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Category |
Author |
Title |
Description |
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Fiction |
Flagg, Fannie |
I still dream about you. |
Unhappy, former beauty queen with seemingly perfect life has
unexpected change of circumstances that leads to surprising
discoveries and valuable lessons in friendship. |
|
Fiction |
Martin, Steve |
Object of beauty, An. |
Groomed at Sotheby's, ambitious young art dealer takes New York
City by storm experiencing highs and lows of art world from late
1990s into present day. |
|
Fiction-Fantasy |
Gilman, Felix |
The Half-made world. |
Follows efforts of spiritually protected doctor to analyze 2
rival factions that are oppressing world's people, a study that
leads to her discovery of broken general from mythological
resistance force. |
|
Fiction-General |
Auster, Paul |
Sunset Park. |
Group of troubled individuals is brought together by enigmatic
man in wake of 2008 economic collapse. |
|
Fiction-General |
Cosse, Laurence |
A Novel bookstore. |
Mysterious death, unusual car accident, and anonymous threats
have one thing in common-- victims are all members of Good Novel
bookstore's secret selection committee. |
|
Fiction-General |
Doerr, Anthony |
Memory wall. |
O. Henry Prize-winning author presents volume of short tales
that span 4 continents and follow theme of life's subtle grandeur. |
|
Fiction-General |
Elton, Charles |
Mr. Toppit. |
Unsuccessful screenwriter turned children’s book author
accidentally hit by cement truck receives posthumous fame for his
obscure series. |
|
Fiction-General |
Evans, Danielle |
Before you suffocate your own fool self. |
Stories offer perspective on experience of being young and
African-American or mixed-race in modern-day America. |
|
Fiction-General |
Evans, Nicholas |
The Brave. |
After his estranged soldier son is charged with murder while
serving in Iraq, man must come to terms with his own past--during
which shocking act of violence ended his parents' idyllic Hollywood
union--if he is going to help exonerate his son. |
|
Fiction-General |
Galgut, Damon |
In a Strange room: Three journeys. |
Young loner travels across eastern Africa, Europe, and India;
unsure what he's after, and reluctant to return home, he follows
paths of travelers he meets along the way. |
|
Fiction-General |
Gately, Roberta |
Lipstick in Afghanistan. |
Nurse from Boston is assigned to serve 1 year in trenches in
Afghanistan. |
|
Fiction-General |
Ginsberg, Debra |
The Neighbors are watching. |
When teenage daughter he secretly fathered with an ex-girlfriend
shows up pregnant at his doorstep, restaurant manager experiences
turbulence in his marriage while witnessing chain reaction of lies
that threatens to tear apart their Santa Ana neighborhood. |
|
Fiction-General |
Hughes, Mary-Beth |
Double happiness. |
Anthology of short works explores universal need for love as
shaped by everyday complications that jeopardize and strengthen
human ties. |
|
Fiction-General |
Jacobson, Howard |
The Finkler question. |
Middle-age friends since childhood reminisce over their struggles
with self-identity, anti-Semitism, women, love, and the past. |
|
Fiction-General |
Jen, Gish |
World and town. |
2 years after burying her husband and best friend, 68-year-old
woman moves to small New England town where she is joined by
Cambodian family and reunited with ex-lover before tackling
challenges in form of fundamentalist Christians and struggling
family farms. |
|
Fiction-General |
Lewis, Beverly |
The Thorn. |
2 Amish sisters on fringes of the church experience unforeseen
discoveries in their Lancaster County community that change their
lives forever. |
|
Fiction-General |
Martin, Steve |
An Object of beauty. |
Groomed at Sotheby's, ambitious young art dealer takes New York
City by storm experiencing highs and lows of art world from late
1990s into present day. |
|
Fiction-General |
Maupin, Armistead |
Mary Ann in Autumn. |
After suffering personal calamities in NY, woman moves back to
San Francisco after being gone for 20 years and begins to slowly
rebuild her life, only to confront fresh terrors when her past comes
back to haunt her. |
|
Fiction-General |
McGuane, Thomas |
Driving on the rim. |
Struggling to find meaning in sordid youth from which he emerged
a doctor through help of surrogate father figure, man is charged
with negligent homicide in death of a former lover before finding
strength in connections he made throughout the years. |
|
Fiction-General |
Mengestu, Dinaw |
How to read the air. |
Son of Ethiopian immigrants decides to retrace journey his
parents took just after they moved to America, but before he was
born, in order to make sense of volatile generational and cultural
