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Deborah LawrensonThe Lantern

ISBN 13: 9780062049698On Sale: 8/9/2011

$25.99100K

Drawn to Dom, a confident and artistic wealthy older man she barely knows, bookish Eve recklessly embarks on a whirl-wind affair that offers a new life and a new home. But with autumn’s arrival the days be-gin to cool as does Dom. An evocative and sensuous tale of romantic and psychological suspense set against an exquisite landscape, The Lantern is a gripping story of past and present, love and jealousy, secrets and lies.

Deborah Lawrenson studied English at Cambridge University, and has worked as a journalist for various publications in England, including the Daily Mail, the Mail on Sunday, and Woman’s Journal magazine. She and her family spend as much time as possible at a crumbling hamlet in Provence, France, the setting for The Lantern. The Lantern is her first novel to be published in the United States.

Author Residence: Kent, United Kingdom and Provence, France

Neal StephensonReamde

ISBN 13: 9780061977961On Sale: 9/20/2011

$35250K

40 years ago, Richard Forthrast fled to Canada to avoid the draft, and got rich smug-gling marijuana. He became addicted to an online fantasy game about world domination which allowed him to launder his ill-gotten gains and begin his own computer gaming company. But, the line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young man accidently triggers a virtual war—and Richard is caught at the center.

Neal Stephenson is the author of Anathem, the three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) as well as Cryptonomi-con, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac.

Author Residence: Seattle, WA

Russell BanksLost Memory of Skin

ISBN 13: 9780061857638On Sale: 9/27/2011

$25.9950K

Known only as The Kid, a young man must rebuild his life in the wake of incarceration for sexual offenses. In this provocative new novel, Banks probes the zeitgeist of a troubled society where zero tolerance has erased any hope of compassion and where isolating the offender has perhaps created a new kind of victim.

One of America’s most prestigious fiction writers, Russell Banks is president of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes and awards.

Author Residence: Upstate New York and Miami, FL

Marisa de los SantosFalling Together

ISBN 13: 9780061670879On Sale: 10/4/2011

$25.99250K

Pen, Will and Cat shared a remarkable friendship in college until it abruptly ended and they went their separate ways. Now, six years later, Cat desperately reaches out for help. The girls’ reunion sends the friends on a journey across the world... a journey that will change everything. An emotionally pre-cise novel about friendship, family and love.

Marisa de los Santos is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning poet with a Ph.D. in literature and creative writing. Her past books include Belong to Me and Love Walked In.

Author Residence: Wilmington, DE

Richard KadreyAloha from Hell

ISBN 13: 9780061714320On Sale:10/18/2011

$23.9930K

Following the mayhem in Sandman Slim and Kill the Dead, Stark returns for another har-rowing, supernatural mission. Lucifer is back in Heaven, God’s on vacation, and an insane killer prepares to mount a war. Stark must return to Hell to follow his suidical plan that includes rescuing his long-lost love, stop-ping an insane serial killer, and preventing Heaven and Hell from completely destroying the other—or being destroyed.

Richard Kadrey has published five novels, including Sandman Slim, Butcher Bird, and Metrophage, as well as more than fifty stories. He has been immortalized as an action figure, and his short story “Goodbye Houston Street, Goodbye,” was nominated for a British Science Fiction Association Award.

Author Residence: San Francisco, CA

Fall 2011 Titles Fiction

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Caroline PrestonThe Scrapbook of

Frankie PrattISBN 13: 9780061966903

On Sale: 10/25/2011$25.9940K

Preston pulls from her own extraordinary collection of vintage ephemera to create the first ever scrapbook novel, transporting us back to the vibrant, burgeoning bohemian culture of the 1920s and introducing us to an unforgettable heroine: the spirited, ambitious, and lovely Frankie Pratt as she travels the world, searching for meaning in life, only to discover it in the one place she hadn’t thought to look — home.

Caroline Preston is the author of three previous novels, Jackie by Josie (a New York Times Notable Book), Lucy Crocker 2.0, and Gatsby’s Girl. She has worked as an archivist at the Peabody/ Essex Museum and Harvard University. She is married to the writer Christopher Tilghman.

Author Residence: Charlottesville, VA

Tim DorseyWhen Elves Attack

ISBN 13: 9780062092847On Sale: 10/25/2011

$16.9975K

Tim Dorsey offers the perfect antidote for all those sappy feel-good holiday stories with this zany blockbuster extravaganza in which his wonderfully deranged Floridaphile serial killer, Serge Storm, delivers his special brand of Christmas Cheer.

