Monday, October 13, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Banned Books Presentation
"Restriction of free throught and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us." ~Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
Alliance Public Library Special Event!
Wally Seiler Discusses
Banned Books
Friday, October 24th at Noon
Alliance Learning Center
Community Rooms
Alliance Public Library Special Event!
Wally Seiler Discusses
Banned Books
Friday, October 24th at Noon
Alliance Learning Center
Community Rooms
October Display
Stop in this October to see the Halloween Village collection of Valerie Keenan. It features numerous houses and figurines, some of which were handpainted by Valerie and her family, and includes a haunted mansion complete with monsters, a pumpkin train and a Halloween Town! Pieces will be showcased through the end of October.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Bestsellers
The Books Most Borrowed in U.S. Libraries
* Indicates books owned by the Alliance Public Library
Fiction
*1. Sail, James Patterson & Howard Roughan
*2. Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel, Janet Evanovich
*3. Sundays at Tiffany's, James Patterson
*4. The Appeal, John Grisham
*5. The Whole Truth, David Baldacci
*6. 7th Heavan, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*7. Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark
*8. The Front, Patricia Cornwell
*9. Mothing to Lose: A Jack Reacher Novel, Lee Child
*10. Rogue, Danielle Steel
*11. Tribute, Nora Roberts
*12. Phantom Prey, John Sandford
*13. TailSpin: An FBI Thriller, Catherine Coulter
*14. Change of Heart, Jodi Picoult
*15. Hold Tight, Harlan Coben
Non-Fiction
*1. Audition: A Memoir, Barbara Walters
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
*3. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, Eckhart Tolle,
4. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School as a Time
5. The LAst Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
*6. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
7. sTORI Telling , Tori Spelling
8. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Chelsea Handler
*9. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
*10. The Glass Castle: a Memoir, Jeanette Walls.
*11. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Barack Obama
12. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
13. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan
14. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan
*15. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama
The above information hase been compiled by Library Journal from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban and rural libraries.
* Indicates books owned by the Alliance Public Library
Fiction
*1. Sail, James Patterson & Howard Roughan
*2. Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel, Janet Evanovich
*3. Sundays at Tiffany's, James Patterson
*4. The Appeal, John Grisham
*5. The Whole Truth, David Baldacci
*6. 7th Heavan, James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
*7. Where Are You Now? Mary Higgins Clark
*8. The Front, Patricia Cornwell
*9. Mothing to Lose: A Jack Reacher Novel, Lee Child
*10. Rogue, Danielle Steel
*11. Tribute, Nora Roberts
*12. Phantom Prey, John Sandford
*13. TailSpin: An FBI Thriller, Catherine Coulter
*14. Change of Heart, Jodi Picoult
*15. Hold Tight, Harlan Coben
Non-Fiction
*1. Audition: A Memoir, Barbara Walters
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris
*3. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, Eckhart Tolle,
4. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School as a Time
5. The LAst Lecture, Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
*6. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, Elizabeth Gilbert
7. sTORI Telling , Tori Spelling
8. Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea. Chelsea Handler
*9. The Secret, Rhonda Byrne
*10. The Glass Castle: a Memoir, Jeanette Walls.
*11. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Barack Obama
12. The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
13. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan
14. What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception, Scott McClellan
*15. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, Barack Obama
The above information hase been compiled by Library Journal from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban and rural libraries.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Banned Books Week September 27th - October 4th
Stop by the Library and check out our selection of banned books, which include titles such as Harry Potter, Tom Sawyer, Little House on the Prairie, The Freedom Writers Diary, To Kill a Mockingbird and more!
The display can be found just inside the main doors.
September 23, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
September 23, 2008
FICTION
WHERE MEMORIES LIE by Deborah Crombie: Inspector Gemma James and Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid investigate suspicious deaths surrounding the auction of a diamond brooch which had been stolen years earlier from a woman who escaped Nazi Germany.
A POISONED MIND by Natasha Cooper: In spite of the barristers’ rule that any suitably qualified member of the Bar who is free to take an offered case must do so, QC Trish Maguire can’t quite understand how her head of chambers, Anthony Shelley, can accept a case defending a corrupt company. So when Anthony is nearly killed in an accident, Trish is faced with a painful dilemma.
MY SISTER, MY LOVE by Joyce Carol Oates: Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike looks back on the ten years since the murder of his younger sister Bliss, a rising figure skater whose unsolved death created a media circus that destroyed his parents' marriage and cast suspicion on him, keeping him from finding any sense of normalcy in his life.
THE LIKENESS by Tana French: Detective Cassie Maddox is called back in to the murder squad by her lover Sam O'Neill to investigate the stabbing of a female graduate student who looks exactly like her, and when she goes undercover as the woman to draw out the killer, an old feud involving her new friends' comes to light and Cassie's involvement may become a liability.
MOSCOW RULES by Daniel Silva: Gabriel Allon goes to Russia, where power is on the rise in Moscow as Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB officer who runs a global investment empire to hide his arms dealership, does business with al-Qaeda; Allon tries to learn the details of the transaction to prevent another terrorist attack.
ONE OF THOSE MALIBU NIGHTS by Elizabeth Adler: Malibu detective Mac Reilly must turn to his on-again, off-again lover Sunny Alvarez for help after he is nearly killed by a beautiful, gun-waving woman who subsequently disappears, leaving the weapon behind in his car.
COCKATIELS AT SEVEN by Donna Andrews: After reluctantly agreeing to babysit her friend Karen's two-year-old son, Meg Langslow is worried when Karen never returns to pick up her child, and suspecting foul play decides to retrace her friend's steps from the previous day.
THE SAND CASTLE by Rita Mae Brown: Seven-year-old Nickel Smith spends the day at the beach with her mother, Juts, her aunt, Wheezie, and her aunt's eight-year-old grandson, Leroy, who recently lost his mother, listening to the women talk about their childhoods and building a sand castle.
ANCIENT HIGHWAY by Bret Lott: Follows the lives of three generations of the family of Earl Holmes, who runs away from his Texas home to seek stardom in Hollywood; and continues through his daughter and finally his grandson, who determines to bring together the estranged family.
AMERICA AMERICA by Ethan Canlin: Corey Sifter overcomes his modest beginnings to become an aide for a powerful presidential candidate, and finds himself drawn into a complex web of political intrigue, lies, sex, and scandal.
THE LEGAL LIMIT by Martin Clark: Gates Hunt, a compulsive felon, uses an old family secret to manipulate his brother Mason, who became a judge and led a happy married life, and coerce him into using his influence to spring him from prison.
THE LAST PATRIOT by Brad Thor: Former Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is drawn back into his old life when he saves University of Virginia professor Anthony Nichols from an assassin's bomb in Paris and becomes involved in trying to uncover the final and startling revelation of the prophet Mohammed which, if revealed, will transform Islam.
COLLISION by Jeff Abbott: Ben Forsberg, a successful corporate consultant, and a former CIA agent known as Pilgrim, must work together to discover who is trying to kill them, and find themselves in the middle of an international conspiracy.
RIVEN by Jerry B. Jenkins: When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected.
