Publishers Weekly articles from June 2009

Publishers Weekly archives from June 2009

Spoken-word audio market holds on: recession, transition problems resulted in sales dip in 2008.(Foreword)
June 29, 2009... Much as book publishers are looking for ways to cope with the slow but steady move from print to digital products, publishers of spoken-word audio are dealing with the transition from a CD-driven market to one led by digital downloads....

Perseus cuts staff, titles.(Perseus Books Group)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Perseus Books Group has laid off approximately 20 people and will reduce its list by about 100 titles in 2010. Perseus president David Steinberger said that despite earlier efforts to reduce costs, the severity of the recession made more actions...

Watrous leaves Globe Pequot.(Scott Watrous of Globe Pequot Press Inc.)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Scott Watrous resigned last week after serving as president and publisher of the Globe Pequot Press for three years. Jim Joseph, COO of GPP, has assumed Watrous's duties on an interim basis. The former COO of Adams Media, Watrous sought to...

New BN.com executive.(Jamie Iannone)(barnesandnoble.com Inc.)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Jamie Iannone has been appointed executive v-p, shopping, Barnes & Noble.com and Barnes & Noble Digital. A former eBay executive, Iannone will be in charge of "managing various new business opportunities and other strategic initiatives"...

ScrollMotion, LibreDigital in pact.(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... ScrollMotion has signed an agreement with LibreDigital through which ScrollMotion will make LibreDigital's entire library of books, newspapers and magazines from such publishers and distributors as HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster,...

Quebecor reorg plan okayed.(Quebecor World (USA) Inc.)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Creditors of Quebecor have approved the printer's reorganization plan, clearing the way for the company to exit bankruptcy in mid-July. A new board has also been proposed, to be led by former Donnelley chairman Mark Angelson, and the company...

New owner for Gareth Stevens.(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Roger Rosen, owner of Rosen Publishing, has teamed with Gary Spears to acquire Gareth Stevens Publishing from Reader's Digest. Spears will be president.

Carl Weber expands Urban Books company.(Urbanomics)
June 29, 2009... At a time when the number of bookstores is shrinking and regional chains have all but disappeared, Carl Weber is opening more African-American bookstores as part of his four-year-old Urban Knowledge brand. And in May he launched Beach Reads, the...

The secrets behind the Secrets Series.(Inside Dan Brown)
June 29, 2009... When Dan Burstein read The Da Vinci Code in 2003, he was so excited by the book and the myriad historical ephemera it explored that he rushed to his local Barnes & Noble to find out what was true and what wasn't in Dan Brown's book. The...

Stay thirsty lures veteran writers.(Digital Publishing)(Stay Thirsty Press)
June 29, 2009... Shamus Award--winning mystery writer David Fulmer first heard about Stay Thirsty Press when a friend sent him an e-mail. "It was a notice from Craigslist that a publisher was looking for original works to publish as e-books," said Fulmer. "I'd...

Anderson corrects lifted passages.(Rip (Off) This Book?)(Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson )
June 29, 2009... Just days after Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson acknowledged that he included passages without attribution from free online resource Wikipedia for his upcoming book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price, the author said the omissions have...

D&M preparing BookRiff launch.(Custom Publishing)(onlie bookstores)
June 29, 2009... Independent Canadian publisher D&M is launching an online bookstore that lets users create books, both print and electronic, using their own content or by compiling purchased content from publishers. BookRiff will launch in September, but...

A SEAL, revealed.(Deals)(Carry You Home: The Making of a Navy SEAL )(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Bruce Nichols at HarperCollins has nabbed world English rights to Eric Greiten's memoir, Carry You Home: The Making of a Navy SEAL and the Education of a Humanitarian. Greitens, a Rhodes scholar turned Navy SEAL who fought in Afghanistan and did...

Suite Judy.(Deals)(Judy Collins' autobiography 'Sweet Judy Blue Eyes')(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Folk singer Judy Collins has sold her new memoir to John Glusman at Harmony via Susan Raihofer of the David Black Agency. In Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, slated for fall 2011, Collins distills her music career from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s,...

Viking takes Amazon finalist and Italian bestseller.(Deals)('In Malice, Quite Close' and 'Venuto al Mondo')(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Carol DeSanti at Viking bought world rights to Brandi Lynn Ryder's debut mystery, In Malice, Quite Close, which follows a kidnapped girl who has a folie a deux (i.e., a delusion shared by two people) with a rich art Ryder collector and then...

