Merry Christmas, Ollie! Olivier Dunrea
Merry Christmas, Ollie! With gorgeous ink-and-watercolor pictures and irresistible charm, Dunrea shares the first holiday story of Gossie and friends. Ollie perfectly encompasses the adorable impatience of young children waiting for Christmas to finally come.
Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books
978-0-618-53242-1
$12.95 hardcover
A Very Marley ChristmasWith all the excitement of twinkle lights, a chain of paper snowflakes, and a fragrant Christmas tree, it’s no surprise that Marley, the lovable pup from Grogan’s #1 New York Times- bestselling picture book Bad Dog, Marley!, wants in on the action. But Marley always ends up on the wrong side of right. Will his good intentions ruin Christmas?
HarperCollins
978-0-06-137292-6
$17.99 hardcover
Drummer Boy A beloved illustrator puts a unique spin on the Christmas classic by creating a new drummer boy character whose heart is warmed as he plays to the perfect audience: the baby in a manger.
Philomel Books
978-0-399-25174-0
$17.99 hardcover
Hannah Montana: Season’s
Greetings Featuring tons of full-color photos of the stars of Hannah Montana, this 32-page book of pullout holiday cards—with sticker sheets and two punch-out ornaments—is sure to spread holiday cheer.
Disney Press
978-1-42311-912-8
$6.99 paper
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas! and Other Gifts
from Dr. SeussWalter Matthau voices the title character in this perennial classic, featuring 10 other Dr. Seuss favorites, all celebrity- read, in an audiobook perfect for the holiday season.
Listening Library
978-0-7393-7856-4
$19.99 CD
First Christmas Beautifully illustrated in tempera
and gold leaf, the story of the
birth of Jesus is related in playful
verse—the same upbeat and
rhyming rhythm as “The Night
Before Christmas” and much of
the poetry by Dr. Seuss.
Welcome Books
978-1-59962-055-8
$22.50 hardcover
Also available in Spanish:
Primera Navidad
978-1-59962-058-9
$22.50 hardcover
What Dogs Want for
Christmas This holiday canine companion to last year’s What Cats Want for Christmas is a laugh-out-loud look at our furry friends and what they want for Christmas.
Sleeping Bear Press
978-1-58536-363-6
$16.95 hardcover
The Children’s Bible Rediscover the beautiful imagery of the Bible. Retold from the New International Version, The Children’s Bible is a beautiful must- have gift for young readers and their families.
DK Publishing
978-0-7566-4019-4
$24.99 hardcover
In the Beginning:The Art
of GenesisFrom the Garden of Eden to Jacob’s ladder, this spectacular gift book features Fischer’s original artwork on intricate pop-ups representing the classic stories from the first chapter of the Bible.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-11842-2
$35.00 hardcover
Holidays on Ice No matter what their favorite holiday, readers won’t want to miss celebrating it with the author who has been called “one of the funniest writers alive” (The Economist). Features six new stories.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-03590-3
$16.99 hardcover
Christmasville Christmasville is a fictional town, situated on a 4x8 model train platform, in which only two months exist and Christmas is in perpetual motion. Fourteen-year-old Mary Jane Higgins dreams of autumn, summer, and spring and sets out on a series of perilous journeys.
Revolution Booksellers
978-0-9786655-0-0
$18.95 hardcover
The True Meaning of Christmas Santa’s magical, star-dusted stories remind animal characters, a delightful children and grown-ups alike of the true meaning of Christmas and of the grandeur of gifts all the money in the world can’t buy.
Crossroad Publishing
978-0-8245-2499-9
$12.95 hardcover
NLT Study Bible Created by a team of today’s top Bible scholars, this is the most comprehensive study Bible ever created. Features include 25,000 study notes, maps, charts, illustrations, a word-study system, and much more.
Tyndale House
978-0-8423-5570-4
$39.99 hardcover
Black Bonded Leather Edition
978-1-41432-448-7
$69.99 hardcover
The Christmas Angels Count down the days until Christmas with this festive book of blessings. This treasure—a perfect gift—helps readers celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.
Good Books
978-1-56148-637-3
$16.95 hardcover
Santa Clawed Virginia’s own nationally bestselling author Rita Mae Brown excites readers again with a holiday caper in the series with over 3.4 million copies in print. Santa Clawed is filled with colorful human and animal characters, a delightful story, and of course, a murder or two.
Bantam
978-0-553-80706-6
$25.00 hardcover
The Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society London, 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of Guernsey during the German occupation, and about a society as extraordinary as its name.
Dial Press
978-0-385-34099-1
$22.00 hardcover
The Lace Reader A bewitching tale reveals the secrets
of a family of women who can read
the future in the patterns in lace.
