Costco Connection - September 2010

buyers’ picks
September
Book buyers’ picks

Boardwalk Empire, by Nelson Johnson. The true story that inspired the new HBO series of the same name recounts the fascinating history of a little seaside health resort and tourist town called Atlantic City, and the corrupt political organization that controlled it for decades. At the heart of this retelling is the second of the big bosses who ruled the city, Enoch “Nucky” Johnson, one of the most beloved and colorful characters in the city’s history. By endorsing drinking, gambling and prostitution during Prohibition, Johnson, who always wore a trademark red carnation in his lapel, orchestrated the rise of Atlantic City from a boardwalk town to “the world’s playground.” Available in early September in select locations.

—Jonna Erickson, assistant buyer, books

1993. She has covered topics and life lessons uch as adoption, emotions, self-esteem and communication. In My Mommy Hung the Moon, her ninth picture book, Curtis turns her focus to motherhood. It is a child’s tribute to the mother who has shaped her whole world. Beautifully illustrated by Laura Connell, this book will touch any mother’s heart. —Melissa McMeekin, assistant buyer, books

and a healthy dose of sass—especially when you have good friends by your side.

—Shana Rawers, assistant buyer, books

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My Mommy Hung the Moon, by Jamie Lee Curtis. Curtis has been writing colorful, imaginative and playful children’s books since

Getting to Happy, by Terry McMillan. Fifteen years ago McMillan introduced readers to Savannah, Bernadine, Gloria and Robin. Yes, they’ve exhaled, but now the women are learning to breathe as they approach their own crossroads. Each of the women battles (or sometimes hides from) her demons. They fight everything from addiction—be it pills or shopping—and marriages gone south to a marriage that never happens. Life isn’t always tidy or easy, but these women show that any circumstance can be handled with spirit, faith

Gone, Baby, Gone, by Dennis Lehane. In two months Lehane’s new novel, Moonlight Mile, featuring private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, will hit Costco’s book table. Until then, I suggest revisiting the PIs by (re)reading Gone, Baby, Gone. In the rough-and-tumble Boston suburb of Dorchester, Kenzie and Gennaro investigate the disappearance of a 4-year-old girl. Once they’re involved in the case—one they didn’t even want to accept—the two find themselves getting deeper into a world of crime and depravity. —Josh Lilly, inventory control specialist, books

Experience Amerıca the birth of

A breathtaking adventure of how America was invented.

From executive producer Jane Root of Planet Earth comes America: ;e Story of Us, a riveting view of our own history in the making. From the rigors of linking the continent by wagon trails to the transcontinental railway to landing on the moon, this epic 12-part series is a grand cinematic vision of how this country was built. Item #539851 (DVD), #539855 (BluRay)