ties that have forged him. |
|
Fiction-General |
Morton, Kate |
The Distant hours. |
Long-lost letter arriving 50 years after it was sent lures woman
to crumbling castle, home of 3 elderly sisters, where woman's mother
was sent to stay as teenager during World War II. |
|
Fiction-General |
Mosley, Walter |
The Last days of Ptolemy Grey. |
After doctor touts experimental drug that will shorten his life,
but restore his failing memory and vigor, 91-year-old man is spurred
to action after investigating his own past, his apartment and
circumstances surrounding his grand-nephew's death in drive-by
shooting. |
|
Fiction-General |
Nelson, Antonya |
Bound. |
Left as guardian to her late friend's teenage daughter, woman
must cope with her new charge and her philandering husband amidst
news reports of the return of Wichita's BTK serial killer. |
|
Fiction-General |
Oates, Joyce Carol |
Sourland. |
16 short stories explore violence, loss, and grief with tales
about librarian amputee who attracts married man and young girl in
love with her incarcerated cousin. |
|
Fiction-General |
Ozick, Cynthia |
Foreign bodies. |
Retelling of Henry James's "The Ambassadors" follows efforts of
divorced schoolteacher to navigate turbulent year spent with her
estranged brother's family. |
|
Fiction-General |
Shreve, Anita |
Rescue. |
19 years after wife leaves paramedic, who raises their daughter
alone, ex-wife contacts him, dredging up years of buried questions
and making him wonder why their marriage unraveled. |
|
Fiction-General |
Tessaro, Kathleen |
The Debutante. |
Artist takes temporary job as antiques appraiser in London to
escape her life in NY and finds herself fascinated by sisters and
family secret after she is sent to Devon to value contents of their
estate. |
|
Fiction-General |
Toibin, Colm |
The Empty family: Stories. |
Collection of short fiction includes "The Street," in which
Pakistani workers in Barcelona pursue a taboo affair; and "Two
Women," in which a taciturn Irish set designer confronts repressed
emotions while working in her homeland. |
|
Fiction-General |
Van Niekerk, Marlene |
Agaat. |
Focuses on relationship between aging white female farmer in
South Africa and her black maidservant near end of apartheid. |
|
Fiction-Historical |
De Lope, Manuel |
The Wrong blood. |
In days before Civil War, 2 women in Basque Country in northern
Spain conspire to commit victimless crime. |
|
Fiction-Historical |
Gilmore, Jennifer |
Something red. |
Caught up in such challenges as new college year, adolescence,
and extreme religious beliefs, family in 1979 Washington, D.C. is
upended by father's government job in shifting political landscape
of the Cold War. |
|
Fiction-Historical |
Kent, Kathleen |
Wolves of Andover, The. |
n colonial MA, servant girl and laborer kindle promising
courtship and must lean on each other to get through host of dangers
that lurk in the unforgiving wilderness. |
|
Fiction-Historical |
Rabe, David |
Girl by the road at night: A Novel of Vietnam. |
Soldier abandons confusion of his stateside life for lawlessness
of Southeast Asia, where he meets young prostitute who is struggling
to find herself. |
|
Fiction-Historical |
Saramago, Jose |
The Elephant's journey. |
Tale inspired by true story follows adventures of neglected
elephant who is given by King João of Portugal to Archduke
Maximilian as wedding gift and who travels with archduke through
war-torn storied cities of 16th-century Europe. |
|
Fiction-Mystery |
Franklin, Tom |
Crooked letter, crooked letter. |
African-American constable must confront his white former friend,
who has lived for 20 years under suspicion since girl disappeared
while on date with him, after another girl disappears and former
friend is blamed once again. |
|
Fiction-Mystery |
Penny, Louise |
Bury your dead. |
Taking leave during Quebec's Winter Carnival after case gone
wrong, disgruntled chief inspector is unable to avoid
politically-charged investigation involving historian's murder
during search for famous figure's burial site. |
|
Fiction-Mystery |
Pintoff, Stefanie |
In the Shadow of Gotham. |
Having relocated after losing his fiancée, detective
investigates young woman's brutal murder, follows leads to local
criminologist's violent subject, and wonders if someone is imitating
the lead suspect. |
|
Fiction-Mystery |
Thomas, Scarlett |
Our tragic universe. |
Struggling with writer's block, woman takes job reviewing
pseudo-science book promising everlasting life, an assignment that
exposes her to New Age rituals that distort her sense of reality. |
|
Fiction-Mystery |
Todd, Charles |
A Lonely death: An Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery. |
Scotland Yard detective investigates Sussex village murders of 3
