Spring 2005 Trade Paperback Reprints cont...

Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and the American Revolution (Aug., $14) by David Waldstreicher.

The Americans at D-Day (May, $14.95) by John C. McManus.

Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (June, $14) by Marion Meade.

Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions, and Lore that Shaped Modern America (Apr., $12.95) by Martin J. Smith and Patrick J. Kiger.

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration (Apr., $18.95) by Stephen Hahn.

Freethinkers (Mar., E16) by Susan Jacoby.

A Night to Remember, 50th Anniversary Edition (Mar., $13) by Walter Lord.

The Italian Boy (May, $15) by Sarah Wise.

A Patriot’s Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love (Apr., $16.95) by Caroline Kennedy; 100,000 first printing.

Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E.J. Kaufmann, and America’s Most Extraordinary House (Apr., $25) by Franklin Toker.

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Apr., $14.95) by Dean King.

The Age of Shakespeare (May, $12.95) by Frank Kermode.

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression (Apr., $16.95) by Studs Terkel.

Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (Apr., $16) by Niall Ferguson; 100,000 first printing.

Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–1934 (July, $16) by Bryan Burrough; 150,000 first printing.

Founding Mothers (Mar., $14.95) by Cokie Roberts; 150,000 first printing.

Freedom Just Around the Corner (Apr., $17.95) by Walter A. McDougall; 40,000 first printing.

American Taboo (June, $13.95) by Philip Weiss; 35,000 first printing.

Korea (June, $13.95) by Simon Winchester; 25,000 first printing.

Shadow Divers: The True Adventures of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II (May, $14.95) by Robert Kurson.

Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan (June, $17.95) by Hugh Thomas.

1215: The Year of the Magna Carta (June, $14) by Danny Danziger.

"Mixed Blood" Indians: Racial Construction in the Early South Forest (Mar., $16.95) by Theda Purdue.

Cumberland Island: A History (Mar., $22.95) by Mary Bullard.

The Cedarville Conspiracy Indicting U.S. Steel (Apr., $16.95) by L. Stephen Cox.

Franklin on Franklin (Mar., $18), edited by Paul M. Zall.

Unsolved History: Investigating Mysteries of the Past (May, $19.95) by Joe Nickell.

The Island at the Center of the World (Apr., $14.95) by Russell Shorto.

Lost for Words: The Hidden History of the Oxford English Dictionary (Apr., $30) by Lynda Mugglestone.

The Somme (Apr., $35) by Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson.

The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920–1950 (May, $39.95) by Robert Wohl.


Humor

BANTAM

The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (May, $14), edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts; 30,000 first printing.

How Tough Could It Be? (May, $13) by Austin Murphy.

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (May, $14.95) by David Sedaris.

Off Main Street: Barnstormers, Prophets & Gatemouth’s Gator (Apr., $13.95) by Michael Perry; 25,000 first printing.

Wacky Chicks: Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women (June, $12) by Simon Doonan; 50,000 first printing.

Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans (June, $11.95) by Dave Eggers.


Lifestyle

FOX CHAPEL

Scrimshaw (Mar., $14.95) by Steve Pasziewicz and Roger Schroeder.

Doug Lindstrand’s Alaska Sketchbook (Mar., $25) by Doug Lindstrand.

Wabi Sabi Style (Mar., $19.95) by James and Sandra Crowley.

Home Comforts (May, $19.95) by Cheryl Mendelson.

Chanel (Apr., $39.95) by Harold Koda, Andrew Bolton and Olivier Saillard.


Literary Criticism and Essays

ANCHOR

Stranger Than Fiction (May, $13) by Chuck Palahniuk; 75,000 first printing.

The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays (May, $14.95) by Caroline Knapp.

Sontag & Kael: Opposites Attract Me (July, $13.95) by Craig Seligman.

War and the Illiad (May, $14.95) by Simone Weil and Rachel Bespaloff.

The Bastard on the Couch (June, $13.95) by Daniel Jones; 40,000 first printing.

The Gentle Art of Murder: The Detective Fiction of Agatha Christie (Mar., $18.95) by Earl F. Bargainnier.

Writing Down the Bones (Aug., $12.95) by Natalie Goldberg; 30,000 first printing.

Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness–Modern History from the ESPN.com Sports Desk (Aug., $13) by Hunter S. Thompson; 60,000 first printing.

Dominion of the Dead (May, $14) by Robert Pogue Harrison.

The Emily Dickinson Handbook (Apr., $24.95).


Nature & Environment

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America (Apr., $18.95) by Kenn Kaufman; 50,000 first printing.

The Peregrine (Mar., $14) by J.A. Baker.

