK, THE ..................................40St. John, Warren..........................................14STANDING TALL ..........................................51Stark, Tim....................................................59START HERE ................................................50

STAY RICH FOR LIFE! ..................................76STAY RICH FOR LIFE! WORKBOOK................76Steinman, Louise ........................................29Stengel, Richard ..........................................45STREET SHADOWS ......................................18STRENGTH IN WHAT REMAINS ......................6Strickland, Bill ............................................46Stringer, C. Vivian ........................................51SUCCESS ....................................................66Suskind, Ron ..............................................16SUZE ORMAN’S ACTION PLAN ....................75Swan, Robert ..............................................74SWAY ..........................................................55SWEEPING UP GLASS ..................................44SWITCH ......................................................62Taleb, Nassim Nicholas................................59Tamm, Jayanti ............................................29Tatchell, Jo ..................................................30TEARS OF THE DESERT ..............................21The Freedom Writers ..................................49THINGS I’VE BEEN SILENT ABOUT..................8THINKERTOYS..............................................66THREAD OF GRACE, A..................................42TIES THAT BIND, THE ..................................21TIME IT SNOWED IN PUERTO RICO ..............40Torres, Alissa ..............................................30Tram, Dang Thuy ........................................30TRANSLATOR, THE ......................................25TRUE FIRES ................................................39TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE ............................48Tyson, Timothy B. ......................................59Uhlberg, Myron............................................30Vaughan, Brian K. ......................................44Vonnegut, Kurt ............................................44Walker, Jerald..............................................18WALL STREET JOURNAL GUIDE TO

STARTING YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE ............76Wall, Carolyn ..............................................44WAY TO GOD ..............................................49WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?

2010 ......................................................63WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?

TEENS ....................................................63WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?

WORKBOOK ............................................63WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN . . . ....................65WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? ..........48WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR ENGLISH

OR COMMUNICATIONS DEGREE ..............67WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR HISTORY

OR POLITICAL SCIENCE DEGREE ............67WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PSYCHOLOGY

OR SOCIOLOGY DEGREE ........................67WHEN SKATEBOARDS WILL BE FREE ..........29WILDFLOWER ..............................................29Wilkinson, Bruce..........................................51Wilson, David Sloan ....................................60WOMEN & MONEY ......................................75WORKING LIFE, THE ....................................64Yoshino, Kenji ..............................................60YOU CAN SAVE EARTH ................................72YOU WERE BORN FOR THIS ........................51Zimbardo, Philip ..........................................60

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