Inside this month's issue of BookPage

May 1999
In This Issue

FIRST PERSON
The May BookPage interviews:

Hometown: Tracy Kidder shares the life of a town.

Clear Springs: A Memoir: A story close to the heart by Bobbie Ann Mason.

Reaching to Heaven: A Spiritual Journey through Life and Death: Find a happy medium with James Van Praagh.

Swine Lake: Pig out with Maurice Sendak.

Meet the Author: When I Fall in Love by Iris Ranier Dart

Meet the Illustrator: The Absolutely Essential Eloise with Hilary Knight

BookPage's own Magic 8-Ball answers all

FICTION

Mysteries wrapped in enigmas

Hunter's Moon by Dana Stabenow

Search the Dark by Charles Todd

A Walk Through the Fire by Marcia Muller

Heartbreaker by Robert Ferrigno

Another World by Pat Barker

The Book of Kings by James Thackara

Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx

Collected Tales and Fantasies by Lord Berners

The Drowning People by Richard Mason

England, England by Julian Barnes

Every Dead Thing by John Connolly

Quicksilver by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

Swimming to Catalina by Stuart Woods

Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough Boys by Will Self

ROMANCE

Love, Exciting and New: Love me, love my secrets

The Charm School by Isadora Dudley Peabody

Moon over Water by Debbie Macomber

Color of the Wind by Elizabeth Grayson

With Song by Dorothy Garlock

The Night Drifter by Susan Carroll

The Secrets of Sadie Maynard by Linda Anderson

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Mother and child: A celebration

Moon Sandwich Mom by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Why Do You Love Me? by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and Martha Lambert

The Baby Dances by Kathy Henderson

Love as Strong as Ginger by Lenore Look

About Twins by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly

David and the Trash-Talkin' Giant by Joel Anderson

GOAL!: The Ultimate Guide for Soccer Moms and Dads by Gloria Averbuch and Ashley Michael Hammond

If I Were Your Mother by Margaret Park Bridges

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young

My Man Blue poems by Nikki Grimes

The Oxford American Children's Encyclopedia (9-volume set)

Riddle Road: Puzzles in Poems and Pictures by Elizabeth Spires

AUDIO

The Spoken Word: Women on the verge

Every Woman Has a Story edited by Daryl Ott Underhill

Jewel by Bret Lott

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

A Sudden Change of Heart by Barbara Taylor Bradford

The Snow Falcon by Stuart Hamilton

Perfect Town, Perfect Murder by Lawrence Schiller

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The color of money

The Courage to Be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance by Suze Orman

The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment by Maria Nemeth

The Book of Investing Wisdom: Classic Writings by Great Stock-Pickers and Legends of Wall Street edited by Peter Krass

The Winning Portfolio: Choosing Your 10 Best Mutual Funds by Paul B. Farrell

Investing with Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference by Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill, and Cliff Feigenbaum

FEATURES

Books of discovery

Cleopatra's Palace: In Search of a Legend by Laura Foreman

Intimate Universe by Anthony Smith

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor: The Unauthorized Biography by Billy Adams

Shooting Star: The Ewan McGregor Story by Janine Pourroy

Ewan McGregor by Chris Nickson

Ewan McGregor: Rising to the Stars by James Hatfield

Ewan McGregor: An Unofficial Biography by Martin Noble

Ewan McGregor: From Junkie to Jedi by Brian J. Robb

Gardening for everyone

Gardening for Dummies by Michael MacCaskey

Vegetable Gardening for Dummies by Charles Nardozzi

Landscaping for Dummies by Philip Giroux, Bob Beckstrom, Lance Walheim, and the National Gardening Association

1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas edited by Deborah L. Martin

NONFICTION

'Tis the season for cooking

The Cook and the Gardener by Amanda Hesser

Bon Appetit Weekend Entertaining

A Spoonful of Ginger by Nina Simonds

Three Dog Bakery Cookbook by Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff

Gift gallery

Physics in the 20th Century by Curt Suplee

Noel Coward: The Complete Lyrics edited by Barry Day

The Virtuoso: Face to Face with 40 Extraordinary Talents by Ken Carbone

Encyclopedia of the United States at War

We Remember: Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives by William Morrow Books

The Encyclopedia of TV Game$hows

Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage by Dennis and Vicki Covington

Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Raji Codell

The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration: 1966-1999 by Ray Suarez Codell

The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei by George Leonard

Adventure
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Unforgiving Places by David Breashears

The Other Side of Everest: Climbing the North Face Through the Killer Storm by Matt Dickinson

Biography
Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov): Portrait of a Marriage by Stacy Schiff

Walker Evans by James R. Mellow

Books
Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone

Essays
Between Friends: Perspectives on John Kenneth Galbraith edited by Helen Sasson

Gender
The First Sex by Helen Fisher

History
Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy

A Good-Natured Riot: The Birth of the Grand Ole Opry by Charles K. Wolfe

Letters
Dear Exile: The True Story of Two Friends Separated (for a Year) by an Ocean by Hilary Liftin and Kate Montgomery

Memoir
Another Life: A Memoir of Other People by Michael Korda

Military
Every Man a Tiger by Tom Clancy and General Chuck Horner (Ret.)

New & Good
Father/Land: A Personal Search for the New Germany by Frederick Kempe

Parenting
Mothers Who Think: Tales of Real-Life Parenthood edited by Camille Peri and Kate Moses

Spirituality
Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Spiritual Life from Scratch by Lama Surya Das

CURIOSITY SHOPPE

The Tibetan Art Coloring Book by J. Jamyang Sing