William Morrow
978-0-06-162476-6
$24.95 hardcover
The Monsters of Templeton A New York Times bestseller now in paperback, Groff’s debut is a stunning novel about a young woman who returns to her small hometown to solve the mystery of her birth, which is rooted in the history of both the town and her family.
Hyperion Books
978-1-40134-092-6
$14.95 paper
The Shack A grieving father receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him to meet in the Oregon wilderness where his daughter was brutally murdered. What he learns is transforming readers around the world.
Windblown Media
978-0-9647292-3-0
$14.99 paper
The Lucky One Sparks’s unparalleled storytelling talents continue to shine in this tale of a man whose brush with death leads him to the love of his life.
Grand Central Publishing
978-0-446-57993-3
$24.99 hardcover
The Wednesday Letters The national bestselling author of Christmas Jars delivers a heartwarming message about forgiveness and quietly beckons people to start writing their own Wednesday letters.
Berkley Publishing Group
978-0-425-22347-5
$13.00 paper
The Best American Short Stories 2008 This brilliant collection, edited by the award-winning and perennially provocative Salman Rushdie, boasts a “magnificent array” (Library Journal) of voices both new and recognized.
Houghton Mifflin
978-0-618-78877-4
$14.00 paper
A Mercy Nobel Prize-winning author Morrison’s latest masterpiece centers on a powerful tragedy involving a mother and daughter and reveals how acts of mercy have unforeseen consequences.
Random House Audio
978-0-7393-3254-2
$29.95 Unbridged on 4 CDs
Tarizon:The Liberator,Vol. 1 The first of a science fiction trilogy for young adults and above finds high school student PeterTurner abducted by aliens and taken to another planet, where he must embrace his destiny as the Liberator.
Top Publications Ltd.
978-1-929976-48-5
$23.00 hardcover
Testimony At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking is the fact that the sex acts were caught on videotape.Writing with an intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Shreve delivers a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-05986-2
$25.99 hardcover
Serena A gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America’s burgeoning environmental movement.
Ecco
978-0-06-147085-1
$24.95 hardcover
Where the River Ends Martin’s beautifully written novel is a powerfully emotional and ultimately uplifting story of heartbreaking loss and undying love.
Broadway Books
978-0-7679-2698-0
$19.95 hardcover
The Book of Lies The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Fate returns with two burning questions: What does Cain, history’s greatest villain, have to do with Superman, the world’s greatest hero? And what do two murders, committed thousands of years apart, have in common?
Grand Central Publishing
978-0-446-57788-5
$25.99 hardcover
The Gate House Anthony, the son of Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don from the bestsellingThe Gold Coast, is intent on two missions: drawing attorney John Sutter back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father’s murderer— Susan Sutter.
Grand Central Publishing
978-0-446-53342-3
$27.99 hardcover
The Brass Verdict At last, Mickey Haller, hero of The Lincoln Lawyer, meets the legendary LAPD Detective Harry Bosch. “Mickey and Harry are flip-sides of the same coin, one for the prosecution and one for the defense. Each must work with the other before someone—namely Mickey—gets killed.”—Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-16629-4
$26.99 hardcover
Cross Country Detective Alex Cross pursues his deadliest nemesis yet—an African warlord known as theTiger—to avenge the death of one of his oldest friends.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-01872-2
$27.99 hardcover
Scarpetta America’s #1 bestselling crime writer delivers shocking twists and turns and the kind of cutting-edge technology that only she can provide in the extraordinary new Kay Scarpetta novel.
Putnam
978-0-399-15516-1
$27.95 hardcover
Divine Justice Oliver Stone and the Camel Club return in Baldacci’s most astonishing thriller yet when the assassinations Stone carries out prompt the highest levels of the government to unleash a massive manhunt.
Grand Central Publishing
978-0-446-19550-8
$27.99 hardcover
Fresh Frozen In the third medical thriller by an award- winning Southern author and practicing physician, a young policeman and his tormented wife discover that human reproductive tissue can become a murderous commodity.
Ponder House Press
978-0-9771126-3-0
$26.95 hardcover
American Lion From the New York Times-bestselling author of Franklin and Winston and American Gospel comes a magnificent portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who shaped the modern presidency. Illustrated with black-and-white photos.
Random House
978-1-40006-325-3
$30.00 hardcover
Boone: A Biography The national bestseller is now in paperback. This rich, authoritative biography, by critically acclaimed author Morgan, reveals the complex character of a man whose heroic life was much more fascinating than the myths that surround him.
Algonquin Books
978-1-56512-615-2
$18.95 paper
Call Me Ted The great American maverick of our time releases his long-awaited memoir, revealing his lonely childhood, the devastating loss of his father, intimate details of his marriage to Jane Fonda, and his unparalleled success as a businessman and philanthropist.
