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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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Friday, January 26, 2007

DVDs, music and books on CD we ordered January 25, 2007

Below is a list of the DVDs, music and books on CD recently ordered by the library. Click on the titles to see more and request a copy!



DVDs

Birds
Broken Lance
Fast and the furious
Grilled
Hoffa
The Holiday (2006)
Idiocracy
Losing Isaiah
Running with scissors
See no evil
Slums of Beverly Hills
A smile like yours
Snatch

The Corporation
I say nay nay
John Pinette: I'm starvin'
Robin Williams Live



Music

Bach: The Brandenburgs
Broken Bridges soundtrack
Dreamgirls soundtrack
John Pinette: Show me the buffet
Telemann: Complete overtures
Welcome to Ralph's World



Books on CD

The woods by Coben, Harlan
Sunrise by Kingsbury, Karen

New books we ordered January 25, 2007

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Fiction, Non-fiction, Large Print and Children. Click on the title to see more and request a copy!


Fiction

The best American mystery stories 2007
New Dubliners : celebrating 100 years of Joyce's Dubliners
Grave risk by Alexander, Hannah
Midnight flight by Andrews, V. C.
Andy Catlett : early travels : a novel by Berry, Wendell
My Antonia by Cather, Willa
The hunt for Red October by Clancy, Tom
The woods by Coben, Harlan
Death in West Wheeling by Dymmoch, Michael Allen
The long run : a novel by Furey, Leo
The stories of Mary Gordon by Gordon, Mary
Oldest living Confederate widow tells all by Gurganus, Allan
It's not easy being mean by Harrison, Lisi
Fools rush in by Higgins, Kristan
Night falls on Damascus by Highland, Frederick
The cider house rules : a novel by Irving, John
Always say goodbye : a Lew Fonesca mystery by Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Trouble by Kellerman, Jesse
Sunrise by Kingsbury, Karen
The Frasers : Clay by Leigh, Ana
His boots under her bed by Leigh, Ana
The lawman said "I do" by Leigh, Ana
Extraordinary people by May, Peter
The letter killeth by McInerny, Ralph M.
The Balfour twins by McInnes, Betty
The brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Navarro, Julia
Erased from memory by O'Hehir, Diana
Red cat by Spiegelman, Peter
The Red Hat Society's domestic goddess by Sutherland, Regina Hale
Out cold : a Brady Coyne novel by Tapply, William G.
The First Lady by Weber, Carl



Nonfiction

The concise Oxford dictionary of politics
The Foxfire 40th anniversary book : faith, family, and the land
Larousse concise dictionary Spanish-English, English-Spanish.
Ringside : a history of professional wrestling in America by Beekman, Scott
12 great choices smart moms make by Chaddock, Robin
Baseball card price guide 2007 by Clemens, Joe
Fleeing fundamentalism : a minister's wife examines faith by Cross, Carlene
The new strong-willed child by Dobson, James C.
Janet Evanovich's how I write : secrets of a bestselling author by Evanovich, Janet
Rediscovering God in America : reflections on the rol of faith in our nation's history and future by Gingrich, Newt
Bipolar kids : helping your child find calm in the storm by Greenberg, Rosalie
What are the chances? : voodoo deaths, office gossip, and other adventures in probability by Holland, Bart K.
Perfect, once removed : when baseball was all the world to me by Hoose, Phillip M.
Scam-proof your life : 377 smart ways to protect you & your family from ripoffs, bogus deals & other consumer headaches by Kirchheimer, Sid
The essence of chaos by Lorenz, Edward N.
Facing your giants : a David and Goliath story for everyday people by Lucado, Max
CSS Web design for dummies by Mansfield, Richard
Discovering natural horsemanship : a beginner's odyssey by Moates, Tom
What Christ, Thomas Paine and Allan Kardec want you to know and religion doesn't by Moreira, William
Positive disciplin for preschoolers : for their early years -- raising children who are responsible, respectful, and resourceful by Nelsen, Jane
Positive discipline : the first three years : from infant to toddler -- laying the foundation for raising a capable, confident child by Nelsen, Jane
Catfish, Yaz, and hammerin' Hank : the unforgettable era that transformed the game of baseball by Pepe, Phil
House : a memoir by Ruhlman, Michael
Cowboy : the illustrated history by Slatta, Richard W.
Reclaiming our daughters : what parenting a pre-teen taught me about real girls by Stabiner, Karen
The Trojan War : a new history by Strauss, Barry S.
A short history of Cambodia : from empire to survival by Tully, John A.
The unexpected George Washington : his private life by Unger, Harlow G.



