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B. A. Shapiro 

The Art Forger 

A Novel 

“A clever, twisty novel about art, authenticity, love, and betrayal. B. A. Shapiro knows 

about Degas, and she knows about art theft and forgery, and she also knows how 

to tell a gripping story.” —Tom Perrotta 

October 

Fiction 

368 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-132-6 

$23.95 Hardcover 

No. 73132 

world (excluding Can) 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-180-7 

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On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today 

over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella 

Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains 

the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a 

struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more 

to this crime than meets the eye. 

Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art 

for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, 

she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with 

Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge 

a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the 

Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his 

renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the 

one that had been hanging for one hundred years 

at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to 

suspect that it may itself be a forgery. 

Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins 

leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since 

the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can 

now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich 

plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller 

that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and 

obsessive collectors. It’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and 

not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas. 

“An engaging journey. Will not only keep you as entertained as 

any thriller but leave you with a new appreciation of how paintings 

are made, evaluated, and understood—not to mention 

how they’re copied.” —Arthur Golden, bestselling author of 

Memoirs of a Geisha 

“Blazingly good. Shapiro drops you where you’ve never been before, 

into the whole, crackingly alive world of art galleries, art 

forgeries, and the unexpected recesses of the human heart. As 

original as a real Degas, it’s also as unforgettable.” —Caroline 

Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Pictures of You 

B. A. Shapiro lives in Boston and teaches fiction writing at 

Northeastern University. Author website: www.barbarashapiro 

.com. 

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THE REVISED FUNDAMENTALS 

OF CAREGIVING A NOVEl 

“Listen to me: everything you think you know, every relationship you’ve ever taken for granted, 

every plan or possibility you’ve ever hatched, every conceit or endeavor you’ve ever concocted, 

can be stripped from you in an instant. Sooner or later, it will happen. So prepare yourself. 

Be ready not to be ready. Be ready to be brought to your knees and beaten to dust. Because no 

stable foundation, no act of will, no force of cautious habit will save you from this fact: nothing 

is indestructible.” —from The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving 

August 

Fiction 

288 pages, 6" x 9" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-039-8 


No. 73039 

world eng lang 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-185-2 




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West of Here 

ISBN 978-1-61620-082-4 

No. 73082 

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JONATHAN EVISON 

From the New York Times Bestselling Author of West of Here 

★ ★ BookPage Top 50 Best Books of 2011 

★ ★ Amazon’s Top 100 of 2011 List 

★ ★ Hudson Booksellers’ Book of the Year 

★ ★ PNBA Book Award for 2012 

★ ★ #1 Indie Next Pick in Hardcover 

★★BookExpo America Editors’ Buzz Panel 2010 

Benjamin Benjamin has lost virtually everything—his wife, his family, his home, his livelihood. 

With few options, Ben enrolls in a night class called The Fundamentals of Caregiving, where 

he is instructed in the art of inserting catheters and avoiding liability, about professionalism, 

and on how to keep physical and emotional distance between client and provider. 

But when Ben is assigned to tyrannical nineteen-year-old Trevor, who is in the advanced stages 

of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, he soon discovers that the endless mnemonics and service plan 

checklists have done little to prepare him for the reality of caring for a fiercely stubborn, sexually 

frustrated adolescent with an ax to grind with the world at large. 

Though begun with mutual misgivings, the relationship between Trev and Ben evolves into a close 

camaraderie, and the traditional boundaries between patient and caregiver begin to blur as they 

embark on a road trip to visit Trev’s ailing father. A series of must-see roadside attractions divert 

them into an impulsive adventure interrupted by one birth, two arrests, a freakish dust storm, and a 

six-hundred-mile cat-and-mouse pursuit by a mysterious brown Buick Skylark. 

Bursting with energy, this big-hearted and inspired novel ponders life’s terrible surprises and the 

heart’s uncanny capacity to mend. 

“Jonathan Evison is a gifted raconteur with a wicked sense of humor and an unflagging empathy for humankind 

in all its sad, foible-filled magnificence. In The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, his myriad 

talents are displayed in full bloom.” —Patrick deWitt, author of The Sisters Brothers 

“The funniest and most tough-minded novel I’ve read in a long time . . . This is his best novel yet.” 

—Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life 

“Sly and surprising, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving is both a goofy road trip and a mission of 

atonement. Jonathan Evison has the singular ability to make the heartbreaking seem jaunty.” 

—Stewart O’Nan, author of The Odds: A Love Story 

Jonathan Evison lives on an island on the coast of Washington State. His first novel, All About Lulu, 

won the Washington State Book Award. This is his third novel. 

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“An utterly engrossing story, driven by a heroine as layered and magnetic as Hester 

Prynne herself, and reminiscent, too, of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. 

Absolutely a must-read.” —Booklist, starred review 

When She Woke 

A Novel 

Best of 2011 

The -Huffington Post 

Paste magazine 

The Kansas City Star 

BookPage and Booklist 

September 

Fiction 

368 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-193-7 

$14.95 Trade Paper 

No. 73193 

US/OM 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-184-5 

HC ISBN 978-1-56512-629-9 


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• Author website: www.hillaryjordan.com 

Mudbound 

ISBN 978-1-56512-677-0 

No. 72677 

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A #1 Indie Next Pick 

Hillary Jordan 

“The Scarlet Letter could unfurl from no better a speculative pen than that 

held by Hillary Jordan. She takes the seeds of that story and roots them in 

a world where ‘right to life’ is the law of the land . . . The result . . . is as 

compulsively readable as it is thought-provoking.” —The Denver Post 

Bellwether Prize winner Hillary Jordan’s provocative new novel, When She Woke, 

tells the story of a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a nottoo-distant 

future, where the line between church and state has been eradicated 

and convicted felons are no longer imprisoned and rehabilitated but chromed—their skin 

color is genetically altered to match the class of their crimes—and then released back into 

the population to survive as best they can. Hannah is a Red; her crime is murder. 

In seeking a path to safety in an alien and hostile world, Hannah unknowingly embarks 

on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true 

and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith. 

“In the chillingly credible tomorrowland of Jordan’s second novel, Roe v. Wade has been 

overturned, abortion has been criminalized in 42 states and a vigilante group known as the 

Fist of Christ brutalizes violators . . . Jordan’s feverishly conceived dystopia holds its own 

alongside the dark inventions of Margaret Atwood and Ray Bradbury.” —The New York 

Times Book Review 

A l g o n q u i n P a p e r b a c k 

“Hannah’s fight for freedom is both a sober warning and a gripping page-turner. Already it 

reads like a classic.” —AARP 

“Jordan’s take on the hot button issues of our time—separation of church and state, abortion, 

an imperfect criminal justice system—is compelling.” —San Antonio Express-News 

“An inventive tale about a new America that has lost its way . . . When She Woke is, at its heart, 

a tense, energetic and lively paced story about self-discovery and reclamation in the wake of 

enormous shame. It is a story about the price of love.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune 

“[A] provocative, politically charged novel . . . [Hannah’s] journey to reclaim herself is equally 

chilling and riveting.” —Family Circle 

“Will spark many an intriguing book club discussion.” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer 

Hillary Jordan’s first novel, Mudbound, was the winner of the 2006 Bellwether Prize for fiction 

and an Alex Award from the American Library Association. It was named the NAIBA Fiction 

Book of the Year and one of the Top Ten Debut Novels of the Decade by Paste magazine. Jordan 

grew up in Dallas, Texas, and Muskogee, Oklahoma. She lives in New York City. Find her online 

at www.hillaryjordan.com. 


Steven D. Wolf with Lynette Padwa 

Comet’s Tale 

How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life 

“Absolutely delightful! A very good book about a human whose life is transformed 

by a greyhound. Makes me want to adopt a greyhound right away!” 

—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of Dogs Never Lie About Love 

October 

Pets/Memoir 

272 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-045-9 


No. 73045 

world 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-186-9 


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GREY2K USA 

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campaign 

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Forced into early retirement by a spinal condition, 

Steven Wolf reluctantly left his family and moved to 

Arizona for its warm winter climate. A lifelong dog 

lover, the former hard-driving attorney is drawn to a local 

group that rescues retired racing greyhounds. When Comet, 

a once-abused cinnamon-striped racer, chooses to “adopt” 

Wolf, he has no idea that a life-altering relationship has 

begun—for both of them. 

Racers, cruelly treated and exposed only to the track and 

cage, have no inkling of the most basic skills—walking on tile 

floors, climbing stairs, even playing with toys or children—so 

Wolf must show the mistrustful greyhound how to thrive in 

the real world. Gradually, a confident but mysterious spirit 

emerges from the stunning animal. And when Wolf’s health 

starts to worsen, the tables turn and Comet must now help 

Wolf with the most basic skills. 

Wolf teaches her to be a service dog, and soon enough 

she’s hauling his wheelchair at top speed through airport terminals, 

towing his cart through the grocery store, helping 

him get out of bed, and attracting friends to Wolf’s isolated 

world. She plays a crucial role in restoring his health and even 

saving his marriage. Their unshakable faith in each other 

makes them winners once again. 

“Comet the dog is worthy of the Canine Hall of Fame, and 

Comet the book is everything you want a memoir to be: wise, 

moving, honest, and true. I loved it, and so will you.” 

—Louis Bayard, author of The Pale Blue Eye 

“Told with abundant humor, humility, and a writing style as 

graceful as a greyhound, Comet’s Tale abounds with revelations 

of the way life surprises us. I loved this book!” 

—Anne Hillerman, author of Tony Hillerman’s Landscape 

“A powerful tale about life, family, and personal healing 

that reminds us all that greyhounds are love!” 

—Christine A. Dorchak, president of GREY2K USA 

Steven D. Wolf is an active participant in greyhound advocacy. 

He divides his time between Omaha, Nebraska, and Sedona, 

Arizona. 


Christopher Castellani 

ALL THIS TALK OF LOVE 

A Novel 

“I loved this book for both its wit and its compassion. Chris Castellani has 

a steady, sustained belief in the goodness of the human spirit. To be able to 

convey both comedy and tragedy in a single novel is a remarkable gift.” 

—Anita Shreve, author of Rescue 

It’s been fifty years since Antonio Grasso married 

Maddalena and brought her to America. That was the 

last time she would see her parents, her sisters and 

brothers—everything she knew and loved in the village of 

Santa Cecilia, Italy. She locked those memories away, as if 

Santa Cecilia stopped existing the day she left. Now, with 

children and grandchildren, a successful family-run restaurant, 

and enough daily drama at home, Maddalena sees no 

need to open the door to the past and let the emotional baggage 

and unmended rifts of another life spill out. 

But Prima, Antonio and Maddalena’s American-born 

daughter, was raised on the lore of the Old Country. And as 

she sees her parents aging, she hatches the idea to take the entire 

family back to Italy—hoping to reunite Maddalena with 

her estranged sister and let her parents see their homeland 

one last time. It is an idea that threatens to tear the Grasso 

family apart, until fate deals them some unwelcome surprises, 

and their journey home becomes a necessary voyage. 

Writing with warmth and grace, Chris Castellani delivers 

a seductive feast for readers. All This Talk of Love is an 

incandescent novel about sacrifice and hope, loss and love, 

myth and memory. 

“The many faces of home, all of them dear, all of them hardwon, 

all of them so complicated and confusing and beloved, 

lie at the heart of this tenderest of novels. If there is a better 

book about what it means to be in a family, I haven’t read it.” 

—Stacey D’Erasmo, author of The Sky Below 

Christopher Castellani has published two previous 

novels with Algonquin—A Kiss from Maddalena, which 

won the Massachusetts Books Award for Fiction; and The Saint 

of Lost Things. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, where he 

is the artistic director of Grub Street, the Boston-based nonprofit 

creative writing center. Author website: www.christopher 

castellani.com 

February 2013 

Fiction 

320 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-170-8 

$13.95 Trade Paper Original 

No. 73170 

World 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-190-6 




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“Life Among Giants is a wild ride of a novel, deliciously visceral, psychologically 

twisted, furiously engaging.” —Pam Houston, author of Contents May Have Shifted 

Life Among Giants 

A Novel 

November 

Fiction 

352 pages, 6" x 9" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-076-3 


No. 73076 

world (excluding uk) 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-156-2 


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praise for Bill Roorbach 

“I’ve admired Bill Roorbach’s voice for a long time. He’s a writer who is full of compassion and warmth 

for his subjects, and he’s funny as hell, too.” —Rick Moody 

“Roorbach falls, for me, into that small category of writers whose every book I must read, then reread.” 

—Jay Parini 

“Bill Roorbach is a storyteller’s storyteller.” —Antonya Nelson 

“Bill Roorbach has quietly built a stellar reputation.” —Publishers Weekly 

At seventeen, David “Lizard” Hochmeyer is nearly seven feet tall, a star quarterback, 

and Princeton-bound. His future seems all but assured until his parents are mysteriously 

murdered, leaving Lizard and his older sister, Kate, adrift and alone. Sylphide, the 

world’s greatest ballerina, lives across the pond from their Connecticut home, in a mansion the 

size of a museum, and it turns out that her rock star husband’s own disasters have intersected 

with Lizard’s—and Kate’s—in the most intimate and surprising ways. 

Over the decades that follow, Lizard and Kate are obsessed with uncovering the motives behind 

the deaths, returning time and again to their father’s missing briefcase, his shady business 

dealings and shaky finances, and to Sylphide, who has threaded her way into Lizard’s and Kate’s 

lives much more deeply than either had ever realized. From the football fields of Princeton to 

a stint with the NFL, from elaborate dances at the mansion to the seductions lying in wait for 

Lizard, and ultimately to the upscale restaurant he opens in his hometown, it only takes Lizard 

a lifetime to piece it all together. 

A wildly entertaining novel of murder, seduction, and revenge—rich in incident, in expansiveness 

of character, and in lavishness of setting—it’s a Gatsby-esque adventure, a larger-than-life 

quest for answers that reveals how sometimes the greatest mystery lies in knowing one’s own heart. 

Praise for Life Among Giants 

“A sprawling, exuberant novel filled with murder and lust and, mostly, love. Bill Roorbach is a writer 

with enormous vision and an even more enormous heart.” —Ann Hood, author of The Red Thread 

“An operatic novel of grand emotions and grand events, a story about murder, money, and madness but 

also the worlds of dance, food, sports, and romance, all experienced at their over-the-top best . . . No 

one writes pleasure quite like Bill Roorbach.” —Debra Spark, author of Good for the Jews 

“A book that’s big in the best of ways . . . Bill Roorbach has delivered his award-winning writing 

talents in one big bunch.” —Clyde Edgerton 

Bill Roorbach is the author of eight books of fiction and nonfiction. His work has been published 

in Harper’s, the Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, the New York Times Magazine, Granta, New York, and dozens 

of other magazines and journals. Author website: www.billroorbach.com. 


Lions of the West 

Heroes and Villains of the 

Westward Expansion 


“Lions of the West is history at its best.” —The Charleston Post and Courier 

“A love song to the raw back pages of American frontier democracy.” 

—Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior 

A Shannon Ravenel Book 

August 

History/Biography 

528 pages, 6" x 9" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-189-0 


No. 73189 

world 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-179-1 

HC ISBN 978-1-56512-626-8 


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From Thomas Jefferson’s birth in 1743 to the 

California Gold Rush in 1849, America’s westward 

expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated 

by the way individual lives link up, illuminate one 

another, and collectively impact history. 

Jefferson, a naturalist and visionary, dreamed that the 

United States would stretch across the North American 

continent, from ocean to ocean. The account of how that 

dream became reality unfolds in the stories of Jefferson and 

nine other Americans whose adventurous spirits and lust 

for land pushed the westward boundaries: Andrew Jackson, 

John “Johnny Appleseed” Chapman, David Crockett, 

Sam Houston, James K. Polk, Winfield Scott, Kit Carson, 

Nicholas Trist, and John Quincy Adams. 

Their stories—and those of the nameless thousands who 

risked their lives to settle on the frontier, displacing thousands 

of Native Americans—form an extraordinary chapter 

in American history that led directly to the cataclysm of the 

Civil War. Filled with illustrations, portraits, maps, battle 

plans, notes, and time lines, Lions of the West is a richly 

authoritative biography of America—its ideals, its promise, 

its romance, and its destiny. 

“A tour de force of historical concision, combining prodigious 

research and adroit synthesis.” —The Boston Globe 

“Sometimes, superb research can yield memorable chronicling 

of lives in an economical manner, rather than in a detailed 

cradle to grave account. That is the case in Morgan’s compulsively 

readable group history.” —The Seattle Times 

“Morgan’s marriage of history and well-wrought prose is as 

engrossing as it is edifying.” —The Louisville Courier-Journal 

“Morgan’s accounts of these key players make for an intriguing 

journey westward . . . A stimulating and engaging account.” 

—Minneapolis Star Tribune 

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Robert Morgan 

Gap Creek 

A Novel 

In 2000, Oprah Winfrey selected Algonquin’s hard cover edition of Gap Creek for 

her Book Club. Now, a dozen years and more than one million copies later, we are 

proud to offer our first paperback edition of this enduring bestseller. 

Young Julie Harmon works “hard as a man,” they 

say, so hard that at times she’s not sure she can stop. 

People depend on her to slaughter the hogs and 

nurse the dying. People are weak, and there is so much to 

do. At just seventeen she marries and moves down into the 

valley of Gap Creek, where perhaps life will be better. 

