New Materials - December 2009

BROWNELL LIBRARY
NEW TITLES, DECEMBER 2009

FICTION

Abercrombie, Joe. Best served cold. 1st North American ed. New York : Orbit, 2009.
Monza Murcatto, a mercenary in the employ of the ruthless Duke of Orso, is attacked by order of the Duke for becoming too popular with the public, and recovers from her wounds with a burning desire for revenge.

Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-. The casebook of Victor Frankenstein : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2008.
A retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic novel that describes Victor Frankenstein’s meeting with the radical atheist and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at Oxford and recruiting “resurrection men” to deliver fresh bodies to a secret laboratory, where the monster is created.

Akunin, B. (Boris). Murder on the Leviathan : a novel. Random House trade paperback ed. New York : Random House, c2005.
Paris, 1878: Eccentric antiquarian Lord Littleby and his ten servants are found murdered in Littleby’s mansion on the rue de Grenelle, and a priceless Indian shawl is missing. Police commissioner “Papa” Gauche recovers only one piece of evidence from the crime scene: a golden key shaped like a whale. Gauche soon deduces that the key is in fact a ticket of passage for the Leviathan, a gigantic steamship soon to depart Southampton on its maiden voyage to Calcutta. The murderer must be among its passengers.

Atwell, Sarah. Pane of death. Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2008.
Glassblower Emmeline Dowell finds herself accused of murder after a priceless stained glass collection is stolen and the owner is killed. And since the police chief is also her boyfriend, she needs to crack the case fast—before their relationship is permanently shattered.

Bain, Donald, 1935-. A fatal feast : a Murder, she wrote mystery : a novel. New York : Obsidian, c2009.
Jessica’s Thanksgiving holiday is interrupted when she and Inspector George Sutherland from Scotland Yard stumble upon the body of a man with a carving knife stuck in his chest.

Barbieri, Heather. The lace makers of Glenmara : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Fashion designer Kate Robinson, overwhelmed by heartbreak and loss, travels to her ancestral home of Ireland where she becomes involved with a group of lacemakers in the Gaelic village of Glenmara who provide her with inspiration, friendship, and strength for the future.

Belzer, Richard. I am not a psychic! 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Television cop Richard Belzer receives a strange phone call from his old newspaper colleague, Paul Venchus, pertaining to the mysterious death of starlet Bridget Burgeon twenty-six years earlier, and when Venchus turns up dead in Las Vegas, The Belz teams up with an eccentric female psychic to continue the investigation.

Berry, Steve, 1955-. The Paris vendetta : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Cotton Malone is startled from sleep by a stranger breaking into his home. The stranger introduces himself as Sam Collins, an American Secret Service agent and a friend of Henrik Thorvaldsen, Cotton’s dearest and most dangerous friend in the world. Fleeing operatives hot on Sam’s trail, he and Cotton go to Henrik’s estate where Cotton discovers that Henrik is actually hunting down the men who killed his son. In action that takes the three men from Copenhagen to Britain to France they unite in a common goal.

Best African American fiction, 2009. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
A collection of sixteen fiction stories and novel excerpts by African-American authors, including ZZ Packer, Helen Elaine Lee, Michael Thomas, and others, which were originally published from 2006 through 2009.

Blackstock, Terri, 1957-. Intervention. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2009.
Barbara Covington, having staged an intervention as her last attempt to help her drug-addicted eighteen-year-old daughter, finds her life going from bad to worse when the interventionist is found dead and her daughter goes missing.

Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003. The skating rink. New York : New Directions Books, c2009.
In the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, a murder is committed at a skating rink, and the mystery of the crime is slowly revealed through a discussion of a situation involving a beautiful figure skating champion named Nuria Martí.

Boswell, Robert, 1953-. The heyday of the insensitive bastards : stories. Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2009.
Collects thirteen short stories by American writer Robert Boswell in which he explores the inner lives of ordinary people.

Boyden, Amanda. Babylon rolling. 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries; Vintage Books, 2009.
A gritty, unflinching story of five families—black, white and Indian—living along one block of Uptown, New Orleans.

Bredes, Don. The errand boy : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, 2009.
Twelve years after the events of ‘The Fifth Season,’ Hector and Wilma are happily married and expecting a baby. Then the couple are nearly run down by egg magnate Harold Tuttle’s overindulged and under-supervised son, Seb. Wilma is left comatose, and two days later Seb is found beaten to a bloody pulp. Harold hires Hector to investigate the murder. If he can’t solve the mystery, the lives of everyone he loves are on the line.

Brown, Sandra, 1948-. Rainwater : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Ella Barron, mother of a son, ten, runs her Texas boarding house with the efficiency of a ship’s captain. Then she’s pulled into an unusual series of events when she reluctantly rents one of her rooms to the handsome and dying Dr. David Rainwater. The winds of change are blowing all over Texas, just as they are in the life that Ella has painstakingly built for herself and her son.

Brown, Sandra, 1948-. The devil’s own. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2002.
Targeting a man whose tough exterior had kept him alive, a young woman formulates a desperate plan to save nine children, teaming up with him despite his disreputable and dangerous looks, and finding an unexpected and equally risky passion.

Bruns, Don. Stuff to spy for : a novel. Ipswich, Mass. : Oceanview Pub., c2009.
Best friends James Lessor and Skip Moore are still stuck in dead end jobs. When Skip lands a job to install a state-of-the-art security system for Synco Systems, they think their dreams have finally come true. But, as usual for these two, things are not exactly what they seem.


Carie, Jamie. Love’s first light : a novel. Nashville, Tenn. : B&H Pub., c2009.
After losing his family in the French Revolution, Christophe, the Count of St. Laurent, flees to an ancient castle on the southern border of France, where he meets Scarlett, a young widow who has the power to pull the count out of his depression, if they are both willing to let go of past secrets that could threaten their future.

Cash, Dixie. Curing the blues with a new pair of shoes. 1st Avon pbk. ed. New York : Avon A, 2009.
After someone steals the blue suede shoes on display at Hogg’s Drive-in, which were there to honor Elvis Presley’s birthday, Debbie Sue Overstreet and Edwina Perkins-Martin agree to help Salt Lick’s sheriff nab the thief.

Cherryh, C. J. Conspirator. New York : DAW Books, c2009.
In the aftermath of the atevi civil war, Bren Cameron, the human paidhi of Tabini-aiji, the ruler of the Western Association, leaves Bujavid for his country estate in Najida, but the peaceful community is no longer as safe as it once was; and meanwhile, Cajeiri, Tabini-aiji’s son, escapes his father’s boring tutelage and secretly follows Bren to the coast.

Chiaverini, Jennifer. A quilter’s holiday : an Elm Creek quilts novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
The Elm Creek Quilters come together the day after Thanksgiving to work on quilt blocks and projects that represent their thankfulness and gratitude and share stories of love, family, and friends.

Clockwork phoenix. : more tales of beauty and strangeness. Trade pbk. ed. Winnetka, CA : Norilana Books, 2009.
The second volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature dares to surpass the first, with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the manner in which they cross genre boundaries, that aren’t afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques, and yet seamlessly blend form with meaningful function. The effervescent offerings found within these pages come from some of today’s most distinguished contemporary fantasists and brilliant rising newcomers.
Coel, Margaret, 1937-. The silent spirit. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Father John O’Malley, attorney Vicky Holden, and Adam Lone Eagle agree to help a man uncover facts about the death of his grandson who left their reservation and traveled to California in search of information about his great-grandfather who went to Hollywood to appear in the first motion picture to feature Native Americans and never returned.

Cottam, Francis, 1957-. The house of lost souls. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009, c2007.
Paul Seaton, a psychically sensitive journalist, returns to the haunted Fischer House on the Isle of Wight after four philosophy students have an unfortunate encounter in the building, and as he revisits the mansion’s dark legacy, he attempts to hold onto his own sanity.

Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008. Pirate latitudes : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
On Jamaica, a remote Caribbean colony in 1665, Captain Charles Hunter plots to steal Spanish gold from the galleon “El Trinidad,” which awaits repairs in a nearby, heavily fortified harbor that is guarded by Cazalla, a bloodthirsty commander.

Cristofano, David. The girl she used to be. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central, 2009.
A woman in her twenties, who has been in the Witness Protection Program since she was six-years-old, tires of constantly changing her name and lifestyle, and willingly goes with the man who knows her true identity, the Mafioso who was hired to kill her.

Cussler, Clive. The wrecker. New York : Putnam’s, c2009.
Detective Isaac Bell, working for the Van Dorn Detective Agency in 1907, is sent to stop a man known only as the Wrecker, a criminal who traverses the American West, sabotaging railroads and causing death while building up to what Bell guesses will be a grandiose and devastating act.

Dave, Laura. aut. The divorce party : [a novel]. New York [etc.] : Penguin Books, 2009.
On the event of their 35th wedding anniversary, Gwyn and Gabe Huntington decide to throw a party. To say that it will be memorable is an understatement because they’ve decided to divorce and want their friends and family to celebrate with them. The multi-generational story finds one woman at the end of her relationship and another at the beginning, both asking the same tough questions. How do you ever really know someone? Which relationships should you fight to keep, and which should you let go?.

Davis, Lydia, 1947-. The collected stories of Lydia Davis. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
The complete stories to date from a writer who ‘tinkers with nearly every convention imaginable’ (The New York Times Book Review).

Martin, Valerie, 1948-. The confessions of Edward Day : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Nan A. Talese, c2009.
Edward Day’s life is changed after he joins a weekend workshop for actors on the Jersey shore and develops an attraction to Madeleine Delavergne, a notion shared by Guy Margate, a fellow actor with a striking resemblance to Edward who saves him from drowning.

Deaver, Jeffery. A maiden’s grave. New York : Signet, [1996.], c1995.
Eight deaf schoolgirls are taken hostage by escaped convicts who are ready to kill the children if their demands are not met, but FBI negotiator Arthur Potter and deaf teacher Melanie Charrol, herself a hostage, are determined to save the innocent girls.

Denning, Troy. Abyss. 1st ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.
Luke Skywalker tries to redeem the Jedi Order while searching for answers about Jacen Solo’s downfall, battling the Sith, and probing the mysteries of the Maw Cluster with his son, Ben.

Dewitt, Helen, 1957-. The last samurai. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Hyperion, c2000.
Ludo, a six-year-old prodigy, embarks on a quest to find his father.

Doss, James D. Grandmother Spider : a Charlie Moon mystery. New York : Avon Books, c2001.
Ute policeman Charlie Moon does not much believe in his Aunt Daisy’s visions, but her story about seeing a gargantuan arachnid rise up out of Navajo Lake seems to coincide a little too neatly with a series of murders.

Elkins, Aaron J. Skull duggery. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Anthropology professor Gideon Oliver travels with his wife Julie to the Mexican village of Teotitlan de Valle for a vacation, but rest and relaxation escape him when he is asked to examine a mummified corpse found in the desert, gets involved in a cold-case investigation of a child’s murder, and discovers the ancient skull of a Zapotec princess in a local museum is actually that of a much-younger male.

Ellroy, James, 1948-. Blood’s a rover : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
The unsolved heist of an armored car in Los Angeles in 1964 has far-reaching repercussions that ripple out to involve J. Edgar Hoover, Howard Hughes, the FBI, and the Mob.

Erdman, Paul Emil. The last days of America. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1981. An American businessman, an American corporation, and finally America itself get drawn into European diplomacy and corruption and go down the drain.

Evanovich, Janet. Foul play. New York : Harper, c2008.
Amy Klasse is replaced in her television job by a dancing chicken and accepts the offer to become the receptionist for handsome Jake Elliot at his veterinarian clinic, but when the dancing chicken suddenly disappears, Amy is blamed, and she and Jake search for clues to prove her innocence.

Evans, Richard Paul. The Christmas list. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Successful businessman James Kier is shocked to see his obituary in the local paper and devastated at the harsh comments left by those who knew him, but instead of getting angry, James is inspired to turn over a new leaf, and as he looks back on his life and tries to make amends to the people he has hurt the most, he learns the true meaning of Christmas and the real price of love and family.

Fallada, Hans, 1893-1947. Every man dies alone. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House, c2009.
Based on the true story of Elise and Otto Hampel, a working-class couple who defied the Third Reich, tells a story of Otto and Anna Quangel who launch a personal resistance campaign against the Gestapo after their only son is killed at the front.

Fallon, Jennifer. Warlord. New York : Tor, 2008.
Grieving the devastating loss of her closest confidante, Marla Wolfblade encounters a formidable adversary, while her son Damin finds his ability to fight invaders hampered by political factors, and mad Mahkas Damaran plots continued tyranny over the city of Krakandar.

Feehan, Christine. Dark slayer : a Carpathian novel. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Books, 2009.
Ivory Malinov, the Carpathian slayer of vampires who travels with a pack of wolves, frees Razvan the mage from his prison, and as they flee together, chased by Carpathian hunters and the undead, they begin to find new love.

Ferris, Monica. Blackwork. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire investigates the murder of alcohol aficionado Ryan McMurphy, but has reservations about the guilt of Wicca member Leona Cunningham, who has been accused of the crime by some townspeople of Excelsior, Minnesota.

Finlay, C.C. The demon redcoat. New York : Ballantine, c2009.
When Deborah gives birth, a powerful demon called Balfri, summoned by the secret society of witches known as the Covenant, tries to possess the child. With the help of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, Proctor takes the fight to the heart of the Covenant’s power in Europe, where he will uncover a dark, necromantic design of chilling proportions. Meanwhile, back in America, Deborah will face Balfri again, only this time the demon will have the whole British army to command. ‘Traitor to the Crown, Bk. 3’.

Flynn, Vince. Pursuit of honor : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Mitch Rapp, an elite counterterrorism operative, deals with the political uproar after a series of explosions devastates Washington, D. C., and must track down the three al-Qaida terrorists that are still at large, with help from Mike Nash, a trusted teammate who is mentally shaken after the attacks.

Ganek, Danielle. Lulu meets God and doubts him. New York : Viking, 2007.
Mia McMurray finds herself in the middle of an artistic frenzy when the gallery she works for features the sought-after work of an artist who was recently killed and manages to turn the situation to her advantage when she unexpectedly finds love and fame.

Gardner, James Alan. Vigilant. New York : Avon Eos, c1990.
Two species lived in peaceful coexistence on the planet Demoth until a deadly plague wiped out millions of the winged Ooloms while leaving humans untouched, helpless to do more than ease the suffering of their alien friends and neighbors. Faye Smallwood saw the horror firsthand, caring for the plague victims in her father’s hospital. She was there when he discovered the cure that made him famous. She was also there when a freak accident killed him. Desperate to escape her past, Faye joins the Vigil, a band of fiercely independent monitors charged with rooting out government corruption. To help in this struggle, her mind is linked to the powerful datasphere that regulates the planet...and suddenly, she receives a cryptic vision promising peace and healing. Instead, Faye becomes the target of unknown assassins in a sinister conspiracy that threatens to unleash a new and more deadly outbreak. For humans and Ooloms were not the first species to inhabit Demoth. Somewhere in the ruins of long-abandoned settlements, something was left behind: an alien technology of unimaginable potential to build—or destroy. Enemy agents will stop at nothing to find it. Some of Faye’s own people will kill to uncover its secret. With no one else to trust, she turns to the one person who can help unravel the mystery: Festina Ramos—explorer, outcast, ever-vigilant champion of those whom society deems expendable.

Gingrich, Newt. To try men’s souls : a novel of George Washington and the fight for American freedom. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
A historical novel that follows events in the lives of General George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, pamphleteer Thomas Paine, and merchant’s son Jonathan Van Dorn, as Washington prepares to cross the Delaware on Christmas, 1776, to launch a surprise attack on the British in Trenton.

Goddard, Robert. Name to a face. Delta trade pbk. ed. New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2009, c2007.
Tim Harding travels to Cornwall to help his friend purchase a rare antique ring and while there he becomes involved with Hayley Winter, but when the ring is stolen and Hayley disappears, Tim discovers that no one can be trusted and things are not as they seem.

Green, George Dawes. Ravens. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
The Boatwright family is thrilled and shocked when they are the sole winners of a $318 million dollar lottery jackpot, but their dream life turns into a nightmare when drifter Shaw McBride decides he wants half the money and will kill anyone who stands in his way.

Gregson, Julia. East of the sun. 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Autumn 1928. Three young women are on their way to India, each with a new life in mind. Rose, a beautiful but naïve bride-to-be, is anxious about leaving her family and marrying a man she hardly knows. Victoria, her bridesmaid, couldn’t be happier to get away from her overbearing mother, and is determined to find herself a husband. And Viva, their inexperienced chaperone, is in search of the India of her childhood, ghosts from the past and freedom. Each of them has her own reason for leaving their homeland but the hopes and secrets they carry can do little to prepare them for what lies ahead in India.

Grisham, John. Ford County : stories. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Few details were provided on Grisham’s latest offering. All that is being revealed is that he returns to Ford County, Miss., and brings readers a collection of stories (his first) that will remind them once again why he is America’s favorite storyteller.

Grodstein, Lauren. A friend of the family : a novel. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009.
Pete Dizinoff has spent years working toward a life that would be, by all measures, deemed successful. A skilled internist, he’s built a thriving practice in suburban New Jersey. He has a devoted wife, a network of close friends, and an impressive house, and most important, he has a son, Alec, on whom he’s pinned all his hopes. Pete has afforded Alec every opportunity, bailed him out of close calls with the law, and even ensured his acceptance into a good college. But Pete never counted on the wild card: Laura, his best friend’s daughter—ten years older than Alec, irresistibly beautiful, with a past so shocking that it’s never spoken of. When Laura sets her sights on Alec, Pete sees his plans for his son not just unraveling but being destroyed completely. Believing he has only the best of intentions, he sets out to derail this romance and rescue his son. He could never have foreseen how his whole world would shatter in the process.

Grossman, Lev. The magicians : a novel. New York : Viking, 2009.
High school senior Quentin Coldwater’s real world never quite measures up to Fillory, the enchanted land in his favorite fantasy novels, and even an education at the mysterious Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy leaves him without purpose, but when he discovers a way into Fillory, his life becomes a dangerous adventure.

Gudenkauf, Heather. The weight of silence. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2009.
Seven-year-old Callie, silent since a violent incident in her home three years earlier, is dragged off into the forest by her drunk, irrational father Griff one morning, and when her friend Petra disappears from her home at the same time, things begin to look very dark for Griff.

Hambly, Barbara. Darkmage. [Book Club ed.]. Garden City, N.Y. : N. Doubleday, c1988.
In her latest novel, The Silent Tower, Barbara Hambly has written a complex tale of dark magic, mystery and deadly danger involving a woman computer programmer who struggles to help a condemned wizard save—or perhaps destroy?—two worlds. Armed with a .38 Colt, a Renaissance gown, and a worn program computer disk, Joanna Sheraton crosses the Void and reenters a world of magic now threatened by the Dark Mage, whose mastery of the secrets of science and technology poses a danger to his world as well as her own. This sequel to The Silent Tower combines taut fantasy adventure with an intriguing love story.

Hamilton, Laurell K. Burnt offerings. Ace ed. New York : Ace Books, 1998.
Vampire hunter Anita Blake winds up trying to save the very monsters she has sworn to destroy when an arsonist begins terrorizing the city’s undead.

Hamilton, Laurell K. A caress of twilight. 1st mass market ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2003, c2002.
Princess Meredith is heir to the throne of the City of Angels, but in order to claim it, she must produce a child before her cousin, Prince Cel, can.

Hand, Elizabeth. Generation loss : a novel. 1st Harvest ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008, c2007.
Thirty years after the height of her career, New York photographer Cass Neary gets an assignment to interview a reclusive artist in Maine, where she learns about the woman’s communal living and obsession with the mysteries of life and death.

Hannah, Sophie, 1971-. The wrong mother. New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Sally Thorning is shocked when she hears that a man she had an affair with while on a secret vacation the previous year has been found dead, especially when the picture on the news is not the man she had fallen in love with.

Harbison, Elizabeth M. Hope in a jar. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Allie Denty and Olivia Pelham, inseparable as teens until a vicious rumor ended their friendship, meet again twenty years later at their high school reunion and team up to save a favorite classmate from marrying the wrong woman.

Harris, E. Lynn. Mama dearest. 1st Karen Hunter Pub./Pocket Books hardcover ed. New York : Pocket Books/Karen Hunter Pub., 2009.
Yancy Harrington Braxton has designs to star in a reality television series, but in order to live her dreams, Yancy will have to overcome Madison B., a rising star on the music charts, and the unbridled ambition of Ava Middlebrooks.

Harris, Charlaine. A touch of dead : Sookie Stackhouse, the complete stories. Ace hardcover ed. New York : Ace Books, 2009.
Contains five short stories from Charlaine Harris that feature Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress, and her adventures with vampires, fairies, and other supernatural occurrences.

Harrison, Colin, 1960-. Risk. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2009.
George Young, an insurance firm lawyer who investigates suspicious claims, is asked by the firm founder’s eccentric wife—who only has months to live—to look into the truth behind the violent death of her son, Roger, who had become involved with a seductive Czech hand model named Eliska.

Hart, Carolyn G. Ghost at work : a Bailey Ruth mystery. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Bailey Ruth Raeburn, always great at solving mysteries, is thrilled to discover in death that she can play an even bigger role in lending a helping hand—especially when she sees that there is a dead man on the porch of Kathleen, a pastor’s wife, and that the pastor is sure to become a suspect.

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Dear lady. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2000.
Beth Wellington travels halfway around the world to escape from a man she loathes, only to find herself falling in love with a man who still pines for his dead wife.

Hatcher, Robin Lee. Patterns of love. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2001.
Swedish immigrant Inga Linberg arrives in Uppsala, Iowa, in the late nineteenth century and takes a job caring for the sick mother and two young nieces of dairy farmer Dirk Bridger, and though she chides her sisters for their infatuation with the handsome and hardworking Dirk, she cannot hide the growing truth that she too would like to attract his attention.

Hatcher, Robin Lee. In his arms. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2001.
Mary Malone comes to America to join the father of the child she’s carrying, and instead has to flee New York when she thinks she has killed a man. Escaping to Idaho, she finds love, family, and faith.

Hijuelos, Oscar. Mr. Ives’ Christmas. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1995.
Mr. Ives’ personal peace and faith in the goodness of God are imperiled when his son is shot and killed just before Christmas.

Himes, Chester B., 1909-. Cotton comes to Harlem. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1988, c1965.
Deke O’Hara, black flim-flam man, is no sooner out of an Atlanta prison than he is working the scam of a lifetime. Then his money is stolen by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that everyone wants to find.

Hollinghurst, Alan. The line of beauty : a novel. New York : Bloomsbury, 2005.
Winner of 2004’s Man Booker Prize for fiction and one of the most talked about books of the year, The Line of Beauty is a sweeping novel about class, sex, and money that brings Thatcher’s London alive.

Hornby, Nick. Juliet, naked. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
Annie, with her relationship with Duncan over, strikes up an E-mail correspondence with Duncan’s idol Tucker Crowe, a reclusive singer/songwriter who has not been heard from in over twenty years, and possibilities abound when Tucker, about to release an acoustic version of his greatest album, is summoned to England—where Annie lives.

Huggins, James Byron. Hunter. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1990.
Hunter, a renowned tracker, is hesitant to accept a commission from a group of military men who want him to track a killer beast that is loose somewhere north of the Arctic Circle, and when he learns exactly what the creature is he has been seeking, Hunter wishes he had heeded his instincts to refuse the job.

James, Bill, 1929-. PIX. 1st American ed. Woodstock, VT : Countryman Press, 2009, c2008.
Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his unstable boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Illes, struggle to keep their community calm when a drug war erupts, a cache of valuable paintings is stolen, and a man is found murdered.

Just, Ward S. Exiles in the garden. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Photographer Alec Monroe, having shunned his senator father’s political dreams for him and refused an assignment to cover the Vietnam War, connects with his ex-wife’s long-lost dad, an antifascist commander, and is forced to reflect on his life.

Kelly, Leisha. Rorey’s secret : a novel. Grand Rapids, MI : Revell, c2005.
Sarah Wortham is harboring a secret that could reveal the cause of the fire that destroyed their neighbor’s farm, but is caught between the truth and a promise to a dear friend.

Kelly, Leisha. Katie’s dream : a novel. Grand Rapids, MI : Revell, c2004.
Julia Wortham, counting herself blessed to have been given a farm on which to live with her husband Samuel and two children during the Great Depression, finds her faith tested when her brother-in-law, just out of prison, shows up at their home with a child he claims was fathered by Samuel.

Kelly, Leisha. Emma’s gift : a novel. Grand Rapids, Mich. : F.H. Revell, c2003.
In her sequel to Julia’s Hope, Kelly once again offers a compellingly simple tale of faith, hardship and community during the Great Depression. Using two points of view—those of Julia Wortham and her husband, Samuel—Kelly unfolds a series of events that will leave Julia with more questions about her faith than answers. As her neighbor Wilametta Hammond draws her last breaths, Julia despairs of understanding how a God of love could allow Wilametta to die. More unexpected chaos follows. With Wilametta’s 10 children motherless and George Hammond deranged with grief, Julia and Samuel try to pick up the pieces, caring for the children as best they can. (Publishers Weekly).

Kelly, Leisha. Julia’s hope. Grand Rapids, Mich. : F.H. Revell, c2002.
From a fresh new voice in Christian fiction comes this simple, well-told story of one family’s experience of love, generosity, forgiveness and faith during the Great Depression. Samuel and Julia Wortham and their two young children leave Harrisburg, Pa., with only eight dollars and three bags containing all their worldly goods. They’re hitchhiking to Vernon, Ill., where there is the promise of a job and a roof over their heads. Along the way, the family stumbles onto a deserted farmhouse belonging to the elderly widow Emma Graham, who was forced to leave her home because of her health and longs to return. As Julia works out a solution to her family’s troubles and Emma’s, the small farm promises to be a haven and place of healing for all concerned, if the neighbors don’t interfere. George Hammond’s farm adjoins Emma’s, and he sees the interlopers as moving in on his territory, while spinster Hazel Sharpe is determined to see her version of justice done. Kelly tells the story from several different points of view, handling the switches smoothly and changing voices believably. The faith threads in the novel are gently woven in, rather than feeling forced or contrived, and the writing is beautifully descriptive without being overdone. (Publishers Weekly).

Kim, Eugenia (Eugenia SunHee). The calligrapher’s daughter : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Najin Han, the headstrong daughter of a calligrapher in early twentieth-century Korea, is sent by her mother to become a companion of the young princess to prevent her father from forcing her to marry, but when the king is assassinated, Najin faces countless hardships on her quest for education and love.

King, Stephen, 1947-. Under the dome. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
King introduces readers to the inhabitants of Chester’s Mills, Maine, and their frightening problem. The town has been inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows where it came from, when, or if it will go away. It’s in this cloistered town that Dale Barbara, an Iraq vet, and several of his fellow townsfolk, are pitted against Big Jim Rennie, a politician, who will stop at nothing to keep a horrible secret.

Kingsolver, Barbara. The lacuna : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds, Mexico and the United States in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, finds himself pulled into some of the twentieth century’s most tumultuous events as he searches for his true identity.

Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-. Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein : a novel. New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
The final confrontation between a damned creature and its creator approaches as a hurricane approaches New Orleans and Victor Helios is faced by not only Deucalion—his first attempt to create a human—but other monstrosities that have evolved.

Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-. The door to December. New York : Signet, [2002], c1985.
A suspenseful thriller involving multiple murders and the supernatural.

Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-. Breathless : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Reclusive carpenter Grady Adams and his friend, veterinarian Cammy Rivers, are enchanted by a pair of beautiful furred animals Grady discovered in the woods near his Colorado home, and they must figure out how to save the unique species and themselves when they are placed under quarantine by Homeland Security and targeted by biologists, naturalists, and scientists.

Lawhead, Steve. Tuck. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, c2009.
King Raven—Rhi Bran—has defended the people of Wales from their Norman overlords, but Rhi Bran, aided by Friar Tuck and his loyal band of forest outlaws, is being pursued by King William, Abbot Hugo, and the Sheriff de Glanville.

Le Clézio, J.-M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave), 1940-. Desert. 1st U.S. ed. Boston : David R. Godine, 2009.
Presents two intertwining stories about a boy named Nour and his tribe, the Blue Men, who are driven out of the desert by French colonialists and struggle to find a new land; and about a descendant of the Blue Men named Lalla who flees a forced marriage and finds success as a model in France.

Lethem, Jonathan. Chronic city : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Chase Insteadman, a former child star who supports his active Manhattan social life with residual income from a sitcom on which he worked whose scientist-astronaut fianceé is stuck in space, is befriended by a marijuana-smoking pop critic who enlists Chase’s help in unearthing the answers to several questions he has about truth and reality.

Lewycka, Marina, 1946-. We are all made of glue. London : Fig Tree, 2009.
Georgie Sinclair’s husband has left her; her sixteen-year-old son is busy exploring fundamentalist Christian websites and becoming more distant by the day; and all those overdue articles for Adhesives in the Modern World aren’t looking too appealing either. So when she spots Mrs. Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour with an eye for a bargain and a fondness for matchmaking, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it’s just the distraction she needs. And although they mistrust each other at first (Georgie doesn’t like the look of that past-its-sell-by-date fish while Mrs Shapiro thinks it’s prize produce) a firm friendship is formed over the reduced-price shelf at the supermarket. And so when two slimy rival estate agents (one with a taste for bondage) start competing to trick Mrs Shapiro into selling her rickety old mansion, home also to seven stinky cats, Georgie must step in and help her new friend. Along the way she uncovers the long buried mysteries of Mrs. Shapiro’s past.

Lewycka, Marina, 1946-. Strawberry fields. 1st American ed. New York : Penguin Press, 2007.
A farmer’s indiscretions force a band of illegal migrant workers from different backgrounds to flee their strawberry fields and embark on a haphazard journey across England in search of better lives, an effort marked by an unlikely love affair.

Lindsay, Jeffry P. Dexter by design : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Dexter Morgan returns from his honeymoon in Paris and gets to work perfecting his disguise as the perfect husband, father, and investigator, and wondering if he will be able to put his homicidal tendencies to rest, but when a new serial killer is identified, Dexter is once again drawn into the battle for fitting justice.

Lovesey, Peter. Skeleton Hill. New York : Soho, 2009.
Detective superintendent Peter Diamond investigates the murder of a professor who, while participating in a British Civil War reenactment, found the skeleton of a woman who was killed more than three hundred years earlier, and tries to connect the two deaths while finding the killer.

Lustbader, Victoria. Stone creek : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
Forty-six-year-old Lily, unable to connect with her workaholic husband Paul, and having given up hope of ever having a child, retreats to Stone Creek in the Catskills for the summer, where a chance encounter with young widower Danny and his five-year-old son, Caleb, brings big changes to all their lives.

Lynch, Jim, 1961-. Border songs. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Freakishly tall Brandon Vanderkool is pushed by his dairy farmer father into joining the Border Patrol and proves to be very adept at catching drug smugglers and illegal aliens trying to cross the ditch between British Columbia and Washington State, but his efforts do not necessarily please local residents who are not averse to turning a blind eye—for a small fee—to the traffic between borders.

MacBride, Stuart. Blind eye. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Detective Sergeant Logan McRae contends with a serial offender who has been terrorizing a Polish community by leaving mutilated victims on building sites around Granite City.

Macomber, Debbie. 92 Pacific Boulevard. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2009.
Troy Davis, sheriff of Cedar Grove, Washington, finds plenty to keep him occupied with a failed romance, a friend battling cancer, break-ins at 203 Rosewood Lane, and the unidentified remains found in a cave outside town.

Macomber, Debbie. The perfect Christmas. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2009.
Thirty-three-year-old Cassie’s Christmas wish is for a husband and children and she decides to hire a professional matchmaker to help her dreams come true, but Simon Dodson demands Cassie complete three tasks before he introduces her to her perfect mate.

Macomber, Debbie. Small town Christmas. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2008.
Return to promise—Mail-order bride. Contains two Christmas-themed novels by Debbie Macomber, including “Return to Promise” in which Cal Patterson and his wife, Jane, facing trouble in their marriage, separate and hope for a reconciliation at Christmas; and “Mail-Order Bride” in which Caroline Myers, having been dumped by her fiancé, is sent to Gold River, Alaska, where she spends Christmas with Paul Trevor, unaware of the fact that her aunts sent her as a mail-order bride.

Mansell, Jill. Miranda’s big mistake. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Casablanca, c2009.
Miranda plans the sweetest and most public revenge she can imagine when she learns her current boyfriend left his wife when she found out she was pregnant, and her quest for revenge and despair over her failed love life may prevent her from realizing the man of her dreams has been waiting for her all along.

Mantel, Hilary, 1952-. Wolf Hall : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009. Henry VIII, anxious about the consequences of dying without a male heir, is denied permission to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn, but the power struggle between the Church and the Crown is mediated by astute politician Thomas Cromwell, who manages to get the king what he wants while keeping his eye on the prize of a free England.

Marciano, Francesca. The end of manners. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Facing a moral dilemma, and physical dangers, Maria Galante, a photojournalist, must decide what to do when sent on an assignment with a hard-nosed reporter, Imo Glass, to capture the story of women in Kabul who have attempted suicide to escape their arranged marriages.

Marillier, Juliet. Heir to Sevenwaters. 1st ed. New York : ROC, c2008.
Clodagh, daughter of Lord Sean and Lady Aisling of Sevenwaters, travels with a warrior beyond the veil to the shadowy Otherworld to confront the prince who rules there, and reclaim her baby brother—the next heir to Sevenwaters—who was stolen from his room and replaced with a changeling.

McManus, Patrick F. The double jack murders : a Sheriff Bo Tully mystery. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Sheriff Bo Tully, his father, and Dave, an expert tracker, head out to a remote part of Blight County to not only try and solve a seventy-five-year-old missing person’s case, but also to trap an escaped murderer who has his sights on killing Tully.

Mistry, Rohinton, 1952-. Family matters. 1st Vintage International ed. New York : Vintage, 2003, c2002.
Nariman Vakeel, the elderly patriarch of a small, discordant family in Bombay, finds himself at the mercy of his ungrateful stepchildren when an injury requires him to have constant care, but as he struggles to put his family life back together, he learns some important lessons about familial love.

Moning, Karen Marie. Dreamfever : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
MacKayla Lane, under the control of the Lord Master’s spell on the floor of a church, is sent into a seductive trance that consumes her mind while Jericho Barrons and Fae prince V’lane compete for her body and spirit.

Morgan, C. E., 1976-. All the living. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Orren becomes lonely and confused over her life’s direction after she moves to an isolated tobacco farm with her lover, who inherited the land after his family was killed in an accident, and things are further complicated by Orren’s newfound friendship with a handsome preacher.

Morrissy, Mary, 1957-. Mother of pearl. New York : Scribner, c1995.
Irene Rivers, recovered from tuberculosis but remaining at the sanitarium because she has nowhere else to go, meets and marries Stanley Godwin in an attempt to find a life for herself. Stanley, however, is impotent. After a time, Irene steals a baby from the hospital and brings her home, naming her Pearl. The real mother, Rita Spain, hadn’t wanted the child to begin with; when the baby disappears Rita feels all the more guilty. She tells people that her baby was stillborn. Four years after the theft, Pearl is returned to Rita, who renames her Mary and tells her the story of a stillborn older sibling. This ‘ghost’ haunts Mary’s childhood.

Morton, Kate, 1976-. The forgotten garden : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009, c2008.
When a little girl is abandoned on a ship going to Australia in 1913 and arrives with only her clothes and a book of fairy tales, she is raised by the dockmaster and his wife as their own; as a young woman, she travels to England where, over time, her own granddaughter eventually assembles the pieces of her life’s puzzle.

Neilson, Melany, 1958-. The Persia café. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
The life of Fannie Leary, a cook at a local cafe in Persia, Mississippi in the 1960s, changes forever when she discovers the body of Earnest March, a young African-American man who had been dating a white woman, floating dead in the Mississippi River.

Némirovsky, Irène, 1903-1942. David Golder : The Ball ; Snow in autumn ; The Courilof Affair. New York : Knopf, 2008.
Contains English translations of four novels by Jewish novelist Irène Némirovsky, including “David Golder” in which a greedy businessman reevaluates his life after having a heart attack.

Palmer, Diana. Men of the West. New York : Silhouette Books, c2004.
Harden—Evan—Donavan. Relive the spellbinding magic of Harden, Evan and Donavan when the spirited women who love these Men of the West lasso their elusive hearts.

Patterson, James, 1947-. I, Alex Cross : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
On his birthday, detective Alex Cross is informed that his niece, Caroline, has been brutally murdered and Cross’ investigation leads him to a fantasy-driven scene in Washington, D.C., where he realizes he is tracking a serial killer, but danger mounts when Cross connects the deaths to some very important people.

Peelle, Lydia. Reasons for and advantages of breathing. 1st ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2009.
Contains eight short stories from the American writer, Lydia Peelle, that explore the lives of characters who have become estranged to their natural environments, and features “Mule Killers,” “Sweethearts of the Rodeo,” “This is Not a Love Story,” and others.

Pelecanos, George P. The way home : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Chris Flynn starts to work for his father’s company and discovers something troublesome in the floorboards of the house he is helping to remodel; and his father, Thomas, who is still adjusting to the fact that his son is grown and working, worries when Chris does not show up to work one morning.

Powers, Richard, 1957-. Generosity : an enhancement. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Russell Stone, a creative nonfiction writing teacher in Chicago, encounters Thassadit Amzwar, a young Algerian woman whose exuberance he finds puzzling, and as he researches the woman, he learns about Thassadit’s genetic secret of happiness.

Pynchon, Thomas. Inherent vice. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Doc Sportello is surprised by his ex-girlfriend, who appears with knowledge of a plot against her billionaire lover in 1960s Los Angeles, and gets caught up in a bizarre series of events that involves surfers, a loan shark, a tenor sax player, and others.

Robb, J. D., 1950-. Kindred in death. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
The newly promoted Captain of the NYPSD and his wife are returning from vacation a day early and are looking forward to spending time with their daughter, who had not accompanied them on their trip. Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the scene they found upon arriving at their home. Their daughter, Deena, 16, had been brutally murdered—her body showing signs of trauma that horrified even the toughest cops, including Lt. Eve Dallas.

Roberts, Nora. Bed of roses. Berkley trade paperback ed. New York : Berkley Books, 2009.
Emma Grant’s love of romance has helped her turn the wedding planning company she started with her three best friends into a success, but that same romantic streak may ruin her one chance at true love when her feelings for Jack, a longtime friend of all four girls, turn towards more than friendship.

Rose, Karen, 1964-. Have you seen her? New York : Warner Books, 2004.
Special Agent Steven Thatcher has a lot on his mind. A serial killer is targeting teenage girls and he’s on the case. In his personal life, his son, Brad, is suddenly misbehaving and failing in school. Brad’s teacher, Jenna Marshall, is worried too and discusses her concerns with Steven. They soon find themselves falling in love. But their courtship turns dangerous when they end up on the twisted path of a serial killer.

Rose, Karen, 1964-. I can see you. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Eve Wilson, who suffered an attack that left her face scarred, enters graduate school and starts research on the addictive aspects of the Internet, but when her test subjects begin to die of apparent suicides, Eve begins to work with detective Noah Webster to chase a killer.

Rosenblatt, Roger. Beet : a novel. 1st Harper Perenial ed. New York : Harper Perenial, 2009, c2008.
Peace Porterfield, an English professor at Beet College in New England, finds himself up against formidable odds and strange people as he tries to bring the institution back from the brink of disaster, where it has strayed in its effort to be trendy.

Rutherfurd, Edward. New York : the novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
The intertwining fates of characters rich and poor, black and white, native born and immigrant, brings to life the momentous events that shaped New York City and America: the Revolutionary War, the emergence of the city as a great trading and financial center, the excesses of the Gilded Age, the explosion of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the trials of World War II, the near-demise of New York in the 1970s and its roaring rebirth in the ’90s, and the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Schreiber, Joe, 1969-. Star Wars, death troopers. 1st ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.
Several survivors from the Imperial prison barge “Purge” will do whatever it takes to stay alive, but they are not prepared for what awaits them aboard the Star Destroyer.

Schubart, Bill, 1945-. The Lamoille stories : tales of Vermont. White River Junction, VT : White River Press, 2008.
Author Bill Schubart brings to life the friends and characters of his native Lamoille County, where in the late 1950s and early 1960s, life was lived close to the earth and often against the grain. Schubart’s collection of twenty-two stories captures Vermont in its transition from an enclave of hill farms and small towns where everyone knew your grandfather to a place where vehicles bearing license plates from “away” mix with hippie vans filled with born-again Vermonters getting back to the land…until snowfall. It’s a time and place where the Jeeters of The Lamoille Stories rub elbows with the ladies of the Uplift Club, all to the fiddle accompaniment of Québécois music played by people whose conversations often weave French and English together in a single sentence. Schubart’s full-hearted and compassionate evocation of this Vermont is by turns poignant, funny and savory. The stories give readers a good excuse to stay up too late to discover how Wyvis will circumvent the new Vermont prohibition on having more than three junk cars in your yard or how Charlie is going to get Edgar to pay him for his new chimney. Schubart’s thoroughly enjoyable short story collection is as finely etched as the frost crystals on your winter window.

Sethi, Ali. The wish maker. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
Zaki Shirazi, a fatherless boy, is raised in contemporary Pakistan along with his female cousin, Samar, while surrounded by outspoken women, and as the cousins grow up and their lives diverge, they learn about the nature of happiness, selfhood, and commitment.

Stasheff, Christopher. The warlock wandering. New York, N.Y. : Berkley Pub. Group, c1986.
Five hundred years from their own time on the magical planet Gramarye, Rod and Gwen Gallowglass are held captive on another world. Lost within time and space they struggle for freedom and survival.

Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury), 1844-1931. “Sailing on the ice” and other stories from the old squire’s farm. Nashville, Tenn. : Rutledge Hill Press, c1996.
This new collection of twenty-eight stories follows on the heels of the critically-acclaimed anthology Stories from the Old Squire’s Farm. It centers around six children orphaned by the Civil War and being raised on their grandparents’ farm in rural Maine. It reminds us how storytellers such as Stephens are the true historians, for they are the preservers of emotion, the documentarians of feeling. “Nobody does the late-19th century on the ground better, more gently or with a lighter hand than Stephens,” says the Courier-Gazette. With the works of C. A. Stephens still entertaining the young and the young at heart, we can rest assured that the memories and the wisdom of a gentler time will always be around to comfort and teach us.

Stirling, S. M. The sword of the lady : a novel of the change. New York : Roc, c2009.
Rudi Mackenzie, having traveled across the land that used to be the U.S., attempts to find the source of The Change, an event that fundamentally altered the world, and when he arrives at a small community in Nantucket, he finds a unique sword that will determine his own destiny.

Stoker, Dacre. Dracula : the un-dead. New York : Dutton, c2009.
A sequel to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” set twenty-five years after the vampire was destroyed, in which Quincey, the son of Jonathan and Mina Harker, having left law school to pursue an acting career, learns the secrets of his parents’ past through a production of the play “Dracula,” directed by Bram Stoker, and stumbles upon a plot to kill all the people involved in Count Dracula’s demise.

Stott, Rebecca. The coral thief : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
Daniel Connor, a medical student from Edinburgh, arrives in nineteenth-century Paris to study anatomy only to discover that his letters of introduction and rare coral specimens have been stolen by a woman whose world of outlaws and radical theories of evolution he gradually becomes acquainted with.

Strom, Kay Marshall, 1943-. The call of Zulina. Nashville, TN : Abingdon Press Fiction, c2009.
Grace Winslow, the daughter of an English sea captain and African princess in West Africa in 1787, flees the family compound to escape an unwanted betrothal, and becomes caught up in a slave revolt in which she finds herself sympathizing with the slaves—especially the passionate Cabeto.

Stross, Charles. Wireless. 1st ed. New York : Ace Books, 2009.
In this collection of short stories, novelist Stross moves the U.S.-U.S.S.R. conflict onto a massive disk in another galaxy in “Missile Gap,” offers a spam-filter solution to the Fermi paradox in “MAXOS,” suggests clever bargains with the devil in a newly frozen Scotland in “Snowball’s Chance,” and sets the stage for appearances by Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould in “The Colder War.”

Sulivan, Jean. Eternity, my beloved. 1st River Boat Books ed. St. Paul, MN : River Boat Books, 1998.
Eternity, My Beloved tells the story of a rebel priest, Jerome Strozzi, who falls between the cracks of both church and state during the German occupation of Paris during World War II. Befriending prostitutes, petty thieves, and con-men, he becomes the unofficial pastor of the notorious Pigalle district. Told by a skeptical narrator who is himself searching for Strozzi’s secret, this contemporary lyric masterpiece becomes a sustained meditation on love and freedom.

Theorin, Johan, 1963-. The darkest room : a novel. Delta Trade pbk. ed. New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2009.
Stockholm schoolteacher Joakim Westin, having lost his wife in a mysterious drowning accident after relocating with her and his children to the northern island of Öland, decides to conduct his own investigation, learning that rookie police officer Tilda Davidsson also thinks the death is suspicious and uncovering disturbing secrets about the town’s past.

Thoene, Bodie, 1951-. A thousand shall fall. Minneapolis, MN : Bethany House, c1992.
The peace and prosperity promised with the end of World War I fail to come to pass for two ex-soldiers—Arkansas farmer Birch Tucker, who faces the loss of everything he and his family have worked for; and Max Meyer, a financial columnist who may have to forfeit his wealth and influence to gain the son he never knew he had.

Thoene, Bodie, 1951-. In my father’s house. Minneapolis : Bethany House, c1992.
Max Meyer, a Jew from New York; Ellis Warne, an Irish doctor’s son; Birch Tucker, an Arkansas farm boy; and African-American Jefferson Canfield, join together in a common cause on the battlefield of the Great War, but their friendship is tested by the racial, religious, and cultural intolerance they encounter when they return home.

Thurman, Wallace, 1902-1934. The blacker the berry-- 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed. New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, c1996.
One of the most widely read and controversial works of the Harlem Renaissance, The Blacker the Berry was the first novel to openly explore prejudice within the Black community. This pioneering novel found a way beyond the bondage of Blackness in American life to a new meaning in truth and beauty. Emma Lou Brown’s dark complexion is a source of sorrow and humiliation—not only to herself, but to her lighter-skinned family and friends and to the white community of Boise, Idaho, her home-town. As a young woman, Emma travels to New York’s Harlem, hoping to find a safe haven in the Black Mecca of the 1920s. Wallace Thurman re-creates this legendary time and place in rich detail, describing Emma’s visits to nightclubs and dance halls and house-rent parties, her sex life and her catastrophic love affairs, her dreams and her disillusions—and the momentous decision she makes in order to survive.A lost classic of Black American literature, The Blacker the Berry is a compelling portrait of the destructive depth of racial bias in this country. A new introduction by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip, author of The Sweeter the Juice, highlights the timelessness of the issues of race and skin color in America.

Trevor, William, 1928-. Love and summer. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 2009.
Ellie Dillahan leads a shy, quiet life alongside her husband in Rathmoye, a small Irish town, but a chance encounter with Florian Kilderry, a young photographer set on escaping both Ireland and his past, sparks a love affair and tempts Ellie to make a difficult decision.

Walls, Jeannette. Half broke horses : a true-life novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Lily Casey Smith grows up breaking horses with her father and leaves home at fifteen to ride five hundred miles in order to teach in a frontier town before encountering various difficulties, marrying a rancher, and speaking out against prejudice in various parts of the U.S.

Weber, David, 1952-. By heresies distressed. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Two Kingdoms, Charis and Chisholm, join forces against the tyranny and corruption of the Church, which has suppressed technology for eight hundred years, and when cybernetic avatar Merlin Athrawes develops ways to defeat enemy agents, the Church rulers take drastic measures.


NON-FICTION

005.54 SHE
Shelly, Gary B. Microsoft Office Excel 2007 : comprehensive concepts and techniques. Australia ; Boston : Course Technology/Cengage Learning, c2008.
A comprehensive guide to using Microsoft Excel 2007 that covers creating a worksheet and an embedded chart, formulas, functions, formatting, Web queries, financial functions, amortization schedules, working with tables, SmartArt, and other related topics, and includes explanatory screenshots.

025.524 FAR
Farkas, Meredith G., 1977-. Social software in libraries : building collaboration, communication, and community Online. Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2007.
A guide for libraries and librarians that discusses popular social software technologies—blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more—and provides examples and interviews to explain the impact of each technology.

071.3 JON
Jones, Alex S. Losing the news : the future of the news that feeds democracy. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Examines the accountability of fact-based news reporting in the early twenty-first century, and discusses the impact of the Internet on reported news, journalistic objectivity and ethics, and other topics.

081 ONI
The Onion : Dispatches from the tenth circle : the best of The onion. 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2001.
A collection of articles from the satirical newspaper “The Onion.”

081 ONI
The onion ad nauseam. : complete news archives, V.15. 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2004.
Collects all issues of the parody newspaper “The Onion” spanning October 2002-October 2003, which feature political and celebrity satire and headlines such as “Man Thinks Receptionist Is Hitting On Him.”

133.1 LEW VT COLL
Lewis, Thea. Haunted Burlington : spirits of Vermont’s Queen City. Charleston, SC : Haunted America, 2009.
Introduction
A hero keeps watch—Memories in the meadow—Backstage ghost—Haunted harbor—At home with Henry—Phantoms of the Opera House—The black cat—Spirits of the overlook—America’s first serial killer—The legend of Timothy Follett—Terror in the walk in—The haunted mall—Next-door nightmares. The vibrant city of Burlington is a perpetual hub of activity, with hordes of shoppers strolling up and down Church Street and groups of college students scattered about the lawns of UVM. Stop and listen to the stories of Queen City Ghostwalk guide Thea Lewis, and discover the ghostly shapes and spirits that appear among the throngs of the city s living. Meet the mischievous poltergeist who haunts Converse Hall and the ghost of the Flynn Theater. Take a peek at peculiar happenings at the Firehouse Center or the old Howard Opera House. Lewis delivers plenty of chills with a strong dose of history and a pinch of humor.

133.43 ZIM
Zimmermann, Denise. The complete idiot’s guide to wicca and witchcraft. 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN : Alpha, c2003.
A revised edition, updated with magickal concentration exercises, magickal ethics, expanded coverage of Wicca and its deities, and new spells and recipes.—From publisher description.

155.432 COR
Corbett, Ken. Boyhoods : rethinking masculinities. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Familiar and expected gender patterns help us to understand boys but often constrict our understanding of any given boy. Writing in a wonderfully robust and engaging voice, Ken Corbett argues for a new psychology of masculinity, one that is not strictly dependent on normative expectation. As he writes in his introduction, “no two boys, no two boyhoods are the same.” In Boyhoods Corbett seeks to release boys from the grip of expectation as Mary Pipher did for girls in Reviving Ophelia.

155.92 MAI
Maitland, Sara, 1950-. A book of silence. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2008.
The author, one of six children, who grew up to be a vocal feminist and mother, describes how she fell in love with silence in her late forties while living alone in the country, discusses her experiences with quiet in the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and the Isle of Skye, and explores the cultural history of silence.

174.29 MUN
Munson, Ronald, 1939-. Raising the dead : organ transplants, ethics, and society. Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Traces the history of organ transplantation in the United States, and discusses how they are performed, how doctors decide who receives a new organ, and how society has dealt with the issues raised by it.

204 FOR
Fortgang, Laura Berman. The little book on meaning : why we crave it, how we create it. New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
In The Little Book on Meaning, Fortgang reveals that while our hunger for a “meaningful” life can be enormous, our desire for meaning is usually satiated by small, bite-size morsels of meaning—the little, almost incidental events or “achievements” that comprise the fabric of our lives. According to Fortgang, meaning is where you look for it and through tenderly drawn stories from her own life and the lives of those around her, she shows readers how they too can peek around corners to discover the small elements of their lives that truly matter.

211 ARM
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-. The case for God. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Examines how humans from prehistoric times to the present have tried to experience a sacred reality, describing the different ways religion has been practiced and how attitudes towards a holy being have changed throughout time.

220.61 GEO
Geoghegan, Jeffrey C. The Bible for dummies. New York : Wiley Pub., c2003.
The Bible For Dummies explains in plain English what’s in the Bible, how it’s organized, who wrote it, and what it’s all about. This engaging guide includes easy-to-use maps, charts, and pictures to help you make sense of the Bible and important historical and cultural insights that bring the Bible to life. Writing from an interfaith perspective, the authors focus on the Bible not only as a holy book for people of faith but also as a cultural reference necessary for understanding works of art, literature, and public discourse. With fascinating background information, The Bible For Dummies is an interesting one-stop guide to the world’s all-time bestseller.

232 CHO
Chopra, Deepak. The third Jesus : the Christ we cannot ignore. 1st ed. New York : Harmony Books, c2008.
Explores the teachings of Jesus Christ and discusses how they are accessible to everyone, contending that Jesus is not only a historical figure and the Son of God, but also a spiritual guide.

282.73 STE
Steinfels, Peter. A people adrift : the crisis of the Roman Catholic Church in America. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2003.
Argues that the Catholic Church in the United States must transform itself or suffer irreversible decline, discussing how a combination of generational change and the thinning ranks of priests and nuns are creating a crisis of leadership and identity.

289.3 JES
Jessop, Carolyn, 1968-. Escape. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2007.
Carolyn Jessop recounts her involvement in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which forced her to become the fourth wife of a fifty-year-old man before she managed to escape and expose the group and its practices, leading to the arrest of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs.

303.485 SOL
Solnit, Rebecca. A paradise built in hell : the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster. New York : Viking, c2009.
Draws on archival research and oral histories to examine community responses to disasters, such as earthquakes, heat waves, terrorist attacks, and hurricanes.

303.6 GAR
Garbarino, James. Lost boys : why our sons turn violent and how we can save them. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2000.
A leading psychologist examines the recent explosion of adolescent violence, identifies children at risk, and offers proven methods to prevent aggressive behavior.

304.8088 CAL
Caldwell, Christopher. Reflections on the revolution in Europe : immigration, Islam, and the West. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Examines the question of whether the immigration of a large number of Muslims to Europe fundamentally alters the culture of the region, and considers social, political, and cultural implications of the demographic change.

304.8794 VOL
Vollmann, William T. Imperial. New York : Viking, 2009.
The author analyzes the social, economic, and cultural history of Imperial County, California; and discusses immigration, agribusiness, corporate exploitation, and other topics.

305.231 BRO
Bronson, Po, 1964-. Nurtureshock : new thinking about children. 1st ed. New York : Twelve, 2009.
Contains ten essays that challenge conventional wisdom about raising children, contending that good intentions in child rearing practices are actually backfiring and discussing topics such as praise, emotional well-being, race, lying, and teen rebellion.

305.244 ALT
Altoonian, Linda. Living agelessly : answers to your most common questions about aging gracefully. New York : DiaMedica Pub., c2009.
A guide to superlative living and health for midlife, and provides tips and advice on nutrition, exercise, family relationships, volunteering, travel, and more.

305.697 BAW
Bawer, Bruce, 1956-. Surrender : appeasing Islam, sacrificing freedom. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Reveals how a combination of fear and political correctness has forced politicians, intellectuals, religious leaders, and the media in both America and abroad to appease radical Islam, even when it means they must sacrifice basic values such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

305.896 WES
West, Cornel. Restoring hope : conversations on the future of Black America. Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c1997.
The author interviews nine of America’s most influential artists, scholars, and public figures about the sources of hope among African-Americans.

306.85 BRO
Bronson, Po, 1964-. Why do I love these people? : honest and amazing stories of real families. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2005.
Presents twenty stories of real people who have struggles with various problems of love, relationships, and families; and describes how each one either mended that relationship or moved on to find a better life.

306.8743 MYE
Myerson, Julie. The lost child : a mother’s story. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
Julie Myerson shares how her search for the grave of a young woman who died in Regency, England, before her artistic potential could be realized helped her cope with her feelings of grief, failure, and confusion over her son’s drug addiction and her decision to kick him out of their home.

306.8754 TAN
Tannen, Deborah. You were always mom’s favorite! : sisters in conversation throughout their lives. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Tommy Smothers, one half of the 1960’s comedy team The Smothers Brothers, often chided his brother Dick with, ‘Mom always liked you best.’ Siblings have probably been saying that to one another for uncountable years. Tannen, the youngest of three girls, delivers the last word on sisters as she shares insights, anecdotes, and practical solutions, to help readers understand the special gifts and strains of sister relationships.

307.76 SAV
Savageau, David. Places rated almanac. 7th ed., 25th anniversary ed. Washington, DC : PlacesRatedBooks, c2007.
Ranks and compares 379 metropolitan areas across the United States, considering cost of living, transportation, jobs, education, climate, crime, ambience, health care, and recreation.

324.2734 BLU
Blumenthal, Max. Republican Gomorrah : inside the movement that shattered the party. New York : Nation Books, c2009.
An investigation of the Christian right, the conservative movement the author says is controlling the Republican Party in the early twenty-first century, with profiles of some of the movement’s leading figures, including Newt Gingrich, Ted Haggard, Sarah Palin, and others.

327.73 ALT
Alterman, Eric. When Presidents lie : a history of official deception and its consequences. New York : Viking, 2004.
Examines four key lies told by American presidents in the postwar period, explaining why presidents choose to lie about the Yalta conference, the Cuban Missle Crisis, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, and the Central American wars of the 1980s, and how those lies impacted the American people.

327.7305 RAD
Radosh, Allis. A safe haven : Harry S. Truman and the founding of Israel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Explores the events that surround the United States’ decision to become the first nation to recognize the State of Israel in 1948, and discusses the global pressures that President Harry S. Truman faced over making his decision.

332.0973 SOR
Sorkin, Andrew Ross. Too big to fail : the inside story of how Wall Street and Washington fought to save the financial system from crisis—and themselves. New York : Viking, 2009.
Examines the financial crisis of the early twenty-first century and how powerful people in finance and politics have wrestled with the problem, and analyzes secret alliances and human dramas amid the bankruptcy of investment banks such as Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.

332.6324 FAB
Faber, David, 1964-. And then the roof caved in : how Wall Street’s greed and stupidity brought capitalism to its knees. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2009.
Presents a discussion of the financial collapse of 2008, covering its causes, including greed, deregulation by the U.S. government, and bad financial decisions, and the consequences, with an analysis of the actions of insiders from investment banks and mortgage lenders who were motivated by short-term profit instead of sustainability.

347.7312 FRI
Friedman, Barry, 1958-. The will of the people : how public opinion has influenced the Supreme Court and shaped the meaning of the Constitution. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
This account of the relationship between the American public and the Supreme Court from the Declaration of Independence to the end of the Rehnquist Court in 2005 details how the American people came to accept this controversial institution.

347.7326 BUR
Burns, James MacGregor. Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of the Supreme Court. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Examines the judicial power of the Supreme Court and how its growing power disrupts the system of checks and balances established by the U.S. Constitution; and discusses the appointment history from 1789 to the twenty-first century, and how American presidents have sought to fill the bench with like-minded justices.

362.1 HAM
Hammergren, John. Skin in the game : how putting yourself first today will revolutionize health care tomorrow. Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2008.
While the American health care system has consistently been criticized for its noticeable detriments, few have taken the time to recognize the significant benefits and potential of this system. But with Skin in the Game, authors John Hammergren and Phil Harkins provide a comprehensive overview of the history of our health care system, an explanation of its current state, and a picture of the great strides that they see being made in the near future.

362.1042 WEI
Weil, Andrew. Why our health matters : a vision of medicine that can transform our future. New York : Hudson Street Press, c2009.
Dr. Andrew Weil examines the state of health care in America during the early twenty-first century and outlines a solution he believes will lead to an effective, accessible, and affordable health care system.

362.8309 KRE
Kristof, Nicholas D., 1959-. Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Tells the stories of women in Africa and Asia who have been victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution, gender-based violence, and maternal mortality, and shows how girls’ education and micro-finance can change their lives while providing a boost to the economies of developing countries.

363.7 NIE
Nielsen, Ron. The little green handbook : seven trends shaping the future of our planet. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2006.
Presents up-to-date facts and figures about the current environmental crisis, its impact on the planet, and future outlook, with an overview of the most important global developments, and suggestions for positive change.

364.151 GOL
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah. Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity. 1st ed. New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
An investigation of genocide, arguing that the problem should be considered as part of a larger political phenomenon the author calls eliminationism, identifying the elements of eliminationism, and discussing how it can be prevented.

364.16 DOL
Dolnick, Edward, 1952-. The rescue artist : a true story of art, thieves, and the hunt for a missing masterpiece. 1st Harper Perennial ed. New York : Harper Perennial, 2006, c2005.
Presents a comprehensive examination of the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream,” a seventy-two million dollar painting stolen from the National Gallery in Oslo on the opening day of the Winter Olympics, and describes the extensive investigation led by American art detective and undercover cop, Charley Hill.

495.182 FAZ
Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. 1st American ed. New York : Abbeville Press, c1987.
A guide to reading the pictographs or symbols of the Chinese language, focusing on the 214 radicals of the Kang Xi; divided into eight groups based on analogies in form or meaning.

576.8 DAW
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-. The greatest show on Earth : the evidence for evolution. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Richard Dawkins presents a defense of the theory of evolution, examining evidence from science in support of the theory, and explaining why he believes advocates of “intelligent design” are wrong.

613.7 BIR
Birch, Beryl Bender. Power yoga : the total strength and flexibility workout. New York : Simon & Schuster, c1995.
Demonstrates Astanga, an ancient form of yoga that features a series of choreographed gymnastic stretching, strengthening, and breathing positions.

614.5 KEL
Kelly, John, 1945-. The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time. 1st Harper Perennial ed. New York : Harper Perennial, 2006, c2005.
Traces the history of the Black Death that spread across Europe in the fourteenth century, describing the devastating impact the plague had on European history and culture.

616.042 BRA
Bradlee, Quinn. A different life : growing up learning disabled and other adventures : a memoir. 1st ed. New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Quinn Bradlee, son of “Washington Post” editor Ben Bradlee and columnist and author Sally Quinn, reveals the challenges and triumphs he experienced growing up with a learning disability, telling of his struggles before being diagnosed at age fourteen with Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome, and discussing his development of an interactive Website for the learning disabled community.

616.4 PRE
Outsmart diabetes. [Emmaus, PA] : Rodale Press, c2004.
Combines authoritative guidelines on how to stay healthy and avoid the complications of diabetes with sound advice on preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes among high-risk adults, information on the latest diabetes medications and monitoring technologies, exercise tips, and menus.

616.8 MAR
Marks, David R. The headache prevention cookbook : eating right to prevent migraines and other headaches. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Presents over one hundred recipes for breakfast and brunch foods, appetizers, soups, pasta, poultry, meats, fish, side dishes, and desserts, all featuring ingredients that have proven not to be triggers for migraines and other headaches.

616.99 LAN
Lange, Vladimir. Be a survivor : your guide to breast cancer treatment. 2nd ed., fully rev. Los Angeles : Lange Productions, c2002.
Informative, empowering, and concise, this user-friendly book is designed to help the patient and her family participate in her treatment and recovery. Developed in consultation with 28 medical experts, it provides information about standard treatments, complementary therapies, clinical trials, and more. Illustrations.

617.742 DEV
Devgan, Uday, 1969-. Cataract surgery : a patient’s guide to cataract treatment. Omaha, Neb. : Addicus Books, c2008.
A practical guide that answers a number of commonly asked questions about cataract surgery, with color photographs showing how cataracts are removed.

618.1453 STR
Streicher, Lauren F. The essential guide to hysterectomy : a gynecologist’s advice on your choices before, during, and after surgery, including alternatives to hysterectomy. New York : M. Evans & Co., c2004.
In clear, conversational language, Dr. Lauren Streicher discusses everything a woman needs to know to make informed choices about this often-controversial subject, including: emotions and sex after surgery, hormone replacement and much more.

618.2 DOL
Dolan, Deirdre. The complete organic pregnancy. 1st ed. New York : Collins, c2006.
Presents a health and hygiene guide for pregnant women, and focuses on organic solutions, and discusses all areas of daily life including diet, living environments, fitness, beauty, and more; and also contains recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, baby food, and more.

618.9777 GOR
Gordon, Sandra. The aging eye. New York : Fireside, c2001.
One out of every five of us is affected by impaired vision by the time we turn sixty-five. To help you preserve your vision now—and beyond—The Aging Eye discusses three common eye disorders that pose the greatest threat to your vision: cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). This valuable guide will help you determine whether you are at risk of developing these disorders, describes their symptoms, and discusses diagnosis and the latest treatments.

621 DAV
Davis, Thomas Bieber, 1942-. Audel millwrights and mechanics guide. All new 5th ed. Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2004.
Here, in concise, straightforward language, is the guidebook your father trusted, completely overhauled and updated for the first time in three decades. Clearly organized to help you find what you need, it covers tools, drawing and sketching, measuring and connecting, installation, bearings, motor maintenance, electrical devices, structural steel, and more. Everything about the newest equipment is here, as well as information vital to maintaining the older machinery still found in many shops.

621.3916 THO
Thompson, Robert Bruce. Repairing and upgrading your PC. 1st ed. Sebastopol, CA : O’Reilly, c2006.
“Repairing and Upgrading Your PC” delivers start-to-finish instructions, simple enough for even the most inexperienced PC owner, for troubleshooting, repairing, and upgrading your computer.

629.454 NEL
Nelson, Craig, 1955-. Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon. New York : Viking, 2009.
Chronicles the American space program’s quest to put a man on the moon, from the origins of the NASA program to the day the “Eagle” lunar module landed on the moon, making Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong the first humans to walk on the moon.

635.9 REG
Regel, Pat, 1947-. The houseplant survival guide. Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c1997.
Presents the basics of plant care, offering information on light, watering, fertilizing, humidity, and repotting; discussing how to combat plant pests; and presenting color photographs for easy plant identification.

636.71 YAM
Kojima, Toyoharu. Legacy of the dog : the ultimate illustrated guide to over 200 breeds. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1995. , c1993.
Illustrated guide to over 200 breeds of dogs, arranged by group type, such as herding group, working group, and terrier group. Each breed includes photographs, background notes, key characteristics, care and exercise tips, and puppies and training information.

641 DUP
Superb slices. Singapore : Periplus, 2000.
Slices are a fabulous all-occasion treat for experienced cooks and complete beginners alike.

641.5 EIC
Eichner, Bill, 1944-. The new family cookbook : recipes for nourishing yourself and those you love. White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green, c2000.
The New Family Cookbook is a thoroughly engaging compendium of tips, facts, and recipes for flavorful, exciting dishes drawn from cultures and cuisines worldwide and eminently suited for the family table. From hors d’oeuvres such as Deviled Eggs and Marinated Mushrooms, to Vegetable dishes ranging from Spinach and Portobello Mushroom Stir-Fry and Green Pepper Vegetable Au Gratin, to Fish And Meat entrees like Grilled Tuna Steaks and Roasted Chicken, to mouth-watering desserts like Pumpkin-Pecan Spice Cake and Raspberry Sherbet, The New Family Cookbook offers palate pleasing, appetite satisfying, kitchen-cook friendly dishes for every occasion.

641.5631 HOL
Diabetic meals. Des Moines, Iowa : Grand Avenue Books, c2005.
Fresh and satisfying ideas for everyone in the family, any day of the week.

641.5636 SIL
Silverstone, Alicia. The kind diet : a simple guide to feeling great, losing weight, and saving the planet. [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, c2009.
Actress Alicia Silverstone discusses the benefits of a plant-based diet and offers recipes.

641.5942 BLA
Black, Maggie. The medieval cookbook. New York : Thames and Hudson, 1992.
Contains eighty recipes taken from medieval manuscripts, reflecting all levels of society; adapted for the modern kitchen.

641.5944 LOO
Loomis, Susan Herrmann. Cooking at home on rue Tatin. New York : Morrow, 2005.
This companion to “On Rue Tatin” includes easy, accessible recipes for French cuisine including appetizers, soups, salads, poultry, meats, fish, breads, pastries, and desserts.

641.5954 HUS
Husain, Shehzad. Healthy Indian cooking. London : Lorenz Books, 2002.
A guide to cooking simple, healthy Indian dishes that includes information on the different ingredients commonly used and recipes for a variety of vegetarian dishes, entrees, breads, rice, salads, side dishes, and desserts.

641.5954 ORO
O’Rourke, Kathleen. Cooking with the spices of India : 50 easy to follow recipes to transform ordinary foods into extraordinary meals. 1st ed. Palo Alto, Calif. : Culinary Alchemy, c1995.
In India, a centuries old tradition in home cooking is the source of extraordinary dishes and meals.

641.658 GRI
Grigson, Jane. The mushroom feast. New York : Lyons & Burford, [1992].
A delightful cookbook to satisfy the appetites of mushroom dabblers and die-hards alike, with over 250 recipes and illustrations of the most popular species.

641.8 SCH
Schloss, Andrew, 1951-. One-pot cookies : 60 recipes for making cookies from scratch, using a pot, a spoon, and a pan. 1st ed. New York, NY : Broadway Books, c1998.
Easy, time-saving, and delicious cookies, including Pecan Pie Bars, Orange Cranberry Shortbread, and the Darkest Deadliest Brownies of All Time.

642.4 COL
Colwin, Laurie. More home cooking : a writer returns to the kitchen. Rev. ed. New York : Perennial, 2000, c1993.
Author Laurie Colwin explores her appreciation of home-cooked food in essays and recipes, paying attention to often overlooked items such as beets and black beans.

642.7 YEO
Yeoward, William. Perfect tables : tabletop secrets, settings and centerpieces for delicious dining. New York : Cico, 2006.
“Perfect Tables” showcases the artistry of acclaimed tabletop designer William Yeoward in setting a beautiful table. He begins with an essential section on Getting Started, so you have all the linen, china, and glass you need. Next, themed chapters from Celebrations to Informality showcase twenty-four stunning creations, covering occasions including Thanksgiving, a Summer Wedding, Halloween, and Valentine’s Day, and informal settings such as a buffet supper, a girl’s lunch, a child’s birthday, or the perfect breakfast tray. Inspired by William’s love of entertaining friends, “Perfect Tables” reveals the secrets behind his eye for detail and colour, and shows how you can find inspiration in a fabric or item you may already own. William’s invaluable hints and tips include reassurance for the nervous hostess and even dealing with dining disasters! The book concludes with myriad ideas for tying napkins, arranging glasses, and laying cutlery.

643 MAN
Lovett, Susan Maney. The new smart approach to kitchen design. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Northam : Creative Homeowner ; Roundhouse, 2003.
The New Smart Approach to Kitchen Design has all the answers for anyone who is contemplating a new kitchen. With more than 280 color photographs, it presents the best examples of what it means to call the kitchen "the heart of the home." Easy to read text and captions explain in full detail the complete design and decorating process. Concise Smart Steps and Smart Tips help homeowners to plan a project, hire a contractor, shop for appliances and materials, and decorate like a design professional.

643.7 BAR
Barbara K. Room for improvement : change your home! enhance your life! with tools, tips, and inspiration from Barbara K! [Emmaus, Pa.] : [S.l.] : Rodale ; Distributed to the book trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2005.
Presents full-color photographs and illustrations that describe how to tackle such things as plumbing and electrical work, walls and floors, simple repair jobs, and other projects around the house.

646.7 BRO
Brown, Bobbi. Bobbi Brown, living beauty. 1st ed. New York : Springboard Press, 2007.
A beauty guide for women of all ages that discusses skin care, make-up techniques, hair care, menopause, diet, head-to-toe makeovers, and other related topics; and includes beauty advice from Susan Sarandon, Vera Wang, Mary Steenburgen, Vanessa Williams, and others. This is about creating a new ideal, a new reality, and a new aspiration for yourself. It’s a guide filled with knowledge, secrets, and solutions to make you look and feel great.

646.724 HAN
Handel, Gloria. Cutting your family’s hair. New York : Sterling, 2005, c2002.
A guide to cutting family members’ hair that offers suggestions for trimming everyone from baby’s to grandpa’s hair; includes photographs and instructions for different styles.

649.122 GAR
Garabedian, Helen. Itsy bitsy yoga : poses to help your baby sleep longer, digest better, and grow stronger. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2004.
Explains the benefits of yoga for infants and toddlers, with step-by-step instructions for yoga poses that can improve a baby’s sleeping, digestion, growth, and overall health.

649.62 STA
Stafford, Diane. Potty training for dummies. Indianapolis, IN : Hungry Minds, 2002.
Potty Training For Dummies is your total guide to the mother of all toddler challenges. Packed with painless solutions and lots of stress-reducing humor, it helps you help your little pooper make a smooth and trauma-free transition from diapers to potty.

650.1 EIS
Eisenberg, Ronni. Organize your life : free yourself from clutter & find more personal time. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007.
Offers practical advice on becoming more organized, discussing using a daily planner, to-do lists, procrastination, household storage, clearing clutter, housework, time management, and other related topics.

658.4 FIE
Millennial leaders : success stories from today’s most brilliant Generation Y leaders. New York, NY : Morgan James Pub., c2008.
Gen Y—those individuals born after 1980—are making an indelible mark on our culture. Raised on praise and technology, they are savvier and more confident than any prior generation. Their characteristic values, like social responsibility and authenticity, drive their actions. A majority of the 78 million Gen Yers in the U.S. have entered the workforce, creating a new dynamic. Millennial Leaders presents 28 success stories from brilliant Gen Y leaders and those professionals who have studied this social phenomenon, from a 14 year-old political appointee to a finalist on “The Apprentice.

684.16 YOD
Cabinetry : the woodworkers guide to building professional-looking cabinets and shelves. Emmaus, PA : Rodale/St. Martins, c1992.
Features classic cabinet and shelving projects with step-by-step directions and illustrations.

693.83 HAR
Harley, Bruce, 1964-. Insulate and weatherize : expert advice from start to finish. Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c2002.
A full-color, illustrated guide to home insulation and weatherization, with advice on sealing air leakage, choosing the right materials, preventing moisture damage, and identifying energy wasters.

741.5 AME
Amend, Bill. Assorted Foxtrot. Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2000.
An omnibus treasury of favorite FoxTrot cartoons presents the trials and tribulations of the Fox family as they cope with the zany complexities of modern pop culture, from Beanie Baby collection to The X-Files to video games.

745.58 WEL
Wells, Carol Wilcox, 1949-. Creative bead weaving : a contemporary guide to classic off-loom stitches. Asheville, N.C. : New York : Lark Books ; Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub., 1996.
You can weave beads without a loom. Learn a variety of stitches, then apply them in 25+ irresistible projects including earrings, beaded sculptures, necklaces, and baskets. “A bold and innovative book. The variety and quality of work are inspiring in their own right—the diagrams and study of the various techniques are an added bonus.”—Lapidary Journal

745.5942 KAN
Kan, Lisa. Bead romantique : elegant beadweaving designs. Loveland, CO : Interweave Press, c2007.
Full-color, illustrated instructions for creating seventeen beaded jewelry designs, providing basic techniques including off-loom seed beadweaving, stringing, and wirework.

746.4 BAS
Baskett, Mickey. Embellished fashions. New York : Sterling, c2008.
Full-colored, illustrated instructions for adding beads, jewels, appliqués, embroidery, and other embellishes to clothing, purses, shoes, and other items.

746.43 BOR
Bordhi, Cat, 1951-. A treasury of magical knitting. Friday Harbor, Wash. : Passing Paws Press, c2004.
With her latest book, A Treasury of Magical Knitting, Cat Bordhi introduces knitters of all levels to the warm welcome of a simple and mysterious dimension of knitting. Here you will find thirty-three projects, including scarves with one side and one edge, knitted in one fell swoop, like the Fringed Cedar Bark Scarf or the Mercurial Moebius Wraps. . . graceful headwear, like the Beaded Tresses Hat. . . felted footwear both practical and functional, like Sophie’s Mermaid Feet . . . the Lost Trail Cape with its four-way convertible collar . . . and the Seven Socklings Necklace.

746.43 BOR
Bordhi, Cat, 1951-. A second treasury of magical knitting. Friday Harbor, WA : Passing Paws Press, c2005.
Readers of the first book in this two-volume series (A Treasury of Magical Knitting) have fallen in love with the new world of Magical Knitting, a dimension so simple yet so captivating that one could spend a year exploring the huge variety of designs which Cat offers. Beginning with Cat’s unique Moebius Cast-On, which is so easy that she usually demonstrates it in workshops behind her back while twirling slowly around on one foot, the reader first learns to knit a Moebius band, or scarf. This is the magic key that opens the way to all the other designs. The Second Treasury includes felted baskets (with no inside or outside!), felted fringed bowls, felted and unfelted sling bags, six different felted cat beds (one with paws and a tail!), and the trifold designs, including a knitter’s bowl with pockets for tools and a place to keep working yarn away from playful felines. The Felted Needle Cozies, colorful, highly textured sheaths to hold straight needles, and the felted wallets are both excellent patterns for beginners and first-time felters. The book includes detailed information on felting, designing, and yarn substitutions.

746.43 MCT
McTague, Fiona. Knits for children and their teddies. Woodinville, WA : Martingale & Co., c2003.
Presents over twenty projects that will appeal to infants and children. Patterns can be adapted to create coordinating teddy bear wearables for a range of bear sizes. Projects include sweaters, a Christmas stocking, jackets, a hat and scarf set, and a bear backpack.

746.43 SPU
Spurkland, Kristin, 1968-. Knits from the heart : quick projects for generous giving. Woodinville, WA : Martingale, c2004.
Knit up speedy gifts for friends, family, charities, and more! Whether you want to make one simple gift or a large quantity of items, you’ll find lots of fun ideas in this easy-to-make pattern collection.

746.43 VOG
Vogel, Lynne, 1952-. The twisted sisters sock workbook. Loveland, Colo. : Interweave Press, c2002.
An overview of sock knitting that provides step-by-step technique instructions and discusses color, dyeing, fiber preparation, two- and three-ply yarns, and other related topics.

746.9 WRI
Wright, Susan Ramey. Quick quilts. Birmingham, Ala. : Oxmoor House, c1991.
Contains quick-quilting methods, instructions on machine quilting, stenciling, and appliqué techniques. Includes diagrams and patterns for 50 quilts.

747 HIL
Hiller, Shari. Real decorating for real people. Berne, Ind. : DRG, c2005.
“Shari Hiller and Matt Fox, stars of HGTV’s Room by Room, show you how to transform your home into a haven that reflects your personality, fits your lifestyle and wins you rave reviews—room by beautiful room!”—Cover, P. [4].

747 TRE
Trends perfect home. San Francisco, CA : Fog City Press, 2003.
A sourcebook of hundreds of ideas to suit different budgets, tastes, and lifestyles.

779.092 SPA
Spano, Michael, 1949-. Time frames : city pictures. New York : London : PowerHouse ; Turnaround [distributor], 2008.
Spano’s act of transforming the world into pictures is imaginative, and his perspective is wholly unexpected.

781.64 FOS
Foster, David, 1949-. Hitman : forty years making music, topping charts & winning Grammys. 1st Pocket Books hardcover ed. New York : Pocket Books, 2008.
A memoir in which producer, songwriter, and performer David Foster discusses the highlights of his long career in the music business, telling stories of some of the superstars he has met and worked with, revealing his own contributions to the world of music, and sharing the secrets of his success.

787.87 MAR
Maran illustrated guitar. Mississauga, Ont. : Boston, MA : MaranGraphics ; Thomson Course Technology, c2003-2005.
Step-by-step instructions covering all you need to know about playing the guitar.

796.332 PET
Peterson, Robert, 1925-. Pigskin : the early years of pro football. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Presents an overview of the early years of professional football, from the late 1880s to the 1958 championship game between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants, with descriptions of the teams and games, and profiles of some of the most famous players of the era.

796.3346 WAH
Wahl, Grant. The Beckham experiment : how the world’s most famous athlete tried to conquer America. 1st ed. New York : Crown Books, c2009.
Draws on insider interviews to examine David Beckham’s five year contract with the Los Angeles Galaxy and goal of making soccer a prime time sport in the United States.

796.352 NIC
Nicklaus, Jack. Golf my way,. London, : Heinemann, 1974.
Fully illustrated in color and designed for maximum accessibility, this is one of the greatest instructionals on the game of golf, written by its finest player.

796.42 MCD
McDougall, Christopher, 1962-. Born to run : a hidden tribe, superathletes, and the greatest race the world has never seen. 1st ed. New York : A. Knopf, 2009.
The author describes his work with Caballo Blanco, an outsider who befriended the Tarahumara Indians, in which the two men organized a running event between the tribesmen, who are considered to have superhuman running abilities, and Americans, including an ultramarathoner, a surfer, and others; and includes facts about techniques and the history of running.

796.9 HOW
Howe, Susanna. Sick : a cultural history of snowboarding. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c1998.
Susanna Howe traces the development of snowboarding from its roots beginning with those snow-revolutionaries that got the sport off the ground, right through the very best in the world today. It is the skill and expertise of those around the world who are the finest in the sport that got snowboarding its proper recognition and respect necessary for its inclusion as a full medal sport in Nagano. Ms. Howe also examines the fashion trends the sport has created, along with the various styles of snowboarding necessary, depending on the geographical location you’re in throughout the U.S.

808.042 GAR
Garvey, Mark. Stylized : a slightly obsessive history of Strunk & White’s The elements of style. 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Discusses the history of “The Elements of Style,” covering the working relationship between E. B. White and his professor, William Strunk, Jr., as they created and modified the helpful guide to clear, simple, and stylistic prose, and includes personal letters between the two.

808.8 CHR
Christmas classics from the Modern Library. 1997. Modern Library ed. New York : Modern Library, c1997.
Christmas as seen through the eyes of some of our favorite writers. This little treasury of Christmas favorites from the Modern Library is our selection of stories, songs, carols, poems, and more to gladden the heart for the festive season. It is ideal to be dipped into for reading aloud—perhaps around a Christmas tree or in front of a fire in happy re-creation of a holiday scene that Charles Dickens might have described.

811.54 GLU
Glück, Louise, 1943-. A village life. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2009.
A collection of poems from the German-American poet, Louise Glück, including selections entitled “Twilight,” “Earthworm,” “Burning Leaves,” “Marriage,” “Midsummer,” and others.

818.602 BEC
Beck, Glenn. Arguing with idiots : how to stop small minds and big government. 1st Threshold Editions-Mercury Radio Arts hardcover ed. London ; New York : Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts, 2009.
Libertarian American radio host Glenn Beck offers advice on how to win arguments about various topics of political intrigue, providing retorts and facts relevant for conversations about gun control, health care, and more.

821.4 MIL
Milton, John, 1608-1674. The Riverside Milton. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1998.
An annotated selection of writings by seventeenth-century English author John Milton, featuring both major and shorter poems, including “Paradise Lost”; and providing fifteen prose works in which Milton offers his thoughts on education, Christian doctrine, and other topics.

828 ADU
The adult only joke book. Dingley, Vic. : Hinkler Books, 2002.
Only for adults who can laugh at themselves, don’t take life too seriously, and hate to be politically correct.

882.2 SOP
Sophocles. The Oedipus cycle : an English version. San Diego : Harcourt, Brace & Co., c1949.
Oedipus Rex / Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald—Oedipus at Colonus / Robert Fitzgerald—Antigone / Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald.

909.82 ROD
Foreign affairs : conflicts in the global village. 1st ed. New York : Alternative Museum, c1988. Introduction : interview with the curator / G. Roger Denson and Geno Rodriguez—International terrorism : what is the remedy? / Noam Chomsky Central America : the next phase / Noam Chomsky—Power by proxy / Eqbal Ahmed—Shared memories : with the cooperation of Nabil Ahmed / Ellen Siegel—Irangate : a many-sided crisis / Edward W. Said—First impressions / Jon Lister—South Africa : major issues in struggle / Saths Cooper—Interview with A. Lenora Taitt-Magubane / Houston Conwill—U.S. policy toward Angola / Cherri D. Waters.

909.82 TUC
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. The proud tower : a portrait of the world before the war, 1890-1914. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
A history of the twenty-five years leading up to World War I, focusing on the people, places, and events that shaped the era in which society was undergoing rapid transformation.

915.1 CHI
China. 1st American ed. London ; New York : DK, 2005.
A region-by-region travel guide to China that covers the country’s history, culture, and landscapes and provides color photos, cutaway illustrations of architecture, maps, practical information, and details on sights to see, things to do, lodgings, and restaurants.

917.28 FOD
Fodor’s 2010 Costa Rica. New York : Fodor’s Travel Publications, c2010.
A comprehensive travel guide to Costa Rica, with pull-out map and information on accommodations and restaurants, shopping and entertainment, beaches and national parks, and other attractions.

921 AGASSI
Agassi, Andre, 1970-. Open : an autobiography. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Tennis player Andre Agassi reflects on his personal and professional life, discussing his childhood, family, training, media attention, matches, challenges, successes, struggle with depression, and more.

921 BAKER
Baker, Elna. The New York regional Mormon singles Halloween dance. New York : Dutton, c2009.
It’s lonely being a Mormon in New York City. So once again, Elna Baker attends the New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance—a virgin in a room full of virgins doing the Macarena. Her Queen Bee costume, which involves a black funnel stuck to her butt for a stinger, isn’t attracting the attention she’d anticipated. So once again, Elna is alone at the punch bowl, stocking up on generic Oreos, exactly where you’d expect to find a single Mormon who’s also a Big Girl. But loneliness is nothing compared to what happens when she loses eighty pounds. . . and falls in love with an atheist.