September 23, 2008
FICTION
WHERE MEMORIES LIE by Deborah Crombie: Inspector Gemma James and Scotland Yard's Duncan Kincaid investigate suspicious deaths surrounding the auction of a diamond brooch which had been stolen years earlier from a woman who escaped Nazi Germany.
A POISONED MIND by Natasha Cooper: In spite of the barristers’ rule that any suitably qualified member of the Bar who is free to take an offered case must do so, QC Trish Maguire can’t quite understand how her head of chambers, Anthony Shelley, can accept a case defending a corrupt company. So when Anthony is nearly killed in an accident, Trish is faced with a painful dilemma.
MY SISTER, MY LOVE by Joyce Carol Oates: Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike looks back on the ten years since the murder of his younger sister Bliss, a rising figure skater whose unsolved death created a media circus that destroyed his parents' marriage and cast suspicion on him, keeping him from finding any sense of normalcy in his life.
THE LIKENESS by Tana French: Detective Cassie Maddox is called back in to the murder squad by her lover Sam O'Neill to investigate the stabbing of a female graduate student who looks exactly like her, and when she goes undercover as the woman to draw out the killer, an old feud involving her new friends' comes to light and Cassie's involvement may become a liability.
MOSCOW RULES by Daniel Silva: Gabriel Allon goes to Russia, where power is on the rise in Moscow as Ivan Kharkov, a former KGB officer who runs a global investment empire to hide his arms dealership, does business with al-Qaeda; Allon tries to learn the details of the transaction to prevent another terrorist attack.
ONE OF THOSE MALIBU NIGHTS by Elizabeth Adler: Malibu detective Mac Reilly must turn to his on-again, off-again lover Sunny Alvarez for help after he is nearly killed by a beautiful, gun-waving woman who subsequently disappears, leaving the weapon behind in his car.
COCKATIELS AT SEVEN by Donna Andrews: After reluctantly agreeing to babysit her friend Karen's two-year-old son, Meg Langslow is worried when Karen never returns to pick up her child, and suspecting foul play decides to retrace her friend's steps from the previous day.
THE SAND CASTLE by Rita Mae Brown: Seven-year-old Nickel Smith spends the day at the beach with her mother, Juts, her aunt, Wheezie, and her aunt's eight-year-old grandson, Leroy, who recently lost his mother, listening to the women talk about their childhoods and building a sand castle.
ANCIENT HIGHWAY by Bret Lott: Follows the lives of three generations of the family of Earl Holmes, who runs away from his Texas home to seek stardom in Hollywood; and continues through his daughter and finally his grandson, who determines to bring together the estranged family.
AMERICA AMERICA by Ethan Canlin: Corey Sifter overcomes his modest beginnings to become an aide for a powerful presidential candidate, and finds himself drawn into a complex web of political intrigue, lies, sex, and scandal.
THE LEGAL LIMIT by Martin Clark: Gates Hunt, a compulsive felon, uses an old family secret to manipulate his brother Mason, who became a judge and led a happy married life, and coerce him into using his influence to spring him from prison.
THE LAST PATRIOT by Brad Thor: Former Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is drawn back into his old life when he saves University of Virginia professor Anthony Nichols from an assassin's bomb in Paris and becomes involved in trying to uncover the final and startling revelation of the prophet Mohammed which, if revealed, will transform Islam.
COLLISION by Jeff Abbott: Ben Forsberg, a successful corporate consultant, and a former CIA agent known as Pilgrim, must work together to discover who is trying to kill them, and find themselves in the middle of an international conspiracy.
RIVEN by Jerry B. Jenkins: When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected.
September 16, 2008 Book Worm
New CDs available at the library!
BOOK WORM
September 16, 2008
CDs
NONFICTION
FRANKLIN & LUCY by Joseph E. Persico: Persico examines the relationships that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had with several women in his life including Lucy Rutherfurd, Eleanor, and his mother.
THE NINEINSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT by Jeffrey Toobin: Draws on interviews with the nine justices of the Supreme Court to offer an inside look at the Court's complex dynamic and the changes that may be in store for key issues, including abortion, civil rights, and presidential power, after the 2008 presidential election.
FICTION
CARELESS IN RED by Elizabeth George: Grieving after the murder of his wife, Detective Thomas Lynley spends weeks hiking the coastline. Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. It becomes apparent that a killer is at work and Lynley is a witness and possibly a suspect.
SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S by James Patterson: Jane Margaux has an imaginary friend when she is very young and lonely. He is handsome, comforting, funny and perfect. When she is in her 30's and a success, she is still lonely. Then she meets a man -- handsome, comforting, funny, and perfect.
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL by James Rollins: Indy is captured by Russian soldiers lead by a sinister, but stunning, colonel as they invade U.S. soil in search of a valuable relic. Indy turns the tables on them and narrowly escapes death, but is thought to be a spy and is fired from his job. Suddenly he is pulled back into the action when a colleague is kidnapped and Indy ends up in the Amazon in a rematch with the Russian colonel.
THE GINGERBREAD GIRL by Stephen King: Emily starts running after the sudden death of her baby. Soon she runs from everything to a shack on the beach. One day she sees something in the driveway of a neighbor and he is willing to kill to protect his secret. The only thing that may save her is her legs.
THE FRONT by Patricia Cornwell: Investigator Win Garano is sent by D.A. Lamont to a declining neighborhood to come up with a "drama" as part of a new public relations campaign. Garano is skeptical because the town is a home base for a loose association of municipal police called the FRONT.
SKELETONS AT THE FEAST by Chris Bohjalian: In the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives to escape the Third Reich and reach the British lines. Anna, a Prussian aristocrat, Callum a prisoner of war and Manfred a Wehrmacht corporal (or escaped Jew) is tested in love, friendship and survival.
THE LADY ELIZABETH by Alison Weir: Depicts the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England's most intriguing and powerful queen.
A PRISONER OF BIRTH by Jeffrey Archer: Danny Cartwright is arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But he didn't do it and no one believes him but his girlfriend, Beth. Everyone underestimates Danny's determination to see revenge and Beth's relentless quest to pursue justice.
AN UNEXPECTED SONG by Iris Johansen: Jason is looking for a star singer for his new play and finds the perfect woman in Daisy. But, Jason is being stalked by a killer and Daisy decides to save him, putting her in danger and Jason tries to save her.
DAKOTA by Martha Grimes: Andi Oliver, amnesiac and drifter, is still running from the memory of an occurrence in a bed-and-breakfast. She invents her past as she travels through Idaho, Montana and North Dakota. After she gets a job at a pig farm, she discovers truths about the operation. Then a stranger shows up demanding answers of which she has no memory.
NOTHING TO LOSE by Lee Child: Jack Reacher proves the truth of the old adage about the dangers of a man with nothing to lose when he walks the twelve miles between the towns of Hope and Despair looking for a cup of coffee only to encounter hostility, a vagrancy charge, and an order to move on.
PLAGUE SHIP by Clive Cussler: Juan Cabrillo and his crew discover a cruise ship with hundreds of bodies on its deck. As he tries to find the cause, he and the only surviving passenger barely escape with their lives. Cabrillo finds himself plunged into an intricate, perilous and monstrous mystery.
