DVD
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters voiced by Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey Means. I don't know what this is about. But the movie is from the currently airing cartoon.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
One of the Greatest Books Ever
One of the Greatest Books Ever
The Gun Digest Book of the AR-15, Volume 2 by Patrick Sweeney. Customization projects, performance tests, magazines and ammunition choices. Don't forget Volume 1 also by Sweeney.
Non-Fiction
Read Responsibly: an Unshelved collection by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum. COllection of comic strips set in the Malville Public Library.
Black Hawk: The battle for the heart of America by Kerry A. Trask. in 1832 Black Hawk and his Sauk followers went back into Illinois to reclaim the land they had been exiled from 10 years before. Things went poorly, that's why it was called the Black Hawk War.
Mystery
Gone Missing in the Underground by Jerol Anderson. Four people disappear from the an underground tour in Seattle.
DVD
The Ultimate Gift starring Drew Fuller, Abigail Breslin, Brian Dennehy, James Garner. Trust fund kid has to complete twelve tasks before he can inherit his grandfather's wealth. Sounds like a chick movie. James Garner has been in a lot of chick movies lately. But Brian Dennehy?
Audio Books
Peony in Love by Lisa See. Seventeenth century China has cloistered daughter Peony falling for a handsome opera actor.
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. Sister Bernadette and Tom Kelly return to Ireland to search for the son they had before Bernadette joined her order.
Quickie by James Patterson. Lauren hooks up with a dude to revenge her own husband's infidelity. "But Lauren's night of passion takes a shocking turn when she witnesses an unexpected, unbelievable, deadly crime."
Dark River by John Twelve Hawks. SciFi/Fantasy.
The Gun Digest Book of the AR-15, Volume 2 by Patrick Sweeney. Customization projects, performance tests, magazines and ammunition choices. Don't forget Volume 1 also by Sweeney.
Non-Fiction
Read Responsibly: an Unshelved collection by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum. COllection of comic strips set in the Malville Public Library.
Black Hawk: The battle for the heart of America by Kerry A. Trask. in 1832 Black Hawk and his Sauk followers went back into Illinois to reclaim the land they had been exiled from 10 years before. Things went poorly, that's why it was called the Black Hawk War.
Mystery
Gone Missing in the Underground by Jerol Anderson. Four people disappear from the an underground tour in Seattle.
DVD
The Ultimate Gift starring Drew Fuller, Abigail Breslin, Brian Dennehy, James Garner. Trust fund kid has to complete twelve tasks before he can inherit his grandfather's wealth. Sounds like a chick movie. James Garner has been in a lot of chick movies lately. But Brian Dennehy?
Audio Books
Peony in Love by Lisa See. Seventeenth century China has cloistered daughter Peony falling for a handsome opera actor.
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. Sister Bernadette and Tom Kelly return to Ireland to search for the son they had before Bernadette joined her order.
Quickie by James Patterson. Lauren hooks up with a dude to revenge her own husband's infidelity. "But Lauren's night of passion takes a shocking turn when she witnesses an unexpected, unbelievable, deadly crime."
Dark River by John Twelve Hawks. SciFi/Fantasy.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Kate Beckinsale and some other stuff.
DVDs
Vacancy starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson (the one with the straight nose). This is picture is upposed to be a bit of a dog but you can decide yourself. A young couple is stranded on the road and spend the night in a ratty motel. The only show on television is a low budget slasher flick. Then couple realize the film was shot in their motel room, that they are locked inside, and cameras are watching them.
Wild Hogs starring four middle aged guys you'll recognize. Four middle aged guys who look a lot like John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy buy motorcycles, take a cross-country trip and have a trouble with a biker gang. "Madcap mayhem."
Dexter: the first season starring Michael C. Hall. I read the two novels by Jeffry Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter, and they were really good. This Showtime production is supposed to be pretty good too. Dexter is a professional blood splatter analyst with the Miami P.D. But, he is also a pleasingly pleasant sociopath whose avocation is murdering murderers. Hilarity and bleeding ensue.
Fiction
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Brave by Diana Gabaldon. This doesn't go on the shelf until August 28th. Featuring previous Gabaldon character Lord John.
Large Print
Critical by Robin Cook.
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown.
Vacancy starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson (the one with the straight nose). This is picture is upposed to be a bit of a dog but you can decide yourself. A young couple is stranded on the road and spend the night in a ratty motel. The only show on television is a low budget slasher flick. Then couple realize the film was shot in their motel room, that they are locked inside, and cameras are watching them.
Wild Hogs starring four middle aged guys you'll recognize. Four middle aged guys who look a lot like John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy buy motorcycles, take a cross-country trip and have a trouble with a biker gang. "Madcap mayhem."
Dexter: the first season starring Michael C. Hall. I read the two novels by Jeffry Lindsay, Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter, and they were really good. This Showtime production is supposed to be pretty good too. Dexter is a professional blood splatter analyst with the Miami P.D. But, he is also a pleasingly pleasant sociopath whose avocation is murdering murderers. Hilarity and bleeding ensue.
Fiction
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Brave by Diana Gabaldon. This doesn't go on the shelf until August 28th. Featuring previous Gabaldon character Lord John.
Large Print
Critical by Robin Cook.
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Fiction? Non.
NonFiction
Best by Number: who wore what...with distinction by Ron Smith (primary author). From 00 to 99. The best players from the NFL, NBA, and MLB by uniform number. This is shelved in the kids section but will be neat for most any sports fans. Don't forget to include Packers by the numbers : jersey numbers and the players who wore them by Maxymuk, John.
Getting Started in Genealogy Online by William Dollarhide. "Designed as a beginner's guide, its 64 pages pack more clout than any 64 pages ever written on the subject of online genealogy." Don't forget Library access to Ancestry Library and Heritage Quest.
Masterpieces Up Close: Western paintings from the 14th to 20th Centuries by Claire d'Harcourt. "Discover the beauty and hidden mysteries in Western art's most celebrated masterpieces in this exciting art history lesson cleverly disguised as a game."
Best by Number: who wore what...with distinction by Ron Smith (primary author). From 00 to 99. The best players from the NFL, NBA, and MLB by uniform number. This is shelved in the kids section but will be neat for most any sports fans. Don't forget to include Packers by the numbers : jersey numbers and the players who wore them by Maxymuk, John.
Getting Started in Genealogy Online by William Dollarhide. "Designed as a beginner's guide, its 64 pages pack more clout than any 64 pages ever written on the subject of online genealogy." Don't forget Library access to Ancestry Library and Heritage Quest.
Masterpieces Up Close: Western paintings from the 14th to 20th Centuries by Claire d'Harcourt. "Discover the beauty and hidden mysteries in Western art's most celebrated masterpieces in this exciting art history lesson cleverly disguised as a game."
Monday, August 20, 2007
Three DVDs and Two Books
DVDs
UFC 67: All or Nothing Bouts from the Feb 3, 2007 event in Las Vegas. According to the photos on the back at least two guys get kicked in the head. I bought two UFC DVDs to see how they would do here. The second disc is not cataloged yet.
Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost are the same two dudes who played the leads in Shaun of the Dead and Pegg authored both scripts. Plot: Big city British super-cop Nicholas is transferred to a small town after he starts making all the other cops look bad. His new post is dull, dull, dull and his partner is a bumbler but some new and violent crimes brighten his day.
Fracture starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. Ted (Hopkins) kills his wife, calls the police and signs a confession. But, incredulously, the case starts to rapidly unravel and prosecutor Willy (Gosling) has to outwit Ted make sure he does not go free.
Mystery
Crosshairs by Harry Hunsicker. Former private investigator Lee Henry Oswald has given up his PI work and is staying away from the unsavory side of Dallas life. When scientist Anita begs his help to stop the threats against her daughter Lee steps into the turmoil he wanted to avoid.
NonFiction
Psychology Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Anna Romero, Ph.D. and Steven Kemp Ph.D.
UFC 67: All or Nothing Bouts from the Feb 3, 2007 event in Las Vegas. According to the photos on the back at least two guys get kicked in the head. I bought two UFC DVDs to see how they would do here. The second disc is not cataloged yet.
Hot Fuzz starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost are the same two dudes who played the leads in Shaun of the Dead and Pegg authored both scripts. Plot: Big city British super-cop Nicholas is transferred to a small town after he starts making all the other cops look bad. His new post is dull, dull, dull and his partner is a bumbler but some new and violent crimes brighten his day.
Fracture starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. Ted (Hopkins) kills his wife, calls the police and signs a confession. But, incredulously, the case starts to rapidly unravel and prosecutor Willy (Gosling) has to outwit Ted make sure he does not go free.
Mystery
Crosshairs by Harry Hunsicker. Former private investigator Lee Henry Oswald has given up his PI work and is staying away from the unsavory side of Dallas life. When scientist Anita begs his help to stop the threats against her daughter Lee steps into the turmoil he wanted to avoid.
NonFiction
Psychology Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Anna Romero, Ph.D. and Steven Kemp Ph.D.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
One of Each
AudioBook
Day Trader by Stephen Frey. Day trader Augustus McKnight strikes it big one day to have his wife leave him. When Gus' wife is murdered he is the main suspect. After Gus lands a big job as a personal money manager he finds out that his windfall and his wife's murder may be part of a large conspiracy.
DVD
Montana Sky starring John Corbett, Ashley Williams and Charlotte Ross. Three half-sisters meet for the first time after the death of their millionaire father. To earn their inheritance they must live together for a year on the father's ranch in Montana. The women expect the year to be tough, but a saboteur makes things worse.
NonFiction
In Deadly Combat: A German soldier's memoir of the Eastern Front by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann. "Bidermann's riveting and reflective combat memoir vividly conveys the brutality and horrors of the Eastern Front in detail never before available in English." I've read a couple other German experiences on the eastern front and the stories are incredible.
Mystery
Hard Row by Margaret Maron. Judge Deborah Knott and Deputy Dwight Bryant are newly married and both involved in the investigation of a murder in Colleton County, North Carolina.
Suspense
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy Schulz thinks she sees the supposedly dead murderer of Goldy's ex-husband. When the local DA dies with a treasure map Goldy is convinced.
Day Trader by Stephen Frey. Day trader Augustus McKnight strikes it big one day to have his wife leave him. When Gus' wife is murdered he is the main suspect. After Gus lands a big job as a personal money manager he finds out that his windfall and his wife's murder may be part of a large conspiracy.
DVD
Montana Sky starring John Corbett, Ashley Williams and Charlotte Ross. Three half-sisters meet for the first time after the death of their millionaire father. To earn their inheritance they must live together for a year on the father's ranch in Montana. The women expect the year to be tough, but a saboteur makes things worse.
NonFiction
In Deadly Combat: A German soldier's memoir of the Eastern Front by Gottlob Herbert Bidermann. "Bidermann's riveting and reflective combat memoir vividly conveys the brutality and horrors of the Eastern Front in detail never before available in English." I've read a couple other German experiences on the eastern front and the stories are incredible.
Mystery
Hard Row by Margaret Maron. Judge Deborah Knott and Deputy Dwight Bryant are newly married and both involved in the investigation of a murder in Colleton County, North Carolina.
Suspense
Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson. Goldy Schulz thinks she sees the supposedly dead murderer of Goldy's ex-husband. When the local DA dies with a treasure map Goldy is convinced.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Fiction and Three CDs
CDs
Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson. I already received a copy of this from another library but have not listened to it much. Here is a review. Coincidentally, Thompson's tune When the Spell is Broken is playing on the computer right now.
Big Dog Daddy by Toby Keith. A country singer with a big mouth. I meant that literally, but from the little I know about him it is true figuratively.
5th Gear by Brad Paisley. Another country album. Sixteen tunes by Paisley with a big anti-piracy warning across the disc's front.
Fiction
Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak. Comedic murder mystery set in the world of Soap Opera actors and producers.
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown. Disgraced quarterback Griff Burkett is released from prison and gets dangerous job offer from the owner of an airline.
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger. Minnesota private detective Cork O'Connor hunts down the long lost Canadian son of his Ojibwe Spiritual adviser, Henry. When someone tries to kill Henry, evidence points to his newly found and wealthy son in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann. A thriller in Florida. I didn't bother reading past that part of the description.
DVD
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. This is a replacement for a broken DVD. Tye new one has a second DVD of extras.
Sweet Warrior by Richard Thompson. I already received a copy of this from another library but have not listened to it much. Here is a review. Coincidentally, Thompson's tune When the Spell is Broken is playing on the computer right now.
Big Dog Daddy by Toby Keith. A country singer with a big mouth. I meant that literally, but from the little I know about him it is true figuratively.
5th Gear by Brad Paisley. Another country album. Sixteen tunes by Paisley with a big anti-piracy warning across the disc's front.
Fiction
Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak. Comedic murder mystery set in the world of Soap Opera actors and producers.
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown. Disgraced quarterback Griff Burkett is released from prison and gets dangerous job offer from the owner of an airline.
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger. Minnesota private detective Cork O'Connor hunts down the long lost Canadian son of his Ojibwe Spiritual adviser, Henry. When someone tries to kill Henry, evidence points to his newly found and wealthy son in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Force of Nature by Suzanne Brockmann. A thriller in Florida. I didn't bother reading past that part of the description.
DVD
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Robert Redford and Paul Newman. This is a replacement for a broken DVD. Tye new one has a second DVD of extras.
Friday, August 10, 2007
300 Hillary Duff Disturbia Secrets
DVDs
300 starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and David Wenham. 300 Spartans defend the Thermopylae pass and kill a bunch of invading Persians.
Disturbia starring Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Carrie-Anne Moss. A retelling of Hitchcock's Rear Window. Kale is under house arrest so he spends his time watching the neighbors and is convinced is neighbor is a killer. Shia is a guy, by the way, not a gal.
The Secret. The DVD version of the book: "You are holding in your hand a great secret of the universe. It has passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries...to reach you."
CDs
Dignity by Hillary Duff. Jacob the Page says, "This also has a DVD, so you can listen to the CD and watch the DVD at the same time." Yeah, okay Jacob.
Zeitgeist by The Smashing Pumpkins.
Fiction
The Follower by Jason Starr. Starr's thrillers are supposed to incredibly good. NYC single girl Katie has a stalker with their future together all planned out. "Combining his trademark razor-sharp storytelling talent, The Follower is JaPublish Postson Starr's most suspenseful novel yet."
Empress of Weehawken by Irene Dische. Grandmother Elisabeth Rother writes her memoirs. Skipping over her escape from the Holocaust she goes right to her wayward daughter and granddaughter who - horror - sleep on unironed sheets, refuse rhinoplasty, and become medical examiners rather than concert pianists.
300 starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and David Wenham. 300 Spartans defend the Thermopylae pass and kill a bunch of invading Persians.
Disturbia starring Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Sarah Roemer and Carrie-Anne Moss. A retelling of Hitchcock's Rear Window. Kale is under house arrest so he spends his time watching the neighbors and is convinced is neighbor is a killer. Shia is a guy, by the way, not a gal.
The Secret. The DVD version of the book: "You are holding in your hand a great secret of the universe. It has passed throughout the ages, traveling through centuries...to reach you."
