ALLEN & UNWIN (dist., by IPG)
Recovered Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia (May, $14.95) by Richard McClelland describes one man's struggle.
ALYSON
Powertool: The Jeff Stryker Story (May, $14.95) by Jeff Stryker with Fred Goss. The well-endowed adult film star tells his story. 25,000 first printing.
Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story (Aug., $15.95) by Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski reveals the actor's bizarre, prickly, hilarious persona and life. Advertising.
AMBER/AMBROSIA
Beside Every Great Man (Apr., $16.95) by Kitty Pope. These brief biographies feature the lives of women whose men changed the way America related to African-Americans.
AMBER/BUSTA BOOKS
Beyoncé, Destiny's Child, Alicia, Ashanti, Mya and Jennifer—The Divas of R&B, Pop and Soul... Now and Forever (Apr., $14.95) by Kelly Kenyatta, Natasha Lowery and Stacy Deanne. Young African-American women make their mark in the recording industry.
AMBER/COLOSSUS BOOKS
Michael Jackson: King of Pop—The Big Picture—The Music! The Man! The Legacy! The Interviews! An Anthology! (Mar., $16.95) by Jel D. Lewis (Jones). A fan looks at the misunderstood musical genius.
BEACON PRESS
Shelf Life: Romance, Mystery, Drama, and Other Page-Turning Adventures from a Year in a Bookstore (May, $14) by Suzanne Strempek Shea describes the unique joys of a good bookstore.
BERKLEY
Fifty-Two Fights: A Newlywed's Confession (June, $13) by Jennifer Jeanne Patterson is a candid portrait.
BERKLEY BOULEVARD
Hilary Duff: All Access (July, $12) by Matthew Rettenmund looks at the reigning teen queen.
CAMINO BOOKS
Mackerel at Midnight: Growing Up Jewish on a Remote Scottish Island (Apr., $14.95) by Ethel G. Hofman. The former president of the International Association of Culinary Professionals remembers two diverse cultures in a unique landscape.
CARROLL & GRAF
No Dogs in Heaven?: Scenes from the Life of a Country Vet (Apr., $13.95) by Robert Sharp collects 40 tales of the joys and misadventures of a vet in rural Ohio.
The Smoking Diaries (Aug., $14.95) by Simon Gray is a new memoir from the author of the play, Butley, starring Nathan Lane in a fall 2005 revival.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
Crossing Three Wildernesses (May, $16) by U Sam Oeur with Ken McCullough This memoir from a pre—Khmer Rouge government official who survived Cambodia's killing fields is a plea for peace. Advertising. Author tour.
IVAN R. DEE
Beckett in 90 Minutes and
D.H. Lawrence in 90 Minutes (May, $8.95 each) by Paul Strathern are new titles in the Great Writers in 90 Minutes series.
DOUGLAS & MCINTYRE
Growing Pains (May, $12.95) by Emily Carr brings Carr's story, finished shortly before her death in 1945, back into print. It follows her girlhood in Victoria, B.C., and years of art training, frustrations and final triumph.
WM. B. EERDMAN'S
Her Heart Can See: The Life and Hymns of Fanny J. Crosby (May, $20) by Edith L. Blumhofer looks at a prolific American hymn writer.
FULCRUM
33 Months as a POW in Stalag Luft III: A WWII Airman Tells His Story (May, $17.95) by Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark. The first combat personnel captured in U.S. uniform by the Germans directed escape work among the American prisoners. Ad/promo.
GALLAUDET UNIV. PRESS
Far from Home: Memories of World War II and Afterward (Mar., $29.95) by Mary Herring Wright describes life as a deaf African-American working and raising a family in Washington, D.C.
GOOD BOOKS
Passing on the Comfort: The War, the Quilts, and the Women Who Made a Difference (May, $14.95) by Lynn Kaplanian-Buller and An Keuning-Tichelaar. Two women meet in Holland, brought together by a collection of quilts and the part they played in the WWII refugee effort.
GREYCORE PRESS
A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Sister (May, $12.95) by Julie Mars. To assuage the pain of her sister's death, Mars seeks a better understanding of "the spirit" by visiting 31 houses of worship. 5-city author tour.
GREYSTONE BOOKS
With the Boys: Field Notes on Being a Guy (Aug., $15.95) by Jake MacDonald chronicles the outdoor adventures of guys the author has known.
