New Titles January 2010

FICTION

Abbott, Megan E., 1971-. Bury me deep. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009.
Marion Seeley, abandoned in Phoenix by her doctor husband, gets a job at a medical clinic and is drawn into the wild lifestyle of coworker Louise and her roommate Ginny, and falls in love with charming rogue and politician Joe Lanigan, whose links to all three young women lead to disaster.


Abraham, Daniel. The price of spring. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Otah Machi, emperor of all the Khaiate cities in the wake of a devastating war between the cities of the Khaiem and the Galtic empire, tries to find a path to peace, while Maati Vaupathai, the last poet of the Khaiem, secretly works to create an andat--a magical creature that he hopes will restore the cities to their former glory.


Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-. Purple hibiscus : a novel. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2004.
A teenaged Nigerian girl and her older brother struggle to cope with life in their tense, stifling household--caused by their father's demands for perfection--after getting a taste of freedom during a visit to their aunt's home.


Akpan, Uwem. Say you're one of them. 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. New York : Back Bay Books, 2009, c2008.
A collection of short stories by Uwem Akpan that celebrate the resilience and wisdom of children in third world countries.


Anthony, Jessica, 1974-. The convalescent. San Francisco [Calif.] : McSweeney's Books, c2009.
Rovar Pfliegman, a lonely troll-like man who sells meat out of his bus, halfheartedly seeks treatment for his various ailments, but he seems more intent on fulfilling the self-destructive destiny of the Pfliegman clan, which goes all the way back to pre-medieval Hungary.


Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Sanditon : Jane Austen's unfinished masterpiece completed. Berkeley, CA : Ulysses Press, c2009.
Contains unpublished manuscripts written by Jane Austen, including "Sandition" in which Charlotte Heywood travels to a new seaside resort in England and meets a strange variety of people who seem oblivious to the romances that are occurring around them.

Baker, Nicholson. The anthologist. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Paul Chowder struggles to write the introduction to a new anthology of poetry, and as his life seems to fall apart around him, he finds solace and inspiration in the works of great poets throughout history.


Bazell, Josh. Beat the reaper : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Peter Brown is a young Manhattan emergency room doctor with an unusual past. His morning begins with disarming of a mugger and is topped off by a visit with a new patient. That patient knows Peter from his other life, when he had a different name and a very different job. The only reason he's a doctor now is thanks to the Witness Protection Program, and even they can't protect him from the long reach of the New Jersey mob. Now he's got to do whatever it takes to keep his patient alive so he can buy some time and beat the reaper.


Bell, Madison Smartt. Devil's dream. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
A fictionalized account of Nathan Bedford Forrest's experiences during the Civil War, describing his involvement in key battles, courtship and marriage, obsessive gambling, disdain for the Confederate bureaucracy, and his humane treatment of slaves.


Blundy, Anna, 1970-. Breaking faith. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Faith Zanetti doesn't much care who put the bomb on flight TAA67, the plane that blew up over the tiny Scottish village of Cairbridge 25 years ago. Wasn't it those Libyan blokes who went to prison? For a woman whose comfort zone is a war zone, it seems like the boring assignment from hell. But as the conspiracy theories start seeming less theoretical, Faith realizes she's skating on thin ice. With the ghost of her dead father creeping out of her dreams, and the screams of the doomed passengers ringing in her ears, Faith begins to suspect that the truth she seeks might be closer to home than she thought.


Brody, Jessica. Love under cover. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
Jennifer Hunter never saw herself as the relationship type. After all, she’d spent the last two years of her life as an undercover fidelity inspector, hired to test men’s faithfulness—not exactly the kind of job that lends itself to intimacy. But when Jamie Richards walked into her life, everything changed, and Jennifer vowed to trade in her undercover lifestyle for something more normal. That’s why she formed the Hawthorne Agency: five full-time fidelity inspectors, hired to carry out Jennifer’s mission while she manages the process from a safe (relationship-saving) distance. Jen's business is booming, and just when it seems like things can’t possibly get any better, Jamie proposes. Despite her lifelong issues with trust and commitment, Jen says yes. But can a woman who’s seen nothing but failed marriages ever come to terms with tying the knot herself? And when Jen receives a frantic phone call from one of her employees in trouble, she’s forced to make a choice. A choice that lands her in an all-too familiar place—a strange hotel room, kissing another man. And she knows that nothing will be the same.


Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-. The children's book : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
A novel that spans from the Victorian era through World War I that finds famous children's book author Olive Wellwood taking in a runaway who reminds her of the characters in her books.


Casey, Kevin, 1940-. A state of mind. Dublin : Lilliput Press, 2009.
John Hughes, a journalist and aspiring novelist in the mid-1970s, is comfortably settled in rural Wicklow away from his wife and daughter, spending most of his time in the local pub, but his unfocused existence is pulled sharply back to reality when once-famous English author Bill Cromer and his German girlfriend move into the Old Rectory, dragging marital betrayal, suicide, nationalist resentment, and blackmail in his wake.


Casey, Kathryn. Blood lines. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Following the apparent suicide of Houston oil businesswoman Billie Cox, the victim's sister insists her sibling was murdered. Texas Ranger Sarah Armstrong, after viewing the photos from the 'suicide' scene, agrees and decides to investigate further. Meanwhile, teen pop sensation Cassie has been receiving threatening e-mail and text messages. Fearful she's being stalked, Sarah and her colleagues do everything they can to protect her, yet still the unthinkable happens. Now Sarah has not one, but two difficult cases to solve.


Cassidy, Carla (Carla Bracale). Up close and personal. New York, N.Y.: Signet, 2009.
When Jordan Sampson attends her fifteen-year high school reunion she reunites with her old flame, Clint Cooper. But, in addition to reuniting with old friends, former cheerleaders from Jordan's old squad are being murdered.


Clare, Alys. Out of the dawn light. 1st world ed. Surrey, England : Severn House, 2009.
Lassair becomes captivated by the mysterious stranger who appears in her village on the day of her sister's wedding, and agrees with little hesitation to help locate a mysterious treasure, but after a night of marching across East Anglia, Lassair starts to become aware of the danger she has brought upon herself.


De los Santos, Marisa, 1966-. Belong to me. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York : HarperLuxe, c2008.
Cornelia Brown willingly gives up her urban life to move with her husband, Teo, to the suburbs, where she struggles to form friendships with her judgmental neighbor, and a kindred soul who helps Cornelia overcome the loneliness that seems to be consuming her.


Dixon, K. B. The sum of his syndromes. Chicago : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2009.
"The Sum of His Syndromes" is a wry, odd, idiosyncratic book. A collage of notes written in a sixth-floor men's room, it is the story of a dissatisfied, slightly disturbed young man named David who has found himself at a personal and professional crossroads. He has a job he hates, but cannot leave, and a girl he loves, but cannot fully understand. With help from his friend, Peter, and his therapist, the irrepressible Dr. Costa, he struggles to make sense of his complicated young life. A fractured, fragmented, unconventional narrative, "Syndromes" offers a comic look at office angst, contemporary psychiatric practice and romantic uncertainty. A conglomeration of thoughts, observations, commentary, overheard conversations and cameo appearances, its story - David and Kate's story emerges surreptitiously from this innovative presentation of a confused and chaotic time.


Doctorow, Cory. Makers. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2009.
Perry and Lester, two inventors, create strange contraptions and new economic systems such as New Work, and when the country falls into collapse, they build a network of interactive rides in abandoned WalMarts and try to avoid lawsuits amid other chaos that ensues.


Doss, James D. The widow's revenge. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
No one believes the widow Loyola Montoya when she claims there are witches taunting and harassing her from the woods near her property, including Charlie Moon, and by the time he arrives to investigate it is too late to save her, but Moon decides to help the widow get her revenge.


Fairbairn, Ann, 1901 or 2-1972. Five smooth stones. Unabridged ed. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009, c1966.
Civil rights activist David Champlain struggles to overcome racism in his New Orleans community.

