Fiction
Puss'n Cahoots by Rita Mae Brown. Brown always lists the cat's name as co-author, but I refuse to do so. Brown has a very loyal readership, this is the 16th book cat book she has. The books are supposed to be fun but, come on, I'm not reading a book about cats.
Shopaholic and Baby by Sophie Kinsella. London fashion fanatic Becky is having a great life. She's married, working at London's newest clothing store, and has a new baby on the way. But when Becky discovers her obstetrician is her husband's ex-girlfriend she starts getting worried.
Requiem for a Dealer by Jo Bannister. Thrilling Detective said, "Brodie Farrell has the seemingly-obligatory 'cute' first name for a female detective and a growing rep for finding things and people. In fact, she's set out her shingle for her small business "Looking for Something?" in the small seaside town of Dimmock. But there's nothing cute about some of the harrowing violence and pain that Brodie often faces in the course of -- and the result of -- her investigations."
Brodie's latest has her investigating a young lady's suspicions that her horse dealer father was murdered. Brodie's investigation dovetails with her policeman friend's investigation into a potent new illegal drug, Scram, that the same girl overdoses on.
Montmorency's Revenge by Eleanor Updale. English actor and thief Montmorency is determined to hunt down the anarchist mastermind responsible for the murder of his friends. His search takes him to Italy, Paris and America, where Montmorency and his son Tom become embroiled in an attempt to prevent the assassination of none other than the President of the United States.
Death of a Maid by M.C. Beaton. Another "cozy" mystery by Beaton set in Scotland and featuring inspector Hamish Macbeth.
Audiobook Fiction
Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende. Ines Suarez was born into a poor family in 16th Century Spain. When her husband went missing in the New World, she took the chance to flee her homeland and search for him. After learning her husband died in battle, Ines began a love affair with the field marshal of Francisco Pizarro. Ines went on to conquer Chile and defend Santiago City against attack. Allende's novelization of Ines is supposed to be an excellent read. But you can listen to it, instead.
Red River by Lalita Tademy. The 1873 Colfax Riot in Louisiana left over 100 black Civil War veterans and local citizens dead after a clash against segregationists. Colfax was an important battle of the Reconstruction south. Tademy fictionalizes the story through the eyes of two families, one black and one white.
Hide by Lisa Gardner. Suspense writer Gardner has Bobby Dodge investigating a killer that he thought was dead.
Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke. Terrorists aim to destroy international communications. Attacking internet cable centers, computer grids and space satellites brings the Intelligence Analysis Center into action. As the attacks increase, the Center investigates Russian mobsters, rogue nations, and right-wing militias before the damage is too great.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
New Large Print and a DVD
Large Print
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman.
Red Hat Society's Domestic Goddess by Regina Hale Sutherland.
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein.
A Marked Man by Stella Cameron.
A Friend of the Family by Marcia Willett.
The Perfect Fake by Barbara Parker.
Adult DVD
Thief starring James Caan, directed by Michael Mann.
Mann (director of Collateral, Ali, The Insider, Heat and executive producer of Miami Vice) made this picture in 1981. Caan plays Frank, an experience diamond thief, who has teamed up with the Chicago mob for burglary jobs. The mob gives Frank a $400,000 robbery and Frank's need for retirement funds blinds him to the mob's underhanded dealings. Also starring Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, and Dennis Farina in his first film role (right after his retirement from the Chicago PD).
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman.
Red Hat Society's Domestic Goddess by Regina Hale Sutherland.
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein.
A Marked Man by Stella Cameron.
A Friend of the Family by Marcia Willett.
The Perfect Fake by Barbara Parker.
Adult DVD
Thief starring James Caan, directed by Michael Mann.
Mann (director of Collateral, Ali, The Insider, Heat and executive producer of Miami Vice) made this picture in 1981. Caan plays Frank, an experience diamond thief, who has teamed up with the Chicago mob for burglary jobs. The mob gives Frank a $400,000 robbery and Frank's need for retirement funds blinds him to the mob's underhanded dealings. Also starring Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, and Dennis Farina in his first film role (right after his retirement from the Chicago PD).
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
New Non Fiction
Mommies Cry Too: A Painful and Triumphant Story of Postpartum Depression by Carol Harcarik. Lake Mills resident Harcarik records the story of her friend's daughter who suffered a severe depressive episode following the birth of her son. Carolyn Brink has no memory of the three months after she gave birth. Carolyn went undiagnosed, was hospitalized and finally received life saving treatment at Mayo Clinic.
Frommer's Mexico, 2007 edited by Billy Fox. Replacement title for our travel collection.
Frommer's Mexico, 2007 edited by Billy Fox. Replacement title for our travel collection.
New Fiction
Shooting Gallery by Hailey Lind. "San Francisco's art world is exhibiting murderous tendencies." Artist Annie Kincaid learned art fraud from her forger grandfather. The opening of a major S.F. exhibition has the murdered artist's corpse presented as a sculpture. At the same time, a Chagall painting is stolen across town. When Annie's friend is accused of the theft Annie has to use her sleuthing powers and art crook connections to clear him, and discovers the connection between the two crimes.
The Peddler by Richard S. Prather. This is a reprint of Prather's 1952 organized crime novel set among the brothels of San Francisco. Prather died within the past couple weeks at 85 years of age. Prather sold millions of detective books in the 1950s and 1960s. Check this one out to see how Prather earned his popularity.
The Peddler by Richard S. Prather. This is a reprint of Prather's 1952 organized crime novel set among the brothels of San Francisco. Prather died within the past couple weeks at 85 years of age. Prather sold millions of detective books in the 1950s and 1960s. Check this one out to see how Prather earned his popularity.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
New Adult NonFiction
Cat Love Letters: Collected Correspondence of Cats in Love by Leigh W. Rutledge. I refuse comment.
I Hate Ann Coulter by Unanimous.
New Orleans by Tom Downs. A Lonely Planet guide to update our travel collection.
A Survival Guide to Managing Employees from Hell: Handling Idiots, Whiners, Slackers, and Other Workplace Demons by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D. How to deal with problem employees.
Matt Groening's The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album by Matt Groening. Hot Dog! Another Simpson's book! Don't forget The Ralph Wiggum Book.
2007 Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide 1961-Present, 13th Edition by Maggie Thompson, et al.
Pimps, Hos, Playa Hats, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends by John Leguizamo. Actor, comic, Broadway performer Leguizamo's autobiography.
The End of a Childhood by Patrick G. Davis. Davis' stories of growing up in Lake Mills in the '60s and '70s.
Love, Magic, and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference by Bernie Siegel, MD. Shelved in the Parenting section in the Children's section.
I Hate Ann Coulter by Unanimous.
New Orleans by Tom Downs. A Lonely Planet guide to update our travel collection.
A Survival Guide to Managing Employees from Hell: Handling Idiots, Whiners, Slackers, and Other Workplace Demons by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D. How to deal with problem employees.
Matt Groening's The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album by Matt Groening. Hot Dog! Another Simpson's book! Don't forget The Ralph Wiggum Book.
2007 Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide 1961-Present, 13th Edition by Maggie Thompson, et al.
Pimps, Hos, Playa Hats, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends by John Leguizamo. Actor, comic, Broadway performer Leguizamo's autobiography.
The End of a Childhood by Patrick G. Davis. Davis' stories of growing up in Lake Mills in the '60s and '70s.
Love, Magic, and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference by Bernie Siegel, MD. Shelved in the Parenting section in the Children's section.
New Adult Fiction
A Necessary Evil by Robert Stricklin. After the acquittal of his wife's murderer, Michael hires a hitman. The return of Michael's conscience causes a change of heart but "Butch" doesn't want to cancel the job. In fact, Butch demands the rest of his payment from Michael and will make sure Michael pays up.
Sisters by Danielle Steel. Second verse, same as the first.
Lying with Strangers by James Grippando. Pediatrician Peyton is run off the road by a stalker while her husband, Kevin, is having an affair on a business trip. Guilty Kevin doesn't believe Peyton's story and Peyton's suspicions of her husband's fidelity lead her to an ex-boyfriend. After her stalker starts killing Peyton's acquaintances both she and Kevin are accused of murder.
Murder at the Opera by Margaret Truman. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith is onstage as an extra at the Kennedy Center National Opera when a promising singer is killed. Mac investigates on the invitation of the theater board and we have an interesting insight into the "backstage" of D.C. society.
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley. Pulitzer Prize winner Smiley tells the daylong story of screenwriter Max, his girlfriend Elena and the post-Oscar party they host with Max's ex-wife and other hangers-on from the Hollywood Hills.
Stalemate by Iris Johansen. Suspense novel with forensic investigator Eve Duncan. Eve is in high demand for her professional skills but says "no" to a request by Colombian drug lord Luis Montalvo. Eve acquiesces after Luis' threats and promises and she travels to the Colombian jungle to identify a skull.
Bloody Harvests by Richard Kunzmann. Two South African police detectives, one white and one black, investigate a child's murder outside Johannesburg. Is a serial killer on the loose? Or is a tribal witch sacrificing children for "medicine"?
Sisters by Danielle Steel. Second verse, same as the first.
Lying with Strangers by James Grippando. Pediatrician Peyton is run off the road by a stalker while her husband, Kevin, is having an affair on a business trip. Guilty Kevin doesn't believe Peyton's story and Peyton's suspicions of her husband's fidelity lead her to an ex-boyfriend. After her stalker starts killing Peyton's acquaintances both she and Kevin are accused of murder.
Murder at the Opera by Margaret Truman. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith is onstage as an extra at the Kennedy Center National Opera when a promising singer is killed. Mac investigates on the invitation of the theater board and we have an interesting insight into the "backstage" of D.C. society.
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley. Pulitzer Prize winner Smiley tells the daylong story of screenwriter Max, his girlfriend Elena and the post-Oscar party they host with Max's ex-wife and other hangers-on from the Hollywood Hills.
Stalemate by Iris Johansen. Suspense novel with forensic investigator Eve Duncan. Eve is in high demand for her professional skills but says "no" to a request by Colombian drug lord Luis Montalvo. Eve acquiesces after Luis' threats and promises and she travels to the Colombian jungle to identify a skull.
Bloody Harvests by Richard Kunzmann. Two South African police detectives, one white and one black, investigate a child's murder outside Johannesburg. Is a serial killer on the loose? Or is a tribal witch sacrificing children for "medicine"?
New Music CDs
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards by Tom Waits. Three discs and 56 songs. Starting as a leftovers album, Waits re-recorded his selections and grouped them by style. Brawlers is rock and blues, Bawlers is soundtrack tunes and covers, Bastards is his "cabaret-in-a-carnival" music. Allmusic has a good album review.
Twist Party by Los Straitjackets with the World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George. Los Straitjackets wear masks like Mexican wrestlers and play surf rock. A great band that has been featured multiple times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
The Town and the City by Los Lobos. Allmusic says, "America's finest roots rock band...the band's performances are as tight and sinewy as ever...David Hidalgo offers yet another master class in virtuoso guitar playing...The Town and the City isn't likely to be the soundtrack for your next party, but it's an exciting and emotionally powerful experience that grows with each listen, and it's hard to think of many bands who, after three decades together, are as willing to challenge both themselves and their audience as Los Lobos do on this album."
Highway to Hell by AC/DC. Singer Bon Scott's last album. Check-out this album before some weasel steals it.
Mali by various artists. A Putumayo collection of West African music. Includes "desert blues of the nomadic Touaregs...jumpy rhythms and powerful vocals from the south...Bambara hunter's music" with traditonal and modern electric instruments.
Twist Party by Los Straitjackets with the World Famous Pontani Sisters and Kaiser George. Los Straitjackets wear masks like Mexican wrestlers and play surf rock. A great band that has been featured multiple times on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
The Town and the City by Los Lobos. Allmusic says, "America's finest roots rock band...the band's performances are as tight and sinewy as ever...David Hidalgo offers yet another master class in virtuoso guitar playing...The Town and the City isn't likely to be the soundtrack for your next party, but it's an exciting and emotionally powerful experience that grows with each listen, and it's hard to think of many bands who, after three decades together, are as willing to challenge both themselves and their audience as Los Lobos do on this album."
Highway to Hell by AC/DC. Singer Bon Scott's last album. Check-out this album before some weasel steals it.
Mali by various artists. A Putumayo collection of West African music. Includes "desert blues of the nomadic Touaregs...jumpy rhythms and powerful vocals from the south...Bambara hunter's music" with traditonal and modern electric instruments.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
New DVDs
The Woods starring Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson and Bruce Campbell. Falburn Academy's newest student Heather hears voices. Heather's fellow students start to disappear into the woods and Heather "receives an education in terror."
The House of Sand starring Fernando Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. Aurea's husband settles Aurea and her elderly mother in Northern Brazil to start a farm. After her husband dies Aurea is unable to cross the massive, coastal sand dunes with her elderly mother and makes her home in the dunes.
The Education of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies and Education. Shelby starting pressing for realistic sexuality education in her Lubbock, TX high school and opened a can of worms about abstinence, birth control, and religion.
Black Dahlia starring Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, and Scarlet Johansson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy which, in turn, was based on the infamous 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. Two LAPD detectives become obsessed with the dead end case as one of them follows a twisted path to reveal the murderer.
Ask the Dust starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Italian writer Arturo Bandini travels to Depression era L.A. and meets Mexican barmaid Camilla who is in search of a rich American to establish herself herself in the Anglo world.
The Five Obstructions with Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier. In 1967 Leth made a 12 minute movie called The Perfect Human. In 2003 von Trier challenges his idol Leth to remake the film under five special conditions - five obstructions. Von Trier's challenges include: 1) remaking the film in Cuba with no more than 12 frames per shot and 2) filming in the worst place in the world without showing that place on screen.
World Trade Center starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena and Maggie Gyllenhaal. True story of Port Authority policemen buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear. Thirty year old bartender Vince Papale hears of Philadelphia Eagles' Coach Dick Vermeil's open tryout offer and gives it a go. Inspired by a true story.
The Dark starring Maria Bello and Sean Bean. James and Adele continue to search for the body of their daughter off the coast of Wales. When a strange girl says Adele is looking in the wrong place Adele recalls the Celtic legend of the Land of Dead and is convinced she can trade herself for her daughter.
Miami Vice starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Theatrical version of the television program.
Underworld Evolution starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman. A replacement for our damaged version.