Business Plus
978-0-446-58189-9
$30.00 hardcover
Faces of the Confederacy Coddington brings new life to Civil War portraits of 77 Southern soldiers—farm boys, plantation owners, intellectual elites, uneducated poor—who posed for photographs to leave with family, friends, and sweethearts before going off to war.
Johns Hopkins University Press
978-0-8018-9019-2
$29.95 hardcover
Making Government Work A champion of fiscally responsible progressive programs, the six-term U.S. Senator takes aim at a flawed political system that has gone “into the ditch,” as seen on Bill Moyers Journal and Hannity & Colmes.
University of South Carolina Press
978-1-57003-760-3
$29.95 hardcover
Make It Plain: A Life of Speaking The New York Times-bestselling author and one of the nation’s finest speakers reflects on critical points in his life and times through the lens of the speeches he gave—and the leaders and preachers who inspired him.
PublicAffairs
978-1-58648-298-5
$26.00 hardcover
McIlhenny’s Gold The absorbing story of how the McIlhenny Company—a secretive, Louisiana family business that clings to tradition—launched one of the hottest products of all time: Tabasco.
Collins Business
978-0-06-072184-8
$24.95 hardcover
The Snowball This highly-anticipated book recounts with intimate detail the life experience and life-wisdom of the man known as “The Oracle of Omaha”: Warren Buffet.
Bantam
978-0-553-80509-3
$35.00
hardcover
Amarcord: Marcella Remembers Beloved teacher and bestselling cookbook author Marcella Hazan tells how a young girl raised in Emilia-Romagna became America’s godmother of cooking.
Gotham Books
978-1-59240-388-2
$27.50 hardcover
The Blue Cotton Gown:
A Midwife’s Memoir “A nurse midwife struggling to keep solvent the women’s health clinic in Torrington, West Virginia . . . shares poignant stories about her patients over the course of a year.”—Publishers Weekly
Beacon Press
978-0-8070-7289-9
$24.95 hardcover
Called Out of Darkness:
A Spiritual Confession Perfect for the holidays comes Anne Rice’s intimate memoir—riveting, moving, honest—of her Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and the path she found to a new confidence in her faith.
Alfred A. Knopf
978-0-307-26827-3
$24.00 hardcover
Cobain Unseen This unparalleled look inside the brilliant mind of one of America’s most revered rock legends collects previously unseen artifacts and photos from the estate’s archives to form a fascinating portrait of the creativity, madness, and genius of Kurt Cobain.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-03372-5
$35.00 hardcover
I Am Potential As seen on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, this is the powerful story of young musician Patrick Henry Hughes, born with a rare genetic disorder that left him without eyes and physically disabled, and his courageous lessons for living with faith.
Da Capo Lifelong Books
978-0-7382-1298-2
$24.00 hardcover
Born Country From the front man, lead singer, and songwriter for the country music group Alabama comes an inspiring memoir of faith, family, and living the American dream.
HarperOne
978-0-06-167314-6
$25.95 hardcover
The Elvis Encyclopedia Complete with cross-referencing and more than 500 black-and-white and color photos, many published for the first time, The Elvis Encyclopedia is a testament to the legend that is Elvis Presley.
Overlook Press
978-1-58567-598-2
$65.00 hardcover
The Prince of FrogtownThe final volume in the beloved family saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin’ and continued with Ava’s Man, The Prince of Frogtown is a revelatory book about fatherhood—a perfect gift for Dad.
Alfred A. Knopf
978-1-40004-040-7
$24.00 hardcover
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World In stunning prose, and with added photos, maps, and a time line, Philbrick adapts his bestselling Mayflower especially for middle-grade readers.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
978-0-399-24795-8
$19.99 hardcover
March On! Martin Luther King’s older sister presents a personal and stirring picture book in this account of August 28, 1963, the day her brother delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to 250,000 people who marched into Washington, D.C., in search of equality.
Scholastic
978-0-545-03537-8
$17.99 hardcover
American Rifle: A Biography Following in the successful tradition of Salt and Cod comes a unique addition to the popular micro-history category.Vivid characters, illuminating anecdotes, and deep historical insight reveal how the rifle changed the American character.
Delacorte Press
978-0-553-80517-8
$30.00 hardcover
Daufuskie Island Winner of the 2008 Essence Literary Award for Photography, this expanded 25th anniversary edition celebrates life on a South Carolina Sea Island and calls for cultural preservation in the rural South.
