New Books

Tideland (DVD) [2007] by Mitch Cullin Terry Gilliam, the director of such fantasies as TIME BANDITS, BRAZIL, and THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN, tells a very different kind of story in TIDELAND.... More about this book »	Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties... by Don Lattin The sixties transformed America’s spiritual life. With his characteristic insight, wit, and dramatic reporting, renowned San Francisco Chronicle journalist Don... More about this book »
Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium by Don Lattin In Shopping for Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium, Richard Cimino and Don Lattin identify the trends shaping American religion. They bring together the... More about this book »	Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the... by Don Lattin In January 2005, Ricky Rodriguez stabbed a woman to death and then fled the scene of the crime, finally shooting himself in the California desert. Rodriguez was a... More about this book »
Le Divorce by Diane Johnson Diane Johnson updates the transatlantic novel so gorgeously rendered by Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Dean Howells, and Nathaniel Hawthorne; evokes the spirit... More about this book »	Lying Low by Diane Johnson A National Book Award finalist, this novel relates the events of four crucial days in the lives of four people sharing a rambling Victorian house, “lying low” and... More about this book »
Terrorists and Novelists by Diane Johnson A collection of essays nominated for the 1983 Pulitzer Prize. More about this book »	The Shadow Knows by Diane Johnson The anonymous heroine, N, is a young woman who has broken free of a constricting marriage and is struggling to raise four children alone in a housing project.... More about this book »
Dashiell Hammett, a Life by Diane Johnson This is the definitive biography of one of America's most important, most fascinating and most enigmatic twentieth-century writers. It is the first and only book on... More about this book »	Adverbs by Daniel Handler Can Joe help it if he falls in love with people who don’t make him happy? And what about Helena—she’s in love, but somehow this isn’t enough. Shouldn’t it be? And... More about this book »

Separation of Faith by Cheri Laser In the summer of 1945, as World War II is ending, Abby Ryan is studying to become a nun. On the serene grounds of the convent in Kettle Falls, Washington, she is... More about this book »	Steps and Stones by Gail Silver When Anh is left out of a recess play session, his companion, Anger, a red-haired fellow wearing shoes remarkably like Anh’s, suggests a way of getting back... More about this book »
When the Mississippi Ran Backwards : Empire, Intrigue, Murder,... by Jay Feldman On December 15, 1811, two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews murdered a slave in cold blood and put his body parts into a roaring fire. The evidence would have been... More about this book »	A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories by Catherine Lundoff A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace, the short and fantastical fiction collection by two-time Golden Crown Literary Award winner Catherine Lundoff, features... More about this book »
Gertrude's Broken Wand (Marmalade Book 1) by Jason Thibeault On an otherwise normal 4th grade school field trip, Rebecca gets separated from her classmates. But when she slips in the dark and falls down a hole, she ends up in... More about this book »	Heartfelt Affectations by Gabriel de Anda Tweny-three year old Christian is living through a most interesting time. His girlfriend has left him. His attorney boss is on the run, having stolen from the... More about this book »
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and... by Julia Flynn Siler Julia Flynn Siler, in her first book since the New York Times bestselling The House of Mondavi, takes readers on a tour through the fascinating history of... More about this book »	Patchwork Stained Glass by Thomma Lyn Grindstaff Romilly Shepard finds comfort in the hard facts of science. She lives with her friend Martha, also an atheist, and they see each other as rationalists who stand... More about this book »
Ordinary Furies by Linda Morganstein The first in the Alexis Pope mystery series. Alex finds trouble in the wine country of California. More about this book »	The End: 50 Apocalyptic Visions From Pop Culture That You Should... by laura barcella The End is a fun, comprehensive, pop culture read about the 50 top movies, books, songs, comics, artworks, and plays—from the movie Shaun of the Dead to the pop... More about this book »