921 BRANDEIS
Urofsky, Melvin I. Louis D. Brandeis : a life. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Chronicles the life and accomplishments of Louis D. Brandeis, discussing his career as a lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, as well as his reform work with the American Zionist movement in the early twentieth century, and other related topics.

921 BRU
Bruni, Frank. Born round : the secret history of a full-time eater. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
“New York Times” restaurant critic Frank Bruni chronicles his lifelong battle with his weight, describing how his love of food from an early age led to health and self-esteem problems as an adult and explaining how he finally managed to lose weight and keep it off, despite his profession.

921 CHABON
Chabon, Michael. Manhood for amateurs : the pleasures and regrets of a husband, father, and son. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
A collection of personal writings by Michael Chabon that explore the encounters that have shaped his life and reflect on what he believes it means to be a son, husband, and father of four young children.

921 CLINTON
Branch, Taylor. The Clinton tapes : wrestling history with the president. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Collects private dialogues between the author and President Clinton that reveal thoughts and feelings he felt he could not disclose while in office, and includes the author’s recollections immediately after each of the seventy-nine discussions.

921 DE SADE
Gray, Francine du Plessix. At home with the Marquis de Sade : a life. New York, NY : Penguin Group, 1990.
The Marquis De Sade is now so suspended in a limbo between legend and myth that the world has forgotten that he was a man, a lord, a husband and father, and, of course, a pornographer of genius in a real time and place, pre-Revolutionary France. (Gore Vidal).

921 FERGUSON
Ferguson, Craig, 1962-. American on purpose : the improbable adventures of an unlikely patriot. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Craig Ferguson traces his journey from working class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood, revealing the funny and heartwarming story of attaining his most cherished dream—becoming an American citizen.

921 GRIFFIN
Griffin, Kathy, 1960-. Official book club selection : a memoir according to Kathy Griffin. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
A memoir in which comedian Kathy Griffin looks back over her life and career, settles some old scores, celebrates people who helped her up the ladder of success, and shares celebrity stories.

921 JACKSON
Taraborrelli, J. Randy. Michael Jackson : the magic, the madness, the whole story, 1958-2009. 1st Grand Central Pub. ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Draws on research and interviews to examine the life and career of Michael Jackson, discussing his upbringing, family, rise to fame, child molestation charges, personal relationships, death, and more.

921 JONES
Jones, Lisa, 1959-. Broken : a love story : horses, humans and redemption on the Wind River Indian Reservation. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Lisa Jones describes how she managed to heal her inner hurts and find true happiness with the help of a Native American quadriplegic shaman whose life Lisa was investigating for a newspaper article, and shares her impressions of the shaman’s mysterious spiritual powers.

921 KEITETSI
Keitetsi, China. Child soldier : fighting for my life. Bellevue [South Africa] : Jacana, 2002.
This is the heartrending account of the author's terrifying journey out of her family home and into the world of bloody warfare. Set in Uganda in the 1970s, China runs away from abuse at home at the tender age of 8 and gets drafted into Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA), fighting to depose Dr Milton Obote's regime.

921 KENNEDY
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009. True compass : a memoir. 1st ed. New York : Twelve, 2009.
Edward M. Kennedy tells his personal story, discussing his legendary family, political career, cancer diagnosis, faith, and more.

921 KINCHEN
Marx, Jeffrey, 1962-. The long snapper : a second chance, a Super Bowl, a lesson for life. 1st ed. New York : HarperOne, c2009.
Chronicles the career of professional football player Brian Kinchen, who was called up in 2003 as a snapper for the New England Patriots.

921 MAINTENON
Buckley, Veronica. The secret wife of Louis XIV : Françoise d’Aubigné, madame de Maintenon. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, c2008.
A detailed biography of Françoise d’Aubigné, the secret wife of King Louis XIV, describing her impoverished childhood, early marriage to poet Paul Scarron, position as governess to Louis’s illegitimate children, and finally as mistress and wife of Louis.

921 MATLIN
Matlin, Marlee. I’ll scream later. 1st Simon Spotlight Entertainment hardcover ed. New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.
Actress Marlee Matlin shares how she overcame deafness, prejudice, addictions, and fears to become one of the most acclaimed actresses in Hollywood.

921 MONK
Kelley, Robin D. G. Thelonious Monk : the life and times of an American original. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Chronicles the life of Thelonious Sphere Monk, discussing his childhood, unique style, influential work, impact on American jazz, and other related topics.

921 MONROE
Taraborrelli, J. Randy. The secret life of Marilyn Monroe. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Chronicles the life of Marilyn Monroe, and discusses the relationships she had with three women who had an impact on her life, which includes her mentally unstable mother, Gladys Baker; foster mother Ida Bolender; and legal guardian Grace McKee.

921 NIYIZONKIZA
Kidder, Tracy. Strength in what remains. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
The author relates his experiences speaking and traveling with an African refugee named Deo, who escaped genocide and earned his doctorate degree in medicine from Columbia University, to Burundi, where Deo built a hospital and reflected on the many deaths in the region.

921 PHILLIPS
Phillips, Mackenzie. High on arrival. 1st Simon Spotlight Entertainment hardcover ed. New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.
Actress and singer Mackenzie Phillips reflects on her life, discussing her childhood, career, drug use, incestuous relationship with her father, personal demons, and more. Includes photographs.

921 SULLENBERGER
Sullenberger, Chesley, 1951-. Highest duty : my search for what really matters. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Captain “Sully” Sullenberger describes his life and reflects on how he saved the lives of the passengers and crew aboard US Airways Flight 1549 with an emergency landing onto the Hudson River in January 2009.

921 SWAYZE
Swayze, Patrick. The time of my life. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Patrick Swayze shares his personal and professional life, career, and experiences, describing his childhood and family, marriage, early film roles, and his battle with pancreatic cancer.

932.014 PAT
Patterson, James, 1947-. The murder of King Tut : the plot to kill the child king : a nonfiction thriller. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
The authors relate their findings from investigating the death of King Tut, and contend that the boy king was murdered and did not, as many believe, die of disease.

940.53 GOL
Goldsmith, Martin, 1952-. The inextinguishable symphony : a true story of music and love in Nazi Germany. New York : Wiley, c2000.
Set amid the growing tyranny of German’s Third Reich, here is the riveting and emotional tale of Gunther Goldschmidt and Rosemarie Gumpert, two courageous Jewish musicians who strugged to perform under unimaginable circumstances and found themselves falling in love in a country bent on destoying them.

940.54 BLA
Blair, Clay, 1925-. Hitler’s U-boat war : the hunted, 1942-1945. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1998.
The U-boat campaign against the British Commonwealth and the United States: September 1942-May 1945. Addresses the German submarine war against Allied forces examining German strategy, results, and the Allied counter attack.

940.54 BLA
Blair, Clay, 1925-. Hitler’s U-boat war : the hunters, 1939-1942. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1996.
Addresses the German submarine war against Allied forces examining German strategy, results, and their breaking of Allied secret codes.

940.5472 NOR
Norman, Michael, 1947 Oct. 2-. Tears in the darkness : the story of the Bataan Death March and its aftermath. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Chronicles the experiences of Ben Steele, an aspiring artist who faced danger, humiliation, imprisonment, and forced labor during World War II after he was captured by enemy forces and held as a prisoner of war.

943.0009 MEY
Meyer, Michael, 1952-. The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Examines the history of 1989 with a focus on the end of the Cold War, and discusses how domestic resistance movements aided efforts to end communism in Eastern Europe.

956.7044 BOG
Bogdanos, Matthew. Thieves of Baghdad : one marine’s passion to recover the world’s greatest stolen treasures. Pbk. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2006, c2005.
Colonel Matthew Bogdanos recounts his family’s experiences at Ground Zero on September 11, his missions to hunt down al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan, and the investigation that led him to the discovery of more than five thousand priceless objects in Iraq.

956.7044 GAR
Garrels, Anne, 1951-. Naked in Baghdad. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.
Reporter Anne Garrels chronicles the experiences she had while staying in Baghdad’s Palestine Hotel through the American invasion of Iraq.

958.104 WAL
Waller, John H. Beyond the Khyber Pass : the road to British disaster in the First Afghan War. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c1990.
Chronicles the wars of the 19th century in India and Afghanistan resulting in the siege of Kabul and the deaths of 16,000 British soldiers and their families.

973.927 HAY
Hayward, Steven F. The age of Reagan : the conservative counterrevolution, 1980-1989. 1st ed. New York : Crown Forum, c2009.
Examines events during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, discussing domestic and foreign affairs and policies, how he was perceived by politicians, the media, and the public, and other related topics.

975.9063 HIA
Hiaasen, Carl. Kick ass : selected columns of Carl Hiaasen. 10th anniversary ed. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2009], c1990.
“Readers who know Hiaasen only from his bestselling crime novels will find that this collection of columns from the Miami Herald showcases the same voice singing in a different key. He writes with an old-time columnist’s sense of righteous rage and an utterly current and biting wit.”—Publishers Weekly.


REFERENCE

REF 394.26 CHA
Chase’s ... calendar of events. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1994.
The world's datebook for more than 50 years Chase's Calendar of Events 2010 is the authoritative guide to special occurrences, holidays, anniversaries, celebrity birthdates, religious observances, sporting events, and more from around the world. Librarians, marketers, journalists, and other professionals have come to rely on it to find out what's going on that day, in a week, or even a year ahead. Chase's answers questions such as when La Tomatina, the world's largest food fight, will be (August 25), where celebrations of the Boy Scouts of America centennial will happen; and when the 2010 Olympic Winter Games start (February 12). Includes CD-ROM.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 345.766 GRI
Grisham, John. The innocent man. New York : Random House Audio, p2006.
Read by Craig Wasson. Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.

CD EASY LISTENING WHITNEY HOUS
Houston, Whitney. The greatest hits. New York : Arista, p2000.
You give good love—Saving all my love for you—Greatest love of all—All at once—If you say my eyes are beautiful—Didn’t we almost have it all—Where do broken hearts go—All the man that I need—Run to you—I have nothing—I will always love you—Exhale (Shoop shoop) —Why does it hurt so bad—I believe in you and me—Heartbreak hotel—My love is your love—Same script, different cast—Could I have this kiss forever : Metro mix—Fine—If I told you that—It’s not right but it’s okay : Thunderpuss mix—My love is your love : Jonathan Peters mix—Heartbreak hotel : Hex Hector mix—I learned from the best : HQp2s mix—Step by step : Junior Vasquez mix—I’m every woman : Clivilles & Cole mix—Queen of the night : C.J. Mackintosh mix—I will always love you : Hex Hector mix—Love will save the day : Jellybean & David Morales mix—I’m your baby tonight : Dronez mix—So emotional : David Morales mix—I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) : Junior Vasquez mix—How will I know : Junior Vasquez mix—Greatest love of all : Junior Vasquez mix—One moment in time—The star spangled banner.

CD HOF
Hoffman, Alice. The ice queen. [New York] : Hachette Audio, [2007], c2005.
Read by Nancy Travis. After a small town librarian survives a lightning strike, she seeks out a fellow survivor in a quest for meaning, only to begin an obsessive love affair between two opposites joined by a single common thread.

CD MAG
Maguire, Gregory. Son of a witch. [United States] : Harper Audio, p2005.
Includes an interview with the author. Read by the author. In the land of Oz, after Dorothy has detroyed the witch, an adolescent boy named Liir, who may be the witch’s son, is willed back to life at the Cloister of Saint Gilda.

CD PAT
Patterson, James, 1947-. Cross. Unabridged. New York : Hachette Audio, p2006.
Read by Peter J. Fernandez and Jay O. Sanders. Detective Alex Cross’ wife was killed by a psychopath long ago. Finally feeling stable again, he gets a call asking for help tracking a rapist and killer who sounds eerily familiar, but the rape victims won’t talk.

CD ROCK KID ROCK
Kid Rock (Rapper). Cocky. New York, N.Y. : Lava/Atlantic Recording Corp., p2001. Kid Rock with accompanying vocalists and musicians, including Sheryl Crow.

CD STO
Stout, Rex, 1886-1975. Gambit : Nero Wolfe series. Complete & unabridged. Prince Frederick, Md. : Auburn, Calif. : Books on Tape ; distributed by Audio Partners, p1996.
Read by Michael Prichard. Nero Wolfe helps a pawn accused of murder at a private chess club. Can he checkmate the real killer?

CD STO
Stout, Rex, 1886-1975. Before midnight : a Nero Wolfe mystery. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, Md. : Landmark Audiobooks, p1995.
Read by Michael Prichard. The Pour Amour perfume contest reeks of death when Louis Dahlmann is robbed of the riddles and then shot dead. The LBA ad firm wants the clever campaign to continue and hires Nero Wolfe to locate the pilfered paper. While Archie trails the scent of fragrant ladies, Wolfe tracks a murderer and detects something foul close to home.

CD STO
Stout, Rex, 1886-1975. A family affair. Unabridged. Auburn, CA : Audio Partners, p2000.
Read by Michael Prichard. Nero Wolfe finds himself under pressure when a murder is committed in the old brownstone on West 35th Street.

DVD BON
The Bonanza collection. : V.1. Fullscreen. North Hollywood, Calif. : Passport Video, 2005.
Take your boots off, put the feedbag on the horses, sit back, and enjoy a passel of mighty fine episodes from television’s most beloved western series: Bonanza!

DVD FOO
Food, Inc. Widescreen. [Los Angeles, CA] : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2009.
Special feature: deleted scenes; celebrity public service announcements; resources; “You are what you eat: food with integrity” [segment originally broadcast on ABC News Nightline on June 16th, 2009 ; ca. 7 min.) ; “The amazing food detective: Snacktown smackdown” (by Kaiser Permanente ; animated children’s segment with scenes from interactive game Snacktown Smackdown ; ca. 3 min.) ; information on the companion book of the same title ; original theatrical trailer ; links to related organizations. Interviewees include Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirshberg, Joel Salatin. Lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing how our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising and often shocking truths about what we eat, how it’s produced and who we have become as a nation.

DVD HEL
Helmut Lotti : from Russia with love. [Germany] : Capitol Records, c2004.
The Dutch singer performs fourteen Russian, mostly folk, songs in settings around Russia. Includes a road movie of Lotti’s travels around the country and bonus tracks.

DVD I RO
I, robot. [Widescreen ed.]. [London?] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2004.
In the year 2035, robots are a common, trusted part of life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead, and a skeptical Chicago police detective investigating the murder believes that a robot is responsible. It seems impossible for a robot to break the Three Laws of Robotics, for if that were to happen there would be nothing to stop them from taking over the world. Aiding the detective in his investigation is a psychologist who specializes in the psyches of robots. Will technology ultimately lead to mankind’s salvation or annihilation?

DVD JOH
The best of Johnny Carson and friends! [Minneapolis, MN] : Mill Creek Entertainment, c2008.
Contains 35 episodes of classic television—The Johnny Carson Show , Carson’s Cellar, The Johnny Carson Morning Show, Who Do You Trust?, The Jack Benny Program, Bobby Darin and Friends, Frank Sinatra Timex Special, Timex All Star Comedy Show, Caesar’s Hour, Colgate Comedy Hour , The Martha Raye Show, Shower of Stars, Stars in the Eye, The Milton Berle Show.

DVD LAD
Ladder 49. Full screen. [United States] : Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005].
Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta,
Probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran of the Baltimore Fire Department under the watchful eye of his mentor Chief Mike Kennedy. Responding to the worst blaze in his career, he becomes trapped inside a 20-story building. As Jack reflects on his life—seeing his first fire, bonding with fellow firefighters, the impact his job has had on his wife and kids —Chief Kennedy frantically coordinates the effort to save Jack’s life.

DVD LIK
Like water for chocolate. Widescreen format. Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c1992.
Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman’s cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.

DVD LON
Lonely hearts. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007.
Based on a true story. In the late 1940’s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez became known as the notorious “Lonely Hearts Killers”. They would swindle and then viciously murder war widows who would answer their personal ads. Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha was Ray’s initial mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight. With Martha posing as Ray’s sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray appeared as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison.

DVD LOS
Lost in translation. [Full screen version]. Universal City, CA : Distributed by] Universal, c2003.
A middle-aged actor and the wife of a photographer meet while on business in Tokyo. They strike up an unusual friendship in the hotel bar that helps them both overcome boredom and loneliness.

DVD MUR
Murder most English. [Silver Spring, Md.] : Acorn Media, [2009].
Clad in tweed and puffing on a pipe, Detective Inspector Purbright pursues the evildoers of Flaxborough with a doggedness that belies his polite conversation and mild manner. Although the quiet country town appears all gentility, beneath the surface lies a darker world of deception, intrigue, treachery, and infidelity.

DVD MUR S.1
Murdoch mysteries. [London?] : ITV DVD, c2008.
In the 1890’s, Detective William Murdoch adopts modern techniques like ‘finger marks’ and forensics to track Toronto’s most sinister killers. Though derided by his skeptical boss, Murdoch finds friends and allies in a lovely pathologist and an eager-to-learn constable. Along the way they cross paths with some of the era’s most famous figures, including Nikola Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Prince Alfred.

DVD OUT
Outrageous fortune. Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Pictures : Distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc., c1987.
When opposites, Lauren and Sandy, discover they have been dating the same man, they band together on a cross country adventure to track him down.

New Titles - November 2009

BROWNELL LIBRARY
NEW TITLES, NOVEMBER 2009


FICTION

Addonia, Sulaiman S. M. Y. The consequences of love. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2009.
Set in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, this novel conveys the brutally repressive rules of Wahhabi Islam that strictly prohibits contact between unmarried men and women. It tells the story of Naser, an African now living in Jeddah, who begins a forbidden relationship with a young Saudi woman. Though it is quite dangerous, their love blossoms, and eventually faces the hardest test of all.


Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925-. Hothouse. San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., c2009.
A young boy on the brink of manhood in a future world in which the Earth has stopped spinning, leaving half the planet in darkness and the other half in light, is cast from his tribe for the crime of curiosity, and embarks on a dangerous journey into the unknown.

Aldiss, Brian Wilson, 1925-. Neanderthal planet. [Book Club ed.]. New York : Avon, c1969.
Four short stories; in the title story, Anderson returns to earth from the planet Nehru II, to find that mankind has been nearly wiped out in the holocaust of Nuclear Week.

Alexie, Sherman, 1966-. War dances. 1st ed. New York : Grove Press, c2009.
Contains short stories and poems from Native-American writer Sherman Alexie, including selections entitled “The Limited,” “The Senator’s Son,” “Ode to Mixed Tapes,” “Salt,” and others.

Ali, Monica, 1967-. In the kitchen : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Gabriel Lightfoot, who attempts to run a successful kitchen staff at the Imperial Hotel, meets constant challenges from his staff, hotel management, and business partners, and when a worker is found dead in the establishment’s basement, the delicate balance of Gabe’s life begins to fall apart.

Alleyn, Susanne, 1963-. The cavalier of the apocalypse. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Aristide Ravel, a penniless writer already suspected of trying to turn the people against France’s royal court in 1786, goes on the run when he finds a man murdered in a churchyard, surrounded by Masonic symbols, and knows the police are going to jump at the chance to accuse him of the crime.

Appelfeld, Aron. Laish. 1st American ed. New York : Schocken Books, c2009.
Laish, a fifteen-year-old orphan, travels with a caravan of Jewish strangers on a pilgrimage to Palestine, but their journey is filled with many hardships and death before what is left of the group reaches the port city of Galacz, and they remain uncertain whether they will reach their destination.

Baldacci, David. True blue. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Mason “Mace” Perry, having been incarcerated for two years and lost her badge for a crime she did not commit, is released from prison and determined to be reinstated, deciding the only way to do so is to solve a murder of a female lawyer, but evidence of secrets within the private and public world of the nation’s capital threaten her chances of becoming a police officer again, and her life.

Balzo, Sandra. Brewed, crude and tattooed : a Maggy Thorsen mystery. 1st world ed. New York : Severn House, 2009.
Coffeeshop owner Maggy Thorsen, trapped inside a mall with other merchants due to a snowstorm, finds the owner of the shopping complex murdered and races to figure out who is the killer, realizing that everyone had a motive to kill the man because he was evicting each of them in order to create space for natural foods giant Gross National Produce.

Barnes, John, 1957-. Mother of storms. 1st mass market ed. New York : TOR, 1995, c1994.
Astronaut Louie Tyman, a man who has developed super intelligence through a computer link, emerges as the last hope for the salvation of the planet when a missile strike unleashes tons of methane from the ocean floor, spawning massive, perpetual hurricanes.

Battles, Brett. Shadow of betrayal. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
Jonathan Quinn, a freelance operative and professional “cleaner,” is fresh from a job in Ireland that went horribly wrong when he is called upon to find an aide worker who has disappeared from her assignment in Africa along with a child with Down Syndrome who is being pursued for sinister purposes.

Beal, Daphne. In the land of no right angles : a novel. New York : Anchor Books, 2008.
The lines between friendship, love, and lust become blurred when Alex, a twenty-year-old American student spending a year in Nepal, agrees to her friend Will’s suggestion that she help Maya, a young Nepali woman who wants to leave her traditional family to find work in Kathmandu.

Beaton, M. C. There goes the bride : an Agatha Raisin mystery. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Agatha Raisin can’t seem to stop obsessing about her ex-husband, James, who is about to be married, even though she has set her sights on a handsome, beguiling new Frenchman, and is determined to move on with her life. When James’ bride-to-be is shot to death just minutes before saying ‘I do,’ and Agatha is named the prime suspect, her sleuthing sidekick, Toni, comes to her aid. In a case that proves to be complicated, can Toni clear Agatha’s name?

Bernhardt, William, 1960-. Capitol offense : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Attorney Ben Kincaid s approached with an odd request: defend Dennis Thomas for a murder he has not committed yet, but when Thomas’s intended victim is shot down just hours after Thomas sees him, Ben is reluctant to believe his client is innocent, until he uncovers a shocking secret about the victim that changes everything.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-. Breaking the rules. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
A young woman reinvents herself, becomes the muse for French fashion designer Jean-Louis Tremont, and reaches celebrity status; but a malevolent figure from her past reemerges and reminds her of the terrifying encounter that she survived in the English countryside.


Butcher, Jim, 1971-. Turn coat : a novel of the Dresden files. New York : Roc Book, c2009.
Harry Dresden, a professional wizard who consults with the Chicago police on cases involving the supernatural, is not always in good standing with the magical ruling body, the White Council, so he takes a big risk when he agrees to help Morgan, a veteran Warden with the Council who has been accused of treason and needs a place to hide while trying to clear his name.


Buzzelli, Elizabeth Kane, 1946-. Dead floating lovers. 1st ed. Woodbury, MN : Midnight Ink, c2009.
Freelance writer Emily Kincaid helps deputy Dolly Wakowski uncover the identities of two bodies found in the lake, and after finding out they belong to Dolly’s ex-husband and a young Odawa Indian woman with whom he was having an affair, sets out to solve the murders.

Caputo, Philip. Crossers. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
After losing his wife on September 11, 2001, Gil Castle retreats to his family’s isolated Arizona ranch, where he tries to cope with his own grief while learning about the hardships his father and grandfather faced throughout the twentieth century.

Chaon, Dan. Await your reply : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Three strangers’ lives interconnect in strange ways as eighteen-year-old Lucy Lattimore runs away with her high school teacher; Miles Cheshire searches for his unstable twin, Hayden, who may be responsible for a deadly fire; and Ryan Schuyler operates identity-theft scams with his father, who he reconnects with after college.

Cherryh, C. J. The Pride of Chanur. New York : DAW Books, c1982.
Giving refuge to a human fleeing captivity by a sadistic alien race, the captain of the spaceship The Pride of Chanur becomes involved in interstellar, multibeing intrigue.

Cherryh, C. J. Merchanter’s luck. New York : DAW Books, c1982.
Sandor Kreja, a down-on-his luck independent merchanter, arrives at Viking Station on forged papers looking for someone to serve as crew on his freighter, but his luck changes when he meets Allison Reilly, a princess of the powerful family that owns the mighty starship, Dublin Again.

Cherryh, C. J. Brothers of Earth. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1976.
Humans try to escape their alien captors.

Cherryh, C. J. Heavy time. New York, NY : Warner Books, c1991.
Two asteroid miners intercept signals from a derelict spacecraft and find clues to a secret that might change the fate of the world.

Childs, Laura. Tragic magic. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Life in the Big Easy gets complicated again for scrapbooking shop owner Carmela when she arrives to help set up the old mansion Melody Mayfedlt is converting into a haunted house only to have Melody’s flaming body come crashing through a tower window to greet her.

Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. The hollow : a Hercule Poirot mystery. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ; Distributed by Workman Pub. Co., [2007?], c1946.
Belgian detective Hercule Poirot sets out to investigate a baffling case when he arrives at Lady Angkatell’s estate for a weekend house party to find a doctor lying dead in a puddle of blood and his timid wife standing over the corpse with a gun.

Connelly, Michael, 1956-. Nine dragons : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Detective Harry Bosch searches for the man who killed John Li, the owner of a small shop located in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles, but his investigation becomes even more personal when the person he holds most dear is taken and Bosch must travel to Hong Kong during the city’s Hungry Ghosts festival to recover what he has lost.

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. The Scarpetta factor. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, who works as the senior forensic analyst for CNN, offers her services pro bono to the chief medical examiner of New York City, and when she becomes involved in a strange plot involving a famous actor and is asked to launch her own television show, she worries about her future as a professional.

Davidson, MaryJanice. Undead and unwelcome. Berkley Sensation hardcover ed. New York : Berkley Sensation, 2009.
Vampire queen Betsy Taylor, having traveled with her husband and legal ward to Wyndham Manor to deliver the body of her werewolf friend to her pack, worries that she will be held accountable for the death and learns that her half sister is acting erratically back home.

Diamant, Anita. Day after night : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Four young women who survived the Holocaust are haunted by their pasts while staying in the Atlit internment camp and find comfort in their friendships and shared experiences while struggling with the prospect of recreating themselves in a foreign country.

Dickey, Eric Jerome. Resurrecting midnight. New York : Dutton, c2009.
International assassin Gideon, having taken an assignment to track down a briefcase, soon realizes the contents are of great concern to a group of killers known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and that he has a personal connection to a man in the organization.

Douglas, Carole Nelson. Cat in a sapphire slipper : a Midnight Louie mystery. 1st ed. New York : Forge, 2008.
Feline sleuth Midnight Louie goes on the prowl looking for answers when Matt Devine, the secret ex-priest fiance of Louie’s owner Temple Barr, is whisked away to a Las Vegas prostitution ranch for the bachelor party of Temple’s beloved Aunt Kit’s mobster boyfriend, and ends up with a dead hooker in what looks to be a crime of passion.

Drake, David. Some golden harbor. Riverdale, NY : New York : Baen Pub. ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Commander Daniel O’Leary, at odds with the brass of the Royal Cinnabar Navy, has only an unarmed ship and the assistance of Signals Officer Adele Mundy to help him save Dunbar’s World from being taken over by the invading forces of Nathaniel Arruns, son of the dictator of Pellegrino.

Drake, David. Caught in the crossfire. Riverdale, NY : New York, NY : Baen ; distributed by Simon & Schuster, c1998.
Contains two novels, short stories, and a novella about the adventures of mercenary leader Alois Hammer and his armored regiment.

Foreign legions. Riverdale, NY : New York : Baen Books ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2001.
A collection of six short science fiction stories by various authors.

Drake, David. The sharp end. Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen, c1993.
A survey team arrives on Cantilucca where two syndicates dominate the planet and are arming for a final war.

Drake, David. All the way to the gallows. Riverdale, N.Y. : New York : Baen Pub. Enterprises ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c1996.
A collection of side-splitting science fiction shorts includes tales of paratrooper goblins, space cops and their politically correct alien supervisor, a band of mercenary elves, and a collaboration with Larry Niven.

Drake, David. The tank lords. New York : Baen Books, c1997.
Under the Hammer—Rolling hot—Night march—Code-name Feirefitz—The tank lords.

Drake, David. Lt. Leary, commanding. Riverdale, NY : New York : Baen ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2001, c2000.
Dan Leary and Signal Officer Adele Mundy prove an uncommonly engaging pair of protagonists. Mundy in particular is something of a novelty in the field and not particularly attractive; she’s not only older than Leary, but she’s also a formidable pistol shot, a genius with electronics (albeit something of a klutz otherwise) and not romantically involved with Leary (or anybody else). Finding themselves aboard the Royal Cinnabar Navy ship Princess Cecile, the two plunge into a multilayered sequence of adventures. They survive bureaucratic pettifogging as well as the machinations of charming and unscrupulous political exiles trying to get home, peril in space, attempted assassinations and an encounter with a den of pirates they hope to make into allies against Cinnabar’s enemies.

Drake, David. The far side of the stars. Riverdale, NY : New York : Baen ; Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2003.
Their old ship has been sold out of the navy and is now the private yacht of the Klimovs, two mad Russians touring the stars in search of big game, high stakes gambling, and the priceless Earth Diamond—the last known map of old Earth.

Efaw, Amy. After. New York : Viking, 2009.
Devon Davenport is a straight-A student and prominent player on her school’s soccer team, but when she is linked to an abandoned baby found in the trash she is accused of attempted murder.

Eisdorfer, Erica. The wet nurse’s tale. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Susan Rose, a Victorian woman with a big heart and equally large bosom, secures a job as a professional wet nurse and makes it her business to learn all the secrets and scandals of the high-class people for whom she works, and when her own child is threatened, she does not hesitate to use what she knows to rescue her baby.

Evanovich, Janet. Smitten. New York : HarperTorch, c2006.
Hired as a construction worker by the virile Matt Hallahan, single mom Lizabeth Kane finds herself falling in love with her boss, in spite of their many differences.

Evanovich, Janet. Love overboard. New York : HarperTorch, c2005.
Burned-out New Jersey narcotics officer Stephanie Lowe buys a house on the coast of Maine with intentions of opening a bed-and-breakfast, but a leaky toilet and other problems—including a ghost—lead her to a cooking gig on a schooner captained by Ivan, the man who sold her the place, whose good looks and charm suddenly seem more potent to Stephanie at sea than they did on land.

Feintuch, David. Prisoner’s hope. Warner Books ed. New York : Aspect, c1995.
Captain Nicholas Seafort of the U.N. Navy has been appointed liaison to the wealthy planters of the colony planet Hope Nation, but when the U.N. space flotilla that monitors the planet is forced to flee an alien attack, Seafort is left alone to deal with rebellious colonists and rampaging aliens.

Feintuch, David. Challenger’s hope. Warner Books ed. New York : Aspect, c1995.
Nicholas Seafort, a Commander in the U.N. Navy in 2197 assigned to defend the galaxy’s starways, is stranded aboard a ship teeming with arrogant colonists and violent street children, and must find a way to protect them from the alien predators that are preparing to attack.

Feintuch, David. Voices of hope. Warner Books ed. New York : Aspect, c1996.
War is brewing in 2229 in a world where the poor and the wealthy are sharply divided and brilliant young Philip Seafort finds himself in the midst of the chaos when he goes in search of a lost friend.

Ferris, Monica. Thai die. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2008.
Betsy Devonshire, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, steps in to investigate when one of her regular customers, Doris Valentine, returns from a trip to Thailand with a cache of small treasures which, judging from the resulting number of threats and deaths, must be much more valuable than Doris realized.

Finder, Joseph. Vanished. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
International investigator and corporate security consultant Nick Heller uses his Special Forces skills to look into the whereabouts of his estranged brother, who disappeared after he and his wife were attacked, and uncovers a conspiracy involving his brother’s work for a multibillion-dollar defense contractor and twelve billion in U.S. funds that went missing in Iraq.

Flint, Eric. Boundary. Riverdale, NY : New York : Baen ; Distribted by Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Dr. Helen Sutter sets out to find the truth behind an unusual fossil found in the Arizona desert that could hold the key to the great extinction at the KT boundary.

Fluke, Joanne, 1943-. Plum pudding murder. New York : Kensington Books, c2009.
Baker Hannah Swenson investigates the murder of a local businessman, who was running a nontraditional Christmas tree lot and had a few enemies, while preparing food for the wedding of the season. Includes recipes.

Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-. The false mirror. 1st mass market ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1993, c1992.
He was a Human in an alien body, and he had a secret that could pit an entire galaxy against the Human race.

Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-. The spoils of war. 1st mass market ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1994, c1993.
For Humans fighting a millenia-long galactic war, the price of victory could be higher than the cost of combat.

Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-. Flinx in flux. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1988.
Not even the extraordinary minidrag Pip could help Flinx out of his most dangerous entanglement - love!.

Frank, Dorothea Benton. Return to Sullivan Island. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Beth Hayes, having just graduated from college and aspiring to become a writer, puts her career plans on hold to house sit the family home on Sullivan Island and learns about her family’s past, falls in love with a man who is not suitable for her, and encounters obstacles which she must rely on her family and friends to overcome.

Gabaldon, Diana. Lord John and the private matter. Delta trade pbk. ed. New York : Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2004, c2003.
Lord John has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor.

Gardner, James Alan. Radiant. 1st ed. New York : Eos, c2004.
With this Buddhist-tinged military SF novel featuring Admiral Festina Ramos and the Expendables (skilled, dispensable scouts), Aurora Award winning Canadian author Gardner (Expendable, etc.) makes a well-earned leap from paperback to hardcover. Explorer Third Class Youn Suu, a scout for the elite Explorer Corps, and her partner Tut set out to rescue the Cashlings from the Balrog, an alien intelligence capable of knowing its enemy’s best-laid plans. Accompanied by Admiral Ramos, Youn and Tut travel to an eerie planet that holds the answer to the mystery of the hidden origins of the Explorers. Filled with believably flawed, emotionally involving characters, this entertaining novel of brawn and brains thoughtfully explores questions of honor, culpability and the price of survival. (Publishers Weekly).

Garlock, Dorothy. The moon looked down. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Sofie and her family immigrated from Germany to a small town in Illinois, but the start of World War II causes the locals to discriminate against Sofie’s family, and they are blamed for a train derailment, but a high school teacher is on Sophie’s side and a romance blossoms.

Goudge, Eileen. Once in a blue moon. New York : Vanguard Press, c2009.
Sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann, who endured a difficult life without help from their neglectful mother, try to reconnect thirty years later, after being separated and put into foster care, and find that they ended up in dissimilar situations that make formation of a new bond difficult.

Greenwood, Kerry. Trick or treat : a Corinna Chapman mystery. 1st U.S. ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009, c2007.
Corinna Chapman, amateur detective and owner of Earthly Delights bakery, is faced with competition when a tall, gorgeous blonde opens Best Fresh Bread down the street, and she wrestles with boyfriend troubles, outbreaks of madness on Lonsdale Street, and other complications, while trying to save her business.

Gregory, Susanna, 1958-. The Westminster poisoner. London : Sphere, 2008.
Thomas Chaloner finds he may be the next victim after his employer, the Lord Chancellor, instructs him to investigate the deaths of two government officials and prove that a certain clerk named Greene is the killer even though Chaloner can prove otherwise.

Hamilton, Steve. Blood is the sky. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003.
Investigator Alex McKnight agrees to help a friend search for his brother, who has disappeared along with a group of hunters in northern Ontario, and the search soon lands Alex and his friend stranded in the wilderness with a madman.

Hamilton, Laurell K. Micah. Jove mass-market ed. New York : Jove Books, 2006.
Vampire hunter Anita Blake arrives in Philadelphia to raise a witness from the dead so that his testimony can be taken with the help of Micah, the king of the wereleopards, but she is more fearful of spending time alone with Micah, her former lover, than dealing with a zombie.

Hamilton, Laurell K. Narcissus in chains. Berkley hardcover ed. New York : Berkley Books, 2001.
When two of the were leopards in her care are abducted at a seedy club called Narcissus in Chains, vampire hunter Anita Blake melds with her lovers, vampire Jean-Claude and werewolf Richard, in order to gain access to their powers and finds herself losing more and more of her humanity.

Harvard, Jane. The student body : a novel. New York : MayaLuna Books, c2000.
In Harvard, students are selling their bodies for tuition money. The prostitution ring is discovered by Toni Isaacs, a black reporter for the university newspaper. The novel is a combined work by four Harvard students.

Herbert, Frank. Eye. New York : ibooks, c2001.
A collection of thirteen short stories by Frank Herbert. Journalist, ecologist, conservationist, and bestselling novelist FRANK HERBERT captured the imagination of entire generations. Novels like The Dosadi Experiment and The White Plague explored science’s effect on society. The Green Brain and The Dragon in the Sea introduced Herbert’s main theme: how societies and individuals respond to changing or threatening environments. In Dune, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards, Herbert expanded this theme to create a series that has fascinated more readers than any other contemporary work of the imagination. Among Herbert’s other works were The Eyes of Heisenberg; Santaroga Barrier; Whipping Star; Project 40; Threshold; five additional novels in the Dune series, and two anthologies of short fiction.

Herbert, Brian. The winds of dune. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
After Paul-Muad’Dib walks off into the desert and is presumed dead, his mother, Jessica, returns to Dune to assist sixteen-year-old regent Alia, who is trying to counteract the propaganda spread by Bronso of Ix but does not know that Paul had charged him with the task when they were boyhood friends.

Howard, Linda, 1950-. Burn : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
When Jenner Redwine wins the lottery, she never imagined how much it would cost her. Luckily she finds an ally-and a guide to the rarefied realm of privilege in a shy, kind-hearted heiress who invites Jenner on a charity cruise. But what should have been a “Love Boat” cruise suddenly turns into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger, and Jenner finds herself taken hostage by a menacing stranger—a stranger that helps her rediscover feelings she hasn’t had in years. Now if she can only survive to live a life worth living

Howatch, Susan. The waiting sands : and The devil on Lammas night. New York, : Stein and Day, [1972, c1966].
Two superb Gothic novels filled with power and intrigue.

Humphreys, Helen, 1961-. Coventry. 1st American ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 2009, c2008.
Harriet Marsh aids her friend Jeremy in finding his mother after the infamous Luftwaffe bombing in Coventry on November 14, 1940, and as they search the city, Harriet learns of the horrors of war and the endurance of the human heart.

Irving, John, 1942-. Last night in twisted river : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2009.
In a story spanning five decades, ‘Last Night in Twisted River’ depicts the recent half-century in the United States as a ‘living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course. In 1954, an anxious boy, 12, mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the boy and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County, pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger who befriends them.

Jensen, Liz, 1959-. The rapture. 1st ed. in the U.S.A. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Looking for a fresh start, Gabrielle Fox accepts a temporary position as an art therapist at a psychiatric hospital for one hundred of the most dangerous children in England, including teenage killer Bethany Krall, who believes she can predict natural disasters, but Gabrielle is surprised when her sessions reveal truth in Bethany’s delusional claims.

Johansen, Iris. Blood game. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
After the daughter of a Georgia senator is murdered and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan becomes enmeshed in the nefarious plot of serial murderer Kevin Jelak, who Eve thinks might know something about her missing daughter.

Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007. The gathering storm. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Chosen as the author to finish Jordan’s book, which was partially finished when Jordan passed in 2007, Sanderson brings to a close a journey begun almost 20 years ago and concludes the Wheel of Time series as Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle.

Jungstedt, Mari, 1962-. Unspoken. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2007.
On the Swedish island Gotland, inspector Anders Knutas investigates the disappearance of a fourteen-year-old girl who worked at a racing stable, which may be related to the murder of an alcoholic photographer with ties to a racetrack; meanwhile, television journalist Johan Berg searches for the killer and tries to repair his relationship with a married woman.

Keillor, Garrison. Pilgrims : a Wobegon romance. New York : Viking, c2009.
Radio host Gary Keillor returns to his hometown of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, to deliver a speech and gets roped into paying for a group of Lake Wobegonians to travel to Rome to tend the grave of a local World War II hero, and the trip proves enlightening for everyone involved when a camaraderie develops that encourages the sharing of secrets they would not think of revealing at home.

Kellerman, Jonathan. Evidence : an Alex Delaware novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Two Bel Air lovers murdered in the most intimate of circumstances propel psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis on a twisted path towards the depraved evil found among the super rich.

Kellerman, Faye. Blindman’s bluff. 1st HarperLuxe ed., [Large print ed.]. New York : HarperLuxe, c2009.
Los Angeles homicide detective Peter Decker, investigating the murders of a billionaire developer and his family members, suspects the killings are an inside job, and finds the case becoming personal when his wife becomes involved and her life is put in danger.


Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-. Bad moon rising. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Fang Kattalakis, a wolf who is also a powerful member of the Omegrion, gets into trouble when the lycanthropes begin to fight among themselves and the woman he loves is accused of betraying her people.

Kiernan, Caitlín R. The red tree. New York : Roc, c2009.
Sarah Crowe, having moved to a house in rural Rhode Island to escape an unhealthy relationships, becomes interested in a tree which is tied to magic and death in the area, and, after finding a manuscript about the oak in the walls of her house, decides to write her own book about it, risking her health and sanity to do so.

Kline, Christina Baker, 1964-. Bird in hand. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Two couples, Alison and Charlie, and Claire and Ben, struggle to find their way as Alison struggles with grief and guilt over a car accident, Charlie works at an unfulfilling job to provide for his family, Claire begins an affair with Charlie, and Ben longs for the life he believes his friends Charlie and Alison have.

Koryta, Michael. The silent hour. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Convicted killer Parker Harrison asks private investigator Lincoln Perry to find the daughter of a deceased Mafia don, but the request leads him to the discovery of the bones of the woman’s husband buried on the grounds of Whisper Ridge.

Lamplighter, L. Jagi. Prospero lost. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Miranda, the daughter of the sorcerer Prospero, heads the family business, Prospero, Inc., centuries after the events of “The Tempest,” and when Miranda receives an ominous warning from her father, she tries to find her family and learn about her own mysterious past.

Lewycka, Marina, 1946-. Two caravans. London ; New York : Fig Tree, Penguin Books, 2007.
In the idyll of the English countryside, on a beautiful summer’s evening in a Kent field, and around their two caravans, a little group of strawberry pickers is getting ready to celebrate a birthday. But who picks our strawberries these days? The Ukrainians: Irina, just off the coach from Kiev, and eager to improve her excellent English and find true love with a romantic Englishman; Andriy, the miner’s son from the other Ukraine; the Poles: Bob Dylan fan, Tomasz, (whose smelly trainers will soon punish those in the men’s caravan), Yola, the petite, voluptuous gangmistress and her religious niece Marta, who finds the wild mushrooms to cook with the sliced loaf; then there is Vitaly, king of the new mobilfon world of the shiny new Eastern Europe; two Chinese girls; Emanuel, the round eyed eighteen-year-old from Malawi, come to England to look for his sister. And although he can’t exactly help pick strawberries, there’s also the Dog...But these are a group leading dangerous lives - exploitative employers, British regulations and gang masters with guns will all threaten their existence as they take to the caravan road until each of them peels off to find their destiny.

