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:
Saving Laura by Jim Satterfield
Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum
Lost Daughters by Mary Monroe
TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
Ladies’ Night by Mary Kay Andrews
Close Knit Killer by Maggie Sefton
Star Trek Into Darkness, a novelization by Alan Dean Foster
Choke Point by Ridley Pearson
Batman: Noir – The Deluxe Edition by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso
The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Steadfast by Mercedes Lackey
Earth Afire: The First Formic War by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston
NON-FICTION:
The Boys In The Boat: Nine Americans And Their Epic Quest For Gold At The 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
Straight Flush: The True Story Of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way To A Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire – And How It All Came Crashing Down… by Ben Mezrich
Double Double: A Dual Memoir Of Alcoholism by Martha Grimes and Ken Grimes
An Atheist in The Foxhole: A Liberal’s Eight-Year Odyssey Inside The Heart Of The Right-Wing Media by Joe Muto
Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures Of Jerry Siegel And Joe Shuster – The Creators Of Superman by Brad Ricca
To Move The World: JFK’s Quest For Peace by Jeffrey D. Sachs
Brotherhood: Dharma, Destiny, And The American Dream by Deepak Chopra and Sanjiv Chopra
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth Of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis
American Gun: A History Of The U.S. In Ten Firearms by Chris Kyle with William Doyle
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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.
Come and check out these and some of the other new books and materials (or at least new to us) for younger and juvenile readers added to our library collection…
EASY READING:
My Uncle Martin’s Words For America: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece Tells How He Made A Difference by Angela Farris Watkins and illustrated by Eric Velasquez
Dinosailors by Deb Lund and illustrated by Howard Fine
Press Here by Hervé Tullet
There’s a button and they’re just daring you to touch it. How can you resist that?
Emma’s Poem: The Voice Of The Statue Of Liberty by Linda Glaser and illustrated by Claire A. Nivola
A very nice book about the life of Emma Lazarus and her famous sonnet, “The New Colossus,” which is engraved in bronze on the Statue of Liberty. You may not realize you know it, but it’s the poem that includes the words: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” This is a good read for younger readers, and especially ideal for helping them to understand what the American Dream is about.
What Color Is My World?: The Lost History Of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld and illustrated by Ben Boos and A. G. Ford
The Astonishing Secret Of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon and illustrated by Jake Parker
Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison and illustrated by Joe Cepeda
When The Shadbush Blooms by Carla Messinger with Susan Katz and illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden
We March by Shane W. Evans
FICTION:
How Not To Run For President by Catherine Clark
Sarah, Plain And Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Case Of The Deadly Desperadoes by Caroline Lawrence
How To Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
A very entertaining and funny novel about a word full of fairies, who are there to hinder humans doing the most mundane of tasks, and one girl’s attempt to do as the title suggests, and ditch her own personal fairy. Check out an excerpt. The paperback version’s cover, seen below, is also pretty funny, and fitting to the story.
NON-FICTION:
Black Pioneers: An Untold Story by William Loren Katz
Isaac Newton: The Scientist Who Changed Everything by Philip Steele
Twist It Up: More Than 60 Delicious Recipes From An Inspiring Young Chef by Jack Witherspoon and Lisa Witherspoon, with photographs by Sheri Giblin
Stokely Carmichael: The Story Of Black Power by Jacqueline Johnson
The Best Of Times: Math Strategies That Multiply by Greg Tang and illustrated by Harry Briggs
My People by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Charles R. Smith, jr.
African American Military Heroes by Jim Haskins
Tsunami! by Kimiko Kajikawa and illustrated by Ed Young
Tornadoes! by Gail Gibbons
Heart And Soul: The Story Of America And African Americans by Kadir Nelson
The Civil Rights Movement: An Interactive History Adventure by Heather Adamson
Citizen Scientists: Be A Part Of Scientific Discovery From Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns, with photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz
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Please note that books 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 and we’ll put your name on the reserve list for when the item returns.
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