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North Central Regional Library WELCOME! This is a new edition of the North Central Regional Library Mail Order Catalog... a library in your mailbox! To place an order, follow these easy instructions: THE HALLOWEEN BOOK OF FACTS & FUN by Wendie Old. Every October 31, children— and even some adults—dress up in costumes. Some go door-todoor looking for a treat, some carve faces into pumpkins, and others tell scary stories. But where do these traditions come from? Wendie Old gets to the bottom of this and other questions in her informative and witty book. • Order # J4178 Library Card No. 2 9030 00027970 7* Date Sept. Molly Millions Mailing Address 310 Paton Street City Cashmere Zip 98815 1, 2009 Name Tel. 782-0000 Please send the following: (list by catalog number only) No. J4178 No. Please: No. No. No. No. No. No. Back Order Do Not Back Order any of the above that cannot be sent the day this order is filled. 1Select the items that you wish to order. 2List the catalog number for each selection on one If you are interested in something that is not listed in this catalog, just write it on your order card and we will try to get it for you. Orders for information on a specific subject are also welcomed. 3 Mail the card, phone us with your selections at The items you order will be mailed in a bag that can be used to return them. Simply turn over the address label and mail. No postage is necessary. of the enclosed order cards. 1-800-426-READ (or locally in the Wenatchee Valley at 663-1117), or send an e-mail to mailorder@ncrl.org. Phone Services are available Monday-Friday, 8-4. 4 You may also place your order on-line from our web site, www.ncrl.org. Search by author, title, or on the Advanced Search page, by catalog number. Click on Request Title, select Mail Order Library as your pickup location, and confirm your selection by clicking once more on Request. When you are finished with this catalog, please recycle or pass it along to a friend. Books are loaned for a period of approximately one month, audio and video recordings for shorter periods. A receipt taped to each item will give the date that it is to be returned. If you wish to have the due date extended, please call us. (Videos are not renewable.) * All NCRL patrons now need library cards. If you do not already have a library card, you may apply online at www.ncrl.org, at any North Central Regional Library branch or Mail Order can issue your card, call 663-1117 or email us at mailorder@ncrl.org. 3 Books: Storytime BOARD BOOKS! Order # J4150 Order # J4151 Order # J4100 Helping Daddy Yip! Snap! Yap! Baby Faces by Mathew Price. by Charles Fuge. Order # J4134 Order # J4123 Order # J4137 Busy Bunnies My Teeth by John Schindel. by Richard Steckel. Baby's Very First Colors Book Order # J4101 This is My Town by Mercer Mayer. by Stella Baggott. Order # J4145 Rip's Secret Spot by Kristi T. Butler. Order # J4121 Order # J4140 Order # J4107 My Father the Dog Charlie Cook's Favorite Book Halloween Is... by Elizabeth Bluemle. 4 by Julia Donaldson. by Gail Gibbons. 1-800-426-READ Order # J4109 Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt. Books: Storytime Order # J4099 Order # J4209 Order # J4135 Order # J4103 Spooky Hayride What Day Is It? ¿Qué Día es Hoy? Pedro's Burro by Brian James. by Alyssa Satin Capucilli. by Alex Moran. Andy & Elmer's Apple Dumpling Adventure by Andrew J. Shoup. Order # J4111 Order # J4125 The Big, Big Wall by Reginald Howard. Order # J4127 Order # J4114 Across the Stream Sid's Surprise by Mirra Ginsburg. by Candace Carter. When Charlie McButton Lost Power by Suzanne Collins. Order # J4122 Order # J4208 Order # J4152 Order # J4115 Amos & Boris Sheep in a Jeep George and Martha by William Steig. by Nancy Shaw. Why the Frog Has Big Eyes www.ncrl.org by Betsy Franco. by James Marshall. 5 Books: Children THE SISTERS GRIMM by Michael Buckley. When the fairy-tale detectives rush to New York City hoping to find an Everafter who can cure Puck, they trigger a chain of events that includes a murder mystery, and learn many new things about their mother who, along with their father, is still in an enchanted sleep. WHITE HOUSE WHITE-OUT by Ron Roy. When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit Washington, D.C., just before Christmas, they are inadvertently caught up in a kidnapping plot that was intended for the president's dog, but also involves the president's stepdaughter and her friend Marshall. • Order # J3988 • Order # J4061 THE BEASTS OF CLAWSTONE CASTLE by Eva Ibbotson. Victims of busy parents, Madlyn, 11, and Rollo, 9, go to stay with an eccentric cast of relatives at Clawstone Castle. The real attraction is the legendary Wild White Cattle herd. But when the bovines are cow-napped, each family member plays a part in their return, along with a cadre of banshees and ghosts. HOTEL FOR DOGS by Lois Duncan. Unable to take a stray dog and her puppies home, Andi rescues them and moves them into an abandoned house down the block. Then Andi rescues two more mistreated dogs. She is thrilled to be running a dog hotel! But can she and her bother Bruce keep the canine castle going, or will a bark give their secret away? • Order # J4004 CHARLIE BONE AND THE SHADOW by Jenny Nimmo. The enchanter Count Harken is back to take his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie Bone's family! Charlie's ancestor has been kidnapped and imprisoned in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock, and