New books and media for December 2008

F ANDERSON
Anderson, Kevin J. A forest of stars. 1st Orbit ed. New York : Orbit, c2007.
Five years after attacking the human-colonized worlds of the Spiral Arm, the hydrogues maintain absolute control over stardrive fuel...and their embargo is strangling human civilization.

F ARMSTRONG
Armstrong, Kelley. Living with the dead. New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
Robyn Peltier finds herself on the run from the police when she becomes the prime suspect in her client’s murder, and turns to reporter and friend Hope Adams for help, but Hope manages to put Robyn’s life in further danger by pulling her into the Otherworld, where vampires, witches, ghosts, and werewolves reside, and where two powerful cabals have made Robyn a pawn in their deadly game.

F BEAR
Bear, Elizabeth. Ink and steel : a novel of the Promethean Age. New York : Roc, c2008.
Kit Marley, poet, playwright, and spy for Queen Elizabeth, finds himself caught between two worlds when he is resurrected in the Faerie world, ruled by Queen Elizabeth’s sister, Mab, and must help William Shakespeare, who has taken over her play writing duties, create plays infused with subtle magic that allow Elizabeth to continue her rule and guarantee peace for her people.

F BILLINGHAM
Billingham, Mark. In the dark : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
A random shooting, assumed to be a London gang initiation, causes the death of one victim and forever changes the lives of three others who struggle to learn the truth about the incident that becomes increasingly complicated as the investigation goes on.

F BLOCK
Block, Lawrence. One night stands and lost weekends. New York : Harper, 2008, c1999.
Collects short crime stories and novelettes from the early work of Lawrence Block, and features selections entitled “Bargain in Blood,” “Look Death in the Eye,” “Professional Killer,” “You Can’t Lose,” “Stag Party Girl,” and others.

F BOHJALIAN LP
Bohjalian, Christopher A. Skeletons at the feast. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House Large Print, c2008.
In his 12th novel, Bohjalian (The Double Bind) paints the brutal landscape of Nazi Germany as German refugees struggle westward ahead of the advancing Russian army. Inspired by the unpublished diary of a Prussian woman who fled west in 1945, the novel exhumes the ruin of spirit, flesh and faith that accompanied thousands of such desperate journeys. (from Publishers Weekly).

F BOLANO
Bolaño, Roberto. 2666. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008.
The lives of academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa, a fictional Juárez on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared. (from the publisher, edited).

F BOLTON
Bolton, S. J. Sacrifice. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Tora Hamilton, having recently moved to the Shetland Islands, becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to a woman whose body she found in her backyard, and even though everyone around her warns her against it, she begins her own investigation, uncovering deep secrets and links to an ancient legend.

F BOSTWICK
Bostwick, Marie. A single thread. New York : Kinsington Books, c2008.
Newly divorced Evelyn Dixon moves from Fort Worth, Texas, to New Bern, Connecticut, where she sets about pursuing her dream of opening a quilting store, a project that brings three other women into her life, and together they form a sisterhood that keeps them strong through troubled times.

F BOVA
Bova, Ben. Mars life. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
Jamie Waterman, the man who first discovered cliff dwellings on Mars, tries desperately to keep his funding from being pulled when the U.S. government becomes increasingly influenced by the ultraconservative New Morality movement which keeps coming up with reasons to shift money away from the Mars project and back to Earth.

F BROWN
Brown, Rita Mae. Santa clawed. New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
The Christmastime cheer is diminished after Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen and her husband find a dead body in their chosen Christmas tree at The Brothers of Love run tree farm, which turns out to the first in a series of murders that Harry and her feline sleuths are determined to solve.

F BRUEN
Bruen, Ken. Once were cops. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Through an exchange program, Irish police officer Michael O’Shea is able to fulfill his lifelong dream of working with the New York City Police Department, where he is partnered with an unstable cop whose dangerous secret, combined with Michael’s own mental instability, threatens both their lives and the city’s most dangerous criminals.

F BRUNSTETTER
Brunstetter, Wanda E. A sister’s test. Uhrichsville, Ohio : Barbour, c2007.
Ruth Hostettler believes her dream of being a wife and mother is finally coming true after she marries Martin Gingerich, but when the attacks on her family’s farm take a violent turn, Ruth’s future is destroyed, leaving her questioning her faith and purpose.

F BRUNSTETTER
Brunstetter, Wanda E. Allison’s journey. Uhrichsville, OH : Barbour Pub., c2008.
Allison Troyer, a tomboy of marriageable age, is sent to her aunt in Missouri to learn how to manage a household and meets young Aaron Zook, a harness maker who hesitantly falls for Allison.

F BRUNSTETTER
Brunstetter, Wanda E. A sister’s hope. Uhrichsville, OH : Barbour, c2008.
Martha Hostettler, troubled by the continuing attacks at her family’s farm, sets out to find the culprit and clear Luke Friesen’s name so her father will let them be married.

F BUCKLEY
Buckley, Christopher. Supreme courtship : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Twelve, c2008.
Judge Pepper Cartwright, the Texan star of a courtroom-based reality television show, never expected to be nominated by the President of the United States to the Supreme Court, but when he did—to spite the rest of Capital Hill—Pepper is thrown into the middle of a constitutional crisis with a commander in chief who wants out.

F BUJOLD
Bujold, Lois McMaster. Beguilement. New York : EOS, [2007], c2006.
Fawn Bluefield leaves her family’s farm to find work in Glassforge, but when she encounters a group of Lakewalkers, soldier-sorcerers from the woodland culture to the north, Fawn finds herself pulled into a perilous battle against inhuman and immortal magical entities known as “malices”.

F BURUMA
Buruma, Ian. The China lover. New York : Penguin Press, c2008.
Japanese actress Ri Koran, who grew up as a Chinese orphan, became a widely popular singer, but after Japan lost the war, Ri Koran was accused of treason and went on to reinvent herself in American cinema under the aliases Yoshiko Yamaguchi and Shirley Yamaguchi.

F CHILDS
Childs, Laura. Death swatch. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2008.
Scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand teams up with handsome detective Edgar Babcock to investigate the strangling death of Mardi Gras float designer Archie Baudier, whose body was found on the balcony of his neighbor Jekyl Hardy’s French Quarter apartment, and the hunt becomes urgent when Carmela realizes she is the killer’s next target.

F CLARK
Clark, Mary Higgins. Dashing through the snow. 1st Simon & Schuster and Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
In Branscombe, N.H., novelist Nora Regan Reilly and her PI daughter, Regan Reilly, and their close friends Alvirah and Will Meehan, track down a missing employee of Conklin’s Market who is connected with a $160 million lottery and the winnings.

F COEL
Coel, Margaret. Blood memory. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2008.
Denver newspaper investigative reporter Catherine McLeod, taking the assignment to cover a claim made by the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes to millions of acres of land, becomes the target of a killer and uncovers secrets and conspiracies.

F COX
Cox, Michael. The glass of time : the secret life of Miss Esperanza Gorst : narrated by herself. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2008.
In 1876, nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst goes undercover, at the request of her guardian, as a maid working for Emily Duport, the widowed Baroness Tansor, and uncovers secrets about her employer’s past as well as her own.

F CROMBIE
Crombie, Deborah. Where memories lie. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Inspector Gemma James and Scotland Yard’s Duncan Kincaid investigate suspicious deaths surrounding the auction of a diamond brooch which had been stolen years earlier from a woman who escaped Nazi Germany.

F DATLOW
The year’s best fantasy & horror 2008 : twenty-first annual collection. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, c2008.
As in every year since 1988, the editors tirelessly scoured story collections, magazines, and anthologies worldwide to compile a delightful, diverse feast of tales and poems. On this anniversary, the editors have increased the size of the collection to 300,000 words of fiction and poetry, including works by Billy Collins, Ted Chiang, Karen Joy Fowler, Elizabeth Hand, Glen Hirshberg, Joyce Carol Oates, and new World Fantasy Award winner M. Rickert.

F DE BERNIERES
De Bernières, Louis. A partisan’s daughter. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.
Forty-something Chris, unsatisfied by his marriage, begins a relationship with twenty-something Roza, who claims to be the daughter of a Tito loyalist and fascinates him with stories of her alleged experiences.

F DECASTRIQUE
De Castrique, Mark. Blackman’s coffin. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, c2008.
Sam Blackman, a chief warrant officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, angry about the medical treatment he has received since losing a leg in Iraq, is presented with an intriguing mystery that take his mind off his troubles and launches him into a ninety-year-old investigation with links to the recent murder of ex-Marine and fellow amputee Tikima Robertson.

F DOWNIE
Downie, Ruth. Terra incognita : a novel of the Roman Empire. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, c2008.
Army doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso, in need of a little peace and quiet, volunteers for a posting in Britannia’s deepest recesses, only to find himself involved in yet another tricky murder investigation when his slave Tilla’s former lover is accused of killing a soldier—forcing Ruso to try to prove the man innocent, and the army wrong.

F EBERSHOFF
Ebershoff, David. The 19th wife : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2008.
A historical novel which follows the parallel stories of Ann Eliza Young, the estranged wife of Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church in 1875, and her campaign to end polygamy in the United States, and Jordan Scott, the son of a polygamist family in twenty-first-century Utah, who returns after years away from the fundamentalist sect to learn the truth about his father’s death.

F EDWARDS
Edwards, Selden. The little book. New York : Dutton, c2008.
Wheeler Burden finds himself mysteriously transported ninety-seven years in the past—to 1897--where he is stuck, and after finding proper clothing, shelter, and acquiring Sigmund Freud as a mentor, learns more about his war-hero father but struggles to put the pieces of his life together.

F ERICKSON
Erickson, Carolly. The Tsarina’s daughter. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, c2008.
In 1989 Canada, an elderly woman recounts her life as the Grand Duchess Tatiana, describing her childhood and explaining how she escaped assassination by Bolsheviks in 1918.

F FEEHAN
Feehan, Christine. Dark curse : a Carpathian novel. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Books, c2008.
Lara Calladine, born into a world of fear as a slave to her evil father. and bearing the Carpathian heritage of a Dragonseeker, searches her memory for the roots of her nightmares and investigates ice caves for healing microorganisms while Nicolas De La Cruz, her vampire lover, tries to help her and overcome his own bloody desires.

F FOWLER
Fowler, Christopher. The Victoria vanishes : a peculiar crime unit mystery. New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
The Peculiar Crimes Unit investigates a serial killer who is murdering single, middle-aged women, and detectives Bryant and May uncover a conspiracy involving a funeral urn, the Knights Templar, Emanuel Swedenborg, and the history of English pubs.

F FREY
Frey, Stephen W. Forced out : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, c2008.
Former major league scout Jack Barrett discovers a way back to his old job after seeing minor leaguer Mickey Clemant play, but when Johnny Bondano, the prime hit man for the Lucchesi crime family, is sent to kill the man responsible for the death of the crime boss’s grandson, Jack finds himself pulled into a deadly triangle.

F GABRIELE
Gabriele, Lisa. Starlite variety. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
Thoughtful, married-mom Georgie Peachy Archer and big-city-girl Beth, her older sister, grow up on a Canadian farm with their hairdressing, Vietnam draft-dodging dad, Lou, and share the pain of their mom’s suicide. But that’s where the similarities end - until the sisters swap lives for a weekend. . .(from Publishers Weekly).

F GREELEY
Greeley, Andrew M.. The archbishop in Andalusia : a Blackie Ryan novel. 1st ed. New York : Forge, c2008.
Archbishop John Blackwood Ryan travels to Seville, Spain, at the behest of a local cardinal who hopes the priest can avert the violence looming over a family of wealthy aristocrats, while dramatic events unfold back home in Chicago that could change Ryan’s life forever.

F GROSSMAN
Grossman, Austin. Soon I will be invincible. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2008, c2007.
Brilliant scientist Doctor Impossible, always plotting to take over the world, comes up with an evil plan to knock the planet off its orbit, setting the stage for a confrontation with Fatale, a rookie cyborg superhero and newest member of the Champions team.

F HADDAM
Haddam, Jane. Cheating at solitaire : a Gregor Demarkian novel. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is given a reprieve from his own wedding plans when he is asked to review the case against Arrow Normand, an aging pop star who stands accused of shooting and killing her boyfriend during an orgy of parties and drinking that has been avidly covered by the media while Arrow and her celebrity friends have been staying on the exclusive island of Margaret’s Harbor.

F HAMILTON
Hamilton, Laurell K. Swallowing darkness : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
Merry’s existence and her rightful place on the throne have long depended on her ability to produce an heir. Finally, after many failed attempts, she is pregnant. Revelations show she is having two babies and they have more than one father. Amid all these shockwaves, though, her momentous news is cast into shadow by the grievous loss of her beloved Frost.

F HERBERT
Herbert, Brian. Paul of Dune. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
Relates the story of Paul Maud’Dib’s holy war, set between the action of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” and “Dune Messiah,” as he builds his empire, questions his own power, and becomes the Messiah while wondering who is plotting against him and if he is going insane.

F HEWSON
Hewson, David. The garden of evil. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Roman detective Nic Costa, having discovered a brutal murder in an art studio, relies on the clues in a Caravaggio painting found at the crime scene to find the killer and uncover a deadly secret.

F JACOBSON
Jacobson, Alan. The 7th victim : a novel. New York : Vanguard Press, c2008.
Special Agent Karen Vail, the first female ever promoted to the FBI’s famed profiling unit, struggles to control the chaos of her personal life while investigating the Dead Eyes killer, a serial murderer whose crimes seem to be marking a path to Karen’s door.

F JAMES
James, P. D. The private patient. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
Cheverell Manor is a lovely old house in deepest Dorset, now a private clinic belonging to the famous plastic surgeon George Chandler-Powell. When investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn arrived there one late autumn afternoon, scheduled to have a disfiguring and long-standing facial scar removed, she had every expectation of a successful operation and a pleasant week recuperating. Two days later she was dead, the victim of murder.

F KALLOS
Kallos, Stephanie. Sing them home. 1st ed. New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.
This novel is a portrait of three siblings who have lived in the shadow of unresolved grief since their mother’s disappearance when they were children. Everyone in Emlyn Springs knows the story of Hope Jones, the physician’s wife whose big dreams for their tiny town were lost along with her in the tornado of 1978. For Hope’s three young children, the stability of life with their preoccupied father, and with Viney, their mother’s spitfire best friend, is no match for Hope’s absence. Larken, the eldest, is now an art history professor who seeks in food an answer to a less tangible hunger; Gaelan, the son, is a telegenic weatherman who devotes his life to predicting the unpredictable; and the youngest, Bonnie, is a self-proclaimed archivist who combs roadsides for clues to her mother’s legacy, and permission to move on. When they’re summoned home after their father’s death, each sibling is forced to revisit the childhood tragedy that has defined their lives.

F KEILLOR
Keillor, Garrison. Liberty : a Lake Wobegon novel. New York : Viking, c2008.
Facing another Fourth of July celebration in Lake Wobegon, Clint Bunsen, the former Chairman, must decide whether to stay or leave, with his mistress Angelica Pflame, while reminiscing about past festivals.

F KELLERMAN
Kellerman, Faye. The mercedes coffin. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Fifteen years after her favorite teacher was murdered execution-style, Genoa Greeves suspects the murder of a Hollywood music producer is connected, and sets out to uncover the truth and finally close the case, even if it means putting her own life at risk.

F KENT
Kent, Kathleen. The heretic’s daughter : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2008.
Ten-year-old Sarah Chapman, recovering from smallpox in 1752, becomes caught up in another life and death battle when her mother, Martha, is accused of witchcraft by her uncle who wants the plot of land on which the Chapman family is living, and the rest of the community, looking for a scapegoat for their own troubles, joins the campaign to have Martha hanged.

F KING
King, Stephen. Just after sunset : stories. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, c2008.
Stephen King - who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies - delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything’s Eventual six years ago.

F KNEALE
Kneale, Matthew. When we were Romans : a novel. 1st ed. in the U.S.A. New York : Nan A. Talese, c2008.
Nine-year-old Lawrence travels with his mother and younger sister to Rome, fleeing torment from his estranged father, and while staying in the homes of his mother’s old friends, Lawrence looks at his new life as an adventure, until his father reappears.

F KOONTZ
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray). Your heart belongs to me. New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
At thirty-four, Internet entrepreneur Ryan Perry seemed to have the world in his pocket - until the first troubling symptoms appeared out of nowhere. Within days, he’s diagnosed with incurable cardiomyopathy and finds himself on the waiting list for a heart transplant; it’s his only hope, and it’s dwindling fast. Ryan is about to lose it all...his health, his girlfriend Samantha, and his life. One year later, Ryan has never felt better. Business is good and he hopes to renew his relationship with Samantha. Then the unmarked gifts begin to appear. . .(from the publisher).

F LAMB
Lamb, Wally. The hour I first believed : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
After his wife Maureen, a nurse at Columbine High School, survived the 1999 student shooting incident, Caelum Quirk moves her to his family’s farm in Three Rivers, but while Maureen struggles to recover her sanity, Caelum unearths old diaries, letters, and newspapers—representing five generations of his family’s history—hidden in the house.

F LARSSON
Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004. The girl with the dragon tattoo. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
Hacker Lisbeth Salander assists Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist, with the investigation of Harriet Vanger’s disappearance decades earlier, and the two uncover a dark world of secrets about a wealthy Swedish family as well as a surprising connection between themselves.

