Music
Greatest Hits by Social Distortion. Career spanning collection of the band with eleven tunes.
As I Am by Alicia Keys.
AudioBooks
Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry. 12 CDs at 15.33 hours runtime. Rare book dealer Cotton Malone escapes a Danish museum fire to find the fire was set as part of a plot by the Supreme Minister of the Central Asian federation. The Supreme Minister plans to equal the conquering achievements of Alexander the Great. But, the last obstacle in the Minister's path is the recovery of Alexander's tomb which holds a "miraculous healing serum."
World Without End by Ken Follett. 36 CDs at 45.5 hours runtime. The sequel to Follett's 1989 bestseller and recent Oprah selection, Pillars of the Earth. 1327 England sees four kids witness a double murder in the woods outside of town. All four boys and girls grow up to follow different paths but are connected by the killing.
NonFiction
Complete Guide to Dream Kitchens. I still have not finished painting my kitchen. Once I do maybe I can read the directions for "installing a gorgeous farmhouse sink...choosing and installing new cabinets and countertops...installing a single-handle faucet with pull-out sprayer."
Large Print
Antony and Cleopatra by Colleen McCullough. Sequel to October Horse with Caesar dead and the Rome divided. Antony and Octavian compete and scheme for the Emperor's throne.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
Two AudiBooks on CD Plus Hundreds Online
AudioBooks
Until I Find You by John Irving. 28 discs at 35.5 hours. Young Canadian jack is dragged from English North Sea port to English North Sea port by his mother in search of their church organist father who has gone on a tattoo addiction bender. Jack grows up, becomes an actor, and Irving "renders...richness of detail and range of emotions" to tell the tale.
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. Kinsey Milhone versus a sociopathic killer who finds her victims through her caregiving jobs.
Overdrive Audio Titles
I am on the selection committee for the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium which selects downloadable audio titles. Unfortunately I was left out of the last committee meeting but the committe just spent $8,000 on new titles that are appearing online today, 17 December 2007, at http://dbooks.wplc.info/. Take a look. You can get A through S of the Grafton series.
Until I Find You by John Irving. 28 discs at 35.5 hours. Young Canadian jack is dragged from English North Sea port to English North Sea port by his mother in search of their church organist father who has gone on a tattoo addiction bender. Jack grows up, becomes an actor, and Irving "renders...richness of detail and range of emotions" to tell the tale.
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. Kinsey Milhone versus a sociopathic killer who finds her victims through her caregiving jobs.
Overdrive Audio Titles
I am on the selection committee for the Wisconsin Public Library Consortium which selects downloadable audio titles. Unfortunately I was left out of the last committee meeting but the committe just spent $8,000 on new titles that are appearing online today, 17 December 2007, at http://dbooks.wplc.info/. Take a look. You can get A through S of the Grafton series.
Large Lot of Large Print
Large Print
How many of these Large print standing orders did I sign up for anyway? 50?
Down River by John Hart. Adam Chase leaves his self-imposed exile in New York City to return to North Carolina. Then he gets beaten up, confronted by his family and the girl who rejected him, and people start dying. I'm guessing this is a mystery but it's difficult to tell from the book jacket. Read it and let me know.
Away by Amy Bloom. I read the review for this when it came out but am not sure if I ordered the regular print version. Lillian is the sole family survivor of a Russian pogrom. Lillian escapes across Europe and the Atlantic to the Lower East Side. When Lillian hears that her daughter Sophie may be alive, she sets off across the U.S. and the Bering Sea back to Russia and into Siberia.
Tell-Tale Horse by Rita Mae Brown. We received the regular print version in September. The cover illustration is very similar to the regular print.
Race by Richard North Patterson. Sen. Corey Grace is in a ruthless political race for his party's presidential nomination. Grace must fight the "incendiary issues" of racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights and media monopoly and decide who he really is.
Last Noel by Heather Graham. Escaped killers invade the O'Boyle house during a Christmas blizzard. Skylar is determined to survive by pretending all is well in an effort to throw the killers off guard.
Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Edward Deravnel runs the family's business empire in 1918 England. But, all is not well. Edward has to fight off relatives, rumours, and the new influenza epidemic. (If you are interested in the history of the flu epidemic check-out The great influenza : the epic story of the 1918 pandemic by John M. Barry.)
Mark's Story: The Gospel according to Peter by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Latest part of the Jesus Chronicles. Mark witness Jesus' last day on Earth then, and with Peter, chronicles the history of Jesus and growth of the church.
NonFiction
A Family Christmas edited by Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy shares poetry, prose and other items from different authors. Selections from Billy Collins, Pearl S. Buck, JFK, and...David Sedaris!
How many of these Large print standing orders did I sign up for anyway? 50?
Down River by John Hart. Adam Chase leaves his self-imposed exile in New York City to return to North Carolina. Then he gets beaten up, confronted by his family and the girl who rejected him, and people start dying. I'm guessing this is a mystery but it's difficult to tell from the book jacket. Read it and let me know.
Away by Amy Bloom. I read the review for this when it came out but am not sure if I ordered the regular print version. Lillian is the sole family survivor of a Russian pogrom. Lillian escapes across Europe and the Atlantic to the Lower East Side. When Lillian hears that her daughter Sophie may be alive, she sets off across the U.S. and the Bering Sea back to Russia and into Siberia.
Tell-Tale Horse by Rita Mae Brown. We received the regular print version in September. The cover illustration is very similar to the regular print.
Race by Richard North Patterson. Sen. Corey Grace is in a ruthless political race for his party's presidential nomination. Grace must fight the "incendiary issues" of racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights and media monopoly and decide who he really is.
Last Noel by Heather Graham. Escaped killers invade the O'Boyle house during a Christmas blizzard. Skylar is determined to survive by pretending all is well in an effort to throw the killers off guard.
Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Edward Deravnel runs the family's business empire in 1918 England. But, all is not well. Edward has to fight off relatives, rumours, and the new influenza epidemic. (If you are interested in the history of the flu epidemic check-out The great influenza : the epic story of the 1918 pandemic by John M. Barry.)
Mark's Story: The Gospel according to Peter by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Latest part of the Jesus Chronicles. Mark witness Jesus' last day on Earth then, and with Peter, chronicles the history of Jesus and growth of the church.
NonFiction
A Family Christmas edited by Caroline Kennedy. Kennedy shares poetry, prose and other items from different authors. Selections from Billy Collins, Pearl S. Buck, JFK, and...David Sedaris!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Cannibalism, violent Frenchmen, Hispanic skaters, Kinsey Milhone, Bill Bryson
DVD
Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Chuck Connors. Detective in 2022 NYC on the trail of a murderer finds a grisly truth of overpopulation. I got this from Arrow for $9.10. I should order Omega Man and Planet of the Apes for a Heston Sci-Fi set.
District B13 starring a bunch of hoppy Frenchmen. I read a good review of this by Crider. In 2010 Paris a wall surrounds District B13 where police service is not provided. Undercover cop Damien enters the District to infiltrate a gang and defuse the neutron bomb they have. Lots and lots of action with those French guys who can jump over and through anything.
Wassup Rockers starring a bunch of unknown teen actors. Goofy Hispanic skateboarders skate to Beverly Hills, try to romance rich white girls, get chased away by rich, white teen dudes, and try to get back to the safety of South Central Los Angeles. "Overflowing with tenderness and sly humor."
