Sunday, September 23, 2012

NYT Bestsellers ( Nonfiction )

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


1 NO EASY DAY, by Mark Owen with Kevin Maurer.
An account by a former member of the Navy SEALs, written pseudonymously, of the mission that killed bin Laden. 

THE AMATEUR, by Edward Klein.
A journalist argues that President Obama is callow and unable to lead. 

OBAMA'S AMERICA, by Dinesh D'Souza.
An argument that President Obama is the architect of American decline.
4 KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard.
The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
MORTALITY, by Christopher Hitchens.
Reports and reflections on his illness and impending death by the writer, who died in December 2011. 

6 THE SECRET RACE, by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.
An account of the world of professional cycling and its doping issues, focused on the Tour de France, by an Olympic gold medalist. 

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand.
An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his bomber went down over the Pacific. 

WILD, by Cheryl Strayed.
A woman's account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.
9 HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough.
The author argues that the qualities that matter most have to do with character, not intelligence. 

10 PATERNO, by Joe Posnanski.
A biography of the late Penn State football coach. 

11  AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice.
A member of the Navy SEALs discusses his childhood, marriage and battlefield experiences.

12 DOUBLE CROSS, by Ben Macintyre.
How the Allies tricked the Nazis into believing that on D-Day they would attack somewhere other than Normandy. 

13 DEARIE, by Bob Spitz.
A biography of Julia Child, published to coincide with what would have been her 100th birthday. 

14 STEVE JOBS, by Walter Isaacson.
A biography of the entrepreneur and Apple visionary, who died in October 2011. 





NYT Bestsellers ( Fiction )

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


1 THE TIME KEEPER, by Mitch Albom.
A fable about the inventor of the world’s first clock, who returns to our world after centuries of banishment; from the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie.” 

2 ZOO, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.
A young biologist warns world leaders about the reasons for escalating animal attacks on cities. 

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn.
A woman disappears on her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
4 THE TOMBS, by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry.
Sam and Remi Fargo, a husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team, search for the tomb of Attila the Hun. 

A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin.
After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire." 

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman.
An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore.

LAST TO DIE, by Tess Gerritsen.
The detective Jane Rizzoli and the medical examiner Maura Isles protect a boy whose family and foster family have all been murdered. 

NW, by Zadie Smith.
The lives of four characters cross in northwest London; from the author of “White Teeth.” 

9 GARMENT OF SHADOWS, by Laurie R. King.
Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are caught up in colonial wars in Morocco in the 12th book in this series.

10  THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY, by Louise Penny.
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec investigates a murder at a remote abbey.

11  THE INN AT ROSE HARBOR, by Debbie Macomber.
A young widow buys a bed-and-breakfast. 

12 BONES ARE FOREVER, by Kathy Reichs.
The forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan pursues a case involving infanticide, murder and corruption; the 15th novel in the series behind the show “Bones.” 

13 WHERE WE BELONG, by Emily Giffin.
A woman’s successful life is disrupted by the appearance of an 18-year-old girl with a link to her past. 

14 GONE, by Randy Wayne White.
Hannah Smith, a friend of White’s character Doc Ford, searches Florida for a missing girl and the con man who seduced her. 

