New and Featured DVDs for 12/17/13:

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

FICTION:

Flight

War Horse

Midnight In Paris

The Ice Storm

Creature From The Black Lagoon

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Cloud Atlas

Sherlock, season 2

Howl’s Moving Castle

Pain & Gain

The Neverending Story

The Stepford Wives

Oblivion

Certified Copy

Now You See Me

The Squid And The Whale

Django Unchained

Ted

The Flowers Of War

The Shining

Tangled

The Black Hole

It

Take Shelter

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Side Effects

Rango

Downton Abbey, season 3

Godzilla

Hereafter

The Dark Knight Rises

The Rock

My Fair Lady

Tiny Furniture

Identity Thief

NON-FICTION:

Afraid Of The Dark

The Creation Of The Computer

Stories We Tell

Thomas Jefferson

Jesse James

Brain Games

Jesus Camp

Latino Americans

Houdini

Herod’s Lost Tomb

Bob Dylan: No Direction Home

Yoga For Beginners With Desi Bartlett

Yoga For Weight Loss

Dance Off The Inches: Hip Hop Party

10 Minute Solution: Fat Blasting Dance Mix

Secrets Of Body Language

The Science Of Sex Appeal

What Will The Future Be Like?

The Fabric Of The Cosmos

The Medal Of Honor: The Stories Of Our Nation’s Most Celebrated Heroes

Wyatt Earp

Wanted: Billy The Kid, Dead Or Alive

Guns: The Evolution Of Firearms

Art & Copy

Harlan Ellison: Dreams With Sharp Teeth

Bully

A Place At The Table

Mythbusters, Collection 2

American Teacher

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Previous New/Featured DVDs:

10/31/13.

10/24/13.

10/05/12.

06/28/12.

Previous New/Featured books:

11/12/2013.

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/30/2013:

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 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

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

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 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

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

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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Previous New/Featured books:

10/25/13.

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

New and Featured Books for 10/25/2013:

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 Spymistress by Jennifer Chiaverini

The Litter Of The Law by Rita Mae Brown

Longbourn by Jo Baker

The Good Sister by Wendy Corsi Staub

The Last Winter Of Dani Lancing by P. D. Viner

Cantrell: A Western Duo by T. T. Flynn

Critical Mass by Sara Paretsky

Captive: The Forbidden Side Of Nightshade by A. D. Robertson

Police by Jo Nesbø

The Dogs Of Christmas by W. Bruce Cameron

Old Mars, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

The October List by Jeffery Deaver

Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips

Sycamore Row by John Grisham

Outlaw by Ted Dekker

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Duck The Halls by Donna Andrews

The Spanish Queen by Carolly Erickson

NON-FICTION:

Murdoch’s World: The Last Of The Old Media Empires by David Folkenflik

Provence, 1970: M. F. K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, And The Reinvention Of American Taste by Luke Barr

The Map And The Territory: Risk, Human Nature, And The Future Of Forecasting by Alan Greenspan

Lidia’s Common Sense Italian Cooking by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and Tanya Bastianich Manuali

Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagen

Robert Plant: A Life by Paul Rees

Becoming Mr. October by Reggie Jackson with Kevin Baker

Skinny Bitch Bakery by Kim Barnouin

Cyber Law: Maximizing Safety And Minimizing Risk In Classrooms by Aimée M. Bissonette

iBrain: Surviving The Technological Alteration Of The Modern Mind by Gary Small and Gigi Vorgan

Camelot’s Court: Inside The Kennedy White House by Robert Dallek

The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ by Roger Stone with Mike Colapietro

The Butler by Wil Haygood

Days Of Fire: Bush And Cheney In The White House by Peter Baker

Heart: An American Medical Odyssey by Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner with Liz Cheney

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Previous New/Featured books:

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

09/18/13.

New and Featured DVDs for 10/24/13:

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

FICTION:

The Witches

Teeth

Pet Semetary

Letters From Iwo Jima

Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Octopussy

The Bad Sleep Well

Shallow Hal

Down With Love

Red Corner

A Time To Kill

The Toy

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

American Graffiti

United 93

Howard’s End

Last Dance

Elevator To The Gallows

The Holiday

Freaky Friday

Ghost In The Shell

The Princess Bride

The Hunt For Red October

Secondhand Lions

Jump

Miss Congeniality

The Lake House

Secret Honor

3:10 To Yuma (both the original and the remake)

Reservoir Dogs

Magnificent Obsession

K-19: The Widowmaker

NON-FICTION:

Ben Franklin Tech

Explorers: From The Titanic To The Moon

The Carol Burnett Show: Let’s Bump Up The Lights!

