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Featured Titles 2009

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 sometimes listed.

March 2009

Nonfiction

• You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
  Author:
  $ 26.99ISBN: 9780061137860 Date: 2009
  Kirkus PW
  You Are Here shows the cosmos as it has never been seen before. With wisdom and wonder, Potter traverses the universe from its formation to its eventual end--while exploring everything in between.
  Updated 2.26.09
  

Fiction

• Nothing But a Smile
  Author: Amick, Steve
  $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780307377364 Date: 2009
  PW Booklist
  From the author of the widely praised novel The Lake, the River & the Other Lake comes this love story of a man and a woman who choose an unconventional way to redefine themselves during and after World War II.
  Updated 2.27.09
  
• We Never Talk About My Brother
  Author: Beagle, Peter
  $ 14.95 ISBN: 9781892391834 Date: 2009
  PW Booklist
  Modern parables of love, death, and transformation are peppered with melancholy in this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy. Each short story cultivates a whimsical sense of imagination and reveals a mature, darker voice than previously experienced from this legendary author. In one tale the Angel of Death enjoys newfound celebrity while moonlighting as an anchorman on the network news, while in another the shortsighted ruler of a gentle realm betrays himself in dreaming of a "manageable war." Further storylines include an American librarian who discovers that, much to his surprise and sadness, he is the last living Frenchman, and rivals in a supernatural battle who decide to forgo pistols at dawn, choosing instead to duel with dramatic recitations of terrible poetry. Featuring several previously unpublished stories alongside a bevy of recently released works, this haunting compilation is appealing to both genre readers and mainstream literature lovers. - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 2.26.09
  
• The Age of Orphans
  Author: Khadivi, Laleh
  $ 24 ISBN: 9781596916166 Date: 2009
  PW LJ
  The Age of Orphans tells the heart-wrenching story of a Kurdish boy who is forced to betray his people in service of the new Iranian nation, and the tragic consequences as he grows into manhood.
  Updated 2.27.09
  
• Etta
  Author: Kolpan, Gerald
  $ 25 ISBN: 9780345503688 Date: 2009
  Kirkus
  Beautiful, elusive, and refined, Etta Place captivated the nation at the turn of the last century as she dodged the law with the Wild Bunch, led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Her true identity and fate have remained a mystery. Kolpan envisions this remarkable woman's life in a stunning debut novel.
  Updated 2.26.09
  
• Callisto
  Author: Krol, Torsten
  $ 14.99 ISBN: 9780061672941 Date: 2009
  Kirkus Booklist
  Callisto is a hilarious romp, a full-throttle satire on the fear, rash judgments, and extreme reactions that have become the norm in a post-9/11 world; and Odell Deefus, who is the unwittingly humorous, charmingly innocent, and hopelessly hapless hero.
  Updated 2.27.09
  
• Blood and Ice
  Author: Masello, Robert
  $ 24 ISBN: 9780553807288 Date: 2009
  Booklist PW
  From the battlefields of the Crimean War to the depths of present-day Antarctica, this gripping novel spans centuries to tell a tale that is at once an edge-of-the-seat vampire thriller and sweeping love story.
  Updated 2.26.09
  

Crime Fiction

• Grave Goods
  Author: Franklin, Ariana
  $ 25.95 ISBN: 9780399155444 Date: 2009
  LJ PW
  Combining the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of medieval fiction, "New York Times" abestselling author Ariana Franklin returns with the third title in the Mistress of the Art of Death series.
  England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbeya one of Englandas holiest sites, and believed by some to be King Arthuras sacred Isle of Avalonahas been burned almost to the ground. The arsonist remains at large, but the fire has uncovered something even more shocking: two hidden skeletons, a man and a woman. The skeletons' height and age send rumors flyinga are the remains those of Arthur and Guinevere? - Publisher Marketing
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Life Sentences
  Author: Lippman, Laura
  $ 24.99 ISBN: 9780061128899 Date: 2009
  PW
  In this blazing stand-alone novel of twisting suspense, the "New York Times"-bestselling author of What the Dead Know raises difficult, illuminating questions about the nature of memory and truth.
  Updated 2.26.09
  
• Shatter
  Author: Robotham, Michael
  $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780385517911 Date: 2009
  Kirkus
  In Michael Robotham's latest thriller, psychologist Joe O'Loughlin--the appealing hero of Suspect--tries to prevent a suicide and finds himself locked in a deadly duel with a very clever killer.
  Updated 1.27.09
• Old City Hall
  Author: Rotenberg, Robert
  $ 26 ISBN: 9780374225421 Date: 2009
  Booklist LJ
  Canada's leading radio show host, Kevin Brace, admits to killing his young wife. Detectives figure this is an open-and-shut case. With the appearance of strange fingerprints in the Brace apartment, however, the mystery gets more complex just as it should be getting simpler.
  Updated 2.26.09
  
• The Tourist
  Author: Steinhauer, Olen
  $ 24.95 ISBN: 9780312369729 Date: 2009
  LJ Booklist PW
  Steinhauer--twice nominated for an Edgar Award--tackles an intricate story of betrayal and manipulation, loyalty and risk in an utterly compelling novel that is both thoroughly modern and yet also reminiscent of classic espionage thrillers by Graham Greene and John LeCarre.
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• Fatal Lies
  Author: Tallis, Frank
  $15 ISBN: 9780812977776 Date: 2009
  PW Booklist
  The eagerly awaited third novel in the Max Liebermann series about a psychoanalytic detective is set in Vienna, 1903. At St. Florian's military school, a young cadet is found dead. Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his friend, Dr. Liebermann, to help him investigate.
  Updated 2.27.09
  
• The Little Sleep
  Author: Tremblay, Paul
  $ 14 ISBN: 9780805088496 Date: 2009
  LJ
  Wildly imaginative and with a pitch-perfect voice, The Little Sleep is the first in a new series that casts a fresh eye on the rigors of detective work, and introduces a character who has a lot to prove.
  Updated 1.27.09
  
• White Riot
  Author: Waites, Martyn
  $ 25.95 ISBN: 9781605980270 Date: 2009
  PW
  When the savagely beaten body of a Muslim student is discovered in a rundown area of Newcastle, blame falls on the far right National Unity Party--but for once they appear to be innocent. Joe Donovan, the hero of Waites' acclaimed trilogy of thrillers, is called in to investigate.
  Updated 2.26.09