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EUGENE ONEGIN A Novel in Verse —Alexander Pushkin (Penguin Classics November 304 pp. 978-0-14-044810-8 $14.00) Newly translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stanley Mitchell. A spirited new translation of the work that still stands as the benchmark of Russian literature, 175 years after its publication. All titles available now • $10.00 Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-044803-0 The Thirty-Nine Steps THE COMPLETE POETRY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE John Buchan —Edgar Allan Poe (Signet Classics October 160 pp. 978-0-14-103373-0 144 pp. 978-0-451-53105-6 $4.95) Introduction by Jay Parini. New Afterword by April The Riddle of the Sands Bernard. From “Annabel Lee” to “The Raven,” Erskine Childers this collection shows a writer as gifted in verse 352 pp. 978-0-14-103376-1 as in prose. Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52640-3 The Man Who Was Thursday THE BOOK OF CONTEMPLATION Islam and the A Nightmare Crusades—Usama Ibn Munqidh (Penguin Classics G. K. Chesterton October 400 pp. 978-0-14-045513-7 $15.00) 224 pp. 978-0-14-103375-4 Translated and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Paul M. Cobb. This revelatory collection The Lost World presents the most complete eyewitness Muslim Sir Arthur Conan Doyle account of the Crusades, in addition to daily life, 272 pp. 978-0-14-103377-8 warfare, and the curious European invaders. She A CHRISTMAS CAROL And Other Christmas H. Rider Haggard Stories—Charles Dickens (Signet Classics 400 pp. 978-0-14-103378-5 November 224 pp. 978-0-451-53109-4 $3.95) Introduction by Frederick Busch. New Afterword The Prisoner of Zenda by Gerald Charles Dickens. Includes “A Christmas Anthony Hope Tree,” “Christmas Dinner,” and the Christmas 208 pp. 978-0-14-103374-7 chapters from The Pickwick Papers. Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52283-2

THE COMPLETE FAIRY TALES OF OSCAR WILDE LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER —Oscar Wilde (Signet Classics October 240 pp. —D. H. Lawrence (Penguin Classics 978-0-451-53107-0 $5.95) December 400 pp. 978-0-14-144149-8 $12.00) New Introduction by Gyles Brandreth. Cambridge Lawrence Edition. Introduction by Afterword by Jack Zipes. Enchanting stories Doris Lessing. Edited with Notes by Michael written “partly for children, and partly for those Squires. Trapped in a sexless marriage with her who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder invalid husband, Constance Chatterley experiences and joy,” alongside their original illustrations. a passionate awakening with the gamekeeper Replaces ISBN 978-0-451-52435-5 Mellors. Replaces ISBN 978-0-14-018786-1

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LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project— Edited with an Introduction by Dave Isay (Penguin Tune in each week to hear November 304 pp. 978-0-14-311434-5 $15.00) exclusive interviews, helpful advice, The most memorable stories from StoryCorps, as and riveting book excerpts from heard on NPR. “What emerges in these compelling the most exciting authors around. pages is hard-won wisdom and boundless humanity.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. B/w photos.

SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER 2008 TITLES PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. OMNIBUS PHONE # 1-800-526-0275 SCHOOL & PUBLIC LIBRARY SPUD A Wickedly Funny Novel —John van de Ruit (Penguin Young Readers RED Teenage Girls in America Write About September 336 pp. 978-1-59514-187-3 $8.99) What Fires Up Their Lives Today “A rare book that men and their sons can laugh —Edited by Amy Goldwasser (Plume November about together.”—Best Life. “A deeply funny 288 pp. 978-0-452-28983-3 $13.00) chronicle of male adolescence.”—Entertainment “The honesty and beauty of the heartbreaking, Weekly. hilarious, and often harrowing stories...are enough to give you hope for the young women WOOF! Writers on Dogs—Edited by Lee who wrote these marvelous pieces, and for Montgomery (Viking November 256 pp. literature, and for us all.”—Francine Prose. 978-0-670-02029-4 $24.95) Introduction by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Pithy THE LITTLE BOOK—Selden Edwards observations and heartfelt confession from the (Dutton Available Now 416 pp. acclaimed writers who love them lay bare the 978-0-525-95061-5 $25.95) relationship of human and dog. “Edwards’s impressive debut novel is richly inventive, woven tightly with incident, and SONGS FOR THE MISSING—Stewart O’Nan fully engaging. It is also superbly humane (Viking November 320 pp. 978-0-670-02032-4 and readable.”—Richard Ford. $23.95) When a popular high school student disappears THE WAY I AM—Eminem (Dutton from her small midwestern town, the community October 208 pp. 978-0-525-95032-5 $40.00) struggles to maintain hope and, finally, to live The first rap artist ever to win an Oscar shares his with the unknown. private reflections, drawings, handwritten lyrics, and never-before-seen color photographs. THE MASCOT Unraveling the Mystery of My Includes a DVD. Jewish Father’s Nazi Boyhood—Mark Kurzem (Plume September 432 pp. 978-0-452-28994-9 GETTING ALONG FAMOUSLY Secrets of Classic $16.00) Friendships—Melissa Hellstern (Dutton “Part mystery, part memory puzzle, it is written November 208 pp. 978-0-525-95080-6 $19.95) in the polished style of a good thriller, and it is Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren, Lauren Bacall spellbinding.”—Dinitia Smith, The New York Times. and Judy Garland, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford —these iconic friendships and others celebrated THE WORDY SHIPMATES—Sarah Vowell with photographs and quotes. (Riverhead October 272 pp. 978-1-59448-999-0 $25.95) PONTOON A Novel of Lake Wobegon The author of the bestselling Assassination —Garrison Keillor (Penguin September Vacation offers an irreverent look at the Puritans 256 pp. 978-0-14-311410-9 $14.00) and their legacy, full of historical oddities and “Keillor has always been a great cataloguer, humorous commentary. equal parts Homer and Montgomery Ward, and rarely to better effect than in Pontoon.” CHILDREN OF JIHAD A Young American’s —Thomas Mallon, New York Times Book Review. Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East —Jared Cohen (Gotham September CHILD OF ALL NATIONS—Irmgard Keun 288 pp. 978-1-592-40399-8 $15.00) (Overlook September 208 pp. “This young gutsy writer knows that the East- 978-1-59020-099-5 $22.95) West struggle is being fought over the cafe Translated by Michael Hofmann. Originally tables of the Near and Middle East...This young published in 1938, this classic of Holocaust American has had the moxie to sit and listen for literature is “hugely engaging...breathes hours at those tables. In the words of the poet, compassion... has room for everything— Cohen has taken the road less traveled by, and shrewdness, forgiveness, wit and loneliness.” that has made all the difference.’”—Chris —Anne Michaels, author of Fugitive Pieces. Matthews. One of Kirkus Reviews’s Best Books of 2007. 8-page photo insert. DOWN TOWN—Ferrol Sams (Penguin October 320 pp. 978-0-14-311438-3 $15.00) DEEP DRIVE A Long Journey to Finding “Infused with Sams’s love of the South...and of the the Champion Within—Mike Lowell with people whose lives have provided the stories he Rob Bradford (Celebra Available Now has translated into eminently readable books.” 288 pp. 978-0-451-22555-9 $23.95) —St. John Flynn, host of NPR’s Cover to Cover. Foreword by Josh Beckett. The Red Sox star third baseman recounts his eventful life, from his family’s escape from Cuba through his battle with testicular cancer to his MVP award in the 2007 World Series. Photos.

SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER 2008 TITLES PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC. OMNIBUS PHONE # 1-800-526-0275 THE LOST DAUGHTERS OF CHINA SLAM—Nick Hornby (Riverhead October Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, 320 pp. 978-1-59448-345-5 $14.00) and the Search for a Missing Past “We want to hear whatever Sam has got to —Karin Evans (Tarcher October 336 pp. say—the whole scary, hilarious story.”—The 978-1-58542-676-8 $14.95) Washington Post. Preface by Anchee Min. Revised and Updated. “Breathtaking—an unforgettable story... BESIDE A BURNING SEA—John Shors (NAL Describes not only the tragedy of social September 368 pp. 978-0-451-22492-7 $14.00) engineering but the healing power of a mother’s “Shors weaves psychological intrigue by looking love.”—Iris Chang. at his characters’ competing desires: love, revenge, and meaning. Both lyrical and deeply AMERICAN BAND Music, Dreams, and Coming imaginative, Beside a Burning Sea confirms again of Age in the Heartland—Kristen Laine (Gotham that Shors is an immense talent.”—Amy Tan. September 320 pp. 978-1-592-40400-1 $15.00) “Much more than the story of a season in the life THE CURIOUS WORLD OF CHRISTMAS of the most fanatical practitioners of this uniquely Celebrating All That Is Weird, Wonderful, American ritual. Laine has produced a captivating and Festive—Niall Edworthy (Perigee portrait of what it’s like to be a teenager in October 192 pp. 978-0-399-53457-7 $16.95) middle America in the first part of the 21st Sure to cheer even the grumpiest Scrooge, more century.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak. than a thousand anecdotes, customs, tips, and Two 8-page photo inserts. recipes honor all things Christmas. Illustrations.

