April 2006

F ADAMS MYSTERY
Adam, Paul, 1958-. The Rainaldi Quartet. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
An elderly violin maker is mysteriously murdered in the quiet Italian country-side. When his friends begin investigating, they’re plunged into a race to track down a long-lost Stradivarius violin worth millions. Their search takes them into the dark corners of Venice and Milan and across Europe to discover the truth of a centuries-old legend before the killer beats them to it.

F ALLEN MYSTERY
Allen, Conrad, 1940-. Murder on the Oceanic. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
Sailing from England to New York, the ‘Oceanic’ makes one stop at Cherbourg, France to pick up financier and art collector J.P. Morgan and his latest acquired works of art. Having such an important passenger and priceless objects on board makes George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, the ship’s detectives, more than a little nervous. They’ve never known a transatlantic voyage to pass without incident, and this one will be no different.

F BAKKER FANTASY
Bakker, R. Scott. The thousandfold thought. Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2006.
The Holy War army has reached the gates of the holy city of Shimeh. The warrior-prophet, Anas rimbor Kellhus, learns that the Thousandfold Thought, a great “transition rule” that promises to transform the two warring faiths of Inrithism and Fanimry, offers the only way to bring peace to the world of E rwa and avoid a Second Apocalypse. Amid all the bloodshed and battle, Kellhus continues to respect his friend, the sorcerer Drusas Achamian, despite the conflict that arises when Kellhus takes “the whore Esmenet,” hitherto Achamian’s woman, as his consort. Publisher’s Weekly.

F BARNES MYSTERY
Barnes, Julian. Arthur & George. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 2006, c2005.
The lives of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and country lawyer George Edalji intersect when Doyle becomes interested in investigating the case of Edalji who has been wrongfully convicted of writing obscene letters and mutilating cattle in a case clearly influenced by racial prejudice.

F BASS MYSTERY
Bass, William M., 1928-. Carved in bone. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2006.
Dr. Bill Brockton, a forensic anthropologist and founder of the Body Farm, a laboratory devoted to the study of human decomposition, has spent his career surrounded by death and decay, all in the name of science. But the loss of his wife two years ago has forced him to reflect on his life, and on death, in new ways. When a corpse is discovered in the mountains of East Tennessee, Brockton is called in. But even this seasoned expert is staggered by what the corpse reveals.

F BEAUMAN
Beauman, Sally. The Sisters Mortland. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Warner Books, 2006, c2005.
The painting of a portrait brings three sisters—beautiful Julia and intellectual Finn, both in their twenties, and observant, thirteen-year-old Maisie—and three young men—struggling artist Lucas, would-be doctor Nicholas, and Maisie’s idol, Roma-blooded Daniel—together at a decaying rural Suffolk abbey for the summer of 1967, which ends in a tragic event that resonates in Daniel’s life over twenty years later.

F BERRY
Berry, Steve, 1955-. The Templar legacy : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
With shocking knowledge and staggering wealth, they controlled kings and popes. But when their last master died in 1314, the reign of the Knights Templar ended. Or, did it? Steve Berry’s newest book ‘The Templar Legacy’ takes readers on a ride through ancient rites, clandestine societies, fabulous riches, and shocking revelations.

F BISSON SCIENCE FICTION
Bisson, Terry. Numbers don’t lie. 1st ed. San Francisco : Tachyon Publications, 2005.
Wilson Wu is known for his ability to handle any task and solve any problem, but when a friend discovers a rift in the space-time continuum, Wilson must use all his skills to repair it before the universe is destroyed.

F BLAND MYSTERY
Bland, Eleanor Taylor. A dark and deadly deception. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2005.
Chicago detective Marti MacAlister has her work cut out for her when she is called in to investigate two seemingly unrelated cases that soon converge in a shocking turn of events.

F BLAUNER MYSTERY
Blauner, Peter. Slipping into darkness : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
Detective Francis Loughlin believes his latest murder investigation is an open-and-shut case, with a convict out of jail on a technicality as the most likely suspect, but when Francis uncovers a new piece of evidence, he begins to wonder if the convict may be innocent of both the current murder, and the one that put him behind bars twenty years ago.

F BOWEN MYSTERY
Bowen, Peter, 1945-. Nails. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
Du Pre, a Metis Indian, ignores the speed limit, smokes hand-rolled cigarettes and drinks whisky like it was water. He also plays fiddle like an angel, takes care of his friends and defends the weak with equal passion. When the body of a child is found by the road and a colony of religious zealots moves into the Toussaint, Mont., area, Du Pre isn’t the only one who suspects a connection, but he’s the one who uncovers the truth, all of it framed in the deep-down sadness of a small town dying around the edges.

F BROWN MYSTERY
Brown, Rita Mae. Sour puss. New York : Bantam Books, 2006. It’s springtime in Crozet, Va., and Mary Minor ‘Harry’ Haristeen unexpectedly remarries her veterinarian ex-husband. Their romance is put on hold when a world-famous grape and fungal expert, Professor Vincent Forland, in town visiting local vineyards, is found murdered. It is Harry’s cats, Mrs. Murphy, Pewter, and Tucker who find the first clue. When a second body is found, this time a town local, the residents start worrying that the killer is one of them.

F CARTWRIGHT
Cartwright, Justin. The promise of happiness. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Thomas Dunne/St. Martin’s Press, 2006, c2004.
The members of the Judd family struggle to cope with their emotions as they await the arrival of Juliet, the prodigal daughter who has spent five years in a New York prison for theft.

F CLEAGE MYSTERY
Cleage, Pearl. Baby brother’s blues : a novel. 1st ed. New York : One World, c2006.
When Regina Burns married Blue Hamilton, she knew he was no ordinary man. The charismatic R&B singer gave up his career to assume responsibility for the safety of Atlanta’s West End community. Crime and violence were virtually non-existent. Then everything changed. Frightened women began showing up in West End, seeking Blue’s protection from lovers or spouses who had become violent. When the offending men begin to disappear without a trace, Blue and his long time associates are suspected.

F CLEMENT MYSTERY
Clement, Blaize. Curiosity killed the cat sitter : the first Dixie Hemingway mystery. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
Dixie Hemingway, a professional pet-sitter in Sarasota, Fla., goes to feed the cat of a vacationing client and discovers the animal hiding from a dead intruder. Now, she’s trying to locate her suspicious- looking client, who has vanished. This is the first book in a series featuring Dixie Hemingway.

F COLLINS MYSTERY
Collins, Max Allan. Bones. New York : Pocket Star Books, c2006.
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan puts her work at the Jeffersonian Institute on hold to help Special Agent Seeley crack his latest case: a bag of bones was found on the steps of a federal building, appearing to be the work of a serial killer. Though a suspect is in custody, the case is far from over for Tempe and for Booth, who is also cracking a case dealing with the Chicago Mafia.

F DAVIS
Davis, Kathryn, 1946-. The thin place : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
Three girls come across the body of a dead man lying on the beach in the small town of Varennes; and while two of them go to find help, twelve-year-old Mees Kipp stays and miraculously bring the man back to life.

F DEKKER SCIENCE FICTION
Dekker, Ted, 1962-. Black. Nashville, Tenn. : WestBow Press, c2004. Thomas Hunter, is living an insomniac nightmare. Every time he goes to sleep in one world, he awakens in another. Hunter learns, in one world, of a plan to unleash a deadly virus by a pharmaceutical company that owns the only vaccine; from the other world he tries desperately to prevent the annihilation.

F DOUGLASS FANTASY
Douglass, Sara. The nameless day. 1st mass market ed. New York : Tor, 2005, c2000.
In fourteenth-century Europe, Brother Thomas Neville is visited by the Archangel Michael, who commands him to travel across the continent in search of a way to stop the minions of Satan, who have found a doorway out of Hell and are preparing for an assault on Heaven.

F DYMOCH MYSTERY
Dymmoch, Michael Allen. White tiger. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2005.
John Thinnes is a military policeman in Vietnam in 1972 when he first hears of the criminal, White Tiger. Years later, when a Vietnamese woman is murdered by White Tiger in Chicago, Thinnes, a police detective, is pulled from the case due to a conflict of interest. He turns to his fellow veterans, including Psychiatrist Jack Caleb, for help. Their recollections may lead Thinnes and his female partner, who’s officially handling the case, to a killer.

F ELKINS MYSTERY
Elkins, Aaron J. On the fringe. Sutton : Severn House, 2006.
Lee Ofsted and Graham Sheldon, her ex-cop fianci, have decided to take advantage of the glorious setting of the historic Royal Mauna Kea Golf and Country Club to have a quiet wedding ceremony. But from the start things go awry, partly on account of the influx of treasure hunters determined to find the club’s most famous lost possession, the Cumberland Cup, commissioned from the great Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1908. Then real disaster strikes. During the Centennial Ball, Hamish Wyndham, the ancient and irascible chairman of the club’s board of directors, is discovered bludgeoned to death.

F ELLIS MYSTERY
Ellis, David, 1967-. In the company of liars. New York : Putnam’s, c2005.
Allison Pagone stands trial for murder, and as the prosecution and her own defense attorney try to force her into a settlement she doesn’t want, she finds herself driven to suicide.

F ERIKSSON
Eriksson, Kjell, 1953-. The princess of Burundi. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
When a jogger finds a mutilated body in the snow, the victim is soon identified as the town’s reformed troublemaker and an expert on tropical fish. Inspector Ann Lindell, despite being on maternity leave, is determined to find the killer and is soon drawn into a cruel cat- and-mouse game that leads to the deadliest of confrontations.

F EVERSZ
Eversz, Robert. Zero to the bone : a Nina Zero novel. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Ex-con tabloid photographer Nina Zero is surrounded by sex, drugs, and guns, but this time it’s all in the name of art, at least at first. On the opening night of her first gallery show she receives an anonymous package containing a snuff film with one of her models as its victim. Now she must discover who sent the film and more importantly, who murdered the girl. Her investigation attracts death threats and attention from the police department.

F FULMER MYSTERY
Fulmer, David. Rampart Street. 1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr has just returned to New Orleans and is immediately drawn into the investigation of a new murder, that of a well-to-do man on seedy Rampart Street. When a second wealthy society man turns up dead and the detective learns that the two men were acquainted, he wonders if their deaths were a coincidence. With powerful city leaders pressuring him to give up his investigation, he knows he’s getting too close to the truth to suit someone, which could be dangerous for him.

F GEAGLEY MYSTERY
Geagley, Brad, 1950-. Day of the false king : a novel of murder in ancient Iraq. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Semerket, Egypt’s clerk of investigations and secrets, journeys to Babylon on a mission for the ailing Rameses IV; however, his true intention is to search for his wife Naia, who disappeared in Babylon after being exiled for insufficient cause by the previous Pharaoh.

