Publishers Weekly articles from September 2003

Publishers Weekly archives from September 2003

An Alphabet of Spells.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Elen Hawke * 130 pp. 0-7387-0466-0 * $9.95 This charming pocket guide includes over eighty spells and magical tips for spellcasters of all experience levels. Provides practical information on the energies, tools, and timing used in...

Incense.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Carl F. Neal * 240 pp. 0-7387-0336-2 * $15.95 This book is your complete guide to making your own homemade incense. Whether you want to try your hand at making loose, stick, coil, or cone incense, you'll find detailed instructions for...

Sacred Stones of the Goddess.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Galen Gillotte * 288 pp. 0-7387-0400-8 * $15.95 Make everyday magic come alive with the beautiful prose and invocations found in Sacred Stones of the Goddess. This one-of-a-kind guidebook incorporates crystals and semiprecious stones in...

The New Encyclopedia of the Occult.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... John Michael Greer * 608 pp. 1-56718-336-0 * $29.95 Written by an occult scholar and practitioner with the assistance of hundreds of experts in the field, this encyclopedia contains over fifteen hundred entries, including in-depth essays on...

Witching Stones.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... M. A. Madigan & P. M. Richards 0-7387-0194-7 * $29.95 Boxed kit includes 35 witching stones, pouch, and 192-pp. book Introducing the only system that can give you insight into the future, double as an altar and tools if you're on the go,...

Grimoire for the Green Witch.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Ann Moura * 304 pp. 0-7387-0287-0 * $17.95 The author of the Green Witchcraft series presents her personal Book of Shadows, designed for you to use just as she uses it--as a working guide to ritual, spells, and divination. This is a...

The Circle Within.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Dianne Sylvan * 216 pp. 0-7387-0348-6 * $12.95 The Circle Within is your guide to creating a personal spiritual practice for daily life. The first section is a thoughtful examination of Wiccan ethics and philosophy that explores how to...

The Witchs' Guide to Life.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Kala Trobe * 480 pp. 0-7387-0200-5 * $19.95 It's not always easy to practice the Craft in a nine-to-five world. This comprehensive guide to magickal living spans the intellectual, physical, magickal, and philosophical aspects of being a...

Spirit of the Witch.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Raven Grimassi * 264 pp. 0-7387-0338-9 * $12.95 Award-winning Wiccan author and scholar Raven Grimassi presents an insightful portrait of the spirit of the Witch. He explores the spiritual element of the rituals, practices, and beliefs of...

Handfasting and Wedding Rituals.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Raven Kaldera & Tannin Schwartzstein 288 pp. * 0-7387-0470-9 * $16.95 For Pagans who are getting married or handfasted and want to create their own meaningful ceremony, this book contains original, never-before-published rites from more...

Compose Yourself![TM].(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Andy Barnett * 288 pp. 0-7387-0418-0 * $16.95 Fven if you can't sing or play an instrument, you can use the musical model presented in this book create a more harmonious life. Whether you know a little, or a lot about the structure of...

New A to Z Horoscope Maker & Interpreter.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... LLewellyn George * 504 pp. 0-7387-0322-2 * $19.95 The classic text revised and expanded by Stephanie Jean Clement, Ph.D. & Marylee Bytheriver The number one astrology book in the world is new bigger and better than ever. This famous...

Cards of Alchemy.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Raymond Buckland 0-7387-0053-3 * $29.95 Boxed kit includes 50 full-color cards and 240-pp. guidebook Drawing upon centuries of alchemical symbolism and occult correspondences, this deck is designed as a powerful tool for spiritual renewal...

Tarot Tells the Tale.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... James Ricklef * 336 pp. 0-7387-0272-2 * $16.95 This is the first book to focus on the myriad ways to use three-card Tarot spreads, one of the most common layouts for both beginning and advanced readers. Through sample readings for famous...

The Tarot of New Vision.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Art by Raul and Gianluca Cestaro Text by Pietro Alligo Boxed deck includes 78 full-color cards and instruction booklet 0-7387-0413-X * $19.95 This bold and creative deck helps you discover the hidden secrets of the popular Rider-Waite...

The Book of Wizardry.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Cornelius Rumstuckle * 336 pp. 0-7387-0165-3 * $12.95 Your Wizard's training is about to begin. Learn how to make your own Wand and Wizard's Tools, discover your Wizard's name, switch on Wizard's Power, and read your future in the Wizard's...

Teen Goddess.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Catherine Wishart * 408 pp. 0-7387-0392-3 * $14.95 Work with the power and beauty of fifteen ancient goddesses from around the world. The author, a professional stylist, allows you how to access your inner and outer beauty with makeup tips...