Falco, Edward. Saint John of the five boroughs. Denver, Colo.: Unbridled Books, 2009.
Avery Walker is a typical college student: partying, drinking, and trying to find herself in the world. At a party, she meets Grant Danko, a brooding, older performance artist from New York, who awakens her to a world outside of small-town college life. The two return to New York together, where Avery quickly adapts to city life, and Grant returns to work for his gangster uncle. Meanwhile, Avery's mother, aunt, and uncle are caught up in a precarious relationship that they must confront when they venture to New York to retrieve Avery. Like his previous novel, Wolf Point (2005), Falco's latest examines the underbelly of love and relationships, but he also populates the story with a cast of diverse and unusual characters. As the plot twists and turns, readers don't know what to expect next, which can prove both exciting and baffling. A solid story that will find a broad range of readers. - Booklist.


Fate, Robert. Baby Shark's high plains redemption. Fort Collins, CO : Capital Crime Press, 2008.
When Kristin Van Dijk and Otis Millett are hired to bring home Savannah, the kidnapped girlfriend of an Oklahoma bootlegger, they learn the hard way that someone wants the gorgeous redhead so badly they will kill to get her. Kristin and Otis must discover the reason behind Savannah’s popularity before she is murdered.

Finlay, C. C. A spell for the Revolution. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2009.
Proctor Brown and Deborah Walcott, two young patriots and leaders of a ragtag band of witches, must break the curse of a Hessian necromancer who controls the British troops relentlessly pressing back General Washington's struggling young armies in an attempt to enslave America.


Fossum, Karin, 1954-. The water's edge. 1st U.S. ed. Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Inspector Konrad Sejer investigates when eight-year-old Jonas August Lowe is found murdered in Linde Forest, and the case becomes critical when a second child goes missing; while Reinhardt Ris, the man who discovered and photographed Jonas's body while out walking with his horrified wife, becomes more and more obsessed with the boy's death.


Gerard, Cindy. Feel the heat. 1st Pocket Star Books pbk. ed. New York : Pocket Star Books, 2009.
Defense Intelligence officer B. J. Chase, having been summoned from personal leave, is assigned to go undercover as the girlfriend of Black Ops agent and bad boy Raphael Mendoza, and the two find themselves in the middle of an international conspiracy revolving around Raphael's Columbian uncle and the suspicious death of a government official.


Grafton, Sue. U is for undertow. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Kinsey Millhone was alone in her office doing paperwork when Michael Sutton, 27, arrived unannounced to ask for her help. Twenty-one years earlier, a four-year-old girl had disappeared and was never found. Recent references to her case had triggered memories in Sutton, who now believed he had stumbled upon her burial site when he was six years old. He wanted Kinsey to help him locate the child's remains and find those responsible for her death. Kinsey would soon discover that Sutton had an uneasy relationship with the truth.


Grange, Amanda. Mr. Darcy's diary. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, c2007.
Mr. Darcy, torn between his duty to his family and his growing love for Elizabeth Bennett, and unable to confide in anyone, works out his dilemma in his diary.


Graves, Sarah. Crawlspace : a home repair is homicide mystery. 1st ed. New York : Bantam Books, 2010.
Six years after murderer Randy Dodd was thought to have drowned, a true-crime writer and her assistant come to Eastport to investigate what they're convinced is a faked death and soon have their suspicions confirmed. Meanwhile, Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree has problems of her own, including her home remodeling project and anonymous death threats. Nothing could have prepared her for the news that Dodd had been discovered alive and was now holding her son hostage.


Greenwood, Kerry. Murder on a midsummer night : a Phryne Fisher mystery. 1st U.S. ed. Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009, c2008.
The Honorable Phryne Fisher is hired to determine the cause of death of the son of a Pre-Raphaelite model, and at the same time is engaged to locate the lost illegitimate child of a wealthy woman.


Hage, Rawi. Cockroach. 1st American ed. New York : W. W. Norton, 2009, c2008.
A young man is forced to attend sessions with a well-intentioned but naive therapist after a suicide attempt and begins to imagine he is a cockroach invading the lives of the people who surround him.


Haig, Matt, 1975-. The possession of Mr. Cave. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 2009, c2008.
When antiques dealer Terence Cave's wife and son are tragically killed on separate occasions, Terence focuses himself on Reuben's twin sister, fifteen-year-old Byrony, who begins sneaking out to meet boys, and his protective drive quickly becomes obsessive and dangerous.


Hamilton, Laurell K. Divine misdemeanors : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Los Angeles private investigator Meredith Gentry, having chosen exile from the faerie realm where she was a princess with the hope of living an idyllic life, investigates the murders of her kind and is suspected of banned magical activities when humans she healed begin to perform miracles on their own.

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Hamilton, Laurell K. Swallowing darkness : a novel. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House Large Print, c2008.
Meredith Nic Essus, pregnant with twins, accepts her uncle's false claim that he is the father of her unborn children in order to gain her own place on the throne, but conspirators, slander, and Taranis himself are all determined to eliminate Meredith's personal guard, the only ones who can protect her.


Harris, Charlaine. Grave secret. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from their sleuthing to visit their two stepsisters, but find themselves facing memories of their horrible childhoods and the news that Tolliver's father is out of jail and hoping for a reunion with the son who wants nothing to do with him, and searching for their missing sister.


Hart, Ellen. The mirror and the mask. 1st ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless takes a job as a private investigator when the economy forces her to put her expansion plans on hold, and gains insights into the difference between finding the information people pay for and getting at the truth, when she is assigned to track down Annie Archer's long-lost stepfather.


Hart, Lenore. Waterwoman. Berkley hardcover ed. New York : Berkley Books, 2002.
Annie Revels has always wondered what her role in life is, as each member of her family plays a specific part, except for her, but when her father, a waterman, dies, Annie is called on to take up his business, and she finally realizes what her true purpose is.


Hatcher, Robin Lee. Speak to me of love. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale House Publishers, c2003.
Shakespearean actress Faith Butler, stranded in Dead Horse, Wyoming, with her two children, accepts employment with Drake Rutledge and manages to pull him out of his reclusive life, but they must turn to God for help when shadows from Faith's past come to haunt her.


Higgins, Jack, 1929-. In the hour before midnight. Berkeley ed. New York : Berkeley Books, 2000, c1969.
Stacey Wyatt is a gifted pianist. He is also a competent mercenary soldier. But at the moment, he is sojourning in an Egyptian prison. Sean Burke has plans to rescue him. Charity is not his motive. He merely needs Stacey for what becomes a deadly intrigue. There is just one hitch. An astonishing story of high-action and foreign intrigue.


Hill, Tobias, 1970-. The hidden : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2009.
Ben Mercer, running from a failed marriage and family, eagerly joins a close-knit group of archaeologists searching for buried traces of a formidable ancient power in Greece in 2004, not realizing how the group's dynamic and dangerous games are going to affect his life.


Hirvonen, Elina, 1975-. When I forgot. 1st U.S. ed. Portland, OR : Tin House Books, 2009, c2007.
Anna, a young journalist, spends the day alone in a Helsinki café, reading "Mrs. Dalloway," a novel given to her by her professor and lover Ian, and as the hours pass, she begins to see links between the story and her own life.


Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961-. Arctic chill. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Minotaur Books, 2009, c2005.
Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson is called to the scene of the murder of a young, dark-skinned boy found frozen to the ground in the garden of a block of Reykjavik apartments and his investigation exposes tensions beneath the surface of Iceland's multicultural society and forces him to confront a tragedy from his own past.


Jackson, Jon A., Dead folks. 1st paperback ed. New York : Grove Press, cop. 1996.
The sixth novel in the hard-boiled crime fiction series follows Detective Mulheisen as he goes on the trail of mobster Joe Service, who threatens to turn Salt Lake City into a cemetery unless he recovers his millions.


Jacobs, Kate, 1973-. Knit the season. New York : Putnam's, c2009.
Dakota Walker travels to Scotland to spend the holidays with her Gran, along with her father, grandparents, and others, and the group of family and friends reminisces about past Christmases that were spent with Dakota's mother, Georgia Walker.


Colsen, Jake. So you don't want to go to church anymore : an unexpected journey. Los Angeles, Calif. : Windblown Media, c2006.
What would you do if you met someone you thought just might be one of Jesus' original disciples still living in the 21st century? That's Jake's dilemma as he meets a man who talks of Jesus as if he had known him, and whose way of living challenges everything Jake had previously known. This book is Jake's journal, chronicling thirteen conversations with his newfound friend over a four-year period and how those exchanges turn Jake's world upside-down. With his help, Jake faces his darkest fears, struggles through brutal circumstances and comes out on the other side in the joy and freedom he always dreamed was possible.

