April 2001
In This Issue

BOOK CLUB
New paperback fiction for reading groups


FIRST PERSON
The April BookPage interviews:

Miracle woman Louise Erdrich

Good news: Donald Westlake is back and his merry band of thieves is doing a little graverobbing

A second helping of sensual memories from Ruth Reichl

Bruce Feiler's trip through the promised land

Tim LaHaye keeps readers enraptured with tales of those Left Behind
And
Series co-author, Jerry Jenkins returns to familiar turf

P.D. James: meet the author

Michael Hague: meet the illustrator


Overbooked: Margaret Langstaff reports on Curiosities of the Spring List


FICTION

Taps by Willie Morris
"This book, coming two years after Morris' death, is like a gift, his spirit returned to us to speak one more time."

A Common Life by Jan Karon

Clay's Quilt by Silas House

Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King

Hollowpoint by Rob Reuland

In the Company of Angels by N.M. Kelby

The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve

Man and Boy by Tony Parsons

The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble

A River Out of Eden by John Hockenberry

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult

Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston

The Pickup Artist by Terry Bisson


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Dear Mother, Dear Daughter By Jane Yolen & Heidi Stemple

For Every Child Adapted by Caroline Castle

He Is Alive! By Helen Haidle

Humpty Dumpty Egg-splodes By Kevin O'Malley

lizards, frogs, and polliwogs By Douglas Florian

Nibbles O'Hare By Betty Paraskevas

The Easter Cave By Carol Wedeven

Waiting for Wings By Lois Ehlert

Kid Videos: Colorful music, musical color

BookPage Insider: Our Secret Agent Gal visits NYC for the scoop on big books ahead

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

Purity by Douglas Clegg

Slipping into Darkness by M. Rutledge McCall

A Little Lower Than Angels by Marty Gallanter

Digitopia by Richard DeGrandpre


FEATURES

Sports: In the grip of baseball

Gardening: A spring boquet of advice

National Poetry Month: the joy of verse


NONFICTION

Memoir
A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel

Crime
Facing the Wind by Julie Salamon

Travel
Ultimate Journey by Richard Bernstein

Zero
The Book of Nothing by John D. Barrow

Adventure
Arctic Crossing by Jonathan Waterman

Preservation
Double Fold by Nicholson Baker

Essays
Billy Ray's Farm by Larry Brown

Biblical Journey
The Darkness and the Dawn by Charles Swindoll

Gospel
Wide as the Waters by Benson Bobrick

Nature
Return of the Osprey by David Gessner

Biography
Vermeer by Anthony Bailey

Current Affairs
Going Up the River by Joseph T. Hallinan

Movies
My First Movie edited by Stephen Lowenstein

Literature
Literature and Gods by Roberto Calasso

Health
The Wisdom of Menopause by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

Mind & Body
The Essence of Self-Healing by Petrene Soames


AUDIO
The Spoken Word: Powerful listening for April

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: Old and new masters of mystery

Cooking
Slow, fast and simple for the April chef

ROMANCE
Love, Exciting & New: Quick-witted storytelling

BUSINESS & FINANCE
On the road again: This month, some on-the-road advice for business travelers.



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