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A Library of America hardcover May • 64 pp. • 978-1-59853-071-1 • $15.00 NOVELS AND STORIES SHIRLEY JACKSON Edited by Joyce Carol Oates Along with the author’s classic novel, e Lottery, this collection includes e Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and 21 further short works. “Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders.”—Dorothy Parker. A Library of America hardcover June • 832 pp. • 978-1-59853-072-8 • $35.00 THE PHANTOM RICKSHAW and Other Eerie Tales RUDYARD KIPLING Introduction by Ruskin Bond Brings together seven of Kipling’s short stories into one volume, drawing us into the British India of the 1800s. A Penguin Global paperback original April • 182 pp. • 978-0-14-306790-0 • $13.00 A SHROPSHIRE LAD and Other Poems A. E. 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A Penguin Global hardcover April • 480 pp. • 978-184614-101-0 • $25.00 Jorge Luis Borges ON ARGENTINA Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Alfred MacAdam A literary travel guide to Borges’s native—and beloved—Argentina and its capital, Buenos Aires. 128 pp. • 978-0-14-310573-2 • $15.00 ON MYSTICISM Edited with an Introduction by Maria Kodama Brings together the meditations on the mystical realm that permeate much of his work. 128 pp. • 978-0-14-310569-5 • $15.00 ON WRITING Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Suzanne Jill Levine A master class in the art by one of its most distin- guished and innovative practitioners. 128 pp. • 978-0-14-310572-5 • $15.00 General Editor: Suzanne Jill Levine Available July 2010 Elle Magazine’s Grand Prix Pick WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW ALICE EVE COHEN Viking • 978-0-670-02095-9 Phi Beta Kappa Gauss Award A SUMMER OF HUMMINGBIRDS CHRISTOPHER BENFEY Penguin • 978-0-14-311508-3 Sydney Taylor Book Award for young readers NEW YEAR AT THE PIER: A ROSH HASHANAH STORY APRIL HALPRIN WAYLAND Dial • 978-0-80373-279-7
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THE BIG RoCK CANDy MoUNTAINwallace stegnerNew Introduction by Robert StoneViolent, ruthless BoMason drags his family fromstate to state, seeking his fortune. “One of the great books from which we may understand America and its rise.”—Robert Stone.A Penguin Classics paperbackAugust•656pp.•978-0-14-310578-7•$17.00
THE SPECTAToR BIRDwallace stegnerNew Introduction by Jane Smiley“Elegant and entertaining...every scene [is] adroitly staged and each effect precisely accomplished.”—The Atlantic. A Penguin Classics paperbackAugust•240pp.•978-0-14-310579-4•$15.00
THE oRIGIN oF THE FAMILy, PRIvATE PRoPERTy AND THE STATEFriedricH engelsNew Introduction by Tristram HuntExploringthewaythatproductionaffectsthesocialissues of class division and family, Engels develops his arguments on private property and its relation-ship to the subjugation of women.A Penguin Classics paperbackJuly•320pp.•978-0-14-119111-9•$15.00
HUB FANS BID KID ADIEUJohn updike on ted williamsJoHn uPdike“A stirring spectacle. Nothing he wrote can top this astonishing piece.”—David Margolick. “The greatest writer, in the greatest ballpark, on the greatest hit-ter who ever lived.”—Dan Shaughnessy. “The most celebrated baseball essay ever.”—Roger Angell.A Library of America hardcoverMay•64pp.•978-1-59853-071-1•$15.00
NovELS AND SToRIESsHirleY JacksonEdited by Joyce Carol OatesAlong with the author’s classic novel, The Lottery, this collection includes The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and 21 further short works. “Jackson is unparalleled as a leader in the field of beautifully written, quiet, cumulative shudders.”—Dorothy Parker.A Library of America hardcoverJune•832pp.•978-1-59853-072-8•$35.00
THE PHANToM RICKSHAW and other eerie talesrudYard kiPlingIntroduction by Ruskin BondBringstogethersevenofKipling’sshortstoriesintoonevolume,drawingusintotheBritishIndiaofthe1800s.A Penguin Global paperback originalApril•182pp.•978-0-14-306790-0•$13.00
A SHRoPSHIRE LADand other Poemsa. e. HousmanNew Introduction by Nick LairdExpressed in simple rhythms, the poet’s timelessverse shows a fine ear for the subtleties of meter and alliteration and touch on subjects ranging from reli-gious doubt to intense nostalgia.A Penguin Classics paperback originalAugust•256pp.•978-0-14-042474-4•$16.00