The House of Sand starring Fernando Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. Aurea's husband settles Aurea and her elderly mother in Northern Brazil to start a farm. After her husband dies Aurea is unable to cross the massive, coastal sand dunes with her elderly mother and makes her home in the dunes.
The Education of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies and Education. Shelby starting pressing for realistic sexuality education in her Lubbock, TX high school and opened a can of worms about abstinence, birth control, and religion.
Black Dahlia starring Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, and Scarlet Johansson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy which, in turn, was based on the infamous 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. Two LAPD detectives become obsessed with the dead end case as one of them follows a twisted path to reveal the murderer.
Ask the Dust starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Italian writer Arturo Bandini travels to Depression era L.A. and meets Mexican barmaid Camilla who is in search of a rich American to establish herself herself in the Anglo world.
The Five Obstructions with Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier. In 1967 Leth made a 12 minute movie called The Perfect Human. In 2003 von Trier challenges his idol Leth to remake the film under five special conditions - five obstructions. Von Trier's challenges include: 1) remaking the film in Cuba with no more than 12 frames per shot and 2) filming in the worst place in the world without showing that place on screen.
World Trade Center starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena and Maggie Gyllenhaal. True story of Port Authority policemen buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear. Thirty year old bartender Vince Papale hears of Philadelphia Eagles' Coach Dick Vermeil's open tryout offer and gives it a go. Inspired by a true story.
The Dark starring Maria Bello and Sean Bean. James and Adele continue to search for the body of their daughter off the coast of Wales. When a strange girl says Adele is looking in the wrong place Adele recalls the Celtic legend of the Land of Dead and is convinced she can trade herself for her daughter.
Miami Vice starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Theatrical version of the television program.
Underworld Evolution starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman. A replacement for our damaged version.
New DVDs
The Woods starring Agnes Bruckner, Patricia Clarkson and Bruce Campbell. Falburn Academy's newest student Heather hears voices. Heather's fellow students start to disappear into the woods and Heather "receives an education in terror."
The House of Sand starring Fernando Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. Aurea's husband settles Aurea and her elderly mother in Northern Brazil to start a farm. After her husband dies Aurea is unable to cross the massive, coastal sand dunes with her elderly mother and makes her home in the dunes.
The Education of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies and Education. Shelby starting pressing for realistic sexuality education in her Lubbock, TX high school and opened a can of worms about abstinence, birth control, and religion.
Black Dahlia starring Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, and Scarlet Johansson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy which, in turn, was based on the infamous 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. Two LAPD detectives become obsessed with the dead end case as one of them follows a twisted path to reveal the murderer.
Ask the Dust starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Italian writer Arturo Bandini travels to Depression era L.A. and meets Mexican barmaid Camilla who is in search of a rich American to establish herself herself in the Anglo world.
The Five Obstructions with Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier. In 1967 Leth made a 12 minute movie called The Perfect Human. In 2003 von Trier challenges his idol Leth to remake the film under five special conditions - five obstructions. Von Trier's challenges include: 1) remaking the film in Cuba with no more than 12 frames per shot and 2) filming in the worst place in the world without showing that place on screen.
World Trade Center starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena and Maggie Gyllenhaal. True story of Port Authority policemen buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear. Thirty year old bartender Vince Papale hears of Philadelphia Eagles' Coach Dick Vermeil's open tryout offer and gives it a go. Inspired by a true story.
The Dark starring Maria Bello and Sean Bean. James and Adele continue to search for the body of their daughter off the coast of Wales. When a strange girl says Adele is looking in the wrong place Adele recalls the Celtic legend of the Land of Dead and is convinced she can trade herself for her daughter.
Miami Vice starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Theatrical version of the television program.
Underworld Evolution starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman. A replacement for our damaged version.
The House of Sand starring Fernando Montenegro and Fernanda Torres. Aurea's husband settles Aurea and her elderly mother in Northern Brazil to start a farm. After her husband dies Aurea is unable to cross the massive, coastal sand dunes with her elderly mother and makes her home in the dunes.
The Education of Shelby Knox: Sex, Lies and Education. Shelby starting pressing for realistic sexuality education in her Lubbock, TX high school and opened a can of worms about abstinence, birth control, and religion.
Black Dahlia starring Josh Hartnett, Hilary Swank, Aaron Eckhart, and Scarlet Johansson. Based on the novel by James Ellroy which, in turn, was based on the infamous 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short. Two LAPD detectives become obsessed with the dead end case as one of them follows a twisted path to reveal the murderer.
Ask the Dust starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Italian writer Arturo Bandini travels to Depression era L.A. and meets Mexican barmaid Camilla who is in search of a rich American to establish herself herself in the Anglo world.
The Five Obstructions with Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier. In 1967 Leth made a 12 minute movie called The Perfect Human. In 2003 von Trier challenges his idol Leth to remake the film under five special conditions - five obstructions. Von Trier's challenges include: 1) remaking the film in Cuba with no more than 12 frames per shot and 2) filming in the worst place in the world without showing that place on screen.
World Trade Center starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena and Maggie Gyllenhaal. True story of Port Authority policemen buried in the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Invincible starring Mark Wahlberg and Greg Kinnear. Thirty year old bartender Vince Papale hears of Philadelphia Eagles' Coach Dick Vermeil's open tryout offer and gives it a go. Inspired by a true story.
The Dark starring Maria Bello and Sean Bean. James and Adele continue to search for the body of their daughter off the coast of Wales. When a strange girl says Adele is looking in the wrong place Adele recalls the Celtic legend of the Land of Dead and is convinced she can trade herself for her daughter.
Miami Vice starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Theatrical version of the television program.
Underworld Evolution starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman. A replacement for our damaged version.
New Fiction
Queen Anne Fox by Jerol Anderson. Mystery novel by Cambridge author Jerol Anderson.
Daylight Comes: Freedom's Path book 3 by Judith Miller. Inspirational fiction set in Nicodemus, Kansas.
A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin. Inspirational fiction set during World War II as four different women take on wartime jobs and duties.
Daylight Comes: Freedom's Path book 3 by Judith Miller. Inspirational fiction set in Nicodemus, Kansas.
A Woman's Place by Lynn Austin. Inspirational fiction set during World War II as four different women take on wartime jobs and duties.
More Non Fiction
The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom by Suze Orman. An updated and revised edition by super-advisor Orman.
Quick Fact Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know - NOW by American Cancer Society. Yikes! I'll skip this description.
Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs, 2007 Edition by Stephen Moore, M.D. Features A to Z list of conditions and the drugs commonly used to treat them.
Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade 20-Minute Meals by Sandra Lee. Again!? Does the woman never rest? Quick, convenient, mouthwatering recipes that taste like they were made from scratch.
The Onion Presents Homeland Insecurity: Complete News Archives Volume 17. From the 21-27 July, 2005 front page, "New Puppy Teaches Congress Important Lessons About responsibility".
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce by Emily Doskow. Latest edition of what to do and how the process works.
Ultimate Classic Car by Quentin Wilson. Ultimate is published by DK Books who produce books with fantastic photos and layout. Wilson always picks a wide variety of exotic and average vehicles for his books.
Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatan edited by Huw Hennessy. Latest travel guide in an update of our travel section.
The Playboy Interviews: Larger Than Life edited by Stephen Randall. Interviews include the Beatles (1965), Frank Sinatra (1963), Bob Dylan (1966), and John Wayne (1971). We also have a Playboy Interviews book featuring athletes.
Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and The U.S. Air Force Academy by Reichen Lehmkuhl. I heard Lehmkuhl speak on a radio program and he was such a good speaker that I figured the book must be okay. Lehmkuhl was in the news recently because he dates a guy singer (some Boy Band veteran) who recently came out of the closet.
Quick Fact Prostate Cancer: What You Need to Know - NOW by American Cancer Society. Yikes! I'll skip this description.
Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs, 2007 Edition by Stephen Moore, M.D. Features A to Z list of conditions and the drugs commonly used to treat them.
Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade 20-Minute Meals by Sandra Lee. Again!? Does the woman never rest? Quick, convenient, mouthwatering recipes that taste like they were made from scratch.
The Onion Presents Homeland Insecurity: Complete News Archives Volume 17. From the 21-27 July, 2005 front page, "New Puppy Teaches Congress Important Lessons About responsibility".
Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce by Emily Doskow. Latest edition of what to do and how the process works.
Ultimate Classic Car by Quentin Wilson. Ultimate is published by DK Books who produce books with fantastic photos and layout. Wilson always picks a wide variety of exotic and average vehicles for his books.
Guatemala, Belize & the Yucatan edited by Huw Hennessy. Latest travel guide in an update of our travel section.
The Playboy Interviews: Larger Than Life edited by Stephen Randall. Interviews include the Beatles (1965), Frank Sinatra (1963), Bob Dylan (1966), and John Wayne (1971). We also have a Playboy Interviews book featuring athletes.
Here's What We'll Say: Growing Up, Coming Out, and The U.S. Air Force Academy by Reichen Lehmkuhl. I heard Lehmkuhl speak on a radio program and he was such a good speaker that I figured the book must be okay. Lehmkuhl was in the news recently because he dates a guy singer (some Boy Band veteran) who recently came out of the closet.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
New Fiction
New Fiction
1812: The River of War by Eric Flint. Alternative history of the War of 1812 where Indian tribes, escaped slaves, free Blacks, and some white guys form a separate alliance.
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris. Harris is publishing both hardcove and original paperbacks. Clients of psychic gravefinder Harper are not always happy with Harper's answers. But Harper cannot leave the town of Sarne because even though a missing girl is found dead her killer is still finding victims.
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz. Paperback version of Forever Odd.
Saffron Skies by Lesley Lokko. Born into wealth and power, Amber Sall still strives for her father's love and approval. Amber's jet setting half-sister, Paola, is the daughter of her father's Italian mistress and determined to marry. "An unforgettable story of wealth, ambition, family, friendship, passion, loyalty, and betrayal."
The Sisterhood of the Queen Mamas by Annie Jones. Flea market mavens troll the stalls and change lives. "Grab your shopping bags and join the feisty Queen Mamas as they dish out relationship repair, tag-sale tactics and humor that is truly priceless."
The House Beautiful by Allison Burnett. "A novel of high ideals, low morals, and lower rent." Middle-aged bipolar poet B.K. inherits his friend's brownstone building in New York City. Unable to afford the taxes he opens an "Artists' Colony" and snoops on his renters.
Gaits of Heaven: a Dog Lover's Mystery by Susan Conant. The dysfunctional and overly medicated Green family hire Holly to train their dog. When Eunie Green overdoses on medication her daughter and Holly both think it was murder.
Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier. Another one of those mysteries with recipes.
A Single Eye by Susan Dunlap. Stuntwoman Darcy had a bad accident during a falling stunt into deep woods. Her Zen master sends Darcy to a monastery in California's redwoods to confront her fear. But the monastery holds secrets about a missing student.
1812: The River of War by Eric Flint. Alternative history of the War of 1812 where Indian tribes, escaped slaves, free Blacks, and some white guys form a separate alliance.
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris. Harris is publishing both hardcove and original paperbacks. Clients of psychic gravefinder Harper are not always happy with Harper's answers. But Harper cannot leave the town of Sarne because even though a missing girl is found dead her killer is still finding victims.
Forever Odd by Dean Koontz. Paperback version of Forever Odd.
Saffron Skies by Lesley Lokko. Born into wealth and power, Amber Sall still strives for her father's love and approval. Amber's jet setting half-sister, Paola, is the daughter of her father's Italian mistress and determined to marry. "An unforgettable story of wealth, ambition, family, friendship, passion, loyalty, and betrayal."
The Sisterhood of the Queen Mamas by Annie Jones. Flea market mavens troll the stalls and change lives. "Grab your shopping bags and join the feisty Queen Mamas as they dish out relationship repair, tag-sale tactics and humor that is truly priceless."
The House Beautiful by Allison Burnett. "A novel of high ideals, low morals, and lower rent." Middle-aged bipolar poet B.K. inherits his friend's brownstone building in New York City. Unable to afford the taxes he opens an "Artists' Colony" and snoops on his renters.
Gaits of Heaven: a Dog Lover's Mystery by Susan Conant. The dysfunctional and overly medicated Green family hire Holly to train their dog. When Eunie Green overdoses on medication her daughter and Holly both think it was murder.
Bake Sale Murder by Leslie Meier. Another one of those mysteries with recipes.
A Single Eye by Susan Dunlap. Stuntwoman Darcy had a bad accident during a falling stunt into deep woods. Her Zen master sends Darcy to a monastery in California's redwoods to confront her fear. But the monastery holds secrets about a missing student.
New DVDs
New DVDs
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear starring Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan and Bob Newhart. Noah Wyle is Flynn Carsen, a professional student who refuses to leave university and find a job. Kind of like Johnny Lechner, but not as pathetic. Finally forced to get a job Flynn applies to be Librarian for the Metropolitan Library where such artifacts as Excalibur and Pandora's Box are secretly kept. After a Library burglary Flynn has to recover the Spear of Destiny. A fun and goofy movie with 15 additional minutes not shown on the TNT network.
Stripes starring Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, Sean Young. You probably know about this one. Includes six deleted scenes.
Office Space starring Ron Livingston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston, John C. McGinley, Diedrich Bader. You probably know about this one, too. Peter Gibbons goes to a hypnotist and starts to ignore his job and enjoy life. Hilarity ensues; along with a car wreck, fax abuse, gratuitous Aniston appearances, arson, gratuitious Diedrich Bader appearances, and stapler theft.
Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kevin Spacey. Superman returns to Earth after a five year search for his home planet and saves people from death and destruction.
Let's Rock Again starring Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. Former Clash frontman Joe Strummer goes on tour with his band to promote their new album, Global A Go-Go. "Strummer dispels his punk persona to reveal a die-hard performer whose main objective is simple - get his music heard and bread his record even." Filmed by Dick Rude, who you may remember as Duke in Repo Man.
The White Diamond directed by Werner Herzog. In 1992 Dr. Graham Dorrington took a man-powered dirigible on a scientific expedition across the treetops Guyana's Amazon rain forest. A "stupid, meaningless accident" in the dirigible killed Dorrington's longtime pal. Twelve years later Dorrington tries again with a uniquely shaped balloon (shaped like a diamond) and brings Herzog along to document the expedition and uniquely film the spectacular scenery.
