New Releases for November 1st, 2011
Submitted by princebooks on Fri, 10/28/2011 - 4:54pm
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
Out of Oz: The Final Volume in the Wicked Years by Gregory Maquire
Bestselling author Gregory Maguire’s remarkable series, The Wicked Years, comes full circle with this, his fourth and final excursion across a darker, richer, more complex landscape of “the magical land of Oz.” Out of Oz brilliantly reimagines L. Frank Baum’s world over the rainbow as wracked with social unrest—placing Glinda the good witch under house arrest and having the cowardly Lion on the lam from the law as the Emerald City prepares to make war on Munchkinland. Even Dorothy makes a triumphant return in Maguire’s magnificent Oz finale—tying up every loose green end of the series he began with his classic Wicked, the basis for the smash hit Broadway musical.
William Morrow & Company
Hardcover, 592 pages, $26.99
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
The history of humanity is a history of invention and innovation, as we have continually created new items to use, to admire, or to leave our mark on the world. In this original and thought-provoking book, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, has selected one hundred man-made artifacts, each of which gives us an intimate glimpse of an unexpected turning point in human civilization. A History of the World in 100 Objects stretches back two million years and covers the globe. From the very first hand axe to the ubiquitous credit card, each item has a story to tell; together they relate the larger history of mankind-revealing who we are by looking at what we have made. Handsomely designed, with more than 150 color photographs throughout the text. Makes a great gift!
Viking Books
Hardcover, 707 pages, $45
Zero Day by David Baldacci
John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.
Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it, are what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force.
Grand Central Publishing
Hardcover, 488 pages, $27.99
Special! 20% off retail price!
Crossed by Ally Condie
The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy.
Separated by the dictatorial Society that rules them, Cassia has been searching for Ky while suffering the harsh conditions of labor camps far from home. About to be sent to the Societys biggest city for her permanent work assignment, Cassia instead grabs an opportunity to reach the war-torn Outer Provinces, where she finally gets a lead in tracking Ky. Ky has survived being used as a pawn in the Societys war against a nameless and faceless enemy; he and two companions have escaped into a no mans land, and Cassia follows. As Cassia and Ky hike through dangerous territory in search of a rumored rebellion and the freedom to be together, the specter of Cassias betrothed, Xander, hangs over them.
Dutton Books
Hardcover, 367 pages, $17.99
Now in Paperback:
The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht
True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World by Lisa Birnbach
The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics by James Kakalios
A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata