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix starring The Usual Trio plus famous Brit actors/ Lord Voldemort has returned and Hogwarts is under pressure by the Ministry of Magic who don't believe in Voldemort's return.
Superbad starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen. Two high school geeks try to buy booze for the ball to bone beautiful broads.
The Beyonce Experience, Live starring Beyonce and her band. Filmed at Beyonce's Los Angeles concert in September, 2007.
Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Joan Allen. Wow! Scott Glenn is in this! Has anyone given this picture a poor review? I have yet to see it but want to. I spilled coffee on this one.
AudioBooks processed and (time-dated!) by Hannah the Page
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. The latest and greatest Kinsey Milhone mystery. Except this time Grafton also writes from the perspective of sociopathic caregiver Solana Rojas. Ten discs at 12.5 hours.
Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Susannah recruits three men to her garage business that she turns into an empire that competes with her father's company. Thirteen discs at 15.5 hours.
Big Boned by Meg Cabot. Packed full of plot as ex-pop star and Assistant Dorm Director Heather pines for vegan math professor Tad, has her ex-con dad finally move out, and has another murder to deal with. Seven discs at eight hours.
Mystery
Hand of Evil by J.A. Jance. Another mystery in the Arizona desert. Newscaster Ali Reynolds has just lost her job and her newly revealed philandering husband. Ali offers to help a friend find her teen daughter and becomes involved in the gruesome murder in the desert south of Phoenix.
Large Print
Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright. "Reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the secret behind the 'Christmas Jars' - glass jars filled with coins and bills, anonymously given to people in need."
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. See above.
NonFiction
Why Marines Fight by James Brady. "Why do Marines fight? Why fight so well? Why run toward the guns? Now comes a thrilling new book, pounding and magnificent in scope, by the author some Marines consider the unofficial 'poet laureate' of their Corps."
Decorating With Ceramic Tile by Jerri Farris. Innovative techniques and patterns for floors, walls, backsplashes and accents.
Shakespeare: the world as stage by Bill Bryson. Bryson "sorts through the colorful muddle" of biographical information about Shakespeare to "reveal the man himself". Bryson follows the work of previous biographers and details his own research along the way.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2007-2008 edited by Lawrence S. Barish. "Contains a vast amount of information about Wisconsin state government." All three branches, statistical information, elections, state symbols, constitution and more.
Soylent Green starring Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Chuck Connors. Detective in 2022 NYC on the trail of a murderer finds a grisly truth of overpopulation. I got this from Arrow for $9.10. I should order Omega Man and Planet of the Apes for a Heston Sci-Fi set.
District B13 starring a bunch of hoppy Frenchmen. I read a good review of this by Crider. In 2010 Paris a wall surrounds District B13 where police service is not provided. Undercover cop Damien enters the District to infiltrate a gang and defuse the neutron bomb they have. Lots and lots of action with those French guys who can jump over and through anything.
Wassup Rockers starring a bunch of unknown teen actors. Goofy Hispanic skateboarders skate to Beverly Hills, try to romance rich white girls, get chased away by rich, white teen dudes, and try to get back to the safety of South Central Los Angeles. "Overflowing with tenderness and sly humor."
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix starring The Usual Trio plus famous Brit actors/ Lord Voldemort has returned and Hogwarts is under pressure by the Ministry of Magic who don't believe in Voldemort's return.
Superbad starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen. Two high school geeks try to buy booze for the ball to bone beautiful broads.
The Beyonce Experience, Live starring Beyonce and her band. Filmed at Beyonce's Los Angeles concert in September, 2007.
Bourne Ultimatum starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Joan Allen. Wow! Scott Glenn is in this! Has anyone given this picture a poor review? I have yet to see it but want to. I spilled coffee on this one.
AudioBooks processed and (time-dated!) by Hannah the Page
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. The latest and greatest Kinsey Milhone mystery. Except this time Grafton also writes from the perspective of sociopathic caregiver Solana Rojas. Ten discs at 12.5 hours.
Hot Shot by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Susannah recruits three men to her garage business that she turns into an empire that competes with her father's company. Thirteen discs at 15.5 hours.
Big Boned by Meg Cabot. Packed full of plot as ex-pop star and Assistant Dorm Director Heather pines for vegan math professor Tad, has her ex-con dad finally move out, and has another murder to deal with. Seven discs at eight hours.
Mystery
Hand of Evil by J.A. Jance. Another mystery in the Arizona desert. Newscaster Ali Reynolds has just lost her job and her newly revealed philandering husband. Ali offers to help a friend find her teen daughter and becomes involved in the gruesome murder in the desert south of Phoenix.
Large Print
Christmas Jars by Jason F. Wright. "Reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the secret behind the 'Christmas Jars' - glass jars filled with coins and bills, anonymously given to people in need."
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. See above.
NonFiction
Why Marines Fight by James Brady. "Why do Marines fight? Why fight so well? Why run toward the guns? Now comes a thrilling new book, pounding and magnificent in scope, by the author some Marines consider the unofficial 'poet laureate' of their Corps."
Decorating With Ceramic Tile by Jerri Farris. Innovative techniques and patterns for floors, walls, backsplashes and accents.
Shakespeare: the world as stage by Bill Bryson. Bryson "sorts through the colorful muddle" of biographical information about Shakespeare to "reveal the man himself". Bryson follows the work of previous biographers and details his own research along the way.
State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2007-2008 edited by Lawrence S. Barish. "Contains a vast amount of information about Wisconsin state government." All three branches, statistical information, elections, state symbols, constitution and more.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
DVDs and Spanish
DVD
Grey's Anatomy starring some actors. This has to be a chick show. With a guy character nicknamed "McDreamy" how could it not? Here's what I know about this show: mostly washed -up actor and amateur race car driver hits it big, one actor guy calls other actor guy a fag, other actor guy says,"Doesn't bother me; I'm strong", the one actor guy says, "I was drunk" and then gets fired.
Ocean's Thirteen. Pretty people (except Elliott Gould), wearing pretty clothes, in pretty places.
Spanish NonFiction
Mi Perro: una guia practica para el ciudado su perro by David Sands.
Mi Gato: una guia practica para el ciudado su gato by Angela Gair
Recetas Sin Sal by Jacques LaFond.
Recetas 0% colesterol Jacques LaFond.
2,002 Recetas de Cocina by Maria Jose Valero.
Spanish Fiction
S de Silencio by Sue Grafton.
El Corazon Helado by Almudena Grandes
Grey's Anatomy starring some actors. This has to be a chick show. With a guy character nicknamed "McDreamy" how could it not? Here's what I know about this show: mostly washed -up actor and amateur race car driver hits it big, one actor guy calls other actor guy a fag, other actor guy says,"Doesn't bother me; I'm strong", the one actor guy says, "I was drunk" and then gets fired.
Ocean's Thirteen. Pretty people (except Elliott Gould), wearing pretty clothes, in pretty places.
Spanish NonFiction
Mi Perro: una guia practica para el ciudado su perro by David Sands.
Mi Gato: una guia practica para el ciudado su gato by Angela Gair
Recetas Sin Sal by Jacques LaFond.
Recetas 0% colesterol Jacques LaFond.
2,002 Recetas de Cocina by Maria Jose Valero.
Spanish Fiction
S de Silencio by Sue Grafton.
