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capers of all varieties
Leading readers into dark and funny places is a specialty of David Sedaris.
In When
You Are Engulfed in Flames, Sedaris finds
humor in the trials and tribulations of his daily life, which include
buying a skeleton and quitting smoking in Tokyo. It's rough going in James Patterson's latest, Sail. Following the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her children are coping as best as they can, hoping that a sailing trip will do them good. Fragile mental states become the least of their worries as terror strikes at sea and they are tested once more. Our favorite bounty hunter Stephanie Plum returns in Janet
Evanovich's Fearless
Fourteen. The caper is crazy as ever, involving a monkey named Carl, tense family connections for Joe Morelli, and after-hours work with Ranger for Stephanie. Trenton, New Jersey, was never livelier.
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words to live by
A follow-up to his bestselling Letters to a Young Brother, Hill Harper offers Letters to a Young Sister. An accomplished actor on CSI: NY, Hill has taken on the role of wise older brother to today's youth. In a confiding tone, he discusses parents, love, school, and work. Bestselling author Kimberla Lawson Roby's first novella, One in a Million (Available June 17), tells the heart-wrenching story of Kennedi Mason, a woman who thinks she has everything—a happy marriage, satisfying job, supportive friends—until a single moment changes everything. Lawson Roby examines what it means to be happy as Mason finds her way through a shattering surprise.
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fiction for Father's Day
Magic and history, East and West mix in The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie's 10th novel. A European wanderer in the Indian court of Akbar the Great tells, Arabian Nights–like, a fantastic tale of a mysterious woman in Renaissance Florence. David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars, has written The Other, the story of a friendship between two very different men who share a love of the outdoors, and how the secret of one will strain the loyalty of the other. A follow-up to Peace Like a River, Leif Enger's So Brave, Young, and Handsome is a thoughtful evocation of the Old West. When, in 1915, an ex-outlaw moves to a town where a struggling writer lives with his wife and son, the two men end up on a journey across America.
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lost and found
Lee Child's on-the-go adventurer Jack Reacher finds himself between the two hardscrabble Colorado towns of Hope and Despair in the 12th thriller in the series, Nothing to Lose. Knowing what happens in these two towns makes Reacher a marked man. In his debut novel, Final Theory, Mark Alpert explores the worlds of history, politics, and science, yielding explosive results. When professor David Swift's mentor dies after whispering a mysterious phrase, Swift must unlock its meaning—if he can stay alive long enough. It's rough going in James Patterson's latest, Sail. Following the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her children are coping as best as they can, hoping that a sailing trip will do them good. Fragile mental states become the least of their worries as terror strikes at sea and they are tested once more.
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pass the dice
Tabletop roleplaying games—once considered the province of geeky teenagers—have come a long way, reaching second- and third-generation gamers as parents pass down the polyhedral dice. Arguably the most well known tabletop roleplaying game in the world, Dungeons & Dragons takes a step forward with the release of three new core rulebooks for 4th Edition D&D, including The Player's Handbook, The Dungeon Master's Guide, and The Monster Manual. In addition to new character races, spells, and armor, 4th Edition D&D boasts a new rule system and a broader range of tools for DMs—including an exciting online component that will make traditional "tabletop" gaming possible via the Internet, offering a chance for players pulled away from their old gaming groups by distance, time constraints, and other obligations to reunite with their friends for brand-new adventures.
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