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Featured Titles 2002
Page Modified: April 2, 2008
New titles - selected on the basis of good reviews. Nonfiction, fiction and mystery titles are included on the lists.
September 2002
Nonfiction
- Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers
Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary
Peril
Author: Ferris, Timothy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 26 ISBN: 0684865793
KirkusLJ
America's finest science writer describes a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make discoveries that are changing knowledge of the universe. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved with the stars.
Updated 8.28.02 - Longitudes and Attitudes: The World
in
the Age of Terrorism
Author: Friedman, Thomas
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux $ 26 ISBN: 0374190666KirkusPW
As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the New York Times, Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. This new book contains Friedman's columns about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis.
Updated 8.28.02 - To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk Between
the Two Towers
Author: Petit, Philippe
Publisher: North Point $ 30 ISBN: 0865476519KirkusPWLJ
In 1974, 100,000 people on the ground watched 24-year-old high wire artist Petit make eight crossings between the World Trade Towers. In this visually and verbally stunning book, Petit tells for the first time the story of his walk, from conception and clandestine planning to the performance and its aftermath.
Updated 8.28.02
Fiction
- The Book of Illusions
Author: Auster, Paul
Publisher: Holt $ 25 ISBN: 0805054081BooklistKirkusLibrary JournalPW
In this rich and emotionally charged work, a man's obsession with a silent film star sends him on a journey into a shadowy world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love.
Updated 8.27.02 - Crimson Petal and White
Author: Faber, Michael
Publisher: Harcourt $ 26 ISBN: 015100692xKirkusBooklist
Richly textured, this novel is set in 1870s London. Nineteen-year-old prostitute Sugar yearns for escape from a terrifying brothel. Her ascent through Victorian society offers an intimacy with host of unforgettable characters as Sugar tries to lift her body and soul out of the gutter.
Updated 8.13.02 - Piano Tuner
Author: Mason, Daniel Philippe
Publisher: Knopf $ 24 ISBN: 0375414657KirkusLibrary Journal
A hypnotic tale of myth, romance, and self-discovery, this extraordinary fiction debut tells the story of a British piano tuner sent deep into Burma in the 19th century, where he encounters thieves, soldiers, and an enchanting but elusive woman.
Updated 8.16.02 - Family Matters
Author: Mistry, Rohinton
Publisher: Knopf $ 26 ISBN: 0375403736KirkusBooklistPW
At once sweeping and intimate, comic and tragic, Family Matters--by the author of A Fine Balance --is the story of a 1990s Bombay family dealing with their elderly patriarch, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Updated 7.15.02 - Lullaby: A Novel
Author: Palahniuck, Chuck
Publisher: Doubleday $ 24.95 ISBN: 0385504470Kirkus
From the author of The New York Times bestseller Choke and the cult classic Fight Club comes a scintillating, cunningly plotted novel about the ultimate verbal weapon, one that reinvents the apocalyptic thriller for our times.
Updated 6.29.02 - The Last Girls
Author: Smith, Lee
Publisher: Algonquin $ 24.95 ISBN: 1565123638BooklistKirkusPW
Revered for her powerful female characters, Smith tells a brilliant story of how college pals who grew up in an era when they were still called "girls" have negotiated life as "women."
Updated 7.31.02
Mystery & Suspense
- The Smoke
Author: Broadbent, Tony
Publisher: Minotaur $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312290276KirkusBooklist
Set in post-World War II London, a young cat burglar is blackmailed by MI5 into helping them with an investigation involving international espionage. A Minotaur First Edition Selection.
Updated 9.7.02 - In a True Light
Author: Harvey, John
Publisher: Carroll & Graf $ 26 ISBN: 0786710535PWBooklist
A master at the top of his form redefines the crime novel with a gripping neo-noir thriller that revisits the bohemian art scene of 1950s New York.
Updated 8.13.02 - Decipher
Author: Pavlou, Stel
Publisher: Tor $ 24.95 ISBN: 0312280750Kirkus
In this fascinating blend of science, mythology, and language, ancient monuments the world over are being awakened by a signal emanating from deep within the ice of Antarctica. The signal contains secrets that threaten to destroy the world.
Updated 7.17.02 - Buck Fever: Blanco County Texas
Author: Rehder, Ben
Publisher: Minotaur $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312291140PWLibrary Journal
It's the beginning of a crazy weekend in Blanco County as deer hunting season gets underway--and already a man in a deer suit has been shot. A sidesplittingly funny debut that does for Texas what Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey have done for Florida.
Updated 9.7.02
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