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King, Stephen, 1947-. Just after sunset. Large print ed. Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2008.
Collects twelve short stories by Stephen King on the theme of relationships, including new stories and previously released material such as "The Gingerbread Girl," "The Things They Left Behind," and "The Cat from Hell."


Kingsbury, Karen. Shades of blue. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2009.
Brad Cutler, a twenty-eight-year old New York advertising agent who is about to get married, seeks God's forgiveness and redemption when he is reminded of his high school girlfriend and a difficult choice he made long ago.


Krol, Torsten. The Dolphin People : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2009.
A Nazi-sympathizer family, including two children and a war widow, Helga, flee to Venezuela after the fall of the Third Reich, and after they crash in the Amazon en route to their new home, they are welcomed by the Yayomi tribe, who believe them to be dolphins in human form, as prophesied by one of their tribesmen.


Krzhizhanovski, Sigizmund, 1887-1950. Memories of the future. New York : New York Review Books, 2009.
Written in Soviet Moscow in the 1920s—but considered too subversive even to show to a publisher—the seven tales included here attest to Sigizmund Krzhizhanovski’s boundless imagination, black humor, and breathtaking irony: a man loses his way in the vast black waste of his own small room; the Eiffel Tower runs amok; a kind soul dreams of selling “everything you need for suicide”; an absentminded passenger boards the wrong train, winding up in a place where night is day, nightmares are the reality, and the backs of all facts have been broken; a man out looking for work comes across a line for logic but doesn’t join it as there’s no guarantee the logic will last; a sociable corpse misses his own funeral; an inventor gets a glimpse of the far-from-radiant communist future.


Lamott, Anne. Hard laughter : a novel. New York : North Point Press, [1999], c1980.
Twenty-three-year-old Jennifer, a writer and sometimes housecleaner, is swept up into an emotional wake, along with her two brothers, self-contained Ben and lovable Randy, when their beloved father, Wallace, is diagnosed with a brain tumor.


Lennon, J. Robert, 1970-. Pieces for the left hand : 100 anecdotes. Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2009], c2005.
Contains one hundred related anecdotes in which a forty-seven-year-old married man living in a small New York university town reflects on work, money, professors, children, confusion, and other aspects of life.


Levien, David. City of the sun : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2008.
Fourteen months after the disappearance of their son, Paul and Carol Gabriel hire private investigator Frank Behr to look into the case and are soon on an adventure which leads them to Mexico in search of a drug-dealing real estate tycoon who may be responsible for abducting the boy.

Lewis, Beverly, 1949-. The missing. Minneapolis, Minn. : Bethany House, c2009.
Twenty-one-year-old Grace Byler longs to find her missing mother and to uncover the secret that drove her to leave their Amish community, but she fears she will never know the truth, and while she struggles to accept her family's loss, she tries to make the community understand her decision to remain single.


Lindley, Maureen. The private papers of Eastern Jewel : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009, c2008.
In 1914 Peking, eighteen-year-old princess Eastern Jewel is caught spying on her father's misdeeds and is banished to live with a powerful Japanese family; after many years, Jewel--who is renamed Yoshiko Kawashima--returns to Peking as an agent of Japan's secret service.


Littell, Robert, 1935-. The company : a novel of the CIA. New York : Penguin, 2003, c2002.
A group of young people, recruited into the CIA in 1950, interact with some of the major historical figures and events of the late twentieth century, knowing one of them is a mole.


Little, Bentley. His father's son. New York : Signet, c2009.
Steve Nash thinks his life is on the right track until his father attacks his mother and is admitted to an insane asylum, where his dad relates a cryptic message to him, leading Steve down a dangerous path.


Macomber, Debbie. Angels at Christmas. Don Mills, Ont. : MIRA, c2009.
Presents two short stories featuring the adventures of three Christmas angels, Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy, as they try to fulfill people's wishes in time for the holidays.


Mansell, Jill. Perfect timing. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Landmark, c2009.
The night before her wedding, Poppy Dunbar meets Tom, a man she thinks might be her soul mate, and, although she does not go through with her arranged meeting with Tom, Poppy knows she cannot go through with the wedding either, so she flees to London, where she rents a room from Caspar French, a good-looking artist who just might break Poppy's heart.


March, Stephen, 1948-. Strangers in the land of Egypt. Sag Harbor, NY : Permanent Press, c2009.
Jesse Terrill, angry about a lot of things, is arrested for vandalizing a synagogue and sentenced to do community service for Mendel Ebban, a Holocaust survivor who tries to deepen Jesse's spiritual awareness of life, and makes the young man question his quest for revenge against the mugger who attacked his father.


McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-. La's orchestra saves the world. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2008.
Lavender, known as La to her friends, flees London in 1939 hoping to escape the horrors of war and the memories of her shattered marriage, and to combat boredom and despair in her new town, La creates an orchestra that boosts the town's morale and shows people the beauty of music and friendship.


McDonell, Nick. An expensive education : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2009.
Harvard graduate Mike Teak, recruited by his godfather to work for the CIA, is instructed to meet with rebel leader Hatashil near a Somali village and deliver cash and a cell phone, but a missile attack on the village minutes later has serious repercussions for Teak, Hatashil, and people back in the U.S., including Harvard professor Susan Lowell who wrote a book celebrating Hatashil, and prospective student David Ayan who was born in the targeted village.


Michaels, Fern. Deadly deals. New York : Kensington Books, c2009.
Rachel and Tom Dawson felt their dreams had come true the day they brought home their adopted twins after trying unsuccessfully for years to conceive on their own. They were shocked and frightened when the surrogate mother reappeared demanding more money, and then the twins themselves. Suddenly, the attorney was nowhere to be found and the Dawson's were once again childless. That's when high-profile attorney Lizzie Fox and the Sisterhood come to their aid and they plan to make attorney Baron Bell pay big time!


Miles, J. L. (Jacquelyn L.), 1947-. Cold Rock River : a novel. Nashville, Tenn. : Cumberland House, c2006.
In 1963, pregnant seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins is intrigued by the diary of a young slave girl who had three illegitimate children with her master; and after she gives birth, Adie starts to wonder if her midwife is the daughter of the woman who wrote the journal.


Millet, Lydia, 1968-. Love in infant monkeys : stories. New York : Soft Skull Press, c2009.
A collection of short fiction from American novelist Lydia Millet, featuring portrayals of popular icons and celebrities interacting with animals.


Milward, Richard. Ten storey love song : a novel. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2009.
A streaming paragraph describes the lives of Bobby the Artist and his friends after Bent Lewis, a famous art dealer from London, triggers an adventure of indulgent self-discovery and violence.


Neville, Stuart, 1972-. The ghosts of Belfast. New York : Soho, 2009.
Fegan, an IRA killer who served twelve years in Ireland's Maze Prison, discovers love at an inopportune moment in his life, and while the ghosts of his innocent victims demand appeasement--forcing Fegan to find and kill the men who called for their murders--Fegan works to keep his leading lady and her young daughter safe from harm.


Novak, Brenda. The perfect murder. Don Mills, Ont. : Mira, c2009.
Sebastian Costas, convinced that his ex-wife and son were murdered by her second husband, follows a slim lead to Sacramento where he meets investigator Jane Burke, and together they set out to track down a killer who is obviously trying to get them first.


Patterson, James, 1947-. Lifeguard. New York : Grand Central Pub., [2006], c2005.
Lifeguard Ned Kelly goes on the run to save his life when a simple heist his cousin arranged that could set him up financially for a very long time, goes horribly wrong.

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Patterson, James, 1947-. Witch & wizard. Large print ed., 1st large print ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
A sister and brother, along with thousands of young people, have been kidnapped and either thrown in prison or turned up missing after accusations of witchcraft were made against them, and the ruling regime will do anything in order to suppress life and liberty, music and books.


