June 2000
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The June BookPage interviews:

Head of the class: Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

Lance Armstrong faces cancer, fatherhood and the future: It's Not About the Bike

James Patterson stretches the boundaries of the thriller: Cradle and All

Solving the ultimate caper: Hitler's Traitor by Louis Kilzer

Writing from the heart: Day of the Bees by Thomas Sanchez

Meet the Author: In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

Meet the Author: Twigboy and Once Upon MacDonald's Farm by Stephen Gammell


BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

FICTION

Summer reading: sand, surf and short stories

  • My Lord Bag of Rice: New and Selected Stories by Carol Bly
  • Carp Fishing On Valium by Graham Parker
  • The Toughest Indian In The World by Sherman Alexie
  • Sam The Cat and Other Stories by Matthew Klam
  • Simple's Uncle Sam by Langston Hughes
  • Sweet Smell of Success by Ernest Lehman
  • Nightwork by Christine Schutt

    Fantasy

  • King Kelson's Bride by Katherine Kurtz
  • Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint

    Jane Austen's Charlotte by Julia Barrett

    Jim the Boy by Tony Earley

    Julie and Romeo by Jeanne Ray

    Light House by William Monahan

    Plum & Jaggers by Susan Richards Shreve

    Stonehenge: 2000 B.C. by Bernard Cornwell

    World of Pies by Karen Stolz

    The Year of Jubilo by Howard Bahr

    CHILDREN'S BOOKS

    Barbie: Fun-to-Make Activity Book

    The Batman Beyond Files by Scott Sonneborn and Liz Lewis

    Dr. Duck by H. M. Ehrlich

    Eloise's Guide to Life: How to Eat, Dress, Travel, Behave, and Stay Six Forever by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight

    The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupry

    Lost!: A Story in String by Paul Fleischman

    Me and My Cat? by Satoshi Kitamura

    Over the Wall by John H. Ritter

    A Wolf at the Door: And Other Retold Fairy Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

    AUDIO

    The Spoken Word: Let's hear it for Audio Month

  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding
  • Before I Say Good-bye by Mary Higgins Clark
  • Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates
  • The Fig Eater by Jody Shields
  • Colors of the Mountain by Da Chen
  • The Patient by Michael Palmer
  • Day of Reckoning by Jack Higgins
  • Wonderful Town: New York City Stories from The New Yorker edited by David Remnick
  • Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker by edited by David Remnick
  • Water, Carry Me by Thomas Moran
  • A Season on the Reservation by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Auto-biography by Sidney Poitier
  • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
  • Still the Mind by Allan Watts
  • Kaddish by Leon Wieseltier

    ROMANCE

    Love Exciting and New: Beauty meets Beast

  • The Bride and the Beast by Teresa Medeiros
  • Bloodline by Jill Jones
  • The Water Nymph by Michele Jaffe
  • The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann
  • A Moment in Time by Deb Stover
  • My Fair Lord by Julie Beard
    		• FEATURES

    Cooking: Bravissima! Bravissimo! for the fabulous flavors of Italian cooking

  • Italian Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Herrmann Loomis
  • Simply Tuscan by Pino Luongo

    Father's Day: Great gifts for dear ol' dad

  • A Boy's Summer: Fathers and Sons Together by Gerry Spence
  • Wishing My Father Well: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Fly-Fishing by William Plummer
  • The Father's Guide to the Meaning of Life by Joe Kita
  • Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy by Karen Brooks, Gideon Bosker, and Reed Darmon
  • Don't Make Me Stop This Car! Adventures in Fatherhood by Al Roker
  • Shaving Lessons: A Memoir of Father and Son by Kurt Chandler

    Fitness: Fat chance: help for healthy living

  • Fattitudes: Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight by Jeffery and Norean Wilbert
  • Yoga For Wimps: Poses For The Flexibly Impaired by Miriam Austin
  • Slow Burn: The Power of Excessive Moderation by Stu Mittleman

    Gift Gallery: Beautiful, bountiful: America

  • The Gilded Age
  • Lure of the West
  • Young America
  • American Impressionism

    Hot Dogs! Gone to the dogs: a bonanza of books worth barking about

  • Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had by Rick Bass
  • Angus: A Memoir by Charles Siebert
  • The Social Life of Dogs: The Grace of Canine Company by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
  • Southern Dogs & Their People edited by Roberta Gamble

    Spotlight: George Clooney stars in The Perfect Storm

  • The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger
  • Fail Safe by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
  • Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard

    Between the Wines: Set your sights on Sydney

  • Sydney: The Story of a City by Geoffrey Moorhouse
  • DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Deluxe Gift Edition: Sydney

    NONFICTION

    Autobiography
    It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins

    Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim

    Biography
    American Pharaoh: Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation by Adam Cohen and Elizabeth Taylor

    Health
    Why We Hurt: The Natural History of Pain by Frank T. Vertosick, Jr.

    History
    Hitler's Traitor: Martin Bormann and the Defeat of the Reich by Louis Kilzer

    MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero by Stanley Weintraub

    Literature
    How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom

    Memoir
    Jumping Fire: A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire by Murry A. Taylor

    Sports
    See How She Runs: Marion Jones: The Making of a Champion by Ron Rapoport

    Travel
    Great American Motorcycle Tours by Gary McKechnie

    Women
    Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids, and Life in a Half-Changed World by Peggy Orenstein

    BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Considering the human factor

  • Millionaire: John Law -- The Philanderer, Gambler, and Killer Who Invented Modern Finance by Janet Gleeson
  • The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst by David Nasaw
  • The White Sharks of Wall Street: Thomas Mellon Evans and the Original Corporate Raiders by Diana B. Henriques
  • Money from Thin Air: The Story of Craig McCaw, the Visionary Who Invented the Cell Phone Industry, and His Next Billion-Dollar Idea by O. Casey Corr
  • Doing Business with the New Japan by James Day Hodgson, Yoshihiro Sano and John L. Graham
  • Games Companies Play: The Job Hunter's Guide to Playing Smart and Winning Big in the High-Stakes Hiring Game by Pierre Mornell


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