University of South Carolina Press
978-1-57003-748-1
$49.95 hardcover
Kentucky Clay Tracing 11 generations of the Clays of Kentucky, Bateman reveals the adventures,accomplishments, and shortcomings of the men in her family, alongside the nontraditional roles of its strong, sometimes selfish, and proud women.
Chicago Review Press
978-1-55652-795-1
$24.95 hardcover
The H.L. Hunley In 1864, the Confederacy’s H.L. Hunley battled the USS Housatonic and became the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship. But also perishing under the waves that moonlit night was the Hunley and her entire crew of eight.
Hill and Wang
978-0-8090-9512-4
$26.00 hardcover
Tried by War The bestselling author of Battle Cry of Freedom illuminates how Abraham Lincoln worked with—and often against— his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander-in-chief as we know it.
Penguin Press
978-1-59420-191-2
$35.00 hardcover
I’ll Pass for Your Comrade Illustrated with archival prints, photos, and maps, this history reveals one of the best-kept secrets of the CivilWar: the hundreds of women who assumed male identities, put on uniforms, and enlisted in the Union or Confederate armies.
Clarion Books
978-0-618-57491-9
$16.00 hardcover
Big Fine art and incredible stories combine in this collection of the 50 greatest world record catches. Each meticulously painted fish spans a double-page spread, making this volume a truly unique gift.
Greenwich Workshop Press
978-0-86713-099-7
$50.00 hardcover
Boys Will Be Boys The rollicking story of the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s—a team of wild-partying, out-of-control glory-hounds that won three Super Bowls in four years and comprised the most adored, detested, and colorful powerhouse in NFL history.
Harper
978-0-06-125680-6
$25.95 hardcover
Sports Illustrated: Brett Favre: The Tribute Stunning action shots, stories from respected sports writers, and candid off-the-field moments highlight this tribute to an enduring American icon—a man who, more than any other, has played football the way it should be played.
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
978-1-60320-022-6
$27.95 hardcover
In the Footsteps of Champions Schriver tells the story of women’s intercollegiate athletics from the beginning to the present day, covering all 11 sports teams of Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers— including the record-setting basketball dynasty of Coach Pat Summitt.
University of Tennessee Press
978-1-57233-639-1
$35.95 hardcover
Sports Illustrated:The College
Football Book With the best words and pictures SI has to offer, this coffee table edition brings to life the game’s unparalleled excitement and pageantry, its legendary players, historic teams, and epic rivalries.
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
978-1-60320-033-2
$29.95 paper
Pete Maravich Pistol Pete Maravich is recognized by the NBA as one of the all-time top 50 players. Yet, despite his success, he suffered deep depression until he found Christ and, at last, experienced peace and purpose that extended beyond the basketball court.
Tyndale House
978-1-58997-535-4
$14.99 paper
The Woodwright’s Guide For 30 years, Roy Underhill’s PBS program The Woodwright’s Shop has brought classic hand-tool craftsmanship to viewers across America. Now Underhill shows how to shape wood from forest to furniture.
University of North Carolina Press
978-0-8078-3245-5 $35.00 hardcover
978-0-8078-5914-8 $22.50 paper
Rick & Bubba’s Big Honkin’ Book of Huntin’ What do the two sexiest fat men in America know about hunting? Rick and Bubba share their wealth of hunting knowledge—as well as some of their hilarious hunting experiences—in this new book with CD.
Thomas Nelson Publishers
978-1-40160-401-1
$16.99 paper
Deep in the Swamp Charlesbridge Publishing
978-1-57091-596-3
$15.95 hardcover
978-1-57091-597-0
$6.95 paper
The Aurora County All-Stars Harcourt
978-0-15-206068-8
$16.00 hardcover
Br’er Rabbit Captured! Walker and Company
978-0-8027-9556-4
$17.95 hardcover
The Chicken Dance Bloomsbury Publishing
978-1-59990-043-8
$16.95 hardcover
Louisiana’s Song Viking Children’s Books
978-0-670-06153-2
$16.99 hardcover
Something Rotten Dial Books
978-0-8037-3216-2
$16.99 hardcover
Garden Spells Bantam
978-0-553-80548-2
$20.00 hardcover
978-0-553-38483-3
$12.00 paper
Coal Black Horse Algonquin Books
978-1-56512-521-6
$23.95 hardcover
978-1-56512-601-5
$13.95 paper
Down River Thomas Dunne Books
978-0-312-35931-7
$24.95 hardcover
Rhett Butler’s People St. Martin’s Press
978-0-312-26251-8
$27.95 hardcover
978-0-312-94578-7
$9.99 paper
Thistle & Twigg St. Martin’s Minotaur
978-0-312-36063-4
$23.95 hardcover
A Love Affair with
Southern Cooking William Morrow
Cookbooks
978-0-06-076178-3
$32.50 hardcover
Animal,Vegetable, Miracle HarperCollins
978-0-06-085255-9
$26.95 hardcover
978-0-06-085256-6
$14.95 paper
