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July 31:

Angels Of Darkness by Gav Thorpe (BL Publishing) Angels of Darkness (Warhammer 40,000 Novels)

The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway by Herbert H, Harwood, Jr. (Indiana University Press) The New York, Westchester & Boston Railway: J. P. Morgan's Magnificent Mistake (Railroads Past and Present)

  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: 11th Edition (w/ CD-ROM) by Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff (Editor), Merriam-Webster (Merriam-Webster, Incorporated) Merriam-webster's Collegiate Dictionary 11th Edition

Government Pirates by Don Corace (Harper Trade) Government Pirates: The Assault on Private Property Rights--and How We Can Fight It

The Owl And The Hawk by John Errett (Free Enterprise Press) The Owl and Hawk: An End to Terrorism

Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall (Tarche/.Penguin) Dead Lucky: Life After Death on Mount Everest

Plague War by Jeff Carlson (Ace Mass Market) Plague War

The Time Engine by Sean McMullen (A Tor Hardcover) The Time Engine: The Fourth Book of the Moonworlds Saga (The Moonworlds Saga)

July 30:

Marsbound by Joe Haldeman (Ace Hardcover) Marsbound

Black and Decker Complete Guide to the Green Home: The Good Citizen's Guide to Earth-Friendly Remodeling and Home Maintenance by Philip Schmidt (Creative Publishing International,) Black & Decker Complete Guide to A Green Home: The Good Citizen's Guide to Earth-friendly Remodeling & Home Maintenance (Black & Decker Complete Guide)

Blood Ties by Pamela Freeman (Orbit) Blood Ties (The Castings Trilogy)

The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company by Joseph A. Michelli (McGraw-Hill Companies, The) The New Gold Standard: 5 Leadership Principles for Creating a Legendary Customer Experience Courtesy of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company
 

Unfinished Masterpiece by Laurie Champion (Texas Tech University Press) Unfinished Masterpiece: The Harlem Renaissance Fiction of Anita Scott Coleman

What Love Comes To by Ruth Stone (Copper Canyon Press) What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems

Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of North America by Roger Tory Peterson (Houghton Mifflin) A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America

Western Herbs According To Traditional Chinese Medicine by Thomas Avery Garran (Inner Traditions) Western Herbs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Practitioner's Guide

July 29:

The Eating Well For A Healthy Heart Cookbook by Philip Ades (The Countryman Press) The EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook: 175 Delicious Recipes for Joyful, Heart-Smart Eating (EatingWell Books)

The Woman Who Can't Forget by Jill Price (Free Press) The Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most Remarkable Memory Known to Science--A Memoir

Factory Of Tears by Valzhyna Mort (Copper Canyon Press) Factory of Tears (Lannan Literary Selections)

Graphic Design by Ellen Lupton (Princeton Architectural Press) Graphic Design: The New Basics

The Politically Incorrect Guide To Western Civilation by Anthony Esolen (Regnery) The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization (Politically Incorrect Guides)

Dirty Girls On Top by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (St. Martin's Press) Dirty Girls on Top

The King Of Sting by Craig Glazer (Skyhorse)  The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw

Party Favors by Nicole Sexton (The Lyons Press) Party Favors

July 28:

Findings by Mary Anna Evans (Poisoned Pen Press) Findings (Faye Longchamp Mysteries, No. 4)

Sleep To Be Sexy, Smart, & Slim by Ellen Michaud (Reader's Digest) Sleep to be Sexy, Smart, and Slim

The Garden Of Last Days by Andre Dubus III (W.W. Norton) The Garden of Last Days: A Novel

Wit's End by Sue Scheff (HCI) Wits End: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen

The Bill Of Rights In Modern America...edited by David J. Bodenhamer (Indiana University Press) The Bill of Rights in Modern America: Revised and Expanded Edition

Curse Of The Necrarch by Steve Saville (BL Publishing) Curse of the Necrarch (Warhammer Novels)

In His Sights by Kate Brennan (Harper) In His Sights: A True Story of Love and Obsession

MultiReal by David Louis Edelman (PYR) MultiReal (The Jump 225 Trilogy)

July 26:

The Case For Make Believe by Susan Linn (The New Press) The Case For Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World

Damage Control by J. A. Jance (HarperCollins Publishers) Damage Control (Joanna Brady Mysteries, Book 13)

The New Case Against Immigration by Mark Krikorian (Sentinel) The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer (Doubleday Publishing) The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