F GOODMAN
Goodman, Allegra. Intuition : a novel. New York : Dial Press, 2006.
It looks like the Cambridge, Mass. Philpott Research Lab is back from the brink of bankruptcy. The cancer remission of several test mice has everyone jumping for joy except one young scientist who isn’t sure of the results. As a full-blown investigation gets under way, our young scientist is in for a shock and so is anyone around her.

F HANDLER MYSTERY
Handler, David, 1952-. The sweet golden parachute. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
A storm is brewing in Dorset. Poochie Vickers, the local aristocrat, is becoming even more eccentric in her old age. She’s taken up shoplifting and reckless driving but refuses to see a doctor. Her worrisome daughter, Claudia, is angling to take over the family fortune, which makes some of the would-be beneficiaries uneasy. Two of Dorset’s biggest troublemakers are being released from prison. And the bad blood between these two families, rich on the one hand, swamp Yankee on the other, could come to a boiling point: Two young people from the families are dating, to no one’s delight but their own. Someone is bound to snap, and someone does, resulting in the brutal murder of a harmless and homeless man who went about town collecting recyclables.

F HANNAH ROMANCE
Hannah, Kristin. Magic hour : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Julia Cates loves working with emotionally scarred children. So when she has to abandon her California practice, it isn’t difficult for her to rush back to her hometown of Rain Valley in the Pacific Northwest to work with Alice, a mute girl that was abandoned. Julia and Alice develop a deep bond. Dr. Mac Cerasin gets involved with Alice’s case and Julia finds herself drawn to this handsome mysterious doctor. With Alice’s future in peril, Max and Julia must fight not only for her, but for their own trust and love.

F HARRIS
Harris, Joanne, 1964-. Gentlemen and players. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2006.
Young Snyde, whose father was dismissed from St. Oswald’s, an aristocratic British boys’ school, returns masquerading as a teacher planning revenge.

F HELLENGA
Hellenga, Robert, 1941-. Philosophy made simple : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
Rudy Harrington is unhitched, unglued, at loose ends. At age 60, a widower and an empty-nester, he is attempting in his own idiosyncratic way to make some sense of his life. Rather suddenly, what makes sense to him is to leave his Chicago homestead and move to Texas to run an avocado grove. There he discovers new friends, new loves, an elephant named Norma Jean who paints, and new answers to those age-old philosophical questions.

F KANE MYSTERY
Kane, Andrea. Wrong place, wrong time. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c2006. Sally Montgomery’s romantic weekend getaway with her companion, Frederick Pierson, is ruined when Frederick is murdered and the police mark Sally as the prime suspect, forcing Sally into hiding, where she tries to find the real killer before they can strike again.

F LANDISS
Landis, Jill Marie. Heartbreak hotel : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2005.
Thirty-three-year-old widow Tracy Potter, in the midst of renovating the historic Heartbreak Hotel—the only asset she has left after the death of her wheeler-dealer husband—takes in Wade MacAllister, a famous author running from his past, and together they try to learn to trust and love again.

F LESCROART MYSTERY
Lescroart, John T. The hunt club : a novel. New York : Dutton, c2006. Wyatt Hunt, newly minted as a private investigator after being fired from his job as a caseworker with San Francisco’s Child Protective Services, is enlisted by his friend, homicide inspector Devin Juhle, to join the probe into the murder of a federal judge found shot to death in his home along with his mistress, and the related disappearance of an up-and-coming celebrity commentator.

F LOPRESTI MYSTERY
Lopresti, Robert. Such a killing crime. Bellingham, WA : Kearney Street Books, 2005.
Anyone who could play three chords on a guitar was heading to Greenwich Village to be a folksinger. Some became stars. One got murdered. A folksinger has been murdered in Joe Talley’s coffeehouse, the Riding Beggar. With Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs among the suspects, Joe has to solve the mystery before the music stops for good.

F MCKILLIP FANTASY
McKillip, Patricia A. Solstice wood. 1st ed. New York : Ace, 2006.
Los Angeles bookstore owner Sylvia Lynn is summoned to upstate New York to attend her grandfather’s funeral and finds herself the center of a conflict between the Fiber Guild, a clique of women who meet to sew a magical barrier between the village, and the Fay creatures of the forest—with whom Sylvia shares a secret heritage.

F MCMANUS MYSTERY
McManus, Patrick F. The Blight way : a Sheriff Bo Tully mystery. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.Local sheriff Bo Tully loses 20 pounds on the Atkins diet, and plans to ask out his grade school sweetheart, Jan Whipple. The only problem is, he’s promised to spend his father’s 75th birthday with him. When a dead body is found on Batin Scragg’s ranch, the unorthodox sheriff finds himself in the middle of a case with a slew of possible suspects.

F MDA
Mda, Zakes. The whale caller. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
The seaside village of Hermanus is overrun with whale watchers toting binoculars, determined to see whales in their natural habitat. But when the tourists go home, the Whale Caller lingers at the shoreline, wooing a whale he calls Sharisha. When Sharisha fails to appear for weeks on end, he frets like a jealous lover, oblivious to the fact that Saluni, the town drunk, is infatuated with him. Once they do fall in love, they both find that they’re ill-equipped for romance.

F MELUCH SCIENCE FICTION
Meluch, R. M. (Rebecca M.). Wolf star. New York : Daw Books, c2006.
Military science fiction series set in the distant future, where Earth and her colony worlds have long been at battle with the Palatine Empire that has been building secret space stations. The USS Merrimack, under the command of Captain Farragut, must find and destroy these enemy bases.

F MICHAELS ROMANCE
Michaels, Fern. Sweet revenge. New York : Severn House, 2006.
Isabelle Flanders had it all: her own architectural firm, a fiancé, and a life she deserved. Then Rosemary Hershey came and stole it all. Took her reputation, her clients, her man, and even framed her for drunk driving, killing three innocent people in the process. The loyal Sisterhood agrees that Rosemary has to be punished, along with the conniving fiancé. It’s time to hand out some justice!

F MOORE
Moore, Jeffrey. The memory artists. 1st St. Martin’s Griffin ed. New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.Noel Burun has always had an impeccably sharp memory; he could remember all of the 1001 stories of ‘The Arabian Nights’, and even the color of his bib as a toddler. Noel and his mother, who is stricken with Alzheimer’s disease, must come to terms with the loss of her memory.

F PAIGE MYSTERY
Paige, Robin. Death on the Lizard. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2006.
Charles, Lord Sheridan, an amateur forensic detective, is called in to investigate two mysterious deaths at the wireless station in Lizard Village, where he encounters a bereaved mother, foreign espionage, and political intrigue.

F PEREZREVERTE
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. Purity of blood. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2006.
Captain Alatriste agrees to help a desperate father rescue his daughter from a convent where she is being used as a personal concubine by a powerful priest, but his efforts soon place him in the middle of a religious and political conspiracy that leads to the highest levels of the Inquisition.

F PICCIRILLI
Piccirilli, Tom. Headstone city. New York, NY : $b $c : Bantam Books, 2006.
Finally home from a two-year prison stint, Johnny ‘Dane’ Danetello is ready to go up against his former best friend, mobster Vinny Monticelli. As teenagers, they were in a car crash that left them with paranormal abilities; Dane sees ghosts, and Vinny can travel between different realities. Along the way Dane falls for movie star Glory Bishop, whose husband went to jail for drug trafficking. An FBI agent is lurking around, and Dane must face off against love, ghosts, and hitmen.

F PICOULT
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. The tenth circle : a novel. New York : Atria Books, c2006.
Jodi Picoult weaves the story of Trizie Stone, 14, who was drugged, raped, and murdered, has been a ghost for 14 days, seven hours, and 36 minutes. This story, told from the perspective of each person involved, is a haunting tale of parental love, truth and relationships.

F ROBERTS MYSTERY
Roberts, Gillian, 1939-. A hole in Juan : an Amanda Pepper mystery. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
A week prior to the official night of Halloween pranks, the students and teachers at Philly Prep start experiencing tricks, and no treats. Then the most destructive prank of all occurs: an incident that leaves a new teacher near death. English teacher Amanda Pepper, who has witnessed a few mysterious goings-on, believes the pranks are escalating to a deadly conclusion. With the help of her husband, a private eye, she sets out to unravel the mystery of what is happening and why.

F RUTHERFURD
Rutherfurd, Edward. The rebels of Ireland : the Dublin saga. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2006.Once again Rutherfurd takes us inside the process of history by tracing the lives of several Dublin families from all strata of society, Protestant and Catholic, rich and poor, conniving and heroic.

F STABENOW
Stabenow, Dana. Blindfold game. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
CIA analyst Hugh Ricon pieces together rumors that lead him to the conclusion that a terrorist attack on Alaska is imminent, but when he cannot get his superiors to believe him, he takes matters into his own hands and devises a plan to save his native state, as well as his estranged wife who is stationed aboard a Coast Guard cutter sitting directly in the line of fire.

F STEEL ROMANCE
Steel, Danielle. The house. New York : Delacorte Press, 2006.
Thirty-eight-year-old lawyer Sarah Anderson’s riskless life changes when a gift from an elderly client—and a request that she do something daring with it—leads her to a crumbling San Francisco mansion whose history, involving a woman, a child, and war-torn France, helps her dream new dreams and find a new love.

F TAICHERT MYSTERY
Taichert, Pari Noskin, 1958-. The Belen hitch : a sasha Solomon mystery. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
Public relations consultant Sasha Solomon travels to Belen, New Mexico, to help the small town increase tourism using a former Harvey House as the main attraction. Two factions think they’ve got the key to Belen’s economic success. The train enthusiasts hope to transform the building into a bed and breakfast complete with a restored Fred Harvey restaurant. The equally vocal artists want to create a world-class gallery with the “blasphemous” art of Phillipa Petty - an internationally known painter and local denizen - at its center.” When Solomon finds Petty’s murdered body in the artist’s studio, the consultant’s life becomes much more difficult than mere press releases and returns-on-investment.

F TROLLOPE
Trollope, Joanna. Second honeymoon : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
As Edie and Russell Boyd’s children leave the nest, each deals with it in their own way. Edie is distraught. Russell is looking forward to having his wife back after decades of family life. It’s the age-old story of two generations struggling with love, careers, and parenthood.

F VANDEVER
Vandever, Jennifer, 1968-. The Brontë project : a novel of passion, desire, and good PR. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2005.
After her fiance leaves her, scholar Sara Frost is forced to re-examine her views on love and romance and question her life’s work, searching for the lost love letters of Charlotte Bronte.