TASTES LIKE CUBA An Exile’s Hunger HOW TO BE AN EXPLORER OF THE WORLD for Home—Eduardo Machado and Michael Portable Life Museum—Keri Smith (Perigee Domitrovich (Gotham October October 208 pp. 978-0-399-53460-7 $14.95) 368 pp. 978-1-592-40405-6 $15.00) The author of Wreck This Journal provides a series The playwright’s “memoir will bring life to a of interactive prompts in this hand-illustrated world lost in time and offer recipes that are color volume for exploring and documenting the authentic, easy to follow and delicious.” art and science of everyday life. —The Miami Herald. B/w photos. THE POWER OF GIVING How Giving Back EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS—P. F. Kluge (Overlook Enriches Us All—Azim Jamal and November 256 pp. 978-1-59020-094-0 $14.95) Harvey McKinnon (Tarcher Available Now New Introduction by Sherman Alexie. “A warm, 192 pp. 978-1-58542-668-3 $22.95) entertaining, and highly evocative story of “With pith and wisdom they make a compelling youth, music, and growing up in the 1950’s.” case for the old adage that the more you give, —The Philadelphia Inquirer. the more you receive...If everyone followed the advice given in this wonderful book, our world ALL THE WORLD’S A GRAVE A New Play would be a richer, more equitable, and peaceful by William Shakespeare—Edited with place.”—Jack Canfield. an Afterword by John Reed (Plume September 208 pp. 978-0-452-28986-4 $12.00) SPEED DEMON—Erin Lynn (Berkley Jam In this inventive repackaging of the Bard’s works November 192 pp. 978-0-425-22366-6 $9.99) into a five-act tragedy, Prince Hamlet goes to In order to close a demon portal, Kenzie Sutcliffe war for Juliet, the daughter of King Lear. had to drive the family’s minivan into the kitchen. Now, she’s forbidden to drive and her new THE BRIEF WONDROUS LIFE OF OSCAR WAO chauffeur is...a demon! —Junot Díaz (Riverhead September 368 pp. 978-1-59448-329-5 $14.00) THE SHEPHERD, THE ANGEL, AND WALTER THE One of the most celebrated novels of recent CHRISTMAS MIRACLE DOG—Dave Barry (Berkley years “decisively establishes [Díaz] as one of October 128 pp. 978-0-425-21774-0 $12.00) contemporary fiction’s most distinctive and “Should prove a holiday favorite for years to irresistible new voices.”—Michiko Kakutani, The come!”—Kirkus Reviews. New York Times. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. PROM QUEEN GEEKS—Laura Preble (Berkley Jam September 272 pp. 978-0-425-22338-3 $9.99) HEAVEN’S NET IS WIDE The First Tale Throwing an alternative, low-cost Geek Prom turns of the Otori—Lian Hearn (Riverhead out to be more work than the Queen Geek Social September 560 pp. 978-1-59448-332-5 $15.00) Club of Green Pines High bargained for—especially “A high-class voyage to the long ago and far when the popular kids try to sabotage it. away.”—Ursula K. Le Guin. “Violent and rivetingly elegant.”—The Washington Post.

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KATHIE—Dora Taylor (Penguin South Africa December THE PENGUIN ATLAS OF WOMEN IN THE WORLD 380 pp. 978-0-14-302569-6 $22.00) Fourth Edition—Joni Seager (Penguin November Ostracized by her white mother’s family for being as dark as 128 pp. 978-0-14-311451-2 $20.00) her late Cape Colored father, Kathie nevertheless refuses to The updated version of the groundbreaking abandon her light-skinned baby sister, whose convoluted life atlas presents up-to-the-minute data on key issues facing finally meshes with her own in a most unexpected way. women today: equality, motherhood, feminism, women in the global economy, lesbian rights, and more. THE ISLAMIST Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left MAN VS. WEATHER Be Your Own Weatherman —Ed Husain (Penguin UK October 304 pp. —Dennis DiClaudio (Penguin November 256 pp. 978-0-14-103043-2 $18.00) 978-0-14-311363-8 $14.00) For the first time an ex-member openly discusses life within A humorist takes on the weather, explaining the geothermal radical Islamic organizations, exposing the threat they pose mechanisms behind it, as well as assessing the veracity of to the world, Muslim and non-Muslim alike. atmospheric aphorisms, such as “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.” B/w illustrations. A GIRL AND A RIVER—Usha K.R. (Penguin India December 336 pp. 978-0-14-310123-9 $10.00) MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to her small town of —John Hodgman (Dutton October 240 pp. Mysore, young Kaveri defies her father and participates in 978-0-525-95034-9 $25.00) the Quit India march. Basically a nobody when his Areas of My Expertise was published in 2005, Hodgman soon became a famous minor THIN—Grace Bowman (Penguin UK television personality—and, amid all the hubbub, briefly October 304 pp. 978-0-14-102284-0 $15.00) forgot how to write books of fake trivia. Thankfully, he has A young victim of anorexia nervosa faces up to her illness, since remembered. while reaching out to others lost in the wilderness.

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