FICTIONTHE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR by Alice...

FICTION

THE TEMPLE OF MY FAMILIAR by Alice Walker (Pocket: $5.95). Walker brings the story full circle in this surreal fantasy rambling to the origins of civilization and back.

STRANGER IN SAVANNAH by Eugenia Price (Jove: $5.95). Completion of the Civil War trilogy that began with “Savannah” and “To See Your Face Again.”

WE FIND OURSELVES IN MOONTOWN by Jay Gummerman (Vintage: $8.95). A one-armed baseball umpire is one of the characters who spice up these zany stories.

THE CITY OF MARVELS by Eduardo Mendoza, translated by Bernard Molloy (Pocket: $8.95). Onofre Bouvila’s work as a Barcelona arms smuggler is far removed from his past on his family’s farm.

THE POWER OF ONE by Bryce Courtenay (Ballantine: $5.95). Becoming welterweight champion is the dream that sustains a young South African boy in his struggle against personal and cultural oppression.

NONFICTION

MURDER IN BOSTON by Ken Englade (St. Martin’s: $4.95). Fabrication by Charles Stuart of his pregnant wife’s murder beats any television dramatization.

RITES OF SPRING: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins (Anchor: $12.95). Eksteins draws a correlation among the beginning of modernism, the abandonment of tradition, and Germany’s entry into World War I.

THE REAL FRANK ZAPPA BOOK by Frank Zappa with Peter Occhiogrosso (Poseidon: $9.95). Rocking to the chords of a different guitar, Zappa maintains his avant-garde stance.

NOT THAT YOU ASKED . . . by Andrew A. Rooney (Penguin: $7.95). Rooney limits his attacks to safe subjects: dull textbooks, unwanted Christmas gifts, the Miss America pageant.

SELF-HELP /RFERENCE

THE TELECOMMUTER’S HANDBOOK: How to Work for a Salary--Without Ever Leaving the House by Brad Schepp (Pharos: $9.95). Includes some of the best jobs for telecommuting, names and addresses of companies, job security, taxes, other benefits and drawbacks.

THE 100 BEST SPARE-TIME BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TODAY by Kevin Harrington and Mark Cohen (John Wiley & Sons: $12.95). Provides readers with the best dealerships, distributorships, licenses and investment opportunities available in the $100 to $5,000 range.

THE STUDENT ENTREPRENEUR’S GUIDE: How to Start and Run Your Own Business by Brett Kingstone (McGraw-Hill: $12.95). For students who want to start their own part-time business (revised and updated).