But Julie and Hank’s new life in the valley, in the last 

years of the nineteenth century, is more complicated than 

the couple ever imagined. Sometimes it’s hard to tell what to 

fear most—the fires and floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters, 

drunks, and busybodies who insinuate themselves into 

their new life. To survive, they must find out whether love 

can keep chaos and madness at bay. Their struggles with 

nature, with work, with the changing century, and with the 

disappointments and triumphs of their union make Gap 

Creek a timeless story of a marriage. 

“Morgan . . . shows what it was like to be human in a time and 

place now far removed from modern America. He creates living, 

breathing souls who, as transparent as their dreams and 

fears may seem today, demand to be taken seriously.” 

—The Orlando Sentinel 

“His stripped-down and almost primitive sentences burn with 

the raw, lonesome pathos of Hank Williams’s best songs.” 

—The New York Times Book Review 

“Gripping storytelling, indelible sense of time and place . . . 

Morgan turns the stories of prosaic lives into page-turners.” 

—The Raleigh News and Observer 

Robert Morgan is the author of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, 

most notably his novel Gap Creek, and Boone, his biography 

of Daniel Boone, both of which were national bestsellers. The 

recipient of an Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, 

he was inducted into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame in 

2010. He lives in Ithaca, New York. Author website: www.robert 

morgan.com. 

August 

Fiction 

368 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-176-0 


No. 73176 

world 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-178-4 

HC ISBN 978-1-56512-296-3 

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from The Road from Gap Creek 


The Truest Pleasure 

ISBN 978-1-56512-222-2 

No. 72222 

Brave Enemies 

ISBN 978-1-56512-578-0 

No. 72578 

Boone: A Biography 

ISBN 978-1-56512-615-2 

No. 72615 


Joanna Luloff 

The Beach at Galle Road 

Stories 

The lives of Sri Lankan natives and American Peace Corps workers intersect 

during a time of change and crisis in this accomplished collection of 

interconnected stories—a debut by an immensely talented young writer. 

When rumors of civil war between the ruling 

Sinhalese and the Tamils in the northern sector 

of Sri Lanka reach those who live in the south, 

somehow it seems not to be happening in their own country. 

At least not until Janaki’s sister, Lakshmi—now a refugee 

whose husband, a Tamil, has disappeared—comes back to 

live with her family. And when Sam, an American Peace 

Corps worker who boards with Janaki’s family, falls in love 

with one of his students, a young girl from the north, he, 

too, becomes acutely aware of the dangers that exist for anyone 

who gets drawn into the conflict, however marginally. 

Skillfully weaving together the stories of these and other 

intersecting lives, The Beach at Galle Road explores themes 

of memory and identity amid the consequences of the Sri 

Lankan civil war. From different points of view, across generations 

and geographies, it pits the destructive power of war 

against the resilient power of family, individual will, and the 

act of storytelling itself. 

October 

Fiction 

288 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-56512-921-4 


No. 72921 

World 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-182-1 




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“In The Beach at Galle Road, Joanna Luloff portrays, with 

exquisite passion and restraint, the troubled history of Sri 

Lanka. Writing from the point of view of young and old, 

Sri Lankans and Americans, civilians and soldiers, Luloff 

takes us deep into a country and a culture. Together these 

wonderful stories form an intricate web in which we, her readers, 

are happily caught. The Beach at Galle Road is a wise and 

profoundly moving debut.” —Margot Livesey, author of The 

Flight of Gemma Hardy 

Joanna Luloff received her MFA from Emerson College 

and is completing a PhD at the University of Missouri. She 

worked as Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka from 1996 to 1998. 

Her stories have appeared in the Missouri Review, Confrontation, 

Memorious, and New South. 


Julia Pandl 

Memoir of the 

Sunday Brunch 

“Pandl’s Restaurant in Milwaukee is a Midwest tradition: What makes Julia 

Pandl’s memoir shine is not only its charm and humor but also its insider’s look at 

how high standards and love equals extraordinary food. In Memoir of the Sunday 

Brunch, she cooks up a delicious story that deserves a wide audience. We thank her 

for the memories.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean 

For Julia Pandl, the rite of passage into young- adulthood 

included mandatory service at her family’s restaurant, 

where she watched as her father—who was also the 

chef—ruled with the strictness of a drill sergeant. 

At age twelve, Julie was initiated into the rite of the Sunday 

brunch, a weekly madhouse at her father’s Milwaukee-based 

restaurant, where she and her eight older siblings before her 

did service in a situation of controlled chaos, learning the 

ropes of the family business and, more important, learning 

life lessons that would shape them for all the years to come. 

In her wry memoir, she looks back on those formative years, 

a time not just of growing up but, ultimately, of becoming a 

source of strength and support as the world her father knew 

began to change into a tougher, less welcoming place. 

Part coming-of-age story à la The Tender Bar, part window 

into the mysteries of the restaurant business à la Kitchen 

Confidential, Julie Pandl provides tender wisdom about the 

bonds between fathers and daughters and about the simple 

pleasures that lie in the daily ritual of breaking bread. This 

honest and exuberant memoir marks the debut of a writer 

who discovers that humor exists in even the smallest details 

of our lives and that the biggest moments we ever experience 

can happen behind the pancake station at the Sunday 

brunch. 

“I don’t use the word ‘charming’ often, but that is the word that 

kept coming to mind as I read Julia Pandl’s memoir. Funny, 

sad, sweet, inspiring, every page wrapped in genuine emotion 

and sharp-eyed wisdom, Memoir of the Sunday Brunch is the 

work of a writer we’ll want to watch.” —Keith Dixon, author 

of Cooking for Gracie and The Art of Losing 

Julia Pandl was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where 

she still lives and works. Memoir of the Sunday Brunch is her first 

book. When she is not writing and otherwise working, she moonlights 

as a stand-up comic. Author website: www.juliapandl.com. 

NOVEMBeR 

Memoir 

256 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-172-2 


No. 73172 

us/can/om 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-191-3 






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“[An] audacious and compelling first novel . . . It’s a brave writer who takes a subject 

as historically complex and gravid with emotion as this one as the background 

to her first novel, and Benaron has to be loudly applauded for her bravura . . . 

An authentic and richly textured portrait of African life.” —The Washington Post 

RUNNING THE RIFT 

A NOVEL 

A #1 Indie Next Pick 

October 

Fiction 

400 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-194-4 


No. 73194 

world 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-187-6 

HC ISBN 978-1-61620-042-8 


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WINNER 

BELLWETHER 

PRIZE FOR 

FICTION 

NAOMI BENARON 

“Rich characterization and insights about Rwandan culture make this book 

a pleasure to read, and Jean Patrick impossible not to root for . . . Running 

the Rift is a profound display of imagination and empathy. Benaron writes 

like Jean Patrick runs, with the heart of a lion.” —The Dallas Morning News 

Running the Rift follows the progress of Jean Patrick Nkuba from the day he knows 

that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life. A naturally 

gifted athlete, he sprints over the thousand hills of Rwanda and dreams of 

becoming his country’s first Olympic medal winner in track. But Jean Patrick is a Tutsi 

in a world that has become increasingly restrictive and violent for his people. As tensions 

mount between the Hutu and Tutsi, he holds fast to his dream that running might deliver 

him, and his people, from the brutality around them. 

Winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, Naomi Benaron has written 

a stunning and gorgeous novel that—through the eyes of one unforgettable boy— 

explores a country’s unraveling, its tentative new beginning, and the love that binds its 

people together. 

“[Benaron] writes with an earnest clarity, bringing the boy to manhood and imparting to 

readers a culturally rich and unflinching story of resilience and resistance.” —Chicago 

Tribune, Editor’s Choice 


“This is truly fearless writing: ambitious, beautiful, unapologetically passionate.” 

—Barbara Kingsolver 

“A novel full of unspeakable strife but also joy, humor, and love.” —O: The Oprah Magazine 

“A powerful coming-of-age story that highlights the best and the worst of human nature.” 

—The Christian Science Monitor 

“[An] unflinching and beautifully crafted account of a people and their survival. In addition, 

she compellingly details the growth and rigorous training of a young athlete . . . Highly recommended; 

readers who loved Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner will appreciate.” —Library Journal, 

starred review 

“Where Benaron shines is in her tender descriptions of Rwanda’s natural beauty and in her 

creation of Jean Patrick, a hero whose noble innocence and genuine human warmth are impossible 

not to love.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review 

Naomi Benaron holds an MFA from Antioch University and an MS from Scripps Institution 

of Oceanography. She is also an Ironman triathlete. She teaches for UCLA Extension Writers’ 

Program, mentors for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, and has worked extensively with genocide 

survivor groups in Rwanda. For more information, visit www.naomibenaron.com. Naomi 

Benaron is available for select speaking engagements. Contact speakersbureau@workman.com. 


Jeff Backhaus 

Hikikomori and the 

Rental Sister 

A Novel 

“A brilliantly nuanced masterpiece of a novel. To miss it would be to miss a story that 

will change the way you feel about your own life, one that will fill your every gesture 

with its graceful and loving inflections. Listen to the music of this novel closely. 

It is the sound of genius.” —Robert Goolrick 

January 2013 

Fiction 

256 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-137-1 


No. 73137 

world (excluding Can) 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-188-3 



• Regional author events 







Thomas Tessler, devastated by a tragedy, has cloistered 

himself in his bedroom and shut out the world for 

the past three years. His wife, Silke, lives in the next 

room, but Thomas no longer shares his life with her, leaving 

his hideout only occasionally, in the wee hours of the night, 

to pick up food at the grocery store around the corner from 

their Manhattan apartment. Isolated, withdrawn, damaged, 

Thomas is hikikomori. 

Desperate for one last chance to salvage their life together, 

Silke hires Megumi, a young Japanese woman attuned to the 

hikikomori phenomenon, to lure Thomas back into the world. 

Back in Japan Megumi is called a “rental sister,” though her 

job may involve much more than familial comforts. At first 

Thomas remains steadfast and sequestered, but as he grows to 

trust Megumi, a deepening and sensual relationship unfolds. 

In this revelatory and provocative debut, Jeff Backhaus 

asks, What are the risks of intimacy? And what must these 

three broken people surrender in order to find hope again? 

Hikikomori and the Rental Sister celebrates the human capacity 

to find beauty and meaning in life, even after great sorrow. 

It tears through the emotional walls of grief and delves 

into the power of human connection to break through to the 

world waiting outside. 

Jeff Backhaus has been a cook, an art director, and a professional 

pilot. He lived and worked in Korea and now lives in 

New York. Author website: www.jeffbackhaus.com. 

AVAILABLE ON 



Ashok Rajamani 

The Day My 

Brain Exploded 

A True Story 

A sudden, near-fatal massive cerebral hemorrhage is no laughing matter, 

until Ashok Rajamani puts readers inside his head as he struggles to put his life 

back together. 

After a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of twentyfive, 

Ashok Rajamani, a first-generation Indian 

American, had to relearn everything: how to eat, 

how to walk and to speak, even things as basic as his sexual 

orientation. With humor and insight, he describes the events 

of that day (his brain exploded just before his brother’s wedding!), 

as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the 

process, he introduces readers to his family—his principal 

support group, as well as a constant source of frustration 

and amazement. Irreverent, coruscating, angry, at times 

shocking, but always revelatory, his memoir takes the reader 

into unfamiliar territory, much like the experience Alice had 

when she fell down the rabbit hole. That he lived to tell the 

story is miraculous; that he tells it with such aplomb is simply 

remarkable. 

More than a decade later he has finally reestablished a 

productive artistic life for himself, still dealing with the effects 

of his injury—life-long half-blindness and epilepsy— 

but forging ahead as a survivor dedicated to helping others 

who have suffered a similar catastrophe. 

Ashok Rajamani lives in New York City. His work has 

appeared in dozens of publications, including Scholars & Rogues, 

South Asian Review, Danse Macabre, and 3:AM Magazine. This is 

his first book. 

January 2013 

Memoir 

256 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-56512-997-9 


No. 72997 

World 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-166-1 

A l g o n q u i n P a p e r b a c k O R I G I N A L 



• 20-city radio tour 






• Author website: 

www.ashokrajamani.com 


Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Purple Hibiscus 

A Novel 


“Splendid.” —Vanity Fair“Amazing.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune 

“[Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to 

Gabriel García Márquez, Alex Haley, and Chinua Achebe.” 

—The San Diego Union-Tribune 

now available 

Fiction 

336 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-61620-241-5 


No. 73241 

world (EXcluding can & UK/ 

COMMONWEALTH) 

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja 

lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in 

beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an 

exclusive missionary school. They’re completely shielded 

from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in 

her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they 

appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, 

he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home—a home 

that is silent and suffocating. 

As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, 

Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor 

outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the 

confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, 

curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ 

laughter rings throughout the house. When they return 

home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili 

must find the strength to keep her loved ones together. 

Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional 

turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and 

the bright promise of freedom. 

“Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully 

evokes . . . Adichie’s understanding of a young girl’s heart is 

so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and 

makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as 

Eudora Welty’s Mississippi.” —The Boston Globe 

• Online reader’s guide 



• Author spotlight on 



Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. 

Her work has been translated into thirty languages. Her first 

novel, Purple Hibiscus, published by Algonquin in 2003, won the 

Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy 

Award. Her novel Half of a Yellow Sun won the Orange Broadband 

Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle 

Award. Her story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck, was 

the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A recipient of a 

2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time 

between the United States and Nigeria. 


Emily Franklin, editor 

How to Spell Chanukah . . . 

and Other Holiday Dilemmas 

18 Writers Celebrate 8 Nights of Lights 

Think David Sedaris’s Holidays on Ice . . . but with dreidels. From the hilarious 

to the snarky, the poignant to the poetic, this collection proves there are as many 

ways to celebrate Chanukah as there are ways to spell it. 

Ring in the holiday with eighteen writers who extol, 

excoriate, and expand our understanding of this 

most merry of Jewish festivals as they offer up 

funny, irreverent, and, yes, even nostalgic takes on a holiday 

that holds a special place in Jewish hearts . . . and stomachs. 

Pieces by Jonathan Tropper, Jennifer Gilmore, Steve 

Almond, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Adam Langer, and others 

address pressing issues: What is the weight gain associated 

with eating 432 latkes in eight nights? Offer joyous gratitude: 

“What a holiday! No pestilence, no slavery, no locusts, no 

cattle disease, or atonement. Thank God.” And afford tender 

truths: “You are reminded of your real gifts: a family you get 

to come home to.” 

Whether your family tradition included a Christmas tree 

or a Chanukah bush, whether the fights among your siblings 

rivaled the battles of the Maccabees, or even if you haven’t a 

clue who the Maccabees were, this little book illustrates the 

joys, frustrations, and small miracles of the season. 

“Eighteen youngish writers contribute personal essays—from 

the snarky to the sentimental—riffing on the ancient Jewish 

holiday.” —The Washington Post 

“For all of these essayists, with their different styles, grudges 

and dilemmas, sweet and bittersweet memories, Chanukah 

counts for more than eight nights.” —Jewish Journal 

“Laced with humor, nostalgia and pain . . . Add in plenty of 

first-rate writing and points of cultural resonance, and you’ve 

got yourself a real good read. Oh, and it would make a great 

Chanukah gift.” —J: Jewish News Weekly 

Emily Franklin is the author of a cookbook-memoir, 

Too Many Cooks: Kitchen Adventures with 1 Mom, 4 Kids, and 

102 New Recipes, as well as two novels for adults, The Girls’ 

Almanac and Liner Notes. She has edited three previous anthologies, 

including It’s a Wonderful Lie: 26 Truths about Life in Your 

Twenties. She lives in Boston and feeds her kids latkes year-round. 

September 

holiday anthology 

272 pages, 6" x 7 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-56512-934-4 


No. 72934 

world 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-183-8 

HC ISBN 978-1-56512-538-4 


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• Holiday advertising campaign, 

including the New Yorker 

• Spotlight on Algonquin website 




Recent Paperback Fiction Releases 

Tayari Jones 

silver spArrow 

“Nakedly honest . . . Superbly charged.” —The Atlanta Journal-Consitution 

“A tense, layered and evocative tale . . . Jones explores the rivalry and 

connection of siblings, the meaning of beauty, the perils of young 

womanhood, the complexities of romantic relationships and the 

contemporary African American experience.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune 

Fiction • ISBN 978-1-61620-142-5, No. 73142 • E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-153-1 · $13.95 PB 

Kris D’Agostino 

The sleepy hollow FAmily AlmAnAc 

“D’Agostino’s tragicomic first novel is an insatiably readable tale of a family 

held together with duct tape and string.” —Booklist 

“A wry and sharply observed portrait, a coming-of-age story turned inside 

out. D’Agostino perfectly captures the way a family talks to itself and, in 

the process, makes us care deeply about these people. Highly entertaining 

and surprisingly moving.” —Charles Yu, author of How to Live Safely in a 

Science Fictional Universe 

Fiction · ISBN 978-1-56512-951-1, No. 72951 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-146-3 · $13.95 PB 

Michael Parker 

The wATery pArT oF The world 

“A lush feat of historical speculation . . . Pirates and aristocrats in one 

century; elderly ladies and their handyman in another . . . But Parker has 

managed to stir them together in a vivid tale.” —The Washington Post 

“Parker slices open each isolated life with humor and gentleness, and the 

familiar battles with loss and loneliness he chronicles make even this 

remotest of locations feel close to home.” —People, four stars 

“Purely wonderful . . . Impossible to put down.” —Nancy Pearl, NPR.org 


Ted Heller 

pockeT kings 

In this dead-on satire of online obsessions, a novelist with writer’s block finds a 

new—and very lucrative—stream of income in a virtual world that appears to 

give him everything he lacks in the real one. 

