August 2004 Book Sense Picks -- Additional Nominated Titles 1929: A Novel of the Jazz Age Frederick Turner, 1582433097, Counterpoint, Paperback, 5/11/04, $14.95 A Delirious Summer Ray Blackston, 0800759583, Fleming H Revell, Paperback, 5/4/04, $12.99 A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent Mark Derr, 0865476314, North Point Press, Hardcover, 9/15/04, $25.00 A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) George R.R. Martin, 0553573403, Bantam, Mass Market, 8/4/97, $7.99 A Hustler's Wife Nikki Turner, 0970247257, TripleCrown Publications, Paperback, 3/4/03, $15.00 After: A Novel Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, 1569473544, Soho Press, Inc., Hardcover, 10/1/03, $25.00 Airborn Kenneth Oppel, 0060531800, Eos, Paperback, 6/1/04, $16.99 American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans Eve LaPlante, 0060562331, HarperSanFrancisco, Hardcover, 3/2/04, $24.95 And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You Goldmark, Kathi Kamen, 0811834956, Chronicle, Hardcover, 1/1/01, $22.00 Assault In Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Program Thomas Gallagher, 1585747505, The Lyons Press, Paperback, 11/1/02, $16.95 Baby's Scrapbook Judy Pelikan, 0883639416, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Other, 3/1/03, $25.00 Bad Girlz: A Novel Shannon Holmes, 074348620X, Atria Books, Paperback, 10/1/03, $15.00 Before You Know Kindness: A Novel CHRIS BOHJALIAN, 1400047455, Shaye Areheart Books, Hardcover, 10/12/04, $25.00 Bleachers John Grisham, 0385511612, Doubleday, Hardcover, 9/9/03, $19.95 Bleachy-Haired Honky Bitch: Tales from a Bad Neighborhood Hollis Gillespie, 006056198X, Regan Books, Hardcover, 3/4/04, $23.95 Blood Rites Jim Butcher, 0451459873, Roc, Mass Market, 8/3/04, $6.99 Book Lovers Quotations Helen Exley, 1861875177, Exley Giftbooks, Hardcover, 5/1/03, $9.00 Bridget and the Moose Brothers by Pija Lindenbaum, 9129660467, R & S Books, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $16.00 Burned Alive: A Victim of the Law of Men Souad, 0446533467, Warner Books, Hardcover, 5/11/04, $24.00 Candidate in a Box Joelle Herr, 0762418559, Perseus Book Group, Other, 3/16/04, $6.95 Candy and Me : A Love Story Liftin, Hilary, 0743245733, Free Press, Hardcover, 6/3/03, $22.00 Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity Robert Jensen, 0872864324, City Lights Books, Paperback, 3/15/04, $11.95 Cooking for Kings: The Life of Antonin Careme, the First Celebrity Chef Ian Kelly, 0802714366, Walker & Company, Hardcover, 5/1/04, $26.00 Dancing in Odessa Ilya Kaminsky, 1932195122, Tupelo Press, Paperback, 4/15/04, $16.95 Dead Ringer Lisa Scottoline, 0060514949, HarperTorch, Mass Market, 5/25/04, $7.99 Dead Water Barbara Hambly, 0553109642, Bantam, Hardcover, 8/3/04, $25.00 Dearest Dorothy, Slow Down, You're Wearing Us Out! Charlene Ann Baumbich, 0142004189, Viking Penguin, Paperback, 1/4/04, $10.95 Death by the Glass: A Sunny McCoskey Napa Valley Mystery Nadia Gordon, 0811836789, Chronicle Books, Paperback, 6/3/03, $11.95 Diving the World: Photography by Norbert Wu Norbert Wu, 0883635100, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Hardcover, 11/1/03, $75.00 Double Helix Nancy Werlin, 0803726066, Dial Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $15.99 Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke, 0439456959, Chicken House/Scholastic, Hardcover, 9/4/04, $12.95 