Pepper, Andrew, 1969-. The last days of Newgate. London : Phoenix, 2007.
A story of high intrigue and low politics, of brutal murder and cunning conspiracies, set against the backdrop of a fascinating period in British history and introducing an ingenious, pragmatic, and unforgettable hero. St. Giles, London, 1829—three people have been brutally murdered and the city simmers with anger and political unrest. Pyke, sometime Bow Street Runner, sometime crook, finds himself accidentally embroiled in the murder investigation but quickly realizes that he has stumbled into something more sinister and far-reaching. In his pursuit of the murderer Pyke ruffles the feathers of some powerful people and, falsely accused of murder himself, he soon faces a death sentence and the gallows of Old Bailey. Imprisoned and with only his uncle and the headstrong, aristocratic daughter of his greatest enemy who believe in him, Pyke must engineer his escape, find the real killer, and untangle the web of politics that has been spun around him.


Powell, Padgett. The interrogative mood : a novel? 1st ed. New York : Ecco, c2009.
Presents a constant string of free-associative questions in which the author explores various topics, including beliefs, memories, life, science, language, art, and philosophy.


Resnick, Michael D. Dreamwish beasts and Snarks. 1st ed. Urbana, IL : Golden Gryphon Press, 2009.
Collects nine short stories by American science fiction author Mike Resnick in which he explores concepts related to safaris and hunting.


Rigler, Laurie Viera. Rude awakenings of a Jane Austen addict : a novel. New York : Dutton, c2009.
Jane Mansfield's wish to escape her boring life in nineteenth-century England is granted when she is transported to the twenty-first-century as an independent woman named Courtney Stone, and while trying to understand what has happened, she also attempts to survive in a different time and place and navigate a relationship with the woman's attractive friend, Wes.


Robinson, Roxana. Cost. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009, c2008.
As summer approaches, professional painter and art professor Julia Lambert's plans to spend time bonding with her elderly parents on their Maine farmhouse gets interrupted when she discovers that her twenty-two year old son, Jack, is suffering from heroin addiction.


Sapphire, 1950-. Push : a novel. 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed. New York : Vintage Contemporaries/Vintage Books, 1997, c1996.
Precious Jones, an illiterate sixteen-year-old who is pregnant with her second child by her father, meets a radical teacher who helps her take control of her life.


Smith, Sherwood. King's shield. New York : DAW Books : Distributed by Penguin Group (USA), [2009], c2008.
Inda returns home from exile when he discovers that his homeland is about to be invaded and is pressed into service as the king's "royal shield arm" to defend his country against its most powerful and ancient enemy.


Snow angels. New York : Kensington Pub., c2009.
Snow angels / Fern Michaels -- The presents of angels / Marie Bostwick -- Decorations / Janna McMahan -- Miracle on Main Street / Rosalind Noonan. Contains four stories of holiday romance, featuring selections by Rosalind Noonan, Janna McMahan, Marie Bostwick, and Fern Michaels, author of the title work in which magic sparks when social worker Grace Landry finds her way out of a snowstorm into the arms of Olympic skier Max Jorgenson.

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Steel, Danielle. A good woman. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House large print, c2008.
When Annabelle Worthington loses her family due to the sinking of the Titanic, she becomes a medical volunteer at Ellis Island, marries badly, and eventually finds purpose by volunteering in a field hospital during World War I.

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Stein, Garth. The art of racing in the rain : a novel. 1st HarperLuxe ed., [Large print ed.]. New York : HarperLuxe, c2008.
Enzo, the dog of professional race car driver Denny Swift, recalls the memories of his life and shares his insight into the human condition that he learned from observing his owner.


Taylor, Holly, 1965-. May earth rise. 1st ed. [St. Charles, Ill.] : Lancaster : Medallion ; Gazelle [distributor], 2009.
In this conclusion to a powerful saga, cruel deprivation and a full-scale conflict bring the Y Dawnus to the brink of annihilation. In the land of Kymru, High King Arthur has designated the talented pillars of society as the Gifted. When they are taken captive by the Corianans, King Arthur confronts his mortal enemy, Havgan the Warleader.


Vámos, Miklós. The book of fathers : a novel. Other Press ed. New York : Other Press, 2009.
A gold pocket watch discovered by Kornel Csillag's grandfather offers each first-born son the gift of clairvoyance, and though some find the gift a curse and the others a blessing, each records his experiences in a battered old journal that is passed on from generation to generation for over three hundred years.


Vonnegut, Kurt. Look at the birdie : unpublished short fiction. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
A collection of fourteen short stories written by American author Kurt Vonnegut, that describes various people and experiences from post-World War II America.


White, J. P. Every boat turns south. Sag Harbor, NY : Permanent Press, 2009.
Thirty-year-old Matt Younger returns to his parents' Florida home with a heavy heart. Guilt-ridden over the death, years earlier, of his brother, an Olympic-caliber swimmer, and over his recent unsuccessful stint as a boat captain, he's come home to find redemption by sitting vigil at his father's deathbed. He determines to tell his dad the truth, no matter how ugly, about the circumstances surrounding his brother's death and his own desperate bid to make a killing by running drugs in the Turks and Caicos islands. As Matt spends night after night pouring out his story to his father, a veteran sailor himself, he tells of one misadventure after another involving a loyal French mechanic and a hard- bitten criminal masquerading as a cook. He also reveals his love for a Dominican prostitute looking to escape her squalid life. First-novelist White's lyrical style sometimes works and sometimes falters against the grittiness of his story. Still, lovers of the sea and adventure will appreciate the long, poetic passages paying tribute to the skills of a sailor and the dangers of deep water. -BOOKLIST.


Woodsmall, Cindy. The hope of refuge : a novel. 1st ed. Colorado Springs, Colo. : Waterbrook Press, 2009.
New Yorker Cara Moore, a single parent, flees poverty and a relentless stalker by going to an Amish community in Pennsylvania, where she receives help from Ephraim Mast in digging up secrets of her family's Amish past.

NON-FICTION

005.432 AND
Anderson, Fritz. Xcode 3 unleashed. Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams, c2009.
Apple’s new Xcode 3 is the most powerful Mac development suite ever created. In Xcode 3 Unleashed, renowned Mac developer Fritz Anderson has written the definitive guide to making the most of Xcode 3 to build any Macintosh or iPhone application. Anderson leads you through a simple project that covers the entire Xcode 3.x development lifecycle. You’ll walk through building and debugging command-line tools, creating Mac OS X user interfaces, modeling data, localizing languages, compiling applications, and much more. Along the way, he introduces each of Apple’s remarkable development tools from the latest version of Interface Builder to Instruments—a powerful new tool for analyzing and optimizing your code. Anderson shows how to manage your source code in any environment, whether you’re working solo or participating in a worldwide team. He thoroughly illuminates Xcode 3’s build system and shows how to make the most of Apple’s performance tools, led by the deep and powerful Shark statistical profiler.

155.232 EHR
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America. 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Explores the downsides of the positive thinking mentality that is found in the business community, megachurches, and even in the medical profession, maintaining that this type of thinking only leads to frustration, guilt, and denial.

179.9 LES
Lesowitz, Nina. Living life as a thank you : the transformative power of gratitude in your life. San Francisco, Calif. : Viva Editions, c2009.
Authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons present a simple but comprehensive program for incorporating gratitude into one's life, and reaping the many benefits that come from doing so. The book is divided into ten chapters from "Thank You Power" and "Ways to Stay Thankful in Difficult Times" to "Gratitude as a Spiritual/Cultural Practice " and "Putting Gratitude into Action." Each chapter includes stories of individuals whose lives have been transformed by embracing this program, along with motivating quotes and blessings, and a suggested gratitude practice such as keeping a weekly gratitude journal and starting a gratitude circle.

242.335 MUR
Murphey, Cecil B. Christmas miracles. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
A collection of inspirational true stories about ordinary people who have experienced miracles that have shown them the true meaning of Christmas.

302.3 DEL
Dellasega, Cheryl. Girl wars : 12 strategies that will end female bullying. New York : Fireside/Simon & Schuster, c2003.
Addresses the problem of aggression in preteen and teenage girls, featuring true stories from mothers and girls who have bullied or been victims of bullying, and including suggestions for preventing and intervening in aggressive behavior among girls.

306.7082 REV
Reverend Jen, 1972-. Live nude elf : the sexperiments of Reverend Jen. Brooklyn : Soft Skull Press, 2009.
Live Nude Elf chronicles Reverend Jen's two-year stint as sex columnist for nerve.com; she details her “sexperiments,” ranging from harrowing (working as a live nude girl at “Wiggles”) to embarrassing (fellatio school) to transcendent (reaching a mystical state through tantric sex). Along the way there is transvestitism, female ejaculation, opium smoking, and heartbreak.