F LESSING
Lessing, Doris May. Alfred and Emily. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing provides a fictional account of her parent’s experiences during World War I, when her father was a farmer turned soldier who lost a leg, and her mother was a nurse stationed at Royal Free Hospital; and also describes their relationship after the close of the Great War, based on the real-life memories of the author.

F LEWIS
Lewis, Beverly. The longing. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2008.
Nellie Fisher’s decision to join the New Order has resulted in her having to break off her relationship with Caleb Yoder, but her yearning to better understand God does not still her longing for a husband and family of her own—a future she envisioned with Caleb, and that he would still like to provide.

F LODGE
Lodge, David. Deaf sentence. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, c2008.
Retired linguistics professor Desmond Bates finds his life falling into a tedious routine of caring for his father, trailing after his newly successful wife, and coping with his encroaching deafness, until he becomes involved with a young graduate student whose unpredictable behavior threatens to further destabilize Desmond’s life.

F LOPATE
Lopate, Phillip. Two marriages : novellas. New York : Other Press, c2008.
The stoic’s marriage—Eleanor, or, The second marriage. Presents two novellas by Phillip Lopate, “The Stoic’s Marriage,” in which a young man falls in love with the nurse sent to care for his dying mother, and “Eleanor, or, The Second Marriage,” recounting the story of a couple whose perfect romantic weekend is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of the man’s son.

F MACOMBER
Macomber, Debbie. A Cedar Cove Christmas. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2008.
Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, looking for the father of her baby; but with no place to stay, Grace Harding offers Mary a room over her stable, where Mary gives birth to Noel.

F MACOMBER
Macomber, Debbie. 8 Sandpiper Way. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2008.
Emily Flemming is shocked to discover evidence that her husband, the local pastor, is having an affair, and as her suspicions mount, Emily finds her faith and her marriage tested.

F MAGNAN
Magnan, Pierre. The messengers of death : a mystery in Provence. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Commissaire Laviolette leaves his retirement in order to unlock the secrets surrounding the mysterious murder of Mlle Veronique Champourcieux, a woman found pinned to her piano by the bayonet of an antique rifle, only to learn that days before, a letter was mailed to her from the box of former postman Emile Pencenat.

F MAGUIRE
Maguire, Gregory. A lion among men. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
The Cowardly Lion, in search of information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West, arrives at the home of the oracle Yackle, who wants some answers of her own before she dies.

F MARTINEZ
Martinez, A. Lee. Too many curses. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
Housekeeper Nessy is given the responsibility of taking care of a castle after her employer, Margle the Horrendous, dies, and must figure out how to control the evil beings Margle has imprisoned there.

F MATTISON
Mattison, Alice. Nothing is quite forgotten in Brooklyn : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2008.
Constance Tepper has nearly forgotten a disturbing week she spent at her mother’s apartment during which her purse was stolen in a break-in while she slept, but the memories are revived years later when Constance, living in Brooklyn and working as a lawyer, makes some surprising discoveries and finally finds answers to questions that have always plagued her about her mom’s relationship with an old friend, Marlene Silverman.

F MCCALL SMITH
McCall Smith, Alexander. The world according to Bertie. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2008, c2007.
The residents of 44 Scotland Street coexist despite the return of Bruce—much to the chagrin of Pat—the impoundment of Cyril—Angus Lordie’s dog—baby Ulysses—the newest addition to Bertie’s family—and more.

F MCKEVETT
McKevett, G. A. Poisoned tarts. New York : Kensington Books, c2007.
Private investigator Savannah Reid, newly relocated to Southern California, wades into the middle of a media frenzy when Daisy O’Neil, a chubby hanger-on of the super-rich, super-wealthy clique known as the Skeleton Key Three, goes missing.

F MCKIERNAN
McKiernan, Dennis L.. City of jade : a novel of Mithgar. New York : Roc, c2008.
Aravan, the captain of the Elvenship Eroean, and his friends set out on a long and dangerous journey in search of the City of Jade.

F MCLANE
McLane, LuAnn. Driven by desire. New York : Signet Eclipse, c2008.
Daredevil stunts and dangerous accidents are par for the course in the world of motocross racing. Alexia Spence almost lost her high school sweetheart in a near-fatal accident. But when she asked him to give up racing, Jayden Michaels rode off without even a goodbye, leaving Alexia heartbroken. Ten years later, Jayden’s back and determined to prove he’s over Alexia. But it’s impossible to ignore the irresistible woman she’s become. And it isn’t long before Jayden finds himself on Alexia’s doorstep, driven by his insatiable desire, hoping he can tempt the woman he still loves into letting herself feel the heat and taking a risk with her heart.

F MODESITT
Modesitt, L. E. Mage-Guard of Hamor. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
Rahl’s powers as a full mage increase along with his knowledge and self-control as war continues in Hamor and he learns that magic is controlled by the state.

F MONING
Moning, Karen Marie. Faefever. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
MacKayla Mac Lane attempts to prevent the invasion of the Unseelie Court as the war between the Seelie and the Unseelie continues in the streets of Dublin, and V’Lane, the Fae who kills with sex, seeks Mac’s help in finding the ancient book of dark magic called the Sinsar Dubh.

F MORRISON
Morrison, Toni. A mercy : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.
Nobel laureate Morrison returns more explicitly to the net of pain cast by slavery, a theme she detailed so memorably in Beloved. Set at the close of the 17th century, A Mercy details America’s untoward foundation: dominion over Native Americans, indentured workers, women and slaves. (from Publishers Weekly).

F MOSLEY
Mosley, Walter. The right mistake : the further philosophical investigations of Socrates Fortlow. New York : BasicCivitas, c2008.
Sixty-year-old Socrates Fortlow, dismayed by the state of the world he finds upon being released after nearly thirty years in prison, and tortured by his own violent past, leases a tin-plated house in South Central Los Angeles and gathers together local people of all races, religions, and walks of life to discuss whether change is possible, but tensions from without and within nearly derail the project before it can even begin to make a difference.

F NABB
Nabb, Magdalen, 1947-2007. Vita nuova. New York : Soho, c2008.
Marshal Guarnaccia of the Italian police in Florence is summoned to the home of the Paoletti family when Daniela, the oldest Paoletti daughter, is found shot to death on the floor of her bedroom, and as he tries to find the truth, Guarnaccia also learns some surprising facts about his neighbors.

F PARKER
Parker, Barbara (Barbara J.). The dark of day. New York : Vanguard Press, c2008.
Miami defense attorney C. J. Dunn had thought her latest case would be simple, helping Rick Slater clear his name in the disappearance of a young model, but as she digs deeper into the case, C. J. discovers a disturbing link to her client, a pornographer, a runaway from C. J.’s hometown, and her lover.

F PATTERSON
Patterson, James. Cross country : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2008.
When the home of Alex Cross’s oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he’s chasing a horrible new breed of killer.

F PENMAN
Penman, Sharon Kay. Devil’s brood. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
The three eldest sons of Henry II, with the encouragement of their mother, take part in rebellion and treachery against their father in an attempt to gain power, land, and money.

F PLAIN
Plain, Belva. Crossroads. New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Plain’s. . .latest focuses on two women—privileged but plain Gwen Wright and beautiful but poor Jewel Fairchild. Their lives occasionally intersect, and eventually Jewel marries a wealthy man and discovers that money can’t buy happiness. Gwen, meanwhile, marries a poor but honest man—but she still finds herself drawn to Jewel’s husband, and the foursome is soon tangled in a web of deceit.

F PRATCHETT
Pratchett, Terry. Making money : a novel of Discworld. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2007.
Amazingly, former arch-swindler-turned-Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig has somehow managed to get the woefully inefficient Ankh-Morpork Post Office running like . . . well, not like a government office at all. Now the supreme despot Lord Vetinari is asking Moist if he’d like to make some real money. Vetinari wants Moist to resuscitate the venerable Royal Mint - so that perhaps it will no longer cost considerably more than a penny to make a penny.

F PROSE
Prose, Francine. Goldengrove : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
Nico comes of age over the course of her thirteenth summer when her parents withdraw following the drowning death of her older sister, and she is left largely alone to deal with her own grief.

F REYN
Reyn, Irina. What happened to Anna K. : a novel. 1st Touchstone hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
A reimagining of Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” that places the classic tragedy in modern times, placed in a Russian-Jewish immigrant community in Queens, where the wife of a prominent businessman falls in love with her cousin’s boyfriend.

F RHODES
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Yellow moon. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, c2008.
Marie Levant, an emergency room doctor at New Orleans Charity Hospital—and an ancestor of a voodoo queen—discovers evidence from a collection of murder victims that the wazimamoto—an African vampire—has been resurrected and has designs on Marie’s loved ones.

F RIMINGTON
Rimington, Stella. Illegal action. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
MI5--Military Intelligence, Section 5--officer Liz Carlyle goes undercover while trying to determine the identity of the assassin who has targeted Nikita Brunovsky, an openly vocal opposer of Vladimir Putin, and after joining a group of Brunovsky’s attendants, Liz realizes she is now working alongside the assassin that she is after.

F ROBB
Robb, J. D.. Salvation in death. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
In the year 2060, Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates the murder of Father Miguel Flores and uncovers shocking secrets about the man’s past that suggest the beloved priest is not the man his parishioners thought.

F ROBINSON
Robinson, Marilynne. Home. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008.
Glory, the youngest of the eight Boughton children, returns to Gilead, Iowa, in 1957 to care for her dying father, Robert, a former Presbyterian pastor, and the two are soon joined by Jack, the prodigal son of the family who left town twenty years earlier in the midst of scandal, and together they edge toward understanding, forgiveness, and healing.

F ROSE
Rose, M. J.. The memorist. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2008.
Meer Logan, haunted since childhood by memories of what seems to be a treasure box, travels to Vienna when the actual box—once owned by Beethoven—shows up in an auction catalog, and she is forced to face the possibility that she was the composer’s lover in a past life, and the reality that someone is trying to kill her.

F ROWLAND
Rowland, Laura Joh. The fire kimono. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Sano Ichiro, a samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun’s court in eighteenth-century Japan, must put aside his investigation of an attack on his wife, Reiko, when his position at court is jeopardized by the discovery of a human skeleton near a Shinto shrine that implicates Sano’s mother in a scandal that occurred forty years earlier.

F SANTIS
Santis, Pablo de. The Paris enigma : a novel. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2008. Argentine author De Santis conjures up a veritable Justice League of 19th-century master sleuths--the 12 Detectives--who meet for the first time in Paris, at the 1889 World's Fair. Argentine Sigmundo Salvatrio, loyal assistant to founding member Renaldo Craig, represents the absent Craig. When Louis Darbon, one of two claimants among the 12 for the title of Detective of Paris, falls to his death from the Eiffel Tower shortly before the fair's opening, Darbon's rival, Polish expatriate Viktor Arkazy, takes Salvatrio on as his apprentice, and the pair struggle to solve the mystery before more victims are claimed. (from Publishers Weekly)

F SARAMAGO
Saramago, José. Death with interruptions. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
When people stop dying in one particular country on New Year’s Day, a collapse in the funeral industry, hospital systems, and churches results while death—in the form of a beautiful thirty-six-year-old woman—falls in love with a terminally ill cellist.

F SAUL
Saul, John. Faces of fear : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
Fifteen-year-old Alison Shaw reluctantly agrees to let her new stepfather perform plastic surgery to make her more beautiful, but when Alison discovers a photo of his first wife and realizes he is turning her into the dead woman’s image, Alison is frightened and sets out to uncover his true motives.

F SCOTCH
Scotch, Allison Winn. Time of my life : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2008.
Jillian has what seems to be a perfect life—a beautiful house in the suburbs, a loving husband, and an adorable baby girl. But she also has a nagging feeling that something isn’t quite right. Could it have something to do with Jackson, her past boyfriend, who couldn’t be more different than her solid, stable, and perfectly predictable husband, Henry? One morning, Jillian wakes up seven years in the past, in bed with Jackson, and she has the chance to live her life again—a do over, complete with the knowledge of what her future will become. (from Library Journal).

F SHELTON
Shelton, Sandi Kahn. Kissing games of the world : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2008.
Nate Goddard was content with his life as a carefree salesman, but when his father dies Nate is drawn back to the estate where he faces his five-year-old son, and a mysterious woman, Jamie McClintock, who has been living in the Connecticut farmhouse as his father’s roommate.

F SHEPARD
Shepard, Lucius. The best of Lucius Shepard. 1st ed. Burton, MI : Subterranean Press, c2008.
This fine selection of some of the best short fiction by one of the most respected dark fantasy writers in the world will be a must purchase for aficionados of the genre. (from Publishers Weekly).

F SITTENFELD
Sittenfeld, Curtis. American wife : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2008.
Alice, a kind and bookish only child born in Wisconsin in the 1940s, is very satisfied with her life as a school librarian and registered Democrat until she meets and falls in love with Charlie Blackwell, the son of a large, wealthy clan, and though she learns to adjust to their way of life, things change when he is elected president, and after eight years in the White House Alice is forced to reexamine who she is, what she believes, and how she wants to live.

F SOULJAH
Souljah, Sister. Midnight : a gangster love story. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, c2008.
After Midnight’s father’s empire is attacked, he is sent with his mother to live in the United States, but on the streets of Brooklyn, Midnight remains true to his beliefs while attempting to reclaim his former wealth and protect his family, while attracting the lustful attention of a number of women.

F SUBERCASEAUX
Subercaseaux, Elizabeth. A week in October : a novel. New York : Other Press, c2008.
Clara Griffin, having been diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, keeps a journal which she disguises as a novel and reflects on her marriage, childhood, and sickness.

F TOLKIEN
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Tales from the perilous realm. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2008.
A collection of shorter fantasy and adventure stories by J.R.R. Tolkien, with an introduction, appendix, and critical essay offering an overview of Tolkien’s life and work.

F TRAVISS
Traviss, Karen. Star Wars Republic commando. 1st ed. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2008.
Republic Commandos in Omega and Delta squads and the Null ARCs, fighting a tough battle against the Separatists, find their loyalty to the Jedi order tested when Palpatine orders that all Jedis must be killed.

F WALTERS
Walters, Mike. The shadow walker. Berkley Prime Crime trade pbk. ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2008.
Nergui, the former head of the Serious Crimes Team in Ulan Baatar, Mongolia, and his replacement Doripalam, are joined by British investigating officer Drew McLeish in an attempt to bring a murderer to justice, but when McLeish is kidnapped, Nergui is forced to conclude that there is more than one killer at work and that the deaths are part of a much bigger plan.

F WEIR
Weir, Alison. The Lady Elizabeth : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
A fictionalized account of the early life of Elizabeth Tudor, in which young Elizabeth copes with the tragic loss of her mother, Anne Boleyn, her father’s abandonment, imprisonment in the Tower of London, and the private and public scandals that threaten her life and future.

F WHITELAW
Whitelaw, Stella. Second sitting : a Casey Jones cruise ship mystery. 1st world ed. New York : Severn House, c2008.
Casey Jones, cruise director of the “Countess Georgina,” as it heads for the Caribbean, leads a busy series of days and nights as she orchestrates entertainment, but after a guest collapses during the second sitting, then dies, she tries to figure out what is going on with the help from the handsome ship doctor, Samuel Mallory.

F WIGGS
Wiggs, Susan. Just breathe. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2008.
With Chicago and her marriage in the rearview mirror, cartoonist Sarah Moon flees to the small northern California coastal town where she grew up. As she comes to terms with her lost marriage, Sarah encounters a man she never expected to meet again: Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob she’d skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he’s been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah discovers she is pregnant. With her ex’s twins.

F WITTENBORN
Wittenborn, Dirk. Pharmakon. New York : Viking, c2008.
It is 1951, and Will Friedrich, a young, ambitious, untenured Yale psychology professor, is searching for a Big Idea, one that “could make the world a saner place.” Tragically, his big idea turns a geeky freshman genius into a murderer, and the specter of the event haunts Will’s family for 50 years. (from Booklist).

F YEHOSHUA
Yehoshua, Abraham B. Friendly fire : a duet. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
Alternates between the stories of a married couple separated for a week, describing the wife’s journey to mourn the death of her sister and visit with her brother-in-law, who is still trying to cope with his Israeli soldier son being killed by friendly fire seven years earlier, and detailing the husband’s responsibilities taking care of the family and holding a job in Tel Aviv.

NON-FICTION

155.935 RIP
Ripley, Amanda. The unthinkable : who survives when disaster strikes—and why. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Denial—Deliberation—The decisive moment. Draws on the work of brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and disaster experts to explore the human response to disaster, revealing how a person’s attitude, beliefs, gender, upbringing, and personality influence whether or not they will survive a disaster.

155.937 WIC
Wickersham, Joan. The suicide index : putting my father’s death in order. 1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2008.
Joan Wickersham tries to understand the forces that drove her father to take his own life. Part detective story, part anguished examination of a family, she traces the myriad repercussions suicide has not only on the future but also on the past. (from Abigail Thomas).

282.0922 CUO
Kennedy, Kerry. Being Catholic now : prominent Americans talk about change in the church and the quest for meaning. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Contains essays in which thirty-seven American Catholics, including businesspeople, actors, educators, journalists, politicians, and others speak about their own faith and feelings about the Church.

306.0973 NOR
Norris, Chuck. Black belt patriotism : how to reawaken America. Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., c2008.
Martial arts expert and actor Chuck Norris offers his opinion about what is destroying America, and looks to the ideas of the Founding Fathers for insights on how to deal with the problems of immigration, culture wars, the threat of terrorism, escalating debt, and obesity.

