December 1997


FIRST PERSON
The December BookPage interview:
A conversation with Han Nolan,
winner of the 1997 National Book Award for Young People's Literature

Other goodies:
Great giant books of a gifty sort!
21 books that will amuse, inform,
and make fine presents

Disaster of the century! Read all about it!
The Titanic resurfaces:
our field guide to the books


FICTION
The Cobra Event
by Richard Preston
Caesar
by Colleen McCullough
The Karnau Tapes
by Marcel Beyer
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
The Book of Famous Iowans
by Douglas Bauer


AUDIO -- The Spoken Word

Children first:
Winnie-the-Pooh (and more Winnie-the-Pooh)
Aliens Ate My Homework
by Bruce Coville
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
The Children's Book of Heroes
by William Bennett, ed.
Everyman's Library of Children's Classics

And for the grown-ups:
Jackie Robinson
by Arnold Rampersad
James Herriot's Animal Stories
by James Herriot
A Friend of the Flock
by John McCormack
The Kingdom of Shivas Irons
by Michael Murphy
Golf in the Kingdom
by Michael Murphy
Into the Twilight, Endlessly Grousing
by Patrick McManus
Dream trilogy
by Nora Roberts
Audio tapes about Princess Diana
The Royals
by Kitty Kelley
A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest J. Gaines


CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Books about the holidays:
Silent Night by Will Moses
Rocking Horse Christmas
by Mary Pope Osborne
By the Hanukkah Light
by Sheldon Oberman
The Legend of the Candy Cane
by Lori Walberg
Lassie, A Christmas Story
by Earl Hammer & Don Sipes
Babes in Toyland
illustrated by Erin McGonigle Brammer
K is for Kwanzaa by Juwanda G. Ford
December by Eve Bunting

Holiday novelties galore

Welcome to the world of Anastasia

Dancing on the Edge
by Han Nolan
Miss Spider's New Car by David Kirk
The Broken Mirror by Kirk Douglas
The Blessing of the Lord
by Gary D. Schmidt
What Child is This?
by Caroline B. Cooney

Don't miss the BookPage interview with Han Nolan!


NONFICTION
Animals
Ranch of Dreams by Cleveland Amory

Biography
George Washington
by Willard Sterne Randall

Cooking
The Joy of Cooking
by Irma Rombauer
Emeril's Creole Christmas
by Emeril Lagasse
Marcella Cucina
by Marcella Hazan

History
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose

Memoir
A Friend of the Flock
by John McCormack
Hand to Mouth by Paul Auster

Travel
Full Circle by Michael Palin


BUSINESS & FINANCE
Can't stand to give another sweater?
Give the gift of business:

Keeping Work Simple
by Don Aslett & Carol Cartaino
The Great Crash of 1929
by John Kenneth Galbraith
Winnie-the-Pooh on Success
by Roger E. Allen & Stephen D. Allen
The Ultimate Business Library
by Stuart Crainer

The Book of Business Wisdom
edited by Peter Krass


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



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