The House on
Boulevard St.Louisiana State
University Press
978-0-8071-3214-2
$50.00 hardcover
978-0-8071-3215-9
$18.95 paper
In Praise of Pecans Bright Sky Press
978-1-933979-00-7
$24.95 hardcover
Soby’s New South Cuisine 978-0-9797945-0-6
$24.95 hardcover
Boone: A Biography Algonquin Books
978-1-56512-455-4
$29.95 hardcover
Somebody Is Going to Die
If Lilly Beth Doesn’t Catch
That Bouquet Hyperion Books
978-1-40130-295-5
$19.95 hardcover
Out of the Garden Mayapple Press
978-0-932412-51-5
$14.95 paper
Whatever Remembers Us Negative Capability Press
978-0-942544-60-2
$14.95 hardcover
Roads to Quoz:
An American Mosey For the first time since the acclaimed Blue Highways, Heat-Moon is back on the backroads with this lyrical, funny, and touching account of a series of journeys into small-town America.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-11025-9
$27.99 hardcover
Highway 61: Heart of the Delta Highway 61 celebrates the Mississippi Delta in words and pictures. Actor Morgan Freeman recounts his personal history as a child in the Delta and discusses why he was pulled back to his ancestral home.
University of Tennessee Press
978-1-57233-614-8
$36.95 hardcover
American Museum of Natural History Do you really know what makes animals tick? Here are the answers, portrayed in stunning, awe-inspiring photographs, and explained in fascinating, in-depth prose.
DK Publishing
978-0-7566-3986-0
$50.00 hardcover
Flights of Fancy A beautifully illustrated look at the myths, legends, and bizarre superstitions that surround some of the world’s best-loved birds—this is the perfect gift book and bedside companion for every birdwatcher and armchair naturalist.
Delacorte Press
978-0-385-34248-3
$19.95 hardcover
A Natural History Guide to Great
Smoky Mountains National Park Written by a naturalist who spent more than 50 years conducting research in the Smoky Mountains, this is the most extensive volume available on the natural history of one of America’s most-visited national parks.
University of Tennessee Press
978-1-57233-612-4
$24.95 paper
The Superorganism The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of The Ants render the extraordinary lives of the social insects (bees, wasps, ants, and termites) in this visually spectacular volume.
W.W. Norton & Company
978-0-393-06704-0
$55.00 hardcover
The Gulf Stream Exploring the fascinating science and history of the sea highway known as the Gulf Stream, Ulanski examines the biological life teeming in the stream and the role of ocean currents in the settlement of the New World.
University of North Carolina Press
978-0-8078-3217-2
$28.00 hardcover
TIME: Planet Earth Featuring the work of award-winning photographers, this unrivaled portrait of the planet Earth—and all the beings that call it home—is revelatory, awe-inspiring, and essential.
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
978-1-60320-032-5
$29.95 hardcover
Art With more than 2,500 great works from prehistory to today, Art details key movements, explains styles and techniques, and is the must-have visual guide to art throughout history.
DK Publishing
978-0-7566-3972-3
$50.00 hardcover
Eats, Shoots & LeavesNow in a handsome illustrated edition:The stickler-tickling punctuation polemic is even more fun with the whimsical art of acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist Byrnes.
Gotham Books
978-1-59240-391-2
$25.00 hardcover
Indognito A whimsical collection of stylishly photographed dog portraits accompanied by humorous quotations, Indognito affectionately embraces the quirky spirit of the primped pooch.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-03550-7
$19.99 hardcover
LIFE:The Classic Collection LIFE has visited its archives before—but never like this.This glorious coffee table edition puts the magazine’s famous photos on display, and also includes 25 removable, ready-to-frame prints.
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
978-1-60320-030-1
$29.95 hardcover
How to Have Style The king of real-world chic shares
his tips and award-winning flair
in a colorful guidebook designed
to unleash every woman’s inner
fashionista.With more than 400
dazzling photographs as well as
Mizrahi’s own sketches, How to
Have Style makes it simple to
look one’s best.
Gotham Books
978-1-59240-392-9
$30.00 paper
Silver Springs Bruce Mozert’s underwater shots of beautiful models in crystal-clear waters helped establish Silver Springs as Florida’s premier tourist attraction. Lightheartedly fun, this book captures those heady times in all their whimsical glory.
University Press of Florida
978-0-8130-3220-7
$29.95 hardcover
1001 MoviesYou Must See Before You Die Filled with 800 movie still shots and actors’ photos, this special fifth anniversary edition of the acclaimed film reference guide is packed with virtually everything movie lovers need to know about the films they simply must see.