RAPTUSJoanna klinkThese linked poems search through a failed relation-ship, struggling with the stakes of compassion, the violence of the outside world, and the wish to anchor both in something true.A Penguin Poets paperback originalJune•96pp.•978-0-14-311772-8•$18.00
BURN LAKEcarrie Fountain“With grace and a keen attention to the implications of history, the poems in Burn Lake grapple with what it means to be tied to a place, knowing that our own losses are not only what is taken from us, but also what we take from others.”—Natasha Trethewey. A Penguin Poets paperback originalJune•96pp.•978-0-14-311771-1•$18.00
SERvICE WITH A SMILE P. g. wodeHouseLord Emsworth’s home is overrun with pesky intruders, but Uncle Fred (in his final appearance) is on hand to sort everything out.An Overlook hardcoverAugust•256pp.•978-1-59020-346-0•$19.95
THE PoTHUNTERSP. g. wodeHouseWhen a clan of burglaring ne’er-do-wells steals a boarding school’s sports trophies—“pots”—the students join in the hunt for the thieves.An Overlook hardcoverAugust•256pp.•978-1-59020-347-7•$19.95
THE PENGUIN BooK oF GHoSTSJenniFer westwood and JacQueline simPsonFrom a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to landlords’ appeals against rates, from the phantom hitchhiker to Francis Drake’s drum summoning him when England is in danger, this volume gathers together all the most interesting tales from The Lore of the Land.A Penguin Global hardcoverApril•480pp.•978-184614-101-0•$25.00
Jorge luis borges
oN ARGENTINAEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Alfred MacAdamA literary travel guide to Borges’s native—andbeloved—Argentinaanditscapital,BuenosAires.128pp.•978-0-14-310573-2•$15.00
oN MySTICISMEdited with an Introduction by Maria KodamaBrings together the meditations on the mysticalrealm that permeate much of his work.128pp.•978-0-14-310569-5•$15.00
oN WRITINGEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Suzanne Jill LevineA master class in the art by one of its most distin-guished and innovative practitioners.128pp.•978-0-14-310572-5•$15.00
General Editor: Suzanne Jill LevineAvailable July 2010
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WHAT I THoUGHT I KNEWalice eve coHen
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europa editionsCECILIAlinda FerriTranslated by Ann GoldsteinBornintoanobleRomanfamilyinthesecondcen-turyA.D., 15-year-oldCecilia searches for answersamong conflicting ideologies and beliefs, including the nascent Christian faith that she embraces, but not without her doubts.A Europa Editions paperback originalMay•288pp.•978-1-933372-87-7•$15.00
zULUcarYl FéreYTranslated by Howard Curtis“A rich, virtuoso thriller that is reminiscent of the works of John le Carré in its scathing social criti-cism; a novel that shakes up its readers and its char-acters in equal measure.”—Le Monde. A Europa Editions paperback originalMay•416pp.•978-1-933372-88-4•$15.00
THE HoMECoMING PARTycarmine abateTranslated by Antony ShugaarA father and son sit on the church steps in a south-ern Italian village, each hiding an awful secret about a mysterious man who had an affair with the boy’s older sister. “One of the best frescoes of the rich cultural mix that is Italy. Reminiscent of DennisLehane’s Mystic River.”—L’Espresso.A Europa Editions paperback originalAugust•192pp.•978-1-933372-83-9•$15.00
THE SExUAL LIFE oF AN ISLAMIST IN PARISleïla marouaneTranslated by Alison AndersonBorn inMaghreb, aParisianbanker’s lifewasoncedevoted to Sundays with his family, pious sobriety, andferventIslamism.Butnowthetimehascomeforhim to find a suitable apartment in Saint-Germain-des-Présandindulgeasexlifefreeofinhibitions.A Europa Editions paperback originalJune•224pp.•978-1-933372-85-3•$15.00
THE CoMPANIoNlorcan rocHe“Roche is a fresh and vivid voice in new Irish fiction. I love the energy of his writing and its passionate engagement with the world. He is a gifted and clever storyteller.”—Joseph O’Connor, author of Star of the Sea.A Europa Editions paperback originalJuly•352pp.•978-1-933372-84-6•$15.00
A KIND oF INTIMACyJenn asHwortH“[The main character’s] distinctive voice becomes so intimate that, while we laugh and condemn, the uncomfortable knowledge dawns that there might be a potential Annie in us all as she teaches us ‘how human beings need gentleness.’”—The Independent (UK).A Europa Editions paperback originalJune•416pp.•978-1-933372-86-0•$15.00
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