Mormon America
By Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
HarperOne, $17.95
A primer on Mormon history, beliefs and controversies.
The Cave Painters
By Gregory Curtis
Anchor, $14.95
An examination of the 40,000-year-old cave paintings of France and Spain.
The Cry of the Dove
By Fadia Faqir
Black Cat, $14
A novel about the lasting changes that occur after a Bedouin woman becomes pregnant without being married.
There Goes the Neighborhood
By William Julius Wilson and Richard P. Taub
Vintage, $14
Two sociologists explore racial, ethnic and class tensions in four Chicago neighborhoods.
Andrew Carnegie
By David Nasaw
Pengin, $20
Explores the complex life of the steelmaker-turned-philanthropist.
Women Behind Bars
By Silja J.A. Talvi
Seal, $15.95
Examines the experiences of an increasingly large population of women in the criminal-justice system.
Riding With Rilke
By Ted Bishop
Norton, $14.95
This travelogue was written as the author was recovering from a motorcycle crash at the end of a journey.
Mademoiselle Boleyn
By Robin Maxwell
New American Library, $14
As her father spies on the French court, Anne Boleyn is thrust into a world of sexual promiscuity and grows into a powerful woman in this biographical fiction.
On Wings of the Morning
By Marie Bostwick
Kensington, $14
In this novel, pilot Georgia Carter gets a chance to fly with the boys during World War II.
My Life in France
By Julia Child and Alex Prud’homme
Anchor, $14.95
A memoir by the famous chef.
