FALL 2003
HARDCOVERS

Art & Architecture
Biography & Memoir
Business & Finance
Childcare & Parenting
Contemporary Affairs
Cookbooks, Wine & Entertaining
Fiction/First & Collections
Fiction/Mystery & Suspense
Fiction/Science Fiction & Fantasy
Folklore, Myths & Legends
General Fiction & Short Stories
Gardening
Gay/Lesbian Studies
Health, Fitness & Beauty
History
Humor
Lifestyle
Literary Criticism & Essays
Nature & Environment
New Age
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Photography
Poetry
Politics
Psychology
Reference
Religion & Inspiration
Science
Self Help & Recovery
Social Science
Sports
Travel/Abroad
Travel/U.S.A.
True Crime
War & Military
Women's Studies

Biography & Memoir

ACADEMY CHICAGO

Vinnie Ream: An American Sculptor (Oct., $27.50) by Edward S. Cooper portrays the 19th-century woman whose statue of Lincoln stands in the capitol's rotunda.

ALGONQUIN

When It Was Our War: A Soldier's Wife on the Home Front (Sept., $23.95) by Stella Suberman gives voice to the women of the "greatest generation" as they remember WWII. A Shannon Ravenel Book. Advertising. 8-city author tour.

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

The March for Civil Rights: The Benjamin Hooks Story (Oct., $39) by Benjamin L. Hooks recalls his leadership role in the civil rights movement. $25,000 ad/promo.

ANDREWS MCMEEL

Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute to 30 Years of Cartoonist Profiles (Oct., $16.95) by Jud Hurd shares experiences and advice from such figures as Walt Disney and Scott Adams.

ARCADE

Nehru: The Invention of India (Sept., $24.95) by Shashi Tharoor limns the secularist who spearheaded the movement for Indian independence.

ARTE PÚBLICO PRESS

The Life and Times of Willie Velásquez: Su Voto es Su Voz (Nov., $27.95) by Juan A. Sepúlveda Jr. Velásquez founded the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project.

ATRIA

Resurrection (Sept., $29.95), edited by Jacob Hoye and Karolyn Ali, captures the reality of the late rapper, Tupac Shakur, through his own words. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit (Oct., $28) by Sean Hepburn Ferrer. Hepburn's son shares memories of the true woman behind the legend. 75,000 first printing. Advertising. 3-city author tour.

The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion and Politics in the Nation's Capitol (Oct., $26) by C. David Heymann affords a glance into the world of Sally Quinn, Lorraine Cooper and the late Katherine Graham. 100,000 first printing. Advertising.Author publicity.

Out on a Leash (Oct., $22.95) by Shirley MacLaine. The actress and her dog Terry compare notes on their relationship in alternating sections. 150,000 first printing.

A Wealth of Wisdom: Legendary African-American Elders Speak (Nov., $27.95) by Camille Cosby and Renee Poussaint gathers stories from Maya Angelou, Andrew Young and 52 other visionaries. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

BALLANTINE

My Just Desire: The Life of Bess Raleigh, Wife to Sir Walter (Sept., $24.95) by Anna Beer positions Raleigh's wife as a central figure in the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Advertising.

BALLANTINE/ONE WORLD

Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire (Jan., $24.95) by Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines follows the entrepreneur through major events such as WWI and the civil rights movement. Advertising. 6-city author tour.

BANTAM

Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood (Oct., $24.95) by Julie Gregory. Her mother insisted she was ill when she wasn't. 35,000 first printing.Advertising.Author publicity.

BASIC BOOKS

The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings, A Five-Generation History of the Ultimate Irish-Catholic Family (Oct., $27.50) by Thomas Maier takes into account the immigrant experience that formed them. 100,000 first printing. Advertising.Author tour.

Shakespeare (Oct., $29.95) by Michael Wood includes 130 illustrations. 75,000 first printing. Advertising.Author tour.

BASIC CIVITAS

Harriet Jacobs: A Life (Jan., $27.50) by Jean Fagan Yellin revives memories of the 19th-century black writer. Advertising.

BASKERVILLE

Joseph Brodsky: A Personal Memoir (Oct., $30) by Ludmila Shtern incorporates confidences Brodsky shared with the author.

Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy (Nov., $45) by Armando Cesari is the result of more than 20 years of research with the family's cooperation.

BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL

How They Met: Famous Lovers, Partners, Competitors and Other Legendary Duos (Sept., $12.95) by Joey Green lists Lewis and Clark, Sears and Roebuck, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

BLOOMSBURY

The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoir (Oct., $24.95) by Karen Karbo records her stoic father's final months. 5-city author tour.

BOWTIE PRESS

Mastering the Art of Horsemanship: John Lyons's Spiritual Journey (Oct., $39.95) by Moira Harris and Tammy Jo Lyons. His daughter relates Lyons's efforts to discover his true calling. Ad/promo.

BRASSEY'S

Next of Kin: A Brother's Journey to Wartime Vietnam (Sept., $24.95) by Thomas L. Reilly is a memoir about finding the truth behind a brother's death.

Alexander: Invincible King of Macedonia (Oct., $19.95) by Paul G. Tsouras homes in on his military leadership.

BROADWAY BOOKS

Every Second Counts (Oct., $24.95) by Lance Armstrong with Sally Jenkins. The Tour de France winner writes of his recent personal and professional victories.

Howling at the Moon: Confessions of a Music Mogul in an Age of Excess (Feb., $24.95) by Walter Yetnikoff with David Ritz. The executive who ran Columbia Records in the 1980s speaks out.

BULFINCH PRESS

Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote (Oct., $50) by John Fricke contains 139 color and 276 b&w illustrations and a foreword by Lorna Luft. Advertising.BOMC selection.

CARROLL & GRAF

Rothstein: The Life, Times and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series (Oct., $27) by David Pietrusza descends into the seedy underworld of Jazz Age New York City.

CHICAGO REVIEW PRESS

(dist. by IPG)

Once a King, Always a King: The Unmaking of a Latin King (Oct., $24) by Reymundo Sanchez is the former gang member's sequel to My Bloody Life. Advertising.

CONTINUUM

Dr. Seuss: American Icon (Jan., $27.95) by Philip Nel is published in time for the centenary of Seuss's birth, March 2004. Advertising.

CROWN

The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur & Orville Wright (Oct., $22) by Noah Adams retraces the Wright brothers' path to flying success. Ad/promo. 7-city author tour.

Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem (Oct., $22) by Anthony Bozza gets to the heart of the controversial rapper/actor. Author publicity.

Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years that Changed America Forever (Nov., $25) by Tom Daschle with Michael D'Orso is a personal account of the 2000 contested presidential election, the 9/11 attacks and a Senate divided 50/50. Ad/promo. Author publicity.

DA CAPO PRESS

No Horizon Is So Far (Sept., $26) by Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen with Cheryl Dahle tracks the first women to cross the Antarctic on foot. 10-city author tour.

Arthur Miller (Sept., $30) by Martin Gottfried details the playwright's life.

IVAN R. DEE

Woody Allen: A Life in Film (Sept., $22.50) by Richard Schickel transcribes the author's four-hour interview with Allen.

DELPHI BOOKS

Atomic Renaissance: Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s (Sept., $21.95) by Jeffrey Marks profiles seven bestselling authors whose work continues to have an impact on the mystery field today. Advertising.

DK

Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip (Oct., $50) has an encyclopedic timeline format. 125,000 first printing. Advertising.

DOUBLEDAY

The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty (Jan., $25.95) by Peter Schweizer and Rochelle Schweizer looks at the entire family.

DOUBLEDAY/NAN A. TALESE

Autobiography (Sept., $27.95) by Helmut Newton is by the fashion photographer who revolutionized the art form.

DUTTON

Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: A True Story of One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein (Oct., $24.95) by Jean Sasson. A privileged member of Iraqi society is tossed into prison. Ad/promo. Author tour.

The Privilege of Youth: A Teenager's Story of Longing for Acceptance and Friendship (Jan., $21.95) by Dave Pelzer. The author of A Child Called "It" supplies the missing chapter of his life. Ad/promo. Author tour.

WM. B. EERDMANS

My Struggle for Freedom (Sept., $32) by Hans Küng depicts the author's struggle for a Christianity characterized by Jesus, not the church.

M. EVANS

From Gangster to Goodfella (Feb., $21.95) by Henry Hill and Gus Russo. Former mafia associate Hill—the inspiration for the film Goodfellas—tells his story.

FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX

John Clare: A Biography (Sept., $35) by Jonathan Bate. Clare (1793—1864) was a successful labor-class poet who succumbed to mental illness.

FORDHAM UNIV. PRESS

For Love of Lois (Oct., $22) by Edward Bliss Jr. A husband remembers love and loneliness through his wife's six-year struggle with Alzheimer's.

FREE PRESS

Reagan: A Life in Letters (Sept., $35), edited by Kiron K. Skinner et al., collects correspondence spanning more than 70 years. Advertising.

When It Gets Dark: An Enlightened Reflection on Life with Alzheimer's (Nov., $24) by Thomas DeBaggio comes to terms with his loss of memory and impending loss of life. Author publicity.

GOTHAM BOOKS

Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris (Sept., $25) by Sarah Turnball. A week-long vacation turns into an open-ended stay. Author tour.

HARCOURT

Skin Deep: Tattoos, the Disappearing West, Very Bad Men and My Deep Love for Them All (Oct., $24) by Karol Griffin celebrates a culture on the fringe of polite society. Author tour.

HARMONY

Barman: Ping-Pong, Pathos & Passing the Bar (Sept., $23) by Alex Wellen becomes a reality check for anyone going into law. Author publicity.

Dispatches from a Not-So-Perfect Life: Or How I Learned to Love the House, the Man, the Child (Dec., $23) by Faulkner Fox is an outgrowth of her essay on motherhood, "What I Learned from Losing My Mind," that appeared on Salon.com.

HARPERCOLLINS

Beckham (Sept., $24.95) by David Beckham. The soccer superstar tells all. 35,000 first printing.

Meant to Be (Sept., $23.95) by Walter Anderson. The middle-aged CEO of Parade Publications meets a family he never knew he had. 60,000 first printing. BOMC selection.Blindsided (Feb., $23.95) by Richard Cohen concerns coping with serious chronic illness. 40,000 first printing.

HARPERENTERTAINMENT

Elaine's: Still the Hottest Saloon in the World! (Feb., $25.95) by A.E. Hotchner is an authorized social history of the watering hole haunted by the literati and glitterati. 75,000 first printing.

Hef's Little Black Book (Feb., $19.95) by Hugh M. Hefner with Bill Zehme. On the 50th anniversary of Playboy magazine, Hef provides observations for men of all ages. 100,000 first printing.

HARPER SAN FRANCISCO

To the Mountaintop: The Inside Story of Martin Luther King Jr.—Preacher, Prophet, Martyr (Jan., $27.95) by Stewart Burns claims that King believed the civil rights movement to be a divine mission in the tradition of Moses and Jesus. 40,000 first printing.

HARVARD UNIV. PRESS

Nero (Oct., $29.95) by Edward Champlin reinterprets the motives behind Nero's theatrical gestures.

HATHERLEIGH PRESS

Faith of our Founding Father (Oct., $15.95) by Janice T. Connell examines the spiritual life of George Washington.

HIDDENSPRING

The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography (Nov., $19.95) by Barnaby Rogerson portrays Muhammad's historical resonance and spiritual significance. Ad/promo.

HENRY HOLT

Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life (Oct., $27.50) by Caroline Moorehead follows the journalist into the front lines of major wars and through her marriage to Hemingway. Advertising.

Giving Up the Ghost: A Memoir (Oct., $23) by Hilary Mantel. The novelist discloses her physical traumas.

HOLT/METROPOLITAN

Primo Levi: A Life (Nov., $32.50) by Ian Thomson draws on exclusive access to family members and previously unseen correspondence.

I Am Alive and You Are Dead: The Strange Life and Times of Philip K. Dick (Jan., $25) by Emmanuel Carrère conjures up the man whose fiction inspired such films as Blade Runner, Total Recall and Minority Report.

HOLT/TIMES

William McKinley (Sept.) by Kevin Phillips and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Nov., $20 each) by Roy Jenkins are two entries in The American Presidents series, of which Arthur M. Schlesinger is the series editor. Ad/promo.

HOT HOUSE PRESS

Once Upon an Island (Oct., $19.95) by Matilda Silvia records life at a military fort on Boston Harbor's Peddocks Island. Ad/promo.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

What We Lost: Based on a True Story (Nov., $23) by Dale Peck refracts his father's life and the family's dark secrets. Author tour.