“[A] recklessly funny, sparky satire of our obsession with the virtual world.” 

—Vanity Fair 

“Heller’s novel about a failed writer offers an unlikable protagonist, vivid writing 

and a comic depiction of our most disgraceful inner states.” —Editor’s Choice 



Recent Fiction Releases 

Robert Goolrick 

heAding ouT To wonderFul 

A novel about the dark side of passion set in midcentury America in a small 

Virginia town. 

“A mesmerizing gothic tale of a good man gone wrong . . . Timeless, erotically 

charged . . . Finely crafted fiction from a captivating writer.” —Booklist, 

starred review 

“Packs an emotional punch, and then haunts readers with its quintessentially 

American refrain.” —Publishers Weekly 

Fiction · ISBN 978-1-56512-923-8, No. 72923 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-155-5 · $24.95 HC 

Brandon Jones 

All womAn And springTime 

A spellbinding debut that depicts—with chilling accuracy—life behind North 

Korea’s iron curtain and the underworld of human trafficking. 

“One of the most absorbing, chilling, beautifully written, and important 

novels I’ve read in many years.” —Alice Walker 

“Impossible to put down, this work is important reading for anyone who cares 

about the power of literature to engage the world.” —Library Journal 


Robert Olmstead 

The coldesT nighT 

“It’s extremes that rivet us in Omstead’s searing seventh novel: the heaven of 

first love; the hell of the battlefield . . . Prize-winning material.” —Kirkus 

Reviews, starred review 

“[An] elegiac, gritty coming-of-age novel . . . Well-crafted.” —Publishers 

Weekly, starred review 

“First love, lost love, and battlefield savagery . . . The Coldest Night is powerful, 

and often beautiful, storytelling.” —Booklist 


Alan Shapiro 

BroAdwAy BABy 

A funny and affecting debut novel about a woman’s efforts to hold on to her 

dreams of Broadway stardom even when life turns her into a supporting player. 

“An endearing, witty, and heart-warming take on family life . . . Equally sad 

and laugh-out-loud funny and boasting a cast of vibrant characters, this 

book is sure to hit a nerve with readers.” —Library Journal 

“An ordinary story told extraordinarily well. Bluestein is as flawed as any 

human but is heroic all the same.” —The Louisville Courier-Journal 

Fiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-983-2, No. 72983 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-113-5 • $13.95 PB 


Recent Nonfiction Releases 

Julia Alvarez 

A wedding in hAiTi 

“A sudden promise leads an acclaimed author on the journey—and to the 

wedding—of a lifetime . . . [An] extraordinary story.” —Marie Claire 

“[A] beguiling memoir of family and culture.” —O: The Oprah Magazine 

“Touching, funny, eye-opening and uplifting . . . A fine companion to Isabel 

Allende’s historical novel about Haiti, Island Beneath the Sea, and the work 

of Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat.” —The Seattle Times 

Travel/Memoir · ISBN 978-1-61620-130-3, No. 73130 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-151-7 · $22.95 HC 

Matti Friedman 

The Aleppo codex 

A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible 

An ancient Bible. An errant courier. A charged courtroom battle. In an age when 

physical books may never matter again, here is a thrilling story about a book that 

once meant everything. 

“A treasure box of history, mystery, conspiracy, and convolutions that would do 

any biblical thriller proud . . . [A] fascinating story.” —Booklist, starred review 

“Masterful.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 

History/Politics · ISBN 978-1-61620-040-4, No. 73040 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-154-8 · $24.95 HC 

Janet Groth 

The recepTionisT 

An Education at The New Yorker 

If Mad Men were set at the offices of a legendary magazine and told from the point 

of view of the receptionist, it would mirror Janet Groth’s seductive and entertaining 

look back at her twenty-one years at The New Yorker. 

“A nostalgic, wistful look at life inside one of America’s most storied magazines, 

and the personal and professional limbo of the woman who answered the 

phone . . . For readers who can’t get enough New Yorker lore, an amiable view 

from the inside.” —Kirkus Reviews 

Memoir · ISBN 978-1-61620-131-9, No. 73131 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-158-6 · $21.95 HC 

Jamal Joseph 

pAnTher BABy 

A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention 

“A compelling personal memoir and an astonishing evocation of the 1960s— 

the riots, the rage, the radical chic.” —USA Today, 3.5 stars out of 4 

“[A] mesmerizing odyssey.” —The New York Post 

“Jamal Joseph is a long distance intellectual freedom fighter who never lost his 

soul and integrity—despite the ugly underside of America! Don’t miss this 

powerful book!” —Cornel West 

Memoir · ISBN 978-1-61620-129-6, No. 73129 · E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-126-5 · $14.95 PB 


Recent Paperback Nonfiction Releases 

Bob Tarte 

kiTTy cornered 

In the feline follow-up to Enslaved by Ducks (100,000 copies in print), Bob Tarte 

tells the calamitous story of surviving a household run by six cats. 

“A delight for every person who has ever been owned by a cat. Cat lovers, cat 

haters, animal enthusiasts, pet rescuers (as well as students of human behavior 

and psychology) will all find this book a laugh-out-loud read.” —Examiner.com, 

national edition 

“Better than a big ball of string rolled in tuna.” —The Denver Post 

Pets/Memoir · ISBN 978-1-56512-999-3, No. 72999 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-149-4 · $13.95 PB 

Bob Tarte 

enslAved By ducks 

“A laugh-out-loud chronicle of what it means to bring animals—a blind turkey, 

an irascible rabbit, a lovesick dove — into your heart and home and make them 

part of the fabric of your life.” —Marty Becker, DVM, Good Morning America 

“For anyone who has ever opened heart and home to an animal or experienced 

the love-hate relationship of being owned by pets.” —The Dallas Morning News 

Pets/Memoir · ISBN 978-1-56512-450-9, No. 72450 · E-book ISBN 978-1-56512-730-2 · $13.95 PB 

Richard Louv 

The nATure principle 

Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age 

“[Louv’s] simple agenda: more green in schools, more access to nature in 

communities, the importance of giving people the tools and the health they 

need to create a better world . . . This book makes utter sense.” —Los Angeles 

Times 

“By the time you turn the final page, you’ll not only understand why you should 

make or deepen your own connection to nature, you’ll know how . . . A stirring 

argument for not waiting a moment longer.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune 

Nature/Health · ISBN 978-1-61620-141-8, No. 73141 · E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-150-0 · $14.95 PB 

Amy Stewart 

The eArTh moved 

On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms 

The bestselling author of Wicked Plants and Wicked Bugs takes us on a 

subterranean adventure to uncover our planet’s most important gatekeeper: the 

humble earthworm. 

“Stewart’s fascination with her subject is infectious, her writing as simple and 

sleek as the earthworm itself.” —San Francisco Chronicle 

“Part humorous, part serious, and 100 percent informative.” —The American 

Gardner 

Natural History · ISBN 978-1-56512-468-4, No. 72468 · E-book ISBN 978-1-56512-655-8 · $12.95 PB 


“If you call yourself a serious reader 

but still haven’t discovered Lewis Nordan, 

shame on you.” —ThE SEaTTlE TiMES 

A l g o n q u i n pAp e r B A c k 

NOW AvAILABLE 

FICTION 

320 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ¼" 

ISBN 978-1-56512-110-2 

$13.95 PAPERBACK 

NO. 72110 

wORLD 

“ Why does Wolf Whistle succeed 

against all odds? Nordan has 

an exceptional ear, a tightrope 

walker’s balance and, most 

important, a decency so certain 

it disarms us.” 

—Los Angeles Times 

“ An illuminating, even uplifting, 

achievement . . . Wolf Whistle 

is flat-out wonderful.” 

—The Washington Post Book World 

Lewis “Buddy” Nordan, author of six books from 

Algonquin, died on April 13, 2012. Algonquin 

lost a dear friend and the world has lost a singular 

voice. But his wondrous work lives on. 

Algonquin plans to repackage and relaunch his 

works of fiction and his memoir (which Nordan himself 

referred to as a work of fiction!), beginning with the critically 

acclaimed novel Wolf Whistle, based on the killing 

of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi, 

in 1955, and the subsequent trial at which the known 

killers were acquitted by an all-white jury. It was a turning 

point in the civil rights movement, and it was a turning 

point in Nordan’s life—he was just one year older than 

Emmett Till and lived just down the road. 

“I knew the murderers,” he told National Public Radio 

in 1993. “But I didn’t know that a little white boy growing 

up in the South who was in some ways even implicated in 

the guilt just by my whiteness had the right to write such a 

story, and so I repressed it, I kept it in my heart and in my 

memory for all these thirty-eight years since the event.” 

And when he finally unleashed his extraordinary 

writing powers on that event, the result was as manically 

comic as it was profoundly sad. It is perhaps the most powerful 

book Algonquin has ever published. 

“ Nordan’s goal is to get us to laugh at the whole of human 

existence—the pity, the horror, the vanity, the courage— 

and leave us with a more profound sense of us all . . . Wolf 

Whistle is an immense and wall-shattering display of talent. 

It will help usher him into the Hall of Fame of American 

letters . . . We have come a long way from the Money, 

Mississippi, of 1955. As long as good men and great artists 

like Lewis Nordan dare so boldly to attempt to describe it, 

perhaps we shall never return.” 

—from Randall Kenan’s 1993 review in The Nation 

L EWIS N O r DAN was a professor of creative writing at 

the University of Pittsburgh, for many years, and the author of 

seven books of fiction and a memoir. His many awards include 

three American Library Association Notable Book citations, 

the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for fiction, 

the Mississippi Authors Award for fiction, and the Southern 

Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. 


Welcome to the Club! 

Booksellers, you can now find and promote more great book club titles by joining 

the ALGONQUIN BOOK CLUB. Choose from a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction 

paperback titles—picked for their popularity, widespread critical acclaim, 

and power to provoke discussion. Each includes a reader’s guide 

with discussion points, author interviews, original essays, or other special features. 

IN-STORE PROMOTIONS 

Live webcasts • Book Club signage giveaway 

Algonquin Book Club catalogs • Newsletter co-op 

Author call-ins to book clubs 

ALGONQUIN BOOK CLUB EVENTS 

Four times a year an Algonquin author will be interviewed by a notable 

literary figure at a participating bookstore for a live discussion simultaneously streamed 

at www.algonquinbookclub.com. with a laptop and a projector you can arrange 

to participate in these virtual events in your store. 

U PCOMING LIVE wEBCAST EVENT 

tayari jones and judy blume discuss Silver Sparrow 

Hillary jordan and ricHard russo discuss Mudbound 

PREVIOUS EVENTS 

(videos are available on our website) 

robert Goolrick and GartH stein discuss A Reliable Wife 

julia alvarez and edwidGe danticat discuss In the Time of the Butterflies 

Heidi w. durrow and terry mcmillan discuss The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 

lauren Grodstein and stepHen kinG discuss A Friend of the Family 

caroline leavitt and anne lamott discuss Pictures of You 

For details on forthcoming events and a complete list of the twenty-five titles 

in the 2012 Algonquin Book Club, visit: 

www.algonquinbookclub.com 

Books for a well-read life.

Paperback Fiction Favorites 

Roland Merullo 

BreAkFAsT wiTh BuddhA 

Cynicism yields to amazement when a confirmed skeptic finds himself on a 

six-day road trip with an enigmatic crimson-robed holy man. 

• “ Enlightenment meets On the Road in this witty, insightful novel.” 

—The Boston Sunday Globe 


Heidi w. Durrow 

The girl who Fell From The sky 

A searing portrait of a biracial girl coping with society’s ideas of race and class. 

“ Stunning . . . What makes Durrow’s novel soar is her masterful sense of 

voice, her assured, nuanced handling of complex racial issues—and her 

heart.” —The Christian Science Monitor 


• Winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction 


mudBound 

Jordan’s portrait of two families caught up in the racial hatred of a small 

Southern town in the 1940s. 

“ Supremely readable . . . Packed with drama. Pick it up, then pass it on.” 

—People, four stars 


• Winner of the Bellwether Prize for Fiction 

Martha Southgate 

The TAsTe oF sAlT 

“Arresting . . . A fascinating story that shows how the mistakes people make 

affect all those around them.” —Publishers Weekly 

“[A] searing, gorgeous, brilliant and profoundly human novel about two 

generations of an African American family.” —San Francisco Chronicle 



A reliABle wiFe 

“ A fabulous up-to-the-last-minute page-turner about love, lust, lies, 

deception, heartbreak and resiliency.” —The Miami Herald 

“ A killer debut novel . . . Suspenseful and erotic . . . [A] chillingly engrossing 

plot . . . Good to the riveting end.” —USA Today 


• A #1 NeW York Times bestseller with 900,000 copies in print 


These R E A D E R S R O U N D T A B L E paperback editions provide complementary 

discussion questions, author interviews, or notes from the author. Readers guides for these 

and other titles are also available online at www. algonquinbookclub.com. 

READERS ROUND TABLE 

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Daniel wallace 

Big Fish 

A Novel of Mythic Proportions 

“Comic and poignant.” —The New York Times 

“refreshing, original . . . His chapters have the transformative quality of fable 

and fairy tale.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 

“A charming whopper of a tale.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune 


Manuel Muñoz 

whAT you see in The dArk 

“Strikes emotional chords so deep and with such precision, it almost makes you 

believe you’ve discovered a new art form.” —The Austin Chronicle 

“Eerily cinematic.” —O: The Oprah Magazine 

“[A] stellar first novel . . . with a subtlety worthy of Hitchcock himself.” 

—Publishers Weekly, starred review 


Jonathan Evison 

wesT oF here 

“Big and unforgettable . . . As entertaining as it is insightful.” —The Miami Herald 

“[A] booming, bighearted epic.” —Vanity Fair 

“riotously funny . . . Wonderfully charming.” —The New York Times Book Review 


Caroline Leavitt 

picTures oF you 

“ A magically written, heartbreakingly honest snapshot of the people we leave 

behind and those we can’t let go, a portrait of the full spectrum of the human 

heart. Caroline Leavitt is one of those fabulous, incisive writers you read and 

then ask yourself, Where has she been all my life?” —Jodi Picoult 


Lauren Grodstein 

A Friend oF The FAmily 

This riveting story of a suburban tragedy charts a father’s fall from grace. 

“ Stunning . . . [Grodstein] has written a novel that will leave her reader 

sitting up, sifting the evidence in the dead of night.” —The Boston Globe 

“ Unfolds . . . with suspense worthy of Hitchcock . . . [Grodstein] is a terrific 

storyteller.” —The New York Times Book Review 



Paperback Fiction Favorites 

Sara Gruen 

wATer For elephAnTs 

when Jacob Jankowski is tossed by fate onto a rickety Depression-era circus 

train, he enters a world that is both his salvation and a living hell. It is there 

that he falls in love with Marlena, the equestrian star married to the maniacal 

ringmaster, and where he meets Rosie, the untrainable elephant, who becomes 

the most surprising character of all. 


• A #1 NeW York Times bestseller with over 4.5 million copies in print 

Julia Alvarez 

in The Time oF The BuTTerFlies 

“ A gorgeous, sensitive novel . . . A compelling story of courage, patriotism 

and familial devotion.” —People 

“ Imagination and history in sublime combination” —The Denver Post 


• A National endowment for the Arts Big read selection 

Julia Alvarez 

how The gArcíA girls losT Their AccenTs 

“ Subtle . . . Powerful . . . reveals the intricacies of family, the impact of culture 

and place, and the profound power of language.” —The San Diego Tribune 

“ A clear-eyed look at the insecurity and yearning for a sense of belonging that 

are a part of the immigrant experience . . . Movingly told.” —The Washington 

Post Book World 


Brock Clarke 

exley 

“Clarke has a distinctively winning style. He imagines characters so careful 

in their reasoning that they are deeply, maddeningly unreasonable but also 

tenderly hapless at the same time . . . Both heart-rending and comically 

absurd.” —The New York Times 

“Oddly brilliant . . . Clarke’s breathtaking creativity gives unexpected power 

to his quirky, touching story.” —The Daily Beast 


David Anthony 

someThing For noThing 

“A character-driven comic thriller . . . While Anthony peppers the narrative 

with pop references that place it firmly in the past, his protagonist’s 

problems are all too familiar.” —The Washington Post 

“[A] clever and surprisingly heartfelt debut.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review 

“Sharp and funny.” —The Seattle Times 



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The end oF The world As we know iT 

Scenes from a Life 

“[An] unnerving, elegantly crafted memoir . . . Morbidly funny.” 

—Entertainment Weekly 

“Captivating . . . Barbed and canny, with a sharp eye for the infliction of 

pain.” —The New York Times 

Memoir • ISBN 978-1-56512-602-2, No. 72602 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-56512-635-0 • $13.95 PB 

Aaron Lansky 

ouTwiTTing hisTory 

The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books 

“A marvelous yarn, loaded with near-calamitous adventures and characters 

as memorable as Singer creations.” —New York Post 

Nonfiction • ISBN 978-1-56512-513-1, No. 72513 • E-Book ISBN 978-1-56512-636-7 • $13.95 PB 

Carolyn Jourdan 

heArT in The righT plAce 

• A Family Circle Book of the Month 

• An Elle magazine Reader’s Prize winner 

• A Book Sense reading group pick 

“ Heartwarming and hilarious . . . You’ll fall in love with this story about 

family, community, and coming home.” —The Satellite Sisters Radio Show 


Heather Lende 

TAke good cAre oF The gArden And The dogs 

A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles 

“Full of vivid characters . . . Lende has a simple, chatty style most readers will 

find oddly comforting. Life does, in fact, go on.” —Los Angeles Times 

“An uplifting, even cheerful book. Lende has a knack for subtly illuminating 

the remarkable in the commonplace, the transcendence in tragedy.” 