El Corazon Helado by Almudena Grandes
Monday, December 10, 2007
The Onion, racial history, goth chicks, a DVD
DVD
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End starring Kiera Knightley and some dudes. A couple months ago I watched number two in this series and what a mess that picture was. I'm not going to bother with this one unless there is an easy way to fast forward to all the Kiera Knightley and Chow Yun Fat scenes.
NonFiction
AlterNation by Shannon Okey and Alexandra Underhill. Alterations and embelleshment for "alternative" fashions.
One Drop: my father's hidden life--a story of race and family secrets by Bliss Broyard. Anatole Broyard and his family passed as black once his family moved from New Orleans to New York in the 1920s. Anatole became a literary critic and raised his family in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Bliss and her brother Todd were only told the secret of their father's heritage two months before Anatole's death by cancer. Bliss traces her father's, and the family's, history.
Dyslexia: how to survive and succeed at work by Dr. Sylvia Moody. Covering work organization, time management, writing skills, dealing with emotions. I thought of maybe putting in a dyslexia joke but decided that would be unkind.
Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days by Judith Viorst. Alexander, his wife and their three kids move back into his parent's house during their own home renovation. The kid-free Viorst household is turned upside down. I tried to think of some Alexander jokes but could not.
Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition by Scott Dikkers. With articles on U.S. states, continents, and countries. "Ivory Coast - Unstable at last...Liberia-Escaping the American dream...Belgium-A proud tradition of chocolage, and also some other stuff...Myanmar-You will be shot on sight...Australia-As seen on Animal Planet...Canada-For the United States see pages 9-22."
Get Fit While You Sit: Easy workouts from your chair by Charlene Torkelson. Torkelson is the 1969 valedictorian of LMHS.
Audiobook
Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. Some sort of psychic dog or something. You know what kid of dog is lazy? Greyhounds.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End starring Kiera Knightley and some dudes. A couple months ago I watched number two in this series and what a mess that picture was. I'm not going to bother with this one unless there is an easy way to fast forward to all the Kiera Knightley and Chow Yun Fat scenes.
NonFiction
AlterNation by Shannon Okey and Alexandra Underhill. Alterations and embelleshment for "alternative" fashions.
One Drop: my father's hidden life--a story of race and family secrets by Bliss Broyard. Anatole Broyard and his family passed as black once his family moved from New Orleans to New York in the 1920s. Anatole became a literary critic and raised his family in both Connecticut and Massachusetts. Bliss and her brother Todd were only told the secret of their father's heritage two months before Anatole's death by cancer. Bliss traces her father's, and the family's, history.
Dyslexia: how to survive and succeed at work by Dr. Sylvia Moody. Covering work organization, time management, writing skills, dealing with emotions. I thought of maybe putting in a dyslexia joke but decided that would be unkind.
Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific Ninety Days by Judith Viorst. Alexander, his wife and their three kids move back into his parent's house during their own home renovation. The kid-free Viorst household is turned upside down. I tried to think of some Alexander jokes but could not.
Our Dumb World: Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition by Scott Dikkers. With articles on U.S. states, continents, and countries. "Ivory Coast - Unstable at last...Liberia-Escaping the American dream...Belgium-A proud tradition of chocolage, and also some other stuff...Myanmar-You will be shot on sight...Australia-As seen on Animal Planet...Canada-For the United States see pages 9-22."
Get Fit While You Sit: Easy workouts from your chair by Charlene Torkelson. Torkelson is the 1969 valedictorian of LMHS.
Audiobook
Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. Some sort of psychic dog or something. You know what kid of dog is lazy? Greyhounds.
Friday, December 07, 2007
A Quick One Before I'm Away
Fiction
Beyond Eden by S.L. Linnea. NO idea what this one is about. My wife suggested I purchase it.
The Black Lizard Big Book Book of Pulps edited by Otto Penzler. Oh my. Over a thousand pages of noir goodness in two novels and over fifty stories. From Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and others.
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. Eh.
DVD
Waitress starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion (the guy from Firefly), Cheryl Hines, AND Andy Griffith. There was a crazy lesbian at one job I worked at who had an infatuation with Keri Russell. I mean crazy. If I had the authority I would have fired her. Heck, I would have had the sense not to hire her.
Beyond Eden by S.L. Linnea. NO idea what this one is about. My wife suggested I purchase it.
The Black Lizard Big Book Book of Pulps edited by Otto Penzler. Oh my. Over a thousand pages of noir goodness in two novels and over fifty stories. From Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and others.
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton. Eh.
DVD
Waitress starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion (the guy from Firefly), Cheryl Hines, AND Andy Griffith. There was a crazy lesbian at one job I worked at who had an infatuation with Keri Russell. I mean crazy. If I had the authority I would have fired her. Heck, I would have had the sense not to hire her.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
NonFiction Stack
NonFiction
Free For All: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library by Don Borchert. Longtime California library employee tells all. drug busts, neglected kids, burkha-wearing breakdowns, sex toys in the book return. The most interesting events I've had were the AWOL soldiers getting arrested in Kansas, and the shapely lady in tight green pants with no underwear in Arizona.
Identical Strangers: a memoir of twins separated and reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein. Elyse and Paula both knew they were adopted. But not until Elyse was in her thirties and tried to track down her birth mother did she get the shock that she had a twin sister. What's worse, the twins were separated as infants for a psychological study.
Utter Incompetents: ego and ideology in the Age of Bush by Thomas Oliphant. Well, I'm guessing Oliphant is anti-Bush. "How could some of the smartest, most experienced and politically savvy people in Washington screw up so badly?"
Father Knows Less, Or: "Can I Cook My Sister?" by Wendell Jamieson. City Editor of the New York Times is caught flatfooted by his son's queries.
Day of Battle: the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson. Atkinson won the Pulitzer Prize for the first book in his World War Two series, An Army at Dawn. The Italian campaign seemed to always play second fiddle to the landings in Western France. But, after reading a couple memoirs and histories I found out that A LOT happened there.
Clapton: the autobiography by Eric Clapton. Drugs, booze, drugs, booze, rehab, drugs, booze, rehab.
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. The current plan on Iraq.
All the Rage: the Boondocks past and present by Aaron McGruder. Compilation of strips and all the ones that were edited and censored. Plus some interviews.
Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. Jump rope, palm reading, building a campfire, math tricks.
Knives 2008 edited by Joe Kertzman. Be still, my beating heart.
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. Martin's reminiscing of his wild and crazy guy days. He wore the white suit so people could see him better.
Combat Techniques: an elite forces guide to modern infantry tactics by Chris McNab and Martin J. Dougherty. I saw the authors to this and thought, "Hey, I'll get that." But, the book comes in and I find that this Andy McNab is not the former British soldier and current novelist Andy McNab. Dang it.
Warrior: a visual history of the fighting man by R.G. Grant. A DK book. Very high quality survey of warfare through the ages.
Complete Guide to Attics and Basements by Philip Schmidt and Matthew Paymar. Guide to finishing and fixing attics and basements. Great. Like I have not been trying to finish the dang kitchen for the last four months.
Free For All: oddballs, geeks, and gangstas in the public library by Don Borchert. Longtime California library employee tells all. drug busts, neglected kids, burkha-wearing breakdowns, sex toys in the book return. The most interesting events I've had were the AWOL soldiers getting arrested in Kansas, and the shapely lady in tight green pants with no underwear in Arizona.
