FIRST PERSON
October BookPage interviews:

Tony Horwitz travels the globe in search of the real Captain Cook

Captain Cook is "one of those astonishing, once-in-a-generation figures who comes out of nowhere to transform the world." Blue Latitudes is Tony Horwitz's island-by-island account of Cook's great discoveries and of the man whose infinite resourcefulness ensured their success.

Call it a requiem for all the runners-up who, like Conroy, turned defeat on the playing field into victory in other aspects of their lives. Conroy says his senior season on the struggling Citadel basketball team "was in many ways the best year of my life."

FEATURES

Sink Reflections: Marla Cilley, aka the FlyLady, tells us how to clean up our act

Overbooked: Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond made a lasting impression on his teacher

Judy Blume: Fudge is back and it's double the fun

FICTION

Baudolino by Umberto Eco

Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry

The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith

The Crazed by Ha Jin

All is Vanity by Christina Schwartz

In Revere, In Those Days by Roland Merullo

Tricky Business by Dave Barry

A Parchment of Leaves by Silas House

Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

December 6 by Martin Cruz Smith

One Man's Bible by Gao Xingjian

Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros

Ignorance by Milan Kundera

There is a River by Charlotte Miller

SCIENCE FICTION

Everyone in Silico by Jim Munroe

BOOK CLUBS

October paperback releases offer good choices for reading groups

Teen Read Week
The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Paterson

Feed by M.T. Anderson

Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat

A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin

The Good Little Bad Little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown

The Range Eternal by Louise Erdich

Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg

Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute by Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki

NONFICTION

History
An Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson

Nature
The Founding Fish by John McPhee

Cowboys
Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy by Douglas B. Green

Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented the Wild West by Holly George-Warren

Rodeo Queens and the American Dream by Joan Burbick

Culture
Bachelor Girl by Betsy Israel

Criticism
Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens

Selected Essays by George Orwell

Management
Leadership by Rudolph W. Giuliani

Investing
Take On the Street by Arthur Levitt

Health
The Cancer Monologue Book by Tanya Taylor and Pamela Thompson

Biography
Grandmère by David B. Roosevelt with Manuela Dunn-Mascetti

Memoir
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg

Worth the Fighting For by John McCain with Mark Salter

My Father's People by Louis Rubin, Jr.

Crime
Finders Keepers by Mark Bowden

Essays
How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen

AUDIO
Sukey breaks her "no self-improvement" audio rule, with sweet success

MYSTERIES
Whodunit?: October's new mysteries

COOKING
American, Italian, and cooking at home

ROMANCE
Warm-hearted tales for crisp autumn nights

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Making a living — and a life
Not Just a Living by Mark Henricks

A Shop of One's Own by Hearst Books

Double Lives: Crafting Your Life of Work & Passion for Untold Success by David Heenan

Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs by Martha Shirk and Anna Wadia