Blue is for Nightmares.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Laurie Faria Stolarz * 288 pp. 0-7387-0391-5 * $8.95 Stacy's best friend has become the target of a threatening stalker. Everybody thinks it's just a twisted game until another girl at school is brutally murdered. With everyone as a...

The Lost Girl.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Book One Dotti Enderle * 144 pp. * illus. ISBN 0-7387-0253-6 * $4.99 As Juniper takes her turn gazing into a bowl of water, she sees a familiar face--but it's not hers. It's the face of a girl who's been missing for days. Will the Fortune...

Playing with Fire.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Book Two Dotti Enderle * 160 pp. * illus. 0-7387-0340-0 * $4.99 The girls of The Fortune Tellers Club read the tarot cards to see if Anne's future includes going out with the cute new football player. But when a series of fires breaks out,...

The Magic Shades.(Book Review)
September 1, 2003... Book Three Dotti Enderle * 144 pp. * illus. 0-7387-0341-9 * $4.99 When Gena finds a pair of cat-eye sunglasses in a thrift store, they seem to show her the future--sometimes, But then the glasses show her dad lying in a pool of blood in the...

Secrets of Lost Arrow.
September 1, 2003... Book Four * Dottie Enderle * 160pp. * illus.

Operating margins showed improvement in 2002: 2001 restructuring pays dividends in 2002.(News)
September 1, 2003... DESPITE THE WAILING about how bad business was in 2002, more publishers than not had an increase in their operating margins last year compared to 2001. Margins rose at eight publishers and fell at four in the year, although two of the big three...

Bookpeople files for Chapter 11 Protection.(Market Conditions)
September 1, 2003... BOOKPEOPLE, ONE OF the last independent wholesalers on the West Coast, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection August 22 after St. Cloud Capital decided against investing in the company. Steven Kerr, the consultant who has been working on...

Riggio vows aggressive B&N publishing push.(Strategy)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... BARNES & NOBLE'S strategy for grabbing market share as a publisher is as simple as it is aggressive: publish high-quality books, stack them up front and sell them cheap. Look for big, prominent displays of B&N-branded books in the chain's...

Borders, FAO to form alliance.(Collaborating)
September 1, 2003... BORDERS GROUP will help select, manage and provide the inventory for the books, music and video departments of all FAO Inc. stores--which includes FAO Schwarz, Zany Brainy, and the Right Start stores--under a new, non-binding agreement between...

Profits tumbled 23% in Scholastic's publishing unit.(Fiscal 2003 Review)
September 1, 2003... OPERATING PROFIT IN Scholastic's children's book publishing and distribution group dropped 23.1% in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2003, to $137.1 million, the company reported in its year-end filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....

With court victory, Penguin ups Franken Run.(Publicity Bonanza)(Al Franken)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... FOLLOWING A SLAM DUNK victory August 22 in which a court ruled that Fox's lawsuit against Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right had no merit, Penguin has gone back for additional printings of...

Book sales edge up at Hastings.(2nd-Quarter Results)(Hastings Entertainment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... SALES OF BOOKS at Hastings Entertainment's stores open at least a year increased 1.4% for the second quarter ended July 31, a significant improvement over the first period when comparable-store sales of books fell 5.4%. The improved book sales...

Veteran publishers launch new children's press.(Entrepreneurs)(Parklane Publishing)
September 1, 2003... FELIX--THE STUFFED bear that has sold 4.7 million books worldwide--leads the inaugural list of Parklane Publishing, the new children's publishing company that brings together former executives from Simon & Schuster, Candlewick Press and...

Learning Company signs with CDS.(Starting Up)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... THE NEWLY FORMED Learning Company Books has released its first titles and also announced that Client Distribution Services will handle its sales and distribution beginning September 1. Learning Company Books, formed in March, is the book...

Learning Annex buys Open U.(Acquisition)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... THE LEARNING ANNEX, the adult education program that often features authors as teachers, has acquired Open U., a similar venture located in Minneapolis. "We needed to have a location in the middle of the country," explained Steve Schragis,...

Saddam's doctor has a book.(hot deals)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Ala Bashir, personal physician to Saddam Hussein for 10 years until this spring, and former dean of the Department of Medicine at Baghdad University, is writing an account of his experiences in Saddam's inner circle with a Norwegian journalist...

Book born in blackout.(hot deal)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... We haven't heard yet of any sales of books about the recent blackout, but here's one about a deal interrupted by it. Executive editor Steve Geck at the Greenwillow imprint at Harper Children's was actually negotiating with agent Holly McGhee by...