The Carol Burnette Show: Show Stoppers!

Peter & Paul And The Christian Revolution

Essential Dinosaur Pack

Oswald’s Ghost

Uslysses S. Grant: Warrior, President

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Previous New/Featured DVDs:

10/05/12.

06/28/12.

06/07/12.

03/15/12.

Previous New/Featured books:

10/23/13.

10/21/13.

10/18/13.

09/25/13.

New and Featured Books for 08/06/2013:

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:

Ghosts Of Bungo Suido by P. T. Deutermann

Blood Of The Lamb by Sam Cabot

All-New X-Men, vol. 2: Here To Stay by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by David Marquez and Stuart Immonen

Snow Hunters by Paul Yoon

Defiance Of Eagles by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone

Light Of The World by James Lee Burke

Doctor Who: Shada – The Lost Adventure By Douglas Adams by Gareth Roberts

Formic Wars: Silent Strike by Aaron Johnston and Orson Scott Card and illustrated by Giancarlo Caracuzzo

The Last Witness by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV

Mistress by James Patterson and David Ellis

NON-FICTION:

Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney And The Future Of Elections In America by Dan Balz

Fevered: Why A Hotter Planet Will Hurt Our Health – And How We Can Save Ourselves by Linda Marsa

Undercover Cop: How I Brought Down The Real-Life Sopranos by Mike Rusell with Patrick W. Picciarelli

Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals Of Love And Karaoke by Rob Sheffield

Lincoln’s Citadel: The Civil War In Washington, DC by Kenneth J. Winkle

Manson: The Life And Times Of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

07/16/13.

07/10/13.

07/02/13.

06/18/13.

06/06/13.

New and Featured Books for Kids/Juvenile Readers for 04/24/2013:

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:

Barnaby The Bedbug Detective by Catherine Stier and illustrated by Karen Sapp

Nora’s Chicks by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Kathryn Brown

Tea Rex by Molly Idle

The Dark by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Jon Klassen

The Apple And The Butterfly by Lela and Enzo Mari

Missing Mommy by Rebecca Cobb

In The Tree House by Andrew Larsen and illustrated by  Dušan Petričić

Thank You Mama by Kate Banks and illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska

The Boy And The Airplane by Mark Pett

Ball by Mary Sullivan

Bluebird by Bob Staake

Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown

H.O.R.S.E. – A Game Of Basketball And Imagination by Christopher Myers

FICTION:

Captain Awesome And The Ultimate Spelling Bee by Stan Kirby and illustrated by George O’Connor

Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gewirtz

P. K. Pinkerton And The Petrified Man by Caroline Lawrence

Horrible Harry And The Stolen Cookie by Suzy Kline and illustrated by Amy Wummer

The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors and illustrated by Dan Santat

NON-FICTION:

The Plant Hunters: True Stories Of Their Daring Adventures To The Far Corners Of The Earth by Anita Silvey

I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes and illustrated by Bryan Collier

Poems To Learn By Heart, edited by Caroline Kennedy with paintings by Jon J. Muth

Grandma And The Great Gourd: A Bengali Folktale, retold by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and illustrated by Susy Pilgrim Waters

A Place For Turtles by Melissa Stewart and illustrated by Higgins Bond

Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss and illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

Louisa May’s Battle: How The Civil War Led To Little Women by Kathleen Krull and illustrated by Carlyn Beccia

Deadly! The Truth About The Most Dangerous Creatures On Earth by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Neal Layton

Monkeys by Anne Schreiber

Shimmer & Splash: The Sparkling World Of Sea Life by Jim Arnosky

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

04/22/13.

04/17/13.

02/28/13.

02/07/13.

And for Young Adults:

04/18/13.

02/06/13.

12/28/12.

12/05/12.

And for Kids/Juvenile Readers:

03/27/13.