Large Print

Hideaway by Alexander, Hannah



Children

Goblins don't play video games by Dadey, Debbie
Christmas Carol by Dickens, Charles

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Our latest addition is not a book!


Through the generosity of the Chip Crafton family, the library has acquired a wonderfully preserved Great Horned Owl. The bird was found dead by Mr. Crafton on his farm and it has been mounted in a life-like pose by an area taxidermist. The owl is on display in the Children's Library - stop by and take a look!


We are proud to have an actual specimen of this great bird to complement the bronze sculpture of the Great Horned Owls in front of the library. The Children's Department is planning owl-related activities during the upcoming Spring Break, including an owl-naming contest! Watch this website for details.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

RSS feeds for BookLetters

BookLetters, the library's free book notification service, is now accessible through RSS feeds! If you are already a subscriber to BookLetters and would like to receive newsletters through your RSS reader, click here to subscribe to the RSS feeds.

Some of you may ask, what is BookLetters? BookLetters is a service provided by the library that allows you to sign up for regular newsletters with comments and reading recommendations in varied categories (click here to see a sample). Whether you enjoy mystery, romance, biography, history, or want tips on gardening, cooking or reading suggestions for your children, these newsletters will keep you posted.

Signing up is easy, and best of all it's free! Just visit the BookLetters page to select the newsletters that match your interests and start receiving your newsletters right away. Most newsletters are published monthly. There are 3 ways to get BookLetters:

Other great features of BookLetters include:
  • Book discussion guides for your book club
  • A movie database for you to watch original theatrical trailers
  • An audio books page that allows you to listen to previews of audiobooks
  • Lists of bestselling and award-winning books
  • Chapter-a-Day audio selections - listen to an entire book one chapter at a time

For your convenience, you may place holds on any of the titles in BookLetters from the emails or RSS feeds that you receive. Simply click on the “Check our catalog” link and your browser will be forwarded to the Library’s online catalog.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Library at 826-3712 or drop us an email.

Monday, January 22, 2007

DVDs and books on CD we ordered January 18, 2007

Below is a list of the DVDs and books on CD recently ordered by the library. Click on the titles to see more and request a copy!


DVDs

American Gigolo
Best Man
Blood diamond
Borat
Catch a fire
Frankie and Johnny
Indecent proposal
Kingdom come
Last castle
Let's go to prison
Lock, stock and two smoking barrels
The pursuit of happyness
Rocky Balboa


Charlie & Lola: Vol 1
Charlie & Lola: Vol. 2
Charlie & Lola: Vol. 3
The Cheetah Girls
Dinosaurs: Lifestyles of the big and carnivorous
Happy Feet
Night at the museum


Ben Franklin
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan
Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the pale
This film is not yet rated


Books on CD

Fiction
Rescued by Bevere, John
Strange candy by Hamilton, Laurell K.
Past perfect by Isaacs, Susan
The wheel of darkness by Preston, Douglas J.
Bones to ashes by Reichs, Kathy
Birds of a feather by Winspear, Jacqueline
Maisie Dobbs by Winspear, Jacqueline
Messenger of truth by Winspear, Jacqueline


Nonfiction
Boundaries by Cloud, Henry
Bankrupt by Limbaugh, David
A heart like His by Moore, Beth
The grace awakening by Swindoll, Charles R.

New books we ordered January 18, 2007

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Fiction, Non-fiction, Large Print and Children. Click on the title to see more and request a copy!


Fiction

Finding the way
Have a little faith
Schoolhouse brides : teachers of yesteryear fulfill dreams of love in four novellas
Peaches : a novel by Anderson, Jodi Lynn
The secrets of peaches : a novel by Anderson, Jodi Lynn
Simple gifts by Copeland, Lori
A kiss in winter by Crandall, Susan
Lean mean thirteen by Evanovich, Janet
Tales of passion, tales of woe by Gulland, Sandra
The 47th Samurai : a Bob Lee Swagger novel by Hunter, Stephen
Flowers for Algernon by Keyes, Daniel
Blood and chocolate by Klause, Annette Curtis
Hard row by Maron, Margaret
The Barnum Museum : stories by Millhauser, Steven
The elvenbane by Norton, Andre
The wheel of darkness by Preston, Douglas
The collaborator of Bethlehem : an Omar Yussef mystery by Rees, Matt
Bones to ashes by Reichs, Kathy
Enemies of the empire by Rowe, Rosemary
Quaker summer by Samson, Lisa
Bygones by Sawyer, Kim Vogel
Flawless by Shepard, Sara
Pretty little liars by Shepard, Sara
Anatomy of a boyfriend : a novel by Snadowsky, Daria
Malice by Tanenbaum, Robert
Off Armageddon Reef by Weber, David
In Dutch again : an Amish country mystery by Workinger, Barbara
Shoofly pie to die by Workinger, Barbara