Emily and Albert Jan Ormerod, David Slonim (illus.), 0811836150, Chronicle Books, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $15.95 Guitar Girl Sarra Manning, 0525472347, Dutton Children's Books, Hardcover, 2/1/04, $15.99 Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog Pamela S. Turner, Yan Nascimbene (illus.), 0618140948, Houghton Mifflin, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $15.00 Hard Revolution: A Novel George Pelecanos, 0316608971, Little Brown & Company, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $24.95 Have You Seen Chester? Andrew Murray, Nicola Slater, 006057187X, HarperCollins, Hardcover, 3/2/04, $15.99 How I Live Now Meg Rosoff, 0385746776, Wendy Lamb Books, Hardcover, 8/24/04, $16.95 How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space Janna Levin, 1400032725, Anchor, Paperback, 8/12/03, $13.00 How to Be President: What to Do and Where to Go Once You're in Office Stephen P. Williams, 0811843165, Chronicle Books, Paperback, 5/1/04, $9.95 Ice Run: An Alex McKnight Novel Steve Hamilton, 0312301219, Minotaur, Hardcover, 6/1/04, $21.95 In the Forests of Serre Patricia A. McKillip, 0441011578, Ace Books, Paperback, 6/1/04, $14.00 In The Shadow Of The Ark Anne Provoost, 0439442346, Arthur A. Levine, Hardcover, 8/1/04, $0.00 Indelible: A Novel Karin Slaughter, 0060567104, William Morrow, Hardcover, 7/27/04, $24.95 Iron Council China Mieville, 0345464028, Del Rey, Hardcover, 7/27/04, $26.95 Just Another Morning Linda Ashman, 0060290536, HarperCollins, Hardcover, 5/4/04, $15.99 Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale Mo Willems, 0786818700, Hyperion Books for Children, Hardcover, 9/1/04, $15.99 Laughing Allegra: The Inspiring Story of a Mother's Struggle and Triumph Raising a Daughter with Learning Disabilities Anne Ford, 1557046220, Newmarket Press, Paperback, 5/1/04, $16.95 Little Earthquakes: A Novel Jennifer Weiner, 0743470095, Atria Books, Hardcover, 9/14/04, $26.00 Locust: The Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect That Shaped the American Frontier Jeffrey A. Lockwood, 0738208949, Basic Books, Hardcover, 5/11/04, $25.00 Mansions of the Dead Sarah Stewart Taylor, 0312307667, St. Martin's Minotaur, Hardcover, 7/1/04, $23.95 MoveOn's 50 Ways to Love Your Country: How to Find Your Political Voice and Become a Catalyst for Change MoveOn.org, 193072229X, Inner Ocean Publishing, Paperback, 3/4/04, $10.95 Mr Golightly's Holiday Salley Vickers, 0374214891, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Hardcover, 1/15/04, $24.00 Mutton Soup: More Adventures of Johnny Mutton James Proimas, 0152167722, Harcourt, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $16.00 My Wife and My Dead Wife Michael Kun, 1931561699, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, Hardcover, 6/1/04, $21.00 My Year of Meats Ozeki, Ruth, 0140280464, Penguin, Paperback, 3/1/99, $14.00 Names of the Dead: An Elegy for the Victims of September 11 Diane Schoemperlen, 0670033251, Viking, Paperback, 8/19/04, $24.95 No Dogs Allowed! Sonia Manzano, Jon J. Muth (illus.), 0689830882, Atheneum Books, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $15.95 Old School Tobias Wolff, 0375701494, Vintage, Paperback, 9/14/04, $12.00 Our Savage: A Novel Matt Pavelich, 159376023X, Shoemaker & Hoard, Hardcover, 4/9/04, $24.00 Perfect Circle Sean Stewart, 1931520070, Small Beer Press, Hardcover, 6/15/04, $24.00 