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FICTION
The Darkest Evening of the Year, by Dean
Koontz. Amy Redwing has dedicated her life
to rescuing abandoned and endangered golden
retrievers. Among dog lovers, she’s a legend,
but now someone from her past has come
back, creating a series of eerie and threatening
incidents. Amy has always been the savior;
now who will help her?
turning out plump loaves of bread,
irresistible cookies and more.
Lord John and the Hand of Devils, by Diana
Gabaldon. A must for any Gabaldon fan, this
book brings together three novellas, Lord John
and the Hellfire Club, Lord John and the
Succubus and Lord John and the Haunted
Soldier, for the first time. Part history and part
fantasy, Lord John’s adventures feature diplomats, the French and Austrian armies, night
hags and ghosts.
COSTCO HAS 50 copies of Dean
Koontz’s The Darkest Evening of
the Year ($27), 20 signed copies of
The Complete Worst-Case Scenario
Survival Handbook ($24.95) and
five sets of the 16-volume
Worst-Case Scenario library ($246) to
give away. To enter, print the
name of the book listed above
that you hope to win on the
outside of the envelope, your
name, membership number,
address and daytime phone number
on a postcard or letter and send it to:
Book Contest, The Costco Connection,
P.O. Box 34088, Seattle, WA 98124-
1088. Or send an e-mail to giveaway@
costco.com, with the name of the book
you hope to win in the subject line.
No purchase is necessary. Open to legal
residents of the U. S. (except Puerto Rico) who
are age 18 or older at the time of entry and
who are current Costco members. One entry
per household. Entries must be received or
postmarked by January 3, 2008. Winners will be
randomly selected and notified by mail on or
before February 1, 2008. The value of the prize is
in parentheses. Void where prohibited. Winners
are responsible for all applicable federal, state
and local taxes. Odds of winning depend on the
number of eligible entries received. Employees
of Costco, Chronicle Books or Random House
and their families are not eligible.
Jim Cramer’s Stay Mad for Life: Get
Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids
Even Richer), by Jim Cramer. In his
latest book, Cramer shows investors at
every stage, from recent college grads
to retirees, what to do with their money. He
explains how to invest it, how to grow it when
you’re young, protect it when you’re older and
survive the vagaries of the markets to provide
money for essential expenses and still retire to
a prosperous lifestyle.
Hand of Evil, by J.A. Jance. This new title featuring ex-anchorwoman Ali Reynolds begins
with an elderly woman finding a mutilated
corpse. Later that same day, Ali is summoned
to tea with the most powerful woman in town.
Soon she’s on the trail of a killer, but will she
survive to tell her tale?
The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival
Handbook, by Joshua Piven and David
Borgenicht. This deluxe desk reference
includes a hard-bound volume of the most
popular scenarios from the previous books,
aiding readers in escaping the danger of blind
dates, runaway golf carts, avalanches and teenage driving lessons. The book also comes with
a searchable CD that features the contents
from all of the books along with screen savers,
e-cards, wallpaper and more.—Valerie Ryan
NONFICTION
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life, by Steve
Martin. By the age of 20, Martin had worked
in Disneyland’s magic shop and theater,
developing his act. He also performed several
times a week at rival Knott’s Berry Farm. He
writes about early breaks, such as writing for
The Smothers Brothers Show, and about his
mentors, girlfriends, family and peers in
comedy. Not only a memoir, Martin’s work is
an illuminating guidebook to stand-up comedy from one of the great comedians of the
past several decades.
Discover the most fascinating
story ever told. Yours.
Ageless Face, Ageless Mind: Erase Wrinkles
and Rejuvenate the Brain, by Nicholas
Perricone, M.D. This is the double whammy
we are all looking for—a how-to, based on cellular rejuvenation, for looking better and
thinking better. Perricone has been encouraging the use of a sensible diet and nutritional
supplements in all his books. This one takes
on the all-important subject of putting your
best face forward and improving those little
gray cells, all at the same time!
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A Passion for Baking: Bake to Celebrate, Bake
to Nourish, Bake for Fun, by Marcy Goldman.
With the delicious aromas, hands-on involvement and delectable results, there’s nothing
quite like making your own fresh-baked goods.
No other cookbook elevates the art of baking
bread and sweets to such grand style as this
one. Goldman shares baking secrets and tricks
so that right from the start readers will be
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