CDs
Dignity by Hillary Duff. Jacob the Page says, "This also has a DVD, so you can listen to the CD and watch the DVD at the same time." Yeah, okay Jacob.
Zeitgeist by The Smashing Pumpkins.
Fiction
The Follower by Jason Starr. Starr's thrillers are supposed to incredibly good. NYC single girl Katie has a stalker with their future together all planned out. "Combining his trademark razor-sharp storytelling talent, The Follower is JaPublish Postson Starr's most suspenseful novel yet."
Empress of Weehawken by Irene Dische. Grandmother Elisabeth Rother writes her memoirs. Skipping over her escape from the Holocaust she goes right to her wayward daughter and granddaughter who - horror - sleep on unironed sheets, refuse rhinoplasty, and become medical examiners rather than concert pianists.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Three AudioBooks and a Large Print
Large Print
Up Close and Personal by Fern Michaels. Sarabess Windsor is the last of the family line in Crestwood, SC. Unless she can find her runaway daughter, Trinity. Conceived as a bone marrow donor Trinity fled Crestwood fifteen years ago.
AudioBooks
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot. Cabot's popularity grew with her Princess Diaries and Mediator series for young adults. Her newer novels like this one are aimed at adults. Main character Lizzie just moved to New York and her big mouth is getting her in trouble in her new and desperately needed job and at home with her live-in boyfriend Luke.
Straight From the Heart by Tami Hoag. Physical therapist Rebecca is still angry at baseball player Jace for dumping her seven years ago. When severely injured Jace is hospitalized and his treatment is assigned to Rebecca she thinks nothing will ever change between them.
Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Three women in their early forties reunite for a sailing trip when one returns from overseas. All three have to battle their own frailties plus the rigors of piloting a sailing ship attacked by pirates.
Up Close and Personal by Fern Michaels. Sarabess Windsor is the last of the family line in Crestwood, SC. Unless she can find her runaway daughter, Trinity. Conceived as a bone marrow donor Trinity fled Crestwood fifteen years ago.
AudioBooks
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Meg Cabot. Cabot's popularity grew with her Princess Diaries and Mediator series for young adults. Her newer novels like this one are aimed at adults. Main character Lizzie just moved to New York and her big mouth is getting her in trouble in her new and desperately needed job and at home with her live-in boyfriend Luke.
Straight From the Heart by Tami Hoag. Physical therapist Rebecca is still angry at baseball player Jace for dumping her seven years ago. When severely injured Jace is hospitalized and his treatment is assigned to Rebecca she thinks nothing will ever change between them.
Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Three women in their early forties reunite for a sailing trip when one returns from overseas. All three have to battle their own frailties plus the rigors of piloting a sailing ship attacked by pirates.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Two New
NonFiction
One-Room Schools of Jefferson County by Johnson Creek Historical Society. Photos, descriptions, histories, and commentary by former students and teachers.
Fiction
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Wisconsin author Rothfuss' fantasy autobiography of Kvothe - notorious magician, accomplished thief, masterful musician, and infamous assassin.
One-Room Schools of Jefferson County by Johnson Creek Historical Society. Photos, descriptions, histories, and commentary by former students and teachers.
Fiction
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Wisconsin author Rothfuss' fantasy autobiography of Kvothe - notorious magician, accomplished thief, masterful musician, and infamous assassin.
Monday, August 06, 2007
A Sharpe DVD! (other stuff too)
DVD
Sharpe's Challenge starring Sean Bean. Whoa. Sean Bean is looking old. I don't recognize the storyline and the credits say "based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell" so I think this is a mix of the novels and the screenwriter's imagination. Anyway, Wellington sends Sharpe to India to investigate a local Maharajah's threat to British power.
Firehouse Dog starring Josh Hutcherson and some hairy dog with floppy ears. This is a kid's movie but that's okay. Hollywood's star acting dog Rex gets lost in an unfamiliar city. Rex is taken in by 12 year old Josh who's dad runs the local fire station. Hijinks ensue.
CDs
Daughtry by Daughtry. So, what's the deal with this guy? He was on American Idol of something? Well, his album has been selling real well.
Kirk Franklin Presents Songs for the Storm Volume One by Kirk Franklin. A compilation album from contemporary gospel star Franklin.
Fiction
These Boots Weren't Made for Walking by Melody Carlson. Chick-lit novel where career girl loses job, dumps cheating boyfriend and moves back to her ski-resort hometown and her divorced and dating mom.
The Dead Whisper On by T.L. Hines. Hines' Waking Lazarus has been checking out prety well so I bought this latest one. Seems like a sort of horror or suspense novel. Maybe both.
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman. "Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed race baby...the baby's father, Callum, is dead. He was hanged for terrorism months ago...Callum's brother Jude, blames Sephy for the death and thirsts for revenge." Shelved in the YA section.
Ravens of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson. Paxson continues Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon series. A novelization of the story of Queen Boudica, raised as a druid and married to King Prasutagos who submits to Roman rule. When Prasutagos dies Boudica is abused by the Romans and leads a rebellion.
Devil's Labrynth by John Saul. After his father dies, grieving fifteen year old Ryan's mother sends him to St. Isaac's boarding school when his behavour is uncontrollable. Ryan arrives wehn St. Isaac's is in turmoil following aviolent death and a disappearance. A new priest arrives to perform secret a exorcism of the school. But, Ryan suspects that evil is being invited in, not pushed away.
NonFiction
Running With the Devil: The True Story of the ATF's Infiltration of the Hell's Angels by Kerrie Droban. I was living in Peoria, AZ in 2003 when there was a major bust of Hell's Angels members and club houses. The bust was possible through the infiltration the Angels' clubs by the ATF and Phoenix PD detectives.
Sharpe's Challenge starring Sean Bean. Whoa. Sean Bean is looking old. I don't recognize the storyline and the credits say "based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell" so I think this is a mix of the novels and the screenwriter's imagination. Anyway, Wellington sends Sharpe to India to investigate a local Maharajah's threat to British power.
Firehouse Dog starring Josh Hutcherson and some hairy dog with floppy ears. This is a kid's movie but that's okay. Hollywood's star acting dog Rex gets lost in an unfamiliar city. Rex is taken in by 12 year old Josh who's dad runs the local fire station. Hijinks ensue.
CDs
Daughtry by Daughtry. So, what's the deal with this guy? He was on American Idol of something? Well, his album has been selling real well.
Kirk Franklin Presents Songs for the Storm Volume One by Kirk Franklin. A compilation album from contemporary gospel star Franklin.
Fiction
These Boots Weren't Made for Walking by Melody Carlson. Chick-lit novel where career girl loses job, dumps cheating boyfriend and moves back to her ski-resort hometown and her divorced and dating mom.
The Dead Whisper On by T.L. Hines. Hines' Waking Lazarus has been checking out prety well so I bought this latest one. Seems like a sort of horror or suspense novel. Maybe both.
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman. "Persephone Hadley is six months pregnant with a mixed race baby...the baby's father, Callum, is dead. He was hanged for terrorism months ago...Callum's brother Jude, blames Sephy for the death and thirsts for revenge." Shelved in the YA section.
Ravens of Avalon by Diana L. Paxson. Paxson continues Marion Zimmer Bradley's Avalon series. A novelization of the story of Queen Boudica, raised as a druid and married to King Prasutagos who submits to Roman rule. When Prasutagos dies Boudica is abused by the Romans and leads a rebellion.
Devil's Labrynth by John Saul. After his father dies, grieving fifteen year old Ryan's mother sends him to St. Isaac's boarding school when his behavour is uncontrollable. Ryan arrives wehn St. Isaac's is in turmoil following aviolent death and a disappearance. A new priest arrives to perform secret a exorcism of the school. But, Ryan suspects that evil is being invited in, not pushed away.
NonFiction
Running With the Devil: The True Story of the ATF's Infiltration of the Hell's Angels by Kerrie Droban. I was living in Peoria, AZ in 2003 when there was a major bust of Hell's Angels members and club houses. The bust was possible through the infiltration the Angels' clubs by the ATF and Phoenix PD detectives.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Fiction
Mysteries
Innocence by David Hosp. Boston attorney Scott Finn takes on convicted El Salvadoran Vicente Salazar. Salazar wants a new trial after being convicted fifteen years ago for shooting an undercover cop. Finn uncovers a trail of corruption from Central America to Boston.
Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell. More of a suspense novel than a mystery, really. Nine years after her sister Heather found their stepfather drowned in the bath, Ismay and Heather live in the same house with their mother and aunt. When Heather has her first serious relationship Ismay's repressed memories of that drowning start to return.
Night Ferry by Michael Robotham. Robotham wrote Lost about an amnesiac London police detective - it was pretty good. In Night Ferry Ali Barba is on leave from injuries sustained during her police work. Ali gets an invitation from high school friend Cate to attend their reunion. Cate and her husband are run over and killed shortly after Cate's strange plea to Ali for help. Ali investigates and finds that obviously pregnant Cate was faking it, and that Cate may have been pregnant before and her infant taken.
Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith. Curious philosopher Isabel Dalhousie investigates a possible art forgery.
Fiction
Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). Since King wrote this under his pseudonym we did not have it automatically delivered to us upon publication. Well, here it is. Late but intact. Especially late since King wrote the novel in 1973 then found it and revised it a bit.
Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. I know Jance is really popular for several mystery/detective series. But, I heard her speak at a "liberrian" program at Burton Barr and she really annoyed me. This is one of her J.P. Beaumont books set in Seattle.
Thursday Next: first among sequels by Jasper Fforde. I've never read Fforde's novels. They are supposed to be humorous.
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell. Both novels in teh same volume. They are certainly not new but we did not have a copy of Animal Farm so I bought this.
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. The cover has a picture of a lady wearing a straw hat and sitting on some oceanside rocks. Figure it out yourself.
My Summer of Southern Discomfort by Stephanie Gayle. Well reviewed chicklit. Big-time New York City lawyer Natalie heads to southern Georgia after a disastrous romance. Bored with her new job prosecuting small town crooks she has a new suitor with a nervous tic and a new capital case causing her heartburn.
Innocence by David Hosp. Boston attorney Scott Finn takes on convicted El Salvadoran Vicente Salazar. Salazar wants a new trial after being convicted fifteen years ago for shooting an undercover cop. Finn uncovers a trail of corruption from Central America to Boston.
Water's Lovely by Ruth Rendell. More of a suspense novel than a mystery, really. Nine years after her sister Heather found their stepfather drowned in the bath, Ismay and Heather live in the same house with their mother and aunt. When Heather has her first serious relationship Ismay's repressed memories of that drowning start to return.
Night Ferry by Michael Robotham. Robotham wrote Lost about an amnesiac London police detective - it was pretty good. In Night Ferry Ali Barba is on leave from injuries sustained during her police work. Ali gets an invitation from high school friend Cate to attend their reunion. Cate and her husband are run over and killed shortly after Cate's strange plea to Ali for help. Ali investigates and finds that obviously pregnant Cate was faking it, and that Cate may have been pregnant before and her infant taken.
Careful Use of Compliments by Alexander McCall Smith. Curious philosopher Isabel Dalhousie investigates a possible art forgery.
Fiction
Blaze by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). Since King wrote this under his pseudonym we did not have it automatically delivered to us upon publication. Well, here it is. Late but intact. Especially late since King wrote the novel in 1973 then found it and revised it a bit.
Justice Denied by J.A. Jance. I know Jance is really popular for several mystery/detective series. But, I heard her speak at a "liberrian" program at Burton Barr and she really annoyed me. This is one of her J.P. Beaumont books set in Seattle.
Thursday Next: first among sequels by Jasper Fforde. I've never read Fforde's novels. They are supposed to be humorous.
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell. Both novels in teh same volume. They are certainly not new but we did not have a copy of Animal Farm so I bought this.
What Matters Most by Luanne Rice. The cover has a picture of a lady wearing a straw hat and sitting on some oceanside rocks. Figure it out yourself.
My Summer of Southern Discomfort by Stephanie Gayle. Well reviewed chicklit. Big-time New York City lawyer Natalie heads to southern Georgia after a disastrous romance. Bored with her new job prosecuting small town crooks she has a new suitor with a nervous tic and a new capital case causing her heartburn.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
More Marvelous Media
CDs
Time on Earth by Crowded House. Yeah! Hot Dog! Neil Finn gets the band back together and they put out a new album. If you like this take a look at Crowded House's back catalog (we have a video collection on DVD), Neil's solo albums, and Tim Finn's solo albums (we have two).
Release the Stars by Rufus Wainwright. That Rufus is - as we say in the Saylor household - "kinda weird". Maybe it's because he is Canadian. Oh well, he has a good singing voice and puts together some neat-o albums. Here is a review. We have his sister Martha's album too; it's pretty good.
At My Age by Nick Lowe. The aging pub/punk/pop rocker's latest. You remember him don't you? There is Cruel to be Kind and So It Goes and I Knew the Bride.
DVD
Norbit starring Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, and Eddie Griffin. Norbit (Murphy) wants to pursue childhood love Kate but is pursued himself by Rasputia (Murphy in drag).
Audio Book
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Boston private eye Sunny Randall's retired policeman father Phil gets a message from the serial killer he chased thirty years ago he calls for Sunny's help.
Time on Earth by Crowded House. Yeah! Hot Dog! Neil Finn gets the band back together and they put out a new album. If you like this take a look at Crowded House's back catalog (we have a video collection on DVD), Neil's solo albums, and Tim Finn's solo albums (we have two).
Release the Stars by Rufus Wainwright. That Rufus is - as we say in the Saylor household - "kinda weird". Maybe it's because he is Canadian. Oh well, he has a good singing voice and puts together some neat-o albums. Here is a review. We have his sister Martha's album too; it's pretty good.
At My Age by Nick Lowe. The aging pub/punk/pop rocker's latest. You remember him don't you? There is Cruel to be Kind and So It Goes and I Knew the Bride.
DVD
Norbit starring Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, and Eddie Griffin. Norbit (Murphy) wants to pursue childhood love Kate but is pursued himself by Rasputia (Murphy in drag).
Audio Book
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Boston private eye Sunny Randall's retired policeman father Phil gets a message from the serial killer he chased thirty years ago he calls for Sunny's help.
New Inspirational Fiction, Some NonFiction and a Couple CDs
Fiction
Ghosts of Mary Prairie by Lisa Polisar. Fifteen year old Grady is following his friend Mikey's rules for Intitiation into Manhood by sleeping overnight on the baseball diamond of their small Oklahoma town. Everything is fine until he hears the violent screams of a girl being brutally beaten. Grady learns that he saw the ghost of Mary Prairie who was beaten to death years before and Grady spends his life to find the truth of her story.
Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas. A new paperback crime novel by Hard Case Crime. Detective John Blake investigates the suicide of a college student with a double life.
Inspirational Fiction
Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury. The first novel of Kingsbury's new Sunrise Series.
Jacob's List by Stephanie Grace Whitson. College student Jacob has a list of things to do before he settles down. Jacob's parents have only stayed together for him, but after seeing his list the need to guide and help him brings them back together.
Revealed and Remembered by Tamera Alexander. Boooks Two and Three of the Fountain Creek Chronicles.