Pipsqueak Brian Wiprud, 0440241871, Dell, Mass Market, 6/1/04, $6.99 Port Mungo PATRICK MCGRATH, 1400041651, Knopf, Hardcover, 6/1/04, $24.00 Queen of Dreams: A Novel CHITRA DIVAKARUNI, 0385506821 Hardcover, Doubleday, Hardcover, 9/14/04, $24.95 Rain, Rain, Rain Forest Brenda Z. Guiberson, Steve Jenkins (illus.), 0805065822, Henry Holt, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $16.95 Red Tide: A Novel G.M. Ford, 0060554800, William Morrow, Hardcover, 7/1/04, $23.95 Remembering Sarah Chris Mooney, 0743463781, Atria Books, Hardcover, 4/20/04, $25.00 Ringworld's Children Larry Niven, 0765301679, Tor, Hardcover, 6/1/04, $24.95 Russian Dance: A True Story of Intrigue and Passion in Stalinist Moscow Andr�e Aelion Brooks, 0471648663, Wiley, Hardcover, 5/14/04, $24.95 Sam's Letters to Jennifer James Patterson, 0316710571, Little Brown, Hardcover, 6/28/04, $4.95 Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection Maggie Scarf, 0679457038, Random House, Hardcover, 5/11/04, $25.95 Shade: A Novel Neil Jordan, 1582344825, Bloomsbury USA, Hardcover, 9/20/04, $24.95 Shantaram: A Novel Gregory David Roberts, 0312330529, St. Martin's Press, Hardcover, 10/1/04, $24.95 Sidekicks Dan Danko, Tom Mason, Barry Gott, 0316168459, Little, Brown, Hardcover, 9/1/03, $10.95 Soft Hay Will Catch You: Poems by Young People Sandford Lyne, Julie Monks (illus.), 0689834608, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Hardcover, 2/1/04, $17.95 Stuart's Cape Sara Pennypacker, Martin Matje (illus.), 0439301807, Orchard, Hardcover, 10/1/02, $15.95 Tending to Grace Kimberly Newton Fusco, 0375828621, Knopf, Hardcover, 5/11/04, $15.95 The Art of Mending : A Novel Elizabeth Berg, 1400061598, Random House, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $24.95 The Bastard on the Couch: 27 Men Try Really Hard to Explain Their Feelings About Love, Loss, Fatherhood, and Freedom Daniel Jones, 0060565349, William Morrow, Hardcover, 4/27/04, $24.95 The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad, 0316734500, Little Brown, Hardcover, 10/3/03, $19.95 The Boys on the Bus Timothy Crouse, 0812968204, Random House Trade Paperbacks, Paperback, 8/12/03, $14.95 The Caddie J. Michael Veron, 0312325614, Thomas Dunne Books, Hardcover, 5/1/04, $23.95 The Chinese in America: A Narrative History Iris Chang, 0142004170, Penguin USA, Paperback, 3/30/04, $16.00 The Connection: Murder, Money, Sex And A Warehouse Full of Cocaine S.W. Smith, 0971347255, Solmar Pub, Paperback, 7/1/03, $13.00 The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them Amy Goodman, David Goodman, 1401301312, Hyperion, Hardcover, 4/4/04, $21.95 The Exile Allan Folsom, 0765309467, Forge, Hardcover, 8/17/04, $25.95 The Family Tree Carole Cadwalldr, 0525948422, Dutton Books, Hardcover, 12/1/04, $23.95 The Fat Girl's Guide to Life Wendy Shanker, 1582344280, Bloomsbury USA, Hardcover, 4/17/04, $23.95 The Great American Apple Wizard: The Life and Times of Peter M. Gideon James R. Curran, 1887650423, Factor Press, Paperback, 3/1/04, $19.95 The Greatest Power Demi, 0689845030, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Hardcover, 3/1/04, $19.95 The Grrl Genius Guide to Sex (with Other People): A Self-Help Novel Cathryn Michon, 0312316380, St. Martin's Press, Hardcover, 4/4/04, $23.95 The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse Robert Rankin, 0575074019, Gollancz, Paperback, 3/4/04, $9.95 The Last