former soldiers in case that puts his career and life on the line. |
|
Fiction-Science Fiction |
Bacigalupi, Paolo |
The Windup girl. |
Living in future where food is scarce, man tries to find ways to
exploit this need, as he comes into conflict with official of
Environmental Ministry, and encounters engineered windup girl who
has been discarded by her creator. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Ball, Toby |
The Vaults. |
In 1930s city under thumb of brutally corrupt administration,
evidence of illicit secret project is uncovered in vault where
decades worth of criminal justice records are kept. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Brackmann, Lisa |
Rock paper tiger. |
Chance encounter with member of Chinese Muslim minority turns
American Iraq War veteran's life upside down. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Clancy, Tom |
Dead or alive. |
Off-the-books intelligence agency embark on dangerous mission to
capture world's most threatening terrorist . |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Crais, Robert |
The Sentry. |
Former cop and sometime mercenary intervenes to break up gang
shakedown of woman and her uncle and offers his help, but neither of
them want it-and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching
them. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Cussler, Clive |
Crescent dawn. |
NUMA director searches for connections among newly discovered
Roman artifacts, rise of fundamentalist movement, and existence of
mysterious long-lost "manifest," which, if discovered again, may
change history of the world. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Griffin, W.E.B. |
The Outlaws: A Presidential agent novel. |
Investigation into mysterious package containing photographic
evidence of believed-destroyed biohazard materials in use in the
Congo. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Hoag, Tami |
Secrets to the grave. |
Reclusive artist is found brutally murdered after 911 call from
her 4-year-old daughter. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Leotta, Allison |
Law of attraction. |
After woman at center of domestic violence case is murdered,
attorney must join with handsome prosecutor to face off against her
boyfriend, who is defense attorney for victim's lover. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Lescroart, John |
Damage. |
Former homicide detective, whose career was derailed by vengeful
billionaire family for his part in convicting one of their number
for murder, learns that killer has won a retrial at same time star
witness has been murdered. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
Levin, Adam |
The Instructions. |
Presents story of 10-year-old boy who throughout course of 4 days
is ejected from his latest Jewish day-school for acts of terrorist
violence and messianic tendencies and launches start of revolution
inside of lockdown institution. |
|
Fiction-Suspense |
White, Michael |
Beautiful assassin. |
Decorated Soviet sniper becomes pawn in battle for information
when she is sent to spy on US during visit with Eleanor Roosevelt. |
|
Nonfiction |
Hillenbrand, Laura |
Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and
redemption. |
|
|
Nonfiction-Arts |
Homans, Jennifer |
Apollo's angels: A History of ballet. |
Illustrated history of ballet explores its evolution as art form
and its reflection of politics and culture throughout past 3
centuries. |
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Nonfiction-Biography |
|
Autobiography of Mark Twain. |
Presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming
with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave
as he intended. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Andersen, Christopher |
William and Kate: A Royal love story. |
Chronicles courtship and engagement of Britain's Prince William
and Kate Middleton. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Bakewell, Sarah |
How to live: Or, a life of Montaigne in one question and twenty
attempts at an answer. |
Story of Renaissance writer Montaigne's life by way of questions
he posed and answers he explored. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Bush, George W. |
Decision points. |
Former president offers candid journey through defining decisions
of his life and presidency, discussing 2000 election, 9/11,wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina, as well as his decision
to quit drinking, discovery of faith, and relationship with his
family. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Conroy, Pat |
My reading life. |
Bestselling author acknowledges books that have shaped him and
celebrates profound effect reading has had on his life. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Ellis, Joseph J. |
