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"I wish I had the artist's power to bring alive for you the Venice of the 15th century, my master's palace there, the love I felt for him when I was a mortal boy, and the love he
felt for me when he made me a vampire. Oh, if I could make those times come alive for either you or me ... for only an instant! What would that be worth?" With these fateful
words, spoken by the vampire Armand to Louis near the conclusion of Anne Rice's classic novel "Interview with the Vampire," the author hinted at a deep and glorious past to
one of her most enduring characters. Now, finally, in "The Vampire Armand," Rice reveals the full story of Armand's boyhood abduction from Kiev and his transformation into a powerful and deeply spiritual immortal.

You can find Amazon.com's in-depth interview with Anne Rice here.
You can read an excerpt from "The Vampire Armand" here.
and find the film version of "Interview with the Vampire" here: Video - DVD

"The Vampire Armand"

"The Vampire Chronicles"

"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" by Rebecca Wells: This tale of Southern women and a daughter who tries to find herself and come to terms with her mother transcends the genre with its engaging stories of the Ya-Yas, the wild circle of girlfriends who swirl around the narrator Siddalee's mama. It seems to have snared a permanent spot atop Amazon.com's paperback bestseller list.

"No Safe Place" by Richard North Patterson: Richard North Patterson, John Grisham's competition as the top legal-thriller writer alive, makes a move into political thrillers with a tale of Election 2000. Presidential candidate Senator Kerry Kilcannon (who's haunted by his brother--gunned down within reach of the presidency 12 years earlier) battles ideological rivals, the media, and a fanatical killer who wants the Kilcannon line terminated.

"Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers" by Jan Gullberg: For a definitive reference book, Gullberg's history of math is suspiciously fun to read. Martin Gardner calls it "an awesome achievement," but it's also a major entertainment festooned with cartoons, literary quotations, and diverting anecdotes that sketch out everything from plain arithmetic to topology and fractals in clear language even poets can understand.

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What would you do if your screenwriting career had stalled, your stint at directing had failed, and the bank was about to repossess your home? Nicholas Evans fought his financial
woes by penning just 215 pages of his first novel, "The Horse Whisperer"--the now-famous story of an equine Zen master with the power to heal broken horses and hearts. Publishers and Hollywood producers vied for rights, earning Evans some $8 million and overnight literary fame. In his second novel, "The Loop," Evans delves deep into the world of wolves and the controversy surrounding their existence in North America. On one side are cattle ranchers fuming over the prospect of wolves being released nearby, threatening their livestock and livelihood. On the other, state-employed biologists fight a sinking PR campaign to restore the wolf's tarnished reputation, while defending the complex predator from extinction. To add bite to the bark, Evans mixes in a troubled romance--between the son of a rancher and a budding biologist--creating a pack of political problems and a spicy, fast-paced plot.

"The Horse Whisperer"

"The Loop"

Sue Grafton's "N Is for Noose"

Sue Grafton has won legions of fans for her "alphabet" mysteries starring Kinsey Millhone, a scrappy, vulnerable sleuth with an appetite for junk food. Kinsey's latest outing is "N Is for Noose," in which a heart attack in a small town leads to more skullduggery, family dysfunction, and close calls than you can shake a badge at.

PAPERBACK BESTSELLERS *********************************** Here's a peek at what's piquing interest on Amazon.com's Paperback Bestseller List.

"Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier: A Civil War veteran with poetry in his soul makes a long, tough trip through the valley of death back toward the love of his life. This out-of-nowhere literary debut just made it into paperback at last!

"One for the Money" by Janet Evanovich: The last time bounty hunter Stephanie Plum saw Joe Morelli, he was collecting her virginity in a back room in high school. Now he's a fugitive for murder, and Plum's got to get her man before the bad guys get her. A Robert
Parkeresque Mystery Guild alternate selection optioned for the movies.

"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping" by Robert M. Sapolsky: Stanford neurologist Sapolsky says that stresswise, people would be better off as baboons--we just weren't evolved for modern times. But there are things you can do to keep stress from getting the better of you--and one of them must be reading page-turners packed with cool facts about science and behavior.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* "Bag of Bones" by STEPHEN KING - His most literary book yet. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

SCANDAL & GOSSIP ****************

"What Men Don't Want Women to Know" by Smith and Doe

"Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity, and American Politics" by Gail Collins

DESTINED FOR GREATNESS ********************************* Pre-order titles by your favorite authors and Amazon will send them to you the day they go on sale.

"The Hundred Days" by Patrick O'Brian: O'Brian dreams up "the best historical novels ever written," if you believe the New York Times, and his latest may be his best: Napoleon has escaped from Elba to lead an Islamic rebellion! O'Brian's knowledge is so encyclopedic and his prose so vivid, one feels that even "A Perfect Storm" would have been still more perfect if O'Brian had written it. On sale September 29.

"A Man in Full" by Tom Wolfe: Can Tom Wolfe ever hope to top "The Bonfire of the Vanities"? If Amazon.com readers' reactions to the advance excerpts and Vanity Fair magazine are to be believed, he's done it with "A Man in Full," the story of an Atlanta entrepreneur, a star running back accused of raping a blue blood's daughter, and the volatile politics of modern America. This could be Wolfe's big book--order it now. On sale November 10.