Li, Yiyun, 1972-. The vagrants : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Gu Shan, a young woman of Muddy River, faces a death sentence as a political prisoner for renouncing her faith in communism in the 1970s and standing behind Chairman Mao, and while her mother turns to tradition by burning the clothing of her only child, Gu Shan’s father retreats into memories.

MacDonald, John D. (John Dann), 1916-1986. Time and tomorrow. [Book club ed.]. Garden City, N.Y. : N. Doubleday, [1980?].
Time and Tomorrow is vintage MacDonald - 3 brilliantly conceived Suspense Fiction Novels in One Mammoth Volume. Wind of the Dreamers; The Girl, The Gold Watch, & Everything; and Ballroom of the Skies.

MacKenzie, Ian. City of strangers. New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Struggling writer Paul Metzger tries to stop two thugs from assaulting a young man outside his Brooklyn apartment and ends up being beaten himself, giving him a new perspective on his own life, and his relationships with his estranged half-brother, his ex-wife, and his recently deceased father, a former Nazi sympathizer.

Manfredo, Lou. Rizzo’s war. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Rookie detective Mike McQueen, partnered with seasoned veteran Joe Rizzo at Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst precinct, learns the truth of Rizzo’s refrain—“There’s no wrong, there’s no right, there just is”—over the course of a year solving cases, including the task of finding and returning the runaway daughter of a local politician.

Martin, Charles, 1969-. Where the river ends. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2008.
Doss Michaels, a fishing guide and aspiring artist, meets Abigail Grace Coleman, the daughter of a powerful South Carolina senator, and when Abbie faces a fatal illness ten years after their marriage, the two take a trip down the St. Mary’s River to fulfill an old promise.

Mayle, Peter. The vintage caper. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Crime-fighting wine expert Sam Levitt is hired by entertainment lawyer Danny Roth’s insurance company to recover a multimillion-dollar cache of wine stolen from Roth’s wine cellar.

Mayor, Archer. The price of malice : a Joe Gunther novel. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
When Wayne Castine, a suspected child predator, is found brutally murdered in Brattleboro, Vermont, Joe Gunther tries to solve the case while also dealing with the disappearance of his girlfriend’s father and brother that may actually turn out to have been a murder.

McCrery, Nigel, 1953-. Still waters. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2007.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Lapslie, who has only just returned to the force after a year of solitude due to his diagnosis of synesthesia, must face a homicide case involving the death of a woman whose fingertips have been snipped off by gardening shears.

McLane, LuAnn. Dancing shoes and honky-tonk blues. New York : Signet Eclipse, 2007.
From the author of “Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots” comes another sexy Southern romance. Despite her two left feet, waitress Abilene Harper joins a reality TV dance competition and cha-chas and rumbas her way into the heart of the TV audience—and into the arms of her sexy dance instructor.

Miles, Jonathan. Dear American Airlines. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Fifty-three-year-old Bennie Ford, sitting in O’Hare Airport drafting a complaint letter to American Airlines for canceling his flight to his daughter’s wedding, gains insight into how he has been living his life and decides he is going to try and make things right.

Millhauser, Steven. Dangerous laughter : thirteen stories. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
A collection of thirteen dark comedies by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steven Millhauser.

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. No time to wave goodbye : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Twenty-two years after her three-year-old son Ben was abducted and eleven years after he returned home, Beth Cappadora and her family must relive the horror of their experience when her other son Vincent’s documentary about kidnapped children brings old memories to the surface and sets in motion a series of events that could tear the family apart forever.

Moore, Lorrie. A gate at the stairs : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Tassie Keltjin, a twenty-year-old girl from a small town, comes of age as a college student while the U.S. prepares for war in the Middle East, and when she takes a part-time job as a nanny, she encounters various emotional and political issues and learns more about herself.

Muller, Marcia. Locked in. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
After private eye Sharon McCone is shot in the head by an unknown attacker, she finds herself afflicted with locked-in syndrome, and she lies immobile in her hospital bed trying to figure out her assailant’s identity with help from her staff’s investigations.

Murray, Victoria Christopher. Lady Jasmine. 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Jasmine Larson Bush, who nearly destroys her marriage to Pastor Hosea Bush with her lies, is blackmailed with a truth about her dark, sinful past, and while she is tempted to continue being honest with her husband, she realizes that she might need to commit murder to leave her previous life behind.

Myers, Amy, 1938-. Murder takes the stage. 1st world ed. Sutton, Surrey, England : Severn House, 2009.
Peter and Georgia Marsh investigate the disappearance of Georgia’s missing brother Rick who was accused of murdering his wife and seemingly committed suicide.

Niffenegger, Audrey. Her fearful symmetry : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Twenty-year-old twins Valentina and Julia Poole inherit their aunt Elspeth Noblin’s London apartment and travel from Chicago to England where they become caught up in the lives of their neighbors, including Martin, a crossword-puzzle setter with obsessive compulsive disorder, his devoted wife Marijke, and Elspeth’s lover Robert, as well as the ghosts of the vast Highgate Cemetery next to the building.

Ore, Rebecca. Being alien. New York, NY : Tom Doherty Associates, c1989.
The fascinating sequel to Becoming Alien - a provocative tale of humans as outsiders.

Ore, Rebecca. Becoming alien. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, c1988.
When a spaceship crashes near their isolated home, Tom takes in the sole surviving alien, which he calls Alpha, and they “talk” through drawings. The expected of course occurs and Alpha’s family show up to take him back. But when they leave, it’s with Tom, who - as was Mica’s (Alpha’s real name) wish - then becomes the first earthling ever to be accepted as a Federation cadet.

Ore, Rebecca. Human to Human. [Book Club ed.]. New York, NY : T. Doherty Associates, c1990.
The trilogy winds up with a bittersweet ending. If you’ve read the previous two books, you know about the human/alien relationships—but this one ties a bow on most of the storylines, including Tom Gentry (Red Clay) and the contact and induction of Earth into the Federation—and Tom’s dealing with his own species self-hate, as well as his past—and his wife’s unfaithfulness, as well as the Sharwan Problem.

Parker, Robert B., 1932-. The professional. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
A knock on Spenser’s office door can only mean one thing: a new case. This time the visitor is a local lawyer with an interesting story. Gary Eisenhower is blackmailing the wealthy wives he had affairs with. Shaw hires Spenser to make Eisenhower ‘cease and desist’, but when women start turning up dead, his assignment goes from blackmail to murder.

Pawlik, Tom, 1965-. Valley of the shadow. Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2009.
Connor Hayden survives a near-death experience and believes he has been sent back to save the life and soul of Mitch Kent, whose spirit is trapped in the Interworld with Howard Bristol, and as Connor tries to find a way to bring Mitch out of the other dimension, Mitch is racing to find his own escape before a mysterious stranger and a terrifying creature trap him there for good.

Perry, Anne. A Christmas promise : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Thirteen-year-old Gracie Phipps and eight-year-old Minnie Maude, having enlisted the help of shop owner Mr. Balthasar, search for Minnie’s uncle Alf’s donkey and cart, which disappeared after the man was murdered and is believed to hold a dazzling golden box, which Mr. Balthasar warns may contain evil.

Pratchett, Terry. Unseen academicals : a novel of Discworld. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
The wizards of Ankh-Morpork’s Unseen University attempt to learn the rules of football and win a game without using magic.

Prescott, Michael. Last breath. New York : New American Library, c2001.
Catlin, or C.J. as she prefers to be called, is a tough L.A. cop with a past that has been haunting her since she was 10 years old. An intruder, whom she thinks of as the boogeyman, broke into her home and frightened her so badly she has never been able to get the experience out of her mind. Now, he’s come back to find her, and this time, he vows not to leave empty handed. A few surprising plot twists heighten the suspense.

Rendell, Ruth, 1930-. The monster in the box : an Inspector Wexford novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Inspector Wexford is reminded of his first murder case and his suspicions against Eric Targo when Targo reappears in Kingsmarkham after a long absence; and meanwhile, Wexford’s partner’s wife suspects Tamima Rahman’s parents are forcing her to accept an arranged marriage.

Rice, Anne, 1941-. Angel time : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Toby O’Dare is a dead man walking; he’s fallen from grace and lives under a series of aliases. He takes his orders from someone he calls ‘The Right Man’. When the novel opens, O’Dare is in California on an assignment to kill. A mysterious stranger comes into his nightmarish world of lone and lethal missions and offers him a chance to save lives rather than destroy them.

Robertis, Carolina De. The invisible mountain. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Pajarita, regarded as a miracle child when she disappeared and then reappeared from a small Uruguayan village on the first day of the year 1900, grows up to become the mother of Eva, an unconventional beauty who pursues a life as a poet, and who in turn gives birth to Salomé, whose dangerous political leanings in the 1960s nearly bring the three generations to an end.

Roberts, Nora. Taming Natasha : & Luring a lady. New York : Silhouette Books, c2008.
Taming Natasha—Luring a lady. Presents two stories by Nora Roberts, “Taming Natasha” in which toy store owner Natasha Stanislaski falls for single-father Spence Kimball, and “Luring a Lady”, featuring Natasha’s brother, Mikhail, and his struggle to find happiness with Sydney Hayward despite her cold exterior.

Roberts, Nora. Black rose. Jove mass market ed. New York : Jove, 2005.
Roz Harper begins a relationship with Mitch Carnagie after her failed second marriage; however, her life gets complicated when her deceitful ex-husband arrives and the Harper Bride, a ghost who haunts her historic home, appears.

Roth, Philip. The humbling. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Life as Simon Axler knew it was over. Now in his 60s, the one time leading stage actor had lost his magic, his talent, and his assurance. His confidence was drained away and he imagined people laughed at him. His wife was gone, his audience had left him, and his agent couldn’t persuade him to make a comeback. Simon was about to take a journey that would have a dark and shocking end.

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-. The angel’s game. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Struggling author David Martin, upset over losing his lover to another man and trying to find success, takes an assignment to write a book that the editor promises will make him immortal and is thrown into a web of long-buried secrets, double-crosses, and madness.

Rushdie, Salman. Midnight’s children : a novel. Random House Trade Paperback ed., 25th anniversary ed. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2006, c1981.
Saleem Sinai was born at midnight on the night that India gained its independence and finds several years later that he is connected to over 1,000 others who were born at the same time—including the one with whom he was switched at birth.

Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23-. Rough country. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Virgil Flowers, an investigator with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, is pulled from a fishing tournament to take the case of a murder at a nearby resort for women only, and his queries reveal a second murder the year before, and the very real possibility of a third about to happen.

Saul, John. House of reckoning : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Fourteen-year-old Sarah Crane, coping with the untimely death of her mother, ends up in foster care after her alcoholic father is jailed for killing a man in a bar fight and injuring her in a car accident, and is befriended by a schizophrenic boy and an art teacher who help Sarah hone her psychic abilities.

Schwegel, Theresa. Last known address. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Chicago police detective Sloane Pearson, new to the sex crimes division, puts her job, reputation, and life on the line in an attempt to solve a series of rapes perpetrated by a man who thinks he is untouchable.

Shattuck, Jessica. Perfect life : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2009.
Jenny Callahan is shocked when Neil Banks, her former college boyfriend and the biological father of her child who waived all paternity rights, unexpectedly shows up for the baby’s christening.

Shreve, Anita. A change in altitude : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
British newlyweds Margaret and Patrick decide to spend a year living in Kenya, where photojournalist Margaret begins to realize how little she knows about her husband, but when the couple is invited on a climbing expedition to Mount Kenya, tragedy strikes and scars their marriage forever.

Simak, Clifford D., 1904-. Mastodonia. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1978. Asa Steele just wants to live on the farm but discovers a way to travel to other time periods. First item? Allowing some big game safari hunters go after dinosaurs, then finding a time niche between glacial periods to settle in a nice cozy cottage (“Mastodonia”) to avoid U.S. taxes,.

Simak, Clifford D., 1904-. Shakespeare’s planet. [New York] : Berkley Pub. Corp. : distributed by Putnam, c1976.
“Shakespeare” was a marooned adventurer whose last days on an uncharted planet were solaced only by the companionship of a nasty-looking alien named Carnivore and an old copy of the Bard to which he confided his final paranoid speculations. Carnivore and Shakespeare’s nicely bleached remains are apparently in sole possession of their unappetizing planet when a cruising cyborg-guided spaceprobe arrives from one direction and a girl maroonee from the other.

Simmons, Dan. Hyperion cantos. New York : Guild America Books, [1991?].
Travel is instantaneous throughout the galaxy thanks to the TechnoCore. People can literally have different rooms of their houses on different planets. Hyperion is the site of the Time Tombs, traveling back in time, sent by an unknown entity.

Smith, Sherwood. Inda. New York : [New York] : DAW Books ; Distributed by Penguin Group, [2007], c2006.
Inda, the second son of the Prince and Princess of Choraed Elgaer, is sent to the King’s Academy where, while training to become his brother’s military champion, he is subjected to cruelty at the hands of the other students and decides to fight back.

Stabenow, Dana. So sure of death : a Liam Campbell mystery. New York : Dutton, 1999.
Trooper Liam Campbell, living on a leaky gillnetter in Newenham, is brooding on how to rekindle his relationship with bush pilot Wyanet Chouinard when he is called to the site of a fatal shipboard fire; while Wyanet, on a routine run to a dig near Chinook Air Force Base, discovers a young archaeological worker, gruesomely murdered.

Steel, Danielle. Southern lights : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
Assistant District Attorney Alexa Hamilton reluctantly sends her seventeen-year-old daughter Savannah, to live with her ex-husband and his family in Charleston after she received death threats against Savannah’s life for prosecuting serial killer Luke Quentin.

Talton, Jon. The pain nurse. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009.
Cheryl Beth Wilson, a nurse at Cincinnati Memorial Hospital, finds herself under suspicion when a doctor is found murdered in a secluded office, and desperate to clear her name, she teams up to investigate with former homicide detective Will Borders who sees similarities in the killing to a case he thought closed years earlier.

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Vanity fair : a novel without a hero. New York : Quality Paperback Book Club, 1991.
The classic by William Thackeray. “If she did not wish to lead a virtuous life, at least she desired to enjoy a character for virtue, and we know that no lady in the genteel world can possess this desideratum, until she has put on a train and feathers and has been presented to her Sovereign at Court. From that august interview they come out stamped as honest women. The Lord Chamberlain gives them a certificate of virtue.”

Trojanow, Ilija. The collector of worlds. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Ecco, c2009.
A fictionalized account of nineteenth-century British colonial officer and explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton, who assimilated into various indigenous cultures in India and East Africa, learned over twenty languages, and participated in the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Turtledove, Harry. Worldwar : tilting the balance. 1st mass market ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine, 1996, c1995.
World War II comes to a halt when a formidable enemy from outer space begins dropping atom bombs on the world, and steps must be taken to stop this.

Vinge, Joan D. Alien blood : Psion, Catspaw. Book Club ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1988?.
Cat is a mixed breed psion (a telepathic half-human) that is thrust into a world he hates and doesn’t want to understand. It is the story of the street tough tossed into the world of the rich.

Weaver, Michael D. My father immortal. New York : Avon Books, 1991, c1989.
A group of children ejected from a starship in individual life pods and set on a trajectory for their home planet gradually discovers the tragic history of their parentage and the uncertain future to which they are committed. This is a story-within-a-story of internecine warfare on an Earth devastated by nuclear holocaust.

White, Stephen, 1951-. The siege. New York : Dutton, c2009.
A series of high-profile disappearances on the Yale campus bring together suspended Boulder police detective Sam Purdy, FBI agent Christopher Poe, and CIA analyst Deirdre Drake as they face off against an unknown enemy who is holding students hostage in the fortress-like tomb of one of the school’s oldest secret societies and releasing them one by one to be killed in front of the building until his terrorist demands are met.

Williams, Walter Jon. City on fire. New York, N.Y. : HarperPrism, 1997.
Aiah has helped Constantine overthrow the corrupt dynasty that had been ruling the world-city and is now assigned by the new leader to track down the outlaw thieves of the Silver Hand mafia who are stealing the all-important plasm that runs the city.

Zelazny, Roger. Blood of amber. New York : Arbor House, c1986.
In the seventh Amber novel, Merle pursued by a fiendish enemy must battle through an intricate web of vengeance and murder that threatens the Bay area as well as the Royal House of Amber.

Zelazny, Roger. Knight of shadows. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c1989.
Merlin pursues the mysterious disappearances of Julia and his father, the two people dearest to him. When the powers of Order and Chaos intervene, Merlin must choose where his allegiance lies.

005.5 WAN
Wang, Wally. Office 2007 for dummies. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub., c2007.
A guide to using Office 2007 that covers getting help, typing and formatting text, designing pages, spreadsheet basics, formulas, charting and analyzing data, creating presentations, organizing E-mail, and querying a database.

006.696 PAR
Parent, Rick. Computer animation : algorithms and techniques. 2nd ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Morgan Kaufmann,
c2008.
Driven by the demands of research and the entertainment industry, the techniques of animation are pushed to render increasingly complex objects with ever-greater life-like appearance and motion. This rapid progression of knowledge and technique impacts professional developers, as well as students. Developers must maintain their understanding of conceptual foundations, while their animation tools become ever more complex and specialized. The second edition of Rick Parent’s Computer Animation is an excellent resource for the designers who must meet this challenge. The first edition established its reputation as the best technically oriented animation text. This new edition focuses on the many recent developments in animation technology, including fluid animation, human figure animation, and soft body animation. The new edition revises and expands coverage of topics such as quaternions, natural phenomenon, facial animation, and inverse kinematics. The book includes up-to-date discussions of Maya scripting and the Maya C++ API, programming on real-time 3D graphics hardware, collision detection, motion capture, and motion capture data processing.

006.7 MEZ
Mezrich, Ben, 1969-. The accidental billionaires : the founding of Facebook : a tale of sex, money, genius, and betrayal. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Presents an account of Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg’s creation of Facebook, the social networking site, as a way to meet women during their time as Harvard undergraduates, and covers how the two men’s different ideas about the business caused a rift between them.

200.9 WRI
Wright, Robert, 1957-. The evolution of God. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Discusses the common pattern of the most popular monotheistic faiths throughout history, covering their evolution through the perspective of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology in a challenge of long-held assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

248.2 LEW
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Surprised by joy : the shape of my early life. [1st American ed.]. New York : Harcourt, Brace, [1956], c1955.
C.S. Lewis tells the story of how he passed from atheism to Christianity, giving information on his childhood and adolescence as background to understanding his spiritual life.

277.3082 SHA
Sharlet, Jeff. The family : the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American power. 1st Harper Perennial ed. New York : Harper Perennial, 2009, c2008.
Traces the history of America’s most powerful fundamentalist group, describing how they have influenced politicians, generals, and foreign dictators since their creation in 1935, and how they impacted American democracy.

302 BRO
Brodie, Richard. Virus of the mind : the new science of the meme. 2nd Hay House ed. Carlsbad, Calif. : Hay House, 2009, c1996.
An introduction to memetics, the science of memes—the invisible DNA of human society that can influence events and infect the minds of masses—and discusses how the mass media and the Internet help to further mind viruses that can infect governments, education systems, and more.

322.6609 MCD
McDonald, Lawrence G. A colossal failure of common sense : the inside story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers. 1st ed. New York : Crown Business, c2009.
Larry McDonald provides an account of his rise to the position of vice president at Lehman Brothers and discusses the people and reasons behind the collapse of the investment bank.

324.973 WOL
Wolffe, Richard, 1968-. Renegade : the making of a president. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Explores the life and political career of Barack Obama, based on interviews, and discusses his youth and early political career, the triumphs and personal setbacks he faced during his presidential campaign, and his election into office as the forty-forth American president.

330 VEN
Venkatesh, Sudhir Alladi. Off the books : the underground economy of the urban poor. 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008, c2006.
Explores the desperate, dangerous, and remarkable ways in which the residents of Maquis Park, a poor African-American neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside, struggle to survive.

330.973 MOR
Morris, Dick. Catastrophe : how Obama, Congress, and the special interests are transforming—a slump into a crash, freedom into socialism and a disaster into a catastrophe—and how to fight back. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Presents an argument against the policies of President Obama with regard to the economy, health care, illegal immigrants, terrorism, and other topics.

332.1109 WES
Wessel, David. In Fed we trust : Ben Bernanke’s war on the great panic. 1st ed. New York : Crown Business, c2009.
Examines the economic recession of the early twenty-first century, discussing the reaction and course of action taken by the Federal Reserve and chairman Ben Bernacke, and how Hank Paulson and Tim Geithner performed under pressure.

333.78 DUN
Duncan, Dayton. The national parks : America’s best idea : an illustrated history. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
An exploration of the history of the United States national park system that discusses the original idea of preserving natural areas for all to enjoy, political battles, significant individuals in its creation, individual parks, and other related topics, and includes 440 illustrations and one removable map.

338.973 HAW
Hawken, Paul. Natural capitalism : creating the next industrial revolution. Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1999.
Details the principles and underlying theory of natural capitalism; demonstrates how those principles are transforming the automobile, building, and real estate industries; outlines the principles and benefits of resource productivity in industry and materials; and looks at the impact of natural capitalism on the economy and environment.

362.1097 REI
Reid, T. R. The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Draws on the exploration of health care systems from around the world to examine the absence of universal health care in the United States and suggests an international model the author believes could work in America.

362.3092 DOU
Dougan, Terrell. That went well : adventures in caring for my sister. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2009.
When Irene was born, her parents were advised to institutionalize her. They refused and instead became trailblazers in advocating for the rights of people with mental disabilities.

363.28 KES
Kessler, Ronald, 1943-. In the president’s secret service : behind the scenes with agents in the line of fire and the presidents they protect. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Shares some of the untold stories of the experiences of Secret Service agents, telling of presidents and their families, assassination attempts, and extramarital affairs, and discusses the risks posed by understaffing, lack of training, and other problems within the agency.

613.2 KAT
Katz, David L., MD. The flavor point diet : the delicious, breakthrough plan to turn off your hunger and lose the weight for good. Emmaus, Penn. : Rodale, c2005.
From Dr. David Katz comes a groundbreaking diet that maximizes eating pleasure, optimizes health, and guarantees permanent weight loss. And it doesn’t require any calorie counting or restrictions on food groups. Supported by scientific research at the Yale Center, this new diet is proven to improve blood sugar, lower blood pressure, and even reverse key markers of diabetes and heart disease. By combining foods selected by flavor, The Flavor Point Diet tricks the brain into being satisfied all day long, so readers don’t eat when they don’t need to.

613.25 HAS
Hasselbeck, Elisabeth. The g free diet : a gluten-free survival guide. 1st ed. New York : Center Street, c2009.
Television host Elisabeth Hasselbeck chronicles her experiences with celiac disease, describing her symptoms, the events that helped her get diagnosed, and the treatments that have controlled it, and offers others practical strategies for living a gluten-free life without sacrificing good foods.

616.075 SAN
Sanders, Lisa, 1956-. Every patient tells a story : medical mysteries and the art of diagnosis. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Describes the process by which physicians make difficult diagnoses, drawing from what they know from their studies and applying that knowledge to real-life people, and shares the stories of several seemingly impossible diagnoses.

618.19 LOV
Love, Susan M. Dr. Susan Love’s breast book. 4th ed., fully rev., 1st Da Capo Press ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, 2005.
Provides information and guidance on breast cancer diagnosis, treatment options, clinical trials, second opinions, prevention of recurrence, and quality of life, discussing statistics and research in such areas as chemotherapy for early stage cancer and treatments for metastatic cancer; and also covers breast development, the healthy breast, and noncancerous breast problems.

631.5 KRU
Krupp, Ron. Lifting the yoke : local solutions to America’s farm and food crisis. Brattleboro, Vt. : Whetstone Books, c2009.
The Globalization of Food and Farming. The Battle of the Bulge. Sustainable Markets and Regional Solutions

636.7527 KOO
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-. A big little life : a memoir of a joyful dog. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2009.
Presents a memoir that discusses the lessons learned by author Dean Koontz from his dog, Trixie, who helped teach him about appreciating life.

638.15 JAC
Jacobsen, Rowan. Fruitless fall : the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Examines the importance of bees to the balance of the environment, and discusses the inadequacy of professional pollinators, and analyzes the mysteries of colony collapse disorder.

641.5 CHA
Chalmers, Irena. Good old food : a taste from the past. New York : Barron’s, c1988.
This longtime Barron’s kitchen favorite features authentic recipes brought to America in past generations from around the world. All 264 recipes and 64 full-color photos from the original hardcover edition are now available in this paperback edition.

641.5 FAM
Family circle slow cooker meals. Des Moines, Iowa : Meredith Books, c2008.
Contains recipes for more than two hundred slow cooker dishes, including cheesy cauliflower, savory beef sandwiches, turkey and pasta primavera, and more.

641.5 PEP
Pépin, Jacques. Jacques Pépin celebrates. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2001.
A collection of two hundred recipes from chef Jacques Pepin for soups, appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, salads, and desserts.

646.7 KIN
Kinsel, Brenda, 1952-. Brenda Kinsel’s fashion makeover : 30 days to diva style! San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2007.
Aimed at women 40+, the book is structured into a four week plan of attack with clear, attainable goals. Packed with real-life success stories, style solutions for every body type, confidence-inspiring motivation, and full-colour fashion illustrations, this gorgeous manual puts women on the fast track to fantastic style.

646.7 MCG
McGraw, Phillip C., 1950-. Love smart : find the one you want, fix the one you got. New York : Free Press, c2005.
Dr. Phil McGraw presents a program designed to help women meet a partner and develop a committed relationship, or put the spark back into an existing relationship.

646.78 HAL
Hall, Julie. The boomer burden : dealing with your parents’ lifetime accumulation of stuff. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, c2007.
Discusses essential issues for the executor, heir, or beneficiary to deal with the death of parents, and explains dividing parental estates, cleaning out the family home in ten days or less, looking for items of potential value, and other related topics.

658.4 GRA
Gratton, Lynda. Hot spots : why some teams, workplaces, and organizations buzz with energy—and others don’t. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2007.
Introduction : elements for creating hot spots—Generating extraordinary energy—Hot spots burning bright across the world—The first element : a cooperative mindset—The second element : boundary spanning—The third element : the igniting purpose—The fourth element : productive capacity—The leader’s role in hot spots—Designing for the emergence of hot spots - Appendix A : resources for creating hot spots—Appendix B : background to the research on hot spots—Appendix C : Methodology of the hot spots research.

684.1 KRA
Make it yours! 1st ed. Des Moines, IA : Meredith Books, 2003.
Presents decorating tips from the interior designers of The Learning Channel’s “Trading Spaces,” showing how to customize the furnishings and other elements of a room to personalize its look; provides tours of over twenty rooms transformed on the show and includes sixteen projects.

686.2 WHI
White, Alex (Alex W.). The elements of graphic design : space, unity, page architecture, and type. 1st ed. New York : Allworth Press, c2002.
The author demonstrates how to use scale, color, and position in graphic design and how to utilize white space using display and text type.

700.89 EXP
Explorations in the city of light : African-American artists in Paris, 1945-1965. New York, NY : Studio Museum in Harlem, c1996.
Introduction / Kinshasha Holman Conwill—Artful lives: travelling in the tradition—Confluence: Harlem Renaissance, modernism and Négritude. Paris in the 1920s-1930s / Catherine Bernard—School of Paris at mid-century / Peter Selz—The cultural milieu in postwar Paris / Michel Fabre—Explorations in the city of light: African-American artists in Paris, 1945-1965 / Valerie J. Mercer.

709.6 CON
Contemporary African artists : changing tradition : El Anatsui, Youssouf Bath, Ablade Glover, Tapfuma Gutsa, Rosemary Karuga, Souleymane Keita, Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Henry Munyaradzi, Bruce Onobrakpeya. 1st ed. New York : Studio Museum in Harlem, c1990.
Contemporary African art by numerous artists.

741.2 MAR
Martin, Judy (Frances Judy). Sketching school. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader’s Digest Association, 1992.
Provides step-by-step instructions on developing the basic artistic skills for producing quality sketches, with forty projects that offer detailed advice on various techniques, and information on tools, materials, and keeping a workbook.

745.107 KOV
Kovel, Terry H. Kovels’ antiques & collectibles price guide 2010. 42nd ed. New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, c2009.
Contains pricing information for more than forty-five thousand antiques and collectibles, arranged in over four hundred categories; and includes 2,500 color photographs as well as tips on collecting.

745.92 OHR
Ohrbach, Barbara Milo. The scented room : Cherchez’s book of dried flowers, fragrance, and potpourri. 1st ed. New York : C.N. Potter : Distributed by Crown Publishers, c1986.
Includes making sachets, door hangings, recipes and dried arrangements.

746.4 PAR
Parker, Freda. Victorian embroidery. New York : Crescent Books, 1991.
A superb collection of classic Victorian designs featuring beautiful color photography of the glorious embroidery in their original settings all specially commissioned for the book, full color charts and trace-off patterns, and detailed practical instructions for each project.

746.43 BUS
Buss, Katharina. Big book of knitting. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 2001, c1999.
Describes and illustrates the basic techniques of knitting; provides reference information on knitting problems; features advice on tools and materials; and includes a variety of patterns.

746.43 CHU
Chunky scarves & hats. 1st ed. New York : Sixth&Spring Books, c2004.
Presents patterns for twenty-four “chunky” hats and scarves for women, men, children, and babies, and includes skill-level ratings and an introduction to knitting.

746.43 CLE
Clever, Kristine, 1962-. Clever knits : 15 great looks for kids. Woodinville, Wash. : Martingale & Co., 2002.
Discover this fresh, relaxed approach to knitting for kids.

746.43 COR
Knitting yarns and spinning tales : a knitter’s stash of wit and wisdom. Stillwater, MN : Voyageur Press, c2005.
Knitting daughter / by Perri Klass—In honor of grandma, baseball, and knitting / by Michael Dregni—Cellophane butterflies, pinochel, and brown acrylic / by Greta Cunningham—The will to knit / by Kari Cornell—The perfect baby hat / by Amy Votava—The mysterious stitch / by Carrie Mercer—Faith, hope, and knitting / by Betty Christiansen—Baby blue snuggly / by Kay Dorn—Knitting is work and the widows of sant’ arsenio / by Lela Nargi—Norsk knitting / by Eric Dregni—Another knitter on the block / by Teva Durham—How to read a pattern / by Laura Billings—Ode to my stash / by Sigrid Arnott—Really, it’s not so bad or dermatitis of the lambs / by Amy R. Singer—Curse the fruit hat / by Amy Nelson Sander—Wool and remembrance / by Margret Aldrich—Dumping guilt / by Kay Dorn—Animal comfort / by Susan Gordon Lydon—Knitter’s therapy / by Suzyn Jackson—A day at schoolhouse press / by Meg Swansen—The rhythm and destiny of living loops / by Jennifer Hansen—The road to becoming the fastest crocheter in the world / by Lily M. Chin—Potholder prodigy makes good / by Sigrid Arnott.

746.43 HAM
Ham, Catherine. Knitting : 20 simple & stylish wearables for beginners. 1st ed. New York : Lark Books, c2003.
Contains step-by-step instructions for knitting twenty simple clothing items.

746.43 HAT
Hats : a knitter’s dozen. Sioux Falls, S.D. : XRX, 2005.
Traditional to whimsical stocking caps and hats with twists and turns, textures, and lots of color work, are among the best ideas for hats from Knitter’s Magazine featured in this project book. Providing knitters with an opportunity to learn while they create, these 18 hat projects range in complexity to appeal to beginning through advanced skill levels. Knitters are invited to either start out with more ordinary yarns and stitches or to experiment with rich yarns and sophisticated stitches. A variety of embellishments and visually appealing instructions will inspire knitters to create their own custom designs.

746.43 JEN
Jensen, Candi. Knit scarves! : 16 cool patterns to keep you warm. North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2004.
Presents sixteen patterns for knit scarves along with twenty-seven additional yarn variations designed to help beginners learn the basic techniques of knitting.

746.43 LIP
Christmas stockings : 18 holiday treasures to knit. Loveland, CO : Interweave Press, c2001.
Celebrates the joy, beauty, and charm of the Christmas stocking tradition with creations from today’s top designers.

746.43 ROG
KnitLit : sweaters and their stories—and other writing about knitting. 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2002.
Contains stories, essays, anecdotes, and recollections about knitting. Whether you’re a dedicated knitter who bestows lovingly crafted gifts upon family and friends at every possible occasion, a sometimes knitter with a bag of fully conceived but half-completed projects, or a newcomer who has recently taken up the needles with great gusto, you know the rewards that this hobby can bring. You may also know that knitting as a hobby can verge on obsession be it the compulsive purchasing of stunning hand-spun wool, the desire to rip out nearly finished sweaters because you dropped a stitch, or the need to knit wherever, whenever, or however you can. Most important, though, knitting offers a camaraderie, a society of women and men who converse in a language all their own, flock to yarn stores with religious devotion, and can recite the time and place where they first learned to purl. These feelings are what KnitLit is all about. In this charming collection of stories, essays, anecdotes, and recollections, knitters of every color celebrate their hobby and share with you the joy it brings into their lives.

746.43 ROG
Knitlit too : stories from sheep to shawl—and more writing about knitting. 1st ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2004.
Knitters are a breed unto themselves. They speak their own language, and they harbor a passion for their craft that takes a strong hold, blocking out troubles and worry, whenever they pick up the needles. But knitters are not exclusionary: all are welcome into the warm circle once you appreciate the beauty of hand-spun and dyed yarn, the sense of focus that comes with starting a new project, and the joy of creating something beautiful to share with a loved one. KnitLit Too includes folksinger Christine Lavin and writers Perri Klass, Lesléa Newman, and Suzanne Strempek Shea. Featured as well are stories by a third-grader who picks up the needles for the first time, a mother waiting to wrap her soon-to-be-adopted child in the blanket she made for him, a sister upstaged by her Merchant Marine brother who just so happens to be a natural knitter, a man who is forced to admit to the new woman in his life that, yes, he knows how to knit, and a young girl living with her mother in a battered women’s shelter who is brought back from the brink when she learns to knit. Rounding out these heartwarming true tales are original poetry, meditations, fiction, and even a mystery, all about knitting. KnitLit Too features more than 70 pieces, some sweet and touching, others inspirational or hilarious, and all woven together by the dedication and devotion that knitters feel for a cherished hobby that is for many a way of life.

746.43 SCR
Scruggs, Afi. Beyond stitch & bitch : reflections on knitting and life. Hillsboro, Or. : Beyond Words Pub., c2004.
A collection of essays that explores the emotional and spiritual experiences common to those who knit. Its stories chronicle how knitting can be a spiritual, meditative experience, and how one can learn patience, creativity, discipline, and diligence from knitting. Intertwined with the essays are knitting patterns with easy how-to steps and photographs.

746.43 STE
Knit baby blankets! North Adams, MA : Storey Books, 2003.
These 15 easy to follow patterns will help even first time knitters create an heirloom piece any newborn’s parents will surely treasure.

746.43 VAN
Vanna’s afghans A to Z : 52 crochet favorites. Birmingham, Ala. : Oxmoor House : Leisure Arts, c1994.
Television personality Vanna White presents 52 of her favorite afghan designs. Vanna leads readers through the collection from A to Z in beautiful full-color photos. Designs cover everything from the traditional granny square and designs for men to delicate heirlooms, baby designs, and designs for Christmas.

746.43 VOG
Vogue knitting scarves. New York : Sixth&Spring Books, c2002.
Contains illustrated instructions and patterns for knitting twenty-four scarves, including pom-pom, triangular, gossamer shawl, hooded, and more.

746.43 VOG
Vogue knitting scarves two. 1st ed. New York : Sixth & Spring Books, c2003.
Contains detailed instructions and photographs for making twenty-five knitted scarves for both the beginner as well as for the novice knitter.

751.4 SHI
Shiraishi, Yuko, 1956-. Yuko Shiraishi. Ostfildern : Cantz, 1996.
Issued on the occasion of the exhibition held June 6-Aug. 24, 1996 at the ACP Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich

751.45 ROS
Ross, Bob, 1942-. The best of the Joy of painting with Bob Ross, America’s favorite art instructor. 1st ed. New York : W. Morrow, c1989.
A selection of Bob’s sixty favorite paintings, with step-by-step instructions.

759.5 AHL
Ahl, Diane Cole, 1949-. Fra Angelico. London ; New York, N.Y. :Phaidon Press, 2008.
Fra Angelico (Fra Giovanni di Fiesole, c. 1390/95-1455) was the most celebrated religious painter of the early Italian Renaissance. This new monograph surveys Fra Angelico’s entire career, from his little-known beginning as a lay painter through his work at San Marco in Florence after taking holy orders as a Dominican, and finally to his prestigious commissions at the Vatican and Orvieto Cathedral. The book includes reproductions of all of Fra Angelico’s greatest works, including altarpieces, frescoes, and ceilings. It explores how Fra Angelico’s religious devotion informed his work, contributing to its intensity and originality.

782.4216 BUR
Burnett, David, 1946-. Soul rebel : an intimate portrait of Bob Marley. San Rafael, CA : Insight Editions, c2009.
Contains photographs of singer/songwriter Bob Marley taken by photojournalist David Burnett in Jamaica in 1976 and throughout the reggae legend’s European tour in the spring of 1977, and includes text in which Burnett comments on his experiences with Marley and his band.

792.09 BRO
Brockett, Oscar Gross, 1923-. History of the theatre. 10th ed. Boston : Pearson, c2008.
Known as the “bible” of theatre history, Brockett and Hildy’s History of the Theatre is the most comprehensive and widely used survey of theatre history in the market. This 40th Anniversary Edition retains all of the traditional features that have made History of the Theatre the most successful text of its kind, including worldwide coverage, more than 530 photos and illustrations, useful maps, and the expertise of Oscar G. Brockett and Franklin J. Hildy, two of the most widely respected theatre historians in the field. As with every edition, the text reflects the current state of knowledge and brings the history of theatre up to the present.

796.7201 LES
Leslie-Pelecky, Diandra L. The physics of NASCAR : how to make steel + gas + rubber = speed. New York : Dutton, c2008.
Explains the physics of race car driving, focusing on how NASCAR stock cars are engineered and the applications of engine power, aerodynamics, and tire grip capability.

814.6 GLA
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. What the dog saw and other adventures. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Collects essays from Malcolm Gladwell, a British-born journalist and staff writer for “The New Yorker,” that explore a range of topics, including intelligence tests, ethnic profiling, the history of hair dye, and more.

907.2 MIL
Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence explained : citing history sources from artifacts to cyberspace. Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., 2007.
Offers students, scholars, and history buffs practical tips and strategies for citing different types of historical sources, including websites, DVDs, audio files, podcasts, and e-zines.

910.911 STR
Streever, Bill. Cold : adventures in the world’s frozen places. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Presents a discussion of the influence of cold on the planet, from glaciers to snowflakes, permafrost, and hibernation, and includes anecdotes about polar expeditions, migration, refrigeration, and the climates of past ages.

917.43 FRA
Frank, Catherine L. A kayaker’s guide to Lake Champlain : exploring the New York, Vermont & Quebec shores. 1st ed. paperback. Hensonville, N.Y. : Black Dome Press Corp., 2009.
50 different watery paths of adventure divided into eight sections covering the Champlain Islands, the Inland Sea, Missisquoi Bay, Broad Lake North, Malletts Bay, Broad Lake East, Broad Lake West, and South Bay, provide an intimate, cove by cove, island by island exploration of America s other great lake, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Samuel de Champlain s epochal journey of discovery in 1609. The routes are described, paddle stoke by paddle stroke, augmented with maps and photographs and enlivened with essays on early Native Americans, the pivotal naval battles of Plattsburgh and Valcour Island, lighthouses and shipwrecks, the French & Indian wars, the Revolution and the War of 1812, smugglers, the fascinating geology of this fossil-rich one-time arm of the sea, and up-to-date environmental issues like algae bloom, urban and farm runoff, milfoil, zebra mussels, fish hatcheries and endangered species. The result is a well-rounded overview of a remarkable natural resource. Appendices include information on Lake Champlain environmental organizations, museums & historical places, wildlife areas, state parks, and launch sites. Includes 54 maps, 93 photographs, and 9 original drawings.

920 EDG
Edgerton, James. The Unknown Rockwell. Waterside Pub, 2008.
Authors James Buddy Edgerton and Nan O’Brien remind us in their latest book of the courage that got our country through an incredibly tough time in the past, that of the Great Depression and World War II. The book, told in anecdotal narratives, provides a first person account of two families who were unique because of both their disparity and their similarity. While they came from two economic ends of the spectrum - the Edgertons, poor dairy farmers/the Rockwells, successful due to Norman’s talents - they shared a love of family, a commitment to integrity, and a consideration of one another that created a closeness of friendship that mirrored the physical closeness of their two houses. The book is supplemented by 32 pages of personal photos and photos from Norman’s actual modeling sessions, accompanied by the resulting illustrations.

920 STE
Stewart, Alana. My journey with Farrah : a story of life, love, and friendship. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Presents a memoir of the author’s friendship with Farrah Fawcett, covering their support of each other through life in Hollywood and various family issues, focusing on the three years spent dealing with Fawcett’s debilitating disease.

921 CLEMONS
Clemons, Clarence. Big man : real life & tall tales. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
For the first time ever comes the inside story of Clarence “Big Man” Clemons—his life before, during and beyond the E-Street Band, including unbelievable, never-before-told adventures with Bruce Springsteen, the band, and an incredible cast of other famous characters recounted by himself and his best friend, television writer/ producer Don Reo.

921 JACKSON
Halperin, Ian. Unmasked : the final years of Michael Jackson. 1st Simon Spotlight Entertainment hardcover ed. New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2009.
Discusses the life of entertainer Michael Jackson, covering topics such as his health problems, family, and celebrity friends in order to clarify the truth behind various controversies and analyze the reasons for his death.

921 KENNEDY LP
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009. True compass : a memoir. 1st large print ed. New York : Twelve Large Print, 2009.
Edward M. Kennedy tells his personal story, discussing his legendary family, political career, cancer diagnosis, faith, and more.

921 KIDD
Kidd, Sue Monk. Traveling with pomegranates : a mother-daughter story. New York : Viking, 2009.
Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together between 1998 and 2000, when they embarked on a journey of self-discovery and reconnection through Greece and France.