HAUS PUBLISHERS
James Joyce (June, $15.95) by Ian Pindar profiles the life of the noted 20th-century writer.
HEADLINE (dist. by Trafalgar Square)
Bravemouth: Living with Billy Connolly (Mar., $14.99) by Pamela Stephenson continues the Scottish comedian's story by his wife.
HEYDAY BOOKS
AutoBiodiversity (Apr., $14.95) by Howard Junker collects memoirs, confessions and personal narratives from ZYZZYVA, the West Coast literary journal celebrating its 20th anniversary.
LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS
Ignatius Rising: The Life of John Kennedy Toole (Apr., $18.95) by René Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy remembers the troubled author of A Confederacy of Dunces. Advertising.
MARLOWE & CO.
Elaine's Circle: A Teacher, a Student, a Classroom and One Unforgettable Year (Aug., $21) by Bob Katz. When a spirited fourth-grade boy is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, his teacher, classmates and the community rally to make his impending death a lesson about life.
NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS/FROG LTD.
Working the Sea: Misadventures, Ghost Stories, and Life Lessons from a Lobsterfisherman (May, $13.95) by Wendell Seavey shares stories of a life told with humor, humility and a touch of mischief.
JOHN F. BLAIR
Recovering from Mortality: Essays from a Cancer Limbo Time (Apr., $11.95) by Deborah Cumming. Essays examine how we live our lives.
O'BRIEN PRESS (dist. by the Univ. of Wisconsin Press)
Joe Cahill: A Life in the IRA (Mar., $19.95) by Brendan Anderson is the story of Cahill's 60-year involvement with the IRA.
PLUME
The Chalupa Rules (June, $14) by Mario Bósquez. New York City's first full-time Chicano news anchor delivers a message that people of diverse backgrounds can succeed against seemingly impossible odds.
RIVERHEAD
I'm Not the New Me (May, $14) by Wendy McClure looks at the absurdities of the weight-loss culture and the effect of self-image on relationships.
SOUVENIR PRESS (dist. by IPG)
The Van Gogh File: The Myth and the Man (Apr., $16.95) by Ken Wilkie follows Van Gogh around Europe and makes new discoveries about his life and the roots of his art.
STACEY INTERNATIONAL (dist. by Interlink)
Gertrude Bell: A Biography (Mar., $29.95) by H.V.F. Winstone covers the life of the 20th-century adventurer, archeologist and Arabist.
STATE UNIV. OF NEW YORK PRESS
On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate (Mar., $24.95) by Sondra Perl. A teacher journeys into the alien territory of Hitler's birthplace.
THUNDER'S MOUTH PRESS
Rat Scabies and the Holy Grail (July, $15.95) by Rat Scabies and Christopher Daves. This psychedelic road trip is a testimony to the odd nature of certain friendships.
UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS
Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: A Memoir (Mar., $12.95) by Frank Sikora offers an affectionate account of smalltown Alabama during the civil rights era.
UNIV. OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe (July, $21.95) by Bob Black tells the story of the father of bluegrass from one of the original Blue Grass Boys.
UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS
George Caleb Bingham: Missouri's Famed Painter and Forgotten Politician (Apr., $19.95) by Paul Nagel assesses Bingham's artistic achievements and documents his service as a statesman and political leader.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
To Alcatraz, Death Row, and Back: Memories of an East L.A. Outlaw (May, $22.95) by Ernie Lopez and Rafael Perez-Torres is an insider's account of doing time in Alcatraz and on death row in San Quentin.
UNIV. OF UTAH PRESS
Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir (Mar., $14.95) by Leonard Bird describes Bird's time as a Marine exposed to radiation at the Nevada test site in the 1950s and coping with the subsequent cancer.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS/TERRACE BOOKS
The Private Journals of Edvard Munch: We Are Flames Which Pour Out of the Earth (Apr., $29.95) by Edvard Munch, edited and trans. by J. Gil Holland, is a new translation of the artist's journal.
UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI
Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation (Apr., $20) by Martha Sigall describes a career inside the wild and wacky studios that created Warner Bros. and MGM cartoon classics.
VILLARD
Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be (Mar., $13.95) by Rebecca Eckler. The newspaper columnist describes her pregnancy as a sort of "what if Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw had unexpectedly gotten pregnant."