Tim Dorsey was a reporter and editor for the Tampa Tribune from 1987 to 1999, and is the author of thirteen novels: Electric Bar-racuda, Gator A-Go-Go, Nuclear Jellyfish, Atomic Lobster, Hurricane Punch, The Big Bamboo, Florida Roadkill, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, Orange Crush, Triggerfish Twist, The Stingray Shuffle, Cadillac Beach, and Torpedo Juice.

Author Residence: Tampa, FL

Gregory MaguireOut of Oz

ISBN 13: 9780060548940On Sale: 11/1/2011

$26.99400K

The marvelous land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who’s knocking at the door...Dorothy. Amid all this chaos, Elphaba’s granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now, Rain will take up her broom in an Oz wracked by war.

Gregory Maguire is the bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror, Mirror; and the Wicked Years series, including Wicked, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. Wicked, now a beloved classic, is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad.

Author Residence: Boston, MA

Fall 2011 Titles Fiction

Fall 2011 Titles First Novel

Matthew NormanDomestic Violets

ISBN 13: 9780062065117On Sale: 8/9/2011

$14.9975K

Tom Violet has failed, once again, to have sex with his wife. And that’s not the worst of it. Pushed to the brink, Tom decides to take things in an entirely different direction by enacting a series of truly stupid plans for revenge and self-improvement that, of course, go completely haywire. An in-house favorite recommended for readers of Tom Perrotta and Jonathan Tropper.

Matthew Norman has an MFA from George Mason University, and is an advertising copywriter. He lives with his wife and daughter.

Author Residence: Baltimore, MD

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Katherine WebbThe Legacy

ISBN 13: 9780062077301On Sale: 8/30/2011

$14.9960K

Following the death of their grandmother, sisters Erica and Beth return to Storton Manor where they spent their childhood summers. As they begin to sort through their grandmother’s belongings, memories come flooding back including those concerning their cousin Henry, whose disappearance tore the family apart. As past and present converge, the sisters must come to terms with betrayal and a heartbreaking legacy.

Katherine Webb studied History at Durham University, has spent time living in London and Venice, and now lives in Berkshire, Eng-land. Having worked as a waitress, au pair, personal assistant, potter, bookbinder, library assistant, and formal housekeeper at a manor house, she now writes full time.

Author Residence: Berkshire, England

Michael StanleyDeath of the Mantis

ISBN 13: 9780062000378On Sale: 9/6/2011

$14.9925K

The third book in the Detective Kubu mys-tery series, Death of the Mantis concerns the murder of a fractious ranger named Monzo.His body is found surrounded by three Bushmen. Were they trying to help or were they the murderers? As more murders occur, Kubu journeys deep into Botswana to find the truth. An authentic and original look at modern-day Africa, a juxtaposition of tribal culture, lingering racism, and colonialism.

Stanley Trollip received his PhD from the University of Illinois in Educational Psychology in 1976. He has held professor-ships studying how to improve teaching and learning through the use of computers. Michael Sears taught Mathematics and Computer Science in Johannesburg, and has worked at Anglo American, a major international mining house associated with the diamond giant De Beers.

Author Residence: Johannesburg, South Africa

Sara ShepardEverything We Ever WantedISBN 13: 9780062080066

On Sale: 10/11/2011$14.99100K

When Sylvie Bates-McAllister, a recently-widowed mother of two, receives a phone call from the prestigious school founded by her grandfather, her family is thrown into chaos. The phone call awakens questions lain dormant for years, revealing a tangled web of secrets that ties the family together and forces them to confront the question: what if the life you always planned for, and dreamed of, isn’t what you want at all?

Sara Shepard graduated from New York University and has an MFA in Creative Writ-ing from Brooklyn College. She is the author of the bestselling young adult series, Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game, as well as the adult novel, The Visibles.

Author Residence: Philadelphia, PA

Fariba NawaOpium Nation

ISBN 13: 9780061934704On Sale: 11/8/2011

$14.9925K

Opium Nation is a veteran reporter’s five year exploration of a fractured Afghanistan dominated by the drug trade, as well as her own story—the personal narrative of a life-long exile’s poignant, difficult homecoming. Nawa deftly illuminates the bitter changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of war as she struggles to reconcile Afghanistan’s hardships with the opportuni-ties that American life has afforded her.