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear starring Noah Wyle, Kyle MacLachlan and Bob Newhart. Noah Wyle is Flynn Carsen, a professional student who refuses to leave university and find a job. Kind of like Johnny Lechner, but not as pathetic. Finally forced to get a job Flynn applies to be Librarian for the Metropolitan Library where such artifacts as Excalibur and Pandora's Box are secretly kept. After a Library burglary Flynn has to recover the Spear of Destiny. A fun and goofy movie with 15 additional minutes not shown on the TNT network.
Stripes starring Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, Sean Young. You probably know about this one. Includes six deleted scenes.
Office Space starring Ron Livingston, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Jennifer Aniston, John C. McGinley, Diedrich Bader. You probably know about this one, too. Peter Gibbons goes to a hypnotist and starts to ignore his job and enjoy life. Hilarity ensues; along with a car wreck, fax abuse, gratuitous Aniston appearances, arson, gratuitious Diedrich Bader appearances, and stapler theft.
Superman Returns starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kevin Spacey. Superman returns to Earth after a five year search for his home planet and saves people from death and destruction.
Let's Rock Again starring Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. Former Clash frontman Joe Strummer goes on tour with his band to promote their new album, Global A Go-Go. "Strummer dispels his punk persona to reveal a die-hard performer whose main objective is simple - get his music heard and bread his record even." Filmed by Dick Rude, who you may remember as Duke in Repo Man.
The White Diamond directed by Werner Herzog. In 1992 Dr. Graham Dorrington took a man-powered dirigible on a scientific expedition across the treetops Guyana's Amazon rain forest. A "stupid, meaningless accident" in the dirigible killed Dorrington's longtime pal. Twelve years later Dorrington tries again with a uniquely shaped balloon (shaped like a diamond) and brings Herzog along to document the expedition and uniquely film the spectacular scenery.
Monday, February 05, 2007
New Non Fiction
New Non Fiction
The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Can Save Your Life by Gavin De Becker. De Becker "shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger - before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, De Becker...offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love."
ReadyMade: How to Make {Almost} Everything by Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne. A dream book for crafty do-it-yourselfers. Make a Beer Can Room Divider, Coat Hanger Wine Rack, Denim Dog Bed, or a Carpet Kiddie Chair.
Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes by Sandra Lee. Food Network's popular host presents another cookbook.
Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash. The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that crashed upon a reef off the coast of Australia in 1628. The disgruntled crew was already planning mutiny before the wreck, and after their marooning things got really ugly. The insane and charismatic lead mutineer Jeronimus Corneliszoon was deluded by religious fanaticism. Corneliszoon guided his mutineers to the murder 125 fellow survivors until a rescue party arrives from Java. If you read the recently acquired, and very brief, Wreck of the Batavia by Simon Leys you'll likely love Batavia's Graveyard.
Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor's Soul edited by Jack Canfield, et al.
The Best American Poetry 2006 edited by Billy Collins. Self explanatory.
Insiders Guide to the Twin Cities, Fifth Edition by Todd Berger, et al. An update to our travel collection.
Parenting Collection (shelved downstairs)
Kitchen Table Play and Learn: Activities and lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills by Tara Copley and Andrea Custer. "Thirty lessons offer step-by-step activities that help you foster important skills in your preschooler and let you set the pace for learning. All you need are inexpensive, everyday items from around the house!"
The Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success by Brock and Fernette Eide. "The Eides provide a comprehensive look at learning differences ranging from dyslexia to dysgraphia, to attention problems, to giftedness, and offer specific suggestions to help children at school and at home, while clarifying the diagnoses and providing resources to help."
The Gift of Fear: And Other Survival Signals That Can Save Your Life by Gavin De Becker. De Becker "shows you how to spot even subtle signs of danger - before it's too late. Shattering the myth that most violent acts are unpredictable, De Becker...offers specific ways to protect yourself and those you love."
ReadyMade: How to Make {Almost} Everything by Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne. A dream book for crafty do-it-yourselfers. Make a Beer Can Room Divider, Coat Hanger Wine Rack, Denim Dog Bed, or a Carpet Kiddie Chair.
Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes by Sandra Lee. Food Network's popular host presents another cookbook.
Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash. The Batavia was a Dutch East India Company ship that crashed upon a reef off the coast of Australia in 1628. The disgruntled crew was already planning mutiny before the wreck, and after their marooning things got really ugly. The insane and charismatic lead mutineer Jeronimus Corneliszoon was deluded by religious fanaticism. Corneliszoon guided his mutineers to the murder 125 fellow survivors until a rescue party arrives from Java. If you read the recently acquired, and very brief, Wreck of the Batavia by Simon Leys you'll likely love Batavia's Graveyard.
Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor's Soul edited by Jack Canfield, et al.
The Best American Poetry 2006 edited by Billy Collins. Self explanatory.
Insiders Guide to the Twin Cities, Fifth Edition by Todd Berger, et al. An update to our travel collection.
Parenting Collection (shelved downstairs)
Kitchen Table Play and Learn: Activities and lessons for Building Your Preschooler's Vital Developmental Skills by Tara Copley and Andrea Custer. "Thirty lessons offer step-by-step activities that help you foster important skills in your preschooler and let you set the pace for learning. All you need are inexpensive, everyday items from around the house!"
The Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style Can Open the Door to Success by Brock and Fernette Eide. "The Eides provide a comprehensive look at learning differences ranging from dyslexia to dysgraphia, to attention problems, to giftedness, and offer specific suggestions to help children at school and at home, while clarifying the diagnoses and providing resources to help."
Friday, February 02, 2007
New Fiction
Free Fall by Fern Michaels. Seventh book in the Revenge of the Sisterhood series. Yoko Akia's plans for revenge are put into action against the man who enslaved her mother, and fathered Yoko.
High Profile by Robert B. Parker. A Jesse Stone novel, not a Spencer novel. Police Chief Stone investigates the murders of a high-profile radio talk show host and a teen girl.
Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Step has newly widowed NYPD Detective Michael Bennett torn between stopping a vicious hostage taker and caring for his ten children.
White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz. Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle's latest Arcane Society Novel. Clare Lancaster can sense deception in anyone. Her lie detecting ability has harmed her love life and Clare has about given up on romance. When Clare is asked to investigate the death of her brother-in-law in Arizona she starts a romance with some dude named Jake who rides the line between truth and deception.
Montmorency and the Assassins by Eleanor Updale. International detective Montmorency, circa 1899, investigates the theft of a naturalists' rare specimens. The investigation leads to Florence, Italy where Montmorency and his partner Lord Fox-Selwyn uncover an anarchist ring intent on terror.
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky. Dana grew up in a lousy family and never knew her father. Dana is now eagerly expecting the birth of her first child after marrying into a loving New England family. When Dana's daughter shows distinct African-American facial features Dana's husband suspects her fidelity. Now Dana is searching for her father and her family roots.
The Dark Streets by John Shannon. Another Jack Liffey mystery set in Los Angeles. Liffey specializes in investigating missing children throughout the grittier sections of L.A. Liffey is looking for a Korean film-student who is also being hunted by her militant friends and Homeland Security.
High Profile by Robert B. Parker. A Jesse Stone novel, not a Spencer novel. Police Chief Stone investigates the murders of a high-profile radio talk show host and a teen girl.
Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Step has newly widowed NYPD Detective Michael Bennett torn between stopping a vicious hostage taker and caring for his ten children.
White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz. Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle's latest Arcane Society Novel. Clare Lancaster can sense deception in anyone. Her lie detecting ability has harmed her love life and Clare has about given up on romance. When Clare is asked to investigate the death of her brother-in-law in Arizona she starts a romance with some dude named Jake who rides the line between truth and deception.
Montmorency and the Assassins by Eleanor Updale. International detective Montmorency, circa 1899, investigates the theft of a naturalists' rare specimens. The investigation leads to Florence, Italy where Montmorency and his partner Lord Fox-Selwyn uncover an anarchist ring intent on terror.
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky. Dana grew up in a lousy family and never knew her father. Dana is now eagerly expecting the birth of her first child after marrying into a loving New England family. When Dana's daughter shows distinct African-American facial features Dana's husband suspects her fidelity. Now Dana is searching for her father and her family roots.
The Dark Streets by John Shannon. Another Jack Liffey mystery set in Los Angeles. Liffey specializes in investigating missing children throughout the grittier sections of L.A. Liffey is looking for a Korean film-student who is also being hunted by her militant friends and Homeland Security.
Monday, January 29, 2007
New DVDs
New DVDs
The Ringer starring Johnny Knoxville. Loser Steve Barker fakes his way into the Special Olympics to fix the track events and make some needed money.
Requiem for a Dream starring Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Jared Leto. A widowed mom, her son and her son's two friends all hit bottom after each one gets hooked on either diet pills, heroin or cocaine. Requiem has become something of a cult movie and is known for a realistic, and scary, look at drug addiction.
Pi directed by Darren Aronofsky. Mathematican Maximilian mulls stock market mysteries as he mistakenly trusts manipulative madmen and mislays his mind.
Clerks II starring Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran and Rosario Dawson. Dante and Randal have not evolved much in the 10 years since they worked and hung out at convenience store in Clerks. Now Dante and Randal are two lousy employees of fast food joint Mooby's when Dante decides it's time to escape New Jersey.
Speak starring Kristen Stewart, Eric Lively, Steve Zahn and Elizabeth Perkins. From the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Already an outcast after calling the police on a summertime party, Melinda has no one to talk to after her rape. In fact, Melinda refuses to speak to anyone at all.
Super Troopers starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Brian Cox. Comedy from the makers of the recent film Beer Fest. Vermont state troopers battle boredom by messing with each other and the local city cops. An honest-to-goodness crime gives them something to do and is chance to prove their usefulness before budget cuts get their unit shut down.
Jackie Brown starring Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel M. Jackson, Robert DeNiro and Bridget Fonda. This must be the least popular of director Quentin Tarantino's films. Flight stewardess Jackie Brown has been caught smuggling $500,000 for an arms dealer. She can either work with the cops and risk being killed, or do prison time. With the assistance of her bail bondsman (who is in love with her), Jackie hatches a plan to keep her freedom, keep alive and keep the money.
The Ringer starring Johnny Knoxville. Loser Steve Barker fakes his way into the Special Olympics to fix the track events and make some needed money.
Requiem for a Dream starring Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans and Jared Leto. A widowed mom, her son and her son's two friends all hit bottom after each one gets hooked on either diet pills, heroin or cocaine. Requiem has become something of a cult movie and is known for a realistic, and scary, look at drug addiction.
Pi directed by Darren Aronofsky. Mathematican Maximilian mulls stock market mysteries as he mistakenly trusts manipulative madmen and mislays his mind.
Clerks II starring Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran and Rosario Dawson. Dante and Randal have not evolved much in the 10 years since they worked and hung out at convenience store in Clerks. Now Dante and Randal are two lousy employees of fast food joint Mooby's when Dante decides it's time to escape New Jersey.
Speak starring Kristen Stewart, Eric Lively, Steve Zahn and Elizabeth Perkins. From the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson. Already an outcast after calling the police on a summertime party, Melinda has no one to talk to after her rape. In fact, Melinda refuses to speak to anyone at all.
Super Troopers starring Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Brian Cox. Comedy from the makers of the recent film Beer Fest. Vermont state troopers battle boredom by messing with each other and the local city cops. An honest-to-goodness crime gives them something to do and is chance to prove their usefulness before budget cuts get their unit shut down.
Jackie Brown starring Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Samuel M. Jackson, Robert DeNiro and Bridget Fonda. This must be the least popular of director Quentin Tarantino's films. Flight stewardess Jackie Brown has been caught smuggling $500,000 for an arms dealer. She can either work with the cops and risk being killed, or do prison time. With the assistance of her bail bondsman (who is in love with her), Jackie hatches a plan to keep her freedom, keep alive and keep the money.
Friday, January 26, 2007
New NonFiction and a one more Large Print
Large Print
Santa Cruise by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark. We have the regular version of this one. Sister and daughter team up for another holiday themed title. This time Alvirah Meehan and Regan Reilly solve a cruise ship murder.
Non Fiction
What Paul Meant by Garry Willis. Willis defends Paul and his work. Paul's stand on divisive issues or early Christianity and how to move on as Christians is covered.
War on the Middle Class by Lou Dobbs. CNN's popular money man says, "[the] war is nothing less than an all-out-assault on the middle class, waged by a government that has become the instrument of corporate special interests, by a business culture that is driven by the profit motive above all other considerations, and by media that relies more on sensationalism than responsible reporting of the news."
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. Larson's double narrative covers an almost perfect murder by an Englishman and Marconi's efforts to perfect and promote wireless comunication. Marconi's invention and a killer's escape to America coincide in the capture of a killer.
CancerVixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Young, successfull, and fashion obsessed Marisa is diagnosed with breat cancer three weeks before her wedding. Since Marisa is also a cartoonist (a stylish cartoonist?) she wrote and illustrated a book about. 11 months from diagnoses to cure are covered in this highly recommended story.
Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield. Sex, drugs and rock and roll wasn't a cliche to the Rolling Stones. Greenfield tells the story of the Stones' self imposed exile in Southern France and the hedonistic parties that joined the band's recording of Exile on Main St. Highly recommended by comic Artie Lang.
Santa Cruise by Mary and Carol Higgins Clark. We have the regular version of this one. Sister and daughter team up for another holiday themed title. This time Alvirah Meehan and Regan Reilly solve a cruise ship murder.
Non Fiction
What Paul Meant by Garry Willis. Willis defends Paul and his work. Paul's stand on divisive issues or early Christianity and how to move on as Christians is covered.
War on the Middle Class by Lou Dobbs. CNN's popular money man says, "[the] war is nothing less than an all-out-assault on the middle class, waged by a government that has become the instrument of corporate special interests, by a business culture that is driven by the profit motive above all other considerations, and by media that relies more on sensationalism than responsible reporting of the news."
Thunderstruck by Erik Larson. Larson's double narrative covers an almost perfect murder by an Englishman and Marconi's efforts to perfect and promote wireless comunication. Marconi's invention and a killer's escape to America coincide in the capture of a killer.
CancerVixen by Marisa Acocella Marchetto. Young, successfull, and fashion obsessed Marisa is diagnosed with breat cancer three weeks before her wedding. Since Marisa is also a cartoonist (a stylish cartoonist?) she wrote and illustrated a book about. 11 months from diagnoses to cure are covered in this highly recommended story.
