FICTION
Miss Julia’s School of Beauty
By Ann B. Ross (Penguin $14)
The sixth book in the “Miss Julia” series has the hero returning from her recent elopement.
The Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector and Selected Stories
By Nikolay Gogol (Penguin $10)
A new collection of the influential Russian satirist’s writings.
Sun and Shadow
By Ake Edwardson (Penguin $13)
The first of the series about a troubled, young Swedish police detective to be published in the U.S.
Any Place I Hang My Hat
By Susan Isaacs (Scribner $14)
A novel about an accomplished young woman who feels lost in life.
North
By Frederick Busch (Ballantine $13.95)
The sequel to the novel “Girls” has the protagonist, Jack, dealing with his grief over the loss of his wife and child.
And the Word Was
By Bruce Bauman (Other Press $15.95)
A debut novel about an American doctor who begins a new life in India after his son’s death.
The J.A.P. Chronicles
By Isabel Rose (Broadway $12.95)
A novel about a filmmaker who uses a summer camp reunion as an opportunity to make a documentary about her privileged fellow campers.
Cast of Shadows
By Kevin Guilfoile (Vintage $13.95)
In this suspense novel, a fertility doctor deals with his daughter’s brutal rape and murder by cloning her killer.
NON-FICTION
Conduct Under Fire: Four American Doctors and Their Fight for Life as Prisoners of the Japanese, 1941-1945
By John A. Glusman (Penguin $16)
A harrowing account of four Navy doctors taken prisoner during World War II, written by one of their sons.
Soldiers and Slaves: American POWs Trapped by the Nazis’ Final Gamble
By Roger Cohen (Anchor $15)
Tells the story of 350 American soldiers who were held in a German concentration camp.
Freud: A Life for Our Time
By Peter Gay (Norton $21.95)
A biography that traces the story of Sigmund Freud’s life and education.
The Calamity Papers: Western Myths and Cold Cases
By Dale L. Walker (Forge $15.95)
A historian investigates the American West’s myths and legends.
The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
By Tim Gallagher (Houghton Mifflin $14.95)
An account of the 2005 discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird believed to be extinct.
The Ticket Out: Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw
By Michael Sokolove (Simon & Schuster $14)
Traces the bittersweet journey of Darryl Strawberry and his Crenshaw High School teammates from inner-city Los Angeles to the major leagues.
The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon in 1948; Learning the Secrets of Power
By Lance Morrow (Basic $16)
Looks at Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson Richard and Nixon during their years as young congressmen.
