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cata div page 2009PR_maa.qxp:Document 5 11/3/08 6:28 PM Page 1 Knopf publisher of Borzoi Books Summer 2009 cata div page 2009MM.qxp:Document 5 10/28/08 8:39 PM Page 2 K-Su09_5p_r1_PR 11/1/08 8:44 AM Page 179 Summer 2009 Alfred A.Knopf K-Su09_5p_r1_PR 11/1/08 8:44 AM Page 180 Index of Authors Page Page Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, The Mandanipour, Shahriar, Censoring an Thing Around Your Neck 205 Iranian Love Story 190 Bachrach, Nancy, The Center of Martin, Gerald, Gabriel García Márquez 193 the Universe 185 McDougall, Christopher, Born to Run 191 Baden, Dr. Michael, and Linda Kenney Neely, Patrick and Gina, with Paula Baden, Skeleton Justice 207 Disbrowe, Down Home with the Neelys 197 Bernstein, Richard, The East, the West, O’Connor, Frank, The Best of Frank and Sex 202 O’Connor 213 Cherlin, Andrew J., The Marriage- Osborne, Frances, The Bolter 206 Go-Round 187 Padel, Ruth, Darwin 182 Child, Julia, Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom 188 Piercy, Marge, The Crooked Inheritance 198 Ciuraru, Carmela, ed., Poems About Horses 210 Piñon, Nélida, Voices of the Desert 226 Darling, Ron, The Complete Game 183 Sheck, Laurie, Captivity 198 De Robertis, Carolina, The Invisible Sheck, Laurie, A Monster’s Notes 194 Mountain 229 Sibley, David Allen, The Sibley Guide Di Piero, W. S., Chinese Apples 220 to Trees 224 Dumas, Alexandre, The Count of Sijie, Dai, Once on a Moonless Night 230 Monte Cristo 212 Soskice, Janet, The Sisters of Sinai 222 Everyman’s Library 209–217 Stevens, Wallace, Selected Poems 228 Fesperman, Dan, The Arms Maker of Berlin 227 Sullivan, J. Courtney, Commencement 199 Gold, Glen David, Sunnyside 195 Swift, Graham, Making an Elephant 200 Hyde, Elisabeth, In the Heart of Szuber, Janusz, They Carry a Promise 192 the Canyon 221 Thornton, Tim, The Alternative Hero 218 Keegan, Nicola, Swimming 219 Updike, John, The Maples Stories 214 Lansdale, Joe R., Vanilla Ride 208 Updike, John, My Father’s Tears and Larsson, Stieg, The Girl Who Played Other Stories 203 with Fire 223 Von Boeselager, Philipp Freiherr, Valkyrie 196 Lasser, Scott, The Year That Follows 204 Washington, Peter, ed., Russian Poets 211 Laurents, Arthur, Mainly on Directing 186 Wilkinson, Alec, The Protest Singer 184 Lynch, Jim, Border Songs 201 Wright, Franz, Earlier Poems 220 180 K-Su09_5p_r1_PR 11/1/08 8:44 AM Page 181 Index of Titles Page Page The Alternative Hero, Tim Thornton 218 Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom, Julia Child 188 The Arms Maker of Berlin, Dan Mainly on Directing, Arthur Laurents 186 Fesperman 227 Making an Elephant, Graham Swift 200 The Best of Frank O’Connor, Frank The Maples Stories, John Updike 214 O’Connor 213 The Marriage-Go-Round, Andrew J. The Bolter, Frances Osborne 206 Cherlin 187 Border Songs, Jim Lynch* 201 A Monster’s Notes, Laurie Sheck 194 Born to Run, Christopher McDougall 191 My Father’s Tears and Other Stories, Captivity, Laurie Sheck 198 John Updike 203 Censoring an Iranian Love Story, Once on a Moonless Night, Dai Sijie 230 Shahriar Mandanipour 190 Poems About Horses, Carmela The Center of the Universe, Nancy Ciuraru, ed. 210 Bachrach 185 The Protest Singer, Alec Wilkinson 184 Chinese Apples, W. S. Di Piero 220 Russian Poets, Peter Washington, ed. 211 Commencement, J. Courtney Sullivan 199 Selected Poems, Wallace Stevens 228 The Complete Game, Ron Darling* 183 The Sibley Guide to Trees, David The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Allen Sibley 224 Dumas 212 The Sisters of Sinai, Janet Soskice 222 The Crooked Inheritance, Marge Piercy 198 Skeleton Justice, Dr. Michael Baden Darwin, Ruth Padel 182 and Linda Kenney Baden 207 Down Home with the Neelys, Patrick Sunnyside, Glen David Gold 195 and Gina Neely, with Paula Disbrowe 197 Swimming, Nicola Keegan 219 Earlier Poems, Franz Wright 220 They Carry a Promise, Janusz Szuber 192 The East, the West, and Sex, Richard The Thing Around Your Neck, Bernstein 202 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 205 Gabriel García Márquez, Gerald Martin 193 Valkyrie, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager 196 The Girl Who Played with Fire, Vanilla Ride, Joe R. Lansdale 208 Stieg Larsson 223 Voices of the Desert, Nélida Piñon 226 In the Heart of the Canyon, Elisabeth Hyde 221 The Year That Follows, Scott Lasser 204 The Invisible Mountain, Carolina De Robertis 229 * Books of special interest to young adults 181 K-Su09_5p_r1_PR 11/1/08 8:44 AM Page 182 April Ruth Padel Darwin A Life in Poems uth Padel, an acclaimed British poet and critic, is Rthe great-great-granddaughter of Charles Dar- win. Here, in readable, vivid verse, she brings us his life: how Darwin lost his mother at the age of eight, repressed all memory of her, and poured his passion into solitary walks, newt collecting, and shooting; how his five-year voyage on the HMS Beagle changed everything. In 1838, he began publishing his findings and working privately on groundbreaking theories about the development of animal species, including human beings. Each moment is piercing and distinct as Padel summons up crucial breakthroughs, both in- tellectual and personal. We witness Darwin’s nervous proposal of marriage to his cousin Emma and the steadfast, complex union that ensued; during the rais- ing of their ten children, three of whom died, Darwin was painfully aware of the gulf between Emma’s devout Christian faith and his own growing religious doubt. Enriched by marginal notes and by a fascinating in- troduction about the family’s attitudes toward Dar- win’s thought in successive generations, Padel’s poetry • National Media Appearances, including not only follows the great drama of his discovery of NPR and print features evolution but also imagines the fluctuating emotions • National Print Advertising, including The New York Review of Books of the private man and tender father. A moving and powerful tribute, with an unquantifiable depth of family intimacy and warmth. Barmouth A child on a beach, alone. Grey-eyed, thickset, kneeling to look. Ruth Padel is a prizewinning poet, a Fellow of the Royal Society “A blowy day. A large black and scarlet of Literature, and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. hemipterous insect. Many moths She is the author of seven poetry collections, including Voodoo Shop and The Soho Leopard, both short-listed for the T. S. Eliot including zygaena. A cicendela— Prize, as well as a travel book, Tigers in Red Weather, and two largest genus of the tiger beetle— popular works of poetry criticism, 52 Ways of Looking at a not found in Shropshire.” Poem, and The Poem and the Journey. Padel lives in London. Why does every gentleman not become an ornithologist? Gulls and cormorants take their way home at evening on a wild, irregular course. 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