306.874 KEN
Kenison, Katrina. The gift of an ordinary day : a mother's memoir. 1st ed. New York : Springboard Press, 2009.
Rediscover the wonder of ordinary days with families as they approach the "letting go" that comes with raising teenagers.

320.5309 RIC
Richardson, Peter, 1959-. A bomb in every issue : how the short, unruly life of Ramparts magazine changed America. New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, c2009.
A Bomb in Every Issue tells the largely untold story of the wild ride of this hugely influential magazine that achieved countless firsts: it published the first conspiracy theory about JFK's assassination, it was the first to reveal that the CIA had backed the National Student Association during the Cold War, and its article about the use of napalm on Vietnamese children (another first) caused Martin Luther King Jr. to speak out against the war for the first time. Launched in 1962 as an intellectual Catholic quarterly, within five years Ramparts had become a secular magazine and won a George Polk Award for "its explosive revival of the great muckraking tradition." Deeply committed to the civil rights and antiwar movements, its contributors included Noam Chomsky, César Chávez, Seymour Hersh, Angela Davis, and Susan Sontag. It was in its pages that Che Guevara's diaries and the prison diaries of Eldridge Cleaver (which became Soul on Ice) first appeared. Although by 1975, out of money and time, it had folded for good, Ramparts left an important journalistic legacy, influencing a generation of reporters and editors that is still apparent today.

327.730 ALB
Albright, Madeleine Korbel. Read my pins : stories from a diplomat's jewel box. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Madeleine Albright discusses her life and accomplishments, global politics, and her extensive collection of brooches; and features more than two hundred photographs.

330 LEV
Levitt, Steven D. Super freakonomics : global cooling, patriotic prostitutes, and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2009.
The authors explore the economics of real-world issues often viewed as insignificant, such as the odds of someone with both a Muslim first and last name being a terrorist, if eating kangaroo can save the planet, and if it is safer to drive or walk drunk.

332.1109 PAU
Paul, Ron, 1935-. End the Fed. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Presents an argument about why the status of the U.S. economy, as of 2009, cannot be improved without acknowledging the negative influence of the Federal Reserve and its impact on the devaluation of the dollar.

333.7 ALI
Ali, Saleem H. (Saleem Hassan), 1973-. Treasures of the earth : need, greed, and a sustainable future. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c2009.
The pleasure of treasure -- What lies beneath: the material and mystical origins of mineral wealth -- Creating value: the endurance of precious jewels -- The rush factor: tracing the mineral roots of global power through gold, coal, and oil -- Toil and treasure -- The darker side of fortune: the psychology of treasure dependence -- Curing the resource curse: minerals and global development -- The spoils of the earth: the ecological toll of extractive excitement -- Measure for measure -- Destination cradle: the quest for material cycling -- The restoration ethic: hurting and healing ecosystems -- Embracing the treasure impulse: toward cautionary creativity.

362.1097 BLU
Blumenthal, David, 1948-. The heart of power : health and politics in the Oval Office. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Discusses the various health issues of presidents such as John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton and how the impact of their own mortality has influenced their politics with regard to health care, and covers related lessons that pertain to the twenty-first century.

362.1969 SOM
Somers, Suzanne, 1946-. Knockout : interviews with doctors who are curing cancer-- and how to prevent getting it in the first place. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Suzanne Somers draws on interviews with doctors from around the world to provide information about cancer treatments and prevention, and reveals the personal choices she made about her health after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

364.1523 BRO
Brown, Ethan, 1972-. Shake the devil off : a true story of the murder that rocked New Orleans. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Details the New Orleans murder-suicide in which Iraq War veteran Zachary Bowen killed and dismembered his girlfriend, Addie Hall, and then jumped from the roof of a hotel to take his own life, and examines the couple's relationship before their deaths and how his military experience affected his life.

394.2663 CHI
Chicken soup for the soul : Christmas cheer : stories about the love, inspiration, and joy of Christmas. Cos Cob, CT : Chicken Soup for the Soul, c2008.
A collection of the best stories about Christmas and the holiday season. Stories are funny, inspirational, poignant; some are religious, but most are non-denominational. Appropriate for adults but can be shared with children, as all stories are "Santa-safe."

394.2663 HUC
Huckabee, Mike, 1955-. A simple Christmas : twelve stories that celebrate the true holiday spirit. New York : Sentinel, 2009.
Collects twelve holiday stories centered on themes such as sacrifice, family, hope, and transitions, based on the personal experiences and memories of Mike Huckabee.

508 COO
Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894. Rural hours. Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, c1998.
Presents a collection of nature writings by Susan Fenimore Cooper, written in the form of journal entries that follow the passage of the four seasons in her rural home village of Cooperstown, New York, in the mid-1800s.

599.67 OWE
Owens, Mark. Secrets of the savanna : twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Mark Owens chronicles the experiences he and his wife Delia had during the twenty-three years they spent in Africa fighting to save the country's people and wildlife.

613.2 CHO
Cholesterol cures : more than 325 natural ways to lower cholesterol and live longer : from almonds and chocolate to garlic and wine. Rev. & updated. [Emmaus, Pa.] : Rodale, c2002.
Discusses ways to control cholesterol problems with diet, exercise, and supplements, with information on the cholesterol content of five hundred everyday foods, including desserts, meats, beverages, and snacks.

613.9608 SIL
Silverstein, Charles. The joy of gay sex. Fully rev. and expanded 3rd ed., 1st Collins ed. New York, NY : Collins, 2006.
For a new century and a new generation of readers comes a fully revised and expanded edition of a classic guide to gay sex, love, and life. Invaluable as a sex guide, a resource on building self-esteem, and a trusted aid for coming out of the closet, The Joy of Gay Sex covers the ins and outs of gay life alphabetically from "anus" to "wrestling." Noted psychologist Dr. Charles Silverstein has collaborated once again with critically acclaimed novelist Felice Picano on this third edition, updating every single entry and adding nearly thirty new entries. The authors provide positive and responsible advice on safe sex in all its varieties; on emotional and relationship-oriented issues such as long-term couples, loneliness, and growing older; and on scores of diverse topics ranging from spirituality to online dating. With fifty new line drawings by acclaimed illustrator Joseph Phillips, this landmark reference is a necessary addition to every gay man's bookshelf.

614.5 SPU
Spurlock, Morgan, 1970-. Don't eat this book : fast food and the supersizing of America. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2005.
Presents a comprehensive study on the effects of fast food on American health, and examines school lunch programs, marketing strategies by fast food restaurants, the decline in physical education, and the rise in obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, especially in children.

616.443 MOO
Moore, Elaine A., 1948-. Graves' disease : a practical guide. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2001.
Presents information on Grave's disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism, including its association with related autoimmune disorders, and emphasizes the patient's role in the healing process.

616.8 FUR
Furney, Kym Orsetti, 1966-. When the diagnosis is multiple sclerosis : help, hope, and insights from an affected physician. Johns Hopkins paperback ed. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Being diagnosed -- Grieving -- The psychological challenges of MS -- Facing the needle: the MS medications -- Whom do I tell and when? -- Impact on our jobs -- Having children --Staying healthy and fit -- Managing the fatigue of multiple sclerosis -- Could I be depressed? -- You and your doctor -- Dealing with disability -- Getting involved with the MS community -- Finding balance.

616.9944 LIN
Link, John S. The breast cancer survival manual : a step-by-step guide for the woman with newly diagnosed breast cancer. 4th ed., 4th Holt Paperbacks ed., Completely rev. and updated. New York : H. Holt, 2007.
Provides practical advice for women just diagnosed with breast cancer, covering surgery and radiation, systemic control, chemotherapy, ductal cancer in situ (DCIS), diet and exercise, clinical research trials, getting a second opinion, quality-of-life issues, and other related topics.

617.564 GOK
Gokhale, Esther. 8 steps to a pain-free back : natural posture solutions for pain in the back, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, and foot. Stanford, CA : Pendo Press, c2008.
Draws lessons from athletes, children, and people from traditional societies to show how natural posture can end back pain, presenting step-by-step, illustrated techniques and postures for sitting, standing, sleeping, bending, and walking.

