Costco Connection - April 2007

book prevıews

Spring brings a smart man,
soul searching, suspense

NONFICTION Einstein: His Life and Universe, by Walter Isaacson. This is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography answers these questions and more. Einstein’s success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as ordinary. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, spirits and individuals.

help women take the time and space they need to reinvent themselves.

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming, by Al Gore. This new edition is aimed at the generation that cannot afford to overlook global warming: teenagers. Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs combine with Gore’s effective and clear writing to explain global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it and what will happen if we continue to ignore it.

Stuart Woods

up, they engage in an intense bout of sibling rivalry, with devastating consequences.

A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People, by Joan Anderson. In A Year by the Sea, Anderson wrote about a time she chose to live apart from her husband in order to better understand herself. Anderson has turned her private retreat into a program to help women learn how to have a full life apart from the needs and demands of a spouse, children, aging parents and a career. Anderson shares the exercises and activities she has developed to

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Body Surfing, by Anita Shreve. The beloved seaside New Hampshire house that appears in three of Shreve’s other novels is now the place where 29-year-old Sydney goes to heal from her turbulent romantic life. Once divorced and once widowed, she feels unable to continue with graduate school. Instead, she takes a summer job tutoring the youngest child of a wealthy architect and his snooty wife. When their two older sons turn

Fresh Disasters, by Stuart Woods. Smooth-talking New York lawyer Stone Barrington, along with his sidekick, NYPD detective Dino Bacchetti, get dragged into an impossible case, against their better judgment. The feckless Herbie Fisher owes a Mafia don money. When the mob boss sends his thugs after Herbie, Herbie decides to sue him. Herbie is a nightmare client, but Stone still finds time for romance and great dinners at his regular haunts.

—Valerie Ryan

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When you know better, you do better. Former Vice President Al Gore shares an important message in this convenient new version of his bestseller, revised with a goal of inspiring young people to understand global warming and help change the course of history.

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Discover how to make the most of all your relationships by learning to connect on deeper spiritual levels.

Entertaining children has never been easier! Kids can sing and read along with this assortment of beautifully illustrated board books that bring to life some musical favorites. Complete with a CD and a handle for easy toting, the Slide-Out CD Fun Books are ready for fun at home or on the go!