Two of Us: The Story of a Father, a Son and the Beatles (Feb., $23) by Peter Smith. The Beatles' music forges a link between Smith and his son. Advertising. Author tour.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV. PRESS

In Albert's Shadow: The Life and Letters of Mileva Maric, Einstein's First Wife (Nov., $24.95), edited by Milan Popovic, correspondence provides an insight into Einstein's troubled first marriage.

JUSTIN, CHARLES

Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams (Nov., $27.95) by M.J. Simpson chronicles a creative mind. Advertising.Author tour.

KNOPF

Storyteller's Daughter (Sept., $25) by Saira Shah. The English-born daughter of an Afghan aristocrat returns to the land of her forebears. 100,000 first printing. 7-city author tour.

A Venetian Affair (Sept., $24) by Andrea di Robilant. The author and his father discover 18th-century love letters written by a statesman ancestor, buried in their old family palazzo. 100,000 first printing. Advertising. 8-city author tour.

Brinkley's Beat: People, Places and Events that Shaped My Time (Nov., $22.95) by David Brinkley. Some of the most extraordinary people of the 20th century talked to the journalist before his death. 200,000 first printing. Advertising.

Living to Tell the Tale (Nov., $26.95) by Gabriel García Márquez is the first autobiography in a planned trilogy. 400,000 first printing. Ad/promo.

Hollywood Animal (Feb., $26.95) by Joe Eszterhas includes anecdotes about Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. 200,000 first printing.

LITTLE, BROWN

Jung: A Biography (Nov., $40) by Deirdre Bair unveils Jung's secret work for the allies during WWII. Advertising. Author publicity.

American Sucker (Jan., $24.95) by David Denby is a cautionary yarn about gambling in a stock market about to tank. Advertising. 5-city author tour.

LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS

Displaced Person: A Girl's Life in Russia, Germany, and America (Jan., $34.95) by Ella Schneider Hilton chronicles the author's childhood from Stalinist Russia to postwar Germany to the cotton fields of Jim Crow Mississippi. Advertising.

LOYOLA PRESS

Still Called by Name: Why I Love Being a Priest (Sept., $19.95) by Dominic Grassi reflects on 30 years in the priesthood. Advertising. Author publicity.

MACADAM/CAGE

The Forgotten Genius (Dec., $28.50) by Stephen Inwood concerns Robert Hooke, an unsung hero of modern science overshadowed by Isaac Newton.

MERCER UNIV. PRESS

Above the Fall Line: The Trail from White Pine Cabin (Sept., $24.95) by Amy Blackmarr. A native Georgian returns home to find herself.

MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS

The Language of Blood: A Memoir (Sept., $23.95) by Jane Jeong Trenka. A Korean adoptee muses on personal and cultural identity. A Borealis Book. Advertising. Author tour.

MIRAMAX

Madam Secretary (Sept., $27.95) by Madeleine Albright. The first female Secretary of State documents her experience. 400,000 first printing. $300,000 ad/promo. 11-city author tour.

An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah (Jan., $24.95) by Farah Pahlavi. The shah's widow describes her life in exile. 75,000 first printing. Author publicity.

MOODY

Radical Redemption: The Real Story of Manny Mill (Sept., $16.99) by Manny Mill with Jude Skallerup. Mill's life journey takes him from Cuba to flight from the FBI, to prison and an encounter with God. $15,000 ad/promo.

MORROW

Untitled (Nov., $25.95) by Christopher Andersen 145,000 first printing.

Nancy (Feb., $24.95) by Michael K. Deaver is a portrait of Mrs. Reagan. 100,000 first printing.

NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS

Sailor in the White House: A Seafaring Life of FDR (Oct., $28.95) by Robert F. Cross demonstrates how Roosevelt's love of the sea influenced events of WWII.

NOMAD PRESS

(dist. by IPG)

The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (Oct., $22.95) by Mathew Wilson. A former British army officer travels throughout the Middle East and Central Asia for 30 years.

W.W. NORTON

An Open Book: Coming of Age in the Heartland (Oct., $24.95) by Michael Dirda pays homage to small-town America, the rust-belt Ohio of his youth. Advertising. 11-city author tour.

