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New and Featured Books for 10/30/2013:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Hunter And Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett, edited by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett

The new novel by the acclaimed author.

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Secret Daughter Of The Tsar by Jennifer Laam

Outlaw by Mark Sullivan

Silent Night: A Spenser Holiday Novel by Robert B. Parker

A trail of intrigue that will captivate you from page one.

Drone by Mike Maden

Green Lantern, vol. 3: The End by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Doug Mahnke

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – Last Shots by Robin Furth and Peter David and illustrated by Richard Isanove

The Mole: The Cold War Memoir Of Winston Bates by Peter Warner

The NYT bestsellign author of True Sisters.

Fallen Women by Sandra Dallas

Bertie Plays The Blues by Alexander McCall Smith

The Cartographer Of No Man’s Land by P. S. Duffy

Abominable!

Abominable by Dan Simmons

Purgatory by Ken Bruen

A Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer

The Counselor: A Screenplay by Cormac McCarthy

NON-FICTION:

Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, And Line Their Own Pockets by Peter Schweizer

The untold story...

Backstage At The Lincoln Assassination: The Untold Story Of The Actors And Stagehands At Ford’s Theatre by Thomas A. Bogar

Allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest treasure hunt in history.

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, And The Greatest Treasure Hunt In History by Robert M. Edsel with Bret Witter

What’s So Funny? – My Hilarious Life by Tim Conway with Jane Scovell

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

New and Featured Books for 06/18/2013:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

BAD MONKEY by Carl Hiaasen

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen

Sea Glass Island by Sherryl Woods

World War Z: An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Max Brooks

After Earth by Peter David

Sweet and smart and tasty.

Antonia Lively Breaks The Silence by David Samuel Levinson

The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg

The 9th Girl by Tami Hoag

Who dares to enter the funhouse of fear?

Joyland by Stephen King

Sovereign by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee

So hot.

Instructions For A Heatwave by Maggie O’Farrell

One Heart To Win by Johanna Lindsey

The number one bestselling author of The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses.

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls

NON-FICTION:

Humboldt: Life On America’s Marijuana Frontier by Emily Brady

Second Suns: Two Doctors And Their Amazing Quest To Restore Sight And Save Lives by David Oliver Relin

The world according to Questlove.

Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Ben Greenman

The Wonder Of Aging: A New Approach To Embracing Life After Fifty by Michael Gurian

Love and terror.

The Skies Belong To Us: Love And Terror In The Golden Age Of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

A true story.

The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story by Lily Koppel

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

06/06/13.

05/31/13.

05/28/13.

05/09/13.

04/29/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/19/2012:

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Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) added to our library collection…

FICTION:

The Bridge by Karen Kingsbury

Sailor Twain, Or: The Mermaid In The Hudson by Mark Siegel

Batman: Odyssey by Neal Adams

The Twelve by Justin Cronin

The Uncommon Appeal Of Clouds by Alexander McCall Smith

Killing Them Softly by George V. Higgins

The Racketeer by John Grisham

NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp

The Ghost Of Christmas Present by Scott Abbott and Amy Maude Swinton

Sleepwalker by Wendy Corsi Straub

The Fifty Year Sword by Mark Z. Danielewski

Back To Blood by Tom Wolfe

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell

The Panther by Nelson DeMille

NON-FICTION:

Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart

Kids For Cash: Two Judges, Thousands Of Children, And A $2.8 Million Kickback Scheme by William Ecenbarger

The Divinity Of Dogs: True Stories Of Miracles Inspired By Man’s Best Friend by Jennifer Skiff

Scenes From An Impending Marriage: A Prenuptial Memoir by Adrian Tomine

Too Good To Be True by Benjamin Anastas

The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History Of The Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team In America by Joe Nick Patoski

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Please note that books mentioned here could be checked out between the time they end up on the blog and when you come to check them out. If you don’t see the items you’re looking for then please come up to the front desk, OR call us, OR send us an email at robinsbaselibrary@gmail.com and  we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

10/16/12.

10/12/12.

10/11/12.

09/21/12.

09/06/12.

Reading material for 04/16/12.

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Some reading material from around the internet:

Brangelina are now engaged.

The LAPD is using computers to predict crimes before they happen.

Kim Jong Un speaks publicly for the first time.

Which fictional character shares your birthday?

Baby found alive in morgue hours after being declared dead.

Whatever happened to the iceberg that sank the Titanic?

Very few drivers admit to being tailgaters.

The Office may get rebooted next season.

Finally, a trailer for Rian Johnson’s Looper, a film starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as the same time traveling hitman.

Is Maggie Smith leaving Downton Abbey?

Tom Hanks to possibly star as Walt Disney in a film about the backstory on Mary Poppins.

A doctor reviews the science on House.

Kevin Costner really did ask Princess Diana to be in The Bodyguard.

For more information about this and other deadlines, see here.

Most of the pictures in this post are of “Home,” a recent sculptural art installation by a very talented artist named Miler Lagos. You can find more information about this project here and here.

J.K. Rowling’s post-Potter book for adults has a title now: The Casual Vacancy.

Bad ass contemporary American poets.

Literary classics with slang makeovers.

Antitrust regulation, price fixing, and e-books.

The 10 most frequently challenged library books.

A video of Tao Lin reading a poem of his called, “Whale,” which may be the most annoying, clever, and also annoying poem in the world.

BTW, it’s National Poetry Month!

What do you think of the smell of a used book?

Watch 10 celebrities reading famous poems aloud, including Bill Murray reading a poem called “Another Reason I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House” by Billy Collins to construction workers below…

Watch a corgi get vacuumed.

Pizza Hut introduces hot dog-stuffed crust pizza in the UK.

John Cleese on how to be creative.

How to get tax breaks by doing things in space.

Classic video games reimagined as children’s books.

A guide to finding sunglasses for lesser known face shapes.

How to blog.

from here.

Physicists continue work to abolish time as the fourth dimension of space.

Swedish town rocked by second child exorcism.

What professors earn.

What a new study of the evolution of names  reveals about China.

Scientists count Emperor Penguins from space.

New space propulsion technology could help clean up Earth orbit.

Star making in France.

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Previous online reading material:

04/09/12.

04/02/12.

03/26/12.

03/12/12.

03/05/12.