NonFiction
Reclaiming Youth at Risk by Larry K Brendtro.
Beader's Color Mixing Directory: 200 failsafe color schemes for beautiful beadwork by Sandra Wallace.
CDs
Icky Thump by The White Stripes.
Now That's What I Call Music! 24 by various artists. I don't think that I have heard any of these songs.
Ghosts of Mary Prairie by Lisa Polisar. Fifteen year old Grady is following his friend Mikey's rules for Intitiation into Manhood by sleeping overnight on the baseball diamond of their small Oklahoma town. Everything is fine until he hears the violent screams of a girl being brutally beaten. Grady learns that he saw the ghost of Mary Prairie who was beaten to death years before and Grady spends his life to find the truth of her story.
Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas. A new paperback crime novel by Hard Case Crime. Detective John Blake investigates the suicide of a college student with a double life.
Inspirational Fiction
Sunrise by Karen Kingsbury. The first novel of Kingsbury's new Sunrise Series.
Jacob's List by Stephanie Grace Whitson. College student Jacob has a list of things to do before he settles down. Jacob's parents have only stayed together for him, but after seeing his list the need to guide and help him brings them back together.
Revealed and Remembered by Tamera Alexander. Boooks Two and Three of the Fountain Creek Chronicles.
NonFiction
Reclaiming Youth at Risk by Larry K Brendtro.
Beader's Color Mixing Directory: 200 failsafe color schemes for beautiful beadwork by Sandra Wallace.
CDs
Icky Thump by The White Stripes.
Now That's What I Call Music! 24 by various artists. I don't think that I have heard any of these songs.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Four Books
Non-Fiction
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Maybe you heard about this. Four Navy SEALs are hiking in Afghanistan when they are spotted by the Taliban. After running and fighting for several hours only one sailor survives. For four days Luttrell fought off the enemy and crawled seven miles before a local village hid him from the Taliban.
Fiction
Critical by Robin Cook. Another medical drama/thriller.
Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter. Georgia Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver and his wife, Doctor Sara Linton, help out Detective Lena Adams with a murder investigation.
Burnt House by Faye Kellerman. "Decker and Lazarus are back!" is on the cover. LAPD Lieutenant investigates a commuter plane crash in Los Angeles with a missing stewardess and four extra bodies. Faye Kellerman wears less make-up than her husband Jonathan; that dude lays it on thick.
Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell. Maybe you heard about this. Four Navy SEALs are hiking in Afghanistan when they are spotted by the Taliban. After running and fighting for several hours only one sailor survives. For four days Luttrell fought off the enemy and crawled seven miles before a local village hid him from the Taliban.
Fiction
Critical by Robin Cook. Another medical drama/thriller.
Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter. Georgia Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver and his wife, Doctor Sara Linton, help out Detective Lena Adams with a murder investigation.
Burnt House by Faye Kellerman. "Decker and Lazarus are back!" is on the cover. LAPD Lieutenant investigates a commuter plane crash in Los Angeles with a missing stewardess and four extra bodies. Faye Kellerman wears less make-up than her husband Jonathan; that dude lays it on thick.
New DVDs
Making of Milwaukee. Three DVD version of the 5 hour production from Milwaukee Public Television. "Story of Milwaukee from the earliest days of Native Americans, through the tumult of the 1960s, to the city of the early 21st century."
Reno 911!: Miami the movie starring [the cast from the television show] Deputies from the Wahoe County Sheriff's Office visit Miami for the American Police Convention. Absent from the convention's hotel during a bio-terror attack, Lt. Dangle and the other deputies are the only law enforcement officers out of quarantine and in charge of public safety.
So Close starring [Chinese actresses you never heard of]. A Hong Kong action movie with female assassins. Recommended by the prolific Bill Crider.
Hard Boiled starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung and directed by John Woo. Just released on DVD Hard Boiled helped put Hong Kong action pictures into the mainstream. An undercover cop teams with another cop against a Hong Kong crime lord culminating in a massive shootout at a hospital.
Because I Said So starring Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton. A mother-daughter comedy between a controlling mom and her youngest daughter.
Reno 911!: Miami the movie starring [the cast from the television show] Deputies from the Wahoe County Sheriff's Office visit Miami for the American Police Convention. Absent from the convention's hotel during a bio-terror attack, Lt. Dangle and the other deputies are the only law enforcement officers out of quarantine and in charge of public safety.
So Close starring [Chinese actresses you never heard of]. A Hong Kong action movie with female assassins. Recommended by the prolific Bill Crider.
Hard Boiled starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung and directed by John Woo. Just released on DVD Hard Boiled helped put Hong Kong action pictures into the mainstream. An undercover cop teams with another cop against a Hong Kong crime lord culminating in a massive shootout at a hospital.
Because I Said So starring Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton. A mother-daughter comedy between a controlling mom and her youngest daughter.
Friday, July 27, 2007
NonFiction
NonFiction
Bomb Squad: a year inside the nation's most exclusive police unit by Richard Esposito and Ted Gersten. Two reporters for television program Nightline did a profile on the NYPD Bomb Squad and decided to do a book. A modern day and historical look at the Bomb Squad.
Armed and Dangerous: the hunt for one of America's most wanted criminals by William Queen. Queen worked for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for 20 years. Queen previously wrote Under and Alone about his undercover investigation of a California biker gang. Queen's previous experiences as a hunter and Special Forces soldier make him the ideal cop to track down a notoriously violent narcotics trafficker in the San Bernardino mountains.
Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease. Body movement that explains and shows deceit signals, eye signals, personal space and territory, hand gestures, etc.
Bomb Squad: a year inside the nation's most exclusive police unit by Richard Esposito and Ted Gersten. Two reporters for television program Nightline did a profile on the NYPD Bomb Squad and decided to do a book. A modern day and historical look at the Bomb Squad.
Armed and Dangerous: the hunt for one of America's most wanted criminals by William Queen. Queen worked for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for 20 years. Queen previously wrote Under and Alone about his undercover investigation of a California biker gang. Queen's previous experiences as a hunter and Special Forces soldier make him the ideal cop to track down a notoriously violent narcotics trafficker in the San Bernardino mountains.
Definitive Book of Body Language by Allan and Barbara Pease. Body movement that explains and shows deceit signals, eye signals, personal space and territory, hand gestures, etc.
Assorted Assortment
CD
Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. We also have the Queens album Lullabies to Paralyze and Death by Sexy from bandleader Josh Homme's side project Eagles of Death Metal. Good stuff.
NonFiction
How to Start a Business in Wisconsin, 2nd Edition by Entrepeneur Press. Includes a CD-ROM with 198 forms and worksheets.
Large Print
Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard. Bailey's adult step-children are enraged when their father wills all his money to Bailey. Then Bailey's small plane crash lands in a forest and she must survive with the pilot, return to civilization, and find if the crash was really an 'accident'.
Meet Me in Venice by Elizabeth Adler. Some romance about Venice.
Audio Books
Don't forget the downloadable audiobooks from Overdrive at http://dbooks.wplc.info/
The Last Summer (of You & Me) by Ann Brashares. Two sisters, Riley and Alice, and a neighboring boy, Paul, grow up together during the summers on Fire Island. Now in their twenties a love triangle develops as Paul returns after three years away.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. Newlyweds on their honeymoon in 1962 England worry over the upcoming wedding night. Edward fears failure and Florence is disgusted by physical contact.
The Navigator by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. Austin and Zavala get involved in the search for the Navigator statue stolen from Baghdad years ago.
Era Vulgaris by Queens of the Stone Age. We also have the Queens album Lullabies to Paralyze and Death by Sexy from bandleader Josh Homme's side project Eagles of Death Metal. Good stuff.
NonFiction
How to Start a Business in Wisconsin, 2nd Edition by Entrepeneur Press. Includes a CD-ROM with 198 forms and worksheets.
Large Print
Up Close and Dangerous by Linda Howard. Bailey's adult step-children are enraged when their father wills all his money to Bailey. Then Bailey's small plane crash lands in a forest and she must survive with the pilot, return to civilization, and find if the crash was really an 'accident'.
Meet Me in Venice by Elizabeth Adler. Some romance about Venice.
Audio Books
Don't forget the downloadable audiobooks from Overdrive at http://dbooks.wplc.info/
The Last Summer (of You & Me) by Ann Brashares. Two sisters, Riley and Alice, and a neighboring boy, Paul, grow up together during the summers on Fire Island. Now in their twenties a love triangle develops as Paul returns after three years away.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. Newlyweds on their honeymoon in 1962 England worry over the upcoming wedding night. Edward fears failure and Florence is disgusted by physical contact.
The Navigator by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. Austin and Zavala get involved in the search for the Navigator statue stolen from Baghdad years ago.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
One New DVD. Just One.
Deadwood: The Complete Third Season. The twelve episodes of the HBO series. I've never seen any of these but we have all three seasons on DVD. I know the series characters curse a lot and the show is set in Deadwood, South Dakota during the gold rush there.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
DVDs and a Music CD by some garage-rock Swedes
DVDs
Twin Peaks the Second Season starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Sherilynn Fenn. Season two with cast interviews and comments from episode directors.
Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Elias Koteas, Michael Pena. Film version of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. Former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger is asked to help prevent a sniper assassination of the President. After Swagger is framed for the attempted assassination he's on the run and after those responsible.
Black Snake Moan starring Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake. Ricci plays a superslut held captive by Jackson in an attempt to reform her.
Jesse Stone: Night Passage starring Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis. Network movie based on Robert B. Parker's novel Night Passage. Heavy drinker Jesse Stone lost his homicide detective job with the LAPD but gets hired as the new Police Chief in small-town Massachusetts. When investigating a domestic violence case Stone gets on the trail of a money launderer. Great acting by Selleck in a fish-out-of-water picture.
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise starring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth. Stone continues to drink too much and fight crime in small town Paradise, MA. A dead teenage girl is found in a lake and Stone finds connections to the Boston mob.
Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Hugh Grant gets older and older and is paired with a 'younger' actress to appeal to a new demographic. Grant pretends to be a washed up pop star who enlists the help of his gardener to write a song for a current pop star.
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits starring a bunch of kids from the '70s. This is shelved downstairs in the children's section but may be of more interest for people from 38 to 50 years old.
CD
Nomadic Dementia: The Best of the First 25 Years by the Nomads. Another selection through the help of Little Steven. Garage rock revivalists The Nomads are from outside Stockholm and got started together in 1980.
Twin Peaks the Second Season starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Sherilynn Fenn. Season two with cast interviews and comments from episode directors.
Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Elias Koteas, Michael Pena. Film version of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. Former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger is asked to help prevent a sniper assassination of the President. After Swagger is framed for the attempted assassination he's on the run and after those responsible.
Black Snake Moan starring Christina Ricci, Samuel L. Jackson, Justin Timberlake. Ricci plays a superslut held captive by Jackson in an attempt to reform her.
Jesse Stone: Night Passage starring Tom Selleck, Saul Rubinek, Viola Davis. Network movie based on Robert B. Parker's novel Night Passage. Heavy drinker Jesse Stone lost his homicide detective job with the LAPD but gets hired as the new Police Chief in small-town Massachusetts. When investigating a domestic violence case Stone gets on the trail of a money launderer. Great acting by Selleck in a fish-out-of-water picture.
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise starring Tom Selleck, Viola Davis, Kohl Sudduth. Stone continues to drink too much and fight crime in small town Paradise, MA. A dead teenage girl is found in a lake and Stone finds connections to the Boston mob.
Music and Lyrics starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. Hugh Grant gets older and older and is paired with a 'younger' actress to appeal to a new demographic. Grant pretends to be a washed up pop star who enlists the help of his gardener to write a song for a current pop star.
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits starring a bunch of kids from the '70s. This is shelved downstairs in the children's section but may be of more interest for people from 38 to 50 years old.
CD
Nomadic Dementia: The Best of the First 25 Years by the Nomads. Another selection through the help of Little Steven. Garage rock revivalists The Nomads are from outside Stockholm and got started together in 1980.
Friday, July 13, 2007
DVDs
Meatballs starring Bill Murray and Chris Makepeace. Bill Murrary is the Head Camp Counselor at North Star summer camp. This is the so-called "Special Edition" of Meatballs with some extra features added in. This is a great movie even without all the extra 'stuff'.
Ghost Rider starring Nicholas Cage, some Girl-of-a-the-moment, Peter Fonda and - Hey! - Donal Logue! That guy is great! Anyway, Cage sells his soul to the devil and has to moonlight as a fiery corpse who chases down evil souls to send to Hell. Bill Crider liked it, said it was goofy fun.
Children of Men starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. It's 2027 and no children have been born in 18 years. Clive is asked by a former girlfriend to escort to safety the only pregnant woman in the world.
Tegan and Sara: "It's not fun. Don't do it!" Starring Tegan and Sara. back when I used to listen to CBC3 I heard a couple tunes by the two melodic sisters Tegan and Sara. So I bought their So Jealous album for the Library. Then I bought this DVD for the Library. Then the DVD sat for several months until we could find a catalogue record for it. Here it is: a concert film, a few videos and making the album So Jealous.
Ghost Rider starring Nicholas Cage, some Girl-of-a-the-moment, Peter Fonda and - Hey! - Donal Logue! That guy is great! Anyway, Cage sells his soul to the devil and has to moonlight as a fiery corpse who chases down evil souls to send to Hell. Bill Crider liked it, said it was goofy fun.
Children of Men starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. It's 2027 and no children have been born in 18 years. Clive is asked by a former girlfriend to escort to safety the only pregnant woman in the world.
Tegan and Sara: "It's not fun. Don't do it!" Starring Tegan and Sara. back when I used to listen to CBC3 I heard a couple tunes by the two melodic sisters Tegan and Sara. So I bought their So Jealous album for the Library. Then I bought this DVD for the Library. Then the DVD sat for several months until we could find a catalogue record for it. Here it is: a concert film, a few videos and making the album So Jealous.
A new Gun Book! (and some other stuff)
Non Fiction
Gun: a visual history. This is a DK publication which means the photography and graphic design are excellent. Wheellocks, flintlocks, percussion caps, pinfires, machine guns, etc.
Learn to Draw in a Weekend by Richard Taylor. Step-by-step exercises using basic geometric shapes show you how to get started or improve your drawing ability.
101 Great Things to Do with Your Digital Camera by Simon Joinson. "Fascinating, useful, inventive and original ways to make the most of your digital camera."
Hiking With Kids: taking those first steps with young hikers, 2nd Edition by Robin Tawney Nichols. Learn how to select the correct gear, fun activities on the trail, trail etiquette and safety and first aid.
Fiction
Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke. Dave Robicheaux gets deployed from Iberia Parish to patrol New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina hits. New Orleans is reduced to a medieval society with no power grid and no legal authorities. Amidst the devastation and turmoil Dave is after a serial rapist and a dangerous vigilante.
AudioBooks
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje.A father and two teen daughters work their California farm with a male farmhand. After a violent episode, the characters are followed along as they try and leave peacefully.
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child. Jack Reacher has been 'off the grid' fro ten years no. He has no license, back account, telephone and no address. When a former Army colleague is able to find him, Reacher hears that his former Army investigative team is being killed off.
