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Rancho Mirage Writers Festival 2014 Revised 12/12/2013 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival 2014 Bibliography of Authors’ Selected Books David Abrams FOBBIT: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: BLACK CAT, 2012. (FICTION ABRAMS) A.Scott Berg WILSON. NEW YORK: PUTNAM, 2013. (BIOGRAPHY WILSON) KATE REMEMBERED. NEW YORK: PUTNAM, 2003. (BIOGRAPHY HEPBURN) LINDBERGH. NEW YORK: PUTNAM, 1998. (BIOGRAPHY LINDBERGH) GOLDWYN: A BIOGRAPHY. NEW YORK: KNOPF, 1989. (BIOGRAPHY GOLDWYN) MAX PERKINS: EDITOR OF GENIUS. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 1978. (BIOGRAPHY PERKINS) Sean B. Carroll BRAVE GENIUS: TWO REMARKABLE FRIENDS AND THEIR UNLIKELY JOURNEY FROM THE FRENCH RESISTANCE TO THE NOBEL PRIZE. NEW YORK: CROWN, 2013. (572.8092 CARROLL) REMARKABLE CREATURES. BOSTON: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, 2009. (508 CARROLL) THE MAKING OF THE FITTEST: DNA AND THE ULTIMATE FORENSIC RECORD OF EVOLUTION. NEW YORK: W.W. NORTON & CO., 2006. (572.86 CARROLL) Michael Childers ICONS AND LEGENDS. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 2004. (779.2 CHILDERS) Revised 12/12/2013 Linda Fairstein DEATH ANGEL. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 2013. (MYSTERY FAIRSTEIN) NIGHT WATCH. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 2012. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) SILENT MERCY. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 2011. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) HELL GATE. NEW YORK: DUTTON, 2010. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) LETHAL LEGACY. NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, 2009. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) KILLER HEAT. NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, 2008. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) BAD BLOOD. NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, 2007. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) DEATH DANCE. NEW YORK, SCRIBNER, 2006. (CD FAIRSTEIN) ENTOMBED. NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, 2005. (FICTION FAIRSTEIN) Karen Elliott House ON SAUDI ARABIA: IT’S PEOPLE, PAST, RELIGION, FAULT LINES-- AND FUTURE. NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 2012. (953.8 HOUSE) GEOFFREY KABASERVICE RULE AND RUIN: THE DOWNFALL OF MODERATION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, FROM EISENHOWER TO THE TEA PARTY. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2012. JOSEPH KANON ISTANBUL PASSAGE: A NOVEL. LONDON: SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2012. (FICTION KANON) STARDUST: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: ATRIA BOOKS, 2009. (FICTION KANON) ALIBI: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT, 2005. (FICTION KANON) THE GOOD GERMAN: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: HENRY HOLT & CO., 2001. (FICTION KANON) PRODIGAL SPY. NEW YORK: BROADWAY BOOKS, 1998. (FICTION KANON) LOS ALAMOS: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: BROADWAY BOOKS, 1997. (FICTION KANON) Revised 12/12/2013 KEVIN P. KEATING THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS. NEW YORK: VINTAGE BOOKS, 2013. (FICTION KEATING) Alice Kessler-Harris A DIFFICULT WOMAN: THE CHALLENGING LIFE AND TIMES OF LILLIAN HELLMAN. NEW YORK: BLOOMSBURY PRESS, 2012. (BIOGRAPHY HELLMAN) G. Bruce Knecht GRAND AMBITION. NEW YORK: SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2013. (FICTION KNECHT) HOOKED. EMMAUS, PENN.: RODALE, 2006. (174.295 BRODY) PROVING GROUND. NEW YORK: WARNER BOOKS, 2001. (797.1 KNIGHT) ANDREW NEIDERMAN GARDEN OF THE DEAD. SUTTON: SEVERN HOUSE, 2010. (FICTION NEIDERMAN) DEADLY