The Secret Life of Lobsters (May, $13.95) by Trevor Corson; 60,000 first printing.

New Age

RED WHEEL/MOMENT POINT PRESS

Conversations with Seth: 25th Anniversary Edition Vol. I (May, $15.95) by Susan M. Watkins.

Prophecy: What the Future Holds For You (July, $14) by Sylvia Brown with Lindsay Harrison.


Performing Arts & Film

APPLAUSE

Everything Was Possible: The Birth of the Musical Follies (Apr., $17.95) by Ted Chapin.

A Simple Twist of Fate: Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks (Mar., $14.95) by Andy Gill and Kevin Odegard.

Dylan’s Visions of Sin (Aug., $15.95) by Christopher Ricks; 40,000 first printing.

Lynch on Lynch (Mar., $16), edited by Chris Rodley.

The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties (May, $17.95) by J. Hoberman.

Maria Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina (Mar., $19.95) by Maria Tallchief with Larry Kaplan.

An American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse, 1931–2005 (June, $39.95) by Richard Somerset-Ward, foreword by Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.


Philosophy

PRINCETON UNIV. PRESS

The New Quotable Einstein (Apr., $14.95), edited and collected by Alice Calaprice.


Photography

UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS

Powerful Days: The Civil Rights Photography of Charles Moore (Apr., $29.95) by Charles Moore and Michael S. Durham.

Irving Penn: The Platinum Prints (June, $50) by Sarah Greenough.


Poetry

FARRAR. STRAUS & GIROUX

Collected Poems (Apr., $25) by Ted Hughes.

The Poetry of Pablo Neruda (Apr., $20) by Pablo Neruda.

Collected Later Poems (May, $16.95) by Anthony Hecht.

Walking to Martha’s Vineyard (May, $15) by Franz Wright.

The Selected Poems (May, $14.95) by Federico García Lorca.

180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (Mar., $13.95), selected and with an introduction by Billy Collins.

Crush (Apr., $14.95) by Richard Siken.


Politics

BASIC BOOKS

Letters to a Young Contrarian (Apr., $12.95) by Christopher Hitchens; 60,000 first printing.

Letters to a Young Conservative (Apr., $12.95) by Dinesh D’Souza; 60,000 first printing.

Bushworld (Mar., $15) by Maureen Dowd.

The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife’s CIA Identity (May, $15.95) by Ambassador Joseph Wilson.

Why Societies Need Dissent (Apr., $15.95) by Cass R. Sunstein.

The Enemy Within (Mar., $14.99) by Michael Savage.

Fat Man Fed Up: How American Politics Went Bad (July, $13.95) by Jack W. Germond.

Who Let the Dogs In?: Incredible Political Animals I Have Known (July, $14.95) by Molly Ivins.

Hating America (Apr., $14.95) by John Gibson.

Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency (May, $14.95) by Patrick J. Buchanan. 75,000 first printing.

Before the Fall: An Inside View of the Pre-Watergate White House (Apr., $29.95) by William Safire.

Worse than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush (Apr., $14.95) by John W. Dean.


Psychology

BALLANTINE

Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them (June, $14.95) by Maggie Scarf.

Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life’s Ordeals (May, $15) by Thomas Moore.

50 Signs of Mental Illness: A Guide to Understanding Mental Health (Apr., $28) by James Whitney Hicks, M.D.


Reference

COUNTERPOINT

Your Own Words (Apr., $14) by Barbara Wallraff.

American Heritage Thesaurus, First Edition (June, $14).

The Historical Atlas of New York City (May, $23) by Eric Homberger., Alice Hudson, cartographic consultant.

Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past (Apr., $14.95) by William Zinsser.

Write Away (Mar., $13.95) by Elizabeth George; 25,000 first printing.

College Knowledge: 101 Tips for the College-Bound Student (May, $17.95) by David Schoem.


Religion

BERKLEY

He-Motions (July, $14) by T.D. Jakes.

I Like Being Catholic: Treasured Traditions, Rituals, and Stories (Apr., $12.95), edited by Michael Leach and Theresa Borchard.

What’s Right with Islam (May, $14.95) by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf; 15,000 first printing.

If I Knew It Was Going to Be This Much Fun, I Would Have Become a Grandparent First (Apr., $13.95) by Willard Scott and Friends.

Good Parents, Tough Times: How Your Catholic Faith Provides Hope and Guidance in Times of Crisis (Mar., $14.95) by Charlene C. Giannetti and Margaret Sangarese.

Nearer to the Heart of God: Daily Readings from the Christian Mystics (Mar., $16.95) by Bernard Bangley.

Radical Hospitality: Benedict’s Way of Love (May, $16.95) by Father Dan Homan and Lonni Collins Pratt.