Fariba Nawa has written for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Christian Sci-ence Monitor, Mother Jones, The Sunday Times Magazine (London), Newsday, and The Village Voice. She has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows, includ-ing NPR, the BBC, MTV, NBC, and CBS’s 48 Hours.

Author Residence: Fremont, CA

Daphne du MaurierThe Doll

ISBN 13:9780062080349On Sale: 11/22/2011

$14.9925K

A collection of stories including And Now to God the Father in which a vicar coaches a young couple divided by class issues, Tame Cat in which an older man falls in love with a much younger woman, and And His Letters Grew Colder, which follows the progression of a relationship through the love letters the couple write each other. Each story in the collection highlights du Maurier’s deep understanding of human nature.

Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) has been called one of the great shapers of popular culture and the modern imagination. Among her more famous works are Jamaica Inn, The Scapegoat, Rebecca, and the short story The Birds, all of which were subsequently made into films, the latter two directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Fall 2011 Titles Trade PaperbackTITLE JACKET DESCRIPTION AUTHOR BIO



Lisa BlackDefensive Wounds

ISBN 13: 9780061989414On Sale: 9/27/2011

$24.9940K

Theresa MacLean steps into another forensic mess when the body of a local criminal defense attorney is found in a Cleveland hotel. Two more bodies are found in quick succession, and the authorities know they have a serial killer on their hands.As Theresa searches for the threads that tie the cases together, she begins to fear that she is closer to danger than she realizes.

Lisa Black is the author of three previous thrillers featuring Theresa MacLean: Trail of Blood, Evidence of Murder, and Takeover. A latent fingerprint examiner and CSI in Florida and a former forensic scientist for the Cleveland coroner’s office, she is a mem-ber of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has testified in more than fifty homicide trials.

Author Residence: Cape Coral, FL

Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan

The Night EternalISBN 13: 9780061558269

On Sale: 10/25/2011$26.99250K

Vampires have taken over the Earth, forcing humans into vast internment camps, harvest-ing them for sustenance and the pleasure of the Master Race. But in this final chapter of the trilogy, a ragtag network of humans roam free, continuing a desperate resistance. They are determined to disrupt the devastating new world order, and with the help of aveng-ing “angels” will defeat the vampires and reclaim the planet for humanity.

Chuck Hogan is the author of several ac-claimed novels, including Devils in Exile and Prince of Thieves, which won the 2005 Hammett Award. Guillermo del Toro made his feature directorial debut in 1995 with the film Cronos, and has since gone on to direct several popular films including Pan’s Labyrinth, which garnered enormous critical praise worldwide and won three Academy Awards.

Author Residence: Chuck Hogan: Massachusetts Guillermo Del Toro: Los Angeles, CA

Fall 2011 Titles Thriller

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Fall 2011 Titles Re-Issued Paperback

Charles ToddA Test of Wills

ISBN 13: 9780062091611On Sale: 8/16/2011

$14.9925K

A Test of Wills introduces Inspector Rutledge for the first time. It is 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won, but for the Scot-land Yard Inspector, back from the battle-fields of France, there is no peace. A popular colonel has been murdered in Warwickshire, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales. The case is a political minefield, and Rutledge may not escape with his career intact.

Charles Todd, a mother and son writing team, is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen Ian Rutledge mysteries, three Bess Crawford mysteries, and one stand-alone novel.

Author Residence: Delaware and North Carolina

Gary Small & Gigi VorganThe Other Side of the Couch

ISBN 13: 9780061803840On Sale: 11/15/2011

$14.9925K

Go inside this spellbinding record of a doctor’s most bewildering cases, from naked headstands and hysterical blindness to shrinking penises and self amputations. It is an illuminating journey into the mind of a practicing psychiatrist and his life in medicine as it evolves over time—a behind-the scenes look at the field and a variety of mental diseases as they’ve never been seen before.

Gary Small has been a practicing psy-chiatrist for more than 20 years and is the co-inventor of brain imaging technology that may hold broad implications for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and brain aging. He is the Director of the Memory and Aging Research Center and the Center on Aging at UCLA. His wife, Gigi Vorgan, is a coauthor of The Memory Prescription, The Longevity Bible, and The Memory Bible.