OXFORD UNIV. PRESS

That Man (Sept., $30) by Robert H. Jackson is a long-lost memoir of FDR written by a friend and Supreme Court justice. Advertising.

W.B. Yeats, A Life (Oct., $40) by R.F. Foster is the final volume of the poet's biography. Advertising. Author tour.

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

From Life: The Story of Julia Margaret Cameron and Victorian Photography (Oct., $29.95) by Victoria C. Olsen coincides with a Getty Museum exhibition of her work.

Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von Habsburg (Nov., $29.95) by Gordon Brook-Shepherd identifies the dramatic events of the 20th century affected by von Habsburg. A Hambledon & London Book.

PANTHEON

Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties (Oct., $27.50) by Steven Watson is an illustrated history based on dozens of new interviews. Ad/promo. Author tour.Cork Boat (Jan., $TBA) by John Pollack. A Clinton speechwriter actually builds and sails a boat he constructed of corks.

PAVILION

(dist. by Trafalgar Square)

William: The People's Prince (Sept., $29.95) by Ian Lloyd provides new insight into the life of the young prince.

PELICAN PUBLISHING

Fate Did Not Let Me Go: A Mother's Farewell Letter (Sept., $14.95) by Valli Ollendorff. This memento of the Holocaust holds hope for a son who escaped the Nazis by fleeing to America.

PHAIDON PRESS

John F. Kennedy: A Life in Pictures (Nov., $39.95) by Phaidon Press editors contains never-before-published photos and personal notes.

PICADOR

Monsieur de Saint-George: A Biography (Dec., $24) by Alain Guede. Saint-George, born Joseph Bologne in 1739 Guadeloupe, became a musician in the court of Louis XVI.

POINTED LEAF PRESS

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein: Extraordinary Style in Beauty, Art, Fashion and Design (Nov., $75) by Suzanne Slesin includes essays and 400 vintage photos of her public and private life.

PROMETHEUS

Howard Zinn: A Radical American Vision (Oct., $25) by Davis D. Joyce claims to be the first biography of the historian, activist and professor.

PUBLICAFFAIRS

Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (Sept., $30) by Lou Cannon delves into previously unseen Cabinet minutes. Advertising. 5-city author tour.

PUTNAM

The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (Oct., $23.95) by Amy Tan shares her philosophy of destiny. Ad/promo. Author tour.

DW (Feb., $24.95) by Darrell Waltrip with Jade Gurss. The NASCAR legend speeds through life.

PUTNAM/MARIAN WOOD

City Room (Jan., $29.95) by Arthur Gelb is a memoir of 45 years at the New York Times.Advertising. 7-city author tour.

RANDOM HOUSE

Bill Clinton: An American Journey: Great Expectations (Sept., $35) by Nigel Hamilton is the first of two volumes reconstructing the life and career of the man from Hope. Advertising. Author tour.

Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World—the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer (Sept., $25.95) by Tracy Kidder follows the Harvard medical genius to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia. Advertising. 6-city author tour.

Dealing with an Uncertain World: Making Decisions on Wall Street and in Washington (Oct., $35) by Robert Rubin with Jacob Weisberg. The 70th U.S. Treasury Secretary discusses political processes and the future of global economies. Advertising. Author tour.

RAYO

Girl Trouble (Feb., $24.95) by Christopher McDougall charts the rise and fall of Mexico's superstar, Gloria Trevi.

RED ROCK PRESS

In My Father's Bakery: A Bronx Memoir (Oct., $22) by Marvin Korman brings a vanished New York neighborhood from the Depression to WWII back to life. Author tour.

REED PRESS

Dancing With the Boys: AOL and the Dawn of Online Retailing (Feb., $26.95) by Barbara Frerichs with Kathleen Tracy tells the story of the first online bookstores, years before Amazon.com, and the eventual development of online retailing. A Publishers Weekly Book. Advertising.

REGANBOOKS

Where the Birds Never Sing: The True Story of the 92nd Signal Battalion and the Liberation of Dachau (Oct., $24.95) by Jack Sacco is a harrowing, ultimately triumphant story told from the perspective of the author's soldier father. 35,000 first printing.

RODALE

Not Fade Away (Sept., $22.95) by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton. Barton faced an untimely death with dignity. 100,000 first printing.