Ariel Sabar 

my FATher’s pArAdise 

A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past 

“ An engaging account of a wonderful, enlightening journey, a voyage with 

the power to move readers deeply even as it stretches across differences of 

culture, family, and memory.” —The Christian Science Monitor 


• Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography 


2013 Calendar 

OUT ON THE PORCH 

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Full of straightforward explanations of the way hurricanes, 

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fit together, the diary also features hundreds of facts, figures, and 

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history, and color photographs of the ten basic cloud types. 

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Biography & 

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Birds & 

Birding 

100 Birds and How 

They Got Their Names 

by Diana Wells 

illustrated by Lauren Jarrett 

“Delightfully interesting . . . 

Packed with facts . . . It 

makes for an entertaining 

and absorbing 297 pages.” 

—The Washington Post 

A Garden Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-281-9, NO. 72281 

$18.95 HARDCOVER, 2001 

Lions of the West 

Heroes and Villains of the 

Westward Expansion 

by Robert Morgan 

“Marvelous . . . In a sense 

Lions of the West is a sequel 

to Stephen Ambrose’s 

Undaunted Courage.” 

—Douglas Brinkley, 

author of The Wilderness 

Warrior 

“A vivid, well-conceived look 

at western expansion in the 

old narrative-driven school 

of Bernard DeVoto and 

Wallace Stegner.” —Kirkus 

Reviews 

ISBN 978-1-61620-189-0, No. 73189 

$18.95 Paper, 2012 

ISBN 978-1-56512-626-8, No. 72626 

$29.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-179-1 

Lincoln on War 

Our Greatest Commanderin-Chief 

Speaks to America 

by Harold Holzer 

From masterpieces such as 

the Gettysburg Address to 

lesser-known meditations on 

God’s purposes, Lincoln on 

War is the first book to highlight 

exclusively Lincoln’s 

sublime and enduring words 

on war. 

“Holzer . . . [is] the Muhammad 

Ali of Lincoln biographers. 

His command of Lincoln— 

the man, the politician, the 

orator—is unmatched.” 

—Chicago Tribune 

ISBN 978-1-56512-378-6, No. 72378 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-060-2 

Panther Baby 

A Life of Rebellion and 

Reinvention 

by Jamal Joseph 

“A compelling personal 

memoir and an astonishing 

evocation of the 1960s— 

the riots, the rage, the 

radical chic.” —USA Today, 

3½ stars 

“Jamal Joseph is a long distance 

intellectual freedom 

fighter who never lost his 

soul and integrity—despite 

the ugly underside of 

America! Don’t miss this 

powerful book!” 

—Cornel West 

“A fascinating and intimate 

look at the life of a young 

activist.” —Time Out 

New York 

ISBN 978-1-61620-129-6, No. 73129 

$14.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-126-5 

Songbirds in 

Your Garden 

Fifth edition updated 

and expanded 

by John K. Terres 

introduction by 

Roger Tory Peterson 

a Country Homes and Gardens 

Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-044-0, No. 72044 

$14.95 paper, 1994 

The Music of Wild Birds 

illustrated and adapted by 

Judy Pelikan 

A Discovery channel book Club 

Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-271-0, NO. 72271 

$18.95 HARDCOVER, 2004 

Boone 


“Morgan stakes a fresh claim 

on the life of famed 18thcentury 

frontiersman Daniel 

Boone . . . [A] passionate and 

authoritative bio.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-615-2, No. 72615 

$18.95 Paper, 2008 

Lincoln as I Knew Him 

Gossip, Tributes, and 

Revelations from His Best 

Friends and Worst Enemies 

edited by Harold Holzer 

“[A] revelatory little book.” 

—Parade Magazine 

“Even the most well-read of 

Lincoln lovers is sure to find 

something they have never 

read before.” —The Civil 

War News 

ISBN 978-1-56512-681-7, No. 72681 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 

Tab Hunter Confidential 

The Making of a Movie Star 

by Tab Hunter 

with Eddie Muller 

“A gleeful romp.” 


A Book-of-the-Month Club, Doubleday 

Book Club, InsightOut, and Quality 

Paperback Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-548-3, No. 72548 

$14.95 Paper, 2006 

31 | Backlist nonfiction Algonquin Books

Gertrude Stein 

In Words and Pictures 

edited by Renate Stendhal 

“A revelatory combination of 

quotes, quips and 360 photos 

of Stein and her wildly 

brilliant circle.” —Elle 

ISBN 978-0-945575-99-3, No. 71599 

$19.95 Paper, 1994 

• Winner of the Lambda Award 

A Twist of Lemmon 

A Tribute to My Father 

by Chris Lemmon 

foreword by Kevin Spacey 

a book-of-the-month club, literary 

guild, and doubleday book club 

selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-480-6, No. 72480 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2006 

Seemed Like a Good Idea 

at the Time 

by David Goodwillie 

“In his breakout first book, . . . 

a breathless, humor-tinged 

account of postcollegiate life 

in the fast lane, David Goodwillie 

takes an unflinching 

look back at life in New York 

City during that time.” —Elle 

ISBN 978-1-56512-465-3, No. 72465 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2006 

The Next Better Place 

Memories of My Misspent 

Youth 

by Michael C. Keith 

ISBN 978-1-56512-436-3, No. 72436 

$13.95 paper, 2004 

Cardboard Gods 

by Josh Wilker 

“[A] quirky, thoroughly 

engaging memoir . . . Anyone 

in any era who has ever collected 

baseball cards will feel 

the resonance of Wilker’s 

reminiscences like the aftershocks 

from an earthquake.” 

—Booklist, starred review 

“A deep-fried orgy of 

laughter.” —The Palm 

Beach Post 

ISBN 978-1-61620-069-5, No. 73069 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-073-2 

Lucky Girl 

by Mei-Ling Hopgood 

“An award-winning writer 

recounts her experience 

as one of the first Chinese 

babies adopted in the West 

and her surprising trail 

back to the rural Taiwanese 

family who gave her away 

. . . A great book.” —Good 

Housekeeping 

ISBN 978-1-56512-982-5, No. 72982 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Somehow Form a Family 

Stories That Are Mostly True 

by Tony Earley 

Take Good Care 

of the Garden 

and the Dogs 

A True Story of Bad Breaks 

and Small Miracles 

by Heather Lende 

“The book is full of vivid 

characters (a librarian who 

collects overdue books in 

person) and strange, sad 

deaths. [Lende] has a simple, 

chatty style most readers 

will find oddly comforting. 

Life does, in fact, go on.” 


“Uplifting, even cheerful . . . 

Lende has a knack for subtly 

illuminating the remarkable 

in the commonplace, the 

transcendence in tragedy.” 


ISBN 978-1-61620-051-0, No. 73051 

$14.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-065-7 

Hold Me Tight and 

Tango Me Home 

by Maria Finn 

“A gracefully rendered 

memoir . . . Finn demystifies 

the illustrious world of 

tango with wry yet reverent 

insight.” —Kirkus Reviews 

ISBN 978-1-56512-517-9, No. 72517 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 

Truth 

Four Stories I Am Finally 

Old Enough to Tell 

by Ellen Douglas 

ISBN 978-1-56512-214-7, No. 72214 

$18.95 hardcover, 1998 

Solo 

My Adventures in the Air 

by Clyde Edgerton 

A SHANNON RAVENEL BOOK 

ISBN 978-1-56512-546-9, No. 72546 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

The End of the World as 

We Know It 

Scenes from a Life 

by Robert Goolrick 

“[An] unnerving, elegantly 

crafted memoir . . . Morbidly 

funny.” —Entertainment 

Weekly 

“Captivating . . . Barbed and 

canny, with a sharp eye for 

the infliction of pain.” 

—The New York Times 

ISBN 978-1-56512-602-2, No. 72602 

$13.95 Paper, 2008 

The Beggar King and the 

Secret of Happiness 

A True Story 

by Joel ben Izzy 

“It’s really the only important 

story there is—a story about 

finding light within darkness 

. . . What a gift, what 

a blessing, funny, brilliant, 

wise.” —Anne Lamott 

ISBN 978-1-56512-512-4, No. 72512 

$12.95 Paper, 2005 

A Boy I Once Knew 

What a Teacher Learned 

from Her Student 

by Elizabeth Stone 

An Insightout Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-315-1, NO. 72315 

$19.95 HARDCOVER, 2002 


ISBN 978-1-56512-302-1, NO. 72302 

$22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001 


The Boy Who Loved 

Tornadoes 

A Mother’s Story 

by Randi Davenport 

“An unforgettable memoir of 

a shattered family, a mother’s 

abiding love, and the 

frightening permutations of 

the human mind.” —Elle 

contemporary 

Issues 

Education 

ISBN 978-1-56512-611-4, No. 72611 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

Nothing Left to Burn 

by Jay Varner 

A powerful story of three 

generations of men bound 

together by the fires that 

have burned throughout 

their family and their small 

Pennsylvania town. 

“Unadorned but vivid . . . 

Painful and poignant . . . 

Varner reminds us that few 

lives, even those we think we 

know best, are easily understood.” 

—USA Today 

My Father’s 

Paradise 

A Son’s Search for 

His Family’s Past 

by Ariel Sabar 

“An engaging account of a 

wonderful, enlightening 

journey, a voyage with the 

power to move readers 

deeply even as it stretches 

across differences of culture, 

family, and memory.” —The 

Christian Science Monitor 

“Excellent . . . A compelling 

read. Told with novelistic 

attention to narrative and 

detail, but its heart is Ariel’s 

heart, that of a son searching 

with love for the meaning 

of his relationship with 

his father.” —The Providence 

(RI) Journal 

ISBN 978-1-56512-933-7, NO. 72933 

$14.95 PAPER, 2009 

• Winner of the National 

Book Critics Circle Award 

for Autobiography 

• Readers Guide included 

Missing Lucile 

Memories of the 

Grandmother I Never Knew 

by Suzanne Berne 

“Suzanne Berne intuits her 

way into her grandmother’s 

life, creating a story and at 

the same time reminding us 

that all storytelling involves 

a delicate piecing together 

of fact and rich imagination. 

A beautiful and subtle 

piece of writing.” —Joan 

Wickersham, author of 

The Suicide Index 

a shannon ravenel book 

ISBN 978-1-56512-625-1, No. 72625 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-609-1, No. 72609 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

In My Father’s Shadow 

A Daughter Remembers 

Orson Welles 

by Chris Welles Feder 

“Feder presents a fuller, more 

essential portrait of the man 

than has ever been published 

before . . . [A] tender and 

elegant work . . . Highly 

recommended.” —Library 

Journal, starred 

ISBN 978-1-56512-599-5, No. 72599 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2009 

Billy Ray’s Farm 

essays by Larry Brown 


ISBN 978-1-56512-167-6, NO. 72167 

$22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001 

My Life as a Boy 

A Woman’s Story 

by Kim Chernin 

ISBN 978-1-56512-163-8, no. 72163 

$16.95 hardcover, 1997 

The M Word 

Writers on Same-Sex Marriage 

edited by Kathy Pories 

“Witty, wise reading . . . [this] 

timely anthology argues, 

with energy and heart, 

that all Americans, gay or 

straight, should have the 

right to marry. Contributors 

include marquee names and 

new talent working in fiction, 

memoir and satire.” 

—Publishers Weekly 

ISBN 978-1-56512-454-7, NO. 72454 

$12.95 PAPER, 2004 

Talking About Death 

by Virginia Morris 

Virginia Morris has confronted 

her deepest fears, 

and with sensitivity and 

compassion, she gives us the 

vocabulary, the tools, and 

the information we need to 

confront our own. 

“A wake-up call on the need 

to approach death consciously 

. . . Morris makes 

the strong case that the end 

of life can be one of our 

most beautiful experiences, 

if we prepare for it.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-437-0, NO. 72437 

$14.95 PAPER, 2004 

Side Effects 

A Bestselling Drug on Trial 

by Alison Bass 

ISBN 978-1-56512-553-7, No. 72553 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2008 

Educating Esmé 

Diary of a Teacher’s First Year 

by Esmé Raji Codell 

foreword by Katherine Paterson 

afterword by Jim Trelease 

The book heralded by the 

New York Times as “the gold 

standard,” now expanded for 

a new generation of readers. 

★★New foreword by Katherine 

Paterson, author of Bridge 

to Terabithia 

★★All new guide for teachers 

and teachers-to-be 

“At turns entertaining, 

damning, and heartbreaking, 

the diary is a testament 

to the very best and worst 

of teaching—to the small 

miracles that occur in the 

classroom every day, as well 

as the deadening bureaucracies 

. . . A must-read.” 

—NEA Today 

“The imagination and irreverent 

wit she brought to education 

make this bristling 

journal well worth reading.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-935-1, NO. 72935 

$12.95 PAPER, 2009 

Be the Dream 

Prep for Prep Graduates 

Share Their Stories 

compiled and introduced 

by Gary Simons 

with a foreword by 

Marian Wright Edelman 

“[This] is the American 

dream in flesh and blood— 

a chronicle of how to make 

things go right in this 

country.” —Jonathan 

Alter, Newsweek Senior 

Editor 

ISBN 978-1-56512-417-2, No. 72417 

$12.95 PAPER, 2003 


Food & Wine 

Party Receipts from the 

Charleston Junior League 

Hors d’oeuvres • Savories 

• Sweets 

edited by 

Linda Glick Conway 

ISBN 978-0-945575-84-9, No. 71584 

$14.95 comb-bound, 1993 

• Over 200,000 copies in print 

Back in Print 

Work Hard. Be Nice. 

How Two Inspired Teachers 

Created the Most Promising 

Schools in America 

by Jay Mathews 

The bestselling story of the 

young men who founded 

the Knowledge is Power 

Program (KIPP). 

“Tracks a triumph in urban 

education . . . A vivid 

account of two young men 

who transform themselves 

from ‘terrible’ first-year 

teachers into visionaries.” 

—USA Today 

ISBN 978-1-56512-516-2, No. 72516 

$14.95 Paper, 2009 

• A New York Times Bestseller 

The Soul of a Doctor 

Harvard Medical Students 

Face Life and Death 

edited by Susan Pories, MD, 

Sachin H. Jain, and Gordon 

Harper, MD 

“A guidebook for humanity 

and compassion . . . This 

book should be required 

reading for all medical 

students, doctors, patients, 

and those of us who will be 

patients someday. In short, 

for everyone.” 

—Alice Hoffman 

ISBN 978-1-56512-507-0, No. 72507 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

The Children in 

Room E4 

American Education on Trial 

by Susan Eaton 

“A vital, informative, important 

book about public education 

in the U.S.” —NPR’s 

Morning Edition 

“A great read and a call to 

arms.” —New York Newsday 

ISBN 978-1-56512-617-6, No. 72617 

$14.95 Paper, 2009 

52 Loaves 

A Half-Baked Adventure 

by William Alexander 

“Alexander’s breathless, witty 

memoir is a joy to read. 

It’s equal parts fact and 

fun . . . Alexander is wildly 

entertaining on the page, 

dropping clever one-liners 

in the form of footnotes and 

parenthetical afterthoughts 

throughout.” —The Boston 

Globe 

“A warm, laugh-out-loud 

[memoir].” —The Oregonian 

ISBN 978-1-61620-050-3, No. 73050 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-583-4, No. 72583 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-062-6 

Maman’s Homesick Pie 

A Persian Heart in an 

American Kitchen 

by Donia Bijan 

“Delectable . . . Bijan 

recounts her journey from 

well-off Iranian schoolgirl to 

teenager in America taking 

refuge from her country’s 

upheaval to restaurateur and 

mom. But ultimately this 

memoir is a loving tribute 

to her mother, her heritage—and 

food . . . Indulge 

in this savory slice of life.” 

—Family Circle 

“Bestow[s] not only a satisfying 

culinary experience but 

also a larger appreciation 

of life’s precious table.” 

—National Geographic 

Traveler 

ISBN 978-1-56512-957-3, No. 72957 

$19.95 Paper over Board, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-116-6 

Man with a Pan 

Culinary Adventures of 

Fathers Who Cook for 

Their Families 

edited by John Donohue 

“A rangy, toothsome, timely 

. . . collection of essays by 

kitchen dads . . . Man with 

a Pan contains essays (and 

recipes) by marquee names 

including Stephen King— 

isn’t it time he set a scary 

novel in a Hardee’s?—and 

Mario Batali. But the best 

pieces here, the line-caught 

beauties, are by people you’ve 

probably barely heard of.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-985-6, No. 72985 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-064-0 

Dori Sanders’ 

Country Cooking 

Recipes and Stories from 

the Family Farm Stand 

by Dori Sanders 

a literary guild and a rodale press 

book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-385-4, NO. 72385 

$15.95 PAPER, 2003 

Hemingway & Bailey’s 

Bartending Guide to 

Great American Writers 

by Edward Hemingway and 

Mark Bailey 

Forty-three classic American 

writers. Forty-three classic 

cocktails. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-482-0, No. 72482 

$15.95 Hardcover, 2006 

Southern Belly 

A Food Lover’s Companion 

by John T. Edge 

Completely updated and 

expanded. From chicken 

shack to fish camp, from 

barbecue pit to pie shed—a 

food lover’s companion to 

the South, including recipes 

from the region’s most celebrated 

kitchens. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-547-6, No. 72547 

$14.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-56512-841-5 

Seasoned in the South 

Recipes from Crook’s Corner 

and from Home 

by Bill Smith 

ISBN 978-1-56512-550-6, No. 72550 

$13.95 Paper, 2006 

The Botantist and the 

Vintner 

How Wine Was Saved 

for the World 

by Christy Campbell 

“A taut, suspense-filled 

account . . . There’s a sweaty 

urgency to [this] tale, as one 

wine region after another 

falls victim to the plague, 

with science hot on the 

trail.” —The New York Times 

ISBN 978-1-56512-528-5, No. 72528 

$14.95 Paper, 2006 


Gardening 

Wicked Plants 

The Weed That Killed 

Lincoln’s Mother and Other 

Botanical Atrocities 

by Amy Stewart 

“This captivating page-turner 

is a walk on the dark side of 

plants as entertaining as any 

best-selling whodunit.” 

