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

Thursday, August 9, 2012

New E-books

Please click on one of the titles to reserve.


The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
6 Rainier Drive by Debbie Macomber
204 Rosewood Lane by Debbie Macomber
311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber
44 Cranberry Point by Debbie Macomber
74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber
Pacific Boulevard by Debbie Macomber
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Adrift by Steven Callahan
Afraid to Die by Lisa Jackson
The After Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery
Almost Summer by Susan Mallery
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (with bonus content) by Michael Chabon
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Baltimore Noir by Laura Lippman
Bird Sense by Tim Birkhead
Blackjack by Andrew Vachss
Bunch of Amateurs by Jack Hitt
The Busy Girls Guide to Cake Decorating by Ruth Clemens
Butterfly in the Typewriter by Cory MacLauchlin
Captive but Forbidden by Lynn Raye Harris
The Cereal Murders by Diane Mott Davidson
Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson
Chosen to Die by Lisa Jackson
Christmas in Cedar Cove by Debbie Macomber
Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson
Confront and Conceal by  David E. Sanger
A Conspiracy of Friends by Alexander McCall Smith
Conviction by Richard North Patterson
Criminal by Karin Slaughter
A Daughter's Tale by Mary Soames
Deep Down by Lee Child
Devious by Lisa Jackson
Discover Florida by Lonely Planet
Discover Ireland by Lonely Planet
Dispatch from the Future by Leigh Stein
Dying for Chocolate by Diane Mott Davidson
Eastern USA by Lonely Planet
The End of Money by David Wolman
The Fear Artist by Timothy Hallinan
Fearless by Eric Blehm
Fire in the Belly by Cynthia Carr
Florence & Tuscany 7 by Lonely Planet
A Free Life by Ha Jin
Friends Forever by Danielle Steel
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Grilling Season by Diane Mott Davidson
Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick
Heartbroken by Lisa Unger
The Hippopotamus Pool by Elizabeth Peters
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
Hope for Animals and Their World by Jane Goodall, Thane Maynard, Gail Hudson
Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron
Imaginary Friends by Nora Ephron
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter
The Infinite Tides by Christian Kiefer
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Kenya 8 by Lonely Planet
The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
The Last Suppers by Diane Mott Davidson
Left To Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Let the Devil Sleep by John Verdon
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
The Main Corpse by Diane Mott Davidson
Malice by Lisa Jackson
Miss Fuller by April Bernard
Mission to Paris by Alan Furst
A Moment of Weakness by Karen Kingsbury
Moonlight Road by Robyn Carr
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Odd Interlude #3 by Dean Koontz
Only Us: A Fool's Gold Holiday by Susan Mallery
Presumed Guilty by Jose Baez, Peter Golenbock
Prime Cut by Diane Mott Davidson
Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr
The Red House by Mark Haddon
The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
Shiver by Lisa Jackson
Southeast Asia on a Shoestring by Lonely Planet
Southern Pies by Nancie McDermott
Spiral by Paul McEuen
Sticks & Scones by Diane Mott Davidson
Things That Are by Amy Leach
The Third Gate by Lincoln Child
Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
Tough Cookie by Diane Mott Davidson
Tuesday's Child by Fern Michaels
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Venice & the Veneto by Lonely Planet
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand by Lonely Planet
Wallflower at the Orgy by Nora Ephron
Western USA by Lonely Planet
When Harry Met Sally... by Nora Ephron
Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich
Winner Take All by Dambisa Moyo
The World Without You by Joshua Henkin
Yes, Chef by Marcus Samuelsson
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, Ibraim Roberson
Zoo Story by Thomas French

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Don’t-Miss New Fiction ( August 2012 )

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

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston
Ward of Faerie by Terry Brooks
Charon’s Claw by R.A. Salvatore
Chimera by T.C. McCarthy

Short Stories
Summer Lies by Bernard Schlink

Scandinavian Mystery
Viper by Hakan Ostlundh

Cozies
Brew to Kill by Cleo Coyle
Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides by Kaitlyn Dunnett
No Way to Kill a Lady by Nancy Martin

Popular Fiction
Mirrored World by Debra Dean
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
Motherland by Amy Sohn
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
An Echo Through the Snow by Andrea Thalasinos
Midwife of Hope River by Patrica Harman
You and Me by Padgett Powell
Triburbia by Karl Tar Greenfeld
Penelope by Rebecca Harrington
Making of Us by Lisa Jewell
Girl Like You by Maria Geraci
We Sinners by Hanna Pylvainen

Literary Fiction
Hostage by Elie Wiesel
In the Shadow of the Banyan by Ratner
Pyg: The Memoirs of Toby, the Learned Pig by Russell Poetter
Requiem by Frances Itani
Silver: Return to Treasure Island by Andrew Motion
Wayward Moon by Janice Weizman
Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Three Strong Women by Marie Ndiaye
Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards

Historical Fiction
Shadow Queen by Dean
Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Second Empress by Michelle Moran
Twelve Rooms of the Nile by Shomer
Black Isle by Sandi Tan
Bride of New France by Suzanne Desrochers
Kingmaker’s Daughter by Phillippa Gregory
Headmaster’s Wager by Vincent Lam
Lost Prince by Seldon Edwards
Age of Desire by Jennie Fields

Notable New Non-Fiction ( August 2012 )

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

Memoir & Biography

Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
Paterno by Joe Posnanski
Solo: A Memoir of Hope by Hope Solo

Science & Health
Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall
Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood by David Montgomery
You Can’t Lie to Me: The Revolutionary Program to Supercharge Your Lie Detector and Get to the Truth by Janine Driver
Beyond X&Y: Inside the Science of Gender by Jane McCredie
Understanding Asexuality by Anthony F. Bogaert

Business, Economics & Politics
The New New Deal by Michael Grunwald

Parenting
Talk to Me First: Everything You Need to Know to Become Your Kids’ “Go to Person” About Sex by Deborah Roffman
Appetite for Life: The Thumbs-up, No-Yucks Guide to Getting Your Kid to Be a Great Eater by Stacey Antine
Busy Mom’s Cookbook: 100 Recipes for Quick, Delicious, Home-Cooked Meals by Antonia Lofaso

Education
Year of Living Dangerously: Adventures in Homeschooling by Quinn Cummings

History
Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People by John Kelly
Rise of Rome by Anthony Everitt
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall