Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, November 24:
Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton (Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373/0061929379) takes place in the Caribbean during 1665 and follows an English captain attempting to capture a Spanish galleon laden with gold.
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster, $25.99, 9781439180648/1439180644) is a collection of essays examining influential people such as Albert Einstein, Bill Gates and Bill Clinton.
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley (Little, Brown, $29.99, 9780316008952/0316008958) chronicles a 1905 diplomatic expedition made by Secretary of War William Howard Taft to Asia.
Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780061555091/0061555096) continues a fantasy series based on cats and the natural world.
First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher (Ace, $25.95, 9780441017690/044101769X) is book six of the fantasy series Codex Alera.