First family: Abigail and John Adams. |
Narrative profile of 2d president and his wife traces their more
than 50-year partnership in such areas as civic and foreign affairs. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Gildiner, Catherine |
After the Falls. |
Sequel to Too Close to the Falls describes how author was thrown
out of Catholic school for acts of rebelliousness before relocating
to Buffalo, where she rejected suburban life and dove into chaos of
the 1960s by donning colorful fictional personas until tragedy
struck at home. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Hillenbrand, Laura |
Unbroken: A World War II story of survival, resilience, and
redemption. |
Story of U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into
sea during World War II, spent 47 days adrift in the ocean before
being rescued by Japanese Navy, and was held as prisoner until end
of the war. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Janzen, Rhoda |
Mennonite in a little black dress. |
Poet describes how, after her husband left her for relationship
with a man and she subsequently was seriously injured in car crash,
she returned home to her close-knit Mennonite family and came to
terms with her failed marriage and her choices in life. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Jay-Z |
Decoded. |
Controversial hip-hop artist presents story of his life and
career through lyrics, images, and personal narrative that also
offers insight into his creative process. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Judt, Tony |
The Memory chalet. |
Author reflects on sights and events of 20th century, both
impactful and trivial, and places it in context with his personal
experiences and analysis of society. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Kenison, Katrina |
The Gift of an ordinary day: A Mother's memoir. |
Invites mothers to rediscover joys of everyday family life and
challenges of letting go of grown children. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Kimball, Kristin |
The Dirty life: On Farming, food, and love. |
Documents 1st year spent by Harvard-graduate author with her new
husband on their sustainable farm in the Adirondacks, describing how
she withdrew from big-city life to be married in their barn loft,
difficult obstacles they faced attempting to provide whole diet for
100 locals and the rewards of a physical-labor lifestyle. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Korda, Michael |
Hero: The Life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia. |
Profiles iconic English adventurer, discussing his Oxford
education, contradictory nature, and role in uniting Arab tribes
against Turkish adversaries. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Kuhn, William |
Reading Jackie: Her autobiography in books. |
Looks at Jackie Kennedy Onassis' time as an editor, revealing
both serious and mischievous woman underneath glamorous public
image. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Leavy, Jane |
The Last boy: Mickey Mantle and the end of America's childhood. |
Author crafts deeply personal biography of Yankee great, weaving
her own memories of the major-league slugger with authoritative
account of his life on and off the field. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Morris, Edmund |
Colonel Roosevelt. |
Presents chronicle of last 10 years of Theodore Roosevelt's life
covering his African safaris, return to public life, involvement
with Progressive movement, campaign for president in 1912, and
various brushes with death. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Nicholl, Katie |
William and Harry. |
Insight into lives/ loves of Princes William and Harry, 2
extraordinary young men who have captured hearts and minds of not
only British public, but those the world over. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Proulx, Annie |
Bird Cloud: A Memoir. |
Author describes her purchase of 600 wilderness acres in Wyoming
and construction of library-centric home where she contemplated her
rich family history, including river boat captain ancestor who met
historical figures. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Rohde, David |
A Rope and a prayer: A Kidnapping from two sides. |
"New York Times" journalist and his wife share story of his 2008
abduction by the Taliban, 7-month imprisonment marked by jihadist
fervor, shifting alliances, and frantic negotiations for his
release. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Schiff, Stacy |
Cleopatra: A Life. |
Separates fact from fiction to reconstruct life of most
influential woman of her era, revealing Cleopatra as complex woman
and shrewd monarch whose life and death reshaped the ancient world. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Spring, Justin |