BOOK WORM
September 16, 2008
CDs
NONFICTION
FRANKLIN & LUCY by Joseph E. Persico: Persico examines the relationships that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had with several women in his life including Lucy Rutherfurd, Eleanor, and his mother.
THE NINEINSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT by Jeffrey Toobin: Draws on interviews with the nine justices of the Supreme Court to offer an inside look at the Court's complex dynamic and the changes that may be in store for key issues, including abortion, civil rights, and presidential power, after the 2008 presidential election.
FICTION
CARELESS IN RED by Elizabeth George: Grieving after the murder of his wife, Detective Thomas Lynley spends weeks hiking the coastline. Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. It becomes apparent that a killer is at work and Lynley is a witness and possibly a suspect.
SUNDAYS AT TIFFANY’S by James Patterson: Jane Margaux has an imaginary friend when she is very young and lonely. He is handsome, comforting, funny and perfect. When she is in her 30's and a success, she is still lonely. Then she meets a man -- handsome, comforting, funny, and perfect.
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL by James Rollins: Indy is captured by Russian soldiers lead by a sinister, but stunning, colonel as they invade U.S. soil in search of a valuable relic. Indy turns the tables on them and narrowly escapes death, but is thought to be a spy and is fired from his job. Suddenly he is pulled back into the action when a colleague is kidnapped and Indy ends up in the Amazon in a rematch with the Russian colonel.
THE GINGERBREAD GIRL by Stephen King: Emily starts running after the sudden death of her baby. Soon she runs from everything to a shack on the beach. One day she sees something in the driveway of a neighbor and he is willing to kill to protect his secret. The only thing that may save her is her legs.
THE FRONT by Patricia Cornwell: Investigator Win Garano is sent by D.A. Lamont to a declining neighborhood to come up with a "drama" as part of a new public relations campaign. Garano is skeptical because the town is a home base for a loose association of municipal police called the FRONT.
SKELETONS AT THE FEAST by Chris Bohjalian: In the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives to escape the Third Reich and reach the British lines. Anna, a Prussian aristocrat, Callum a prisoner of war and Manfred a Wehrmacht corporal (or escaped Jew) is tested in love, friendship and survival.
THE LADY ELIZABETH by Alison Weir: Depicts the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England's most intriguing and powerful queen.
A PRISONER OF BIRTH by Jeffrey Archer: Danny Cartwright is arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But he didn't do it and no one believes him but his girlfriend, Beth. Everyone underestimates Danny's determination to see revenge and Beth's relentless quest to pursue justice.
AN UNEXPECTED SONG by Iris Johansen: Jason is looking for a star singer for his new play and finds the perfect woman in Daisy. But, Jason is being stalked by a killer and Daisy decides to save him, putting her in danger and Jason tries to save her.
DAKOTA by Martha Grimes: Andi Oliver, amnesiac and drifter, is still running from the memory of an occurrence in a bed-and-breakfast. She invents her past as she travels through Idaho, Montana and North Dakota. After she gets a job at a pig farm, she discovers truths about the operation. Then a stranger shows up demanding answers of which she has no memory.
NOTHING TO LOSE by Lee Child: Jack Reacher proves the truth of the old adage about the dangers of a man with nothing to lose when he walks the twelve miles between the towns of Hope and Despair looking for a cup of coffee only to encounter hostility, a vagrancy charge, and an order to move on.
PLAGUE SHIP by Clive Cussler: Juan Cabrillo and his crew discover a cruise ship with hundreds of bodies on its deck. As he tries to find the cause, he and the only surviving passenger barely escape with their lives. Cabrillo finds himself plunged into an intricate, perilous and monstrous mystery.
September 9, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
September 9, 2008
Fiction
LAST KISS by Luanne Rice: Nell Kilvert, a year after the death of her eighteen-year-old boyfriend Charlie Rosslare, asks Gavin Dawson -- Sheridan Rosslare's former lover, and Charlie's mother -- for help to uncover the truth behind Charlie's mysterious murder.
KILLER VIEW by Ridley Pearson: Sheriff Walt Fleming leads his search and rescue team, including Tommy Brandon and Mark Aker, in search of a missing skier at Sun Valley's Galena Summit, and when Mark gets killed, Walt follows the evidence to a large crime involving a biohazard at a local water-bottling plant.
CLOSE by Martina Cole: London drug kingpin Patrick Brodie finds his family and business life collide when new mobsters begin to take influence and members of his crew turn on him.
PALACE COUNCIL by Stephen L. Carter: Eddie Wesley, a young African-American writer, stumbles across the corpse of Wall Street attorney Philmont Castle and conducts an investigation of the murder after noticing a strange cross held by the victim, which leads him to a group of conspirators called the Palace Council.
THE DARK OF DAY by Barbara Parker: Miami defense attorney C.J. Dunn had thought her latest case would be simple, helping Rick Slater clear his name in the disappearance of a young model, but as she digs deeper into the case, C.J. discovers a disturbing link to her client, a pornographer, a runaway from C.J.'s hometown, and her lover.
MADE IN THE U.S.A. by Billie Letts: After their guardian dies, fifteen-year-old Lutie McFee and her nine-year-old brother decide to flee their hometown to avoid becoming wards of the state and head for Las Vegas in hopes of finding their estranged father.
WISHBONES by Carolyn Haines: Southern gal Sarah Booth Delaney packs up her hound dog and her P.I. business and sets off for Hollywood to take a shot at stardom. Thrilled as Sarah is, her dream come true comes at a price.
QUEEN OF BABBLE GETS HITCHED by Meg Cabot: Lizzie Nichols feels her life is finally on the right track, with a career she loves, the perfect fiancé, and a dream wedding in the works, but everything begins to fall apart when she finds herself falling for her fiancé’s best friend.
NONFICTION
BOOKS by Larry McMurtry: A memoir in which author Larry McMurtry discusses his lifelong engagement with books, telling of his experiences as a reader, writer, and collector.
LOOKING FOR ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by Irene Gammel: Chronicles the life of Lucy Maude Montgomery, the creator of the "Anne of Green Gables" novels, exploring how her experiences in a rural farmhouse on Prince Edward Island influenced her writing and sparked her imagination.
THE MARRIAGE BENEFIT by Mark O’Connell: This book is about how to make our relationships better than it is about how our relationships can make us better if we just work on our expectations and improve communications.
MAKING AUTISM A GIFT by Robert Evert Cimera: Explains how to focus on the positive while caring for children with autism in order to build their confidence and happiness; covers such topics as diagnosis, associated conditions, general behavioral issues, temper tantrums, social skills, communication, fears, fixations, routines, collaboration with educators, and life issues in adulthood, presenting strategies and resources.
September 9, 2008
Fiction
LAST KISS by Luanne Rice: Nell Kilvert, a year after the death of her eighteen-year-old boyfriend Charlie Rosslare, asks Gavin Dawson -- Sheridan Rosslare's former lover, and Charlie's mother -- for help to uncover the truth behind Charlie's mysterious murder.
KILLER VIEW by Ridley Pearson: Sheriff Walt Fleming leads his search and rescue team, including Tommy Brandon and Mark Aker, in search of a missing skier at Sun Valley's Galena Summit, and when Mark gets killed, Walt follows the evidence to a large crime involving a biohazard at a local water-bottling plant.
