February 2000
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The February BookPage interviews:

Coming of age during Mao's Cultural Revolution: Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen

Feeling the power of myth: Remembering Blue by Connie May Fowler

Get back to where you once belonged: Boy with Loaded Gun by Lewis Nordan

A series of tiny astonishments: Tigers in the Snow by Peter Matthiessen

The Handyman: A dazzling debut from Linda Nichols

Meet the Author: I'm Wild Again by Helen Gurley Brown

Meet the Author: Ricky Ricotta's Giant Robot and Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey


BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

FICTION

Black Mountain by Les Standiford

The Brethren by John Grisham

City of God by E.L. Doctorow

Day of Reckoning by Tom Clancy

The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz-Bart

Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull

Meely LaBauve by Ken Wells

Pay It Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Redemption Song by Bertice Berry

The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

A Book of Kisses by Dave Ross

All Together Now by Anita Jeram

At Break of Day by Nikki Grimes

Discovery Farm

Fly, Eagle, Fly! An African Tale retold by Christopher Gregorowski

Gerald McBoing Boing by Dr. Seuss

Humpty Dumpty's Favorite Nursery Rhymes

Little Red Riding Hood

The New York Times Guide to the Best Children's Videos

Noisy Baby

Scratch and Sniff Party

Scratch and Sniff Shopping

Spider Sparrow by Dick King-Smith

Visser by K.A. Applegate

What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney

Winter Eyes by Douglas Florian

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Get a life

  • Squandering Aimlessly: My Adventures in the American Marketplace by David Brancaccio
  • The Working Life: The Promise and Betrayal of Modern Work by Joanne B. Ciulla
  • Creating Your Life Collage: Strategies for Solving the Work/Life Dilemma by Kathy McDonald
  • Simplicity: The New Competitive Advantage in a World of More, Better, Faster by Bill Jensen
  • The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger
  • Global Literacies: Lessons on Business Leadership and National Cultures by Robert Rosen with Carl Phillips, Marshall Singer, and Patricia Digh
  • The Young Entrepreneur's Guide to Starting and Running a Business by Steve Mariotti with Debra De Salvo and Tony Towle

    AUDIO

    The Spoken Word: It makes the world go 'round

  • Plainsong by Kent Haruf
  • Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve
  • The Handyman by Carolyn See
  • Yesterday by Fern Michaels
  • River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
  • Blood and Smoke by Stephen King
  • Stuart Little by E.B. White
  • Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
  • The Green Mile by Steven King
  • Anna and the King by Elizabeth Hand
  • Lost in the Fun House: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman by Bill Zehme

    ROMANCE

    Love Exciting and New: It's not what you say . . .

  • Follow the Stars Home by Luanne Rice
  • Island Magic by Rochelle Alers, Shirley Hailstock, Marcia King-Gamble, and Felicia Mason
  • Wish Upon a Cowboy by Kathleen Kane
  • Wish You Were Here by Christie Ridgway
  • First Lady by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

    CURIOSITY SHOPPE

    The Mullet: Hairstyle of the Gods by Mark Larson

    		• FEATURES

    Black History Month: A symphony of varied voices

  • Father Found by R.M. Johnson
  • All of Me by Venise Berry
  • Do unto Others by Kristin Lattany
  • Somethin' Extra by Patty Rice
  • Rails Under My Back by Jeffrey Renard Allen
  • The Cornel West Reader by Cornel West
  • In Search of Democracy: The NAACP Writings of James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and Roy Wilkins 1920-1977 edited by Dr. Sondra Kathryn Wilson
  • I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr. by Michael Eric Dyson
  • Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words edited by Thomas Brothers
  • Hurricane by James Hirsch
  • Wonders of the African World by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  • Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience by Kwame Anthony Appiah
  • African Ceremonies by Angela Fisher

    Cooking: South of the border

  • Seasons of My Heart: A Culinary Journey Through Oaxaca, Mexico by Susana Trilling
  • The Gardeners' Community Cookbook by Victoria Wise

    Gift Gallery: The eyes have it

  • A Dedicated Follower of Fashion by Holly Brubach
  • National Geographic Photographs: The Milestones
  • Heritage of Scotland: A Cultural History of Scotland and Its People by Nathaniel Harris
  • VideoHound's War Movies: Classic Conflict on Film compiled by Mike Mayo

    Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln's legacy lives on

  • Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest by Jan Morris
  • Abe by Richard Slotkin
  • Abraham Lincoln: Twentieth-Century Popular Portrayals by Frank Thompson

    Travel: Off-beat travel guides for those who travel off the beaten path

  • Let's Go: Middle East by Zahr K. Said, Ankur N. Ghosh, and Katherine R. Unterman
  • Lonely Planet: Berlin
  • Lonely Planet Unpacked
  • National Geographic Traveler
  • Eyewitness Travel Planner: Great Britain
  • Eyewitness Travel Planner: Ireland
  • Travelers' Tales Guides: Testosterone Planet
  • Travelers' Tales Guides: A Woman's Passion for Travel
  • Live Well in Mexico by Ken Luboff

    Valentine's Day Roundup: Getting to the heart of the matter: Sweet reads for Valentine's Day

  • The Random House Treasury of Favorite Love Poems
  • Oxford Love Quotations
  • The Couple's Tao Te Ching by William Martin
  • The Feng Shui of Love by T. Raphael Simons
  • Dating Secrets of the Ten Commandments by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
  • Dating by Josey Vogels

    More Books for Valentine's Day: More to Love...

  • 21 Ways to Attract Your Soulmate by Arian Sarris
  • The Mars Venus Affair: Astrology's Sexiest Planets by Wendell and Linda Perry
  • The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars by Joel Glenn Brenner
  • Get Smart with Your Heart: The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Love, Lust, and Lasting Relationships by Suzanne Lopez
  • Agape Love: A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions by Sir John Templeton
  • Love and Romance: A Journal of Reflections by Tara Buckshorn, Glenn S. Klausner, and David H. Raisner
  • Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love compiled and edited by Wendy Maltz

    NONFICTION

    About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made by Ben Yagoda

    Love Poems by Charles Ghigna

    Biography
    Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir

    M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb

    Collection
    The Peter Matthiessen Reader: A Selection of Nonfiction by Peter Matthiessen

    Current Affairs
    The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran by Robin Wright

    Essays
    A Region Not Home: Reflections from Exile by James Alan McPherson

    Fitness
    Get Fit, Feel Fantastic!: The Complete Health Program for Living Your Mature Years to the Fullest by Dr. Michael Perring and Anne Hooper

    History
    The Reader's Companion to the American Presidency edited by Alan Brinkley and Davis Dyer

    Victory 1918 by Alan Palmer

    Spirituality
    Signals: A Psychic Awakening by Joel Rothschild

    Travel
    Food Lover's Companion to France

    Technology
    Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet out of Idaho by Jon Katz


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