Secret historian: The Life and times of Samuel Steward,
professor, tattoo artist, and sexual renegade. |
Account based on previously unseen journals and records reveals
mid-20th-century writer's hidden sexual life, marked by
relationships with famous contemporaries and the identities he
created as Phil Sparrow and Phil Andros to conduct his research. |
|
Nonfiction-Biography |
Spurling, Hilary |
Pearl Buck in China: Journey to the Good Earth. |
Tribute to life/ work of Pulitzer-winning author known for such
works as The Good Earth, covering such topics as her fundamentalist
upbringing, witness to the Boxer Revolution and 2 marriages. |
|
Nonfiction-BusinessCenter |
|
JK Lasser's: Your income tax 2011. |
Tax preparation guide includes usable tax forms, thousands of
tips and strategies, up-to-date coverage of the nation's tax laws,
filing advice, a quick-reference section highlighting recent
changes. |
|
Nonfiction-BusinessCenter |
Bremmer, Ian |
End of the free market: Who wins the war between states and
corporations, The? |
Details growing phenomenon of state capitalism, a system in which
governments drive local economies through ownership of
market-dominant companies and large pools of excess capital, using
them for political gain and threatening America's competitive edge. |
|
Nonfiction-BusinessCenter |
McLean, Bethany |
All the devils are here: The Hidden history of the financial
crisis. |
Chronicles major contributors to economic crisis, sharing
narrative assessments of roles played by Wall Street, mortgage
industry, U.S. government, and leading financial institutions, and
discusses ways in which human psychology was a primary factor. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
|
As always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto:
Food, friendship, and the making of a masterpiece. |
Collection of more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and
Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent, opens the
window on Julia's deepest thoughts and feelings. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Andrews, Colman |
The Country cooking of Ireland. |
Portraits of Irish countryside and its people accompany recipes
and cooking instructions for traditional Irish fare. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Falcinelli, Frank |
Frankies Spuntino kitchen companion & cooking manual: An
Illustrated guide to "Simply the Finest", The. |
Chefs behind New York City's popular Frankies Spuntino
restaurants share their recipes, tips, and stories in entertaining
guide to good cooking and good times. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Flynn, Mary |
The Pink ribbon diet. |
New diet for overweight breast-cancer patient or anyone at risk
for the disease features 150 recipes full of nutrients that are
thought to lower breast-cancer risk and improve biomarkers, which
are indicators of risk. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Greenspan, Dorie |
Around my French table: More than 300 recipes from my home to
yours. |
James Beard Award winner offers personable recipes for French
home cooking, including simple roast chicken, Basque potato
tortilla, glorious cheese-domed onion soup, cheese and olive quick
bread, "top secret" chocolate mousse and many more. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Hensperger, Beth |
Not your mother's microwave cookbook: Fresh, delicious, and
wholesome main dishes, snacks, sides, desserts, and more. |
Provides step-by-step instructions for preparing variety of
healthy foods in the microwave, covering such categories as soups,
sandwiches, cereals, vegetables, fish and poultry, and desserts. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Hesser, Amanda |
The Essential New York Times cookbook: Classic recipes for a new
century. |
Compendium of more than 1,000 of best recipes from past 150 years
of food journalism, covering categories that include appetizers,
soups, salads, meat, fish, bread, vegetables, and desserts. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Ryberg, Roben |
The Ultimate gluten-free cookie book. |
More than 100 recipes for gluten-free cookies, bars, brownies,
holiday treats and more, including such classics as chocolate-chip
books, macaroons, lemon bars and animal crackers. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Shepard, Jules E. Dowler |
Free for all cooking. |
Cost-saving cookbook includes 125 tasty, easy-to-make
recipes--including kid-friendly meals and desserts--that are free of
major allergen ingredients, including gluten, dairy, nuts, soy, eggs
and more. |
|
Nonfiction-Cooking |
Turner, Natasha |
The Hormone diet. |
Outlines 3-step program designed to correct hormonal imbalances