Boudreux buys "scrapbook" and essay book.(Deals)(The Scrapbook of Carrie Pratt )(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Henry Dunow of Dunow, Lerner and Carlson sold world rights to Caroline Preston's graphic novel The Scrapbook of Carrie Pratt to Lee Boudreaux at Ecco. Preston (Jackie by Josie) fashions the coming-of-age of a Vassar student as a vintage...

Missionary marriage.(Deals)(The City of Tranquil Light)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... Holt's Helen Atsma acquired world rights, in a pre-empt, to Bo Caldwell's sophomore novel, The City of Tranquil Light. Caldwell, who won Best Book of 2001 from the L.A. Times for his debut, The Distant Land of My Father (also a Book Sense pick),...

Obituary: H.B. Gilmour.(People)(Obituary)(Brief article)
June 29, 2009... H.B. Gilmour, a veteran publishing professional and bestselling author, died Sunday, June 21, at her home in Cornwallville, N.Y. She was 69. Gilmour's first publishing job was at E.P. Dutton, and in 1964 she joined Bantam Books as an assistant...

Hardcover bestsellers/fiction.
June 29, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Here's a look at PW's fiction bestsellers as we reach the half-year mark. It's become increasingly hard of late for authors to hold onto the #1 spot, but this year seems tougher still. Of the 18 authors who have...

Hardcover bestsellers/nonfiction.
June 29, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I felt a smart and substantive book about conservatism (and nonconservatism) was long overdue and would resonate with the reading public. I was right. It's important to remember that liberty is a precious...

Paperback bestsellers/mass market.
June 29, 2009... The movie adaptation of Picoult's bestseller opened last Friday against unusually tough competition. The Transformers sequel was expected to set a record for a five-day opening stint (Wednesday's gross was $60 million, more than many films...

Paperback bestsellers/trade.
June 29, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] After Glenn Beck casually mentioned to his publisher that he'd been staying up nights writing a modern version of Thomas Paine's Common Sense, the response was, "Why don't you let us publish that?" Less than three...

John Ingram: guiding the family company into a new era.(CHANGE MAKERS)(Brief biography)
June 29, 2009... In the last few years, as publishing has undergone rapid change, John Ingram has reconfigured Ingram's book businesses to turn the old warhorse that was Ingram into one of the most innovative companies in the industry, offering a range of...

Fight for your right: First Amendment warrior is the subject of an HBO film.(Free Speech Firebrand)(interview with Martin and Liz Garbus)(Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech)(Interview)
June 29, 2009... As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we do so amid ample reminders that freedom isn't free clandestine videos from the streets of Teheran are the latest reminders of how dangerous speech can be if unprotected. When it comes to...

Fall firsts.(First Fiction)
June 29, 2009... Once again, we highlight 10 promising fiction debuts for our seasonal announcement issue. This time around, our selections have an international flavor, with authors from all points in the U.S., plus Northern Ireland, England and Zimbabwe....

Fall traffic.(A Bountiful Fall)
June 29, 2009... Last year's fall list, published into the teeth of a presidential election and a financial meltdown, hedged its bets--lots of nostalgia, no surefire blockbuster authors and light even on the literary. Not so this year. Dan Brown returns, and...

Art & architecture.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABBEVILLE PRESS The History of Paris in Painting (Sept., $235), edited by Georges Duby and Guy Lobrichon, displays more than 350 color images, from medieval paintings to photos, of the City of Light. ABRAMS Graffiti New York...

Biography & memoir.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABRAMS Gore Vidal (Oct., $40) by Gore Vidal gathers the author's personal collection of photos, letters and more. ALBATROSS (DIST. BY W.W. NORTON) The Wisdom of Tuscany: Simplicity, Security, & the Good Life (Sept., $24.95)...

Business & personal finance.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ADAMS MEDIA Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store--Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate (Sept., $22.95) by Freeman Hall recounts shocking retail experiences and offers practical survival advice. ...

Child care & parenting.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... BANTAM Child Sense: From Birth to Age 5, How to Use the 5 Senses to Make Sleeping, Eating, Dressing, and Other Everyday Activities Easier While Strengthening Your Bond with Your Child (Oct., $25) by Priscilla J. Dunstan. FREE PRESS...

Contemporary affairs.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ACADEMIC FOUNDATION (DIST. BY IPG) Saving Afghanistan (Oct., $34.95), edited by V. Krishnappa and Priyanka Singh, provides analysis and multiple perspectives on such issues as counterinsurgency, stabilization and nation building. ...

