2004 Winter | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

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2004 Winter

This year's recommendations for the best summer reading from book editors and independent bookstore owners.

Bridget Warren, Chief of Programming at Prince George's County Memorial Library System

Fiction & Poetry

Image of The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels
Author: Patrick O'Brian
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 6980 pages

Image of McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories
Author:
Publisher: Vintage (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages

Image of Passing Through
Author: Colin Channer
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 368 pages

Image of The Stone that the Builder Refused
Author: Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher: Vintage (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 768 pages

Image of The Prodigal: A Poem
Author: Derek Walcott
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 112 pages

Image of Damned If I Do: Stories
Author: Percival Everett
Publisher: Graywolf Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages

Mystery

Image of Gargantuan: A Ruby Murphy Mystery (Ruby Murphy Mysteries)
Author: Maggie Estep
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages

Image of The Pearl Diver
Author: Jeff Talarigo
Publisher: Anchor (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 256 pages

Image of Out: A Novel
Author: Natsuo Kirino
Publisher: Vintage (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 416 pages

Image of The Drowning Tree: A Novel
Author: Carol Goodman
Publisher: Ballantine Books (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 384 pages

Non-fiction

Image of Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
Author: Nadine Cohodas
Publisher: Billboard Books (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 592 pages

Image of Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle The Historic 2004 Season
Author: Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King
Publisher: Thorndike Press (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 807 pages

Image of Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Author: Roya Hakakian
Publisher: Crown (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Author: Roya Hakakian
Publisher: Crown (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Author: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Vintage (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages

Image of Who the Hell's in It: Portraits and Conversations
Author: Peter Bogdanovich
Publisher: Knopf (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 544 pages

Image of On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon
Author: Alan Tennant
Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd (2005)
Binding: Hardcover, 320 pages

Gift & Cofeetable Books

Image of The Sweet Breath of Life: A Poetic Narrative of the African-American Family
Author: Ntozake Shange
Publisher: Atria (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 192 pages

Image of The Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 Days
Author: Les Daniels, Chip Kidd, Geoff Spear
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 744 pages

Image of We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened (Book with 2 Audio CDs)
Author: Herb Boyd, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee
Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusion (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Image of Many Are Called (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Author: Walker Evans, Luc Sante, Jeff L. Rosenheim, James Agee
Publisher: Yale University Press (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 208 pages

Cookbooks

Image of Pure Chocolate: Divine Desserts and Sweets from the Creator of Fran's Chocolates
Author: Fran Bigelow, Helene Siegel
Publisher: Broadway (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 248 pages

Image of A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen: Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and Friends
Author: Jack Bishop
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 480 pages

Books for Smart Alecks (Humor)

Image of The Brick Testament: The Story of Christmas
Author: Brendan Powell Smith
Publisher: Quirk Books (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 96 pages

Manufacturer: Hardie Grant Books in conjunction with Working Dog Pty Ltd
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Children

Image of O Holy Night: Christmas with the Boys Choir of Harlem
Author: Public Domain
Publisher: Amistad ()
Binding: Library Binding, 40 pages

Image of Hands : Growing up to Be an Artist
Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 48 pages

Image of Sure as Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit and His Walkin' Talkin' Friends (Aesop Accolades (Awards))
Author: Alice McGill
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 48 pages

Image of Bucking the Sarge
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 272 pages

Shelia Egan, "A Likely Story" Children’s Bookstore

For Younger Readers

Image of This is Thanksgiving
Author: Harriet Ziefert
Publisher: Blue Apple Books (2004)
Binding: Board book, 7 pages

Image of Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale
Author: Martin Waddell
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Peekaboo Zoo: A Lift-The-Flap Book (Lamaze : Infant Development System : 18 Months & Up)
Author: Susan Hood
Publisher: Learning Curve International, LLC (1999)
Binding: Board book, 18 pages

Image of Baby's Box of Fun: A Karen Katz Lift-the-Flap Gift Set: Where Is Baby's Belly Button; Where Is Baby's Mommy?; Toes, Ears, & Nose
Author: Karen Katz, Marion Dane Bauer
Publisher: Little Simon (2004)
Binding: Board book, 44 pages

Image of Ish
Author: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Candlewick (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of You're All My Favorites Book and Toy Gift Set
Author: Sam McBratney
Publisher: Candlewick (2007)
Binding: Hardcover, 32 pages

Image of Bear Stays Up for Christmas
Author: Karma Wilson
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 40 pages

Image of Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury
Author: Robert McCloskey
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 64 pages

Image of Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop's Fables
Author: Helen Ward
Publisher: Chronicle Books (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 64 pages

For Older Readers

Image of Annie, Between the States
Author: L. M. Elliott
Publisher: HarperTeen (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 496 pages

Image of Mystery at Blackbeard's Cove
Author: Audrey Penn
Publisher: Tanglewood Press (2006)
Binding: Hardcover, 200 pages

Image of Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher: Holiday House (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 88 pages

Image of Millions
Author: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Publisher: MacMillan UK (2008)
Binding: Paperback, 265 pages

Barbara Hoffert, Editor of the Book Review at Library Journal

Fiction

Image of The Courage Consort
Author: Michel Faber
Publisher: Mariner Books (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 232 pages

Image of Birds Without Wings
Author: Louis de Bernières
Publisher: Vintage (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 576 pages

Image of The Distance Between Us
Author: Masha Hamilton
Publisher: Unbridled Books (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 279 pages

Image of Cheat and Charmer: A Novel
Author: Elizabeth Frank
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 560 pages

Image of Seven Types of Ambiguity
Author: Elliot Perlman
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 640 pages

Image of A Black Englishman: A Novel
Author: Carolyn Slaughter
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 352 pages

Image of Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody
Author: Chelsea Cain
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 176 pages

Non-fiction

Image of Kafka: A Biography
Author: Nicholas Murray
Publisher: Yale University Press (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 448 pages

Image of Toast
Author: Nigel Slater
Publisher: Gotham (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages

Image of They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators
Author: Harold Evans, Gail Buckland, David Lefer
Publisher: Back Bay Books (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 692 pages

Image of Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Author: Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher: Vintage (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 544 pages

Poetry

Image of The Prodigal: A Poem
Author: Derek Walcott
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 112 pages

Image of Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003 (Wesleyan Poetry)
Author: Jean Valentine
Publisher: Wesleyan (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 308 pages

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