Weber's Charcoal Grilling by Jamie Purviance (Oxmoor House) Weber's Charcoal Grilling: The Art of Cooking With Live Fire

More Old Jewish Comedians by Drew Friedman (Fantagraphics) More Old Jewish Comedians (A BLAB! Storybook)

Gaspipe by Philip Carlo (William Morrow) Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss

One Minute To Midnight by Michael Dobbs (Alfred A. Knopf) One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

July 25:

Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty by Daniel R. Levitt (University of Nebraska Press) Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty

First Of The Year: 2008 by Beni DeMott First of the Year: 2008

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X
by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown & Company) The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

The Cult Of The Presidence by Gene Healy (The Cato Institute) The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power

How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form by Thomas C. Foster
(HarperCollins Publishers) How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form

A World Of Gangs by John M. Hagedorn (University of Minnesota) A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture (Globalization and Community)

West from Singapore
by Louis L'Amour (Bantam Books) West from Singapore

Chief Bender's Burden by Tom Swift (Univerasity of Nebraska Press) Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star

July 24:

Do You See What I See by Russell Targ (Hampton Roads) Do You See What I See?: Memoirs of a Blind Biker

The Dallas Myth by Harvey J. Graff (University of Minnesota) The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City

Boys Should Be Boys by Meg Meeker (Regnery) Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons

Complete Confidence by Sheenah Hankin (Harper Trade) Complete Confidence Updated Edition: A Handbook

How To Raise An American by Myrna Blyth (Three Rivers Press) How to Raise an American: 1776 Fun and Easy Tools, Tips, and Activities to Help Your Child Love This Country

Who Killed The Constitution by Thomas E. Woods Jr. (Crown Forum) Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush

The Politics Of Freedom by David Boaz (Cato Institute) The Politics of Freedom: Taking on The Left, The Right and Threats to Our Liberties

Requiem, Mass by John Dufresne (W.W. Norton) Requiem, Mass.: A Novel

July 23:

Skin Deep by Gary Braver (Tor/Forge) Skin Deep

Castaway Kid by Rob Mitchell (Tyndale/Focus on the family) Castaway Kid: One Man's Search for Hope and Home (Focus on the Family Books)

Dogs by Rachael Hale (Andrews McMeel) Dogs: 101 Adorable Breeds

Circus Queen And Tinker Bell (University Of Illinois Press) Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline

The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner (us.penguingroup) The Dirty Secrets Club

Why I Came West by Rick Bass (Houghton Mifflin) Why I Came West: A Memoir

Making Waves And Riding The Currents by Charles Halpern (Berrett-Koehler) Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom (BK Currents (Hardcover))

Walking Mom Home by Miriam Millhauser Castle (Targum Press) Walking Mom Home

July 22:

Blind Speed by Josh Barkan (Northwestern University Press) Blind Speed: A Novel

Community by Peter Block (Berrett-Koehler) Community: The Structure of Belonging

Minders Of Make-Believe by Leonard Marcus (Houghton Mifflin) Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of AmericanChildren's Literature

The Human Factor by Ishmaek Jones (Encounter Books) The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture

A Civil General by David Stinebeck (Sandstone Press) A Civil General

Ubuntu For Non-Geeks by Rickford Grant (No Starch Press) Ubuntu For Non-Geeks: a Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook

"Learning Flex 3" by Alaric Cole (O/Reilly Media) Learning Flex 3: Getting up to Speed with Rich Internet Applications (Adobe Developer Library)

Artificial Imagination by Kalpanik S. (Center of Artificial Imagination) Artificial Imagination (Special Edition): A humorous Photostory of a journey through Washington, California and Tennessee

July 21:

The Shadow Isle by Katherine Kerr (DAW Books) The Shadow Isle: Book Three of The Silver Wyrm

Voyage Of The Space Beagle by A. E. Van Vogt (Tor/Forge) The Voyage of the Space Beagle

Turn It Up! by Dr. Jeffrey Spencer (HCI) Turn It Up!: How to Perform at Your Highest Level for a Lifetime

Undiscovered Country by Lin Enger (Little, Brown) Undiscovered Country: A Novel

Alva Myrdal by Yvonne Hirdman (Indiana University Press) Alva Myrdal: The Passionate Mind

A Mind For Murder by Noreen Renier (Hampton Roads) A Mind for Murder: The Real-Life Files of a Psychic Investigator