Crashing Through: a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see by Robert Kurson, Blinded when three years old Mike May was already greatly successfull professionally and socially. When he hears of a stem cell treatment that may renew his sight he tries it out.
The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka. Susanka's bestselling Not So Big House books revealed a living philosophy through architecture. Now, Susanka directly addresses the "less is truly more" way of living.
Gun: a visual history. This is a DK publication which means the photography and graphic design are excellent. Wheellocks, flintlocks, percussion caps, pinfires, machine guns, etc.
Learn to Draw in a Weekend by Richard Taylor. Step-by-step exercises using basic geometric shapes show you how to get started or improve your drawing ability.
101 Great Things to Do with Your Digital Camera by Simon Joinson. "Fascinating, useful, inventive and original ways to make the most of your digital camera."
Hiking With Kids: taking those first steps with young hikers, 2nd Edition by Robin Tawney Nichols. Learn how to select the correct gear, fun activities on the trail, trail etiquette and safety and first aid.
Fiction
Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke. Dave Robicheaux gets deployed from Iberia Parish to patrol New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina hits. New Orleans is reduced to a medieval society with no power grid and no legal authorities. Amidst the devastation and turmoil Dave is after a serial rapist and a dangerous vigilante.
AudioBooks
Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje.A father and two teen daughters work their California farm with a male farmhand. After a violent episode, the characters are followed along as they try and leave peacefully.
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child. Jack Reacher has been 'off the grid' fro ten years no. He has no license, back account, telephone and no address. When a former Army colleague is able to find him, Reacher hears that his former Army investigative team is being killed off.
Crashing Through: a true story of risk, adventure, and the man who dared to see by Robert Kurson, Blinded when three years old Mike May was already greatly successfull professionally and socially. When he hears of a stem cell treatment that may renew his sight he tries it out.
The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka. Susanka's bestselling Not So Big House books revealed a living philosophy through architecture. Now, Susanka directly addresses the "less is truly more" way of living.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
DVD
Letters from Iwo Jima starring Ken Watanabe and a bunch of other Japanese actors. The Battle of Iwo Jima from the enemies' perspective.
New Books? Hoo-ray! Hoo-rah! Hoo-roo!
Fiction
Hose Monkey by Tony Spinosa. Joe lost his NYPD job to corruption, his family to divorce and his brother to 9/11. During the days Joe works as a "hose monkey' delivering heating oil to homes on Long Island. When a retarded employee of his company is murdered Joe decides to investigate.
Tender Mercies and Blessing in Disguise by Lauraine Snelling. Two inspirational, romance novels with stories set among the inhabitants of Blessing, North Dakota. In Blessing, heartbroken Augusta leaves Norway for America and her relatives. While those relatives await her at the Blessing depot, Augusta boards the wrong train and meets Kane....who is waiting for his mail-order Norwegian bride. The model for the cover is real good lookin'. In Tender Mary is visiting her brother Zeb in Blessing. Mary assists at the schoolhouse and strikes up ore than a friendship with bachelor Pastor John.
The Reliance by M.L. Tyndall. Captain Edmund's wife is missing and presumed dead. Edmund drowns himself in rum and joins up with the pirate Collier. But, Charlisse is alive and held captive by the pirate Kent. Aarrgghh.
Non Fiction
Long Distance Cyclists' handbook, 2nd Edition by Simon Doughty. All the preparation and equipment needed to successfully complete a thirty-mile charity ride or the 3,000 Race Across America.
Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers by Matthew and Nanette DeLuca. Ask for and earn the money you deserve.
Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates by Chris Ward. Instruction for both improving and expert players.
Animal Tracking Basics by Jon Young and Tiffany Morgan. Good tracking involves more than tracks and scat. This teaches awareness of the animal's food, travel and resting spots.
Michigan Breweries by Paul Ruschmann and Maryanne Nasiatka. A guide to the state's 66 regional breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs. An actual reason to visit that lousy, godforsaken state. Go Illini! Go Badgers!
Mastering Skeet: fundamental shooting techniques for hitting the target in championship form by King Heiple. Control your vision and prevent flinching, best leads for each station, shooters' perception of the skeets' flight. Heck, I don't even a shotgun anymore. Well... I do have a 16 gauge, bolt action Marlin. But, I don't trust it.
Hose Monkey by Tony Spinosa. Joe lost his NYPD job to corruption, his family to divorce and his brother to 9/11. During the days Joe works as a "hose monkey' delivering heating oil to homes on Long Island. When a retarded employee of his company is murdered Joe decides to investigate.
Tender Mercies and Blessing in Disguise by Lauraine Snelling. Two inspirational, romance novels with stories set among the inhabitants of Blessing, North Dakota. In Blessing, heartbroken Augusta leaves Norway for America and her relatives. While those relatives await her at the Blessing depot, Augusta boards the wrong train and meets Kane....who is waiting for his mail-order Norwegian bride. The model for the cover is real good lookin'. In Tender Mary is visiting her brother Zeb in Blessing. Mary assists at the schoolhouse and strikes up ore than a friendship with bachelor Pastor John.
The Reliance by M.L. Tyndall. Captain Edmund's wife is missing and presumed dead. Edmund drowns himself in rum and joins up with the pirate Collier. But, Charlisse is alive and held captive by the pirate Kent. Aarrgghh.
Non Fiction
Long Distance Cyclists' handbook, 2nd Edition by Simon Doughty. All the preparation and equipment needed to successfully complete a thirty-mile charity ride or the 3,000 Race Across America.
Perfect Phrases for Negotiating Salary and Job Offers by Matthew and Nanette DeLuca. Ask for and earn the money you deserve.
Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates by Chris Ward. Instruction for both improving and expert players.
Animal Tracking Basics by Jon Young and Tiffany Morgan. Good tracking involves more than tracks and scat. This teaches awareness of the animal's food, travel and resting spots.
Michigan Breweries by Paul Ruschmann and Maryanne Nasiatka. A guide to the state's 66 regional breweries, microbreweries and brewpubs. An actual reason to visit that lousy, godforsaken state. Go Illini! Go Badgers!
Mastering Skeet: fundamental shooting techniques for hitting the target in championship form by King Heiple. Control your vision and prevent flinching, best leads for each station, shooters' perception of the skeets' flight. Heck, I don't even a shotgun anymore. Well... I do have a 16 gauge, bolt action Marlin. But, I don't trust it.
Friday, July 06, 2007
More More More
Fiction
The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller. Sharon McCone is hired by her husband's security firm to track down a bomber attacking their offices. Narrowly avoiding a bombing herself Sharon has to delve into the security company's, and her husband's, past corruption.
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader. Jason Bourne goes looking his only friend, Martin Lindros, who disappeared investigating terrorists in Africa. Bourne decides to dismantle the terrorist organization himself as they try to collect material and technology for a nuclear bomb.
Non Fiction
101 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations: top destinations for every style and budget by Kathryn Gabriel Loving. Let's see...Florida, New Mexico, Hawaii, Wisconsin, New Jersey. New Jersey!? New Jersey and not New Hampshire? Wait, maybe it was Vermont I got married in. Oh well, same thing.
Critical Perspectives on World Climate edited by Katy Human. Essays and articles are grouped into four categories: 1. The (Pre)History of Climate Change, 2. Role of Vegetation and Methane in Climate Change, 3. Present and Near-Future Effects of Global Warming, 4. Ongoing Debate over Climate Change
World Energy Crisis by Stuart A. Kallen. From the Compact Research series.
Primary Source Accounts of World War I edited by Glenn Scherer and Marty Fletcher.
The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller. Sharon McCone is hired by her husband's security firm to track down a bomber attacking their offices. Narrowly avoiding a bombing herself Sharon has to delve into the security company's, and her husband's, past corruption.
Robert Ludlum's the Bourne Betrayal by Eric Van Lustbader. Jason Bourne goes looking his only friend, Martin Lindros, who disappeared investigating terrorists in Africa. Bourne decides to dismantle the terrorist organization himself as they try to collect material and technology for a nuclear bomb.
Non Fiction
101 Best U.S. Wedding Destinations: top destinations for every style and budget by Kathryn Gabriel Loving. Let's see...Florida, New Mexico, Hawaii, Wisconsin, New Jersey. New Jersey!? New Jersey and not New Hampshire? Wait, maybe it was Vermont I got married in. Oh well, same thing.
Critical Perspectives on World Climate edited by Katy Human. Essays and articles are grouped into four categories: 1. The (Pre)History of Climate Change, 2. Role of Vegetation and Methane in Climate Change, 3. Present and Near-Future Effects of Global Warming, 4. Ongoing Debate over Climate Change
World Energy Crisis by Stuart A. Kallen. From the Compact Research series.
Primary Source Accounts of World War I edited by Glenn Scherer and Marty Fletcher.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
New and Nifty Novels
Fiction
High Noon by Nora Roberts. A hardcover by Roberts. Police hostage negotiator Phoebe has a new suitor and a personal threat from a mysterious assailant.
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Patterson continues his early retirement with another co-authored book. Lauren is out for revenge after her husband cheated on her. When Lauren does the same she witnesses a horrific crime but fears exposure if she comes forward as a witness.
Large Print
Something More by Janet Dailey. Luke McCallister and the descendant of a outlaw hunt for the outlaws buried gold in Wyoming.
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin. I got this novel as a freebie during the ALA Annual Convention in Washington D.C. after attending a breakfast by the publisher's parent corporation, Thomson. Thomson is a large company and was hosting several breakfasts to demo and promote their products.
I followed the directions on my invitation for the Sunday morning Large Print discussion at the Renaissance Hotel. I arrived a half hour late at Ballroom B and immediately scoped out the coffee. The tables were already filled and were formed in a big U, with the presenter running a database demonstration from inside the formation, so I found an empty chair along the wall.
After sitting down I figured I may as well get something to eat and walked over to the buffet. I ended up filling my plate and, spying an empty seat, took a spot at a table. As I was eating the presenter talks about business databases and the corporate information contained within.
"Okay," I figure, "the large print portion of the program must be next."
Ten minutes later the presenter finishes and the meeting ends. A salesman comes over to meet me and I find out I'm in the wrong ballroom. Thomson switched ballrooms at the last moment and with my late arrival no one was no host at the entryway to let me know. So, I walk to the room next door, scope out the coffee and have a seat. Afterwards we were told to grab a copy of any titles sitting on display and I took this one.
So, enjoy the novel, but no free coffee for you.
High Noon by Nora Roberts. A hardcover by Roberts. Police hostage negotiator Phoebe has a new suitor and a personal threat from a mysterious assailant.
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Patterson continues his early retirement with another co-authored book. Lauren is out for revenge after her husband cheated on her. When Lauren does the same she witnesses a horrific crime but fears exposure if she comes forward as a witness.
Large Print
Something More by Janet Dailey. Luke McCallister and the descendant of a outlaw hunt for the outlaws buried gold in Wyoming.
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin. I got this novel as a freebie during the ALA Annual Convention in Washington D.C. after attending a breakfast by the publisher's parent corporation, Thomson. Thomson is a large company and was hosting several breakfasts to demo and promote their products.
I followed the directions on my invitation for the Sunday morning Large Print discussion at the Renaissance Hotel. I arrived a half hour late at Ballroom B and immediately scoped out the coffee. The tables were already filled and were formed in a big U, with the presenter running a database demonstration from inside the formation, so I found an empty chair along the wall.
After sitting down I figured I may as well get something to eat and walked over to the buffet. I ended up filling my plate and, spying an empty seat, took a spot at a table. As I was eating the presenter talks about business databases and the corporate information contained within.
"Okay," I figure, "the large print portion of the program must be next."
Ten minutes later the presenter finishes and the meeting ends. A salesman comes over to meet me and I find out I'm in the wrong ballroom. Thomson switched ballrooms at the last moment and with my late arrival no one was no host at the entryway to let me know. So, I walk to the room next door, scope out the coffee and have a seat. Afterwards we were told to grab a copy of any titles sitting on display and I took this one.
So, enjoy the novel, but no free coffee for you.
NonFiction Variety Pack
Monkeys and Apes
Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg. One of the best books of the year! Full color portraits of monkeys and apes by celebrity photographer Greenberg. With Rhesus Macaque, Yellow Baboon, Bonnet Macaque, Orangutan, Mandrill, Gibbon, and others. Oh, yeah!
Entertainment
Singing Cowboys by Douglas Green. Biographies and profiles of well-known and little-known film and television singing cowboys. Written by Douglas B. Green a.k.a Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky. Includes a music CD with music by Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard and others.
24: Behind the Scenes by Jon Cassar. A photo and production history of the television series 24. With coverage of past and present characters, actors, and crew. The included DVD has interviews and a photo gallery.
Hobbies
The Joy of Digital Photography by Jeff Wignall. "Remember when taking pictures was fun and having a camera was inspirational? Those days are back!"
Digital Photography Beyond the camera: expert Photoshop and digital know-how for top-quality images and prints by Ian Farrell.
Java Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Jim Keogh. A do-it-yourself Java guide.
New Ideas for Today's Crochet by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss. A variety of women's designs with tops, dresses, and even bikinis.
Crocheted Wire Jewelry: Innovative Designs and Projects by Leading Artists by Arline M. Fisch. "By crocheting with wire, which is as easy to work with as yarn, you can make lacy structures that hold their form while retaining a great deal of flexibility."
Cooking
Mr. Food Diabetic Dinners in a Dash: more than 150 fast and fabulous guilt-free recipes by Art Ginsburg. Fast and easy to make recipes published by the American Diabetes Association.
Monkey Portraits by Jill Greenberg. One of the best books of the year! Full color portraits of monkeys and apes by celebrity photographer Greenberg. With Rhesus Macaque, Yellow Baboon, Bonnet Macaque, Orangutan, Mandrill, Gibbon, and others. Oh, yeah!
Entertainment
Singing Cowboys by Douglas Green. Biographies and profiles of well-known and little-known film and television singing cowboys. Written by Douglas B. Green a.k.a Ranger Doug from Riders in the Sky. Includes a music CD with music by Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard and others.
24: Behind the Scenes by Jon Cassar. A photo and production history of the television series 24. With coverage of past and present characters, actors, and crew. The included DVD has interviews and a photo gallery.
Hobbies
The Joy of Digital Photography by Jeff Wignall. "Remember when taking pictures was fun and having a camera was inspirational? Those days are back!"
Digital Photography Beyond the camera: expert Photoshop and digital know-how for top-quality images and prints by Ian Farrell.
Java Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Jim Keogh. A do-it-yourself Java guide.
New Ideas for Today's Crochet by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss. A variety of women's designs with tops, dresses, and even bikinis.
Crocheted Wire Jewelry: Innovative Designs and Projects by Leading Artists by Arline M. Fisch. "By crocheting with wire, which is as easy to work with as yarn, you can make lacy structures that hold their form while retaining a great deal of flexibility."
