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White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
When teenage Astrid Magnussen's boyfriend dumps her, her mom poisons him with oleander flowers and gets a life sentence. How Astrid survives her own life is the subject of this riveting first novel. Oprah's book club picked a winner in Janet Fitch.

Management Challenges for the 21st Century
by Peter F. Drucker
Around the time Bill Gates was born, Peter Drucker pretty much invented the discipline of business management. In his brilliant new book, Drucker explains the "New Information Revolution" and gives a driving lesson for the tricky road ahead.

Body for Life
by Bill Phillips
Phillips is like an Andrew Weil with muscle, and he's got a 12-week program to mental and physical strength that's working for plenty of people.

We'll Meet Again
by Mary Higgins Clark
Higgins Clark's 18th suspense novel features plucky crime reporter Fran Simmons, who discovers the dark side of the medical establishment when she investigates the murder of an HMO director whose wife was convicted of bashing his skull in.

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by Robin Williams and John Tollett
A Harvard psychologist unravels the "boy code," debunks gender stereotypes and the myth of testosterone's tyranny over behavior, and teaches parents to read their sons' moods and sons to find out what they're really made of.

ALMOST PUBLISHED
Bag of Bones
by Stephen King
In "Bag of Bones," Stephen King proves himself once again the master of supernatural suspense--but he adds a whole new tone of romantic yearning. If you've got the heart, join King's hero Mike Noonan at the haunted Maine cabin Sara Laughs, as he tries to solve his wife's death and figure out who keeps spelling clues with the magnets on the fridge. On sale June 8.

Prayers for Rain
by Dennis Lehane
Boston detectives (and ex-lovers) Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro try to tackle a murderer who actually seems able to induce suicide in his victims by some uncanny means. On sale May 19.

L.A. Requiem
by Robert Crais
Joe Pike is one of the most intriguing gumshoes to sleuth out devilry in the City of Angels since Chandler. On sale June 1.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry crashes his magical flying car into a Whomping Willow in the most eagerly awaited children's-literature sequel of the season. On sale June 2.

The Falcon at the Portal
by Elizabeth Peters
Egypt, excavation, and her husband, Emerson, are the three loves of Amelia Peabody's life--and all feature prominently in Elizabeth Peters's 11th Victorian mystery. On sale June 8.

Hannibal
by Thomas Harris
Seven years after Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter escaped in "The Silence of the Lambs," he's back--and we doubt he's gone vegetarian. Is there a more wildly anticipated horror sequel this year? We doubt that, too. On sale June 8.

Black Notice
by Patricia Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds a stowaway cadaver that sends her to the Paris morgue and back to Virginia on a mission she just might not survive. On sale July 12.

East of the Mountains
by David Guterson
Memory and death intertwine in a new story from the author of "Snow Falling on Cedars." A bereft man dying of colon cancer sets out on a last journey through the Western landscape of his youth. On sale April 20.

PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS
The Reader
by Bernhard Schlink
A young man has an affair with a mysterious older woman who turns out to be implicated in the Holocaust. An austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, and between the guilty and the innocent. Schlink's novel is the ultimate high- and mass-culture achievement, winning the Boston Book Review's Fisk Prize and the imprimatur of Oprah Winfrey.

The Deep End of the Ocean
by Jacquelyn Mitchard
It's no wonder Michelle Pfeiffer chose to make Mitchard's novel into a movie. The story of the kidnapping of a 3-year- old boy, its impact on the devastated mother and fractured family, and the rebirth of hope is blockbuster material, and Mitchard handles it like a master.

FOR THE KIDS
Skellig(Ages 10 and older)
by David Almond
I thought he was dead. He was sitting with his legs stretched out and his head tipped back against the wall. He was covered with dust and webs like everything else and his face was thin and pale. Dead bluebottles were scattered on his hair and shoulders. I shined the flashlight on his white face and his black suit." This is young Michael's introduction to Skellig, the man-owl-angel who lies motionless behind the tea chests in the abandoned garage in back of the boy's dilapidated new house. The lyrical, magical story that unfolds casts light on the beauty, horror, and breathtaking connections in life... and the healing power of love. Recently voted the Whitbread Book Award 1998 Children's Book of the Year, David Almond's exquisite novel is sure to keep young readers on the edge of their seats.

Ice Cream Larry(Ages 4 to 8)
by Daniel Pinkwater, illustrated by Jill Pinkwater
Larry is a polar bear who lives in a hotel and lifeguards at the hotel pool. One day he heads for Cohen's Cones, the ice- cream shop, where he becomes overheated and is generously allowed to sleep in the walk-in freezer. Unfortunately, he eats 250 pounds of ice cream while he's in there: "'He said we had nothing to fear,' Mrs. Cohen said. 'I think he meant to tell you that he would not eat any people,' I said." In the end, Larry makes the headlines and is recruited to develop an entire line of ice-cream bars (including codfish flavor). "Ice Cream Larry" is vintage Pinkwater, and youngsters will adore the matter-of-fact absurdity of it all.

Anthology for the Earth(All ages)
edited by Judy Allen
We can't think of a better way to honor Earth Day (April 22) than with this elegant tribute to our fragile planet. "This anthology started in my early teens when I was given a stout hardcover notebook," writes award-winning author and editor Judy Allen. "In it I copied out extracts and poems about the natural world that seemed to me important, special, magical." The resulting collection of voices from many cultures is beautiful, with each turn of a page revealing writings from John Muir to Willa Cather to Douglas Adams, coupled with artwork from the likes of Caldecott winner Peter Sis and Quentin Blake.

Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote" (Ages 7 and older)
by Carl Sandburg, illustrated by Istvan Banyai
"The harvest moon grins 'Howdy.' / The half moon says neither Yes nor No." "Music is when ears like what they hear." In Carl Sandburg's "Poems for Children Nowhere Near Old Enough to Vote," young readers will discover 19 playful prose poems about everything from ears to manners, with illustrations by the whimsical artist Istvan Banyai.

Do's and Don'ts" (Baby to preschool)
by Todd Parr
Do eat all the food on your plate. Don't put it in your hair." "Do brush your teeth after every meal. Don't brush with peanut butter." You get the idea. In Todd Parr's colorful, childlike "Do's and Don'ts," toddlers may pick up a few basic etiquette tips amidst their giggles.

The Absolutely Awful Alphabet" (Ages 5 and older)
by Mordicai Gerstein
With their blue tongues and pointy fangs, the letters in Mordicai Gerstein's "The Absolutely Awful Alphabet" are wonderfully terrible to behold. The best of the worst? "V," a "voracious vegetable vampire who is viciously vile." Even the most reluctant letter learners won't be able to resist the revolting charms of this monstrous alphabet book.

Under the Lemon Moon" (Ages 3 and older)
by Edith Hope Fine, illustrated by Rene King Moreno
One night young Rosalinda wakes up to a "Wsss--shhh--snap!" outside. She slips out of bed and peers out the front door into the darkness. Way back by the lemon tree, something is moving. It's a man stuffing lemons, her very own lemons, into a cloth sack! Rosalinda's concern for her beloved tree and her kindness towards the thieving Night Man will appeal to young children on many levels. "Under the Lemon Moon"--a luminous tale of human compassion--shares a gentle lesson with the lightest touch imaginable.