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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


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




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