Sunday, January 4, 2009

NEW & NOTABLE ( Spring 2009 )

ENJOY THESE NEW ARRIVALS TO SPICE UP YOUR READING THIS SPRING

NON-FICTION:
The New Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: A Delicious Alternative for Lifelong Health / Nancy Harmon Jenkins.
Feast on healthy easyto-prepare recipes full of flavor that are low in fat and cholesterol.

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon / David Grann.
Eager to prove the existence of a lost city, Percy Fawcett and his expedition of 1925 vanish deep in the Amazon.


Make ‘Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America

Companion book to the PBS series examines the varieties of humor that have made Americans laugh for nearly a century.

No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the inner circles of the Hells Angels / Jay Dobyns.
A federal agent infiltrates the notorious and violent biker gang.

FICTION:
Agincourt / Bernard Cornwell.
A forester joins the ranks of the English army to fight the French in a significant battle of 1415.


Little Bee
/ Chris Cleave.
A British couple on holiday experience violence when they discover two Nigerian sisters running for their lives.

A Mad Desire to Dance / Elie Wiesel.
An elderly but difficult man struggling with loneliness begins therapy in order to come to terms with his personal traumas.

The Whiskey Rebels / David Liss.
Shortly after the American Revolution, a former spy for General Washington discovers conspiracy while searching for a friend’s husband.



NEW & NOTABLE ( Winter 2009 )

FICTION:
Gate House, by Nelson DeMille.
After a three year separation, a divorced couple contemplate reconciliation at a Long Island vacation home.

A Cedar Cove Christmas, by Debbie Macomber.
A woman gives birth in a room above a stable while searching for her child’s father.

A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire.
More trouble in Oz from the perspective of the Cowardly Lion.

Third Strike, by Zoe Sharp.
Before her father can be vindicated, a bodyguard must confront some of the most brutal criminals of her career.

NON-FICTION:
Dewey: The small town library cat who touched the world, by Vicki Myron.
An abandoned kitten finds a home, makes many friends, and becomes world famous in a small town library

Here’s The Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, by Maureen McCormick.
The actress relates her troubles and eventual struggle for recovery after the Brady Bunch series ended.

In Spite of Myself, by Christopher Plummer.
The talented actor of stage and screen tells his life’s story.

NEW & NOTABLE ( Fall 2008 )







Non-Fiction:

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities from the Presidential Campaign Trail/ Charles Osgood.
A book of humorous political quotes of presidential candidates from Harry Truman to George W. Bush.

Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea/ Noah Andre Trudeau.
Pulitzer Prize historian defends Sherman's tactics to end the Confederate States ability to fight.

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America/ David Hajdu.
An account of the artistic minds that created comic books and the hostile criticism that nearly abolished it.

Traffic: Why We Drive The Way We Do/ Tom Vanerbilt.
A fascinating look at our driving habits and traffic patterns. The findings will surprise you.

Fiction:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle/ David Wroblewski.
After witnessing his father's murder, a mute boy finds shelter with his dogs in a Wisconsin forest.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society/ Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows.
Shortly after WWII, a London writer travels to meet the members of a unique book club on an island formally occupied by Nazis.

Lace Reader/ Brunonia Barry.
Family secrets are revealed in Salem by a woman who can read the future in patterns of lace.

Host/ Stephanie Meyer.
Aliens have taken over the minds and bodies of nearly all humans but one stubborn woman will not submit in hope of locating her lost love.

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