Cooking
Mr. Food Diabetic Dinners in a Dash: more than 150 fast and fabulous guilt-free recipes by Art Ginsburg. Fast and easy to make recipes published by the American Diabetes Association.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Assorted Good Things
NonFiction
175 Best Jobs Not Behind a Desk by Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin. "Would you rather work outdoors or in a physically active job than be chained to a desk? Fortunately, many high-activity jobs have good earnings and are expected to grow. Now you can easily pinpoint the top-gear gear careers that suit you best."
Precalculus Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Rhonda Huettenmueller. Clear and concise solutions. I just saw that the actress who played Winnie in The Wonder Years, Danica McKellar, has a new math book coming out entitled Math Doesn't Suck.
Critical Perspectives on Pollution Stephanie Watson, editor. Aimed at the high school crowd with essays grouped into the topics Environmental Fallout, Human Toll, Animals in the Wake, and Forging a Cleaner Future.
Fiction
Con Ed by Matthew Klein. A beautiful blonde offers recently release con Kip a chance to swindle her billionaire husband. A con is never as easy as it sounds. But, after the blonde sweetens the deal and Kip finds his son in hock to Russian mobsters the deal is too good to pass up.
Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan. Australian stripper Gina has a brief hook-up with a surfer dude. Gina wakes up to see the surfer's face plastered across the news and proclaimed a terrorist. Gina becomes Australia's Most Wanted and goes on the run.
Rat Run by Gerald Seymour. Seymour always writes really solid thrillers. Usually with a espionage bent, Seymour's last several novels have set his English characters in the Middle East. Former Intelligence Officer Malachy Kitchen was kicked out of the Army under suspicion of cowardice in Iraq. Back in England, Malachy starts his own fight against the local drug gangs in his neighborhood in an effort to redeem his pride and ends up butting heads with a local crimelord who is importing a terrorist in his next shipment.
Medicus: a novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie. A roman Doctor stuck in the hinterlands of Britannia buys an abused slave girl and investigates why all the local prostitutes are missing.
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh. A romance.
Mysteries
In the Woods by Tana French. 23 years ago three children went to play in the woods outside Dublin. Only one was found. Now that survivor is a detective on the Murder Squad and when an identical crime occurs he must use his slivers of memory to try and solve the crime.
Hard Man by Alan Guthrie. The great and mighty Guthrie returns with another tale of Scottish tough guys. Ex-con Pearce is asked to protect a pregnant sixteen year old from her violent, martial-arts-expert husband Baxter. Baxter isn't the father and when he hears Pearce is involved in his wife's protection he kills Pearce's dog. Now Pearce is angry.
Love Kills by Edna Buchanan. Former reporter Britt Montero has been hiding away in solitude for three years ever since her cop boyfriend was killed. Now the Cold Case Squad wants to talk to her at the same time Britt finds out a recent widower may not be just a widower.
Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid. A weirdly tattoed body is uncovered in the English Lake District. Is the local tale that Fletcher Christian snuck back to England from Pitcairn Island and stayed with old friend, and poet, William Wordsworth true? Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham hunts for the rest of the story about a secret Wordsworth manuscript and finds herself hunted as well.
175 Best Jobs Not Behind a Desk by Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin. "Would you rather work outdoors or in a physically active job than be chained to a desk? Fortunately, many high-activity jobs have good earnings and are expected to grow. Now you can easily pinpoint the top-gear gear careers that suit you best."
Precalculus Demystified: a self-teaching guide by Rhonda Huettenmueller. Clear and concise solutions. I just saw that the actress who played Winnie in The Wonder Years, Danica McKellar, has a new math book coming out entitled Math Doesn't Suck.
Critical Perspectives on Pollution Stephanie Watson, editor. Aimed at the high school crowd with essays grouped into the topics Environmental Fallout, Human Toll, Animals in the Wake, and Forging a Cleaner Future.
Fiction
Con Ed by Matthew Klein. A beautiful blonde offers recently release con Kip a chance to swindle her billionaire husband. A con is never as easy as it sounds. But, after the blonde sweetens the deal and Kip finds his son in hock to Russian mobsters the deal is too good to pass up.
Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan. Australian stripper Gina has a brief hook-up with a surfer dude. Gina wakes up to see the surfer's face plastered across the news and proclaimed a terrorist. Gina becomes Australia's Most Wanted and goes on the run.
Rat Run by Gerald Seymour. Seymour always writes really solid thrillers. Usually with a espionage bent, Seymour's last several novels have set his English characters in the Middle East. Former Intelligence Officer Malachy Kitchen was kicked out of the Army under suspicion of cowardice in Iraq. Back in England, Malachy starts his own fight against the local drug gangs in his neighborhood in an effort to redeem his pride and ends up butting heads with a local crimelord who is importing a terrorist in his next shipment.
Medicus: a novel of the Roman Empire by Ruth Downie. A roman Doctor stuck in the hinterlands of Britannia buys an abused slave girl and investigates why all the local prostitutes are missing.
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh. A romance.
Mysteries
In the Woods by Tana French. 23 years ago three children went to play in the woods outside Dublin. Only one was found. Now that survivor is a detective on the Murder Squad and when an identical crime occurs he must use his slivers of memory to try and solve the crime.
Hard Man by Alan Guthrie. The great and mighty Guthrie returns with another tale of Scottish tough guys. Ex-con Pearce is asked to protect a pregnant sixteen year old from her violent, martial-arts-expert husband Baxter. Baxter isn't the father and when he hears Pearce is involved in his wife's protection he kills Pearce's dog. Now Pearce is angry.
Love Kills by Edna Buchanan. Former reporter Britt Montero has been hiding away in solitude for three years ever since her cop boyfriend was killed. Now the Cold Case Squad wants to talk to her at the same time Britt finds out a recent widower may not be just a widower.
Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid. A weirdly tattoed body is uncovered in the English Lake District. Is the local tale that Fletcher Christian snuck back to England from Pitcairn Island and stayed with old friend, and poet, William Wordsworth true? Wordsworth specialist Jane Gresham hunts for the rest of the story about a secret Wordsworth manuscript and finds herself hunted as well.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Fictional Swedes, Trojans, and Mannies
Manny by Holly Peterson. Holly Peterson's workaholic husband is never around so Manhattanite Holly hires a male nanny - a manny - to be a role model for her troubled 9 year old son. Frazzled career girl Holly is impressed with more than manny Jamie's childcare skills and wonders if he will ground her flighty life or sweep her away.
Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell. Rand McCree's self imposed exile in the woods has come to an end when he gets the name of the man who murdered his twin brother five years ago. Kayla Shaw escapes a kidnapping attempt to find her accused of laundering money through her banking job. When the killer of McCree's brother targets Kayla McCree is the only one to keep her alive.
Troy: Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell. Blood feuds, fierce battles, and remarkable courage in a sharply detailed tale of the siege of Troy and the competing loves and conspiracies of the Kings involved.
Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson. Larsson is the winner of Sweden's best crime novel award. Scandinavian noir set in the long days of midsummer Sweden. A rural female priest has been murdered and former big-city attorney Rebekah sees parallels to religious murders she was involved in before.
Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Devoted wife Lauren has a revenge affair when she discovers her husband was cheating on her. Lauren witnesses a brutal crime at the same time as her affair but revealing her knowledge would reveal her infidelity.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie is asked by Ranger to meet with her ex-husband Dickie to find out if he is up to something shady. When Dickie goes missing, Stephanie is a suspect.
Double Agents by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Another novel following the OSS through World War Two.
Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel. Tanya Harris gets a call to be sriptwriter for an A-List producer. Living for a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel Tanya leave sher family behind as she is seduced by the glamour of her new job.
Innocent as Sin by Elizabeth Lowell. Rand McCree's self imposed exile in the woods has come to an end when he gets the name of the man who murdered his twin brother five years ago. Kayla Shaw escapes a kidnapping attempt to find her accused of laundering money through her banking job. When the killer of McCree's brother targets Kayla McCree is the only one to keep her alive.
Troy: Shield of Thunder by David Gemmell. Blood feuds, fierce battles, and remarkable courage in a sharply detailed tale of the siege of Troy and the competing loves and conspiracies of the Kings involved.
Blood Spilt by Asa Larsson. Larsson is the winner of Sweden's best crime novel award. Scandinavian noir set in the long days of midsummer Sweden. A rural female priest has been murdered and former big-city attorney Rebekah sees parallels to religious murders she was involved in before.
Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. Devoted wife Lauren has a revenge affair when she discovers her husband was cheating on her. Lauren witnesses a brutal crime at the same time as her affair but revealing her knowledge would reveal her infidelity.
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie is asked by Ranger to meet with her ex-husband Dickie to find out if he is up to something shady. When Dickie goes missing, Stephanie is a suspect.
Double Agents by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. Another novel following the OSS through World War Two.
Bungalow 2 by Danielle Steel. Tanya Harris gets a call to be sriptwriter for an A-List producer. Living for a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel Tanya leave sher family behind as she is seduced by the glamour of her new job.
Large Print Fiction
Target by Stella Cameron. The three siblings living in Point Judah, Louisiana are the only survivors of a 20 yeard old mass murder in California. In hiding ever since their childhood commune was slaughtered by it's leader, Colin, the discovery of the bodies leads the murderous Colin back to them.
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks. Boston southsider Cate Madigan is saving her bartending income to move to a nice and quiet place. Then her missing roommate, Marty, sends her a 120 lbs Bull Mastiff dog for Cate to care for and Cate's apartment is broken into. Now, Cate has stalkers and a possibley dangerous cop after her.
Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson. Eve returns to New Orleans to escape the memory of her friend's murder and the fact that her former lover, Cole, did the crime. When Cole is released bizarre killings trace back to the former asylum where Eve's doctor father used to bring Eve to work when she was a child.
Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella. Officer James Gould is in charge of approving weddings between servicemen and locals in 1944 Naples, Italy. Gould's efficiency against corruption leads to the locals to try and distract him by setting Gould up with a new cook, the beautiful Livia.
Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White. Florida fisherman Doc Ford saves a former president from assassination. With only a short time to live, the president decides Ford is the man to spring him from his security detail and help him investigate his dead wife's plane crash in Nicaragua.
Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey. Ophelia's reputation was destroyed when she purposefully wrecked her engagement to the future marquis of MacTavish. MacTavish's best friend Raphael Locke wonders whether Ophelia is all bad and bets his friend her can turn her into a kind-hearted lady.
Double Take by Catherine Coulter. Julia Ransom's psychic husband was murdered and now Julia is struck on the head and thrown into San Francisco Bay. Charlotte Pallack may be the missing wife of Virginia Sheriff Dixon Noble. FBI Special Agents Savich and Sherlock put the clues together.
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber. Members of the knitting class at A Good Yarn yarnshop share their stories and personal turmoils.
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich and Leanne Banks. Boston southsider Cate Madigan is saving her bartending income to move to a nice and quiet place. Then her missing roommate, Marty, sends her a 120 lbs Bull Mastiff dog for Cate to care for and Cate's apartment is broken into. Now, Cate has stalkers and a possibley dangerous cop after her.
Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson. Eve returns to New Orleans to escape the memory of her friend's murder and the fact that her former lover, Cole, did the crime. When Cole is released bizarre killings trace back to the former asylum where Eve's doctor father used to bring Eve to work when she was a child.
Wedding Officer by Anthony Capella. Officer James Gould is in charge of approving weddings between servicemen and locals in 1944 Naples, Italy. Gould's efficiency against corruption leads to the locals to try and distract him by setting Gould up with a new cook, the beautiful Livia.
Hunter's Moon by Randy Wayne White. Florida fisherman Doc Ford saves a former president from assassination. With only a short time to live, the president decides Ford is the man to spring him from his security detail and help him investigate his dead wife's plane crash in Nicaragua.
Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey. Ophelia's reputation was destroyed when she purposefully wrecked her engagement to the future marquis of MacTavish. MacTavish's best friend Raphael Locke wonders whether Ophelia is all bad and bets his friend her can turn her into a kind-hearted lady.
Double Take by Catherine Coulter. Julia Ransom's psychic husband was murdered and now Julia is struck on the head and thrown into San Francisco Bay. Charlotte Pallack may be the missing wife of Virginia Sheriff Dixon Noble. FBI Special Agents Savich and Sherlock put the clues together.
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber. Members of the knitting class at A Good Yarn yarnshop share their stories and personal turmoils.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
New Noir and the Masterful Rossi
Fiction
Cruel Poetry by Vicki Hendricks. Noir novel set in Miami, "Renata is young, beautiful, and has sex for money and kicks. Few are immune to her intoxicating allure - even her pet Burmese python, Pepe, seems captive to her charm. Richard is one of her clients, a poetry professor with a wife and two sons, whose erotic fascination with Rennie threatens his home and job. Meanwhile, Jules, a shy wannabe-novelist, spies on Rennie from her next door room in between bouts of frustrated writing. Both would do anything to save Rennie from her dangerous occupation and become her one true love."
Jeez...that makes it sound kind of like a romance novel. It isn't.
Biography
What if I had Never Tried It by Valentino Rossi. Italian superstar Rossi, multiple winner of motorcycle Grand Prix titles, tells about racing and winning with three different teams.
Cruel Poetry by Vicki Hendricks. Noir novel set in Miami, "Renata is young, beautiful, and has sex for money and kicks. Few are immune to her intoxicating allure - even her pet Burmese python, Pepe, seems captive to her charm. Richard is one of her clients, a poetry professor with a wife and two sons, whose erotic fascination with Rennie threatens his home and job. Meanwhile, Jules, a shy wannabe-novelist, spies on Rennie from her next door room in between bouts of frustrated writing. Both would do anything to save Rennie from her dangerous occupation and become her one true love."
Jeez...that makes it sound kind of like a romance novel. It isn't.
Biography
What if I had Never Tried It by Valentino Rossi. Italian superstar Rossi, multiple winner of motorcycle Grand Prix titles, tells about racing and winning with three different teams.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
A Really nice atlas and some bestselling authors
Fiction
Double Take by Catherine Coulter. The cover illustration has a picture of Alcatraz Island at night and the subtitle is: An FBI Thriller. Without looking at the book's summary I'm going to assume the FBI deal with some criminal who likes Alcatraz.
Navigator by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos. I don't read Cussler's books but he has legions of fans. I hope he is not disappointing them by having a writing partner do all the work.
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith. Smith is an excellent writer and his Arkady Renko novels have all been fantastic. Renko is a Russian police detective in Moscow. In previous novels Arkady has worked in Moscow, Berlin, aboard a fishing vessel in the North Pacific, and Cuba. In this one, Renko investigation into ghostly sitings in the Moscow subway dovetail with his suspicions that a right-wing police colleague is a hired killer.
Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton. Another vampires and sex novel by Hamilton.
Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey. Another romance by Lindsey.
Large Print
Magic City by James W. Hall. Hey! I read this one! Florida Keys beach bum Thorn is going to watch his Miami girlfriend's senile father while she is out of town. Thorn gets into a fight with two Cuban thugs who try to rob the girlfriend's house and things go downhill. A good novel with great characters and a fantastic use of setting.
McKetrick's Luck by Linda Lael Miller. A romance set in modern day Arizona between a rancher dude and a real estate gal.
NonFiction
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Novelist Kingsolver and family vow to live for one year only on the food they can buy locally or grow on their own. It wasn't always easy but it is certainly interesting.