Cookbooks, wine & entertaining.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AGATE SURREY (DIST. BY PGW) The Seasons on Henry's Farm (Sept., $25) by Terra Brockman chronicles five generations of an Illinois farm family through 52 "seasons." AMERICAN UNIV. IN CAIRO PRESS (DIST. BY IPM) The...

Fiction/first novels & collections.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ANOVA/PORTICO (DIST. BY TRAFALGAR SQUARE/IPG) Punk Fiction: A Collection of Short Stories, Poems and Illustrations Inspired by Punk Rock (Sept., $15.95) by Johnny Marr. Each author of these stories is at the forefront of the punk...

Fiction/general & short stories.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ALGONQUIN BOOKS Going Away Shoes (Sept., $22.95) by Jill McCorkle collects 11 stories about looking love in the face without flinching. 13-city author tour. A Friend of the Family (Oct., $23.95) by Lauren Grodstein charts a father's...

Fiction/mystery & suspense.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ACE A Touch of Dead: Sookie Stackhouse--The Complete Series (Oct., $23.95) by Charlaine Harris gathers all Stackhouse stories into one volume. ALLISON & BUSBY (DIST. BY JPM) The Silver Locomotive Mystery (Sept., $29.95) by...

Fiction/science fiction & fantasy.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABRAMS IMAGE Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel (Oct., $24.95) by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett. The fictitious creation of the world's first robot soldier is caught in scenes throughout U.S. history. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...

Folklore, myths &: legends.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... HARPERSTUDIO The Book of the Shepherd (Oct., $19.99) by Joann Davis chronicles a shepherd's Search for "the new way."

Gardening.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... MITCHELL BEAZLEY/OCTOPUS BOOKS The New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques: The Indispensable Illustrated Practical Guide (Oct., $45) by the American Horticultural Society offers more than 2,000 instructional illustrations and photos....

Gay & lesbian studies.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ALYSON BOOKS Mapping the Territory: Selected Nonfiction (Sept., $23.95) by Christopher Brain. The novelist's first book of nonfiction includes previously unpublished work.

Graphic novels.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABRAMS COMICARTS The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics (Sept., $40), edited by Art Spiegelman and Frangoise Mouly, gathers comic books and humorous stories, each complete and self-contained. 75,000 first printing. ...

Health, fitness & beauty.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... BENBELLA BOOKS (DIST. BY IPG) The Stem Cell Miracle: The Healing Secret from Medicine's Future That's Saving Lives Today (Jan., $24.95) describes the most extensive fetal stem cell trials conducted on human patients and argues that...

History.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ALLEN & UNWIN (DIST. BY TRAFALGAR SQUARE/IPG) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Subantarctic Wilderness: Macquarie Island (Nov., $39.95) by Aleks Terauds and Fiona Stewart explores the history, geology and wildlife of the small island...

Humor.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ANDREWS MCMEEL [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong (Nov., $12.99) by Jen Yates. The creator of the award-winning blog serves up more slices of previously unseen baked disasters. 50,000...

Lifestyle.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABRAMS More Is More: Tony Duquette (Oct., $75) by Hutton Wilkinson illuminates the life and creative process of the American designer known for his fantastical artwork, film sets and interiors. ACC EDITIONS My Favourite Dress...

Literary criticism & essays.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AURUM PRESS (DIST. BY TRAFALGAR SQUARE/IPG Sherlock Holmes: A Reader's Companion (Jan., $29.95) by Dan Smith showcases a range of Holmesian information. DAVID R. GODINE Earnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric (Nov., $25.95)...

Nature & environment.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS (DIST. BY PGW) Now or Never: Why We Must Act Now to End Climate Change and Create a Sustainable Future (Oct., $18) by Tim Flannery argues for immediate global action. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AVERY...

New age.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... FINDHORN PRESS (DIST. BY IPG) Gems of Wisdom from Eileen Caddy: 366 Daily Sayings and Photographs from Findhorn (Oct., $21.95) by Eileen Caddy offers inspiration for those seeking spiritual truth. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Performing arts.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABBEVILLE Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood (Oct., $65) by Ira M. Resnick reproduces 250 lush posters and 60 stills from the years 1912-1962. ABRAMS The Art of Avatar (Nov., $29.95) by Lisa Fitzpatrick...

Pets & animals.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ANDREWS MCMEEL Why Dogs Are Better than Cats (Nov., $19.99) by Bradley Trevor Greive, photos by Rachael Hale, peers into the world of the pets readers think they know. 100,000 first printing. BOWTIE PRESS (DIST. BY PERSEUS) ...