Marble Mountain by Wayne Karlin (Curbstone Press) Marble Mountain

Red Car by Sallie Bingham (Sarabande Books) Red Car: Stories

July 19:

Transcendental Sojourn by Liz Cosline (Xlibris) Transcendental Sojourn

Diabetes by Ruby M. Brown (Basic Health) Diabetes: Good Food Choices

Naturalist's Guide To The Southern Rockies by Audrey Benedict (Fulcrun) The Naturalist's Guide to the Southern Rockies: Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Northern New Mexico (Fulcrum Guides)

ABC's Of Human Behavior by Jonas Ramnero (New Harbinger) ABCs of Human Behavior: Behavioral Principles for the Practicing Clinician (Context / Nhp)

Healing The Trauma Of Abuse by Mary Ellen Copeland (New Harbinger) Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Woman's Workbook

Stop Aging-Start Training by Salvatore Fichera (Basic Health) Stop Aging - Start Training: Look and Feel Twenty Years Younger

The Eye Of The Leopard by Henning Mankell (The New Press) The Eye of the Leopard: A Novel

Rogue Economics by Loretta Napoleoni (Seven Stories Press) Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality

July 18:

Devil On Two Sticks by Wade Miller (Stark House) The Killer / Devil on Two Sticks

Minders Of Make-Believe by Leonard Marcus (Houghton Mifflin) Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of AmericanChildren's Literature

River Of No Return by Jeffrey Buckner Ford (Cumberland House) River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Woman He Loved

North River by Pete Hamill (Hachette Book Group) North River: A Novel

Titanic by Victoria Sherrow (Scholastic, Inc.) Titanic (Scholastic History Readers)
 

The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia by David Schiller (Basic Health) The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia: A Concise Guide to over 385 Plant Oils

The Hero Within by Carol S. Pearson (Fulcrum) The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By

It Happened To Me by William Lee Carter (New Harbinger) It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse (workbook)

July 17:

The Visible Employee by Jeffrey Stanton (Information Today) The Visible Employee: Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect Information Assets-Without Compromising Employee Privacy or Trust

The Beck Diet Solution by Judith Beck (Oxmoor House) The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person

The Complete Book of Classic GM Muscle Cars (Motorbooks/Quayside) The Complete Book of Classic GM Muscle (The Complete Book Series)

Earth by Iain Stewart (National Geographic Books) Earth: The Biography

Krazy & Ignatz by Bill Blackbeard (Fantagraphics Books) Krazy & Ignatz 1927-1928: "Love Letters in Ancient Brick" (Krazy Kat)

Tomorrow's Table by Raoul Adamchak (Oxford University Press) Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food

Vegan Inspiration by Todd Dacey (www.bluedolphinpublishing.com) Vegan Inspiration: Whole Food Recipes for Life (Rainbow Fusion Cuisine for Body, Mind and Spirit)

First Aid for Babies and Children Fast
by Allen R. Walker (Editor) (DK Publishing, Inc.) First Aid for Babies & Children Fast

July 16:

The New Case Against Immigration by Mark Krikorian (Sentinel) The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal

Green From The Ground Up by David Johnston (The Taunton Press) Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder's Guide)

Painting The Web by Shelley Powers (O'Reilly) Painting the Web

Invisible Chains by Kristina Sauerwein (Globe Pequot Press) Invisible Chains: Shawn Hornbeck and the Kidnapping Case that Shook the Nation

Killer View  by Ridley Pearson (Penguin Group (USA) Killer View
 

Six Degrees by Mark Lynas (National Geographic Books) Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet

Fires In The Middle School Bathroom by Kathleen Cushman (The New Press) Fires in the Middle School Bathroom: Advice to Teachers from Middle Schoolers

Strawbale Home Plans by Wayne J. Bingham (Gibbs Smith) Strawbale Home Plans

July 15:

The Hydrogen Age by Geoffrey B. Holland (Gibbs-Smith) Hydrogen Age, The: Empowering a Clean-Energy Future

Toy Box Leadership by Ron Hunter (Thomas Nelson) Toy Box Leadership: Leadership Lessons from the Toys You Loved as a Child

Trading Dreams At Midnight by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (HarperCollins) Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel

Double Play by Bob Alejo (Basic Health) Double Play: Training and Nutrition Advice from the World's Experts in Baseball

The She Spot by Lisa Witter (Berrett-Koehler) The She Spot: Why Women Are the Market for Changing the World -- And How to Reach Them (BK Business)