it's up to Charlie to save him. • Order # J4081 • Order # J4144 HANK ZIPZER: A TALE OF TWO TAILS by Henry Winkler & Lin Oliver. Fifth-grader Hank has entered his dachshund Cheerio in a contest to choose a new mascot for his school. But he didn't count on his sister entering her creepy pet iguana in the competition. And what Hank really didn't count on was that his so-called friends would think the Iguana had a better chance than his dog. • Order # J4102 THE SECRETS OF DROON #33: FLIGHT OF THE BLUE SERPENT by Tony Abbott. Eric and his friends are headed to Droon's far north. There they seek the truth about a mysterious treasure—a snowflake with magical powers that fell to the earth from a strange, flying blue serpent. Every step north brings them closer to fulfilling a terrifying prophecy that could change the future of Droon forever. • Order # J4062 THE SECRETS OF DROON #34: IN THE CITY OF DREAMS by Tony Abbott. Eric has been wounded in an epic battle with Ko and his beasts. Now the young wizard lies in a coma. Desperate to find a cure, Neal, Julie, and Princess Keeah rush to Samarindo, a beautiful but dangerous city famous for its dark magic. Can they find a way to heal their friend before it's too late? • Order # J4159 6 1-800-426-READ FEATHER BRAIN by Maureen Bush. Lucas ordered a dinosaur-making kit off the Internet. But when he mixes the liquid into his papier-mâché goop, he gets much more than he bargained for, including the most unlikely friend. • Order # J4006 THE MONSTER'S RING by Bruce Coville. A timid boy, eager to frighten the school bully on Halloween night, acquires a magic ring and the power to change himself into a hideous monster. • Order # J4065 SEVEN-DAY MAGIC by Edward Eager. A seven-day book of magic proves to be fractious for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic. • Order # J4141 Books: Children MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS by Mary Pope Osborne. Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness. • Order # J4157 JUNIE B., FIRST GRADER: DUMB BUNNY by Barbara Park. First grader Junie B. Jones is determined to win the grand prize at wealthy classmate Lucille's Easter egg hunt—a play date in Lucille's heated swimming pool! RUBY GLOOM HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD: MOON OVER GLOOMSVILLE by Deirdre Black. There's a lunar eclipse in the skies above Gloomsville, and Ruby and her friends are going camping to watch it. The eclipse causes some very strange things to happen, and soon no one feels quite like themselves anymore! • Order # J4124 RUBY GLOOM HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD: STAGED FRIGHT by Rebecca McCarthy. Ruby and her friends have decided to put on a talent show. But the show can't go on when Skull Boy's magic trick actually makes Scaredy Bat disappear. Can the gang find a way to bring Scaredy back or will he be lost forever? • Order # J4156 DANCE by Apryl Jundsten. This book will help you discover the dancer within you—whether you want to dance on stage or just be comfortable boogying in your room. Most of all, you'll see how dancing can make you stronger, happier, and more confident! • Order # J4064 ROSCOE RILEY RULES #5: DON'T TAP-DANCE ON YOUR TEACHER by Katherine Applegate. Tap shoes make the best noise ever! But the big boys say that's just for girls. Roscoe promised to tap in the school talent show. When the teasing starts, will he keep his word? • Order # J4153 THE HALLOWEEN BOOK OF FACTS & FUN by Wendie Old. Every October 31, children—and even some adults—dress up in costumes. Some go door-to-door looking for a treat, some carve faces into pumpkins, and others tell scary stories about Dracula and Frankenstein. But where do these traditions come from? Wendie Old gets to the bottom of this and other questions in her informative and witty book. • Order # J4178 • Order # J4162 mystery? RUBY GLOOM, HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD: MIDNIGHT MYSTERY by Rebecca McCarthy. Ruby and her friends wake up to find that the mansion's kitchen has been ransacked and there's not a crumb left to eat. Everyone loves a late night snack—but someone's gone too far! Can Ruby and her friend solve this midnight • Order # J4146 LEONARDO DA VINCI by Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce. Join Jack and Annie as they research Leonardo da Vinci and find out the facts behind the fiction! THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN TRANSLATION by Elizabeth Raum. Do you really know the words to the Pledge of Allegiance? Here's your chance to find out what they really mean. • Order # J4096 THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS IN TRANSLATION by Kay Melchisedech Olson. Could you deliver a pizza to the Gettysburg Address? No! Here's your chance to see what President Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address really means. • Order # J4092 • Order # J4158 www.ncrl.org 7 "TEEN ONE BOOK" Join teens throughout North Central Washington in reading "Mexican WhiteBoy" by author Matt de la Peña. In August of 2008 Matt de la Peña's second novel, Mexican WhiteBoy, was released by Delacorte, and his short story Last Red Light Before We’re There appeared in the anthology Does This Book Make Me Look Fat. His third novel, We Were Here, will be published by Delacorte on October 13, 2009. He has also published short fiction in various literary journals, including: Pacific Review, The Vincent Brothers Review, Chiricú, Two