Llama Llama Misses Mama by Dewdney, Anna Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $16.99 Published: Viking Children's Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. It's Little Llama's first day at school. What could be harder than feeling all alone and missing your mama? As always, Dewdney's rhymes flow effortlessly, with a pacing and repetition that are sure to capture the attention of little llamas everywhere. This is my favorite new read-aloud title.--Lauren, Kepler's Books & Magazines (Menlo Park, CA)
	The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief (39 Clues (Hardback), #3) by Lerangis, Peter Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $12.99 Published: Scholastic Inc., 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In the third installment of this popular series, Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, and they seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known.--Laura, Inkwood Books (Tampa, FL)
	The Angel's Game by Ruiz Zafon, Carlos Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $26.95 Published: Doubleday Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In the tradition of Dickens, who wrote books that enjoyed massive success in their time, The Angel's Game is a guaranteed page turner with many twists and turns of plot, a touch of horror, and much suspense. The story takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, the Sempere and Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul. The book is an examination of the power of books to change our lives in ways we don't even realize.--Milane Christiansen, The Book Works (Del Mar, CA)
	The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Howe, Katherine Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.99 Published: Hyperion Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Connie Goodwin should be writing her Ph.D. dissertation. Instead, her mother has asked her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, Massachusetts. While cleaning up the years of dust and cobwebs, Connie makes discoveries that lead her back to the world of the Salem witch trials. Howe does a superb job at combining modern day language with the 17th century voices, pulling you even deeper into a story of mystery and witches. Marvelous and terrifying at the same time. I loved it!--Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books (Mystic, CT)
	Shanghai Girls by See, Lisa Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.00 Published: Random House, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Beginning in prewar Shanghai of the 1930s, Shanghai Girls tells an emotional story of two sisters who are 'pawned' in arranged marriages and sent to America as payment for a family debt. Lisa See has written a novel of sacrifice and newfound dreams that you must read.--Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks (Truckee, CA)
	Woodsburner by Pipkin, John Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.95 Published: Nan A. Talese, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. John Pipkin's WOODSBURNER is an audacious, wondrous surprise-- audacious for putting someone like Henry David Thoreau and a true event from his life (a great fire) in a novel. It is a luminous story, in which Thoreau, a handful of insightfully drawn characters, and an America they all embody are cast in vivid relief. It is also a beautiful story of this country in its formative stages--how community, property, prosperity are being parsed out. Its language is one with the times. It has one of our bookseller ancestors down pat, for sure. Another character embraces the wonders of the woods - and womanhood - in ways even Thoreau never will equal. The fire itself is a real character, illuminating as it destroys. 165 years later, WOODSBURNER feels like a story from yesterday.--Rick Simonson, The Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle, WA)
	The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $27.95 Published: Penguin Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In this book, which is full of observations and maps, we see the world through the eyes of a Cheerio-obsessed twelve-year-old with the wisdom of an old soul. It is funny, tender, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and full of insight. On every page there was something that I wanted to read aloud to anyone who would listen.--Jake Hallman, A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA)
	On the Divinity of Second Chances by McLaren, Kaya Format:  Trade Paperback Price:  $14.00 Published: Penguin Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. This beautifully realized story tells of a family's quest for meaning in lives gone awry. Told alternately from the perspective of each character, the narrative unravels a lifetime of buried feelings, regrets, and lost desires. McLaren deftly chronicles this family's downward spiral and ultimate redemption through forgiveness. In a world of what if's, On the Divinity of Second Chances gives the reader a remarkable look at the healing power of second chances.--Brianne Kuhle, Lindon Bookstore (Enumclaw, WA)
	The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else by Beha, Christopher R. Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.00 Published: Grove Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Reading Christopher Beha???s book is like having a friendly, hip professor give you a syllabus with extended notes in the margins. It???s anecdotal and lit crit at the same time, and a fine introduction to some of the best books ever written. Beha decided to read the Harvard Classics in its entirety in one year, and write about not just what he absorbs from the books, but how reading these classics impacts his life. He successfully approaches the topic of reading to understand one???s place in the world, and he also talks about the necessity of reading with a foot in the past and the present. A must read for anyone fascinated about how reading transforms us!--Michele Filgate, RiverRun Bookstore (Portsmouth, NH)
	Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $19.95 Published: Penguin Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Having read about Ruth Reichl's eccentric and long-suffering mother in Tender at the Bone, I wasn't sure I was ready to revisit this unusual (or not so) family. Ms. Reichl does a wonderful job of showing us the person at the heart of Miriam Reichl, a woman who struggled against the constraints of 1950's American culture, and who encouraged her daughter to enter a world which, in her own generation, Miriam so desperately wanted to belong but could not access. Most of this book is based on letters and diaries that Ruth found after her mother's death. How bittersweet that some of the most intimate insights about our loved ones take place after the grave separates us.--Lisa Stefanacci, The Book Works (Del Mar, CA)
	The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Bradley, Alan Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.00 Published: Delacorte Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Whether you are a mystery lover or not, you are going to fall hard for Flavia de Luce, the newest sleuth on the block. She is a chemistry geek, a plucky Nancy Drew and a wacky Bridget Jones all wrapped in an eleven year old body. Not many books make me laugh out loud, but The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is wickedly clever and I had a great time reading it. I want to be friends with Flavia - I wonder if she needs an assistant on her next case?--Jennifer Meador , Lemuria Bookstore (Jackson, MS)
	The Color of Lightning by Jiles, Paulette Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.99 Published: William Morrow & Company, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. The savage struggle for land and dominion between Native American tribes and Western settlers is brought to life in this riveting novel set in North Texas after the Civil War. Rich in historical background and told in beautiful prose, this is a great novel for book groups.--Sheila Daley, Barrett Bookstore (Darien, CT)
	Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption by Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer, Cotton, Ronald, Torneo, Erin Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.95 Published: St. Martin's Press, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. A black man is accused of a terrible crime by a white woman and spends years in prison before being exonerated by DNA evidence. Then, the previously incarcerated man and the victim become friends, team up, and set out on a mission to rescue others falsely accused. No novel tells a story this important or heartrending. Read it!--Deal Safrit , Literary Book Post (Salisbury, NC)
	A Reliable Wife by Goolrick, Robert Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $23.95 Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Set in a land where long winters drive residents to unthinkable acts, this is the story of a wealthy Wisconsin foundry owner gets more than he bargains for when he orders a mail-order bride. Determined to quickly change from new bride to wealthy widow, his wife is as surprised as the reader to discover the sexual intensity of this quiet man. Many secrets. Many lies. Very sensual.--Beth Golay, Watermark Books (Wichita, KS)
	The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by Grann, David Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $27.50 Published: Doubleday Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Reading more like a script for Indiana Jones than a work of nonfiction, this book vividly brings to life the British explorer Percy Fawcett and the Amazon he loved and explored. Grann seamlessly brings together elements of history, anthropology, and biography into a superb narrative.--Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books (Georgetown, SC)
	Cutting for Stone by Verghese, Abraham Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $26.95 Published: Knopf Publishing Group, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. Cutting for Stone resists easy categorization -- it is just as much the chronicle of a bond between twin brothers and family as it is a book about medicine, or a story of grace. Verghese's carefully drawn characters are compelling and unforgettable -- this is a book you will have to share with others, if you can bear parting with your copy.--Meredith Allison, Brazos Bookstore, Inc. (Houston, TX)
	The 100 Best Business Books of All Time: What They Say, Why They Matter, and How They Can Help You by Covert, Jack, Sattersten, Todd Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $25.95 Published: Portfolio, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. From the moment I began this book, I was hooked. Combining a great concept and format, two business book experts extraordinaire tell you what books are worth reading and how they can help. If you read any business books, this should be the next one.--Chuck Robinson, Village Books Historic Fairhaven (Bellingham, WA)
	Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Grandin, Temple, Johnson, Catherine Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $26.00 Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. In Animals Make Us Human, Temple Grandin's special connection to animals is obvious once again, and she has written, with Catherine Johnson, a great reference for animal lovers and animal behaviorists. Like Helen Keller, the autistic author shows that having disabilities does not mean that you are an incapable human being -- rather, she proves the contrary.--Rachel Olin-Levy, Books & Books, Inc. (Coral Gables, FL)
	The Help by Stockett, Kathryn Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.95 Published: Putnam Adult, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. The Help recreates a time -- Mississippi in 1962 -- that is totally engrossing and pitch-perfect. This story of women in the South, black and white, in the eye of a hurricane of monumental change is thoroughly satisfying and enjoyable.--Sheila Burns, Bloomsbury Books (Ashland, OR)
	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Ford, Jamie Format:  Hardcover (Cloth) Price:  $24.00 Published: Ballantine Books, 2009 Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days   See all editions of this title. The Japanese internment of WWII comes alive in this timeless story, set in 1940s Seattle, of the power of the human heart to rise above hatred and bigotry. This is a book to share with others.--Marilyn Scheer, East West Bookshop Of Seattle (Seattle, WA)