—Houston Chronicle 

“Entertaining, informative— 

and a little unsettling.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-683-1, No. 72683 

$18.95 Paper over Board, 2009 


• An AHS Best Book 

Wicked Bugs 

The Louse That Conquered 

Napoleon’s Army and Other 

Diabolical Insects 


“A ton of well-researched, 

fascinating information 

with terrific and terrifying 

stories from history.” 

—Smithsonian.com 

ISBN 978-1-56512-960-3, No. 72960 

$18.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-063-3 


The Earth Moved 

On the Remarkable 

Achievements of Earthworms 


“[Rachel] Carson’s legacy is 

proof that science books 

matter, that good prose can 

change the world. On its 

own scale, Stewart’s book 

paddles along in Carson’s 

wake.” —The Boston Globe 

“Stewart’s fascination with 

her subject is infectious, her 

writing as simple and sleek 

as the earthworm itself.” 

—San Francisco Chronicle 

A Discovery Channel Book Club 

Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-468-4, No. 72468 

$12.95 Paper, 2005 

Flower Confidential 

The Good, the Bad, and 

the Beautiful 


“A book every flower lover 

should read . . . [Stewart] 

gives lessons in botany and 

big business, history and 

horticulture. She enlightens 

and entertains; she poses 

questions and offers opinions. 

And she does it with 

style.” —New York Newsday 

ISBN 978-1-56512-603-9, No. 72603 

$13.95 Paper, 2008 


From the Ground Up 

The Story of a First Garden 


“A rich feast of a book that 

celebrates the extraordinarily 

satisfying joys of making 

and keeping a garden.” 

—Kirkus Reviews 

ISBN 978-1-56512-240-6, NO. 72240 

$18.95 HARDCOVER, 2000 

Lives of the Trees 

An Uncommon History 


“Wells portrays 100 trees, 

beginning with acacia and 

ending with yew, in a tree 

album containing lovely 

drawings and pithy essays. 

Cinnamon, ginkgo, ‘small 

and spiny’ frankincense, 

mahogany, Osage orange, 

sycamore — all are succinctly 

described and celebrated in 

this warmly informative, 

fun-to-browse book of colorful 

tree histories.” —Booklist 

“You’ll learn all sorts of 

delectable lore and legend, 

history and science.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-491-2, No. 72491 

$19.95 Paper, 2009 

100 Flowers and How 

They Got Their Names 


illustrated by Ippy Patterson 

From abelia to zinnia, one 

hundred well-known garden 

favorites and the stories 

behind their names. 

A Garden Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-138-6, NO. 72138 

$17.95 HARDCOVER, 1997 

• 140,000 copies in print 

A Rose by Any Name 

The Little-Known Lore and 

Deep-Rooted History of 

Rose Names 

by Douglas Brenner and 

Stephen Scanniello 

“Covering social and cultural 

history, technology, art, 

and science, A Rose by Any 

Name proves that a whole 

world can be found within 

the petals of a single rose.” 

—Martha Stewart Living 

Gardener’s Latin 

A Lexicon 

by Bill Neal 


Barbara Damrosch 

This charming illustrated 

volume provides gardeners 

with brief, clear definitions 

and terms that combine to 

form the names of a seemingly 

infinite number of 

plant species. 

a garden book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-384-7 NO. 72384 

$10.95 PAPER, 2003 

The $64 Tomato 

How One Man Nearly Lost 

His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, 

and Endured an Existential 

Crisis in the Quest for the 

Perfect Garden 

by William Alexander 

“A wry memoir in which 

every reader who’s spent 

way more to grow a plant 

than he could purchase it 

for at the supermarket will 

recognize his own successes, 

failures and foibles.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-557-5, No. 72557 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

ISBN 978-1-56512-518-6, No. 72518 

$19.95 Hardcover, 2009 


Gift Books 

History/ 

african 

american 

The Smartest Woman 

I Know 

by Ilene Beckerman 

Beckerman brings the wit 

and wisdom of her grandmother, 

the irrepressible 

Ettie Goldberg, to life. 

“A delightfully heartfelt 

and humorous bouquet of 

a book.” —Jewish Woman 

Magazine 

“A quick, amusing read 

complete with quirky 

illustrations.” —Publishers 

Weekly 

ISBN 978-1-56512-537-7, No. 72537 

$15.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-117-3 

Mother of the Bride 

The Dream, the Reality, the 

Search for a Perfect Dress 


“Pithy wit and cute drawings 

sketch the happy tears, 

bittersweet memories and 

flares of anxiety that a 

daughter’s wedding elicits.” 

—The Dallas Morning News 

“An account that is sweetly 

sentimental and brutally 

honest, touching and 

witty—in short, a true gem.” 

—Publishers Weekly, starred 

ISBN 978-1-56512-476-9, No. 72476 

$10.95 Paper, 2005 

Love, Loss, and 

What I Wore 


Ilene “Gingy” Beckerman’s 

beloved and bestselling 

book has been adapted for 

the stage by Nora and Delia 

Ephron. The star-studded 

Off-Broadway show is 

receiving rave reviews, as 

did the book: 

“Illuminates the experience 

of an entire generation of 

women . . . This small gem of 

a book is worthy of a Tiffany 

box.” —The New York Times 

Book Review 

“Ilene Beckerman’s sleek little 

memoir . . . strikes a startling 

chord . . . Unsettling 

and oddly powerful.” 

—People 

ISBN 978-1-56512-475-2, No. 72475 

$10.95 Paper, 2005 

What We Do for Love 


“This savory little truffle turns 

out to be surprisingly poignant, 

laced with the bitter, 

the rueful, and the sweet.” 

—Good Housekeeping 

a book-of-the-month club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-180-5, No. 72180 

$14.95 hardcover, 1997 

Makeovers at the Beauty 

Counter of Happiness 


Beckerman addresses what 

really matters in life in a 

book that captures all the 

wisdom, humor, and candor 

of her bestselling illustrated 

memoir Love, Loss, and 

What I Wore. 

“Cuts to the heart of the 

female experience.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-374-8, No. 72374 

$15.95 Hardcover, 2005 

What the Dormouse 

Said 

Lessons for Grown-ups from 

Children’s Books 

collected by Amy Gash 

illustrated by Pierre Le-Tan 

with a foreword by Judith Viorst 

Wisdom and whimsy from 

more than two hundred of 

our best-loved children’s 

books, from Beatrix Potter 

to Harry Potter. 

“Charming.” —The New York 

Times 

“By turns humorous, perverse, 

nonsensical and 

insightful, the words will jog 

more than a few memories.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-451-6, NO. 72451 

$9.95 PAPER, 2004 

Rising to the Occasion 

A Practical Companion for 

the Occasionally Perplexed 

by Edith Hazard and 

Wallace Pinfold 

“A witty cross between an 

etiquette book and a scout 

manual . . . This is a truly 

essential book purchase.” 

—Wilson Library Bulletin 

ISBN 978-1-56512-329-8, no. 72329 

$12.95 paper, 2001 

Singing for Your Supper 

Entertaining Ways to Be 

a Perfect Guest 

by Edith Hazard 

ISBN 978-1-56512-090-7, No. 72090 

$15.95 hardcover, 1996 

On the Road to Freedom 

A Guided Tour of the Civil 

Rights Trail 

by Charles E. Cobb Jr. 

Award-winning journalist 

and 1960s civil rights worker 

Charles E. Cobb Jr. takes 

us on a pilgrimage through 

the heart of the civil rights 

era. This essential piece of 

American history is also 

a useful travel guide with 

maps, photographs, and 

sidebars of background 

history, newspaper coverage, 

and firsthand interviews. 

“Charlie Cobb was in the 

heart of the Southern movement 

and one of its keenest 

observers. Now he takes us 

there in this exciting and 

inspiring tour. His book is 

rich with history, drama, 

and emotion.” —Howard 

Zinn, author of A People’s 

History of the United States 

“Cobb brings alive America’s 

last good war and its many 

heroes, unsung as well as 

famous.” —Hodding 

Carter III 

“The great strength of this 

book is that it is the story 

of people and not simply a 

repetition of dates and a listing 

of places and events. Put 

this book on your must-read 

list!” —Julian Bond, 

chairman of the NAACP 

a Black expressions book club 

selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-439-4, No. 72439 

$18.95 Paper, 2007 


History/ 

Maritime 

Jewish 

Interest 

Language & 

Writing 

MUSIC 

In the Wake of Madness 

The Murderous Voyage of the 

Whaleship Sharon 

by Joan Druett 

“A nautical murder mystery.” 

—USA Today 

“A genuine nautical thriller, 

a page-turner.” —Richard 

Zacks, author of The Pirate 

Hunter 

ISBN 978-1-56512-435-6, NO. 72435 

$14.95 PAPER, 2004 

History/ WWII 

On American Soil 

How Justice Became a 

Casualty of World War II 

by Jack Hamann 

“An Emmy-winning journalist 

sets the record straight about 

the death of an Italian POW 

during WWII . . . A welcome 

piece of military history, 

adroitly balancing racism 

and legal questions in one 

story.” —Kirkus Reviews 

ISBN 978-1-56512-394-6, No. 72394 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2005 

World War II in 

the Mediterranean, 

1942–1945 

by Carlo D’Este 


John S. D. Eisenhower 

ISBN 978-0-945575-04-7, No. 71504 

$22.95 hardcover, 1990 

A Frozen Hell 

The Russo-Finnish Winter 

War of 1939 –1940 

by William Trotter 

Outwitting History 

The Amazing Adventures of a 

Man Who Rescued a Million 

Yiddish Books 

by Aaron Lansky 

“A marvelous yarn, loaded 

with near-calamitous adventures 

and characters as memorable 

as Singer creations.” 

—New York Post 

ISBN 978-1-56512-513-1, No. 72513 

$13.95 Paper, 2005 

• Bound-in Reader’s Guide 


The Jew Store 

by Stella Suberman 

“Suberman tells her family’s 

story with compassion and 

humor, in the process bringing 

to life an obscure bit of 

Jewish-American history.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-330-4, No. 72330 

$13.95 Paper, 2001 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-56512-874-3 

Shalom Y’all 

Images of Jewish Life in the 

American South 

photographs by Bill Aron 

text by Vicki Reikes Fox 

foreword by Alfred Uhry 

a traditions book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-355-7, NO. 72355 

$24.95 HARDCOVER, 10” x 10”, 2002 

Something to Declare 

nonfiction essays 

by Julia Alvarez 

ISBN 978-1-56512-193-5, no. 72193 

$20.95 hardcover, 1998 

First Words 

Earliest Writing from Favorite 

Contemporary Authors 

collected and edited 

by Paul Mandelbaum 

a quality paperback book club and 

writer’s digest book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-272-7, NO. 72272 

$16.95 PAPER, 2000 

Making Whoopee 

Words of Love for Lovers 

of Words 

by Evan Morris 

With wry wit and a wealth 

of word love, Evan Morris, 

a.k.a. the Word Detective, 

traces the often surprising 

origins and evolution of the 

language of love. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-350-2, NO. 72350 

$15.95 HARDCOVER, 2004 

Our Noise 

The Story of Merge Records, 

the Indie Label That Got Big 

and Stayed Small 

by John Cook with 

Mac McCaughan and 

Laura Ballance 

introduction by Ryan Adams 

“[A] rich piece of music 

history.” —Newsweek 

“A primer for anyone who 

cares enough about music to 

not only make records, but 

also remain relevant and solvent.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-624-4, NO. 72624 

$18.95 PAPER, 2009 

Little Blues Book 

by Brian Robertson 

illustrations by R. Crumb 

Famed underground illustrator 

R. Crumb’s portraits 

of blues masters accompany 

blues lyrics and lore. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-137-9, NO. 72137 

$9.95 PAPER, 1996 

The Essential Klezmer 

a music lover’s guide by 

Seth Rogovoy 

ISBN 978-1-56512-244-4, NO. 72244 

$15.95 paper, 2000 

a history book club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-249-9, No. 72249 

$15.95 PAPER, 1999 


Nature/ 

Health 

Nature 

Writing 

Parenting 

The Nature Principle 

Human Restoration and 

the End of Nature-Deficit 

Disorder 

by Richard Louv 

The author of Last Child in 

the Woods now offers evidence 

that when adults live 

a nature-balanced existence, 

they can be smarter, healthier, 

more creative, and happier. 

The Nature Principle 

presents a compelling case 

that a conscious reconnection 

to nature can make us 

whole again and that the 

future will belong to naturesmart 

individuals, families, 

businesses, and communities. 

This timely, inspiring, 

and important work will 

give readers renewed hope 

while challenging them to 

rethink the way they live. 

“Louv’s vital, inclusive, and 

inspiring call to better our 

lives by celebrating and 

protecting the living world 

marks the way to profound 

personal and cultural transformation.” 

—Booklist, 

starred 

“This book provides a way 

back to where we belong, a 

world full of reverence, joy, 

and discovery.” —David 

Suzuki, author of The 

Sacred Balance 

ISBN 978-1-61620-141-8, No. 73141 

$14.95 Paper, 2012 

ISBN 978-1-56512-581-0, No. 72581 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-150-0 

The Sound of a Wild 

Snail Eating 

by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 

“An exquisite meditation on 

the restorative connection 

between nature and humans 

. . . The writing is pristine 

and clear, with sentences of 

stunning lyrical beauty that 

I read over and over again 

. . . Bailey’s slim book is as 

richly layered as the soil 

she lays down in the snail’s 

terrarium: loamy, potent, 

and regenerative.” —The 

Huffington Post 

“A small, short book filled 

with an enormous amount 

of natural history and science 

about snails . . . An 

acknowledgment of an individual’s 

determination to 

recover and regain life with 

humor and insight.” 

—Library Journal 

ISBN 978-1-56512-606-0, No. 72606 

$18.95 Hardcover, 2010 

Settled in the Wild 

Notes from the Edge of Town 

by Susan Hand Shetterly 

“[A] lovely book, a gathering 

of 26 essays that probe, 

ponder, and celebrate life 

and landscape on ‘the edge 

of town’ . . . In a succession 

of wise, quiet, attentive 

pieces, Shetterly introduces 

us to a world resplendent 

with wild things . . . Like 

Annie Dillard, Shetterly 

slows herself down and 

takes the time first to really 

apprehend these things, 

and then to evoke them for 

us.” —National Geographic 

Traveler 

ISBN 978-1-56512-618-3, No. 72618 

$21.95 Hardcover, 2009 

UPDATED AND 

EXPANDED 

Last Child in the Woods 

Saving Our Children from 

Nature-Deficit Disorder 

by Richard Louv 

In his landmark work, 

Richard Louv brings together 

cutting-edge studies that 

point to direct exposure 

to nature as essential for a 

child’s healthy physical and 

emotional development. 

“[The] international movement 

to ‘leave no child 

inside’ . . . has been the 

focus of Capitol Hill hearings, 

state legislative action, 

grass-roots projects, a U.S. 

Forest Service initiative 

to get more children into 

the woods and a national 

effort to promote a ‘green 

hour’ in each day . . . The 

increased activism has been 

partly inspired by a bestselling 

book, Last Child in 

the Woods, and its author, 

Richard Louv.” —The 

Washington Post 

“This book is an absolute 

must-read for parents.” 

—The Boston Globe 

A Discovery Channel Book Club and 

progressive book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-605-3, No. 72605 

$14.95 Paper, 2008 

How Eskimos Keep Their 

Babies Warm 

And Other Adventures in 

Parenting 

by Mei-Ling Hopgood 

“Her cultural research for the 

new book How Eskimos Keep 

Their Babies Warm made it 

clear that we can all lighten 

up—and still raise happy, 

healthy kids.” —Redbook 

“A refreshing break from 

the often judgmental tone 

of parenting books and 

blogs . . . The book is breezy 

and entertaining, and 

Hopgood is charmingly selfdeprecating 

about her own 

mothering of the formidable 

Sofia, who emerges as a sassy 

character in her own right.” 


“A satisfying mix of research, 

observation, interview, and 

personal experience . . . 

Readers will laugh, marvel 

and muse over the many 

(frequently opposing) childrearing 

methods that persist 

despite the growing globalization 

of parenthood.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-958-0, No. 72958 

$15.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-120-3 


Pets & 

Animals 

Poetry 

How to Get Your Child 

to Love Reading 

by Esmé Raji Codell 

“An exuberant treasure trove 

for parents . . . The book is 

akin to having one’s own 

personal children’s librarian 

at one’s fingertips.” 


a book-of-the-month club and a 

children’s book-of-the-month 

club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-308-3, NO. 72308 

$18.95 paper, 2003 

Loving Every Child 

Wisdom for Parents 

the words of Janusz Korczak 

edited by Sandra Joseph 

foreword by Ari L. Goldman 

“Korczak’s insights are profound 

. . . in this perfect 

inspirational gift book.” 