Girl’s Review, George Mason Review, and Allegheny Literary Review. Matt received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University and his BA from the University of the Pacific, where he attended school on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. Matt characterizes his journey from his love of basketball to his career as a writer in this way — "No matter how far I move away from the game, into this new life as an author, no matter what strange direction my literary interests lead me in next, or where I go, or who I meet, I will always carry the game of basketball in my chest. This game was my best friend growing up. It was my confidant. My passion. My ticket to college, to education, to books and words, the rhythms of poetry." Matt de la Peña currently lives in Brooklyn, NY, where he teaches creative writing. The Novel: * An ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults (TOP 10 Pick) * 2008 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon List * 2009 Notable Books for a Global Society * 2009-2010 Texas TAYSHAS Reading list Danny's tall and skinny. Even though he’s not built, his arms are long enough to give his pitch a power so fierce any college scout would sign him on the spot. A 95 mph fastball, but the boy’s not even on a team. Every time he gets up on the mound he loses it. But at his private school, they don’t expect much else from him. Danny’s brown. Half-Mexican brown. And growing up in San Diego that close to the border means everyone else knows exactly who he is before he even opens his mouth. Before they find out he can’t speak Spanish, and before they realize his mom has blond hair and blue eyes, they’ve got him pegged. Danny’s convinced it’s his whiteness that sent his father back to Mexico. And that’s why he’s spending the summer with his dad’s family. Only, to find himself, he might just have to face the demons he refuses to see right in front of his face. Discussion groups for this book will be held in all NCRL branch libraries. Check with your local library for time and date. 8 1-800-426-READ Books: Teens VOYAGE OF SLAVES by Brian Jacques. Adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, Ben and his loyal dog, Ned—cursed by an avenging angel to roam the earth forever—fall into the clutches of the slave lord Al Misurata. That is the beginning of a roaring adventure, ranging from the Libyan coast to the Italian border. AN ACCEPTABLE TIME by Madeleine L'engle. Polly's visit to her grandparents in Connecticut becomes an extraordinary experience as she encounters old friends and mysterious strangers and finds herself traveling back in time to play a crucial role in a prehistoric confrontation. • Order # J4126 • Order # J4046 THE TRANSALL SAGA by Gary Paulsen. Mark's solo camping trip in the desert turns into a terrifying and thrilling odyssey when a mysterious beam of light transports him to another time on what appears to be another planet. THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson isn’t expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse • Order # J3980 NIGHTMARE ACADEMY 1: MONSTER HUNTERS by Dean Lorey. Rescued from a very sheltered life, thirteen-year-old Charlie learns that the monster of his nightmares are real when he becomes a student at Nightmare Academy and begins training to harness his powers to fight terrible creatures and return them to the Netherworld. • Order # J4112 POISON STUDY by Maria V. Snyder. Through a stroke of luck, Yelena escapes execution in exchange for tasting the food of the Commander, ruler of Ixia. Though confined to a dank prison cell and doomed to a painful death, Yelena slowly blooms again, caught up in castle politics. But some people are too impatient to wait for poison to finish off Yelena. With the help of Valek, her boss and the Commander's head of security, she soon discovers that she has a starring role to play in Ixia's future. • Order # J4086 • Order # F4579 NIGHTMARE ACADEMY 2: MONSTER MADNESS by Dean Lorey. The last of the mega-monsters known as the Named are fighting their way into our world, and only a mysterious being known as the Guardian can help—but the Guardian is dying. To save him, Charlie Benjamin and his friends from the Nightmare Academy must journey into the heart of a Hydra cave and across the treacherous, monster-filled San Diego Zoo. MEXICAN WHITEBOY by Matt de la Peña. Biracial Danny Lopez doesn’t think he fits anywhere. He feels like an outsider with his Mexican father’s family, with whom he is staying for the summer, and at his mostly white school, and he wonders if his confusion drove his father away. He also struggles with his obsession for baseball; a gifted player with a blazing fastball, he lacks control of his game. With the support of a new friend and his caring cousins, Danny begins to deal with the multitude of problems in his life. • Order # J4085 A SWIFTLY TILTING PLANET by Madeleine L'engle. When fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry shouts out an ancient rune meant to ward off the dark in desperation, a radiant creature appears. It is Gaudior, unicorn and time traveler. Charles Wallace and Guadior must travel into the past to try to find a Might-Have-Been—a moment in the past when the entire course of events leading to the present can be changed, and the future of Earth saved. • Order # J4132 • Order # F5228 PRINCESS MIA by Meg Cabot. Mia has been invited to speak at a gala for Domina Rei, an elite society of powerful businesswomen. But