French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
By Mireille Guiliano
Vintage, $12.95
Explains why the French attitude toward food is healthy.
The Shakespeare Wars: Clashing Scholars, Public Fiascoes, Palace Coups
By Ron Rosenbaum
Random House, $18
A twist on Shakespeare studies and literary debate, covering a number of works.
Past Secrets
By Cathy Kelly
Downtown Press, $15
This romance novel exposes different generations of neighbors on a beautiful street in Dublin.
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
By Chris Hedges
Free Press, $14
An analysis of current authoritarian trends and the threat to American democracy.
Letter to a Christian Nation
By Sam Harris
Vintage, $11
Discusses the negative effects anti-scientific theology can have on American public life.
The Collaborator of Bethlehem: An Omar Yussef Mystery
By Matt Beynon Rees
Mariner, $13.95
A mystery in which a UN schoolteacher becomes involved in a Palestinian murder case because his former student is accused of the crime and he believes him to be innocent.
Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality
By Dr. Pauline W. Chen
Vintage, $13.95
A doctor recounts her experiences regarding patients’ deaths, denial and suppressing emotion.
News of a Kidnapping
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vintage, $14.95
The Nobel Prize-winning novelist chronicles the 1990 kidnappings of 10 Colombians and the hunt for the elusive head of the Medellin drug cartel.
Ralph Ellison
By Arnold Rampersad
Vintage, $17.95
This National Book Award finalist examines the life and literary contributions of the author of “Invisible Man.”
Selected Poems
By Derek Walcott
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $15
Some of the Nobel Prize winner’s poems, from his earliest volumes to his latest works.
On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail
By Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Algonguin Books of Chapel Hill, $18.95
The people, speeches and photographs that characterized the civil rights movement.
Body Surfing
By Anita Shreve
Back Bay, $14.99
A novel about marriage, family and love
Some Faces in the Crowd
By Budd Schulberg
Ivan R. Dee, $16.95
A new edition of the 1953 collection of short stories by the screenwriter and novelist.
Arlington Park
By Rachel Cusk
Picador, $14
A novel about young mothers in a London suburb, each eager for some kind of independence.
Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day — and What You Can Do About It
By Bob Sullivan
Ballatine, $14.95
How to avoid fees, penalties and other charges.
The Doomsters
By Ross MacDonald
Vintage, $12.95
In this novel, an escaped mental patient hires a detective to look into the murder of his parents.
A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII
By Sarah Helm
Anchor, $16
The true story of a female British secret agent during World War II.