Deal for another Santana.(hot deals)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A memoir by Deborah Santana, wife of celebrated singer/guitarist Carlos Santana, has been bought by Melody Guy at Ballantine's One World imprint after she had visited a number of interested publishers. West Coast agent Jillian Manus, who flew...

Park Avenue stories.(hot deals)(Brandt & Hochman's Bill Contardi sells book of short stories)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A book of short stories called Better Homes and Husbands by a first-time writer was the first major book rights sale for an agent better known for movie deals: Bill Contardi, formerly at William Morris and now working with Brandt & Hochman. He...

Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.(Short Takes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The authors of the TV hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy have made a book deal for a companion volume with Clarkson Potter senior editor Chris Pavone, buying from Brian Lipson at Endeavor for publication next spring....

Esther Newberg.(Short Takes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In another deal at the same house, editorial director Pam Krauss signed with ICM's Esther Newberg for two more books by the celebrated cookbook author and TV personality Ina Garten, aka the Barefoot Contessa: a basic cookbook and a collection...

University of Nebraska Press.(Short Takes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A book edited by New York Times sportswriter Ira Berkow, published in hardcover by Morrow three years ago, has found a paperback home. It's Court Vision, an anthology of what basketball means to them by scores of famous folk, and the sale to...

Counterpoint's Dawn Seferian bought a major bio of the late author/playwright Lillian Hellman by Deborah Martinson.(Short Takes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Counterpoint's Dawn Seferian bought a major bio of the late author/playwright Lillian Hellman by Deborah Martinson, North American rights, from agent Sandy Dijkstra....

Senior editor Martin Beiser, a newcomer at the Free Press.(Short Takes)(buys joint biography of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Senior editor Martin Beiser, a newcomer at the Free Press, bought a joint bio of boxer Muhammad Ali and sportscaster Howard Cosell from agent David Black. world and audio rights....

HarperEntertainment.(Short Takes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Josh Behar at HarperEntertainment bought a first novel about the Hollywood celebrity life called Chore Whore direct from author Heather Howard, who has made a career as a celebrity assistant in the movie capital.

Barefoot books to sell direct.(Adapting)
September 1, 2003... BAREFOOT BOOKS, which has offices in Cambridge, Mass., and Bath, England, is celebrating its first decade in business by continuing to explore new growth areas. Next month it will launch a direct selling division in the U.S. and revamp a...

H.W. Wilson.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... H.W. WILSON Heeja Chung has been named serials librarian overseeing all aspects of maintaining the 5,000 subscriptions the reference publisher maintains. She was formerly head of cataloguing and interlibrary loan services at the Westchester...

Rodale Inc.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... RODALE INC. Sharon Polansky, former senior v-p of corporate market research at Gemstar-TV Guide International, has been named to the new position of v-p of corporate research.... Ed Slaughter, former director of market research, has been...

Chelsea Green.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CHELSEA GREEN Lynne O'Hara bas been appointed associate publisher. Her prior experience includes several years at Trafalgar Square, where she was v-p and managing director.... Colin McGee, formerly marketing and sales manager for South African...

Scholastic.(People)(Scholastic Administr@tor magazine )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... SCHOLASTIC Bernadette Grey, former senior v-p and editorial director of the Working Woman Network, bas been named editor-in-chief of Scholastic Administr@tor magazine for school technology officers and administrators.

Yale University Press.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS Christine Cody bas been promoted from national accounts rep to assistant sales manager.

A.P Watt.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A.P. WATT Sheila Crowley, former sales director at Hodder, bas been named an agent and director of the British agency representing clients in the U.S. and will focus on women's commercial fiction, thrillers, celebrity books and general...

Muse Global Inc.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... MUSE GLOBAL INC. Emily Fayen, former product manager for Information Quest, has been appointed v-p, digital content and access for the online search firm.

NPR provides forum for EB author.(Promotion)(Encyclopedia Britannica)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... IF NPR IS THE promised land of high-brow book publicity, what do you call an author who snags hot one shot at public radio's upscale, book-loving audience, but a recurring gig to talk about a book that he hasn't even written yet? You might...

Book sales slow at Integrity publishers.(Growing Pains)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Following a stronger start than expected when it launched its book publishing unit in mid-2002, sales at Integrity Media's book group for the first half of 2003 failed to meet expectations. According to its filing with the Securities and...

Lucasfilm gets new publishing director, imprint.(Developments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LUCASFILM LTD. has appointed Amy Gary director of publishing for its Lucas Licensing division. Gary is replacing Lucy Wilson, who is now devoting her efforts solely to the launch of the George Lucas Books imprint. A Lucasfilm spokesperson could...

