Costco Connection - September 2006

book previews

An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore. This battle cry is a tie-in with the documentary of the same name. Both the book and film were inspired by a series of multimedia presentations on global warming that Gore created and delivers to groups around the world. With this book, Gore brings together leading-edge research from top scientists; photographs, charts and other illustrations; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming.

Brad Meltzer

JAKIE MERRI ME YER

The Not So Big House Book and Inside and Outside the Not So Big House, by Sarah Susanka. Susanka’s ideas have created a movement that is changing the way people think about the American home. They’ve inspired millions to create homes that value quality over quantity and emphasize comfort and beauty. These two books are filled with the Not So Big blueprint in action to show how Susanka’s design principles can be used inside and outside the home.

barks from the steamship George Wash-ing-ton. This is his first trip to America, and he is just in time for the murder of one beautiful and wealthy young woman and the near-murder of another. The woman who survives is Nora Acton, a young rebel who scorns the world she was born into. Dr. Stratham Younger is asked to help the hysterical Nora remember what happened. He calls in his idol, Freud, to help him. The two take on dark passages through Manhattan and through Nora’s mind to solve the puzzle of who is killing young heiresses.

Secrets of the Alchemist Dar, by Michael Stadther. This is the sequel to the New York Times bestseller A Treasure’s Trove, a fantasy about dark fairies and good fairies and the casting of spells. Clues concealed in the book give the reader a chance to find one of 100 diamond rings worth more than $2 million. It’s a worthwhile way to spend an evening or two—and if you don’t find a ring, it’s still a great story.

On that Fourth of July, Wes put Ron Boyle, the chief executive’s oldest friend, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip ended, Wes was permanently disfigured and Boyle was dead, the victim of an assassin. Eight years later, Boyle is spotted, alive and well, in Malaysia. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back to a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, mysterious facts buried in Masonic history and a 200-year-old code invented by Thomas Jefferson.

—Valerie Ryan and Stephanie E. Ponder

FICTION

The Interpretation of Murder, by Jed Rubenfeld. In 1909, on a hot August evening in Manhattan, Sigmund Freud disem-

Book of Fate, by Brad Meltzer. Wes Holloway, a once cocky and ambitious presidential aide, can’t forget the day that changed his life.

For an excerpt from Book of Fate plus a Q&A with Brad Meltzer, see the September Online Edition at costco.com under “Costco Magazine.”

When an assassinated man shows up alive years later, Wes Holloway wants to know why. Instead, he discovers The Book of Fate, in Brad Meltzer’s terrifying new thriller of political intrigue.

WARNER BOOKS / HARDCOVER

With At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks picks up where his bestselling novel

True Believer leaves off.

WARNER BOOKS / PAPERBACK

Books for
every taste!

On sale September 5

A young interpreter stumbles upon a shocking British plot and something that clearly wasn’t meant for his ears, in the stunning thriller The Mission Song.

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY / HARDCOVER

Bob Newhart, one of America’s best-loved comedians, has recorded some of his most brilliant and hysterical views in his new book, I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This!