New and Featured Books for 10/12/2012:

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:

Stranger In The Room by Amanda Kyle Williams

Hostage by Elie Wiesel, and translated from the French by Catherine Temerson

And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman

Until I Find You by John Irving

The Dark Legacy Of Shannara: Wards Of Faerie by Terry Brooks

The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer

The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen, and translated by K. E. Semmel

Chat by Archer Mayor

The Woman Who Died A Lot: A Thursday Next Novel by Jasper Fforde

Capital Girls by Ella Monroe

Murder Of A Beauty Shop Queen: A Dan Rhodes Mystery by Bill Crider

Memoirs Of An Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks

Life Of Pi by Yann Martel

A Wanted Man by  Lee Child

The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling

An Outlaw’s Christmas by Linda Lael Miller

NON-FICTION:

Change Your Words, Change Your Life: Understanding The Power Of Every Word You Speak by Joyce Meyer

Growing Up Brave: Expert Strategies For Helping Your Child Overcome Fear, Stress, And Anxiety by Donna B. Pincus

The Lost City Of Z: A Tale Of Deadly Obsession In The Amazon by David Grann

Lethal Warriors: When The New Band Of Brothers Came Home by David Phillips

Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, And Kid Needs To Know About Ending The Cycle Of Fear by Carrie Goldman

This Is Why You’re Fat (And How To Get Thin Forever): Eat More, Cheat More, Lose More – And Keep The Weight Off by Jackie Warner

A Death In Italy: The Definitive Account Of The Amanda Knox Case by John Follain

Saving The School: The True Story Of A Principal, A Teacher, A Coach, A Bunch Of Kids, And A Year In The Crosshairs Of Education Reform by Michael Brick

A Table In The Presence by Carey H. Cash

500 Days: Secrets And Lies In The Terror Wars by Kurt Eichenwald

A Dog Named Boo: How One Dog And One Woman Rescued Each Other – And The Lives They Transformed Along The Way by Lisa J. Edwards

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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:

10/11/12.

09/21/12.

09/06/12.

08/23/12.

08/15/12.

08/09/12.

New and Featured Books for 04/11/2012:

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:

Locked On by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney

The Submission by Amy Waldman

That’s How I Roll by Andrew Vachss

Letter From A Stranger by Barbar a Taylor Bradford

All I Did Was Shoot My Man by Walter Mosley

The Big Cat Nap by Rita Mae Brown

Bleed For Me by Michael Robotham

Hush Now, Don’t You Cry by Rhys Bowen

Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d’Art  by Christopher Moore

We The Animals by Justin Torres

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

The Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner

NON-FICTION:

The Favored Daughter: One Woman’s Fight To Lead Afghanistan Into The Future by Fawzia Koofi with Nadene Ghouri

All In: The Education Of General David Petraeus by Paula Broadwell with Vernon Loeb

A very intriguing biography about the life and career of the well known general and current director of the CIA. Not a comprehensive biography of the general, nor a comprehensive of the war in the Afghanistan and its history, and not a “tell all,” but definitely a nice portrait. Check out the author’s website, as well as a review of the book at The Washington Post, and interviews with the author at The Daily Show and CBS News. You can find a picture of the general and the author below:

The Benefit And The Burden: Tax Reform And Why We Need It And What It Will Take by Bruce Bartlett

Red Eagles: America’s Secret MiGs by Steve Davies

God’s Jury: The Inquisition And The Making Of The Modern World by Cullen Murphy

Glock: The Rise Of America’s Gun by Paul M. Barrett

The One: The Life And Music Of James Brown by R. J. Smith

Ameritopia: The Unmaking Of America by Mark R. Levin

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic‘s First-Class Passengers And Their World by Hugh Brewster

Island Of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt’s Doomed Quest To Clean Up Sin-Loving New York by Richard Zacks

The End Of Normal: A Wife’s Anguish, A Widow’s New Life by Stephanie Madoff Mack

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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:

04/04/12.

03/29/12.

03/01/12.

02/02/11.

01/27/12.