Identical Strangers: a memoir of twins separated and reunited by Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein. Elyse and Paula both knew they were adopted. But not until Elyse was in her thirties and tried to track down her birth mother did she get the shock that she had a twin sister. What's worse, the twins were separated as infants for a psychological study.
Utter Incompetents: ego and ideology in the Age of Bush by Thomas Oliphant. Well, I'm guessing Oliphant is anti-Bush. "How could some of the smartest, most experienced and politically savvy people in Washington screw up so badly?"
Father Knows Less, Or: "Can I Cook My Sister?" by Wendell Jamieson. City Editor of the New York Times is caught flatfooted by his son's queries.
Day of Battle: the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 by Rick Atkinson. Atkinson won the Pulitzer Prize for the first book in his World War Two series, An Army at Dawn. The Italian campaign seemed to always play second fiddle to the landings in Western France. But, after reading a couple memoirs and histories I found out that A LOT happened there.
Clapton: the autobiography by Eric Clapton. Drugs, booze, drugs, booze, rehab, drugs, booze, rehab.
The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual. The current plan on Iraq.
All the Rage: the Boondocks past and present by Aaron McGruder. Compilation of strips and all the ones that were edited and censored. Plus some interviews.
Daring Book for Girls by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz. Jump rope, palm reading, building a campfire, math tricks.
Knives 2008 edited by Joe Kertzman. Be still, my beating heart.
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin. Martin's reminiscing of his wild and crazy guy days. He wore the white suit so people could see him better.
Combat Techniques: an elite forces guide to modern infantry tactics by Chris McNab and Martin J. Dougherty. I saw the authors to this and thought, "Hey, I'll get that." But, the book comes in and I find that this Andy McNab is not the former British soldier and current novelist Andy McNab. Dang it.
Warrior: a visual history of the fighting man by R.G. Grant. A DK book. Very high quality survey of warfare through the ages.
Complete Guide to Attics and Basements by Philip Schmidt and Matthew Paymar. Guide to finishing and fixing attics and basements. Great. Like I have not been trying to finish the dang kitchen for the last four months.
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Twenty More - Ruth The Page Is On A Processing Tear
Science Fiction
Making Money by Terry Pratchett. A comedic novel, don't let the Science Fiction tag scare you away. The efficiency of the Postmaster General of Ankh-Morpork is noticed and he is promoted to run the Royal Mint.
Large Print
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts. Who cares? Let's get to the Mysteries.
Mystery
Crimson Eve by Brandilyn Collins. Wacky cover photo of the author with odd highlighting on the back. Something about an English estate agent having an assassin after her.
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. Fourteen year old Cynthia awakes to find her family completely disappeared. Gone with no trace. Twenty-five years later a follow-up newspaper article on her story ends with her father's old hat mailed to Cynthia in Connecticut. Ooohh, sounds suspenseful and thrilling.
All Shots by Susan Conant. A dog mystery for women.
Best American Mystery Stories, 2007 edited by Carl Hiaasen and Otto Penzler. WIth Lawrence Block, Laura Lippman, John Sandford and a bunch of other people.
Noble Lies by Charles Benoit. This had a real good review. Mark Rohr has been bouncing around the globe for the last decade and ends up as a bouncer in a Thailand whorehouse. Robin Antonucci comes from the States and asks Mark's help in finding her brother, Shawn. Easy money for Mark; squire her around and take her cash. But, when they meet a Thai whore claiming to be Shawn's wife and two men are killed Mark is in trouble with the local thugs.
Cutthroat by Steve Brewer. Solomon gage is billionaire Dominick Sheffield's "troubleshooter". Sheffield's sons are making trouble in Africa and Solomon is sent to either clean up - or make a mess - to get them out of trouble.
Fiction
God's Demon by Wayne Barlow. Another very good review. The demon's in Hell have ruled under Prince Beelzebub ever since Lucifer's failed revolution in Heaven. Lord Sargatanas is the only demon to regret his actions and miss Heaven. Now Sargatanas wants to go back an starts a rebellion in Hell to try and earn his way back to Heaven.
All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann. "A Troubleshooter Christmas"
Tipperary by Frank Delaney. Epic story of Ireland told by nature healer Frank in 1900.
Song For Night by Chris Abani. "How do we get through that minefield?" you ask your fellow soldiers. Easy, send one of those kids through to clear the mines. "What if they set one off?" you ask. Easy, cut out his tongue beforehand so he won't scream.
Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow by Dedra Johnson. Mistreated girl Sandrine has a lousy mother and as a light-skinned black is subject to abuse by both black and white in 1970s New Orleans.
Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell. Iris gets a call telling her that Great-Aunt Esme is being released from the mental wing of the Cauldstone Hospital after Sixty-one years. "I have a great-aunt?" What secrets will this unearth?
Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney. Maggie attends the family's Christmas in July celebration and "uncovers unexpected family history and learns that the women she thought she knew so intimately all have something to hide."
Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. Some novel of "shocking import".
Redemption by Lee Jackson. People carry their ID everywhere, gas prices are insane, and a black market and barter system has taken root. When ex-con Ben Trinity walks into Redemption, MT he's followed by Homeland Security.
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Cristopher Golden. Graphic novel by the author of Hell Boy. Baltimore unearths a vampire on the battlefields of World War One France. Lightly illustrated.
Kill Zone by Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis. Coughlin is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant and sniper. His recent autobiography, Shooter, was pretty good so I have high hopes for this sniper themed novel featuring - wow, what a coincidence! - a Marine Gunnery Sergeant sniper. Coughlin looks like he has chunked out and avoided the barber since his retirement a few years ago. Good for him.
Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury. Christian Fiction.
Making Money by Terry Pratchett. A comedic novel, don't let the Science Fiction tag scare you away. The efficiency of the Postmaster General of Ankh-Morpork is noticed and he is promoted to run the Royal Mint.
Large Print
Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts. Who cares? Let's get to the Mysteries.
Mystery
Crimson Eve by Brandilyn Collins. Wacky cover photo of the author with odd highlighting on the back. Something about an English estate agent having an assassin after her.
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay. Fourteen year old Cynthia awakes to find her family completely disappeared. Gone with no trace. Twenty-five years later a follow-up newspaper article on her story ends with her father's old hat mailed to Cynthia in Connecticut. Ooohh, sounds suspenseful and thrilling.
All Shots by Susan Conant. A dog mystery for women.
Best American Mystery Stories, 2007 edited by Carl Hiaasen and Otto Penzler. WIth Lawrence Block, Laura Lippman, John Sandford and a bunch of other people.
Noble Lies by Charles Benoit. This had a real good review. Mark Rohr has been bouncing around the globe for the last decade and ends up as a bouncer in a Thailand whorehouse. Robin Antonucci comes from the States and asks Mark's help in finding her brother, Shawn. Easy money for Mark; squire her around and take her cash. But, when they meet a Thai whore claiming to be Shawn's wife and two men are killed Mark is in trouble with the local thugs.
Cutthroat by Steve Brewer. Solomon gage is billionaire Dominick Sheffield's "troubleshooter". Sheffield's sons are making trouble in Africa and Solomon is sent to either clean up - or make a mess - to get them out of trouble.