921 MO
Spirit bridges : coming of age in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei, Madrid and New York City in the 60’s : a memoir. Boston, MA : Streetfeet Press, 2009.
In Spirit Bridges, Li Mo undertakes a personal odyssey against the background of flight from Mao’s China, the beauty and mystery of a child’s world in Taiwan, then a rural, undeveloped island refuge, her family’s sojourn in Spain during its struggle with fascism, and coming of age in New York, at the height of the political upheavals of the 1960s. She must find words in a new language ‘English was like sawdust in my mouth’, cope with the depression of her widowed mother, a gifted journalist in exile, face the fear and fascination of a violent yet intensely creative urban American culture, and discover at last her own voice through visual arts, storytelling, and the writing of this absorbing book.

921 ROOSEVELT
Brinkley, Douglas. The wilderness warrior : Theodore Roosevelt and the crusade for America. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Examines the life and presidential legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, covering his efforts for the conservation of American wilderness, the influences of figures such as John James Audubon and Charles Darwin on Roosevelt, and his impact on the lives of future Americans.

921 SILONE
Pugliese, Stanislao G., 1965-. Bitter spring : a life of Ignazio Silone. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
A biography of Italian author Ignazio Silone, who founded the Italian Communist Party, was an outspoken opponent of both fascism and Soviet oppression, and, after his death, was suspected of being an informant for the Fascist police.

921 SPELLING
Spelling, Candy. Stories from Candyland. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Candy Spelling reflects on her life, discussing her childhood, marriage to film and television producer Aaron Spelling, views on being a wife and mother, relationship with her son and estranged daughter, pets, and much more.

921 TILLMAN
Krakauer, Jon. Where men win glory : the odyssey of Pat Tillman. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Presents a biographical discussion of Pat Tillman, covering the true events and actions surrounding the death of the U.S. Army soldier by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004, and examines the misrepresentation of his story by the Bush administration before the truth was revealed.

940.53 EDS
Edsel, Robert M. The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history. 1st ed. New York : Center Street, 2009.
Presents an account of those who were part of a special force of American and British curators, art historians, museum curators, and other experts who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and structures while also trying to locate missing items that had been stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

940.5316 BRE
Brenner-Wonschick, Hannelore, 1951-. The girls of room 28 : friendship, hope, and survival in Theresienstadt. 1st American ed. New York : Schocken Books, c2009.
Ten women who survived the Theresienstadt internment camp near Prague before going to Auschwitz recount how they survived the horrors of the war.

960.32 DOW
Dowden, Richard. Africa : altered states, ordinary miracles. 1st ed. New York : Public Affairs, 2009.
Explores the history, cultures, and peoples of Africa, with a focus on the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries; and describes commerce in Senegal, spirituality in Sierra Leone, and the pitfalls of Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo.

972.92 THO
Thompson, Nicholas, 1975-. The hawk and the dove : Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the history of the Cold War. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Presents a comprehensive biography of Paul Nitze and George Kennan, describing the influence each man had upon American politics and the events surrounding the Cold War.

973.922 WAL
Waldron, Lamar, 1954-. Legacy of secrecy : the long shadow of the JFK assassination. Berkeley [Calif.] : Counterpoint, c2008.
Describes how a full investigation on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was prevented by Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and other top officials who were hiding information on a planned invasion of Cuba in November 1963, for fear of inviting a nuclear confrontation from Russia, but resulted in the assassins’ involvement in the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

973.932 BAL
Balz, Daniel J. The battle for America, 2008 : the story of an extraordinary election. New York : Viking, 2009.
Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson followed this campaign from the candidates’ first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire to the historic night of Obama’s victory celebration.

974.3 FEE VT COLL
Feeney, Vincent. Finnigans, slaters, and stonepeggers : a history of the Irish in Vermont. 1st ed. Bennington, Vt. : Images from the Past, 2009.
The first book that peels back the Yankee mythos and examines the surprisingly rich, true story of the Irish in Vermont, from the first steady trickle of colonial pioneers to the flood of famine refugees and onward. From Fort Ticonderoga to Civil War battlefields to up until the years after World War II: how the Irish arrived, survived, fought, labored, organized, worshipped, played, and managed to prosper . . . a surprisingly behind-the-scenes American success story that has never been fully told until now.

976.335 EGG
Eggers, Dave. Zeitoun. San Francisco [Calif.] : McSweeney’s Books, c2009.
Details the experiences of Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a Syrian-American and New Orleans resident, and his family, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and details how he was arrested and falsely imprisoned because of his ethnicity.

REFERENCE

REF 378.3 PET
Peterson’s how to get money for college : financing your future beyond federal aid, 2010. 27th ed. Lawrenceville, NJ : Peterson’s, c2009.
HOW TO GET MONEY FOR COLLEGE is a great resource for anyone looking to supplement his or her federal financial aid package with aid from colleges and universities. This comprehensive directory points you to complete and accurate information on need-based and non-need gift aid, loans, work-study, athletic awards, and more. Unique to this book is the Colleges-at-a-Glance Cost Chart, an easy-to-use comparison chart that lists the full costs that can be expected, aid packages, and more for each of more than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities, organized by state.

REF 378.73 PET
Peterson’s (COR). Two-year colleges. 33rd ed. (2003)-.Lawrenceville, NJ : Thomson/Peterson’s, c2002-. Offers information on more than 1,700 community and junior colleges in the United States and Canada.


AUDIO-VISUAL

CD COB
Coben, Harlan, 1962-. Gone for good. New York : Random House, 2005.
Read by Dylan Baker. “As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins’ affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman—a girl Will had once loved—was found brutally murdered in her family’s basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein. With the evidence against him overwhelming, Ken simply vanished. And when his shattered family never heard from Ken again, they were sure he was gone for good. Now eleven years have passed. Will has found proof that Ken is alive. And this is just the first in a series of stunning revelations as Will is forced to confront startling truths about his brother, and even himself. As a violent mystery unwinds around him, Will knows he must press his search all the way to the end. Because the most powerful surprises are yet to come”—Publisher’s web site.

CD CRU
Crusie, Jennifer. Tell me lies. Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2004.
Read by Joyce Bean. After finding a pair of black lace panties under the front seat of her husband’s car and cavorting herself in the back seat of another vehicle with her old high-school flame, Maddie Faraday realizes that the truth is elusive in a small town.

CD CUS
Cussler, Clive. Polar shift. Unabridged. New York, NY : Penguin Audio, p2005.
Read by Scott Brick. An anti-globalization activist learns how to artificially trigger a polar shift. He plans to use the event to jolt industrialized nations into corrective action. Unfortunately, unless NUMA Special Assignment Team can stop him, his “wake-up call” could annihilate the entire population of the world.

CD DIC
Dickey, Eric Jerome. Sleeping with strangers. Unabridged. Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2007.
Read by Dion Graham. In London on assignment, contract killer Gideon searches for a murderer called ‘The Big Bad Wolf.’ Gideon has a personal vendetta this time around, and will stop at nothing to fulfill it.

CD EVA
Evanovich, Janet. Between the Plums. [New York, N.Y.] : Macmillan Audio, p2009.
Read by Lorelei King. Janet Evanovich presents a special addition to the Stephanie Plum series. For the first time ever, listeners can experience three between-the-numbers Stephanie Plum novels (Visions of Sugar Plums; Plum Lovin’; and Plum Lucky) together in one entertaining audiobook. Join the ditzy yet lovable New Jersey bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, as she gets lucky in Atlantic City, crosses paths with the smoldering Diesel, and tries to get into the holiday spirit, all while catching town-skipping criminals.

CD KEL
Kellerman, Jonathan. Silent partner. New York : Random House Audio, p1989.
Read by John Rubinstein. This audio selection is a suspense thriller with clues from the victim’s difficult childhood where family secrets cover a disturbing past.

CD NEI
Neill, Fiona. Slummy mummy. Unabridged. New York : Listen & Live Audio, p2007.
Katherine Kellgren. Follows the misadventures of a stay-at-home mom, who struggles between the chaos of caring for three young boys and her ideals as inspired by a perfectionist reality-television style program.

CD OPERA TOSCA
Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924. Tosca. [Italy] : Portland, OR : Opera D’Oro ; Columbia River Entertainment, c1998.
Music from the opera Tosca by Puccini.

DVD 333.78 NAT
The national parks : America’s best idea. [United States] :Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009.
Narrator: Peter Coyote. Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films’ history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

DVD 822.33 WHY
Why Shakespeare? [Washington, D.C.] : National Endowment for the Arts, 2004.
Various famous and not so famous individuals state the effect that Shakespeare’s works have had in their lives. A main video presentation accompanied by seventeen vignettes.

DVD BUT
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Special ed. Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2000].
Paul Blends adventure, romance and comedy to tell the story of the West’s most likeable outlaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, as they set out for Bolivia with the law on their heels.

DVD CEL
Celebrity. Widescreen version. Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment, [1998
Following their divorce, the lives of a restless writer and his inhibited ex-wife take off in unpredictable directions.

DVD CON
The constant gardener. Widescreen ed. Universal City, CA : Focus Features : Distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2006].
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa’s companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and all the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa’s widower, their mild-mannered and unambitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife’s infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, Justin risks his own life and will stop at nothing to expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined.

DVD DYI
Dying young. Widescreen. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.
A young woman is hired as the caretaker of a terminally ill young man. Their friendship grows into a love that is tested by the fact that they both know he will die.

DVD ELE
Electra. Santa Monica, CA : MGM DVD, 2002.
“Desolation and despair reign supreme in the kingdom of Mycenae. The great Agamemnon has been brutally murdered; his son Orestes has fled and his daughter Electra has been imprisoned within the walls of the castle. All hope seems lost until the sacred oracle speaks and replaces Electra’s broken spirit with an unquenchable desire for justice and bloody vengeance.”

DVD HOP
Hopscotch. [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2002].
One of the CIA’s top international operatives is suddenly relegated to a desk job in an agency power play. Unwilling to go quietly, and with the aid of a chic Viennese widow, he puts himself back in the game by writing a memoir exposing the innermost secrets of every major intelligence agency in the world. The CIA now wants him dead, but he refuses to cooperate—because he’s having to much fun!

DVD KEN
Kenny. [London] : Contender Films, c2008.
Follow Kenny, the affable portable loo plumber as he tackles every septic challenge that comes his way, juggling family tensions, fatherhood and sewage with charm, humour and unflinching dignity.

DVD MYS
Mystic pizza. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2001].
Three young women, waitresses at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut, spend a special summer discovering romance.

DVD RAN
Ransom. Special ed. Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004.
When the son of a wealthy businessman is kidnapped, he defies the experts and turns the tables on the kidnappers in a last-chance effort to rescue his boy.

DVD SER
Serenity. Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2005.
A group of intergalactic revolutionaries get more than they bargained for when they agree to transport two teenagers aboard their ship.

DVD SMA S.1
Smallville. : Season 1. Widescreen. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2003.
Focuses on the life of the young Clark Kent as he struggles to deal with his powers as well as teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.

DVD STU
Stuck on you. [Full screen version]. [United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
Conjoined twins, Bob and Walt, are happy living their lives together and manage just fine, playing hockey, working at the diner, and cruising for babes, until one decides he wants to be an actor and the other has stage fright and panic attacks.

DVD TUL
Tulpan. New York, NY : Zeitgeist Films, [2009].
Asa is a young Russian naval service dreamer who returns to his sister’s nomadic brood on the desolate Hunger Steppe to begin a hardscrabble career as a shepherd. But before he can tend a flock of his own, Asa must win the hand of the only eligible bachelorette for miles, his alluringly mysterious neighbor Tulpan. Accompanied by his girlie magazine-reading sidekick, Asa will stop at nothing to prove he is a worthy husband and herder.

DVD WIL
Wild about Harry. Toronto : TVA Films, 2002.
When it comes to memory, Harry’s at a loss.

New Titles - October 2009

FICTION

F ANDERSEN
Andersen, Kurt, 1954-. Heyday : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2007.
Aristocratic Benjamin Knowles impulsively leaves the Old World in the mid-nineteenth century and travels to New York where he is befriended by muckraking journalist Timothy Skaggs, Mexican War veteran and firefighter Duff Lucking, and Duff’s actress sister Polly, and together the four set off for the frontier, chasing the prospects of new beginnings and California gold.

F ANDERSON
Anderson, James. The affair of the mutilated mink. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, [1999], c1981.
The Earl of Burford permits a movie mogul to use his seventeenth-century country estate for a new Rex Ransom film, leaving the Countess reluctantly playing hostess to Hollywood’s elite.

F ASIMOV
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. The currents of space. 1st Tor ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Rik—who was abducted, brought to Florina, and brainwashed—is considered unintelligent by his community, but when his memories begin to return to him he becomes helplessly aware of a threat against all life on Florina.

F BAGSHAWE
Bagshawe, Tilly. Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the game. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Eve and Alexandra, the great-granddaughters of Kate Blackwell, battle for control of the powerful multibillion-dollar corporation, but their desire to lead the company is threatened by their own ambitions, dark secrets from the past, and a little-known descendant of Kate’s great-grandfather.

F BAJWA
Bajwa, Rupa, 1976-. The sari shop : a novel. 1st American ed. New York : Norton, 2004.
Ramchand, a lowly clerk in a sari shop, sees both sides of the class gap when he strives to improve his own status in society, but is soon disillusioned.

F BARR
Barr, Nevada. Borderline. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon, on administrative leave after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, hopes that a rafting trip in Big Bend National Park, planned by her husband of one year, will pull her out of her depression, but trouble finds her once again when the raft is lost in the rapids and one of the rafters discovers a pregnant woman, near death, caught in a tangle of downed branches.

F BASS
Bass, Hyatt. The Embers : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2009.
The pending marriage of Emily Asher, on the grounds of the family’s old vacation home in the Berkshires, forces her and her divorced parents to finally confront the difficulties that arose among them following the death of her brother Thomas years earlier.

F BENFORD
Benford, Gregory, 1941-. Heart of the comet. [Book club ed.]. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1986.
An odyssey of discovery, from a shattered society through the solar system with a handful of men and women who ride a cold, hurtling ball of ice to the shaky promise of a distant, unknowable future.

F BISHOP
Bishop, Michael. Transfigurations. [Book club ed.]. New York : Berkley Pub. Corp. : Distributed by Putnam, c1979.
An anthropological science fiction novel that delves deeply into what it means to be human. It is the haunting and disturbing tale of an anthropologist who follows the footsteps of his brilliant former partner who disappeared into the alien jungle after totally immersing himself physically and psychologically in the life of another species. The Asadi are hominids that appear to have degenerated from a much more advanced society into the primitive daily reenacting of brutish, incomprehensible, almost hallucinatory rituals. The closer he comes to the intuitive leap that would let him understand them, the deeper he slips into the madness, which may be the fate of any member of a species that too deeply partakes in the nature of another. The aliens are some of the most convincing ever invented, the story is gripping and the conclusion (actually the whole story) is unforgettable.

F BROWN
Brown, Sandra, 1948-. Smash cut : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
When a prominent Atlanta businessman is shot and killed during an armed robbery, it at first appears to be just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. His friend Julie Rutledge believes differently, however, and sets out to prove it wasn’t an accident but murder, orchestrated by the victim’s nephew, Creighton Wheeler. Wheeler’s defense attorney soon realizes that his client is as depraved as is claimed.

F BRUCHAC
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-. The waters between : a novel of the dawn land. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1998.
Young Hunter, a Native American shaman, must use his full powers to defeat the threat of a huge water-snake monster that is keeping his people from reaping the harvest of the Petonbowk Lake, and to stop the senseless evil of Watches Darkness, an outcast who has turned against his tribe.

F BUKOWSKI
Bukowski, Charles. Post Office : a novel. 1st Ecco ed. New York : Ecco, 2002, c1971.
Despite Henry Chinaski’s lust for women, betting, and booze, he has managed to drag himself out of his hangover every day to work for the United States Postal Service for twelve years where he faces the trials and tribulations associated with being a postal carrier.

F BUNCH
Bunch, Chris. Star Risk, Ltd. New York : Roc, c2002.
M’chel Riss, out of promotion options after eight years in the Alliance Marines, decides to recoup her fortunes by joining Star Risk, Ltd., a mercenary outfit whose first mission is to free a dangerous supersoldier confined in a maximum-security prison.

F BURROUGHS
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950. Llano of Gathol, and John Carter of Mars. [Book Club ed.]. Garden City, N.Y. : N. Doubleday, c1977.
“Llano of Gathol” is a collection of four novellas written in the Martian series of Edgar Rice Burroughs which was written for Amazing Stories in 1941. Llano, the daughter of Gahan of Gothol, is the perfect damsel in distress. “The Llano of Gathol” consists of four stories. First “The Ancient Dead” (originally “The City of Mummies”) followed by “The Black Pirates of Barsoom”, “Escape on Mars” and finally “Invisible Men of Mars”. The four books in this series are truly comprised of parody and satire.

F BY
By blood we live. Portland, Or. : London : Night Shade ; Diamond [distributor], 2009.
Vampires. They are the most elegant of monsters—ancient, seductive, doomed, deadly. They lurk in the shadows, at your window, in your dreams. They are beautiful as anything you’ve ever seen, but their flesh is cold as the grave, and their lips taste of blood. From Dracula to Twilight, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to True Blood, many have fallen under their spell. Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams brings you 33 of the most haunting vampire stories of the past three decades, from some of today s most renowned authors of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

F CASSELLA
Cassella, Carol Wiley. Oxygen. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.
Anesthesiologist Marie Heaton is devastated when her patient, an eight-year-old girl, dies on the operating table, leaving Marie open to a lawsuit and questioning her own abilities as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of her mistake and her own father’s failing health.

F CLARKE
Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917-. Prelude to Mars; : an omnibus containing the complete novels Prelude to space and The sands of Mars and sixteen short stories. [1st ed.]. New York, : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1965].
This collection houses the classic novels Prelude To Space (ACC’s first published novel) and The Sands of Mars, as well as a good amount of short stories broken up into two categories: On The Light Side and On The Serious Side. On The Light Side contains a handful of stories from Clarke’s classic sci-fi comedy collection Tales From The White Hart, as well as the hilarious short story Trouble With The Natives. On The Serious Side contains Clarke stories from various places that focus on the more serious aspects of science fiction. Included in it are several selections from the Reach For Tomorrow collection and a few other places, as well as the longer short stories Exile of the Eons and Second Dawn.

F CLEVERLY
Cleverly, Barbara. The last Kashmiri rose. Dell mass market ed. New York : Bantam Dell, 2003, c2001.
Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands finds himself drawn into a bizarre serial murder case while visiting India in the last days of the Raj.

F CONNELLY
Connelly, Michael, 1956-. The concrete blonde. 1st Warner Books mass market ed. New York : Warner Books, 2007, c1994.
Harry Bosch, hero of the Edgar Award-winning The Black Echo, is in hot water: the family of a serial killer whom Bosch shot during an arrest accuses him of killing the wrong man.

F CONROY
Conroy, Pat. South of Broad : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Nan A. Talese : Doubleday, 2009.
Leopold Bloom is the son of a high school science teacher father and a high-school principal mother. Together they struggle with the effects of Leo’s brother’s suicide. Leo comforts himself through his friendships with twins Sheba and Trevor Poe; siblings Niles and Starla Whitehead, and Molly Hugger and her boyfriend, Chadworth Rutledge X. Their friendship endures for years, surviving good and bad marriages, successes and failures; racism and class divisions. The final test of friendship is something none of them is prepared to handle.

F COOK
Cook, Glen. The Garrett files. [Book club ed.]. Garden City, NY : Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1988].
It’s hard to be a human detective in a world where magic reigns, even with a highly-knowledgeable Dead Man for a partner.

F COOK
Cook, Robin, 1940-. Intervention. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
It’s been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton’s college graduation and almost as long since he’d been in touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a highly regarded ophthalmologist, Jack’s career took a dramatic turn after a tragic accident that destroyed his family. But that, too, is very much in the past: Jack has remarried to longtime colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and is the father of a young child. But his renegade, activist personality can’t rest, and after performing a postmortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decides to explore alternative medicine. What makes some people step outside the medical establishment to seek care from practitioners of Eastern philosophies and even faith healers? Jack’s classmate Shawn Doherty is now a renowned archeologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose taste for good wine and generally deteriorating health are taking a toll on his career. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter’s, and despite his long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church, begins his research which eventually takes him to Jerusalem and Venice only to make a startling discovery with ecclesiastical and medical implications. And when Kevin Murray, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind of Shawn’s findings, he’s desperate to keep them from the public. Kevin has strong political ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatens to undermine them. Kevin turns to his old friend Jack to help protect an explosive secret, one with the power to change lives forever.

F DESPRES
Despres, Loraine. The bad behavior of Belle Cantrell. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2005.
In 1920 Louisiana, Belle Cantrell stops mourning her dead husband, whom she killed, and decides to create a new life for herself, setting off a series of events that forever change Belle and her small town.

F DOSS
Doss, James D. Dead soul. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003.
Former tribal policeman Charlie Moon stumbles into big trouble when he reluctantly agrees to look into the murder of fellow Ute Billy Smoke who was killed in an assault that left Charlie’s neighbor, U.S. Senator Patch Davidson, paralyzed, and he must also contend with his Aunt Daisy’s insistence that a red-haired woman she has seen in a vision desperately needs Charlie’s help.

F GENOVA
Genova, Lisa. Still Alice : a novel. 1st Pocket Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Pocket Books, 2009.
Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer’s, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.

F GREEN
Green, Simon R., 1955-. The man with the golden torc. New York : Roc Book, c2007.
All those things you hear about as a kid? The boogeyman under the bed? The creature in the closet? They’re for real, people. Eddie Drood knows they’re for real. His family has kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. For ages, they’ve held back the nightmares, locked the doors, barred the gates, and put righteous boot to monster arse on a nightly basis. But now Eddie’s in trouble. One of his own has convinced the rest of the family that Eddie’s become a menace, and that humanity needs to be protected from him. So he’s on the run, using every trick in the book, magical and otherwise, hoping he lives long enough to prove his innocence. And he knows how dangerous the Droods can be-because he’s one of them.

F HAMBLY
Hambly, Barbara. The mother of winter. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
The fragile civilization of Renweth is once again under attack, setting Archmage Ingold Inglorion and scholar-warrior Gil Patterson on a trek to the south to confront the unknown enemy, while Rudy Solis, the only wizard remaining in Renweth, risks his life to protect the queen and the people of the once-great kingdom.

F HARRIS LP
Harris, Charlaine. From dead to worse. Waterville, Me. : Wheeler Pub., 2008.
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. And things are changing, whether the weres and vamps in her corner of Louisiana like it or not. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death…and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood ceases flowing, her world will be forever altered.

F HOUSTON
Houston, David, 1938-. Wingmaster. New York City : Leisure Books, c1981.
This adventure story involves a fighter named Wingmaster who is struggling to free his planet, Ky. Rocked by a hostile world’s war-hungry aggression, the doomed planet turns to its only hope.

F HUSTVEDT
Hustvedt, Siri. The sorrows of an American. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2009.
When Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note among their late father’s papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. This masterful novel reveals one family’s hidden sorrows in an “elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination”.

F JORDAN
Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007. The eye of the world. 1st Starscape ed. New York : Starscape, 2002.
Rand encounters the Dark One, the most powerful source of evil in the universe.

F LARSSON
Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004. The girl who played with fire. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Mikael Blomkvist is publishing the story of his career, exposing the extensive sex trafficking operation between Sweden and Eastern Europe, but when two investigative journalists are killed the night before the story runs and Lisbeth Salander is implicated, Mikael vows to clear the girl’s name and find the true killer.

F LOVESEY
Lovesey, Peter. Murder on the short list. 1st world hardcover ed. Surrey, England : Severn House, 2009, c2008.
Collects fourteen mystery stories, including “Needle Match” and “The Munich Posture,” by Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger Award-winning British author Peter Lovesey.

F MACALISTER
MacAlister, Katie. Hard day’s knight. New York : Signet Eclipse, 2005.
Pepper Marsh wants a knight in tights. That’s the only reason this single, currently unemployed software engineer sick of technogeeks agreed to attend a “Renaissance Faire” with her cousin C. J. Fortunately, on her very first day at ye olde faire, Pepper stumbles across Walker McPhail, a totally scrumptious Englishman who rescues Pepper just as she is about to be trampled by a horse. Despite the fact that as soon as Walker has her out of danger’s way, it seems like he couldn’t be less interested in her, Pepper is still intrigued by her daring, dashing knight. Then, after she discovers that Walker was once the toast of the jousting circuit but mysteriously gave up competing, she vows to do a bit of rescuing herself. Generously seasoned with her distinctive brand of impudent wit, set against the fascinating world of jousting competitions, and graced with a full cast of deliciously original characters (including a fiendishly adorable cat).

F MALKIN
Malkin, Nina. Swoon. 1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
In rural Connecticut, when seventeen-year-old Dice tries to exorcise a seventeenth-century man who is possessing her cousin Pen, she inadvertently makes him corporeal—and irresistible.

F MARON
Maron, Margaret. Sand sharks. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Judge Deborah Knott, attending a summer conference for the North Carolina district court judges at Wrightsville Beach, is just starting to relax from the stresses of work, a new marriage, and stepmotherhood when one of her less-admired colleagues is found murdered, and she cannot keep from investigating when it becomes obvious that the killer may have another target.

F MARTIN
Martin, P. D. (Phillipa Deanne). The Murderers’ Club. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2007.
FBI profiler Sophie Anderson, who also has the ability to visualize crimes as they are happening, is asked to investigate a series of murders in Tucson, Arizona, which she believes involves multiple serial killers working together.

F MAYNARD
Maynard, Joyce, 1953-. Labor Day. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
In Holton Mills, New Hampshire, the lives of thirteen-year-old Henry and his emotionally fragile mother Adele are changed forever when they open their home to a mysterious bleeding man and find themselves learning to hope again.

F MCDERMID
McDermid, Val. A place of execution. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2000.
George Bennett agrees to tell journalist Catherine Heathcote about his most difficult case, the disappearance of a young girl from an insular community that distrusts the outside world, but just days before the story is supposed to be published, George pulls the plug, claiming he has new information about the case that threatens his life.

F MCKIERNAN
McKiernan, Dennis L., 1932-. The dragondoom. New York : ROC, c2002.
Vanadurin Prince Elgo slays the Dragon Sleeth and brings his treasure home, causing the evil wizard Andrak and the dragon Black Kalgalath to work together to avenge Sleeth’s death and recover the treasure.

F MCMURTRY
McMurtry, Larry. Rhino ranch : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. K. Slater, a quirky billionairess who’s come to Thalia to open the Rhino Ranch, dedicated to the preservation of the endangered black rhinoceros. Despite their obvious differences, Duane can’t help but find himself charmed by K.K.’s stubborn toughness and lively spirit, and the two embark on a flirtation that rapidly veers toward the sexual—but the return of Honor Carmichael complicates Duane’s romantic intentions considerably. As Duane reflects on all that he and Thalia have been through, he feels adrift in a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand and a stalwart Texas oil town can become home to a nature preserve. Rhino Ranch is a fitting end to this iconic saga, an emotional, whimsical and bittersweet tribute to the lives of a man and a town that have inspired readers across decades.

F NEGGERS
Neggers, Carla. The rapids. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books, c2004.
She has no time to take a break after playing a key role in the arrest of dangerous fugitive Nicholas Janssen. But with Janssen fighting extradition from his Dutch prison, U.S. diplomatic security agent Maggie Spencer isn’t about to back off—even when U.S. marshal Rob Dunnemore turns up asking some very tough questions. Maggie has no reason to trust Rob, especially when she learns he has a personal interest: he was almost killed, thanks to Janssen. Then Maggie and Rob discover the body of one of Janssen’s associates floating in a canal, and they realize there’s another killer on the loose. Determined to tie the case up, Maggie heads to upstate New York following a questionable lead. Knowing she’s holding back on him, Rob’s right on her tail. And now she has no choice but to trust him. Because a trap has been set and they have both walked right into it.

F NORTON
Norton, Andre. Beast master’s quest. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2006.
Laris, an orphaned refugee, possesses the power to communicate telepathically with animals and sets out to find the home planet of a cat-like creature with whom she has bonded.

F NORTON
Norton, Andre. Beast master’s circus. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2004.
Since the dreaded Xik destroyed Earth, the corps of Beast Masters and the animal teams with which they have telepathic rapport have served as sentinels against the Xik and other threats to colony worlds throughout the galaxy. Now a conspiracy with ties to the Thieves Guild is trying to kidnap the Beast Masters’ team animals. On one world after another, they are attacking Beast Masters and targeting their animals, leaving a trail of dead or wounded Beast Masters and their animals in their wake. They haven’t yet succeeded in capturing one alive . . . but they are still trying, and they’re becoming more desperate--and bolder.

F PALMER
Palmer, Michael, 1942-. The second opinion. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
When Dr. Thea Sperelakis’ father, Petros, is severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, Thea is forced to battle other relatives for proper treatment, eventually uncovering a potentially sinister plan when Petros looks at his daughter and begins to blink a message.

F PATTERSON
Patterson, James, 1947-. Alex Cross’s trial. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Detective Alex Cross recounts the story of his great-uncle Abraham, who, with the help of his beautiful daughter, introduces Washington, D.C., attorney Ben Corbett to the dark side of their small Southern town in the early 1900s, where Ben has been sent to investigate a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

F PATTERSON LP
Patterson, James, 1947-. The quickie : a novel. Large print ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
After witnessing her husband having an affair, New York police officer Lauren Stillwell decides to take revenge by having a one-night stand, and in the course of her cheating she witnesses a murder which threatens both her career and marriage.

F PETERS
Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995. The benediction of Brother Cadfael. New York : Mysterious Press, c1992.
A morbid taste for bones—Cadfael country / Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman—One corpse too many.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. Black star rising. Book Club Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 1985.
A mysterious alien spacecraft approaches Earth demanding to speak to the President of the United States; however there is no President and no United States. The aliens will accept no substitutes.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. Jem. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, c1979.
A nuclear war on Earth adds urgency to an attempt at the peaceful colonization of a distant planet.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. The early Pohl. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1976.
A highly acclaimed writer and editor begins his tale of early life and adventures in science fiction. Together with eight stories and one poem is his delightful autobiographical commentary on each of them - as well as revealing anecdotes about his friends and enemies and his many wives.

F PORTER
Porter, Jane, 1964-. Easy on the eyes. 1st ed. New York : 5 Spot, 2009.
At 38, Tiana Tomlinson has made it. America adores her as one of the anchors of America Tonight, a top-rated nightly entertainment and news program. But even with the trappings that come with her elite lifestyle, she feels empty. Tina desperately misses her late husband Keith, who died several years before. And in a business that thrives on youth, Tina is getting the message that her age is starting to show and certain measures must be taken if she wants to remain in the spotlight. It doesn’t help that at every turn she has to deal with her adversary—the devilishly handsome, plastic surgeon to the stars, Michael Sullivan. But a trip away from the Hollywood madness has consequences that could affect the rest of her life.

F RASH
Rash, Ron, 1953-. Saints at the river. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2004.
Reporter Maggie Glenn returns to Tanassee, South Carolina, after a long absence, to cover the controversy that has erupted over whether the body of a young drowning victim trapped in a deep eddy should be recovered at the risk of endangering divers and the river environment, and is forced to confront her own painful past.

F RICE
Rice, Luanne. The deep blue sea for beginners : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Pell Davis travels to the island of Capri, where she hopes to find Lyra Davis, the mother who left Pell and her sister behind years earlier, and maybe find a new family to replace the father she recently lost.

F SCOTT
Scott, Amanda, 1944-. Prince of danger. New York : Warner, c2005.
Lady Isobel Macleod is incurably curious and always speaks her mind. At the age of 12, she vowed never to marry and always to do as she pleases. When she stumbles upon Michael St. Clair being beaten by a gang of men, she tries to intervene and finds herself taken captive along with him. The two escape, and Isobel finds herself curious about her companion. In fact, Michael is the younger brother of a prince and member of a wealthy family with a fabulous secret, which his father carried to the grave. An honourable man, Michael accompanies Isobel home to safety, only to learn their time together has damaged her reputation. He agrees to marry her, and despite her reluctance, Isobel eventually concedes. When they travel to Michael’s family home, Isobel’s curious nature may finally pay off as they unravel the family secret.

F SHIELDS
Shields, Dave. The Race : a novel of grit, tactics, and the Tour de France. Salt Lake City, UT : Three Story Press, 2004.
The white-knuckle pace of a bicycle race drives this novel about a young American’s opportunity to compete in the Tour de France. Complex relationships with teammates, personal and professional obstacles, and a terrible disaster cause the young cyclist to redefine his limits. An insider’s perspective on the world of professional bicycle racing reveals that the required tactics and skills create a culture in which pain is the ultimate currency and endurance is the most powerful force. The intense pressure the competitors experience offers an instructive look at personal formation beyond the sports world.

F SIGLER
Sigler, Scott. Infected : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Perry Dawsey, an ex-football player, wakes up infected by a strange disease and hearing voices, while CIA agent Dew Phillips and CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya try to find and analyze a live victim of the parasite that is turning the people of the U.S. into murderers.

F SPIELBERG
Spielberg, Steven, 1947-. Close encounters of the third kind. Book Club Edition. New York : Dell, c1980.
Roy Neary’s life is changed forever by the bizarre events that begin with an unexplained power failure.

F SULLIVAN
Sullivan, J. Courtney. Commencement. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Celia, Bree, Sally, and April, assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, form a fast friendship, in spite of the differences between them, that carries them into an uncertain future.

F TEPPER
Tepper, Sheri S. The end of the game. [Book Club Edition]. New York : Nelson Doubleday, [1986].
Jinian Footseer—Dervish daughter—Jinian star-eye. Jinian has been traveling and exploring with Peter, Queynt, and Chance following the battle at the end of “Wizard’s Eleven” and “Jinian Footseer”. Tattered and torn by her three-year oath of celibacy, she nevertheless continues with the group, hoping to find out about Dream Miner and Storm Grower and learn why they want her dead. The group encounters storm wreckage, yellow death crystals, and old enemies of Peter, which lead them ever closer to their goal. What was it really about the shadow? Was there supposed to be a shadowmaster somewhere? How did Jinian and the group manage to avoid it when it was everywhere at night? When the humans all huddled in the wagon when the shadow lay over everything, what happened to the birds? What happened to Jinian whenever she had to sleep all night out in the open?. “Jinian Footseer”, “Dervish Daughter”, and “Jinian Star-Eye” were all published in “The End of the Game.” This is a sequel to “The True Game” and tells the story of Jinian, who appeared in the third story of that book, “Wizard’s Eleven”.

F TREMAYNE
Tremayne, Peter. The leper’s bell. 1st St. Martin’s Minotaur ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
In November of A.D. 667, Fidelma Cashel, the sister of one of the kings of Ireland, returns to her brother’s castle to learn her son’s nurse has been murdered and her son is presumed kidnapped, and she and her husband search for the killer and their son.

F TREVANIAN
Trevanian. Shibumi. New York : Crown Publishers, c1979.
Using his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess, Nicholai Hel destroys political terrorists from the PLO to the CIA, but he does not have the power to destroy The Mother Company.

F WELLS
Wells, Shirley, 1955-. Where petals fall. 1st US ed. London ; New York : SohoConstable, 2009.
After two boys find a woman’s body in a quarry, Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham recognize the ritual of the killing as the work of “The Undertaker,” and suspect their previous suspect, Edward Marshall, who disappeared years before, might have returned.

F WEST
West, Morris L., 1916-. The navigator. Book club ed. New York : William Morrow and Company, c1976.
Gunnar Thorkild has published a scholarly paper maintaining that there is an undiscovered island in the vast reaches of Polynesia. His peers think he is a crackpot and deny him promotion or tenure. Now he must either live in shame or risk his life to prove his hypothesis.

F WILLIAMSON
Williamson, Jack, 1908-2006. Firechild. [Book club ed.]. New York : Bluejay Books, 1986.
Alphamega: Child of one man’s unlimited imagination, the product of genetic manipulation experiments to create new life forms. Alphamega: The only survivor of a fiery assault by Bioscience Alert, God’s watchdogs who have named all scientific research the devil’s handiwork. To the U.S. government, she is a menace- a plague carrier to be destroyed on sight. But to Sax Belcraft, she is the only link to his lost brother and to Panchito Torres, who knows her best, she is an angel come to Earth, able to heal with touch. Alphamega. What is she... and what will she become?.

F WINSPEAR
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-. Messenger of truth : a Maisie Dobbs novel. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2006.
Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs agrees to help an old college friend investigate the death of artist Nicholas Bassington-Hope, and the case takes Maisie into the dangerous underbelly of London’s art world.

F YATES
Yates, Richard, 1926-1992. Revolutionary road. 1st Vintage Contemporaries mass market ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 2009, c1961.
Frank and April Wheeler become disillusioned with their mediocre lives and decide to move to France in order to develop their true artistic sensibilities.


NON-FICTION

070.92 MIT
Mitchell, Andrea. Talking back—to presidents, dictators, and assorted scoundrels. [Updated, with new introduction]. New York : Penguin Bks., 2007.
Millions of TV viewers may feel they already know Mitchell—she has reported on politics for NBC for some 30 years and is married to the Fed’s Alan Greenspan—but there’s lots to learn about her in this engrossing memoir. Mitchell began as a “copyboy” at radio station KYW in Philadelphia in the 1970s. After covering the major political conventions for them, she was hired by NBC and headed to Washington. Shortly after, she flew to Guyana for her first major story: the 1978 Jonestown massacre. She has covered all the presidents from Carter through George W. Bush, done exclusives with Castro, sat in on high-level negotiations in the Middle East and North Korea, and much more. Mitchell’s tales are fascinating, but her evolution as a journalist is even more intriguing. She was a gender pioneer, for example, but her gender rapidly became a nonissue. Yet her original insistence on a clear separation of work and social life seems progressively undercut by her own account. She mentions many dinners with dear friends like the Cheneys, and parties with the Bushes, Rice and Rumsfeld, and then wonders why the media got the Iraq WMD question so wrong. Still, this is a treat for political junkies. (From Publishers Weekly).

133.8 RAD
Radin, Dean I. Entangled minds : extrasensory experiences in a quantum reality. New York : Paraview Pocket Books, c2006.
In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding them. Entangled Minds sets the stage for a rational, scientific understanding of psychic experience.

152.4 ORL
Orloff, Judith. Emotional freedom : liberate yourself from negative emotions and transform your life. 1st ed. New York : Harmony Books, c2009.
A guide to achieving emotional freedom, drawing from findings in neuroscience, intuitive medicine, psychology, and energy techniques to explain how to master emotions, handle stress artfully, and attain a high quality of life.

158.1 WEL
Welch, Suzy. 10-10-10 : 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years : a life transforming idea. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Outlines a decision making process that prompts the individual to reflect on the consequences of their choices which will appear in ten minutes, ten months, or ten years; and includes related stories.

158.12 BRA
Brantley, Jeffrey. Five good minutes in your body : 100 mindful practices to help you accept yourself & feel at home in your body. Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2009.
Describes one hundred mindfulness exercises that take five minutes or less and are aimed at helping people recharge, relax, and accept themselves.

170 BRA
Bradshaw, John, 1933-. Reclaiming virtue : how we can develop the moral intelligence to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Examines moral intelligence, which the author describes as an innate guidance system common to all people to use to make life choices; and also discusses willpower and discipline, and how to develop those methods of control.

170.44 IZZ
Izzo, John B. (John Baptist), 1957-. The five secrets you must discover before you die. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, c2008.
Draws from interviews with two hundred people to provide commentary and anecdotes about what the author believes are the important things in life and offer advice on achieving success.

248.482 NOU
Nouwen, Henri J. M. Home tonight : further reflections on the parable of the prodigal son. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
The author describes how after suffering a personal breakdown he reflected on his encounter with Rembrandt’s famous painting and the characters from the parable “Prodigal Son,” to heal and find inspiration.

294.3 DAS
Das, Surya. Letting go of the person you used to be : lessons on change, loss, and spiritual transformation. New York : Broadway Books, 2003.
In this self-help guide for the post-9/11 perplexed, esteemed spiritual leader Surya Das offers comforting advice for dealing with loss and change. Drawing on Buddhist teachings, and skillfully quoting Buddhist prayers and texts, he counsels that looking inward and embracing pain and sadness can sometimes bring wisdom. Ultimately, it is in “letting go” that we come back to our true selves.

302.23 FIL
Stolen voices : young people’s war diaries, from World War I to Iraq. New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
Presents fourteen journals written by adolescents coping with war from World War I to the war in Iraq, exposing the experiences of young people caught in the midst of war and the impact it has on their lives.

303.432 MOI
Moïsi, Dominique. The geopolitics of emotion : how cultures of fear, humiliation, and hope are reshaping the world. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Explores the emotional impact of globalization in the early twenty-first century, and discusses how the varying emotions impact the political, cultural, and social conflicts in regions and populations around the world.

306.874 MID
Middelton-Moz, Jane, 1947-. Values from the front porch : remembering the wisdom of our grandmothers. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c2006.
Many today lack the thread and rich hues that were once woven into the fabric which protected and held our ancestors together through challenging times. Family and community ties are often obscured today by cell phones, internet, mega-channel TV selections, video games, fear, materialism, and competition. In Values from the Front Porch, author Jane Middelton-Moz explores twenty-three fundamental values and the importance of being more mindful of them in our day-to-day activities. Recognizing the central role that grandmothers have played in many cultures—that of handing down traditions and values to the younger generations—each chapter centers around recollections from people revealing what their grandmothers taught them about a particular virtue, and how these teachings have aided them in their lives. Each chapter concludes with short exercises for strengthening that value in our daily lives.

327.7305 KHA
Khalidi, Rashid. Sowing crisis : the Cold War and American dominance in the Middle East. Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.
Discusses the history of modern conflict in the Middle East, arguing that the cold war, and priorities and policies of the U.S. and Soviet Union have led to later conflicts in the region as the superpowers sacrificed Arab-Israeli peace for the sake of agendas aimed at oil and gas reserves.

332.024 BAC
Bach, David. Fight for your money : how to stop getting ripped off and save a fortune. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Presents financial advice on how to avoid spending too much on cell phone bills, car purchases, credit cards, life insurance, healthcare, and other expenditures, while becoming more aware of hidden fees, late charges, and the tricks businesses use to make more money.

332.6609 TET
Tett, Gillian. Fool’s gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Draws on interviews with key players in the financial world to reveal the true cause of the 2008 credit crisis, which crippled the United States economy and left Americans struggling to keep their job, pay their bills, and protect their financial futures.

