Fearless Fourteen
A Stephanie Plum Novel
Janet Evanovich
Personal vendettas, hidden treasure, and a monkey named Carl will send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most explosive adventure yet. When bank robber Dom Rizzi is released from prison and bodies start showing up in his cousin Joe Morelli's basement, Stephanie Plum is drawn into a strange situation.
Publisher $27.95 Schwartz $19.56

Banana Heart Summer
Merlinda Bobis
The myth of the banana heart inspires twelve-year-old Nenita: she will find a way to appease her family's hunger and win her mother's love. As she cooks and eats, or dreams of cooking and eating, other love stories unfold along her street, sweltering between an active volcano and a church. Winner of the Philippine National Book Award and short-listed for Australia's oldest literary prize, this debut novel will feel right at home on your nightstand if you loved Sandra Cisnero's The House on Mango Street.
Paperback
$12.00

Soul
Tobsha Learner
In Soul, Learner relates the story of Lavinia and Julia Huntington, passionate women trapped in emotional whirlpools that threaten to drown them and everyone they love. When their love for their husbands goes unrequited, Lavinia and Julia feel the tortures of passion unspent. Cold logic tells them that the deaths of their tormentors will bring them peace and their choices will echo far into the future.
Paperback
$14.95

The Triumph of Caesar
Steven Saylor
The Roman civil war has come to its conclusion - Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome's legions), and for the first time in many years Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. Appointed by the Senate as Dictator, the city abounds with rumors asserting that Caesar wishes to be made King-the first such that Rome has had in centuries-and that not all of his opposition has been crushed.
$24.95

Skeletons at the Feast
Chris Bohjalian
In January 1945, in the waning month of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines in this novel inspired by an actual World War II diary. By the author of The Double Bind.
$25.00

Little Stalker
Jennifer Belle
Rebekah Kettle is obsessed. Not with her quirky, adoring paparazzo boyfriend or the gossip columnist who wants to be her new best friend, but with someone she's never even met-cult filmmaker Arthur Weeman. But when the window of an Upper East Side apartment provides her with a scandalous view into Weeman's life Rebekah has to decide: does she give her new love the scoop of a lifetime-a photo of a compromised Weeman-or does she remain loyal to the man whose films have defined her life?
Paperback
$14.00

The End of East
Jen Sookfong Lee
A portrait of three generations of the Chan Family, The End of East begins with the story of Seid Quan, the first in his family to emigrate from China to Vancouver in 1913. Eighteen years old, and paving the way over for a wife and son, he is profoundly lonely, even as he joins the Chinatown community. The End of East weaves in and out of the past and the present, where Seid Quan's granddaughter Sammy pieces together the continuing tale of her family history.
$23.95

The Cellist of Sarejevo
Steven Galloway
In a city under siege, four people whose lives have been upended are ultimately reminded of what it is to be human. From his window, a musician sees twenty-two of his friends and neighbors waiting in a breadline. Then, in a flash, they are killed by a mortar attack. In an act of defiance, the man picks up his cello and decides to play at the site of the shelling for twenty-two days, honoring their memory.
$21.95

The End
Salvatore Scibona
"A masterful novel set amid racial upheaval in 1950s America during the flight of second-generation immigrants from their once-necessary ghettos. Full of wisdom, consequence, and grace, Salvatore Scibona's radiant debut brims with the promise of a remarkable literary career, of which The End is only the beginning."-Annie Dillard, author of The Maytrees
$24.00

Staff Pick
Sway
The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
"Why we do wrong things, even when we know better--lots of case studies in Gladwell territory. Do you know the #1 correlation between how much time a basketball player gets? Or why most interview questions are misguided? Or the physiological reason why financial incentives backfire for teachers (as earlier documented in Freakonomics)? The answers are all here. One Brafman is a businessman, the other a psychologist--and there's lotsa meaty stuff here."
-Daniel Goldin, General Manager
$21.95

Staff Pick
The Unlikely Lavender Queen
A Memoir of Unexpected Blossoming
Jeannie Ralston
"Ralston reluctantly gives up her urban life for rural Texas when she marries a National Geographic photographer. But it's when hubby comes back from Provence and suggests they start a lavender farm that things really get interesting. Loved the story, loved the writing-a real pleasure."
-Bev Segel, Shorewood
$23.95

The Pleasures of Slow Food
Celebrating Authentic Traditions, Flavors, and Recipes
Corby Kummer
Originally published in 2002, this was one of the first books on the Slow Food movement. Now, for the first time, it's available in paperback for home cooks who strive to preserve the traditions of growing, cooking, and eating good food. With 15 profiles of artisans plus 45 time-tested recipes by chefs and cooks (Alice Waters, Rick Bayless, and more), this cookbook promotes regional heirloom foods that feature local ingredients and/or have been prepared the same way for generations.
$24.95

The Time of My Life
20 Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones, and Debauchery of The Prom
Edited by Rob Spillman
Remember the ill-fitting tuxes, regrettable dresses, wilting corsages, cheap beer, and rented limos that marked the biggest, most-anticipated celebration of the school year? Well, lots of your favorite writers do too, and they share the good, the bad, and the embarrassingly ugly in this wonderful compendium of personal reminiscences about prom night.
Paperback
$13.95

Staff Pick
Madapple
Christina Meldrum
The secrets of the past meet the shocks of the present. Aslaug is an unusual young woman. Her mother has brought her up in near isolation, teaching her about plants and nature and language-but not about life. Especially not how she came to have her own life, and who her father might be. When Aslaug's mother dies unexpectedly, everything changes. Aslaug is a suspect in her mother's death, and the more her story unravels, the more questions unfold.

"A crazy good read! A twisting tale of love, deception, murder and good versus evil. It's like nothing I've read before!"
-Melissa Babler, Shorewood
For teens
$19.99

Fly High, Fly Guy!
Fly Guy #5
Tedd Arnold
Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family road trip. They're afraid he'll get lost. But when Dad accidentally shuts him in the trunk, Fly Guy goes along for the ride. Zany illustrations and easy-to-read text make this a fun reading adventure for the beginner.
For young readers
$5.99

Attack of the Growling Eyeballs
Lin Oliver
Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin
Daniel Funk feels trapped in a family of women. But the men in his family have an unusual trait-they can shrink to the size of a toe. When Daniel shrinks, he discovers his identical twin brother, Pablo, who is always that small. Together they do the guy things the way Daniel always wanted. But then Pablo goes missing and Daniel is too small to find him. Has he become roach food?
For middle readers
$14.99

Some Helpful Tips for a Better World and a Happier Life
Rebecca Doughty
Begin each day making funny faces in the mirror. Invent occasions for celebration. Help someone in need. Simply told and vibrantly illustrated, this little book of tips is sure to get kids thinking about the world around them.
For young adults
$12.99