for potential health benefits, explaining how to identify problem
areas in order to address such challenges as weight gain, insomnia,
and mood disorders. |
|
Nonfiction-Crime |
Grann, David |
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of murder, madness, and
obsession. |
Collection of adventurous narrative journalism explores
unforgettable mysteries and nature of obsession. |
|
Nonfiction-Gardening |
Williams, Jimmy |
From seed to skillet: A Guide to growing, tending, harvesting,
and cooking up fresh, healthy food to share with people you love. |
Guide for home gardeners to learn how easy it is to plan garden,
design and construct growing beds, tend crops without using harmful
chemicals, harvest gorgeous vegetables, and cook delicious feasts. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Bissell, Tom |
Extra lives: Why video games matter. |
Personal assessment of author's addiction to video games explores
his favorites, their roles as modern forms of popular art, and their
habit-forming appeal while considering how he has neglected his
professional and social responsibilities in favor of gaming
activities. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Budd, Peyton |
Tested: How twelve wrongly imprisoned men held onto hope. |
DNA testing reveals innocence of wrongfully convicted and
imprisoned people. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Jenkins, Jessica Kerwin |
Encyclopedia of the exquisite: An Anecdotal history of elegant
delights. |
Anecdotal lifestyle guide for fans of French and English culture
shares tips for inexpensively enjoying everything from travel and
fashion to gardening and dining. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Pettegree, Andrew |
The Book in the Renaissance. |
Reconstructs first 150 years of world of print, exploring complex
web of religious, economic and cultural concerns surrounding the
printed world. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Sandel, Michael J. |
Justice: What's the right thing to do? |
Harvard professor assesses role of justice in today's society as
well as moral responsibilities faced by everyday citizens, weighing
a range of issues from euthanasia and abortion to affirmative action
and tax structuring. |
|
Nonfiction-General |
Traister, Rebecca |
Big girls don't cry: The Election that changed everything for
American women . |
Explores ways 2008 election brought issues concerning women and
power, sexism and feminism into national spotlight, and what it
means for the country, while weaving in author's first-person
experience being young woman navigating this turbulent and exciting
time. |
|
Nonfiction-Health |
Cohen, Suzy |
Diabetes without drugs. |
Explains how people with diabetes can reduce their need for
prescription medication and minimizes disease's affect on the body. |
|
Nonfiction-Health |
Davis, Elizabeth |
Orgasmic birth. |
Explains how to render childbirth a natural and enjoyable
experience, counseling women on how to take control of their bodies
and prepare birthing plan in accordance with personal needs. |
|
Nonfiction-Health |
Love, Susan M., MD |
Dr. Susan Love's breast book. |
Discusses new developments in screening and diagnostic
techniques, cancer treatment and research, genetics and diet,
implants, hormone use, and many other topics. |
|
Nonfiction-Health |
Mukherjee, Siddhartha |
The Emperor of all maladies: A Biography of cancer. |
Historical assessment of cancer addresses both courageous battles
against complex disease and misperceptions and hubris that have
compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as
ancient-world surgeries and developments of present-day treatments. |
|
Nonfiction-Health |
Williamson, Marianne |
A Course in weight loss: 21 spiritual lessons for surrendering
your weight forever. |
Looks at weight loss from spiritual perspective, offering 21
lessons completely separated from anything related to diet or
exercise that aim to retrain one's consciousness in the area of
weight in order to break cycle of overeating, dieting, and shame. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Foner, Eric |
The Fiery trial: Abraham Lincoln and American slavery. |
Discusses life of Abraham Lincoln and his personal and political
journey to abolition of slavery and recognition of former slaves as
American citizens. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Gup, Ted |
A Secret gift. |
Stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from
author's generous and secretive grandfather. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Powers, Thomas |
The Killing of Crazy Horse. |
Investigates enigmatic Native American figure, assessing critical
battles attributed to his leadership within context of Great Sioux