320.5 LEV
Lévy, Bernard Henri. Left in dark times : a stand against the new barbarism. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2008.
Bernard-Henri Lévy. . .revisits his political roots, scrutinizes the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those on the horizon, and argues. . .for a new political and moral vision for our times. (from the publisher, edited).

320.973 BAC
Bacevich, A. J. The limits of power : the end of American Exceptionalism. 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, c2008.
Argues that America has an unjustified sense of entitlement and examines the economic, political, and military crises the author believes are a product of it.

327.1273 BAM
Bamford, James. The shadow factory : the ultra-secret NSA from 9/11 to the eavesdropping on America. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Journalist Bamford exposed the existence of the top-secret National Security Agency in The Puzzle Palace and continued to probe into its workings in his follow-up Body of Secrets. Now Bamford discloses inside, often shocking information about the transformation of the NSA in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 2001. He shows how the NSA’s failure to detect the presence of two of the 9/11 hijackers inside the United States led the NSA to abandon its long-held policy of spying only on enemies outside the country. Instead, after 9/11 it turned its almost limitless ability to listen in on friend and foe alike over to the Bush Administration to use as a weapon in the war on terror. Bamford details how the agency has conducted domestic surveillance without court approval, and he frames it in the context of the NSA’s ongoing hunt for information about today’s elusive enemies.—From publisher description.

332.024 SLA
Slatter, John. The 100 best stocks you can buy 2009. Avon, MA : Adams Media, c2008.
Identifies one hundred stocks the author believes are most likely to provide a financial return in 2009 and provides information on investing in the stock market, evaluating financial needs, and identifying potential risks.

355.0335 SUS
Suskind, Ron. The way of the world : a story of truth and hope in an age of extremism. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
Examines the status and importance of moral leadership in American society in the twenty-first century, and also discusses “The Armageddon Test,” and the false underlying motivations in the Bush administrations call to go to war in Iraq.

362.7609 MAM
Mam, Somaly. The road of lost innocence. 1st ed. New York : Spiegel & Grau, c2008.
Somaly Mam, a Cambodian woman who was sold into the sex trade when she was twelve, relates her experiences in the industry and discusses her work as an activist in Southeast Asia.

363.7 FRI
Friedman, Thomas L. Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution—and how it can renew America. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008.
Argues that the United States needs to adopt an environmentally friendly national strategy to be healthier, wealthier, and more secure, innovative, and productive.

616.8526 GOI
Going hungry : writers on desire, self-denial, and overcoming anorexia. New York : Anchor Books, c2008.
A collection of essays in which nineteen writers chronicle their experiences with eating disorders, describing the role depression, genetics, sexuality, sports, religion, fashion, and family played in their disease and their personal search for healing.

616.994 SER
Servan-Schreiber, David. Anticancer : a new way of life. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, c2008.
Discusses the author’s battle against brain cancer and the lifestyle changes he recommends for those who want to fight cancer, such as more exercise, a healthy, non-western diet, less stress, and a toxin-free environment, combining traditional health care with alternative methods.

618.9285 MCC
McCarthy, Jenny. Mother warriors : a nation of parents healing autism against all odds. New York : Dutton, c2008.
Details a number of parents’ personal experiences following their children being diagnosed with autism, and discusses their trials with various types of medications, therapies, and treatments; and features Jenny McCarthy’s story, after her own son was diagnosed, and her work as an autism advocate.

636.089 TROUT
Trout, Nick. Tell me where it hurts : a day of humor, healing and hope in my life as an animal surgeon. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, c2008.
Nick Trout recounts some of the most memorable, humorous, and terrifying moments of his career as an animal surgeon.

769.56 SCO
Scott’s standard postage stamp catalogue. New York, : Scott Pub. Co. 2009 edition.

769.56 SCO
Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers. New York, : Scott Publishing Co. 2009 edition.
Includes postage, air post, plate blocks, first day covers, postal stationery, essays, proofs, computer vended postage, 19th century carriers & locals, booklets, revenue stamps, telegraph stamps, confederate states, U.S. possessions, United Nations. Also includes: Confederate States—Canal Zone—Danish West Indies—Guam—Hawaii—United Nations. United States administration: Cuba—Puerto Rico—Philippines—Ryukyu Islands.

781.11 LEV
Levitin, Daniel J. The world in six songs : how the musical brain created human nature. New York : Dutton, c2008.
Discusses music as a force entwined with neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and human identity, as a catalyst for language and cooperative work projects, and a means of cataloging people’s lives and history, and identifies six types of songs that help people use the power of music in society.

787.87 KEL
Kellerman, Jonathan. With strings attached : the art and beauty of vintage guitars. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
Collects photographs and descriptions of more than one hundred and twenty guitars, mandolins, and other stringed instruments; and covers D’Angelicos, Deichmans, Fenders, Gibsons, Knutsens, Martins, and more.

796.3326 PEA
Pearlman, Jeff. Boys will be boys : the glory days and party nights of the Dallas Cowboys dynasty. 1st ed. New York :
Harper, c2008.
Discusses the antics and exploits of the Dallas Cowboys since the early 1990s, when a lifestyle of partying was seemingly synonymous with team membership, leading to criminal cases or behavior problems with owner Jerry Jones, coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer, and players Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith.

796.5109 LEW
Lewis, Cynthia Copeland. Best hikes with kids : Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine. 3rd ed. Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books, c2007.
Search for frogs and turtles in a pond, stay in a cabin, visit a nature center, see waterfalls, or discover abundant wildlife. These are just a few of the new hikes families (and anyone looking for an easy outing) will enjoy in these completely redone guidebooks. Each outing highlights points of interest and opportunities for learning about nature on the trail. The hikes range in length from 1 to more than 5 miles round-trip, are rated easy to difficult for children, and feature optional turn-around points for tired feet.

811.54 COL
Collins, Billy. Ballistics : poems. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2008.
A collection of poetry that captures the beauty of everyday life, and features selections entitled “August in Paris,” “The Four-Moon Planet,” “Pornography,” “The Flight of the Statues,” “Envoy,” and many others.

814.54 LEA
Leary, Denis. Why we suck : a feel good guide to staying fat, loud, lazy and stupid. New York : Viking, c2008.
In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his biting and hilarious take on the world, to attack the politically correct, the hypocritical, the obese, the thin—basically everyone who takes themselves too seriously.

914.0455 RIC
Steves, Rick. Rick Steves’ Europe through the back door, 2009. Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, c2008.
Provides practical guidance for travel in Europe, covering itinerary planning, packing, transportation, sleeping and eating on different budgets, cultural differences, language, and off-the-beaten-path towns and sights.

914.1504 IRE
Gerard-Sharp, Lisa. Ireland. New ed. London ; New York : DK Pub., c2006.
A full-color travel guide to Ireland containing maps, photographs, and illustrations for all major sites, hotels and restaurants, scenic routes and tours, beaches, and shopping.

914.3704 CZE
Dunford, Lisa. Czech & Slovak Republics. 5th ed. Footscray, Vic. ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, c2007.
A guide to traveling in the Czech and Slovak Republics that includes trip planning information, itineraries, lodging and dining suggestions for different budgets, and details on history, culture, and things to see and do.

914.3904 HUN
Hungary. 1st American ed. London ; New York : DK, c2007.
A guide to traveling in Hungary, presenting an introduction to the country, providing a region-by-region look at notable sites, and including tips on dining, accommodations, shopping, and activities. Includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.

914.5049 ITA
The rough guide to Italy. 8th ed. New York : Rough Guides, c2007.
Presents guidance and tools for visitors to Italy, including trip planning information, lodging and dining suggestions for different budgets, and details on history, culture, and things to see and do.

915.204 JAP
Japan. 10th ed. Footscray, Vic., Australia ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet Publications, c2007.
A comprehensive travel guide to Japan that provides information on travel, accommodations, and restaurants, entertainment and festivals, shopping, and ancient sites.

915.6442 JER
Jerusalem & the Holy Land. New ed. London ; New York : DK, c2007.
A travel guide to Jerusalem and the Holy Land that provides information on important sights, and includes maps, descriptions of selected hotels and restaurants, listings of museums, markets, and beaches, and three walking tours.

915.694 ISR
Israel & the Palestinian Territories. 5th ed. Footscray, Vic. ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, c2007.
A travel guide to the region.

917.4104 OFF
Curtis, Wayne. Maine : off the beaten path : a guide to unique places. 8th ed. Guilford, CT : GPP Travel, c2008.
A guide to visiting Maine that provides information on hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales throughout the state.

919.4046 AUS
Australia. 14th ed. Footscray, Vic., Australia ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, c2007.
A comprehensive travel guide to Australia, with information on accommodations and restaurants, tourist sites, shopping, entertainment, and other interesting activities.

920 MOO
Moore, Honor. The bishop’s daughter : a memoir. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c2008.
A memoir in which poet Honor Moore recalls her life and relationship with her father, Paul Moore, Jr., who served as the Episcopal bishop of New York for two decades, looks at his devotion to fighting economic and racial injustice in post-World War II America, and discusses how his private struggles influenced the choices she made as an adult.

921 CARR
Carr, David. The night of the gun : a reporter investigates the darkest story of his life, his own. 1st Simon & Schuster
hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
Journalist David Carr reflects on his past, focusing on his addiction to drugs and how he rose above it to become a successful writer and father.

921 CHENEY
Gellman, Barton. Angler : the Cheney vice presidency. New York : Penguin Press, c2008.
Discusses the atypical amount of power wielded by Vice President Dick Cheney during his time in office, and explores the behind-the-scenes stories of his influence on foreign policy, misdirection of four members of Congress regarding faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and implementation of other policy goals.

921 COOPER
Cooper, Helene. The house at Sugar Beach : in search of a lost
African childhood. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
The author describes the story of her Liberian childhood, her family’s escape from the violence in 1980, and her return to her homeland in search of the foster sister they were forced to leave behind.

921 MEDICI
Murphy, Caroline. Murder of a Medici princess. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2008.
Tells the story of the life and early death of Isabella de Medici, the daughter of the powerful Grand Duke of Tuscany, who continued to live an independent life even after her forced marriage to Paolo Giordano Orsini, who sought permission from the new Grand Duke to have her murdered.

921 PICKENS
Pickens, T. Boone (Thomas Boone). The first billion is the hardest : reflections on a life of comebacks and America’s energy future. 1st ed. New York : Crown Business, c2008.
Describes how the author built and left Mesa Petroleum, was divorced, suffered clinical depression, and lost his uncanny ability to predict the movement of energy prices—along with almost all of his capital—only to bounce back with an eight billion dollar profit in only a few years.

921 WAGNER
Wagner, Robert. Pieces of my heart : a life. 1st ed. New York : HarperEntertainment, c2008.
An autobiography in which television and film actor Robert Wagner discusses his parents, early interest in becoming an actor, his long career, and his famous friendships, talks of his marriages, and shares the story of how he and his children coped with the death of Natalie Wood.

921 WALKER
Walker, Herschel. Breaking free. 1st Touchstone and Howard Books hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
Hershel Walker reflects on his life, discussing his childhood, experiences as an athlete, dissociative identity disorder, and more.

956.7044 FIL
Filkins, Dexter. The forever war. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.
A portrait of the battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq that captures the human essence of America’s violent confrontations within the Islamic world.

956.7044 WES
West, Francis J. The strongest tribe : war, politics, and the endgame in Iraq. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2008.
Combat journalist Bing West provides an account of the war in Iraq based on his six years of frontline reporting, focusing on how the arrival of American generals David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno influenced the course of the fighting, and looking at what remains to be done.

973.0496 FRE
Freddoso, David. The case against Barack Obama : the unlikely rise and unexamined agenda of the media’s favorite candidate. Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., c2008.
An expose of 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, charging that he has the most liberal voting record in the U.S. Senate, investigating his relationships with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and Tony Rezko, and arguing that he used his clout as a senator to save what the author claims is a corrupt Cook County political machine.

973.099 FEL
Felzenberg, Alvin S. The leaders we deserved (and a few we didn’t) : rethinking the presidential rating game. New York : Basic Books, c2008.
Draws on several criteria, including character, vision, competence, foreign policy, economic policy, human rights, and legacy, to rank every president in American history and explore the lasting impact of their presidential administrations.

973.92 FRA
Frank, Thomas. The wrecking crew : how conservatives rule. 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, c2008.
Discusses the role of conservatives within the American political structure, and examines how the actions taken by conservatives throughout history are affecting the status of Washington in the twenty-first century.

REFERENCE

REF 031 TIM
The Time almanac. New York : Godalming : Time Home Entertainment ; Melia [distributor], c2007.
Highlights include world statistics and countries, astronomy and space, calendar and holidays, health and nutrition, sports results business, economy, personal finance, the internet, web-site guide, e-mail addresses and so much more.

REF 353 UNI
United States. Office of the Federal Register. The United States Government manual. Washington, D.C. : Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. latest edition.

REF 394.26 CHA
Chase’s calendar of events, 2009. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
Profiles 12,500 birthdays, milestones, observances, holidays, anniversaries, and events which occur throughout the year. Arranged chronologically.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 004.092 PAU
Pausch, Randy. The last lecture. [New York] : Prince Frederick, MD : Hyperion AudioBooks ; Distributed by Recorded Books, p2008.
Read by Erik Singer. The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

CD 330.973 PHI
Phillips, Kevin. Bad money : reckless finance, failed politics, and the global crisis of American capitalism. New York : Penguin Audio, p2008.
Read by Scott Brick. The New York Times bestselling author cautions against the current financial practices of American capitalism and explains why they are bringing about our downfall.

CD 921 ANDREWS
Andrews, Julie. Home : a memoir of my early years. New York : Hyperion Audiobooks, 2008.
A personal account of the iconic actress’s pre-fame life traces the time between her birth in 1935 and her discovery by Walt Disney during her 1962 Broadway performance in “Camelot.”

CD 921 BLACK
Black, Lewis. Me of little faith. New York : Penguin Audio, p2008.
Read by the author. Lewis Black, the hilariously mad-as-hell Daily Show regular and New York Times-bestselling author, explores how the rules and constraints of religion have affected his life and the lives of us all. Hilarious experiences with rabbis, Mormons, gurus, psychics, and even the joy of a perfect round of golf give Black the chance to expound upon what we believe and why—in the language of a shock jock and with the heart of an iconoclast.—From amazon.com.

CD 921 BRAGG
Bragg, Rick. The prince of Frogtown. Unabridged. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by the author. The author details his quest to uncover the truth about the father he had never known and his unseen influence on the author’s life and the choices he has made, inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson.

CD 921 HARI
Hari, Daoud. The translator : [a tribesman’s memoir of Darfur]. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Mirron Willis. Daoud Hari shares his life of bravery and adventure.

CD 921 SORENSEN
Sorensen, Theodore C. Counselor : [a life at the edge of history]. Abridged. [s.l.] : HarperCollins Publishers, c2008.
Read by the author. In this gripping memoir, John F. Kennedy’s closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history.... from the decision to go to the moon to the Cuban Missile Crisis, when JFK requested that the thirty-four-year-old Sorensen draft the key letter to Khrushchev at the most critical point of the world’s first nuclear confrontation. After Kennedy was assassinated, Sorensen stayed with President Johnson for a few months before leaving to write a biography of JFK. In 1968 he returned to Washington to help run Robert Kennedy’s presidential campaign. Through it all, Sorensen never lost sight of the ideals that brought him to Washington and to the White House, working tirelessly to promote and defend free, peaceful societies.—From publisher’s description.

CD BAL
Baldacci, David. Stone cold. New York : Books on Tape, 2007.
Read by Ron McLarty. Oliver Stone, the leader of the mysterious group that calls itself the Camel Club, keeps a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., winning over some allies but also making some formidable enemies. Now two men are out to kill two members of the Camel Club, and Stone must try to stop them.

CD BOH
Bohjalian, Christopher A. Skeletons at the feast. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Mark Bramhall. In January 1945 , a small group of people attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine, to reach the British and American lines.

CD BUR
Burke, James Lee. Swan Peak. New York, NY: Audioworks, p2008.
Read by Will Patton. Detective Dave Robicheaux returns in another adventure - only this time, he travels from New Iberia Parish to the wilds of Montana.

CD CAN
Canin, Ethan. America America : [a novel]. New York, N.Y. : Random House Audio, cp2008.
Read by Robertson Dean. In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the grand estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family’s generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president of the United States. Before long, Corey finds himself involved with one of the Metarey daughters as well, and he begins to leave behind the world of his upbringing. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth.

CD CLA
Clark, Mary Higgins. Where are you now? : [a novel]. Unabridged. New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2008.
Read by Jan Maxwell. Driven to solve the mystery of her older brother’s disappearance ten years earlier, a young lawyer investigates a bizarre community of people who choose to disappear, embarking on a quest with life-threatening consequences.

CD COUNTRY CARRIE UNDERWOOD
Underwood, Carrie. Carnival ride. [S.l.] : Arista Records, 2007.
Performed by Carrie Underwood.


CD CRO
Crouch, Katie. Girls in trucks. New York : Hachette Audio, p2008.
Read by the author. Katie Crouch’s debut novel, Girls in Trucks, is the. . .tale of Sarah Walters, a Southern debutante whose endless quest for love and fulfillment takes her around the world and back again. (from Amazon.com).

