August 23, 2011

August 23rd

ANATOMY OF A DISAPPEARANCE by Hisham Matar
From the author of IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN comes a portrait of a young man's long struggle to reckon with the wounds left by his father's unsolved vanishing.
The Dial Press * 9780385340441

THE BUDDHA IN THE ATTIC by Julie Otsuka
Julie Otsuka’s long-awaited follow-up to WHEN THE EMPEROR WAS DIVINE is a tour de force of economy and precision, a novel that tells the story of a group of young women brought over from Japan to San Francisco as "picture brides" nearly a century ago.
Knopf * 9780307700001

A DECADE OF HOPE: Stories of Grief and Endurance from 9/11 Families and Friends by Dennis Smith
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But among the memorials, political speeches and news editorials, the most pressing consideration --- and often the most overlooked --- is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.
Viking Adult * 9780670022939

FLASH AND BONES by Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs --- No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit "Bones" --- returns with a riveting new novel set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan.
Scribner * 9781439102411

THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Former homicide detective Carl Morck is put in charge of handling Copenhagen's cold cases and, to his surprise, finds the case of a missing politician that he is determined to solve.
Dutton Adult * 9780525952480

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Victoria Jones has a gift for flowers that helps changes the lives of others, even as she struggles to overcome her own past.
Ballantine Books * 9780345525543

THE MEASURE OF THE MAGIC: Legends of Shannara by Terry Brooks
In this concluding volume of a two-book series set in the prehistory of Shannara, the survivors of the Great Wars must face unimaginable challenges when their sanctuary is discovered.
Del Rey * 9780345484208

THE MOST DANGEROUS THING by Laura Lippman
Set once again in the well-wrought environs of Lippman’s beloved Baltimore, THE MOST DANGEROUS THING is the shadowy tale of a group of onetime friends forced to confront a dark past they’ve each tried to bury following the death of one of their number.
William Morrow * 9780061706516

RAFA by Rafael Nadal and John Carlin
RAFA, written with award-winning journalist John Carlin, covers tennis superstar Rafael Nadal's childhood, growth as a player, and his remarkable career.
Hyperion * 9781401324513

YOSSARIAN SLEPT HERE: When Joseph Heller Was Dad, the Apthorp Was Home, and Life Was a Catch-22 by Erica Heller
CATCH-22 author Joseph Heller's daughter, Erica, writes a spirited and utterly charming memoir about growing up amidst her father's literary fame, her parents' explosive divorce, and her delightfully eccentric upbringing.
Simon & Schuster * 9781439197684

August 29th

THE CUT by George Pelecanos
Veteran Spero Lucas becomes entangled in a world of amorality and violence when he takes a job recovering stolen property for a high-profile crime boss.
Reagan Arthur Books * 9780316078429

KILL ME IF YOU CAN by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
After discovering a duffel bag filled with diamonds, poor art student Matthew Bannon becomes the target of the Ghost, the world's greatest assassin.
Little, Brown and Company * 9780316097543


August 30th

40 LOVE by Madeleine Wickham
A weekend tennis party becomes a hilarious, wicked study of modern marriage for four very different couples of varying economic, social and interest levels as together they encounter two days of anger, shock, revelations, romance and more.
Thomas Dunne Books * 9780312562755

A BITTER TRUTH: A Bess Crawford Mystery by Charles Todd
Trying to help a woman in distress, World War I nurse and accidental sleuth Bess Crawford learns that no good deed goes unpunished.
William Morrow * 9780062015709

THE BURNING by Jane Casey
A determined young police constable goes it alone against an enigmatic killer and her bosses in a series debut for fans of Sophie Hannah and Tana French.
Minotaur Books * 9780312614171

HEARTWISHES: An Edilean Novel by Jude Deveraux
Gemma Ranford wants the job cataloging the documents of the Frazier family so much that she is ready to do battle to get it. What she didn't expect to find is references to the Heartwishes Stone --- believed by most to be pure legend --- and said to grant wishes to anyone named Frazier.
Atria * 9781439108000

IN MY TIME: A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Cheney
Former Vice President Dick Cheney tells the story of his life and the nearly four decades he has spent at the center of American politics and power.
Threshold Editions * 9781439176191

THE LEFTOVERS by Tom Perrotta
Tom Perrotta returns to the familiar suburban territory he’s visited in novels like LITTLE CHILDREN with a thoughtful look at what the world might feel like to ordinary people left behind after a Rapture-like event.
St. Martin's Press * 9780312358341

NORTHWEST ANGLE by William Kent Krueger
With his family in the crosshairs of a brutal killing organization, Detective Cork O'Connor must uncover the murder of a young girl.
Atria * 9781439153956

ONLY TIME WILL TELL by Jeffrey Archer
This introductory novel in The Clifton Chronicles takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry Clifton must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany.
St. Martin's Press * 9780312539559

SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward
A family in the rural South braces for a massive storm while contending with the issues of race, class and wealth under their own roof.
Bloomsbury USA * 9781608195220

THE STRANGER YOU SEEK by Amanda Kyle Williams
Ex-FBI profiler Keye Street is given her last shot to help catch a serial killer who has eluded police for years --- one who has now taken a terrifyingly personal interest in Keye.
Bantam * 9780553808070

A TRICK OF THE LIGHT: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny
"Hearts are broken," Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. "Sweet relationships are dead." But now Lillian herself is dead. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village, where nothing is as it seems.
Minotaur Books * 9780312655457

TRAIN DREAMS by Denis Johnson
Robert Grainer is a day laborer in the American West at the start of the 20th century --- an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux * 9780374281144

UNMEASURED STRENGTH by Lauren Manning
When a wall of flame at the World Trade Center burned more than 80 percent of her body, Lauren Manning began a 10-year journey of survival and rebirth that tested her almost beyond human endurance.
Henry Holt and Company * 9780805094633

WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR by Karl Marlantes
Karl Marlantes takes a deeply personal and candid look at what it is like to experience the ordeal of combat, critically examining how we might better prepare our soldiers for war. He weaves riveting accounts of his own combat experiences in Vietnam with thoughtful analysis and self-examination.
Atlantic Monthly Press * 9780802119926

WHERE YOU LEFT ME by Jennifer Gardner Trulson
This is an extraordinary account of the events of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath by Jennifer Gardner Trulson, whose husband (the love of her life), a top executive at Cantor Fitzgerald, was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, leaving her behind along with two small kids.
Gallery * 9781451621426