March
buyers’ picks
JIM FAGIOLO
Book buyers’ picks
TNONFICTION The Best of Top Secret Recipes and Top Secret Recipes: Super Secret Restaurant Collection, by Todd Wilbur. Wilbur’s quest for the best op-secret recipes began in the late 1980s,
when it seemed as if just about everyone had
a copy of the Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip
Cookie recipe. He tried the recipe and discovered that the results were nothing like a real
Mrs. Fields cookie. Twenty years and 10 Top
Secret Recipes books later, Wilbur is still working on uncovering the clues to cooking the
delicious, addictive food we all love and sharing those recipes with the world.
—Melissa McMeekin, assistant buyer, books
For All the Tea in China: How England Stole
the World’s Favorite Drink and Changed
History, by Sarah Rose. Rose tells the story
of how, before 1848, China was the only
country that knew how to grow and
make tea. When the East India Trading
AHS Great Plant Guide, Plants for Places,
Great Fruit and Vegetable Guide and
Gardening Month by Month, from DK
Publishing. Keeping plants alive and healthy
has always been a bit of a mystery to
me. But with this set of books I feel
that the mystery has been solved.
Whether you’re a budding gar-
dener or seasoned pro, these
books have something to teach
you regardless of your growing
goals. No matter where you live or what you
want to cultivate, the thousands of photos and
step-by-step instructions in these books will
bring out your green thumb.
FICTION
Earth’s Children series, by Jean Auel. More
than 30 years ago, Auel kicked off her phenomenally successful series with The Clan of
the Cave Bear. Next month the sixth and final
title in the series will be released: The Land of
Painted Caves. I can’t think of a better time to
reread this collection of novels about Ayla, the
Cro-Magnon female protagonist. It’s fascinating to follow Ayla as she’s cast off by groups,
finds love, deals with misunderstandings and always manages to
make those around her see things
from a different, more accepting,
point of view.
—Shana Rawers,
assistant buyer, books
New releases
March 1
Minding Frankie,
by Maeve Binchy
Sing You Home,
by Jodi Picoult
Me, by Ricky Martin
March 8
Then Everything Changed,
by Jeff Greenfield
The Money Class,
by Suze Orman
March 22
Night Road,
by Kristin Hannah
Martha Stewart’s
New Pies and Tarts,
by Martha Stewart
March 29
Hungry Girl 300 Under 300,
by Lisa Lillien
Born to Run,
by Christopher McDougall
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