03/04/13.

02/08/13.

12/22/12.

New and Featured Books for 04/22/2013:

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 Winter Witch by Paula Brackston

Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier

Shadowkiller by Wendy Corsi Staub

Extinction by Mark Alpert

The Power Trip by Jackie Collins

Tales Designed To Thrizzle, Vol. 2 by Michael Kupperman

Hit Me by Lawrence Block

Little Known Facts by Chrstine Sneed

The Comfort Of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers

The Best Of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

Ghost Man by Roger Hobbs

A Week In Winter by Maeve Binchy

The Avalon Ladies Scrapbooking Society by Darien Gee

Burn Palace by Stephen Dobyns

A Time For War by Michael Savage

Cult by Jonathan Kellerman

Vampires In The Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell

The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby

Y: A Novel by Marjorie Celona

NON-FICTION:

The Inventor And The Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder And The Birth Of Moving Pictures by Edward Ball

The Hour Of Peril: The Secret Plot To Murder Lincoln Before The Civil War by Daniel Stashower

Congressman Lincoln: The Making Of America’s Greatest President by Chris DeRose

Unleash The Power Of The Female Brain: Supercharging Yours For Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, And Sex by Daniel G. Amen

Washed Away: How The Great Flood Of 1913, America’s Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized A Nation And Changed It Forever by Geoff Williams

Coolidge by Amity Shlaes

Vow: A Memoir Of Marriage (And Other Affairs) by Wendy Plump

O.J. In The Morning, G&T At Night: Spirited Dispatches On Aging With Joie de Vivre by A. E. Hotchner

Days That I’ll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon And Yoko Ono by Jonathan Cott

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

04/17/13.

02/28/13.

02/07/13.

01/31/13.

01/02/13.

New and Featured Books for 12/27/2012:

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:

Chinese Whiskers by Pallavi Aiyar

Political Suicide by Michael Palmer

Killer Crust: A Pizza Lovers Mystery by Chris Cavender

Available Dark by Elizabeth Hand

Until Thy Wrath Be Past by Åsa Larsson

Umbrella by Will Self

The Big Four by Agatha Christie

The Intercept by Dick Wolf

Two Graves by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Raised From The Ground by José Saramago

Shadow Creek by Joy Fielding

NON-FICTION:

Trusting Calvin: How A Dog Helped Heal A Holocaust Survivor’s Heart by Sharon Peters

I Could Pee On This: And Other Poems By Cats by Francesco Marciuliano

We’ve been having a nice laugh reading this book around the Library. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it as much as we have.

(I almost went for the fun and was going to say that it’s a purrrrrr-fect read for the Holidays.)

from here.

Because I Said So! – The Truth Behind The Myths, Tales & Warnings Every Generation Passes Down To Its Kids by Ken Jennings

Massage For Dummies by Steven Capellini and Michael Van Welden

Riddled With Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, And The Parasites That Make Us Who We Are by Marlene Zuk

Freedom National: The Destruction Of Slavery In The United States, 1861-1865 by James Oakes

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

12/12/12.

12/04/12.

11/20/12.

11/19/12.

11/01/12.

10/19/12.

New and Featured Books for 12/12/2012:

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:

The Black House by Peter May

Me And The Devil by Nick Tosches

Collateral Damage: A Dreamland Thriller by Dale Brown and Jim DeFelice

Thai Die: A Needlecraft Mystery by Monica Ferris

Safe House by Chris Ewan

The Next Always by Nora Roberts

The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts

The Perfect Hope by Nora Roberts

The Valley Of The Shadow by Carola Dunn

Orders From Berlin by Simon Tolkien

Doctor Strange: Season One by Greg Pak and illustrated by Emma Rios

Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm: A Derrick Storm Mystery by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Lan Medina

Extra Credit by Maggie Barbieri

A Possible Life: A Novel In Five Parts by Sebastian Faulks

NON-FICTION:

Team Of Rivals: The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

The One Minute Negotiator: Simple Steps To Reach Better Agreements by Don Hutson and George Lucas

The Challenge Of Blackness: The Institute Of The Black World And Political Activism In The 1970s by Derrick E. White

Napoleon – Life, Legacy, And Image: A Biography by Alan Forrest

Learning To Change The World: The Social Impact Of One Laptop Per Child by Walter Bender, Charles Kane, Jody Cornish, and Neal Donahue

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

12/04/12.