CLOSE by Martina Cole: London drug kingpin Patrick Brodie finds his family and business life collide when new mobsters begin to take influence and members of his crew turn on him.
PALACE COUNCIL by Stephen L. Carter: Eddie Wesley, a young African-American writer, stumbles across the corpse of Wall Street attorney Philmont Castle and conducts an investigation of the murder after noticing a strange cross held by the victim, which leads him to a group of conspirators called the Palace Council.
THE DARK OF DAY by Barbara Parker: Miami defense attorney C.J. Dunn had thought her latest case would be simple, helping Rick Slater clear his name in the disappearance of a young model, but as she digs deeper into the case, C.J. discovers a disturbing link to her client, a pornographer, a runaway from C.J.'s hometown, and her lover.
MADE IN THE U.S.A. by Billie Letts: After their guardian dies, fifteen-year-old Lutie McFee and her nine-year-old brother decide to flee their hometown to avoid becoming wards of the state and head for Las Vegas in hopes of finding their estranged father.
WISHBONES by Carolyn Haines: Southern gal Sarah Booth Delaney packs up her hound dog and her P.I. business and sets off for Hollywood to take a shot at stardom. Thrilled as Sarah is, her dream come true comes at a price.
QUEEN OF BABBLE GETS HITCHED by Meg Cabot: Lizzie Nichols feels her life is finally on the right track, with a career she loves, the perfect fiancé, and a dream wedding in the works, but everything begins to fall apart when she finds herself falling for her fiancé’s best friend.
NONFICTION
BOOKS by Larry McMurtry: A memoir in which author Larry McMurtry discusses his lifelong engagement with books, telling of his experiences as a reader, writer, and collector.
LOOKING FOR ANNE OF GREEN GABLES by Irene Gammel: Chronicles the life of Lucy Maude Montgomery, the creator of the "Anne of Green Gables" novels, exploring how her experiences in a rural farmhouse on Prince Edward Island influenced her writing and sparked her imagination.
THE MARRIAGE BENEFIT by Mark O’Connell: This book is about how to make our relationships better than it is about how our relationships can make us better if we just work on our expectations and improve communications.
MAKING AUTISM A GIFT by Robert Evert Cimera: Explains how to focus on the positive while caring for children with autism in order to build their confidence and happiness; covers such topics as diagnosis, associated conditions, general behavioral issues, temper tantrums, social skills, communication, fears, fixations, routines, collaboration with educators, and life issues in adulthood, presenting strategies and resources.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
July 1, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
July 1, 2008
FICTION
THE FRONT by Patricia Cornwell: Investigator Win Garano is sent by D.A. Lamont to a declining neighborhood to come up with a "drama" as part of a new public relations campaign. Garano is skeptical because the town is a home base for a loose association of municipal police called the FRONT.
SHADOW OF POWER by Steve Martini: Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar who craves headline-making celebrity. He resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson that threatens to divide the nation. When he is brutally murdered in California, defense attorney Madriani believes that the defendant is a pawn and there is much more to the case.
DEVIL MAY CARE by Sebastian Faulks: James Bond is assigned to shadow a mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed and has developed an interest in opiate derivatives. A chain of events threatens to lead to global catastrophe during the period of the Cold War.
THE SUSPECT by John Lescroart: Dr. Caryn Dryden is found dead in her hot tub. The number one suspect is her husband, Stuart Gorman, who stands to inherit millions but claims to have been miles away at his mountain cabin. Although attorney Gina Roake has never handled a homicide, she is eager to defend Gorman since his innocence seems so easy to prove. But things change quickly.
PRAIRIE SUNSETS by Scott E. Miller: Based on true events, picks up two years after Prairie Whispers and continues the adventures of the McKay family as they struggle to maintain their life on the prairies of Nebraska.
GHOST PIRATES AND OTHER TALES OF THE HIGH SEAS: Pirates. Ghost ships. Murder. Man-eating alligators. Bloody revenge. Put them all together and you’ve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written.
THE LOST CHOICE by Andy Andrews: Journalist Dorry Chandler takes a strange rock her son found to antiquities expert Dylan Langford and uncovers an ancient mystery that threatens Dorry's family and the history of mankind.
NONFICTION
QUESTIONS TO BRING YOU CLOSER TO DAD by Stuart Gustafson: Carefully selected compelling and thought-provoking questions designed to spark meaningful discussions.
THE ANGER CURE by Kathleen O’Bannon: Provides a series of tests to help you understand what's causing your anger problem, then guides you through a series of lifestyle changes necessary to cure it. Problems might include, biological, nutritional or psychological factors.
FRONTIER MADAM by June Willson Read: The year was 1919, and the small town of Lusk, Wyoming, was on the verge of an oil boom, ready to explode with an influx of lonely roughnecks and roustabouts. A young entrepreneur calling herself Dell Burke smelled an opportunity.
COUNSELOR by Ted Sorensen: There will never be another speechwriter like Ted Sorensen, if only because there will never be a relationship like the one between Sorensen and John F. Kennedy. Burnout sets in earlier, and few writers’ stay with a politician for anything like the length of time Sorensen worked for Kennedy.
NATURAL THERAPIES FOR EMPHYSEMA AND COPD by Robert J. Green: Presents a commonsense approach to managing this pervasive disease through the application of traditional therapies and conventional wisdom.
BLENDABLE CURVES by Peggy J. Barkle: Includes 10 quilt projects with complete instructions, with no seams or points to match, no pinning needed, tips on quilting and binding.
DECORATIVE CONCRETE: Discover the many ways this material can add style and personality. Includes more ideas for decorating with concrete; how to build it yourself with photographs and instructions for projects from countertops and sinks to garden pots and furniture.
July 1, 2008
FICTION
THE FRONT by Patricia Cornwell: Investigator Win Garano is sent by D.A. Lamont to a declining neighborhood to come up with a "drama" as part of a new public relations campaign. Garano is skeptical because the town is a home base for a loose association of municipal police called the FRONT.
SHADOW OF POWER by Steve Martini: Terry Scarborough is a legal scholar who craves headline-making celebrity. He resurrects forgotten language in the U.S. Constitution and hints at a missing letter of Thomas Jefferson that threatens to divide the nation. When he is brutally murdered in California, defense attorney Madriani believes that the defendant is a pawn and there is much more to the case.
DEVIL MAY CARE by Sebastian Faulks: James Bond is assigned to shadow a mysterious Dr. Julius Gorner, a power-crazed pharmaceutical magnate, whose wealth is exceeded only by his greed and has developed an interest in opiate derivatives. A chain of events threatens to lead to global catastrophe during the period of the Cold War.
THE SUSPECT by John Lescroart: Dr. Caryn Dryden is found dead in her hot tub. The number one suspect is her husband, Stuart Gorman, who stands to inherit millions but claims to have been miles away at his mountain cabin. Although attorney Gina Roake has never handled a homicide, she is eager to defend Gorman since his innocence seems so easy to prove. But things change quickly.
