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Show J10? Independence 1 (P 776 Independents 76 great books, picked by booksellers with experience, knowledge and passion. ,r SUMMER HEADING 1 ISSUE A diverse, eclective range of choices. These are the Top Ten lor this July August Book Sense 76, as tallied from hundreds of recommendations booksellers. For each book, one of the many enthusiastic nominations was chosen to represent it as follows: Vote-Gette- rs Tht top vote getter; o kit novol published in April with simply tremendous FRIENDSHIP CAKE: A Novel by Lynne Htnlon (Horper San Francisco, $20, 0688171478). 'Mix up two pods Steel Magnolias, one port Fried Green Tomatoes, and o dash of Mitford, and you've 90I friendship Coke FJrd with colorful characters, poignant stories, and mouBi watering recces, Biis delightful debut novel it 4 Nosbvdte, TN perfect summertime rood 'Angie 6. Howard, Davis Kidd Boolueiers, 7. very dote second; bookwAer favorite Hoffman's new book is due out July 13: THE RIVER KING, by Alice Hoffmon (Putnam, $23 95, 03991 45990) "This is one of Alice Hoffmon's most satisfying ond beautifully written novels W1B1 her mastery of language, even her simplest sentence has O M Wifeur, Mrs. Nelson's Bookshop, Pomona, CA fyncai quality rare n today's fiction ' Fantastic new young readers' series Burt bookseftea and readers are wBd for: THE SAMMY KEYES SERIES, by Wendelm Van Droonan Shodes of Home the Spy and Nancy Drew, Bu series only started m 998 with Sammy Keyes and Ae Hotel Thief (Knopf, S4 99 paper, 0679892648) and is now up o frv books The newest book is in hordcover. Sammy Keyes and the Curse of B. recent young oduk novel bookseBers love: RULES Of THE ROAD, by Joan Bauer (Puffin, S4 99 paper, 06981 18286) 'Jenna gets to grow up. sefi shoes, hove a makeover, learn to cope with her father's alcoholism, and attend her first stockholder's meeting, al in 200 poges. The story is comRondi pelling. B ending is not happily ever after unreolishc, and its often lough out loud furviyt' Brower, Blockwood ft Brouwer BookseBers, Kinderhook, NY A n'oyoio Jjciife Kretzer, Watermark What a trip): DRMNG MR. ALBERT A frp Across America with Eastern's Brain , by Mtchoel Poteniti (Dial Press, $1 8.95, 0385333005; due out July 1 1 ). A delightfully different travelogue with lots of qmrkv lake this one to the beach if you don't mtnd laughing out loud in public, 'feu might as well buy extras now because you'l wont to give Bits one to al your friends! Paulette Zander, Lyme, CT A very wel reviewed biography from last year, now in paperback: A CLEARfiG N THE DISTANCE: Frederick Low Okmsted and America in die Nineteenth Century, by Witold Rybczynski (Touchstone, $15 paper, 0684865750). "Olmsted invented the profession of landscape architecture in Bie process built a good portion of the famous city porks in Btis country. A masterful biograTom Rider, Goerings Book Store, GcinesviBe, FI phy ' A business book, btri much more: OUTSMARTING GOUATH: How to Achieve Equal Footing with Companies that are Bigger, Richer, Older, and Better Known, by Debra Koontz Troverso (Bloomberg Press, $19.95, 1576600319). The auBtor's insight into Bie needs of independent merchants in Bus time of accelerating change is remarkable. Suggestions for achieving o competitive rivalry wrth mammoth companies ore many and valuable. This is not just a good read, but o handbook for coping Harold Hicks, The Book Shcp, Brunswick, GA and special novels of lost year, coming in paperback on August 8: OF THE ANGEL, by Nancy Huston (Vintage, $12 pter, 0375709215). This intense story, set in Paris in Bie late 50s, vividly evokes Bie culture and politics of Bie time, a page turner wrih substance. Mode me want to reread Camus... after I caught my breath!-Bob- by Tkhenor, Annie 10. One of But most overlooked THE MARK Bloom's, Portland OR TREAT THEM TO A BOOK SENSE GIFT CERTIFICATE! Welcome at over 1,100 independent bookstores around America! The Book Sens Gilt Certificate is available for purchase a8 50 stoles, plus Puerto Rico ond the Virgin Islands! JiienctS a i oiojj co ?o2) S G II S G Books, Wichita, KS ond 9. '- 'Carolyn Happy Canal Bookshop, Old Moustache Mary (0375802657, $14 95) It's been km to see the kids come running bock for each Coral Schweppe, Hickiebee's, San Jose, CA new book' One of Book Sense's first big picks of lost year a big bestecBer, due in paperback July 13: ISAAC'S STORM: A Man, a Time, and Ae DeodBiesf Hurricane in History, by Erik Larson (Vintage, $13 paper, 0375708278) 'This is the perfect beoch reod, capturing the drama and intensity of the humcane which almost wiped Galveston off the map m 1900. This is history mode human and nonfiction Mary Gteysteen, Eagle Harbor Book Co., Bainbridge Island, WA wntmg at its best 4-..but reaBy for everyone!: THE DON'S SHARE, by Chris Conover (Farrar, $16, 0374399743). 'The King of Cats has everything except the ability to read! When his son gets lost, 4 King of the North rescues him. After a winter spent in a palace ful of books, Prince Leo returns home with the greatest treasure of ol. The illustrations in this book ore rich ond beautiful, as is the For ages message A from independent and redemption at over 1,100 independent bookstores occasions ofl year round. Support your local independent bookstore while treating 9 mat kx loved one to a visit to on independent bookstore in their community. This in a A directory of independent bookstores with Book Sense complete with names, addresses, and, phone numbers is available at 1 888 BOOKSENSE ond online at BookSense.com. Maps ore downloadable of bigyeltow com. And ask your bookseller far o list of towns ond cities with independent bookstores with Book Sense. Independent Bookstores for Independent Minds |