Chaka! (Oct., $23.95) by Chaka Khan with Tonya Bolden is the singer's life in music. 150,000 first printing.

The Big O (Nov., $24.95) by Oscar Robertson. The basketball great speaks about the sport on the court and off. 100,000 first printing.

RUGGED LAND

From Love Field: A Remembrance (Nov., $24.95) by Nellie Connally and Mickey Herskowitz. An eyewitness to tragedy recalls 10 days in Dallas in 1963. 100,000 first printing.

The Uncommon Wisdom of John F. Kennedy: A Portrait in His Own Words (Nov., $24.95), edited by Bill Adler, includes a one-hour DVD. 60,000 first printing.

RUTLEDGE HILL PRESS

Saturday Nights with Daddy at the Opry (Nov., $19.99) by Libby Leverett-Crew relives growing up with a backstage pass.

ST. MARTIN'S

A Prison Diary (Sept., $24.95) by Jeffrey Archer recounts the first three weeks of his four-year prison sentence among some of Britain's most violent criminals. Advertising.

Escape from Slavery: The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity—and My Journey to Freedom in America (Oct., $24.95) by Francis Bok with Edward Tivnan. Bok's enslavement was in Sudan. 10-city author tour.

To Punish and Protect: One DA's Quest to Prosecute Predators and Defend Victims (Oct., $24.95) by Jeanine Pirro with Catherine Whitney is an issue-oriented memoir.

ST. MARTIN'S/THOMAS DUNNE

The Pythons (Oct., $60) by The Pythons includes 1,000 color and b&w illustrations. 250,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author tour.

SCHREIBER PUBLISHING

Journey Through the Minefields (Oct., $27) by Mendy Ganchrow, M.D. The orthodox Jewish leader's work takes him from Vietnam to Washington, D.C.

SCRIBNER

A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of Danny Pearl (Oct., $25) by Mariane Pearl with Sarah Crichton is a tribute to the murdered Wall Street Journal reporter.

Pitching My Tent: On Marriage, Motherhood, Friendship and Other Leaps of Faith (Oct., $23) by Anita Diamant deliberates on balancing life's many challenges.

Reflections: Life After the White House (Oct., $28) by Barbara Bush covers the eight years between the end of her husband's term and the beginning of her son's. 600,000 first printing.

SEVEN STORIES PRESS

My Times: A Memoir of Dissent (Sept., $35) by John Hess charges that the New York Times fudged some of its Vietnam coverage. Advertising. Author tour.

Sleepaway School: A Memoir (Jan., $21.95) by Lee Stringer. A poor and black child ends up at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls, a school for kids at risk. Advertising. 8-city author tour.

SIMON & SCHUSTER

"We Are Lincoln Men" (Nov., $25) by David Herbert Donald examines Lincoln's life through the eyes of his closest friends. 150,000 first printing. Advertising. Author publicity.

My Trials (Jan., $25) by John Edwards with Robert Draper. The Democratic senator from North Carolina and presidential candidate re-creates his courtroom cases. 75,000 first printing. Advertising. Author publicity.

SMITHSONIAN BOOKS

Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat (Oct., $35) by Don Oberdorfer limns the longest serving majority leader.

SOURCEBOOKS

Betty Shabazz (Nov., $35) by Russell J. Rickford includes information about Malcolm X's widow from recently declassified FBI, CIA and NYPD files.

STEERFORTH PRESS

Tommy the Cork: Washington's Ultimate Insider from Roosevelt to Reagan (Nov., $25) by David McKean is about one of the men who established modern lobbying.

TARCHER

Sanity and Grace (Oct., $22.95) by Judy Collins remembers the path from pain to survival after the suicide of her son.

What a Difference a Year Makes (Nov., $19.95) by Bob Guiney shares the lessons from family members that helped him overcome depression.

TAYLOR TRADE

Cowboy Princess: Life with My Parents Roy Rogers and Dale Evans (Oct., $24.95) by Cheryl Rogers-Barnett and Frank Thompson. The couple's eldest daughter invites readers inside the family circle.

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIV. PRESS

East Texas Daughter (Sept., $26.50) by Helen Green. The first black woman admitted to a professional nursing school in Dallas recounts her successes and the toll on her personal life.