332.678 WEI
Weiss, Martin D. The ultimate depression survival guide : protect your savings, boost your income, and grow wealthy even in the worst of times. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
The depression begins—The American nightmare—Sell your stocks! before it’s too late! -- Why the emperor has no clothes—How safe is your bank? -- The safest place for your money in the world today—Can’t sell : here’s how to protect yourself—For risk-takers only: profit directly from the decline—The big pay-off : finding the market’s true bottom—The first great income-boosting opportunity of the century—Your second income-boosting opportunity : dividends—The ultimate alternative investment—The triumph of the dollar—The foundation for recovery—Future fortunes.

332.722 SOW
Sowell, Thomas, 1930-. The housing boom and bust. New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Discusses the catalysts for the economic turmoil of the twenty-first century, and examines the housing market, home mortgages, politicians, and the financial market.

333.7209 MEL
Melville, Greg. Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Details the experiences of the author and his college friend during their one hundred and ninety-two hour journey across the United States—from Vermont to California—in a car that has been modified to run on vegetable oil.

362.1968 TOR
Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-. The insanity offense : how America’s failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
Explains how mentally ill patients in the United States are being overlooked by the healthcare community and left without treatment, leaving many of them homeless and victimized, and examines the legislature and policy changes that have contributed to the problem.

362.2 VIN
Vincent, Norah. Voluntary madness : my year lost and found in the loony bin. New York : Viking, 2008.
Journalist Norah Vincent relates her experiences while she was voluntarily committed to a variety of mental health facilities in the United States and comments on the relationships between caregivers and patients, drug therapies, and the effects of institutionalization on the unwell.

394.1209 FOO
The food of a younger land : a portrait of American food—before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional—from the lost WPA files. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
A collection of essays and recipes regarding uniquely regional dishes from around the United States from a time period before interstate roads and national restaurant franchises.

613.2 GUI
Guiliano, Mireille, 1946-. French women for all seasons : a year of secrets, recipes & pleasure. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2009, c2006.
Mereille Guiliano shares her strategies for living the good life, along with recipes and advice to help people find pleasure in the everyday aspects of life.

613.25 AGA
Agatston, Arthur. The South Beach Diet supercharged : faster weight loss and better health for life. [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, c2008.
Provides meal plans, easy-to-prepare recipes, workout and body-toning program, and additional research on the South Beach Diet including which foods are high in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

613.6 EMM
Emmanuel, Greg. Extreme encounters : how it feels to be drowned in quicksand, shredded by piranhas, swept up in a tornado, and dozens of other unpleasant experiences--Philadelphia, PA : San Francisco, CA : Quirk Books ; Distributed in North America by Chronicle Books, c2002.
Recounts the experiences of men and women who have experienced some of the most dangerous conditions and circumstances in the world.

641.6 YOS
Yoshii, Ryuichi. Sushi. Boston, Mass : North Clarendon, VT : Periplus Editions ; Distributed by C.E. Tuttle Co., 1998.
A stylish book that includes information on the history and health benefits of sushi, as well as tips on how to make perfect sushi rice, select the freshest fish, and decorate the sushi plate with beautiful vegetable garnishes. 60 color photos.

641.8 MIT
Mitchell, Joyce Slayton. Paris by pastry : stalking the sweet life on the streets of Paris. Madison, Wis. : Jones Books, c2006.
Culinary adventurers are guided through the streets of Paris from scrumptious patisserie to scrumptious patisserie in this must-have, tres amusant travel guide for first-time visitors and returning enthusiasts who want to taste the sweetness of Parisian culture.

646.34 BOS
Boston, Lloyd. Before you put that on : 365 daily style tips for her. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2005.
Presents three hundred sixty-five fashion tips to help women create a personal wardrobe that fits their particular style, and offers advice on adding accessories, day and nighttime garments, and much more.

646.34 LEI
Glamour’s big book of dos & don’ts : fashion help for every woman. New York : Gotham Books, c2006.
More than 750 photographs capture the Dos and Don’ts of twenty-first century fashion, with tips for dressing for any occasion and avoiding common fashion mistakes.

646.34 STY
Style 101 : what every woman should know about fashion, beauty, home, entertaining. New York : Time Books, 2007.
Essential advice for your fashionable life.

708.1471 GRO
Gross, Michael, 1952-. Rogues’ gallery : the secret history of the moguls and the money that made the Metropolitan Museum. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Examines the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and discusses museum directors Philippe de Montebello and Luigi Palma di Cesnola, along with John Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and others.

759.5 SCO
Scotti, R. A. Vanished smile : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Recounts the mysterious disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre on August 21, 1911, explaining why the police suspected Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire of the crime, how the painting was finally recovered, and why it is still one of the greatest mysteries in modern art history.

796.342 WER
Wertheim, L. Jon. Strokes of genius : Federer, Nadal, and the greatest match ever played. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Provides a detailed account of the July 6, 2008 Wimbledon tennis match between returning-champion Roger Federer and challenger Rafael Nadal; and describes their playing strategies and styles, sportsmanship, and other related topics.

813 CRE
Crewdson, Gregory. Hover. San Francisco, Calif. : Artspace Books, 1998.
Gregory Crewdson is known for his disarming photographs of suburban life. Now, Crewdson takes that approach to new heights—literally—in this book of aerial images of everyday American subdivisions. Shot from a crane, these works seem innocent enough on the surface, but reveal, upon closer investigation, a world strangely out of balance. A woman plants neat rows of plants down the middle of the street, a mysterious circle appears in a backyard: these incidents, and others like them, are captured in realistic black and white. A fascinating and memorable book, and an important addition to the artist’s ouvre.

813 FOU
Foundation’s friends : stories in honor of Isaac Asimov. 1st ed. New York : T. Doherty Associates, c1989.
Contributions from seventeen of today’s imaginative writers explore the science fictional universe.

818.602 ALT
Alter, Cathy. Up for renewal : what magazines taught me about love, sex, and starting over. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2008.
Cathy Alter shares how she changed her relationship, her job, her body, and almost every other aspect of her life over the course of one year by following the advice she found in various women’s magazines.

920 GIL
Gill, Gillian. We two : Victoria and Albert : rulers, partners, rivals. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Chronicles the marriage of Queen Victoria and her German first cousin, Albert, and describes their first meeting as teenagers in 1836, how they each sought dominance over the other, and other related topics.

920 WAU
Waugh, Alexander. The House of Wittgenstein : a family at war.1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Chronicles the lives of Karl Wittgenstein and his eight children, which includes his sons Paul—a world famous concert pianist—and Ludwig—a respected philosopher of the twentieth century.

920 ZAS LP
Zaslow, Jeffrey. The girls from Ames : a story of women and a forty-year friendship. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, c2009.
Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight different states, yet managed to maintain an enduring friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, a child’s illness and the mysterious death of one member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life’s joys and challenges—and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.

921 Isaacs
Isaacs, Susan E. Angry conversations with God : a snarky but authentic spiritual memoir. 1st ed. New York : Faith Words, 2009.
“A spiritual memoir about a middle-class white girl’s dark night of the soul from comedian and skeptical Christian Susan Isaacs”—Provided by the publisher.

921 JETER
Jeter, Derek, 1974-. The life you imagine : life lessons for achieving your dreams. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2000.
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter tells about his life and his very early desire to play for the Yankees, and shares his ten-step plan for success. Includes profiles of Jeter by friends and colleagues.

921 KANE
McGoogan, Kenneth, 1947-. Race to the polar sea : the heroic adventures of Elisha Kent Kane. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2008.
Describes the adventures of Elisha Kent Kane while he led an expedition across the Arctic tundra in order to rescue Sir John Franklin and his men, who were stranded in ice fields, and also discusses his relationship to Maggie Fox, a young Canadian spiritualist whom he loved but his family did not approve of his marrying.

921 MINATOYA
Minatoya, Lydia Y. (Lydia Yuriko), 1950-. Talking to high monks in the snow : an Asian American odyssey. 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1993, c1992.
Explores the cultural identity of a woman caught between the Japanese traditions of her family and the American world.

921 O’CONNOR
Gooch, Brad, 1952-. Flannery : a life of Flannery O’Connor. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Chronicles the life of the twentieth-century American author, Flannery O’Connor, and describes her childhood in Georgia, education, influential personal relationships, accomplishments and setbacks, and other related topics.

921 SILVIN
Walking the Rainbow : An Arc to Triumph. Whitmore Pub Co, 2009.
Richard Rene Silvin seemed to have it all. After overcoming a childhood of emotional neglect and trauma, much of which has been shared through the honest and brutal pages of his first book, I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools, Silvin transcended his past to lead an enviable life of power and world travel during a career in international hospital management. After decades of shame and hiding his sexuality, this handsome and successful man became true to himself, came “out,” and burst forth into the hottest gay spots in Florida, California, New York, and Europe. Supported by beloved friends and eventually buoyed by finding his true love, Silvin could be seen as riding on top of the world. All that glitters however is not always gold. A new phase of emotional and physical horror for Silvin and many others was on the horizon. Silently creeping its way into the life of so many during the late 1970s and early 1980s - including Silvin - was the then-mysterious illness to later be known as AIDS and caused by the as-yet unidentified human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). His professional life in cutting-edge international health care allowed Silvin to work with colleagues ahead of the curve in terms of HIV research, diagnostics, and medications. Yet he, his friends, and his partners fought overt discrimination and numerous painful, life threatening complications of the virus, which in a grisly succession eventually claimed all those dear to him, despite their hard fought and heroic efforts. Selfless and courageous, Silvin shows in Walking the Rainbow an astonishing fortitude and willingness to persevere while overcoming tremendous physical obstacles as well as psychological and emotional trauma of the deaths of so many held so dearly. Through his own Arc of Triumph, Silvin will redefine what it means to succeed, even to thrive, while living with AIDS.

921 SITTING BULL
Yenne, Bill, 1949-. Sitting Bull. Yardley, Pa. : Westholme Pub., c2008.
A biography of Native American chief Sitting Bull, discussing his early life, his first encounter with settlers, and his role as spiritual and military leader of the Lakota people, and exploring his philosophy of self-reliance, as opposed to violence.

921 STONE
Guttenplan, D. D. American radical : the life and times of I. F. Stone. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
I.F. Stone—one of America’s most celebrated investigative journalists, fearless opponent of McCarthyism, and New Deal propagandist—himself remains something of a mystery. Guttenplan’s lively book examines Stone’s impact on American politics.

921 WASHINGTON
Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson). Up from history : the life of Booker T. Washington. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 2009.
A comprehensive biography of the life and achievements of Booker T. Washington, his struggles against racial bigotry, and his appointment as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute, a private, historically African-American university in Alabama.

940.284 RAP
Rapport, Mike. 1848 : year of revolution. New York : Basic Books, 2009, c2008.
Recounts the political events that took place in Europe in 1848, describing how the conservative order that had held power since the fall of Napoleon in 1815 was being toppled by working-class radicals and middle-class liberals who began forging a new order.

940.53 NOM
Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara, 1915-. Auschwitz : true tales from a grotesque land. Chapel Hill : Univ. of N. Carolina Press, c1985.
Author recounts Auschwitz experiences. “From the moment I got to Auschwitz I was completely detached. I disconnected my heart and intellect in an act of self-defense, despair, and hopelessness.” With these words Sara Nomberg-Przytyk begins this painful and compelling account of her experiences while imprisoned for two years in the infamous death camp. Writing twenty years after her liberation, she recreates the events of a dark past which, in her own words, would have driven her mad had she tried to relive it sooner. But while she records unimaginable atrocities, she also richly describes the human compassion that stubbornly survived despite the backdrop of camp depersonalization and imminent extermination.

956.704 CAM
Campbell, Donovan. Joker one : a Marine platoon’s story of courage, leadership, and brotherhood. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
A memoir covering the author’s decision to join the Marines and attend Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, which led to his role as commander of a forty-man infantry platoon in Iraq, where he fought insurgents and bonded with the men in his unit.

958.1047 JON
Jones, Seth G., 1972-. In the graveyard of empires : America’s war in Afghanistan. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Traces the political history of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009, focusing on the political and social impact America’s War on Terror had on the region and its people.

962.4043 MAM
Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946-. Saviors and survivors : Darfur, politics, and the war on terror. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Examines the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan in the context of the country’s turbulent history, including the Cold War’s effect on neighboring Chad’s civil war, and how that violence spilled over in Sudan, exacerbating the already severe problems caused by Sudan’s tribal conflicts.

973 WHI
White, Richard, 1947-. Remembering Ahanagran : storytelling in a family’s past. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 1998.
Professor Richard White of the University of Washington has produced a fine example of the oral historians’ craft. He recounts the historical tales learned from his mother who had emigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1935 and married Harry White. She was Irish-Catholic; he was Russian-Jewish. He was a Harvard graduate and an army officer in World War II. The author has gone far beyond what would be expected in a family oral history. He has detailed the stories, identified the participants, and located the places. Sara White’s memories are far more than history. Her memories provide a firm foundation upon which the insights of many immigrants can be built. Her clear understanding of her own family’s traditions—as a child in Ireland, as a new arrival in Chicago, and as a wife, mother, and an American—represent a microcosm of immigration history.

973.927 BUN
Bunch, William. Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper’s conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America’s political and economic situation.

975.803 JON
Jones, Jacqueline, 1948-. Saving Savannah : the city and the Civil War. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Presents a portrait of Savannah, Georgia, before, during, and after the Civil War, drawing from military records, diaries, letters, newspapers, and memoirs to share the stories of men and women who lived and worked in the southern city, with the focus on efforts by former slaves to take control of their own destinies.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 782.421 KAN
Kane, Larry, 1942-. Ticket to ride : [inside the Beatles’ 1964 tour that changed the world]. Kennebunkport, ME : Cider Mill Press Audio Books, c2008.
Read by the author. An insider’s look at the world’s first major rock-and-roll tour, Ticket to Ride tells the Beatles´story like it’s never been told before.

DVD 796.357 BLE
Blessed! : Still, we believe 2. [S.l.] : Bombo Sports & Entertainment, : c2008.
“Blessed!” tells the story of two men united by their passion for the Boston Red Sox. Season ticket holder Mike Barnicle, a columnist and radio host, spends his summers close to the action, sitting just a few rows from the Fenway field. Chris Wertz, a displaced Bostonian, owns Professor Thom’s, a Red Sox bar in enemy territory in downtown Manhattan...[F]ollow these two and other die-hard Red Sox fans through yet another memorable season and World Series victory”—Container.

DVD 917.3 AME
America’s national monuments : the Historic South. New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub., c2008.
Vol. 1. Prehistoric American Indians: Chapter 1: Poverty Point National Monument ; Chapter 2: Russell Cave National Monument ; Chapter 3. Ocmulgee National Monument—Vol. 2. Southern Spanish Colonies: Chapter 1: Fort Matanzas National Monument ; Chapter 2: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument; Chapter 3. Fort Frederica National Monument .—Vol. 3. Slavery and the Plantation System: Chapter 1: Virgin Islands National Monument ; Chapter 2: George Washington National Monument—Vol. 4. Civil War and the Confederacy: Chapter 1: George Washington Carver National Monument ; Chapter 2: Fort Sumter National Monument ; Chapter 3: Fort Pulaski National Monument. Hosted by: Jordan Murphy. “Since 1906, each National monument in America has been designated by a sitting President as a personal memorial of an area he deemed deserving of preservation for future generations. Visit the monuments from America’s historic South and experience the fascinating story of the nation’s past.”—Container cover insert.

DVD 978 WES
The West. Standard format. [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.
Narrated by Peter Coyote. Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.

DVD BLA
Blackbeard. [La Crosse, WI] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2006].
In the Golden Age of Piracy, during the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the many lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation, and his reputation is now legend. The true story of pirate Edward Teach - Blackbeard, the man who terrorized the seas.

DVD CIT
City by the sea. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003], c2001.
Arresting killers is Manhattan detective LaMarca’s job. This time is different; the fugitive suspect LaMarca is tracking ends up being his own son. LaMarca must bring the accused to justice. But as a father, he must put his job on the line to find a way to save his own son.

DVD CLE
Cleaner. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
Single father and former cop Tom Carver has an unusual vocation—he cleans up crime scenes. But when he’s called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Carver is shocked to learn that he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover up.

DVD DAR
Dark victory. [United States] : Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Warner Home Video, [2005]. The life of a fast moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.

DVD DEL
Delta farce. Widescreen. Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, c2007.
Three sadsacks mistaken for Army reservists are scheduled to be shipped to Iraq, but - unbeknowst to them - are instead dropped in Mexico.

DVD ELV
Elvis has left the building. Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005].
Harmony is a cosmetics saleslady whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. It all takes an ugly turn when she accidentally kills some Elvis impersonators and flees the scene. Running from the FBI, Harmony shows a knack for leaving Elvis impersonators in her wake. Let’s hope luck improves when she hooks up with an executive whose wife also has Elvis issues.

DVD FIN
Find me guilty. Widescreen. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2006.
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio decides to defend himself at his own trial rather than testify against his own, which results in the longest Mafia trial in U.S. history and one of the most shocking judicial verdicts.

DVD HEA
Head of state. Full screen version. [United States] : UniversalCity, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Universal, c2003.
When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their puppet, certain that he will lose. But Mays won’t go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.

DVD JES
Jesse Stone. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007].
Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise’s police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.

DVD LIT
Little children. Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these moms have never talked to Brad and one of the women bets Sarah five dollars that she won’t get his phone number. Sarah not only gets his phone number, but she lets him in on the joke and they hug and kiss. Emasculated by his wife, Kathy, Brad becomes slightly obsessed with finding ways to demonstrate he can still produce testosterone. Soon, Sarah and Brad start a passionate affair. At the same time, their quiet suburban community deals with Ronnie, a convicted pedophile who has just been released from prison. He returns to his mother’s home and she helps him endure the constant taunts of an overzealous neighbor. These lives intersect in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.

DVD MAD
Made for each other. [United States] : Global Multimedia Corp., c2004.
A young couple meet, fall in love, have a baby, and are then faced with some harsh realities. Through it all, their love is tested as they truly realize that they were made for each other. This film is one of the classic love stories of all time.

DVD MAN
Mansfield Park. Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, 2008.
Fanny Price goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park and must navigate a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among the occupants of the house.

DVD MAN
Man of the year. Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, 2007, c2006.
Tom Dobbs makes an off-hand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote leaves the outspoken funnyman struggling with the decision to stay the course in the Oval Office or head back behind the microphone where he is truly in his element.

DVD OFF
An officer and a gentleman. Special collector’s ed.; widescreen. Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c2007.
A timeless tale of romance, friendship, and growth. Loner Zack Mayo enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship.

DVD SLO
Slow burn. Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2007.
Ford Cole is a big-city district attorney with his eye on the mayor’s office and a big problem on his hands. One of his deputies, the beautiful assistant district attorney, Nora Timmer, has just confessed to killing a man in what she claims was self-defense. A bad situation gets worse when a stranger named Luther turns up at the police station to contradict Nora’s story and paints a very different picture of Ford’s talented colleague. With his career and perhaps his life on the line, Ford has a mere handful of hours to sort the truth from the lies that involve Nora, a record store clerk, and a powerful gang lord.

DVD TOU
A touch of Frost. : Season 14. [S.l.] : MPI Home Video, c2009.
Three episodes from the British detective series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, a policeman who approaches his cases with a dry wit and sense of moral justice.

DVD WON
Wonder boys. Widescreen version. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2000.During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling u

New Titles - September 2009

FICTION

F ALTER
Alter, Cathy. Up for renewal : what magazines taught me about love, sex, and starting over. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2008.
Cathy Alter shares how she changed her relationship, her job, her body, and almost every other aspect of her life over the course of one year by following the advice she found in various women’s magazines.

F ANDERSEN
Andersen, Kurt, 1954-. Heyday : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2007.
Aristocratic Benjamin Knowles impulsively leaves the Old World in the mid-nineteenth century and travels to New York where he is befriended by muckraking journalist Timothy Skaggs, Mexican War veteran and firefighter Duff Lucking, and Duff’s actress sister Polly, and together the four set off for the frontier, chasing the prospects of new beginnings and California gold.

F ANDERSON
Anderson, James. The affair of the mutilated mink. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, [1999], c1981.
The Earl of Burford permits a movie mogul to use his seventeenth-century country estate for a new Rex Ransom film, leaving the Countess reluctantly playing hostess to Hollywood’s elite.

F ASIMOV
Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. The currents of space. 1st Tor ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Rik—who was abducted, brought to Florina, and brainwashed—is considered unintelligent by his community, but when his memories begin to return to him he becomes helplessly aware of a threat against all life on Florina.

F BAGSHAWE
Bagshawe, Tilly. Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress of the game. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Eve and Alexandra, the great-granddaughters of Kate Blackwell, battle for control of the powerful multibillion-dollar corporation, but their desire to lead the company is threatened by their own ambitions, dark secrets from the past, and a little-known descendant of Kate’s great-grandfather.

F BAJWA
Bajwa, Rupa, 1976-. The sari shop : a novel. 1st American ed. New York : Norton, 2004.
Ramchand, a lowly clerk in a sari shop, sees both sides of the class gap when he strives to improve his own status in society, but is soon disillusioned.

F BARR
Barr, Nevada. Borderline. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon, on administrative leave after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, hopes that a rafting trip in Big Bend National Park, planned by her husband of one year, will pull her out of her depression, but trouble finds her once again when the raft is lost in the rapids and one of the rafters discovers a pregnant woman, near death, caught in a tangle of downed branches.

F BASS
Bass, Hyatt. The Embers : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2009.
The pending marriage of Emily Asher on the grounds of the family’s old vacation home in the Berkshires, forces her and her divorced parents to finally confront the difficulties that arose among them following the death of her brother Thomas years earlier.

F BENFORD
Benford, Gregory, 1941-. Heart of the comet. [Book club ed.]. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, 1986.
An odyssey of discovery, from a shattered society through the solar system with a handful of men and women who ride a cold, hurtling ball of ice to the shaky promise of a distant, unknowable future.

F BISHOP
Bishop, Michael. Transfigurations. [Book club ed.]. New York : Berkley Pub. Corp. : Distriubted by Putnam, c1979.
An anthropological science fiction novel that delves deeply into what it means to be human. It is the haunting and disturbing tale of an anthropologist who follows the footsteps of his brilliant former partner who disappeared into the alien jungle after totally immersing himself physically and psychologically in the life of another species. The Asadi are hominids that appear to have degenerated from a much more advanced society into the primitive daily reenacting of brutish, incomprehensible, almost hallucinatory rituals. The closer he comes to the intuitive leap that would let him understand them, the deeper he slips into the madness, which may be the fate of any member of a species that too deeply partakes in the nature of another. The aliens are some of the most convincing ever invented, the story is gripping and the conclusion (actually the whole story) is unforgettable.

F BROWN
Brown, Sandra, 1948-. Smash cut : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
When a prominent Atlanta businessman is shot and killed during an armed robbery, it at first appears to be just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. His friend Julie Rutledge believes differently, however, and sets out to prove it wasn’t an accident but murder, orchestrated by the victim’s nephew, Creighton Wheeler. Wheeler’s defense attorney soon realizes that his client is as depraved as is claimed.

F BRUCHAC
Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-. The waters between : a novel of the dawn land. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1998.
Young Hunter, a Native American shaman, must use his full powers to defeat the threat of a huge water-snake monster that is keeping his people from reaping the harvest of the Petonbowk Lake, and to stop the senseless evil of Watches Darkness, an outcast who has turned against his tribe.

F BUKOWSKI
Bukowski, Charles. Post Office : a novel. 1st Ecco ed. New York : Ecco, 2002, c1971.
Despite Henry Chinaski’s lust for women, betting, and booze, he has managed to drag himself out of his hangover every day to work for the United States Postal Service for twelve years where he faces the trials and tribulations associated with being a postal carrier.

F BUNCH
Bunch, Chris. Star Risk, Ltd. New York : Roc, c2002.
M’chel Riss, out of promotion options after eight years in the Alliance Marines, decides to recoup her fortunes by joining Star Risk, Ltd., a mercenary outfit whose first mission is to free a dangerous supersoldier confined in a maximum-security prison.

F BURROUGHS
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950. Llana of Gathol, and John Carter of Mars. [Book Club ed.]. Garden City, N.Y. : N. Doubleday, c1977.
“Llano of Gathol” is a collection of four novellas written in the Martian series of Edgar Rice Burroughs which was written for Amazing Stories in 1941. Llano, the daughter of Gahan of Gothol, is the perfect damsel in distress. “Llano of Gathol” consists of four stories. First “The Ancient Dead” (originally “The City of Mummies”) followed by “The Black Pirates of Barsoom”, “Escape on Mars” and finally “Invisible Men of Mars”. The four books in this series are truly comprised of parody and satire.

F BY
By blood we live. Portland, Or. : London : Night Shade ; Diamond [distributor], 2009.
Vampires. They are the most elegant of monsters—ancient, seductive, doomed, deadly. They lurk in the shadows, at your window, in your dreams. They are beautiful as anything you’ve ever seen, but their flesh is cold as the grave, and their lips taste of blood. From Dracula to Twilight, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to True Blood, many have fallen under their spell. Now acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams brings you 33 of the most haunting vampire stories of the past three decades, from some of today s most renowned authors of fantasy, science fiction, and horror.

F CASSELLA
Cassella, Carol Wiley. Oxygen. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009, c2008.
Anesthesiologist Marie Heaton is devastated when her patient, an eight-year-old girl, dies on the operating table, leaving Marie open to a lawsuit and questioning her own abilities as she struggles to deal with the aftermath of her mistake and her own father’s failing health.

F CLARKE
Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917-. Prelude to Mars; : an omnibus containing the complete novels Prelude to space and The sands of Mars and sixteen short stories. [1st ed.]. New York, : Harcourt, Brace & World, [1965].
This collection houses the classic novels Prelude To Space (ACC’s first published novel) and The Sands of Mars, as well as a good amount of short stories broken up into two categories: On The Light Side and On The Serious Side. On The Light Side contains a handful of stories from Clarke’s classic sci-fi comedy collection Tales From The White Hart, as well as the hilarous short story Trouble With The Natives. On The Serious Side contains Clarke stories from various places that focus on the more serious aspects of science fiction. Included in it are several selections from the Reach For Tomorrow collection and a few other places, as well as the longer short stories Exile of the Eons and Second Dawn.

F CLEVERLY
Cleverly, Barbara. The last Kashmiri rose. Dell mass market ed. New York : Bantam Dell, 2003, c2001.
Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands finds himself drawn into a bizarre serial murder case while visiting India in the last days of the Raj.

F CONNELLY
Connelly, Michael, 1956-. The concrete blonde. 1st Warner Books mass market ed. New York : Warner Books, 2007, c1994.
Harry Bosch, hero of the Edgar Award-winning The Black Echo is in hot water: the family of a serial killer whom Bosch shot during an arrest accuses him of killing the wrong man.

F CONROY
Conroy, Pat. South of Broad : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Nan A. Talese : Doubleday, 2009.
Leopold Bloom is the son of a high school science teacher father and a high-school principal mother. Together they struggle with the effects of Leo’s brother’s suicide. Leo comforts himself through his friendships with twins Sheba and Trevor Poe; siblings Niles and Starla Whitehead, and Molly Hugger and her boyfriend, Chadworth Rutledge X. Their friendship endures for years, surviving good and bad marriages, successes and failures; racism and class divisions. The final test of friendship is something none of them is prepared to handle.

F COOK
Cook, Glen. The Garrett files. [Book club ed.]. Garden City, NY : Nelson Doubleday, Inc., [1988]. Sweet silver blues—Bitter gold hearts—Cold copper tears. It’s hard to be a human detective in a world where magic reigns, even with a highly-knowledgeable Dead Man for a partner.

F COOK
Cook, Robin, 1940-. Intervention. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
It’s been more than thirty years since New York City medical examiner Jack Stapleton’s college graduation and almost as long since [heÂ’d] been in touch with former classmates Shawn Doherty and Kevin Murray. Once a highly regarded ophthalmologist, JackÂ’s career took a dramatic turn after a tragic accident that destroyed his family. But that, too, is very much in the past: Jack has remarried to longtime colleague and fellow medical examiner Laurie Montgomery and is the father of a young child. But his renegade, activist personality canÂ’t rest, and after performing a postmortem on a young college student who had recently been treated by a chiropractor, Jack decides to explore alternative medicine. What makes some people step outside the medical establishment to seek care from practitioners of Eastern philosophies and even faith healers? Jack’s classmate Shawn Doherty is now a renowned archeologist and biblical scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose taste for good wine and generally deteriorating health are taking a toll on his career. He has recently obtained permission for a final dig beneath Saint Peter’s, and despite his long-standing grudge against the Catholic Church, begins his research which eventually takes him to Jerusalem and Venice only to make a startling discovery with ecclesiastical and medical implications. And when Kevin Murray, now Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York, gets wind of Shawn’s findings, he’s desperate to keep them from the public. Kevin has strong political ambitions within the Church, but his association with Shawn threatens to undermine them. Kevin turns to his old friend Jack to help protect an explosive secret, one with the power to change lives forever.

F DESPRES
Despres, Loraine. The bad behavior of Belle Cantrell. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2005.
In 1920 Louisiana, Belle Cantrell stops mourning her dead husband, whom she killed, and decides to create a new life for herself, setting off a series of events that forever change Belle and her small town.

F DOSS
Doss, James D. Dead soul. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2003.
Former tribal policeman Charlie Moon stumbles into big trouble when he reluctantly agrees to look into the murder of fellow Ute Billy Smoke who was killed in an assault that left Charlie’s neighbor, U.S. Senator Patch Davidson, paralyzed, and he must also contend with his Aunt Daisy’s insistence that a red-haired woman she has seen in a vision desperately needs Charlie’s help.

F GENOVA
Genova, Lisa. Still Alice : a novel. 1st Pocket Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Pocket Books, 2009.
Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer’s, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.

F GREEN
Green, Simon R., 1955-. The man with the golden torc. New York : Roc Book, c2007.
All those things you hear about as a kid? The boogeyman under the bed? The creature in the closet? They’re for real, people. Eddie Drood knows they’re for real. His family has kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. For ages, they’ve held back the nightmares, locked the doors, barred the gates, and put righteous boot to monster arse on a nightly basis. But now Eddie’s in trouble. One of his own has convinced the rest of the family that Eddie’s become a menace, and that humanity needs to be protected from him. So he’s on the run, using every trick in the book, magical and otherwise, hoping he lives long enough to prove his innocence. And he knows how dangerous the Droods can be-because he’s one of them.

F HAMBLY
Hambly, Barbara. The mother of winter. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1996.
The fragile civilization of Renweth is once again under attack, setting Archmage Ingold Inglorion and scholar-warrior Gil Patterson on a trek to the south to confront the unknown enemy, while Rudy Solis, the only wizard remaining in Renweth, risks his life to protect the queen and the people of the once-great kingdom.

F HARRIS LP
Harris, Charlaine. From dead to worse. Waterville, Me. : Wheeler Pub., 2008.
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and the manmade horror of the explosion at the vampire summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But her boyfriend Quinn is among the missing. And things are changing, whether the weres and vamps in her corner of Louisiana like it or not. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death…and once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood ceases flowing, her world will be forever altered.

F HOUSTON
Houston, David, 1938-. Wingmaster. New York City : Leisure Books, c1981.
This adventure story involves a fighter named Wingmaster who is struggling to free his planet, Ky. Rocked by a hostile world’s war-hungry aggression, the doomed planet turns to its only hope.

F HUSTVEDT
Hustvedt, Siri. The sorrows of an American. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2009.
When Erik Davidsen and his sister, Inga, find a disturbing note among their late father’s papers, they believe he may be implicated in a mysterious death. This masterful novel reveals one family’s hidden sorrows in an “elegant meditation on familial grief, memory, and imagination”.

F JORDAN
Jordan, Robert, 1948-2007. The eye of the world. 1st Starscape ed. New York : Starscape, 2002.
Rand encounters the Dark One, the most powerful source of evil in the universe.

F LARSSON
Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004. The girl who played with fire. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Mikael Blomkvist is publishing the story of his career, exposing the extensive sex trafficking operation between Sweden and Eastern Europe, but when two investigative journalists are killed the night before the story runs and Lisbeth Salander is implicated, Mikael vows to clear the girl’s name and find the true killer.

F LOVESEY
Lovesey, Peter. Murder on the short list. 1st world hardcover ed. Surrey, England : Severn House, 2009, c2008.
Collects fourteen mystery stories, including “Needle Match” and “The Munich Posture,” by Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger Award-winning British author Peter Lovesey.

F MACALISTER
MacAlister, Katie. Hard day’s knight. New York : Signet Eclipse, 2005.
Pepper Marsh wants a knight in tights. That’s the only reason this single, currently unemployed software engineer sick of technogeeks agreed to attend a “Renaissance Faire” with her cousin C. J. Fortunately, on her very first day at ye olde faire, Pepper stumbles across Walker McPhail, a totally scrumptious Englishman who rescues Pepper just as she is about to be trampled by a horse. Despite the fact that as soon as Walker has her out of danger’s way, it seems like he couldn’t be less interested in her, Pepper is still intrigued by her daring, dashing knight. Then, after she discovers that Walker was once the toast of the jousting circuit but mysteriously gave up competing, she vows to do a bit of rescuing herself. Generously seasoned with her distinctive brand of impudent wit, set against the fascinating world of jousting competitions, and graced with a full cast of deliciously original characters (including a fiendishly adorable cat).

F MALKIN
Malkin, Nina. Swoon. 1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
In rural Connecticut, when seventeen-year-old Dice tries to exorcise a seventeenth-century man who is possessing her cousin Pen, she inadvertently makes him corporeal—and irresistible.

F MARON
Maron, Margaret. Sand sharks. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Judge Deborah Knott, attending a summer conference for the North Carolina district court judges at Wrightsville Beach, is just starting to relax from the stresses of work, a new marriage, and stepmotherhood when one of her less-admired colleagues is found murdered, and she cannot keep from investigating when it becomes obvious that the killer may have another target.

F MARTIN
Martin, P. D. (Phillipa Deanne). The Murderers’ Club. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2007.
FBI profiler Sophie Anderson, who also has the ability to visualize crimes as they are happening, is asked to investigate a series of murders in Tucson, Arizona, which she believes involves multiple serial killers working together.

F MAYNARD
Maynard, Joyce, 1953-. Labor Day. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
In Holton Mills, New Hampshire, the lives of thirteen-year-old Henry and his emotionally fragile mother Adele are changed forever when they open their home to a mysterious bleeding man and find themselves learning to hope again.

F MCDERMID
McDermid, Val. A place of execution. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2000.
George Bennett agrees to tell journalist Catherine Heathcote about his most difficult case, the disappearance of a young girl from an insular community that distrusts the outside world, but just days before the story is supposed to be published, George pulls the plug, claiming he has new information about the case that threatens his life.

F MCKIERNAN
McKiernan, Dennis L., 1932-. The dragondoom. New York : ROC, c2002.
Vanadurin Prince Elgo slays the Dragon Sleeth and brings his treasure home, causing the evil wizard Andrak and the dragon Black Kalgalath to work together to avenge Sleeth’s death and recover the treasure.

F MCMURTRY
McMurtry, Larry. Rhino ranch : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Returning home to recover from a near-fatal heart attack, Duane discovers that he has a new neighbor: the statuesque K. K. Slater, a quirky billionairess who’s come to Thalia to open the Rhino Ranch, dedicated to the preservation of the endangered black rhinoceros. Despite their obvious differences, Duane can’t help but find himself charmed by K.K.’s stubborn toughness and lively spirit, and the two embark on a flirtation that rapidly veers toward the sexual—but the return of Honor Carmichael complicates Duane’s romantic intentions considerably. As Duane reflects on all that he and Thalia have been through, he feels adrift in a world where love and betrayal walk hand in hand and a stalwart Texas oil town can become home to a nature preserve. Rhino Ranch is a fitting end to this iconic saga, an emotional, whimsical and bittersweet tribute to the lives of a man and a town that have inspired readers across decades.

F NEGGERS
Neggers, Carla. The rapids. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books, c2004.
She has no time to take a break after playing a key role in the arrest of dangerous fugitive Nicholas Janssen. But with Janssen fighting extradition from his Dutch prison, U.S. diplomatic security agent Maggie Spencer isn’t about to back off—even when U.S. marshal Rob Dunnemore turns up asking some very tough questions. Maggie has no reason to trust Rob, especially when she learns he has a personal interest: he was almost killed, thanks to Janssen. Then Maggie and Rob discover the body of one of Janssen’s associates floating in a canal, and they realize there’s another killer on the loose. Determined to tie the case up, Maggie heads to upstate New York following a questionable lead. Knowing she’s holding back on him, Rob’s right on her tail. And now she has no choice but to trust him. Because a trap has been set and they have both walked right into it.

F NORTON
Norton, Andre. Beast master’s quest. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2006.
Laris, an orphaned refugee, possesses the power to communicate telepathically with animals and sets out to find the home planet of a cat-like creature with whom she has bonded.

F NORTON
Norton, Andre. Beast master’s circus. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2004.
Since the dreaded Xik destroyed Earth, the corps of Beast Masters and the animal teams with which they have telepathic rapport have served as sentinels against the Xik and other threats to colony worlds throughout the galaxy. Now a conspiracy with ties to the Thieves Guild is trying to kidnap the Beast Masters’ team animals. On one world after another, they are attacking Beast Masters and targeting their animals, leaving a trail of dead or wounded Beast Masters and their animals in their wake. They haven’t yet succeeded in capturing one alive . . . but they are still trying, and they’re becoming more desperate---and bolder.

F PALMER
Palmer, Michael, 1942-. The second opinion. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
When Dr. Thea Sperelakis’ father, Petros, is severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, Thea is forced to battle other relatives for proper treatment, eventually uncovering a potentially sinister plan when Petros looks at his daughter and begins to blink a message.

F PATTERSON
Patterson, James, 1947-. Alex Cross’s trial. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Detective Alex Cross recounts the story of his great-uncle Abraham, who, with the help of his beautiful daughter, introduces Washington, D.C., attorney Ben Corbett to the dark side of their small Southern town in the early 1900s, where Ben has been sent to investigate a resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan.

F PATTERSON LP
Patterson, James, 1947-. The quickie : a novel. Large print ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007.
After witnessing her husband having an affair, New York police officer Lauren Stillwell decides to take revenge by having a one-night stand, and in the course of her cheating she witnesses a murder which threatens both her career and marriage.

F PETERS
Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995. The benediction of Brother Cadfael. New York : Mysterious Press, c1992.
A morbid taste for bones—Cadfael country / Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman—One corpse too many.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. Black star rising. Book Club Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 1985.
A mysterious alien spacecraft approaches Earth demanding to speak to the President of the United States; however there is no President and no United States. The aliens will accept no substitutes.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. Jem. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, c1979.
A nuclear war on Earth adds urgency to an attempt at the peaceful colonization of a distant planet.

F POHL
Pohl, Frederik. The early Pohl. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday,1976.
A highly acclaimed writer and editor begins his tale of early life and adventures in science fiction. Together with eight stories and one poem is his delightful autobiographical commentary on each of them - as well as revealing anecdotes about his friends and enemies and his many wives.

F PORTER
Porter, Jane, 1964-. Easy on the eyes. 1st ed. New York : 5 Spot, 2009.
At 38, Tiana Tomlinson has made it. America adores her as one of the anchors of America Tonight, a top-rated nightly entertainment and news program. But even with the trappings that come with her elite lifestyle, she feels empty. Tina desperately misses her late husband Keith, who died several years before. And in a business that thrives on youth, Tina is getting the message that her age is starting to show and certain measures must be taken if she wants to remain in the spotlight. It doesn’t help that at every turn she has to deal with her adversary—the devilishly handsome plastic surgeon to the stars, Michael Sullivan. But a trip away from the Hollywood madness has consequences that could affect the rest of her life.

F RASH
Rash, Ron, 1953-. Saints at the river. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2004.
Reporter Maggie Glenn returns to Tanassee, South Carolina, after a long absence, to cover the controversy that has erupted over whether the body of a young drowning victim trapped in a deep eddy should be recovered at the risk of endangering divers and the river environment, and is forced to confront her own painful past.

F RICE
Rice, Luanne. The deep blue sea for beginners : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Pell Davis travels to the island of Capri, where she hopes to find Lyra Davis, the mother who left Pell and her sister behind years earlier, and maybe find a new family to replace the father she recently lost.

F SCOTT
Scott, Amanda, 1944-. Prince of danger. New York : Warner, c2005.
Lady Isobel Macleod is incurably curious and always speaks her mind. At the age of 12, she vowed never to marry and always to do as she pleases. When she stumbles upon Michael St. Clair being beaten by a gang of men, she tries to intervene and finds herself taken captive along with him. The two escape, and Isobel finds herself curious about her companion. In fact, Michael is the younger brother of a prince and member of a wealthy family with a fabulous secret, which his father carried to the grave. An honourable man, Michael accompanies Isobel home to safety, only to learn their time together has damaged her reputation. He agrees to marry her, and despite her reluctance, Isobel eventually concedes. When they travel to Michael’s family home, Isobel’s curious nature may finally pay off as they unravel the family secret.

F SHIELDS
Shields, Dave. The Race : a novel of grit, tactics, and the Tour de France. Salt Lake City, UT : Three Story Press, 2004.
The white-knuckle pace of a bicycle race drives this novel about a young American’s opportunity to compete in the Tour de France. Complex relationships with teammates, personal and professional obstacles, and a terrible disaster cause the young cyclist to redefine his limits. An insider’s perspective on the world of professional bicycle racing reveals that the required tactics and skills create a culture in which pain is the ultimate currency and endurance is the most powerful force. The intense pressure the competitors experience offers an instructive look at personal formation beyond the sports world.

F SIGLER
Sigler, Scott. Infected : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Perry Dawsey, an ex-football player, wakes up infected by a strange disease and hearing voices, while CIA agent Dew Phillips and CDC epidemiologist Margaret Montoya try to find and analyze a live victim of the parasite that is turning the people of the U.S. into murderers.

F SPIELBERG
Spielberg, Steven, 1947-. Close encounters of the third kind. Book Club Edition. New York : Dell, c1980.
Roy Neary’s life is changed forever by the bizarre events that begin with an unexplained power failure.

F SULLIVAN
Sullivan, J. Courtney. Commencement. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Celia, Bree, Sally, and April, assigned to the same dorm their first year at Smith College, form a fast friendship, in spite of the differences between them, that carries them into an uncertain future.

