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New and Featured Books for 10/21/2013:

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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:

A Vanessa Pierson novel.

Blowback by Valerie Plame and Sarah Lovett

Behind The Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander

Cross And Burn by Val McDermid

Spirit Of Steamboat by Craig Johnson

The Facades.

The Facades by Eric Lundgren

They game for keeps...

Most Wanted by Kiki Swinson and Nikki Turner

How To be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman

Spider Woman’s Daughter by Anne Hillerman

Christmas Bliss by Mary Kay Andrews

The Paris Architect by Charles Belfoure

Nostalgia.

Nostalgia by Dennis McFarland

Seven Deadlies: A Cautionary Tale by Gigi Levangie

Storm Front by John Sandford

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy by Helen Fielding

Impossible lives.

The Impossible Lives Of Greta Wells by Andrew Sean Greer

Never before published.

Lucianna: The Silk Merchant’s Daughters by Bertrice Small

Peak Season For Murder by Gail Lukasik

The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice

NON-FICTION:

The true legacy of an undying hero.

Clemente: The True Legacy Of An Undying Hero, written by the Clemente family

One Life Still Shines: My Life Beyond The Shadow Of The Amish Schoolhouse Shooting by Marie Monville with Cindy Lambert

Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman

Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel

The author and his book.

An Appetite For Wonder: The Making Of A Scientist by Richard Dawkins

Own Your Kitchen: Recipes To Inspire & Empower by Anne Burrell with Suzanne Lenzer

The underdogs and the misfits.

David And Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, And The Art Of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

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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:

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

09/18/13.

09/03/13.

08/14/13.

Reading material for 06/11/12:

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Some reading material from around the internet:

You are not special” graduation speech sparks buzz.

27 bits of wisdom from 2012 commencement addresses.

Fortunately NPR’s Car Talk will be going away soon.

Nose jobs are on the decline.

Mr. Rogers gets autotuned.

We are creating the culture of distraction.

RIP Ray Bradbury.

A video interview with Kurt Vonnegut from 1991.

Five things that Joe Hill has never done as a writer but would like to try.

10 famous authors whose lives would have made awesome books.

Natasha Trethewey is the next U.S. Poet Laureate.

A survival guide for book tours.

30 books everyone should read before turning 30.

Censoring Ray Bradbury.

500 free movies online: Great movies, classic movies, indies, noir, westerns, etc.

27 popular network shows that premiered in the summer.

25 things you didn’t know about Mad Men.

The trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Inception recreated with legos and stop motion camerawork.

Bill Murray explains his legendary fight with Chevy Chase.

Listen to a rare 1960s interview with Stanley Kubrick for The New Yorker.

The brainstorming myth.

Here are 12 bookstore cats.

Disneyworld hikes up its prices.

Neutrinos can’t beat the speed of light.

The Librarian and the Hot Rod Shop.

This Smart Bed makes itself after you get up.

The virtues of daydreaming.

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Previous online reading material:

06/04/12.

04/30/12.

04/23/12.

04/16/12.

04/09/12.