Fiction
God's Demon by Wayne Barlow. Another very good review. The demon's in Hell have ruled under Prince Beelzebub ever since Lucifer's failed revolution in Heaven. Lord Sargatanas is the only demon to regret his actions and miss Heaven. Now Sargatanas wants to go back an starts a rebellion in Hell to try and earn his way back to Heaven.
All Through the Night by Suzanne Brockmann. "A Troubleshooter Christmas"
Tipperary by Frank Delaney. Epic story of Ireland told by nature healer Frank in 1900.
Song For Night by Chris Abani. "How do we get through that minefield?" you ask your fellow soldiers. Easy, send one of those kids through to clear the mines. "What if they set one off?" you ask. Easy, cut out his tongue beforehand so he won't scream.
Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow by Dedra Johnson. Mistreated girl Sandrine has a lousy mother and as a light-skinned black is subject to abuse by both black and white in 1970s New Orleans.
Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell. Iris gets a call telling her that Great-Aunt Esme is being released from the mental wing of the Cauldstone Hospital after Sixty-one years. "I have a great-aunt?" What secrets will this unearth?
Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney. Maggie attends the family's Christmas in July celebration and "uncovers unexpected family history and learns that the women she thought she knew so intimately all have something to hide."
Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. Some novel of "shocking import".
Redemption by Lee Jackson. People carry their ID everywhere, gas prices are insane, and a black market and barter system has taken root. When ex-con Ben Trinity walks into Redemption, MT he's followed by Homeland Security.
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Cristopher Golden. Graphic novel by the author of Hell Boy. Baltimore unearths a vampire on the battlefields of World War One France. Lightly illustrated.
Kill Zone by Jack Coughlin and Donald A. Davis. Coughlin is a retired Marine Gunnery Sergeant and sniper. His recent autobiography, Shooter, was pretty good so I have high hopes for this sniper themed novel featuring - wow, what a coincidence! - a Marine Gunnery Sergeant sniper. Coughlin looks like he has chunked out and avoided the barber since his retirement a few years ago. Good for him.
Just Beyond the Clouds by Karen Kingsbury. Christian Fiction.
LARGE PRINT
Large Print
Dark of the Moon by John Sandford. Murders in rural Bluestem, MN and detective Virgil Flowers in on the case.
Black and White by Dani Shapiro. Clara Brodeur's famous photographer mother is dying. Clara still angry over the "unsettling nude portraits" of her that made her mother famous.
Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson. Cissy is getting divorced, her two year old is acting out, and her family members are dying off. Cissy notices strange things: perfume inteh air, missing belongings, footsteps.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon. Lord John fights with his Regiment in Germany and investigates his father's shameful death from seventeen years before.
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. Chick lit author and action author team up for a chicktion novel.
Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta. Local High School human sexuality teacher and local soccer coach clash over her course.
Gift by Richard Paul Evans. Some Christmas thing.
Devil's Labrynth by John Saul. Ryan is sent to Catholic boarding school after his father's death. A new priest's infatuation with exorcism seems to bring in evil rather than drive it away.
Fiction
Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber. This must be a donation, it's dated 2006.
Dark of the Moon by John Sandford. Murders in rural Bluestem, MN and detective Virgil Flowers in on the case.
Black and White by Dani Shapiro. Clara Brodeur's famous photographer mother is dying. Clara still angry over the "unsettling nude portraits" of her that made her mother famous.
Almost Dead by Lisa Jackson. Cissy is getting divorced, her two year old is acting out, and her family members are dying off. Cissy notices strange things: perfume inteh air, missing belongings, footsteps.
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon. Lord John fights with his Regiment in Germany and investigates his father's shameful death from seventeen years before.
Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. Chick lit author and action author team up for a chicktion novel.
Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta. Local High School human sexuality teacher and local soccer coach clash over her course.
Gift by Richard Paul Evans. Some Christmas thing.
Devil's Labrynth by John Saul. Ryan is sent to Catholic boarding school after his father's death. A new priest's infatuation with exorcism seems to bring in evil rather than drive it away.
Fiction
Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber. This must be a donation, it's dated 2006.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Christopher Walken
DVD
Hairspray starring Christopher Walken. Genius filmmaker John Waters had his film Hairspray turned into a stage musical in 2002. This is the film version of the stage version of the film version. This version is almost Ricki Lake free but full of Walken.
Fiction
Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels. No idea what this is about. Someone checked out the book before I read the cover.
Bidding for Love by Katie Fforde. Fashionable Londonder inherits antiques store in the hinterlands.
NonFiction
Breast Cancer Clear and Simple:all your question answered by the American Cancer Society. Choose a doctor, treatment choices and effects, support groups.
Spanish
Complementos Abalorios: como crear magnificos y originales disenos con cuentas by Alexandra Kidd
Hairspray starring Christopher Walken. Genius filmmaker John Waters had his film Hairspray turned into a stage musical in 2002. This is the film version of the stage version of the film version. This version is almost Ricki Lake free but full of Walken.
Fiction
Hokus Pokus by Fern Michaels. No idea what this is about. Someone checked out the book before I read the cover.
Bidding for Love by Katie Fforde. Fashionable Londonder inherits antiques store in the hinterlands.
NonFiction
Breast Cancer Clear and Simple:all your question answered by the American Cancer Society. Choose a doctor, treatment choices and effects, support groups.
Spanish
Complementos Abalorios: como crear magnificos y originales disenos con cuentas by Alexandra Kidd
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
DVDs, Koontz, Large Print, Etc.
DVD
Little Britain: complete first season. BBC comedy series "meet Vicky Pollard, the gloriously incoherent trailer trash teenager. And Emily Howard, the world's least convincing transvestite. Then there's Andy, sitting all day in his wheelchair painstakingly looked after by Lou, who has no idea his friend can walk."
The Gymnast starring Dreya Weber and Addie Yungmee. Jane injures herself and quits gymnastics. A chance meeting gives her a job in a "cirque style aerial act" partnered with Serena. The two gals start dating or something.
Live Free or Die Hard starring Baldylocks, Timothy Oliphant, That Guy From the Apple Ads.
Fiction
Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. Lady who rescues dogs gets a new one and a bad guy starts showing up.
Large Print
Third Degree by Greg Iles. The book jacket description makes no sense. Something about a lady's husband going nutso, her being pregnant by another guy, and armed men surrounding the house.
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb. The victim in policewoman Eve Dallas' latest homicide investigation was employed by her billionaire husband. It seems the victim was killed by a copycat killer who is also out to get Eve.
Chase by Clive Cussler. Detective Isaac Bell chases the murderous train robber, called the "Butcher Bandit", across the West in 1906.
NonFiction
Rural Ramblings: 30 years of rambling by Gloria Hafemeister. Columnist from Watertown Daily Times who writes about her life on a family farm.
North Country Notebook: Volume 2 by George Vukelich.
Little Britain: complete first season. BBC comedy series "meet Vicky Pollard, the gloriously incoherent trailer trash teenager. And Emily Howard, the world's least convincing transvestite. Then there's Andy, sitting all day in his wheelchair painstakingly looked after by Lou, who has no idea his friend can walk."
The Gymnast starring Dreya Weber and Addie Yungmee. Jane injures herself and quits gymnastics. A chance meeting gives her a job in a "cirque style aerial act" partnered with Serena. The two gals start dating or something.
Live Free or Die Hard starring Baldylocks, Timothy Oliphant, That Guy From the Apple Ads.
