Believing It All: What My Children Taught Me About Trout Fishing, Jelly Toast and Life by Marc Parent (Little, Brown; $21.95; 256 pages). In vignettes from his stint as a stay-at-home-dad, Mr. Parent writes of the lessons of parenthood “hidden beneath the roar of everyday living.” Signings: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering (937) 298-6540; and 1 p.m. Thursday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Edwards and Madison roads, Norwood, 396-8960.

        Word Watcher's Handbook: A Deletionary of the Most Abused and Misused Words by Phyllis R. Martin (iUniverse.com; $11.95; 164 pages). Find out how to avoid linguistic faux pas with the newest edition of this guide, which was first published in 1977. As for the “deletionary” part, well, that's a list of “trite words, feeble phrases and incorrect constructions” that you should delete right now from your vocabulary. Signing: 11 a.m. Saturday, The Open Book, 8537 Winton Road, Springfield Twp., 931-4433.

        In Harm's Way by Doug Stanton (Henry Holt; $25; 333 pages). This is a riveting account of the worst naval disaster at sea in U.S. history — the sinking by torpedo of the heavy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis in the South Pacific during the closing days of World War II. Close to 900 men died; nearly 300 on impact and almost 600 at sea. The story is told largely from the viewpoint of the crew. Signings: 7 p.m. Monday , Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering (937) 298-6540; and 7 p.m. June 12, Joseph-Beth, Edwards and Madison roads, Norwood, 396-8960.

        Hot Six: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's; $6.99; 352 pages). Last summer's best-selling mystery is now out in paperback. Wise-cracking New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and vice cop Joe Morelli investigate a crime in which Stephanie's friend Ranger is the No. 1 suspect. On June 19, look for Seven Up (St. Martin's; $24.95; 320 pages), book seven in the Plum series, which Shelf thinks of as the East Coast numerical equivalent to Sue Grafton's West Coast alphabet mystery series.

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