The Killer by Wade Miller (Stark House Press) The Killer

Victor Herbert by Neil Gould (Fordham University Press) Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life

Obamanomics by John R. Talbott (Seven Stories Press) Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics

July 14:

Through Wheat: The U.S. Marines in WWI
by Edwin Simmons, Joseph Alexander (With) (Naval Institute Press)

Rising, Falling, Hovering by C.D. Wright (Copper Canyon Press) Rising, Falling, Hovering

Cholesterol Control Cookbook by Harriet Roth (Plume PB) Harriet Roth's Cholesterol Control Cookbook

Kafka Comes To America by Steven T. Wax (Other Press) Kafka Comes to America: Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror - A Public Defender's Inside Account

How To Be Useful by Megan Hustad (Houghton Mifflin) How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work

Busting Your Butt And Gut by Marty Tuley (Basic Health) Busting Your Butt and Gut: Minimizing Your Maximum Areas

Transcendental Sojourn by Liz Cosline (Xlibris) Transcendental Sojourn

The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the Real Truth about Becoming a Mom. Finally.  by Vicki Glembocki (Perseus Publishing) The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the REAL Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally.

July 12:

Always A People by Rita Kohn (Indiana University Press) Always a People: Oral Histories of Contemporary Woodland Indians

Worst Enemy by John Arquilla (Ivan R. Dee) Worst Enemy: The Reluctant Transformation of the American Military

The Handbook Of Literacy by Susan B. Neuman (Christopher-Gordon) Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 2

Pax Dakota by Ken Rand (Five Star) Pax Dakota (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series)

Truman Capote by Robert Emmet Long (Continuum) Truman Capote, Enfant Terrible

Kate Field by Gary Scharnhorst (Syracuse University Press) Kate Field: The Many Lives of a Nineteenth-Century American Journalist (Writing American Women)

Aztec Fire by Garry Jennings (Tor/Forge) Aztec Fire (Aztec)

Immortals by Joy Nash (Dorchester) The Awakening (Immortals, Book 3)

July 11:

Cocktails for Three by Madeleine Wickham (St. Martin's Press) Cocktails for Three

ABC's Of Human Behavior by Niklas Tirneke (New Harbinger) ABCs of Human Behavior: Behavioral Principles for the Practicing Clinician (Context / Nhp)

The Visible Employee by Jeffrey M. Stanton (Information Today) The Visible Employee: Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect Information Assets-Without Compromising Employee Privacy or Trust

King Of The Sword And Sky by C.L. Wilson (Dorchester )King of Sword and Sky (Tairen Soul)

Double Play by Bob Alejo (Basic Health) Double Play: Training and Nutrition Advice from the World's Experts in Baseball

Santa Claus In Baghdad by Elsa Marston (Indiana University Press) Santa Claus in Baghdad: Stories About Teens in the Arab World

Manhood by Tom Fortson (Moody) Manhood: Let the Truth Be Told

Using Natural Finishes by Adam Weismona (Chelsea Green) Using Natural Finishes: A Step-by-Step Guide

July 10:

The Web Library by Nicholas Tomaiuolo (Information Today) The Web Library: Building a World Class Personal Library with Free Web Resources

Photojournalism 1855 To The Present by Reul Golden (Abbevillle Press) Photojournalism 1855 To The Present: Editor's Choice

The Dark Intrigue by Frank Van Der Linden (Fulcrum Publishing) The Dark Intrigue: The True Story Of A Civil War Conspiracy

Bronze Dragon Codex by R.D. Henham (Mirrorstone) Bronze Dragon Codex (Dragonlance: the New Adventure)

End Of Reason by Ravi Zacharias (Zondervan) The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists

Sex & The Soul by Donna Freitas (Oxford University Press) Sex and the Soul: Juggling Sexuality, Spirituality, Romance, and Religion on America's College Campuses

It Happened To Me by William Lee Carter (New Harbinger) It Happened to Me: A Teen's Guide to Overcoming Sexual Abuse (workbook)

660 Curries by Raghavan Iyer (Workman) 660 Curries

July 9:

Barefoot by Elin Hildebrand (Hachette) Barefoot: A Novel

Red, White, Or Yellow by Charles Jones (Stackpole Books) Red, White, or Yellow?: The Media and the Military at War in Iraq

Hayate X Blade, vol 1 by Shizuru Hayashiya (Tor/Seven Seas) Hayate X Blade Vol 1 (Hayate X Blade)