11/20/12.

11/19/12.

11/01/12.

10/19/12.

10/16/12.

New and Featured Books for 11/19/2012:

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:

The Stockholm Octavio by Karen Engelmann

The Old Gray Wolf by James D. Doss

Eleven Pipers Piping: A Mystery by C. C. Benison

A Christmas Garland by Anne Perry

The Last Man by Vince Flynn

The Sanctuary by Ted Dekker

Amazing Grace by Danielle Steel

The Woes Of A True Policeman by Roberto Bolaño

Secrets by Danielle Steel

V Is For Vengeance by Sue Grafton

Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shoot by Donald Bain

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

City Of Saints by Andrew Hunt

The Woes Of A True Policeman by Roberto Bolano

The Sweet Life: The Serial by Francine Pascal

Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan

NON-FICTION:

Cigars, Whiskey, & Winning: Leadership Lessons From General Ulysses S. Grant by Al Kaltman

Friendkeeping: A Field Guide To The People You Love, Hate, And Can’t Live Without by Julie Klam

Kurt Vonnegut: Letters, edited by Dan Wakefield

A Gift Of Hope: Helping The Homeless by Danielle Steel

“If She Weren’t My Best Friend, I’d Kill Her!” – How Women Drive Their Girlfriends Crazy by Merry Bloch Jones

Meet Me At The Emotional Baggage Claim by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella

Strong In The Rain: Surviving Japan’s Earthquake, Tsunami, And Fukushima Nuclear Disaster by Lucy Birmingham and David McNeill

The Archaeology Of Consumer Culture by Paul R. Mullins

The Particle At The End Of The Universe: How The Hunt For The Higgs Boson Leads Us To The Edge Of A New World by Sean Carroll

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life And Turbulent Times Of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

11/01/12.

10/19/12.

10/16/12.

10/12/12.

10/11/12.

09/21/12.

New and Featured Books for 11/01/2012:

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:

The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

A Wreath Of Snow by Liz Curtis Higgs

We Are What We Pretend To Be: The First And Last Works by Kurt Vonnegut

Into The Woods: Tales From The Hollows And Beyond by Kim Harrison

Batman, The Dark Knight, vol. 1: Knight Terrors by David Finch and Paul Jenkins

Bowl Of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven

Noughties by Ben Masters

Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

Wild Girls by Mary Stewart Atwell

Try The Morgue by Eva Maria Staal

Death In The Floating City by Tasha Alexander

Zoo Time by Howard Jacobson

Care Of Wooden Floros by Will Wiles

Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice by Donald Bain

What Happens At Christmas by Victoria Alexander

A Fool’s Gold Christmas by Susan Mallery

The 13th Day Of Christmas by Jason F. Wright

NON-FICTION:

Some Girls, Some Hats, And Hitler: A True Love Story Rediscovered by Trudi Kanter

The Price Of Politics by Bob Woodward

Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Man Who Saved The Union: Ulysses Grant In War And Peace by H. W. Brands

The End Of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom Of Power by Craig Unger

Bad Habits: Confessions Of A Recovering Catholic by Jenny McCarthy

Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine by Max Lucado

Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? – A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, And Solves Her Lady Problems by Rhoda Janzen

The Book Of Job: When Bad Things Happened To A Good Person by Harold S. Kushner

Bailout: An Inside Account Of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street by Neil Barofsky

Uggie: My Story, as barked to Wendy Holden

Netflixed: The Epic Battle For America’s Eyeballs by Gina Keating

The Story Of Ain’t: America, Its Language, And The Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published by David Skinner

We Killed: The Rise Of Women In American Comedy – A Very Oral History by Yael Kohen

Human Game: The True Story Of The “Great Escape” Murders And The Hunt For The Gestapo Gunmen by Simon Read

The Liberal War On Transparency: Confessions Of A Freedom Of Information “Criminal” by Christopher C. Horner

Master Of The Mountain: Thomas Jefferson And His Slaves by Henry Wiencek

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Previous New/Featured books for Adults:

10/19/12.

10/16/12.

10/12/12.

10/11/12.

09/21/12.