August 1998

FIRST PERSON
The August BookPage interviews:

Janice Graham makes sparks fly in the Flint Hills as a moving love story unfolds in Firebird

Being present to the gift of each day: a talk with Robert Benson

Long live the King!
Elvis Presley: A Life in Music: The Complete Recording Sessions
by Ernst Jorgensen
My Boy Elvis: The Colonel Tom Parker Story
by Sean O'Neal
The Elvis Film Encyclopedia: An Impartial Guide to the Films of Elvis
by Eric Braun
Elvis, Hank, and Me: Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayride
by Horace Logan
That's Alright, Elvis: The Untold Story of Elvis's First Guitarist and Manager, Scotty Moore
by James Dickerson
Child Bride: The Untold Story of Priscilla Beaulieu Presley
by Suzanne Finstad
Quotable King
by Elizabeth McKeon and Linda Everett
Elvis Presley 1956
by Marvin Israel
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
by Peter Guralnick
Colonel Tom Parker: The Carny Who Managed the King
by James Dickerson
Elvis Remembered: A Three-Dimensional Celebration

Down at the End of Lonely Street:
The Life and Death of Elvis Presley

by Peter Harry Brown and Pat H. Broeske


FICTION

Beach Boy
by Ardashir Vakil
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
Kaaterskill Falls
by Allegra Goodman
Love Is a Racket
by John Ridley
The Mourners' Bench
by Susan Dodd
My Sister from the Black Lagoon: A Novel of My Life
by Laurie Fox

Mystery & Suspense
Bloodstream
by Tess Gerritsen
Blue Moon
by John Leslie
The First Horseman
by John Case
Moon Music
by Faye Kellerman
Rainbow Six
by Tom Clancy

Science Fiction & Fantasy
A Knight of the Word
by Terry Brooks

Romance
Contemporary:
When Venus Fell
by Deborah Smith
Historical:
Into the Wilderness
by Sara Donati
My Dearest Enemy
by Connie Brockway
The Bad Luck Wedding Cake
by Geralyn Dawson
Suspense:
Say Goodbye to Daddy
by Susan Bowden


CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Circus: An Album
by Linda Granfield
No Mirrors in My Nana's House
by Ysaye M. Barnwell

Novelties galore!
The Amazing Backseat Book-a-ma-thing
The Magic Toyshop
Sanrio Smiles Postcard Book
Jack, It's Bathtime
Curious Critters
by David Carter and Alan Benjamin
To Fly
by Lucia Scuderi
Little Monster Private Eye Detective Kit
by Mercer Mayer
Explor-A-Maze
by Robert Sneddon

All sorts of Career Ideas for Kids
Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Art
by By Diane Lindsey Reeves
Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science
Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Talking

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Novel ideas from the business world
Lloyd: What Happened: A Novel of Business
by Stanley Bing
Good Company: Caring as Fiercely as You Compete
by Hal F. Rosenbluth and Diane McFerrin Peters
Send 'Em One White Sock:
And 66 Other Outrageously Simple (Yet Proven) Ideas for Building Your Business or Brand
by Stan Rapp and Thomas L. Collins
Two Incomes and Still Broke?
It's Not How Much You Make, It's How Much You Keep
by Linda Kelley
Dollars and Sense for College Students:
How Not to Run out of Money by Midterms
by Ellen Braitman
Rational Exuberance:
The Influence of Generation X on the New American Economy
by Meredith Bagby
You've Only Got Three Seconds:
How to Make the Right Impression in Your Business and Social Life
by Camille Lavington with Stephanie Losee
The Savvy Renter's Kit
by Ed Sacks


NONFICTION

Biography
Badge Of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane
by Linda H. Davis
Helen Keller: A Life
by Dorothy Hermann

History
Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story
by Michael Allin
The Murder of Helen Jewett:
The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York

by Patricia Cline Cohen

Memoir
Slow Motion: A True Story
by Dani Shapiro
Summer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and Son
by Christopher Dickey

Nature
Summer at Little Lava: A Season at the Edge of the World
by Charles Fergus


AUDIO
One size does not fit all: the long and short of it

The Spoken Word:
Low Country
by Anne Rivers Siddons
A Widow for One Year
by John Irving
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
by Billie Letts
The Dark Tower (Series) and Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
Sounds Like Murder
by Various Authors
The Last Full Measure
by Jeff Shaara
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
by Kaye Gibbons
Jacob's Ladder:
A Story of Virginia During the War
by Donald McCaig
Voices of the Civil War:
Soldier Life, Letters Home and Journals of the War
Dominic
by William Steig
King of the Wind
by Marguerite Henry
Redwall (Series)
by Brian Jacques


BURNING QUESTIONS
BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

YE OLDE CURIOSITY SHOPPE
The Queen of Whale Cay
by Kate Summerscale



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