Philosophy.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (Sept., $25) by Michael J. Sandel. The author draws on his course at Harvard (the subject of a fall PBS series) to explain how philosophy can help make sense of politics and...

Photography.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AA PUBLISHING (DIST. BY TRAFALGAR SQUARE/IPG) Travel Photographer of the Year: Journey Three (Oct., $45) by Chris Coe celebrates the images of travel photographers around the world. ABBEVILLE PRESS Botanica Magnifica:...

Poetry.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AKASHIC BOOKS Hello Sunshine (Feb.; $24.95, paper $15.95 ) by musician Ryan Adams follows up on his first book, Infinity Blues. COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems...

Politics.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AMERICAN UNIV. IN CAIRO PRESS (DIST. BY IPM) The World Is More Beautiful than Paradise: A Jihadist's Own Story (Dec., $22.95) by Khaled al-Berry, trans, by Humphrey Davies, considers a teenage political extremist. BASIC BOOKS...

Psychology.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... BEACON PRESS The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease (Jan., $27.95) by Jonathan M. Metzl explores how the biologically based disease has been racialized, beginning with the civil rights era. ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY...

Reference.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... MITCHELL BEAZLEY/OCTOPUS BOOKS Snapshot: The Visual Almanac for Our World Today (Sept., $29.99) by CIRCA presents facts, figures and trends through graphics, charts, tables and photos. BLOOMSBURY PRESS Schott's Quintessential...

Relationships & dating.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... DK PUBLISHING The Book of Love (Sept., $25) by Laura Berman teaches how to connect, communicate and be romantically and sexually satisfied. GOTHAM BOOKS The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Trusting Relationships...

Science.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ARTISTS' AND PHOTOGRAPHERS' PRESS (DIST. BY STERLING) Bogus Science: Ideas That Fool Some of the People All of the Time (Nov., $12.95) by John Grant asks if pseudosciences are mere folly or threats to civilization. BELLEVUE...

Self-help & recovery.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ATRIA How to Rule the World from Your Couch (Oct., $23) by Laura Day offers techniques for utilizing one's intuition to its maximum potential. Women, Work, and the Art of Savoir Faire (Oct., $24.95) by Mireille Guiliano explains how...

Social sciences.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ALTAMIRA PRESS Anthropologists in Arms: The Ethics of Military Anthropology (Sept., $65) by G.R. Lucas Jr. examines the history and practice of anthropological work used for war. CENTER STREET Living Oprah: My One-Year...

Sports.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... ABRAMS New York Yankees 365 (Sept., $29.95) by the Associated Press, foreword by Don Mattingly, celebrates the team from its early struggles as the New York Highlanders to its first game in the new stadium. AURUM PRESS/JR BOOKS ...

Travel.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... BARRON'S 1001 Escapes to Experience Before You Die (Oct., $35), edited by Helen Arnold, suggests extraordinary activities, from sailing on the Nile to staying in a Newfoundland lighthouse. JOHN BEAUFOY (DIST. BY MIDPOINT TRADE)...

True crime.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... BERKLEY We're Going to Win This Thing: The Shocking Frame-Up of a Mafia Crime Buster (Dec., $24.95) by Charles Brandt and former FBI agent Lin DeVecchio explores accusations that DeVecchio was illegally tied to his Mafia source. ...

War & military.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... AQUILA POLONICA (DIST. BY NBN) The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt: War Through a Woman's Eyes, 1939-1940 (Sept., $29.95) by Rulka Langer. More than 100 photos and supplemental material have been added to this new edition of an...

Women's studies.(hardcovers)
June 29, 2009... SCARECROW PRESS Learning Curves: Body Image and Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature (Sept., $35) by Beth Younger examines how cultural assumptions about young women are reinforced through common representations. VILLARD ...

Cockroach.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... * Cockroach Rawi Hage. Norton, $23.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-07537-3 With a surprising degree of humor, Hage's second novel (after IMPAC Dublin-winner DeNiro's Game) explores the peculiar politics of Montreal's immigrant communities through...

Dexter by Design.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Dexter by Design Jeff Lindsay. Doubleday, $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-385-51836-9 Lindsay doesn't always maintain the balance between farce and something more serious in his fourth thriller to feature Dexter Morgan (after Dexter in the Dark). As...

Drawn in Blood.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Drawn in Blood Andrea Kane. Morrow, $24.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-123680-8 Bestseller Kane's disappointing sequel to Twisted (2008) pays more attention to the romantic growing pains between FBI agent Sloane Burbank and her hunky former...