what could she possible have to say? Just when things couldn't get worse, Mia discovers a long-forgotten diary of a teenage princess of Genovia. It could be just the inspiration Mia needs to write her speech—but what it reveals might change everything. • Order # J4131 www.ncrl.org 9 Books: Teens THE WILD GIRLS by Pat Murphy. When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah, who is timid at school but an imaginative leader when they play in the woods. After winning a writing contest together they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others. • Order # J4129 THE ALCHEMYST: THE SECRETS OF THE IMMORTAL NICHOLAS FLAMEL by Michael Scott. While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life. • Order # J4201 THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer. In a future where humans despise clones, Matteo Alacrán enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 140-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters. • Order # J4136 THE NEW POLICEMAN by Kate Thompson. Irish teenager J.J. Liddy discovers that time is leaking from his world into Tir na n'Óg, the land of the fairies, and when he attempts to stop the leak he finds out a lot about his family history, the music that he loves, and a crime his great-grandfather may or may not have committed. • Order # J4197 ENTER THREE WITCHES: THE STORY OF MACBETH by Caroline B. Cooney. A battle is looming over Scotland, but as the ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth, fourteenyear-old Lady Mary has nothing to fear—until her father betrays the king and is hanged as a traitor. Now she's trapped in a castle with a power hungry couple who will do anything to get what they want. • Order # J4190 DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Randa Abdel-Fattah. Amal, an Australian-Palestinian girl living in a suburb of Melbourne, makes the biggest decision of her life, to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time. But can she handle the taunts of "towel-head," navigate the wilds of a mad crush, and stay true to herself? • Order # J4189 THE PLAIN JANES by Cecil Castellucci & Jim Rugg. When Jane is forced to move from the cool confines of Metro City to suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But there in the lunch room at the reject table, she finds three other girls named Jane. It's up to Main Jane to convince the girls to form a secret club called P.L.A.I.N.— People Loving Art In Neighborhoods. But can art really save a group of misfits from the hell that is high school? • Order # J4187 EAT THIS, NOT THAT! FOR KIDS! by David Zinczenko. Whether you're in the frozen food aisle, the fast-food drive-thru, the local Olive Garden, or even your own kitchen, you're faced with dozens of food choices every single day. With this simple illustrated guide to thousands of foods and a complete nutrition and fitness guide, you'll make the right choices each and every time. • Order # F4821 THREE CLAMS AND AN OYSTER by Randy Powell. During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences. • Order # J4154 10 1-800-426-READ Books: Fiction THE DEAD PLACE by Rebecca Drake. At first glance, a quiet campus town like Wickfield seems like the ideal place for Kate Corbin to start over after a traumatic attack. But when two young college women disappear, Kate's fear resurfaces in earnest. She's right to be afraid. Behind Wickfield's picture-perfect facade, a nightmare is unfolding...and it's about to strike chillingly close to home. • Order # F4290 AT CLOSE RANGE by Tara Taylor Quinn. Criminal court judge Hannah Montgomery is presiding over a murder trial in Phoenix, Arizona. When the jury finds the defendant, Bobby Donahue, not guilty, Hannah is convinced they've reached the wrong verdict. Especially when strange things start happening around her. • Order # F4559 THE SNOW EMPRESS by Laura Joh Rowland. Japan, 1699. In the city of Edo, the young son of Sano Ichiro has vanished. When one of Sano's political rivals hints that the boy was kidnapped—and may be in Ezogashima—he and his wife, Reiko, begin a desperate journey to find their son...only to discover that the local ruler, Lord Matsumae, is holding the entire province hostage for another crime: the murder of his mistress. So Sano strikes a deal: He will solve the mistress's murder if Matsumai will free the hostages and return his son. • Order # F4521 NIGHT WORK by Steve Hamilton. Two years ago, Joe Trumbull's fiancee, Laurel, was brutally murdered...and the killer was never caught. Then he meets Marlene Frost whom he hopes might be just what he needs. But his first date with Marlene will mark the beginning of a new nightmare—one that will lead him down a dark, familiar road. DRIFTING SOUTH by Charles Davis. After spending twenty-one years in prison for crimes he didn't commit, the young man Benjamin Purdue used to be is dead. He journeys back to the town of Shady where it all began. Now as he drifts southward, he gets closer to the beautiful woman he will never forget—whose untimely visit to Shady that fateful Sunday afternoon ended in a killing. A woman who holds the keys to his past and his future. • Order # F4569 EMPIRE RISING by Sam Barone. It is 3157 B.C. Into this violent, unsettled land come the outcast Korthac and the remnants of his mighty desert fighters. Joining forces with Ariamus and is brutal band of thieves, the invaders set their sights on the biggest prize of all: the burgeoning city of Akkad—already known