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I remember hanging out with my best friend and a couple of girls in a 1973 Dodge Challenger muscle car his older brother drove, listening to a song that came [...]

According to Mr. Webster, an icon is 'an object of uncritical devotion'--a definition that has diversified notably of late. Today's icons are apt to be people (Lady Gaga, Tom Cruise), [...]

The heaviest hitter on the lifestyle shelf this spring is not a diet book but the newest offering from mega-successful author and filmmaker Rhonda Byrne. With an announced printing of [...]

Among the offerings here: novels about bioterrorism, California in the 1980s, a messy divorce, a woman who receives a face transplant, and a murder set in the world of classical [...]

In the entertainment world, there are myriad performers; there are also stars, and then there are stars--and not all of them are people. Expanding the definition, one could term Facebook [...]

Novelist Tom Wolfe coined the 1970s 'The Me Decade'--responding to 1960s hippie communalism with asserted individualism. And singers and musicians from that decade are certainly voicing themselves now 40 years [...]

Two simple phrases are all you need to evoke the absurdity of war and of life: 'catch-22' and 'So it goes.' The two 1960s works that gave us these now-indispensable [...]

Much of the human world, both inner and outer, is explored through art. Werner Herzog's recent documentary about cave art in France made the case beautifully. And any preview of [...]

'I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized,' writes Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler in his trademark rhyme-speak. That sentence comes from his forthcoming book, Does the Noise in My Head [...]

Indeed it was, back when Will Shakespeare coined the phrase in his 1600 opus, As You Like It. But some 400 years later one needs to augment those stages with [...]

Shamans and chakras and whales, oh, my. Body/mind/ spirit books for spring cover the metaphysical ocean front, sounding in-depth perennial topics afterlife, angels and a few new ones cetacean wisdom [...]

With the U.S. currently embroiled in two major conflicts overseas, the perennially strong military history category has become even stronger. In recent decades, World War II books have been the [...]

FICTION * All the Things We Never Knew Liara Tamani. Greenwillow, ISBN 978-0-06-265691-9, June The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel) Suzanne Collins. Scholastic.Press, ISBN 978-1-338-63517-1, May [...]

PICTURE BOOKS Child of Glass Beatrice Alemagna, trans. from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick. Enchanted Lion, ISBN 978-1-59270-303-6, Nov. The Cool Bean Jory John, illus. by Pete Oswald. HarperCollins, [...]

As we go to press on this issue, the world's biggest sporting event--the World Cup--is in full swing down in Brazil, and while this spring saw a number of excellent [...]

Animal Stories: Heartwarming True Tales from the Animal Kingdom Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y., Adam, and Jason Stemple, illus. by Jul Ishida. National Geographic Kids, $24.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-42631725-5 Yolen [...]

In the past month, we've reviewed more than 20 self-published titles submitted via BookLife, Publishers Weekly's website dedicated to indie authors, including two that received starred reviews: Jack: The True [...]

In the past month, we've reviewed 28 self-published titles submitted via BookLife, PW's website dedicated to indie authors. Fiction The Big Lead: A Stella Reynolds Mystery Libby Kirsch. Sunnyside, $12.99 [...]

In the past month, we reviewed 22 self-published titles submitted via BookLife, Publishers Weekly's, website dedicated to indie authors. Among the highlights is L. Penelope's Song of Blood and Stone, [...]

In the past month, we've reviewed 16 self-published titles submitted via BookLife, Publishers Weekly's website dedicated to indie authors. Among the books reviewed are three from USA Today bestselling author [...]

Amateur pharmacologists, wannabe Ken Keseys, curious stoners, and--yes--scientists and lay folk alike have been flocking to bookstores this past week to pick up Oliver Sacks's newest; in our review, we [...]

With the broadcast and cable networks teeming with reality shows, the publishing industry has produced enough titles by the 'stars' of these programs that reality publishing could be considered a [...]

Midnight bookstore parties across the country on August 2 will hail the 3.2 million-copy first printing for the final novel in Stephenie Meyer's young adult Twilight Saga. On the adult [...]

Sunrise to High-Rise: A Wallbook of Architecture Through the Ages Illus. by Lucy Dalzell. Cicada (DAR dist.), $24.95 (20p) ISBN 978-1908714-18-3 When fully expanded, this concertina-style foldout book serves as [...]

In the past month, we reviewed dozens of self-published titles received via BookLife, PW's website dedicated to indie authors. The books are from a variety of genres--such as romance, SF, [...]

A variety of guides examine science, art, history, and more. Poo! What Is That Smell? Everything You Ever Needed to Know About the Five Senses Glenn Murphy, illus. by Lorna [...]

Combining popular psychology with business acumen, consultant Melinda Davis presents a Faith Popcorn--like guide for businesspersons in The New Culture of Desire: 5 Radical New Strategies That Will Change Your [...]

Marriage and family therapist SaraKay Smullens has written a book about a problem she says plagues children and adults of all levels and backgrounds: emotional abuse. Setting Yourself Free: Breaking [...]

Two tomes aspire to tell all about everything FOR THE LEGIONS who fear that the dumbing of America has already passed the point of reversal, help may be on the [...]

A brief selection of adult galleys at various regionals. Unless otherwise noted, galleys will be at all regionals. A full list can be found www.publishersweekly.com/2011regionalsadult. ALGONQUIN Running the Rift by [...]

Since opening day, fans have been booing Barry Bonds whenever he comes to the plate. Chants of 'Game of Shadows' have been heard from the stands. And according to the [...]

In a pioneering study of America's 'culture of listening,' University of Pennsylvania professor of the history and sociology of science Emily Thompson depicts a culture busily rationalizing, quantifying and taming [...]