Gingerbread Mansion.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Gingerbread Mansion Lizbie Brown. Severn, $28.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6775-9 Cliched situations more typical of a stock romance novel mar Brown's historical set in post-WWII England. Charles Garland, of the newly formed National...

The White Queen.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... The White Queen Philippa Gregory. Touchstone, $26.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4165-6368-6 The queen of British historical fiction (The Other Boleyn Girl) kicks off a new series with the story of Elizabeth Woodville Grey, whose shifting...

That Old Cape Magic.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... That Old Cape Magic Richard Russo. Knopf, $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-41496-1 Crafting a dense, flashback-filled narrative that stutters across two summer outings to New England (and as many weddings), Russo (Empire Falls) convincingly...

Fear the Worst.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Fear the Worst Linwood Barclay. Bantam, $24 (416p) ISBN 978-0-553-80716-5 In Barclay's new thriller, Tim Blake, a car salesman in a Honda dealership in Milford, Conn., has more troubles than a Yugo up for its inspection sticker: his...

The Rapture.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... * The Rapture Liz Jensen. Doubleday, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-385-52821-4 Apocalyptic global climate change fuels Jensen's terrifying near-future tale about the human will to survive or, in the case of Bethany Krall, a psychic psychotic...

Second Sight: A Novel of Psychic Suspense.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Second Sight: A Novel of Psychic Suspense George D. Shuman. Simon & Schuster, $25 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4165-9979-1 In Shuman's smooth fourth thriller to feature blind psychic Sherry Moore (after Lost Girls), Sherry, who can "visualize...

Even Money.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Even Money Dick Francis and Felix Francis. Putnam, $26.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-399-15591-8 The third collaboration between bestseller Francis and son Felix (after Silks), a taut crime thriller, features an especially sympathetic hero....

The Invisible Mountain.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... * The Invisible Mountain Carolina De Robertis. Knopf, $24.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-307-27163-1 The history of Uruguay through the 20th century sparks personal tragedies amid political intrigues and cultural upheavals in this enchanting,...

Unconditionally Single.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Unconditionally Single Mary B. Morrison. Kensington/Dafina, $24 (304p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1517-8 Hot times in Atlanta, Ga., keep the third installment of Morrison's erotic Honey Diaries blazing, as newly empowered Honey Thomas (formerly...

I Can See You.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... I Can See You Karen Rose. Grand Central, $18.99 (496p) ISBN 978-0-446-53834-3 Virtual reality meets bloody reality in bestseller Rose's spine-tingling 10th thriller, which introduces the Minneapolis PD's "Hat Squad," whose members earn...

The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico Sarah McCoy. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $19.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-307-46007-3 McCoy's unaffected, conversational debut sketches a year and a half in the life of Verdita Ortiz-Santiago, a Puerto Rican girl...

PW talks with Evie Wyld: men at war.(Q&A)(After the Fire, a Still Small Voice)(Interview)
June 29, 2009... Repressed trauma trickles down through generations of Australian veterans, POWs and recluses in Evie Wyld's After the Fire, a Still Small Voice (Reviews, June 22). Think Annie Proulx by way of North Queensland. The novel is primarily about...

The Truth About Love.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... The Truth About Love Josephine Hart. Knopf, $24 (224p) ISBN 9780-307-27261-4 Hart's previous five novels (Damage; Sin) addressed the disturbing power of love, and in her latest, she returns to the topic with mixed success. Hart opens with...

Wait Until Twilight.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Wait Until Twilight Sang Pak. Harper, $13.99 paper (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-173295-9 Pak mines the South for cliche in his trifling, melodramatic coming-of-age debut. Samuel is a 10th-grade boy and the reader's guide through the fictional...

Twilight of a Queen.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Twilight of a Queen Susan Carroll. Ballantine, $15 paper (480p) ISBN 978-0-449-22109-9 In Carroll's conclusion to her Dark Queen series, Catherine de Medici returns, still eager to claim the knowledge of the Book of Shadows. Catherine...

Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... * Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game Tilly Bagshawe. Morrow, $25.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-172838-9 Gossip Girl meets Dynasty in Bagshawe's compelling sequel to the late Sydney Sheldon's Master of the Game (1982), which chronicled the...

Op Oloop.(Brief article)(Book review)
June 29, 2009... Op Oloop Juan Filloy, trans, from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman. Dalkey Archive, $14.95 paper (252p) ISBN 978-1-56478-434-6 The first English translation of the 1934 novel by prolific Argentinean author Filloy (who died in 2000 at age...