The Wisdom of Forgiveness (Aug., $14) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Victor Chan.

The Gnostic Bible (June, $29.95), edited by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer; 25,000 first printing.

The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose (Oct., $14) by Matthew Kelly.

Battlefield of the Kid’s Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind (June, $12.99) by Joyce Meyer.


Science

W.W. NORTON

Adam’s Curse: The Science that Reveals Our Genetic Destiny (May, $15.95) by Bryan Sykes

Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time (May, $13.95) by Michio Kaku.

Mind Wide Open (May, $15) by Steven Johnson.

TechGnosis: Myth, Magic & Mysticism in the Age of Information (Mar., $16) by Erik Davis.


Self-Help & Recovery

BALLANTINE

Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life (Apr., $13.95) by Lis Wiehl.

For Women Only (Apr., $15) by Jennifer Berman, M.D. and Laura Berman.

How To Have an Orgasm…As Often as You Want: Life-Changing Sexual Secrets for Women and Their Partners (Apr., $14.95) by Rachel Swift.

"All You Need Is Love" and Other Lies About Marriage (Mar., $13.95) by John W. Jacobs, M.D.; 30,000 first printing.

What Jackie Taught Us (Apr., $12.95) by Tina Santi Flaherty.

Status Anxiety (May, $13) by Alain de Botton.

More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul (May, $12.95) by Steven Z. Leder.


Social Sciences

BASIC BOOKS

Letters to a Young Lawyer (Apr., $12.95) by Alan Dershowitz; 60,000 first printing.

In Praise of Slowness (May, $14.95) by Carl Honore; 30,000 first printing.

The Status Syndrome (Aug., $16) by Michael Marmot.

Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities (Apr., $13.95) by Alexandra Robbins; 60,000 first printing.

The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire, and Educate Children (Aug., $11.95) by Ron Clark; 100,000 first printing.

Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture (Apr., $18.95) by Sharon Zukin.

On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense (June, $14) by David Brooks; 50,000 first printing.

Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery (Apr., $19.95) by Virginia L. Blum.

America on Trial: Inside the Legal Battles that Transformed Our Nation (May, $16.95) by Alan M. Dershowitz.


Sports

ANCHOR

A Year at the Races (Apr., $13) by Jane Smiley.

27 Men Out: Baseball’s Perfect Games (Apr., $14) by Michael Coffey.

The New York Yankees: 100 Years–The Official Retrospective (Apr., $27.95), foreword by Joe Torre.

The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream (Apr., $14.95) by Jim Collins.

I Call the Shots: Straight Talk About the Game of Golf Today (May, $15) by Johnny Miller with Guy Yocom.

David Leadbetter’s Positive Practice (May, $19.95) by David Leadbetter.

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It (Apr., $14) by Neal Bascomb; 50,000 first printing.

Caddy for Life: The Bruce Edwards Story (May, $14.95) by John Feinstein.

Ten Rings (Apr., $12.95) by Yogi Berra with Dave Kaplan; 30,000 first printing.

First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush (Oct., $16) by Don Van Natta Jr.

Golf My Way, Revised and Updated (Mar., $16.95) by Jack Nicklaus with Ken Bowden; 60,000 first printing.

Baseball’s Greatest Season, 1924 (Apr., $19.95) by Reed Browning.


True Crime

Love & Death: An Explosive Investigation into the Murder of Kurt Cobain (Mar., $14) by Max Wallace and Ian Halperin.

I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran and Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa (May, $15.95) by Charles Brandt; 50,000 first printing.

The Badge: True and Terrifying Crime Stories that Could Not Be Presented on TV, from the Creator and Star of Dragnet (Apr., $13.95) by Jack Webb.

Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief (Apr., $14.95) by Bill Mason with Lee Gruenfeld.


War & Military

BERKLEY

Battle Ready (May, $16) by Tom Clancy with General Tony Zinni.

The Pentagon’s New Map (May, $16) by Thomas Barnett.

Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion (June, $17.95) by David Stafford.

Where They Lay: A Forensic Expedition in the Jungles of Laos (July, $14) by Earl Swift.

Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of Sog (Apr., $16) by John L. Plaster.

The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger (July, $14.95), edited by Matt Eversmann and Dan Schilling.

American Military Aviation: The Indispensable Arm (Mar., $19.95) by Charles J. Gross.


Women’s Studies

UNIV. OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business (Mar., $25) by Virginia G. Drachman.

Writing the Siege of Leningrad: Women’s Diaries, Memoirs, and Documentary Prose (Mar., $19.95) by Cynthia Simmons and Nina Perlina.

Return to the Spring 2005 Announcements Main Page