F WATTEVANS FANTASY
Watt-Evans, Lawrence, 1954-. The wizard lord. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2006.
The world of Barokan enjoys prosperity under the benevolent rule of the Wizard Lord, who was answerable only to a group of eight otherwise normal people blessed as “The Chosen” by the elemental spirits. When a country boy named Breaker accepts the opportunity to train with and replace the legendary Swordsman, one of the Chosen, he believes that he need only remain ready to go into action-until the day comes when he must remove a corrupt Wizard Lord. Library Journal

F WEINSTOCK
Weinstock, Nicholas. The golden hour. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2006.
Ace investment banker Bill Schoenberg, kicked out of his Manhattan apartment by his wife of nineteen years, abandons his job and moves into their country home in upstate New York where he tries to redeem himself and his life by joining the volunteer fire department.

F WILLIG
Willig, Lauren. The masque of the black tulip. New York : Dutton, c2005.
As American history student Eloise Kelly reads from an old codebook, she discovers the secret of the Black Tulip, the deadliest spy in Napoleon’s arsenal, and his link to a baffling crime that occurred more than two hundred years ago.

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158 CHA
Chappelear, John, 1948-. The daily six : six simple steps to find the perfect balance of prosperity and purpose. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2005.
A success by almost every standard, Chappelear had created a multimillion-dollar business from scratch, owned luxury homes and cars, and enjoyed all the benefits that lots of cash can buy. This all-consuming quest for more, however, ultimately led to a divorce and estrangement from his children. Then, in a bitter twist of fate, he lost the business that he had worked so relentlessly to build. Today, Chappelear has committed himself to the pursuit of “success with significance.” In changing the priorities of his own life, he developed and codified “The Daily Six”-six practices and truths that provide a bridge between career success and personal well-being, and which have become the cornerstone of his corporate and personal consulting work.

201 WIT
Witham, Larry, 1952-. The measure of God : our century-long struggle to reconcile science & religion. 1st ed. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, c2005.
Witham, a journalist who previously authored two books on science and religion, has written a popular intellectual history commendable for its engaging style, thorough research, and neutral stance. After describing Adam Lord Gifford (1820-87), a wealthy Scottish judge who bequeathed a small fortune to several British universities for the establishment of a lecture series in his name, and the intellectual trends of modern Europe that influenced him, Witham devotes the middle of the book to individual sciences and their ramifications for religion. Concluding chapters on religious diversity and the Scottish intellectual heritage are valuable but tangential to the theme described in the subtitle. Library Journal

231.7 RUS
Ruse, Michael. The evolution-creation struggle. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Examines the similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking, exploring how the two ideologies have engaged in a struggle for the privilege of defining human origins, moral values, and the nature of reality.

292.3 BRO
Broad, William J. The oracle : the lost secrets and hidden message of ancient Delphi. New York : Penguin Press, 2006.
William Broad explores the history and lasting legacy of the Oracle of Delphi, drawing on ancient and contemporary texts to examine the mystery and magic that surrounds the Oracle and her visions.

297.2 HAB
Habeck, Mary R. Knowing the enemy : jihadist ideology and the War on Terror. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2006.
After September 11, Americans agonized over why nineteen men hated the United States enough to kill three thousand civilians in an unprovoked assault. Analysts have offered a wide variety of explanations for the attack, but the one voice missing is that of the terrorists themselves. This book is the first to present the inner logic of al-Qa’ida and like-minded extremist groups by which they justify September 11 and other terrorist attacks. Mary Habeck explains that these extremist groups belong to a new movement, known as jihadism, with a specific ideology based on the thought of Muhammad ibn Abd al- Wahhab, Hasan al-Banna, and Sayyid Qutb. Jihadist ideology contains new definitions of the unity of God and of jihad, which allow members to call for the destruction of democracy and the United States and to murder innocent men, women, and children. Habeck also suggests how the United States might defeat the jihadis, using their own ideology against them.

302.230973 MIL
Mills, Robert Lockwood. The Lindbergh syndrome : heroes and celebrities in a new Gilded Age. Tucson, Ariz. : Fenestra Books, c2005. The author explores the political, media, and cyclical forces that converged at the moment Charles Lindbergh landed a tiny plane, “Spirit of St. Louis”, at Le Bourget Field in Paris in 1927. It asks, “Why did Lindbergh, a reluctant hero to begin with, become the most charismatic personality of his era, against his will, merely for what he regarded as a scientific accomplishment? Why, in the starkest contrast, did Neil Armstrong, upon returning from the 1969 moon landing, become an anonymous citizen, who at all times has been granted the privacy Lindbergh was denied?”

305.242 DRA
Draut, Tamara. Strapped : why America’s 20- and 30-somethings can’t get ahead. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2006.“Strapped” offers a groundbreaking look at the new obstacle course facing young adults as they try to build careers, buy homes, and start families. As Tamara Draut explains, various economic and social trends over the last thirty years, as well as adverse government policies, have conspired to alter dramatically the process of becoming an adult. The exploding costs of higher education mean that young adults leave college and graduate school with near-crippling student loan debt. A deregulated and predatory financial industry means that they are trapped in debt at usurious interest rates and preyed on by a new breed of legal loan sharks. Depressed wages, rising costs, and inadequate health care increasingly mean that budding families often need two incomes to pay the bills. Soaring property values have made the traditional starter home unattainable. As a result, young adults are starting out their lives way behind; they are literally borrowing their way to adulthood. “Strapped” will help jumpstart a national conversation about where the country is failing—and how we can make it right again.

305.31 VIN
Vincent, Norah. Self-made man : one woman’s journey into manhood and back again. New York : Viking, 2006.
Vincent presents the author’s first-hand account of her experiences transforming herself into a man for eighteen months, penetrating the social and cultural world of her male counterparts in disguise.

306.874 BEC
Because I said so : 33 mothers write about children, sex, men, aging, faith, race, & themselves. 1st ed. New York : Harper Collins, c2005.
A collection of essays in which thirty-three mothers explore the challenges of motherhood in the twenty-first century.

306.874 TAN
Tannen, Deborah. You’re wearing that? : understanding mothers and daughters in conversation. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006.
Tannen explains that her own relationship with her mother was fraught with resentment, frustration, and anger. In a similar self-expository vein, the many anecdotes and transcribed conversations between mothers and daughters included tend to mirror her personal experiences. She compares a daughter’s rage at her mother’s power to a fear of witches: “Because we are so close to our mothers, we fear that they will devour us.” A different researcher, one who has had a close and nurturing relationship with her mother, would probably have cited more positive, healthy examples. But Tannen does end on a proactive note, offering advice on improving difficult mother-daughter interactions that involves using humor, being less pushy, being more understanding, and avoiding back talk (which can, she warns, backfire). Library Journal

330.973 BAR
Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-. Impostor : how George W. Bush bankrupted America and betrayed the Reagan legacy. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2006.
Bartlett charges that President George W. Bush has eschewed long-term conservative economic principles for short-term political gains and has consequently damaged both the conservative cause and the national economy. Bartlett cites Bush signing into law the 2003 Medicare prescription drug plan with its trillions of dollars of unfunded future costs as a fiscally disastrous action. Bartlett also criticizes Bush on other economic issues such as trade policy, tax reform, pork barrel spending, and the unfunded costs of the war in Iraq and hurricane Katrina. He also condemns Bush's approach to policy formation for focusing on political outcomes and listening to only a narrow circle of advisors. Bartlett concludes that Bush's legacy of unfunded spending will result in massive tax increases. Library Journal

332.024 EIS
Eisenberg, Lee, 1946-. The number : a completely different way to think about the rest of your life. New York : Free Press, c2006.
It’s the last question you think about before going to sleep, and the first on your mind in the morning. It’s a taboo that you can’t easily discuss with friends and can barely face with family. It’s The Number: the amount of money you need to secure the rest of your life. Do you know what your Number is? Do you know how to think about it? Do you know what you really want to do with it? Backed by imaginative reporting and insights, Eisenberg urges people to assume control and responsibility for their standard of living, and take greater aim on their long-term aspirations.

338.1 JAG
Jager, Ronald. The fate of family farming : variations on an American idea. Hanover : University Press of New England, c2004.
The eastern United States has known nearly four hundred years of farming, mostly by former Europeans, a saga that goes from Indian corn to genetically modified corn, a rich and complex narrative, with many a painful early failure and many a later ambiguous success. Author Jager offers a penetrating look at the condition of family farming—yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

342.7308 YOS
Yoshino, Kenji. Covering : the hidden assault on our civilrights. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006.
Yoshino argues that society’s expectations that people downplay traits that make them different in order to blend into the mainstream poses a threat to basic civil rights and encourages people to celebrate the traits that make them unique.

363.738 KOL
Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field notes from a catastrophe : man,nature, and climate change. 1st U.S. ed. New York :Bloomsbury Pub., 2006.
Based on her three-part series in the ‘New Yorker,’ journalist Elizabeth Kolbert presents an exhaustively researched, electrifying argument for the urgent danger of global warming in a book that’s sure to be as influential as ‘Silent Spring.’ She examines the monumental problem of global warming from every angle and draws frightening parallels to lost ancient civilizations, unpacks the politics, and presents the personal tales of those who are being affected most.

530.12 LLO
Lloyd, Seth, 1960-. Programming the universe : a quantum computer scientist takes on the cosmos. 1st ed. New York :Knopf, 2006.
Is the universe actually a giant quantum computer? According to Seth Lloyd—professor of quantum-mechanical engineering at MIT and originator of the first technologically feasible design for a working quantum computer—the answer is yes. This book illuminates the professional and personal paths that led him to this remarkable conclusion. All interactions between particles in the universe, Lloyd explains, convey not only energy but also information—in other words, particles not only collide, they compute. And what is the entire universe computing, ultimately? “Its own dynamical evolution,” he says. “As the computation proceeds, reality unfolds.” To elucidate his theory, Lloyd examines the history of the cosmos, posing questions that in other hands might seem unfathomably complex: How much information is there in the universe? What information existed at the moment of the Big Bang and what happened to it? How do quantum mechanics and chaos theory interact to create our world? Could we attempt to re-create it on a giant quantum computer?--From publisher description.

576.8 SCO
Scott, Eugenie Carol, 1945-. Evolution vs. creationism : an introduction. 1st pbk. ed. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Contains the author’s theory into the scientific evidence for evolution and includes reasons why he feels it should be taught in schools, provides the various religious points of view, and offers insight to the evolution-creationism controversy.

576.8 WEL
Wells, Jonathan. Icons of evolution : science or myth? : whymuch of what we teach about evolution is wrong. Washington, DC : Lanham, MD : Regnery Pub. ; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2000.
Compares the icons of evolution with published scientific evidence, and argues that much of what is taught about evolution is false or misleading, discussing what scientific research conducted since Darwin first published his theory has revealed about the origins of life. Includes evaluations of ten recent biology textbooks.

598 KOE
Koeppel, Dan. To see every bird on earth : a father, a son, anda lifelong obsession. New York : Hudson Street Press, c2005.
Richard Koeppel chronicles his life-long obsession with birds and shares how the hobby helped him and his father form a strong bond.