Exile on Main St.: A Season in Hell with the Rolling Stones by Robert Greenfield. Sex, drugs and rock and roll wasn't a cliche to the Rolling Stones. Greenfield tells the story of the Stones' self imposed exile in Southern France and the hedonistic parties that joined the band's recording of Exile on Main St. Highly recommended by comic Artie Lang.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
New Books
Adult Fiction
Christmas Candle by Max Lucado. Well, this one's a little past the Christmas season but Lucado is an enduringly popular author of Christian fiction and nonfiction.
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. Published to coincide with the new movie of the same name. Harris gives the early history of his most famous character, Hannibal. While raised by his uncle in France Hannibal grows to embrace his dark and brutal past as an orphan during World War Two.
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. Polar opposites Arlyn and John marry and have kids. From the jacket, "Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted, it is as is they have written their own riveting history - a quest for love and truth."
Non Fiction
The Best American Nonrequired Reading of 2006 edited by Dave Eggers. Eclectic collection of stories, reporting, transcripts, blogs, etc. of great interest. Covering comedy, politics, law and culture.
The IQ Answer: Maximizing Your Child's Potential by Dr. Frank Lawliss. From the book jacket, "expert advice for improving the overall function of kids struggling with plummeting grades, low self-esteem, learning disabilities, and even addiction and depression. His unique method provides clear, easy-to-follow strategies for overcoming the damaging patterns that hamper success."
Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice by Bill Lueders. Madison resident Patty was raped in her home. The Madison Police Department screwed up the investigation and Patty had to fight accusation of falsely reporting a crime and then go through the trauma of a rape trial once the guy was caught. Isthmus editor Lueders tells the story.
Christmas Candle by Max Lucado. Well, this one's a little past the Christmas season but Lucado is an enduringly popular author of Christian fiction and nonfiction.
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris. Published to coincide with the new movie of the same name. Harris gives the early history of his most famous character, Hannibal. While raised by his uncle in France Hannibal grows to embrace his dark and brutal past as an orphan during World War Two.
Skylight Confessions by Alice Hoffman. Polar opposites Arlyn and John marry and have kids. From the jacket, "Here is a family so real, so tragic, so devoted, it is as is they have written their own riveting history - a quest for love and truth."
Non Fiction
The Best American Nonrequired Reading of 2006 edited by Dave Eggers. Eclectic collection of stories, reporting, transcripts, blogs, etc. of great interest. Covering comedy, politics, law and culture.
The IQ Answer: Maximizing Your Child's Potential by Dr. Frank Lawliss. From the book jacket, "expert advice for improving the overall function of kids struggling with plummeting grades, low self-esteem, learning disabilities, and even addiction and depression. His unique method provides clear, easy-to-follow strategies for overcoming the damaging patterns that hamper success."
Cry Rape: The True Story of One Woman's Harrowing Quest for Justice by Bill Lueders. Madison resident Patty was raped in her home. The Madison Police Department screwed up the investigation and Patty had to fight accusation of falsely reporting a crime and then go through the trauma of a rape trial once the guy was caught. Isthmus editor Lueders tells the story.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
New Books Rolling On Out
More titles for you.
Adult Fiction
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich. A short, 164 pages, Stephanie Plum novel by Evanovich. Plum is looking for Annie, a matchmaker wanted for armed robbery. Diesel shows up at Plum's apartment offering to tell Plum where Annie is; but only if Plum steps in to work as a matchmaker for Annie's "difficult" clients.
Ravenscar Dynasty by Barbara Taylor Bradford. A family dynasty novel by Bradford. In 1904 England, 18-year-old Edward Deravenel learns he is the only surviving adult male of his family after his father, uncle and cousin die in a suspicious fire. "Power and money, passion and adultery, ambition and treachery all illuminate a dramatic epic saga that brings to life the glittering Edwardian Era."
The Blonde by Duane Swierczynski. I ordered Swierczynski's crime thriller The Wheelman after reading several very positive reviews. The Blonde is Swierczynski's most recent novel. Jack Eisley is flirting with a blonde in an airport lounge when she tells him she has just poisoned him with nanomachines that will kill him unless he stays within 10 feet of another person. Chased by a murderous, covert, government agent Jack and the Blonde are on "another fast, funny, and action-packed outing from a writer who, fortunately for us, doesn't seem to know how to slow down." (Booklist review)
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein. NYC Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper is prosecuting Brendan Quillian who is accused of hiring a hit man to strangle his wife. Cooper's prosecution is slowly coming together when an explosion in a massive NYC water tunnel shows links to the defendant. Cooper digs deeper and sees connections between the Quillian murder and an old feud among the tunnel workers.
Web of Evil by J.A. Jance. Bestselling mystery author Jance has a new standalone novel with a new character. Former newswoman Ali Reynolds is driving from Sedona, AZ to Los Angeles, CA to complete the divorce with her philandering husband. Ali drives upon a gruesome highway accident and finds that her husband has been murdered. Ali is the chief suspect and "in a twisted and lethal drama of heart-pounding suspense that asks the question: If hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, just what punishment could that fury unleash." (from the book jacket)
The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin. Griffin's most recent novel in his Presidential Series has Charley Castillo stepping over dead bodies along the dirty-money trail left by the thieves of a U.N. oil-for-food scandal.
Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood. Jordan Buchanan's best friend is marrying Jordan's brother together they are joining two Scottish dynasties. When a medieval history professor shows up at the reception and tells Jordan that one of the families has been secretly carrying out an ancient feud Jordan decides to review the professor's evidence. Jordan's research and questioning bring a new and unexpected romance and a deadly threat to her life.
Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton. Princess Meredith, heir to the Faerie throne, must conceive a child or risk assassination by her cousin Cel. Meredith shares her bed with the new Captain of Guard and together they unlock ancient magic that may save Meredith's reign. Another Hamilton book with a lot of sex.
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell. The great Cornwell continues his Saxon Tales about the invasion and settling of England by Danish Vikings. English orphan Uhtred was raised by the Danes. After a falling out with the Danish king Alfred, Uhtred heads North to hunt for his kidnapped step-sister. Lots of sword fighting, treachery, and battles follow.
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk. A dark comedy following several households in a rich London suburb as the residents cope with aging and family politics.
Large Print
The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin. Same as above but in large print.
Web of Evil by J.A. Jance. Same as above but in large print.
On Tall Pine Lake by Dorothy Garlock. Nona Conrad is struggling to raise her younger sister and win her rightful inheritance after her parents' deaths. Taking a job in rural Arkansas, Nona collides against two different, and threatening, men.
Non-Fiction
I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics. This is a very funny book. I started flipping through the book and randomly reading stories and had to tear myself away to get back to work. Stories from a bunch of well known comics (Drew Carey, Tim Allen, Jerry Seinfeld) and lesser known comics.
Music CD
Endless Wire by the Who. I mentioned this one before but the title was detained. Townsend and Daltrey's first studio album in several years. Includes a DVD of a 2005 Who performance in France.
Adult Fiction
Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich. A short, 164 pages, Stephanie Plum novel by Evanovich. Plum is looking for Annie, a matchmaker wanted for armed robbery. Diesel shows up at Plum's apartment offering to tell Plum where Annie is; but only if Plum steps in to work as a matchmaker for Annie's "difficult" clients.
Ravenscar Dynasty by Barbara Taylor Bradford. A family dynasty novel by Bradford. In 1904 England, 18-year-old Edward Deravenel learns he is the only surviving adult male of his family after his father, uncle and cousin die in a suspicious fire. "Power and money, passion and adultery, ambition and treachery all illuminate a dramatic epic saga that brings to life the glittering Edwardian Era."
The Blonde by Duane Swierczynski. I ordered Swierczynski's crime thriller The Wheelman after reading several very positive reviews. The Blonde is Swierczynski's most recent novel. Jack Eisley is flirting with a blonde in an airport lounge when she tells him she has just poisoned him with nanomachines that will kill him unless he stays within 10 feet of another person. Chased by a murderous, covert, government agent Jack and the Blonde are on "another fast, funny, and action-packed outing from a writer who, fortunately for us, doesn't seem to know how to slow down." (Booklist review)
Bad Blood by Linda Fairstein. NYC Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cooper is prosecuting Brendan Quillian who is accused of hiring a hit man to strangle his wife. Cooper's prosecution is slowly coming together when an explosion in a massive NYC water tunnel shows links to the defendant. Cooper digs deeper and sees connections between the Quillian murder and an old feud among the tunnel workers.
Web of Evil by J.A. Jance. Bestselling mystery author Jance has a new standalone novel with a new character. Former newswoman Ali Reynolds is driving from Sedona, AZ to Los Angeles, CA to complete the divorce with her philandering husband. Ali drives upon a gruesome highway accident and finds that her husband has been murdered. Ali is the chief suspect and "in a twisted and lethal drama of heart-pounding suspense that asks the question: If hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, just what punishment could that fury unleash." (from the book jacket)
The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin. Griffin's most recent novel in his Presidential Series has Charley Castillo stepping over dead bodies along the dirty-money trail left by the thieves of a U.N. oil-for-food scandal.
Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood. Jordan Buchanan's best friend is marrying Jordan's brother together they are joining two Scottish dynasties. When a medieval history professor shows up at the reception and tells Jordan that one of the families has been secretly carrying out an ancient feud Jordan decides to review the professor's evidence. Jordan's research and questioning bring a new and unexpected romance and a deadly threat to her life.
Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton. Princess Meredith, heir to the Faerie throne, must conceive a child or risk assassination by her cousin Cel. Meredith shares her bed with the new Captain of Guard and together they unlock ancient magic that may save Meredith's reign. Another Hamilton book with a lot of sex.
Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell. The great Cornwell continues his Saxon Tales about the invasion and settling of England by Danish Vikings. English orphan Uhtred was raised by the Danes. After a falling out with the Danish king Alfred, Uhtred heads North to hunt for his kidnapped step-sister. Lots of sword fighting, treachery, and battles follow.
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk. A dark comedy following several households in a rich London suburb as the residents cope with aging and family politics.
Large Print
The Hunters by W.E.B. Griffin. Same as above but in large print.
Web of Evil by J.A. Jance. Same as above but in large print.
On Tall Pine Lake by Dorothy Garlock. Nona Conrad is struggling to raise her younger sister and win her rightful inheritance after her parents' deaths. Taking a job in rural Arkansas, Nona collides against two different, and threatening, men.
Non-Fiction
I Killed: True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics. This is a very funny book. I started flipping through the book and randomly reading stories and had to tear myself away to get back to work. Stories from a bunch of well known comics (Drew Carey, Tim Allen, Jerry Seinfeld) and lesser known comics.
Music CD
Endless Wire by the Who. I mentioned this one before but the title was detained. Townsend and Daltrey's first studio album in several years. Includes a DVD of a 2005 Who performance in France.
Monday, January 22, 2007
New Fiction titles available
Our cataloging and processing is catching up with our new system. For several days after our "Go Live" date of January 10 we were not allowed to add any new items. Jim is working hard at cataloging the books, DVDs, and music CDs that we have had sitting around since our cataloging moratorium that started back in November.
Fiction
Magic Time by Doug Marlette. What is this? I don't recognize this at all. Oh, now I remember, this is supposed to be pretty good. In 1991, emotionally broken down newspaper columnist Carter Ransom returns to home to Mississippi for a rest. When evidence that a 1964 murder trial of a Klansman may have been fixed Carter gets involved because: 1) he's a newspaperman, and 2) his father was the trial's presiding judge in '64.
One Shining Moment by Gilbert Morris. The prolific Morris publishes another novel from his American Century series. The Stuart children live through World Wat One and into the Twenties.
Awake in the Dark by Shira Nayman. Short stories about the children of Holocaust survivors discovering family secrets. Author's career as a clinical psychologist gives a different tack to the stories. This could be a neat companion to Art Spiegelman's story about his Holocaust surviving father in Maus and Maus II.
Pictures by Robert Daley. Daley's 2005 novel Enemy of God has checked out pretty well. According to the book jacket this is a "sexy thriller with a harrowing climax". After photos of a European duchess's husband shacking up with another women hit the Euro gossip magazines Vincent Conte's security firm is hired to find the mistress and the photographer and find out who commissioned the photos to be taken. Conte travels across Europe for answers and finds his clients are using those answers for more than personal edification.
Keeper of the Keys by Perri O'Shaughnessy. Architect Ray Jackson's wife has disappeared. Leigh is gone with no note, no body, and no trace. When a friend of Leigh starts to question Ray's truthfulness, along with the police, Ray starts to investigate. Using years old keys from the homes his mother and he used to live in Ray digs into his violent past to find a connection to Leigh's disappearance. This is a standalone novel and not a part of the Nina Reilly series.
Eagle's Prophecy by Simon Scarrow. Scarrow starting writing novels of the Roman Legions when he could not find any he liked. Scarrow is a fan of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series and writes his novels as adventure stories filled with historical detail, nasty bad guys, and plenty of action. Eagle's Prohecy is set in 45 AD as series Legionaire heroes Macro and Cato are assigned to the Roman Fleet to help recover the Delphic scrolls from the pirates who stole them.
Large Print Fiction
Murder at the Opera by Margaret Truman. Same story, different verse by the daughter of Harry S. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith is onstage as an extra at the Kennedy Center National Opera when a promising singer is killed. Mac investigates on the invitation of the theater board and we have an interesting insight into the "backstage" of D.C. society.
Born in Death by J.D. Robb. What's the point of using a pseudonym when your real name, Nora Roberts, is spread atop the book's cover? Policewoman in 2060 investigates a double murder. Eve Dallas has to simultaneously search for a girl who has gone missing from her friends' birthing class.
Fiction
Magic Time by Doug Marlette. What is this? I don't recognize this at all. Oh, now I remember, this is supposed to be pretty good. In 1991, emotionally broken down newspaper columnist Carter Ransom returns to home to Mississippi for a rest. When evidence that a 1964 murder trial of a Klansman may have been fixed Carter gets involved because: 1) he's a newspaperman, and 2) his father was the trial's presiding judge in '64.
One Shining Moment by Gilbert Morris. The prolific Morris publishes another novel from his American Century series. The Stuart children live through World Wat One and into the Twenties.
Awake in the Dark by Shira Nayman. Short stories about the children of Holocaust survivors discovering family secrets. Author's career as a clinical psychologist gives a different tack to the stories. This could be a neat companion to Art Spiegelman's story about his Holocaust surviving father in Maus and Maus II.