617.95 FIN
Finn, Robert, 1955-. Organ transplants : making the most of your gift of life. 1st ed. Beijing ; Cambridge [Mass.] : O'Reilly, c2000.
Addresses the concerns of potential organ recipients and their families, providing information on how to make the decision to have a transplant, and discussing the organ transplant registry, and wait, different types of transplants, anti-rejection drugs, physical and emotional issues, donors, and other topics.

636.8092 COO
Cooper, Gwen. Homer's odyssey : a fearless feline tale, or how I learned about love and life with a blind wonder cat. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
The author reveals the lessons she learned about love and acceptance through her relationship with her blind cat.

641.5 OLI
Oliver, Jamie, 1975-. Jamie's food revolution : rediscover how to cook simple, delicious, affordable meals. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Hyperion, c2009.
Chef Jamie Oliver presents simple recipes for delicious, affordable meals that are easy to prepare, and encourages readers to pass on their favorite recipes and inspire a worldwide movement that will improve overall health and help stop the obesity epidemic.

641.561 JON
Jones, Judith, 1924-. The pleasures of cooking for one. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
Collects recipes for dishes suitable for one person, including the utilization of leftover poultry, meat, and fish dishes; seasonal soups; vegetables, salads, and sauces; pasta, rice, and grains, and various desserts.

644 CON
Amann, Jennifer Thorne. Consumer guide to home energy savings. 9th ed. Washington, D.C. : American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, c2007.
How efficient are front-load washing machines? When is it time to replace your old refrigerator? These questions and many more are answered in The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, a one-stop resource for consumers who want to improve their home's energy performance and reduce costs. Zeroing in on the most useful response can be a challenge; this ninth edition cuts through the confusion.

644 STO
Stoyke, Godo, 1963-. The Carbon Buster's home energy handbook : slowing climate change and saving money. Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2007.
Most people are unaware that environmental problems such as climate change can be easily avoided, at a profit, through the intelligent application of appropriate technology. The Carbon Buster's Handbook describes how to achieve this goal in the residential field. The handbook reveals North America's best-kept investment secret: that the highest rates of return can be found not at your bank, but in your home! Environmental problems such as climate change can be easily avoided, at a profit, through the intelligent application of appropriate technology. The first book in North America to provide a detailed carbon accounting of a family's carbon emissions and how to reduce them, it systematically analyzes energy costs and evaluates which measures yield the highest returns for the environment and the pocketbook. It provides answers to questions such as: Which measure is more effective: putting solar panels on your roof, or buying a hybrid car? Where do I need to invest first: in high-efficiency shower-heads, or solar tubes? Is a 500 dollar fridge that uses 800 kWh of power per year a good buy? The book allows individuals to quickly and accurately assess which products are a good deal and which aren't. It systematically analyzes residential carbon emissions and energy costs and prioritizes solutions based on highest carbon reductions and monetary returns, yielding results that are often surprising. While government savings bonds may yield a financial return of around 5% per annum, and pension funds in 2005 yielded 11%, the Carbon-Buster strategies described in this book have an average annual return of 32%. The book enables readers to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions far below the levels targeted under the Kyoto Protocol. At the same time, readers implementing the recommendations will save an average of US 15,000 dollars in energy costs over the next five years.

646.7 KEL
Kelly, Clinton. Freakin' fabulous : how to dress, speak, behave, eat, drink, entertain, decorate, and generally be better than everyone else. 1st ed. New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2008.
Clinton Kelly, host of TLC's "What Not to Wear", offers practical advice to help men and women look their best, sound smart, behave better, entertain guests, and be the most fabulous person they can be.

650.1 TES
Tesh, John. Intelligence for your life : powerful lessons for personal growth. Nashville, Tenn. : Thomas Nelson, c2008.
Radio host John Tesh draws from his own experiences as well as the thoughts of experts on interpersonal relationships, health and fitness, spiritual awareness, work, and other areas, to offer advice on how to live a life of intelligence, purpose, and passion.

741.5973 FOS
Foster, Harold, 1892-. Prince Valiant. 1st ed. Seattle : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.
Collects the early adventures of the young Prince Valiant, while he explores his new home in the fen marshes where he learns to hunt from a native boy, and later befriends Sir Gawain, Sir Tristram, and others; and includes a brief biography and interview with Hal Foster that features black-and-white photographs.

741.5973 MAZ
Mazzucchelli, David. Asterios Polyp. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
A graphic novel in which Asterios Polyp, an award-winning architect who has never had one of his designs built, loses his home to a fire on his fiftieth birthday and sets out in search of love, meaning, and a new life.

745.592 BRO
Brown, Ellen Lumpkin, 1956-. Doll fashionistas : sewing stylish dolls and their wardrobes. Cincinnati, Ohio : Krause Publications, c2009.
Step-by-step instructions, photographs, and illustrations explain how to create customized dolls with fashionable accessories. Includes patterns, expert tips, and a DVD demonstrating all of the covered techniques.

745.592 GAD
Gadia-Smitley, Roselyn. Dolls' clothes pattern book. New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c1987.
Full-scale patterns and easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of colorful, original designs.

745.592 PEA
Peake, Pamela. The complete book of dollmaking : a practical step-by-step guide to more than 50 traditional and contemporary techniques. New York : Watson-Guptill, 1997.
More than 50 practical dollmaking techniques, from homely cloth and spoon dolls to sophisticated armature and bisque dolls.

746.43 BET
Better homes and gardens knitting year-round. Des Moines, IA : Better Homes and Gardens Books, c2003.
A guide to knitting for every season that includes seventy-five projects, ranging from easy to advanced, for wearables for babies, children, men, women, and pets.

746.43 LYS
Lystrup, Lise-Lotte. Vintage knitwear for modern knitters. New York : Thames & Hudson, 2008.
The knitters of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s needed no reminding that knitting is hugely rewarding. They knew it could be glamorous too, and wore with pride the elegant garments they had crafted. In Vintage Knitwear, the designs have been carefully adapted for contemporary knitters: they use modern yarns, the patterns have been subtly simplified, and instructions are given for six different sizes. There are options for the novice, intermediate, and experienced knitter, with each pattern graded with one, two, or three balls of wool according to level of difficulty. The new garments are pictured alongside reproductions from the vintage patterns that inspired them. This charming book is sure to inspire knitters and would-be knitters to take up their needles in pursuit of the authentic elegance of a bygone era. 101 illustrations, 67 in color.

791.4372 HER
Herzog, Werner, 1942-. Conquest of the useless : reflections from the making of Fitzcarraldo. 1st ed. New York : Ecco, c2009.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog chronicles the making of his film "Fitzcarraldo" about a hopeful rubber baron who pulled a steamship over a hill in order to access a rich rubber territory, describing the hardships he faced throughout the film's production.

793.73 DRA
Drabble, Margaret, 1939-. The pattern in the carpet : a personal history with jigsaws. 1st U.S. ed. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Margaret Drabble, an English novelist, describes spending time as a child with her aunt in Long Bennington and her life-long fondness for jigsaw puzzles, along with her thoughts on the importance of childhood play, art, writing, aging, and memory.

796.3236 JAM
James, LeBron. Shooting stars. New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Provides an account of the Shooting Stars, a group of boys from Akron, Ohio, including NBA star LeBron James, who first met on a youth basketball team and formed lasting bonds of friendship while growing up and aspiring to win a national title in high school.

796.3236 SIM
Simmons, Bill, 1969-. The book of basketball : the NBA according to the sports guy. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine/ESPN Books, c2009.
Presents a discussion of a wide variety of topics pertaining to professional basketball, covering the best players and teams, reevaluating the NBA Hall of Fame inductee system, and examining the secret of the game through a conversation with an NBA superstar.

796.64 BYR
Byrne, David, 1952-. Bicycle diaries. New York : Viking, 2009.
David Byrne, former frontman for the Talking Heads, shares his thoughts on bicycling through cities around the world, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of getting around on two wheels, and sharing his insights on some of the problems plaguing urban areas, art, class systems, self-censorship, and other topics.

811.54 WRI
Wright, Franz, 1953-. Wheeling motel : poems. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2009.
A collection of poems from Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet Franz Wright, in which he reflects on his past and expresses acceptance about the future.