CD DEL
Delinsky, Barbara. The secret between us. Abridged. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Orlagh Cassidy. Picking up her sixteen-year-old daughter after a party, a woman accepts responsibility for hitting a man with the car on the way home, even though her daughter had been driving, a deception that takes on a life of its own, threatening their family and the bond between mother and daughter.

CD EASY LISTENING JAMES TAYLOR
Taylor, James, 1948- prf. One man band. Beverly Hills, CA : Hear Music, p2007.
Performed by James Taylor, vocals, guitars; Larry Goldings, keyboards. Includes both a music CD and a concert video DVD.

CD FAU
Faulks, Sebastian. Devil may care. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Tristan Layton. Debonair British agent James Bond returns in a new Cold War adventure that takes 007 to some of the world’s most exotic and dangerous locales.

CD FOLK PETER PAUL AND MARY
Peter, Paul, and Mary (Musical group). The very best of Peter Paul and Mary. Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Records, p2005.
Early in the morning -- 500 miles—Lemon tree—If I had a hammer (single version) -- Where have all the flowers gone -- Puff, the magic dragon—The cruel war—This land is your land—Blowin’ in the wind—Stewball—Don’t think twice, it’s all right—For lovin’ me—For baby (for Bobby) -- The time they are a changin’—Early mornin’ rain -- Leaving on a jet plane—I dig rock and roll music—Too much of nothing—The great mandala (the wheel of life) -- Day is done (live/single version) -- El Salvador—Wedding song (there is love) / Noel Paul Stookey—Follow me / Mary Travers—Weave me the sunshine / Peter Yarrow—Don’t laugh at me. Peter, Paul, and Mary.

CD FOLK PUTUMAYO PRESENTS QUEB
Putumayo presents Québec. [S.l.] : Putumayo World Music, p2008.
Various performers.

CD FOLK PUTUMAYO PRESENTS ACOU
Acoustic Arabia. [S.l.] : Putumayo World Music, 2008.
Various performers.

CD FOLK WIND OF THE WEST
Sacred Earth (Musical group). Wind of the West. Arvada, CO : Red Feather Music, cp2006.
Bill Miller, vocals, chanting, acoustic guitar on tracks 1 & 3 & 6, Native American flute on track 2, Mohican translations ; Mike Hamilton, acoustic and electric guitars ; Richard Hardy, Native American flutes, bamboo flutes ; Sacred Earth, everything else.

CD FOR
Ford, Richard. The lay of the land. New York : Random House Audio, p2006.
Read by Joe Barrett. Frank Bascombe’s story resumes, in the fall of 2000, with the presidential election still hanging in the balance and Thanksgiving looming before him with all the perils of a post-nuclear family get-together. He’s now plying his trade as a realtor on the Jersey shore and contending with health, marital and familial issues.

CD FRE
Frey, James. Bright shiny morning. Unabridged. [New York] : Harper Audio, p2008.
Read by Ben Foster. James Frey weaves a tapestry of tales of life in Los Angeles from a number of colorful characters that define various aspects of the glittering, vibrant, yet sometimes terrifying City of Angels.

CD GRI
Grisham, John. The appeal. Library ed. Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Michael Beck. Wall street millionaire Carl Trudeau purchases an unsuspecting candidate to run for Supreme Court judge when a Mississippi court rules against one of his chemical companies for dumping toxic waste into the town’s water supply, causing a cancer cluster.

CD GRI
Grimes, Martha. Dakota. New York : Penguin, p2008.
Read by Renée Raudman. Andi Oliver, an amnesiac and drifter, is hired by Klavan’s, a massive pig farming facility that specializes in the dark art of modern livestock management. As Andi begins to uncover the truth about Klavan’s, two men are on her trail, one a gunman hired to kill her, another who has followed her across three states demanding something from her forgotten past.

CD GRU
Gruen, Sara. Riding lessons. Unabridged. [United States] : HighBridge, p2008.
Read by Maggi-Meg Reed. As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, the beautiful horse she cherished. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father’s New Hampshire horse farm.

CD GUT
Guterson, David. The other. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Mark Bramhall. When two boys—John William Barry and Neil Countryman—meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they’re brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington’s remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits—and each other—to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family man. But John William makes a radically different choice, dropping out of college and moving deep into the woods, convinced that it is the only way to live without hypocrisy. When John enlists Neil to help him disappear completely, Neil finds himself drawn into a web of secrets and often agonizing responsibility, deceit, and tragedy—one that will finally break open with a wholly unexpected, life-altering revelation.

CD HIL
Hillerman, Tony. The shape shifter. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2006.
Performed by George Guidall. Retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is called upon once again to solve a crime. This time it’s Joe’s last case, a case that remains unsolved and continues to haunt him.

CD HIL
Hillerman, Tony. Listening woman. New York : Harper Audio, [2005], p1990.
Read by George Guidall. Native American policeman Joe Leaphorn probes the murder of an old Indian soothsayer and a young Indian girl, and ends up investigating the strange kidnapping of a group of Boy Scouts and evading a plot on his own life.

CD HOC
Hockensmith, Steve. The black dove. [S.l.] : Tantor Media Inc., c2008.
Read by William Dufris. In Edgar-finalist Hockensmith's rollicking third mystery to feature Old Red and Big Red Amlingmeyer (after 2007's On the Wrong Track), the Sherlock Holmes–loving cowboy brothers do some detectifying in 1893 San Francisco, the world's wickedest city.

CD HOLIDAY FAITH HILL
Hill, Faith, 1967- prf. Joy to the world. Nashville, TN : Warner Brothers, c2008.
Performed by Faith Hill ; with acc.

CD HOLIDAY MARY CHAPIN CARPENT
Carpenter, Mary-Chapin. prf. Come darkness, come light : 12 songs of Christmas. Burlington, MA : Zoe Records, p2008.
Performed by Mary Chapin Carpenter.

CD JAZZ THE BUDDY RICH BIG BAN
Buddy Rich Band. Mercy, mercy. Hollywood, Calif. : Pacific Jazz, p1997.
Mercy, mercy, mercy (5:34) -- Preach and teach (4:06) -- Channel 1 suite (12:50) -- Big Mama Cass (3:22) --Goodbye yesterday (6:18) -- Acid truth (5:50) -- Alfie (3:49) -- Ode to Billy Joe (3:39) -- Chavala (5:20) -- Mr. Lucky (5:47) -- Chelsea bridge (5:09). The Buddy Rich Big Band: Art Pepper, alto sax, flute, clarinet; Charles Owens, alto sax, flute, clarinet; Don Menza, tenor sax, flute; Pat Labarbera, tenor sax, flute; John Laws, baritone sax, bass clarinet; Al Porcino, Bill Prince, Ken Faulk, Dave Culp, trumpets; Jim Trimble, Rick Stepton, Peter Graves, trombones; Walt Namuth, guitar; Joe Azarello, piano; Gary Walters, bass; Buddy Rich, drums.

CD KIN
King, Stephen. The gingerbread girl. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Narrated by Mare Winningham. Emily escapes to the secluded Vermillion Key off of Florida’s coast after the death of her infant child. Her new neighbor also enjoys the privacy of the key, but the women he brings with him never return home. Emily’s curiosity leads her right into the hands of the madman, but it’s her legs that are her only hope for survival.

CD KIN
King, Stephen. Cell. New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2006.
Read by Campbell Scott. Mayhem and violence are unleashed around the world when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into savage homicidal maniacs, and only a small band of “normies” who avoided the technological attack can stop the rampage.

CD KIN
Kinsella, Sophie. Remember me? New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Charlotte Parry. Awakening in the hospital after a car crash believing that she is a single, twenty-five-year-old sales associate, Lexi discovers that she has lost three years in her life and she is married to a handsome millionaire, but her perfect new life soon begins to go awry.

CD LET
Letts, Billie. Made in the U.S.A. : a novel. [New York, N.Y.] : Hachette Audio, p2008.
Read by Cassandra Morris. The story of two gutsy children who must discover how cruel, unfair, and frightening the world is before they arrive at a place they can finally call home.

CD MAR
Martini, Steve. Shadow of power : a Paul Madriani novel. New York : Harper Audio, p2008.
Read by George Guidall. A hate crime involving the murder of a legal scholar noted for penning controversial works places defense attorney Paul Madriani in a media spotlight that compromises his investigation into an elusive witness within the cloistered confines of the Supreme Court.

CD MISCELLANEOUS A CONCERT FOR
Healing the divide : a concert for peace and reconciliation. Los Angeles, CA : Anti, p2007.
Various performers.

CD PAL
Palahniuk, Chuck. Snuff. Unabridged. [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Audio, p2008.
Read by Todd McLaren. Cassie Wright, porn priestess, intends to cap her legendary career by breaking the world record for serial fornication. On camera. With six hundred men. Snuff unfolds from the perspectives of Mr. 72, Mr. 137, and Mr. 600, who await their turn on camera in a very crowded green room.

CD PER
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. The painter of battles. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Simon Vance. Abandoning the battlefield for an isolated life on the Spanish coast, war photographer Andrés Faulques spends his time painting murals containing images of human conflict, until his solitude is interrupted by a man whose life had been altered forever by one of Faulques’ images.

CD PIC
Picoult, Jodi. Harvesting the heart. New York : Penguin Audio/Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Cassandra Campbell. Paige’s mother left when she was five. When Paige becomes a mother herself, she is overwhelmed by the demands. Unable to forget her past, Paige struggles with the difficulties of marriage and motherhood.

CD PRA
Pratchett, Terry. Thud! New York : HarperCollins, p2005.
Performed by Stephen Briggs. The 31st Discworld novel begins with a thud—the sound of a club crushing the skull of influential dwarf leader Grag Hamcrusher. Tension between dwarves and trolls has been high for centuries, so when a troll club is found lying nearby the murdered Hamcrusher, a villainous troll is the obvious suspect. But the dwarf’s death is not so simple, and Commander Samuel Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch must investigate the murder and discover the truth...lest renewed tensions between the dwarves and trolls tear his city apart. (from Publishers Weekly).

CD ROCK CARLY SIMON
Simon, Carly. prf. This kind of love. [S.l.] : Hear Music, p2008.
Performed by Carly Simon.

CD ROCK CARLY SIMON
Simon, Carly. Reflections : Carly Simon’s greatest hits. New York : BMG, p2004.
Carly Simon, vocals, piano, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, whistle, drum programming ; with musical accompaniment.

CD ROCK COLDPLAY
Coldplay (Musical group). Viva la vida : or Death and all his friends. Hollywood, CA : Capitol, p2008.
Life in technicolor—Cemeteries of London—Lost! -- 42 -- Lovers in Japan ; Reign of love—Yes—Viva la vida—Violet Hill—Strawberry swing—Death and all his friends. Performed by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin and Phil Harvey).

CD ROCK CORINNE BAILEY RAE
Rae, Corinne Bailey. prf. Corinne Bailey Rae. Burbank, CA : Capital Entertainment Enterprises, 2006.
Corinne Bailey Rae.

CD ROCK CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Crosby, Stills & Nash. Greatest hits. New York : Rhino/Atlantic, p2005.
Suite: Judy blue eyes—Long time gone—Just a song before I go—Southern cross—Marrakesh Express—Helplessly hoping—Shadow captain—Our house—Guinnevere—See the changes—Teach your children—Wooden ships—Delta -- 49 bye-byes—Wasted on the way—Carry on ; Questions—In my dreams—Cathedral—Daylight again. David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash; with assisting musicians.

CD ROCK DISTURBED
Disturbed (Musical group) prf. Indestructible. Burbank, CA : Reprise, c2008.
Rap-metal performed by Disturbed (David Draiman, vocals ; Dan Donegan, guitar, electronics ; Mike Wengren, drums ; John Moyer, bass guitar).

CD ROCK IRON MAIDEN
Iron Maiden (Musical group). Somewhere back in time : the best of: 1980-1989. [United States] : Newy York : Iron Maiden Holdings, Ltd. ; Sony BMG Music Entertainment [distriburor], p2008.
Performed by Iron Maiden.

CD ROCK JOHN FOGERTY
Fogerty, John, 1945- prf. Revival. [S.l.] : Fantasy, 2007.
Performed by John Fogerty.

CD ROCK LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
LCD Soundsystem (Musical group) prf. Sound of silver. [S.l.] : CM Capitol, 2007.
LCD Soundsystem.

CD ROCK LENNY KRAVITZ
Kravitz, Lenny. prf. It is time for a love revolution. [S.l.] : Virgin, 2008.
Performed by Lenny Kravitz.

CD ROCK NINE INCH NAILS
Nine Inch Nails (Musical group) prf. Year zero. Santa Monica, CA : Interscope, p2007.
Nine Inch Nails.

CD ROCK SNOOP DOGG
Snoop Dogg, 1972- prf. Ego trippin’. Santa Monica, CA : Geffen Records, p2008.
Snoop Dogg; featuring Too $hort, Mistah F.A.B., Raphael Saadiq, Charlie Wilson; with acc. musicians.

CD ROCK TELEVISION
Television (Musical group). Marquee moon. [Expanded and remastered ed.]. Burgank, CA : Elektra/Rhino, p2003.
Television personnel includes : Tom Verlaine, lead vocals, guitar ; Richard Lloyd, guitar, vocals ; Fred Smith, bass, vocals ; & Billy Ficca, drums.

CD ROCK THE CLASH
Clash (Musical group). The Clash. New York, N.Y. : Epic, p1999.
Clash city rockers—I’m so bored with the U.S.A—Remote control—Complete control—White riot -- (White man) in Hammersmith Palais—London’s burning—I fought the law -- Janie Jones—Career opportunities—What’s my name—Hate & war—Police & thieves—Jail guitar doors—Garageland. Performed by the Clash, rock music quartet.

CD ROCK THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
Pussycat Dolls. prf. Doll domination. Santa Monica, CA : Interscope Records, 2008.
Dance-pop music performed by Pussycat Dolls.

CD ROCK THE WHO
Who (Musical group). The ultimate collection. Santa Monica, CA : MCA/UTV, p2002.
Disc 1. I can’t explain—Anyway, anyhow, anywhere—My generation—The kids are alright—A legal matter—Substitute—I’m a boy—Boris the Spider—Happy Jack—Pictures of Lily—I can see for miles—Call me lightning—Magic bus—Pinball wizard—I’m free—See me feel me—The seeker—Summertime blues (live) -- My wife—Baby O’Riley—Bargain. Disc 2. Behind blue eyes—Won’t get fooled again—Let’s see action—Pure and easy—Join together—Long live rock -- The real me -- 5’15 -- Love reign o’er me—Squeeze box -- Who are you—Sister Disco—You better you bet—Eminence front. The Who: Roger Daltrey, vocals, harmonica ; John Entwistle, bass guitar, vocals ; Keith Moon, drums ; Pete Townshend, guitar, keyboards, vocals ; Kenney Jones, drums (disc 2, tracks 13 and 14).

CD ROCK USHER
Usher. prf. Here I stand. [S.l.] : LaFace Records, 2008.
Performed by Usher.

CD ROCK VAMPIRE WEEKEND
Vampire Weekend (Musical group) prf. Vampire Weekend. [United States] : Beggars XL Recording, p2008.
Performed by Vampire Weekend (Ezra Koenig, lead vocals, guitar, piano, hand drum ; Rostam Batmanglij, organ, chamberlin, piano, harpsichord, guitar, vocal harmonies, drum and synth programming, shaker ; Chris Baio, bass ; Christopher Tomson, drums, guitar) ; with additional musicians.

CD SOUNDTRACK SIMPSONS
Zimmer, Hans. The Simpsons movie soundtrack. [S.l.] : Adrenaline Music, 2007.
Various performers.

CD STE
Stein, Garth. The art of racing in the rain. New York : Harper Audio, p2008.
Read by Christopher Evan Welch. Evaluating his life on the eve of his death, atypical canine Enzo considers the sacrifices his master, Denny Swift, has made in his pursuit of becoming a professional race car driver, and the dog’s own efforts to preserve the Swift family.

CD STR
Strauss, Darin. More than it hurts you. New York : Penguin Audio, p2008.
Read by Arthur Morey. Josh Goldin is a happily married TV airtime salesman with an eight-month-old son. When baby Zack is treated twice for mysterious and life-threatening symptoms, the head of a pediatric ICU, Dr. Darlene Stokes, tells Child Protective Services that she thinks Josh’s wife, Dori, suffers from Munchausen syndrome, whereby the afflicted injure their children deliberately to draw attention to themselves. The Goldins’ ensuing battle to keep Zack provides grist for public debate about issues ranging from parents’ rights to race.

CD THO
Thor, Brad. The last patriot : a thriller. New York, NY : Audioworks, p2008.
Read by Armand Schultz. When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian cafe, Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he has tried so desperately to leave behind. Harvath becomes party to an amazing and perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all without firing another shot, dropping another bomb, or launching another covert action. As desperate as the American government is to have the information, there are powerful forces aligned against it.

DVD HOW
How the West was won. Widescreen version. Burbank, CA. : Turner Entertainment, c1999.
Carroll Baker, Henry Fonda, Gregory Peck, Debbie Reynolds, James Stewart, John Wayne. A western adventure spanning three generations, the breadth of a wild, unsettled country, and fifty of the most excitingly turbulent years of this nation’s history.