Pictures by Robert Daley. Daley's 2005 novel Enemy of God has checked out pretty well. According to the book jacket this is a "sexy thriller with a harrowing climax". After photos of a European duchess's husband shacking up with another women hit the Euro gossip magazines Vincent Conte's security firm is hired to find the mistress and the photographer and find out who commissioned the photos to be taken. Conte travels across Europe for answers and finds his clients are using those answers for more than personal edification.
Keeper of the Keys by Perri O'Shaughnessy. Architect Ray Jackson's wife has disappeared. Leigh is gone with no note, no body, and no trace. When a friend of Leigh starts to question Ray's truthfulness, along with the police, Ray starts to investigate. Using years old keys from the homes his mother and he used to live in Ray digs into his violent past to find a connection to Leigh's disappearance. This is a standalone novel and not a part of the Nina Reilly series.
Eagle's Prophecy by Simon Scarrow. Scarrow starting writing novels of the Roman Legions when he could not find any he liked. Scarrow is a fan of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series and writes his novels as adventure stories filled with historical detail, nasty bad guys, and plenty of action. Eagle's Prohecy is set in 45 AD as series Legionaire heroes Macro and Cato are assigned to the Roman Fleet to help recover the Delphic scrolls from the pirates who stole them.
Large Print Fiction
Murder at the Opera by Margaret Truman. Same story, different verse by the daughter of Harry S. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith is onstage as an extra at the Kennedy Center National Opera when a promising singer is killed. Mac investigates on the invitation of the theater board and we have an interesting insight into the "backstage" of D.C. society.
Born in Death by J.D. Robb. What's the point of using a pseudonym when your real name, Nora Roberts, is spread atop the book's cover? Policewoman in 2060 investigates a double murder. Eve Dallas has to simultaneously search for a girl who has gone missing from her friends' birthing class.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
New Items trickling on to the shelves...
We have a cart full of "stuff" waiting to be processed, including CDs, DVDs, and books. A bunch of kids books were processed yesterday. But, since I list Adult items, you have to call Carolyn at 648-2166 to find out the latest new stuff in the kids section.
New Fiction
No Dominion by Charlie Huston. This is Huston's sixth novel and the second in his series that features Joe Pitt, a vampire private investigator in Manhattan. Pitt was bitten by the "Vyrus" in the 1970's and has been living in nighttime Manhattan ever since. Pitt walks the line between the different, quarreling vampire clans whose Manhattan territories are distinctly carved out.
Huston's vampires are not the sexualized, goth types who mope around in other novels. Huston is a noir mystery author who sticks a vampire society in the middle of straightforward, and well-written mysteries.
New DVD
Dead Alive Directed by Peter Jackson. An early horror-comedy by the director of the Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Here's the plot outline listed on IMDB, "A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors."
I asked one of the Pages here for suggestions on what DVDs to purchase for the Library. After giving an elitist Librarian sneer at her DVD list I ordered five or six of her suggestions; including this one.
New Fiction
No Dominion by Charlie Huston. This is Huston's sixth novel and the second in his series that features Joe Pitt, a vampire private investigator in Manhattan. Pitt was bitten by the "Vyrus" in the 1970's and has been living in nighttime Manhattan ever since. Pitt walks the line between the different, quarreling vampire clans whose Manhattan territories are distinctly carved out.
Huston's vampires are not the sexualized, goth types who mope around in other novels. Huston is a noir mystery author who sticks a vampire society in the middle of straightforward, and well-written mysteries.
New DVD
Dead Alive Directed by Peter Jackson. An early horror-comedy by the director of the Lord of the Rings and King Kong. Here's the plot outline listed on IMDB, "A young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors."
I asked one of the Pages here for suggestions on what DVDs to purchase for the Library. After giving an elitist Librarian sneer at her DVD list I ordered five or six of her suggestions; including this one.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
New System is Up and Running
Our computer system conversion has been a success. There have been the usual "teething" problems that occur during a conversion process like this, but things have gone quite well. You can access our catalog through our webpage or link direct to the catalog page.
The conversion did not assign a number to any customers' accounts. Call the Library at 648-2166 to get a personal identification number (PIN) assigned to your Library account for online access.
All customer information should have transferred over during the conversion process. Give us a call if you spot a problem with your holds, check-outs, holds, etc.
Gerard Saylor
Library Director
The conversion did not assign a number to any customers' accounts. Call the Library at 648-2166 to get a personal identification number (PIN) assigned to your Library account for online access.
All customer information should have transferred over during the conversion process. Give us a call if you spot a problem with your holds, check-outs, holds, etc.
Gerard Saylor
Library Director
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Update: Computer Conversion Almost Complete
LD Fargo is converting from our old Dynix system to the new SIRSI system. Due to the conversion we are unable to checkout anything until 3.30 PM on January 10th. The Library staff and Library Board apologize for this delay in service.
Remember that Lake Mills Library users we be able to borrow from the collections of 43 other libraries once the conversion is complete.
Remember that Lake Mills Library users we be able to borrow from the collections of 43 other libraries once the conversion is complete.
Update: New Items
New Items
We have received quite a few new DVDs, CDs, and books. I will not publish a full list since you are unable to checkout until our computer conversion is complete on January 10th.
New DVDs (from memory):
Super Troopers (how'd I miss getting this one before?)
Stripes (And this one?)
Reservoir Dogs (And this?)
The Thing (On boy! With Kurt Russell commentary)
Requiem for a Dream
Some Yoga thing (Yoga DVDs check out like mad)
Deadwood Season 1
Kids in the Hall Seasons 1 and 2
My Name is Earl Season 1
The Unit Season 1
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Superman Returns
Black Dahlia
World Trade Center
Snakes on a Plane
Strangers with Candy
Artie Lange's Beer League.
New Books
Rifles of the World
The Onion Presents Homeland Insecurity
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
Batavia's Graveyard
Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
Eagle's Prophecy
Hannibal Rising
We have received quite a few new DVDs, CDs, and books. I will not publish a full list since you are unable to checkout until our computer conversion is complete on January 10th.
New DVDs (from memory):
Super Troopers (how'd I miss getting this one before?)
Stripes (And this one?)
Reservoir Dogs (And this?)
The Thing (On boy! With Kurt Russell commentary)
Requiem for a Dream
Some Yoga thing (Yoga DVDs check out like mad)
Deadwood Season 1
Kids in the Hall Seasons 1 and 2
My Name is Earl Season 1
The Unit Season 1
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Superman Returns
Black Dahlia
World Trade Center
Snakes on a Plane
Strangers with Candy
Artie Lange's Beer League.
New Books
Rifles of the World
The Onion Presents Homeland Insecurity
Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Handbook
Batavia's Graveyard
Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers
Eagle's Prophecy
Hannibal Rising
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Library News
The LD Fargo Public Library is happy to announce that we will be offering a new online public library catalog beginning January 10th, 2007. The new library catalog, SHARE, will be easier for customers to use and provides more services than our current system. Our current catalog, LAUNCH, shares the collections of libraries in Jefferson and Dodge counties. SHARE will add the counties of Washington, Walworth and Racine and let you use your Lake Mills Library Card at 44 different libraries. The SHARE system also enables you to make online requests for an item at any of those 44 libraries to be sent to the L.D. Fargo Library in Lake Mills for pick-up. Some of those libraries are: Watertown, Beaver Dam, West Bend, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Hartford, Lake Geneva, and Racine.
During the final process of the computer conversion the Library will have to shut down the LAUNCH system on January 2nd. We will be unable to check-out or check-in all library materials from January 2nd through the 5th but the Library will stay open to provide limited service to customers - including public Internet service. We will be closed on Saturday January 6th and Monday and Tuesday January 8th and 9th. All library due dates have been set to fall outside our "down time". For additional information call the Library at 648-2166 or visit our web page at www.lakemills.lib.wi.us.
During the final process of the computer conversion the Library will have to shut down the LAUNCH system on January 2nd. We will be unable to check-out or check-in all library materials from January 2nd through the 5th but the Library will stay open to provide limited service to customers - including public Internet service. We will be closed on Saturday January 6th and Monday and Tuesday January 8th and 9th. All library due dates have been set to fall outside our "down time". For additional information call the Library at 648-2166 or visit our web page at www.lakemills.lib.wi.us.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
New Fiction
Devil's Only Friend by Mitchell Bartoy. Detroit, 1944. The manufacturing boom brought by the war brings prosperity for the automakers. But, for some people, things are not so good. Former police detective Pete Caudill is asked to investigate the murder of a young lady on the grounds of a Lloyd Motors auto plant. Caudill discovers a similar murder at a different Lloyd Motors plant and the ball starts to roll. The reviewer for Booklist wrote, "Detroit is dominated by big money, its corrupt toadies, and the pall cast over everyone by the war. Caudill is a flawed man, both physically and emotionally, but he's not ready to accept the moral morass into which his city has sunk and which its leaders justify with patriotism. This is a series to watch." LD Fargo Library also owns The Devil's Own Rag Doll from 2005.
Claire Fontaine, Crime Fighter: A novel of life and death...and shoes by Tracey Enright. From the jacket, "Claire Fontaine is sassy, sexy, sophisticated, and rich. Henry Bennett is fat, sloppy, slow, and a bad dresser. He's a private eye, and as far as he's concerned, she's his assistant. As far as shes' concerned, she's his PARTNER. Their entire relationship, in fact, is one big difference of opinion, and the results are hilarious. Now Henry has been hired to investigate the murder of a young woman who liked to party. Claire helps (or hinders, depending on your point of view) when she can drag herself away from her Brentwood mansion and the James Bond-like hunk who lives next door. As Claire and Henry try to trace the victim's last known companions, they stumble across secrets that the rich and famous desperately try to hide. If you like sleuths that are stylish, seductive, and full of great fun, then Claire Fontaine is the crime fighter for you."
Unconfessed by Yvette Christianse. Unconfessed has enthralled book reviewers in telling about one woman's life as a slave in colonial South Africa. From the book description, "They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave woman of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. A woman moved from master to master, farm to farm, and—driven by the horrors of slavery to commit an unspeakable crime—from prison to prison. A woman fit for hanging…condemned to death on April 30, 1823, but whose sentence the English, having recently wrested authority from the Dutch settlers, saw fit to commute to a lengthy term on the notorious Robben Island."
1635: Cannon Law by Eric Flint. It has been two years since the town of Grantville, WV suffered a blinding flash of light and was "delivered" back in time to feudal 1632 Germany. Relying on technology, community cohesion, and a fortunate alliance with King Gustav Adolph of Sweden, Grantville has carved out it's own city-state and founded a New United States. Ambassadors from Grantville are at the Vatican in Rome when leaders of the Spanish Inquisition launch a dirty war, and their own army, against Rome and the American heresy.
Claire Fontaine, Crime Fighter: A novel of life and death...and shoes by Tracey Enright. From the jacket, "Claire Fontaine is sassy, sexy, sophisticated, and rich. Henry Bennett is fat, sloppy, slow, and a bad dresser. He's a private eye, and as far as he's concerned, she's his assistant. As far as shes' concerned, she's his PARTNER. Their entire relationship, in fact, is one big difference of opinion, and the results are hilarious. Now Henry has been hired to investigate the murder of a young woman who liked to party. Claire helps (or hinders, depending on your point of view) when she can drag herself away from her Brentwood mansion and the James Bond-like hunk who lives next door. As Claire and Henry try to trace the victim's last known companions, they stumble across secrets that the rich and famous desperately try to hide. If you like sleuths that are stylish, seductive, and full of great fun, then Claire Fontaine is the crime fighter for you."
Unconfessed by Yvette Christianse. Unconfessed has enthralled book reviewers in telling about one woman's life as a slave in colonial South Africa. From the book description, "They called her Sila van den Kaap, slave woman of Jacobus Stephanus Van der Wat of Plettenberg Bay, South Africa. A woman moved from master to master, farm to farm, and—driven by the horrors of slavery to commit an unspeakable crime—from prison to prison. A woman fit for hanging…condemned to death on April 30, 1823, but whose sentence the English, having recently wrested authority from the Dutch settlers, saw fit to commute to a lengthy term on the notorious Robben Island."
1635: Cannon Law by Eric Flint. It has been two years since the town of Grantville, WV suffered a blinding flash of light and was "delivered" back in time to feudal 1632 Germany. Relying on technology, community cohesion, and a fortunate alliance with King Gustav Adolph of Sweden, Grantville has carved out it's own city-state and founded a New United States. Ambassadors from Grantville are at the Vatican in Rome when leaders of the Spanish Inquisition launch a dirty war, and their own army, against Rome and the American heresy.
Friday, December 15, 2006
New DVD, New Book
New DVD
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Starring Will Ferrel, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen. NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby loses to French F1 driver Jean Girard and goes into a professional and personal tailspin.
New Books
I Love Claire by Tracey Bateman. Inspirational/Christian fiction with protagonist Claire Everett hustling herself as a supreme dog-walker so she can afford her dream wedding dress.
Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners by Ed Swick. "This clearly written guide leads you through the entire system of English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language."
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Starring Will Ferrel, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen. NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby loses to French F1 driver Jean Girard and goes into a professional and personal tailspin.
New Books
I Love Claire by Tracey Bateman. Inspirational/Christian fiction with protagonist Claire Everett hustling herself as a supreme dog-walker so she can afford her dream wedding dress.
Practice Makes Perfect: English Grammar for ESL Learners by Ed Swick. "This clearly written guide leads you through the entire system of English grammar using concise, easy-to-understand language."
Saturday, December 09, 2006
New DVDs (and some I forgot about)
Little Fish. Starring Cate Blanchett, Sam Neil and Hugo Weaving. Former heroin junkie Tracy has spent four years clean, is mending her family relationships, and starting a business. Tracy tries to stay straight when three men from her past, including her brother and a former boyfriend, start dragging her back into the crime world.
Strange Brew. Starring Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas). Released in 1983. Bob and Doug stick a mouse in a beer bottle and visit the Elsinore brewery hoping to get free beer. The scheming brewmaster takes advantage of their stupidity to frame them for the owner's murder. The brewmaster is then free to set upon his plans to take over the world by releasing his mind control beer on Toronto's Oktoberfest. What a hoser.