Deal saves Konemann's books and name.(International Moves)(Tandem Verlag will acquire assets of Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... TANDEM VERLAG HAS agreed to acquire the remaining assets of bankrupt German promotional books publisher Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft, in a deal that will keep the Konemann name alive and prevent millions of books from being dumped into the...

R&L makes college purchase.(Adding)(Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group purchases assets of Collegiate Press)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group has made its third acquisition this year with the purchase of the assets of Collegiate Press. Based in San Diego, Collegiate publishes introductory college textbooks in the humanities and social...

Financing for educational publishers.(Money)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... TWO EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS--one large and established, one small and scrapping to grab market share--have separately completed rounds of financing they intend to use for growth. Haights Cross Communication Inc., While Plains, N.Y., has...

Tattersfield leaves borders for Ingram.(People)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... GEORGE TATTERSFIELD has been named director of merchandising for Ingram Book Group. The position has been vacant since Dave Blomsterberg left in May. Tattersfield, who will start September 8, has been with the Borders Group since 1990 and...

Two rights make a wrong.(behind the bestsellers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The political right is the butt of two new bestsellers this week, both branding rightwing politics and politicians as lies and liars. The first, LIES and the Lying Mars Who Tell Them... A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken,...

Dr. Tess has healthy sales.(behind the bestsellers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Doctor-turned-novelist Tess Gerritsen returns to our fiction bestseller lists in the #5 spot this week with The Sinner, her highest landing yet. In her latest book, she draws upon her experience as a physician working in Hawaii with patients...

Love him.(behind the bestsellers)(Garrison Keillor)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... According to Time magazine, he's "the funniest writer still open for business"; the Washington Post called him "a storytelling genius." That would be Garrison Keillor, whose Love Me hits PWs fiction list at #11. Published by Viking on August 18...

Bless her.(behind the bestsellers)( Anna Quindlen)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The author of the first of this week's trade paper newbies is no stranger to national bestsellerdom. Anna Quindlen's latest book, Blessings, spent nine weeks on PW's hardcover fiction chart, and now debuts at #6 on the trade paper side. Her two...

The display dilemma: how best to cross-merchandise books and related CDs, DVDs and other media formats?(book news)
September 1, 2003... On the surface, it seems obvious: customers who are interested in buying a book about major media properties like Daredevil or rock stars like Kurt Cobain might also be interested in related merchandise--or vice versa. But at major chain...

Andrews McMeel repackages the news.(Cross-merchandising Strategies)
September 1, 2003... One way to cross-merchandise books and DVDs is to package them together. This season, Andrews McMeel is offering three book-and-disk packages that aren't dependent on the chains' limited cross-merchandising efforts. The DVD/book combos...

'Flyboys' prepares for take-off.(CNN Tie-in)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... When booksellers eyed James Bradley's Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (Little, Brown, Sept. 25) at BEA this May, many felt its potential matched that of his previous bestseller, Flags of Our Fathers. But Bradley's track record isn't the only...

Movie tie-ins: September--December 2003.(book news)
September 1, 2003... SEPTEMBER THE HUMAN STAIN Starring Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman Directed by Robert Benton Release date Sept. 26 (Miramax) Novel by Philip Roth (Vintage, 70,000 trade paper) * Screen writer Meyer (The Prince of Egypt) and...

Fall movie tie-ins.(book news)
September 1, 2003... Molly Shannon Directed by John Hoffman Release date Oct. 10 (MGM/Jim Henson Pictures) Tie-ins from HarperCollins Children's Books/HarperFestival (all Sept., paper): Good Boy!: The Movie Novel by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld...

TV tie-ins: September-December 2003.(book news)(Calendar)
September 1, 2003... SEPTEMBER WELL SCHOOLED IN MURDER Starring Nathaniel Parker, Sharon Small Directed by Robert Young Air date Aug. 31 (PBS) Novel by Elizabeth George (Bantam, 25,000 mass market) * Beginning of season two of the...

Fall 2003 book festivals: a few festivals sit this year out, but even more fill the gap.(bookselling)
September 1, 2003... Recession? What recession? From now through November, more than 40 book festivals, ranging in duration from one day to a full month, will turn cities across the country into major tourism destinations. Of the fall festivals, 11 were born in the...

Owl & Turtle loses lease to Sherman's.(Takeover)(Owl & Turtle Bookshop, Camden, Maine)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Owl & Turtle Bookshop in Camden, Maine, lost the lease to its longtime location overlooking the harbor of this picturesque city and will have to move out by the end of February. A 34-year-old institution, the store is known for its maritime...