Fiction
Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz. Lady who rescues dogs gets a new one and a bad guy starts showing up.
Large Print
Third Degree by Greg Iles. The book jacket description makes no sense. Something about a lady's husband going nutso, her being pregnant by another guy, and armed men surrounding the house.
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb. The victim in policewoman Eve Dallas' latest homicide investigation was employed by her billionaire husband. It seems the victim was killed by a copycat killer who is also out to get Eve.
Chase by Clive Cussler. Detective Isaac Bell chases the murderous train robber, called the "Butcher Bandit", across the West in 1906.
NonFiction
Rural Ramblings: 30 years of rambling by Gloria Hafemeister. Columnist from Watertown Daily Times who writes about her life on a family farm.
North Country Notebook: Volume 2 by George Vukelich.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Patterson (again), Norm (repackaged), Spanish (sort-of)
Fiction
Double Cross by James Patterson. "Alex Cross is being targeted by two psychopathic killers."
New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. I have no idea what these books are about. The author lives in Madison. I should invite her to speak here and then I could ask her.
Comedy Recording
Ridiculous by Norm McDonald. Comedy album by Norm McDonald. Norm is the guy who was fired from Saturday Night Live because an NBC executive, and friend of O.J. Simpson, was angry at Norm's constant ridicule of O.J. We've had this CD a while but repackaged the disc into a handier case.
Bunch of Spanish
We don't have a literacy section so I lugged some beginning adult reader titles there.
5,005 Suenos Interpretados by Lucrecia Persico.
Windows XP by Ana Martos Rubio. Part of the Informatica para Mayores series.
Office 2007 by Jose Carlos Nicolas Rivas.
Cuando Vas A Tener un Bebe by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Para la Salud de las Personas Mayores by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus
La Salud de los Adolescentes by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Su Nino Se Enferme Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do for Teen Health by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do When Your Child Gets Sick by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do When You're Having a Baby by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do for Senior Health by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Double Cross by James Patterson. "Alex Cross is being targeted by two psychopathic killers."
New Year's Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini. I have no idea what these books are about. The author lives in Madison. I should invite her to speak here and then I could ask her.
Comedy Recording
Ridiculous by Norm McDonald. Comedy album by Norm McDonald. Norm is the guy who was fired from Saturday Night Live because an NBC executive, and friend of O.J. Simpson, was angry at Norm's constant ridicule of O.J. We've had this CD a while but repackaged the disc into a handier case.
Bunch of Spanish
We don't have a literacy section so I lugged some beginning adult reader titles there.
5,005 Suenos Interpretados by Lucrecia Persico.
Windows XP by Ana Martos Rubio. Part of the Informatica para Mayores series.
Office 2007 by Jose Carlos Nicolas Rivas.
Cuando Vas A Tener un Bebe by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Para la Salud de las Personas Mayores by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus
La Salud de los Adolescentes by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Su Nino Se Enferme Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do for Teen Health by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do When Your Child Gets Sick by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do When You're Having a Baby by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
What to do for Senior Health by Gloria Mayer and Ann Kuklierus.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
A Shooting Guide, Margaret Truman Is Still Alive, Five DVDs
NonFiction
Personal Protection Handbook: A Comprehensive training manual for handgun, shotgun, rifle by Leonard M. Breure, Ph.D. Breure had 20 years as a military policeman and infantryman and 21 years as a police firearms instructor. Some of the illustrations in here stink, but Breure includes all the basics (combat mindset, awareness, marksmanship, weapons handling, reaction to stress) plus basic, intermediate and advanced shooting and dryfiring drills.
Large Print
Murderon K Street by Margaret Truman.Senator Simmons finds his wife dead. A lobbyist is suspect and another woman is killed.
DVD
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry starring Jessica Biel and two ugly guys. Ugly guys fake gay marriage to qualify one guy's children for the additional pension.
Opus n Bill: a wish for wings that work. Opus Penguin and Bill the Cat travel to ask Father Christmas to let Opus fly. Trouble ensues. I don't know if Binkley, Steve Dallas, Cutter JOhn, et al appear.
Ratatouille starring [animated characters]. A rat yearns to cook. Did you know that rats' teeth grow and grow and grow? They have to chew on something or the teeth grow too long. Rats are disgusting.
Fabulously Fit Moms: super energized workout and Fabulously Fit Moms: lower body burn by Jennifer Nicole Lee. Some Oprah gal teaches you to get fit.
Personal Protection Handbook: A Comprehensive training manual for handgun, shotgun, rifle by Leonard M. Breure, Ph.D. Breure had 20 years as a military policeman and infantryman and 21 years as a police firearms instructor. Some of the illustrations in here stink, but Breure includes all the basics (combat mindset, awareness, marksmanship, weapons handling, reaction to stress) plus basic, intermediate and advanced shooting and dryfiring drills.
Large Print
Murderon K Street by Margaret Truman.Senator Simmons finds his wife dead. A lobbyist is suspect and another woman is killed.
DVD
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry starring Jessica Biel and two ugly guys. Ugly guys fake gay marriage to qualify one guy's children for the additional pension.
Opus n Bill: a wish for wings that work. Opus Penguin and Bill the Cat travel to ask Father Christmas to let Opus fly. Trouble ensues. I don't know if Binkley, Steve Dallas, Cutter JOhn, et al appear.
Ratatouille starring [animated characters]. A rat yearns to cook. Did you know that rats' teeth grow and grow and grow? They have to chew on something or the teeth grow too long. Rats are disgusting.
Fabulously Fit Moms: super energized workout and Fabulously Fit Moms: lower body burn by Jennifer Nicole Lee. Some Oprah gal teaches you to get fit.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Five Fabulous Fiction
Fiction
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon. A graphic novel in pictures only; the book contains no dialogue or description. Robot and Dog visit the beach and Robot gets stuck in the sand. Unable to free Robot, Dog leaves him and attempts a variety of replacements. Robot stays rusting in the sand and daydreams.
We have a kid picture book by Varon entitled Chicken and Cat. Chicken visits his friend Cat in the city.
Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel. Yech,
Chase by Clive Cussler. I wonder who ghost wrote this one.
Stone Cold by David Baldacci. The Camel Club of Washington, D.C. fights to uncover secret government work. A Camel Club member has a revengeful casino owner after her.
A Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry. Superintendent Runcorn finds a body on Christmas vacation in Wales.
Robot Dreams by Sara Varon. A graphic novel in pictures only; the book contains no dialogue or description. Robot and Dog visit the beach and Robot gets stuck in the sand. Unable to free Robot, Dog leaves him and attempts a variety of replacements. Robot stays rusting in the sand and daydreams.
We have a kid picture book by Varon entitled Chicken and Cat. Chicken visits his friend Cat in the city.
Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel. Yech,
Chase by Clive Cussler. I wonder who ghost wrote this one.
Stone Cold by David Baldacci. The Camel Club of Washington, D.C. fights to uncover secret government work. A Camel Club member has a revengeful casino owner after her.
A Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry. Superintendent Runcorn finds a body on Christmas vacation in Wales.
Big Mish-Mash
AudioBook
The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry: love, laughter, and tears at the world's most famous cooking school by Kathleen Flinn. Flinn was fired from her London-based management job while she was on vacation. Rather than panic and take the first job possible, Flinn moved to Paris to enroll in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school.
Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary. Ralph takes his motorcycle to Happy Acres Camp. C'mon. You know you want to read this one again.
NonFiction
Armed America: portraits of gun owners in their homes by Kyle Cassidy. We've had this book a while but had trouble getting a mylar cover for it. The lack of a simple, lousy mylar cover kept this sitting for a couple dang months.
Anyway, play the "What's that gun?" quiz by trying to identify the firearms without reading the photo captions. To make the game more difficult you can locate the errors in the captions. Portraits include WI residents.
Aftermath by Joel Meyerwitz. Meyerwitz showed up at the World Trade Center site with his cameras and started to shoot photos. Meyerwitz ended up with a press credential and was the only photographer to document the complete investigation and clean-up.
This is a big, oversized bok and also sat on our processing cart for a couple months. Not until we ordered in a 50 foot roll of mylar were we able to cover this one and Armed America.
Various Reference and FEMA Titles
Jefferson County Plat Book, 2007 by Rockford Map Publishers. I bought two copies; one copy for reference and one for check-out. I was going to a meeting in Jefferson and just picked these up at the Clerk's office while I was there.
Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer by DeLorme Map Company. Large format atlas of the state. Two copies. Our last copy of this is missing so I figured I should get two and keep one on hand all the time.
Arts in the Small Community by Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael F. Warlum. What the heck is this? A guide to organizing and starting arts groups. I think.
Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: six ways to protect your house from flooding by FEMA. When I was in college I took a basic geology class and the Professor had an exam question that involved building on a flood plain. The question was something like, "Downtown St. Peter lies on the flood plain. What should be done in case of a 100 year flood?" Apparently several students gave hippie answers about moving businesses and homes off the flood plain and razing the buildings. I wrote that people should either buy a boat or swim because they'll get flooded eventually. During the massive rains and flooding in 1994 the downtown did get flooded.
Protecting Building Utilities From Flood Damage by FEMA. I ended up living in downtown St. Peter during the last half of my senior year.
Taking Shelter From the Storm: building a safe room inside your house by FEMA. A few years after I graduated a major tornado ripped through St. Peter. The city and campus received a good amount of damage and I'm told my old apartment building took a beating.
The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry: love, laughter, and tears at the world's most famous cooking school by Kathleen Flinn. Flinn was fired from her London-based management job while she was on vacation. Rather than panic and take the first job possible, Flinn moved to Paris to enroll in Le Cordon Bleu cooking school.
Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary. Ralph takes his motorcycle to Happy Acres Camp. C'mon. You know you want to read this one again.
NonFiction
Armed America: portraits of gun owners in their homes by Kyle Cassidy. We've had this book a while but had trouble getting a mylar cover for it. The lack of a simple, lousy mylar cover kept this sitting for a couple dang months.
Anyway, play the "What's that gun?" quiz by trying to identify the firearms without reading the photo captions. To make the game more difficult you can locate the errors in the captions. Portraits include WI residents.
Aftermath by Joel Meyerwitz. Meyerwitz showed up at the World Trade Center site with his cameras and started to shoot photos. Meyerwitz ended up with a press credential and was the only photographer to document the complete investigation and clean-up.
This is a big, oversized bok and also sat on our processing cart for a couple months. Not until we ordered in a 50 foot roll of mylar were we able to cover this one and Armed America.
Various Reference and FEMA Titles
Jefferson County Plat Book, 2007 by Rockford Map Publishers. I bought two copies; one copy for reference and one for check-out. I was going to a meeting in Jefferson and just picked these up at the Clerk's office while I was there.
Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer by DeLorme Map Company. Large format atlas of the state. Two copies. Our last copy of this is missing so I figured I should get two and keep one on hand all the time.
Arts in the Small Community by Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael F. Warlum. What the heck is this? A guide to organizing and starting arts groups. I think.
Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: six ways to protect your house from flooding by FEMA. When I was in college I took a basic geology class and the Professor had an exam question that involved building on a flood plain. The question was something like, "Downtown St. Peter lies on the flood plain. What should be done in case of a 100 year flood?" Apparently several students gave hippie answers about moving businesses and homes off the flood plain and razing the buildings. I wrote that people should either buy a boat or swim because they'll get flooded eventually. During the massive rains and flooding in 1994 the downtown did get flooded.
Protecting Building Utilities From Flood Damage by FEMA. I ended up living in downtown St. Peter during the last half of my senior year.
Taking Shelter From the Storm: building a safe room inside your house by FEMA. A few years after I graduated a major tornado ripped through St. Peter. The city and campus received a good amount of damage and I'm told my old apartment building took a beating.
Friday, November 02, 2007
CD-DVD
CD
The Argument by Fugazi.
DVD
Spider-Man 3 starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church. I never saw the second one. I wonder if Bruce Campbell is in this one.
Bob & Tom Comedy All Stars Tour featuring Mike Birbiglia, David Crowe, Nick Griffin, Ralph Harris, Greg Warren. A comedy tour featuring comedians who regularly appear on the Bob &Tom radio program. Since the radio show plays locally I figured someone might like this.
Pilates essentials: for beginners and improvers by Lindsey Jackson. This yoga crap is very, very popular.
The War by Ken Burns. Six disc set of the documentary series. I stopped watching this on television after the first episode since I knew the DVD version was coming out so soon.
Alive Day: Home From Iraq. Alive Day is the anniversary of your catastrophic injury. An opportunity to celebrate your survival. James Gandolfini interviews 10 soldiers and Marines who were severely disabled during their recent service.
Flight of the Living Dead starring [a bunch of unknown actors]. Zombies at 37,000 feet.
The Argument by Fugazi.
DVD
Spider-Man 3 starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church. I never saw the second one. I wonder if Bruce Campbell is in this one.
Bob & Tom Comedy All Stars Tour featuring Mike Birbiglia, David Crowe, Nick Griffin, Ralph Harris, Greg Warren. A comedy tour featuring comedians who regularly appear on the Bob &Tom radio program. Since the radio show plays locally I figured someone might like this.
Pilates essentials: for beginners and improvers by Lindsey Jackson. This yoga crap is very, very popular.
The War by Ken Burns. Six disc set of the documentary series. I stopped watching this on television after the first episode since I knew the DVD version was coming out so soon.
Alive Day: Home From Iraq. Alive Day is the anniversary of your catastrophic injury. An opportunity to celebrate your survival. James Gandolfini interviews 10 soldiers and Marines who were severely disabled during their recent service.
Flight of the Living Dead starring [a bunch of unknown actors]. Zombies at 37,000 feet.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Two Novels, Two DVDs
Fiction
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker.
The Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
DVDs
Mr. Brooks starring Kevin Costner. Don't let the presence of Demi Moore and Dane Cook dissuade you. Serial killer enjoys killing people, serially.
1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Journalist Cusack spends the night in a haunted hotel room. Stephen King must have more money than several small countries. Maybe he should buy New Guinea.
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker.
The Heir by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
DVDs
Mr. Brooks starring Kevin Costner. Don't let the presence of Demi Moore and Dane Cook dissuade you. Serial killer enjoys killing people, serially.
1408 starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. Journalist Cusack spends the night in a haunted hotel room. Stephen King must have more money than several small countries. Maybe he should buy New Guinea.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
More Audiobooks, More Large Print, More This, More That
AudioBooks
Bill of Wrongs: the Executive Branch's assault on America's fundamental rights by Molly Ivins. Change this book around and the title could be a complaint about Pres. Clinton.