613 PUR
The purification plan : clear your body of the toxins that contribute to weight gain, fatigue, and chronic illness. [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, c2005.
For anyone who wants to lose weight, the 7-day program is perfect for jump-starting their efforts. Readers also can customize the program with targeted strategies for specific health concerns, including arthritis, diabetes, depression, migraines, and allergies.

613.9 SHE
Sheehy, Gail. Sex and the seasoned woman : pursuing the passionate life. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006.
Sheehy continues to enlighten readers with her latest book, ‘Sex and the Seasoned Woman,’ which takes a refreshing look at the way women, and men, of the baby boom generation are rethinking the role of love, sex, romance and marriage on their own terms.

622 REE
Reece, Erik. Lost mountain : a year in the vanishing wilderness: radical strip mining, and the devastation of Appalachia. New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
Erik Reece chronicles the year he spent on Lost Mountain in Appalachia, and the economic and environmental devastation the strip mining industry caused in the region.

635.9 HAY
Hayward, Gordon. The welcoming garden : designing your own front garden. 1st ed. Layton, Utah : Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2005.
Hayward offers a step-by-step approach that starts by helping people find their “Big Idea,” then guides the homeowner through the process of making all the smaller decisions about their garden. He also introduces fundamental garden-design principles, illustrated throughout the book with beautiful photography and line drawings, allowing homeowners to effectively apply the ideas no matter where or what type of climate they live.

640 LEV
Levine, Judith, 1952-. Not buying it : my year without shopping. New York : Free Press, c2006.
Levine chronicles her year of “Not Buying It” in a series of journal entries reflecting observations about her own purchasing habits, adeptly intermingled with discussions of broader issues such as the psychology of the marketplace, ideas about relative wealth and poverty, the place of public and private goods in a democratic society, and the environmental and economic implications of the human drive to acquire. She explores with refreshing doses of self-critique the emotional and social impulses that drive shopping, reflecting on how readily we define ourselves by what we do (or don’t) purchase. Library Journal

684.08 COR
Corbett, Stephen. The practical woodworker : a comprehensive step-by-step course in working with wood. Updated. New York : Hermes House, c2003.
This is the definitive reference guide for the beginner and the accomplished woodworking enthusiast alike. With clear step-by-step instructions that are easy to follow and accompanied by glorious full-color photography, it provides a comprehensive course on woodworking with extensive sections on every aspect of the craft.

741.5 KET
Ketcham, Hank, 1920-. Hank Ketcham’s complete Dennis the Menace. 1st Fantagraphics Books ed. Seattle, WA : [New York] : Fantagraphics Books ; Distributed in the USA by W.W. Norton, 2005.
Presents a collection of the early comics of Hank Ketcham’s “Dennis the Menace” from 1951-1952, and includes introductory notes.

745.7 BRO
Brown, Ann Eckert. American wall stenciling, 1790-1840. Lebanon, NH : University Press of New England, c2003.
More than 250 illustrations complement Brown’s text as she makes fresh stylistic connections among designs, artists, regions, and houses representing more than two centuries, in the process discovering and illuminating some missing links in the history of wall stenciling. In addition, she ties together the shared destinies of the families, artists, rescuers, and restorers who lived with, created, or have dedicated their lives to preserving this beautiful art form. She also provides a glossary and a discussion of early paint ingredients, suggests resources for those interested in preserving wall stenciling, and includes a Who’s Who of American wall stenciling covering eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century artists and preservationists.

779 BOW
Bowen, Richard, 1951-. Mei mei - little sister : portraits from a Chinese orphanage. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2005.
The Chinese believe an unseen red thread joins those in this life who are destined to connect. For photographer Richard Bowen, that thread led him to China’s state-run welfare institutions, where there are thousands of children, primarily girls, growing up without families to take care of them. “Mei Mei” presents a poignant glimpse of just a few of these remarkable children. Composed against neutral backgrounds, these portraits capture the girls’ inner lives, away from their often bleak surroundings. The images show an almost endless range of expressions: small faces filled with longing and hope, joy and sadness, humor and mischief, defiance and despair. Through the camera’s eye these young children are no longer orphans, but individuals whose personalities are as vital, distinct, and beautiful as any mother’s child.

808.81 HIR
Hirsch, Edward. Poet’s choice. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2006.
Edward Hirsch began writing a column in the Washington Post Book World called “Poet’s Choice” in 2002. This book brings together those enormously popular columns, some of which have been revised and expanded, to present a minicourse in world poetry; Poet’s Choice includes the work of more than 130 poets-from Asia and the Middle East to Europe and America, from ancient times to the present-and demonstrates how poetry responds to the challenges of our modern world. Rich, relevant, and inviting, the book reveals how poetry both puts us in touch with ourselves and connects us to each other.

811 CRY
Cry out : poets protest the war. New York : G. Braziller in collaboration with Northshire Bookstore, 2003.
On February 16, 2003, the day Laura Bush had invited poets to attend the (subsequently canceled) White House event honoring Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes, poets gathered across the country for impromptu readings to protest the coming war. In Manchester, VT, 750 people came to hear 11 poets (including Grace Paley, Donald Hall, Ruth Stone, Galway Kinnell, and Julia Alvarez). The poets’ own poems are interspersed with those of others, past and present, including poems written by the very poets Mrs. Bush thought to celebrate safely. This volume is the transcript of that reading, including not only the poems but the opening remarks and the commentary between poems. Library Journal

909.82 GAD
Gaddis, John Lewis. The Cold War : a new history. New York : Penguin Press, 2005.
Gaddis presents a comprehensive history of the Cold War years following World War Two, and examines how and why it happened, the major political players of that era, and how it came to an end.

910 HEI
Heilman, Joan Rattner. Unbelievably good deals and great adventures that you absolutely can’t get unless you’re over 50, 2005-2006. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
The author offers information on the good deals, special privileges, and money-saving offers available for people over fifty and advice on how to make the most of each opportunity.

921 ADAMS
Knight, Louise W. Citizen : Jane Addams and the struggle for democracy. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Presents a comprehensive biography of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century social activist Jane Addams, and chronicles her childhood in rural northern Illinois, her education, and later fight for social and political reforms, women’s rights, and more.

921 HASKINS
Haskins, Don, 1930-. Glory road : my story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship and how one team triumphed against the odds and changed America forever. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2006.
Presents the true story of how Don Haskins coached Texas Western College to the 1966 NCAA national championship in basketball by starting five African-American players, breaking the existing rules of race and sports.

921 HELGET
Helget, Nicole Lea, 1976-. The summer of ordinary ways. St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books, c2005.
Nicole Lea Helget recounts the experiences she had while growing up in a small farm community during the 1980s.

921 LINCOLN
Carwardine, Richard. Lincoln : a life of purpose and power. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 2006.
Carwardine gives us a biography of America’s sixteenth president that follows Lincoln’s life and political career, his White House years, his personal struggles during the Civil War, and his efforts to end slavery.

921 MENCKEN
Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth. Mencken : the American iconoclast. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Rodgers chronicles the life of H. L. Mencken, one of the twentieth century’s most influential newspaper journalists, discussing his childhood, schooling, personal relationships, career achievements, and other related topics.

921 WELLMAN
Wellman, William A., 1937-. The man and his Wings : William A. Wellman and the making of the first best picture. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
William “Wild Bill” Wellman was not Paramount Pictures’ first choice to direct the World War I epic “Wings” (1927), but as a former aviator and war hero, he was the right choice. Despite months waging epic battles of his own with studio executives, “Wild Bill” managed to finish the big-budget war saga by inventing many of the techniques still used to film aerial battle scenes. The film, starring Clara Bow, broke box office records and earned its studio the first Academy Award for Best Picture. In this first-ever biography, the director’s son, William Wellman Jr., reveals the war hero, family man, occasional prankster, and underestimated visionary who changed Hollywood forever.

940.54 HAU
Haufler, Hervie. The spies who never were : the true story of the Nazi spies who were actually Allied double agents. New York : NAL Caliber, c2006.
A true story of how British intelligence used German spies as double agents to transmit misinformation about Allied defenses and strategy and the effect that the Double-Cross System had on the outcome of World War II.

956.7 KEN
Kennedy, Hugh (Hugh N.). When Baghdad ruled the Muslim world : the rise and fall of Islam’s greatest dynasty. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005, c2004.
Kennedy chronicles the history of the Abbasid calipate, founded in Baghdad in 762, discussing its political, cultural, and intellectual accomplishments, and its influence on successive Islamic regimes.

973.93 RUP
Ruppert, Michael C. Crossing the Rubicon : the decline of the American empire at the end of the age of oil. Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, c2004.
The author maintains that officials operating at the highest levels of the U.S. government were in collusion with those who carried out the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and provides means, motive, and opportunity to support his views.

973.931 RIS
Risen, James. State of war : the secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration. 1st ed. New York : Free Press, c2006.
Reveals the hidden events that have shaped the presidency of George W. Bush, discussing how specific government agencies, including the CIA and the Department of Defense have become caught in a political cross fire that threatens the stability of the American government.

974.7004 TAY
Taylor, Alan, 1955-. The divided ground : Indians, settlers and the northern borderland of the American Revolution. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Pulitzer and Bancroft prize-winning historian Taylor (William Cooper’s Town) offers a rich, sprawling history focusing on the Iroquois Six Nations of New York and Upper Canada during the era of the American Revolution. Taylor examines Indians’ wise but unsuccessful attempts to hold onto their land as colonists encroached on it. One of Taylor’s great insights is that historians have taken at face value what European settlers said about the “preemption rights” by which colonists and imperial governments claimed Indian territory. Taylor recovers Indians’ reactions to those “rights.” Many Indian leaders, recognizing that they couldn’t reverse European settlement, tried to at least dictate how that settlement would unfold. They wished to lease, rather than sell, their land, and they hoped to pick their neighbors. Giving narrative shape to the depressing and potentially unwieldy saga is the tale of a 50-year relationship between Joseph Brant, a Mohawk who exploited his ability to shift “between European gentility and Indian culture” in an effort to preserve native land rights, and Samuel Kirkland, a pious Calvinist who was both an evangelist and government agent among the Indians.

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CD 158.2 MCG
McGraw, Phillip C., 1950-. Love smart : find the one you want— fix the one you got. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2005.
Read by the author. For those who are sleeping alone in a double bed, walking down the street thinking how they can meet ‘THE ONE’, or in a serious relationship and he keeps saying, ‘I’m almost ready, ‘ this audio’s for you. Dr. Phil says stop using old excuses for not finding happiness in a relationship. He shows singles how to navigate the world of dating today, how to find the right online dating service, how to be honest with themselves about a compatible mate, and more.