The King. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt. Elvis leaves the Navy and heads to Texas to find his biological father, David, who he never met. David is now a successful Baptist pastor who wants his sinful past to stay hidden, and Elvis to do the same. After his rejection by David, Elvis befriends his half-sister Malerie and starts to make unwanted in-roads into David's life.
American Dreamz. Starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore. A comedic parody of American Idol with the president joining the popular show to improve his own ratings.
Edmond. Starring William H. Macy, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, Julia Stiles, Bokeem Woodbine. A David Mamet story (which explains why Joe Mantegna and Rebecca Pigeon also appear). Edmond uncharacteristically gets his fortune told and learns "he is not where he is supposed to be". After a fight with his wife, Edmond goes to bar, talks to a racist, and starts losing the self-control his life has had.
Beerfest. From the makers of Super Troopers and Club Dread. Beer guzzling brothers Todd and Jan travel to Germany during the heights of Oktoberfest to spread their grandfather's ashes. Stumbling across the secret Beerfest drinking competition they decide to enter as the American team to show their German relatives that they too can "swill beer and embarass themselves just as well as anyone".
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy. Something about pirates, sword fighting, ships, Keira Knightley, and some sort of octopus man.
Uno Bianca. Italian crime thriller. A team of detectives have been tracking and chasing a gang of armed robbers. When a resulting gunfight kills their officer, the cops take their methods and chase to the extreme. Based on a true story of crimes in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy in 1991.
Strange Brew. Starring Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas). Released in 1983. Bob and Doug stick a mouse in a beer bottle and visit the Elsinore brewery hoping to get free beer. The scheming brewmaster takes advantage of their stupidity to frame them for the owner's murder. The brewmaster is then free to set upon his plans to take over the world by releasing his mind control beer on Toronto's Oktoberfest. What a hoser.
The King. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt. Elvis leaves the Navy and heads to Texas to find his biological father, David, who he never met. David is now a successful Baptist pastor who wants his sinful past to stay hidden, and Elvis to do the same. After his rejection by David, Elvis befriends his half-sister Malerie and starts to make unwanted in-roads into David's life.
American Dreamz. Starring Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid and Mandy Moore. A comedic parody of American Idol with the president joining the popular show to improve his own ratings.
Edmond. Starring William H. Macy, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, Julia Stiles, Bokeem Woodbine. A David Mamet story (which explains why Joe Mantegna and Rebecca Pigeon also appear). Edmond uncharacteristically gets his fortune told and learns "he is not where he is supposed to be". After a fight with his wife, Edmond goes to bar, talks to a racist, and starts losing the self-control his life has had.
Beerfest. From the makers of Super Troopers and Club Dread. Beer guzzling brothers Todd and Jan travel to Germany during the heights of Oktoberfest to spread their grandfather's ashes. Stumbling across the secret Beerfest drinking competition they decide to enter as the American team to show their German relatives that they too can "swill beer and embarass themselves just as well as anyone".
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest. Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgard, Bill Nighy. Something about pirates, sword fighting, ships, Keira Knightley, and some sort of octopus man.
Uno Bianca. Italian crime thriller. A team of detectives have been tracking and chasing a gang of armed robbers. When a resulting gunfight kills their officer, the cops take their methods and chase to the extreme. Based on a true story of crimes in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy in 1991.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
New DVD I Missed
Shadowboxer. Starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Helen Mirren. Mikey has been raised by assassin Rose as a killer, and as her lover. When Rose and Mikey are hired to kill a pregnant wife the cancer stricken Rose decides to go on the run with the girl and Mikey.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
New Music
Rock
Imaginary Kingdom by Tim Finn. Native New Zealander Tim Finn and his brother Neil are best known through their bands Split Enz and Crowded House. They also did two albums together as the Finn Brothers. Here's part of the review for Imaginary at Allmusic "To say that this album is magical is an understatement! Imaginary Kingdom is an atmospheric and joyous collection of beautifully written songs that embrace the listener with warmth and emotional honesty. Piano moves back to centerstage again and Finn's vocals are a wonder to behold." If you'd like to read more gushing go to the fan forums at Frenz of the Enz.
Modern Times by Bob Dylan. You likely know who Dylan is. This is his latest album and is supposed to be above par, better than that slump he was in for several years back in the '80s.
Endless Wire by The Who. Half a Who released this new studio album in conjunction with their latest tour. Endless Wire has garnered good reviews and, since Townshend songs and Daltrey's voice are still there, the core of the Who plays on. Also includes a five song DVD from a July, '06 concert in France.
Folk-Pop
9 by Damien Rice. Irishman Rice's music provided part of the soundtrack for the film Closer and The Blower's Daughter is his most recognizable tune. This CD just narrowly missed a disastrous coffee spill, check it out from the Library before the next java attack.
Children's
Sing A Long: Crunchy Munchy Music by The Wiggles. I read that Yellow Shirt is leaving the band due to a chronic illness. Enjoy his last vocal appearance on this album by the Australian band. Incidentally, Tim Finn recorded an old Split Enz song, Six Months in a Leaky Boat, with the Wiggles a few years ago.
Imaginary Kingdom by Tim Finn. Native New Zealander Tim Finn and his brother Neil are best known through their bands Split Enz and Crowded House. They also did two albums together as the Finn Brothers. Here's part of the review for Imaginary at Allmusic "To say that this album is magical is an understatement! Imaginary Kingdom is an atmospheric and joyous collection of beautifully written songs that embrace the listener with warmth and emotional honesty. Piano moves back to centerstage again and Finn's vocals are a wonder to behold." If you'd like to read more gushing go to the fan forums at Frenz of the Enz.
Modern Times by Bob Dylan. You likely know who Dylan is. This is his latest album and is supposed to be above par, better than that slump he was in for several years back in the '80s.
Endless Wire by The Who. Half a Who released this new studio album in conjunction with their latest tour. Endless Wire has garnered good reviews and, since Townshend songs and Daltrey's voice are still there, the core of the Who plays on. Also includes a five song DVD from a July, '06 concert in France.
Folk-Pop
9 by Damien Rice. Irishman Rice's music provided part of the soundtrack for the film Closer and The Blower's Daughter is his most recognizable tune. This CD just narrowly missed a disastrous coffee spill, check it out from the Library before the next java attack.
Children's
Sing A Long: Crunchy Munchy Music by The Wiggles. I read that Yellow Shirt is leaving the band due to a chronic illness. Enjoy his last vocal appearance on this album by the Australian band. Incidentally, Tim Finn recorded an old Split Enz song, Six Months in a Leaky Boat, with the Wiggles a few years ago.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
DVDs and Music CDs
DVD
Hard Candy. After meeting in a chat room, 14-year-old girl Hayley meets 30-something Jeff at a coffee shop, goes back to his place for drinks, and Jeff gets the camera out. But, it turns out that Hayley may be the predator. The reviewer at allmovie wrote "Of course, topicality can only get a film so far in terms of finding it an audience, and despite the controversial and somewhat off-putting central concept, it's a clever combination of tense thrills and directorial restraint that prove the ultimate key to Hard Candy's success."
Thank You For Smoking. A movie with an "All Star Cast!" that's actually funny. Publicist Nick Naylor "gleefully manipulates everyone and everything in his path" in his work to support smoking and defend tobacco companies.
Mission Impossible: III. Tom Cruise returns as agent Ethan Hunt working to rescue a fellow agent kidnapped by arms dealer Davian. This is supposed to be the best Mission Impossible movie by far. So, stop fretting over Cruise's press statements and enjoy the picture.
DaVinci Code. The big-time bestseller brought to life on screen. Unfortunately I ordered the full screen version instead of the widescreen version.
The Filth and the Fury: A Sex Pistols Film. The Pistols lasted for 26 months and one album, just long enough to cause a furor and have a disastrous U.S. tour. Lucky for you they filmed it, huh?
Go for Zucker. German comedy about pool shark and gambler Jaecki Zucker. After jackie's mother dies he has to feign being an Orthodox Jew to receive his inheritance. Not an easy thing to do since Jackie lapsed years ago, and his wife is a gentile.
Lake House. Not to be confused with the James Patterson novel. Doctor Kate has mail ging to her old lake house forwarded to her new address. Instead she gets mail from the previous owner architect Alex. Their letters are somehow traveling through time to one another.
CDs
The Crane Wife by the Decemberists. Allmusic calls them"an accordion- and bouzouki-wielding, British folk-inspired collective from Portland, OR, that dresses in period Civil War outfits and has been known to cover Morrisey" and gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Meltdown by Justin Roberts. A kids music CD. Featured on the Today Show and full of songs kids love.
Hard Candy. After meeting in a chat room, 14-year-old girl Hayley meets 30-something Jeff at a coffee shop, goes back to his place for drinks, and Jeff gets the camera out. But, it turns out that Hayley may be the predator. The reviewer at allmovie wrote "Of course, topicality can only get a film so far in terms of finding it an audience, and despite the controversial and somewhat off-putting central concept, it's a clever combination of tense thrills and directorial restraint that prove the ultimate key to Hard Candy's success."
Thank You For Smoking. A movie with an "All Star Cast!" that's actually funny. Publicist Nick Naylor "gleefully manipulates everyone and everything in his path" in his work to support smoking and defend tobacco companies.
Mission Impossible: III. Tom Cruise returns as agent Ethan Hunt working to rescue a fellow agent kidnapped by arms dealer Davian. This is supposed to be the best Mission Impossible movie by far. So, stop fretting over Cruise's press statements and enjoy the picture.
DaVinci Code. The big-time bestseller brought to life on screen. Unfortunately I ordered the full screen version instead of the widescreen version.
The Filth and the Fury: A Sex Pistols Film. The Pistols lasted for 26 months and one album, just long enough to cause a furor and have a disastrous U.S. tour. Lucky for you they filmed it, huh?
Go for Zucker. German comedy about pool shark and gambler Jaecki Zucker. After jackie's mother dies he has to feign being an Orthodox Jew to receive his inheritance. Not an easy thing to do since Jackie lapsed years ago, and his wife is a gentile.
Lake House. Not to be confused with the James Patterson novel. Doctor Kate has mail ging to her old lake house forwarded to her new address. Instead she gets mail from the previous owner architect Alex. Their letters are somehow traveling through time to one another.
CDs
The Crane Wife by the Decemberists. Allmusic calls them"an accordion- and bouzouki-wielding, British folk-inspired collective from Portland, OR, that dresses in period Civil War outfits and has been known to cover Morrisey" and gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Meltdown by Justin Roberts. A kids music CD. Featured on the Today Show and full of songs kids love.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
More New Fiction, 29 November '06
Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille. A realistic and detailed novel by DeMille. In 2002 former NYPD Detective John Corey and his FBI agent wife, Kate, investigate a right wing plot to destroy two U.S. cities with suitcase nukes. The explosions will set in place a secret government plan for retaliation that would flatten most of the Middle East.
Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber. Thirty-Four year old single mom Sue Young gets a call telling her that her infant daughter has been kidnapped. A mix of crime and horror as the kidnapper forces Sue to travel through the night and complete various tasks in penance for a childhood crime Sue committed.
Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson. Seville, Spain Police Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates the explosion of an apartment building. A mosque had been in the basement and the question is: Were the mosque members careless with their own explosives, or were they targeted? "Wilson constructs a richly layered, intricately plotted story that examines the corrosive consequences of all types of terrorism, from the geopolitical to the domestic, on victims and perpetrators."
Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard. I ordered this book because it is based on a bizarre incident in communist Czechoslovakian zoo. The world's largest herd of captive giraffes was killed by the government in 1975 with no official explanation provided. Ledgard imagines the people behind the story and includes the scientist hired to follow the herd after their African capture, to the sharpshooter assigned to kill the animals.
Hard Way by Carol Lea Benjamin. Private Investigator Rachel Alexander, and her dog Dashiell, go undercover as a homeless person to investigate the murder of a retired businessman who was pushed in front of a NY subway train.
Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber. Thirty-Four year old single mom Sue Young gets a call telling her that her infant daughter has been kidnapped. A mix of crime and horror as the kidnapper forces Sue to travel through the night and complete various tasks in penance for a childhood crime Sue committed.
Hidden Assassins by Robert Wilson. Seville, Spain Police Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates the explosion of an apartment building. A mosque had been in the basement and the question is: Were the mosque members careless with their own explosives, or were they targeted? "Wilson constructs a richly layered, intricately plotted story that examines the corrosive consequences of all types of terrorism, from the geopolitical to the domestic, on victims and perpetrators."
Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard. I ordered this book because it is based on a bizarre incident in communist Czechoslovakian zoo. The world's largest herd of captive giraffes was killed by the government in 1975 with no official explanation provided. Ledgard imagines the people behind the story and includes the scientist hired to follow the herd after their African capture, to the sharpshooter assigned to kill the animals.
Hard Way by Carol Lea Benjamin. Private Investigator Rachel Alexander, and her dog Dashiell, go undercover as a homeless person to investigate the murder of a retired businessman who was pushed in front of a NY subway train.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
New Books, 28 November 2006
Treasure of Khan by Clive and Dirk Cussler. Dirk Pitt rescues a boat crew in Siberia's Lake Baikal and goes on to discover a Mongolian tycoon intent on becoming a modern day Genghis Khan. Pitt travels from Russia to the Gobi Desert.
Next by Michael Crichton. From the book description, "Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn." Modern science has made the intense similarities between monkey and human advantageous. Science has also made the similarities among humans advantageous - Need a new kidney? Let me look around for you.
Brother Odd by Dean Koontz. Koontz's third novel featuring Odd Thomas. Thomas lives in a monastery in the Sierra Nevada mountains and can see the spirits of the dead. Thomas has previously used his ability to solve crimes and prevent tragedy, but he has trouble discovering the cause of his latest visions.
L.A. Rex by Will Beall. A rookie policeman tries to hide his friendship with a ganglord as he and his experienced partner investigate a murder in South Central Los Angeles. Very gritty, written by a LAPD Officer.
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. A presidential candidate's motorcade is attacked by terrorists two weeks before the election. After the candidate's wife dies, he sweeps into office. CIA agent Mitch Rapp is told to follow an evidence trail that leads back to Washington.
Next by Michael Crichton. From the book description, "Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn." Modern science has made the intense similarities between monkey and human advantageous. Science has also made the similarities among humans advantageous - Need a new kidney? Let me look around for you.
