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FICTION MYTHOLOGY
Turning Angel, by Greg Iles. Don’t Know Much About
Longtime friends Drew Elliott Mythology: Everything You
and Penn Cage are two of the Need to Know About the
most well-respected people in Greatest Stories in Human
Natchez, Mississippi. When the History but Never Learned, by
body of a young female is found, Kenneth C. Davis. Davis exam-Cage, a lawyer, is shocked to find ines the myths created by societies
that Elliott was intimately in- ranging from Egypt, Greece and
volved with her and is now a sus- Rome to Africa, India and the
pect in her murder. Americas. He also shows why the
Greg Iles ancient tales of gods and god-
Book contest and
giveaway
BEN HILLYER
Life All Around Me by Ellen desses, heroes and heroines, mon-
COSTCO HAS one signed copy each of
The Interruption of Everything, by
Terry McMillan, and The Last Days of
Dogtown, by Anita Diamant, to give
away. To enter, print the name of the
book you want, your name, member-
ship number, address and daytime
phone number on a postcard or
letter and send it to: The Costco
Connection, P.O. Box 34088, Seattle, WA
98124-1088, or fax it to (425) 313-6718.
No purchase is necessary. Entries must
be received or postmarked by January 2,
2006. Void where prohibited. Employees
of Costco and their families are not eligible.
Winners will be notified by mail. One
entry per household.
Foster, by Kaye Gibbons. This sequel to sters and witches, continue to speak to us in all
Gibbons’ Ellen Foster stands on its own as an forms of language, literature and entertainment.
unforgettable portrait of a redoubtable adolescent. Now 15, Ellen is settled into a perma- CHILDREN
nent home with a new mother. Strengthened Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and
by adversity and blessed with enough intelli- Inkheart, by Cornelia Funke. Escape, fan-gence to design a salvation for herself, she tasy and intrigue are qualities shared by all
still feels ill at ease in the world. While she of Funke’s books. In Dragon Rider, readers
holds fast to the shreds of her childhood, she meet a boy named Ben and a silver-skinned
negotiates her way into a larger world by sell- dragon who learn about the power of belief. boy. Inkheart shows the magic of words for
ing her poetry to pay her way to a camp for The Thief Lord is the story of two orphans 12-year-old Meggie and her father, a book-gifted students. who encounter a mysterious 13-year-old binder with magical powers.—Valerie Ryan
In Forever Odd, the eagerly
anticipated sequel to his New
York Times bestselling Odd
Thomas, Dean Koontz returns to
the unique world of Pico Mundo,
and his unforgettable hero who
lives “always between two doors,
between a life with the living and
a life with the dead, between
transcendence and terror.”
Hardcover Bantam Books
When he checked into a treatment
facility at the age of 23—after being
an alcoholic for 10 years and a crack
addict for three—James Frey was told
he could either stop using or die
before he reached age 24. Fiercely
candid and deeply affecting, A Million
Little Pieces is one of the most graphic
and immediate books ever to be
written about addiction and recovery.
• An Oprah’s Book Club Selection
Tradepaper and Hardcover
Anchor Books
Dr. Phil McGraw delivers the book that
millions of singles have been waiting
for! Candid and thorough, Love Smart
shows how to navigate the world of
dating—from finding the right online
dating service and creating a successful
profile to understanding emotional and
sexual gender differences to learning
how to project one’s true personality in
the most flattering light.
Hardcover Simon and Schuster
On Sale 12/06/05
