New Releases - February 2008

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There are a slew of new and exciting titles that have just been released, or are coming out this first week in February. The latest from Grisham, Patterson, McBride, and Picoult, among others. More from Fancy Nancy, a Wimpy Kid and the Clique series. For a complete list, keep reading, then come in and browse, give us a call (310-454-4063) or click on the link above to order any of these new hardcover, paperback, children's or young adult titles.

A few perennial favorites are back with their latest offerings in hardcover. In 7th Heaven James Patterson give us the latest installment of Womens’ Murder Club. Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary yet in Stranger in Paradise, by Robert B. Parker.  LA Outlaws, by T. Jefferson Parker, is the story of Allison Murrieta, an 8th grade history teacher with three sons by day; by night she dons a mask, straps on her derringer and steals from the greedy.

And just in time for Valentine's Day comes Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me, by Ben Karlin.  The Emmy Award winning former executive producer of The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report has assembled a stellar lineup of men who have one thing in common: all have been dumped – and all are willing to share their pain and lessons learned.

Finally, Songs Yet Sung, is the highly-anticipated second novel from bestselling memoirist (The Color of Water) James McBride.  Escaped slaves, free blacks, slave-catchers and plantation owners weave a tangled web of intrigue and adventure in pre–Civil War Maryland.

New in paperback...

Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult. Best known for tackling controversial issues through richly told fictional accounts, Picoult's 14th novel deals with the truth and consequences of a horrific, small town, high school shooting. In Skylight Confessions, by Alice Hoffman, fate plays a trick on Arlyn Singer when John Moody knocks on her door to ask for directions. And Heyday, by Kurt Anderson, is a sweeping romp through the boisterous coming–of-age in America.

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