Costco Connection - November 2006

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Here are beautifully collectible short-story volumes from the undisputed master storyteller of the American experience, Louis L’Amour. These handsome collections, all sold separately, bring together some of the most thrilling tales of action and adventure and make a perfect gift.

BANTAM BOOKS / HARDCOVER Available now

“Brilliant does not even begin to describe the Shaara gift.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution The first in a trilogy! The Rising Tide starts before America joined World War II and examines how ordinary lives were forever changed—a masterpiece of war literature.

BALLANTINE BOOKS / HARDCOVER On sale November 7

A horrifying crime. An intercontinental chase for a killer. A fascinating true tale of scientific progress, passion and despicable murder, all in one. Thunderstruck is a brilliant recounting of one of the most thrilling stories of the Edwardian age.

CRO WN / HARDCOVER
On sale October 24

The complicated paths of eight very different people converge in Carl Hiaasen’s hilarious new novel, Nature Girl. Leading the pack is Honey Santana, who’s on a mission to change a jerk into a human being and make the world a better place—but this nature girl is about to set off a dangerous chain of events.

KNOPF / HARDCOVER On sale November 14

“It’s refreshing to come across a character as good-hearted as Odd. . . . [Dean Koontz is] an interesting writer with a voice all his own.” —Washington Post

“Odd Thomas [is] exactly the kind of hero that’s needed.”

—South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Odd Thomas returns in the newest thriller from Dean Koontz, Brother Odd. A master storyteller, Koontz amazes, chills and entertains with every sentence. Forever Odd is also now available in paperback.

BANTAM BOOKS / HARDCOVER / PAPERBACK

On sale November 28

“So good, you find yourself asking how you could not know this already.” —Esquire

On sale October 31

“As perfect a work of narrative nonfiction as you could ever hope to read.” —The Economist

Do you know how to talk redneck? It’s a funny language, but it’s easy to master. Just let hilarious comic Jeff Foxworthy be your guide in his Redneck Dictionary and Redneck Dictionary II.