FICTIONTALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE by Jimmy Buffett (Fawcett:...

FICTION

TALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE by Jimmy Buffett (Fawcett: $9.95). Buffett put his imaginary place on the map as a popular song and now as a novel, peopled by unusual characters.

A VISITATION OF SPIRITS by Randall Kenan (Anchor: $8.95). Progeny of an established North Carolinian African-American clan take different roads to fulfill their family’s expectations.

THE DEATH OF A JOYCE SCHOLAR by Bartholomew Gill (Avon: $3.95). Joyce’s tome “Ulysses” seems to possess the clues that sealed the fate of a college professor.

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE by Leona Blair (Bantam: $5.95). Rhys Braden’s paternal feeling toward the new nursemaid’s son are strained and changed when he becomes aware of the boy’s affection for his daughter.

NONFICTION

WHO ROBBED AMERICA? A Citizen’s Guide to the Savings & Loan Scandal by Michael Waldman and the staff of Public Citizens’ Congress Watch (Random House: $10.95). Here’s the score card of all the major players in this fiasco. Also listed are PAC contributions as well as our representatives’ voting records on related legislation.

CONFESSIONS OF AN S.O.B. by Al Neuharth (Plume: $9.95). Neuharth’s bold albeit abrasive style led to the establishment of USA Today.

THE RISE OF INDUSTRIAL AMERICA: A People’s History of the Post-Reconstruction Era, Volume 6 by Page Smith (Penguin: $16.95). Two pressing issues arising between 1876 and 1901 are amplified: Darwinism and the division between capital and labor.

GHOST HUNTERS by Ed and Lorraine Warren with David Chase (St. Martin’s: $4.50). Who you gonna call? Ed and Lorraine. Here they document their four decades of paranormal investigations.

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SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

MARILYN FERGUSON’S BOOK OF PRAGMAGIC (Pocket: $9.95). Compilation of the most significant breakthroughs in the areas of science, health, psychology, education and social science research in the past 10 years, by the author of “The Aquarian Conspiracy.”

YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT: The Way to Your Personal Transformation by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer (Avon: $4.95). Author of “Your Erroneous Zones,” “Pulling Your Own Strings” and “What Do You Really Want for Your Children” provides more self-actualizing advice.