Harcourt
Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism (Nov., $27) by Umberto Eco shares his thoughts on taste, politics, education, ethics and the future.
Heyday Books
Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer (Oct., $21.95) by David Mas Masumoto, illus. by Doug Hansen, recounts life as an organic farmer in a series of essays.
Frances Lincoln
(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
Why Not Catch 21? The Stories Behind the Titles (Oct., $16.95) by Gary Dexter details the genesis of 50 great titles of world literature.
Northwestern Univ. Press
Melville: The Making of the Poet (Dec., $32.95) by Hershel Parker explores Melville's literary development.
Shoemaker & Hoard
The Selected Letters of Wallace Stegner (Nov., $30), edited by Page Stegner, looks at the writer's life through letters written between 1933 and 1993.
Univ. of Michigan Press
American Audacity: Literary Essays North and South (Dec., $29.95) by Christopher Benfey. The newest entry in the Writers on Writing series casts new light on some of America's literary masters.