Rumsfeld: his rise, fall, and catastrophic legacy by Alexander Cockburn. Rumsfelds incompetence, arrogance, and vanity are harshly exposed. I've been listening to Not a Good Day ot Die by Sean Naylor which is about 2002's Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld's arbitrary cap on U.S. forces in Afghanistan and pulling military leaders back to the U.S. to plan for the Iraq invasion was a major factor contributing to the failures of Anaconda and our continued trouble there with the Taliban and Al-Quaeda.
map:satellite by Philip Eales. A wicked good atlas by the genius crew at Dorling-Kindersley. The atlas using a great mix of satellite imagery and traditional cartography.
Double Take by Catherine Coulter. The cover illustration has a picture of Alcatraz Island at night and the subtitle is: An FBI Thriller. Without looking at the book's summary I'm going to assume the FBI deal with some criminal who likes Alcatraz.
Navigator by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos. I don't read Cussler's books but he has legions of fans. I hope he is not disappointing them by having a writing partner do all the work.
Stalin's Ghost by Martin Cruz Smith. Smith is an excellent writer and his Arkady Renko novels have all been fantastic. Renko is a Russian police detective in Moscow. In previous novels Arkady has worked in Moscow, Berlin, aboard a fishing vessel in the North Pacific, and Cuba. In this one, Renko investigation into ghostly sitings in the Moscow subway dovetail with his suspicions that a right-wing police colleague is a hired killer.
Harlequin by Laurell K. Hamilton. Another vampires and sex novel by Hamilton.
Devil Who Tamed Her by Johanna Lindsey. Another romance by Lindsey.
Large Print
Magic City by James W. Hall. Hey! I read this one! Florida Keys beach bum Thorn is going to watch his Miami girlfriend's senile father while she is out of town. Thorn gets into a fight with two Cuban thugs who try to rob the girlfriend's house and things go downhill. A good novel with great characters and a fantastic use of setting.
McKetrick's Luck by Linda Lael Miller. A romance set in modern day Arizona between a rancher dude and a real estate gal.
NonFiction
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. Novelist Kingsolver and family vow to live for one year only on the food they can buy locally or grow on their own. It wasn't always easy but it is certainly interesting.
Rumsfeld: his rise, fall, and catastrophic legacy by Alexander Cockburn. Rumsfelds incompetence, arrogance, and vanity are harshly exposed. I've been listening to Not a Good Day ot Die by Sean Naylor which is about 2002's Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan. Rumsfeld's arbitrary cap on U.S. forces in Afghanistan and pulling military leaders back to the U.S. to plan for the Iraq invasion was a major factor contributing to the failures of Anaconda and our continued trouble there with the Taliban and Al-Quaeda.
map:satellite by Philip Eales. A wicked good atlas by the genius crew at Dorling-Kindersley. The atlas using a great mix of satellite imagery and traditional cartography.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Vicki Hendricks and some Large Print
Noir Mystery
Miami Purity by Vicki Hendricks. I have not read this yet,but Bill Crider gave Hendricks' books high marks. A noir book with sex, violence, and crazy people in Miami.
Large Print
The Navigator by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos. A NUMA FILES novel with character Kurt Austen.AUstin hunts for a stolen Phoenician statue.
Invisible Prey by John Sadnford. Lucas Davenport suspects two seemingly unrelated murders of rich, elderly women are connected.
Heart of Texas, Vol. 1 by Debbie Macomber. Two short novels by Macomber: Lonesome Cowboy and Texas Two-Step.
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Sunny Randall is asked by her retired cop father to assist when a mass murderer her father hunted thirty years reappears.
Miami Purity by Vicki Hendricks. I have not read this yet,but Bill Crider gave Hendricks' books high marks. A noir book with sex, violence, and crazy people in Miami.
Large Print
The Navigator by Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos. A NUMA FILES novel with character Kurt Austen.AUstin hunts for a stolen Phoenician statue.
Invisible Prey by John Sadnford. Lucas Davenport suspects two seemingly unrelated murders of rich, elderly women are connected.
Heart of Texas, Vol. 1 by Debbie Macomber. Two short novels by Macomber: Lonesome Cowboy and Texas Two-Step.
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Sunny Randall is asked by her retired cop father to assist when a mass murderer her father hunted thirty years reappears.
NonFiction
NonFiction
Lung Cancer by by Experts at the American Cancer Society. Non-small cell and small cell cancers. Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment, etc.
Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills by Mark Spicer. Author Mark Spicer was a British Army sniper and sniper instructor, served as an expert witness for the prosecution in the D.C. Sniper trial, and does training for McMillan rifles. Covers optics, tactics, training, countermarksmanship, etc.
52 Weekend Makeovers: easy projets to transform your home inside and out by Taunton Press, Inc. Closet makeover, overhead shelves, tile floor, sink and faucet upgrades, painted cabinets, etc.
Fitted Knits: 25 designs for the fashionable knitter by Stefanie Japel.
101 Ways to Workout with Weights by Cindy Whitmarsh. Multiple exercise to perform with handweights and dumbells.
Spanish
Los 1000 Primeros Dias de Tu Bebe by Italo Farnetani.
Lung Cancer by by Experts at the American Cancer Society. Non-small cell and small cell cancers. Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, post-treatment, etc.
Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills by Mark Spicer. Author Mark Spicer was a British Army sniper and sniper instructor, served as an expert witness for the prosecution in the D.C. Sniper trial, and does training for McMillan rifles. Covers optics, tactics, training, countermarksmanship, etc.
52 Weekend Makeovers: easy projets to transform your home inside and out by Taunton Press, Inc. Closet makeover, overhead shelves, tile floor, sink and faucet upgrades, painted cabinets, etc.
Fitted Knits: 25 designs for the fashionable knitter by Stefanie Japel.
101 Ways to Workout with Weights by Cindy Whitmarsh. Multiple exercise to perform with handweights and dumbells.
Spanish
Los 1000 Primeros Dias de Tu Bebe by Italo Farnetani.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Large Print and The Dollyrots
CD
Because I'm Awesome by The Dollyrots. The Dollyrots get regular airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show (available online, too). They are a garage/punk band with a sense of humour and lots of energy. The title track is good, as is My Best Friend's Hot.
Large Print
Withering Heights by Dorothy Cannell. From the book jacket, "The formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman may now be happily married and a mother, but Ellie haskell hasn't lost her wit, her weakness for Gothic romance, or her knack for solving crimes."
McKettrick's Pride by Linda Lael Miller. Ranching widower Rance rustles a roving, and randy, retailer for readers.
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh. A regency romance.
An Unexpected Family by Joan Medlicott. Kathleen Simmons comes to the Covington house and announces she is the illegitimate daughter of Amelia's late husband. In reaction to her husband's betrayal Amelia rejects Kathleen and her 7 year old daughter. But 7 year old Clarisse is the spitting image of Amelia's dead daughter.
Because I'm Awesome by The Dollyrots. The Dollyrots get regular airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show (available online, too). They are a garage/punk band with a sense of humour and lots of energy. The title track is good, as is My Best Friend's Hot.
Large Print
Withering Heights by Dorothy Cannell. From the book jacket, "The formerly plump girl turned Thin Woman may now be happily married and a mother, but Ellie haskell hasn't lost her wit, her weakness for Gothic romance, or her knack for solving crimes."
McKettrick's Pride by Linda Lael Miller. Ranching widower Rance rustles a roving, and randy, retailer for readers.
Simply Magic by Mary Balogh. A regency romance.
An Unexpected Family by Joan Medlicott. Kathleen Simmons comes to the Covington house and announces she is the illegitimate daughter of Amelia's late husband. In reaction to her husband's betrayal Amelia rejects Kathleen and her 7 year old daughter. But 7 year old Clarisse is the spitting image of Amelia's dead daughter.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Fiction with a slew of VIctoria Houston mysteries
Victoria Houston
Houston paid the Library a visit about three weeks ago and spoke about her work as an author and her experiences in publishing. We now have a collection of all the paperback editions of her Dead series.
In no particular order, those new copies are:
Dead Boogie
Dead Hot Mama
Dead Jitterbug
Dead Creek
Dead Water
Dead Angler
Dead Frenzy
Fiction
Freefire by C.J. Box. I read a review of this in the newspaper, maybe the Wisconsin State Journal, and it received a raving review. Former Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is asked to investigate the murders of four campers in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park that has overlapping jurisdictions, none of which can charge the mass murderer with a crime. The Wyoming governor himself asks for Pickett's help after the murderer walks away from his murders in this freefire zone.
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Series lead Sunny Randall is asked by her retired cop father for help after the serial killer he hunted thirty years ago resurfaces.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. Newlyweds in 1962 England struggle on their wedding night to adjust to marraige and it's intimacy.
Houston paid the Library a visit about three weeks ago and spoke about her work as an author and her experiences in publishing. We now have a collection of all the paperback editions of her Dead series.
In no particular order, those new copies are:
Dead Boogie
Dead Hot Mama
Dead Jitterbug
Dead Creek
Dead Water
Dead Angler
Dead Frenzy
Fiction
Freefire by C.J. Box. I read a review of this in the newspaper, maybe the Wisconsin State Journal, and it received a raving review. Former Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is asked to investigate the murders of four campers in a remote part of Yellowstone National Park that has overlapping jurisdictions, none of which can charge the mass murderer with a crime. The Wyoming governor himself asks for Pickett's help after the murderer walks away from his murders in this freefire zone.
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker. Series lead Sunny Randall is asked by her retired cop father for help after the serial killer he hunted thirty years ago resurfaces.
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan. Newlyweds in 1962 England struggle on their wedding night to adjust to marraige and it's intimacy.
New DVDs
Apocalypto starring a bunch of Central American actors. Yeah, Mel Gibson is an angry drunk, but the movie is still good. Young guy Jaguar Paw is captured and taken to a Mayan city for sacrifice. He escapes and rushes home to protect his wife and child.
The Queen starring Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen. The story of Princess Diana's death from Queen Elizabeth II's private viewpoint. It's funny how many different roles Helen Mirren has had. She was nude in several of them. Thank goodness we don't have to see the Queen in the buff. For a different interpretation of the Queen take a look at one of our Kids in the Hall DVD sets.
No Restraint starring Matthew Barney and Bjork. Artist Matthew Barney produced The Cremaster Cycle, three astounding and stunning motion pictures that showed at different art museums. No Restraint follows two characters, played by Barney and Bjork, as mysterious passengers on a Japanese whaling vessel filled with 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly (one of Barney's favorite mediums). Speaking of nude actresses, I think Bjork appears nude in this one. She is married to Barney too.
Notes on a Scandal starring Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy. Mean, old teacher Barbara has a thing for popular, younger teacher Sheba. When Barbara finds out Sheba has been sleeping with one of her students she blackmails Sheba into a relationship. Creepy, huh? I don't know if either one is nude or not.
Painted Veil starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. The bored, beautiful and unfaithfull wife of Dr. Fane is spending most of her time in colonial Shanghai sleeping around. So, Dr. Fane gets a job in the hinterlands in a cholera ravaged town and brings her with him. Can she adjust? Will the marriage last? Watch and find out. Not sure of the nudity quotient but that Watts gal is a great actress. She was nude in Mullholland Drive.
Hannibal Rising starring Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans. Hannibal's life in post-war Europe and Paris and his turn into Hannibal the Cannibal. I bet there is cannibalism.
Seraphim Falls starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. Three years after the Civil War: former Union Captain Gideon is pursued across the west by former Confederate Colonel Carver who is intent on revenge. Nudity? I don't know. But, if there is any I don't want to see it from those two dudes.
The Queen starring Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen. The story of Princess Diana's death from Queen Elizabeth II's private viewpoint. It's funny how many different roles Helen Mirren has had. She was nude in several of them. Thank goodness we don't have to see the Queen in the buff. For a different interpretation of the Queen take a look at one of our Kids in the Hall DVD sets.
No Restraint starring Matthew Barney and Bjork. Artist Matthew Barney produced The Cremaster Cycle, three astounding and stunning motion pictures that showed at different art museums. No Restraint follows two characters, played by Barney and Bjork, as mysterious passengers on a Japanese whaling vessel filled with 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly (one of Barney's favorite mediums). Speaking of nude actresses, I think Bjork appears nude in this one. She is married to Barney too.
Notes on a Scandal starring Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett and Bill Nighy. Mean, old teacher Barbara has a thing for popular, younger teacher Sheba. When Barbara finds out Sheba has been sleeping with one of her students she blackmails Sheba into a relationship. Creepy, huh? I don't know if either one is nude or not.
Painted Veil starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. The bored, beautiful and unfaithfull wife of Dr. Fane is spending most of her time in colonial Shanghai sleeping around. So, Dr. Fane gets a job in the hinterlands in a cholera ravaged town and brings her with him. Can she adjust? Will the marriage last? Watch and find out. Not sure of the nudity quotient but that Watts gal is a great actress. She was nude in Mullholland Drive.
Hannibal Rising starring Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans. Hannibal's life in post-war Europe and Paris and his turn into Hannibal the Cannibal. I bet there is cannibalism.
Seraphim Falls starring Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan. Three years after the Civil War: former Union Captain Gideon is pursued across the west by former Confederate Colonel Carver who is intent on revenge. Nudity? I don't know. But, if there is any I don't want to see it from those two dudes.
Monday, June 04, 2007
Favorites Authors and Chevy Chase
Mystery
Whack-a-Mole by Chris Grabenstein. The third John Ceepak mystery by Grabenstein. Ceepak is Mr. Straight Arrow. A policeman in the vacation town of Sea Haven, New Jersey, Ceepak's personal code is that he will not lie, cheat, or steal nor tolerate those who do. Ceepak once ticketed his partner, Danny Boyle for an illegal left turn. Boyle narrates the series and all of them have good humour about the straight-laced Ceepak. Ceepak loves quoting Springsteen and is an excellent investigator.
Requiem for an Assassin by Barry Eisler. I've read about three other Eisler books featuring assassin John Rain and all were quite good. I have a copy of this at home and have enjoyed the first 60 pages or so. Rain has been an international hitman for about 25 years and his paranoia and tradecraft have kep him alive, and lonely, all that time. Rain has recently retired but an enemy has kidnapped Rain's best and only friend, Dox, to coerce Rain into taking on a job. This will get ugly.
Author Bary Eisler will be making an appearance in Milwaukee on June 12th.
Fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kholeid Hussein. Hussein's Kite Runner has been very popular. Thousand covers thirty years of recent Afghan history seen by two generations of an Afghan family. From the Soviety invasion, Afghan resistance, through the rise and fall of the Taliban.
Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver. California Burea of Investigations agent Kathryn Dance is assigned to interrogate convicted murderer Daniel Pell about a recently discovered murder. Pell is in prison for his copycat Charles Manson killings in Carmel for which he never talked about. When Pell escapes and goes on a killing spree Dance is in charge of the manhunt and pulls together Pell's former cult members and the one survivor of the Carmel murders to try and determine his purpose.
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien pulled together and edited his father's writings and notes on the history of Middle Earth and presents a unified history that details Middle Earth history. Very well reviewed and well written by both Tolkiens.
