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Show 3f iLi u ocfz: j Interviews & Features Catch a rising star. ... 2 Our town: Both sides of Main Street 5 Home Town by Tracy Kidder Clear toward home Springs by Facing 7 Bobbie Ann Mason Fantastic journeys: backward and Ewan McGregor ... ... inward ... Meet the Author When I Fall In Lore by Iris Rainer Dart ... 27 Finding a happy medium Reaching to Heaven by James Van Praagh ... 27 1 1 Nonfiction Dear Exile by Hilary Liftin and Kate 4 Montgomery FatherLand by Frederick Kempe ... 6 Slightly Chipped by Lawrence and 8 Nancy Goldstone Mothers Who Think edited by Camille Peri and Kate Moses ... 9 ... ... Walker Evans by James R. Mellow 12 Vera by Stacy Schiff Cleaving by Dennis and Vicki ... Covington. . . ... 10 Good-Nature- I I ... ... Fiction The Book of Kings by James Thackara. . . 4 England, England by Julian 4 Barnes The Drowning People by Richard Mason 8 Swimming to Catalina by Stuart 8 Woods Tough, Tough Toys for Tough, Tough 9 Boys by Will Self Every Dead Thing by John Connolly. . . 9 1 1 Another World by Pat Barker Close Range by Annie Proulx . . .12 Collected Tales and Fantasies by Lord 24 Berners Quicksilver by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Steven- s 25 ... ... ... ... ... ... Departments ... 3 Burning Questions Mysteries ... 10 Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe: Color me enlightened ... 15 Business and Finance: The color of money ... Love, Exciting and New: Love me, love my secrets ... 8 Cooking: Tis the season ... 19 Audio: Women on the verge ... 20 Gift Galleiy ... 21 Gardening: Dummy, how does your garden grow? ... 23 14-1- ... ... ... ... ... I I ... 5 1 Childrens Books . . . 28-3- 1 miracle worker, philanthropic hero, earth angel. Be Like Danny. Let him show you how. 1 thing every day to make a difference, think what a wonderful world we could have." Marian Wright Edelman, President, Childrens Defense Fund I I 1 1 1 Catch a rising star BY PAT H. BROESKE j d career leap, its For a hard to surpass whats happened to Ewan McGregor. He was known for his performances in iconoclastic cult films. n Then came the role of the young Kenobi in the breathlessly awaited Star Wars prequel. The Phantom Menace. Suddenly, McGregor is being touted as the hottest Scottish import since Sean Connery. Certainly, he is an undeniably visible presence and not just on the screen. For McGregor is the subject of several recent and upcoming books. Aimed squarely at the actors fans, and g those of the Star Wars franchise, the various books are odes to a performer distinguished by his determination to be an actor rather than a star. Of the tomes, Ewan McGregor: The Unauthorized Biography by Billy Adams (Overlook, $13.95, 0879517042) takes honors for the most portrait. Based on interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as existing materials, it details his road to success. Shooting Star: The Ewan McGregor Story (Ballantine, $5.99, 0345427246), by Janine Pourroy, moves to explore McGregors emergence as the ultimate GenX icon. His life (29 years, so far) and career (15 movies in just five years) are also chronicled in titles including: Ewan McGregor by Chris Nickson (St. Martins, $5.99, 0312969104), Ewan McGregor: Rising to the Stars by James Hatfield (Penguin, $5.99, 0425169006), Ewan McGregor: An Unofficial Biography by Martin Noble, (DKFunfax, $5.95, 0789446677, ages 4 and up), and Ewan warp-spee- McGregor: From Junkie to Jedi by Brian J. Robb (Plexus Publishing, $16.95, 0859652769). The latter title refers to McGregors rise to fame as the d central character of the film Trainspotting. McGregor will also be among the cast members of the various Phantom Menace tie-i- n books from Ballantine, to include Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Illustrated Screenplay by George Lucas, The Making of the Phantom Menace, and a novelization by popular fantasy author Terry Brooks. Books were the impetus for many of McGregors earlier films, including Trainspotting, based on the controversial Irvine Welsh novel of the same name, and Jane Austens Emma, for which McGregor donned period costumes. He bared all for The Pillow Book, the story of a writer who uses her boyfriends body on which to write the chapters of her book. The screenplay is included in The Pillow Book (Distributed Art Publishers), in which Peter Greenaway discusses his adaptation and reinterpretation of the Oriental classic. The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (Columbia University Press), which examined life in Japan. And next up for McGregor is an adaptation of the Marc Behm psycho-- i thriller. Eye of the Beholder , in which hell play a private eye stalking a serial killer. Lets just hope The Force is with him. H heroin-addicteoff-be- Obi-Wa- 1 j Biographer Pat Broeske's latest book is about Elvis Presley. I niir.cfe. A uniquely stirring blend of case studies, inspiration, real-lif- e and practical advice In Heaven on Earth, Oprahs Angel Network Danny Seo shows you how easy it is to make a difference, with practical philanthropic activities that can be done after work, on weekends, or in just 15 minutes. Award-winn- Danny Seo is a staunch believer that when things need changing, you change them." People Want to change the world? Start right here. I I I Danny Seo says that good intentions never change the woi Id action does. I couldn't agree more IJ everyone does one 1 1 i crowd-pleasin- 12 d Riot by Charles K. 24 Wolfe The Way of Aikido by George 25 Leonard Awakening to the Sacred by Lama 25 Surya Das The Old Neighborhood by Ray 25 Suarez Educating Esme by Esme Raji 26 Codell 1 Freedom From Fear by David M. 26 Kennedy Eveiy Man a Tiger by Tom Clancy and 26 General Chuck Homer (Ret.) 26 The First Sex by Helen Fisher ... High Exposure by David Breashears ... 13 Between Friends edited by Helen Sasson ... 24 Another Life by Michael Korda ... 24 A 1 aE POCKETjJ I I I I I I I I 2 MAY me. uAdd, |