Brother Odd by Dean Koontz. Koontz's third novel featuring Odd Thomas. Thomas lives in a monastery in the Sierra Nevada mountains and can see the spirits of the dead. Thomas has previously used his ability to solve crimes and prevent tragedy, but he has trouble discovering the cause of his latest visions.
L.A. Rex by Will Beall. A rookie policeman tries to hide his friendship with a ganglord as he and his experienced partner investigate a murder in South Central Los Angeles. Very gritty, written by a LAPD Officer.
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn. A presidential candidate's motorcade is attacked by terrorists two weeks before the election. After the candidate's wife dies, he sweeps into office. CIA agent Mitch Rapp is told to follow an evidence trail that leads back to Washington.
Friday, November 17, 2006
New Books by Favorite Authors
Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts. Large Print edition of the "electrifying conclusion to her powerful new trilogy...in the Kingdon of Geall, the scholarly Moira has taken up the sword of her people. As queen, she must prepare her subjects for the greatest battle they will ever fight - against an enemy more powerful than any they have seen. For Lilith, the most powerful vampire in the world, has followed the Circle of Six through time to Geall."
Capital Crimes by Jonathan and Faye Kellerman. The dynamic duo combine two short novels into one volume. Both feature series regulars of the authors. Here's a question for you, does Jonathan Kellerman always wear make-up? It sure looks like it in all his book jacket photos.
Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman. Joe Leaphorn is still retired from his Lieutenant position with the Navajo Tribal Police but is back once again. This time Leaphorn investigates an old unsolved case of his own. A priceless, and supposedly destroyed, Navajo rug appears in a magazine spread and the man who tells Leaphorn about it has gone missing. Working on his own, without Jim Chee, Leaphorn gets into trouble.
Capital Crimes by Jonathan and Faye Kellerman. The dynamic duo combine two short novels into one volume. Both feature series regulars of the authors. Here's a question for you, does Jonathan Kellerman always wear make-up? It sure looks like it in all his book jacket photos.
Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman. Joe Leaphorn is still retired from his Lieutenant position with the Navajo Tribal Police but is back once again. This time Leaphorn investigates an old unsolved case of his own. A priceless, and supposedly destroyed, Navajo rug appears in a magazine spread and the man who tells Leaphorn about it has gone missing. Working on his own, without Jim Chee, Leaphorn gets into trouble.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Graphic Novels? What's that?
I first tried reading graphic novels a few years ago when the publishing world exploded with them. I have run across some boring or poorly written stories but have read some excellent ones too. Graphic novels (GNs) should not be confused with regular comic books even though GNs have the same format as comics: drawings with text inserted for dialogue, narration, and sound effects. Many GNs are stand alone stories aimed at adult readers and deal with adult themes. Other GNs are aimed at teen readers and focus on teen relationships and concerns. Some graphic novels are a collaborative effort: a single writer working with one, or more, artists.
This is not all to say that you won't see GNs referred to as comic books and their writers as cartoonists. Here are some of the graphic novels we have here at Lake Mills. Many others are available from other libraries through our library catalog.
Tricked by Alex Robinson, 2005. Tricked was very well reviewd when released in '05. Six different characters lives weave around one another until they meet at the novel's violent climax.
Paul Has a Summer Job and Paul Moves Out by Michael Rabagliati, '03 and '05. Semi-autobiographical stories by Montreal cartoonist Rabagliati. Summer Job has an unprepared, 18 year old Paul taking a camp counselor job in the Quebec woods. Moves Out has Paul leaving home to attend art school in Montreal and meeting and moving in with a girlfriend. The reviewer in Booklist wrote, "Rabagliati's skillful, sympathetic treatment makes life's small moments seem big, well conveying the excitement of discovering the wider world and apprehension over impending adulthood."
War's End: Profiles from Bosnia 1995-96 by Joe Sacco, 2005. Sacco's work are journalistic profiles of people and places. Sacco has traveled to the Balkans and Palestine, interviewed the residents, observed events and written/illustrated books afterwards. I read Sacco's Safe Area Gorazde a couple years ago and was highly impressed. War's End is two stories: one of a Bosnian veteran of the siege of Sarajevo and two, Sacco's story of traveling across Bosnia during a 1996 ceasefire to try and get a quote from Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic. Sacco has a neat illustrative style mixing cartoonish caricatures with realistic background and buildings.
Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes, 2005. A collection of characters, and stories, centered around the kidnapping of goofy kid David Goldberg. Clowes is one the most widely known graphic novelist after two of his books Ghost World and Art School Confidential were made into movies.
Hellboy series, including Right Hand of Doom, Conqueror Worm, and Hellboy Junior by Mike Mignola. Hellboy came out of Hell as a child and was taken in by the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who he works for as an agent fighting evil and demons. The series is both action oriented and comedic. The Hellboy series comedy involves Hellboy's past and the weirdness of a gruff mannered demon working for good.
Astro City: Confession and Astro City: Local Heroes by Kurt Busiek and others. These are compilations of storylines originally serialized as regular comic books. There are several entries in the Astro City series with interesting twists on the superhero storyline. Astro City is the home of multiple superheroes who regulary are fighting supervillains, regular criminals, and attacks from outer space. The heroes written as those they are real people with daily troubles of everyone else. A lot of effort and talent is spent in making Astro City seem like a real place. I have really enjoyed these stories.
This is not all to say that you won't see GNs referred to as comic books and their writers as cartoonists. Here are some of the graphic novels we have here at Lake Mills. Many others are available from other libraries through our library catalog.
Tricked by Alex Robinson, 2005. Tricked was very well reviewd when released in '05. Six different characters lives weave around one another until they meet at the novel's violent climax.
Paul Has a Summer Job and Paul Moves Out by Michael Rabagliati, '03 and '05. Semi-autobiographical stories by Montreal cartoonist Rabagliati. Summer Job has an unprepared, 18 year old Paul taking a camp counselor job in the Quebec woods. Moves Out has Paul leaving home to attend art school in Montreal and meeting and moving in with a girlfriend. The reviewer in Booklist wrote, "Rabagliati's skillful, sympathetic treatment makes life's small moments seem big, well conveying the excitement of discovering the wider world and apprehension over impending adulthood."
War's End: Profiles from Bosnia 1995-96 by Joe Sacco, 2005. Sacco's work are journalistic profiles of people and places. Sacco has traveled to the Balkans and Palestine, interviewed the residents, observed events and written/illustrated books afterwards. I read Sacco's Safe Area Gorazde a couple years ago and was highly impressed. War's End is two stories: one of a Bosnian veteran of the siege of Sarajevo and two, Sacco's story of traveling across Bosnia during a 1996 ceasefire to try and get a quote from Serbian leader Radovan Karadzic. Sacco has a neat illustrative style mixing cartoonish caricatures with realistic background and buildings.
Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes, 2005. A collection of characters, and stories, centered around the kidnapping of goofy kid David Goldberg. Clowes is one the most widely known graphic novelist after two of his books Ghost World and Art School Confidential were made into movies.
Hellboy series, including Right Hand of Doom, Conqueror Worm, and Hellboy Junior by Mike Mignola. Hellboy came out of Hell as a child and was taken in by the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense who he works for as an agent fighting evil and demons. The series is both action oriented and comedic. The Hellboy series comedy involves Hellboy's past and the weirdness of a gruff mannered demon working for good.
Astro City: Confession and Astro City: Local Heroes by Kurt Busiek and others. These are compilations of storylines originally serialized as regular comic books. There are several entries in the Astro City series with interesting twists on the superhero storyline. Astro City is the home of multiple superheroes who regulary are fighting supervillains, regular criminals, and attacks from outer space. The heroes written as those they are real people with daily troubles of everyone else. A lot of effort and talent is spent in making Astro City seem like a real place. I have really enjoyed these stories.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Two New Christmas Novels and More NonFiction
Adult Fiction
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg. A Christmas story told through Mary and Joseph. Mary meets devout Joseph and together they fight the troubles of a surprise pregnancy. "For Mary the pregnancy is a divine miracle...For Joseph it is ongoing test of his faith and courage in his wife as well as God."
A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry. Dominic and his wife Clarice are escaping dreary London for three weeks while Dominic fills in as the vicar in rural Cottisham. But the vacationing Reverend is not vacationing after all and when a blizzard covers Cottisham "Domininc and Clarice suddenly find themselves in danger."
Adult NonFiction
Surviving Divorce by Sheryl Garrett, CFP. A roadmap by a financial planner on hiring an attorney, dividing assets and retirement/pension savings, child support and alimony, how to handle changes in income, expenses, etc.
Wisconsin: Off the Beaten Path by Martin Hintz and Daniel Hintz. This is the latest edition by the father and son writing team. "Tired of the same old tourist traps? Take the road less traveled and discover the hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales other guidebooks just don't offer."
The Diabetes Snack, Munch, Nibble, Nosh Book, 3rd Ed. by Ruth Glick. Snacks to match your blood glucose management planning. With a Just for Kids section.
Mom's Best Crowd Pleasers by Andrea Chesman. "101 no-fuss recipes" authored by the lady who wrote Mom's Best One Dish Suppers (which we also have).
Collage Unleashed by Traci Bautista. I have no idea what any of this stuff is: dying paper towels, freezer paper monoprints, transparency sandwiches, freeform sitching and embroidery, create books with wildly-sewn bindingsmaking letterforms with assorted mark-making tools. Step-by-step photos and instructions.
The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg. A Christmas story told through Mary and Joseph. Mary meets devout Joseph and together they fight the troubles of a surprise pregnancy. "For Mary the pregnancy is a divine miracle...For Joseph it is ongoing test of his faith and courage in his wife as well as God."
A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry. Dominic and his wife Clarice are escaping dreary London for three weeks while Dominic fills in as the vicar in rural Cottisham. But the vacationing Reverend is not vacationing after all and when a blizzard covers Cottisham "Domininc and Clarice suddenly find themselves in danger."
Adult NonFiction
Surviving Divorce by Sheryl Garrett, CFP. A roadmap by a financial planner on hiring an attorney, dividing assets and retirement/pension savings, child support and alimony, how to handle changes in income, expenses, etc.
Wisconsin: Off the Beaten Path by Martin Hintz and Daniel Hintz. This is the latest edition by the father and son writing team. "Tired of the same old tourist traps? Take the road less traveled and discover the hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales other guidebooks just don't offer."
The Diabetes Snack, Munch, Nibble, Nosh Book, 3rd Ed. by Ruth Glick. Snacks to match your blood glucose management planning. With a Just for Kids section.
Mom's Best Crowd Pleasers by Andrea Chesman. "101 no-fuss recipes" authored by the lady who wrote Mom's Best One Dish Suppers (which we also have).
Collage Unleashed by Traci Bautista. I have no idea what any of this stuff is: dying paper towels, freezer paper monoprints, transparency sandwiches, freeform sitching and embroidery, create books with wildly-sewn bindingsmaking letterforms with assorted mark-making tools. Step-by-step photos and instructions.
Juvenile DVDs
Cars. Hotshot rookie race car Lightning McQueen is living life in the fast lane until he hits a detour on his way to the most important race in his life. Stranded in Radiator Springs, a forgotten town on the old Route 66, he meets Sally, Mater, Doc Hudson and a variety of quirky characters who help him discover that there's more to life than trophies and fame.
Over the Hedge. In DreamWorks' smash-hit comedy, these hungry critters go over the hedge to take a bite out of Suburbia.
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under, the Bobblesberg Winter Games. It's the countdown to the Bobblesberg Winter Games, and the team assigned to build the courses is snowed under. Bob and his crew have stepped in to get the job done, but time is running out! As the competitors train for the big event, Bob and the team race the clock to ramp up the ski jump, build a log cabin, and smooth over the ice rink. Will everything be ready before the opening ceremonies?
Over the Hedge. In DreamWorks' smash-hit comedy, these hungry critters go over the hedge to take a bite out of Suburbia.
Bob the Builder: Snowed Under, the Bobblesberg Winter Games. It's the countdown to the Bobblesberg Winter Games, and the team assigned to build the courses is snowed under. Bob and his crew have stepped in to get the job done, but time is running out! As the competitors train for the big event, Bob and the team race the clock to ramp up the ski jump, build a log cabin, and smooth over the ice rink. Will everything be ready before the opening ceremonies?
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Fresh New Fiction for Friday (NonFiction Too)
Adult Fiction
Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen. Typical Hiassen loonieness in the Everglades. Honey Santana has kidnapped annoying telemarketer Boyd to teach him civility. Honey is followed into the swamps by her ex-boss, her ex-husband, and her current son (that was joke, did you catch it?).
Cross by James Patterson. Alex Cross returns to face down the psychopath who murdered his wife back when Alex still worked for the Washington D.C. Police. If you have not yet read one of Patterson's Alex Cross books give this one a try.
Santa Cruise by Carol and Mary Higgins Clark. Mother and daughter team up again for another Christmas themed mystery. In Santa Cruise characters from their respective novels join together for a murder mystery at sea.
John's Story: The Last Eyewitness by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Novel of John writing his gospel at the age of 90 after a "renegade begins misleading the masses with dangerous, heretical teachings."
Adult NonFiction
American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th Edition. An update for our health/disease collection.
SAT Math for the Clueless by Bob Miller. If you missed Miller's PreCalc with Trigonometry then take this home and impress your friends.
Windows XP: Answers from the Experts by Jim Boyce and Deb Shinder. From the back cover, "Loaded with easy-to-follow advice on upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting this powerful operating system. You'll get details on customization and management, backups and recovery, networking, and security, as well as plenty of information on applications, multimedia, and communication tools."
Nature Girl by Carl Hiassen. Typical Hiassen loonieness in the Everglades. Honey Santana has kidnapped annoying telemarketer Boyd to teach him civility. Honey is followed into the swamps by her ex-boss, her ex-husband, and her current son (that was joke, did you catch it?).
Cross by James Patterson. Alex Cross returns to face down the psychopath who murdered his wife back when Alex still worked for the Washington D.C. Police. If you have not yet read one of Patterson's Alex Cross books give this one a try.
Santa Cruise by Carol and Mary Higgins Clark. Mother and daughter team up again for another Christmas themed mystery. In Santa Cruise characters from their respective novels join together for a murder mystery at sea.
John's Story: The Last Eyewitness by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Novel of John writing his gospel at the age of 90 after a "renegade begins misleading the masses with dangerous, heretical teachings."
Adult NonFiction
American Diabetes Association Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th Edition. An update for our health/disease collection.