CD 204.4 ECK
Tolle, Eckhart, 1948-. A new earth : [awakening to your life’s purpose]. Unabridged. New York : Penguin Audio, p2005. Read by the author.
The essence of Eckhart Tolle’s work is simple. If we shed the ego and live in the Now, we move beyond our minds and discover peace and contentment. Much as the Dalai Lama outlined the principles of happiness, Eckhart Tolle shows how the reality of living in the Now is essential to finding who you really are. In this audiobook, he awakens listeners to the transformative power of seeing how and where they fit into society today.

CD 921 GARR
Garr, Teri, 1952-. Speedbumps : [flooring it through Hollywood]. Santa Ana, CA : Books on Tape, p2005. Read by Teri Garr.
Garr, one of Hollywood’s best recognized comic actresses, announced in 2002 that she has Multiple Sclerosis. Since then, she’s become a leading advocate in raising awareness about the ailment and the latest treatments. This is the inspiring, laugh-out-loud story of her life, career, and her ongoing battle with MS.

CD KIN
King, Stephen, 1947-. The Colorado kid. New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, cp2005. Read by Jeffrey DeMunn.
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There’s no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues, and it’s more than a year before the man is identified.

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March 2006

FICTION



F ATHERTON MYSTERY
Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity and the deep blue sea. New York : Viking, 2006.
With the help of Aunt Dimity, the phantom detective, Lori Shepherd begins to piece together clues about an illegal smuggling operation, unaware of the growing danger on the island.

F BAKKER FANTASY
Bakker, R. Scott. The warrior prophet. 1st ed. Wookstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2005.
Bakker presents the second of the “Prince of Nothing” trilogy centered on the sorcerer Drusas Achamian and the monk Anasurimbor Kellhus, who is on a quest to find his father amid the brewing apocalypse.

F BEATON MYSTERY
Beaton, M. C. Death of a dreamer : a Hamish MacBeth mystery. New York : Mysterious Press, 2005.
Many people came to the rugged landscape of Scotland to enjoy the simple life. Most didn’t stay. Effie Garrand was an exception. Hamish Macbeth was amazed to find her still in residence after a particularly rough winter. Unfortunately, she was also delusional, having convinced herself that local artist Jock Fleming was in love with her and would marry her. After she and Jock had a huge fight and she was found poisoned, Hamish had to find the dreamer’s killer before any more nightmares unfolded.

F BERNHARDT MYSTERY
Bernhardt, William, 1960-. Capitol murder : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Trial attorney Ben Kincaid is uprooted from his home state of Oklahoma when he must go to Washington, D.C. after a former fellow law student and now a senior senator from Oklahoma is accused of murder. A female intern has been murdered and found in the tunnels leading from the Senate. Though the Senator insists he’s innocent, a videotape surfaces revealing that he and the intern had once had a tryst, causing Ben to weigh his doubt against his loyalty.

F BLACK MYSTERY
Black, Cara, 1951-. Murder in Montmartre. New York : Soho Press, c2006.
Intrepid Aimee Leduc strives to clear the name of a childhood friend, policewoman Laure Rousseau, who’s charged with shooting her partner to death, in Black’s chilling sixth novel to feature the Paris PI. Aimee knows the solution to proving Laure’s innocence lies somewhere in the hilltop maze of the seedy Montmartre neighborhood-perhaps with a boy who says he witnessed the murder, or an aging prostitute, or any of a number of toughs or even Corsican separatists.

F BROWNE ROMANCE
Browne, Hester. The little lady agency. Pocket Books hardcover ed. New York : Pocket Books, 2006.
Melissa Romney-Jones just can’t seem to get ahead at the office. She’s loved by her friends, but ignored by her eccentric family and her boss. When she gets fired, she reinvents herself by changing her name to Honey and opening The Little Lady Agency, which helps clueless bachelors shop, entertain, and navigate social minefields. All goes well until she meets Jonathan Riley. Soon she’s struggling to keep her two identities from colliding as she pursues a romance with him, builds her business, and plans her sister’s lavish wedding.

F CHARLES MYSTERY
Charles, Kate. Evil intent. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, c2005.
Callie Anson, a newly ordained Anglican minister, soon discovers that the London church scene is a world of political infighting in this mystery from British author Charles. The low-church evangelicals and the high-church Anglo-Catholics disagree on everything, except that they both oppose the ordination of women and homosexuals. In this climate, someone murders Father Jonah Adimola, a conservative priest known for his outspoken dislike of feminism. Throw in a closeted gay priest whom the queen wants to make bishop; a hard-nosed reporter willing to do anything for a story; and a hunky, single cop, and Callie’s first week on the job is anything but slow.

F COLLINS
Collins, Max Allan. Road to paradise. 1st ed. New York : Morrow, c2005.
In 1973, the life Michael Satariano built for himself after breaking his mob ties is threatened when he is framed for killing a notoriously violent gangster.

F CORNWELL
Cornwell, Bernard. The pale horseman. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
After the Danish Vikings invade and occupy three of England’s four kingdoms, all that remains of the once proud country is a small piece of marshland where Alfred and his family live with a few soldiers and retainers, including Uhtred, a dispossessed English nobleman, raised by the Danes. Although a Dane at heart, when Iseult, a powerful sorceress, enters Uhtred’s life, he’s forced to consider feelings he’s never confronted before and discovers a new-found loyalty and love for his native country and ruler.

F CRAIS MYSTERY
Crais, Robert. The two minute rule. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
About to be out of prison after nine years, Max Holman only wants one thing: to reconnect with his son, a policeman with the Los Angeles Police Department. The night before Max is released, his son dies in what is described as an ambush. Unable to get any information from the police, Max sets out to discover the truth for himself and avenge his son’s death. What he discovers is police corruption. Now he must trust the same person who put him in prison if he wants to stay alive.

F DAVENPORT
Davenport, Kiana. House of many gods : a novel. 1sr ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Abandoned by her mother as a child, and raised by poor relatives in a small coastal village, Ana is the first member of her native-Hawaiian family to attend college to become a doctor. Following a hurricane on the island of Kauai, she’s tending the injured when she meets Niki, a Russian documentary filmmaker with his own turbulent past. As a relationship develops between the two, cultures collide and the redemptive power of love helps them overcome the loss of family and identity.

F DAVIES
Davies, Martin, 1965-. The conjurer’s bird : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2005.
At the heart of this 18th-century historical mystery by Davies is a passionate love story between Joseph Banks, a famous naturalist, and Mary Burnett, a gifted botanical artist. Mary was abandoned by her mother and raised without religion by her disgraced father. Owing to how English society then regarded such a situation, Mary and Joseph are prevented from marrying. Yet the intense love between the wealthy, celebrated scientist and the woman with unusual green eyes never lessens. Two hundred years later, taxidermist and university professor John Fitzgerald sets out on a mission to find the “Mysterious Bird of Ulieta,” a mounted, one-of-a-kind species that Joseph once gave Mary.






F DUNANT
Dunant, Sarah. In the company of the courtesan : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2006.
Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice. With a mix of courage and cunning they infiltrate Venetian society. Together they make the perfect partnership: the sharp-tongued, sharp-witted dwarf, and his vibrant mistress, trained from birth to charm, entertain, and satisfy men who have the money to support her. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan’s court. But Fiammetta and Bucino’s greatest challenge comes from a young crippled woman, a blind healer who insinuates herself into their lives and hearts with devastating consequences for them all.

F EISENBERG
Eisenberg, Deborah. Twilight of the superheroes. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
From a group of variously ambitious friends delighted to find a luxurious sublet just across from the World Trade Canter in the year 2000; to a family whose tranquility is strangely poisoned by its years spent in poor foreign lands; to the too-painful love of a brother for his schizophrenic sister, whose life embitters him to the very idea of family, Deborah Eisenberg widens her range to focus her impeccable eye on a terrifying contemporary world in which “everything that happens is out there waiting for you to come to it”. from the Publisher

F FALLON FANTASY
Fallon, Jennifer. Wolfblade. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Tor, 2006.
In the first book of a new trilogy, Marla Wolfblade, princess of Hythria, is determined to restore her family to its former power and glory. To do so, she marries Laran, Warlord of Krakandar Province, and gives birth to a son. Settling into life as the wife of a warlord, Marla believes the future of her family is secured, but there are forces in the land that do not want the house of Wolfblade restored. Can Marla protect her family and stop the conspirators?

F FERRIGNO SCIENCE FICTION
Ferrigno, Robert. Prayers for the assassin : a novel. New York : Scribner, c2006.
Thirty-five years in the future, most of the former USA has become a moderate Islamic republic and the former Bible Belt has broken away to become a secular Christian nation. New York, Washington, D.C. and Mecca have been blown away by bombs. Historian Sarah Dougan uncovers evidence that the Zionist Betrayal was not linked to Israel as suspected, but carried out by radical Muslims now poised to overtake the entire nation. With her research threatening their plan, she and her lover find themselves hunted by an assassin.

F FIELDING
Fielding, Joy. Mad River Road. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2006.
Ralph is determined to seek revenge on his former wife, whom he holds responsible for his time spent in prison. Elsewhere, Jamie Kellogg finds herself with a thrilling man who just might be her Prince Charming, and he whisks her away down a daring new path.

F GARDNER MYSTERY
Gardner, Lisa. Gone. New York : Bantam Books, 2006.
PI Pierce Quincy is frantic. His lover/partner has gone missing, though her bloodstained car has been located, and a troubled child whose case she has been handling is gone as well. Library Journal




F GOODMAN MYSTERY
Goodman, Carol. The ghost orchid : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2006.
Novelist Ellis Brooks has come to the Bosco estate to write a book based on an event that took place there in 1893. Milo Latham had brought in a psychic medium to help his wife contact their three dead children. All anyone knew about the event was that the seance turned deadly, and Latham’s remaining child was abducted. Now as Ellis uncovers the family’s dark secrets, a series of bizarre accidents occur and the lines between the living and the dead blur.

F GREENE
Greene, Thomas Christopher, 1968-. I’ll never be long gone. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2005.
When their father commits suicide, Charlie inherits the eatery while Owen gets $10,000. The brothers had been best friends until their father, as controlling in death as he was in his kitchen, tears them apart with the reading of his last wishes. Owen uses his inheritance to leave Eden and spends the next 17 years in the U.S. Merchant Marines, during which Charlie makes a nice life for himself, improving the already stellar reputation of the restaurant; marrying Owen’s old girlfriend, who shares his passion for food; and fathering a son. When Owen finally returns, will the small town of Eden be big enough for the three of them, or will some family relationships have to be severed permanently?

F GREGORY
Gregory, Philippa. The constant princess. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Katherine of Aragon married the future king of England, Prince Arthur, as a political union, but it became a passionate love match. When Arthur died, less than two years later however, her destiny was in question. That is, until Arthur’s brother declared his love for her and asked her to be his queen. Thus began a deceit that she lived with the remainder of her life, in which she remained Queen of England in spite of Henry’s new love for Anne Boleyn.