Clapton: the autobiography by Eric Clapton. Drug. Drugs. Drugs. Drugs. Drugs. Booze. Booze. Booze. Guitar playing.
Be the Pack Leader by Cesar Millan. The "dog whisperer" fella from television.
Shoot Him if He Runs by Stuart Woods. If you don't want to read the regular or large print versions you can listen to the CD version.
Now and Then by Robert B. Parker. Same as the print version listed below.
Comic
Futurama Conquers the Universe by Matt Groenig (and a bunch of his peons). Six stories. I have the new straight-to-DVD movie on order.
Large Print
Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan englander. Argentina's Dirty War against it's own people seen by Kaddish Poznan who has been rejected by his fellow Jews in Buenos Aires.
Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber. Three angels - Shirley, Goodness and Mercy - help people out during Christmas.
Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw. Jane moves back to Maine after too much violence in Miami. Finds a Maine murder anyway.
White Heat by Cherry Adair. Terrorism tied up in staged suicide of art restorer.
Family Acts by Louise Shaffer. Two strangers are informed they are joint inheritors of a rundown opera house in Georgia. What's the connection?
Coming Undone by Susan Andersen. Wild woman Priscilla is about to break out as a country music superstar. After firing her manager Priscilla's record company assigns studly Jared to keep an eye on her.
Consequences by Penelope Lively. Wealthy Lorna marries poor artist Matt and move to a village in Somerset and have a child. Things are great until World War Two.
Blaze by Richard Bachman. One of Stephen King's first Bachman novels. King found it sitting and cleaned it up for publication. A crime story about mentally challenged Blaze who works with an experienced crook.
Science Fiction
Fleet of Worlds: 200 years before the discovery of the Ringworld by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner.
Bill of Wrongs: the Executive Branch's assault on America's fundamental rights by Molly Ivins. Change this book around and the title could be a complaint about Pres. Clinton.
Clapton: the autobiography by Eric Clapton. Drug. Drugs. Drugs. Drugs. Drugs. Booze. Booze. Booze. Guitar playing.
Be the Pack Leader by Cesar Millan. The "dog whisperer" fella from television.
Shoot Him if He Runs by Stuart Woods. If you don't want to read the regular or large print versions you can listen to the CD version.
Now and Then by Robert B. Parker. Same as the print version listed below.
Comic
Futurama Conquers the Universe by Matt Groenig (and a bunch of his peons). Six stories. I have the new straight-to-DVD movie on order.
Large Print
Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan englander. Argentina's Dirty War against it's own people seen by Kaddish Poznan who has been rejected by his fellow Jews in Buenos Aires.
Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber. Three angels - Shirley, Goodness and Mercy - help people out during Christmas.
Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw. Jane moves back to Maine after too much violence in Miami. Finds a Maine murder anyway.
White Heat by Cherry Adair. Terrorism tied up in staged suicide of art restorer.
Family Acts by Louise Shaffer. Two strangers are informed they are joint inheritors of a rundown opera house in Georgia. What's the connection?
Coming Undone by Susan Andersen. Wild woman Priscilla is about to break out as a country music superstar. After firing her manager Priscilla's record company assigns studly Jared to keep an eye on her.
Consequences by Penelope Lively. Wealthy Lorna marries poor artist Matt and move to a village in Somerset and have a child. Things are great until World War Two.
Blaze by Richard Bachman. One of Stephen King's first Bachman novels. King found it sitting and cleaned it up for publication. A crime story about mentally challenged Blaze who works with an experienced crook.
Science Fiction
Fleet of Worlds: 200 years before the discovery of the Ringworld by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Heavy Metal and Spanish CDs plus the usual suspects
CDs
The Art of Partying by Municipal Waste. Some dude on a FARK discussion was plugging these dudes and I got to thinking that I should order some heavy metal bands. Here is a review.
15 Rayos by Kinto Sol. A compilation album by the three Garcia brothers. Hip-hop social commentary. The Garcia's used to live in Milwaukee, then went to Chicago.
AudioBooks
A Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein. "Stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought...an audiobook that enables us, at last, to address the questions Americans are insistently - even obsessively - asking about Hillary Clinton: What is her character? What is her political philosophy? Who is she? What can we expect of her?"
The War: an intimate history: 1941 - 1945 by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. The audio version of the book version of the PBS mini-series.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. Young single dude falls for new, redheaded neighbor.
You've Been Warned by James Patterson. Would be professional photographer Kristin works full-time as a nanny. Kristin also has a forbidden lover. When she has a shot for a show at a Manhattan gallery her love life threatens her career.
Fiction
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampire sex. Or, maybe, "faerie" sex.
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon. Father Tim retires from Mitford returns to Holly Springs, Mississippi after 38 years and finds some personal connections to his past still remain.
NonFiction
Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain by Oliver Sacks. "From a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome who are hypermusical from birth; from with 'amusia,' to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds - for everything but music."
Yale Book of Quotations edited by Fred S. Shapiro. An accurate quotation book that corrects misperceptions with an emphasis on modern quotes.
My Grandfather's Son: a memoir by Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas was raised by his grandfather in Savannah, Georgia. Thomas' teacher called him an underachiever when he was 14. "I took her words to heart."
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Week from Sunday by Dorothy Garlock. Adrianna has to marry in a week to receive her father's estate.
The Art of Partying by Municipal Waste. Some dude on a FARK discussion was plugging these dudes and I got to thinking that I should order some heavy metal bands. Here is a review.
15 Rayos by Kinto Sol. A compilation album by the three Garcia brothers. Hip-hop social commentary. The Garcia's used to live in Milwaukee, then went to Chicago.
AudioBooks
A Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein. "Stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought...an audiobook that enables us, at last, to address the questions Americans are insistently - even obsessively - asking about Hillary Clinton: What is her character? What is her political philosophy? Who is she? What can we expect of her?"
The War: an intimate history: 1941 - 1945 by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns. The audio version of the book version of the PBS mini-series.
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks. Young single dude falls for new, redheaded neighbor.
You've Been Warned by James Patterson. Would be professional photographer Kristin works full-time as a nanny. Kristin also has a forbidden lover. When she has a shot for a show at a Manhattan gallery her love life threatens her career.
Fiction
A Lick of Frost by Laurell K. Hamilton. Vampire sex. Or, maybe, "faerie" sex.
Home to Holly Springs by Jan Karon. Father Tim retires from Mitford returns to Holly Springs, Mississippi after 38 years and finds some personal connections to his past still remain.
NonFiction
Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain by Oliver Sacks. "From a man who is struck by lightning and suddenly inspired to become a pianist at the age of forty-two, to an entire group of children with Williams syndrome who are hypermusical from birth; from with 'amusia,' to whom a symphony sounds like the clattering of pots and pans, to a man whose memory spans only seven seconds - for everything but music."
Yale Book of Quotations edited by Fred S. Shapiro. An accurate quotation book that corrects misperceptions with an emphasis on modern quotes.
My Grandfather's Son: a memoir by Clarence Thomas. Justice Thomas was raised by his grandfather in Savannah, Georgia. Thomas' teacher called him an underachiever when he was 14. "I took her words to heart."
Large Print
Week from Sunday by Dorothy Garlock. Adrianna has to marry in a week to receive her father's estate.
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