F TEPPER
Tepper, Sheri S. The end of the game. [Book Club Edition]. New York : Nelson Doubleday, [1986].
Jinian has been traveling and exploring with Peter, Queynt, and Chance following the battle at the end of “Wizard’s Eleven” and “Jinian Footseer”. Tattered and torn by her three-year oath of celibacy, she nevertheless continues with the group, hoping to find out about Dream Miner and Storm Grower and learn why they want her dead. The group encounters storm wreckage, yellow death crystals, and old enemies of Peter, which lead them ever closer to their goal. What was it really about the shadow? Was there supposed to be a shadowmaster somewhere? How did Jinian and the group manage to avoid it when it was everywhere at night? When the humans all huddled in the wagon when the shadow lay over everything, what happened to the birds? What happened to Jinian whenever she had to sleep all night out in the open?. “Jinian Footseer”, “Dervish Daughter”, and “Jinian Star-Eye” were all published in “The End of the Game.” This is a sequel to “The True Game” and tells the story of Jinian, who appeared in the third story of that book, “Wizard’s Eleven”.

F TREMAYNE
Tremayne, Peter. The leper’s bell. 1st St. Martin’s Minotaur ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
In November of A.D. 667, Fidelma Cashel, the sister of one of the kings of Ireland, returns to her brother’s castle to learn her son’s nurse has been murdered and her son is presumed kidnapped, and she and her husband search for the killer and their son.

F TREVANIAN
Trevanian. Shibumi. New York : Crown Publishers, c1979.
Using his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess, Nicholai Hel destroys political terrorists from the PLO to the CIA, but he does not have the power to destroy The Mother Company.

F WELLS
Wells, Shirley, 1955-. Where petals fall. 1st US ed. London ; New York : SohoConstable, 2009.
After two boys find a woman’s body in a quarry, Jill Kennedy and DCI Max Trentham recognize the ritual of the killing as the work of “The Undertaker,” and suspect their previous suspect, Edward Marshall, who disappeared years before, might have returned.

F WEST
West, Morris L., 1916-. The navigator. Book club ed. New York : William Morrow and Company, c1976.
Gunnar Thorkild has published a scholarly paper maintaining that there is an undiscovered island in the vast reaches of Polynesia. His peers think he is a crackpot and deny him promotion or tenure. Now he must either live in shame or risk his life to prove his hypothesis.

F WILLIAMSON
Williamson, Jack, 1908-2006. Firechild. [Book club ed.]. New York : Bluejay Books, 1986.
Alphamega: Child of one man’s unlimited imagination, the product of genetmanipulation experiments to create new lie forms. Alphamega: The only
survivor of a fiery assault by Bioscience Alert, God’s watchdogs who have named all scientific research the devil’s handiwork. To the U.S. government, she is a menace—a plague carrier to be destroyed on sight. But to Sax Belcraft, she is the only link to his lost brother and to Panchito Torres, who knows her best, she is an angel come to Earth, able to heal with touch. Alphamega. What is she... and what will she become?

F WINSPEAR
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-. Messenger of truth : a Maisie Dobbs novel. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, 2006.
Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs agrees to help an old college friend investigate the death of artist Nicholas Bassington-Hope, and the case takes Maisie into the dangerous underbelly of London’s art world.

F YATES
Yates, Richard, 1926-1992. Revolutionary road. 1st Vintage Contemporaries mass market ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 2009, c1961.
Frank and April Wheeler become disillusioned with their mediocre lives and decide to move to France in order to develop their true artistic sensibilities.

NON-FICTION

070.92 MIT
Mitchell, Andrea. Talking back—to presidents, dictators, and assorted scoundrels. [Updated, with new introduction]. New York : Penguin Bks., 2007.
Millions of TV viewers may feel they already know Mitchell—she has reported on politics for NBC for some 30 years and is married to the Fed's Alan Greenspan—but there's lots to learn about her in this engrossing memoir. Mitchell began as a “copyboy” at radio station KYW in Philadelphia in the 1970s. After covering the major political conventions for them, she was hired by NBC and headed to Washington. Shortly after, she flew to Guyana for her first major story: the 1978 Jonestown massacre. She has covered all the presidents from Carter through George W. Bush, done exclusives with Castro, sat in on high-level negotiations in the Middle East and North Korea, and much more. Mitchell’s tales are fascinating, but her evolution as a journalist is even more intriguing. She was a gender pioneer, for example, but her gender rapidly became a non-issue. Yet her original insistence on a clear separation of work and social life seems progressively undercut by her own account. She mentions many dinners with dear friends like the Cheneys, and parties with the Bushes, Rice and Rumsfeld, and then wonders why the media got the Iraq WMD question so wrong. Still, this is a treat for political junkies. (From Publishers Weekly).

133.8 RAD
Radin, Dean I. Entangled minds : extrasensory experiences in a quantum reality. New York : Paraview Pocket Books, c2006.
In this illuminating book, Radin shows how we know that psychic phenomena such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis are real, based on scientific evidence from thousands of controlled lab tests. Radin surveys the origins of this research and explores, among many topics, the collective premonitions of 9/11. He reveals the physical reality behind our uncanny telepathic experiences and intuitive hunches, and he debunks the skeptical myths surrounding them. Entangled Minds sets the stage for a rational, scientific understanding of psychic experience.

152.4 ORL
Orloff, Judith. Emotional freedom : liberate yourself from negative emotions and transform your life. 1st ed. New York : Harmony Books, c2009.
A guide to achieving emotional freedom, drawing from findings in neuroscience, intuitive medicine, psychology, and energy techniques to explain how to master emotions, handle stress artfully, and attain a high quality of life.

158.1 WEL
Welch, Suzy. 10-10-10 : 10 minutes, 10 months, 10 years : a life transforming idea. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Outlines a decision-making process that prompts the individual to reflect on the consequences of their choices which will appear in ten minutes, ten months, or ten years; and includes related stories.

158.12 BRA
Brantley, Jeffrey. Five good minutes in your body : 100 mindful practices to help you accept yourself & feel at home in your body. Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2009.
Describes one hundred mindfulness exercises that take five minutes or less and are aimed at helping people recharge, relax, and accept themselves.

170 BRA
Bradshaw, John, 1933-. Reclaiming virtue : how we can develop the moral intelligence to do the right thing at the right time for the right reason. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Examines moral intelligence, which the author describes as an innate guidance system common to all people to use to make life choices; and also discusses willpower and discipline, and how to develop those methods of control.

170.44 IZZ
Izzo, John B. (John Baptist), 1957-. The five secrets you must discover before you die. 1st ed. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, c2008.
Draws from interviews with two hundred people to provide commentary and anecdotes about what the author believes are the important things in life and offer advice on achieving success.

248.482 NOU
Nouwen, Henri J. M. Home tonight : further reflections on the parable of the prodigal son. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
The author describes how after suffering a personal breakdown he reflected on his encounter with Rembrandt’s famous painting and the characters from the parable “Prodigal Son,” to heal and find inspiration.

294.3 DAS
Das, Surya. Letting go of the person you used to be : lessons on change, loss, and spiritual transformation. New York : Broadway Books, 2003.
In this self-help guide for the post-9/11 perplexed, esteemed spiritual leader Surya Das offers comforting advice for dealing with loss and change. Drawing on Buddhist teachings, and skillfully quoting Buddhist prayers and texts, he counsels that looking inward and embracing pain and sadness can sometimes bring wisdom. Ultimately, it is in “letting go” that we come back to our true selves.

302.23 FIL
Stolen voices : young people’s war diaries, from World War I to Iraq. New York : Penguin Books, 2006.
Presents fourteen journals written by adolescents coping with war from World War I to the war in Iraq, exposing the experiences of young people caught in the midst of war and the impact it has on their lives.

303.432 MOI
Moïsi, Dominique. The geopolitics of emotion : how cultures of fear, humiliation, and hope are reshaping the world. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Explores the emotional impact of globalization in the early twenty-first century, and discusses how the varying emotions impact the political, cultural, and social conflicts in regions and populations around the world.

306.874 MID
Middelton-Moz, Jane, 1947-. Values from the front porch : remembering the wisdom of our grandmothers. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c2006.
Many today lack the thread and rich hues that were once woven into the fabric which protected and held our ancestors together through challenging times. Family and community ties are often obscured today by cell phones, internet, mega-channel TV selections, video games, fear, materialism, and competition.In Values from the Front Porch, author Jane Middelton-Moz, explores twenty-three fundamental values and the importance of being more mindful of them in our day-to-day activities. Recognizing the central role that grandmothers have played in many cultures--that of handing down traditions and values to the younger generations--each chapter centers around recollections from people revealing what their grandmothers taught them about a particular virtue, and how these teachings have aided them in their lives. Each chapter concludes with short exercises for strengthening that value in our daily lives.

327.7305 KHA
Khalidi, Rashid. Sowing crisis : the Cold War and American dominance in the Middle East. Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.
Discusses the history of modern conflict in the Middle East, arguing that the cold war, and priorities and policies of the U.S. and Soviet Union have led to later conflicts in the region as the superpowers sacrificed Arab-Israeli peace for the sake of agendas aimed at oil and gas reserves.

332.024 BAC
Bach, David. Fight for your money : how to stop getting ripped off and save a fortune. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Presents financial advice on how to avoid spending too much on cell phone bills, car purchases, credit cards, life insurance, healthcare, and other expenditures, while becoming more aware of hidden fees, late charges, and the tricks businesses use to make more money.

332.6609 TET
Tett, Gillian. Fool’s gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Draws on interviews with key players in the financial world to reveal the true cause of the 2008 credit crisis, which crippled the United States economy and left Americans struggling to keep their job, pay their bills, and protect their financial futures.

332.678 WEI
Weiss, Martin D. The ultimate depression survival guide : protect your savings, boost your income, and grow wealthy even in the worst of times. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
The depression begins—The American nightmare—Sell your stocks! before it’s too late! -- Why the emperor has no clothes—How safe is your bank? -- The safest place for your money in the world today—Can’t sell : here’s how to protect yourself—For risk-takers only: profit directly from the decline—The big pay-off : finding the market’s true bottom—The first great income-boosting opportunity of the century—Your second income-boosting opportunity : dividends—The ultimate alternative investment—The triumph of the dollar—The foundation for recovery—Future fortunes.

332.722 SOW
Sowell, Thomas, 1930-. The housing boom and bust. New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Discusses the catalysts for the economic turmoil of the twenty-first century, and examines the housing market, home mortgages, politicians, and the financial market.

333.7209 MEL
Melville, Greg. Greasy rider : two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future. 1st ed. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2008.
Details the experiences of the author and his college friend during their one hundred and ninety-two hour journey across the United States—from Vermont to California—in a car that has been modified to run on vegetable oil.

362.1968 TOR
Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-. The insanity offense : how America’s failure to treat the seriously mentally ill endangers its citizens. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
Explains how mentally ill patients in the United States are being overlooked by the healthcare community and left without treatment, leaving many of them homeless and victimized, and examines the legislature and policy changes that have contributed to the problem.

362.2 VIN
Vincent, Norah. Voluntary madness : my year lost and found in the loony bin. New York : Viking, 2008.
Journalist Norah Vincent relates her experiences while she was voluntarily committed to a variety of mental health facilities in the United States and comments on the relationships between caregivers and patients, drug therapies, and the effects of institutionalization on the unwell.

394.1209 FOO
The food of a younger land : a portrait of American food—before the national highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation’s food was seasonal, regional, and traditional—from the lost WPA files. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
A collection of essays and recipes regarding uniquely regional dishes from around the United States from a time period before interstate roads and national restaurant franchises.

613.2 GUI
Guiliano, Mireille, 1946-. French women for all seasons : a year of secrets, recipes & pleasure. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2009, c2006.
Mereille Guiliano shares her strategies for living the good life, along with recipes and advice to help people find pleasure in the everyday aspects of life.

613.25 AGA
Agatston, Arthur. The South Beach Diet supercharged : faster weight loss and better health for life. [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, c2008.
Provides meal plans, easy-to-prepare recipes, workout and body-toning program, and additional research on the South Beach Diet including which foods are high in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

613.6 EMM
Emmanuel, Greg. Extreme encounters : how it feels to be drowned in quicksand, shredded by piranhas, swept up in a tornado, and dozens of other unpleasant experiences-- Philadelphia, PA : San Francisco, CA : Quirk Books ; Distributed in North America by Chronicle Books, c2002.
Recounts the experiences of men and women who have experienced some of the most dangerous conditions and circumstances in the world.

641.6 YOS
Yoshii, Ryuichi. Sushi. Boston, Mass : North Clarendon, VT : Periplus Editions ; Distributed by C.E. Tuttle Co., 1998.
A stylish book that includes information on the history and health benefits of sushi, as well as tips on how to make perfect sushi rice, select the freshest fish, and decorate the sushi plate with beautiful vegetable garnishes. 60 color photos.

641.8 MIT
Mitchell, Joyce Slayton. Paris by pastry : stalking the sweet life on the streets of Paris. Madison, Wis. : Jones Books, c2006.
Culinary adventurers are guided through the streets of Paris from scrumptious patisserie to scrumptious patisserie in this must-have, tres amusant travel guide for first-time visitors and returning enthusiasts who want to taste the sweetness of Parisian culture.

646.34 BOS
Boston, Lloyd. Before you put that on : 365 daily style tips for her. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2005.
Presents three hundred sixty-five fashion tips to help women create a personal wardrobe that fits their particular style, and offers advice on adding accessories, day and nighttime garments, and much more.

646.34 LEI
Glamour’s big book of dos & don’ts : fashion help for every woman. New York : Gotham Books, c2006.
More than 750 photographs capture the Do’s and Don’ts of twenty-first century fashion, with tips for dressing for any occasion and avoiding common fashion mistakes.

646.34 STY
Style 101 : what every woman should know about fashion, beauty, home, entertaining. New York : Time Books, 2007.
Essential advice for your fashionable life.

708.1471 GRO
Gross, Michael, 1952-. Rogues’ gallery : the secret history of the moguls and the money that made the Metropolitan Museum. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Examines the history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and discusses museum directors Philippe de Montebello and Luigi Palma di Cesnola, along with John Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and others.

759.5 SCO
Scotti, R. A. Vanished smile : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Recounts the mysterious disappearance of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre on August 21, 1911, explaining why the police suspected Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire of the crime, how the painting was finally recovered, and why it is still one of the greatest mysteries in modern art history.

796.342 WER
Wertheim, L. Jon. Strokes of genius : Federer, Nadal, and the greatest match ever played. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Provides a detailed account of the July 6, 2008 Wimbledon tennis match between returning-champion Roger Federer and challenger Rafael Nadal; and describes their playing strategies and styles, sportsmanship, and other related topics.

813 CRE
Crewdson, Gregory. Hover. San Francisco, Calif. : Artspace Books, 1998.
Gregory Crewdson is known for his disarming photographs of suburban life. Now, Crewdson takes that approach to new heights—literally—in this book of aerial images of everyday American subdivisions. Shot from a crane, these works seem innocent enough on the surface, but reveal, upon closer investigation, a world strangely out of balance. A woman plants neat rows of plants down the middle of the street, a mysterious circle appears in a backyard: these incidents, and others like them, are captured in realistic black and white. A fascinating and memorable book, and an important addition to the artist’s ouvre.

813 FOU
Foundation’s friends : stories in honor of Isaac Asimov. 1st ed. New York : T. Doherty Associates, c1989.
Contributions from seventeen of today’s imaginative writers explore the science fictional universe.

920 GIL
Gill, Gillian. We two : Victoria and Albert : rulers, partners, rivals. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Chronicles the marriage of Queen Victoria and her German first cousin, Albert, and describes their first meeting as teenagers in 1836, how they each sought dominance over the other, and other related topics.

920 WAU
Waugh, Alexander. The House of Wittgenstein : a family at war. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Chronicles the lives of Karl Wittgenstein and his eight children, which includes his sons Paul, a world-famous concert pianist, and Ludwig, a respected philosopher of the twentieth century.

920 ZAS LP
Zaslow, Jeffrey. The girls from Ames : a story of women and a forty-year friendship. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, c2009.
Meet the Ames Girls: eleven childhood friends who formed a special bond growing up in Ames, Iowa. As young women, they moved to eight different states, yet managed to maintain an enduring friendship that would carry them through college and careers, marriage and motherhood, dating and divorce, a child’s illness and the mysterious death of one member of their group. Capturing their remarkable story, The Girls from Ames is a testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life’s joys and challenges—and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.

921 Isaacs
Isaacs, Susan E. Angry conversations with God : a snarky but authentic spiritual memoir. 1st ed. New York : Faith Words, 2009.
“A spiritual memoir about a middle-class white girl’s dark night of the soul from comedian and skeptical Christian Susan Isaacs”—Provided by the publisher.

921 JETER
Jeter, Derek, 1974-. The life you imagine : life lessons for achieving your dreams. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, c2000.
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter tells about his life and his very early desire to play for the Yankees, and shares his ten-step plan for success. Includes profiles of Jeter by friends and colleagues.

921 KANE
McGoogan, Kenneth, 1947-. Race to the polar sea : the heroic adventures of Elisha Kent Kane. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2008.
Describes the adventures of Elisha Kent Kane while he led an expedition across the Arctic tundra in order to rescue Sir John Franklin and his men, who were stranded in ice fields, and also discusses his relationship to Maggie Fox, a young Canadian spiritualist whom he loved but his family did not approve of him marrying.

921 MINATOYA
Minatoya, Lydia Y. (Lydia Yuriko), 1950-. Talking to high monks in the snow : an Asian American odyssey. 1st HarperPerennial ed. New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1993, c1992.
Explores the cultural identity of a woman caught between the Japanese traditions of her family and the American world.

921 O’CONNOR
Gooch, Brad, 1952-. Flannery : a life of Flannery O’Connor. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Chronicles the life of the twentieth-century American author, Flannery O’Connor, and describes her childhood in Georgia, education, influential personal relationships, accomplishments and setbacks, and other related topics.

921 SILVIN
Walking the Rainbow : An Arc to Triumph. Whitmore Pub Co, 2009.
Richard Rene Silvin seemed to have it all. After overcoming a childhood of emotional neglect and trauma, much of which has been shared through the honest and brutal pages of his first book, I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools, Silvin transcended his past to lead an enviable life of power and world travel during a career in international hospital management. After decades of shame and hiding his sexuality, this handsome and successful man became true to himself, came “out,” and burst forth into the hottest gay spots in Florida, California, New York, and Europe. Supported by beloved friends and eventually buoyed by finding his true love, Silvin could be seen as riding on top of the world. All that glitters however is not always gold. A new phase of emotional and physical horror for Silvin and many others was on the horizon. Silently creeping its way into the life of so many during the late 1970s and early 1980s – including Silvin - was the then-mysterious illness to later be known as AIDS and caused by the as-yet unidentified human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). His professional life in cutting-edge international health care allowed Silvin to work with colleagues ahead of the curve in terms of HIV research, diagnostics, and medications. Yet he, his friends, and his partners fought overt discrimination and numerous painful, life threatening complications of the virus, which in a grisly succession eventually claimed all those dear to him, despite their hard fought and heroic efforts. Selfless and courageous, Silvin shows in Walking the Rainbow an astonishing fortitude and willingness to persevere while overcoming tremendous physical obstacles as well as psychological and emotional trauma of the deaths of so many held so dearly. Through his own Arc of Triumph, Silvin will redefine what it means to succeed, even to thrive, while living with AIDS.

921 SITTING BULL
Yenne, Bill, 1949-. Sitting Bull. Yardley, Pa. : Westholme Pub., c2008.
A biography of Native American chief Sitting Bull, discussing his early life, his first encounter with settlers, and his role as spiritual and military leader of the Lakota people, and exploring his philosophy of self-reliance, as opposed to violence.

921 STONE
Guttenplan, D. D. American radical : the life and times of I. F. Stone. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
I.F. Stone—one of America’s most celebrated investigative journalists, fearless opponent of McCarthyism, and New Deal propagandist—himself remains something of a mystery. Guttenplan’s lively book examines Stone’s impact on American politics.

921 WASHINGTON
Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson). Up from history : the life of Booker T. Washington. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 2009.
A comprehensive biography of the life and achievements of Booker T. Washington, his struggles against racial bigotry, and his appointment as the first leader of the new Tuskegee Institute, a private, historically African-American university in Alabama.

940.284 RAP
Rapport, Mike. 1848 : year of revolution. New York : Basic Books, 2009, c2008.
Recounts the political events that took place in Europe in 1848, describing how the conservative order that had held power since the fall of Napoleon in 1815 was being toppled by working-class radicals and middle-class liberals who began forging a new order.

940.53 NOM
Nomberg-Przytyk, Sara, 1915-. Auschwitz : true tales from a grotesque land. Chapel Hill : Univ. of N. Carolina Press, c1985.
Author recounts Auschwitz experiences. “From the moment I got to Auschwitz I was completely detached. I disconnected my heart and intellect in an act of self-defense, despair, and hopelessness.” With these words Sara Nomberg-Przytyk begins this painful and compelling account of her experiences while imprisoned for two years in the infamous death camp. Writing twenty years after her liberation, she recreates the events of a dark past which, in her own words, would have driven her mad had she tried to relive it sooner. But while she records unimaginable atrocities, she also richly describes the human compassion that stubbornly survived despite the backdrop of camp depersonalization and imminent extermination.

956.704 CAM
Campbell, Donovan. Joker one : a Marine platoon’s story of courage, leadership, and brotherhood. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
A memoir covering the author’s decision to join the Marines and attend Marine Corps Officer Candidate School, which led to his role as commander of a forty-man infantry platoon in Iraq, where he fought insurgents and bonded with the men in his unit.

958.1047 JON
Jones, Seth G., 1972-. In the graveyard of empires : America’s war in Afghanistan. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
Traces the political history of Afghanistan from 2001 to 2009, focusing on the political and social impact America’s War on Terror had on the region and its people.

962.4043 MAM
Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946-. Saviors and survivors : Darfur, politics, and the war on terror. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Examines the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan in the context of the country’s turbulent history, including the Cold War’s effect on neighboring Chad’s civil war, and how that violence spilled over in Sudan, exacerbating the already severe problems caused by Sudan’s tribal conflicts.

973 WHI
White, Richard, 1947-. Remembering Ahanagran : storytelling in a family’s past. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 1998.
Professor Richard White of the University of Washington has produced a fine example of the oral historians’ craft. He recounts the historical tales learned from his mother who had emigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1935 and married Harry White. She was Irish-Catholic; he was Russian-Jewish. He was a Harvard graduate and an army officer in World War II. The author has gone far beyond what would be expected in a family oral history. He has detailed the stories, identified the participants, and located the places. Sara White’s memories are far more than history. Her memories provide a firm foundation upon which the insights of many immigrants can be built. Her clear understanding of her own family’s traditions—as a child in Ireland, as a new arrival in Chicago, and as a wife, mother, and an American—represent a microcosm of immigration history.

973.927 BUN
Bunch, William. Tear down this myth : how the Reagan legacy has distorted our politics and haunts our future. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2009.
Ronald Bunch rolls back some of the worst distortions concerning the Reagan myth: that Reagan was one of the most popular modern presidents; that his tax cut caused the bull market of the 1980s; and that he won the Cold War, and examines the Gipper’s conservatist legacy as it continues to impact America’s political and economic situation.

975.803 JON
Jones, Jacqueline, 1948-. Saving Savannah : the city and the Civil War. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Presents a portrait of Savannah, Georgia, before, during, and after the Civil War, drawing from military records, diaries, letters, newspapers, and memoirs to share the stories of men and women who lived and worked in the southern city, with the focus on efforts by former slaves to take control of their own destinies.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 782.421 KAN
Kane, Larry, 1942-. Ticket to ride : [inside the Beatles’ 1964 tour that changed the world]. Kennebunkport, ME : Cider Mill Press Audio Books, c2008.
Read by the author. An insider’s look at the world’s first major rock-and-roll tour, Ticket to Ride tells the Beatles’ story like it’s never been told before.

DVD 796.357 BLE
Blessed! : Still, we believe 2. [S.l.] : Bombo Sports & Entertainment, : c2008.
Blessed! tells the story of two men united by their passion for the Boston Red Sox. Season ticket holder Mike Barnicle, a columnist and radio host, spends his summers close to the action, sitting just a few rows from the Fenway field. Chris Wertz, a displaced Bostonian, owns Professor Thom’s, a Red Sox bar in enemy territory in downtown Manhattan...[F]ollow these two and other die-hard Red Sox fans through yet another memorable season and World Series victory”—Container.

DVD 917.3 AME
America’s national monuments : the Historic South. New York, NY : Ambrose Video Pub., c2008.
“Since 1906, each National monument in America has been designated by a sitting President as a personal memorial of an area he deemed deserving of preservation for future generations. Visit the monuments from America’s historic South and experience the fascinating story of the nation’s past.”—Container cover insert.

DVD 978 WES
The West. Standard format. [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.
Narrated by Peter Coyote. Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.

DVD BLA
Blackbeard. [La Crosse, WI] : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, [2006].
In the Golden Age of Piracy, during the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the many lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation, and his reputation is now legend. The true story of pirate Edward Teach - Blackbeard, the man who terrorized the seas.

DVD CIT
City by the sea. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2003], c2001.
Arresting killers is Manhattan detective LaMarca’s job. This time is different; the fugitive suspect LaMarca is tracking ends up being his own son. LaMarca must bring the accused to justice. But as a father, he must put his job on the line to find a way to save his own son.

DVD CLE
Cleaner. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
Single father and former cop Tom Carver has an unusual vocation—he cleans up crime scenes. But when he’s called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Carver is shocked to learn that he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover up.

DVD DAR
Dark victory. [United States] : Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Warner Home Video, [2005].
The life of a fast moving Long Island socialite skids to a stop when she discovers that she has less than a year to live.

DVD DEL
Delta farce. Widescreen. Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, c2007.
Three sadsacks mistaken for Army reservists are scheduled to be shipped to Iraq, but, unbeknowst to them, are instead dropped in Mexico.

DVD ELV
Elvis has left the building. Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2005]
Harmony is a cosmetics sales lady whose life is shaped by an early encounter with the King himself. It all takes an ugly turn when she accidentally kills some Elvis impersonators and flees the scene. Running from the FBI, Harmony shows a knack for leaving Elvis impersonators in her wake. Let’s hope luck improves when she hooks up with an executive whose wife also has Elvis issues.

DVD FIN
Find me guilty. Widescreen. Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2006.
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio decides to defend himself at his own trial rather than testify against his own, which results in the longest Mafia trial in U.S. history and one of the most shocking judicial verdicts.

DVD HEA
Head of state. Full screen version. [United States] : Universal City, Calif. : DreamWorks Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Universal, c2003.
When a presidential candidate is needed just a few weeks before the election, Washington picks Mays Gilliam, a powerless politician they plan to use as their puppet, certain that he will lose. But Mays won’t go down that easy. If he is going to run, he is going to do it his way and have fun doing it that way as well.

DVD JES
Jesse Stone. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007].
Now that Jesse Stone has settled in as Paradise’s police chief, he has to solve the grisly murder of a teenage girl. The investigation uncovers abuse and even leads him to a conflict with a Boston mob.

DVD LIT
Little children. Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Sarah Pierce is a new stay at home mom struggling with the solitude of her new role. Spending every moment with a three year old tests the patience of the one-time English scholar. One day, at a local playground, she interacts with a group of moms and the differences are clear. They embrace motherhood and seem to relish all that their new role brings. One day, Brad, a stay at home dad, brings his son to the playground. Sarah is amazed to find these moms have never talked to Brad and one of the women bets Sarah five dollars that she won’t get his phone number. Sarah not only gets his phone number, but she lets him in on the joke and they hug and kiss. Emasculated by his wife Kathy, Brad becomes slightly obsessed with finding ways to demonstrate he can still produce testosterone. Soon, Sarah and Brad start a passionate affair. At the same time, their quiet suburban community deals with Ronnie, a convicted pedophile who has just been released from prison. He returns to his mother’s home and she helps him endure the constant taunts of an overzealous neighbor. These lives intersect in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.

DVD MAD
Made for each other. [United States] : Global Multimedia Corp., c2004.
A young couple meet, fall in love, have a baby, and are then faced with some harsh realities. Through it all, their love is tested as they truly realize that they were made for each other. This film is one of the classic love stories of all time.

DVD MAN
Mansfield Park. Boston, MA : WGBH Boston Video, 2008.
Fanny Price goes to live with prosperous relatives at Mansfield Park and must navigate a labyrinth of intrigues and affairs among the occupants of the house.

DVD MAN
Man of the year. Universal City, Calif. : Universal Pictures, 2007, c2006.
Tom Dobbs makes an off-hand comment on his late night talk show that he would be a better president than the leader who currently occupies the White House. A grassroots campaign conducted by his legions of fans finds him unexpectedly ushered into the Oval Office and forced to live up to his promise. Unfortunately for Dobbs, he finds out that his surprise victory was actually the result of a voting computer glitch and not winning the majority vote leaves the outspoken funnyman struggling with the decision to stay the course in the Oval Office or head back behind the microphone where he is truly in his element.

DVD OFF
An officer and a gentleman. Special collector’s ed.; widescreen. Hollywood, CA : Paramount, c2007.
A timeless tale of romance, friendship, and growth. Loner Zack Mayo enters Officer Candidate School to become a Navy pilot and in thirteen weeks he learns the importance of discipline, love and friendship.

DVD SLO
Slow burn. Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2007.
Ford Cole is a big-city district attorney with his eye on the mayor’s office and a big problem on his hands. One of his deputies, the beautiful assistant district attorney, Nora Timmer, has just confessed to killing a man in what she claims was self-defense. A bad situation gets worse when a stranger named Luther turns up at the police station to contradict Nora’s story and paints a very different picture of Ford’s talented colleague. With his career and perhaps his life on the line, Ford has a mere handful of hours to sort the truth from the lies that involve Nora, a record store clerk, and a powerful gang lord.

DVD TOU
A touch of Frost. : Season 14. [S.l.] : MPI Home Video, c2009.
Three episodes from the British detective series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, a policeman who approaches his cases with a dry wit and sense of moral justice.

DVD WON
Wonder boys. Widescreen version. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2000.
During a single weekend, college professor Grady Tripp scrambles to gather together a life that has suddenly reeled out of control. An unfinished novel, a stolen car, a murdered pet and a failing marriage are just a few of the crises piling up.

New Titles May 2009

FICTION

F ALBERT
Albert, Susan Wittig. Wormwood. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
China Bayles has come to a Kentucky Shaker village to get some much- needed rest. She plans to assist with some herbal workshops at Mount Zion, while learning about all things Shaker, from their furniture, to their peaceful ways. But the restored village, quickly becoming a tourist attraction, is plagued with misfortune—some of it the result of sabotage. China and her friend Martha begin to investigate. After a death occurs, China plunges into the archives of another time to connect the dots to this present-day murder.

F ARMSTRONG
Armstrong, Kelley. Men of the otherworld. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Clayton, who asked to receive the bite at the age of six, learns to survive between the worlds of humans and werewolves while navigating the hostile politics of the Pack and challenging Malcolm, his archnemesis.

F ARRUDA
Arruda, Suzanne Middendorf, 1954-. The leopard’s prey : a Jade del Cameron mystery. New York : Obsidian, c2009.
American adventuress Jade del Cameron, working as a journalist in British East Africa in the 1920s, puts her own life on the line in an attempt to clear her beau, moviemaker and ace World War I flyer Sam Featherstone, from suspicion of having murdered a local merchant whose body was found on the coffee plantation of her friends Madeline and Neville Thompson.

F BAANTJER
Baantjer, A. C. Dekok and the dead harlequin. Golden, Colo. : Speck Press, 2009.
Faced with murder victims found looking like macabre wooden harlequins, Inspector DeKok must unravel clues from two unexpected characters: a six-year-old girl who has trouble sleeping and a respected accountant who seeks DeKok’s advice on committing the perfect crime. In a surprising twist, DeKok meets with the murderer and tries everything possible to prevent the man from giving himself up to the police.

F BALDACCI
Baldacci, David. First family. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
First lady Jane Cox insists on hiring private detectives Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to help when her twelve-year-old niece is abducted and the child’s mother killed following a birthday party at Camp David, and while the investigators have no trouble identifying the assailant, they cannot figure out the motive for his obsession with the first family.

F BARTHELME
Barthelme, Frederick, 1943-. Waveland : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Semi-retired architect Vaughn Williams finds his routine life turned upside down when his ex-wife Gail asks Vaughn and his girlfriend Greta to move in with her and protect her from her abusive boyfriend, and as the trio struggle to adapt to their unusual living arrangements, personal conflicts threaten any sense of balance they currently have.

F BAZZELL
Bazell, Josh. Beat the reaper : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Dr. Peter Brown, an intern at a Manhattan hospital, finds his past catching up with him when a patient realizes Peter is actually Pietro “Bearclaw” Brnwa, a hit man for the mob and has been in the Witness Protection Program for years, leaving Peter scrambling to find a way to protect his patients and himself from the bloodbath that will ensue if Peter’s patient reveals his true identity.

F BEAGLE
Beagle, Peter S. We never talk about my brother. San Francisco : Tachyon Publications, c2009.
Collects nine fantasy stories from twentieth-century American writer Peter S. Beagle, and features the title selection, along with “The Stickball Witch,” “The Unicorn Tapestries,” and others.

F BELLI
Belli, Gioconda, 1948-. Infinity in the palm of her hand : a novel of Adam and Eve. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
In a novel based on the Bible and ancient traditions, Adam and Eve discover the world around them, react to their punishment, and learn to adjust to the outside world, where it is necessary to kill to survive.

F BEN JELLOUN
Ben Jelloun, Tahar, 1944-. Leaving Tangier : a novel. New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2009.
In his new novel, award-winning, internationally bestselling author Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the story of a Moroccan brother and sister making new lives for themselves in Spain. Azel is a young man in Tangier who dreams of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. When he meets Miguel, a wealthy Spaniard, he leaves behind his girlfriend, his sister, Kenza, and his mother, and moves with him to Barcelona, where Kenza eventually joins them. What they find there forms the heart of this novel of seduction and betrayal, deception and disillusionment, in which Azel and Kenza are reminded powerfully not only of where they have come from, but also of who they really are.

F BIRMINGHAM
Birmingham, John, 1964-. Without warning. 1st ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.
As American troops lay ready to invade Iraq from Kuwait, a gargantuan surge of energy destroys the majority of the continental United States which leads to U.S. soldiers fighting without command and control.

F BLACK
Black, Cara, 1951-. Murder in the Latin Quarter. New York : Soho Press, c2009.
René suspects a scam when a Haitian woman arrives at the Leduc Detective Agency claiming to be Aimée’s half sister.

F BONHAM
Bonham, Frank. The dark border : a western quartet. 1st ed. Waterville, Me. : Five Star, 2009.
Collected here are three short stories and one full-length novel from Bonham. They include: ‘Brand of the Bear Flat Mutineers’ which chronicles a confrontation between U.S. soldiers and the Secessionist troops in the San Bernardino Mountains of California during the Civil War. In ‘Dark Border’ two cowwomen win a ranch in a dice game and become involved in illegal running of cattle across the Mexican border. The novel, titled ‘Blood on the Bozeman Trail,’ tells the story of a freight-line owner beset by cut-throat competitors, Indian raiding parties, and other hazards during a trek from Cheyenne to the Montana border.

F BOVA
Bova, Ben, 1932-. The immortality factor. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Two doctors, who happen to be brothers, stand in opposition of each other’s views on stem cell research, but when a beautiful woman comes between them, the brothers will have to come together on a decision that could save her life and change the fate of millions.

F BOWEN
Bowen, Rhys. In a gilded cage. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Private investigator Molly Murphy, having been arrested during a women’s suffrage march and met two Vassar graduates while in jail, helps the women uncover information about their families—one wants to know about her inheritance, which she believes her uncle swindled, and the other needs proof of a philandering husband.

F BOYDEN
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-. Through a black spruce : a novel. New York : Viking, 2009.
Told in alternating chapters, two different characters narrate what happened in their lives. It is the story of Will Bird, once a bush pilot, who is now haunted by the loss of his wife and two sons in a fire. The second narrator, Annie, a loner and trapper, is trying to come to terms with the visions she suffers during epileptic seizures. It is ultimately a story of characters that fight for what they love, and make painful discoveries about the inescapable ties of family.

F BOYLE
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. The women : a novel. New York : Viking, 2009.
A fictional account of the life of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as seen through the experiences of the four women who loved him.

F BRANDRETH
Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-. Oscar Wilde and a game called murder. 1st touchstone trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Oscar Wilde, having held a dinner party at which his friends, which included Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle, played a game in which they named someone they would like to murder, investigates when one of the people mentioned as a possible victim ends up dead.

F BRENNERT
Brennert, Alan. Honolulu. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Regret, a young woman in early twentieth-century Korea, agrees to become a mail-order bride to a prosperous man in Hawaii for the chance at an education, but arrives to find her situation less than what she was promised, and soon joins with others like her to make her own way in her adopted city of Honolulu.

F BRETT
Brett, Peter V. The warded man. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books/Del Rey, c2009.
The humans huddle behind their weakening magical wards, fearful of the nightly uprising of corelings—demons—that are determined to destroy humanity, but there are three—Arlen, Rojer, and Leesha—who choose to take a stand against the corelings in order to save mankind.

F BRIGGS
Briggs, Patricia. Bone crossed. Ace hardcover ed. New York : Ace Books, 2009.
Mercy Thompson, a car mechanic in the tri-cities of eastern Washington, uses her shapeshifting abilities to help maintain the peace between humans and supernatural beings, but she must work overtime to protect her friends when she crosses the local Vampire Queen who, unable to get past the werewolf pack that protects Mercy, decides to target the shapeshifter’s friends.

F BURROWAY
Burroway, Janet. Bridge of sand. 1st ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Dana Ullman, at loose ends following the death of her husband, leaves Pennsylvania and travels to Georgia where she falls in love with Cassius, a childhood acquaintance, but after being threatened by members of Cassius’s family who disapprove of mixed race relationships, Dana retreats to Pelican Bay, Florida, to wait for him, and becomes involved in the lives of the men and women of the small, racially-divided town.

F CABOT
Cabot, Meg. Ransom my heart. 1st ed. New York : Avon, c2009.
Finnula, desperate for money for her sister’s dowry, comes up with a plan to kidnap Hugo Fitzstephen, Earl of Stephensgate, who is traveling back to England from the Crusades, and hold him for ransom, but the plot goes awry when Finnula falls in love with her hostage and learns he has been lying about his identity.

F CALDWELL
Caldwell, Ian, 1976-. The rule of four. New York : Dial Press, 2004.
Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris are determined to unlock the centuries old mystery behind an ancient Renaissance text before their graduation from Princeton, but just as they are about to discover its secrets, the campus is rocked with a series of suspicious deaths.

F CAMILLERI
Camilleri, Andrea. August heat. New York : Penguin, 2009.
Inspector Salvo Montalbano is forced to stay in Vigata and endure the August heat with his long-suffering girlfriend, Livia, and a friend’s husband and young son. But when the boy suddenly disappears into a narrow shaft hidden under the family’s beach rental, Montalbano, in pursuit of the child, uncovers something terribly sinister.

F CENTER
Center, Katherine. Everyone is beautiful : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
After agreeing to uproot the family so that her husband can pursue his musical dreams in the Northeast, Lanie begins to wonder about her own life’s ambitions beyond being a wife and mother to her three sons.

F CHARLES
Charles, Kate. Deep waters. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Pr., 2009.
“In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin’s death is big news. Crib death? Or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents—celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz—live in curate Callie Anson’s London parish, and Callie becomes involved with funeral arrangements, despite the disapproval of her vicar and his wife. Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is recalled from his honeymoon to investigate the case—with disastrous personal results. And journalist Lilith Noone’s professional future is on the line, as she is sucked more and more deeply into her own flirtation with celebrity culture. Meanwhile, for police family liaison officer Mark Lombardi, the death of baby Muffin is eclipsed by another death, much closer to home, and he finds himself in an impossible position, torn between his loyalty to his family and his growing love for Callie.”—Amazon.com product description.

F CHIAVERINI
Chiaverini, Jennifer. The lost quilter. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Master quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson, having uncovered letters in an antique desk written by slave Joanna, pieces together the story of the woman’s life, learning of how she escaped only to be captured and sold again and created a quilt which hid clues about how to get back in order to be reunited with the son she was forced to leave behind.

F CHILD
Child, Lincoln. Terminal freeze : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
When paleoecologist Evan Marshall and his small group of scientists discover a large, ancient animal encased in ice two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, the media threatens to reveal the creature on television, despite warnings from Native Americans that a mythic killing machine may be released.

F CHILDS
Childs, Laura. Oolong dead. 1st ed. New York : Berkeley Prime Crime, 2009.
While riding through the low country of South Carolina on her horse, Theodosia runs across the corpse of her nemesis, Abby Davis, and is reunited with her old boyfriend, Abby’s brother, and as she investigates, she is led to a dark theater, where the murderous villain awaits another victim.

F CHILDS
Childs, Laura. Eggs in purgatory. Berkley Prime Crime mass-market ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2008.
Single women Suzanne, Toni, and Petra find the body of Suzanne’s lawyer in a car behind the café they own together and decide to investigate, uncovering a connection between the murder and a runaway cultist.

F CLARK
Clark, Mary Higgins. Just take my heart : a novel. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
The latest work from America’s undisputed queen of suspense takes Clark into uncharted new territory, as Emily, one of three friends inseparable since childhood, becomes a pawn in a plan to save one life at the expense of another.

F CLEAVE
Cleave, Chris. Little Bee. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
A confrontation between a sixteen-year-old Nigerian orphan, called Little Bee, and a wealthy British couple on vacation, has life-changing consequences for everyone involved.

F COBEN
Coben, Harlan, 1962-. Long lost. New York : Dutton, 2009.

Myron Bolitar hasn't heard from Terese Collins in years. The two had a brief relationship which ended with no explanation. There had been no contact since, which made hearing from her now all the more unusual. Terese was in Paris and desperately needed Myron's help.

F COELHO
Coelho, Paulo. The winner stands alone. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Igor, a successful Russian entrepreneur, takes advantage of the Cannes Film Festival to regain the favor of his ex-wife Ewa, whom he will go to any lengths to win back.

F COELHO
Coelho, Paulo. The alchemist. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1998], c1993.
Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy, sets out from his home in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of buried treasure, but through his encounters with a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself a king, and an Alchemist, he learns the value of the treasures found within himself.

F CRANDALL
Crandall, Susan. Seeing red. New York : Forever, c2009.
Schoolteacher Ellis Greene, who fifteen years earlier helped put the person who murdered her cousin in jail and clear the name of the victim’s boyfriend Nate Vance, is reunited with Nate when he returns to South Carolina, and the two uncover new evidence about the crime, while finding themselves unable to ignore their mutual attraction.

F CRAWFORD
Crawford, Brent. Carter finally gets it. 1st ed. New York : Disney Hyperion Books, c2009.
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible.

F DAVIDSON
Davidson, Diane Mott. Fatally flaky. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz, planning a wedding reception for a spoiled bride who has decided to change the location to the Gold Gulch Spa, investigates the death of a family friend who died in a suspicious car accident and uncovers a link between the man’s death and research being conducted at the spa.