F HINTON
Hinton, J. Lynne. The arms of God : a novel. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2005.
Alice is making her daughter dinner when her mother Olivia, who left her at a day care center when she was four, appears at her door. Alice has learned almost nothing about Olivia, when suddenly Olivia dies, leaving Alice to sift through her belongings. As she pieces together her mothers life, Alice learns how a woman can become so desperate that she leaves her child and so courageous that she finds her again.

F HORN
Horn, Dara, 1977-. The world to come : a novel. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2006.
Finding himself alone after his divorce and his mother’s recent death, Ben Ziskind distracts himself with work, crafting questions for a TV quiz show. When he decides to steal a Chagall painting that once belonged to his mother, his actions shake him from his hermetic shell. Flashbacks to Ben’s past and to the lives of Chagall and his one-time novelist friend, the Hidden One, merge together. Horn deftly weaves an intricate story steeped in folklore and family secrets. Library Journal

F HUFF
Huff, Tanya. Smoke and mirrors. New York : DAW Books : Distributed by Penguin Group (USA), c2005.
After moving to Vancouver, Tony lands a job as a Production Assistant on a television show about a vampire detective, where he encounters the forces of dark magic and must call on his friend, Henry, who happens to be a vampire, for help.

F ILES
Iles, Greg. Turning angel. New York : Scribner, c2005.
LawyerPenn Cage returns to defend his best friend since childhood for the murder of a young female student, with whom his friend was intimate, at their old alma mater, St. Stephen’s Prep.

F JAMES
James, Marlon, 1970-. John Crow’s devil. 1st ed. New York : Akashic Books, c2005.
The story is of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village of Gibbeah in 1957 - where certain women fly and certain men protect secrets with their lives - magic coexists with religion, and good and evil are never as they seem. There a battle is fought between two men of God. The story begins when a drunkard named Hector Bligh (the “Rum Preacher”) is dragged from his pulpit by a man calling himself “Apostle” York. Handsome and brash, York demands a fire-and-brimstone church, but sets in motion a phenomenal and deadly struggle for the soul of Gibbeah itself. As the village is overrun by strange, supernatural events, secrets rise up like bubbles in a brew: hidden histories of witchcraft, adultery, scandal, and murder.

F KAMINSKY MYSTERY
Kaminsky, Stuart M. Terror town : an Abe Lieberman mystery. 1st ed. New York : Forge, 2006.
Detective Abe Lieberman and his partner Bill Hanrahan once again walk the mean streets of Chicago, keeping the bad guys at bay while trying to maintain what passes for normal lives. When Lieberman’s faced with an aging baseball player whose career is cut short after tragedy strikes, a man who says he’s from God, and a murdered single black mother, he has some tough choices to make. If he makes the wrong choice, someone near to him could die.

F KHOURY
Khoury, Raymond. The last templar. New York : Dutton, 2006.
‘Acre, 1291 A.D.’: A small band of knights escape their burning city by ship carrying a mysterious chest. The ship vanishes without a trace. ‘New York City, present day’: Four horsemen dressed as Knights Templar storm the gala opening of a Vatican exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum and steal an arcane medieval decoder, plunging FBI agent Sean Reilly and archaeologist Tess Chaykin into a deadly game of cat and mouse as they race across three continents in search of the Falcon Temple’s final resting place.

F KING
King, Stephen, 1947-. Cell : a novel. New York : Scribner, c2006.
Civilization doesn’t end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn’t matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. What matters to them is surviving the aftermath. Before long a band of them-“normies” is how they think of themselves-have gathered on the grounds of Gaiten Academy, where the headmaster and one remaining student have something awesome and terrifying to show them on the school’s moonlit soccer field. Clearly there can be no escape. The only option is to take them on.

F KLINGENBORG FANTASY
Klinkenborg, Verlyn. Timothy, or, Notes of an abject reptile. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2006.
That it is told by a female tortoise named Timothy in no way discredits the fact that Gilbert White was indeed an 18th-century curate in the rural English town of Selborne and that a tortoise did reside in his garden. White, considered England’s first ecologist, recorded careful observations of nature that made their way into his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, a nature-writing classic that has remained in print since its publication in 1789. Timothy offers her own perceptive observations of life in the parish, adding an ironic and sometimes humorous twist to the assumptions humans make about life. Library Journal


F KURLAND MYSTERY
Kurland, Michael. The empress of India : a Professor Moriarty novel. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2006.
Sherlock Holmes vanishes down a London sewer early in Edgar-finalist Kurland’s fun fourth novel featuring the sleuth’s archenemy, James Moriarty. In 1890, a quarter-ton of gold is being shipped from Calcutta to the Bank of England via the eponymous luxury liner, whose passengers include the evil professor, fellow villain Col. Sebastian Moran, and members of the semicomical “Limehouse Coneys,” an assortment of urchins and London lowlifes under the direction of inscrutable Dr. Pin Dok Low. Escorting this treasure are 30 crack Highland Lancers commanded by Brig. Gen. Sir Edward St. Yves, who’s traveling with his comely and seductive daughter, Margaret. Chaos bordering on slapstick ensues as Moriarty and Moran try to abscond with the bejeweled statuette “Queen of Lamapoor,” which is also hidden aboard the luckless liner. Lots of Indian lore adds colorful background to this “seemingly impossible crime,” before its satisfying, if not startling, resolution. Publisher’s Weekly

F MARIAS
Marías, Javier. The man of feeling. New York : New Directions Pub. Corp., c2003.
“The Man of Feeling” is a sleek and strange tale of cosmopolitan love. An affair between a married woman and a young man just becoming an opera star (curiously helped along by the husband’s factotum) meets with adamant resistance from the implacable husband.

F MCINERNEY
McInerney, Jay. The good life. New York : Knopf, 2006.
When a tragedy strikes the town of TriBeCa, the residents must forget their own tragedies and struggles and band together to save one another and their devastated hometown.

F MCMAHON
McMahon, Katharine. The alchemist’s daughter : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
Emilie had been raised in almost total isolation from the world by her scientist father who believed he had molded her into an accomplished scientist who would carry on his legacy. What he neglected to consider was that a woman of 20 might long for more than a life of scientific inquiry. After a romantic interlude, Emilie becomes pregnant and marries the child’s father. Following her father’s death she returns home to unlock secrets of his past, which ultimately changes everything she knows about herself.

F MELOY
Meloy, Maile. A family daughter : a novel. New York : Scribner, c2006.
“A Family Daughter” revisits the Santerre clan from “Liars and Saints,” following them to Argentina where their lives become entwined with an uninhibited rich girl, an aging French playboy, a young Eastern European prostitute, and an orphaned child. Daughter, Abby, considers what would happen if a long-kept family secret was, in fact, fiction.

F OSHAUGHNESSY
O’Shaughnessy, Perri. Sinister shorts. New York : Delacorte Press, 2006.
This collection of crime and suspense tales, many appearing in print for the first time, takes readers from locked-room mysteries to hard- boiled cases, from psychological thrillers, to cozy whodunits, and even to a Nina Reilly tale. There are 19 stories in all that run the gamut of emotions from love and betrayal, to rage and revenge.

F PATTERSON MYSTERY
Patterson, James, 1947-. The 5th horseman. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2006.
The members of the Women’s Murder Club face an unspeakable menace in this suspenseful hospital drama. As San Francisco Medical Center comes under scrutiny for unexplainable patient deaths, Lt. Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club investigate for themselves.

F PHELAN MYSTERY
Phelan, Twist. Spurred ambition : a Pinnacle Peak mystery. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, c2006.
Hannah Dain, an Arizona attorney has left her job at a boutique law firm to work for a local Indian reservation. Part of the attraction is her new boss, Tony Soto, a passionate activist whose happens to be pretty easy on the eyes. Hannah and Tony’s second kiss is interrupted by kidnappers. Hannah escapes, but three men clad in blue vanish with Tony. Was Tony kidnapped because he was involved in a money laundering scheme? In addition to getting to the bottom of the abduction, Hannah has to steer through a thicket of family drama. She’s recently learned that, nine months before her own birth, her mother had an affair, and the distant but doting man whom she’s always called dad is not, in fact, her biological father.

F REILLY FANTASY
Reilly, Matthew. 7 deadly wonders : a novel. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Once, a golden capstone perched atop the Great Pyramid at Giza offered protection from the global flooding and scorching sun that occurred every 4,500 years by the Tartarus Rotation solar event. But then Alexander the Great broke the Capstone into seven pieces, placing a piece in each of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, in 2006, with the Rotation about to come again, everyone wants to find the pieces and replace the Capstone. Whoever does so will gain absolute earthly power for the next 1,000 years.

F ROBERTS
Roberts, Gregory David. Shantaram : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2004, c2003.
Presents a novel based upon the life of the author about Lin, an escaped convict who disappears into the dark side of Bombay’s streets and enters into a life of murder and betrayal, prison and torture, and war.

F ROBOTHAM MYSTERY
Robotham, Michael, 1960-. Lost : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, 2006.
Detective Vincent Ruiz has no memory of how he ended up in the Thames with a bullet in his leg, or where the photo of a kidnapped seven-year- old girl came from that was found in his pocket. After a bloody boat is discovered nearby, it’s clear that Ruiz was not the only casualty. Under investigation by his colleagues and accused of faking amnesia, Ruiz turns to Joe O’Loughlin, hoping the psychologist can help unlock his memory.

F ROIPHE
Roiphe, Anne Richardson, 1935-. An imperfect lens : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2006.
In 1883, cholera swept through Egypt, prompting biologist Louis Pasteur to send a team of scientists headed by Louis Thuillier to Alexandria in search of the microbe responsible for the deadly disease. Novelist Roiphe sheds light on a less well-known chapter in the history of medicine in this complex, multilayered tale. The natural history, gruesome symptoms, and seemingly indifferent nature of cholera are described in painstaking detail. As the disease sweeps through the city, Thuillier and his team harvest samples, design experiments, and pore over endless slides. As if this material weren’t thrilling enough, Roiphe adds a poignant love story that pairs the pragmatic Thuillier with the poetry-dazzled Este Malina, who serves as the French team’s lab assistant. Subplots involving class, religion, and colonialism, round out the narrative. Library Journal

F ROYAL MYSTERY
Royal, Priscilla J. Sorrow without end. 1st ed. Scottsdale, Ariz. : Poisoned Pen Press, 2006.
As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the man’s chest is engraved with a strange, cursive design, and the body is wrapped in a crusader’s cloak. Was this the act of a member of the Assassin sect or was the weapon meant to mislead him in finding the killer.