Barron’s Educational Series
978-0-7641-6151-3
$35.00 hardcover
Guinness World Records 2009 Featuring a revolutionary new design, the 2009 edition is filled with more than 1,000 new records and all-new photos—some in 3D, which can be viewed with the enclosed 3-D glasses.
Guinness Media
978-1-904994-37-4
$28.95 hardcover
Harry, A History A personal, in-depth look at the cultural and fannish phenomena surrounding all things Harry Potter by the webmistress of The Leaky Cauldron, the most popular Harry Potter fan Web site. The book includes an exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Pocket Books
978-1-41655-495-0
$16.00 paper
Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide 2009 Consulted more frequently than ever, Maltin’s New York Times- bestselling film guide remains the most complete, most reliable, and most authoritative resource for movie reviews
Plume
978-0-452-28978-9
$20.00 paper
Merriam-Webster’s Compact Visual A portable visual inventory of today’s world incorporates dictionary-scale definitions with 2,600 highly detailed, full-color illustrations. Chapters and corresponding themes include the universe and Earth, house and do-it yourself, and sports and games.
Merriam-Webster
978-0-87779-290-1
$25.00 hardcover
Oneness With All Life Inspirational Selections from A New Earth Prepare to be awakened with evocative four-color original artwork and design that highlights the most inspiring and beautiful insights personally selected by the author of the now-classic A New Earth.
Dutton
978-0-525-95088-2
$24.95 hardcover
The New York Times:The Complete This stunning and cutting-edge book and DVD package provides access to the world as reflected in its most influential and respected newspaper, with more than 300 of the most significant front pages.
Black Dog & Leventhal
978-1-57912-749-7
$60.00 hardcover
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Now there are two more fun ways to test your mettle against the curriculum of grade-school kids. Knowing the right answers is not enough—so if you think you know your first-grade science or fourth-grade math, watch out!
HarperEntertainment
978-0-06-165156-4
$7.95 paper
978-0-06-165155-7
$7.95 paper
The Book of Lists: Horror The compendium of all things macabre
and mysterious, terrifying and gory—
from films and TV to literature to comic
books and video games—that every
horror fan has been dying to read.
HarperCollins
978-0-06-153726-4
$14.95 paper
More Information Than You Require The bestselling author of The Areas of My Expertise—also known as The Daily Show’s “Resident Expert”—picks up exactly where he left off with another hilarious book of Complete World Knowledge.
Dutton
978-0-525-95034-9
$25.00 hardcover
Belle Weather The SIBA Book of the Year Award winner (We’re Just Like You Only Prettier)—and the queen of all that’s sassy—is back hootin’ and hollerin’ in her most hilarious book to date.
St. Martin’s Press
978-0-312-36299-7
$21.95 hardcover
Suck Your Stomach in &
Put Some Color On! Delivering recipes and real-life advice, the host of All Things Southern shares the sass and strength of Southern mamas in this spunky guide to life.
Berkley Publishing Group
978-0-425-22134-1
$14.00 paper
The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror:
Dead Man’s Jest Master of mirthful mayhem Matt Groening meets the Monsters of Rock (Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, and Rob Zombie) in a heavy metal, Halloween-inspired rock ‘n’ roll odyssey of head-banging, tongue- wagging, dead-raising frights, and frivolity.
Harper
978-0-06-157135-0
$15.95 paper
BakeWise The James Beard Award- winning, bestselling author of CookWise demystifies the science and secrets behind successful baking in this accessible masterwork that offers up 200 brand-new ways to bake one’s way into bliss.
Scribner
978-1-41656-078-4
$40.00 hardcover
Commander’s Wild Side From conch callaloo to buffalo grillades, more than 100 recipes are offered for freshly caught and bought ingredients from America’s bayous, streams, mountains, and backcountry, from the legendary Commander’s Palace restaurant in New Orleans.
Morrow Cookbooks
978-0-06-111989-7
$29.95 hardcover
Paula Deen’s My First Cookbook For Paula Deen’s very youngest fans, this cookbook introduces the basics of cooking to children, with easy-to-follow recipes, safety tips, a few lessons in good manners, and a whole lot of fun.
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
978-1-41695-033-2
$21.99 paper
Fix-It and Forget-It Big Cookbook Bestselling author Phyllis Pellman Good has gathered the most tantalizing, best-ever 1400 slow-cooker recipes into one great volume that is easy to understand—and easy to use.
