May 2000
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The May BookPage interviews:

An outrageous writer in a politically correct era: Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

A surprise for fans of The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje returns with Anil's Ghost

A sense of discovery: Fresh Air Fiend by Paul Theroux

Howard Fast: The view from Greenwich

A wise, steel magnolia: Listen to Your Heart by Fern Michaels

Judith Krantz: The allure of Sex and Shopping

Meet the Author: The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

Meet the Author: Hey, Wake Up! and Pajama Time! by Sandra Boynton


BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe: I'm Afraid You're Afraid: 448 Things to Fear and Why by Melinda Muse

FICTION

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century edited by Tony Hillerman

Big City Eyes by Delia Ephron

Blameless by Lisa Reardon

Deus Lo Volt! Chronicle of the Crusades by Evan S. Connell

The Doors of Death and Life by Brenda Clough

Dressing Up for the Carnival by Carol Shields

Gone for Soldiers: A Novel of the Mexican War by Jeff Shaara

Half a Heart by Rosellen Brown

The Human Stain by Philip Roth

The Indwelling: The Beast Takes Possession by Tim LeHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

In Her Defense by Stephen Horn

MotherKind by Jayne Anne Phillips

Ravelstein by Saul Bellow

Red Light by T. Jefferson Parker

Standoff by Sandra Brown

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Summer reading picks

  • Dovey Coe by Frances O'Roark Dowell
  • Jake's Orphan by Peggy Brooke

    Todd Parr

  • Zoo Do's and Don'ts
  • The Best Friends Book

    The Arthur Family Treasury by Marc Brown

    The Birthday Presents by Paul Stewart

    The Elf's Hat by Brigitte Weninger

    Everything I Know About Pirates by Tom Lichtenheld

    You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! by Shana Corey

    If Nathan Were Here by Mary Bahr

    Pharaoh's Daughter by Julius Lester

    Sally Goes to the Beach by Stephen Huneck

    The Sound That Jazz Makes by Carole Boston Weatherford

    Unknown by Colin Thompson

    BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Monks, moms, and metaphors

  • The Monk and the Riddle: The Education of a Silicon Valley Entrepreneur by Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback
  • Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition by Dennis N.T. Perkins with Margaret P. Holtman, Paul R. Kessler and Catherine McCarthy
  • Business Is Combat: A Fighter Pilot's Guide to Winning in Modern Business Warfare by James D. Murphy
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly Management: Tales from Parenthood, Lessons for Managers by Chris and Reina Komisarjevsky
  • Wear Clean Underwear: Business Wisdom from Mom by Rhonda Abrams
  • Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle by John Rolfe and Peter Troob
  • More: The Politics of Economic Growth in Postwar America by Robert M. Collins

    		• FEATURES

    Cooking: New cookbooks to egg you on

  • The Good Egg: More Than 200 Fresh Approaches From Soup to Desserts by Marie Simmons
  • Country Egg, City Egg by Gayle Pirie and John Clark
  • Retro Desserts: Totally Hip, Updated Classic Desserts from the '40s,'50s, '60s, and '70s by Wayne Harley Brachman
  • The Good Morning America Cut the Calories Cookbook: 120 Delicious Low-Fat, Low-Cal Recipes from Our Viewers by Sara Moulton with Jean Anderson

    Gardening: Jump into spring with garden ideas

  • Designing & Planting the Backyard by Kathy Sheldon
  • Annuals With Style by Michael A. Ruggiero and Tom Christopher
  • The Landscape Revolution by Andy and Sally Wasowski

    Humor: A funny thing happened

  • 2007-Eleven: and Other American Comedies by Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely
  • Mirth of a Nation: The Best Contemporary Humor edited by Michael J. Rosen
  • Men My Mother Dated: and Other Mostly True Tales by Brett Leveridge
  • Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx by Stefan Kanfer

    Melville: Two whaling adventures

  • In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • In Search of Moby Dick: The Quest for the White Whale by Tim Severin

    Mother's Day: Special gifts for Mom

  • I Know Just What You Mean by Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien
  • Friendship Cake by Lynne Hinton
  • Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before I Went Out Into The Real World by Maria Shriver
  • Mother and Daughter Reflections by Pat Ross

    Between the Wines: Ex-rocker finds rhythm in Spain

  • Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart

    NONFICTION

    The Astonishing Elephant by Shana Alexander

    Autobiography
    The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Biography by Sidney Poitier

    Biography
    The Devil and Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches

    Books
    Casanova was a Booklover: And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling, and Reading of Books by John Maxwell Hamilton

    Culture
    A History of Celibacy by Elizabeth Abbott

    Healing
    Inside the Halo and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Recovery by Maxine Kumin

    History
    The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1809-1999 by Misha Glenny

    Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley with Ron Powers

    Memoir
    Dalai Lama, My Son: A Mother's Story by Diki Tsering

    Life So Far: A Memoir by Betty Friedan

    No Such Thing as a Bad Day by Hamilton Jordan

    Music
    Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers Who Introduced the World to the Music of Black America by Andrew Ward

    Nature
    Mattanza: Love and Death in the Sea of Sicily by Theresa Maggio

    Science
    Tyrannosaurus Sue by Steve Fiffer

    AUDIO

    The Spoken Word: A May Day heyday for listeners

  • Dubliners by James Joyce
  • The Banyon Tree by Christopher Nolan
  • As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl by John Colapinto
  • A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss
  • The Brethren by John Grisham
  • High: Stories of Survival From Everest and K2 edited by Chris Willis

    ROMANCE

    Love Exciting and New: Reveling in romance . . .

  • In the Midnight Rain by Ruth Wind
  • The Heir by Johanna Lindsay
  • The Waterfall by Carla Neggers
  • The Poisoned Serpent by Joan Wolf
  • Baby, Don't Go by Susan Andersen

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