for its riches and for the courage and wisdom of its two leaders. • Order # F4303 SECOND SHOT by Zoe Sharp. Bodyguard Charlie Fox's client Simone Kerse has just become a lottery millionaire—but she may not live long enough to enjoy her riches. Charlie was supposed to keep Simone's troublesome ex-boyfriend at bay, and help her track down the father Simone had never really known. But Simon's father has secrets in his past, and the arrival of his long-lost daughter may be the catalyst that blows his whole world apart. • Order # F4401 • Order # F4263 DEADLY NIGHT by Heather Graham. The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence...and a long kept secret. • Order # F4405 THE GARDEN OF EVIL by David Hewson. Rome police detectives Nic Costa and Gianni Peroni and their boss, the brooding Leo Falcone, attempt to unravel an appalling series of murders that seems to connect to an unknown Caravaggio painting depicting a tableau of startling depravity. • Order # F4881 CRITICAL by Robin Cook. New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton return in this stunning tale of an innovative doctor's dangerous downward spiral. • Order # F4284 www.ncrl.org 11 Books: Fiction PROTECT AND DEFEND by Vince Flynn. An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program leaves an environmental disaster in its wake and has Iranian president Amatullah calling for American blood. Counterterrorist agent Mitch Rapp devises a brilliant plan. But when CIA director Irene Kennedy's meeting with her Iranian counterpart Ashani goes disastrously wrong, Rapp is set on a collision course that threatens to engulf the entire region in war. THE APPEAL by John Grisham. A Mississippi jury returns a $41-million verdict against a chemical company accused of dumping carcinogenic waste into a small town's water supply. The company appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court, whose nine justices will one day either approve the verdict or reverse it. Who are the nine? How will they vote? Can one be replaced before the case is ultimately decided? STONE COLD by David Baldacci. Keeping a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., the Camel Club, lead by Oliver Stone, has won over allies, but it has also made some formidable enemies. One by one, men from Stone's shadowy past turn up dead. Behind this slaughter stands one man: Harry Finn. He's a loving father and husband who uses his skills to keep America safe. But Finn is also an unstoppable killer who now sets his sights on Oliver Stone. REBEL ISLAND by Rick Riordan. Tres Navarre and his new wife, Maia, came to celebrate their honeymoon. But no sooner had they arrived on Rebel Island than a reminder of Navarre's past showed up dead in room 12. Suddenly Tres finds himself flashing back to the grim childhood summer that changed his life. When a second corpse turns up, it's clear that the past isn't dead and buried—yet. OFFSPRING by Liam Jackson. Abductions and grisly attacks have blanketed America in what seems to be a calculated and epic crime wave. Only Sam Connor—a young man who's always had a unique relationship with his guardian angel—and his fellow Offspring have the ability to close the veil through which mankind's vicious enemies are coming...and save the fate of the world. THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BERTIE by Alexander McCall Smith. Bertie is a precocious six-year-old whose mummy forces him to play a saxophone, converse in Italian, do yoga and see a psychotherapist who looks a lot like Bertie's baby brother, Ulysses. As Bertie struggles to accommodate his nutty mummy and new brother, another crisis explodes for artist Angus Lordie, whose beloved dog, Cyril, has been thrown in the pound for biting someone. Cyril is innocent, and Angus, with Bertie's assistance, sets out to rescue Cyril before he's put down. • Order # F4275 • Order # F4277 • Order # F4324 • Order # F4527 • Order # F4453 • Order # F4536 THE GHOST by Robert Harris. The role of a ghostwriter is to make his client look good, not to uncover the truth. But what happens when the client is a major political figure, and the truth could change the course of history? SUNSET BAY by Susan Mallery. In an emotional story brimming with wry humor, New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery pens a heartwarming tale of love, family, and a woman's journey of discovery. TRUNK MUSIC by Michael Connelly. LAPD Homicide detective Bosch is back from an involuntary administrative leave just in time for the bodies to start turning up. When he finds hints of an mob hit but can't interest the organized crime unit in the murder, Bosch has to take the investigation into his own hands. THE BETRAYED by Lisa T. Bergren. An illuminated letter, long buried by the Church—prophesying a fellowship of men and women possessing powerful spiritual gifts—is the catalyst for a profound war that will bring either a new age of enlightenment or a darkness the world has never before seen. • Order # F4317 • Order # F4279 12 • Order # F4884 • Order # F4283 1-800-426-READ Books: Fiction THE SHANGHAI TUNNEL by Sharan Newman. When Horace Stratton, who made his fortune in China, dies on his way back to Portland with his wife, Emily, the daughter of American missionaries in China, Emily must manage her new life alone. After delving into Horace's business affairs, Emily learns that his fortune came from the opium trade. Her reform efforts trigger alarm among the city's power brokers. As bodies