Good Books
978-1-56148-640-3
$29.95 hardcover
How to Cook Everything Completely revised and updated with delicious contemporary recipes and easy-to-use new features, the 10th anniversary edition of Bittman’s award-winning How to Cook Everything is now better and more indispensable than ever.
John Wiley & Sons
978-0-7645-7865-6
$35.00 hardcover
Wild,Wild East More than a recipe book, Wild,Wild East is the author’s authentic guide to Vietnamese food as it is prepared and enjoyed today. Chinn’s lively text is combined with Lowe’s striking color photos of Vietnam’s markets, kitchens, people, and foods.
Barron’s Educational Series
978-0-7641-6149-0
$29.99 hardcover
The Modern Baker Offering 150 recipes in a beautifully
illustrated volume, bestselling author and
acclaimed baking teacher Malgieri teaches
home cooks the simple art of creating
delicious sweet and savory baked goods.
DK Publishing
978-0-7566-3971-6
$35.00 hardcover
The Blue Ribbon Cook Book Containing more than 400 timeless recipes—from breads and sauces to entrees and desserts—this enduring work highlights classic fare from the Bluegrass State.
University Press of Kentucky
978-0-8131-2518-3
$19.95 hardcover
Cooking in the South with
Johnnie Gabriel From peach pound cake to fried okra,
Gabriel, cousin of renowned cook
Paula Deen, presents delectable,
enticing Southern dishes from
her Atlanta restaurant and bakery,
Gabriel’s Desserts.
Thomas Nelson Publishers
978-1-40160-405-9
$24.99 hardcover
Frank Stitt’s Bottega Favorita In this companion to his first, bestselling cookbook, beloved Southern chef Stitt travels to Italy and brings the best of Mediterranean cuisine back home. From bellinis to lamb, this inspiring and accessible cookbook is a celebration of the best Italian traditions and American ingredients.
Artisan Publishers
978-1-57965-302-6
$40.00 hardcover
Holy Smoke In this passionate exploration of the lore, recipes, traditions, and people who have helped shape North Carolina’s signature slow-food dish, the authors give detailed instructions for cooking barbecue at home.
University of North Carolina Press
978-0-8078-3243-1
$30.00 hardcover
Ten The bestselling author of the Silver Palate Cookbook now serves up 32 favorite foods—from soups to steaks to lobster to chocolate—offering the 10 best recipes for each with help from some of America’s most beloved chefs.
Workman Publishing
978-0-7611-3982-9
$19.95 paper
Katie Brown Celebrates Brown gives readers a reason to host a party every month of the year, featuring delicious recipes, straightforward craft projects, and tips for casual entertaining.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-11818-7
$60.00 hardcover
A Passion for Blue & White Legendary designer Roehm conducts a private tour of her dazzling homes with hundreds of never-before seen photographs that showcase her favorite color combination: blue and white.
Broadway Books
978-0-7679-2113-8
$30.00 hardcover
Adèle & Simon in America In this enchanting picture-book sequel to Adèle & Simon, Adèle and her younger brother return in a cross-continental adventure that reflects the vitality of early-20th century America, from the Boston Public Garden to San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
978-0-374-39924-5
$16.95 hardcover
Big Words for Little People Little ones will have big fun as Curtis and Cornell give them the language of good values as they learn big words, in this hilarious and boisterous book.
Joanna Cotler Books
978-0-06-112759-5
$16.99 hardcover
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party now stars in his very own book—the newest story in the NewYork Times-bestselling series.
Laura Geringer Books
978-0-06-028324-7
$16.99 hardcover
Madeline and the Cats of Rome Written by the grandson of Madeline’s creator Ludwig Bemelmans, this is the first all-new Madeline book in almost 50 years. Venvenuta a Roma, Madeline!
Viking Children’s Books
978-0-670-06297-3
$17.99 hardcover
There’s a Wolf at the Door Five classic tales morph into one ongoing yarn as a put-upon wolf bumbles his way through each of them. Told in graphic novel style in an oversized picture book package, this is an ideal gift for kids of all ages.
Roaring Brook Press
978-1-59643-275-8
$19.95 hardcover
Wonder Bear Making a dazzling debut, Nyeu delivers a strikingly original picture book in which two kids plant mysterious seeds. Up grows a flowering vine, out of which emerges a remarkable big white bear.
Dial Books for Young Readers
978-0-8037-3328-2
$17.99 hardcover
Old Bear Beautiful paintings infused with the color of the seasons highlight this story of a charismatic and huggable old bear remembering the cub he once was, in this full-color picture book by a Caldecott Medalist.
Greenwillow Books
978-0-06-155205-2
$17.99 hardcover
Barnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf From the creators of the Edge Chronicles comes the first Barnaby Grimes adventure—one which finds the lad attacked by an enormous dog and soon swept up in a world of crooked doctors, ill-advised patients, and very expensive furs.