PRAIRIE SUNSETS by Scott E. Miller: Based on true events, picks up two years after Prairie Whispers and continues the adventures of the McKay family as they struggle to maintain their life on the prairies of Nebraska.
GHOST PIRATES AND OTHER TALES OF THE HIGH SEAS: Pirates. Ghost ships. Murder. Man-eating alligators. Bloody revenge. Put them all together and you’ve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written.
THE LOST CHOICE by Andy Andrews: Journalist Dorry Chandler takes a strange rock her son found to antiquities expert Dylan Langford and uncovers an ancient mystery that threatens Dorry's family and the history of mankind.
NONFICTION
QUESTIONS TO BRING YOU CLOSER TO DAD by Stuart Gustafson: Carefully selected compelling and thought-provoking questions designed to spark meaningful discussions.
THE ANGER CURE by Kathleen O’Bannon: Provides a series of tests to help you understand what's causing your anger problem, then guides you through a series of lifestyle changes necessary to cure it. Problems might include, biological, nutritional or psychological factors.
FRONTIER MADAM by June Willson Read: The year was 1919, and the small town of Lusk, Wyoming, was on the verge of an oil boom, ready to explode with an influx of lonely roughnecks and roustabouts. A young entrepreneur calling herself Dell Burke smelled an opportunity.
COUNSELOR by Ted Sorensen: There will never be another speechwriter like Ted Sorensen, if only because there will never be a relationship like the one between Sorensen and John F. Kennedy. Burnout sets in earlier, and few writers’ stay with a politician for anything like the length of time Sorensen worked for Kennedy.
NATURAL THERAPIES FOR EMPHYSEMA AND COPD by Robert J. Green: Presents a commonsense approach to managing this pervasive disease through the application of traditional therapies and conventional wisdom.
BLENDABLE CURVES by Peggy J. Barkle: Includes 10 quilt projects with complete instructions, with no seams or points to match, no pinning needed, tips on quilting and binding.
DECORATIVE CONCRETE: Discover the many ways this material can add style and personality. Includes more ideas for decorating with concrete; how to build it yourself with photographs and instructions for projects from countertops and sinks to garden pots and furniture.
Monday, June 23, 2008
BOOK WORM
June 24, 2008
PLAYAWAYS
FICTION
WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch: Astrid is an only child who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother commits the murder of her lover and is sentenced to prison. Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty and strives to learn who she can become.
AGNES GREY by Anne Bronte: Depicts the life of a governess through the character of Agnes, a rector's daughter. Agnes suffers through pressures, frustration, isolation and insensitivity with moral responsibility, energy and persistent optimism.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNDEAD by Kim Harrison: Rachel Morgan, a former bounty hunter and her reformed vampire roommate are getting along well until the roommate's ex-boyfriend decides he wants her back and Rachel too. To save herself and Ivy, Rachel must confront the vampire master and the dark secrets she's hidden even from herself.
THE ALIBI CLUB by Francine Matthews: A murder that could alter the outcome of World War II draws together a group of expatriates with only on thing in common-- to stop the attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands and to protect the Alibi Club.
DEAR JOHN by Nicholas Sparks: After he is released from the Army, John Tyree plans to spend the rest of his life with University of North Carolina student Savannah Lynn Curtis, but the events of September 11 change everything.
CONSEQUENCES by Penelope Lively: A chance meeting begins young Lorna and Matt’s intense relationship. Wholly in love, they leave London for a cottage in a rural Somerset village. Their intimate life together—Matt’s woodcarving, Lorna’s self-discovery, and their new baby, Molly—is shattered with the arrival of World War II.
THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham: Danny Padgitt was accused of raping and murdering a young woman and sentenced to life imprisonment. Willie Traynor reported every detail in his newspaper and improved his prosperity. Danny was paroled early and began to act on his threat of revenge against the jurors.
NONFICTION
LEADERSHIP: GREAT LEADERS, GREAT TEAMS, GREAT RESULTS by Stephen Covey: Today the call for organizational greatness is more important than ever before. Covey explains the four imperatives: clarify purpose, unleash talent, align systems, and inspire trust in order to help sustain financial performance, intense customer loyalty, a winning culture and a distinctive contribution in the marketplace.
BROTHERS IN BATTLE, BEST OF FRIENDS by William Guarnere: Two young men from Philadelphia, who had never met until they joined the 101st Airborne Division, Easy Company, fight in World War II and become buddies. After one is wounded and sent home, while the other stays to liberate concentration camps and capture Hitler's Eagle's nest. After the war they reconnect and become the best of friends.
AMERICAN CREATION TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC by Joseph J. Ellis: Presents an historical account of the twenty-eight years between the start of the War for Independence in 1775 and the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, focusing on significant people and events in the founding of the American nation.
OUR DUMB WORLD: THE ONION’S ATLAS OF THE PLANET EARTH: A news-parody compendium of world non-facts; features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to the Ukraine, and includes the world's rejected flag designs and the planet's most annoying handicrafts.
June 24, 2008
PLAYAWAYS
FICTION
WHITE OLEANDER by Janet Fitch: Astrid is an only child who journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother commits the murder of her lover and is sentenced to prison. Astrid confronts the challenges of loneliness and poverty and strives to learn who she can become.
AGNES GREY by Anne Bronte: Depicts the life of a governess through the character of Agnes, a rector's daughter. Agnes suffers through pressures, frustration, isolation and insensitivity with moral responsibility, energy and persistent optimism.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNDEAD by Kim Harrison: Rachel Morgan, a former bounty hunter and her reformed vampire roommate are getting along well until the roommate's ex-boyfriend decides he wants her back and Rachel too. To save herself and Ivy, Rachel must confront the vampire master and the dark secrets she's hidden even from herself.
THE ALIBI CLUB by Francine Matthews: A murder that could alter the outcome of World War II draws together a group of expatriates with only on thing in common-- to stop the attempt to keep a deadly weapon out of German hands and to protect the Alibi Club.
DEAR JOHN by Nicholas Sparks: After he is released from the Army, John Tyree plans to spend the rest of his life with University of North Carolina student Savannah Lynn Curtis, but the events of September 11 change everything.
CONSEQUENCES by Penelope Lively: A chance meeting begins young Lorna and Matt’s intense relationship. Wholly in love, they leave London for a cottage in a rural Somerset village. Their intimate life together—Matt’s woodcarving, Lorna’s self-discovery, and their new baby, Molly—is shattered with the arrival of World War II.
THE LAST JUROR by John Grisham: Danny Padgitt was accused of raping and murdering a young woman and sentenced to life imprisonment. Willie Traynor reported every detail in his newspaper and improved his prosperity. Danny was paroled early and began to act on his threat of revenge against the jurors.
NONFICTION
LEADERSHIP: GREAT LEADERS, GREAT TEAMS, GREAT RESULTS by Stephen Covey: Today the call for organizational greatness is more important than ever before. Covey explains the four imperatives: clarify purpose, unleash talent, align systems, and inspire trust in order to help sustain financial performance, intense customer loyalty, a winning culture and a distinctive contribution in the marketplace.