VERDICT. SUTTON: SEVERN HOUSE, 2008. (FICTION NEIDERMAN) LIFE SENTENCE. SUTTON: SEVERN HOUSE, 2007. (FICTION NEIDERMAN) UNHOLY BIRTH. NEW YORK: POCKET STAR, 2007. (PAPERBACK NEIRERMAN) DEFICIENCY. NEW YORK: POCKET STAR BOOKS, 2004. (FICTION NEIDERMAN) CURSE. LEICESTER: ULVERSCROFT, 2004. (FICTION NEIDERMAN) CHRIS PAVONE THE EXPATS: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: CROWN PUBLISHERS, 2012. (FICTION PAVONE) Revised 12/12/2013 ARTHUR PHILLIPS TRAGEDY OF ARTHUR: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2011. (FICTION PHILLIPS) THE SONG IS YOU: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2009. (FICTION PHILLIPS) ANGELICA: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2007. (FICTION PHILLIPS) THE EGYPTOLOGIST: A NOVEL. NEW YORK : RANDOM HOUSE, 2004. (FICTION PHILLIPS) PRAGUE: A NOVEL. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2002. (FICTION PHILLIPS) RICHARD RODRIGUEZ DARLING: A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY. NEW YORK: VIKING, 2013. (BIOGRAPHY RODRIGUEZ) HUNGER OF MEMORY: THE EDUCATION OF RICHARD RODRIGUEZ. NEW YORK: BANTAM BOOKS, 1982. (BIOGRAPHY RODRIGUEZ) LISA SEE DREAMS OF JOY. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2011. (FICTION SEE) SHANGHAI GIRLS. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2009. (FICTION SEE) PEONY IN LOVE. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2007. (FICTION SEE) SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2005. (FICTION SEE) DRAGON BONES. NEW YORK: RANDOM HOUSE, 2003. (MYSTERY SEE) MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD SEATING ARRANGEMENTS. NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 2012. (FICTION SHIPSTEAD) Revised 12/12/2013 KEVIN STARR GOLDEN GATE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AMERICA'S GREATEST BRIDGE. NEW YORK: BLOOMSBURY PRESS, 2010. (979.4 STARR) LOS ANGELES: PORTRAIT OF A CITY. KÖLN: TASCHEN, 2009. (979.4 LOSANGEL) GOLDEN DREAMS: CALIFORNIA IN AN AGE OF ABUNDANCE, 1950-1963. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009. (979.4 STARR) CALIFORNIA: A HISTORY. NEW YORK: MODERN LIBRARY, 2005. (979.4 STARR) COAST OF DREAMS: CALIFORNIA ON THE EDGE, 1990-2003. NEW YORK: KNOPF, 2004. (979.4 STARR) EMBATTLED DREAMS: CALIFORNIA IN WAR AND PEACE, I940-I950. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2002. (979.4 STARR) THE DREAM ENDURES: CALIFORNIA ENTERS THE 1940S. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997. (979.4 STARR) ENDANGERED DREAMS: THE GREAT DEPRESSION IN CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996. (CALIF 979.4) MATERIAL DREAMS: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE 1920'S. NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1990. (979.4 STARR) DAVID ULIN LABYRINTH. BOSTON: GEMMAMEDIA 2012. (FICTION ULIN) CAPE COD NOIR (AKASHIC NAIR. NEW YORK: AKASHIC BOOKS, 2011. (813.087 CAPE) THE LOST ART OF READING: WHY BOOKS MATTER IN A DISTRACTED TIME. SEATTLE, WA: SASQUATCH BOOKS, 2010. (028.9 ULIN) LOS ANGELES: PORTRAIT OF A CITY. KÖLN: TASCHEN, 2009. (979.4 LOSANGEL) WRITING LOS ANGELES: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY. NEW YORK: PENQUIN, 2002. (810.8 WRITING) CAPE COD BLUES (SHORT WORKS SERIES). NEW YORK: RED DUST, 1992. (811.54 CAPE) JOSEPH WAMBAUGH HARBOR NOCTURNE. NEW YORK: MYSTERIOUS PRESS, 2012. (FICTION WAMBAUGH) HOLLYWOOD HILLS. NEW YORK: LITTLE, BROWN, 2010. (FICTION WAMBAUGH) HOLLYWOOD MOON. NEW YORK: LITTLE, BROWN, AND CO. 2009. (FICTION WAMBAUGH) HOLLYWOOD CROWS. NEW YORK: LITTLE, BROWN, 2008. (FICTION WAMBAUGH) HOLLYWOOD STATION. NEW YORK: LITTLE, BROWN, AND CO., 2006. (FICTION WAMBAUGH) FIRE LOVER. NEW YORK: W. MORROW, 2002. (364.164 WAMBAUGH) .
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