Biography
I'm Chevy Chase...and You're Not by Rena Fruchter. Chase's authorized biography.
Whack-a-Mole by Chris Grabenstein. The third John Ceepak mystery by Grabenstein. Ceepak is Mr. Straight Arrow. A policeman in the vacation town of Sea Haven, New Jersey, Ceepak's personal code is that he will not lie, cheat, or steal nor tolerate those who do. Ceepak once ticketed his partner, Danny Boyle for an illegal left turn. Boyle narrates the series and all of them have good humour about the straight-laced Ceepak. Ceepak loves quoting Springsteen and is an excellent investigator.
Requiem for an Assassin by Barry Eisler. I've read about three other Eisler books featuring assassin John Rain and all were quite good. I have a copy of this at home and have enjoyed the first 60 pages or so. Rain has been an international hitman for about 25 years and his paranoia and tradecraft have kep him alive, and lonely, all that time. Rain has recently retired but an enemy has kidnapped Rain's best and only friend, Dox, to coerce Rain into taking on a job. This will get ugly.
Author Bary Eisler will be making an appearance in Milwaukee on June 12th.
Fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Kholeid Hussein. Hussein's Kite Runner has been very popular. Thousand covers thirty years of recent Afghan history seen by two generations of an Afghan family. From the Soviety invasion, Afghan resistance, through the rise and fall of the Taliban.
Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver. California Burea of Investigations agent Kathryn Dance is assigned to interrogate convicted murderer Daniel Pell about a recently discovered murder. Pell is in prison for his copycat Charles Manson killings in Carmel for which he never talked about. When Pell escapes and goes on a killing spree Dance is in charge of the manhunt and pulls together Pell's former cult members and the one survivor of the Carmel murders to try and determine his purpose.
The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Christopher Tolkien pulled together and edited his father's writings and notes on the history of Middle Earth and presents a unified history that details Middle Earth history. Very well reviewed and well written by both Tolkiens.
Biography
I'm Chevy Chase...and You're Not by Rena Fruchter. Chase's authorized biography.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Music by professional musicians, one rapper, and three Canadians
Rap
Hip Hop is Dead by Nas. I don't know anything about this guy but he is popular.
Folk
Celtic Woman: A New Journey by various artists. Fourteen songs by six Irish women vocalists. A couple tunes are in Gaelic. These "Celtic" discs are popular. So popular that some jerk seems to have stolen our other one. Here is the review from Allmusic.com, "Celtic Woman, a Riverdance-inspired PBS phenomena that boasts the talents of several female leads and a whole lot of orchestra and genre instruments like pipes, bodhrans, and fiddles, gives contemporary Celtic the Il Divo treatment on New Journey, a lovely and occasionally over the top collection of familiar melodies and grandiose sentiments that should please both the Celtic new age and the adult alternative crowds."
Ce by Caetano Veloso. Brazilian musician Veloso is a Big Deal. His first album came out in 1967 and "Caetano Veloso has managed to sustain a remarkable consistency, year after year composing beautiful, inventive, and very often simply ingenious music." Read the rest of the review at, of course, allmusic.com.
Rock
Snakes & Arrows by Rush. Rush's eighteenth studio album with lots of guitar and drums.
Stand Still - Look Pretty by The Wreckers. The Wreckers is a duo made by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp. This album came out a few months ago but I figured it will still go out.
West by Lucinda Williams. A roots-rock and alternative-country styled music. Williams moved to Los Angeles after living in Austin, TX for a thirty years or so and the album, according to Allmusic.com (who else?), reflects that change with Williams confessional songwriting.
Because of the Times by Kings Of Leon. Kings of Leon are huge in England. I don't know why; I really liked a previous album, Youth & Young Manhood. Kings play a kind of Southern garage rock.
Mute Math by Mute Math. Quartet from New Orleans with an experiemental, but very listenable and enjoyable, debut album. Modern rock with electronic equipment.
Country
Nashville by Solomon Burke. Famed rhythm and blues singer Burke recorded these country tunes in Nashville with several country stars and musicians. What a voice! What style! What girth!
Jazz
Not too Late by Norah Jones. Eh. People like her.
Classical
Angel Dances by The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. Instrumentals by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla and some gospel tunes sung by various guests.
Hip Hop is Dead by Nas. I don't know anything about this guy but he is popular.
Folk
Celtic Woman: A New Journey by various artists. Fourteen songs by six Irish women vocalists. A couple tunes are in Gaelic. These "Celtic" discs are popular. So popular that some jerk seems to have stolen our other one. Here is the review from Allmusic.com, "Celtic Woman, a Riverdance-inspired PBS phenomena that boasts the talents of several female leads and a whole lot of orchestra and genre instruments like pipes, bodhrans, and fiddles, gives contemporary Celtic the Il Divo treatment on New Journey, a lovely and occasionally over the top collection of familiar melodies and grandiose sentiments that should please both the Celtic new age and the adult alternative crowds."
Ce by Caetano Veloso. Brazilian musician Veloso is a Big Deal. His first album came out in 1967 and "Caetano Veloso has managed to sustain a remarkable consistency, year after year composing beautiful, inventive, and very often simply ingenious music." Read the rest of the review at, of course, allmusic.com.
Rock
Snakes & Arrows by Rush. Rush's eighteenth studio album with lots of guitar and drums.
Stand Still - Look Pretty by The Wreckers. The Wreckers is a duo made by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp. This album came out a few months ago but I figured it will still go out.
West by Lucinda Williams. A roots-rock and alternative-country styled music. Williams moved to Los Angeles after living in Austin, TX for a thirty years or so and the album, according to Allmusic.com (who else?), reflects that change with Williams confessional songwriting.
Because of the Times by Kings Of Leon. Kings of Leon are huge in England. I don't know why; I really liked a previous album, Youth & Young Manhood. Kings play a kind of Southern garage rock.
Mute Math by Mute Math. Quartet from New Orleans with an experiemental, but very listenable and enjoyable, debut album. Modern rock with electronic equipment.
Country
Nashville by Solomon Burke. Famed rhythm and blues singer Burke recorded these country tunes in Nashville with several country stars and musicians. What a voice! What style! What girth!
Jazz
Not too Late by Norah Jones. Eh. People like her.
Classical
Angel Dances by The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic. Instrumentals by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla and some gospel tunes sung by various guests.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Look Out!
DVD
Pan's Labyrinth starring [a bunch of Spanish actors you never heard of]. Winner of three Academy awards (and loser of three, too). An adult fairy tale with young Ofelia enduring the cruelty of her fascistic military step-father in Spain. Escaping to a nearby garden Ofelia discovers a the fantastical creature living within it.
CDs
Music from the Motion Picture Black Snake Moan featuring S0n House, John Doe, R.L. Burnside, North Mississippi Allstars, Samuel L. Jackson, Bobby Rush. Blues soundtrack from Black Snake Moan.
Large Print
The River Knows by Amanda Quick. "Dashing Anthony Stalbridge had in common with Louisa was a passionate interest in the private affairs of Hastings, a prominent member of Society whom they both suspect of hiding terrible secrets."
Fiction
Good Guy by Dean Koontz. Tim likes to converse with the weird barflies at his friend's tavern. But, one night, one of those local eccentrics passes him in envelope. Inside is $10,000 cash and a woman's photo. Tim has has been mistaken as a hired killer. When the real hired killer sits next to him, Tim fakes it and says, "I've had a change of heart." After Tim discovers the real killer is a cop, he works to stop the intended killing.
Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. An alternate history where the Israeli state collapsed in 1948. Surviving refugees started an autonomous region in Alaska. That autonomy is due to end and policeman Meyer Landsman is investigating a recent murder.
Freak Show by James St. James. Teenage drag queen matriculates at ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy.
Mystery
Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston. "A Loon Lake Mystery." Wisconsin author Houston was here in Lake Mills on May 19th. This is her eighth Loon Lake mystery with rural Wisconsin Police Chief Lew Ferris investigating two murders.
Science Fiction
The Alton Gift by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross. Geez, science fiction authors collaborate more than rappers. The sequel to Traitor's Sun. I'm not going to bother figuring out the labyrinthine plot to this one.
Pan's Labyrinth starring [a bunch of Spanish actors you never heard of]. Winner of three Academy awards (and loser of three, too). An adult fairy tale with young Ofelia enduring the cruelty of her fascistic military step-father in Spain. Escaping to a nearby garden Ofelia discovers a the fantastical creature living within it.
CDs
Music from the Motion Picture Black Snake Moan featuring S0n House, John Doe, R.L. Burnside, North Mississippi Allstars, Samuel L. Jackson, Bobby Rush. Blues soundtrack from Black Snake Moan.
Large Print
The River Knows by Amanda Quick. "Dashing Anthony Stalbridge had in common with Louisa was a passionate interest in the private affairs of Hastings, a prominent member of Society whom they both suspect of hiding terrible secrets."
Fiction
Good Guy by Dean Koontz. Tim likes to converse with the weird barflies at his friend's tavern. But, one night, one of those local eccentrics passes him in envelope. Inside is $10,000 cash and a woman's photo. Tim has has been mistaken as a hired killer. When the real hired killer sits next to him, Tim fakes it and says, "I've had a change of heart." After Tim discovers the real killer is a cop, he works to stop the intended killing.
Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon. An alternate history where the Israeli state collapsed in 1948. Surviving refugees started an autonomous region in Alaska. That autonomy is due to end and policeman Meyer Landsman is investigating a recent murder.
Freak Show by James St. James. Teenage drag queen matriculates at ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy.
Mystery
Dead Madonna by Victoria Houston. "A Loon Lake Mystery." Wisconsin author Houston was here in Lake Mills on May 19th. This is her eighth Loon Lake mystery with rural Wisconsin Police Chief Lew Ferris investigating two murders.
Science Fiction
The Alton Gift by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Deborah J. Ross. Geez, science fiction authors collaborate more than rappers. The sequel to Traitor's Sun. I'm not going to bother figuring out the labyrinthine plot to this one.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Musical Wonderment
Rock
Sky Blue Sky by Wilco. A more accessible album by Wilco with less 'artful' noise than before. We also a DVD of a live performance by them, Kicking Television.
Headstrong by Ashley Tisdale. Allmusic.com's review says this about one of the stars of High School Musical, "Attempting to give Tisdale an identity outside of High School Musical, Headstrong's sound is much more mature than the soundtrack's teen pop-meets-musicals vibe, incorporating heavy hip-hop beats, dancehall's call-and-response, Middle Eastern elements, and other mid-2000s pop music trends into the Disney pop sound."
Roots Rock
Big Iron World by Old Crow Medicine Show. I'm not sure why I ordered this disc but I listened to it yesterdya and enjoyed it. Old Crow has a roots rock sound that is part country and part traditional rock and roll. If you like it try out some of the programs from Roots Rock Radio.
Pop Standards
Call Me Irresponsible by Michael Buble. More older pop tunes from the Canadian vocalist.
Orchestral
A Song of Islands, Aotearoa Overture, Forest by Douglas Lilburn performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd, Conducting. Three of New Zealand native Lilburn's (1915-2001) works meant to convey the Kiwi country. I don't think James Judd is related to Kiwi Phil Judd.
Sky Blue Sky by Wilco. A more accessible album by Wilco with less 'artful' noise than before. We also a DVD of a live performance by them, Kicking Television.
Headstrong by Ashley Tisdale. Allmusic.com's review says this about one of the stars of High School Musical, "Attempting to give Tisdale an identity outside of High School Musical, Headstrong's sound is much more mature than the soundtrack's teen pop-meets-musicals vibe, incorporating heavy hip-hop beats, dancehall's call-and-response, Middle Eastern elements, and other mid-2000s pop music trends into the Disney pop sound."
Roots Rock
Big Iron World by Old Crow Medicine Show. I'm not sure why I ordered this disc but I listened to it yesterdya and enjoyed it. Old Crow has a roots rock sound that is part country and part traditional rock and roll. If you like it try out some of the programs from Roots Rock Radio.
Pop Standards
Call Me Irresponsible by Michael Buble. More older pop tunes from the Canadian vocalist.
Orchestral
A Song of Islands, Aotearoa Overture, Forest by Douglas Lilburn performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd, Conducting. Three of New Zealand native Lilburn's (1915-2001) works meant to convey the Kiwi country. I don't think James Judd is related to Kiwi Phil Judd.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
DVDs
Little Children starring Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson. Bored housewife and househusband have an affair and a convicted child molester moves into town. Three academy award nominations. Allmovie.com has a very good review.
Animal House starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon. Digitally remastered edition.
Good German starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire. In 1946 Germany the blackmarket is thriving. Journalist Jake Geistner arrives in Berlin and finds that his old love Lena is now attached to a corrupt and scheming black market kingpin, a U.S. Army Corporal.
Animal House starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon. Digitally remastered edition.
Good German starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire. In 1946 Germany the blackmarket is thriving. Journalist Jake Geistner arrives in Berlin and finds that his old love Lena is now attached to a corrupt and scheming black market kingpin, a U.S. Army Corporal.
Monday, May 21, 2007
New New New, For You You You
Fiction
Novels
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk. "What 'Typhoid mary' mallon was to typhoid, what Gaetan Dugas was to AIDS, and Liu Jianlun was to SARS, Buster Casey would become for rabies." Collected anecdotes of Rant Casey whose creation of an urban demolition derby, Party Crashing, led to his fiery death. Thoughts that his saliva caused an urban plague of rabies.
You Suck by Christopher Moore. Thomas wakes up with new girlfriend Jody and finds out she is a vampire. Uh-oh, now he is too. Will their love survive? A comic novel.
What's So Funny? by Donald Westlake. Career burglar Dortmunder is blackmailed into an impossible crime. More criminal humour by Westlake.
The Religion by Tim Willocks. The siege of Malta in 1565 by the Ottoman Turks against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. French countess Carla La Penautier is searching Malta for the child stolen from her twelve years ago. With the help of mercenary Mattias Carla hopes to find and spirit the boy away from the biggest siege in history.
This book receivedly good reviews. Reviews like this: "This is what we dream of: to be swept away, so poleaxed by a book that the breath is sucked right out of us."
Graphic Novels
300 by Frank Miller. The graphic novel - in a huge format, 10" x 13" - that the recent movie was based on.
Mysteries
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Provincial Police investigates the murder of CC de Poitiers. Unliked by all her fellow villagers, CC was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake in Three Pines, Quebec during a curling tournament. Penny wrote Still Life which garnered tons of positive press and readership - Lake Mills owns a copy - and Fatal continues with lead character Gamache.
The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson. Swedish author of The Princess of Burundi. Inspector Ann Lindell takes the missing persons case of an elderly academic. When two elderly men's bodies are found neither one is the missing man, but the missing man's colleagues suspet a connection between the those deaths and their friends disappearance.
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills. This one sounds quite good. 1950s Cambridge student Adam Strickland is asked to travel to Tuscany and write about the famous Docci garden. The garden was built to honor a fifteenth century woman and the garden seems to point to evidence the woman was murdered.