BROTHERS IN BATTLE, BEST OF FRIENDS by William Guarnere: Two young men from Philadelphia, who had never met until they joined the 101st Airborne Division, Easy Company, fight in World War II and become buddies. After one is wounded and sent home, while the other stays to liberate concentration camps and capture Hitler's Eagle's nest. After the war they reconnect and become the best of friends.
AMERICAN CREATION TRIUMPHS AND TRAGEDIES AT THE FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC by Joseph J. Ellis: Presents an historical account of the twenty-eight years between the start of the War for Independence in 1775 and the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, focusing on significant people and events in the founding of the American nation.
OUR DUMB WORLD: THE ONION’S ATLAS OF THE PLANET EARTH: A news-parody compendium of world non-facts; features maps and incorrect statistics for all of the world's independent nations, from Afghanistan to the Ukraine, and includes the world's rejected flag designs and the planet's most annoying handicrafts.
Monday, June 16, 2008
June 17, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
June 17, 2008
FICTION
CERTAIN GIRLS by Jennifer Weiner: Cannie Shapiro dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction, then married and settled into life. Her daughter Joy finds a novel Cannie wrote years before and suddenly thinks it is the truth about her own conception. When Peter wants a baby, they are faced with some past history, some future and what it means to be happy.
HOLLYWOOD CROWS by Joseph Wambaugh: Hollywood cop Nate Weiss agrees to help Margot Aziz protect her fortune, her son, and herself from her soon-to-be-ex husband, strip club owner Ali Aziz, but soon suspects Margot might not be as innocent as she wants Nate to believe.
BULLS ISLAND by Dorothea Benton Frank: Twenty years after ending her relationship with J.D. Langley, Elizabeth "Betts" McGee returns to their hometown a successful business woman and must face the ghosts of her past, including her unresolved feelings for the man she left behind.
FRAMES by Loren D. Estleman: Valentino, a film archivist, purchases an old movie palace and uncovers a skeleton and a long lost real of film. The film may be a clue to the murder, but Valentino has 72 hours to solve the mystery and save the film from damage before he has to turn it over to the police.
SECRETS by Jude Deveraux: Cassandra Madden fell in love with Jeff Ames when she was ten. She always thinks of him, and eventually becomes a nanny to his little daughter. When she hears shouts for help from a famous actress neighbor, she runs to help and discovers many secrets of the neighborhood. Until she unravels all the secrets, she can never be happy with Jeff.
CARELESS IN RED by Elizabeth George: Grieving after the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Thomas Lynley spends weeks hiking the coastline. Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. It soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is at work and Lynley is a witness and possibly a suspect.
WHEN JOY CAME TO STAY by Karen Kingsbury: Maggie Stovall struggles with depression and worries about her marriage to Ben, until a foster child, Amanda Joy, comes to stay with them in Cleveland and helps restore her faith.
NONFICTION
THE GARAGE GIRL’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CAR by Courtney Hansen: Tips for the novice or the well-versed on buying the right car, inspecting a used car, or financing a new or used car. Includes how to keep your car running great with preventive maintenance tips, changing your tires and oil, and more.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING & CARING FOR YOUR CAT by Carole C. Wilbourn: Organized in a question and answer format to cover many aspects of feline behavior and health.
THE SHOTOKAN KARATE BIBLE BEGINNER TO BLACK BELT by Ashley P. Martin: Comprehensive and authoritative guide to the world's most popular form of karate. Includes color photos and what is needed to achieve each level.
THE FEEL-GOOD HEAT PIONERRS IN CORN AND BIOMASS ENERGY by Sheila Samuelson: Contains interviews with biomass pioneers, honest information on the future of biomass energy technology, and more. Biomass energy provides a clean, regional source of heat and power, renewable and often created from waste. Biomass is becoming a valid choice for heating and powering our lifestyles.
ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop: 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.
JACK THE RIPPER by Trevor Marriott: A professional 21st century detective analyses the evidence with all the benefits of modern investigative techniques. He dispels the rumors, and legends and shows startling results.
BREAST CANCER CLEAR AND SIMPLE: All your questions answered.
June 17, 2008
FICTION
CERTAIN GIRLS by Jennifer Weiner: Cannie Shapiro dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction, then married and settled into life. Her daughter Joy finds a novel Cannie wrote years before and suddenly thinks it is the truth about her own conception. When Peter wants a baby, they are faced with some past history, some future and what it means to be happy.
HOLLYWOOD CROWS by Joseph Wambaugh: Hollywood cop Nate Weiss agrees to help Margot Aziz protect her fortune, her son, and herself from her soon-to-be-ex husband, strip club owner Ali Aziz, but soon suspects Margot might not be as innocent as she wants Nate to believe.
BULLS ISLAND by Dorothea Benton Frank: Twenty years after ending her relationship with J.D. Langley, Elizabeth "Betts" McGee returns to their hometown a successful business woman and must face the ghosts of her past, including her unresolved feelings for the man she left behind.
FRAMES by Loren D. Estleman: Valentino, a film archivist, purchases an old movie palace and uncovers a skeleton and a long lost real of film. The film may be a clue to the murder, but Valentino has 72 hours to solve the mystery and save the film from damage before he has to turn it over to the police.
SECRETS by Jude Deveraux: Cassandra Madden fell in love with Jeff Ames when she was ten. She always thinks of him, and eventually becomes a nanny to his little daughter. When she hears shouts for help from a famous actress neighbor, she runs to help and discovers many secrets of the neighborhood. Until she unravels all the secrets, she can never be happy with Jeff.
CARELESS IN RED by Elizabeth George: Grieving after the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Thomas Lynley spends weeks hiking the coastline. Lynley discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. It soon becomes apparent that a clever killer is at work and Lynley is a witness and possibly a suspect.
WHEN JOY CAME TO STAY by Karen Kingsbury: Maggie Stovall struggles with depression and worries about her marriage to Ben, until a foster child, Amanda Joy, comes to stay with them in Cleveland and helps restore her faith.
NONFICTION
THE GARAGE GIRL’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR CAR by Courtney Hansen: Tips for the novice or the well-versed on buying the right car, inspecting a used car, or financing a new or used car. Includes how to keep your car running great with preventive maintenance tips, changing your tires and oil, and more.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING & CARING FOR YOUR CAT by Carole C. Wilbourn: Organized in a question and answer format to cover many aspects of feline behavior and health.
THE SHOTOKAN KARATE BIBLE BEGINNER TO BLACK BELT by Ashley P. Martin: Comprehensive and authoritative guide to the world's most popular form of karate. Includes color photos and what is needed to achieve each level.
THE FEEL-GOOD HEAT PIONERRS IN CORN AND BIOMASS ENERGY by Sheila Samuelson: Contains interviews with biomass pioneers, honest information on the future of biomass energy technology, and more. Biomass energy provides a clean, regional source of heat and power, renewable and often created from waste. Biomass is becoming a valid choice for heating and powering our lifestyles.
ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop: 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.
JACK THE RIPPER by Trevor Marriott: A professional 21st century detective analyses the evidence with all the benefits of modern investigative techniques. He dispels the rumors, and legends and shows startling results.
BREAST CANCER CLEAR AND SIMPLE: All your questions answered.
