Saturday, April 24, 2010

NY TIMES BEST SELLERS (04/24/2010)

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

Fiction
THE HELP
, by Kathryn Stockett.
CAUGHT, by Harlan Coben.
THE WALK, by Richard Paul Evans.
A RIVER IN THE SKY, by Elizabeth Peters.
HOUSE RULES, by Jodi Picoult.
THE BLACK CAT, by Martha Grimes.
DECEPTION, by Jonathan Kellerman.
MATTERHORN, by Karl Marlantes.
SOLAR, by Ian McEwan.
CAT OF THE CENTURY, by Rita Mae Brown.
THE SILENT SEA, by Clive Cussler.
IMPERFECT BIRDS, by Anne Lamott.

Nonfiction
CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG
, by Chelsea Handler.
THE BRIDGE, by David Remnick.
THIS TIME TOGETHER, by Carol Burnett.
THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE, by Karl Rove.
GAME CHANGE, by John Heilemann.
CHRISTIANITY, by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot.
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell.
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH, by Mitch Albom.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

New & Notable

Fiction
Allende, Isabel: Island Beneath the Sea.
From the sugar plantations of Saint-Domingue to the lavish parlors of New Orleans, an unforgettable slave and concubine is determined to claim her own destiny against impossible odds.

Berg, Elizabeth: The Last Time I Saw You.
To each of the men and women who attend their fortieth high school reunion, the experience of reconnecting means something dramatically different.

Evans, Richard Paul: The Walk.
This new series portrays a man who loses everything and decides to walk across the U.S. Join him on his journey.

McEwan, Ian: Solar.
Climate change is chiefly an engineering problem to scientist, Michael Beard, and his solution is lighter, more elegant and surprising than expected.

Non-Fiction
Barry, Dave: I’ll Mature When I’m Dead.
Enjoy this hilarious exploration of the treacherous state of adulthood including fatherhood, self-image, certain medical procedures, technology and the battle of the sexes.

Burnett, Carol: This Time Together.
In engaging anecdotes, Carol Burnett discusses her remarkable friendships with stars such at Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball, highlights the background behind famous scenes and allows us to cry during her sorrows, rejoice in her successes, and finally, always, to laugh.

Eig, Jonathan: Get Capone: The Secret Plot That Captured America’s Most Wanted Gangster.
Based on newly released government documents and wiretaps, the former editor of the Chicago Bureau of The Wall Street Journal tells how the nation's most-wanted criminal was really caught.

Monahan, Evelyn and Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary: A Few Good Women: America’s Military Women from World War I to the War in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Beginning with World War I and ending with the present engagements, the authors vividly describe the long, complex process that led women to join the military.