“This book is filled with simple 

commonsense truisms 

about child rearing.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-489-9, No. 72489 

$10.95 Hardcover, 2007 

The Dinner Diaries 

Raising Whole Wheat Kids in 

a White Bread World 

by Betsy Block 

“Betsy Block has done an 

amazing job of giving 

creative tips, nutritional 

information, and relating 

her adventures on the road 

to feeding her family in a 

more healthful way. The 

book is funny, honest, and 

full of excellent advice that 

any mother will appreciate.” 

—NELL NEWMAN, 

cofounder and president of 

Newman’s Own Organics 

ISBN 978-1-56512-570-4, No. 72570 

$14.95 Paper, 2008 

First Dogs 

American Presidents and 

Their Best Friends 

by Roy Rowan and 

Brooke Janis 

A lighthearted romp 

through American history, 

packed with drawings 

and paintings from early 

America, plus photographs, 

starting with Abraham 

Lincoln’s Fido. First Dogs 

gives dog lovers and history 

lovers a new angle on presidential 

history and is more 

fun than you can shake a 

stick (or rubber bone) at. 

“It’s the charming photos that 

make First Dogs so appealing.” 

—USA Today 

“Succeeds in keeping the tail 

of trivia wagging the dog of 

American history. This one 

is fur keeps.” —People 

“Rowan intertwines anecdotes 

and dozens of photographs 

with hard-to-stopreading 

stories that track the 

canine legacy on America’s 

democracy.” —St. Louis 

Post-Dispatch 

ISBN 978-1-56512-936-8, No. 72936 

$9.95 Paper, 2009 

Fowl Weather 

by Bob Tarte 

“[A] moving follow-up to 

2003’s Enslaved by Ducks . . . 

Tarte’s laughter-throughtears 

approach is therapeutic 

and inspirational.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-502-5, No. 72502 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2007 

Kitty Cornered 

by Bob Tarte 

“Tarte is a bit of a (selfadmitted) 

odd duck, but 

his unabashed love for his 

felines (especially an intriguing 

stray named Frannie) 

eventually wins you over.” 

—USA Today 

“Better than a big ball of 

string rolled in tuna.” —The 

Denver Post 

“It’s laugh-out-loud funny, 

but it’s also profound.” 

—Elizabeth Letts, 

author of The Eighty-Dollar 

Champion 

ISBN 978-1-56512-999-3, No. 72999 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-149-4 

Enslaved by Ducks 

by Bob Tarte 

“A laugh-out-loud chronicle 

of what it means to bring 

animals—a blind turkey, an 

irascible rabbit, a lovesick 

dove—into your heart and 

home and make them part 

of the fabric of your life.” 

—Marty Becker, DVM, 

Good Morning America 

ISBN 978-1-56512-450-9, NO. 72450 

$13.95 PAPER, 2004 

The Woman I Kept to 

Myself 

by Julia Alvarez 

“Brave and vivid . . . Seventyfive 

poems express wonder, 

anger, grief and joy in clear, 

accessible narratives.” 

—The Miami Herald 

ISBN 978-1-61620-072-5, No. 73072 

$14.95 Paper, 2010 

Poetry Out Loud 

edited by 

Robert Alden Rubin 

introduction by James Earl Jones 

a book-of-the-month club, quality 

paperback book club, and writer’s 

digest book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-122-5, No. 72122 

$11.95 paper, 1995 

Love Poetry Out Loud 

edited by 

Robert Alden Rubin 

“This sweet little book collects 

100 poems ‘to stir the heart.’ 

Rubin provides annotation 

and commentary, but if 

readers prefer no interference 

or intrusion, it’s easy to 

stick to the original words 

alone and still get a good 

measure of the silly and the 

sublime.” —The Washington 

Post Book World 

ISBN 978-1-56512-459-2, No. 72459 

$14.95 Paper, 2007 


Popular 

Culture 

spirituality 

sports 

Greasy Rider 

Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil- 

Powered Car, and a 

Cross-Country Search for 

a Greener Future 

by Greg Melville 

Full of surprising revelations 

about sustainable measures 

within our reach. 

“An entertaining combination 

of On the Road and 

An Inconvenient Truth.” 


Book Review 

“A hopeful, goodhearted . . . 

road-trip-cum-search-for- 

America’s-energy-future.” 

—Newsweek 

ISBN 978-1-56512-595-7, No. 72595 

$15.95 Paper, 2008 

• Named a Top 10 Book on the 

Environment by Booklist 

Smartbomb 

The Quest for Art, 

Entertainment, and Big 

Bucks in the Videogame 

Revolution 

by Heather Chaplin and 

Aaron Ruby 

“A voyeuristic, enjoyable 

journey through the 

bizarre and fiscally fertile 

subculture of an industry 

exploding in popularity and 

relevance . . . The writing 

is quick and informative, 

and the book is a smart read 

for those who want to learn 

from the people who keep 

gamers so entertained.” 

—Fast Company 

A New York Times Editor’s Pick 

ISBN 978-1-56512-545-2, No. 72545 

$13.95 Paper, 2006 

Rock On 

An Office Power Ballad 

by Dan Kennedy 

“A hilarious—and damning— 

insider’s memoir.” —Wired 

“He’s effing hilarious. The 

book is not just laughout-loud 

funny; it’s snortaudibly-on-the-subway 

funny.” —Time Out 

New York 

“Kennedy’s style—hilarious, 

paranoid and vulnerable—captures 

wonderfully 

the absurdity of the 

corporate music industry.” 


“Fast-moving and darkly 

funny, Rock On should be 

a chart-topper.” —People, 

four stars 

“Amazingly funny yet 

perceptive.” —USA Today 

A quality paperback book club 

selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-509-4, No. 72509 

$14.95 Paper, 2007 

Popular 

science 

The Three-Pound 

Enigma 

The Human Brain and the 

Quest to Unlock Its Mysteries 

by Shannon Moffett 

“An educational, behindthe-scenes 

glimpse into the 

efforts of neuroscientists to 

uncover the brain’s secrets.” 

—Science News 

A scientific american book club 

main selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-423-3, No. 72423 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2005 

The Buddha and the 

Terrorist 

by Satish Kumar 

foreword by Thomas Moore 

“This kind of parable has a 

calming effect on the mind. 

The change in outlook from 

anger to compassion is also 

contagious, also powerful.” 


“Eloquent and highly accessible 

. . . A powerful statement 

of the power of nonviolence 

and compassion.” —Tricycle 

“Kumar neatly reworks an 

ancient allegory . . . This 

short piece hits its mark with 

studied grace.” —Publishers 

Weekly 

“A challenging story, beautifully 

written, most pertinent 

and relevant to our time.” 

—Deepak Chopra 

“It has a lucid clarity and 

directness that speaks pointedly 

and movingly to our 

times. It should touch every 

heart that it meets.” 

—Pico Iyer 

ISBN 978-1-56512-520-9, No. 72520 

$12.95 Hardcover, 2006 

Hard Work 

by Roy Williams 

with Tim Crothers 

“By the end of this engaging 

tale, you’ll realize why 

Williams is an unparalleled 

recruiter . . . He works as 

hard as anyone, and he 

knows how to tell a good 

story.” —Sports Illustrated 

“Hard Work is a successful 

coach’s memoir not because 

it provides a blueprint for 

success but because it reveals 

the humiliations and insecurities 

that have stoked 

Williams’ competitive fire 

and made him a basketball 

coach.” —Will Blythe, The 

Raleigh News and Observer 

ISBN 978-1-61620-107-4, No. 73107 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-959-7, No. 72959 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2009 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-128-9 

Cobb 

A Biography 

by Al Stump 

ISBN 978-1-56512-144-7, No. 72144 

$15.95 Paper,1996 

• A New York Times Notable Book 



travel 

& Adventure 

REVISED AND EXPANDED 

Dream Golf 

The Making of Bandon Dunes 

by Stephen Goodwin 

“[A] very special book . . . 

[Dream Golf ] will appeal to 

golfers and lovers of golf history 

on multiple levels: as a 

crash course in golf-course 

architecture; as an insider’s 

look at how golf holes are 

designed and constructed; 

and as a surprisingly inspirational 

account of how a 

golf course built the oldfashioned 

way can inspire a 

‘sense of the sublime’ in all 

who tread its fairways.” 

—Booklist 

ISBN 978-1-56512-981-8, No. 72981 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2010 

A Son of the Game 

A Story of Golf and 

Fatherhood 

by James Dodson 

“What do you get when you 

combine an engaging rites 

of passage story together 

with interesting golf history 

as relayed by a skilled storyteller? 

The answer would be 

A Son of the Game by James 

Dodson . . . A great gift for 

the golfing father or son.” 

—Golf Today 

ISBN 978-1-56512-978-8, No. 72978 

$14.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-506-3, No. 72506 

$24.95 hardcover, 2009 

A Great and 

Glorious Game 

Baseball Writings of 

A. Bartlett Giamatti 

edited by Kenneth S. Robson 

with a foreword by 

David Halberstam 

ISBN 978-1-56512-192-8, No. 72192 

$17.95 hardcover, 1998 

Paris Was Ours 

Thirty-two Writers Reflect on 

the City of Light 

edited by 

Penelope Rowlands 

David Sedaris, Diane 

Johnson, Judith Thurman, 

Joe Queenan, Stacy Schiff, 

and Edmund White are but 

a few of the writers who 

expound upon the fateful 

allure of one of the world’s 

most seductive cities. 

“Whether you have lived in 

Paris or not, this captivating 

collection will transport 

you there.” —National 

Geographic Traveler 

“Paris doesn’t merely put 

visitors in the mood; the city 

itself is the object of mad 

crushes. This diverse collection 

of reflections is a testament 

to that passion.” —The 

New York Times Book Review 

“While the anthology’s 

authors dismantle the blind 

romanticism that clouds 

thoughts about Paris . . . 

‘they reveal an infinitely 

more complex city and 

people. What could be more 

French than rendering complications 

from mere adoration?’” 

—The Cleveland Plain 

Dealer 

“The collection takes some of 

the shine off Paris but not 

the allure—not unlike the 

pull of a troubled but passionate 

lover who could never 

be more than a fling.” — 

Minneapolis Star Tribune 

ISBN 978-1-56512-953-5, No. 72953 

$15.95 Paper, 2010 

French Dirt 

The Story of a Garden 

in the South of France 

by Richard Goodman 

“One of the most charming, 

perceptive and subtle books 

ever written about the 

French by an American.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-352-6, NO. 72352 

$13.00 PAPER WITH FLAPS, 2002 

New Orleans, 

Mon Amour 

Twenty Years of Writings 

from the City 

by Andrei Codrescu 

“Codrescu is in on everything 

fascinating about New 

Orleans, from its history 

to its music to its food . . . 

He covers a great deal of 

ground—from the sacred to 

the profane, angels to alligators—sometimes 

within the 

same paragraph . . . With 

New Orleans, Mon Amour, 

[he] has honored a great, 

wounded American city.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-505-6, No. 72505 

$14.00 Paper, 2006 

Very Washington DC 

A Celebration of the History 

and Culture of America’s 

Capital City 

written and illustrated by 

Diana Hollingsworth Gessler 

This fact-filled keepsake 

offers all the history, beauty, 

and culture of America’s 

capital city. A picture-perfect 

guidebook, it’s as unique 

as the city itself — with eyecatching 

watercolors that 

capture the charms of one of 

the most visited destinations 

in the country. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-582-7, No. 72582 

$15.95 Hardcover, 2009 

Very Charleston 

A Celebration of History, 

Culture, and Lowcountry 

Charm 



“A delightful mix—part 

hand-drawn photo album, 

part map, part history 

book—that takes readers 

on a memorable journey 

through this unforgettable 

city.” —Luxury Living 

ISBN 978-1-56512-339-7, NO. 72339 

$15.95 HARDCOVER, 2003 


Very New Orleans 

A Celebration of History, 

Culture, and Cajun 

Country Charm 



In vibrant watercolors and 

detailed sketches, artist 

Diana Gessler celebrates 

the city, Cajun country, the 

people, and our history. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-447-9, No. 72447 

$16.95 Hardcover, 2006 


true crime 

WWii/Memoir 

Bloodsworth 

by Tim Junkin 

“Tried and convicted for a 

sadistic murder he did not 

commit and then sentenced 

to death, Bloodsworth is 

an American Josef K., an 

icon of a system that failed 

him—and justice—at every 

turn.” —Washington Post 

Book World 

“Bloodsworth may well be the 

most incredible and important 

true story ever written 

about a death row convict’s 

daily battle for survival, 

both in the cell block and in 

the courtrooms.” —Joseph 

Wambaugh 

When It Was Our War 

A Soldier’s Wife on the 

Home Front 

by Stella Suberman 

“A remarkable story that resonates 

with intelligence and 

insight.” —Kirkus Reviews, 

starred 

A shannon ravenel book 

ISBN 978-1-56512-403-5, NO. 72403 

$23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003 

If You Lived Here, I’d 

Know Your Name 

News from Small-Town 

Alaska 

by Heather Lende 

“Who knew a writer could 

find so much human drama, 

simple pleasure and thorny 

issues in such a remote 

place? If you like the stories 

on Prairie Home Companion 

or Northern Exposure, you’ll 

love some real news from 

small-town Alaska.” 

—USA Today 

ISBN 978-1-56512-524-7, No. 72524 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

Traveling While Married 

by Mary-Lou Weisman 

with illustrations by Edward Koren 

The author of the bestselling 

My Middle-Aged Baby Book 

turns her trademark humor 

to the pitfalls and pleasures 

of traveling with the one 

you love. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-319-9, NO. 72319 

$16.95 HARDCOVER, 2003 


ISBN 978-1-56512-514-8, No. 72514 

$13.95 Paper, 2005 

Midnight Assassin 

A Murder in America’s 

Heartland 

by Patricia L. Bryan and 

Thomas Wolf 

ISBN 978-1-56512-306-9, No. 72306 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2005 

Weather 

Some Survived 

An Eyewitness Account of the 

Bataan Death March and the 

Men Who Lived Through It 

by Manny Lawton 

“Shows that the human spirit 

can soar like an eagle from 

the depths of hell on earth.” 

—Charleston News & Courier 

The Lady in the Palazzo 

An Umbrian Love Story 

by Marlena de Blasi 

“De Blasi[’s] . . . robust 

appetite for life saturates 

the book.” —Entertainment 

Weekly 

“[This] cookbook writer does 

for Umbria what Frances 

Mayes did for Tuscany.” 

—Bloomberg.com 

ISBN 978-1-56512-610-7, No. 72610 

$14.95 Paper, 2008 

ISBN 978-1-56512-473-8, No. 72473 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2007 

Waking Up in Eden 

In Pursuit of an Impassioned 

Life on an Imperiled Island 

by Lucinda Fleeson 

“With a reporter’s skill for 

unearthing and explaining 

complicated histories and 

a travel writer’s keen eye 

and ear for the illuminating 

detail, Fleeson fills in the 

fantasy’s blank—and paints 

a multifaceted portrait 

of Paradise.” —National 

Geographic Traveler 

“Fleeson takes us on a sensual 

journey of the island 

[Kauai], and of her life.” 


ISBN 978-1-56512-486-8, No. 72486 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 

The Weather Wizard’s 

Cloud Book 

A Unique Way to Predict 

the Weather Accurately and 

Easily by Reading the Clouds 

by Louis D. Rubin, Sr., 

and Jim Duncan 

with the assistance of 

Hiram J. Herbert 

A Rodale Press Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-0-912697-10-9, No. 70710 

$8.95 paper, 1989 


The Weather Wizard’s 

5-Year Weather Diary 

A handy, fact-filled way for 

weather watchers to record 

their observations and 

compare daily entries from 

month to month, and year 

to year, compiling a personal 

weather log. 

ISBN 978-0-945575-85-6, No. 71585 

$13.95 wire-o-bound, 1989 

ISBN 978-1-56512-434-9, NO. 72434 

$14.95 PApER, 2004 

The Medic 

Life and Death in the 

Last Days of WWII 

by Leo Litwak 

“This is a disturbing, revealing, 

and very important 

glimpse of warfare at the 

most elementary level.” 

—Booklist 

a military history book club 

selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-305-2, NO. 72305 

$22.95 HARDCOVER, 2001 


Paperback 

fiction 

Alphabetically 

by author 

Daughters of Memory 

a novel by Janice Arnold 

A Literary Guild Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-031-0, No. 72031 

$9.95 Paper, 1991 

The Lie 

a novel by O. H. Bennett 

designates an 

Algonquin Readers Round 

Table edition with reader’s 

guide and additional 

features included. 