DVD LAW
Laws of attraction. [United States] : Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2004.
Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Parker Posey, Frances Fisher, Nora Dunn, Heather Ann Nurnberg, Johnny Myers, Mike Doyle. Though equally respected in their field, divorce lawyers Audrey and Daniel are opposites inside and out of the courtroom. Audrey is meticulous and by the book, while Daniel relies on personality and luck to get by. Neither has lost a case and neither intends to now, but a celebrity power couple gone wrong will end one of their winning streaks. The divorce settlement hinges on an old Irish castle. The two race to Ireland where after an Irish festival the two lawyers wake up married. Now the mismatched lawyers have to contemplate how to go about their client’s divorce hearings as man and wife.

DVD LOS
The lost room. Widescreen. Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, c2007.
In the 1960s, an unknown event at the Sunshine Motel caused ordinary things in Room 10 to transform into items of wonder: indestructible objects with extraordinary powers that are sought by those who know their secrets.

New books and media for November 2008

FICTION

F ALBERT
Albert, Susan Wittig. The tale of Briar Bank : the cottage tales of Beatrix Potter. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2008.
At the start of Albert’s delightful fifth cottage tale (after 2007’s The Tale of Hawthorn House), Beatrix Potter, dismayed by the frosty atmosphere at home in London with her demanding parents, returns to Hill Top Farm in the Lake District, where she gets caught in a blizzard. As she catches up on local gossip, Beatrix learns of the demise of a longtime resident, Hugh Wickstead, killed by a falling tree limb in the woods. Was Hugh the victim of a curse after he unearthed ancient treasure? Of course, the animals have their own stories to tell, and Beatrix turns to them for help in the investigation. (from Publishers Weekly).

F BALDACCI
Baldacci, David. Divine justice. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., c2008.
Former CIA assassin Oliver Stone (aka John Carr) boards a New Orleans-bound train at Washington’s Union Station after shooting to death “a well-known U.S. senator and the nation’s intelligence chief,” the two men responsible for his wife’s murder. Ever the Good Samaritan, Stone intervenes in a fight on the train, but when the Amtrak conductor asks to see his ID, he gets off at the next station, knowing his fake ID won’t withstand scrutiny. So much for Stone’s vaunted ability as a resourceful planner. This sudden detour takes Stone to Divine, Va., a mining town where he becomes enmeshed in corruption and intrigue. . .(from Publishers Weekly).

F BARRY
Barry, Sebastian. The secret scripture. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, c2008.
Facing her 100th birthday Roseanne McNulty has decided to record her past from inside a mental hospital, and while the facility is scheduled to close, Dr. Grene takes an interest in Roseanne to determine if she is capable of reentering society, but when a document— written by a local priest—surfaces, it offers a history different from the one Roseanne offers.

F BAUMAN
Bauman, Natasha. The disorder of longing. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
Ada Pryce, a progressive Bostonian woman in the 1890s, yearns to escape her socially constrictive marriage to Edward, a hobbyist who tries to suppress his wife’s physical desires, and when three orchid hunters stop by, she gets the opportunity to go on an adventure across the ocean to the Amazon.

F BEATON
Beaton, M. C. A spoonful of poison : an Agatha Raisin mystery. 1st St. Martin’s Minotaur ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Cranky but lovable sleuth Agatha Raisin’s detective agency has become so successful that she wants nothing more than to take quality time for rest and relaxation. But as soon as she begins closing the agency on weekends, she remembers that when she has plenty of quality time, she doesn’t know what to do with it. So it doesn’t take much for the vicar of a nearby village to persuade her to help publicize the church fete--especially when the fair’s organizer, George Selby, turns out to be a gorgeous widower. Agatha brings out the crowds for the fete, all right, but there’s more going on than innocent village fun.

F BELZER
Belzer, Richard. I am not a cop! : a novel. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
When Richard Belzer meets Rudy Markovich, nyc medical examiner, for dinner in Brighton Beach, he has little reason to expect anything more than a friendly bull session. But in the next twenty-four hours Belzer finds himself in the middle of a vicious street brawl, splashed across the tabloid headlines as an out-of-control celeb, and fearing for the life of his good pal Rudy—who police assume is sleeping at the bottom of the East River.

F BLUNDY
Blundy, Anna. Vodka neat : a Faith Zanetti thriller. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books, c2008.
Foreign correspondent Faith Zanetti, posted to Moscow, is shocked when she is arrested shortly after her arrival for a double murder that occurred sixteen years earlier when she was married to Dimitri, a black marketer, and living illegally in the country, and although a lack of evidence demands her release, Faith embarks on a mission to clear her name.

F BLY
Bly, Carol. Shelter half : a novel. Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press, c2008.
Presents a novel about people in a small Minnesota town who come face to face with the cruelty that surrounds them.

F BOWEN LP
Bowen, Rhys. A royal pain. large print. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, c2008.
The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince’s path, in the hopes that he might finally marry. But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un-teach Princess Hanni the English she’s culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. Then there’s the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni’s unwitting involvement with the Communist Party.

F BRANDRETH
Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney. Oscar Wilde and a death of no importance. 1st Touchstone ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008, c2007.
Presents a historical mystery based on real events and features Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Robert Sherard as they investigate the murder of a young artist’s model.

F BROWN
Brown, Carrie. The rope walk : a novel. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2008, c2007.
Alice MacCauley’s eleventh summer is shaped by new friendship, the twinges of first love, and adult lessons about life and death when she and Theo, a New York City boy of mixed race visiting his white New England grandparents, become the companions of Kenneth, an artist dying of and losing his eyesight to AIDS, reading him the journals of Lewis and Clark and building him a secret “rope walk” through the woods.

F BROWN
Brown, Rita Mae. Hounded to death : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
From New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown comes the latest novel in her enthralling series of foxhunting mysteries. Richly imagined and utterly engaging, Hounded to Death reveals the cutthroat world of competitive hound shows as both humans and animals alike try to solve a series of bizarre deaths.

F BROWN
Brown, Rita Mae. Rubyfruit jungle. New York : Bantam Books, c1988.
Molly Bolt has never cared what anyone thinks of her, and she proves that by falling in love with the head cheerleader, seducing an heiress, and becoming one of New York’s greatest filmmakers despite society’s low opinion of her.

F BROWNRIGG
Brownrigg, Sylvia. Morality tale : a novel. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.
Pan, disenchanted with her marriage to Alan, who is still too involved with his combative ex-wife Theresa, and not exactly happy to have acquired two stepsons, begins a mild flirtation with an envelope salesman who comes into the stationery store where she works and leaves her romantic letters, but when Alan finds the missives he becomes upset and the couple must decide where their relationship is heading.

F BYNUM
Bynum, Sarah Shun-lien. Ms. Hempel chronicles. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
A collection of eight interconnected stories about Ms. Beatrice Hempel, a middle school English teacher.

F CHIAVERINI
Chiaverini, Jennifer. The quilter’s kitchen : an Elm Creek Quilts novel with recipes. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
The Quilter’s Kitchen follows Anna Del Maso’s flavorful explorations of the kitchens of Elm Creek Manor, past and present. As she records beloved recipes and creates original dishes seasoned with love, she discovers anew how the gifts of the table gather friends and family ever closer. (from the publisher, edited).

F CLEEVES
Cleeves, Ann. White nights : a thriller. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Detective Jimmy Perez sets out to learn the truth about the death of a mysterious Englishman found hanging from a rafter a day after claiming he could not remember who he was or where he came from, while also investigating the murder of a local musician, and his job is complicated by the confusion caused by midsummer in the Shetland Islands, a time when the sun never sets.

F CONNELLY
Connelly, Michael. The brass verdict : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Company, c2008.
Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover.

F COULTER LP
Coulter, Catherine. TailSpin. Large print ed. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
FBI Special Agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are assigned to protect Dr. MacLean, a physician with frontal lobe dementia that could compromise his ability to maintain doctor-patient confidentiality. With a patient list made up of Washington movers and shakers, MacLean’s role as a keeper of secrets is jeopardized as well. Is there someone out there so desperate that they’d kill the doctor for what he knows? It is up to Jackson, Savich, and Sherlock to find out—no matter the cost—From publisher description.

F DAMS
Dams, Jeanne M. Indigo Christmas : a Hilda Johansson mystery. Palo Alto [Calif.] : Perseverance Press/John Daniel, c2008.
Hilda Johansson Cavanaugh, trapped between her old life as a housemaid and new role as a wealthy wife, tries to prove her friend’s husband innocent of theft, arson, and murder and helps to create a Christmas party for street boys.

F DECASTRIQUE
De Castrique, Mark. Blackman’s coffin. 1st ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, c2008.
Sam Blackman, a chief warrant officer in the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the U.S. military, angry about the medical treatment he has received since losing a leg in Iraq, is presented with an intriguing mystery that takes his mind off his troubles and launches him into a ninety-year-old investigation with links to the recent murder of ex-Marine and fellow amputee Tikima Robertson.

F DEMILLE
DeMille, Nelson. The gate house. New York : Grand Central Pub., c2008.
When John Sutter’s aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn’t the only person from John’s past who has reemerged: Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan’s ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions: Drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father’s murderer - Susan Sutter.

F DICK
Dick, Philip K. In Milton Lumky territory. 1st Tor ed. New York : Tor, 2008, c1985.
Bruce, a traveling salesman who drives around the Pacific Northwest looking for deals on typewriters, falls for Susan, an attractive woman who used to be his school teacher, and meets Milton Lumky, a paper salesperson whose immature view of the world causes Bruce and Susan to seek a way out of the dreary territory and culture.

F DOIG
Doig, Ivan. The eleventh man. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
The “Supreme Team” was Treasure State University’s 1941 undefeated football team whose WWII exploits are reported by teammate Ben Reinking—the eleventh man—whose war record tests the law of averages.

F ENGSTROM
Engstrom, Elizabeth. The northwoods chronicles : a novel in stories. 1st ed. Detroit : Five Star, c2008.
A collection of twenty stories by American author Elizabeth Engstrom in which she blends stories of love, aging, sacrifice, and child abductions.

F ERIKSON
Erikson, Steven. Toll the hounds. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
In the city of Black Coral, ancient spirits are awakened, leading to a clash between the powerful new deities and the ancient Gods, culminating in a final battle that will change the course of history and threaten anyone caught in its path.

F ERIKSSON
Eriksson, Kjell. The Demon of Dakar. 1st U.S. ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Swedish police inspector Ann Lindell learns that no one is above suspicion when she sets out to investigate a murder that keeps leading her back to the popular local restaurant Dakar.

F EVANS
Evans, Richard Paul. Grace. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
A man remembers a girl, Grace, from his childhood, and details how she, a runaway that he cared for, came to be his first kiss and his first love over the course of one life changing winter.

F GHOSH
Ghosh, Amitav. Sea of poppies. 1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2008.
The “Ibis” embarks on a journey from Calcutta with a diverse crew of sailors—which includes a bankrupt raja, a widowed tribeswoman, a Mulatto American freedman, and a French orphan—to the poppy fields in Ganges, to China’s nineteenth-century Opium War.

F GLASS
Glass, Julia. I see you everywhere. New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
From the author of the best-selling Three Junes comes an intimate new work of fiction: a tale of two sisters, together and apart, told in their alternating voices over twenty-five years.

F GREENWOOD
Greenwood, Kerry. Heavenly pleasures : a Corinna Chapman mystery. 1st U.S. ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2008, c2005.
Bread baker Corinna Chapman investigates when the chocolates from her friend’s shop are sabotaged and her Israeli boyfriend gets roughed up by a man claiming to be a messiah.

F HAIGH LP
Haigh, Jennifer. The condition : a novel. Large print ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2008.
Tells the story of the McKotches, a proper New England family that comes apart during one fateful summer, when the family notices something different in their daughter only to find she has Turner’s syndrome.

F HARRISON
Harrison, Jim. The English major. 1st ed. New York : Groove Press, c2008.
Cliff, a retired Michigan high school teacher, cheated out of his family farm by Vivian, his ex-wife of thirty-eight years, embarks on a journey of discovery when he sets out on a road trip across America, determined to rename all the states and state names, and reconnect with his son and other people from the past.

F HEMON
Hemon, Aleksandar. The Lazarus project. New York : Riverhead Books, c2008.
Brik, a young writer in Chicago, travels through Eastern Europe with his friend Rora, tracing the life of Lazarus Averbuch, a Jewish immigrant who lived in Chicago until he was shot and killed by George Skippy, the chief of police, when Lazarus had attempted to deliver the officer a letter.

F HILL
Hill, Marion Moore. Death books a return. Corona del Mar, CA : Pemberley Press, c2008.
Public librarian Juanita Wills discovers the unsolved murder of an African-American boy named Luther Dunlap, who was found on the all-white Wyndham high school track in 1959; when she pursues the investigation, an informant is poisoned, and she fears for her life while trying to uncover the truth.

F HOGAN
Hogan, Linda. People of the whale. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.
Raised in a remote seaside village, Thomas Witka Just marries Ruth, his beloved since infancy. But an ill-fated decision to fight in Vietnam changes his life forever: cut off from his Native American community, he fathers a child with another woman. When he returns home a hero, he finds his tribe in conflict over the decision to hunt a whale, both a symbol of spirituality and rebirth and a means of survival.

F HOUSEWRIGHT
Housewright, David. Madman on a drum. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Bobby Dunston, a homicide cop whose daughter has been kidnapped, gets help from his friend McKenzie, who handles the ransom drop-off and recovery of the child and then finds himself the target of an open contract on his life.

F HUSTON
Huston, Nancy. Fault lines. New York : Black Cat, c2007.
Traces four generations of one family back to Germany during World War II, beginning with Sol, a young child whose mother singles him out because he carries a similar birthmark to his father, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

F JEFFRIES
Jeffries, Roderic. An instinctive solution. Sutton : Severn House, c2008.
The new Inspector Alvarez mystery - When Majorcan Inspector Enrique Alvarez is called upon to investigate the death of a woman found shot dead in her own home, all the evidence seems to point to her husband’s guilt. But Alvarez just doesn’t believe Herod is guilty. His reason? Instinct.

F JOHANSEN
Johansen, Iris. Dark summer. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, c2008.
Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction. Jude Marrock is out for revenge and has no choice but to involve Devon in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game with an escalating body count. She doesn’t trust him one bit, but when the shots start flying and friends start falling, she finds herself with nowhere else to run. And there are innocent lives, both human and animal, at stake, including Ned and his mysterious pack. Is Jude her salvation or her damnation? Are the secrets he’s protecting worth killing for . . . or dying for?.

F KATZIR
Katzir, Judith. Dearest Anne : a tale of impossible love. 1st ed. New York, NY : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, c2008.
As Rivi Shenhar comes of age in mid-1970s Israel, social change is in the air and peace talks between Israel and Egypt are in the works. After divorce shatters her family, Rivi is raised by her neglectful mother and helps care for her two younger brothers. She documents her feelings of abandonment and longing in a diary addressed to Anne Frank - a conceit that actually works - and develops a crush on her vibrant, soon-to-be-married literature teacher, a woman named Michaela Berg. (from Publishers Weekly).

F KELLERMAN
Kellerman, Jonathan. Bones : an Alex Delaware novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
When Milo Sturgis, homicide detective, encounters a case that involves a sinister killer, he calls in psychologist Alex Delaware to help investigate the murder of several prostitutes and a musician, and the two have trouble coming up with an easy answer as deeper and darker clues arise.

F KIERNAN
Kiernan, Caitlin R. Murder of Angels. Roc. c2008.
Niki Ky spends her days in a medicated haze, haunted by the ghosts of those she left behind ten years ago after a confrontation against an unspeakable evil that left her shattered. To find peace, Niki must return to the house on the side of Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama--to face creatures no human should ever have to face...

F KINGSBURY LP
Kingsbury, Karen. Someday. Large print. Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale House, c2008.
Pressures of the celebrity lifestyle weigh heavily on Dayne and Katy Matthews as they take on separate movie projects. Tabloid rumors talk of trouble and unfaithfulness between the two, but finally something drastic catches Daynes attention and makes him realize the destruction they’re playing with. But will it be too late? The Flanigan family recognizes the deep loss of the Christian Kids Theater program, and they lead a final effort to keep the theater from being torn down. Meanwhile, John Baxter takes the next step in his growing relationship with Elaine, giving him a season to contemplate selling the Baxter house and, along with it, losing a lifetime of memories made there. As the rest of the family considers the future and what may lie ahead, they must pull together like never before. Only their undying love for each other can help the Baxters get past the trials of today for a life they know is possible ... someday.—From publisher description.

F KINGSBURY LP
Kingsbury, Karen. Oceans apart. Large print. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, c2005.
Connor Evans, an airline pilot, tries to decide whether or not to accept into his family his young son from a previous affair with a stewardess.

F KLEYPAS
Kleypas, Lisa. A Wallflower Christmas. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Press, c2008.
The Wallflowers are four young ladies in London who banded together in their wild and wickedly wonderful searches for true love. Now happily married, they join together once again to help one of the world’s most notorious rogues realize that happiness might be right under the mistletoe. .

F KRING
Kring, Sandra. Thank you for all things. New York : Bantam Books, c2008.
Eleven-year-old Lucy McGowan learns about the trials of love and the grace of forgiveness after she and her family move to Timber Falls, Wisconsin, to care for Lucy’s dying grandfather, whom Lucy hopes will help her understand the secrets in her family’s past.

F LECARRE
Le Carré, John. A most wanted man : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, c2008.
When boxer Melik Oktay and his mother, both Turkish Muslims living in Hamburg, take in a street person calling himself Issa at the start of this morally complex thriller from le Carré (The Mission Song), they set off a chain of events implicating intelligence agencies from three countries. (from Publishers Weekly).

