Book List August 2005

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	Recommended New Books August 2005
Fiction

	The Testing of Luther Albright by MacKenzie Bezos Luther Albright seems to have it all. He has a top civil engineering position with the Sacramento department of water services, a beautiful home he designed and built himself, and a loving wife and teenage son. But when an earthquake damages his home’s foundation, faults in Luther’s design expose deeper cracks in the life he’s built with his family. The Young Widow by Cassandra Chan Oxford-educated Jack Gibbons, an ambitious Scotland Yard detective sergeant, investigates the fatal poisoning of successful businessman Geoffrey Berowne, aided by his best from university, Phillip Bethancourt. The chief suspect is Berowne’s wife whose previous two husbands also died under suspicious circumstances. When Gibbons starts falling for Annette, he desperately seeks another solution to the murder. A must-read for fans of traditional English mysteries. Sky Bridge by Laura Pritchett 22-year-old Libby, a supermarket clerk in a small Colorado town, convinces her younger sister not to have an abortion by promising to raise the child herself. When her sister takes off after the baby is born, Libby finds her already haphazard life becoming even more fragmented. Will Libby be able to keep her promise to her sister? A compelling and moving story of love, duty, and family.
Non-Fiction

	A Woman in Berlin: Six Weeks in the Conquered City by Anonymous (Phillip Boehm-Translator) For six weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of her and her neighbors’ hardships. She writes in detail about her bombed-out apartment building and its group of residents struggling to get by without food, heat, or water. A gripping and unforgettable account about the end of World War II. America’s Battlegrounds: Walk in the Footsteps of America’s Bravest by Richard Sauers A thoughtfully put together tour through America’s war sites. Entries reveal the history behind a particular battle, and include historical paintings, archival photographs, and original battlefield maps. Also included are detailed visitor information, such as phone numbers websites, and hours of operation. Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball by Howard Bryant Boston Herald journalist Howard Bryant tackles the drug scandal rocking Major League Baseball, and critiques how the sport has changed over the past decade. After the 1994 strike, team owners searched for ways to bring fans back into the stadiums. An incredible boom in home-run hitting over the next few seasons brought fans back in abundance, and Bryant accuses managers and owners of deliberately ignoring the open secret of steroid use in order to keep the big hitters in action. An interesting look at how things got so far out of hand in baseball.