On-Sale Calendar: August 2012

August 1

Game Plan for Life: Chalk Talks Devotional by Joe Gibbs (Zondervan, $15.99; ISBN 978-0-310-33037-0).

Undaunted by Christine Caine (Zondervan, $15.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-310-33387-6).

Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst (Zondervan, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-310-33279-4).

August 2

Blue Water, Green Skipper by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-399-16111-7). 50,000 copies.

Off the Grid by P. J. Tracy (Putnam, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15804-9). 50,000 copies.

August 6

Obama's America by Dinesh D'Souza (Regnery, $29.95; ISBN 978-1-59698-778-4). 250,000 copies.

August 7

Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon (St. Martin's Press, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-54661-8). 400,000 copies.

Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas (Griffin, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-250-00829-9). 300,000 copies.

The Spymasters: A Men at War Novel by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth, IV (Putnam, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15751-6). 250,000 copies.

Sentinel by Matthew Dunn (Morrow, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-203792-3). 150,000 copies.

America's Most Wanted Recipes Just Desserts: Sweet Indulgences from Your Family's Favorite Restaurants by Ron Douglas (Atria, $16; ISBN 978-1-4516-2336-9). 125,000 copies.

Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-61978-7). 125,000 copies.

Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz (Knopf, $28.95; ISBN 978-0-307-27222-5). 100,000 copies.

A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming (St. Martin's Press, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-59133-5). 100,000 copies.

A Hundred Flowers by Gail Tsukiyama (St. Martin's Press, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-312-27481-8). 100,000 copies.

Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman (Thomas Dunne Books, $26.99; ISBN 978-1-250-02015-4).100,000 copies. New

The Struggle by Wanda E. Brunstetter (Barbour Books, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-61626-089-7). 80,000 copies.

Some Remarks by Neal Stephenson (Morrow, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-202443-5). 75,000 copies.

City of Women by David Gillham (Putnam/Amy Einhorn Books, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-399-15776-9). 75,000 copies.

The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams (Voice, $15.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4013-2423-0). 75,000 copies.

The Dog Stars by Peter Heller (Knopf, $25.95; ISBN 978-0-307-95994-2). 60,000 copies.

How to Look Expensive by Andrea Pomerantz Lustig (Gotham, $22.50 paper; ISBN 978-1-59240-723-1). 50,000 copies.

My Favorite Fangs by Alan Goldsher (Griffin, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-312-64020-0). 50,000 copies.

Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown (Bantam, $26; ISBN 978-0-345-53046-2).

Star Wars: X-Wing: Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston (Lucasbooks, $27; ISBN 978-0-345-53059-2).

The Light Between Oceans: A Novel by ML Stedman (Scribner, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-8173-4).

August 14

The Kingmaker's Daughter by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone, $26.99; ISBN-978-1-4516-2607-0). 175,000 copies.

And When She Was Good: A Novel by Laura Lippman (William Morrow, $26.99; ISBN 978-0-06-170687-5). 150,000 copies. New

Tiger's Claw by Dale Brown (Morrow, $26.99; ISBN 978-0-06-199001-4). 125,000 copies. One-day laydown.

Ten Dollar Dinners by Melissa d'Arabian with Raquel Pelzel (Clarkson Potter, $24.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-307-98514-9). 90,000 copies.

The Second Empress by Michelle Moran (Crown, $25; ISBN 978-0-307-95303-2). 60,000 copies.

I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza (Crown Archetype, $24; ISBN 978-0-307-88786-3). 50,000 copies.

The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine, $26; ISBN 978-0-345-52892-6).

Better Off Without ‘Em: A Northern Manifesto for Southern Secession by Chuck Thompson (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4516-1665-1).

Motherland: A Novel by Amy Sohn (Simon & Schuster, $25; ISBN 978-1-4391-5849-4).

The New, New Deal by Michael Grunwald (Simon & Schuster, $27; ISBN 978-1-4516-4232-2).

August 15

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life’s Greatest Challenges by Steven M. Southwick and Dennis S. Charney (Cambridge University Press, $22.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-521-19563-8-). One-day laydown. New

August 18

Venice by Joanne M. Ferraro (Cambridge University Press, $27.99; ISBN 978-0-521-88359-7).

August 21

Big Nate: Class Act by Lincoln Peirce (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $9.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-4494-2566-1). 150,000 copies.

Sapp Attack by Warren Sapp (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-250-00438-3). 150,000 copies. New

Leading from Behind by Richard Miniter (St. Martin’s Press, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-250-01610-2). 100,000 copies. New

Trickster's Point by William Krueger (Atria, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-4516-4567-5). 75,000 copies.

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks (St. Martin’s Press, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-250-00621-9). 75,000 copies. New

The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz (St. Martin's Press, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-62551-1). 75,000 copies.

Lionel Asbo: The State of England by Martin Amis (Knopf, $26.95; ISBN 978-0-307-95808-2). 50,000 copies.

A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller (Minotaur, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-250-00348-5). 50,000 copies. New

Star Wars: The Essential Reader's Companion by Pablo Hidalgo (Lucasbooks, $28; ISBN 978-0-345-51119-5).

Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $26.99; ISBN 978-1-4391-0243-5). One-day laydown.

Paterno by Joe Posnanski (Simon & Schuster, $28; ISBN 978-1-4516-5749-4). One-day laydown. New

August 22

Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century by James R. Flynn (Cambridge University Press, $22 paper; ISBN 978-1-107-60917-4). One-day laydown. New

August 27

Salumi: The Craft of Italian Dry Curing by Brian Polcyn and Michael Ruhlman (W. W. Norton, $39.95; ISBN 978-0-393-06859-7). 50,000 copies.

August 28

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (Minotaur, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-312-65546-4). 150,000 copies. New

The Sweet Magnolias Cookbook: 150 Favorite Southern Recipes by Sherryl Woods with Chef Teddi Wohlford (Harlequin Nonfiction, $21.95 paper; ISBN 978-0-373-89260-0). 125,000 copies. New

Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs (Mira, $24.95; ISBN 978-0-7783-1384-7). 75,000 copies. New

The Midwife of Hope River: A Novel of an American Midwife by Patricia Harman (William Morrow Paperbacks, $14.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-06-219889-1). 75,000 copies. New

The Sartorialist: Closer by Scott Schuman (Penguin Trade Paperback Original, $30 paper for each; female cover ISBN 978-0-14-312318-7; male cover ISBN 978-0-14-312321-7). 75,000 copies. Note: $255 hardcover, slipcase edition; ISBN 978-1-84614-654-1). New

The Conde Nast Traveler Book of Unforgettable Journeys: Volume II, Great Writers on Great Places by various authors, edited with an introduction by Klara Glowczweska (Penguin Trade Paperback Original, $16 paper; ISBN 978-0-14-312147-3). 50,000 copies. New

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin, $24.95; ISBN 978-1-61620-039-8). 50,000 copies.

August 29

Call the Midwife, Masterpiece Theatre six-part tie-in, by Jennifer Worth (Penguin Trade Paperback, $16 paper; ISBN 978-0-14-312325-5). 50,000 copies. New

August 30

Wallace by Jim Gorant (Gotham, $26; ISBN 978-1-59240-731-6). 50,000 copies.

The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World by Frans Johansson (Portfolio, $26.95; ISBN 978-1-59184-493-8). 50,000 copies.