New releases -- MIchael Moore and Star Wars
Just in time for the Democratic and GOP conventions, Michael Moore unleashes his satirical whip. We also find out what happened to another political leader: Sanator Palpatine.
Monday
Mike’s Election Guide by Michael Moore (Grand Central, $13.99). Trying to make sense of the races for the White House and Congress, Moore answers questions such as: "Why is John McCain so angry?," and "How many Democrats does it take to lose the most winnable election in American history?"
Tuesday
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins (Putnam, $25.95). The 15th entry in the Sean Dillon series finds aging, ex-gangster Harry Salter retired, leaving Dillon, once the IRA’s most feared enforcer, to lead a loose gang of stalwart lads who covertly battle the foes of Western civilization.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed by Sean Williams (Del Rey, $26). The overthrow of the Republic is complete. The Separatist forces have been smashed, the Jedi Council nearly decimated, and the rest of the Order all but destroyed. Absolute power rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidious — better known as the former Senator, now Emperor, Palpatine.
Being Elizabeth by Barbara Taylor Bradford (St. Martin’s, $24.95). At 25, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself the head of a worldwide business empire. But she knows many people want to take down the company — and her with it. With her enemies circling, she finds herself at a crossroad of choices involving her mind, her heart and her destiny.
First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader (Forge, $25.95). Alli Carson, the 19-year-old daughter of the U.S. president-elect, is abducted a month before her father’s inauguration to be programmed to do something truly terrible at the inauguration ceremony.
The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters (Morrow, $25.95). Who stole one of Egypt’s most priceless treasures? That is the question that haunts the authorities after a distinguished British gentleman with an upper-crust accent cons his way past a security guard and escapes into the desert carrying a world-famous, one-of-a-kind historic relic. Beautiful, brainy Vicky Bliss is back in the spotlight for one last investigation.
Man in the Dark by Paul Auster (Holt, $23). Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget — his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. After his granddaughter falls asleep, he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Titus’ death.
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel Levitin (Dutton, $25.95). Charles Darwin meets the Beatles in this attempt to blend neuroscience and evolutionary biology to explain why music is such a powerful force.
From Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com
