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Titles 2004
New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews.
Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on these lists. Books
for kids and teens (fiction and nonfiction) are also listed.
July 2004
- The Last Run: A True Story
of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas
Author: Lewan, Todd
Publisher: HarperCollins $ 24.95 ISBN: 0060196483 Date: 2004
Kirkus
In the tradition of Black Hawk Down and The Perfect Storm comes
an epic tale of the daring helicopter rescue of an Alaskan fishing vessel wrecked
in the worst Arctic storm in years.
Updated 5.10.04
- Circus in Winter
Author: Day, Cathy
Publisher: Harcourt $ 23 ISBN: 015101048x Date: 2004
KirkusLJPW
From 1884 to 1939, the Great Porter Circus made the unlikely choice to winter
in an Indiana town called Lima. Day follows a colorful cast of circus people
into their everyday lives and brings the greatest show on earth to the page.
Updated 5.17.04
- The Big Love
Author: Dunn, Sarah
Publisher: Little Brown $ 23.95 ISBN: 0316738158 Date: 2004
PW
Hilarious and heartbreaking, combining the emotional incisiveness of Jane Austen
with the up-to-the-minute frankness of Sex and the City, Dunn's
latest work will be the passing must-read novel of the summer.
Updated 5.10.04
- Mortal Love
Author: Hand, Elizabeth
Publisher: Morrow $ 24.95 ISBN: 0061051705 Date: 2004
PWKirkus
The breakout book from acclaimed author Hand is a powerful, beautifully written
and romantic story of art, obsession, and imagination that ranges from Victorian
London to present-day New York.
Updated 5.10.04
- Blackbird House
Author: Hoffman, Alice
Publisher: Doubleday $ 19.95 ISBN: 0385507615 Date: 2004
KirkusPW
With "incantatory prose" that "sweeps over the reader like
a dream," ( Philadelphia Inquirer), Hoffman follows her celebrated
bestseller The Probable Future with an evocative work that traces
the lives of the various occupants of an old Massachusetts house over a span
of 200 years.
Updated 6.21.04
- An Unfinished Season
Author: Just, Ward S.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin $ 24 ISBN: 0618036695 Date: 2004
KirkusPWBooklist
The distinguished chronicler of American social history and political culture
hauntingly captures the 1950s, a time when even the small-town family could
not escape the nationwide suspicion and dread of "the enemy within."
Updated 6.1.04
- The Preservationist
Author: Maine, David
Publisher: St Martins $ 21.95 ISBN: 0312328478 Date: 2004
PW
Maine has penned a compelling and fresh novel based on the story of Noah
and the flood, told with wisdom, wry humor and a modern sensibility.
Updated 6.14.04
- What Happened to Henry
Author: Pywell, Sharon L.
Publisher: Putnam $ 19.95 ISBN: 0399151680
Kirkus
In this funny, moving, wise, and powerful tale, a family struggles to understand
their own son--who is either crazy or blessed--not unlike the Cold War America
in which they live.
Updated 4.8.04
- Perfect Circle
Author: Stewart, Sean
Publisher: Small Beer $ 15 ISBN: 1931520119 Date: 2004
Booklist
A novel about Texas, ghosts and perfect pop songs.
Updated 6.10.04
- Garden of Beasts:
A Novel of Berlin 1936
Author: Deaver, Jeffrey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 24.95 ISBN: 0743222016 Date: 2004
PWLibrary
Journal
Called the reigning "master of ticking-bomb suspense" ( People),
Deaver has written a gripping international thriller--with a range of real political
figures and Olympic athletes--that introduces his most psychologically complex
hero to date.
Updated 5.20.04
- Ghost Writer
Author: Harwood, John
Publisher: Harcourt $ 25 ISBN: 0151010749 Date: 2004
Kirkus
Harwood's tantalizing tale of suspense and family secrets weaves Victorian
ghost stories into the present where they start to come true. This astonishing,
assured debut shows just how dangerous family skeletons--and stories--can
be.
Updated 4.26.04
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Author: Lindsey, Jeff
Publisher: Doubleday $ 22.95 ISBN: 038551123x
PWBooklistLJ
Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a new kind of mystery novel starring a
lovable serial killer, one Dexter Morgan, who only kills bad people and who
cringes at the sight of blood.
Updated 6.17.04
- Heart of the Hunter
Author: Meyer, Deon
Publisher: Little Brown $ 23.95 ISBN: 0316935492 Date: 2004
LJKirkusBooklist
In his stunning American debut, the South African thriller writer delivers
the story of a kidnapping and of a man refusing to reclaim the ruthless methods
he mastered in the darkest days of South Africa's battle for survival.
Updated 7.6.04
Age and grade designations are approximate, parental judgement should be used.
- The Game of Sunken Places
Author: Anderson, M. T.
Publisher: Scholastic $ 16.95 ISBN: 0439416604 Date: 2004
Booklist
From the bestselling author of Freed comes a fantastic middle-grade
adventure. When Brian and Gregory arrive at a distant relative's strange
manse, they stumble upon a board game and suddenly they became players and
must deal with attitudinal trolls and warring kingdoms.
Grades: 4-7 Category: Fiction | Fantasy
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