Lethally Blond by Kate White. Eh. Look it yourself.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald. Lieutenant Jodenny Scott is a true-life hero of the sapce service. Bored of her recuperation on planet Kookaburra she signs on to the first ship out. Big mistake. With a criminal and incompetent crew squared-away officer Scott has plenty of work to deal with, and the unfamiliar territory of dealing with a boyfriend.
White Night by Jim Butcher. A Dresden Files novel featuring Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard.
Wolf's Blood by Jane Lindskold. This is the first novel by Lindskold we have bought but she has been quite popular elsewhere. Firekeeper was raised by intelligent, talking wolves until she returned to human society in her teens. Her wolf raising has helped her among the intrigues and deceptions of human society.
NonFiction
Finance
You Can Do It!: the boomer's guide to a great retirement by Jonathan D. Pond.
Women and Money: owning the power to control your destiny by Suze Orman.
Iraq
On the Hunt: how to wake up Washington and win the war on terror by Colonel David Hunt, U.S. Army (Ret.). I heard this guy on C-SPAN plugging his book and he had some interesting comments and ideas on the ongoing wars. He's also a Fox News analyst.
Blackwater: the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army by Jeremy Scahill. Expose of the massive and sudden growth of Blackwater; founded as a training company, Blackwater has grown into a massive security contractor in Iraq and around the world. Funny, the people at Blackwater seemed upset with this book.
Biography
A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah. First person account by Beah of his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone from when he was thirteen until the Red Cross got him to the U.S. when he was 16.
Child of the Jungle: the true story of a girl caught between two worlds by Sabine Kuegler. Plugged as a true life Mean Girls. Sabine was raised by her missionary parents in West Papua, Indonesia among the Stone Age tribes. As a teenager Sabine is forced by circumstance leave Indonesia and attend boarding school in Switzerland.
Self-Serving Biography
At the Center of the Storm: my years at the CIA by George Tenet.
Novels
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey by Chuck Palahniuk. "What 'Typhoid mary' mallon was to typhoid, what Gaetan Dugas was to AIDS, and Liu Jianlun was to SARS, Buster Casey would become for rabies." Collected anecdotes of Rant Casey whose creation of an urban demolition derby, Party Crashing, led to his fiery death. Thoughts that his saliva caused an urban plague of rabies.
You Suck by Christopher Moore. Thomas wakes up with new girlfriend Jody and finds out she is a vampire. Uh-oh, now he is too. Will their love survive? A comic novel.
What's So Funny? by Donald Westlake. Career burglar Dortmunder is blackmailed into an impossible crime. More criminal humour by Westlake.
The Religion by Tim Willocks. The siege of Malta in 1565 by the Ottoman Turks against the Knights of Saint John the Baptist. French countess Carla La Penautier is searching Malta for the child stolen from her twelve years ago. With the help of mercenary Mattias Carla hopes to find and spirit the boy away from the biggest siege in history.
This book receivedly good reviews. Reviews like this: "This is what we dream of: to be swept away, so poleaxed by a book that the breath is sucked right out of us."
Graphic Novels
300 by Frank Miller. The graphic novel - in a huge format, 10" x 13" - that the recent movie was based on.
Mysteries
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny. Chief Inspector Gamache of the Quebec Provincial Police investigates the murder of CC de Poitiers. Unliked by all her fellow villagers, CC was electrocuted in the middle of a frozen lake in Three Pines, Quebec during a curling tournament. Penny wrote Still Life which garnered tons of positive press and readership - Lake Mills owns a copy - and Fatal continues with lead character Gamache.
The Cruel Stars of the Night by Kjell Eriksson. Swedish author of The Princess of Burundi. Inspector Ann Lindell takes the missing persons case of an elderly academic. When two elderly men's bodies are found neither one is the missing man, but the missing man's colleagues suspet a connection between the those deaths and their friends disappearance.
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills. This one sounds quite good. 1950s Cambridge student Adam Strickland is asked to travel to Tuscany and write about the famous Docci garden. The garden was built to honor a fifteenth century woman and the garden seems to point to evidence the woman was murdered.
Lethally Blond by Kate White. Eh. Look it yourself.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald. Lieutenant Jodenny Scott is a true-life hero of the sapce service. Bored of her recuperation on planet Kookaburra she signs on to the first ship out. Big mistake. With a criminal and incompetent crew squared-away officer Scott has plenty of work to deal with, and the unfamiliar territory of dealing with a boyfriend.
White Night by Jim Butcher. A Dresden Files novel featuring Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard.
Wolf's Blood by Jane Lindskold. This is the first novel by Lindskold we have bought but she has been quite popular elsewhere. Firekeeper was raised by intelligent, talking wolves until she returned to human society in her teens. Her wolf raising has helped her among the intrigues and deceptions of human society.
NonFiction
Finance
You Can Do It!: the boomer's guide to a great retirement by Jonathan D. Pond.
Women and Money: owning the power to control your destiny by Suze Orman.
Iraq
On the Hunt: how to wake up Washington and win the war on terror by Colonel David Hunt, U.S. Army (Ret.). I heard this guy on C-SPAN plugging his book and he had some interesting comments and ideas on the ongoing wars. He's also a Fox News analyst.
Blackwater: the rise of the world's most powerful mercenary army by Jeremy Scahill. Expose of the massive and sudden growth of Blackwater; founded as a training company, Blackwater has grown into a massive security contractor in Iraq and around the world. Funny, the people at Blackwater seemed upset with this book.
Biography
A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier by Ishmael Beah. First person account by Beah of his life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone from when he was thirteen until the Red Cross got him to the U.S. when he was 16.
Child of the Jungle: the true story of a girl caught between two worlds by Sabine Kuegler. Plugged as a true life Mean Girls. Sabine was raised by her missionary parents in West Papua, Indonesia among the Stone Age tribes. As a teenager Sabine is forced by circumstance leave Indonesia and attend boarding school in Switzerland.
Self-Serving Biography
At the Center of the Storm: my years at the CIA by George Tenet.
Friday, May 18, 2007
DVDs and papery things
DVDs
Rocky Balboa starring Sylvester Stallone and Burt Young. Rocky takes on the challenge of an exhibition bout against the reigning heavyweight champ.
Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Mr. Demi Moore. Famed rescue swimmer Ben regrets a tragic mission and is assigned to teach new recruits. Cocky upstart Jake is "driven by a painful secret" and more interested in breaking records than doing the job. I assume the two Guardsman clash, the young one screws up, someone cries, and then they rescue someone under terrible conditions.
Dreamgirls starring Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson and Jamie Foxx. I'd list Beyonce Knowles in the cast list but I'm still not sure who she is or what she is famous for. 1960s girl pop trio hits the bigtime.
Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert DeNiro, John Turturro. The founding of the CIA seen through the eyes of Edward Wilson. AFter watching this you can check out Turturro in The Big Lewbowski.
AudioBooks
Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander. Kaddish Poznan spends his nights erasing names from the tombstones in Buenos Aires' Jewish cemetary. It is the height of Argentina's Dirty War and some family members do not want to be connected to suspected revolutionaries, even dead ones. Kaddish and his wife search for his estranged son who has gone missing in the government's anti-revolutionary fervor.
Last Tycoons: the secret history of Lazard Freres & Co. by William D. Cohan. "A tale of unrestrained ambition, billion-dollar fortunes, byzantine power struggles, and hidden scandal."
Fiction
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child. A decade after leaving the Army and staying so far under the radar he may as well be dirt Jack Reacher is contacted by a member of his old unit. When informed that unti members are being killed Reacher joins with the survivors and find ties to terrorism past and present.
NonFiction
How to Invest $50 - $50,000, 9th Edition by Nancy Dunnan. "The small investor's step-bystep paln for low-risk, high-value investing."
Fun and Fabulous Curtains to Sew by Valerie van Arsdale Shrader.
Swiss Ball Core Workout by Declan Condron. A Swiss Ball is one of those big inflatable exercise balls.
Rocky Balboa starring Sylvester Stallone and Burt Young. Rocky takes on the challenge of an exhibition bout against the reigning heavyweight champ.
Guardian starring Kevin Costner and Mr. Demi Moore. Famed rescue swimmer Ben regrets a tragic mission and is assigned to teach new recruits. Cocky upstart Jake is "driven by a painful secret" and more interested in breaking records than doing the job. I assume the two Guardsman clash, the young one screws up, someone cries, and then they rescue someone under terrible conditions.
Dreamgirls starring Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson and Jamie Foxx. I'd list Beyonce Knowles in the cast list but I'm still not sure who she is or what she is famous for. 1960s girl pop trio hits the bigtime.
Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert DeNiro, John Turturro. The founding of the CIA seen through the eyes of Edward Wilson. AFter watching this you can check out Turturro in The Big Lewbowski.
AudioBooks
Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander. Kaddish Poznan spends his nights erasing names from the tombstones in Buenos Aires' Jewish cemetary. It is the height of Argentina's Dirty War and some family members do not want to be connected to suspected revolutionaries, even dead ones. Kaddish and his wife search for his estranged son who has gone missing in the government's anti-revolutionary fervor.
Last Tycoons: the secret history of Lazard Freres & Co. by William D. Cohan. "A tale of unrestrained ambition, billion-dollar fortunes, byzantine power struggles, and hidden scandal."
Fiction
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child. A decade after leaving the Army and staying so far under the radar he may as well be dirt Jack Reacher is contacted by a member of his old unit. When informed that unti members are being killed Reacher joins with the survivors and find ties to terrorism past and present.
NonFiction
How to Invest $50 - $50,000, 9th Edition by Nancy Dunnan. "The small investor's step-bystep paln for low-risk, high-value investing."
Fun and Fabulous Curtains to Sew by Valerie van Arsdale Shrader.
Swiss Ball Core Workout by Declan Condron. A Swiss Ball is one of those big inflatable exercise balls.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Items of Interest
DVD
Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith. Homeless single dad works his way into employment and stability.
Borat starring Borat. Kazakhstani journalist travels the United States.
American Barn Stories: and other tales from the Heartlands. Another DVD on old barns, the sequel to Old Barns of Wisconsin.
Fiction
Too Hot to Handle and Sweet Wind, Wild Wind by Elizabeth Lowell. Two ranching romances by Lowell in one volume.
AudioBooks on CD
Obsession by Jonathan Keller,an. Everyone's favorite eye-shadow wearing, male, mystery author has another Dr. Alex Delaware thriller.
Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods. New York City lawyer Stone Barrington ends up mixing with the mob after a chance encounter.
NonFiction
Knitting Cuff to Cuff: a dozen designs for sideways-knit garments by Susan Guagliumi.
Inside Ferrari by Jon Nicholson and Maurice Hamilton. Photographer Jon Nicholson had three seasons worth of all-access to Ferrari's F1 racing teams. Nicholson covers the factory, testing, practice and races for an unprecedented inside look at the Ferrari racing program.
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron. Ephron's reflections on aging.
Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith. Homeless single dad works his way into employment and stability.
Borat starring Borat. Kazakhstani journalist travels the United States.
American Barn Stories: and other tales from the Heartlands. Another DVD on old barns, the sequel to Old Barns of Wisconsin.
Fiction
Too Hot to Handle and Sweet Wind, Wild Wind by Elizabeth Lowell. Two ranching romances by Lowell in one volume.
AudioBooks on CD
Obsession by Jonathan Keller,an. Everyone's favorite eye-shadow wearing, male, mystery author has another Dr. Alex Delaware thriller.
Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods. New York City lawyer Stone Barrington ends up mixing with the mob after a chance encounter.
NonFiction
Knitting Cuff to Cuff: a dozen designs for sideways-knit garments by Susan Guagliumi.
Inside Ferrari by Jon Nicholson and Maurice Hamilton. Photographer Jon Nicholson had three seasons worth of all-access to Ferrari's F1 racing teams. Nicholson covers the factory, testing, practice and races for an unprecedented inside look at the Ferrari racing program.
I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron. Ephron's reflections on aging.
Monday, May 14, 2007
All the Latest
Fiction
Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss. "A Lucifer Box Novel" Lucifer Box is known as one of London's better portraitists. He is not known for his work as as a spy for the British government. Flamboyant, and annoyingly self assured, Lucifer's latest mission has him sent to investigate a Fascist organization whose meeting in upstate New York has connections with a convent in Norfolk, England. A humorous mystery novel setin the '20s.
Invisible Prey by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport finds more Minneapolis murders to muddle with.
NonFiction
Dazzling Beaded Jewelry: 50 great projects by DIY Network.
Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide, 2nd Edition by James Stephenson.
How to raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin. Shelved downstairs in the Parenting collection.
CRASH!: from the '40s, '50s & '60s by John Gunnell. "Unique collection of accident-scene photos from the '40s, '50s, and '60s...twisted bumpers, smashed headlights and wrecked 'collector' cars."
Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss. "A Lucifer Box Novel" Lucifer Box is known as one of London's better portraitists. He is not known for his work as as a spy for the British government. Flamboyant, and annoyingly self assured, Lucifer's latest mission has him sent to investigate a Fascist organization whose meeting in upstate New York has connections with a convent in Norfolk, England. A humorous mystery novel setin the '20s.
Invisible Prey by John Sandford. Lucas Davenport finds more Minneapolis murders to muddle with.
NonFiction
Dazzling Beaded Jewelry: 50 great projects by DIY Network.
Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide, 2nd Edition by James Stephenson.
How to raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin. Shelved downstairs in the Parenting collection.
CRASH!: from the '40s, '50s & '60s by John Gunnell. "Unique collection of accident-scene photos from the '40s, '50s, and '60s...twisted bumpers, smashed headlights and wrecked 'collector' cars."
Monday, May 07, 2007
Newest of the New
Fiction
Death's Witness by Paul Batista. Famous criminal lawyer Tom Perini is murdered while jogging through New York's Central Park. Perni was in the midst of a major corruption and bribery trial of a much-loved Congressman. Batista's wife starts to dig into her husband's work and hidden private life.
6th Target by James Patterson. From the Women's Murder Club series.
Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard. Hot kid US Marshall Carl Webster is hunting for an escaped POW in World War Two Detroit. Carl is sure that the German-born butcher Walter is part of a spy ring hiding POWs. Carl cozies up to Walter's alienated wife, Honey, to try and find out.
NonFiction
Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers by Carri Hammett.
Knitting for Peace: Make the world better one stitch at a time by Betty Christiansen. Information about the charity knitting program and patterns for kids clothing.
Death's Witness by Paul Batista. Famous criminal lawyer Tom Perini is murdered while jogging through New York's Central Park. Perni was in the midst of a major corruption and bribery trial of a much-loved Congressman. Batista's wife starts to dig into her husband's work and hidden private life.
6th Target by James Patterson. From the Women's Murder Club series.
Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard. Hot kid US Marshall Carl Webster is hunting for an escaped POW in World War Two Detroit. Carl is sure that the German-born butcher Walter is part of a spy ring hiding POWs. Carl cozies up to Walter's alienated wife, Honey, to try and find out.
NonFiction
Scarves and Shawls for Yarn Lovers by Carri Hammett.
Knitting for Peace: Make the world better one stitch at a time by Betty Christiansen. Information about the charity knitting program and patterns for kids clothing.
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