March, 2005

FICTION

Betrayal of the Trust
Leslie Esdaile-Banks. Dafina, 2004.
A woman is determined to take down the powerful family that caused her father to commit suicide twenty years earlier.

Ireland
Frank Delaney. HarCol, 2005.
An itinerant storyteller so entrances young Ronan with his tales of early Ireland that his subsequent search for the old man becomes a journey of self-discovery and an immersion into the conflicting histories of his native land.

The Runes of the Earth
Stephen R. Donaldon. GPPS, 2004.
It has been 20 years since author Donaldson has written a new entry in his highly acclaimed "Thomas Covenant" series. Lord Foul is up to his old tricks and Thomas's lover, Linden Avery finds herself once again transported to the Land where, by now centuries have passed.

The Coffin Trail
Martin Edwards. PP, 2004.
Oxford history professor Daniel Kind and his lover, Miranda, buy a remote cottage in Brackdale that was once the home of Asperger's syndrome sufferer Barrie Gilpin, who had been the suspect in an unsolved murder case investigated by Daniel's father. Now the case is being re-opened and Daniel is determined to clear the long-dead Gilpin once and for all.

Following the Harvest
Fred Harris. Univ. of OK, 2004.
In the summer of 1943, 16-year-old Will Haley leaves his hometown of Vernon to head north with his father's wheat-harvesting crew. Along the way he experiences hardship, friendship, humor and tragedy.

Sight Hound
Pam Houston. Norton, 2005.
This is the story of Rae and her dog, Dante, a three-legged Irish wolfhound who teaches "his human" what he has always known; that love is stronger than fear.

Revolution No. 9
Neil McMahon. HarCol, 2005.
ER physician Carroll Monks is kidnapped by the leader of a violent counter-culture group living in the wilds of Northern California in order to treat his critically ill son. Complicating matters for Monks is that one of his abductors is his own estranged son, Glenn.

The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips. RH, 2004.
Ralph Trilipush is an Egyptologist obsessed with locating the tomb of king Atum-hadu, whose erotic verses he has discovered and translated. In the meantime an Australian detective who believes that Trilipush may have had some relationship with a young Australian Egyptologist who died mysteriously, seeks to discredit him.

Rite of Conquest
Judith Tarr. Roc, 2004
Myth, mystery, and historical fact are interwoven in this tale of William the Conqueror, the bastard son of a duke and a magical woman of Druid descent, who is believed to be the "One Foretold' who will cross the Channel and rule England.

The Blighted Cliffs
Edwin Thomas. T. Dunne, 2004.
Horatio Hornblower he isn't. After Lt. Martin Jerrold misses the battle of Traflagar due to hangover, his infuriated uncle at the Admiralty assigns him to the Orestes, a ship charged with chasing down French smugglers. In short order, Martin finds himself serving under a captain who hates him and in the cross-hairs of a magistrate determined to pin a murder on him.

NON-FICTION

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Jack Canfield, with Janet Switzer. HarRes, 2005.
The co-author of the Chicken Soup books teaches you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions.

Almost Paradise: The East Hampton Murder of Ted Ammon
Kieran Crowley. St. Martin's, 2004.
A fast-paced account of the sordid circumstances surrounding the brutal October 2001 bludgeon murder of multimillionaire Ted Ammon..

Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend
David Daegling. R&L, 2005.
A biological anthropologist examines the myth of Bigfoot and concludes that the creature exists only in the popular imagination.

The Friar and the Cipher: Roger Bacon and the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the World
Lawrence & Nancy Goldstone. Doubleday, 2005.
Two historians put forth the theory that Roger Bacon, the noted thirteenth-century, pre-Copernican astronomer, was the author of the Voynich Manuscript, a mysterious tome written in so indecipherable a language and containing so complicated a code that mathematicians, book collectors, linguists, and historians alike have yet to solve the mysteries contained within.

Five Quarts: A Personal & Natural History of Blood
Bill Hayes. Ballantine, 2005.
From ancient Rome, where gladiators drank the blood of vanquished foes to gain strength and courage, to modern-day laboratories, Hayes takes us on journey through history, literature, mythology, and science by means of the great red river that runs five quarts strong through our bodies.

Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios
Clinton Heylon. Chicago, 2005.
The myth-breaking story of one of filmdom's most brilliant and bedeviled mavericks.

Last Time Out: Big League Farewells of Baseball's Greats
John Nogowski. Taylor, 2005.
In triumph? tragedy? or scandal? How how the greatest players in baseball history left the game they once ruled.

Blue Streak: Inside jetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked the Industry
Barbara S. Peterson. Portfolio, 2004.
Follows the rise of David Neeleman who uprooted his wife and nine kids from Utah to New York to start a revolutionary airline that would make jaded travelers fall in love with flying again.

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo & Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words & Their Origins
Michael Quinion. Smithsonian, 2004.
From "the cat's pajamas" to "the whole nine yards rolled into one" this wordlover's delight skewers commonly accepted word origin myths.

Leading Men of MGM
Jane Ellen Wayne. C&G, 2005.
The author dishes the dirt on Hollywood's gods and legendary heroes.

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