Attainment: New Books Out Next Week

Significant titles whose laydown dates are next Tuesday, November 14:

Cross by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $27.99, 0316159794). Alex Cross returns.

Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark (Scribner, $22, 1416535527). This year's Christmas mystery present from the mother-daughter team.

The Christmas Pig: A Fable
by Kinky Friedman (S&S, $15.95, 1416534989). A sweet Christmas tale by the possible--but not likely--new Texas governor.

The Long Night of Winchell Dear: A Novel by Robert James Waller (Crown, $21, 0307209962). A tale about an oldtime gambler from the author of The Bridges of Madison County.

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf, $25.95, 0307262995). Another bizarre, entertaining novel from the author of Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy and Lucky You.

The Senator and the Priest by Andrew M. Greeley (Forge, $24.95, 0765315912). The priest-author writes of a virtuous senator (imagine this: no negative campaign ads!) and his brother, a priest.

The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2007 (World Almanac Books, paper $12.99, 0886879957; hardcover $32.99, 0886879957). For the first time in 139 years, the almanac offers readers free extra content online.

Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter (S&S, $27, 0743285026). The prolific former president addresses the Israeli-Palestine conflict and suggests solutions based on his long knowledge of the region and key players.

Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives by John Edwards (Collins, $29.95, 0060884541). The former senator collects reminiscences by more than 50 well-known people about their childhood homes--and includes many photographs.

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