21 Oct 2007 ... THE VIXEN DIARIES, by Karrine Steffans. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How the
author's life changed after the publication of her first book, ...
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October 21, 2007 Fiction
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PLAYING FOR PIZZA, by John Grisham. (Doubleday, $21.95.) An American thirdstring quarterback joins the Italian National Football League’s Parma Panthers.
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THE CHOICE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How the choices made by a North Carolina man and the neighbor with whom he falls in love play out in their lives; from the author of “At First Sight.”
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DARK OF THE MOON, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.) Virgil Flowers, a character from “Invisible Prey,” investigates three murders in a small Minnesota town.
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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead, $25.95.) A friendship between two women in Afghanistan against the backdrop of 30 years of war.
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YOU’VE BEEN WARNED, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) An aspiring photographer working as a nanny has terrible visions.
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BRIDGE OF SIGHS, by Richard Russo. (Knopf, $26.95.) The entangled lives of an upstate New York couple and their best friend, from the author of “Empire Falls.”
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RUN, by Ann Patchett. (Harper, $25.95.) Two young black men, adopted in childhood by the former mayor of Boston, encounter their birth mother and sister; from the author of “Bel Canto.”
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SHOOT HIM IF HE RUNS, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam, $25.95.) Stone Barrington, the New York cop turned lawyer, tracks a rogue C.I.A. agent on a Caribbean island.
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THE ORC KING, by R. A. Salvatore. (Wizards of the Coast, $27.95.) The dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden seeks vengeance against the orcs in the first book of a new fantasy trilogy, Transitions.
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DEAD HEAT, by Dick Francis and Felix Francis. (Putnam, $25.95.) Someone is out to destroy a young chef’s New market restaurant, poisoning food and setting off a bomb.
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THE BONE GARDEN, by Tess Gerritsen. (Ballantine, $25.95.) A woman finds a skull in her garden, while in the 1830s, a medical student tracks a killer.
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EXIT GHOST, by Philip Roth. (Houghton Mifflin, $26.) Nathan Zuckerman grapples with aging and desire.
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JONATHAN’S STORY, by Julia London with Alina Adams. (Pocket, $22.) The story behind Jonathan’s disappearance, based on the TV daytime drama “Guiding Light.”
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PONTOON, by Garrison Keillor. (Viking, $25.95.) In Lake Wobegon, a daughter learns about her mother’s secret life.
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GARDEN SPELLS, by Sarah Addison Allen. (Bantam, $20.) Two sisters overcome their differences and claim their heritage when one returns to their North Carolina home.
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WHERE ANGELS GO, by Debbie Macomber. (Mira, $16.95.) Another Christmas story featuring the angels Shirley, Goodness and Mercy.
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October 21, 2007 Non-Fiction
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MY GRANDFATHER’S SON, by Clarence Thomas. (Harper, $26.95.) A memoir from an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
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THE AGE OF TURBULENCE, by Alan Greenspan. (Penguin Press, $35.) A memoir by the longtime chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
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IF DEMOCRATS HAD ANY BRAINS, THEY’D BE REPUBLICANS, by Ann Coulter. (Crown Forum, $24.95.) A collection of the columnist’s provocative quotations, some from previous books and interviews, some new.
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THE NINE, by Jeffrey Toobin. (Doubleday, $27.95.) A portrait of the Supreme Court since the Reagan administration focuses on the influence of its moderates.
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LOUDER THAN WORDS, by Jenny McCarthy. (Dutton, $23.95.) A mother deals with her son’s autism and struggles to find treatment.
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THE DAY OF BATTLE, by Rick Atkinson. (Holt, $35.) The American Army in Sicily and Italy, 1943-44; the second volume of the Liberation trilogy.
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THE WAR, by Geoffrey C. Ward. (Knopf, $50.) A companion to the seven-part PBS documentary directed by Ken Burns, with hundreds of photographs.
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THE COLDEST WINTER, by David Halberstam. (Hyperion, $35.) A history of the Korean War from the author of “The Best and the Brightest,” who died earlier this year.
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THE VIXEN DIARIES, by Karrine Steffans. (Grand Central, $24.99.) How the author’s life changed after the publication of her first book, “Confessions of a Video Vixen.”
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POWER TO THE PEOPLE, by Laura Ingraham. (Regnery, $27.95.) The political commentator urges Americans to restore traditional conservative principles.
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LOOK ME IN THE EYE, by John Elder Robison. (Crown, $25.95.) A memoir of life with Asperger’s syndrome
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QUIET STRENGTH, by Tony Dungy with Nathan Whitaker. (Tyndale, $26.99.) A memoir by the first black coach to win a Super Bowl (with the Indianapolis Colts in 2007).
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IF I DID IT, by the Goldman family. (Beaufort, $24.95.) O. J. Simpson’s “hypothetical” confession to the murder of his wife, Nicole, and Ron Goldman.
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MOTHER TERESA: COME BE MY LIGHT. (Doubleday, $22.95.) Writings and reflections on her spiritual journey.
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THE HEROIN DIARIES, by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins. (Pocket/MTV/VH-1, $32.50.) The Mötley Crüe bassist’s record of a year of drug addiction.
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GIVING, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, $24.95.) The former president describes people and projects that save lives and solve problems around the world.
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