Costco Connection - November 2006

book prevıews

Rock stars, revolutionaries
and the realms of nature

NONFICTION

U2 by U2, by U2 and Neil McCormick. For the first time, Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton tell the complete story of their band, U2, in their own words. The book features more than 1,500 images, including rare and previously unpublished photographs taken from the band’s own collection. Distilled from more than 200 hours of taped interviews, this oral history is a unique, insightful account of everything fans want to know about one of the world’s most popular bands.

biography’s telling of his journey to freedom is accompanied by the most complete collection of Mandela photos ever assembled. His story is also told in 60 interviews with world leaders, friends and associates, such as Bill Clinton, Bono, Muhammad Ali and Kofi Annan.

Mandela: The Authorized Portrait, with an introduction by Desmond Tutu. Named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, Nelson Mandela occupies a unique place in the world as he has dedicated his life to fighting racism and oppression. This

Goddesses of the Celestial Gallery, by Romio Shrestha, with a foreword by

Deepak Chopra. This lavishly produced follow-up to the bestselling Celestial Gallery is a very large format art book including 36 2-foot-tall reproductions of paintings of traditional Eastern art. The powerful detail and glorious colors invite appreciation and meditation.

FICTION Inés of My Soul: A Novel, by Isabel Allende. Basing this story on documented events of her heroine’s life,

Allende has crafted an epic filled with battles, romance and conflict. Doa Inés Suarez (1507–1580) was Chile’s first female president. She travels to the New World to find her missing husband, Juan, and discovers that he has died in battle. She decides to remain in Peru with Don Pedro de Valdivia, field marshal of Francisco Pizarro. At first, their vision is the same—to found a country based on Christian and egalitarian principles—but Valdivia’s head is turned by his desire for glory.

Nelson Mandela

Nature Girl, by Carl Hiaasen. This is classic Hiaasen: funny, wild and teeming with nutty characters and mayhem at every turn. Honey Santana is leading a parade, but she doesn't know it. She is taking mean and nasty Boyd Shreave, a sleazy telemarketer, into the wilderness for a lesson in how to be a good guy. Following them is Piejack, who is nuts about Honey, and following Piejack are Perry and Fry, Honey’s drug-running ex-husband and their wise-beyond-his-years son. And that is just the beginning.—Valerie Ryan

The American Girls Collection

Each six-book set takes you inside the historical worlds of each American Girl—Felicity, Josephina, Kaya, Kit, Molly and Samantha. Packaged with an attractive slipcase and includes mini doll, each set follows each girl through heartwarming and courageous stories.