A Note to Retailers About Books: Best of all, books are recession proof!

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What a Wonderful World The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years 978-0-307-37844-6 Ricky Riccardi HC: $28.95 US / $33.

While the early and middle years of Armstrong career have been deeply analyzed and justly celebrated for the genius of his virtuosity and musical innovations, his later

This prodigiously research and authoritative book repairs the breach. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove A Novel 978-0-307-39504-7 Susan Gregg Gilmore TR: $14.00 US / $16.

1 What a Wonderful World The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years Ricky Riccardi HC: $28.95 US / $33.00 on sale pages: carton 12 Pantheon "We need this book," says Dan Morgenstern, America's most esteemed jazz critic. While the early and middle years of Armstrong career have been deeply analyzed and justly celebrated for the genius of his virtuosity and musical innovations, his later years, when he was dismissed as a buffoonish, if popular, entertainer, have received scant critical attention. This prodigiously research and authoritative book repairs the breach. The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove A Novel Susan Gregg Gilmore TR: $14.00 US / $16.00 on sale pages: carton 24 Broadway Unlikely Brothers Our Story of Adventure, Loss, and Redemption John Prendergast and Michael Mattocks HC: $24.00 US / $27.00 on sale pages: carton 12 Crown This unputdownable, beautifully written memoir is The Blind Side meets The Constant Gardener meets Push.

Nobody Turn Me Around A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington 978-0-8070-0155-4 Charles Euchner TR: $17.00 US / $19.

Hellhound On His Trail The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History 978-0-307-38743-1 Hampton Sides TR: $15.95 US / $17.

exposé about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the relentless search to find his killer. First time in paperback. Anchor.

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2 Nobody Turn Me Around A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington Charles Euchner TR: $17.00 US / $19.00 on sale pages: carton 24 Beacon Press A dramatic account of the 1963 March on Washington--the demonstration that changed America. Hellhound On His Trail The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History Hampton Sides TR: $15.95 US / $17.95 on sale pages: carton 24 Anchor From the bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder, comes a fast-paced, riveting exposé about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the relentless search to find his killer. First time in paperback. Anchor. Season of Darkness Maureen Jennings TR: $22.95 US / $24.99 on sale pages: carton 24 McClelland & Stewart The creator of the acclaimed Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural England in the darkest days of the Second World War, for fans of Foyle's War, Rennie Airth, and Alan Furst. Space Race CEL Welsh; Illustrated by K.L. Jones TR: $9.99 US / $10.99 on sale pages: carton 24 Campfire

Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife A Novel 978-0-345-51108-9 Nikki Turner TR: $14.

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Children of the Street An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery 978-0-8129-8167-4 Kwei Quartey TR: $15.00 US / $17.

mystery series that has already hooked fans of Alexander McCall Smith. Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black 978-0-307-47745-3 Harriet E. Wilson TR: $15.00 US / $17.

American woman novelist and a deeper understanding of her work. Riot Chike and the River 978-0-307-47386-8 Chinua Achebe TR: $10.00 US / $11.

4 Children of the Street An Inspector Darko Dawson Mystery Kwei Quartey TR: $15.00 US / $17.00 on sale pages: carton 24 Random House Trade Paperbacks From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Wife of the Gods comes the second installment in the Darko Dawson mystery series that has already hooked fans of Alexander McCall Smith. Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black Harriet E. Wilson TR: $15.00 US / $17.00 on sale pages: carton 24 Vintage This new edition of Our Nig, based on new research and scholarship provides a fuller account of the life of Harriet Wilson, the first African American woman novelist and a deeper understanding of her work. Riot Chike and the River Chinua Achebe TR: $10.00 US / $11.00 on sale pages: carton 24 Anchor From Chinua Achebe, one of the world's most admired and mesmerizing storytellers--the delightful story of Chike, an eleven-year-old Nigerian boy, and his journey across the Niger River. A children's classic in the making. ANCHOR TRADE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL Walter Dean Myers TR: $8.99 US / $9.99 on sale pages: carton 24 EgmontUSA

Bob Marley Calendar 2012 978-0-85768-147-8 Kim Gottlieb-Walker NT: $13.95 US / $15.

00 on sale 08-09-2011 32 pages: carton 1 dlewick 978-0-7636-3848-1 Douglas Wood HC: $16.99 US / $19.

American Nonviolence 978-0-8070-0045-8 Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt HC: $34.95 US / $40.

5 Bob Marley Calendar Kim Gottlieb-Walker NT: $13.95 US / $15.95 on sale pages: carton 1 Titan Books No One But You Handa's Hen Eileen Browne TR: $6.99 US / $8.00 on sale pages: carton 1 dlewick Douglas Wood HC: $16.99 US / $19.00 on sale pages: carton 28 dlewick Visions of a Better World Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage to India and the Origins of African American Nonviolence Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt HC: $34.95 US / $40.00 on sale pages: carton 12 Beacon Press The first biographical exploration of one of the most important African American religious thinkers of the twentieth century- -Howard Thurman--and of the pivotal trip he took to India that ultimately shaped the course of the civil rights movement.

Chirchir Is Singing 978-0-375-86198-7 Kelly Cunnane; illustrated by Jude Daly HC: $17.99 US / $19.

Shirley Strawberry with Lyah Beth LeFlore HC: $22.00 US / $25.

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Cabin Fever A Suburban Father's Search for the Wild 978-0-8070-0096-0 Tom Montgomery Fate HC: $24.95 US / $27.

while also living within our hightech, materialist culture. The Persistence of the Color Line Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency 978-0-307-37789-0 Randall Kennedy HC: $25.95 US / $29.

prominent black intellectuals, but now the author of the New York Times bestseller Nigger gives us keen and shrewd essays on the fraught relationship between Obama and his black constituency, the

7 Cabin Fever A Suburban Father's Search for the Wild Tom Montgomery Fate HC: $24.95 US / $27.95 on sale pages: carton 12 Beacon Press A modern Walden--if Thoreau had had three kids and a minivan--cabin Fever is a serious yet irreverent take on living in a cabin in the woods while also living within our hightech, materialist culture. The Persistence of the Color Line Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency Randall Kennedy HC: $25.95 US / $29.00 on sale pages: carton 12 Pantheon Even amidst the avalanche of Obama books, here's a standout: curiously, there's been scant commentary about the so-called first black president by prominent black intellectuals, but now the author of the New York Times bestseller Nigger gives us keen and shrewd essays on the fraught relationship between Obama and his black constituency, the preponderance of whom voted for him in 2008 but might not do so in 2012, many having grown disaffected. Handa's Hen Eileen Browne TR: $6.99 US / $8.00 on sale pages: carton 1 dlewick The Fairy Godmother Academy #4: Lilu's Book Jan Bozarth DG: $6.99 US / $7.99 on sale pages: carton 48 Yearling Girl-powered adventure filled with danger and magic, as well as meaningful relationships and real-life issues.

A Note to Retailers About Books: Best of all, books are recession-proof!

A Note to Retailers About Books: Best of all, books are recession-proof! RANDOM HOUSE, INC. Poetry After 9/11 978-1-61219-000-6 Dennis Loy Johnson TR: $14.95 US / $16.95 Can on sale 08-16-2011 128 pages: carton 24 Melville House This 10th anniversary edition is an important