Thursday, October 22, 2009

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS ( November 2009 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following titles which are New York Times Best Sellers for this month. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.

Fiction:
THE LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown.
THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett.
THE PROFESSIONAL, by Robert B. Parker.
THE LAST SONG, by Nicholas Sparks.
EVIDENCE, by Jonathan Kellerman.
HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls.
AN ECHO IN THE BONE, by Diana Gabaldon.
ROUGH COUNTRY, by John Sandford.
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY, by Audrey Niffenegger.
THE GHOST KING, by R. A. Salvatore.
THE CHRISTMAS LIST, by Richard Paul Evans.
THE UNSEEN ACADEMICALS, by Terry Pratchett.
SOUTH OF BROAD, by Pat Conroy.
DEAD AND GONE, by Charlaine Harris.

ALEX CROSS’S TRIAL, by James Patterson.

Nonfiction:
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.
TRUE COMPASS, by Edward M. Kennedy.
WHERE MEN WIN GLORY, by Jon Krakauer.
THE MURDER OF KING TUT, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard.
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.
LIBERTY AND TYRANNY, by Mark R. Levin.
A BOLD FRESH PIECE OF HUMANITY, by Bill O’Reilly.
THE END OF OVEREATING, by David A. Kessler.
THE WILDERNESS WARRIOR, by Douglas Brinkley.
BOBBY AND JACKIE, by C. David Heymann.
THE ACCIDENTAL BILLIONAIRES, by Ben Mezrich.
A COLOSSAL FAILURE OF COMMON SENSE, by Lawrence G. McDonald.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

New and Notable Fall 2009

Non-Fiction
The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office/ Douglas Brinkley.
This timely book examines the diverse strategies eleven U.S. presidents have used to resolve national health reform.

The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century/ George Friedman.
A renowned geopolitical expert offers a captivating 100-year forecast for American and the world.

No Quarter: The Battle of the Crater, 1864/ Richard Slotkin.
A catastrophic battle failed to end the stalemate between Union and Confederate forces.

Road to Woodstock/ Michael Lang.
Producer of the now famous music festival tells his role in organizing the countercultural celebration in upstate New York.

Fiction
Badlands/ Jonathan Twingley.

Offbeat characters frequent a saloon in a small North Dakotan town.

Swimming/ Nicola Keegan.

A rising Olympic champion must come to terms with unresolved grief.

Border Songs/ Jim Lynch.

A dyslexic patrol agent stationed near the Canadian border divides his time between bird watching and catching smugglers.

That Old Cape Magic/ Richard Russo.

Irreconcilable family troubles frustrate a middle-aged college professor.