TOBY PRESS

The Blessing of a Broken Heart (Sept., $19.95) by Sherri Mandell. The mother of Koby, a 13-year-old American-Israeli boy killed by Palestinian terrorists, shares her memories.

TRINITY PRESS INTernational

Diva Julia: The Public Romance and Private Agony of Julia Ward Howe (Oct., $24) by Valarie H. Ziegler contrasts the two sides of Howe's Victorian life.

UNIV. OF GEORGIA PRESS

Exit to Freedom (Sept., $24.95) by Calvin C. Johnson with Greg Hampikian. Johnson survived 16 years in Georgia prisons before DNA evidence exonerated him.

UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS

Stuart Symington: A Life (Dec., $39.95) by James C. Olson highlights the late senator's lengthy career.

UNIV. OF NEBRASKA PRESS

Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon (Oct.; $40, paper $25) by Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis conveys the human cost of the space race.

UNIV. OF NOTRE DAME PRESS

The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain (Oct., $32) by Ralph McInerny praises the Catholic philosopher who lived from 1881 to 1973.

Vincent de Paul, the Trailblazer (Oct., $40) by Bernard Pujo, trans. by Gertrud Champe, outlines the motivations that led to charitable works.

UNIV. OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Musically Speaking: A Life Through Song (Oct., $19.95) by Ruth K. Westheimer. Dr. Ruth explains how songs act as markers for memories.

UNIV. OF PITTSBURGH PRESS

Where the Evidence Leads: An Autobiography (Sept., $35) by Dick Thornburgh is by the first Republican elected to two successive terms as Pennsylvania's governor.

UNIV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS

The Temper of the West (Oct., $29.95) by William Jovanovich. The publisher tells a rags to riches story.

UNIV. OF VIRGINIA PRESS

Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life (Sept., $27.95) by Elaine Neil Orr juxtaposes her childhood in Nigeria with life as an American adult. Advertising. Author tour.

UNIV. OF WISCONSIN PRESS

Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories (Oct., $45) by Jean M. Humez culls the truth from rare early publications and manuscripts.

UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Fortune's Favorite Child: The Uneasy Life of Walter Anderson (Nov., $35) by Christopher Maurer plumbs the troubled times of the idiosyncratic American artist.

VIKING

Her Husband: Hughes and Plath (Oct., $25.95) by Diane Middlebrook. Six and a half years after marrying poet Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath committed suicide, for which many blamed her husband. 8-city author tour.

John Paul the Great (Oct., $25.95) by Peggy Noonan venerates the pope and his legacy. 6-city author tour.

VILLARD

You Belong in a Zoo!: Tales from a Lifetime Spent with Cobras, Crocs and Other Creatures (Sept., $24.95) by Peter Brazaitis recaptures 44 years of working with animals at the Bronx and Central Park zoos. Author publicity.

Ordinary Girl: A Memoir (Oct., $24.95) by Donna Summer with Marc Eliot. Summer rose from singing in a Boston church to "Queen of Disco." Author tour.

VISION

(dist. by IPG)

Forget You Had a Daughter: Doing Time in the 'Bangkok Hilton': Sandra Gregory's Story (Oct., $24.95) by Sandra Gregory with Michael Tierney reveals what happened after Gregory's arrest for drug-smuggling.

WALKER

Cook: The Extraordinary Sea Voyages of Captain James Cook (Oct., $28) by Nicholas Thomas breathes new life into the world-changing adventures of Captain Cook. Ad/promo. Author publicity.

WARNER

A Life in Letters: Ann Landers' Letters to Her Only Child (Nov., $22) by Margo Howard. Forty years of advice form an unintentional memoir. Ad/promo. Author publicity.

WARNER FAITH

It's More than the Music: Life Lessons for Loving God, Loving Each Other (Oct., $19.95) by Bill Gaither with Ken Abraham. The gospel music composer pens an uplifting autobiography. Advertising.

WILEY

The Making of Dr. Phil: The Straight-Talking True Story of Everybody's Favorite Therapist (Nov., $24.95) by Sophia Dembling and Lisa Gutierrez traces his rise to fame and fortune.

WORKMAN

I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your Excuse?: An Illustrated Memoir (Dec., $19.95) by Suzy Becker. The author of All I Need to Know I Learned from My Cat suffered from seizures until a correct diagnosis. 20-city author tour.