September 2007
In This Issue
FIRST PERSON
September BookPage interviews:
Alan Alda Finding the meaning of life
Valerie Martin A family changed by an outsider
Jay Winik Turbulent years that changed the world
Chelsea Cain Plumbing the mind of a female killer in a chilling new thriller
Jack Gantos Meet the author-illustrator
Patricia MacLachlan Seeing life through someone else's eyes
FEATURES
Behind the Book A unique wartime rescue
Inspirational Osteen's message helps you build a better life
Well Read Sebastian Faulks' smooth criminal
Football The true American pastime
Business Money makes the world go 'round
NONFICTION
History
Sacco & Vanzetti by Bruce Watson
The Immortalists by David M. Friedman
The War by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
Memoir
I'll Fly Away Edited by Wally Lamb
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat
Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe by Mike O'Connor
Going Gray by Anne Kreamer
Autobiography
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram
Science
Beyond the Body Farm by Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
Education
Tales from the Teachers' Lounge by Robert Wilder
Linguistics
Um... by Michael Erard
Biography
Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson
| CHILDREN'S BOOKS
8 to 12
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK? by Naomi Shihab Nye
10 to 14
The Land of the Silver Apples by Nancy Farmer
12 and up
A Field Guide to High School by Marissa Walsh
FICTION
Soul Catcher by Michael White
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Interred with Their Bones by Jennifer Lee Carrell
Maynard & Jennica by Rudolph Delson
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The Night Climbers by Ivo Stourton
Outside In by Courtney Thorne-Smith
Away by Amy Bloom
The Assassin's Song by M.G. Vassanji
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
The Used World by Haven Kimmel
Cion by Zakes Mda
The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax
THE AUTHOR ENABLERS
Lesson one: Do your own homework
AUDIO
The spoken word: Sukey's favorite audio books
WHODUNIT?
In the winner's circle
BOOK CLUBS
Selections in new paperback releases
ROMANCE
The man who came in from the cold
COOKING
The Potter pusher
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all
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