The following are selected significant titles that will be published next Tuesday, August 29:

Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks (Del Rey, $26.95, 0345484088). Continuing the Word Void trilogy.

The Edge of Darkness by Tim F. Lahaye (Bantam Dell, $26, 0553803255). The latest in the Babylon Rising series.

Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen (Random House, $24.95, 0375502246). Not part of a series, this novel features two tough sisters who deal with the aftermath of a phrase one of them, a famous morning TV host, utters over the air.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: 25 Stories by Haruki Murakami (Knopf, $24.59, 1400044618). Stories from the author of Kafka on the Shore.

The Last Town on Earth: A Novel by Thomas Mullen (Random House, $23.95, 1400065208). Set in a small town in the Pacific Northwest that has quarantined itself during the 1918 flu pandemic.

The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Knopf, $25, 030726419X). Three friends in their late 20s take on New York City.

Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli (Warner, $26.99, 0446532541). Elizabeth Taylor, that is.


Out in paperback next Tuesday:

Thug-A-Licious by Noire (Ballantine, $13.95, 0345486919). More street lit from the author of Candy Licker.

Friends, Lovers, Chocolate by Alexander McCall Smith (Knopf, $12.95, 1400077109). Continuing the Sunday Philosophy Club.

Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts (Jove, $7.99, 0515141658). The first in the prolific author's Circle Trilogy, a paranormal series.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (Delta, $15, 0385340397). The sixth novel in the Outlander series.

Wild Ducks Flying Backward by Tom Robbins (Bantam Dell, $12, 0553383531). A trade paperback reprint of Robbins' first collection of primarily nonfiction pieces.

Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley (Bantam Dell, $7.99, 0553589342). The war classic in a mass market tie-in edition for the movie that will be directed by Clint Eastwood and co-produced by Steven Spielberg.