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Show 1 WATERS Fishing With An Old Friend, by Joseph Monmnger (Broodway, $12 poper, n and very touching memoir, a love story of a man and his 0767905156) This is a beouti dog, a wonderful Golden Reinever named Nellie When Nellie is diagnosed with cancer, Joe decides to toke his most faithful companion on one last great fishing trip Not at all maudlin, the story is irreDonna Urey, While Birch Books, North Conway, sistible for anyone who has ever loved a dog 60. HOME e 69. NH fi y SAY YES QUICKLY, by Mary Brodish O'Connor (Pol Shard Press, $12 95 paper. 0965605213) The unflinching song of a fighter who, in her struggle with breast cancer, struggles, too, with the universal issues of mortality While savoring with renewed intensity all that life has to offer, Ms O'Connor introduces us to a whiff of eternity, a 'tear in the fabric of forever "Vida Gray, Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA by Jim Kmpfel (Berkley, $13.95 paper, 04251 73305) The author has degenerative eye disorder, sub)ect to depression, and drinks too much. Far from wallowing in Kmpfel possesses a wonderfully sharp appreciation far the absurd and a knack far perseverance, to the point His wicked sense of black humor carries him and the where his story is just this side of inspirational 61. SIAQCIAW is reader through the bleakest parts of the inner city, where Kmpfel survives almost heroically Grass Roots Books Music, Corvalis, OR KNOWS NO BARS inmates Reflect on Ufe, Death ond Hope, by Drew leder (Rowmon & Littlefield, $23 95, 0847692906). 'leder taught a course in philosophy to inmates in a maximum security prison Their discussions, ranging from Plata to Heidegger, show what con happen when you appeal to minds that have never been appealed to before Also o good introduction to philosophy, it is o bool that is inspiring and enlightening without a trace of sentimentality 'Michoel Rosenthal, 62. THE SOUL Modem Times Bookstore, SEED: A Remembrance, by U Young Lee (Ktongry Mind, $13 paper, 1886913285) "Agor-geouprofound prose poem memoir by one of America's finest poets Honestly, it changed my life Kristen C Brosamer, Kepler's, Menlo Park, CA Scott I Foley, 70. WINGED 71. San Francisco, CA 63. TOIL Building Yoursef, by Jody Proctor (Chelsea Green Pub, S22 95, 1890)32675) 'Procter describes his and carpentry work so well ond so interestingly that I felt I was both hord-woI laughed out loud at his witty, subtle characterizations eommg o trode and of his and was moved by his desire to channel his frustrations and bitterness into mantras and compassion. He died at the oge of 53 before hts book's publication, I wish he was here to see it now.' Undo Barrett Knopp, Mataprop's Bookstore Cafe, AshevtRe, NC 72. S & ' Wa an e ( f 73. GOLDBACH'S CONJECTURE, by Apostolos Doxiodis (Bloomsbury, $20, 1582340676) 1 have just finished this marvelous book h works on several levels a glimpse into the high stokes world of mathematical theorists and what mokes them tick, the importance of setting lofty gods no matter how unattainable they may seem, ond, the pleasure is in the trip, not getting there Barry Johnson, Books at Stonehenge, Raleigh, NC UNCLE & PETROS i a S OF CASTE Dt SANGRO: A late of Passion ond Foy in the Heart of Doty, by Joe McGinniss (Broodway, Si 4 95 paper, 0767905997). 'Of aH people, we Hoo$ers know and la fcis the smo8 town team that ogamst afl odds wins ogoinst the bg guys I heortily recarchetypal story ommend this spicy Italian version. Enjoy it as a travelogue or o classic tale Joyce Gray, Ut4e Professor Book Company, Fl Wayne, N THE MIRACLE AROUND FOB: A Journey into tie Heart of Cuban Sports, by S L Pnce (Ecco Press, $24, is one of the best books I've rood m o long time Price explores Cuba's social and and tyrant Pnce has visited Cuba many times and politico! conditions, with Castro as both demi-goknows what he's talking about Hams, Prairie lights, lav City, iA PITCHING END OF THE WORLD (Warner, $23 95, 0446526002) 'This is a wandeduly eccentric, mystery centered on the world of golf Inspired by Naked Come The Manatee, Tim O'Brien, Dave Barry, Tami Hoag, James Hofl, Ridley Pearson, James Crumley, lee Abbott, Richard Rausch, and les Stondiford eoch give a distinctive voice to a plot thcrt seems ready to spin wildly out of control with Mrtchel Kaplan, Books & Books, Coral Gables, E each new turn PUTT AT THE ' C?a 74. 