F LEHANE
Lehane, Dennis. The given day. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
During the bloody police riots of the early twentieth century, a Boston police officer from a wealthy family, Danny Coughlin, joins a union movement to track down violent radicals, but his values are challenged when he learns that Luther Laurence, the African-American houseman who works for the Coughlin family, is connected with the NAACP.

F MACOMBER
Macomber, Debbie. Glad tidings. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2006.
There’s something about Christmas—Here comes trouble. Contains two Christmas stories, “Here Comes Trouble” in which Maryanne and Nolan Adams tell their children the story of how they met and fell in love, and “There’s Something About Christmas” in which reporter Emma Collins falls for handsome pilot Oliver Hamilton while covering a story.

F MACOMBER LP
Macomber, Debbie. Twenty wishes. large print. Don Mills, Ont : MIRA, c2008.
Thirty-eight-year-old widow Anne Marie Roche, the owner of a successful Seattle bookstore, creates a list of twenty wishes, and, while acting upon her wishes, encounters an eight-year-old girl named Ellen who helps her complete her list—with unexpected results.

F MANKELL
Mankell, Henning. The eye of the leopard. New York : New Press, c2008.
Hans Olofson, a Swede who was raised by an alcoholic father and was forever changed by the deaths of two friends, journeys to Zambia where he tries to make a home on an egg farm, but has a difficult time assimilating to the culture.

F MARTINEZ
Martínez, Guillermo. The book of murder. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, c2008.
Luciana, having grown paranoid about every little thing since working for Kloster, the famous writer, is convinced that the deaths of her boyfriend and loved ones are part of a malicious plot.

F MASTERTON
Masterton, Graham. The 5th witch. New York City : Leisure Books, c2008.
A crime cartel is using four witches to hold L.A. in a grip of fear. No one can stop them except the 5th witch.

F MAYOR
Mayor, Archer. The catch : a Joe Gunther novel. 1st St. Martin’s Minotaur ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
At the start of Mayor’s fine 19th Joe Gunther novel (after 2007’s Chat), Vermont deputy sheriff Brian Sleuter gets shot in the temple while making a routine traffic stop near the Canadian border. The video camera on Sleuter’s cruiser taped the murder, so it appears to be a simple case, but Mayor never makes things simple. . .(from Publishers Weekly).

F MCCLANAHAN
McClanahan, Ed. O the clear moment. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008.
A fictionalized autobiography in which the author amuses about coming-of-age experiences beginning after he turned seventeen years old, and includes his first crush, hitchhiking, and other tales.

F MICHAELS LP
Michaels, Fern. Fast track. Large print. New York : Kensington Pub. Corp., c2008.
Back in the United States and ensconced in a new home on Big Pine Mountain in North Carolina, Myra, Kathryn, Annie, Alexis, Isabelle, Yoko, and Nikki of the Sisterhood are meeting their new employers, who have a dangerous new assignment in mind.

F MORRIS
Morris, Roger. A vengeful longing : [a novel]. New York : Penguin Press, c2008.
It’s the middle of a hot, dusty St. Petersburg summer in the late 1860s. A doctor brings home a fancy box of chocolates for his wife and son - a strange gift on a sweltering Saturday afternoon.

F MORTON
Morton, Kate. The house at Riverton : a novel. 1st Atria Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, c2008.
Ninety-eight-year-old Grace Bradley is visited by a young director who takes her back to Riverton House where she reveals the secret behind the death of a young poet in the summer of 1924.

F MULLER
Muller, Marcia. Burn out. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central, c2008.
Sharon McCone flees to her ranch in California’s high desert country to contemplate her future and is drawn into a dangerous case involving a Native American woman that makes Sharon come to terms with her Shoshone heritage.

F NEUGEBOREN
Neugeboren, Jay. 1940 : a novel. [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Two Dollar Radio, c2008.
Austrian Jew Dr. Eduard Bloch, living in safety in the Bronx thanks to the personal intervention of his former patient Adolf Hitler, is in the midst of writing his memoirs of the Hitler family when he becomes caught up in the life of medical illustrator Elisabeth Rofman, who becomes increasingly unstable as she tries to deal with her mentally disturbed son, her pompous ex-husband, and her missing father.

F ORSON
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic medicine show. 1st ed. New York : TOR, c2008.
Contains eighteen stories from Orson Scott Card’s online magazine “InterGalactic Medicine Show,” showcasing the talents of new and well-known science fiction and fantasy writers, including four stories by Card set in the Ender Universe.

F PARKER
Parker, Robert B.. Rough weather. New York : Putnam, c2008.
A hurricane-level storm hinders a kidnapping, and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible—the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past.

F PERRY
Perry, Anne. A Christmas grace : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
With Christmas just around the corner, Thomas Pitt’s sister-in-law, Emily Radley, is suddenly called from London to be with her dying aunt. Leaving her husband and two children behind, Emily makes the long journey to an all-but-forgotten town in the county of Connemara, on the western coast of Ireland. She soon discovers that a tragic legacy haunts the once closeknit community.

F PRONZINI
Pronzini, Bill. The other side of silence : a novel of suspense. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Walker and Co., c2008.
On his third day in Death Valley, Rick Fallon comes upon a deserted Toyota Camry, and soon thereafter, the almost-dead body of Casey Dunbar. Having rescued her, Fallon soon learns what had driven her to give up on life—and, his own life on hold, he resolves to unravel the twisted and dangerous strands of hers, a quest that leads him to the glitter-dome of Las Vegas.

F REESE
Reese, James. The Dracula dossier. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2008.
Bram Stoker, frustrated in his writing career, returns to London in 1888 and, while walking through Whitechapel, briefly spots a strange American acquaintance and is soon caught up in the investigation of a crime spree; with help from his friends Walt Whitman and Lady Jane Wilde, he tries to find the killer and clear his own name.

F ROSOFF
Rosoff, Meg. What I was. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 2008, c2007.
In 1960s Britain, a young boarding school student breaks rules to maintain a friendship with a reclusive teen who lives in a hut by the sea, and after his friend falls ill, learns a dark secret that changes both of their lives.

F ROSS
Ross, Ann B. Miss Julia paints the town. New York : Viking, c2008.
Miss Julia devises a plan to expose some of Abbotsville’s more eccentric characters in an effort to chase off a developer who wants to tear down the historic courthouse and build some upscale condominiums, while at the same time trying to counsel and console a host of female friends whose husbands all seem to have come down with a bad case of spring fever.

F SANDFORD
Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23-. Heat lightning. New York : Putnam’s, c2008.
Upon the discovery of the second body, shot and left near a veterans’ memorial with a lemon stuck in its mouth, Virgil Flowers works to uncover who he believes to be a serial killer, while also trying to detect any possible link to the bodies.

F SAWYER LP
Sawyer, Kim Vogel. My heart remembers : a novel. large print. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2008.
Orphaned in a tenement fire, Maelle, eight, and her siblings are sent to Missouri. Despite her best efforts to keep them together, each child is adopted by a different family. Maelle vows never to stop looking for her siblings, and 16 years later, she’s still searching. Connected by blood, divided by time, will they ever be reunited?.

F SCOTCH
Scotch, Allison Winn. Time of my life : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2008.
Jillian has what seems to be a perfect life--a beautiful house in the suburbs, a loving husband, and an adorable baby girl. But she also has a nagging feeling that something isn’t quite right. Could it have something to do with Jackson, her past boyfriend, who couldn’t be more different than her solid, stable, and perfectly predictable husband, Henry? One morning, Jillian wakes up seven years in the past, in bed with Jackson, and she has the chance to live her life again--a do over, complete with the knowledge of what her future will become. (from Library Journal).

F SEDARIS
Sedaris, David. Holidays on ice : featuring six new stories. New York : Little, Brown & Co., c2008.
A best-selling classic features six additional works on the joys and embarrassments of favorite holidays, in a volume that includes tales of tardy trick-or-treaters, the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to another culture, and a barnyard Secret Santa scheme gone awry.

F SEGURA
Segura, Jonathan. Occupational hazards. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, c2008.
Bernard Cockburn is a beat reporter for the Omaha Weekly News-Telegraph. His boss has him chasing dead-end stories on real estate and county funding irregularities when he’d rather be working on that handful of neglected exposés in his bottom desk drawer - or self-medicating in the apartment he shares with an on-again, off-again girlfriend. Then Cockburn finds himself at a bloody crime scene in downtown Omaha and uncovers a lead in what soon becomes the only story worth pursuing, one that just might pull him down and keep him there for good.

F SHREVE
Shreve, Anita. Testimony : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2008.
At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora’s box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices—those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal—that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

F SIMENON
Simenon, Georges, 1903-1989. My friend Maigret. New York : Penguin Books, c2007.
Inspector Maigret travels to Paris to investigate the murder of a small time crook who claimed Maigret was his friend, and counts a prostitute, an elderly woman, and an anarchist as suspects, but cannot uncover a motive.

F SPARKS
Sparks, Nicholas. The lucky one. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., c2008.
In his 14th book, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life.

F STEAMPUNK
Steampunk. San Francisco : Tachyon, c2008.
An anthology of short stories by various authors set in alternate Victorian eras populated by steam-powered robots, mad scientists, and futuristic heroes.

F STEEL
Steel, Danielle. A good woman. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Danielle Steel’s new novel introduces one of her most unique and fascinating characters: Annabelle Worthington, a remarkable woman, a good woman, a true survivor who triumphs against overwhelming odds.

F STEEL LP
Steel, Danielle. Rogue. Large print. New York : Delacorte Press, c2008.
Blake, a millionaire dot-com entrepreneur and Maxine, a psychiatrist specializing in childhood trauma and adolescent suicide, are divorced. Maxine is about to marry Dr. Charles West when a devastating earthquake strikes near one of Blake’s palatial foreign homes and he sees hundreds of orphaned children in need of shelter. Now Blake wants Maxine in his life again, as a partner in a humanitarian project that could change countless lives.

F STIRLING
Stirling, S. M. In the courts of the crimson kings. 1st ed. New York : Tor, c2008.
Archaeologist Jeremy Wainman, sent to Mars in 2000 by the U.S. Aerospace Force to explore the lost city of Rema-Dza, falls in love with Martian mercenary and guide Teyud za-Zhalt, who, as heir to the Crimson Dynasty, enlists him in a dangerous quest to save the Ruby Throne.

F THAYER
Thayer, Steve. The leper. 1st ed. St. Cloud, Minn. : North Star Press of St. Cloud, c2008.
World War I veteran John Eric Severson is fired from his job as a schoolteacher after being diagnosed with leprosy and sets off on a journey that takes him to a desolate leper colony in the swamps of Louisiana, where he struggles to escape and return to the woman he loves.

F TRUMAN
Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008. Murder inside the Beltway : a Capital crimes novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
Rosalie Curzon, a Washington, D.C., call girl, is found bludgeoned to death in her Adams-Morgan apartment. Investigating the grisly homicide are Walt Hatcher, a tough, sour, intolerant twenty-three-year veteran of the D.C. police department; Detective Mary Hall, who, unhappy with the way women are treated on the force, is conflicted about her career; and rookie cop Matthew Jackson, an introspective young man and the product of a mixed-race marriage, whom Hatcher looks down on.

F UPDIKE
Updike, John. The widows of Eastwick. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, c2008.
More than three decades have passed since the events described in John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick. The three divorcées - Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie - have left town, remarried, and become widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world, to such foreign lands as Canada, Egypt, and China, and renew old acquaintances.

F VINCENZI
Vincenzi, Penny. An outrageous affair. 1st ed. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, c2008.
Cloe Windsor discovered that the truth could kill when her famous, rich and charming husband committed suicide.... Fleur FitzPatrick found out that the truth could kill during the long and painful journey to avenge her father’s death. Caroline Hunterton had always known of its destructive power, but her long buried past was a secret which could not be kept forever. From the Suffolk countryside in World War II to the decadence of post war Hollywood, from the glitz of Madison Avenue to the excesses of the theatrical aristocracy in London, An Outrageous Affair tells the story of one such truth, brought to light by the brutal investigative skills of one man, and by the publication of the book he was determined to write.

F WALL
Wall, Kathryn R. The Mercy Oak. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin’s Minotaur, c2008.
Young widow Bay Tanner, a private investigator in South Carolina, tries to discover what knowledge she possesses that makes her such a threat when the FBI and Homeland Security warn her away from getting involved in the disappearance of her housekeeper Dolores, the mysterious death of an immigration activist, and a string of bank robberies.

F WOODS
Woods, Stuart. Hot mahogany. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
Stone Barrington, having accepted an assignment to watch over CIA agent Lance Cabot’s brother who is suffering from amnesia, finds out that the man he is guarding had stolen gold coins from the South Vietnamese government and may be responsible for the theft of a twenty-four million dollar antique secretary.

F WROBLEWSKI
Wroblewski, David. The story of Edgar Sawtelle : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, c2008.
A tale reminiscent of “Hamlet” that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father’s death.

NON-FICTION

004.673 ZIT
Zittrain, Jonathan (Jonathan L.). The future of the Internet : and how to stop it. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008.
Describes the history of Internet technologies, which includes GPS, iPod, TiVo, and Wikipedia, and examines the abuses of the various platforms due to the relative openness of programs.

153.6 ROS
Rosenberg, Marshall B. Nonviolent communication : a language of life. 2nd ed. Encinitas, CA : PuddleDancer Press, c2003.
Emphasizes the importance of nonviolent communication, discussing how people can be true to their values in every aspect of life, break patterns that lead to arguments and conflict, create supportive social structures, and develop relationships based on respect, compassion, and cooperation.

170 NEI
Neiman, Susan. Moral clarity : a guide for grown-up idealists. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
Discusses the philosophical connection between morality and religion, and discusses good and evil, as well as heroism and nobility, and focuses on the difference between the real and the possible.

303.4833 SHI
Shirky, Clay. Here comes everybody : the power of organizing without organizations. New York : Penguin Press, c2008.
Looks at how tools such as instant messaging, mobile phones, Weblogs, and wikis have amplified group communications, and discusses how changes in communications are transforming society.

362.88 HUT
Hutchison, Katy. Walking after midnight : one woman’s journey through murder, justice, & forgiveness. Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2006.
Author Katy Hutchison shares the story about the murder of her husband, the life she built with her sons after the life-changing event, and her forgiveness of the assailant.

364.6 ZEH
Zehr, Howard. The little book of restorative justice. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c2002.
A brief overview of restorative justice that explains how the process can be used to help victims, offenders, and community members take part in the process of identifying and addressing the harms, needs, and obligations of all those affected by a crime.

371.5 AMS
Amstutz, Lorraine Stutzman. The little book of restorative discipline for schools : teaching responsibility, creating caring climates. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c2005.
Offers educators a variety of restorative discipline techniques designed to help them teach their students the importance of avoiding criminal behavior.

422 HIT
Hitchings, Henry. The secret life of words : how English became English. London : John Murray, c2008.
The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English language and vocabulary, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change, and remind us of our past.

658.872 KAU
Kaushik, Avinash. Web analytics : an hour a day. Indianapolis, Ind. : Sybex, c2007.
This step-by-step guide shows you how to implement a successful Web analytics strategy.

708.147 KOT
Kotik, Charlotta. Open house : working in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Brooklyn Museum, c2004.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Open house : working in Brooklyn’ presented at the Brooklyn Museum, April 17-August 15, 2004.

709 WUH
Wu Hung. Transience : Chinese experimental art at the end of the twentieth century. Rev. ed. Chicago : University of Chicago Press : David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, 2005.
In a groundbreaking approach to avant-garde Chinese art, the 1999 exhibition “Transience: Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century” established a historical framework for current artistic production in China. Organized by the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, the show and its catalog highlighted the diverse responses of twenty-two artists to China’s recent history and current social transformation. These detailed essays on the artists and their works are now available in a revised edition of the exhibition catalog. Written by Wu Hung, a leading authority and the curator of the exhibit, Transience explores contemporary Chinese art through the themes of demystification, ruins, and transience, and represents an original perspective in the continuing discussion on Chinese experimental art.

709.04 ROT
Walker Art Center. Bits & pieces put together to present a semblance of a whole : Walker Art Center collections / Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. 1st ed. Minneapolis : Walker Art Center, c2005.
Contains essays, arranged alphabetically by artist, and more than 650 reproductions of works of art that provide an overview of the collections held at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and includes brief histories of each department.

709.05 CHO
Chong, Doryun. Brave new worlds. 1st ed. Minneapolis, Minn. : New York : Walker Art Center ; Available through D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, c2007.
Addressing contemporary international art beyond glib expressions of globalism, Brave New Worlds assesses the current state of political consciousness and its multivalent artistic manifestations in an era characterized by the unraveling of a unified world order. Guided by the questions “How do we know?,” “How do we experience?” and “How do we dream about the world?,” 24 artists from Southeastern Europe to South America, from the Middle East to East Asia and from North Africa to North America propose their own answers in paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations and videos. The catalogue includes several brief “correspondent” essays, inspired by newspaper reports and penned by an international cast of young art historians, critics and curators, including Max Andrews and Mariana Canepa Luna (Spain), Cecilia Brunson (Chile), Hu Fang (China), Tone Hansen (Norway), Mihnea Mircan (Romania) and Jose Roca (Colombia). Recent texts by philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy and award-winning foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni provide additional perspectives on global affairs of the past decade. In addition, Brave New Worlds features an artist insert by Lia Perjovschi of Romania, entitled “Subjective Art History from Modernism to Today,” and entries on each individual artist.

