Costco Connection - October 2010

October
buyers’ picks
FRANCE FREEMAN
Book buyers’ picks

In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas
Eve Story, by David McCullough. Historian
McCullough, known for his biographies of
Harry Truman and John Adams, has written a
real gem of a book. Just days after the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill and U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt met at the White House
on Christmas Eve, 1941. As war raged
throughout the world, the two leaders deliv-
ered a powerful message. Don’t let the small
page count of this book fool you. Packed in its
56 pages is a message that is as meaningful
today as it was 60 years ago. This book also
comes with a DVD recording of McCullough’s
presentation of this story at the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir’s 2009 Christmas concert.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson. If you’re like me, you’ve marveled at the everyday objects in your life, from tape to paper clips, and wondered about their history. You can imagine my delight upon discovering this new book from Bryson. He travels from room to room in his English Victorian parsonage, to “write a history of the world without leaving home.” As he makes his way from the kitchen to the study to the attic, he reveals the history behind everyday objects with his trademark wit and humor.

—Garrett Sessions, inventory control specialist

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The Fall, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck
Hogan. The Fall picks up where The Strain
left off—and it’s just as action-packed as the
first. New York City is in peril as a mysterious
plague of vampirism spreads through the city.
Dark forces are at work, bankrolled by billion-
aire Eldritch Palmer, who is desperately seek-
ing immortality from “the Master.” An aging
professor and an epidemiologist and an exter-
minator—as well as a cast of new and interest-
ing characters—stand between the Master
and his plans to take over New York City, and
then the world.

200 Q&A craft assortment, from Barron’s. Whether you’re an experienced crafter or just looking to try something new, these titles from Barron’s have something to offer everyone. The easy-to-use-and-understand question-and-answer format lets you troubleshoot a current project or learn a useful new technique. With 200 questions on each craft, it’s easy to find all the answers you’re looking for, whether you’re knitting, crocheting, sewing or quilting.

—Jonna Erickson, assistant buyer

The Biggest Authors at the Top of Their Game!

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Hardcover on sale October 5

A PROMISING STORY Beth Cardell has a secret. She has kept it to herself for 18 years, but all of that is about to change when she meets a stranger on Christmas Eve who single-handedly changes the course of her life. From the New York Times bestselling author of the treasured classics The Christmas Box and The Christmas List comes Promise Me (Simon & Schuster), a compelling story of the transcendent power of love.

Hardcover on sale October 19

A MOTHER’S QUEST FOR THE TRUTH
Ronda Reynolds was going through
a divorce but told her mother that
she was looking forward to getting
on with her life. The next day she
was dead. The coroner ruled it a
suicide, but Barb Thompson never
believed her daughter would do
such a thing. In The Still of the
Night (Free Press) is veteran true-
crime writer Ann Rule’s chronicle
of Thompson’s 11-year crusade to
;nd the truth.

AN EXPLOSIVE THRILLER FROM LEE CHILD The action from 61 Hours continues! There’s deadly trouble in America’s heartland . . . and Jack Reacher walks right into it. First he falls afoul of a local clan that has terri;ed an entire county into submission. But it’s the long-unsolved case of a missing child that Reacher can’t let go. Worth Dying For (Delacorte Press) is a heart-racing page-turner that accelerates all the way to a colossal showdown.

THE FOLLOW;UP TO THE DA VINCI CODE Robert Langdon arrives at the U.S. capital to deliver a lecture when the night takes a bizarre turn—an ancient invitation is discovered, plunging Langdon into a labyrinth of secrets. Dan Brown challenges readers with an intelligent, fast-paced tale brimming with suspense in the #1 bestseller, The Lost Symbol (Anchor Press), now in paperback.

Paperback on sale October 19

Hardcover on sale October 12

Hardcover on sale September 28

Books may not be available in all locations or on Costco.com. Covers subject to change.

A FAMILY LEGACY COMES TO LIFE At 38, Brigitte Nicholson’s tidy, safe life comes undone. She takes on a family genealogy project and discovers a mysterious ancestor, a Dakota Sioux woman named Wachiwi. Brigitte follows Wachiwi’s adventurous life and in doing so turns her quiet existence into an adventure of its own. Legacy (Delacorte Press) is an unforgettable story of courage in the face of the unknown.