The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam
By Tom Bissell
Vintage, $14.95
A memoir in which a man probes how war’s devastation shaped his father’s life and his family.
Skylark Farm
By Antonia Arslan
Vintage, $14.95
In this novel, a family struggles to survive during the 1915 Armenian genocide.
Krueger’s Men: The Secret Nazi Counterfeit Plot and the Prisoners of Block 19
By Lawrence Malkin
Back Bay, $14.99
A true account of the Nazi scheme to destroy England’s economy during World War II.
Manhattan Nocturne
By Colin Harrison
Picador, $14
A novel about a married tabloid reporter and his fateful relationship with a sexy and secretive woman.
Jack and Lem: John F. Kennedy and Lem Billings
By David Pitts
De Capo, $17
A biography that explores John Kennedy’s bond with his homosexual friend, featuring key interviews and hundreds of letters.
Shakespeare’s Kitchen
By Lore Segal
New Press, $14.95
Darkly comic connected stories about the lives of members of a Connecticut think tank.
I Was Told There’d Be Cake By Sloane Crosley
Riverhead, $14
Comedic essays about a young woman’s life experiences, most of which go entertainingly wrong.
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science
By Natalie Angier
Mariner, $15.95
Reduces science to its essentials, providing a one-stop science education through interviews with scientists.
Valencia
By Michelle Tea
Seal, $14.95
A novel about a girl’s encounters and search for love as a lesbian in San Francisco in the 1990s.
Rockabye: From Wild to Child
By Rebecca Woolf
Seal, $15.95
In this memoir, a self-proclaimed party girl gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby and marry the father.
The Ministry of Special Cases
By Nathan Englander
Vintage, $14.95
A novel of one family’s plight during Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s.
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, and the Shot Heard Round the World
By Joshua Prager
Vintage, $15.95
Offers a new perspective on one of the most famous moments in baseball history: Bobby Thompson’s home run off Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca that won the 1951 pennant for the New York Giants.
For One More Day
By Mitch Albom
Hyperion, $12
A novel about second chances, by the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie” and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven.”
Room for Doubt
By Wendy Lesser
Vintage, $13.95
A memoir consisting of three essays.
The Rise of the Counter-Establishment: The Conservative Ascent to Political Power
By Sidney Blumenthal
Union Square, $12.95
A new edition of the 1986 hardcover that explores the rise of conservative ideologues under Ronald Reagan and includes a new preface focusing on Dick Cheney.
Daughters of the North
By Sarah Hall
HarperPerennial, $13.95
Set in the near future during economic and environmental crisis, this novel tells of an oppressive society in which women are not allowed to bear children.