start piling up, Emily's own safety is threatened. • Order # F4675 FIND ME by Debra Webb. With a popular teenager found tortured and murdered and another girl missing, investigative reporter Sarah Newton, is out to prove it's not the work of an ancient curse, but a cold-blooded killer. She'll expose one Maine village's darkest secrets...while keeping the truth about her own past hidden from view. • Order # F4676 CHOKE by Chuck Palahniuk. Victor Mancini's a medical school dropout with a problem. He needs to pay for elder care for his mother, who's got Alzheimer's. So he comes up with the perfect scam: pretending to choke in upscale restaurants and getting "saved" by fellow diners who, feeling responsible for Victor's life, offer him financial support. GENGHIS: LORDS OF THE BOW by Conn Iggulden. Under Genghis Khan, the Mongol tribes have united as one nation, setting their sights on a common enemy: the great, slumbering walled empire of the Chin. In the city of Yenking— modern-day Beijing—the Chin will make their final stand, setting a trap for the Mongol raiders. But Genghis will never cease until the Emperor himself is forced to kneel. • Order # F4882 HEROES: SAVING CHARLIE by Aury Wallington. Hiro Nakamura possesses the remarkable power to control time. And like his uniquely blessed comrades, he's on a mission for the good of humankind. But another challenge awaits him: saving the love of his life from an unspeakable death. • Order # F4276 THE CHASE by Clive Cussler. 1906: For two years, the western states of America have endured a string of bank robberies by a single man who murders all witnesses, and then vanishes without a trace. The U.S. government brings in the best man they can find—detective Isaac Bell. But the "Butcher Bandit" plans to turn the chase back on Bell. And it will take all of Isaac Bell's skills to not merely prevail...but to survive. • Order # F4273 • Order # F4495 KEEPING FAITH by Jodi Picoult. In the aftermath of a divorce, Mariah White falls into a deep depression and suddenly her seven-year-old daughter Faith, a child with no religious background whatsoever, hears divine voices, starts reciting biblical passages, and develops stigmata. And when the miraculous healings begin, mother and daughter are thrust into the volatile center of controversy and into the heat of a custody battle. THE GRAND FINALE by Janet Evanovich. The Grand Finale is the story of a young woman who falls out of a tree, onto a pizza, and into love. Okay, so maybe the road to true love isn't all that easy. Truth is, she ruins the pizza, loses three cars, adopts three little old ladies, is held at gunpoint, and is caught ogling a very hot, very gorgeous, almost naked guy. • Order # F4833 • Order # F4336 SHOWDOWN by Ted Dekker. A black-cloaked man arrives in the sleepy town of Paradise and manages to become the talk of the town within the hour. Bearing the power to grant any unfulfilled dream, he is irresistible. Seems like bliss...but is it? Or is hell about to break loose in Paradise. TRUST by Barbara Delinsky. Two couples, two emotional love stories from this gifted writer of contemporary women's fiction. Included in this volume: The Real Thing, and Secret of the Stone. • Order # F4241 • Order # F4316 www.ncrl.org 13 Books: Fiction A VERSION OF THE TRUTH by Jennifer Kaufman. Desperately in need of a paycheck, Cassie Shaw goes against her principles and lies on her resume to land a job at an elite university. But when your entire future and your unlikely new career teeter on an unbearable untruth, the masquerade can't go on forever. • Order # F4788 LOST AND FOUND by Carolyn Parkhurst. The shocking hidden truth at the heart of Laura's strained relationship with her teenage daughter, Cassie, threatens to be laid bare to the entire world when—in the hope that time spent together will help them repair their lives—Laura and Cassie join a motley group of contestants on a reality TV show. • Order # F4530 scenes insights. STEPHEN KING GOES TO THE MOVIES by Stephen King. For Stephen King, the experience of seeing his works of short fiction adapted for major Hollywood films has created stories of its own, and he shares them here—five of his celebrated short stories, plus King's personal commentary, his all-new introductions, and essential, behind-the- SPOOK COUNTRY by William Gibson. Hollis Henry is a journalist, on investigative assignment for a magazine called Node, which doesn't exist yet. Bobby Chombo is a producer, working on cutting-edge art installations. In his day job, Bobby is a troubleshooter for military navigation equipment. He refuses to sleep in the same place twice. He meets no one. Hollis Henry has been told to find him. • Order # F4887 SIZZLE AND BURN by Jayne Ann Krentz. Raine Tallentyre always tried to heed her late aunt Vella's advice—and keep her paranormal abilities a secret. But when she journeys to Shelbyville, Washington, to clear out her aunt's house, Raine's highly developed sensitivity leads her to a horrifying discovery: a young woman held captive in the basement storage locker. And the kidnapper is on the loose. • Order # F4781 FIRESIDE by Susan Wiggs. Baseball hopeful Bo Crutcher is about to get his shot at the majors. That is, until life throws him a curveball. When AJ, the son he's never met, lands on his doorstep, Bo's life becomes a whole new ball game. He needs help fast. • Order # F4783 SHADOW COMMAND by Dale Brown. The new Patrick McLanahan military thriller pits U.S. Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan, against his archenemy, Russian air force chief of staff General Andrei Darzov. At stake is military supremacy in earth’s orbit and, by extension, supremacy over earth itself. • Order # F4832 DELIA'S GIFT by V. C. Andrews. No amount of money can keep heartbreak away: Delia Yebarra learned that painful lesson after a boating tragedy ended her romance with Adan Bovia, a wealthy politician's son. But when she discovers she is carrying his child, Delia has no choice but to live under the watchful eye of Adan's powerful father, who blamed Delia for the deadly accident but soon puts her health and the safe delivery of his grandchild above his resentments. Or so Delia believed. • Order # F4778 HOLLYWOOD CROWS by Joseph Wambaugh. When a couple of LAPD cops find themselves caught up with a certain femme fatale, they're in for trouble. Margot Aziz is the beautiful soon-to-be-ex wife of Ali Aziz, proprietor of a Sunset Boulevard strip club. Ali has his diamond-studded fingers in multiple shady business deals—and he wants his lovely wife dead. • Order # F4451 • Order # F4780 14 1-800-426-READ THE WHISPERING ROOM by Amanda Stevens. An intriguing tip leads Detective Evangeline Theroux into a quagmire of twisted faith and maternal love. And before the end, Evangeline will doubt her every instinct. • Order # F4829 Books: Fiction GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens. An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. • Order # F4803 PATRIOT ACTS by Greg Rucka. Bodyguard-turned-fugitive Atticus Kodiak goes underground to protect the woman he loves and the country he may have to betray to defend. A PRISONER OF BIRTH by Jeffrey Archer. If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any other day, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the prosecution witnesses happen to be a group of four upper-crust college friends, who is going to believe Danny's side of the story? Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years. But the four friends have underestimated Danny's determination to seek revenge. • Order # F4636 PONTOON by Garrison Keillor. This is the story about the Lutheran ministers on the pontoon boat—the whole story—with the wedding of the Detmer girl, the hot-air balloon, Raoul in his rainbow-trout sportcoat, and the town of Lake Wobegon scandalized by the life of Evelyn Peterson, may she rest in peace. • Order # F4558 THIRD DEGREE by Greg Iles. In the span of twenty-four hours, everything Laurel Shields believes about her life and her marriage to a prominent doctor will be shattered—if she survives a terrifying ordeal. • Order # F4458 HONOR THYSELF by Danielle Steel. A tale of survival and dignity, of small miracles and big surprises, Honor Thyself creates an unforgettable portrait of a public figure whose hopes, fears, and heartbreaks are as real as our own. • Order # F4808 • Order # F4274 RHETT BUTLER'S PEOPLE by Donald McCaig. Meet Rhett Butler as a boy, a free spirit who loved the marshes and tidewaters of the Low Country, and learn of the ruthlessness of Rhett's father, whose desire for control resulted in unspeakable tragedy. Through Rhett's eyes, you'll encounter those who shaped him in other ways, including Scarlett O'Hara herself. • Order # F4298 L.A. OUTLAWS by T. Jefferson Parker. Allison Murrieta is an L.A. celebrity, a folk hero, a modern-day Jesse James who loves a good armed robbery. She has a compulsion to steal, a knack for publicity, and the conscience to give it all to charity. No one's ever been hurt...until now. • Order # F4807 THE FOURTH ORDER by Stephen Frey. National security, terrorism, and human rights–these explosive issues lie at the heart of Stephen Frey’s riveting new thriller, a highoctane novel of suspense, revenge, and intrigue. UNTAMED by P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast. Zoey Redbird's adventures at vampire finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened. • Order # F4385 THE 47TH SAMURAI by Stephen Hunter. A avenging hero on a quest for blood uncovers a dark and dangerous underworld where breaking the rules could cost him his life. • Order # F4549 • Order # F4799 www.ncrl.org 15 Books: Romance BORDER LASS by Amanda Scott. A knight of the realm, Sir Garth Napier is drawn to Amalie Murray's feisty spirit. Then, on the day of the coronation of the new King of Scots, he catches her secretly listening to the plans of dangerous men. A ruthless member of the royal family plots to rule Scotland any way he can, and Amalie's eavesdropping may have put her in deadly danger. She knows Garth means to protect her, but trusting him with her secrets may mean losing him forever. COLD HEARTED by Beverly Barton. They all loved her. That was their mistake. Two husbands, her college fiance, an influential boss—every man who gets close to Jordan Price is made to pay in blood. If Jordan is as innocent as she claims, investigator Rick Carson may have placed her in a killer's cross hairs. And if she's guilty, he'll never live to regret it. • Order # F4271 • Order # F4259 DYING FOR YOU by Beverly Barton. When the offer of a trip to South America as the personal bodyguard to a billionaire heiress came up, private security agent Lucie Evans jumped at the prospect of leaving the Dundee Agency behind. Then the nightmare began. Kidnapped in a case of mistaken identity, suddenly Lucie's only hope of survival rested with the one man she never wanted to see again. SWEET TROUBLE by Susan