Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India
By Madhur Jaffrey
Vintage, $14.95
The food writer tells of her unusual upbringing and the role food played in her childhood.
Cries in the Drizzle
By Yu Hua
Anchor, $13.95
A novel chronicling a the life of a young Chinese boy and his family during Communist rule.
Circle in the Sand: The Bush Dynasty in Iraq
By Christian Alfonsi
Vintage, $15.95
A look at the two Bush presidencies and Iraq.
Winston Churchill
By John Keegan
Penguin, $13
A historian’s portrait of the 20th Century British leader.
Piece of Work
By Laura Zigman
Grand Central, $13.99
A novel about a stay-at-home mom who is forced to work for a Hollywood has-been after her husband gets laid off.
Moscow 1941
By Rodric Braithwaite
Vintage, $15.95
Examines the casualties of Russian soldiers as well as ordinary citizens during the German invasion.
Cross-X
By Joe Miller
Picador, $16
Journalist Joe Miller spends a season with a high school debate team from Kansas City, Mo., as it argues its way to the national championships.
The Flamenco Academy
By Sarah Bird
Ballatine, $13.95
A novel about a geeky, math-happy teenager who moves with her family to Albuquerque and falls in love with a sultry flamenco guitarist.
Woman of Valor
By Ellen Chesler
Simon & Schuster, $15
A biography of birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger, with a new afterword by the author considering Sanger’s work in light of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
