No Tricks, All Treats in October White Box

The October White Box mailing is so jam packed with offerings from Book Sense Publisher Partners it's almost frightening…. But don't be scared; just enjoy all of the goodies contained within! Here are some of the highlights:

Galleys, ARCs, Finished Books:

From Scholastic, ARCs of two upcoming YA novels:

• Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks
  
• Montmorency by Eleanor Updale

Penguin USA offers five ARCs from various imprints:

• from Dutton, the latest Max Freeman novel from Jonathon King entitled Shadow Men
  
• also from Dutton, Tracy Chevalier's new work, The Lady and the Unicorn
  
• from Riverhead, Chang-Rae Lee, author of A Gesture Life and Native Speaker, presents his latest work of fiction, Aloft
  
• from Viking comes Emma Brown: A Novel From the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Bronte, by Clare Boylan
  
• and from Ann Godoff's new Penguin Press imprint comes the American publication of the international literary sensation first published in Spain, The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Lucia Graves

Also offering multiple titles this month, Grove Atlantic provides four new ARCs:

• from Grove Press, Havana World Series by José Latour
  
• also from Grove comes The Last Crossing by Canadian author Guy Vanderhaeghe
  
• from Atlantic Monthly, Loving Ché by Ana Menendez
  
• also from Atlantic Monthly, Bluffing Mr. Churchill, the latest in the Inspector Troy series (Old Flames), by John Lawton
  

HarperCollins sends along copies of the finished HarperTorch/Regan Books mass market edition of Hostile Witness by William Lashner

The Greenwillow imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books offers young adult readers (as well as curious adults!) a mysterious tale of ancient times, The Oracle Betrayed, by Catherine Fisher

From Warner Books, a delightful first novel by Elisabeth Robinson entitled The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters

The Toby Crime imprint of Toby Press brings you an intriguing historical mystery, The Secundus Papyrus, by Albert Noyer

Catalogs, Excerpt Booklets and CDs, Easelbacks, Posters, Calendars, Bookmarks, Buttons, Key Chains, and more from:

McGraw-Hill, Perseus, DK, Holt Books for Young Readers, Wizards of the Coast, Emmis Books, Bloomsbury Children's Books, Black Rose Books (Consortium), Picador, MichaelsMind, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, Avon Books, Carl R. Sams, High Bridge Audio, Inner Ocean (PGW), Harcourt Children's Books, and Book Page

In the manila folder, Sell Sheets, Special Offers, Postcards, Shelf-talkers, and more from:

Theatre Communications Group (Consortium), St. Martin's, Good Books, McGraw-Hill, Bloomberg Press (dist. by Norton), Marion Street Press, Emmis Books, HarperBusiness, Poisoned Pen Press, Picador, Diamond Book Distributors, Ocean Press (Consortium), Rodale, Star Bright Books, National Book Foundation, AOL Time Warner Book Group, Tor/Forge, Portable Press (PGW), Akashic Books (Consortium), Kane Miller, Moment Point Press (Words Distributing), Fordham University Press, and Hyperion

PLUS:

The Autumn 2003 Book Sense 76 Top Ten Mystery Pad

The latest Book Sense 76 Top Ten Pad produced in conjunction with The History Channel, this time covering titles dealing with John F. Kennedy, timed for the observance of the 40th anniversary of his assassination

An updated Book Sense Store Directory, including information on those stores participating in the new Book Sense Gift Card Program

And for participating stores:

• The latest Hardcover History Program bookmark, featuring President Kennedy Has Been Shot, a new hardcover with CD published by Sourcebooks MediaFusion
  
• Materials for the third annual Lord of the Rings contest, this time based on the last book in J.R.R. Tolkien's epic trilogy -- The Return of the King. Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin and BookSense.com
  

No tricks, all treats! Until next month...

Cheers,
Mark
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