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I know you can barely bear to think about 2002 right now, but I do hope you can take one moment in this hectic holiday season and get a little re-energized by the thought of a lot of gems coming first thing in the New Year! Great midlist for us to sell!
In fact, it's the highest number of books I can recall coming out in the first two weeks of the 76 time span in question, and I apologize in advance. I kept them to a minimum, AND a few publishers moved up shipping schedules for us to get them out earlier.
-Carl
1. THE PASSION OF ARTEMISIA, by Susan Vreeland (Viking, $24.95, 0670894494; in stores Jan. 14) Also a Penguin Audio (1565115252)
2. SHOOTING DR. JACK, by Norman Green (HarperCollins $25, 0060188227)
3. DON'T LET'S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT: An African Childhood, by Alexandra Fuller (Random House, $24.95, 0375507507)
4. THE JAZZ BIRD, by Craig Holden (Simon & Schuster, $25, 0743212967) Also S&S Audio (0743520351)
5. HELL'S BOTTOM, COLORADO: Stories, by Laura Pritchett (Milkweed, $14.95 paper, 1571310363)
6. SERVANTS OF THE MAP: Stories, by Andrea Barrett, (Norton, $24.95, 0393043487; in stores early Jan.)
7. THE LAKE OF DEAD LANGUAGES, by Carol Goodman (Ballantine, $23.95, 0345450884; in stores Jan. 2)
8. BLACKWATER SOUND, by James Hall (St. Martin's/ Minotaur, $24.95, 0312203845) Also a Nova Audio (1587888947)
9. FAST FOOD NATION: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser (Perennial, $13.95 paper, 0060938455; in stores Jan. 8)
10. WHEN THE ELEPHANTS DANCE: A Novel, by Tess Uriza Holthe (Crown, $24.95, 0609609521; in stores Jan. 9)
African-American
EVERY TONGUE GOT TO CONFESS: Negro Folktales from the Gulf States, by Zora Neale Hurston (HarperCollins, $25, 0060188936) Also a Harper Audio (0694526452)
Business
JUMP START YOUR BUSINESS BRAIN: Win More, Lose Less, and Make More Money, by Doug Hall (F&W, $24.99, 1558706070)
Children's Literature
BREAKING THROUGH, by Francisco Jimenez (Houghton Mifflin, $15, 0618011730)
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LARRY, by Janet Tashjian (Holt, $16.95, 0805063781)
JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA, by Eva Ibbotson; illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Dutton, $17.99, 0525467394; in stores early Jan.) For ages 9-12.
Caring for Our Children
TERRORISM AND KIDS: Comforting Your Child, by Fern Reiss (Peanut Butter & Jelly Press, $14.95 paper, 1893290093)
Two Fiction Rediscoveries
AUNTIE MAME, by Patrick Dennis; intro. by Paul Rudnick (Broadway, $12.95 paper, 0767908198)
THE LAST CONVERTIBLE, by Anton Myrer (HarperCollins, $7.50 paper, 0380819597)
New Fiction in Paperback
AMONG THE MISSING, by Dan Chaon (Ballantine, $12.95 paper, 0345441613; in stores Jan. 29)
BLUE RIDGE, by T.R. Pearson (Penguin, $13 paper, 0141002166)
A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT, by Cynthia Thayer (Griffin, $12.95 paper, 0312275641)
THE DEATH OF VISHNU, by Manil Suri (Perennial, $13.95 paper, 006000438X)
A HEART OF STONE, by Renate Dorrestein (Penguin, $13, 014200023X; due in Jan.)
THE HIDING PLACE, by Trezza Azzopardi (Grove, $13 paper, 0802138594)
IN OUR STRANGE GARDENS, by Michel Quint (Riverheard, $12.95 paper, 1573229164)
LA CUCINA: A Novel of Rapture, by Lily Prior (Ecco, $13 paper, 0060953691)
MARTYR'S CROSSING, by Amy Wilentz (Ballantine, $14 paper, 0345449835; in stores Jan. 2)
THE LUCKY GOURD SHOP, by Joanna Catherine Scott (Washington Square Press, $13 paper, 0743437357)
THE MINERAL PALACE, by Heidi Julavits (Berkley, $14 paper, 0425179826)
MONEY, LOVE: A Novel, by Brad Barkley (Norton, $13 paper, 0393322181)
PRINCE OF THE CLOUDS, by Gianni Riotta (Picador, $13 paper, 0312420153)
SOMETIMES I DREAM IN ITALIAN, by Rita Ciresi (Delta, $ 12.95 paper, 038533494X)
SOUL MOUNTAIN, by Gao Xingjian (Perennial, $15 paper, 0060936231)
TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, by Peter Carey (Vintage, $14 paper, 0375724672)
THE WHITE MAN IN THE TREE: And Other Stories, by Mark Kurlansky (Washington Square Press, $13 paper, 0671036068
Featured Authors
Two authors writing fiction that blurs the line between myth and history
Gregory Maguire
Diana Gabaldon
New Fiction in Hardcover
CAPTAIN SATURDAY, by Robert Inman (Little Brown, $24.95, 0316415022; in stores Jan.)