F SAVARIN
Savarin, Julian Jay. Seasons of change. Sutton : Severn House, 2005.
Hauptkommissar Jens Muller, a wealthy, titled young man who drives a customized Porsche and wears his hair in a ponytail, and his deputy, the chubby, chain-smoking and defiantly working-class Sergeant Pappenheim (Pappi to his friends), remain hard at work keeping the New Germany safe for democracy. A threat from the secret fascist group known as Semper shifts the action from Europe to Australia, allowing Muller and his ace female colleague, American CIA agent Carey Bloomfield, to see action in some interesting new territory. Back in Berlin, Pappi and electronics expert Hedi Meyer do most of the heavy brainwork.

F SCOTT
Scott, Manda. Boudica : dreaming the hound. New York : Delacorte Press, 2006.
Scott, in the third installment of her projected four-book epic on Celtic warrior queen Boudicca (referred to as Breaca in the series) FollowS the events in “Boudica: Dreaming the Bull”, as Breaca struggles to find an effective way to stand against the Roman incursion given the heavy restrictions placed upon her tribe’s way of life. Her children have become strangers to her and seem terribly vulnerable in spite of their bravery and intellect. Furthermore, Breaca is still reeling from the loss of her adored husband, Caradoc. In the meantime, Breaca’s estranged brother, Valerius, must come to terms with the dual sides of his heritage; he is both warrior and dreamer, tribesman and Roman. Even the two gods in whom he believes, Nemain and Mithras, are at odds.

F SWAINSTON SCIENCE FICTION
Swainston, Steph. The year of our war. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Eos, c2005.
Jant Comet, messenger of the Emperor of San, inadvertently learns the secret of the invading monstrous Insects, and must help stem the crushing tide of destruction they wreak on his people’s world.

F SWAINSTON SCIENCE FICTION
Swainston, Steph. No present like time. 1st U.S. ed. New York : EOS, [2006?].
The war between humans of the Fourlands and the insectoid armies continues, with the enemy making inroads toward human settlements, which rouses the Emperor’s forces to action. When a new land is discovered, the Emperor sends his winged messenger, Jant Comet, on a naval expedition despite Comet’s drug addictions and fear of ships and the sea. The sequel to “The Year of Our War” takes place in a fantasy universe spiced with modern devices and features intrigue, swordplay, and a host of unusual creatures. Library Journal

F THAYER
Thayer, Nancy, 1943-. The Hot Flash Club strikes again : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine, c2005.
Polly, Beth, Carolyn, and Julia depend on friends, wine, and chocolate for support when forced to deal with a wealth of family problems, including Polly’s new daughter-in-law, the ever-present ex-girlfriend of Beth’s new beau, Carolyn’s late-in-life pregnancy and her father’s marriage to a younger woman, and the manipulative child of Julia’s widowed boyfriend.

F THOMAS MYSTERY
Thomas, Scarlett. Seaside : a Lily Pascale mystery. 1st U.S. ed. Boston : Lanham, Md. : Kate’s Mystery Books ; Distributed by National Book Network, 2005.
Smart, wilfull, incautious and nearly terminally curious, Lily Pascale-university lecturer and part-time sleuth-faces her most baffling case in Seaside, when one-half of a pair of identical twins turns up dead.

F VAITE
Vaite, Célestine Hitiura, 1966-. Frangipani : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Back Bay Books, 2006.
It’s a well-known fact that in Tahiti women are the wisest. Materena definitely is the wisest and a good listener. Unfortunately, her daughter Leilani doesn’t seem to think so. Raising her daughter has been a challenge, one that has tested the bonds of their love. When Leilani meets Hotu, a heartbreaker, Materena must decide what’s best for her daughter.

F WEBER
Weber, Carl. So you call yourself a man. New York : London : Dafina ; Turnaround [distributor], 2006.
James Robinson’s marriage had weathered some tough times, but lately, things had been better, and hotter, than ever. Then the not-so-distant past caught up with him when a woman he’d had a brief affair with showed up with a toddler in tow. Now he had to decide whether to tell his wife the truth, or keep the affair a secret. The choice wouldn’t be so tough if he wasn’t falling in love with his newfound son.

F WRIGHT
Wright, Stephen, 1946-. The Amalgamation Polka. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, p2006.
Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists as well as the grandson of Carolina slaveholders even more dedicated to their cause. Thus follows a childhood limned with fugitive slaves moving through hidden passageways in the house, his Uncle Potter’s free-soil adventure stories whose remarkable violence sets the tone of the mounting national crisis, and the inevitable distress that befalls his mother whenever letters arrive from her parents—a conflict that ultimately costs her her life and compels Liberty, in hopes of reconciling the familial disunion, to escape first into the cauldron of war and then into a bedlam more disturbing still.


NON-FICTION



028 COR
Corrigan, Maureen. Leave me alone, I’m reading : finding and losing myself in books. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2005.
Book reviewer and author Maureen Corrigan shares her life-long love of books, exploring how certain books influenced her life.

133.5 BOB
Bobrick, Benson, 1947-. The fated sky : astrology in history. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Presents six thousand years of astrology history, examines the influence of the stars on the ancient Babylonians and other cultures, describes the great thinkers and writers of Rome, Greece, Egypt and Persia, and traces astrology through Western thought.

155.7 RID
Ridley, Matt. The agile gene : how nature turns on nurture. 1stPerennial ed. New York : Perennial, 2004.
Ridley recounts the hundred years’ war between the partisans of nature and nurture to explain how this paradoxical creature, the human being, can be simultaneously free-willed and motivated by instinct and culture. With the decoding of the human genome, we now know that genes not only predetermine the broad structure of the brain, they also absorb formative experiences, react to social cues, and even run memory. They are consequences as well as causes of the will.

179 CAR
Carlomagno, Mary. Give it up : my year of learning to live better with less. New York : W. Morrow, 2006.
“Giving It Up” approaches the self-improvement, makeover trends from a new angle: improving ourselves from the inside out. For one month each, Mary Carlomagno gives up alcohol, shopping, elevators, newspapers, cell phones, dining out, television, taxis, coffee, cursing, chocolate, and multi-tasking. In doing so, she gains a deeper appreciation for what she has, and for the world around her. “Giving It Up” is a wake up call to think, to understand, and to enjoy the lives that we live.

270 STA
Stark, Rodney. The victory of reason : how Christianity led to freedom, capitalism, and Western success. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2005.
Presents the author’s view of how Christianity shaped the development of the Western world, suggesting that Christianity—with rational thought and its related institutions—was directly responsible for the important intellectual, political, and scientific breakthroughs in history.

302 SIE
Siegel, Marc. False alarm : the truth about the epidemic of fear. Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.
Examines the culture of fear, focusing on how the government, the media, and drug makers have created a society living in fear of illness, attack, and government regulation, and recounting some of the most sensational false alarms of the past few years.

305.42 JON
Jones, Star. Shine! : a physical, emotional, and spiritual journey to finding love. 1st ed. New York : Collins, c2006.
Television personality Star Jones Reynolds shares how she overcame depression, obesity, and a bleak love life to build the life she has always dreamed of having, and offers advice to others who are unhappy with their health, career, or relationships.

306.84 SAV
Savage, Dan. The commitment : love, sex, marriage, and my family. New York : Dutton, c2004.
Dan Savage recounts his family’s campaign to convince him and his boyfriend, Terry, to get married, and explores how his family’s attitudes towards gay marriage reflect those of contemporary American society.

306.872 MEA
Mead-Ferro, Muffy. Confessions of a slacker wife. 1st Da CapoPress ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Lifelong Books, 2005.
Mead-Ferro offers this collection of observations on what it means to be a wife in 21st-century America. Naturally, her commentaries frequently size up the role of the modern-day husband and father and whether or how far feminism has carried both sexes in terms of their daily interactions and responsibilities in the family. With her background in advertising, the author also imparts her insight into what’s really behind our obsession with cleanliness, female beauty, and Martha Stewart-style entertaining.


324.2734 HAC
Hacker, Jacob S. Off center : the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
Reelected by a narrow margin, President Bush has refashioned the conservative agenda into extreme policies that are not popular with the majority of the electorate or even with the shrinking number of moderate conservative legislators, claim Hacker and Pierson. The disconnect between the Bush administration and voters is illuminated in this investigation, which concludes that the electorate has not become more conservative, but the President and Congress have. Tax cuts that favor the rich and proposals to privatize social security are unpopular but remain cornerstones of the conservative agenda because Far Right members of Congress, who are guaranteed reelection in their safe districts, are in control. Staunch conservatives now overwhelmingly represent the South, once the legislative home base of moderate congressional Democrats. This dramatic shift has been critical to the radical Right’s dominance. The authors say that correcting this political imbalance will require a revitalized labor movement, a larger middle class, and public demand for accountability from elected officials.

324.973 MOR
Morris, Dick. Condi vs. Hillary : the next great presidential race. 1st ed. New York : ReganBooks, c2005.
The author speculates on the possibility of a 2008 Presidential race between former First Lady and New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and maintains that of the two, Rice is the only one with the credentials and the credibility to lead the country.

330.973 PRI
Prins, Nomi. Other people’s money : the corporate mugging of America. New York : New Press : distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.
Until she quit in 2002, Prins (a senior fellow with the public policy center Demos) saw the sinister nexus of banking, large corporations, and politics from the inside as an upper-level manager at Goldman Sachs and other large finance firms. In this work she draws on that experience to expose the systemic corruption governing these relationships. Her main concern throughout the work is how years of banking deregulation pushed through Congress by pliant politicians have allowed such corruption to flourish, even if a few malefactors occasionally wind up serving jail sentences.

332.1 PAR
Parks, Tim. Medici money : banking, metaphysics, and art in fifteenth-century Florence. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2005.
Presents an overview of the history of the Medici family, Florentine bankers and one of Europe’s great dynasties, including information on how they built a fortune in banking by lending money at interest.

332.63 GRE
Greenblatt, Joel. The little book that beats the market. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006.
This is a short and simple book that convincingly explains how anyone can use a ‘magic formula’ to more than double the stock market’s return. The formula is new, unique, simple - encapsulating the best of Buffett. The incredibly robust results are a clear breakthrough in both the academic and professional world. The simple aspect is the key. As improbable as it may seem, all readers will learn to ‘beat the market’. First, readers will learn a magic formula . The formula is simple, makes perfect sense, and with it, they can beat the market, the professionals and the academics by a wide margin. And they can do it with low risk. The formula has worked for many decades and will continue to work even after everyone knows it.

363.32 DER
Dershowitz, Alan M. Preemption : a knife that cuts both ways. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2006.
Second in the publisher’s challenging new “Issues of Our Times” series, this work by the ever-ready Dershowitz questions our move (particularly noticeable post-9/11) toward preventive action in the sociopolitical arena. Library Journal



363.738 FLA
Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956-. The weather makers : how man is changing the climate and what it means for life on Earth. 1st American ed. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2005.
Flannery offers an urgent warning and a call to arms regarding what he describes as a global climatic tipping point. He outlines the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what we can do to prevent a cataclysmic future. Along with a history of how climate change has shaped our planet’s evolution, he offers specific suggestions for action for both lawmakers and individuals.