Knight: The Twilight of the Middle Ages and the Birth of the Modern Era Norman F. Cantor, 0743226887, Free Press, Hardcover, 6/2/04, $25.00 The Legend of Fire Horse Woman Jeanne Wakatsuki, 0758204558, Kensington, Hardcover, 11/3/03, $23.00 The Lost Girls: A Novel Laurie Fox, 074321790X, Simon & Schuster, Hardcover, 1/1/04, $23.00 The Love Wife Gish Jen, 1400042135, Knopf, Hardcover, 9/14/04, $25.00 The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays Caroline Knapp, 1582433135, Counterpoint, Hardcover, 4/27/04, $24.95 The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Has Undermined Women Susan J. Douglas, Meredith W. Michaels, 0743259998, Free Press, Hardcover, 2/9/04, $26.00 The Nine Lives of Chloe King (Volume One): The Fallen Celia Thomson, 0689866585, Simon Pulse, Paperback, 6/1/04, $6.99 The Oracle Betrayed Catherine Fisher, 0060571586, Greenwillow, Hardcover, 3/4/04, $17.89 The Patron Saint of Red Chevies Kay Sloan, 157962104X, Permanent Press, Hardcover, 7/1/04, $21.95 The Promise of a Lie Howard Roughan, 0446529435, Warner Books, Hardcover, 3/9/04, $23.95 The Prophecy of the Stones: A Novel Flavia Bujor, 0786818352, Hyperion, Hardcover, 4/6/04, $16.95 The Psycho Ex Game: A Novel MERRILL MARKOE and ANDY PRIEBOY, 1400060761, Villard, Hardcover, 6/22/04, $24.95 The Pursuit of Alice Thrift Elinor Lipman, 0375724591, Vintage, Paperback, 4/13/04, $12.95 The Rasputin Relic William M. Valtos, 1571742794, Hampton Roads Pub Co, Paperback, 5/1/04, $14.95 The Ribbajack Brian Jacques, 0399242201, Philomel Books, Hardcover, 5/4/04, $16.99 The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer, 0689867441, Atheneum Books, Hardcover, 9/1/04, $17.95 The Secret Language of Girls Frances O'Roark Dowell, 0689844212, Atheneum Books, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $15.95 The Shamer's Daughter Lene Kaaberbol, 0805075410, Henry Holt, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $16.95 The Sleeping Father: A Novel Matthew Sharpe, 193236000X, Soft Skull Press, Paperback, 10/1/03, $14.00 The Taking Dean Koontz, 055380250X, Bantam, Hardcover, 5/25/04, $27.00 The Trout Pool Paradox: The American Lives of Three Rivers George Black, 0618310800, Houghton Mifflin Co, Hardcover, 4/7/04, $24.00 The Twentieth Century Albert Robida, 0819566802, Wesleyan Univ Press, Paperback, 3/1/04, $29.95 There Is Room for You Charlotte Bacon, 0374281858, Farrar Straus & Giroux, Hardcover, 4/15/04, $24.00 Thicker Than Water P. J. Parrish, 0786014202, Pinnacle Books, Paperback, 1/3/03, $6.99 This Is London Miroslav Sasek, 0789310627, Universe Publishing (NY), Hardcover, 3/1/04, $17.95 To Have and To Hold: A Novel Jane Green, 0767912268, Broadway, Hardcover, 5/18/04, $21.95 Troll: A Love Story Johanna Sinisalo, 0802141293, Grove Press, Paperback, 5/10/04, $12.00 Unlucky in Law PERRI O'SHAUGHNESSY, 0385336462, PERRI O'SHAUGHNESSY, Hardcover, 7/13/04, $25.00 Where Is the Green Sheep? Mem Fox, Judy Horacek, 015204907X, Harcourt Children's Books, Hardcover, 4/1/04, $15.00 Whisker of Evil: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery RITA MAE BROWN, 0553801619, Bantam, Hardcover, 3/30/04, $24.95 Windfalls : A Novel Jean Hegland, 0743470079, Atria, Hardcover, 4/20/04, $25.00 Within Arm's Reach: A Novel Ann Napolitano, 1400051886, Shaye Areheart Books, Hardcover, 6/29/04, $23.00 Zee Is Not Scared Michel Gay, 0618439315, Clarion Books, Hardcover, 3/22/04, $15.00