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The
New York Times Book Review
For June 21, 2008
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Fiction
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BLOOD NOIR, by
Laurell K. Hamilton. (Berkley, $25.95.)
The vampire hunter Anita Blake is involved in a
scandal that threatens the mastervampire
Jean-Claude's power. (on order) |
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THE HOST, by
Stepheanie Meyer. (Little, Brown, $25.99.)
In the first adult novel by the author of the
Twilight series for teenagers, aliens have taken
control of the minds and bodies of most humans,
but one woman won't surrender. (available) |
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ODD HOURS, by
Dean R. Koontz. (Bantam, $27.00.)
Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead,
confronts evil forces in a California coastal
town. (available) |
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LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE
WITH, by Emily Griffin. (St. Martin's,
$24.95.) A woman's happy marriage is
shaken when she encounters an old boyfriend.
(available) |
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SUNDAY AT
TIFFANY'S, by James Patterson and Gabrielle
Charbonnet. (Little, Brown, $24.99.)
A woman finds an unexpected love.
(available) |
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CHASING HARRY
WINSTON, by Laura Weisberger. (Simon &
Schuster, $25.95.) Three glamourous
friends, New York women neraing 30, vow to
change their lives. (available) |
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THE FRONT, by
Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam, $22.95.)
A Massachusetts state investigate and his team
from "At Risk" confront a rogue association of
municipal police departments. (available) |
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DEVIL MAY CARE,
by Sebastian Faulks. (Doubleday, $24.95.)
This continuation of the James Bond franchise
finds Bond tracking a dangerous pharmaceutical
executive amid cold war tensions with the help
of a beautiful girl. (available) |
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PHANTOM PREY,
by John Sandford. (Putnam, $26.95.)
The Minneapolis detective Lucas Davenport
investigates a string of murders of young Goths.
(available) |
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SNUFF, by Chuck
Palahniuk. (Doubleday, $24.95.) An
aging porn queen aims to cap her career by
having sex on film with 600 men in one day.
(on order) |
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SHADOW OF POWER,
by Steve Martini. (Morrow, $26.95.)
The lawyer Paul Madriani searches for a missing
letter from Thomas Jefferson that might explain
a Scholar's murder. (available) |
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CARELESS IN RED,
by Elizabeth George. (Harper, $27.95.)
In Cornwall, trying to recover from his wife's
death, Detective Thomas Lynley becomes involved
in a murder investigation. (available) |
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THE WHOLE TRUTH,
by David Baldacci. (Grand Central,
$26.99.) An intelligence agent and a
journalist team up against a warmongering
defense contractor. (available) |
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THE ART OF RACING
IN THE RAIN, by Garth Stein. (Harper,
$23.95.) A Lab-terrier mix with great
insight into the human condition helps his
owner; a struggling race car driver. (on
order) |
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INVINCIBLE, by
Troy Denning. (Del Ray/Ballantine,
$27.00.) The New Jedi order battles Darth
Caedus, Darth Vader's grandson: a "Star War's:
Legacy of the Force" novel. (on order) |
Non
Fiction
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WHAT HAPPENED,
by Scott McClellan. (PublicAffairs,
$27.95.) A former White House press
secretary regrets that "I allowed myself to be
deceived" by top officials. (available) |
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AUDITION, by
Barbara Walters. (Knopf, $29.95.) A
personal and professional memoir.
(available) |
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ARE YOU THERE,
VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA, by Chelsea
Handler. (Simon Spotlight Entertainment,
$24.95.) Humorous personal essays from the
stand-up comedian. (available) |
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THE POST-AMERICAN
WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton,
$25.95.) The rise of China and India and
the global distribution of power.
(available) |
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STOLEN INNOCENCE,
by Elissa Wall with Lisa Pulitzer.
(Morrow, $25.95.) The star witness against
the polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs recalls
her upbringing in the Fundamentalist Church of
Latter-day Saints and describes how Jeffs forced
her to marry her first cousin when she was 14.
(available) |
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MY STROKE OF
INSIGHT, by Jill Bolte Taylor.
(Viking, $24.95.) A brain scientist shares
what she learned from her 1996 stroke, which
produced a sense of euphoria when it damaged her
left brain. (on order) |
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THE DOWNHILL LIE,
by Carl Hiassen. (Knopf, $22.00)
The Florida novelist takes up golf again after
32 years. (available) |
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THE REVOLUTION,
by Ron Paul. (Grand Central, $21.00.)
A libertarian manifesto from the Texas
congressman and Republican presidential
candidate. (available) |
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THE GREAT
DERANGEMENT, by Matt Taibbi. (Spiegel
& Grau, $24.00.) An examination of the
American public on the eve of the election, its
views "forged in a crucible of...nihilism.
(on order) |
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COUNSELOR, by
Ted Sorensen. (Harper, $27.95.) A
memoir by John F. Kennedy's speechwriter and
close aide, who was sometimes called a "deputy
president." (available) |
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ALWAYS BY MY
SIDE, by Jim Nantz with Eli Spielman.
(Gotham, $26.00.) Remembering two decades
with CBS Sports, with a focus on father-son
relationships. (on order) |
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A WOLF AT THE
TABLE, by Augusten Burroughs. (St.
Martin's, $24.95.) A memoir of life with a
cruel father. (available) |
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ESCAPE, by
Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer.
(Broadway, $24.95.) A former member of a
fundamentalist polygamist sect describes her
forced marriage to a much older man.
(available) |
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THE PROSECUTION
OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR MURDER, by Vincent
Bugliosi. (Vanguard, $26.95.) The
Manson prosecutor makes a case for trying the
president for the deaths of 4,000 American
soldiers in Iraq. (on order) |
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A TIME TO FIGHT,
by Jim Webb. (Broadway, $24.95.)
The Democratic senator from Virginia offers his
political vision. (on order)
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