Notable book releases

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Published: November 8, 2009

Week of Nov. 9

Synopses are from the publishers.

• "Under the Dome” by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster, $35).

Chester’s Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the world by an invisible force field. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from and when or if it will go away.

• "Open: An Autobiography” by Andre Agassi (Knopf Doubleday, $28.95).

From one of history’s most beloved athletes and one of the most gifted men to step onto a tennis court comes a beautiful, haunting autobiography.

• "Ice: A Novel” by Linda Howard (Random House, $22).

’Tis the season for mistletoe and holly, Santa and suspense. The gift that keeps on giving is "Ice,” Howard’s breathless tale of a man, a woman and a battle for survival against an unforgiving winter and an unrelenting killer.

• "New York” by Edward Rutherfurd (Knopf Doubleday, $30).

The best-selling master of historical fiction weaves a grand, sweeping drama of New York from the city’s founding to present day.

• "Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story” by Wally Lamb (HarperCollins, $19.99).

Back in his beloved fictional town of Three Rivers, Conn., with a new cast of endearing characters, Lamb takes readers into St. Aloysius Gonzaga Parochial School, where Mother Filomina’s word is law and goody-two-shoes Rosalie Twerski is sure to be minding everyone’s business.

• "Last Words: A Memoir” by George Carlin (Simon & Schuster, $26.99).

As one of America’s pre-eminent comedic voices, Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordinary 50-year career and made fun of most of it. This is the story of the man behind some of the most seminal comedy of the past half-century, blending his acerbic humor with never-before-told stories.

Other releases

• "Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life” by Ali Vincent (Rodale, $21.99).

• "Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock ’n’ Roll, and Mental Illness” by Mary Forsberg Weiland (HarperCollins, $25.99).

• "Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays” by Zadie Smith (Penguin Group, $26.95).

• "When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Rise of the Middle Kingdom” by Martin Jacques (Penguin Group, $29.95).

COMPILED BY RENEE LAWRENCE