May 6, 2008 Here they are! Our weekly picks for the two best: two hardcover, two paperback, and two children's books. The very best new arrivals to leap out of the box and onto our shelves this week. Call or email us if you want more information on any of these titles, or to have us hold you a copy. Or stop in and check them out in person. We'd love to see you. Thanks as always for sharing your reading with us! A quick glance to the right will demonstrate two things. First, that Tuesday is On - Sale Date day in the book world. Second, that Hyperion Publishing has a sense of humor.   The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom By Winchester, Simon 2008/05 - Harper 9780060884598 - Hardcover List Price $27.95 - Your Price: $22.36 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order Winchester has been a bit up and down of late. Krakatoa was both popular and a good read, but the tepid sales of A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 indicated that he had done one disaster book too many. With The Man Who Loved China Winchester returns to the formula of his bestselling The Professor and the Madman, featuring an iconoclastic individual who impacted history. The story of Joseph Needham does indeed appear to be a very captivating account of an eccentric scholar. ...More   The Host By Meyer, Stephenie 2008/05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316068048 - Hardcover List Price $25.99 - Your Price: $20.79 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order This book is an unusual and important new release. Meyer is the author of the enormously popular young adult Twilight series, which has a strong adult following. The Host is her first book for adults. While some young adult authors have struggled to make the transition Meyer has stuck to her strengths here and just raised the dimension and intensity up a notch. This should be a great summer read. ...More   Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression By Kalish, Mildred Armstrong 2008/04 - Bantam 9780553384246 - Trade Paper List Price $12.00 - Your Price: $9.60 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order Let us all hope this delightful book by Kalish enjoys a long life in paperback!...More   The New Yorker Book of Mom Cartoons By New Yorker Magazine 2008/03 - Andrews McMeel Publishing 9780740776038 - Trade Paper List Price $12.99 - Your Price: $10.39 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order Nobody can justly censure a tasteful Mother's Day gift......More   Found By Haddix, Margaret Peterson 2008/04 - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing 9781416954170 - Hardcover List Price $15.99 - Your Price: $12.79 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order Popular young adult novelist Haddix starts an intriguing new series here. An airplane appear on a runaway. Inside are 36 infants and no one else... ...More   The Battle of the Labyrinth By Riordan, Rick 2008/05 - Hyperion 9781423101468 - Hardcover List Price $17.99 - Your Price: $14.39 Availability: Available   Preorder Title Back Order The fourth Percy Jackson book is out today! For those of you unfamiliar with Juvenile and Young Adult fantasy, this is a wildly, and justly, popular series of fast paced, funny, exciting books which incorporate Greek Mythology seamlessly into a modern setting. We have been warned against judging a book by its cover, but it's all right to judge a book by its first line. The Battle of the Labyrinth has a great one. "The last thing I wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school."...More