Wars, exploring relationships between Lakota Sioux and other tribes,
and analyzing subjugation of North Plains Native Americans. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Rhoades, Douglas |
Labels, Leadville and lore. |
Common objects provide insight into true history of a time and
place. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Shesol, Jeff |
Supreme power: Franklin Roosevelt Vs. the Supreme Court. |
Chronicles FDR's battle with Supreme Court, which culminated in
him trying to suppress its conservative justices by expanding size
of the court, an attempt which failed and divided Democratic party. |
|
Nonfiction-History |
Winchester, Simon |
Atlantic: Great sea battles, heroic discoveries, titanic storms,
and a vast ocean of a million stories. |
Blends history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, and
science and exposition, to relate saga of Atlantic Ocean, setting it
against backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution. |
|
Nonfiction-Music |
Greenberg, Keith Elliot |
December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon died. |
Follows events leading to moment Mark David Chapman killed rock
icon John Lennon in New York City and examines aftermath of the
killing. |
|
Nonfiction-Music |
Sondheim, Stephen |
Finishing the hat: Collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant
comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes. |
Treasury of lyrics includes all of composer's works from "West
Side Story" to "Sweeney Todd," and offers rare glimpse into his
creative process and relationships with other legends of the
American theater. |
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Nonfiction-Pets |
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Good old dog: Expert advice for keeping your aging dog happy,
healthy, and comfortable. |
Tufts University veterinary school presents reference for owners
of aging dogs that shares comprehensive recommendations for
providing best possible care, offering coverage of such topics as
nutrition, cognitive decline and coping with loss. |
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Nonfiction-Pets |
Kerasote, Ted |
Pukka: The Pup after Merle. |
Young puppy tells true story of his and his owner's adventures in
and around Kelly, Wyoming, including rugged journey that teaches
them both about human-dog relationship. |
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Nonfiction-Pets |
Myron, Vicki |
Dewey's nine lives: The Legacy of the small-town library cat who
inspired millions. |
Collects stories of cats and the people who loved them, featuring
new tales of, and inspired by, Dewey. |
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Nonfiction-Poetry |
Hayes, Terrance |
Lighthead. |
Investigates how humans construct experience and combines
loftiness of dreams and reality of everyday life into poetry that is
both dark and buoyant. |
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Nonfiction-Poetry |
Ryan, Kay |
The Best of it: New and selected poems. |
More than 200 poems from previous works of Library of Congress’s
16th poet laureate along with collection of new poems. |
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Nonfiction-Reference |
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The World almanac and book of facts-2011. |
Features information on nations, states, cities, celebrities,
sports, consumerism, the arts, health and nutrition, United States
and world history, and numerous other subjects. |
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Nonfiction-Science |
Harris, Sam |
The Moral landscape: How science can determine human values. |
Calls for end to religion's role in dictating morality,
demonstrating how scientific community's understandings about human
brain may enable establishment of secular codes of behavior. |
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Nonfiction-Science |
Paul, Annie Murphy |
Origins: How the nine months before birth shape the rest of our
lives. |
Explores how fetuses are shaped in utero, separating evidence
from hype, and examines cultural mania that surrounds pregnancy
today. |
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Nonfiction-Sports |
Dohrmann, George |
Play their hearts out: A Coach, his star recruit, and the youth
basketball machine. |
Traces story of talented young recruit, his coach, and his
teammates to reveal realities behind professional basketball and
sacrifices made by prodigy players and their families. |
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Nonfiction-Travel |
Smith, Diane |
A Connecticut Christmas. |
Celebrates spirit of Christmas in quintessentially New England
state with inspiring, funny, and heart-warming essays accompanied by
stunning color photographs. |