709.78 HOG
Hogan, Erin. Spiral Jetta : a road trip through the land art of the American West. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.
Facing a midlife crisis of sorts, Hogan, a “recovering art historian,” took a three-week trek in search of the American Sublime. Her destinations were “monuments of American land art,” including Robert Smithson’s “Spiral Jetty,” a coil of earth and rock built in the Great Salt Lake in 1970. Short on personal information - we never learn much about Hogan, or about Todd, her eventual companion - this travel memoir nonetheless offers a soft lens on some hard ideas. (from the New Yorker).

739.2 HUE
Viennese silver : modern design 1780-1918 ; [on the occasion of the exhibition “Viennese silver. Modern design 1780-1918” at the Neue Galerie New York (October 17, 2003-February 15, 2004) ; and the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (November 11, 2004-March 13, 2005)]. Ostfildern-Ruit : Hatje Cantz, c2003.
This heavily illustrated book was published in conjuction with a 2003-2005 exhibition of Viennese silver.

745.107 KOV
Kovel, Ralph M. Kovels’ antiques & collectibles price list 2009. New York : Poole : Black Dog & Leventhal ; Chris Lloyd [distributor], c2008.
Organized into categories that collectors most want, from Depression Glass, Dolls, and Jewelry to Furniture, Porcelain, and Sports Memorabilia, this photo-filled guide includes user-friendly indexes, cross-references, and expert comments and tips throughout, empowering users to buy, sell, and collect with confidence.

759.13 CAL
Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976. Calder : gouaches 1942-1976. New York, NY : PaceWildenstein, c2006.
This book is a catalog of an exhibition held at PaceWildenstein, 32 East 57th Street, New York, in 2006.

759.13 NAU
Naumann, Francis M. Conversion to modernism : the early work of Man Ray. New Brunswick, N.J. Montclair, N.J. : Rutgers University Press ; Montclair Art Museum, c2003.
This book is the first comprehensive, fully illustrated work to examine artist Man Ray’s seminal years, beginning with his high school years in Brooklyn, his studies at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York, and the time he spent in life drawing classes at the more progressive Ferrer Center. (from the publisher, edited).

759.4 LEV
Levitov, Karen. Camille Pissarro : impressions of city & country. New York : New Haven : Jewish Museum ; Yale University Press, c2007.
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a ceaseless innovator and organizer whose ideological concerns were as profound as his aesthetic interests. Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country examines how Pissarro’s artistic theories and social convictions influenced his Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist work.

759.94 ZOR
Zorach, Rebecca. Paper museums : the reproductive print in Europe, 1500-1800. Chicago, Ill. : David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, c2005.
As relatively inexpensive, transportable, and storable objects, prints occupied an important place in early modern European culture. Many of them reproduced other works of art and we now call them “reproductive” prints. They were often considered to be of lower status than so-called “original” prints, yet in their initial historical and cultural context, reproductive prints were crucial to the forging of a common visual culture. Paper Museums offers an important interpretive survey of these remarkable works.

769.92 DER
DeRose, Elizabeth C.. Jasper Johns : from plate to print. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Art Gallery, c2006.
This book chronicles the creation and printing of a work of art by American artist Jasper Johns.

769.92 FOG
Fogle, Douglas. Andy Warhol/Supernova : stars, deaths, and disasters, 1962-1964. 1st ed. Minneapolis : Walker Art Center, c2005.
Catalog of an exhibition at the Walker Art Center, Nov. 13, 2005-Feb. 23, 2006; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Mar. 18-June 18, 2006; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, July 8-Oct. 1, 2006.

782.1 SMI
Smith, Ken. Fate! Luck! Chance! : Amy Tan, Stewart Wallace, and the making of The Bonesetter’s Daughter opera. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2008.
Serendipity and innovative collaboration turned The Bonesetter’s Daughter, Amy Tan’s best-selling novel, into a pioneering opera which debuts in 2008 at the San Francisco Opera before touring the world. In their own words captured by Ken Smith, Amy Tan and composer Stewart Wallace describe an incredible journey that took them to China where local village traditions as well as singers, musicians and designers became an integral part of the creative process.

796.05 SPO
Sports Illustrated 2008 almanac. 1st ed. New York : Sports Illustrated Books, c2007.
A collection of articles and statistics on the 2007 sports year, covering professional and college football, baseball, and hockey; tennis; golf; auto racing; boxing; and other sports; and including sections on sports markets and awards, obituaries, and a calendar of 2008 events.

813 RIC
Rice, Anne. Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008.
An intimate memoir of Anne Rice’s Catholic girlhood, her unmaking as a devout believer, and her return to the Church - what she calls a decision of the heart.

813.54 BRA
Braestrup, Kate. Here if you need me : a true story. 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. New York : Back Bay Books, 2008, c2007.
The author shares her experiences of becoming a chaplain for the Maine Game Warden after the death of her husband.

818.5407 BLO
Blount, Roy. Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof : their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences : with examples of their usage foul and savory. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Analyzes the relationship between pronunciation, word meanings, and combinations of letters with humor, and provides alphabetically arranged example words along with descriptive definitions.

912.74 HIS
Historic Maps of Northeast Vermont. CD-ROM ed.; ed. of Dec. 2005. West Chesterfield, NH : Old Maps, c2005.
Contains scanned excerpts from a series of old and new Vermont state maps in PDF format. There are both high and low (for slower computers) resolution versions of each map.

912.74 HIS
Historic Maps of Southern Vermont. CD-ROM ed.; ed. of June 2008. West Chesterfield, NH : Old Maps, c2005.
Contains scanned excerpts from a series of old and new Vermont state maps in PDF format. There are both high and low (for slower computers) resolution versions of each map.

912.74 MAP
Map of Washington County, VT, 1858. CD-ROM ed.; ed. of Dec. 2005. West Chesterfield, NH : Old Maps, c2005.

912.74 MAP
Map of Chittenden County, VT, 1857. CD-ROM ed.; ed. of Dec. 2005. West Chesterfield, NH : Old Maps, 2005.

914.1104 FRO
Porter, Darwin. Frommer’s Scotland. 10th ed. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008.
A comprehensive travel guide to Scotland that provides information on travel, accommodations, and restaurants, entertainment and festivals, shopping, and ancient sites.

914.1504 IRE
Ireland. Footscray, Vic., Australia ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet, c2008.
A comprehensive travel across Ireland, with detailed maps and information on the history and culture of Ireland, places to stay, restaurants, festivals and entertainment, and historic sites to see.

917.1354 FRO
Davidson, Hilary. Frommer’s Toronto 2008. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008.
A guide to traveling in Toronto that provides information on accommodations, restaurants, sights, museums, shopping, the night life, and side trips; and includes trip planning advice, suggested itineraries, and seven lists of the best things to do and see.

917.204 FOD
Fodor’s 2009 Mexico. New York : Fodor’s Travel Publications, c2009.
A travel guide to Mexico that provides information on the country’s regions, culture, cuisine, landmarks, popular attractions, shops, restaurants, and hotels.

917.2951 DEA
Deane, Zain. San Juan, Vieques & Culebra, Puerto Rico : a complete guide. 1st ed. Woodstock, VT : Countryman Press, c2008.
A travel guide to San Juan, Vieques, and Culebra that provides information on the region’s history, lodging, dining, culture, recreation, shopping, transportation, outdoor activities, and more.

917.296 FOD
Fodor’s 2009 Bahamas. New York : Fodor’s Travel Publications, c2009.
Updated annually, Fodor’s Bahamas provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. . .Experience the Bahamas like a local! Fodor’s Bahamas includes choices for every traveler, from exploring deserted cays to bar hopping and boutique shopping, and much more! (from the publisher, edited).

917.4 FOD
Fodor’s Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. New York : Fodor’s Travel Publications, Inc. Newest edition.
This guide is intended to help you experience Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire like a local. Fodor’s Maine, Vermont & New Hampshire includes choices for every traveler, from hiking and biking to beachcombing and antiquing, and much more. (from the publisher, edited).

917.4044 FOU
Foulke, Patricia. A visitor’s guide to colonial & revolutionary New England : interesting sites to visit, lodging, dining, things to do. 1st ed. Woodstock, VT : New York : Countryman Press ; Distributed by Norton, c2006.
A guide to colonial and revolutionary New England that includes historical details, timelines, photographs, background stories, and lodging and restaurant information for travelers exploring the area.

917.41 CHU
Chunn, Cloe. 50 hikes in the Maine mountains : day hikes and overnights from the Rangeley Lakes to Baxter State Park. 3rd ed. Woodstock, Vt. : New York, NY : Backcountry Guides ; Distributed by W.W. Norton, c2002.
An updated guide to one of the East Coast’s most popular hiking venues.

917.4104 FUN
Merrill, Bonnie. Fun with the family, Maine : hundreds of ideas for day trips with the kids. 5th ed. Guilford, CT : Insiders’ Guide, c2007.
A practical guide to vacationing in Maine, with information on a number of activities designed specifically for children, including amusement and water parks, recreation trails, state parks, zoos, festivals, and children’s museums.

917.4753 MCM
McMartin, Barbara. 50 hikes in the Adirondacks : short walks, day trips, and backpacks throughout the Park. 4th ed. Woodstock, Vt. : New York : Backcountry Guides ; Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., c2003.
Barbara McMartin has been hiking in the Adirondacks for decades; her family, for generations. She has distilled her vast experience into the 50 hikes offered here, representing a cross-section of the wilderness and wild forest: rugged peak climbs, gentle trips to distant waterfalls, bushwhacks to wild rivers. In all she describes 360 miles of trails to caves, uninhabited lakes, wetlands, cliffs, and fire towers across the Park’s 6 million acres. The hikes range in length from 1.5 to 13.5 miles. Each hike description includes a topographic map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on distance, difficulty, terrain, and hiking time. An overview chart makes it easy to pick a hike for every ability. Throughout, McMartin provides commentary on the natural history of the region, along with colorful incidents from Adirondack history. 50 black and white photographs, 51 maps, index.

921 AYERS
Lopez, Steve. The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2008.
“Los Angeles Times” columnist Steve Lopez shares the story of his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless violinist who captured his attention playing a two-stringed instrument on Skid Row, discussing his attempts to help Ayers—once a promising student at Juilliard—reclaim the life he was forced to give up following a mental breakdown.

921 FRIEDMAN
Patterson, James. Against medical advice : a true story. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2008.
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. Simply put: Cory Friedman’s life was a living hell.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 155.24 JOH
Johnson, Spencer. Who moved my cheese? New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p1998.
Read by Tony Roberts. This is a brief tale of two mice and two humans who live in a maze and one day are faced with change: someone moves their cheese. Reactions vary from quick adjustment to waiting for the situation to change by itself to suit their needs. This story is about adjusting attitudes toward change in life, especially at work. (from Library Journal).

CD 920 ROB
Roberts, Cokie. Ladies of liberty : the women who shaped our nation. New York : Harper Audio, c2008.
Shares the stories of remarkable women who shaped American history between 1796 and 1828, including Dolley Madison, Theodosia Burr, and Sacajawea.

CD 921 COUSTEAU
Cousteau, Jacques Yves. The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world. [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Media, p2008, c2007.
Read by Stephen Hoye. Cousteau describes his philosophy about protecting our world for future generations. Weaving stories of his adventures throughout, he and collaborator Susan Schiefelbein address the risks we take with human health, the overfishing and sacking of the world’s oceans, the hazards of nuclear proliferation, and the environmental responsibility of scientists, politicians, and people of faith. Cousteau’s lyrical, passionate call for action is even more relevant today than when this book was completed in 1996.

CD 921 MAY
Kurson, Robert. Crashing through : [a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see]. New York: Random House Audio, p2007.
Read by Christopher Evan Welch. This is Kurson’s biography of Mike May, a highly successful entrepreneur, athlete, husband and father who undergoes experimental surgery to regain the vision that he lost in a chemical explosion at age three. When May chooses to pursue the risky procedure, he rejects the notion of blindness as an infirmity that requires healing. Instead, May views the restoration of sight as a new adventure to explore with the same gusto that he has demonstrated in all facets of life. Without pathos or pity, Welch vividly portrays May’s challenge of processing the mental complexities of his newfound vision, including navigating the aisles of Costco and recognizing the gender of patrons at a neighborhood coffee bar. (from the publisher, edited).

CD 921 POITIER
Poitier, Sidney. Life beyond measure : [letters to my great-granddaughter]. [New York] : Harper Audio, p2008.
Read by the author. One of America’s great actors, multiple award winner Sidney Poitier, offers lessons from his own remarkable life in the form of letters to his great-granddaughter.

CD BAL
Baldacci, David. The whole truth. Abridged. New York : Hachette Audio, p2008.
Read by Ron McLarty. In this international thriller, Nicholas Creel, the head of the Ares Corporation, a huge defense contractor, hires a perception management firm to start a second cold war by planting fake news stories on the Internet about Russian atrocities. A shadowy operative, A. Shaw, allies himself with a disgraced female journalist in an effort to thwart Creel’s evil plot.

CD BEA
Beaumont, Maria. 37. Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audiobooks, p2008.
Read by Kate Reading. On the eve of her thirty-seventh birthday, former voice-over artist Fran Clark finds herself in a role she could never have envisioned: that of a surprisingly desperate housewife, who despite, or because of, her ad-exec husband and two children finds herself suffocating in her own life.

CD COB
Coben, Harlan. Drop shot. Unabridged. New York : Random House Audio, p1999, c1996.
Read byJonathan Marosz. Investigating the killing of a burned-out tennis star, sports agent Myron Bolitar uncovers a connection between the victim and a rising star from the wrong side of the tracks, while a corrupt senator and organized crime watch his every move.

CD DEA
Deaver, Jeffery. The broken window. New York, NY : Audioworks, p2008.
Read by Dennis Boutsikaris. A psychotic killer with access to the country’s biggest data miner is using detailed information to work his way into the lives of victims, rape, rob, and kill them, and then blame unsuspecting innocents for the crimes. The perp has, in short, found a perfect means to literally get away with murder - until one of his victims turns out to be Lincoln Rhyme’s cousin. Lincoln agrees to look into the case and in the process unravels a spider web of crime that the killer has woven.

CD FAI
Fairstein, Linda A. Killer heat. New York : Random House Audio, p2008.
Read by Blair Brown. Successfully completing her latest rape trial, Assistant District Attorney Alex Cooper’s victory is spoiled by the discovery of the bodies of two women who have been brutally murdered, and she embarks on a deadly pursuit of a serial killer.

CD FUR
Furst, Alan. The spies of Warsaw. New York, NY : Audioworks, p2008.
Read by Daniel Gerroll. A thrilling new espionage novel set in WWII-era France and Poland. There are twenty-one spies at war on the espionage battlefield that was Warsaw in 1937. For France and Germany, survival is at stake. At the French embassy, a new military attache joins the fight. He is Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated hero now drawn into a world of abduction, betrayal, and intrigue in the diplomatic drawing rooms and back alleys of the city.

CD GRI
Grippando, James. Last call. [S.l.] : Harper Audio, cp2007.
Performed by Jonathan Davis. Many years ago, Jack Swyteck saved Theo Knight’s life. Theo grew up on the streets of Miami’s roughest neighborhood and lost his mother to a violent crime. Although his uncle Cy tried his best to raise him right, by the time he was a teenager, Theo was on death row for a murder he didn’t commit. Jack was the lawyer who proved him innocent. Now a successful bar owner, Theo has turned things around. But he needs Jack’s help again, this time more than ever. An escaped convict from the old neighborhood shows up at Theo’s back door, asking for help. In return, he’ll finger the man who murdered Theo’s mother. But the answers aren’t so simple, and soon Theo’s own life is in danger.

CD GRI
Griffin, W. E. B. Death and honor. Library ed. Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Scott Brick. Marine pilot Cletus Frade counters German operations in neutral Argentina.

CD HAR
Harris, E. Lynn. Just too good to be true. Library ed. Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Adenrele Ojo. Brady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. Brady has always followed her lead, including becoming a member of the church’s “Celibacy Circle.” Now a senior at college Brady has sports agents and a cheerleader with her mind set on getting a piece of his multimillion-dollar future after him. Carmyn is determined to protect her son while protecting the secret she’s kept from him all his life.

CD NOT
Child, Lee. Nothing to lose. New York : Prince Frederick, MD : Random House Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books, p2008.
Read by Dick Hill. Within hours of his arrival in Despair, Colorado, Jack Reacher has begun to crack the secrets of the town’s sinister connection to a war that’s killing Americans thousands of miles away. Now, between a town and a man, something has to give.

CD PAT
Patterson, James. Sail. New York, NY : Hachette Audio, p2008.
Read by Jennifer Van Dyck and Dylan Baker. Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. They’re only an hour out of port and everything is going wrong. Her daughter plans to drown herself, Mark is high on drugs, and Ernie is nearly catatonic. As she manages to pull everything together, something catastrophic happens.

CD PAT
Patterson, James. Sundays at Tiffany’s. Library ed. Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Ellen Archer. As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother, the powerful head of a Broadway theater company, has no time for her. She does have one friend--a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael--but only she can see him.