Nonfiction

Love, life, Goethe : lessons of the imagination from the great German poet by Armstrong, John
Christmas in heaven by Browne, Sylvia
The 7 pillars of health by Colbert, Don
Sarah's seasons : an Amish diary & conversations by Davis, Martha Moore
The enemy at home : the cultural left and its responsibility for 9/11 by D'Souza, Dinesh
Truly, madly pasta : the ultimate book for pasta lovers by Ferrigno, Ursula
Crossing over : one woman's escape from Amish life by Garrett, Ruth Irene
Crockery cook by Hoffman, Mable
Evolving God : a provocative view of the origins of religion by King, Barbara J.
The man who would not shut up : the rise of Bill O'Reilly by Kitman, Marvin
From Baghdad, with love : a Marine, the war, and a dog named Lava by Kopelman, Jay
Stolen masterpiece tracker : the dangerous life of the FBI's #1 art sleuth by McShane, Thomas
We were one : shoulder to shoulder with the Marines who took Fallujah by O'Donnell, Patrick K.
Power, faith, and fantasy : America in the Middle East, 1776 to the present by Oren, Michael B.
Zima blue and other stories by Reynolds, Alastair
Creating Web pages for dummies by Smith, Bud E.
Johnny Cash : the biography by Streissguth, Michael
The seven daughters of Eve by Sykes, Bryan
Born on a blue day : inside the extraordinary mind of an autistic savant : a memoir by Tammet, Daniel
HTML 4 for dummies by Tittel, Ed
About Alice by Trillin, Calvin


Large Print

Quilter's homecoming by Chiaverini, Jennifer
Lean mean thirteen by Evanovich, Janet
Marriage game by Michaels, Fern
The wheel of darkness by Preston, Douglas
Where willows grow by Sawyer, Kim Vogel
Malice by Tanenbaum, Robert
Fresh disasters by Woods, Stuart


Children

Let it shine : three favorite spirituals
The chariot of Queen Zara by Abbott, Tony
The fortress of the Treasure Queen by Abbott, Tony
The moon dragon by Abbott, Tony
The race to Doobesh by Abbott, Tony
The riddle of Zorfendorf Castle by Abbott, Tony
Peter and the shadow thieves by Barry, Dave
Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve? by Brett, Jan
Just for elephants by Buckley, Carol
What shall we do with the Boo-hoo Baby? by Cowell, Cressida
Dexter the tough by Haddix, Margaret Peterson
You and me by Kindermans, Martine
Time to say goodnight by Lloyd-Jones, Sally
Mr. Pusskins : a love story by Lloyd, Sam
I love it when you smile by McBratney, Sam
The navigator by McNamee, Eoin
A pocket full of kisses by Penn, Audrey
Not a box by Portis, Antoinette
Physik by Sage, Angie
Lady in the water : a bedtime story by Shyamalan, M. Night
Kiss! kiss! by Wild, Margaret
Bear's new friend by Wilson, Karma
Rosa farm : a barnyard tale by Wu, Liz

Monday, January 15, 2007

New books we ordered January 11, 2007

Below is a list of the books recently ordered by the library. They are grouped by Fiction, Non-fiction, Large Print and Children. Click on the title to see more and request a copy!


Fiction

Meet me in Venice by Adler, Elizabeth
Sun kissed by Anderson, Catherine
The tin roof blowdown : a Dave Robicheaux novel by Burke, James Lee
Queen of Babble in the Big City by Cabot, Meg
Critical by Cook, Robin
The Navigator by Cussler, Clive
Someone to love by Deveraux, Jude
Hot stuff by Evanovich, Janet
Taken by Freethy, Barbara
Ain't nothin' down about it by Hawkins, P. R.
Some nerve by Heller, Jane
Devil may cry by Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Pet Sematary by King, Stephen
Intensity by Koontz, Dean R.
Freefall by Michaels, Fern
Marriage by design by Michaels, Lynn
The ever-running man by Muller, Marcia
The fountainhead by Rand, Ayn
Silent in the grave by Raybourn, Deanna
Interview with the vampire by Rice, Anne
The chariots of Calyx by Rowe, Rosemary
Germanicus mosaic by Rowe, Rosemary
The Legatus mystery by Rowe, Rosemary
Murder in the forum by Rowe, Rosemary
A pattern of blood by Rowe, Rosemary
Country lovers by Shaw, Rebecca
Master of souls : a mystery of ancient Ireland by Tremayne, Peter
Hell's gate by Weber, David