814.6 CRO
Cross, David, 1964-. I drink for a reason. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Presents an array of essays and satirical fiction that criticizes politics, the media, celebrities, religion, and other topics with the author's unique brand of scathing humor.

818.5409 AME
Ames, Jonathan. The double life is twice as good. 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Collects essays, cartoons, and short fiction from Jonathan Ames that discuss the U.S. Open, a Goth music festival, speaking to a gathering of corduroy lovers, and more.

823.8 STA
Standiford, Les. The man who invented Christmas : how Charles Dickens's A Christmas carol rescued his career and revived our holiday spirits. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, c2008.
Traces the many influences in Charles Dickens's life that led to his writing the classic holiday story, "A Christmas Carol."

914.4 FOD
Fodor's France. New York, : D. McKay.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in France!

914.6 FOD
Fodor's Spain. New York : D. McKay.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Spain!

917.204 FOD
Fodor's Mexico. New York, : Fodor's Travel Publications [etc.].
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Mexico!

917.296 FOD
Fodor's Bahamas. New York, N.Y. : Fodor's Travel Guides, c1985
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Bahamas! 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!

920 AND LP
Andersen, Christopher P. Barack and Michelle : portrait of an American marriage. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York : HarperLuxe, c2009.
Presents a close examination of Barack and Michelle Obama's relationship and marriage, with insights about each of their backgrounds and the struggles and achievements that have solidified their bond with each other.

920 SOS
Soskice, Janet Martin. The sisters of Sinai : how two lady adventurers discovered the Hidden Gospels. 1st American ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Chronicles the lives and accomplishments of Agnes and Margaret Smith, the twin sisters and Semitic scholars who discovered the earliest Syriac version of the Gospels, and describes the sisters' travels to the Middle East, and related topics.

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

921 BAUM
Rogers, Katharine M. L. Frank Baum, creator of Oz. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2002.
Chronicles the life of L. Frank Baum, discussing his childhood, the inspirations for his Oz books, his personal relationships, his other literary achievements, and other related topics.

921 DIRAC
Farmelo, Graham. The strangest man : the hidden life of Paul Dirac, mystic of the atom. New York : Basic Books, 2009.
Chronicles the life and work of Paul Dirac, focusing on his work in various scientific fields, including his role in the discovery of quantum mechanics, his prediction of antimatter, his work with Einstein, and other related topics.

921 DISKI
Diski, Jenny. The sixties. 1st Picador ed. New York : Picador, 2009.
The author provides a reassessment of the social, political, and personal meaning of the 1960s from the perspective of London.

921 FRIEND
Friend, Tad. Cheerful money : me, my family, and the last days of Wasp splendor. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Tad Friend recounts his own family's history, recounting his grandparents' brushes with greatness, his parents' failings and successes, and his own struggles to reconcile his Wasp ascendancy with his family's tendencies towards drunkenness, depression, and derangement.

921 GELLHORN
Moorehead, Caroline. Gellhorn : a twentieth-century life. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2003.
Chronicles the life of twentieth-century war correspondent Martha Gellhorn, covering such topics as her St. Louis childhood, her experiences in the Spanish Civil War and other conflicts, and her troubled marriage to Ernest Hemingway.

921 HOGAN
Hogan, Hulk, 1953-. My life outside the ring. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Hulk Hogan shares the stories behind some of the most important moments in his life and career, discussing his difficult youth, his involvement in wrestling, the Hogan family's successful reality show, the car accident that landed his son in jail, the destruction of his marriage, and his spiritual enlightenment.

921 JACKSON LP
Meacham, Jon. American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House. 1st large print ed. New York : Random House Large Print, c2008.
Details the life of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, and focuses on his political actions and choices that shaped the White House and inspired the later presidents--including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and others.

921 JANZEN
Janzen, Rhoda. Mennonite in a little black dress : a memoir of going home. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
The author describes how after a series of life-altering events, including her husband of fifteen years announcing his homosexuality and near-fatal car accident, the California poet journeys back to her family to heal within the Mennonite community that she had parted with years before.

921 PALIN
Palin, Sarah, 1964-. Going rogue : an American life. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin shares details about her life, family, and political career, describes her views on faith and the trials of being a high-profile working mother.

921 REICHL LP
Reichl, Ruth. Not becoming my mother : and other things she taught me along the way. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
In Not Becoming My Mother, bestselling author Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own.

921 RUDNICK
Rudnick, Paul. I shudder : and other reactions to life, death, and New Jersey. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
Collects fifteen essays in which humor writer Paul Rudnick muses on various topics, including his family and growing up in New Jersey.

921 WHITE
White, Edmund, 1940-. City boy : my life in New York during the 1960s and '70s. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2009.
A memoir in which the author discusses his life and work in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s, covering his work as an editor, novelist, and critic and interactions with various literary figures.

940.421 MUR
Murphy, Jim, 1947-. Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting. New York : Scholastic Press, c2009.
Tells the story of the December 25, 1914 truce between German and British soldiers as they laid down their weapons and met in No Man's Land to celebrate Christmas.

940.53 CHI
Chiger, Krystyna, 1935-. The girl in the green sweater : a life in Holocaust's shadow. 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009, c2008.
Krystyna Chiger describes growing up during the Holocaust in Lvov, Poland, and details her memories after her family decided to go into hiding inside the city's sewer system, and describes Leopold Socha, the Polish Catholic man--and former thief--who risked everything to help them.

940.5318 PRO
Prose, Francine, 1947-. Anne Frank : the book, the life, the afterlife. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2009.
The author examines the context of Anne Frank's diary, discussing Frank's narrative voice, characterizations, dialogue, and other stylistic qualities, along with evidence of revisions Frank made prior to her arrest that imply an intent to publish.

941.105 WEI
Weir, Alison. Mary, Queen of Scots, and the murder of Lord Darnley. Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2009, c2003.
Uses historical documents to attempt to solve the mysterious death of Lord Darnley, whose murder led to Mary, Queen of Scots’ ruin and has baffled historians for centuries.

973.DAV LP
Davis, Kenneth C. America's hidden history : untold tales of the first Pilgrims, fighting women, and forgotten founders who shaped a nation. 1st HarperLuxe ed. New York : HarperLuxe, c2008.
Contains stories from early American history, including the French Huguenots arrival in America, the story behind the pigs carried by Columbus that might have been responsible for the disease that spread throughout the Native American population, and the lesser known background of George Washington.

973.713 FOR
Ford, Lacy K. Deliver us from evil : the slavery question in the old south. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
A comprehensive narrative on the white South's efforts to justify the economic, political, and social necessity of slavery during the early nineteenth century, and describes the varying debates on the subject between the upper and lower South.

973.92 KLO
Klosterman, Chuck, 1972-. Eating the dinosaur. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
Presents a discussion of a variety of topics pertaining to popular culture and dynamics between people's expectations and reality with regard to politics, entertainment, sports, consumerism, and modern life.

973.932 MAL
Malkin, Michelle. Culture of corruption : Obama and his team of tax cheats, crooks, and cronies. Washington, DC : Regnery Pub., c2009.
An indictment of U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration, providing evidence to support the author's contention that Obama's team is rife with nepotism, a lack of ethics, unaccountable appointees, tax evasion, and greed.

AUDIO-VISUAL

CD 306.87 VIO
Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the wonderful, marvelous, excellent, terrific ninety days : [an almost completely honest account of what happened to our family when our youngest son, his wife, and their baby, their toddler, and their five-year old came to live with us for three months]. [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, p2007.
Reading by Laural Merlington of the 2007 book. Viorst relates her experience with having her youngest son and his family live with her.

CD 921 CHENOWETH
Chenoweth, Kristin. A little bit wicked : [life, love, and faith in stages]. Carol Stream, IL : Springwater, 2009.
Read by the author. In this frank and funny memoir, the Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen shares her journey from small-town Oklahoma to big-time Broadway.

CD BLA
Black, Benjamin, 1945-. The lemur : [a novel]. New York : Macmillan Audio, p2008.
Read by John Keating. John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable, having given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. When a shifty young researcher whom he calls 'The Lemur," turns up some unflattering information about the family, Glass's whole easy existence is threatened.

CD CLA
Clark, Carol Higgins. Popped : [a Regan Reilly mystery]. New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2003.
Read by the author. Private detective Regan Reilly flies to Las Vegas to help an old school chum, who is producing the pilot of a reality television show. Someone is trying to sabotage the show, and Regan is determined to stop the saboteur and keep the show on schedule.

