 Ever
wondered how your doctor made a diagnosis? Or why he or she recommended
certain tests? Well, Dr. Jerome Groopman explains such inquiries in
his book How Doctors Think. |
 In
Paws & Effect: The Healing
Power of Dogs, Sharon Sakson reveals the true human-dog bond
through stories of dogs who can smell cancer, warn their owners about
pending seizures and do other amazing things. |
 In
pre-Civil War Maryland, the slaves have a code they use to help others
escape. James McBride weaves a tale of slavery, freedom, dreams and
the future in his lyrical novel Song
Yet Sung. |
 In
Bill Floyd's The Killer's
Wife, Leigh Wren has moved to Cary, N.C. to start a new life
away from her serial killer ex-husband Randy who is on death row.
But then copy cat murders occur and she must face the past. |
 The
Bible tops a new poll that determined the most popular books by
following how people voted based on religion, race and political beliefs,
among other things. Check out the full list. (story) |
 In
Cornelia Read's The Crazy
School, protagonist Madeline Dare must unearth some dark truths
about Santangelo School, a therapeutic boarding school for troubled
and mentally ill children, in order to solve two murders. |
 Andrew
Morton's Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized
Biography is a fascinating peek into the life of the actor.
Everything about Cruise is up for display in the controversial book. |
 Nicolas
Cage settled a libel suit against Kathleen Turner due to false claims
in Turner's autobiography Send Yourself Roses. Turner claimed
Cage was arrested twice for DUI and for stealing a dog. (story) |
In Lauren Groff's debut, protagonist Willie Upton must look through
her town's ancestors to determine the identity of her father. The
Monsters of Templeton is part mystery, part ghost story and
part historical fiction. |
 Elinor
Brooke and Kit Neville are all budding artists who are involved in
a love triangle in Pat Barker's Life
Class. After World War I breaks out, the three struggle with
their art and feelings for one another. |
 Mark
R. Levin describes watching his dog's health decline, then making
the decision to put him to sleep in Rescuing
Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguish. |
 The
Middle Place is Kelly Corrigan's memoir that uses witticisms
and relatability to describe both her own bout with breast cancer
and her father's prostate cancer. |
 In
Sara Young's My Enemy's
Cradle, half-Jew Cyrla is hiding in the home of her Dutch
relatives. Suddenly she is forced to take the place of her cousin
Anneke and hide among the enemy in a Nazi-run birthing center. |
 Julie
Andrews' Home: A Memoir of My Early Years was just published,
but it is already a top seller. In the book, the singer, actress and
children's book author recalls her childhood, prior to her rise to
stardom. (story) |
 James
Patterson's Women's Murder Club series is back with 7th
Heaven, the seventh book in the popular series. Co-authored
by Maxine Paetro, 7th Heaven is a step up from several of Patterson's
recent novels. |
Afterimage
is a mystery by Kathleen George featuring rookie homicide cop Colleen
Greer. A former therapist, Greer uses her background to solve two
cases in which she slightly knew both victims. |
 Rather
than a mid-life crisis, Emily, the main character in Jill A. Davis'
novel Ask Again Later
is having a quarter-life crisis. When she discovers her mom has cancer,
she happily checks out of life to care for her. |
 Poptastic!
My Life in Radio - Tony Blackburn is probably one of
the most recognizable disc jockeys working in Britain today. He is
always busy doing what he does best - playing music to listeners. |
|
 On
Chesil Beach: A Novel is much smaller in scope than Ian
McEwan's prior books. Taking place in just one day, it describes
a just-married couple's struggles and fear of consummating their
relationship.
|
 Alice
Sebold's follow-up to The Lovely Bones is a dark, disappointing novel.
In The Almost Moon: A Novel,
Helen Knightly has just killed her mother and is recounting her childhood
and what led up to the murder. |
 My
Life with George: What I Learned about Joy from One Neurotic (and
Very Expensive) Dog is Judith Summers' account of living with
her dog whom got George following the death of her husband. |
 Sway:
A Novel by Zachary Lazar is a fictional account of the very
real ties between the Rolling Stones, espceially member Brian Jones,
avant-garde filmmaker Kenneth Anger and Manson family member Bobby
Beausoleil. |
While working in an army hospital in Iraq, clinical psychologist Heidi
Squier Kract learned two important military rules. She relays them
and in Rule Number Two: Lessons
I Learned in a Combat Hospital. |
 Marisha
Pessl's debut novel, Special
Topics in Calamity Physics, is rife with literary allusions,
yet remains engaging and easy to read. In it, likable protagonist
Blue Van Mee uses her quirky intellect to solve a mystery. |
Bernard Schlink's The Reader
was first translated into English in 1997, but it is now being made
into a film. The German coming-of-age tale about a boy after WWII
was a 1999 Oprah's Book Club Selection. |
 New
York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the sexy, supernatural
adventures of Rachel Morgan in The
Outlaw Demon Wails, the sixth book of the Hollows.
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Falling Man: A Novel is
Don DeLillo's portrayal of life for the Neudecker family after Keith
survives the terrorist attacks of 9/11. He ends up on the porch of
his estranged wife carrying a stranger's briefcase. |
 Steven
Jay Schneider, the general editor of the best-selling 1001 Movies
You Must See Before You Die, brings forth two more comprehensive cinematic
reference books, 501 Movie
Directors and 501
Movie Stars. |
Assembled by Emmy ® Award-winning executive producer Ben Karlin,Things
I've Learned From Women Who've Dumped Me is a stellar collection
of stories about men who've been dumped. |
 Although
Ian McEwan's Atonement: A Novel
was first published in 2001, the release of the screenplay has returned
the book to the bestseller list. It is about truth and fiction and
the possibility for atonement. |
The Zookeeper's Wife:
A War Story, is Diane Ackerman's true book about Jan and Antonina
Zabinski, Christian Poles who sheltered 300 Jews during WWII. The
book recounts the Zabinski's heroic and dangerous efforts. |
 Jeff
Lindsay brings back serial killer protagonist Dexter Morgan in Dexter
in the Dark. In the novel, Dexter's Dark Passenger - the voice
in his head that helps him kill other predators and serial killers
- is scared off. |
Tom Perrotta's The
Abstinence Teacher is about religious and culture wars in
suburbia. Ruth Ramsey is a high school sex-ed teacher forced to teach
an abstinence curriculum who befriends evangelist soccer coach Tim. |
 James
Patterson's latest book brings back hero Alex Cross. In Double
Cross, Alex is working as a therapist but is drawn back into
the D.C. police force after a new killer taunts him and his new girlfriend. |
John Updike delves into the makings and mind of an Islamic terrorist
in Terrorist: A Novel. Ahmad
is a deeply religious teen who meets up with some radical Muslims
who want him to be part of a dangerous plan. |
 Brock
Clarke's An Arsonist's
Guide to Writers' Homes in New England is a tragicomedy about
Sam Pulsifer, a "bumbler" who accidentally set fire to the
Emily Dickinson House when he was young. |
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