Author Residence: Los Angeles, CA



Fall 2011 Titles Mystery

Laura LippmanThe Most Dangerous ThingISBN 13: 9780061706516

On Sale: 8/23/2011$25.99150K

Years ago, they were all the best of friends. But as time passed and circumstances changed, they grew apart and began to forget about the past and the terrible lie they shared. Now, these long ago friends are suddenly thrown together again, and the rev-elations begin. Each wonders if their secret has been discovered—and if someone within the circle is out to destroy them. Uncover the truth in this stand alone novel.

Laura Lippman is the author of eleven Tess Monaghan novels including The Girl in the Green Raincoat; six stand-alone novels, including Every Secret Thing, What the Dead Know, Life Sentences, and I’d Know You Anywhere; and one short story collec-tion, Hardly Knew Her. Lippman has won numerous awards for her work, including the Edgar, Quill, Anthony, Nero Wolfe, Agatha, Gumshoe, Barry, and Macavity.

Author Residence: Baltimore, MD, New Orleans, LA and New York, NY

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Charles ToddA Bitter Truth

ISBN 13: 9780062015709On Sale: 8/30/2011

$24.9975K

When Bess Crawford returns from Franceon leave, she finds a bruised and shiveringwoman at her London flat. The womanreveals that she has fled from her abusivehusband. Before Bess can understand whatis going on, a wounded soldier is murdered,and not only is Bess caught in the middle ofa manhunt for a killer, she becomes a primesuspect herself!

Librarian-favorite, Charles Todd is a mother and son writing team responsible for thirteen Ian Rutledge mysteries, three Bess Crawford mysteries, and one stand-alone novel.

Author Residence: Delaware and North Carolina


Fall 2011 Titles MemoirTITLE JACKET DESCRIPTION AUTHOR BIO

Lucette LagnadoThe Arrogant Years

ISBN 13: 9780061803673On Sale: 9/6/2011

$25.9950K

In this much anticipated new memoir, Lagnado revisits her own early years in America, first, as a schoolgirl in Brooklyn, and later, as a reporter. A stranger growing up in a strange land, when she turns sixteen, Lagnado’s adolescence is further complicat-ed by cancer. Its devastating consequences would rob her of her “arrogant years”—the years defined by an overwhelming sense of possibility, invincibility, and confidence.

Lucette Lagnado is the author of The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, for which she received the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature in 2008, and is the coauthor of Children of the Flames: Dr. Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz. Joining the Wall Street Journal in 1996, she has received numerous awards and is cur-rently a senior special writer and investiga-tive reporter.

Author Residence: New York, NY

John LithgowDrama

ISBN 13: 9780061734977On Sale: 9/27/2011

$26.99100K

John Lithgow has won five Emmys, two Tony Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, and he’s been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He is also a New York Times bestselling author of eight books for children.

Author Residence: New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA

A charming, witty and revealing memoir by one of our most cherished performers. Through the vivid stories in Drama, John Lithgow shares a backstage history of his struggle, crisis, and discovery, and the scenes of his early life and career that took place before he became a nationally-known star. Above all, Drama is a tribute to the most important influence in John Lithgow’s life: his father, Arthur Lithgow.



Scott Bolzan &Joan Bolzan

My Life, DeletedISBN 13: 9780062025470

On Sale: 10/4/2011$25.9950K

Scott Bolzan’s life has been marked by determination and perseverance since his days as an offensive guard in the NFL. Since suffering a traumatic brain injury, he has traveled the country sharing his inspira-tional story.

Author Residence: Arizona

Fall 2011 Titles Memoir

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On December 17, 2008, 46-year-old Scott Bolzan awoke in a hospital with no memory of who he was or how he got there. After slipping and hitting his head in his office bathroom, Scott had suffered profound retrograde amnesia, one of the most severe cases on record. My Life, Deleted is the inspiring story of one couple who faced a real-life nightmare, and then started anew.

Jock SotoEvery Step You Take

ISBN 13: 9780061732386On Sale: 10/4/2011

$24.9930K

Soto weaves together the diverse strands of his life: being the son of a “muy macho Puerto Rican father” and a “beautiful Navajo princess of a mother;”; being gay in a straight world; and having a career notable for its auspicious start and consistent suc-cess. Soto recalls his professional relation-ships with other ballet icons and describes the newest chapter in his life, teaching at the renowned School of American Ballet.

One of the most renowned ballet dancers in the world, Jock Soto joined the New York City Ballet in 1981, a career that lastest until his farewell performance in 2005. He has danced featured roles in over forty ballets, and has been a permanent member of the faculty at the School of American Ballet since 1996. In 2007 he was the subject of a critically acclaimed PBS documentary about his life, Water Flowing Together.