15 TIGER'S CLAW, by Dale Brown.
A retired Air Force general pushes back against a Chinese threat. 

Saturday, September 15, 2012

New E-books

Please click on one of the titles to reserve.
Aerogrammes by Tania James
After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
All Summer Long by Susan Mallery
Animals Make Us Human by Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub
Berlin Game by Len Deighton
Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller
Black Seconds by Karin Fossum
Blindness by José Saramago
The Bold Frontier by John Jakes
The Bridesmaid by Beverly Lewis
California Gold by John Jakes
Calling Invisible Women by Jeanne Ray
Catching Fireflies by Sherryl Woods
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Charon's Claw by R.A. Salvatore
Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara Gran
The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte, Sonia Soto
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive  Ann Burns
Dearie by Bob Spitz
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Don't Look Back by Karin Fossum
Dorothy on the Rocks by Barbara Suter
Double Cross by Ben Macintyre
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Dream Team by Jack McCallum
Drowned by Therese Bohman
Enslaved by Ducks by Bob Tarte
The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories by Steve Almond
Exley by Brock Clarke
A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon
Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan Kozol
A Fool's Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery
The Forrests by Emily Perkins
The Frozen Rabbi by Steve Stern
Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King
Give Me Your Heart by Joyce Carol Oates
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Hearts of Darkness by Kira Brady
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I Am Forbidden by Anouk Markovits
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber
Inside by Alix Ohlin
Intensity by Dean Koontz
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Last Victim by Karen Robards
Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney
Lunch at the Piccadilly by Clyde Edgerton
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Nemesis by Philip Roth
New England's Best Trips by Lonely Planet
New York City Encounter by Lonely Planet
Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
An Outlaw's Christmas by Linda Lael Miller
Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
Phi by Giulio Tononi
The Pigeon Pie Mystery by Julia Stuart
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Red Ink by David Wessel
Return to Willow Lake by Susan Wiggs
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Signs and Wonders by Alix Ohlin
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Sneaky Pie for President by Rita Mae Brown
The Stand by Stephen King
Stranger in the Room by Amanda Kyle Williams
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
True Believers by Kurt Andersen
The Undertow by Jo Baker
Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
We're Flying by Peter Stamm, Michael Hofmann
What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha
When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner
Where Azaleas Bloom by Sherryl Woods
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
The Wives by Alexandra Popoff
Wonder by R. J. Palacio
You Don't Want To Know by Lisa Jackson
Zoobiquity by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Don’t-Miss New Fiction ( September 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


Science Fiction & Fantasy
Map of the Sky by Felix J. Palma
Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

Short Stories
This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz

Cozies
Hiss and Hers by M.C. Beaton

Popular Fiction
Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon
One Last Thing Before I Go by Jonathan Tropper
Those We Love Most by Lee Woodruff
Hemingway’s Girl by Erika Robuck
Memory Thief by Emily Colin
You Changed My Life by Abdel Sellou
Heaven Should Fall by Rebecca Coleman

Literary Fiction
NW by Smith Zadie
Forgiven by Lawrence Osborne
The Forgetting Tree by Tatjana Soli
Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers
See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
A Bit of Difference by Sefi Atta
The People of Forever are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
Fobbit by David Abrams
John Saturnall’s Feast by Lawrence Norfolk
100-Year-old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Seven Houses In France by Bernardo Atxaga
Sutton by J.R. Moehringer

Historical Fiction
Winter of the World by Ken Follett
Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
Secret Book of Frida Kahlo by F.G. Haghenbeck
City of Women by David Gillham
Unfaithful Queen by Carolly Erickson
In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helprin
My Last Empress by Da Chen
Wilderness by Lance Weller

Notable New Non-Fiction ( September 2012 )

The Orangeburg Library now has the following new books. Please click on one of the titles to reserve.
Memoir & Biography
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace by Kofi Annan
Joseph Anton: A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
Sharp: A Memoir by David Fitzpatrick
Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
Monks: How 40 Days in Thich Nhat Hanh’s French Monastery Guided Me Home by Mary Paterson
Diary of a D.A. by Herbert J. Stern

Science & Health
Angry Birds: 50 True Stories by Mel White
Concussions and Our Kids: America’s Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe by Robert Cantu
Nutrient Power: Heal Your Biochemistry by William J. Walsh
How Music Works by David Byrne

Business, Economics & Politics
End of Men: And the Rise of Women by Hannah Rosin
Fire in the Ashes by Jonathan Kozol
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country – and Why They Can’t Make Peace by Patrick Tyler
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and Future by Karen Elliot House
Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide ed. by Carol Rittner

Parenting
Weelicious: 140 Fast, Fresh, and Easy Recipes by Catherine McCord

Self-Help and Relationships
What Makes Love Last? How To Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal by John Gottman
Don’t Roll Your Eyes by Ruth Nemzoff
Surviving Survival: the Art and Science of Resilience by Laurence Gonzales

Education
How Children Succeed: Rethinking Character and Intelligence by Paul Tough
I’d Like To Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had by Tony Danza

History
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
Upstairs and Downstairs: The Illustrated Guide to the Real World of Downton Abbey by Sarah Warwick
Thunder on the Mountain: Death at Massey and the Dirty Secret Behind Big Coal by Peter A. Galuszka
War on the Waters: The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861-1865 by James McPherson