Cara Lockwood is back, and wittier than ever, with I DID (BUT I WOULDN’T NOW). Lily has always lived in the shadow of her sister, who has a perfect husband and a new baby. Known as an aimless, impulsive trouble-magnet, Lily decides she may as well live up to her reputation, eloping with a rock star. When his band skyrockets, the marriage crashes and burns, and news of her ex’s affair with a sultry actress hits the tabloids, Lily flees the country. This is a signing only event.

Combining historical and fictional characters, Frances Sherwood’s new novel is the story of a spectacular clash of traditions, imbued with her characteristic humor, bringing to life a lost Mexico. NIGHT OF SORROWS plunges readers into the conflicting worlds of Malintzín, born an Aztec princess and sold as a slave, and her dashing, ruthless lover-master, conquistador Hernán Cortés. Set at the twilight of the Aztec empire, Night of Sorrows explores the nature of slavery, imperialism, feminine identity, and the macho ideal.

In 1906, the baseball world saw something that had never been done. Two teams from the same city squared off against each other in an intracity World Series, pitting the heavily favored Cubs of the National League against the hardscrabble American League champion White Sox. Now, for its centennial anniversary, noted historian Bernard A. Weisberger tells the tale of a unique time in baseball, a unique time in America, and a time when Chicago was at the center of it all in WHEN CHICAGO RULED BASEBALL.

Today, when the future of the Roe decision stands squarely at the front of a national debate, Ann Fessler brings to the fore a long-overlooked chapter in women’s history.This moving work brings to light the lives of hundreds of thousands of American women forced to give up their babies in the years between WW II and Roe v. Wade. Based on groundbreaking interviews, THE GIRLS WHO WENT AWAY brings to life the spirit of the time, allowing each woman to share her experience in intimate detail.

Former exiles, current expatriates, Czech natives, and wayward travelers come together to tell their stories in TRAVELERS’ TALES: PRAGUE AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC. These stories are entertaining, enlightening, and laugh-out-loud funny, and the writers revel in the country’s major landmarks—from the 14th-century, sculpture-lined Charles Bridge to the magical medieval town of Cesky Krumlov—revealing why this country (and its bewitching capital) has a pull like no other place.

In SAY IT’S SO: The Chicago White Sox’s Magical Season, Tribune reporter Phil Rogers describes the gamble taken in breaking up a powerful but plodding team in favor of one built around pitching, speed and defense. A team that would play the way Ozzie Guillen wanted. In Guillen, the Sox found a charismatic, live-wire whose every move seemed golden. Rogers provides a front-row view of the eccentric genius the second-year manager displayed in delivering Chicago its first World Series since 1959 and its first Series title since 1917.

This is an adults only event! With dreams being a screenwriter, Eric Spitznagel moved to LA. When Hollywood failed to notice, he settled for the next best thing: writing for adult films. As Spitznagel discovered, making the Great American Porn isn’t easy, especially when you’ve been hired to write a sequel to Butt Crazy. “Like most pornography, I found FAST FORWARD to be a relentless and indecent assault on the traditional family values that Americans find most sacred. Makes a great stocking stuffer.” Amy Sedaris