For complete listings, please 

visit our online catalog at 


The Evil B.B. Chow and 

Other Stories 

by Steve Almond 

ISBN 978-1-56512-529-2, No. 72529 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

ISBN 978-1-56512-422-6, No. 72422 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2005 

How the García 

Girls Lost Their 

Accents 

a novel by Julia Alvarez 

ISBN 978-1-56512-975-7, No. 72975 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

In the Time of the 

Butterflies 


ISBN 978-1-56512-976-4, No. 72976 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Saving the World 

a novel by 

Julia Alvarez 

ISBN 978-1-56512-558-2, No. 72558 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

ISBN 978-1-56512-573-5, No. 72573 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 

The Ghost at 

the Table 

a novel by Suzanne Berne 


ISBN 978-1-56512-579-7, No. 72579 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

Peep Show 

a novel by Joshua Braff 

ISBN 978-1-56512-508-7, No. 72508 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Dirty Work 

a novel by Larry Brown 

ISBN 978-1-56512-563-6, No. 72563 

$12.95 Paper, 2007 

Joe 

by Larry Brown 

ISBN 978-1-56512-413-4, NO. 72413 

$12.95 paper, 2003 

Exley 

a novel by 

Brock Clarke 

ISBN 978-1-61620-084-8, No. 73084 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-608-4, No. 72608 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-114-2 

An Arsonist’s 

Guide to Writers’ 

Homes in New England 

a novel by Brock Clarke 

ISBN 978-1-56512-614-5, No. 72614 

$13.95 PAPER, 2008 

ISBN 978-1-56512-551-3, No. 72551 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2007 

The Feasting Season 

a novel by Nancy Coons 

ISBN 978-1-56512-519-3, No. 72519 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

Barnacle Love 

stories by 

Anthony De Sa 

ISBN 978-1-56512-926-9, No. 72926 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Hot and Bothered 

a novel by Annie Downey 

ISBN 978-1-56512-474-5, No. 72474 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

The Girl Who Fell 

from the Sky 

a novel by Heidi W. Durrow 

ISBN 978-1-61620-015-2, No. 73015 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-680-0, No. 72680 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2009 

Facing the Music 

stories by Larry Brown 

ISBN 978-1-56512-125-6, No. 72125 

$12.95 paper, 1996 

The Puzzle King 

a novel by 

Betsy Carter 

ISBN 978-1-61620-016-9, No. 73016 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-594-0, No. 72594 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2009 

The Sleepy Hollow 

Family Almanac 

by Kris D’Agostino 

ISBN 978-1-56512-951-1, No. 72951 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

West of Here 

a novel by 

Jonathan Evison 

ISBN 978-1-61620-082-4, No. 73082 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-952-8, No. 72952 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-124-1 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-146-3 

Something for 

Nothing 

a novel by David Anthony 

ISBN 978-1-61620-022-0, No. 73022 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-061-9 

Gossip of the 

Starlings 

a novel by Nina de Gramont 

ISBN 978-1-56512-676-3, No. 72676 

$13.95 pAPER, 2009 

ISBN 978-1-56512-565-0, No. 72565 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2008 

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The Cheer Leader 

a novel by Jill McCorkle 

ISBN 978-1-56512-001-3, NO. 72001 

$12.95 PAPER, 1992 

July 7th 

a novel by Jill McCorkle 

ISBN 978-1-56512-002-0, NO. 72002 

$12.95 paper, 1992 

Breakfast with 

Buddha 

a novel by Roland Merullo 

ISBN 978-1-56512-616-9, No. 72616 

$13.95 PAPER, 2008 

Until the 

Next Time 

a novel by 

Kevin Fox 

ISBN 978-1-56512-993-1, No. 72993 

$15.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-053-4 

A Reliable Wife 

a novel by 


ISBN 978-1-56512-977-1, No. 72977 

$14.95 Paper, 2010 

Boulevard 

a novel by Jim Grimsley 

A Quality Paperback Book Club and an 

insightout Book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-400-4, NO. 72400 

$12.95 PAPER, 2003 

Comfort and Joy 


ISBN 978-1-56512-396-0, NO. 72396 

$12.95 PAPER, 1999 

Mr. Universe 

And Other Plays 

by Jim Grimsley 

a stage and screen book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-211-6, No. 72211 

$17.95 paper, 1998 

A Friend 

of the Family 

a novel by Lauren Grodstein 

ISBN 978-1-61620-017-6, No. 73017 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-916-0, No. 72916 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2009 

Water for 

Elephants 

a novel by Sara Gruen 

ISBN 978-1-56512-560-5, No. 72560 

$14.95 Paper, 2007 

Dog on the Cross 

stories by Aaron Gwyn 

ISBN 978-1-56512-412-7, No. 72412 

$14.95 paper with flaps, 2004 

Pocket Kings 

by Ted Heller 

ISBN 978-1-56512-620-6, No. 72620 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-147-0 

The Big Steal 

a novel by Emyl Jenkins 

ISBN 978-1-56512-446-2, No. 72446 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 

Stealing with Style 

a novel by Emyl Jenkins 

ISBN 978-1-56512-523-0, No. 72523 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

Silver Sparrow 

by Tayari Jones 

ISBN 978-1-61620-142-5, No. 73142 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

ISBN 978-1-56512-990-0, No. 72990 

$19.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-153-1 

Mudbound 

a novel by 


A progressive book CLUB SELECTION 

ISBN 978-1-56512-677-0, No. 72677 

$13.95 PAPER, 2009 

Between Here 

and April 

a novel by Deborah 

Copaken Kogan 

ISBN 978-1-56512-932-0, No. 72932 

$13.95 paper, 2008 

King Matt the First 

a novel by Janusz Korczak 

introduction by Esmé Raji Codell 

translation by Richard Lourie 

ISBN 978-1-56512-442-4, No. 72442 

$13.95 Paper, 2004 

Secret Son 

a novel by 

Laila Lalami 

ISBN 978-1-56512-979-5, No. 72979 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Pictures of You 

a novel by 

Caroline Leavitt 

ISBN 978-1-56512-631-2, No. 72631 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Every Last Cuckoo 

a novel by 

Kate Maloy 

ISBN 978-1-56512-675-6, No. 72675 

$13.95 PAPER, 2009 

Going Away Shoes 

by Jill McCorkle 

ISBN 978-1-61620-014-5, No. 73014 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Creatures of Habit 

stories by Jill McCorkle 


ISBN 978-1-56512-397-7, NO. 72397 

$13.95 PAPER, 2003 

Ferris Beach 

a novel by 

Jill McCorkle 

Golfing with God 

A Novel of Heaven and Earth 

by Roland Merullo 

ISBN 978-1-56512-549-0, No. 72549 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

Brave Enemies 

A Novel of the 

American Revolution 


A Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary 

Guild, Doubleday Book Club, and 

Quality Book Club Selection 


ISBN 978-1-56512-578-0, No. 72578 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

The Truest 

Pleasure 

a novel by Robert Morgan 

ISBN 978-1-56512-222-2, NO. 72222 

$12.95 PAPER, 1998 

ISBN 978-1-56512-931-1, No. 72931 

$13.95 Paper, 2009 


The Resurrectionist 

a novel by 

Jack O’Connell 

ISBN 978-1-56512-678-7, No. 72678 

$13.95 PAPER, 2009 

Coal Black Horse 

a novel by 


ISBN 978-1-56512-601-5, No. 72601 

$13.95 Paper, 2008 

Far Bright Star 

a novel by 


What You See 

in the Dark 

by Manuel Muñoz 

ISBN 978-1-61620-140-1, No. 73140 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

ISBN 978-1-56512-980-1, No. 72980 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-592-6, No. 72592 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2009 

Broadway Baby 

a novel by 

Alan Shapiro 

ISBN 978-1-56512-983-2, No. 72983 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

A Blessing 

on the Moon 

a novel by Joseph Skibell 

ISBN 978-1-61620-018-3, No. 73018 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-533-9, No. 72533 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-145-6 

The Faith Healer of 

Olive Avenue 

stories by Manuel Muñoz 

ISBN 978-1-56512-532-5, No. 72532 

$12.95 Paper, 2007 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-113-5 

The Unexpected Salami 

a novel by 

Laurie Gwen Shapiro 

ISBN 978-1-56512-232-1, No. 72232 

$10.95 PAPER, 1999 

Why Dogs Chase Cars 

stories by George Singleton 


ISBN 978-1-56512-404-2, NO. 72404 

$12.95 PAPER, 2004 

The Watery Part 

of the World 

by Michael Parker 

ISBN 978-1-61620-143-2, No. 73143 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

ISBN 978-1-56512-682-4, No. 72682 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2011 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-157-9 

Mrs. Darcy and the 

Blue-Eyed Stranger 

stories by Lee Smith 


ISBN 978-1-61620-049-7, No. 73049 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

I Thought You 

Were Dead 

a novel by Pete Nelson 

ISBN 978-1-61620-048-0, No. 73048 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-597-1, No. 72597 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-057-2 

Lightning Song 

a novel by Lewis Nordan 

ISBN 978-1-56512-220-8, NO. 72220 

$10.95 PAPER, 1998 

The Sharpshooter Blues 

a novel by Lewis Nordan 

ISBN 978-1-56512-182-9, No. 72182 

$11.95 paper, 1997 

Wolf Whistle 

a novel by 

Lewis Nordan 

ISBN 978-1-56512-110-2, No. 72110 

$13.95 paper, 1993 

Don’t Make Me 

Stop Now 

stories by Michael Parker 

ISBN 978-1-56512-485-1, No. 72485 

$12.95 Paper, 2007 

The Family Diamond 

stories by 

Edward Schwarzschild 

ISBN 978-1-56512-410-3, No. 72410 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

Responsible Men 

a novel by 

Edward Schwarzschild 

ISBN 978-1-56512-543-8, No. 72543 

$12.95 Paper, 2006 

A Curable 

Romantic 


ISBN 978-1-61620-083-1, No. 73083 

$16.95 Paper, 2011 

ISBN 978-1-56512-929-0, No. 72929 

$26.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-121-0 

ISBN 978-1-56512-915-3, No. 72915 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2010 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-058-9 

On Agate Hill 

a novel by 

Lee Smith 


ISBN 978-1-56512-577-3, No. 72577 

$13.95 Paper, 2007 

ISBN 978-1-56512-452-3, No. 72452 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2006 

The Christmas Letters 

a novella by Lee Smith 

ISBN 978-1-56512-376-2, NO. 72376 

$9.95 PAPER, 2002 

The Taste of Salt 

a novel by 

Martha Southgate 

ISBN 978-1-56512-925-2, No. 72925 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-115-9 


New Stories Library 

New Stories from the South 

The Year’s Best 

1999 

with a preface by Tony Earley 

ISBN 978-1-56512-247-5, No. 72247 

$14.95 paper, 1999 

1997 

with a preface by 

Robert Olen Butler 

ISBN 978-1-56512-175-1, No. 72175 

$12.95 paper, 1997 

1996 

ISBN 978-1-56512-155-3, No. 72155 

$10.95 paper, 1996 

1993 

The Frozen Rabbi 

a novel by 

Steve Stern 

ISBN 978-1-61620-052-7, No. 73052 

$13.95 Paper, 2011 

E-Book ISBN 978-1-61620-067-1 

Big Fish 

A Novel of 

Mythic Proportions 

by Daniel Wallace 

ISBN 978-1-61620-164-7, No. 73164 

$13.95 Paper, 2012 

E-book ISBN 978-1-61620-165-4 

Night of the 

Avenging Blowfish 

A Novel of Covert Operations, 

Love, and Luncheon Meat 

by John Welter 

ISBN 978-1-56512-050-1, No. 72050 

$12.95 paper, 1994 

2010 

guest editor, Amy Hempel 

ISBN 978-1-56512-986-3, No. 72986 

$14.95 Paper, 2010 

2009 

guest editor, 

Madison Smartt Bell 

ISBN 978-1-56512-674-9, No. 72674 

$14.95 Paper, 2009 

2008 

guest editor, ZZ Packer 

ISBN 978-1-56512-053-2, No. 72053 

$11.95 paper, 1993 

1992 

ISBN 978-1-56512-011-2, No. 72011 

$10.95 paper, 1992 

1991 

ISBN 978-0-945575-82-5, No. 71582 

$9.95 paper, 1991 

Hardcover 

f i c t i o n 

Alphabetically 

by author 

The Ghost of 

Milagro Creek 

a novel by Melanie Sumner 

ISBN 978-1-56512-917-7, No. 72917 

$13.95 Paper, 2010 

Dorothy on the Rocks 

a novel by Barbara Suter 

ISBN 978-1-56512-471-4, No. 72471 

$13.95 Paper, 2008 

Best of the South 

From the Second Decade of 

New Stories from the South 

selected and introduced 

by Anne Tyler 

edited by Shannon Ravenel 


ISBN 978-1-56512-470-7, No. 72470 

$15.95 Paper, 2005 

Blind Your Ponies 

a novel by 

Stanley Gordon West 

ISBN 978-1-56512-984-9, No. 72984 

$14.95 Paper, 2010 

ISBN 978-1-56512-612-1, No. 72612 

$14.95 Paper, 2008 

2007 

guest editor, Edward P. Jones 

ISBN 978-1-56512-556-8, No. 72556 

$14.95 Paper, 2007 

2006 

guest editor, Allan Gurganus 

ISBN 978-1-56512-531-5, No. 72531 

$14.95 Paper, 2006 

2005 

with a preface by Jill McCorkle 

ISBN 978-1-56512-469-1, No. 72469 

$13.95 Paper, 2005 

2004 

with a preface by Tim Gautreaux 

ISBN 978-1-56512-432-5, No. 72432 

$13.95 paper, 2004 

2003 

with a preface by Roy Blount, Jr. 

ISBN 978-1-56512-395-3, No. 72395 

$14.95 paper, 2003 

2002 

with a preface by Larry Brown 

ISBN 978-1-56512-375-5, No. 72375 

$14.95 paper, 2002 

2001 

with a preface by Lee Smith 

ISBN 978-1-56512-311-3, No. 72311 

$14.95 paper, 2001 

2000 

with a preface by Ellen Douglas 

For complete listings, please 

visit our online catalog at 


The Future of Love 

a novel by Shirley Abbott 

ISBN 978-1-56512-567-4, No. 72567 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2008 

In the Name of Salomé 


a quality paperback book club and 

an insightout book club selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-276-5, NO. 72276 

$23.95 HARDCOVER, 2000 

• Reading Group Guide available 

¡Yo! 


A Quality Paperback Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-157-7, No. 72157 

$18.95 hardcover, 1997 

Winter Run 

fiction by Robert Ashcom 


ISBN 978-1-56512-328-1, NO. 72328 

$19.95 HARDCOVER, 2002 

Last Bite 

a novel by Nancy Verde Barr 

ISBN 978-1-56512-495-0, NO. 72495 

$22.95 HARDCOVER, 2006 

ISBN 978-1-56512-295-6, No. 72295 

$14.95 paper, 2000 


A Crime in the 

Neighborhood 

a novel by Suzanne Berne 

A Book-of-the-Month Club and Quality 

Paperback Book Club Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-165-2, No. 72165 

$17.95 hardcover, 1997 

Confinement 

a novel by Carrie Brown 


ISBN 978-1-56512-393-9, No. 72393 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2004 

Lamb in Love 

a novel by Carrie Brown 

ISBN 978-1-56512-203-1, No. 72203 

$21.95 HARDCOVER, 1999 

A Miracle of Catfish 


ISBN 978-1-56512-536-0, No. 72536 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2007 

Fay 


ISBN 978-1-56512-168-3, NO. 72168 

$24.95 HARDCOVER, 2000 

Swim to Me 

a novel by Betsy Carter 

A Book-of-the-Month Club and 

Literary Guild Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-492-9, No. 72492 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2007 

The Orange Blossom 

Special 

a novel by Betsy Carter 

A Literary Guild, Book-of-the-Month 

Club, and Doubleday Book Club 

Selection 

ISBN 978-1-56512-449-3, No. 72449 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2005 

A Kiss from Maddalena 

a novel by Christopher 

Castellani 

ISBN 978-1-56512-389-2, NO. 72389 

$23.95 HARDCOVER, 2003 

Wakefield 

a novel by Andrei Codrescu 

ISBN 978-1-56512-372-4, NO. 72372 

$24.95 HARDCOVER, 2004 

Walking Across Egypt 

a novel by Clyde Edgerton 

A BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB SELECTION 

ISBN 978-0-912697-51-2, No. 70751 

$17.95 hardcover, 1987 

A Cure for Dreams 

a novel by Kaye Gibbons 

A liTERARY GUILD SELECTION 

ISBN 978-0-945575-33-7, No. 71533 

$16.95 hardcover, 1991 

A Virtuous Woman 


A LITERARY GUILD AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK 

CLUB SELECTION 

ISBN 978-1-56512-206-2, No. 72206 

$16.95 hardcover, 1989 

Ellen Foster 


A liTERARY GUILD SELECTION 

ISBN 978-1-56512-205-5, No. 72205 

$16.95 hardcover, 1987 

A Dangerous Age 

a novel by Ellen Gilchrist 

A doubleday book CLUB, book-of-themonth 

club, and literary guild 

SELECTION 

ISBN 978-1-56512-542-1, No. 72542 

$23.95 Hardcover, 2008 

Dream Boy 


A QUALITY PAPERBACK Book club SELECTION 

ISBN 978-1-56512-106-5, No. 72106 

$18.95 hardcover, 1995 

The Music Teacher 

a novel by Barbara Hall 

ISBN 978-1-56512-463-9, No. 72463 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2008 

The Cripple and His 

Talismans 

a novel by Anosh Irani 

ISBN 978-1-56512-456-1, No. 72456 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2005 

Verbena 

a novel by Nanci Kincaid 

a literary guild selection 


ISBN 978-1-56512-348-9, No. 72348 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2002 

Balls 

a novel by Nanci Kincaid 

ISBN 978-1-56512-178-2, No. 72178 

$21.95 hardcover, 1998 

Hope and Other Dangerous 

Pursuits 

by Laila Lalami 

ISBN 978-1-56512-493-6, No. 72493 

$21.95 Hardcover, 2005 

Lying in Bed 

a novel by J. D. Landis 

ISBN 978-1-56512-068-6, NO. 72068 

$19.95 HARDCOVER, 1994 

A Dixie Christmas 

Holiday Stories from the 

South’s Best Writers 

edited by Charline R. 