CONFESSIONS OF A PAGAN NUN: A Novel, by Kate Horsley (Shambhala, $19.95, 1570627193)
THE DEVIL'S LARDER, Jim Crace (Farrar, $20, 0374138591)
ERASURE, by Percival Everett (University Press of New England, $24.95, 1584650907)
GOOD AS ANY: Stories, by Timothy Westmoreland (Harcourt, $24, 0151008523; in stores early Jan.)
HIGHWIRE MOON, by Susan Straight (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 0618056149)
HIMALAYAN DHABA, by Craig Joseph Danner (Crispin/Hammer Pub., $24, 0970640595)
LA TOUR DREAMS OF THE WOLF GIRL, by David Huddle (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 0618081739; in stores Jan. 4)
THE LAST CANYON, by John Vernon (Houghton Mifflin, $24, 0618109404)
A LIFE WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES, by Stephen Elliott (MacAdam/Cage, $25, 0967370175)
THE LOVE OF STONES, by Tobias Hill (Picador, $25, 0312287739; in stores Jan.)
PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOES, by Alison Clement (MacAdam/Cage, $25, 0967370191)
THE SAVAGE GIRL, by Alex Shakar (HarperCollins, $26, 0066209870)
THE SIEGE, by Helen Dunmore (Grove, $24, 0802117007; in stores Jan. 9)
SILENT WOMEN, by Susan Dodd (Morrow, $25, 0688170005)
SPARROWHAWK: Book One: Jack Frake, by Edward Cline (MacAdam/Cage, $25, 1931561001)
SPILLING CLARENCE, by Anne Ursu (Theia, $22.95, 0786867787)
UNDRESSING THE MOON, by T. Greenwood (St. Martin's, $23.95, 031228473X)
A novel that independent booksellers are talking a lot about is due out Jan. 28: THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, by Sue Monk Kidd.
Inspiration
BIRDBATHS AND PAPER CRANES: A Family Tale, by Sharon Randall (Sleeping Bear Press, $18.95, 1585360775)
Memoir and History
BRUNELLESCHI'S DOME, by Ross King (Penguin, $13 paper, 0142000159)
DEATH AT THE PRIORY: Sex, Love, and Murder in Victorian England, by James Ruddick (Atlantic Monthly, $24, 0871138328)
MRS. KENNEDY: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years, by Barbara Leaming (Free Press, $25, 0684862093)
THE PEDDLER'S GRANDSON: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi, by Edward Cohen (Delta, $12.95 paper, 0385335911; in stores Jan. 2)
SALT: A World History, by Mark Kurlansky (Walker, $28, 0802713734)
THE SECRET PARTS OF FORTUNE: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms, by Ron Rosenbaum (Perennial, $18 paper, 0060934468)
SPREZZATURA: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World, by Peter D'Epiro and Mary Desmond Pinkowish (Anchor, $14 paper, 038572019X)
STILL WATERS, by Jennifer Lauck (Pocket, $24, 0743439651 Also an S&S audio (0743509951)
WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER: The Story of a 10-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers, by David Edmonds and John Eidinow (Ecco, $24, 0066212448)
Mysteries
THE FALLS: An Inspector Rebus Novel, by Ian Rankin (St. Martin's, $24.95, 0312206100
Science
E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation, by David Bodanis (Berkley, $14 paper, 0425181642)
MEMOIRS: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics, by Edward Teller (Perseus, $25, 073820532X)
THE NEPTUNE FILE: A Story of Astronomic Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet Hunting, by Tom Standage (Berkley, $14 paper, 0425181731)
Come travel with us, without leaving home
BROOKLYN: A State of Mind, ed. by Michael Robbins and Wendy Palitz
FOOD FOR THE DEAD: On the Trail of New England's Vampires, by Michael Bell (Carroll & Graf, $26, 0786708999)
HIPPOLYTE'S ISLAND, by Barbara Hodgson (Chronicle, $24.95, 0811828921)
LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by Peter Jenkins (St. Martin's, $25.95, 0312261780)
ROWING TO LATITUDE: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge, by Jill Fredston (North Point, $24, 0374281807)