65. THE NUMBER DEVI. A Mathematical Adventure, by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (Owi Books, $1 7 paper 0805062998) 'A great mathematician makes a great poet mokes a great storytelierl' Amy Nma Baum, The Red Baftoon Bookshop, St. Paul, MN 66. Cct 'Jim 'John e ij Oj a Jtoa r 0060196602) This 64. THE YEAR 1000 W hat Ufe Was Uke At The Turn Of The Pint Millennium, by Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger Bock Bay, $12 95, 0316511579) 'A light and accessible history, this book encourages the imoginabon to inhabit onother time and ploce Tracing the particular works and days of a millennium ago, the outhors manage to establish m history a gouge of commonality and difference for us to measure ourselves ogamst Evans, DIESEL A Bookstore, Oakland, CA t - cfo'ST- CJa Zjc ii (eycjty tj - 'crtZ Oj THE BLUE, by Russel Uke (Brunswick Galaxy Press, $1 2 95 poper, 0966103904) 'A wonder fdfy satiric look at life after an alien race inadvertently destroyed the planet and is no w trying to restore TV A high school m Vancouver BC it based upon almanacs, old mogazines and tapes of pnme time placed it m their curriculum instead of Antmal Form to study he concept of satire1 A great reoding group book1' Dean Roth, The Town Book Store, Westfield, NJ AFTER 75. CRYPTONOMICON, by Neal Stephenson (Harper Perennial, $16 paper, 0380788624) 'Set alternately dunng WW2 when 'thinking machines' ore making cryptography interesting and the mlor motion oge, three stones surrender heir secrets, piece by piece A hyper-rea- l history of codes Michoel Russo, St. Mark's Bookshop, New York, NY 76. Kdkng he Fatted Caff and Arming the Aware in he Cambell by Tmton (Grove, $1 3 paper, 08021 36729) A visceral tragicomedy set in o grimy Eastern Kentucky bar and conspire to contrive a work town If Twam and Pynchon were to meet m some hole-of fiction, his would be it' Robert Humphries, Joseph-Bet- h Bookselers, Cncinnoti, OH LORD OF THE BARNYARD; rrr EgoK MUSIC Irtdependenl bookstores play tbe most eclectic ond unexpected music of yes? From Billie Holiday to George Winston, it is o wonderful background aural discovery to accompany your visual search. Even the selection process of these 76 books has a soundtrack of sorts. As we sift through the hundreds of bookseller nominations eoch month and their impassioned descriptions of what these books mean to them, we listen to a variety of music that meshes with the This 76 is brought to you range of books we're orchestrating for your enjoyment. Sisters. Music and readthe Bums with the musical help of Aztec Two Step and ing are intertwined with all things passionate, yes? A CHORUS The books in this group of 76 books were nominated by many independent booksellers. By email, fax, postcard and handwritten letter, bookseller enthusiasm poured in. The Book Sense staff chose the letter that best raptured the essence of all the nominations for eoch book to be panted here. So, while just one 'voice' for each book appears here, there is o chorus behind it. FULL ll f fc 67. f 295. in stores August 1 ) PEERING, by Alice Blanchard (Bantam, $6 99 paper. 055358 but builds the clues abound town, os eoch little secnst (foots to the surface, the suspense Murphy, Aunties Bookstore, which ore relevant I couldn't move, I read this m one sitting'-Su- sie Spokane, WA DARKNESS In osmol 68. 'lies has been on my watch-hGAME, by Greg Ifos (Signet, $6 99 paper 0451180x29 ) Phoenix Penn Coge returns to Natchez seek with hst he blew me ever unce Spandov guy away some old wounds, including a mg peace and healing after hu wifes death He inadvertently opens With the help of 0 newv unsolved murder that is linked to his father's being blackmailed the minefield between old money ond paper publisher ond o volatile sheriff's deputy, Coge novigates new polity Mart Emrik, Cover to Cover Bookstore, Son Francisco, CA DISCLOSURE These 76 books have been chosen by the independent booksellers of America ond the staff at Book Sense, offer which publishers were approoched for promotional funds to help underwrite the ongoing Book Sense marketing campaign Books appear here whether or no the publishers have ogreed to participate, but many have... and we appreciate it. THE QUIET SUBJECT TO CHANGE We are not responsible for publisher price increases at the last moment And despite all best efforts to ensure that oil of these 76 are in stores by July 1 , some will be not be available until later in the month., ond some are not due out 'hi August. . n tj v y . t I V r, r, (, |