Nonfiction

Imperial life in the emerald city : inside Iraq's green zone by Chandrasekaran, Rajiv
The Pythons : autobiography by the Pythons by Cleese, John
The best life diet by Greene, Bob
Master the GED 2007 by Kaprov, Ronald M.
A new owner's guide to great pyrenees by Lasley, Kim
Cracking the GED by Martz, Geoff
Life of Graham : the authorized biography of Graham Chapman by McCabe, Bob
The battle belongs to the Lord : overcoming life's struggles through worship by Meyer, Joyce
The cat who-- went to a reunion cookbook by Murphy, Julie
Bassett hounds : a guide to a healthy bassett and its story by Shahan, Pamela S.
10 things your minister wants to tell you : (but can't, because he needs the job) by Thomas, Oliver S.
Kaplan GED 2007-2008 by Van Slyke, Caren


Large Print

Fiction
The dream thief by Abe, Shana
Rasputin's daughter by Alexander, Robert
Without a trace by Anderson, Catherine
One good turn by Atkinson, Kate
Flesh and bone by Bass, Jefferson
Whitethorn woods by Binchy, Maeve
Walk proud, stand tall by Boggs, Johnny D.
Restless by Boyd, William
World War Z by Brooks, Max
Puss 'n cahoots by Brown, Rita Mae
The riders by Cole, Jackson
Hamilton by Cookson, Catherine
Monday morning faith by Copeland, Lori
Gunfight at Cold Devil by Cotton, Ralph W.
Watchman by Crais, Robert
Drop dead, gorgeous! by Davidson, MaryJanice
Trail boss by Dawson, Peter
Someone to love by Deveraux, Jude
Throw darts at a cheesecake by Dietz, Denise
Sharp objects by Flynn, Gillian
Man of honor by Franklin, Gary
Atlantis by Gibbon, David
Fast track by Gorman, Ed
Cabin Gulch by Grey, Zane
You have the right to remain puzzled by Hall, Parnell
All our tomorrows by Hannon, Irene
Snakeskin shamisen by Hirahara, Naomi
Before they make you run by Hunt, James Patrick
Bittersweet bride by Hunter, Denise
Tales from Deadwood by Jameson, Mike
Last days of a toyshop by Johnson, Annabel
Death in Snake Creek by Johnstone, William W.
Always say goodbye by Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Moment of weakness by Kingsbury, Karen
On every side by Kingsbury, Karen
Willow field by Kittredge, William
Sugar daddy by Kleypas, Lisa
Other side of the bridge by Lawson, Mary
The phony Marine by Lustbader, Eric Van
Testament by Lustbader, Eric Van
McCreed's law by Martin, L. J.
Sweet dreams at the Goodnight Motel by Matlock, Curtiss Ann
When the light goes by McMurtry, Larry
Equestrian charm by Mills, DiAnn
Night hawk by Overholser, Stephen
The echo maker by Powers, Richard
Bleeding hearts by Rankin, Ian
Legendary Kid Donovan by Recknor, E. K.
Let there be suspects by Richards, Emilie
Death in the orchid garden by Ripley, Ann
Unafraid by Rivers, Francine
Innocent in death by Robb, J. D.
The post-birthday world by Shriver, Lionel
Reason and romance by Smith, Debra White
Race for roses by Snelling, Lauraine
Seeking whom he may devour by Vargas, Fred
Unexpected blessing by Whren, Merrillee

Nonfiction
Palestine peace not apartheid by Carter, Jimmy
Indestructible by Lucas, Jack H.
Provence A-Z by Mayle, Peter
Inside my heart by McGraw, Robin
Carved in sand by Ramin, Cathryn Jakobson
You on a diet by Roizen, Michael F.
Believers by Sheler, Jeffery
At the center of the storm by Tenet, George
Eisenhower by Wukovits, John F.


Children

Aliens don't wear braces by Dadey, Debbie
Mermaids don't run track by Dadey, Debbie