Darrell HammondGod, If You’re Not Up There,

I’m F*ckedISBN 13: 9780062064554

On Sale: 11/8/2011$25.9975K

Darrell Hammond invites you into his past, from a harrowing childhood defined by abuse, to an adulthood of alcoholism and self-mutilation, psychiatric hospitalizations and misdiagnoses, to the peak of fame and success as the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live. Enter the dark-est corners of his life, on both sides of the camera, as he expresses himself with brutal honesty and a fierce comic wit.

Darrell Hammond is an award-winning actor and comedian, and was a regular on Satur-day Night Live for a record-setting fourteen seasons, from 1995 to 2009, where he earned a reputation as a master of celebrity voices and impressions. He continues to perform new material at the Comedy Cellar in New York City.



Regis PhilbinUntitled

ISBN 13: 9780062109750On Sale: 11/15/2011

$25.99500K

Often referred to as the ”hardest working man in television,” Regis Philbin has rubbed elbows and egos with countless personalities. His innate curiosity and wit have enabled him to learn great life lessons from the most legendary and formidable of them. Now in a most unique memoir Regis shares all that these experiences have taught him about achieving success and happiness—and about maintaining both for as long as he has!

Regis Philbin is a cultural icon having remained in front of the television camera for more than 50 years! Best known for his daytime talk show, Live!, Philbin has also hosted several game shows, including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and America’s Got Talent. In 2006 he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame and the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame.

Author Residence: New York, NY and Connecticut

Fall 2011 Titles Nonfiction Hardcover


Amy EphronLoose Diamonds

ISBN 13: 9780061958748On Sale: 9/6/2011

$22.9925K

In this engaging collection of observations. Amy Ephron draws vivid portraits of the ups and downs of a woman’s life—friend-ships, romance, marriage, divorce, jealousy, and love—into a rich and comic portrait of modern life. She beautifully explores the power of love and loss and celebrates the value of memories.

The youngest of the Ephron sisters, Amy Ephron is a bestselling and award-winning novelist. Her magazine pieces and essays have appeared in Vogue, Saveur, House Beautiful, Harper’s Bazaar, the National Lampoon, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Defamer, and her own online magazine, One for the Table.

Author Residence: Los Angeles, CA

Tom RyanFollowing Atticus

ISBN 13: 9780061997105On Sale: 9/20/2011

$25.99100K

Set against the backdrop of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Tom Ryan and his dog, Atticus M. Finch, embark on the challenge of a lifetime in this true story of love, loss, and the resilience of the human and animal spirit.

Tom Ryan and Atticus M. Finch were inducted into the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Tom cur-rently writes the popular “The Adventures of Tom & Atticus” column in the NorthCountry News and Mountainside Guide and the blog, “The Adventures of Tom and Atticus.”

Author Residence: New Hampshire

Leslie SimonGeek Girls Unite

ISBN 13: 9780062002730On Sale: 10/18/2011

$14.9930K

An homage to the feminine side of geek culture from films to crafts to independent movies. Geek Girls Unite celebrates women like Tina Fey, Natalie Portman and Bjork, who have proven that sometimes the smart-est move is marching to your own drummer. Each chapter is dedicated to a crosssection of the geek elite—fangirls, music fanatics, bookworms, craft mavens, funny girls, and film buffs.

Leslie Simon is author of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes and co-author of Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. She is currently an editor at MTV.com and was formerly senior editor at Buzznet.com. Her work has appeared in Kerrang!, Teen People, and Alternative Press.


Fall 2011 Titles NonFiction Trade Paperback

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Frances WilsonHow to Survive the TitanicISBN 13: 9780062094544

On Sale: October $26.9930K

A brilliantly original and gripping investiga-tion of the life and lost honor of J. Bruce Ismay, the Titanic’s owner, which explores how that loss impinges on memory and identity--a subtle and difficult question deftly illuminated by the contemporaneous literary master Joseph Conrad.

Frances Wilson was educated at Oxford University and lectured in nineteenth and twentieth century English Literature for fifteen years before becoming a full time writer. Her books include Literary Seduc-tions: Compulsive Writers and Diverted Readers and The Ballad of Dorothy Word-sworth, which won the British Academy Rose Mary Crawshay Award. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Author Residence: London, UK

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