CD PIC
Picoult, Jodi. Change of heart. Prince Frederic, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Narrated by Nicole Poole, Stafford Clark-Price, James Frangione, Danielle Ferland, and Jennifer Ikeda. Shay Bourne shattered June Nealon’s life when he murdered her husband and daughter. Now, as New Hampshire’s first death row inmate in 58 years, his last request is one he believes might bring him salvation. Shay wants to donate his heart to June’s other, ailing daughter. But since he is scheduled for lethal injection, this is not possible. Further complications arise when Shay begins performing miracles in full view of witnesses—including his Catholic spiritual advisor.

CD SAN
Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23-. Phantom prey. New York, NY : Penguin Audio, cp2008.
Read by Richard Ferrone. Convinced a missing heiress is dead, Lucas Davenport searches for her body. His hunt connects him to the Twin Cities’ Goth community, a group of young people fascinated by death and darkness. The deeper he digs, the closer he gets to the killer.

CD STE
Shaara, Jeff. The steel wave : [a novel of World War II]. New York : Prince Frederick, MD : Random House Audio ; Distributed by Recorded Books, p2008.
Read by Anthony Heald. A fictional account of D-Day and the Allied invasion of Europe chronicles the events of the campaign and the personalities who took part, from the ordinary soldiers on the land and in the air, to such leaders as Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton.

CD TOL
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. The death of Ivan Ilyich. [Franklin, Tenn.] : Naxos AudioBooks, p2008.
Read by Oliver Ford Davies. As an unusual illness plagues Russian public official Ivan Ilyich, his life is forever changed as he deals with doctors who cannot diagnose or treat him, as well as a certain death sentence.

CD WOO
Woods, Stuart. Santa Fe dead. Library ed. Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2008.
Read by Michael Kramer. You’re a rich, successful Hollywood producer who awakens the morning before Thanksgiving in your Santa Fe home with no memory of the previous night. You leave and fly your private plane to Los Angeles. A breakdown forces you to spend the holiday isolated in a small airport town. When you finally see the newspaper the next day, you read that the bodies of your wife, your business partner and a third man—assumed to be you—have been found in the guest room of the Santa Fe residence.

DVD 324.973 SLA
Slacker uprising. New York : Dog Eat Dog Films ; Culver City, CA : distributed by Brave New Films, c2007.
Host, Michael Moore. Live performances or appearances by Eddie Vedder (of Pearl Jam), Roseanne Barr, Joan Baez, Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine), R.E.M., Steve Earle, Roseanne Barr, Michael Stipe, and Viggo Mortensen. Traces Michael Moore’s 62-city tour of the swing states during the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. Moore’s goal was to convince millions of non-voting “slackers”—mostly between the ages of 18-29 -- to give voting a try.

DVD 614 AFT
After innocence. [New York, N.Y.] : New Yorker Video, [2007], c2005.
Tells the dramatic and compelling story of seven men that were exonerated after being imprisoned for decades and released after DNA evidence proved their innocence.

DVD 629.4 WHE
When we left Earth : the NASA missions. Silver Grove, MD : Lexington, KY : Discovery Communications ; manufactured by Amazon.com, c2008.
Chronicles NASA’s history, including the Mercury program, moon landings, and the first untethered space walk.

DVD 700 DIV
ARTPIX 4 : DiverseDialogues. Houston, Texas : ARTPIX, c2003.
From 1994 to 1998, DiverseWorks, an alternative art space in Houston, Texas, presented DiverseDialogues, a performance and exhibition program that brought nationally recognized artists to Houston for extended residencies. Interacting with varied social and cultural communities in Houston in addition to more than thirty organizations around the country, DiverseDialogues resulted in seventeen performances and exhibitions which are documented in this publication, both on DVD as well as in a printed catalog detailing the events and the artists. Many of these artists created new works with strong political and social statements at a time when publicly funded arts in the United States were under siege. This DVD is a reminder of the importance of the voice of the artist and the record of the innovative creative process which supports that voice.

DVD 700 ROB
Whitman, Robert. Robert Whitman : performances from the 1960s. Houston, Tex. : Artpix, c2003.
Robert Whitman: Performances from the 1960s showcases three films of works by Whitman. At its core are filmed recordings of the artist’s ‘American Moon’ (1960) and ‘Flower’ (1963) - each shot by Whitman as personal documents - plus brief documentaries about those works. This release also incorporates: a film of a recent rendition of Whitman’s ‘Prune Flat’ - originally mounted in 1965; numerous interviews with other conceptual artists including Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine, as well as Whitman himself; and a glimpse of Whitman’s 2002 work ‘Ghost.’ (description by Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide).

DVD 701 OPE
Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008. Open score. New York : E.A.T. [and] Artpix, c2007.
Robert Rauschenberg. Based on a series of performances held at the 69th St. Armory, New York City on Oct. 13-26, 1966. These were an experimental collaboration between 10 New York based artists and 30 engineers from Bell Laboratories.

DVD 796.935 BLI
The blizzard of aahhh’s : a true story. Portland, Me. : San Luis Obispo, CA : Greg Stump Productions ; Vas Entertainment, [2004], c1988.
“Featuring cliff-jumper Scot Schmidt, extreme skier-bad boy Glen Plake and precision skier Mike Hattrup, this movie contains some of the best ski action ever filmed from the premier extreme/steep skiing destinations in the world ... France’s Chamonix Valley to California’s awe-inspiring Squaw Valley”—Container.

DVD 796.935 GRO
Groove : requiem in the key of ski. Portland, Me. : Greg Stump Productions, [2004], c1991.
Film of skiing and windsurfing in the winter of 1991.

DVD 796.935 LIC
License to thrill. Portland, ME : Greg Stump Productions, [2004], c1989.
A dynamic synthesis of ski action cinematography and rock music.

DVD 796.935 PTE
P-Tex, lies & duct tape. Portland, Me. : Greg Stump Productions, [2004], c1994.
Join the skiers and snowboarders with rich cinematography and unforgettable music in places such as Whistler, Red Mountain, Roger’s Pass and Island Lake Lodge, British Columbia; Le Grave and Chamonix, France; Big Sky, Montana; and Mammoth, California. You’ll also go surfing in exotic Tavarua, Fiji.

DVD 822.33 MUS
Muse of fire. [Washington, D.C.] : National Endowment for the Arts, c2007.
“A documentary on the National Endowment for the Arts project Operation homecoming: writing the wartime experience.”—Container.

DVD 959.704 LIT
Little Dieter needs to fly. Widescreen version. Troy, MI: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, c2007.
Growing up in post-WWII Germany, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, Dieter Dengler dreamed about becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews, archival footage and re-enactments seamlessly woven together.

DVD AME
America’s sweethearts. Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2001.
Gwen and Eddie are the countries favorite on-screen couple. Having to promote their latest movie, the couple, whose public romance had turned into a private breakup, have to count on their veteran press agent and Gwen’s assistant-sister, Kiki, to keep the press from knowing about the real story. Can true love, happily ever after and other Hollywood endings really happen?.

DVD BAN
The Banger sisters. Full screen and widescreen versions. Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2002.
Two former groupies used to get it on with every late 60’s music legend with a guitar and a Y-chromosome. Decades later, Suzette is still her brassy, sassy self and Lavinia is now a proper suburban wife and mother. When Suzette loses her job, she seeks out her “sister”. Once they get together, their two worlds collide.

DVD BEI
Being Julia. Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1). Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2005.
Julia is a true diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.

DVD BES
Best defense. Widescreen ed. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004], c1984.
When you build the ultimate Super Tank and find out Dudley Moore has designed the missile guidance system, you’ve got to be concerned. Then when you find out Eddie Murphy is testing the tank in actual combat, you ought to forget about it all together.

DVD COA
Coach Carter. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2005.
Inspired by a true story, this is an inspirational account of a high school basketball coach who received high praise, and staunch criticism, for benching his entire undefeated team due to their poor academic performances.

DVD CRE
The creation of the universe. [United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c1985.
Identifies and explains new scientific clues to the origin and evolution of the universe. Combines spectacular special effects, animation and interviews with internationally renowned physicists.

DVD CRI
Crime boss. Plattsburgh, NY : SBR Inc., c2000.
In this Italian crime drama, a new Don takes over a Mafia family and finds himself fighting for his life.

DVD CUT
Cutthroat Island. Letterbox. Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, c2007.
Morgan Adams, the female captain of a pirate ship, is on a treasure hunt for millions of pounds of gold reportedly buried somewhere on Cutthroat Island. She and her uncles each hold sections of the map to the treasure. While Morgan is willing to make deals and agree to share the wealth in order to put the map together, her Uncle Dawg would rather kill everyone in his way, including his niece.

DVD DAR
The Darjeeling Limited. Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2008, c2007.
Having not spoken to each other in a year, three American brothers set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other. The brothers wanted to regain their friendship with each other. Their “spiritual quest,” however, veers rapidly off-course—thanks in part to over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray. Eventually the three find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. From this point forward, an unplanned journey begins.

DVD DEM
Demolition man. Burbank, CA : Warner Bros., 1997, c1993.
Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne.

DVD EXI
Exit wounds. Widescreen version. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2001.
After going against orders and saving the life of the Vice President of the United States, Detroit detective Orin Boyd is moved to a new precinct and busted down to traffic cop. Boyd’s new precinct is filled with police corruption. He becomes friends with a street-smart dotcom hustler who may or may not be his ally.

DVD FAL
Fallen. Standard version [and] widescreen version. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1998.
Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he’s already met, already caught and already killed.

DVD FAL
Falling down. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1999.
Follows a troubled man, Bill Foster, who has a mental breakdown and embarks upon an increasingly violent crime spree across Los Angeles. A police detective, Sgt. Prendergast, who is working his last day before retiring, is the only one who correctly pieces together the clues. Prendergast races to find and arrest Foster before the dangerous and unpredictable man reaches his destination: his ex-wife and young daughter.

DVD FRI
Friends : Series finale. Exclusive limited ed.; standard format. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2004.
The adventures of six thirty-something friends living in New York City.

DVD GON
Gone baby gone. Widescreen ed. Burbank, CA : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2008.
Amanda McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home. The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl’s aunt hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they’re not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Patrick and Angie must face area drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they finally solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart.

DVD IN
In love and war. [Calif.] : New Line Home Video, c1999.
The epic love story about Ernest Hemingway and the romance which inspired him to write his masterpiece “A Farewell to Arms.” A story of desperate love and imminent danger, it chronicles the relationship between the 18-year old Hemingway and Agnes von Kurowsky, the medical aide who nursed him back to health after a devastating battlefield injury.

DVD KIS
Kiss daddy good night. Standard full frame. [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview Productions, p2004, 1988.
Laura gets dressed to kill, hangs out at bars, and lets all sorts of men pick her up. Little do they know that she is about to drug and rob them. Suddenly she is stalked, and murder is close by ... but whose murder?.

DVD LIV
Live free or die. Full frame. [New York?] : Thinkfilm, c2007.
A clueless aspiring criminal named John ‘Rugged’ Rudgate spends his days forging rebate coupons and selling speakers out of the back of his van. One day, Rugged runs into an old acquaintance, the dim-witted Jeff, who recently returned home to help his cynical sister run the storage facility that they inherited from their father. When Rugged tries to force his way into the family business, things go terribly wrong, and the situation gets even more complicated when an emotionally unstable cop begins to investigate.

DVD MAZ
Mazes and monsters. Edison, NJ : Front Row Entertainment, c1995.
Bound together by a desire to play “Mazes and Monsters,” Robbie (Tom Hanks) and his three college classmates decide to move the board game into the local legendary cavern. Robbie starts having visions, and the line between fantasy and reality fuse into a harrowing adventure.

DVD MET
Metro. Widescreen. Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video, 1998.
A San Francisco PD hostage negotiator becomes the prey in a cat-and-mouse game with a psychotic killer.

DVD MIS
Miss congeniality. Widescreen version. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2001.
Her legs are waxed, her lips are glossed, her gun is ready. FBI agent Gracie Hart is going undercover as one of the hopefuls to be the next Miss United States. But Gracie, whose idea of a fashion accessory is the set of handcuffs she slaps onto lawbreakers, doesn’t have a beauty pageant bone in her body.

DVD MOU
Moulin Rouge! Special ed. ; Widescreen version. Moore Park, N.S.W. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment South Pacific [distributor], c2001.
Christian, an idealistic and impoverished young writer newly arrived in Montmartre, is haphazardly inducted into a circle of young bohemians led by Toulouse-Lautrec. A comedy of mistaken identities ensues, quickly enmeshing the young poet in a love triangle involving the unobtainable and consumptive Satine, queen courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, and the foppish Duke of Roxbury, his villainous rival for her affections.

DVD MY
My blue heaven. Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 1999, c1990.
The Witness Protection Program is turned upside down by a mob informant and an FBI agent.

DVD PER
Perry Mason. : First season, volume 1 and volume 2. Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures : CBS Broadcasting, c2006.
V. 1. Disc 1. The case of the restless redhead; The case of the sleepwalker’s niece; The case of the nervous accomplice; The case of the drowning duck—Disc 2. The case of the sulky girl; The case of the silent partner; The case of the angry mourner; The case of the crimson kiss—Disc 3. The case of the vagabond vixen; The case of the runaway corpse; The case of the crooked candle; The case of the negligent nymph—
Disc 4. The case of the moth-eaten mink; The case of the baited hook; The case of the fan dancer’s horse; The case of the demure defendant—Disc 5. The case of the sun bather’s diary; The case of the cautious coquette; The case of the haunted husband --. v. 2. Disc 1. The case of the lonely heiress; The case of the green-eyed sister; The case of the fugitive nurse; The case of the one-eyed witness—Disc 2. The case of the deadly double; The case of the empty tin; The case of the half-wakened wife; The case of the desperate daughter—Disc 3. The case of the daring decoy; The case of the hesitant hostess; The case of the screaming woman; The case of the fiery fingers—Disc 4. The case of the substitute face; The case of the long-legged models; The case of the gilded lily; The case of the lazy lover—Disc 5. The case of the prodigal parent; The case of the black-eyed blonde; The case of the terrified typist; The case of the rolling bones. Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman. This popular series remains one of the most highly rated courtroom dramas of all time. Raymond Burr’s portrayal defined the role of defense attorneys and stands today as an icon on par with Superman and the Lone Ranger.

DVD PUR
Purple noon. Widescreen [ed.]. [Calif.] : Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1997].
A handsome, wealthy bachelor has a sexy girlfriend, the finest things money can buy, and an envious friend who schemes to murder him and assume his identity.

DVD RAM
Rambo. 2-disc special ed. (digital copy disc removed). Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, c2008.
Vietnam veteran John Rambo has withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Thailand. Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble finds him. A group of Christian missionaries approach Rambo with the desire to rent his boat to travel up the river to Burma, which is a war zone. The Karen people of the region have endured a brutal rule from the murderous Burmese military. Rambo accepts the offer and takes the missionaries up the river. When the missionaries finally arrive at the Karen village, they find themselves part of a raid led by the sadistic Major Pa Tee Tint and his command. Some of the villagers and missionaries are murdered. The rest are held as captives. Concerned by their disappearance, the minister in charge of the mission gathers a group of mercenaries. Rambo, who knows the exact dropoff, transports them with his boat. Rambo joins the team and helps liberate the survivors in what may be one of his deadliest missions ever.

DVD SCR
Scrubs. : The complete third season. Burbank, CA : Touchstone Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2006].
It’s a whole new year for the staff at Sacred Heart. Elliot undergoes a complete makeover in an attempt to change her luck, and the residents discover the incredible healing powers of an epiphany toilet. Join J.D. and his fellow interns as they face more medical and comical dilemmas.

DVD SHA
The Shawshank redemption. Two-disc special edition ; 10th anniversary ; Widescreen ed. [United States] : Warner Home Video, 2004.
Andy is falsely convicted of his wife’s murder and sentenced to the toughest prison in the Northeast. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, based on a short story by Stephen King.

DVD SHA
Shameless. [England?] : Burbank, CA : 2 Entertain Video ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007.
Meet the Gallaghers. Mom went AWOL years ago. Dad stayed home with the six children only to hit the bottle, and sometimes the kids. The real head of the family is big sister Fiona, who looks after Carl, Debbie and baby Liam. She is occasionally helped, more often hindered, by streetwise “Lip” and the actively gay, but very private, Ian.

DVD SOM
Someone like you. Widescreen ed. Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2001.
Romantic comedy about a talk show talent scout whose shaky love life drives her to study the curious mating habits of the male animal.

DVD TOT
Total recall. Special ed. Santa Monica, CA : Artisan Home Entertainment Inc., c1998.
In the year 2084 a worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims.

DVD UPS
Upstairs, downstairs : the complete third season. [New York] : New York : A & E Television Networks ; Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c2002.
[Disc 1.] Miss Forrest ; A house divided ; A change of scene ; A family secret -- [disc 2.] Rose’s pigeon ; Desirous of change ; Word of honour—
[disc 3.] The bolter ; Goodwill to all men ; What the footman saw -- [disc 4.] A perfect stranger; Distant thunder ; The sudden storm. Angela Baddeley, Keith Barron, Christopher Beeny, Lesley-Anne Down, Rachel Gurney, Gordon Jackson, David Langton, Jean Marsh, Meg Wynn Owen, Jenny Tomasin, Jaqueline Tong, Simon Williams. From the death of Lady Bellamy on the Titanic to the coming of World War I, the saga of life and love in Edwardian England continues.

DVD WHA
What about Bob? [Burbank, Calif.] : Touchstone Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000].
Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows—showing up unexpectedly at the therapist’s lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won’t leave.