F DE LINT
De Lint, Charles, 1951-. The mystery of grace. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Tattooed Grace, who works at Sanchez Motor Works, meets and falls in love with John at the Solona Music Hall, but before their relationship can work, they both have unfinished business—that involves the world of the living and dead—that must be resolved.

F DELORS
Delors, Catherine. Mistress of the Revolution. New York : Dutton, c2008.
Impoverished noblewoman Gabrielle de Montserrat, prevented from marrying her first love by her brother, who instead forces her into a union with an aging, wealthy cousin, watches over the years as her beloved Pierre, now a lawyer, ascends to the bench of the Revolutionary Tribunal in France, and when confronted with the prospect of the guillotine, she reaches out to him once more, hoping to find salvation and love at last.

F DEVERAUX
Deveraux, Jude. Lavender morning. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Jocelyn Minton, having formed a friendship with the elderly Miss Edi after her father remarried and she began to feel like an outsider in her own family, copes with the death of her confidante and moves into the woman’s eighteenth-century home in a small town, where she uncovers secrets about her past and finds love with a local lawyer.

F DOZOIS
The year’s best science fiction : twenty-fourth annual collection. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2007.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow blurring the line-between life and art. Now, in "The Years' Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection" the best science fiction authors explore ideas of a new world.

F EKUNI
Ekuni, Kaori, 1964-. Twinkle twinkle. New York, N.Y. : Vertical, c2002.
A savvy novel about the strange marriage of a gay man and an unstable, alcoholic woman, “Twinkle Twinkle” takes an entirely fresh look at city life, commodity culture, marriage, forgiveness, and acceptance.

F ELLIS
Ellis, Robert, 1954-. The lost witness. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Los Angeles detective Lena Gamble, held in disgrace by her superiors for her handling of a previous case, has not been assigned a murder investigation in eight months, and she realizes she is in for another trial when her chief sends her to solve the mystery surrounding an unidentified victim found in a dumpster, chopped into pieces.

F FEIST
Feist, Raymond E. Rides a dread legion. 1st ed. New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2009.
When representatives from the besieged world of Laromendis arrive, claiming that Midkemia is the lost home world of the elves, the magician Pug and the Conclave of Shadows receive the elves as potential allies in the hopes of conquering a demonic common enemy.

F FLUKE
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-. Cream puff murder. New York : Kensington Books, c2009.
Bakery owner and part-time sleuth, Hannah Swensen, investigates the murder of beautiful fitness instructor, Ronni Ward, while trying to clear the name of her detective friend, Mike Kingston.

F FORMAN
Forman, Gayle. If I stay : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Books, c2009.
While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.

F FRANZEN
Franzen, Jonathan. The corrections. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun, but the members of her dysfunctional family make it difficult.

F FREEMAN
Freeman, Castle, 1944-. All that I have : a novel. 1st ed. Hanover, N.H. : Steerforth Press, c2009.
Sheriff Lucian Wing deals with a diverse range of calls that threaten and disrupt the peaceful order he strives to maintain in his small town in Vermont.

F GAITSKILL
Gaitskill, Mary, 1954-. Don’t cry : stories. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
College town, 1980 -- Folk song—A
dream of men—The agonized face—Mirror ball—Today I’m yours—The little boy—The arms and legs of the lake -- Description—Don’t cry. Mary Gaitskill returns with a luminous new collection of stories—her first in more than ten years. Each story delivers the powerful, original language, and the dramatic engagement of the intelligent mind with the craving body—or of the intelligent body with the craving mind. As the stories unfold against the backdrop of American life over the last 30 years, they describe how our social conscience has evolved while basic human truths remain unchanged.

F GERSHOW
Gershow, Miriam. The local news : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
Lydia Pasternak, a socially awkward girl who is the opposite of her missing brother Danny, reflects on her sibling’s disappearance with mixed feelings as the search parties turn up nothing, and begins to obsess over her family’s hired private investigator while struggling with a social world she has never before been a part of.

F GOODWIN
Goodwin, Jason, 1964-. The Bellini card : a novel. 1st American ed. New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2009, c2008.
Yasham, a eunuch detective, asks Palewski, a Polish ambassador, to travel to Venice and track down a priceless painting, Bellini’s portrait of Mehmet the Conqueror, rumored to have been spotted somewhere in the city, but there is a killer on the loose, Palewski is in danger, and only Yasham can solve the mystery.

F GRAHAM
Graham, Jo, 1968-. Hand of Isis. 1st ed. New York : Orbit, 2009.
You may have read other books about Cleopatra, but this is the story as you’ve never read it before. Now Queen of Alexandria, Cleopatra is fighting for her life and the survival of her land, surrounded by enemies. Standing at her side is her half sister and her handmaiden, Charmian, daughter of Pharaoh Ptolemy Auletes, who possesses a special gift that could be the key to preserving Egypt.

F GREENWOOD
Greenwood, Kerry. Murder in the dark : a Phryne Fisher mystery.
1st U.S. ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009, c2006.
Phryne has been invited to the grand manor house for a four-day extravaganza to celebrate the end of 1928; but when three of the party guests are kidnapped, Phryne must wade through a series of clues in order to find them.

F HADDAM
Haddam, Jane, 1951-. Living witness : a Gregor Demarkian novel. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is called to Snow Hill, Pennsylvania, when ninety-one-year-old Ann-Victoria is brutally beaten and the local police chief fears his involvement in the case will seem a conflict of interest due to a brutal court battle, and Gregor’s investigation soon reveals the town hides many explosive secrets.

F HAMILTON
Hamilton, Jane, 1957 July 13-. Laura Rider’s masterpiece : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Aspiring writer Laura Rider, having given up sleeping with her sexually enthusiastic husband Charlie after twelve years of marriage, meets Jenna Faroli, a popular radio host in Hartley, Wisconsin, and decides to promote a relationship between Jenna and Charlie, hoping their affair will give her material for a book.

F HAOBSH
Haobsh, Nadine. Confessions of a beauty addict. 1st Avon pbk. ed. New York : Avon A, 2009.
Beauty magazine columnist Bella Hunter learns that there is more to life than fashion and makeovers when she is fired from her position at an ultra chic magazine and is forced to work for a publication that caters to women over fifty.

F HARPER
Harper, Karen (Karen S.). Mistress Shakespeare. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
A fictionalized account of the life of Anne Whateley of Temple Grafton, who was betrothed to William Shakespeare days before he was forced to marry the pregnant Anne Hathaway of Shottery, and went on to secretly marry her great love during a treacherous time in Elizabethan England.

F HART
Hart, Carolyn G. Dare to die. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Bookstore owner Annie Darling and her investigator husband Max become caught up in a murder mystery when Iris, a young woman newly returned to Broward’s Rock, is found strangled, and the killer makes it obvious the Darlings are next on the death list.

F HOUGHTELING
Houghteling, Sara. Pictures at an exhibition. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
In Paris during WWII, Max Berenzon embarks on a quest to recover his family’s masterpieces that were looted during the Nazi occupation, encountering corrupt art dealers, blackmarketeers, and a tragic family secret.

F INK LP
Ink, India, 1961-. A blush with death : a bath and body mystery. Large print ed. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2006.
There’s a new makeover maven in town, and she spells big trouble for Persia Vanderbilt and everyone at Venus Envy. Bebe Wilcox has just unveiled her own boutique, and she won’t stop until her shop has put everyone else out of business. Nothing is out of bounds, from stealing fragrance recipes to computer hacking and sabotaging supplies. But when one of Bebe’s pushy saleswomen ends up dead, the stakes get much higher. Includes beauty and spa tips!.

F JACKSON
Jackson, Lisa. Wicked game. New York : Kensington Pub., c2009.
Becca Sutcliff, haunted for years by visions of Jessie Brentwood, a classmate who disappeared twenty years earlier, becomes caught up in a web of mystery and murder when the discovery of a skeleton buried in the St. Elizabeth maze marks the start of a wave of horrible accidents among Jessie’s group of friends.

F JOHANSEN
Johansen, Iris. Deadlock. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Emily Hudson devotes her life to rescuing priceless artifacts and relics overlooked in the horrors of war. In doing so, she dodges bandits, side-steps explosives, and travels from one hot-spot to another. Then one day, the ultimate danger comes looking for her and her team. That’s when the CIA calls on John Garrett, a mercenary, to rescue them. It’s a risky assignment, but he knows he’s her only hope for survival. For Emily, survival comes second to revenge.

F JORDAN
Jordan, Toni. Addition. 1st U.S. ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Obsessive-compulsive Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts everything, a habit that has alienated her from most of her family and put her on disability from her teaching job—due to a former student’s parents claim that she was insane—but she never counted on meeting Seamus Joseph O’Reilly at the café.

F KELLY
Kelly, Mary Pat. Galway Bay. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
A historical family saga that spans six generations, following Honora and Michael Kelly and their family from Ireland during the great nineteenth-century potato famine to their lives as Irish-Americans in Chicago.

F KERNAN
Kernan, Marjorie. The ballad of West Tenth Street. 1st ed. New York : HarperPerennial, c2009.
Lively, lovely, charming, and surprising, this imaginative debut is a true-life fairy tale of an utterly unusual Manhattan.

F KERR
Kerr, Philip. A quiet flame : a Bernie Gunther novel. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.

F KURIMOTO
Kurimoto, Kaoru, 1953-. The leopard mask. 1st American ed. New York : Vertical, c2003.
Guin, a heroic warrior, wakes up from a coma remembering nothing but his name and a mysterious word, and sets out to discover his true identity and the meaning of the word that haunts him.

F KURIMOTO
Kurimoto, Kaoru, 1953-. Warrior in the wilderness. 1st American ed. New York : Vertical, c2003.
Continuing the opulently written saga, this second volume acquaints readers further with the vastness and depth of Kurimoto’s imagined world of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures.

F LAKER
Laker, Rosalind. Garlands of gold. 1st world ed. Surrey [England] : Severn House, 2009, c2008.
Saskia, an orphaned lady’s maid in seventeenth-century Rotterdam, gains the attention of Grinling Gibbons—her employer’s son—for her capability in the production of beautifying face balms and other products, and becomes entangled in a romantic web while chasing her ambition.

F LAURENS
Laurens, Stephanie. Temptation and surrender. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Handsome and wealthy Jonas Tallent, having exhausted the pleasures of London society, takes up the reins of his family’s estate in rural Devon where his first order of business is to hire a new manager for the village inn, and with few qualified applicants, he agrees to give Miss Emily Beauregard the job, and soon finds himself caught up with the young woman and her quest to find a lost family treasure.

F LEHRER
Lehrer, James. Oh, Johnny : a novel. New York : Random House, c2009.

News anchor Lehrer mixes baseball, World War II, and romance in his 19th novel to mostly pleasant results. Even though Johnny Wrigley, from small-town Lafayette, Md., is being scouted by the Detroit Tigers, he enlists in the Marines. En route to deployment, Johnny meets Betsy, a doughnut girl and falls instantly in love. He vows he'll return for her, a quixotic obsession that sustains him through grittily rendered combat scenes in the Pacific. But, when he returns, she is nowhere to be found.

F LEWIS
Lewis, Beverly, 1949-. The secret. Minneapolis : Bethany House, c2009.
Twenty-year-old Grace Byler is curious about her mother’s strange behavior at night, but when she sees her willingly disappear into a car and drive away, Grace is concerned that her mother has abandoned their Amish society.

F LEWIS
Lewis, Beverly, 1949-. The forbidden. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2008.
Although the church split has torn their Amish community apart, Nellie Mae Fisher and Caleb Yoder still feel drawn to one another, but if they pursue their relationship, they know they will have to go against the wishes of those they hold dear and risk everything.

F MACY
Macy, Caitlin. Spoiled : stories. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Collects nine stories that examine themes of friendship, family, and class among various thirty-something women in Manhattan.

F MASELLO
Masello, Robert, 1952-. Blood and ice. New York : Bantam Books, 2009.
Fleeing depression over his coma-stricken wife, journalist Michael Wilde travels to the South Pole on an expedition in search of a mysterious vessel carrying an exiled Crimean War deserter, discovering upon arrival the bodies of a young man and a young woman bound and frozen in a block of ice, both apparently alive.

F MASSEY
Massey, Sujata. Shimura trouble : a Rei Shimura mystery. 1st World ed. Sutton, Surrey [England] ; New York : Severn House, 2008.
Rei Shimura, Japanese American undercover spy, travels to the Hawaiian branch of her family to help them recover land taken from them during World War II, and her attempts are foiled when a wildfire takes over the island.

F MCCAFFREY
McCaffrey, Anne. Deluge. 1st ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2008.
Yana Maddock, Sean Shongili, and their twins, Ronan and Murel, find their efforts to protect the planet of Petaybee threatened as the InterGal Corporation launches a bold assault that may destroy the peaceful planet’s future.

F MCCALL SMITH
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-. Tea time for the traditionally built. New York : Pantheon Books, 2009.
Mma Ramotswe, of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, was quite perturbed when Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni sold Mma Ramotswe’s van without telling her and replaced it with a new vehicle. Although the van had been making some disturbing noises recently, she wanted it back and set out to recover it. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi’s engagement to Mr. Phuti Radiphuti was not going smoothly. Can the women keep their minds on their current case, which was to find out who was fixing the outcome of a local football team’s games?

F MCDERMID
McDermid, Val. A darker domain : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Detective Karen Pirie, head of the Cold Case Review Team, investigates the 1985 murder of an heiress and the disappearance of her son, along with the disappearance of Mick Prentice, who in 1984, left to join a miners’ strike.

F MCLANE
McLane, LuAnn. A little less talk and a lot more action. New York : Signet Eclipse, 2008.
College football coach Luke Carter has a penchant for hot-bodied babes, not curvy hairdressers like Macy. But then a country singing star’s hair emergency turns into a big break for Macy. Making it in Nashville boosts Macy’s confidence, but when Luke interviews for a job at a local university, she’ll have to put up or shut up—or lose him forever.

F MICHAELS
Michaels, Fern. Mr. and Miss Anonymous. New York : Kensington Books, c2009.
Two teenage boys are missing and their disappearance may be linked to a shady fertility clinic Sam Parker and Lily Madison visited in college as penniless students. When Sam and Lily learn that one of the missing boys looks exactly like Sam, they set out to discover what really went on at the clinic all those years ago.

F MODESITT
Modesitt, L. E. Imager. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Rhennthyl, an apprentice portraitist, discovers that he has a magical ability called Imaging after accidentally killing his master with his powers, and when he starts to train as a secret operative in the Collegium of Imagisle, he makes a powerful enemy and learns the truth about the world in which he lives.

F MOORE
Moore, Christopher, 1957-. Fool. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Pocket, the king’s fool, and his simpleton apprentice, Drool, devise a way to clean up King Lear’s mistakes with his kingdom, family, and fortune, only to learn about their own heritage amid murder, mistaken identities, ghostly appearances, and conniving daughters.

F MOSLEY
Mosley, Walter. The long fall. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
Leonid McGill, an old school, African-American private investigator in Manhattan, makes the decision to stop taking on shady jobs, but the case of a high-paying client complicates his commitment to go straight.

F NESB0
Nesbø, Jo, 1960-. Nemesis. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper, 2008.
Police Detective Harry Hole begins to investigate a murder caught on grainy film of a robber executing a cashier and escaping with two million Norwegian kroner, but when his ex-girlfriend is found dead after inviting Hole to dinner, he believes he is being framed for the murders.

F NIVEN
Niven, Larry. Escape from hell. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Allen Carpenter, who has already escaped from hell and remains haunted by his ordeal, returns to the pit of fire and partners with legendary poet Sylvia Plath to liberate unjustly confined and tortured souls, unsure whether he will be able to escape a second time.

F NOTHOMB
Nothomb, Amélie. Tokyo fiancée. New York : Europa Editions, c2009.
Amelie is a young language teacher living in Tokyo. When she succumbs to the attentions of a student—the shy, wealthy, and oh-so-Japanese Rinri—the lovers find themselves swept along by an affair that is as unusual as it is tender.

F NOVAK
Novak, Brenda. Dead giveaway. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA Books, c2007.
The Reverend Lee Barker went missing 19 years ago and the people of Stillwater, Mississippi, are convinced he was murdered by his stepson, Clay Montgomery. But only Clay and his mother and sisters know what really happened. And they are not talking.

F NYLUND
Nylund, Eric S. Mortal coils. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Eliot and Fiona, fifteen-year-old orphans who live in their grandmother’s strict household, learn that they are the children of a goddess and Lucifer, Prince of Darkness; the gods and fallen angels devise tests for the children as the custody battle wages on.

F OGAWA
Ogawa, Y›oko, 1962-. The housekeeper and the professor. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2009.
A once brilliant math professor suffers the effects of a head trauma that erases his short term memory every eighty minutes and is repeatedly introduced to his housekeeper anew, but past equations in the professor’s mind enable him to discover surprising connections.

F OLSSON
Olsson, Linda. Sonata for Miriam. New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Two events occur that change composer Adam Anker’s life forever. Embarking on a journey that ranges from New Zealand to Poland, and then Sweden, Anker not only uncovers his parents’ true fate in World War II, but he also finally faces the consequences of an impossible choice he was forced to make 20 years before.

F PATTERSON
Patterson, James, 1947-. The 8th confession. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the murder of San Francisco’s most celebrated couple, Isa and Ethan Bailey, and reporter Cindy Thomas becomes attracted to the case and Lindsay’s partner Rich Conklin, when the body of a preacher is found executed.

F PATTILLO
Pattillo, Beth. Jane Austen ruined my life. New York : Guideposts, c2009.
Emma, the daughter of a minister who has always believed God has a plan for her life, finds her faith shaken when she catches her husband in a compromising position with her assistant, and denied tenure in her position as an English professor because of the resulting scandal, she travels to London in pursuit of a cache of letters written by Jane Austen, and gains insights into her own life and future.

F PEACOCK
Peacock, Caro. A dangerous affair. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins Avon A, 2009.
In Victoria’s England, there are perilous intrigues a proper young lady would do well to avoid. Liberty Lane, still in her early twenties, is doing her best to make a new life for herself in London after being bruised by loss and treachery. But there’s no chance for her to settle down as a conventional young lady. First, a disturbingly attractive young politician, Benjamin Disraeli, wants her to use her contacts in the theatre world to find out more about a prima ballerina with a notorious love life called Columbine. He hints that some important interests may be at stake. Then Columbine is murdered in her dressing room, after an on-stage brawl with a younger and less successful dancer, who becomes prime suspect.

F PENNY
Penny, Louise. A rule against murder. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, vacationing with his wife at Manoir Bellechasse, an isolated, luxury inn in Quebec, unearths long-buried secrets and hidden hatreds when he is called upon to investigate the death of another guest who was killed when a recently-installed statue toppled over during a storm.


F PHILLIPS
Phillips, Susan Elizabeth. What I did for love. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
To salvage her floundering career after leaving her role on America’s favorite sitcom and being left by her famous husband, Georgie York fakes a new marriage with her former costar Bramwell Shepard for the Hollywood paparazzi, but begins to question why Bram, whom she had considered an enemy, is being so supportive.

F PRONZINI
Pronzini, Bill. Schemers : a Nameless Detective novel. 1st ed. New York : Forge, 2009.
Nameless Detective takes on a case to recover mystery novels stolen from Barney Rivera’s locked library; and meanwhile, Jake Runyon attempts to find out who has been tormenting the Henderson brothers, whose father’s grave has recently been vandalized.

F QUICK
Quick, Amanda. The perfect poison. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
Not only was Lucinda Clayton a spinster at 28, but she was also the daughter of the infamous Dr. Clayton who was believed to have used his botanical knowledge to poison several people before taking his own life. Because of this, Lucinda preferred to spend time in her conservatory with plants rather than with people. When a scientist, whom she senses has less than honorable intentions, calls on her about procuring a rare plant, she asks the Arcane Society’s newly established private inquiry firm to check him out.

F QUINN
Quinn, Spencer. Dog on it : a Chet and Bernie mystery. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Chet, the canine companion to Bernie, a down-on-his-luck private investigator, plays a key role in helping his owner track down a missing high school girl whose disappearance was initially written off as a typical case of a runaway teen.

F REES
Rees, Matt, 1967-. The samaritan’s secret : an Omar Yussef mystery. New York : Soho, c2009.
Omar Yussef travels to Nablus for the wedding of his friend, police officer Sami Jaffari, only to become caught up in the investigation of a stolen Samaritan scroll, the murder of an aide to the former Palestinian president, and millions in missing funds that, if not found, will adversely affect all Palestinians.

F ROBARDS
Robards, Karen. Pursuit. New York : Putnams, c2009.
Amateur Washington, D.C., lawyer Jessica Ford, having agreed to meet with the First Lady when her boss could not make the appointment, wakes up in the hospital with amnesia after being the only survivor in an accident in which the First Lady was killed, and after the senior partner and his assistant at her law firm are killed, realizes that if she begins to recall the events of that faithful night, her life might be in danger too.

F ROBERTS LP
Roberts, Nora. The pagan stone. Large print ed. New York : Jove Books, 2008.
Gathered around the Pagan Stone three boys set in motion a force bent on destruction that threatens their childhood town of Hawkins Hollow until years later they meet again with three equally determined women to find a way to use the Stone to stop the murder and mayhem.

F ROBINSON
Robinson, Lewis, 1971-. Water dogs : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Twenty-seven-year-old Bennie’s life is forever altered after participating in a game of paintball with his little brother Littlefield and friends which resulted in him being hospitalized, one of his friends gone missing, and his younger brother—blamed for the disappearance—vanishing without a word.

F ROBOTHAM
Robotham, Michael, 1960-. Shatter. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.

Joe O'Loughlin knows what he's doing when he's called on to talk down a woman from the Clifton Suspension Bridge who is bent on suicide. He's done it many times before. The only problem is, this woman seems more determined to listen to the voices in her head than to Joe. His attempt fails and she plunges to her death. Afterward, he finds himself comforting the woman's teen daughter and becoming more deeply involved in the police investigation, much to his wife's distress.

F ROZAN
Rozan, S. J. The Shanghai Moon. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Private detectives Lydia Chin and Joel Pilarsky investigate the theft of jewelry that once belonged to a young Austrian refugee who fled to Shanghai from Hitler’s Europe during World War II; but things turn deadly when a man is murdered and Lydia learns that the valuable gem, Shanghai Moon, may be part of the same stash.

F SCOTTOLINE
Scottoline, Lisa. Look again. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2009.
Reporter Ellen Gleeson is stunned when she sees her adopted son Will on a “Have You Seen This Child?” flier and must decide if she is willing to uncover the truth about her son’s birth and possibly risk losing him forever.

F SIDDONS LP
Siddons, Anne Rivers. Sweetwater Creek : a novel. Doubleday large print home library ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
Rebuilding her life on a plantation after the disappearance of her mother and the death of a sibling, Emily Parmenter forges a near-mystical relationship with her beloved spaniel and finds her world changing after the arrival of a rebellious debutante.

F SIMMONS
Simmons, Dan. Drood : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Fifty-three-year-old Charles Dickens, having escaped death during a train accident, momentarily meets a ghoulish figure named Drood and sets out with his friend Wilkie Collins into the nightmarish world of the slums and catacombs of London to uncover the mystery surrounding the figure.

F STOCKETT
Stockett, Kathryn. The help. New York : Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2009.
Skeeter returns home to Mississippi from college in 1962 and begins to write stories about the African-American women that are found working in white households, which includes Aibileen, who grieves for the loss of her son while caring for her seventeenth white child, and Minny, Aibileen’s sassy friend, the hired cook for a secretive woman who is new to town.

F STUCKART
Stuckart, Diane A. S. Portrait of a lady : a Leonardo da Vinci mystery. Berkley Prime Crime trade pbk. ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
After the deaths of two female servants, Leonardo da Vinci asks his apprentice, Dino, to go undercover disguised as a woman in the service of the Duke’s ward. The task should prove easy since “Dino” is in reality Delfina, a young woman masquerading as a boy to serve as Leonardo’s apprentice. But complications in the case soon have the young apprentice torn between her loyalty to Leonardo and her growing feelings for a captain of the Duke’s guard.

F SWARUP
Swarup, Vikas. Q & A : a novel. 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2008, c2005.
After winning India’s biggest quiz show, Ram Mohammad Thomas is put in jail as authorities question how a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest.

F TODD
Todd, Charles. A matter of justice. 1st ed. New York : William Murrow, c2009.
Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge finds himself with no shortage of suspects when he sets out to investigate the murder of a universally despised London businessman—an inquiry that leads Rutledge deep into the past and into the heart of darkness.

F TREMBLAY
Tremblay, Paul. The little sleep : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
South Boston Private Investigator Mark Genevich, a narcoleptic who suffers from hallucinations, meets Jennifer Times, who shows up at his office with tales about her stolen fingers before leaving behind some seedy photos and quite a few unanswered questions.

F VERGHESE
Verghese, A. (Abraham), 1955-. Cutting for stone : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Twin brothers Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in Ethiopia, sharing a deep bond that has helped them survive the loss of their parents and the country’s political upheaval, but when they both fall for the same woman, their bond is broken and the two go their separate ways, until a medical crisis reunites them.

F WATERS
Waters, Paul. The republic of vengeance. 1st ed. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2009, c2008.
A consuming story of love, loss, and redemption set in the classical world of Rome and Greece, “The Republic of Vengeance” follows a young man’s pursuit of his father’s murderer and of the values and qualities he develops that will make him capable of love.

F WHITELAW
Whitelaw, Stella. Dead slow ahead : a Casey Jones cruise ship mystery. 1st world ed. Surrey, England : Severn House, 2008.
Casey Jones, cruise director of the ship “Countess Georgina,” finds that her latest Caribbean cruise is not running smoothly after items start disappearing, a passenger is found dead, and Casey’s own life becomes threatened.

F WILSON
Wilson, Eric (Eric P.). Fireproof. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, c2008.
With their marriage waning after seven years, Caleb, a firefighter, and his wife Catherine are ready to settle with a divorce, but when Caleb’s father challenges Caleb to a forty-day experiment dubbed “The Love Dare,” Caleb realizes what is truly in his heart, only he still has to convince Catherine.

F WOODS
Woods, Stuart. Loitering with intent. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
After being dumped by his Russian girlfriend during dinner one evening, and now running low on cash, Stone Barrington is happy when he’s called on to find the missing son of a very wealthy man. Tracking the son to Key West, Stone and his sidekick, Dino Bachetti, find someone lying in wait for them. It would appear that the son has a very good reason for not wanting to be found.

F WRIGHT
Wright, Alexis, 1950-. Carpentaria : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2009, c2006.
Normal Phantom, leader of the Westend Pricklebush people in the northern Queensland town of Desperance, Australia, embarks on a harrowing spiritual journey as he stands against rival Joseph Midnight and the renegade Eastend mob, and struggles to preserve the land and traditions of the Aboriginal people from mining interests.

JF MASS
Mass, Wendy, 1967-. 11 birthdays. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again.


NON-FICTION

006.7 WAL
Walsh, Bob, 1957-. Clear blogging : how people blogging are changing the world and how you can join them. Berkeley, CA : New York : Apress ; Distributed to the book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag New York, c2007.
Why blog? –
Hooking into the blogosphere—Getting started—What do good blogs share? -- Building your personal blog—Professionally blogging, blogging professionally—Building your company blog—Power tools for bloggers—Successful blogging—The new fourth estate—Adding podcasting to your blog—Monetizing your blog for fun and profit—
Building readership—Blogging from the new front lines—Welcome to your future.

070.5025 JEF
Herman, Jeff, 1958-. Jeff Herman’s guide to book publishers, editors, & literary agents 2009 : who they are! what they want! how to win them over! 19th ed., 2009 ed. Stockbridge, MA : Three Dog Press, c2009.
Contains profiles of over four hundred trade publishers in the United States and Canada, each with a listing of imprints, lists of representative authors and works, and contact names, addresses, and numbers; and includes information on a selection of literary agents.

153.83 LEH
Lehrer, Jonah. How we decide. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Explores questions of how the human mind makes decisions, and how to use discoveries in neuroscience to make better decisions.

158 SHI
Shimoff, Marci. Happy for no reason : 7 steps to being happy from the inside out. 1st Free Press trade pbk. ed. New York : Free Press, 2009, c2008.
Provides practical guidance for becoming happier, discussing love, physical health, spirituality, purpose, and other aspects.

220.6 STR
Strand, Clark, 1957-. How to believe in God : whether you believe in religion or not. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Describes a twenty-first-century approach to the Bible for Christian believers and atheists alike, and discusses the universal teachings on salvation and belief.

305.896 SAN
Sandweiss, Martha A. Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Relates the story of Clarence King, a geologist who fell in love with an African-American woman and in order to avoid being charged with miscegenation lied to her, claiming he was an African-American railroad worker and eventually marrying her, but continued his professional life as Clarence King without her knowing.

324.0973 STO
Stoken, Dick A. The great game of politics : why we elect whom we elect. 1st mass market ed. New York : Forge, 2008.

From George Washington to George W. Bush, Stoken examines the political cycles of the American presidency. Now updated with a new Introduction for 2008. Interesting and timely writing.--"Booklist."

332.6609 COH
Cohan, William D. House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Former investment banker William Cohan gives readers a front-row seat to the catastrophic unraveling at the seams of Bear Stearns, and its behind-the-scenes sale to JP Morgan Chase. How was it possible that a company which had only months before been clocking record-high stock prices, plummeted to such dire straits? Cohan explains how, and who the prime characters in its demise were.

333.7 BRO
Brown, Lester Russell, 1934-. Plan B 2.0 : rescuing a planet under stress and a civilization in trouble. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2006.
Examines the current environmental crisis and its impact on the world’s economies and explains how humans can use the latest technological advances and more conventional methods to replenish and replace the natural resources that are being drained at an alarming rate.

338.761 ANG
Angwin, Julia. Stealing MySpace : the battle to control the most popular website in America. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2009.
Chronicles the history of MySpace, discussing its founding by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, acquisition by Rupert Murdoch, the Internet culture, and other related topics.

338.9 NIC
Nickerson, Mike, 1951-. Life, money & illusion : living on earth as if we want to stay. 1st ed. Lanark, ON : Seven Generations Pub., 2006.

In recent years, unchecked economic growth in the Western world has led to resource depletion and widespread environmental degradation. "Life, Money & Illusion" was inspired by the dilemma of having an economic structure that has to grow to remain healthy, while facing the necessity of reducing our footprint and establishing a stable state economy to secure ecological viability on a finite planet.

346.7306 SIT
Sitarz, Dan, 1948-. The business start-up toolkit. 1st ed. Carbondale, Ill. : Nova Pub., c2008.

This vital business reference contains all of the business, accounting, marketing and legal information necessary to start a successful business: hundreds of forms and checklists, and all of the step-by-step instructions needed to start any type of business.

346.7307 SIT
Sitarz, Dan, 1948-. The personal bankruptcy toolkit. 1st ed. Carbondale, Ill. : Nova Pub. Co., c2009.
A complete guide to filing for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy, this book contains everything necessary, including clear and understandable instructions, worksheets, and official federal bankruptcy forms that are provided as computer-fillable PDF forms that perform the complex mathematical calculations for the user. The appendix provides details of the bankruptcy exemptions available in all 50 states and Washington D.C.

363.1926 WIL
Wilson, Bee. Swindled : the dark history of food fraud, from poisoned candy to counterfeit coffee. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Describes the history of food tampering, scamming, and other frauds, and focuses on the development of industrial-scale food adulteration and the scientific ability to counter it in America and England during nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

363.3251 DIC
Dickey, Christopher. Securing the city : inside America’s best counter-terror force—the NYPD. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Provides an inside look at how the New York Police Department has developed into one of the country’s top counterterrorism operations since the 2001 attacks on the U.S., and discusses controversies that have arisen over their methods.

363.738 GEL
Gelbspan, Ross. Boiling point : how politicians, big oil and coal, journalists, and activists are fueling the climate crisis—and what we can do to avert disaster. 1st ed. New York : Basic Books, c2004.
Explores how the current climate crisis has been impacted by the decisions and actions of politicians, oil and coal companies, the media, and activists; explains how, if left unchecked, those groups may threaten the earth’s future, and offers practical suggestions for resolving the crisis.

551.6 SIN
Singer, S. Fred (Siegfried Fred), 1924-. Unstoppable global warming : every 1,500 years. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2007.
The author provides scientific evidence that the fifteen-hundred-year global warming cycle that has always controlled the earth’s climate is the primary factor in the current warming trend.

582.13 HAT
Hattatt, Lance. The gardener’s encyclopedia of plants and flowers. [1st American ed.]. Philadelphia, Pa. : Courage Books, c1998.
Presents an introduction to the different types of plants found in modern gardens, and features an alphabetically arranged encyclopedia that provides photographs and descriptions of over 1,500 varieties of plants and flowers.

613.7 BAR
Barough, Nina. Walking for fitness : the low-impact workout that tones and shapes. 1st American ed. London ; New York : DK, 2003.
Describes the health benefits of power walking, explaining what it is, featuring illustrated step-by-step sequences for developing the correct walking technique, and discussing the addition of stretching and strengthening exercises, the importance of breathing and nutrition, safety, foot care, and related topics.

618.92 HAB
Haber, Julian Stuart. ADHD : the great misdiagnosis. Dallas, Tex.: Taylor Trade Pub., c2000.
Discusses the over-diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among American children in the 1990s and gives advice to parents and teachers regarding what real ADHD is like, how it can be managed, and what symptoms and types of behavior can be misleading in a diagnosis.

618.928 FEI
Feingold, Ben F. Why your child is hyperactive. [1st ed.]. New York, : Random House, [1975].
In this sequel to DETOX DIET, author Dr. Haas continues to encourage readers to help protect the environment and their bodies from dangerous chemicals that are used during food production. Aisle by aisle, he explores a typical grocery store and shows health-conscious consumers how to shop for nutritious, chemical-free food. He also predicts the earth's environmental future, assuming that most people will continue to create a demand for processed foods that contain pesticides, preservatives, dyes, and other additives.

631.875 PLE
Pleasant, Barbara. The complete compost gardening guide : banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and producing the most flavorful, nutritious vegetables ever. North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2008.
A comprehensive guide to composting that explains how to create compost heaps that will make garden soil more nutritious and healthy, which in turn produces brighter, juicier, and tastier vegetables all year long.

634.7 BOW
Bowling, Barbara L. The berry grower’s companion. Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2000.
A guide to growing different types of berries that provides information on each berry’s growing requirements, botanical traits, history, cultivation, and contribution to garden landscape.

635.9 SMI
Care free plants : a guide to growing the 200 hardiest, low-maintenance, long-living beauties. Pleasantville, NY : Reader’s Digest, c2002.
Profiles the two hundred easiest, most rewarding, foolproof, and problem-free plants, providing information on each plant’s origins, colors, sun and water requirements, and growth rate.

636.7 PIT
Pitcairn, Richard H. Dr. Pitcairn’s complete guide to natural health for dogs & cats. New, updated ed. Emmaus, Pa. : [New York] : Rodale Press ; Distributed in the book trade by St. Martin’s Press, c1995.
This is an expanded edition of the classic natural pet-care book by veterinarian Richard H. Pitcairn and his wife Susan Pitcairn—both renowned specialists in chemical-free nutrition, treatment and natural healing for pets. Written with the warmth and compassion that have won the Pitcairns a nationwide following, this guide will help you select the most compatible dog or cat for your own lifestyle—and show you how to provide the very best in companionship, healing, nutrition and lifelong care.

641.4 WAR
Warren, Piers. How to store your garden produce : the key to self-sufficiency. Rev. and enl. ed. Totnes, Devon : Green Books, 2008.
Organic smallholder Piers Warren shows how to store and preserve your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round. The easy-to-use reference section enables you to quickly look up applicable storage and preservation techniques for the majority of plant produce grown in gardens and allotments. The techniques include freezing; clamping; hanging; drying; bottling; pickling and fermenting.

641.5 STE
Stepaniak, Joanne, 1954-. Being vegan : living with conscience, conviction, and compassion. Los Angeles : Lowell House, c2000.
Explains the philosophy of veganism, a lifestyle in which participants abstain from all animal products, and explores the themes of relationships, ethical practice, and food as they relate to being vegan.

641.5 VAR
Vargas, Sally Pasley. Food for friends : homemade gifts for every season. Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, c2000.
Contains recipes for homemade food items that may be given as gifts, including breakfast foods, jams and marmalades, preserved fruits, liqueurs, condiments, cakes, cookies, confections, and others. Includes suggestions on presentation.

641.5 WAT
Waters, Alice. The art of simple food. 1st ed. New York : Clarkson Potter, c2007.
Chef Alice Waters, founder of the Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, shares her philosophy of cooking and eating; provides information on how to choose fresh ingredients, stock a pantry, and decide what to cook; offers lessons on essential cooking techniques with model recipes; and shares an additional selection of recipes for everyday cooking.

641.53 ROS
Kasper, Lynne Rossetto. The Splendid table’s how to eat supper : recipes, stories, and opinions from public radio’s award-winning food show. 1st ed. New York : Clarkson Potter, c2008.
Offers recipes for weeknight meals and includes anecdotes about the role food plays in American culture as well as cooking tips.

641.594 MAR
Marchetti, Domenica. Big night in : more than 100 wonderful recipes for feeding family and friends Italian-style. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2008.
Author Domenica Marchetti had wonderful memories of her childhood, when her Italian-born mother often cooked up homemade ravioli, lasagne, roasts, invited everyone over, and always made them feel at home with her warm and open personality. Domenica recreated those days for her own family and friends by creating over 100 simple, delicious, Italian-inspired recipes that are comforting, delicious, and perfect for any size gathering whether an intimate dinner party or a huge crowd of hungry relatives.

641.5974 MIC
Michaud, Ellen. A master class : sensational recipes from the Chefs of the New England Culinary Institute and Ellen Michaud : fresh, passionate New England cooking. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c2008.
A collection of over two hundred recipes, focusing on lighter and environmentally aware cooking, organized by seasonal categories that include appetizers; fish and shellfish; poultry and eggs; meat; vegetables; pastas; potatoes, grains, and beans; and desserts.

646.70084 HAS
Hassler, Christine, 1976-. 20 something manifesto : quarter-lifers speak out about who they are, what they want, and how to get it. Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2008.
Presents and discusses the personal stories of many men and women in their twenties, who describe their efforts to become self-aware, deal with the expectations of parents, make friends and handle relationships, and understand what they want out of life.

649.1 TAY
Taylor, Betsy. What kids really want that money can’t buy : tips for parenting in a commercial world. 1st trade ed. New York : Warner Books, 2004.
Offers practical tips for raising healthy children in a commercial world, based on the results of an art and essay contest in which kids were asked what they want that money cannot buy.

650.14 GEA
Geary, Gail, 1943-. Over-40 job search guide : 10 strategies for making your age an advantage in your career. Indianapolis, IN : Jist Works, c2005.
Describes ten strategies designed to help job seekers over forty avoid or overcome discrimination and turn their age into an advantage in the job market.

712.6 SMI
Smith, P. Allen. P. Allen Smith’s garden home. New York : Clarkson Potter, c2003.
Describes the author’s home and garden, explains the twelve principles of design, and provides suggestions for creating a garden home with charts, plant lists, and projects, and contains over two hundred color photographs.

717 SCH
Schultz, Warren. Garden ideas : creative design solutions. New York, N.Y. : Friedman/Fairfax Publishers, c1996.
Window boxes—Arbors and trellises—Shade gardens—Water gardens.

741.5973 CAP
Capp, Al, 1909-1979. Shmoo : the complete comic books. 1st ed. Milwaukie, Ore. : Dark Horse Books, 2008.
A complete collection of “Shmoo” comics penned by Al Capp from 1949 to 1950, which features essays by Denis Kitchen and describes the history of the character, from its first appearance in a “Li’l Abner” comic strip in 1948.

796.357 RAD
Radomski, Kirk. Bases loaded : the inside story of the steroid era in baseball by the central figure in the Mitchell Report. New York : Hudson Street Press, c2009.
The author reveals his first-hand knowledge of the 2005 baseball scandal involving the distribution and use of performance-enhancing drugs, describing how he supplied steroids to many major league players, and how, in order to avoid jail time, cooperated with the government in exposing some of the very players he helped.

918.1104 GRA
Grann, David. The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Details English explorer Percy Fawcett’s exploration for a lost city in the jungles of South America and relates efforts made by the author and other individuals to find out what happened to him.

921 OSMOND
Osmond, Marie, 1959-. Might as well laugh about it now. New York : New American Library, 2009.
Marie Osmond shares her personal memories and experiences throughout her life and career.

921 SPELLING
Spelling, Tori, 1973-. Mommywood : Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, 2009.
If you thought Tori Spelling had nothing else to tell following her previous memoir that spent four weeks on the ‘New York Times’ bestseller list, think again. There is much more to say and many more stories to share, as an actress, wife, and mother of two. Her latest offering is infused with the wit, and of course, a little dish.

940.2 URB
Urban, Mark, 1961-. The man who broke Napoleon’s codes. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
Chronicles the life of George Scovell, the man responsible for breaking the codes used by Napolean, allowing Britain to defeat his troops at Waterloo in 1815.

940.53 COO
Cooke, Alistair, 1908-2004. The American home front, 1941-1942. New York : [S.l.] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group. West, c2006.
Alistair Cooke, a newly naturalized American citizen, shares his observations of American life in the year following the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor.

940.54 KOR
Korda, Michael, 1933-. With wings like eagles : a history of the Battle of Britain. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Details the three-month Battle of Britain over the summer of 1940 in which the Royal Air Force defeated the German onslaught with the invention of radar, advanced aircraft designs, and skilled RAF fighters; and covers the British and German pilots, American airmen, RAF airwomen, and other important people.

956.9204 GAB
Gabriel, Brigitte. Because they hate : a survivor of Islamic terror warns America. New York : Godalming : Griffin ; Melia [distributor], 2008.
A Christian-Arab journalist recalls her eyewitness to the deadly beginnings of fundamentalist Islam as her family spent seven years in an underground bomb shelter in order to survive a jihad against non-Muslim people.

974 PUR
Purinton, Darcy and Cahill, Dale F. Tobacco Sheds : Of the Connecticut River Valley. Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2009.
Over 200 beautiful color photos provide a detailed look at a wide variety of tobacco sheds in the Connecticut River Valley. An overview of the tobacco industry from the farmer’s perspective, a tour of the valley’s rich history through interviews and hands on research captures the essence of this special crop and an appreciation for how Yankee ingenuity solved unique problems created by the fickle New England weather.


AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 302 GLA
Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-. Outliers : the story of success. New York, NY : Hachette Audio, p2008.
Read by the author. The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame.

CD 332 FER
Ferguson, Niall. The ascent of money : a financial history of the world. Library ed. [Old Saybrook