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April 2007
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
April BookPage interviews:

Christopher Buckley Satirist focuses on his generation in a hilarious new novel

Lionel Shriver Changed by the choices we make

A.M. Homes Novelist shares her personal history

Dorothea Benton Frank The mother of reinvention blends her own experience into a new novel

Meet the Author Alexander McCall Smith, in his own words

Paula Jolin Making universal connections

Berkeley Breathed Meet the cartoonist and author of Mars Needs Moms


FEATURES

Lost Lives Holocaust memoirs

Well Read A Latin-American legend

Behind the Book Rolling down the river

Home Makeovers Sprucing up your space

Start Me Up Books to inspire entrepreneurs

Batter Up New baseball books hit a home run

Poetry The year's best verse

Potter Preview What will happen to Harry?


NONFICTION

Biography
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
The Lost World of James Smithson by Heather Ewing
Edith Wharton by Hermione Lee

Society
Deep Economy by Bill McKibben

Medicine
Better by Atul Gawande

History
Savage Kingdom by Benjamin Woolley
The Summer of 1787 by David O. Stewart
Savage Peace by Ann Hagedorn
The Day the Earth Caved In by Joan Quigley

Memoir
Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart
It Ain't All About the Cookin' by Paula Deen


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Poetry
This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Good Sports: Rhymes about Running, Jumping, Throwing, and More by Jack Prelutsky and Chris Raschka
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill

Ages 8-12
Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent

Teens
Rat Life by Tedd Arnold


FICTION
Angelica by Arthur Phillips
The Last Empress by Anchee Min
The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle
Black & White by Dani Shapiro
The Book of Air and Shadows by Michael Gruber
A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald
The Color of a Dog Running Away by Richard Gwyn
April in Paris by Michael Wallner


THE AUTHOR ENABLERS
There once was a contest so screwy

AUDIO
The spoken word: Sukey's favorite audio books

BOOK CLUBS
Selections in new paperback releases

WHODUNIT?
Spring mysteries bring twists and turns

ROMANCE
The rebel prince

COOKING
The keys to perfection

YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
Hail to our 13th president


Burning Questions
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all




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