McCord and Judy H. Tucker 

preface by Fred Chappell 

illustrations by Wyatt Waters 

ISBN 978-1-56512-483-7, No. 72483 

$15.95 Hardcover, 2005 

Christmas in the South 

Holiday Stories from the 

South’s Best Writers 

edited by Charline R. McCord 

and Judy H. Tucker 

preface by Kaye Gibbons 

illustrated by Wyatt Waters 

ISBN 978-1-56512-448-6, NO. 72448 

$15.95 HARDCOVER, 2004 

Final Vinyl Days 

stories by Jill McCorkle 

ISBN 978-1-56512-204-8, No. 72204 

$18.95 hardcover, 1998 

Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s 

Brain 

a novel by Kirsten 

Menger-Anderson 

ISBN 978-1-56512-561-2, No. 72561 

$22.95 Hardcover, 2008 

American Savior 

a novel by Roland Merullo 

ISBN 978-1-56512-607-7, No. 72607 

$24.95 Hardcover, 2008 

When Tito Loved Clara 

a novel by Jon Michaud 

ISBN 978-1-56512-949-8, No. 72949 

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Ray in Reverse 

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Index 

by title 

52 Loaves 34 

The $64 Tomato 35 

100 Birds and How They 

Got Their Names 31 

100 Flowers and How They 

Got Their Names 35 

The Aleppo Codex 22 

All This Talk of Love 7 

All Woman and Springtime 21 

American Savior 47 

An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes 

in New England 43 

The Art Forger 1 

Balls 46 

Barnacle Love 43 

Be the Dream 33 

The Beach at Galle Road 12 

The Beggar King and 

the Secret of Happiness 32 

Best of the South 46 

Between Here and April 44 

Big Fish 27, 46 

The Big Steal 44 

Billy Ray’s Farm 33 

A Blessing on the Moon 45 

Blind Your Ponies 46 

Bloodsworth 42 

Boone 31 

The Botanist and the Vintner 34 

Boulevard 44 

A Boy I Once Knew 32 

The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes 33 

Brave Enemies 44 

Breakfast with Buddha 26, 44 

Broadway Baby 21, 45 

The Buddha and the Terrorist 40 

Cardboard Gods 32 

The Cheer Leader 44 

The Children in Room E4 34 

The Christmas Letters 45 

Christmas in the South 47 

Coal Black Horse 45 

Cobb 40 

The Coldest Night 21 

Comet’s Tale 6 

Comfort and Joy 44 

Confinement 47 

Creatures of Habit 44 

A Crime in the Neighborhood 47 

The Cripple and His 

Talismans 47 

A Curable Romantic 45 

A Cure for Dreams 47 

The Curve of the World 47 

A Dangerous Age 47 

Daughters of Memory 43 

The Day My Brain Exploded 17 

The Dinner Diaries 39 

Dirty Work 43 

A Dixie Christmas 47 

Doctor Olaf van Schuler’s Brain 47 

Dog on the Cross 44 

Don’t Make Me Stop Now 45 

Dori Sanders’ Country Cooking 34 

Dorothy on the Rocks 46 

Dream Boy 47 

Dream Golf 41 

The Earth Moved 23, 35 

Educating Esmé 33 

Ellen Foster 47 

The End of the World as We 

Know It 29, 32 

The English Disease 47 

Enslaved by Ducks 23, 39 

The Essential Klezmer 37 

Every Last Cuckoo 44 

The Evil B.B. Chow and Other 

Stories 43 

Exley 28 

Facing the Music 43 

The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue 45 

The Family Diamond 45 

Far Bright Star 45 

Fay 47 

The Feasting Season 43 

Ferris Beach 44 

Final Vinyl Days 47 

First Dogs 39 

First Words 37 

Flower Confidential 35 

Fowl Weather 39 

French Dirt 41 

A Friend of the Family 27, 44 

From the Ground Up 35 

A Frozen Hell 37 

The Frozen Rabbi 46 

The Future of Love 46 

Gap Creek 11, 47 

Gardener’s Latin 35 

Gertrude Stein 32 

The Ghost at the Table 43 

The Ghost of Milagro Creek 46 

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 26, 43 

Going Away Shoes 44 

Golfing with God 44 

The Good Negress 47 

Gossip of the Starlings 43 

Greasy Rider 40 

A Great and Glorious Game 41 

The Half-Mammals of Dixie 47 

Hard Work 40 

Heading Out to Wonderful 21 

Heart in the Right Place 29 

Hemingway & Bailey’s Bartending Guide 

to Great American Writers 34 

Hikikomori and the Rental Sister 16 

Hold Me Tight and Tango Me Home 32 

Hope and Other Dangerous 

Pursuits 47 

Hot and Bothered 43 

How Eskimos Keep Their 

Babies Warm 38 

How the García Girls Lost Their 

Accents 28, 43 

How to Get Your Child to Love 

Reading 39 

How to Spell Chanukah 19 

If You Lived Here, I’d Know 

Your Name 42 

In My Father’s Shadow 33 

The Innocents 47 

In the Name of Salomé 46 

In the Time of the Butterflies 28, 43 

In the Wake of Madness 37 

I Thought You Were Dead 45 

The Jew Store 37 

Joe 43 

July 7th 44 

King Matt the First 44 

A Kiss from Maddalena 47 

Kitty Cornered 23, 39 

The Lady in the Palazzo 42 

Lamb in Love 47 

Last Bite 46 

Last Child in the Woods 38 

The Lie 43 

Life Among Giants 8 – 9 

Lightning Song 45 

Lincoln as I Knew Him 31 

Lincoln on War 31 

Lions of the West 10, 31 

Little Blues Book 37 

Lives of the Trees 35 

Love, Loss, and What I Wore 36 

Love Poetry Out Loud 39 

Loving Every Child 39 

Lucky Girl 32 

Lying in Bed 47 

The M Word 33 

Making Whoopee 37 

Makeovers at the Beauty Counter 

of Happiness 36 

Maman’s Homesick Pie 34 

Man with a Pan 34 

The Medic 42 

Memoir of the Sunday Brunch 13 

Midnight Assassin 42 

A Miracle of Catfish 47 

Missing Lucile 33 

Mother of the Bride 36 

Mr. Universe 44 

Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed 

Stranger 45 

Mudbound 26, 44 

The Music of Wild Birds 31 

The Music Teacher 47 

My Father’s Paradise 29, 33 

My Life as a Boy 33 

The Nature Principle 23, 38 

New Orleans, Mon Amour 41 

New Stories from the South 46 

The Next Better Place 32 

Night of the Avenging Blowfish 46 

Nothing Left to Burn 33 

On Agate Hill 45 

On American Soil 37 

On the Road to Freedom 36 

The Orange Blossom Special 47 

Our Noise 37 

Out on the Porch Calendar, 2013 30 

Outwitting History 29, 37 


The Painting 47 

Panther Baby 22, 31 

Paris Was Ours 41 

Party Receipts from the 

Charleston Junior League 34 

Peep Show 43 

Pictures of You 27, 44 

Pocket Kings 20, 44 

Poetry Out Loud 39 

Purple Hibiscus 18 

The Puzzle King 43 

Ray in Reverse 47 

The Receptionist 22 

A Reliable Wife 26, 44 

Responsible Men 45 

The Resurrectionist 45 

The Revised Fundamentals 

of Caregiving 2–3 

Rising to the Occasion 36 

Rock On 40 

A Rose by Any Name 35 

Running the Rift 14 –15 

Saving the World 43 

Seasoned in the South 34 

Secret Son 44 

Seemed Like a Good Idea 

at the Time 32 

Settled in the Wild 38 

Shalom Y’all 37 

The Sharpshooter Blues 45 

Side Effects 33 

Silver Sparrow 20, 44 

Singing for Your Supper 36 

Single Wife 47 

The Sleepy Hollow Family 

Almanac 20 

Smartbomb 40 

The Smartest Woman I Know 36 

Solo 32 

Somehow Form a Family 32 

Some Survived 42 

Something for Nothing 28 

Something to Declare 37 

The Song of the Earth 47 

Songbirds in Your Garden 31 

A Son of the Game 41 

The Soul of a Doctor 34 

The Sound of a Wild Snail 

Eating 38 

Southern Belly 34 

Stealing with Style 44 

Swim to Me 47 

Tab Hunter Confidential 31 

Take Good Care of the Garden 

and the Dogs 29, 32 

Talking About Death 33 

The Taste of Salt 26, 45 

The Three-Pound Enigma 40 

Tomato Girl 47 

Traveling While Married 42 

The Truest Pleasure 44 

Truth 32 

A Twist of Lemmon 32 

The Unexpected Salami 45 

Until the Next Time 44 

Useful Girl 47 

Verbena 47 

Very Charleston 41 

Very New Orleans 41 

Very Washington DC 41 

A Virtuous Woman 47 

Waiting for April 47 

Wakefield 47 

Waking Up in Eden 42 

Walking Across Egypt 47 

Water for Elephants 28, 44 

The Watery Part of the World 20, 45 

The Weather Wizard’s Cloud Book 42 

The Weather Wizard’s 5-Year 

Weather Diary 30, 42 

West of Here 27, 43 

What the Dormouse Said 36 

What We Do for Love 36 

What You See in the Dark 27, 45 

A Wedding in Haiti 22 

When Angels Sing 47 

When It Was Our War 42 

When She Woke 4–5 

When Tito Loved Clara 47 

Why Dogs Chase Cars 45 

Wicked Bugs 35 

Wicked Plants 35 

The Widows of Eden 47 

Winter Run 46 

Wolf Whistle 24, 45 

The Woman I Kept to Myself 39 

Work Hard. Be Nice. 34 

World War II in the 

Mediterranean, 1942 –1945 37 

¡Yo! 46 

Index 

by author 

Abbott, Shirley 46 

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi 18 

Alexander, William 34, 35 

Almond, Steve 43 

Alvarez, Julia 22, 28, 37, 39, 43, 46 

Anthony, David 28, 43 

Arnold, Janis 43 

Aron, Bill 37 

Ashcom, Robert 46 

Backhaus, Jeff 16 

Bailey, Elisabeth Tova 38 

Bailey, Mark 34 

Barr, Nancy Verde 46 

Bass, Alison 33 

Beckerman, Ilene 36 

Bell, Madison Smartt 46 

Benaron, Naomi 14–15 

ben Izzy, Joel 32 

Bennett, O. H. 43 

Berne, Suzanne 33, 43, 47 

Bijan, Donia 34 

Block, Betsy 38 

Braff, Joshua 43 

Brenner, Douglas 35 

Brown, Carrie 47 

Brown, Larry 33, 43, 47 

Bryan, Patricia L. 42 

Campbell, Christy 34 

Carter, Betsy 43, 47 

Castellani, Christopher 7, 47 

Chaplin, Heather 40 

Chernin, Kim 33 

Clarke, Brock 28 

Cobb, Charles E., Jr. 36 

Codell, Esmé Raji 33, 39 

Codrescu, Andrei 41, 47 

Conway, Linda Glick 34 

Cook, John 37 

Coons, Nancy 43 

D’Agostino, Kris 20 

Davenport, Randi 33 

de Blasi, Marlena 42 

de Gramont, Nina 43 

De Sa, Anthony 43 

D’Este, Carlo 37 

Dodson, James 41 

Donohue, John 34 

Douglas, Ellen 32 

Downey, Annie 43 

Druett, Joan 37 

Duncan, Jim 42 

Durrow, Heidi W. 26, 43 

Earley, Tony 32 

Eaton, Susan 34 

Edge, John T. 34 

Edgerton, Clyde 32, 47 

Evison, Jonathan 2–3, 27, 43 

Feder, Chris Welles 33 

Finn, Maria 32 

Fleeson, Lucinda 42 

Fox, Kevin 44 

Fox, Vicki Reikes 37 

Franklin, Emily 19 

Friedman, Matti 22 

Gash, Amy 36 

Gessler, Diana Hollingsworth 41 

Gibbons, Kaye 47 

Gilchrist, Ellen 47 

Goodman, Richard 41 

Goodwillie, David 32 

Goodwin, Stephen 41 

Goolrick, Robert 21, 26, 29, 32, 44 

Grimsley, Jim 44, 47 

Grodstein, Lauren 27, 44 

Groth, Janet 22 

Gruen, Sara 28, 44 

Gurganus, Allan 46 

Gwyn, Aaron 44 

Hall, Barbara 47 

Hamann, Jack 37 

Harper, Gordon 34 

Hazard, Edith 36 

Heller, Ted 20, 44 

Hemingway, Edward 34 

Hempel, Amy 46 

Holzer, Harold 31 

Hopgood, Mei-Ling 32, 38 

Hunter, Tab 31 

Irani, Anosh 47 


Jain, Sachin H. 34 

Janis, Brooke 39 

Jenkins, Emyl 44 

Jones, Brandon 21 

Jones, Edward P. 46 

Jones, Tayari 20, 44 

Joseph, Jamal 22, 31 

Joseph, Sandra 39 

Jordan, Hillary 4–5, 26, 44 

Jourdan, Carolyn 29 

Junkin, Tim 42 

Keith, Michael C. 32 

Kennedy, Dan 40 

Kincaid, Nanci 47 

Kogan, Deborah Copaken 44 

Korczak, Janusz 39, 44 

Kumar, Satish 40 

Lalami, Laila 44, 47 

Landis, J. D. 47 

Lansky, Aaron 29, 37 

Lawton, Manny 42 

Leavitt, Caroline 27, 44 

Lemmon, Chris 32 

Lende, Heather 29, 32, 42 

Litwak, Leo 42 

Louv, Richard 23, 38 

Luloff, Joanna 12 

Maloy, Kate 44 

Mandelbaum, Paul 37 

Mathews, Jay 34 

McCord, Charline R. 47 

McCorkle, Jill 44, 47 

Melville, Greg 40 

Menger-Anderson, Kirsten 47 

Merullo, Roland 26, 44, 47 

Michaud, Jon 47 

Moffett, Shannon 40 

Morgan, Robert 10 –11, 31, 44, 47 

Morris, Evan 37 

Morris, Scott M. 47 

Morris, Virginia 33 

Muñoz, Manuel 27, 45 

Neal, Bill 35 

Nelson, Pete 45 

Nissenson, Hugh 47 

Nordan, Lewis 24, 45 

O’Connell, Jack 45 

Olmstead, Robert 21, 45 

Rowan, Roy 39 

Rowlands, Penelope 41 

Rubin, Louis D., Sr. 42 

Rubin, Robert Alden 39 

Ruby, Aaron 40 

Sabar, Ariel 29, 33 

Sanders, Dori 34 

Scanniello, Stephen 35 

Schuyler, Nina 47 

Schwarzschild, Edward 45 

Seebohm, Caroline 47 

Shaffner, George 47 

Shapiro, Alan 21, 45 

Shapiro, B. A. 1 

Shapiro, Laurie Gwen 45 

Shetterly, Susan Hand 38 

Simons, Gary 33 

Singleton, George 45, 47 

Skibell, Joseph 45, 47 

Smith, Bill 34 

Smith, Lee 45 

Solomon, Nina 47 

Southgate, Martha 26, 45 

Stendhal, Renate 32 

Stern, Steve 46 

Stevens, Marcus 47 

Stewart, Amy 23, 35 

Stone, Elizabeth 32 

Stump, Al 40 

Suberman, Stella 37, 42 

Sumner, Melanie 46 

Suter, Barbara 46 

Tarte, Bob 23, 39 

Terres, John K. 31 

Trotter, William 37 

Tucker, Judy H. 47 

Tyler, Anne 46 

Varner, Jay 33 

Verdelle, A. J. 47 

Wallace, Daniel 27, 46, 47 

Weisman, Mary-Lou 42 

Wells, Diana 31, 35 

Welter, John 46 

West, Stanley Gordon 46 

Wilker, Josh 32 

Williams, Roy 40 

Wolf, Steven D. 6 

Wolf, Thomas 42 

Packer, ZZ 46 

Pandl, Julia 13 

Parker, Michael 20, 45 

Pelikan, Judy 31 

Pinfold, Wallace 36 

Pipkin, Turk 47 

Pories, Kathy 33 

Pories, Susan 34 

Pupek, Jayne 47 

Rajamani, Ashok 17 

Ravenel, Shannon 46 

Robertson, Brian 37 

Robson, Kenneth S. 41 

Rogovoy, Seth 37 

Roorbach, Bill 8 – 9 


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Index, by Title48–49 

Index, by Author49–50 

Ordering Information51–52 

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Credits 

Cover: Alinari/Art Resource, NY; page 1: Lynn Wayne; 

page 3: Keith Brofsky; page 5: Michael Epstein; page 6: Carrie E. Weaver; 

page 7: wowe; page 9: Sarah A. Sloane; page 10: Randi Anglin; 

page 12: Shane Epping; page 13: Todd Ponath; page 15: Erik Hinote; 

page 16: Jae Yoon Hah; page 17: Joyce Anderson; page 18: Ivara Esege; 

page 19: Marion Ettlinger.

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