Monday, June 9, 2008
June 10, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
June 10, 2008
CDS
NONFICTION
WHY MARS AND VENUS COLLIDE BY John Gray: Explores how the different ways men and women deal with stress affect a relationship and offers advice on how to communicate effectively and maintain a harmonious balance.
STOP WHINING, START LIVING by Dr. Laura Schlessinger: Encourages rejection of negative thoughts, emotions, and attitudes; shifting of perspective and becoming grateful and good. Learn to feel better about yourself and uplift relationships. It's about your relationship with yourself.
DISCOVER YOUR INNER WISDOM by Char Margolis: Tapping the power of your intuition -- Four steps to accessing your inner wisdom -- Using logic, common sense, and intuition to make your best choices.
HOME A MEMOIR OF MY EARLY YEARS by Julie Andrews: Julie takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America.
HARMONIC WEALTH by James Arthur Ray: A practical program that teaches us to look at the integrity of our lives and to understand the five key pillars of life that should be in harmony with one another.
THE BUSH TRAGEDY by Jacob Weisberg: Traces the evolution of President George W. Bush's philosophy from his early years through Texas and 9/11. Reveals his conflicting relationships with his father and members of his staff.
FICTION
COMPULSION by Jonathan Kellerman: Four unrelated women are victims of bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology linked by the killer's use of luxury vehicles and a lack of motive. Alix and Milo are drawn toward odd and unexpected directions.
TARAN WANDERER by Lloyd Alexander: The fourth book of the Prydain cycle tells of the adventures that befell Taran when he went in search of his birthright and discovered the truth about himself.
SACARED AND PROFANE by Faye Kellerman: Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina's young sons, Sammy and Jake, as he had to their mother, and he looked forward to spending a day of his vacation camping with the boys. A nice reprieve from the work of a homicide cop-until Sammy stumbles upon a gruesome sight.
CITY OF ASHES by Cassandra Clare: Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadow hunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
THE HIGH KING by Lloyd Alexander: In this final part of the chronicles of Prydain, the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.
NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR by Janet Evanovich: Louisa Brannigan's neighbor is handsome, trouble, and driving her crazy. But, when she is fired from her job, Louisa joins his undercover investigation. This turns out to be more fun than she ever imagined. Pete thinks Louisa is all he ever wanted and more, and hopes she will enjoy living on the edge.
THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci: Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to manage his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind.
THE ORPHEUS STONE by David Stone: An assassination attempt in Venice sets CIA agent Micah Dalton on a collision course with a Serbian warlord and a tangled web of conspiracies.
THE LAW OF SECOND CHANCES by James Sheehan: Jack Tobin is a trial lawyer committed to justice for the innocent. Henry Wilson may not be innocent, but has eight weeks to live. Benny Avrile is a small-time thief and a big robbery goes bad with an oilman being killed. Jack is running out of time.
HOLLYWOOOD CROWS by Joseph Wambaugh: Margot Aziz, is the wife of Ali Aziz, proprietor of a strip club. Ali has his fingers in multiple shady business deals-and he wants his lovely wife dead.
CHARLIE ROBINSON’S WAR by George Crile: Charlie Wilson is a congressman from Texas and becomes interested in the freedom fighters in Afghanistan through a Houston socialite. It tells the detailed and brilliantly reported account of the inside workings of the CIA.
June 10, 2008
CDS
NONFICTION
WHY MARS AND VENUS COLLIDE BY John Gray: Explores how the different ways men and women deal with stress affect a relationship and offers advice on how to communicate effectively and maintain a harmonious balance.
STOP WHINING, START LIVING by Dr. Laura Schlessinger: Encourages rejection of negative thoughts, emotions, and attitudes; shifting of perspective and becoming grateful and good. Learn to feel better about yourself and uplift relationships. It's about your relationship with yourself.
DISCOVER YOUR INNER WISDOM by Char Margolis: Tapping the power of your intuition -- Four steps to accessing your inner wisdom -- Using logic, common sense, and intuition to make your best choices.
HOME A MEMOIR OF MY EARLY YEARS by Julie Andrews: Julie takes her readers on a warm, moving, and often humorous journey from a difficult upbringing in war-torn Britain to the brink of international stardom in America.
HARMONIC WEALTH by James Arthur Ray: A practical program that teaches us to look at the integrity of our lives and to understand the five key pillars of life that should be in harmony with one another.
THE BUSH TRAGEDY by Jacob Weisberg: Traces the evolution of President George W. Bush's philosophy from his early years through Texas and 9/11. Reveals his conflicting relationships with his father and members of his staff.
FICTION
COMPULSION by Jonathan Kellerman: Four unrelated women are victims of bizarre acts of cruelty and psychopathology linked by the killer's use of luxury vehicles and a lack of motive. Alix and Milo are drawn toward odd and unexpected directions.
TARAN WANDERER by Lloyd Alexander: The fourth book of the Prydain cycle tells of the adventures that befell Taran when he went in search of his birthright and discovered the truth about himself.
SACARED AND PROFANE by Faye Kellerman: Police Detective Peter Decker had grown very close to Rina's young sons, Sammy and Jake, as he had to their mother, and he looked forward to spending a day of his vacation camping with the boys. A nice reprieve from the work of a homicide cop-until Sammy stumbles upon a gruesome sight.
CITY OF ASHES by Cassandra Clare: Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadow hunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon.
THE HIGH KING by Lloyd Alexander: In this final part of the chronicles of Prydain, the forces of good and evil meet in an ultimate confrontation, which determines the fate of Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper who wanted to be a hero.
NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR by Janet Evanovich: Louisa Brannigan's neighbor is handsome, trouble, and driving her crazy. But, when she is fired from her job, Louisa joins his undercover investigation. This turns out to be more fun than she ever imagined. Pete thinks Louisa is all he ever wanted and more, and hopes she will enjoy living on the edge.
THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci: Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to manage his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind.
THE ORPHEUS STONE by David Stone: An assassination attempt in Venice sets CIA agent Micah Dalton on a collision course with a Serbian warlord and a tangled web of conspiracies.
THE LAW OF SECOND CHANCES by James Sheehan: Jack Tobin is a trial lawyer committed to justice for the innocent. Henry Wilson may not be innocent, but has eight weeks to live. Benny Avrile is a small-time thief and a big robbery goes bad with an oilman being killed. Jack is running out of time.
HOLLYWOOOD CROWS by Joseph Wambaugh: Margot Aziz, is the wife of Ali Aziz, proprietor of a strip club. Ali has his fingers in multiple shady business deals-and he wants his lovely wife dead.
CHARLIE ROBINSON’S WAR by George Crile: Charlie Wilson is a congressman from Texas and becomes interested in the freedom fighters in Afghanistan through a Houston socialite. It tells the detailed and brilliantly reported account of the inside workings of the CIA.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
June 3, 2008 Book Worm
BOOK WORM
June 3, 2008
FICTION
SOUTH OF SHILOH by Chuck Logan: A sniper is using war re-enactments to hide his killing. Jenny Edin finds out that the bullet that killed her husband was meant for the guy next to him. She enlists the aid of a former lover and news photographer, who heads off to the Shiloh battlefield and a showdown with a killer.