CD CUS
Cussler, Clive. The navigator : [a novel from the NUMA files]. New York : Penguin Audio, p2007.
Read by Scott Brick. Someone has killed for a statue stolen from the Baghdad Museum years ago, and the NUMA team must find why.

CD DOL
Dolan, Harry. Bad things happen : a novel. New York, NY : Penguin Audio, p2009.
Read by Erik Davies. When Tom Kristoll, mystery magazine publisher, is murdered, David Loogan, a friend to Tom and a lover to Tom's wife, teams up with Ann Arbor's finest detective, Elizabeth Waishkey, to find the culprit. Loogan, a recluse with a broken past, believes Tom's death is just one piece in a grand puzzle. And as the body count rises, his theory proves right. As suspicions fall on everyone including Loogan, Waishkey must not only solve the homicide mysteries, but also figure out her perplexing cohort.

CD KEN
Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965-. Bad moon rising. [New York, N.Y.] : Macmillan Audio, p2009.
Read by Holter Graham. "In the 28th installment of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series, Aimee Peltier of the Bear Clan takes in the wounded werewolf, Fang Kattalakis, and inexplicably falls in love with him. Fang, a brother of the powerful law-enforcing group Omegrion, also struggles to deny his feelings for his caretaker. While the two know they can never be together, they're forced to make difficult decisions when war breaks, questionable alliances are formed, and both Aimee and Fang's lives are endangered."--Container.

CD LAR
Larson, Erik. Thunderstruck. Abridged ed. [New York, NY] : Random House Audio, 2006.
Tells the parallel stories of the skepticism and incredulity that accompanied Guglielmo Marconi's invention of wireless communication in the late nineteenth century, and the investigation of the murder of an inconvenient wife by her love-starved husband, Dr. H.H. Crippen, who would likely have pulled off the perfect crime had it not been for the ability to send wireless transatlantic transmissions. Read by Tony Goldwyn.

CD PER
Perrotta, Tom, 1961-. The abstinence teacher. New York, N.Y. : Audio Renaissance, p2007.
Read by Campbell Scott. Ruth Ramsey, the human sexuality teacher at the local high school, butts heads with the soccer coach, Tim Mason, a former addict who became an evangelical Christian after hitting rock bottom.

CD PET
Peters, Elizabeth. The laughter of dead kings. Unabridged. New York : HarperAudio, p2008.
Performed by Barbara Rosenblat. Vicky's love is suspected in the theft of an Egyptian antiquity and he is determined to prove his innocence.

CD TUR
Turtledove, Harry. Opening Atlantis : a novel of alternate history. [S.l.] : Tantor Media Inc., 2007.
Todd McLaren. Atlantis lies between Europe and the east coast of Terranova. For many years, the vast natural resources of this land of opportunity have lured dreamers from around the globe, offering a new beginning for those willing to brave the wonders of the unexplored territory. But will its settlers destroy the very wonders they journeyed to Atlantis to find?

DVD 793.3 DAN
Dancing with the stars latin cardio dance. [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Lions Gate Entertainment, c2008.
Dance yourself slim with four sizzling and sexy Latin dance routines that feature some of the best fat-burning moves from the show. Includes a specialized toning workout that dancers use to sculpt and lengthen their muscles. No partner needed!

DVD 6137.7 JOE
Firming after 50 : a complete upper and lower body workout. [Wixom, MI] : DPTV Media, c2009.
Instructor, Joel Harper ; intro with Drs. Michael Rosen and Mehmet Oz. From firming and shaping the entire body to building cardio strength to advanced relaxation techniques, this series shows how to use yoga to help tone and firm your whole body and achieve total fitness. Useful for both beginners and advanced users.

DVD AGA
Against a crooked sky : Guns of the revolution ; Blue steel : 3 full-length features. [United States] : Dreamline, [2008]. .
Against a crooked sky stars Richard Boone. A strange and mysterious Indian tribe kidnaps the daughter of a pioneer family. The oldest son goes after the Indians. When he finds them, the only way to free his sister is by passing the test of the "crooked sky". Guns of the revolution stars Ernest Borgnine. Borgnine stars as the "general" in this classic western film. Blue steel stars John Wayne as U.S. Marshal, John Carruthers. Carruthers observes a robbery and Sheriff Jake thinks the Marshal may be the bandit.

DVD BES
The best of the Dean Martin variety show. [S.l.] : Distributed by Guthy-Renker, c2003.
"The best of the Dean Martin variety show, assembled by producer-director Greg Garrison, contains exclusive footage from the popular variety show series. Included in this irresistible blend of classic entertainment are many of Dean's celebrity guests over the years"--Container.

DVD CAV
The cave of the yellow dog : Höhle des gelben Hundes. Widescreen. [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Tartan Video, [2006].
A little girl in a family of nomads in Mongolia finds herself at odds with her family when she brings home a dog her father is certain killed their sheep, and he will not allow her to keep it.

DVD CHI
Chisum. [Burbank, CA] : Warner Home Video, [c2003].
A successful cattle rancher battles with corrupt government officials and their stooges.

DVD COM
Combat diary. [Burlington, VT] : [New York] : A&E Television Networks ; Marketed and distributed in the U.S. by New Video, [2006].
A personal look from the soldiers' point of view of the war in Iraq. Shot firsthand by the soldiers of Lima Company, the hardest hit combat unit in Iraq.

DVD GUY
A guy thing. Special ed. [United States] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2003], c2002.
Paul is a regular guy who is engaged to marry Karen. Shortly before the wedding, Paul's friends throw him a bachelor party. Paul strikes up a conversation with one of the dancers, Becky, and the next morning, he wakes up bleary-eyed with a massive hangover and Becky in bed next to him. Karen comes over and Paul attempts to explain some incriminating evidence with a few white lies, but this messy situation gets messier when Paul runs into Becky at a pre-wedding family get-together ... and discovers she's Karen's cousin.

DVD MID S.13 Midsomer murders. Widescreen. Silver Spring, MD : Distributed by Acorn Media, [2009].
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Dance with the dead: A young man's apparent suicide leads Barnaby and his team searching for the man's missing girlfriend and ballroom dance partner. Animal within: When a woman presumed dead in a plane crash visits her uncle's estate three years later, she surprises everyone there, but it's an even greater shock when the uncle is murdered without a clear heir. King's crystal: Barnaby investigates a bitter feud at the heart of a family-owned glassworks involving the death of the family accountant. Axeman cometh: An aging band making a comeback tour stops for a concert in Midsomer, but someone's out to murder the band members one by one.

DVD MON
Monty Python's flying circus : Graham Chapman's personal best. [New York] : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2006.
A selection of some of Graham Chapman's best comedy sketches from the Monty Python television program, selected by the five Pythons.

DVD MON Terry Gilliam's personal best. Standard format. New York : New Video, c2006.
A collection of Terry Gilliam’s animated shorts from the television program Monty Python's flying circus.

DVD NOR
Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest. 50th anniversary ed. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009].
Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies led by Philip Vandamm, who believes Thornhill is CIA agent George Kaplan. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall. In Chicago, she delivers a message to Kaplan that almost costs Thornhill his life when he is chased across a cornfield by a crop-dusting plane.

DVD ROO
Roots : the next generations. Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.

DVD SAG
Sagebrush trail : The dawn rider. Full frame. New York, N.Y. : GoodTimes Entertainment, c2002.
In Sagebrush trail, a man wrongfully convicted of murder in Baltimore breaks out of prison and heads west. In The dawn rider, a man hunts down the bandits who shot his father.

DVD SEI S.8
Seinfeld : Season 8. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007].
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends. In this season, Jerry runs into old girlfriend Dolores, Elaine has to take charge at work, George copes with Susan's death, and Kramer switches personalities with Jerry.

DVD VEN Vengeance Valley. [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview Productions., c2004, 1951.
A ranch foreman (Lancaster) is continually battling his wayward brother (Walker) in this melodramatic tale of the western range.

New Materials - December 2009

BROWNELL LIBRARY
NEW TITLES, DECEMBER 2009

FICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


NON-FICTION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


REFERENCE

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

AUDIO-VISUAL

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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