SAT Math for the Clueless by Bob Miller. If you missed Miller's PreCalc with Trigonometry then take this home and impress your friends.
Windows XP: Answers from the Experts by Jim Boyce and Deb Shinder. From the back cover, "Loaded with easy-to-follow advice on upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting this powerful operating system. You'll get details on customization and management, backups and recovery, networking, and security, as well as plenty of information on applications, multimedia, and communication tools."
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Even more new Fic and NonFic
Adult Fiction
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans. Another Christmas story by Evans.
For One More Day by Mitch Albom. A new novel by the best-selling memoirist.
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. This turned into a sleeper best-seller in the publishing world. Look at the super neat-o website.
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear. The fourth Maisy Dobbs mystery. Dobbs investigates the death of a painter in 1930 England.
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer Fleming. After the female Anglican pastor and the male Sheriff of Millers Kills, NY break off their intramarital affair the Sheriff's wife is found dead in the Sheriff's home. This has received very good reviews.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. A recent book club selection in town. AN unemployed veterinarian during the Depression joins the circus for a job and meets his two loves: Marlena the entertainer and Rosie the elephant.
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George. Ms. George writes a lot of novels with two regular detective characters and her readers enjoy each one. This novel changes pace to follow the orphaned trio of Joel, Ness and Toby as they "do their best to cope with their new life in London's often-menacing neighborhood of North Kensington."
Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. Lawson wrote Crow Lake and sets Other in the middle of a love triangle in Northern Canada of the 1930s and 1950s.
Adult NonFiction
Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry. Wisconsin's most popular poet/writer/EMS worker/fireman.
Why We Want You to be Rich: Two Men One Message by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Trump and Kiyosaki (author of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series) team together.
Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly. The pundit's latest.
Truth About Muhammed: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer. You should check this out just for the sake of the incendiary title.
What Colleges Don't Tell You, and What Other Parents Don't Want You To Know: 272 Secrets For Getting Your Kid Into The Top Schools by Elizabeth WIssner-Gross. "The author's approach is to endow the student's advocate, usually a parent who has the most time to devote to the task, with the skills to elicit and enhance the student's natural accomplishments, rendering him or her desirable to colleges" review link.
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Bryson's best selling humour has covered Australia and the Appalaichan Trail, English language and the history of science. Life and Times is about growing up in 1950s Iowa.
Finding Noel by Richard Paul Evans. Another Christmas story by Evans.
For One More Day by Mitch Albom. A new novel by the best-selling memoirist.
Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl. This turned into a sleeper best-seller in the publishing world. Look at the super neat-o website.
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear. The fourth Maisy Dobbs mystery. Dobbs investigates the death of a painter in 1930 England.
All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer Fleming. After the female Anglican pastor and the male Sheriff of Millers Kills, NY break off their intramarital affair the Sheriff's wife is found dead in the Sheriff's home. This has received very good reviews.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. A recent book club selection in town. AN unemployed veterinarian during the Depression joins the circus for a job and meets his two loves: Marlena the entertainer and Rosie the elephant.
What Came Before He Shot Her by Elizabeth George. Ms. George writes a lot of novels with two regular detective characters and her readers enjoy each one. This novel changes pace to follow the orphaned trio of Joel, Ness and Toby as they "do their best to cope with their new life in London's often-menacing neighborhood of North Kensington."
Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson. Lawson wrote Crow Lake and sets Other in the middle of a love triangle in Northern Canada of the 1930s and 1950s.
Adult NonFiction
Truck: A Love Story by Michael Perry. Wisconsin's most popular poet/writer/EMS worker/fireman.
Why We Want You to be Rich: Two Men One Message by Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Trump and Kiyosaki (author of the Rich Dad, Poor Dad series) team together.
Culture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly. The pundit's latest.
Truth About Muhammed: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer. You should check this out just for the sake of the incendiary title.
What Colleges Don't Tell You, and What Other Parents Don't Want You To Know: 272 Secrets For Getting Your Kid Into The Top Schools by Elizabeth WIssner-Gross. "The author's approach is to endow the student's advocate, usually a parent who has the most time to devote to the task, with the skills to elicit and enhance the student's natural accomplishments, rendering him or her desirable to colleges" review link.
Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson. Bryson's best selling humour has covered Australia and the Appalaichan Trail, English language and the history of science. Life and Times is about growing up in 1950s Iowa.
New Adult Fiction, Nonfiction and a Juvenile Book too Good to Miss
Adult Fiction
Found by Karen Kingsbury. Number 3 in the Firstborn Series by the popular Christian author.
Adult Nonfiction
Europe by Eurail: the dest-selling and most reliable guide to European train travel by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski. Our last Eurail guidebook was several years old. So I threw it away and bought this one.
Britain by Britrail: the best-selling and most reliable guide to British train travel by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski. Same author, same topic, focused on Britain.
Mom's Best One-Dish Suppers by Andrea Chesman.
The Farmer's Market Cookbook: more than 100 recipes using the freshest ingredients by Richard Ruben.
Statistics for the Utterly Confused, 2nd Ed. by Lloyd Jaisingh, Ph.D. "When it comes to understanding, even good students can be confused. Perfect for students in any introductory non-calculus-based statistics course"
New Juvenile Non-Fiction
Pick Me Up: Stuff you need to know... edited by David Roberts. Science, People, History, Arts, the Earth. Interesting and quick facts on a huge variety of topics. Very fun book to browse through for both kids and adults.
Found by Karen Kingsbury. Number 3 in the Firstborn Series by the popular Christian author.
Adult Nonfiction
Europe by Eurail: the dest-selling and most reliable guide to European train travel by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski. Our last Eurail guidebook was several years old. So I threw it away and bought this one.
Britain by Britrail: the best-selling and most reliable guide to British train travel by LaVerne Ferguson-Kosinski. Same author, same topic, focused on Britain.
Mom's Best One-Dish Suppers by Andrea Chesman.
The Farmer's Market Cookbook: more than 100 recipes using the freshest ingredients by Richard Ruben.
Statistics for the Utterly Confused, 2nd Ed. by Lloyd Jaisingh, Ph.D. "When it comes to understanding, even good students can be confused. Perfect for students in any introductory non-calculus-based statistics course"
New Juvenile Non-Fiction
Pick Me Up: Stuff you need to know... edited by David Roberts. Science, People, History, Arts, the Earth. Interesting and quick facts on a huge variety of topics. Very fun book to browse through for both kids and adults.
Monday, November 06, 2006
New Fiction and nonfiction
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. The latest novel from super-author Nicholas Sparks. John Tyree joined the Army after a rebellious high-school career. While on leave in North Carolina John meets Savannah and they fall in love. 9/11 occurs while John and Savannah are planning their lives together after John's enlistment ends. Circumstance and duty tear them apart, but will they reunite?
After they were Packers: the Super Bowl XXXI champs & other Green Bay legends by Jerry Poling. Coverage of past packers including: WR Don Beebe, now a high school football coach. LB Georeg Koonce, works at the Eastern Carolina Univeristy Athletic Office and owns real estate. Even K Jan Stenerud works for HNTB which designs and remodels stadiums.
Great Wisconsin Winter Weekends by Candice Gaukel Andrews. Information on winter sports, holidays, festivals, etc. Coverage focuses on certain cities and regions including: Milwaukee, Madison, Bayfield, Wausau, Sheboygan, and a lot of others.
The Long Walk: a true story of a trek to freedom by Slavomir Rawicz. Rawicz was a Polish Army officer captured by the Soviets in 1939 when the Soviets and germany split Poland. Imprisoned in a Siberian gulag, Rawicz and five other prisoners escaped and wlaked two thousand miles through Siberia, Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, China, Tibet and the Himalayas into British India. After reaching India, Rawicz enlisted in the Free Polish Army to continue fighting the Germans.
After they were Packers: the Super Bowl XXXI champs & other Green Bay legends by Jerry Poling. Coverage of past packers including: WR Don Beebe, now a high school football coach. LB Georeg Koonce, works at the Eastern Carolina Univeristy Athletic Office and owns real estate. Even K Jan Stenerud works for HNTB which designs and remodels stadiums.
Great Wisconsin Winter Weekends by Candice Gaukel Andrews. Information on winter sports, holidays, festivals, etc. Coverage focuses on certain cities and regions including: Milwaukee, Madison, Bayfield, Wausau, Sheboygan, and a lot of others.
The Long Walk: a true story of a trek to freedom by Slavomir Rawicz. Rawicz was a Polish Army officer captured by the Soviets in 1939 when the Soviets and germany split Poland. Imprisoned in a Siberian gulag, Rawicz and five other prisoners escaped and wlaked two thousand miles through Siberia, Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, China, Tibet and the Himalayas into British India. After reaching India, Rawicz enlisted in the Free Polish Army to continue fighting the Germans.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Freshly Processed For Your Personal Perusal.
Adult Fiction
Hood by Stephen Lawhead. First book in a planned trilogy that is a retelling of the Robin Hood myth. This time, Bran (Robin) is a prince on the Welsh border in 1093. After his father dies fighting the invading Normans Bran flees from his obligations. Bran recovers later to lead his band against the Normans.
Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn. Dessel grows up in the mines of Apatros. After a deadly card game he flees to join the Sith army battling the Republic. His ruthlessness and intelligence secure him a place in the Sith academy where he becomes Darth Bane.
Kidnapped: an Irene Kelly Novel by Jan Burke. Reporter Irene Kelly's article on missing children sparks the now adult brother of one child to investigate further. Burke is not related to authors James Lee Burke or Alafair Burke (who are related).
Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton. A collection of short stories by the popular vampire author.
Slay Ride by Chris Grabenstein. Grabenstein has two excellent mysteries, Tilt-a-Whirl and Mad Mouse, featuring a police duo in seaside New Jersey. In Slay Ride business executive Scott Wilkinson complains to a New York car service about his horrendous driver. Bad idea. The psychotic driver "will stop at nothing to wreak revenge on the one man he holds responsible for ruining his life."
Second Mouse by Archer Mayor. Mayor has been writing his Vermont based Joe Gunther police detective series since 1988. Mayort's details of Vermont terrain and it's people are a strong point.
Imperium: a Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris. I've read two of Harris's thrillers: Fatherland and Archangel. Judging from those novels Imperium should be pretty good.
Stripped by Brian Freeman. I have no idea who this guy is. But, a lot of people read his books.
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier. No clue about this one either. Frazier wrote the bestseller Cold Mountain. I don't know much about that book either but Nicole Kidman is in the film version.
Adult Non-Fiction
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward. Woodward's third look inside the Bush Administration.
Wake-up Call: the Political Education of a 9/11 Widow by Kristen Breitweiser.
Paule Deen Celebrates! by Paula Deen. New recipes from the host of the Food Network cooking show. Make sure you stock up on butter and lard before starting.
Hood by Stephen Lawhead. First book in a planned trilogy that is a retelling of the Robin Hood myth. This time, Bran (Robin) is a prince on the Welsh border in 1093. After his father dies fighting the invading Normans Bran flees from his obligations. Bran recovers later to lead his band against the Normans.
Darth Bane: Path of Destruction by Drew Karpyshyn. Dessel grows up in the mines of Apatros. After a deadly card game he flees to join the Sith army battling the Republic. His ruthlessness and intelligence secure him a place in the Sith academy where he becomes Darth Bane.
Kidnapped: an Irene Kelly Novel by Jan Burke. Reporter Irene Kelly's article on missing children sparks the now adult brother of one child to investigate further. Burke is not related to authors James Lee Burke or Alafair Burke (who are related).
Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton. A collection of short stories by the popular vampire author.
Slay Ride by Chris Grabenstein. Grabenstein has two excellent mysteries, Tilt-a-Whirl and Mad Mouse, featuring a police duo in seaside New Jersey. In Slay Ride business executive Scott Wilkinson complains to a New York car service about his horrendous driver. Bad idea. The psychotic driver "will stop at nothing to wreak revenge on the one man he holds responsible for ruining his life."
Second Mouse by Archer Mayor. Mayor has been writing his Vermont based Joe Gunther police detective series since 1988. Mayort's details of Vermont terrain and it's people are a strong point.
Imperium: a Novel of Ancient Rome by Robert Harris. I've read two of Harris's thrillers: Fatherland and Archangel. Judging from those novels Imperium should be pretty good.
Stripped by Brian Freeman. I have no idea who this guy is. But, a lot of people read his books.
Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier. No clue about this one either. Frazier wrote the bestseller Cold Mountain. I don't know much about that book either but Nicole Kidman is in the film version.
Adult Non-Fiction
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III by Bob Woodward. Woodward's third look inside the Bush Administration.
Wake-up Call: the Political Education of a 9/11 Widow by Kristen Breitweiser.
Paule Deen Celebrates! by Paula Deen. New recipes from the host of the Food Network cooking show. Make sure you stock up on butter and lard before starting.
New Inspirational Fiction
Two new novels by popular Inspirtional/Christian fiction author Karen Kingsbury (actually one of them, Forgiven, is from 2005 but it is new to our shelves).
Forgiven is #2 in Kingsbury's First Born series.
Family is #4 in the First Born series.
Until I order in other copies in this series you can go to the Library Catalog and reserve Fame (#1) and Found (#3) from another library.
Forgiven is #2 in Kingsbury's First Born series.
Family is #4 in the First Born series.
Until I order in other copies in this series you can go to the Library Catalog and reserve Fame (#1) and Found (#3) from another library.
Monday, October 23, 2006
New Adult Fiction Titles
Bancroft Strategy by "Robert Ludlum". Ludlum died in 2001 but his corporate name lives on.
Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith. Plot: 9/11 surivor and car crash survivor start dating. Here is a review.
Lisey's Story by Stephen King. Publisher's Weekly reviewer says: "the bestselling author proves he's still the master of supernatural suspense in this minimally bloody but disturbing and sorrowful love story set in rural Maine" More reviews.
Hundred-Dollar baby by Robert B. Parker. The latest Spenser novel with recurrig character, and call-girl, April Kyle.
Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith. Plot: 9/11 surivor and car crash survivor start dating. Here is a review.
Lisey's Story by Stephen King. Publisher's Weekly reviewer says: "the bestselling author proves he's still the master of supernatural suspense in this minimally bloody but disturbing and sorrowful love story set in rural Maine" More reviews.
Hundred-Dollar baby by Robert B. Parker. The latest Spenser novel with recurrig character, and call-girl, April Kyle.
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