Feb 10, 2012
Your nearly-definitive list of what’s dropping this week.
Adults
February 13
Until Next Timeby Kevin Fox (Algonquin, $15.95; ISBN 978-1565129931).
The Quiet Twin by Dan Vyleta (Bloomsbury, $16; ISBN 978-1-60819-808-5).
The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha (Crown Business, $26; ISBN 978-0-307-88890-7).
The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming of Cashless Society by David Wolman (Da Capo, $25; ISBN 978-0-306-81883-7).
Girlchild by Tupelo Hassman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $23; ISBN 978-0-374-16257-3).
Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times by Eyal Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25; ISBN 978-0-374-14342-8).
Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society: A Visual Guide by Adam Parfrey and Craig Heimbichner (Feral House, Consortium, dist., $29.95; ISBN 978-1-93239-14-6).
The Next One to Fall by Hilary Davidson (Forge, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-7653-2698-0).
Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command by Paul Garrison (Grand Central, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-446-56450-2).
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford (Graywolf, $26; ISBN 978-1-55597-604-0).
To Free a Family: The Journey of Mary Wallker by Sydney Nathans (Harvard Univ., $29.95; ISBN 978-0-674-06212-2).
Friends Like Us by Lauren Fox (Knopf, $23.95; ISBN 978-0-307-26811-1).
Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (Little Brown, $27.99; ISBN 978-0316206822).
Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand (Minotaur, $23.99; ISBN 978-0-312-58594-5).
Deader Homes and Gardens by Joan Hess (Minotaur, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-36362-8).
Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt (Minotaur, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-59837-2).
Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody (Minotaur, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-62239-8).
Restless in the Grave by Dana Stabenow (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-55913-7).
Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot by Philip Keith (Minotaur, $26.99; ISBN 978-0312681920).
Deep South Knitting: Knitting, Traveling, and Cooking With a Southern Accent by Beth Moriarty (Planet Purl, $26.95; ISBN 978-0615528540).
The Last Great Senate: Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis by Ira Shapiro (PublicAffairs, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-58648-936-6).
Our Black Year by Maggie Anderson, with Ted Gregory (PublicAffairs, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-61039-024-8).
The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich (S&S/Gallery, $15; ISBN 978-1-4516-5747-0).
Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman (Simon & Schuster, $23; ISBN 978-1-4391-8700-5).
Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II by Barrett Tillman (Simon & Schuster, $27; ISBN 978-1-4391-9087-6).
Night Rounds by Helene Tursten, trans. From the Swedish byLaura A. Wideburg (Soho Crime, $25; ISBN 978-1-61695-006-4).
The Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax (Soho, $25; ISBN 978-1-61695-049-1).
Mob Daughter: The Mafia, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and Me! by Karen Gravano with Lisa Pulitzer (St. Martin's, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-250-00305-8).
Other Waters by Eleni N. Gage (St. Martin's, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-65851-9).
Oath of Office by Michael Palmer (St. Martin's, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-312-58753-6).
1494: How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half by Stephen R. Bown (St. Martin's, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-312-61612-0).
Gypsy Boy: My Life in the Secret World of the Romany Gypsies by Mikey Walsh (St. Martin's/Dunne, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-312-62208-4).
Upgunned by David J. Schow (St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-57137-5).
The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best Kept Secret by Kent Hartman (St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-61974-9).
The Crusader: The Life and Tumultuous Times of Pat Buchanan by Timothy Stanley (St. Martin's/Dunne, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-312-58174-9).
The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan 1838-1842 by Diana Preston (Walker, $26; ISBN 978-0-8027-7982-3).
The Lost History of 1914: The Year the Great War Began by Jack Beatty (Walker, $30; ISBN 978-0-8027-7811-6).
February 14
Why Are Faggots Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to Conformedited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (AK Press, $17.95; ISBN 978-1849350884).
Dead and Not So Buried by James L. Conway (Camel, www.camelpress.com, $15.95; ISBN 978-1-60381-866-7).
Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Shift Your Money From Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity by Michael H. Shuman (Chelsea Green, $17.95; ISBN 978-1-6035-8343-5).
Silk by Rupert James (Cleis, $26.95; ISBN 978-1573447614).
Use Your Brain to Change Your Age: Secrets to Look, Feel, and Think Younger Every Day by Daniel G. Amen (Crown Archetype, $26; ISBN 978-0307888549).
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella (Dial, $26; ISBN 978-0385342063).
Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars by Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg (Grove, $25; ISBN 978-0802120076).
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking by John Brockman (Harper Perrenial, $15.99; ISBN 978-0062109392).
Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening by Diana Butler Bass (HarperOne, $25.99; ISBN 978-0062003737).
Dharma Feast Cookbook: Recipes for a Fresh Start by Theresa Rogers and Tika Altemöller (Hohm/Kalindi, $24.95; ISBN 978-1-935826-21-7).
Shape Shape: Sewing Clothing Patterns to Wear in Multiple Ways by Natsuno Hiraiwa (Interweave, $24.95; ISBN 978-1596683556).
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice (Knopf, $25.95; ISBN 978-0307595119).
Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing by Jim Yardley (Knopf, $26.95; ISBN 978-0307272218).
Sustenance by Elizabeth Wassell (Liberties, Dufour dist., $22.95; ISBN 978-1-907-593-30-7).
Wifey 4 Life by Kiki Swinson (Melodrama, $6.99; ISBN 978-1934157435).
Agorafabulous! Dispatches From My Bedroom by Sara Benincasa (Morrow, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-06-202441-1).
Uprising: How Wisconsin Renewed the Politics of Protest, rom Madison to Wall Street by John Nichols (Nation, $15.99; ISBN 978-1568587035).
The Man in the Empty Boat by Mark Salzman (Open Road, $24.99; ISBN 978-1453222683).
A Darker Shade of Blue: Stories by John Harvey (Pegasus Crime, Norton dist., $25; ISBN 978-1-60598-284-7).
The Mindful Carnivore: A Vegetarian's Hunt for Sustenance by Tovar Cerulli (Pegasus, $26.95; ISBN 978-1-60598-277-9).
Treacherous by Gary Phillips (Perfect Crime, www.perfectcrimebooks.com, $14.95; ISBN 978-1-935797-20-3).
Murder Unscripted by Clive Rosengren (Perfect Crime, www.perfectcrimebooks.com, $8; ISBN 978-1-935797-19-7).
Death in Budapest by James L. Ross (Perfect Crime, www.perfectcrimebooks.com, $9.95; ISBN 978-1-935797-17-3).
Enemies: A History of the FBI by Tim Weiner (Random, $30; ISBN 978-1400067480).
The Way We Live in the Country by Stafford Cliff (Rizzoli, $39.99; ISBN 978-0847837113).
Queen Elizabeth II: A Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Album by Jane Roberts (Royal Collection Publications, $24.95; ISBN 978-1905686407).
Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic and Chris N. Brown (Small Beer, Consortium dist., $16; ISBN 978-1-931520-31-7).
Insatiable by Opal Carew (St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99; ISBN 978-0312674618).
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay (St. Martin's, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-59330-8).
James Madison and the Making of America by Kevin R. C. Gutzman (St. Martin's, $27.99; ISBN 978-10312625009).
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Anne Sebba (St. Martin's, $27.99; ISBN 978-1-250-00296-9).
The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Consitution and What We Risk by Losing Them by Larry P. Arnn (Thomas Nelson, $19.99; ISBN 978-1595554727).
The Forest Laird: A Tale of William Wallace by Jack Whyte (Tor, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-7653-3156-4).
The Principles of Knitting by June Hemmons Hiatt (Touchstone, $45; ISBN 978-1416535171).
V is for Vagina:Your A to Z Guide to Periods, Piercings, Pleasures, and So Much More by Alyssa Dweck (Ulysses, $14.95; ISBN 978-1612430157).
February 15
The Flamer by Ben Rogers (Aqueous, $14; ISBN 978-0984739936).
Sticky Fingers' Sweets by Doron Petersan (Avery, $27.50; ISBN 978-1583334638).
The Garden Intrigue by Lauren Willig (Dutton, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-525-95254-1).
Heart Thoughts: A Treasury of Inner Wisdom by Louise Hay (Hay House, $12.95; ISBN 978-1561700455).
Enough Already: The Power of Radical Contentment by Alan Cohen (Hay House, $15.95; ISBN 978-1401935207).
The Hero in Me by Susan Fitzsimonds (Nelson, $10.95; ISBN 978-1933916941).
Timebomb by Gerald Seymour (Overlook, $25.95; ISBN 978-1-59020-699-7).
Monty and Rommel: Parallel Lives by Peter Caddick-Adams (Overlook, $35; ISBN 978-1-59020-725-3).
