Books
Nothing is quite as satisfying as a good read. BY RANDOM HOUSE
IS THERE ANY THING THAT
PRECIOUS RAMOTSWE CAN’T DO?
Alexander McCall Smith and his dynamic
character have been enthralling readers for
years. They’re both at the top of their game
in Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
(Pantheon/Hardcover), the 10th installment
of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
This time around Mma Ramotswe is
faced with a stolen
van and the
possibility of
tooling around
town in a
characterless
vehicle, a hapless
football team on
a peculiar losing
streak and an
engagement
that isn’t going
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However,
mysteries don’t stay unsolved for long with
the skilled Precious Ramotswe on the case.
hilarious
and
heartfelt
in her
latest book,
Just When
I Thought
I Dropped
My Last Egg:
Life and Other
Calamities
(Ballantine/
Hardcover). Written with
her unique and comic take
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on the world, Kathie Lee
examines her own life—and nothing is o
limits. Covering everything, including her
marriage to football legend Frank Gi ord,
the harsh realities of aging and having “the
talk” with her children, Kathie Lee leaves
nothing out. Spend some time with Kathie
Lee and laugh until you cry.
y. The disappearance of a straight-A
Malibu student takes Moses and Aaron
into the underbelly of Los Angeles, where
wholesome college boyfriends are not what
they seem and everyone from housewives
to hookers has a secret side. The brothers’
rivalry must be set aside if they want to keep
the streets from claiming another lost soul
in Jonathan Kellerman’s gripping thriller,
True Detectives (Ballantine/ Hardcover).
GET CRAFT Y
The best of Martha Stewart’s craft projects
can now be found in one useful encyclopedia,
Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Crafts
(Potter Craft/Hardcover). Organized by topic
from A to Z, each project includes brief
histories, templates, detailed descriptions
and step-by-step instructions that will make
A TALE THAT IS TO
BE TRULY SAVORED
A STUNNING STORYTELLER
Indian and Western cultures combine and
collide in Pulitzer Prize–winning Jumpa
Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth (Vintage/
Paperback), a remarkable new collection
of stories. This set of eight short stories
marks Lahiri’s return to short ction.
She masterfully takes the reader from
Cambridge and Seattle and to India and
Thailand, as
families, lovers
and friends
search for a place
to grow, a place
where they can
nally nd their
identity and
comfortably call
home. That place
they search for,
however, is not
located on any
map. It can only be
found in the heart.
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When a bottle of
1787 Château La te
Bordeaux that may
have been owned by
Thomas Je erson was
sold at auction in 1985
for an exorbitant sum,
each endeavor
something to
treasure. Create
enviable wreaths,
experience candle
making like never
before and more.
O ered in full
color with the
attention to detail
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that has become
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conspiracy theorists
came uncorked. Rumors in connoisseur
circles began to y that the wine could
have been stored in a secret Nazi
synonymous with Martha Stewart and
her teams, this encyclopedia is certain to
become a household reference you’ll turn to
again and again.
bunker or even come from the dark
basement of a brilliant con artist. In
The Billionaire’s Vinegar (Three
Rivers Press/Paperback), wine
journalist Benjamin Wallace is
our astute guide as he unravels
the delicious story, exposing a
colorful cast of characters
and a mystery that is
absolutely vintage.
SHARE A LAUGH
In a voice that is decidedly all Kathie Lee,
the beloved television host and bestselling
author of I Can’t Believe I Said That o ers
a personal collection of essays that are
SUSPENSE AT ITS
VERY BEST
Two half-brothers,
Moses Reed and Aaron
Fox, share a mother,
a love of the law and
little else. So when a
case forces them to
work together, sparks
A CRIME THAT
ROCKED THE ART WORLD
In 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
vanished from the
Louvre. As shocking as
the theft was, the list
of suspects—including
Pablo Picasso—was
even more so. For two
years the absence of
the painting stumped
French detectives and
brought thousands of
art lovers to Paris to
mourn her. Now, nearly
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a century later, R. A. Scotti reopens the case.
Vanished Smile (Knopf/Hardcover), available
in select locations, is rich with history but
reads like a love story and brings to light the
public’s lasting passion and adoration for the
most famous face of all time.
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