October 2000
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The October BookPage interviews:

Michael Chabon's super and less-than-superheroes: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

David Clement-Davies delivers an endearing new fantasy epic: Fire Bringer

Philip Gulley comes Home to Harmony

Mary Karr remembers the agonies and ecstasies of adolescence in Cherry

Ted Koppel makes his diary public in Off Camera

Behind the Book: Leaps of Faith by Rachel Kranz

Meet the author: The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks

Meet the illustrator: Wizzil by Quentin Blake


BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

FICTION

The Beast God Forgot to Invent by Jim Harrison

Blue Ridge by T.R. Pearson

Disobedience by Jane Hamilton

An Eighth of August by Dawn Turner Trice

The Family Orchard by Nomi Eve

Loving Graham Greene by Gloria Emerson

Taking Lottie Home by Terry Kay

The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart by Alice Walker

Where I'm Bound by Allen Ballard

The Hatbox Baby by Carrie Brown

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Halloween: Boo!-ks add to Halloween mayhem

  • Mouse's First Halloween by Lauren Thompson
  • The Halloween Book: 50 Creepy Crafts for a Hair-raising Halloween by Jane Bull
  • Woo! The Not-So-Scary Ghost by Ana Martin Larraaga
  • Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci
  • Ghoul School by Corina Fletcher

    Kid Videos: Spooky viewing for all ages

  • Little Witch
  • Rugrats: Tales from the Crib
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • Barney's Halloween Party

    The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

    The Boy Who Ran to the Woods by Jim Harrison

    The Brave Little Tailor by Olga Dugina and Andrej Dugin

    Jubal's Wish by Don and Audrey Wood

    The Stars That Shine by Julie Clay

    Strega Nona Takes a Vacation by Tomie dePaola

    AUDIO

    The Spoken Word: Lots of listening on love and more

  • Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
  • Not a Day Goes By by E. Lynn Harris
  • Marrying the Mistress by Joanna Trollope
  • Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher
  • The Best American Science Writing 2000 edited by James Gleick
  • 24 Hours by Greg Iles

    BUSINESS & FINANCE

    Parables reveal possibilities

  • The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander
  • Learning Journeys: Top Management Experts Share Hard-Earned Lessons on Becoming Great Mentors and Leaders edited by Marshall Goldsmith, Beverly L. Kaye, and Ken Shelton
  • The Leadership Investment: How the World's Best Organizations Gain Strategic Advantage Through Leadership Development by Robert M. Fuller and Marshall Goldsmith
  • The Male Mind At Work: A Woman's Guide to Working With Men by Deborah J. Swiss

    Cents-able advice for teenagers

  • How to be a Teenage Millionaire
  • StreetWise: A Guide for Teen Investors by Janet Bamford

    		• EBOOKS
    Now featuring reviews of eBooks, exclusive to BookPage online:

  • Bound By Blood by Maureen Mackey
  • Hugo 2000 Nominee Anthology edited by Rhias K. Hall
  • Music at the Garden House by Patricia le Roy
  • Up, Simba! by David Foster Wallace

    FEATURES

    The Beatles: Back to where they once belonged

  • The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles
  • Paul McCartney: I Saw Him Standing There compiled by Jorie B. Gracen
  • Paul McCartney: Paintings by Paul McCartney
  • The Ultimate Beatles Quiz Book II by Michael J. Hockinson
  • She Came in Through the Kitchen Window
  • Linda McCartney: A Portrait by Danny Fields
  • Yes Yoko Ono by Yoko Ono
  • In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story by Debbie Geller
  • The Beatles Complete Scores by The Beatles

    Between the Wines: A timely tale of island living

  • A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean by Melinda and Robert Blanchard

    Cooking: Maestros Mexicanos

  • The Essential Cuisines of Mexico by Diana Kennedy
  • Mexico One Plate at a Time by Rick Bayless
  • Mario Batali Holiday Food: Recipes for the Most Festive Time of the Year by Mario Batali

    Halloween: Spooky stories for the season

  • Laura Blundy by Julie Myerson
  • Merrick by Anne Rice
  • Ghost Writing edited by Roger Weingarten

    Mixed Media: Scourcebooks successfully pairs sights and sounds

  • And the Fans Roared by Joe Garner
  • The Second City by Sheldon Patinkin

    New & Good: An updated take on the classics

  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  • Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

    Science Fiction:

  • Gilgamesh by Stephan Grundy
  • A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton

    Spotlight: Politicians on the bookshelf

  • The Prince of Tennessee: The Rise of Al Gore by David Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima
  • In Praise of Public Life by Joseph I. Lieberman and Michael D'Orso
  • First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty by Bill Minutaglio
  • Kings of the Hill: How Nine Powerful Men Changed the Course of American History by Richard Cheney and Lynne Cheney
  • To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents by James M. McPherson

    Teen Read Week: Take time to read

  • Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • Blueprint by Charlotte Kerner
  • The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
  • Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson
  • Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Forgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian
  • One Eye Laughing, The Other Weeping by Julie Weiss
  • Ghost Boy by Iain Lawrence
  • A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
  • Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

    Whodunit?: A fall fest of mystery favorites

  • Perish Twice by Robert B. Parker
  • The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell
  • Scar Tissue by William G. Tapply
  • Havana Heat by Carolina Garcia-Aguilera

    NONFICTION

    Biography
    The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands

    Current Events
    History of the Present: Essays, Sketches, and Dispatches from Europe in the 1990s by Timothy Garton Ash

    Fitness
    Prevention's Complete Book of Walking by Maggie Spilner

    History
    The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession by Peter L. Bernstein

    Memoir
    On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

    The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams by Nasdijj

    The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee by Paisley Rekdal

    Renaissance Man
    Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King

    Parenting
    The Irreducible Needs of Children: What Every Child Must Have to Grow, Learn, and Flourish by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.

    Woman's Best Friend
    Bark If You Love Me, A Woman-Meets-Dog Story by Louise Bernikow

    ROMANCE

    Love Exciting and New: Romance warms and charms

  • Legacy of Love by Caroline Harvey
  • Temptation by Jude Deveraux
  • I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne

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