SANTA FE DEAD by Stuart Woods: Trial lawyer, Ed Eagle is testifying for the prosecution in the trial of his ex-wife, Barbara who has been very bad. The trial ends with Barbara still able to make everyone's life miserable. Ed uses private detectives and calls in every favor to leave no stone unturned to discover the truth about Barbara and settle the score.
THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci: Matt Pender and Saul Bergman are two men hired by Richard Jansen to increase his company’s riches by manipulating world conflicts. These two are about to collide head-on with journalist Katie James and Shaw, a man who travels the world trying to keep peace.
DEGREES OF SEPERATION by Sue Henry: Jessie Arnold begins training for the Iditatod after recovering form knee surgery. Her first run is good until she runs over a dead body and very close to her home.
THE DEATH DEALER by Heather Graham: Genevieve O'Brien enlists the help of private investigator Joe Connolly, who had recently saved her from a killer and for whom she has romantic feelings, to solve a series of murders in which the victims were all fans of Edgar Allan Poe.
LOST SOULS by Lisa Jackson: Aspiring crime writer Kristi Bentz, having already survived two run-ins with serial killers, enrolls at All Saints College in New Orleans to investigate the disappearances of four girls, all of whom had been enrolled in a popular class on vampirism, and finds she has once again been targeted by a killer and has completely underestimated her enemy.
THE SILENT BLADE by R.A. Salvatore: Drizzi and his companions set out to destroy the evil artifact Crenshinibon, while Wulfgar struggles to overcome the horrors of his imprisonment, and assassin Artemis Entreri returns to the streets of Calimport.
NONFICTION
STANDING AT ARMAGEDDON by Nell Irvin Painter: A history of America's age of industrialization focusing on labor and politics from 1877 to 1919.
WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE AMID SPLENDOR AND INTRIGUE: Illustrations and text combine to examine the lives, achievements, and struggles of the Byzantines; covering a period that begins with the establishment of the capital city of Constantinople in A.D. 330, and continuing through its fall to the Turks in 1453.
FLYING RADIO-CONT ROLLED MODEL AIRCRAFT by Colin Bedson: This book will make learning to fly as easy as it can be.
TALES BEHIND THE TOMBSTONES: THE DEATHS AND BURIALS OF THE OLD WEST NEFERIOUS OUTLAWS, NOTORIOUS WOMEN, AND CELEBRATED LAWMEN by Chris Enss: Simple stones, roadside crosses and grand monuments commemorate the lives of those ordinary citizens and unusual characters who tamed the West and exemplified myths.
NEVER SMOKE AGAIN THE TOP 10 WAYS TO STOP SMOKING NOW & FOREVER by Grant Copper, MD: Takes a look at cigarettes, why you smoke them, how they keep you coming back for more, and how they keep you coming back for more.
SOUTH DAKOTA CURIOSITIES by Bernie Hunhoff: A guide to the offbeat attractions and places you never knew existed in South Dakota.
BIKER’S HANDBOOK BECOMING PART OF THE MOTORCYCLE CULTURE by Jay Barbieri: The first book to offer the novice biker a clear guide to the biker life. Jay defines authenticity, includes tales from the road, his insider's perspective and the lessons he's learned the hard way.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE by Barry M. Cohen MD: Provides information on coronary heart disease, the causes, how to improve health, cholesterol, medical tests, and surgery. Contains information for patients to easily understand, addressing common concerns and questions of diagnosis and treatment.
June 3, 2008
FICTION
SOUTH OF SHILOH by Chuck Logan: A sniper is using war re-enactments to hide his killing. Jenny Edin finds out that the bullet that killed her husband was meant for the guy next to him. She enlists the aid of a former lover and news photographer, who heads off to the Shiloh battlefield and a showdown with a killer.
SANTA FE DEAD by Stuart Woods: Trial lawyer, Ed Eagle is testifying for the prosecution in the trial of his ex-wife, Barbara who has been very bad. The trial ends with Barbara still able to make everyone's life miserable. Ed uses private detectives and calls in every favor to leave no stone unturned to discover the truth about Barbara and settle the score.
THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci: Matt Pender and Saul Bergman are two men hired by Richard Jansen to increase his company’s riches by manipulating world conflicts. These two are about to collide head-on with journalist Katie James and Shaw, a man who travels the world trying to keep peace.
DEGREES OF SEPERATION by Sue Henry: Jessie Arnold begins training for the Iditatod after recovering form knee surgery. Her first run is good until she runs over a dead body and very close to her home.
THE DEATH DEALER by Heather Graham: Genevieve O'Brien enlists the help of private investigator Joe Connolly, who had recently saved her from a killer and for whom she has romantic feelings, to solve a series of murders in which the victims were all fans of Edgar Allan Poe.
LOST SOULS by Lisa Jackson: Aspiring crime writer Kristi Bentz, having already survived two run-ins with serial killers, enrolls at All Saints College in New Orleans to investigate the disappearances of four girls, all of whom had been enrolled in a popular class on vampirism, and finds she has once again been targeted by a killer and has completely underestimated her enemy.
THE SILENT BLADE by R.A. Salvatore: Drizzi and his companions set out to destroy the evil artifact Crenshinibon, while Wulfgar struggles to overcome the horrors of his imprisonment, and assassin Artemis Entreri returns to the streets of Calimport.
NONFICTION
STANDING AT ARMAGEDDON by Nell Irvin Painter: A history of America's age of industrialization focusing on labor and politics from 1877 to 1919.
WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE AMID SPLENDOR AND INTRIGUE: Illustrations and text combine to examine the lives, achievements, and struggles of the Byzantines; covering a period that begins with the establishment of the capital city of Constantinople in A.D. 330, and continuing through its fall to the Turks in 1453.
FLYING RADIO-CONT ROLLED MODEL AIRCRAFT by Colin Bedson: This book will make learning to fly as easy as it can be.
TALES BEHIND THE TOMBSTONES: THE DEATHS AND BURIALS OF THE OLD WEST NEFERIOUS OUTLAWS, NOTORIOUS WOMEN, AND CELEBRATED LAWMEN by Chris Enss: Simple stones, roadside crosses and grand monuments commemorate the lives of those ordinary citizens and unusual characters who tamed the West and exemplified myths.
NEVER SMOKE AGAIN THE TOP 10 WAYS TO STOP SMOKING NOW & FOREVER by Grant Copper, MD: Takes a look at cigarettes, why you smoke them, how they keep you coming back for more, and how they keep you coming back for more.
SOUTH DAKOTA CURIOSITIES by Bernie Hunhoff: A guide to the offbeat attractions and places you never knew existed in South Dakota.
BIKER’S HANDBOOK BECOMING PART OF THE MOTORCYCLE CULTURE by Jay Barbieri: The first book to offer the novice biker a clear guide to the biker life. Jay defines authenticity, includes tales from the road, his insider's perspective and the lessons he's learned the hard way.
CORONARY HEART DISEASE by Barry M. Cohen MD: Provides information on coronary heart disease, the causes, how to improve health, cholesterol, medical tests, and surgery. Contains information for patients to easily understand, addressing common concerns and questions of diagnosis and treatment.
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