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On September 14, 2011, Hyperion, in association with the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, will release JACQUELINE KENNEDY: HISTORIC CONVERSATONS ON LIFE WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY (Hyperion; Hardcover and 8-CD boxed set; $60), the transcribed content of the never-before-heard interviews, with black and white photographs and eight CDs of the recordings.

No actress in Hollywood is as hot as Jane Lynch right now. With an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and a People's Choice award under her belt for her scathing portrayal of everyone's favorite high school track-suit-donning-dictator on FOX's Glee, Lynch is finally getting the kind of recognition comedy fans have long known she's deserved.

When a 25-year-old Lisa Fain moved to New York City from Texas, she thrilled in trading big sky for skyscrapers and backyard barbecues for Broadway lights. After the excitement ebbed away, however, she realized she missed the aromas and flavors of home: her dad's chicken-fried steak; the spicy pork tacos she could find at any gas station in Dallas and her grandpa's favorite dessert.

It's hard to remember a time without Lady Gaga's music thumping from every radio, her face on magazine covers, and her ensembles overwhelming every other star on the red carpet. And yet, the woman who is the biggest pop star on the planet has only been on the music scene for two years. At 24 years old she has already been named one of Barbara Walters's "Most Fascinating People of the Year."

The average American consumes 160 pounds of sugar a year. What does this mean for our health? One in three adult Americans develops type 2 diabetes or prediabetes. Jeff O'Connell, a health-and-fitness journalist, had always been thin and exercised regularly, so when he was diagnosed with prediabetes, he was shocked to discover he suffered from a disease that is synonymous with obesity.

In a new book that is the How to Win Friends and Influence People for this century, author and motivational lecturer and consultant Dr. Rick Kirschner has created an essential tool for getting ahead. HOW TO CLICK WITH PEOPLE: The Secret to Better Relationships in Business and in Life (Hyperion/July 2011/$24.99) offers techniques and observations that show how to lead, understand, and connect more deeply with people.

Many mothers feel like they lose a bit of their identity when they have kids—between the diaper changes, snack-times, nap-times and play-times, it's easy to lose some sense of their former selves. When Sally Sin gets married and has a kid in Beth McMullen's debut novel ORIGINAL SIN: A Sally Sin Adventure (Hyperion, on sale 7/12), however, she literally loses her identity: she must abandon her life as Agent 26.

In BEAUTIFUL MARIA OF MY SOUL, Nestor Castillo’s María, the beautiful young woman from the first novel who would haunt him for the rest of his days, is now older and looking back on her life, starting with her arrival in Havana from her rural home, a young woman in hope of a new life, a bigger life than the one she left behind.