Tribute
by Nora Roberts (Penguin Group (USA) Tribute

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
by Mohsin Hamid (Harcourt) 
The Reluctant Fundamentalist,

Dying To Live by Joseph Nevins (City Lights Books) Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid (City Lights Open Media)

When Your Perfect Partner Goes Perfectly Wrong by Mary Jo Fay (www.outoftheboxx.com) When Your "Perfect Partner" Goes Perfectly Wrong: Loving Or Leaving The Narcissist In Your Life

The Killing Ground by Graham McNeill (BL Publishing) The Killing Ground (Ultramarines)

July 8:

Four Days In November by Vincent Bugliosi (W.W. Norton TB) Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Early Bright by Ami Silber (Toby Press) Early Bright

Mr Gatling's Terrible Marvel by Julia Keller (Viking) Mr. Gatling's Terrible Marvel: The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It

Let Them In by Jason L. Riley (Gotham Books) Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders

Persuasion IQ by Kurt W. Mortensen (AMACOM) Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want

William Blake's Sexual Path To Spiritual Vision by Marsha Keith Schuchard (Inner Traditions) William Blake's Sexual Path to Spiritual Vision

The Ancient Celtic Festivals by Clare Walker Leslie (Inner Traditions) The Ancient Celtic Festivals: and How We Celebrate Them Today

The Dirty Dozen by Robert Levy (Penguin/Sentinel) The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom

July 7:

Persuasion IQ by Kurt W. Mortensen (AMACOM) Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want

Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger (S&S) Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel

Boy In The Darkness And Other Stories by Mervyn Peake (Dufour Editions) Boy in Darkness and Other Stories

Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas
by Wayne R. Petersen, Wayne R. Petersen, W. Roger Meservey (Editor), W. Roger Meservey (Editor), John Sill (Illustrator) (Massachusetts Audubon Society) Massachusetts Breeding Bird Atlas (Natural History of New England Series)

Modern China by Jonathan Fenby (Ecco) Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present

The Complete Book Of Classic GM Muscle by Mike Mueller (MotorBooks) The Complete Book of Classic GM Muscle (The Complete Book Series)

A Political Odyssey by Senator Mike Gravel (Seven Stories Press) A Political Odyssey

Deep In The Heart Of Trouble by Deeanne Gist (Bethany House) Deep in the Heart of Trouble

July 5:

Western Herbs According To Traditional Medicine by Thomas Avery Garran (Inner Traditions) Western Herbs according to Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Practitioner's Guide

The Case For Make Believe by Susan Linn (The New Press) The Case For Make-Believe: Saving Play in a Commercialized World

Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin (Gotham Books/Penquin) Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory

Healthy Children Healthy World by Christopher Gavigan (Dutton/Penguin) Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home

Not In The Flesh by Ruth Rendell (Crown) Not in the Flesh: A Wexford Novel (Inspector Wexford Mystery)

M.I.A. by Michael Allen Dymmoch (Thomas Dunne Books/SMP) M.I.A.

The Invention Of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt (Houghton Mifflin) The Invention of Everything Else

The Remnant by Chris Kenneally (Pegasus Books) Remnant: A Novel

July 4:

What Loves Comes To by Ruth Stone (Copper Canyon Press) What Love Comes To: New and Selected Poems

The King Of Corsica by Michael Kleeberg (Other Press) The King of Corsica

Last Call by JD Seamus (Capital Press) Last Call

Seeing Gray In A World Of Black And White by Adam Hanilton (Abingdon Press) Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White: Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics

Drink by Iain Gately (Gotham/Penguin) Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol

The Science Of Fear by Daniel Gardner (Dutton) The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger

Charles Fort by Jim Steinmeyer (Tarcher/Penguin) Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural

Positively Main Street by Toby Thompson (University of Minnesota ) Positively Main Street: Bob Dylan's Minnesota

July 3:

Wartime Writings 1943-1949 by Marguerite Duras (The New Press) Wartime Writings: 1943-1949

French Theory by Francois Cusset (University of Minnesota) French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, & Co. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States

The Mark Of The Pasha by Michael Pearce (Poisoned Pen) Mark of the Pasha, The: A Mamur Zapt Mystery

Mistress Of The Sun by Sandra Gulland (Touchstone/S&S) Mistress of the Sun: A Novel

Sucks To Be Me by Kimberly Pauley (Mirrorstone) Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (maybe)

The Writing On The Wall by Wendy Lichtman (Greenwillow) Do the Math #2: The Writing on