The lowdown on laydowns: children's publishers embrace one-day laydown dates for big books this season.(children's books)
September 1, 2003... There's no denying that we are living in the age of the media blockbuster. A seemingly insatiable appetite for instant entertainment gratification among pop culture consumers has wrought the demand for big-out-of-the-gate TV shows, movies, CDs...

Save the date.(children's books)
September 1, 2003... The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo, illus. by Timothy Basil Ering (Candlewick) Laydown Date: August 25 First Printing: 175,000 copies Key Marketing/Publicity: Multi-city author tour kicking off at Red Balloon in St. Paul,...

The sounds of sightseeing: CD Roam's audio tours are ideal for both auto and armchair travelers.(audio)
September 1, 2003... Taking the scenic route is a whole new experience when CD Roam audio programs are along for the ride. The Los Angeles-based CD Roam launched late last year with Napa Uncorked, a 90-minute audio guidebook to California's Napa Valley narrated by...

Audio announcement addendum.(audio)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The following listings should have appeared in the August 4, 2003, audio announcement issue. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN The Best American Short Stories 2003, edited by Walter Mosley. Read by Mosley, Mona Simpson, Jess Row and others. Unabridged...

The Red Hat Club.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... HAYWOOD SMITH, READ BY CYNTHIA DARLOW. Audio Renaissance, abridged, three cassettes, 5 hrs., $24.95 ISBN 1-55927-967-2 "We didn't start out as Red Hats. We started out in the late '60s as mademoiselles, self-proclaimed creme de la creme of...

The Wedding.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... NICHOLAS SPARKS, READ BY TOM WOPAT. Time Warner Audiobooks, unabridged, five cassettes, 7 hrs., $29.98 ISBN 1-58621-562-0 The wistful, reflective tone of Sparks's newest love story shines through in Wopat's competent telling, but his...

Lucia, Lucia.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... ADRIANA TRIGIANI, READ BY MIRA SORVINO. Random House Audio, abridged, five CDs, 6 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 0739-0364-3 In 1950 Greenwich Village, 25-year-old Lucia has it all: a warm and loving Italian family, a papa with a successful grocery...

Psychopath.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... KEITH ABLOW, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Audio Renaissance, abridged, four cassettes, 6 hrs., $25.95 ISBN 1-55927-878-1 Ablow's latest thriller (after Compulsion) pits Iris series protagonist, Boston forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger, against...

Nina: Adolescence.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... AMY HASSINGER, READ BY MIA BARRON. Listen & Live Audio, unabridged, six cassettes, 8 hrs., $32.95 ISBN 1-59316-012-7 * First-time author Hassinger excels at describing the title character's "limited and limiting" adolescent mind, but stage...

What becomes of the Brokenhearted: a Memoir.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... E. LYNN HARRIS, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Random House Audio, abridged, three cassettes, 5.5 hrs., $25 ISBN 0-553-52777-0 Widely known for his sexy, urban African-American novels (A Love of My Own, etc.), Harris now reveals the inspiring story of...

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... DAYTON DUNCAN AND KEN BURNS, READ BY THE AUTHORS WITH TOM HANKS, PHILIP BOSCO, KEVIN CONWAY ET AL. Random House Audio, unabridged, three CDs, hrs., $24.95 ISBN 0-7393-0635-9 In 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson, a 31-year-old doctor from...

Benjamin Franklin: an American Life.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... WALTER ISAACSON, READ BY BOYD GAINES. Simon Schuster Audio, abridged, four cassettes, 7 hrs., $26 ISBN 0-7435-3364-X Most people's mental image of Ben Franklin is that of an aged man with wire-rim glasses and a comb-over, flying a kite in a...

An Unfinished Life: John F, Kennedy: 1917-1963.(Audiobook Review)
September 1, 2003... ROBERT DALLEK, READ BY RICHARD MCGONAGLE. Time Warner AudioBooks, abridged, six cassettes, 9 hrs., $ 32.98 ISBN 1-58621-543-4 McConagle's commanding voice and sober approach fit well with this scholarly, fascinating look at the life of an...

Audio bestsellers.(Illustration)
September 1, 2003... PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Available online the Friday before issue date at: www.publisherswekly.com Audio Bestsellers Fiction 1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (unabr.). J.K. Rowling. Read by Jim DaleRandom House...

Casting a wider spell: 'Mainstream' is definitely the word for this flourishing category.(New Age)
September 1, 2003... AFTER YEARS ON THE FRINGES, New Age--which includes some alternative health, addiction and recovery, psychology and spiritual titles, as well as books on Eastern traditions--may finally be approaching the middle of the road. Today yoga centers...