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...September, Vintage will publish "The Vintage Book of War Fiction," a paperback original edited by Sebastian Faulks and J?rg Hensgen. The book contains an excerpt from "My Favorite War," a novel by TIME senior editor Chris Farley. Also included are some 40 short stories and novel excerpts from writers such as Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer and Joseph Heller...
...August 25, Oxford University will publish "Restoration of the Republic: The Jeffersonian Ideal in 21st-Century America" by former Senator Gary Hart. Says Kirkus, "Scholarly dissertation meets populist manifesto in politico Hart's case for increased citizen involvement in government...Despite some pie-in-the-sky elements, the argument merits discussion, and the prescriptions are delivered coherently and effectively...
...October, Perseus will publish "Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon" by Justin Martin. According to the publisher, "For this probing biography, the first since 1975, Justin Martin spoke with Nader along with more than 300 people, including close associates, old friends, and family. The result is a sweeping portrait, covering Nader's small-town Connecticut boyhood, his days at Harvard law, the David-and-Goliath battle with GM that launched him into the spotlight, and colorful encounters with characters as varied as Albert Einstein, Gloria Steinem, Fidel Castro, Phil Donahue, Susan Sarandon, Upton Sinclair and Al Gore. The climax of this extraordinary...
...November, Basic will publish "Square Peg: Confessions of a Citizen Senator" by Utah Senator Orrin Hatch. According to the publisher, "He gives behind-the-scenes looks at what really went on during some of the most controversial and important debates of his career, including the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, the Clinton impeachment hearings, and the current struggle over anti-terrorism legislation...
...August 27, Doubleday will publish "September 11: An Oral History" by Dean E. Murphy. Kirkus is moved to tears, giving the book a starred review. "Soul-stirring firsthand accounts - terrifying transports - of living through the disasters of September 11, as told to NYT reporter Murphy. Murphy was one of the reporters who covered that grave day and its aftermath, and for this collection he took on the unenviable task of asking those who survived by the skin of their teeth to relive the catastrophe, plus a handful of people, who by the grace of fortune, who were slow at making...