Mrs. God by Peter Straub (Pegasus, $23.95; IBN 978-1605983042).
The Emergency State: America's Pursuit of Absolute Security at All Costs by David C. Unger (Penguin Press, $27.95; ISBN 978-1-59420-324-4).
Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All--and What We Can Do About It by Sean Faircloth (Pitchstone, $21.95; ISBN 978-0984493241).
Locavore Adventures: One Chef's Slow Food Journey by Jim Weaver (Rivergate, $22.95; ISBN 978-0813551708).
Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memories of a Restaurant Girlhood by Charlotte Silver (Riverhead, $25.95; ISBN 978-1594488153).
Maps of Fate: Book Two by Reid Lance Rosenthal (Rockin SR, $14.95; ISBN 978-0982157633).
100 Contemporary Houses by Philip Jodidio (Tasche, $59.99; ISBN 978-3836523301).
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins by Diane Diekman (Univ. of Illinois, $29.95; ISBN 978-0252036323).
Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music by John Caps (Univ. of Illinois, $29.95; ISBN 978-0-252-03673-6).
Holding Our World Together: Ojibew Women and the Survival of Community by Brenda J. Child (Viking, $22.95; ISBN 978-0-670-02324-0).
The Royal Wulff Murders by Keith McCafferty (Viking, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-670-02326-4).
Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts by Stacy A. Cordery (Viking, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-670-02330-1).
The Darlings by Cristina Alger (Viking/Pam Dorman, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-670-02327-1).
Anatomy of Murder by Imogen Robertson (Viking/Pamela Dorman, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-670-02317-2).
The World of a Few Minutes Ago: Stories by Jack Driscoll (Wayne Street, $18.95; ISBN 978-0814336120).
February 16
J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson: Investigating the Sexual Secrets of America's Most Famous Men and Women by Darwin Porter (Blood Moon, $19.95; ISBN 978-1936003259).
The Fine Art of Truth or Dare by Melissa Jensen (Penguin/Speak, $8.99; ISBN 978-0-14-242090-4).
My Life in Prison: Memoirs of a Chinese Political Dissident by Jiang Qisheng, trans. from the Chinese by James Dew (Rowman & Littlefield, $45; ISBN 978-1-4422-1222-0).
The Big Dance: The Story of the NCAA Basketball Tournament by Barry Wilner (Taylor Trade, $17.95; ISBN 978-1-58979-621-8).
February 17
Guardians of Finance: Making Regulators Work for Usby James R. Barth (MIT, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-262-01739-8).
February 19
Yes, Ma'am, No, Sir: The 12 Essential Steps for Success in Lifeby Ken Carter (Grand Central/Business Plus, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-4555-0234-9).
The Human Right to Health by Jonathan Wolff (Norton, $22.95; ISBN 978-0-393-06335-6).
Children’s/YA
February 14
The Vanishing Game by Kate Kae Myers (Bloombury, $16.99; ISN 978-1599906942).
Fairy Lies by E.D.D. Baker (Bloomsbury, $16.99; ISBN 978-1599905501).
Randy Riley's Really Big Hit y Chris Van Duen (Candlewick, $15.99; ISBN 978-0-7636-4946-3).
Quest for the Secret Keeper by Victoria Laurie (Delacorte, $16.99; ISBN 978-0385738613).
The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredge (Delacorte, $17.99; ISBN 97809385738316).
The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison (Egmont USA, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-60684-263-8).
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal (Feiwel & Friends, $8.99; ISBN 978-1250014450).
Arcadia Awakens by Kai Meyer (HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-0620-0606-6).
Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood (HarperCollins/Tegan, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-06-208423-1).
Bewitching: The Kendra Chronicles by Alex Flinn (HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0062024145).
Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Knopf, $15.99; ISBN 978-0375869020).
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny: Detectives Extraordinare! by Polly Horvath, illus. by Sophie Blackall (Random/Schwartz & Wade, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-375-86755-2).
Henri's Walk to Paris by Saul Bass (Rizzoli/Universe, $19.95; ISBN 978-0-7893-2263-0).
The Galahad Legacy by Dom Testa (Tor Teen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0765321121).
Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen (Walker Children's, $17.99; ISBN 978-0802723468).
February 16
Women Explorers by Julia Cummins (Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0803737136).
The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour (Dutton, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-525-42219-8).
Masks by Laurie Halse Anderson (Puffin, $6.99; ISBN 978-0142412572).
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