David Fickling Books
978-0-385-75125-4
$15.99 hardcover
The Debs Four up-and-coming teenage debutantes cross paths—and each other—in this novel that’s Gossip Girl on mint juleps.
Delacorte Press
978-0-385-73519-3
$8.99 paper
I,Q: Independence Hall From an award-winning YA author comes Book One in this suspenseful I,Q series opener. Readers are thrust into current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure.
Sleeping Bear Press
978-1-58536-325-4
$8.95 hardcover
Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? A stellar lineup of young adult writers sound off on body image, self-esteem, diets, eating disorders, boys, fashion magazines, and why trying on jeans is a bad experience for everyone.
Clarion Books
978-0-547-01496-8
$16.00 hardcover
Graceling In this romantic medieval fantasy from a debut author, Katsa learns about her powers as a Graceling and the terrible secret that lies hidden far away . . . a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.
Harcourt Children’s Books
978-0-15-206396-2
$17.00 hardcover
The Origin of the Milky Way and Other Living Stories of the Cherokee Presented by members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in their own words, these 26 stories appear in free-verse form, like poems on the page, so that those who read them aloud can hear the rhythm of the stories as they were originally told.
University of North Carolina Press
978-0-8078-3219-6
$19.95 hardcover
978-0-8078-5930-8
$12.95 paper
Hate That Cat With plenty of classic poetry from Tennyson, Eliot, and Poe, along with a hilarious hero and one amazing surprise, Newbery Medalist Creech makes magic in this narrative poem sequel to her acclaimed Love That Dog.
Joanna Cotler Books
978-0-06-143092-3
$15.99 hardcover
Science Fair A story of mystery, danger, international suspense—and a very nervous frog. From bestselling authors Barry and Pearson comes a hilarious thriller about foreign criminals rigging a middle school science fair.
Disney Editions
978-1-42311-324-9
$18.99 hardcover
Christmas on Jane Street The warm, wonderful, real-life tale of the family who brings the Christmas spirit to life on a street corner in Manhattan.
Harper Paperbacks
978-0-06-162642-5
$12.95 paper
The Last Lecture Based on the extraordinary final
lecture by a Carnegie Mellon
University professor, given after
he discovered he had pancreatic
cancer, this moving book inspires
readers to live each day with
purpose and joy.
Hyperion
978-1-40132-325-7
$21.95 hardcover
The Memory of Water After their mother drowns, sisters Marnie and Diana Maitland harbor a secret about that night—one that will erode their lives as they grow into adulthood.
New American Library
978-0-451-22303-6
$14.00 paper
Mudbound A gripping and exquisitely rendered story of forbidden love, betrayal, and murder, set against the brutality of the Jim Crow South.
Algonquin Books
978-1-56512-569-8
$22.95 hardcover
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle This riveting saga of an American family captures the deep and ancient alliance between humans and dogs, and the power of fate, through one boy’s epic journey into the wild.
Ecco
978-0-06-137422-7
$25.95 hardcover
When You Are Engulfed in Flames Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, this sixth essay collection from Sedaris is a new masterpiece of comic writing.
Little, Brown and Company
978-0-316-14347-9
$25.99 hardcover
The Pocket Guide to Mischief Some of the greatest eaders and geniuses in history were mischief makers. In honor of them, King has written this perfect addition to any prankster’s collection.
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
978-1-42360-366-5
$9.95 paper
The Maze of Bones:The 39 Clues Featuring books, cards, and a dynamic online game, The 39 Clues is a groundbreaking multimedia series that offers an irresistible combination of action and humor sure to appeal to all middle graders—including reluctant readers and video game players. Audio also available.
Scholastic Press
978-0-545-06039-4
$12.99 hardcover
Swing! From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Gallop!, comes Swing!, which does for kids in motion what Gallop! does for animals, as readers get to watch other kids swing, kick, cartwheel, and swim.
Workman Publishing
978-0-7611-5127-2
$12.95 hardcover
The Dinosaur Museum Tour the most fun-packed dinosaur
museum imaginable. Pop-up rooms
take readers on a range of interactive
investigations. Open a fossil-filled
specimen drawer, view slides through
the microscope, and use a whole host
of interactive features.
National Geographic Children’s Books
978-1-42630-335-7
$19.95 hardcover
Girligami Twenty adorable origami designs perfect for anyone who loves fashion, friends, and folding. Each project comes with step-by-step directions plus preprinted origami papers. A separate chapter shows great ways to turn your origami into earrings and necklaces, cute cards, and gifts.
Watson-Guptill Publications
978-0-8230-9238-3
$16.95 paper