510 ACZ
Aczel, Amir D. Descartes’ secret notebook : a true tale of mathematics, mysticism, and a quest to understand the universe. New York : Broadway Books, c2005.
Explores the mysterious work of seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes, and examines his mathematical theories and his understanding of the order and mystery of the cosmos.

612.8 AND
Andreasen, Nancy C. The creating brain : the neuroscience of genius. New York : Dana Press, c2005.
Scientist’s increasing understanding of the brain’s plasticity suggests even more possibilities for nurturing the creative drive, and Andreasen looks ahead to exciting implications for child-rearing and education. “The Creating Brain” presents an inspiring vision for a future where everyone—not just artists or writers—can fulfill their creative capacity.

614.5 TAY
Tayman, John. The Colony. New York : Scribner, c2006.
Tayman presents the true story of the American leprosy colony on the Hawaiian island of Molokai during the mid-1800s and of the people who managed to survive under very hard circumstances.

616.89 SCU
Scull, Andrew T. Madhouse : a tragic tale of megalomania and modern medicine. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2005.
Recounts early-twentieth-century American psychiatrist Henry Cotton’s campaign to eliminate psychosis, which he believed was caused by chronic infections, by removing people’s teeth, tonsils, stomachs, spleens, colons, and uteruses.

636.5 DAV
Davis, Mike, 1946-. The monster at our door : the global threat of avian flu. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2005.
Traces the scientific and political history of avian flu, describing how, in 1918, a pandemic strain of avian flu killed more than forty million people in less than three months, and revealing how another strain could threaten the world in the future.

641.5945 PUP
Pupella, Eufemia Azzolina. Sicilian cookery. Florence, Italy : Casa Editrice Bonechi, c1998.
An original portrait that includes 212 illustrated regional recipes that range from appetizers to fantastic fish dishes and refined desserts. While writing this book the author checked through all recipes paying the utmost attention to clarity of instruction. Moreover the recipes are richly illustrated with splendid pictures, specially taken, to guide you through the great Sicilian cookery tradition. Many annotations, variations and suggestions together with brief historical notes about the dishes’ origin complete this culinary dream. From the Publisher

711 MCG
McGregor, James H. (James Harvey), 1946-. Rome from the ground up. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
Examines the architectural, historical, political, and social background of the city of Rome from its ancient beginnings, and discusses the many changes it has undergone over the centuries.


786.7 ART
The art of digital music : 56 visionary artists & insiders reveal their creative secrets. San Francisco : Backbeat Books, c2005.
Through practical, hands-on production tips, case studies, extensive graphics, and in-depth interviews, the authors explore the creative freedom new digital technology tools afford the art of music. In addition to artist interviews, this volume features discussions with technological pioneers - the producers, engineers, software wizards, and Internet visionaries who are shaping the sound of the future. In addition to audio examples, the accompanying DVD features tours of artists’ studios.

795.412 GRO
Grotenstein, Jonathan, 1970-. All in : the (almost) entirely true story of the World Series of Poker. 1st ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2005.
The game of poker has become a national obsession to the point of even having a World Series championship game. The 2005 tournament was covered by reporters from around the world and televised on ‘ESPN’. In this exciting history, the authors use first-hand interviews and written accounts to offer an entertaining story of the greatest tournament in the world, from its humble beginnings as a second-tier casino’s publicity stunt in 1970, to the most coveted crown in a game that’s swept the planet.

920 MAN
Manseau, Peter. Vows : the story of a priest, a nun, and their son. New York : Free Press, c2005.
Peter Manseau chronicles his parents’ relationship, explaining how, in 1969, his father, a Catholic priest, married his mother, a former nun, and explores how their decision to marry despite strict Church rules impacted his own spirituality.

921 ALEXANDER
Radzinski„i, …Edvard. Alexander II : the last great tsar. New York : Free Press, c2005.
The author presents a biography of Alexander II, Tsar of Russia from 1855 to 1881, describing his childhood, his education, and his political and military career.

921 DELLA ROVERE
Murphy, Caroline, 1969-. The pope’s daughter. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Caroline Murphy chronicles the life of Filice Della Rovere, the illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, focusing on how she became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance.

921 JUDD
Judd, Wynonna, 1964-. Coming home to myself. New York : New American Library, c2005.
“Coming Home to Myself” is the result of Wynonna’s emotional journey to personal discovery that taught her to love not just what she does, but who she is. It’s a candid memoir of professional triumph, heartbreak, and personal victory in her private search for harmony and a very public rise to fame. Hers is an empowering message certain to resonate with those who have dreamed of finding themselves, and who only need the courage and inspiration to begin their own journey.

921 PETERSON
Rocha, Sharon. For Laci. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.
At the time of her disappearance, Laci was twenty-seven years old, seven and a half months pregnant, and a vibrant presence in the lives of everyone who knew her. How, Sharon wondered, could Laci so suddenly become a missing person? That very word missing seemed premature, somehow suspect. From that first moment, Sharon knew with a mother’s instinct that something—beyond the alarming news itself—was terribly wrong. As the world now knows, she was right. Nearly two years after that night, a jury in the State of California found Scott Peterson guilty of the murder of his wife and their unborn son, Conner.

921 SMITH
Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone, 1944-. Girls of tender age : a memoir. New York : Free Press, c2006.
Mary-Ann Tirone Smith chronicles her French-Italian family’s struggle to survive in a housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, in the years following World War II.

921 SPRINGSTEEN
Guterman, Jimmy. Runaway American dream : listening to Bruce Springsteen. 1st Da Capo Press ed. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2005.
Guterman presents an overview of the music career of Bruce Springsteen, providing interpretations of his songs and context on his influence on music culture at large.

921 STEWART
Allen, Lloyd. Being Martha : the inside story of Martha Stewart. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2006.
Allen, a longstanding friend and former neighbor of Martha Stewart, offers unprecedented insider access and interviews that reveal the other side of one of the world’s most controversial icons. Following the media coverage of Martha’s recent misfortune, Allen did not recognize the woman they portrayed as a cold-hearted social climber with an out-of-control temper. The Martha Stewart he knew was generous, fun, and down-to-earth. With”Being Martha,” he sets the record straight, sharing never-before told stories, observations, and details about the’real’ Martha Stewart.

921 TWAIN
Powers, Ron. Mark Twain : a life. New York : Free Press, c2005.
Presents a biography of nineteenth-century American writer and humorist, Mark Twain, and chronicles his personal and professional life, including information on the landscape and events of his day, describing Twain as he lived.

938 HAN
Hanson, Victor Davis. A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War. New York : Random House, c2005.
The author examines the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War that ended with the collapse of Athens to Sparta during the fifth century B.C., and describes the political background of the time, strategies and tactics imposed by both sides, and the parallels between the Peloponnesian War and modern-day conflicts.

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Miller, Jen. Inheriting the Holy Land : an American’s search for hope in the Middle East. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine, c2005.
The author describes her experiences working with young Palestinians, Israelis, Egyptians, and Jordanians and their views concerning on ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.

973.7 WIC VT COLL
Wickman, Donald H. (Donald Harvey), 1953-. We are coming Father Abra’am : the history of the 9th Vermont volunteer infantry. Lynchburg, VA : Schroeder Publications, c2005.
Though the 9th Vermont did not belong to the renowned ‘Vermont Brigade´or the 2nd Vermont Brigade made famous in blunting Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, the regiment still has a noteworthy history. Through the use of many primary source documents, the story of the regiment is told. It is not limited to a tale of the unit, but the 1,878 men who served in the ranks and experienced the soldier’s life as it became one of the most traveled Federal infantry regiments.

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CD LOV
Lovelace, Delos Wheeler, 1894-1967. King Kong. Special Blackstone collector’s ed. Ashland, Oregon : Blackstone Audiobooks, p2005.
Rudnicki provides his melodious baritone to this novelization of the classic movie, King Kong, which is pretty much the 1933 screenplay, scene for scene. Rudnicki presents the story in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner. He keeps his characterizations diverse but restrained, even when dealing with the natives on Skull Island and their 1930s fabricated language. He maintains a solid, respectful tone for the somewhat dated and melodramatic prose and provides a fine, laid-back performance. Even more enjoyable are the commentaries found on disc five. Of the commentators presenting their thoughts on the film, Ray Bradbury and Ray Harryhausen give the most reverent testimonies, crediting their viewing of the original King Kong as a life-changing event. In contrast, Orson Scott Card states that he just doesn’t get all the hubbub. For him, the film, with its primitive-by-today’s-standards animation, is “a complete bust.” With curmudgeonly charm, the most humorous commentary goes to Harlan Ellison, who praises the original 1933 film and vilifies those who would seek to remake it. The other commentators (including Larry Niven, Catherine Asaro, Jack Williamson, Marc Scott Zicree) offer various insights to Kong, but most tend to be fond tributes to this ultimate tale of the beast and his beauty. Publisher’s Weekly

CD ROB
Roberts, Nora. Blue smoke. Unabridged. Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2005. Read by Joyce Bean.
The blaze that night at her family’s pizzeria changed young Reena Hale’s life. Now as a fire investigator, she tries desperately to trace the origins of the taunting phone calls she’s receiving, the fires, and the hatred aimed in her direction. In doing so, she will step into the worst inferno she has ever faced.

CD ROW
Rowe, Sean. Fever : a novel. [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Media,
p2005.
Read by William Dufris. Matt “Loose Cannon” Shannon is an ex-FBI agent turned head of security for the world’s largest cruise line. It’s a career move that owes more to his predilection for the bottle and a few well hidden skeletons than his fondness for the Miami sun. Fever is the story of Shannon’s race to unravel the deadly labyrinth. With the help of a mysterious woman and his own instincts, he finds the one path that might allow him to survive.

CD SMI
Smith, Betty, 1896-1972. A tree grows in Brooklyn. Unabridged.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audiobooks, p2005.
Read by Anna Fields. Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father’s romantic and her mother’s practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century.

CD SWA
Swarup, Vikas. Q & A : a novel. Auburn, CA: Audio Partners
Publishing Corp., 2005.
Read by Kerry Shale. Ram Mohammad Thomas may be in jail, but he is not a criminal. A penniless 18-year-old waiter from the slums of India, Ram appeared to be on the path to wealth when he correctly answered 12 questions on the TV show “Who Wants to Win a Billion? The show’s producers bribe the police to arrest him for cheating, and as Ram’s lawyer rescues him from prison, he also extracts Ram’s amazing life-story and a captivating portrait of 21st-century India.