Mallery. Jesse Keyes has done some serious growing up. With a steady job and a vibrant four-year-old son, Gabe, she's in a far better place than when she left Seattle five years ago…pregnant and misunderstood by almost everyone in her life. Now it's time to go home and face her demons. • Order # F4238 HIGHLAND THIRST by Hannah Howell. Set in the rugged Scottish Highlands, here is the spellbinding tale of two men destined to live by night with a hunger only the blood of Oursiders can quench—and a passion only two extraordinary women can satisfy. • Order # F4574 know her. THE MANNING GROOMS by Debbie Macomber. Jason Manning is content with his life as a bachelor. Then a precocious girl named Carrie Weston decides to play matchmaker, introducing him to her mother, Charlotte. To his relief, Charlotte is as averse to marriage as he is. But Jason's feelings start to change once he gets to • Order # F4565 STAR BRIGHT by Catherine Anderson. Faking her own death is the only way Rainie Hall can hope to escape her brutal, murderous husband. Now, with a new identity, she finds refuge in the rural community of Crystal Falls, Oregon, where she starts work on a horse ranch run by rugged, dangerously good-looking Parker Harrigan. Clearly Rainie is a woman in trouble, and if she'll trust him, Parker will do right by her. • Order # F4720 ALWAYS LOOK TWICE by Geralyn Dawson. Mark Callahan is an ex-military intelligence officer whose mission to find a vicious killer takes him all over the world...and gives him a second shot at love. • Order # F4253 THAT'S AMORE by Wendy Markham. Daria Marshall is a psychic who sees dead people, but she learned the hard way not to interpret their messages. Now the spirit of an old man keeps popping up whenever she goes, and so does the very much alive—and charismatic—Ralph Chickalini. What's a reluctant medium to do? • Order # F4107 THE BOOK OF SCANDAL by Julia London. When Princess Caroline threatens to publish her potentially treasonous memoirs as part of divorce-negotiating tactics against her husband, Prince George, Nathan Grey, the Earl of Lindsey, doesn’t expect to hear that his wife, Evelyn, may be one of those named in the gossip-rich book. Nathan has no choice but to remove her from London to protect her and himself from charges of treason—even if it calls for abduction! • Order # F4319 • Order # F4338 16 1-800-426-READ Books: Romance BEFORE THE SEASON ENDS by Linore Rose Burkard. In her debut novel of what she calls “spirited romance for the Jane Austen soul,” author Linore Rose Burkard tells the intriguing story of Miss Ariana Forsythe, a young woman caught between her love for a man who doesn’t share her faith and her resolution to marry only a fellow believer in Christ. • Order # F4620 SUPERB AND SEXY by Jill Shalvis. Brody's luxury charter airline, Sky High, has given him financial security. But lately, things have become very complicated, thanks to the insanely passionate, or perhaps just insane, kiss he shared with Sky High's gorgeous, wisecracking concierge, Maddie. He's tried to keep his distance, but now Maddie desperately needs help. • Order # F4123 SINGLE WHITE VAMPIRE by Lynsay Sands. Intrepid romance editor, Kate C. Leever, goes to Toronto to convince reclusive romance writer Lucern Argeneau to do some publicity. She has no idea that he is a gorgeous, silvery-eyed 612-year-old vampire, and that the characters in his best-selling vampire romance novels have the same names and occupations as members of his family. • Order # F4582 DANGEROUS GAMES by Jayne Ann Krentz. Emelina Stratton was desperate to save her brother's life. Desperate enough to ask mafia-chieftain-in-hiding Julian Colter for help. The man, shrouded in mystery and with lethal good looks, said yes. For a price. Emelina was what Julian demanded in return. • Order # F4482 down a notch! NORA by Diana Palmer. When innocent, wealthy Nora Marlowe came to visit the Wild West, she was as wide open to adventure as the vast Texas horizon. Its rugged individualism and dashing cowboys suited her romantic spirit. That is, until the wrong cowboy decided to take the elegant heiress • Order # F4556 CAPTIVATED & ENTRANCED by Nora Roberts. Nash Kirkland had sought out Morgana Donovan, self-proclaimed witch, to help him research his latest screenplay. The hardheaded skeptic didn't believe for a minute she was what she professed to be, but Nash somehow found himself falling under her bewitching spell. • Order # F4497 CREATION IN DEATH by Nora Roberts. New York City, 2060: Lieutenant Eve Dallas never forgets a corpse. Her new case will resurrect memories of the women she couldn't save—and the killer who slipped out of her grasp. • Order # F3802 LOOSE AND EASY by Tara Janzen. Johnny Ramos had just come off a tour of duty in Afghanistan to find Esmee Alden trolling the mean streets of Denver in red lace and leather. The smartest girl he ever knew turning tricks? Not even close. Esmee's in danger so deep, only Johnny can get her out—which is why the elite government operative is shadowing her every move. • Order # F4251 REFLECTIONS & DREAMS by Nora Roberts. A lifetime of dedication to dance left Lindsay Dunne little time for romance. That is until she meets brooding architect Seth Bannion, the guardian of a talented young ballerina in Lindsay's class. As Lindsay and Seth clash over their hopes for the girl's future, passions flare... and Lindsay receives a crash course in the art of love. • Order # F4183 THE DARKEST KISS by Gena Showalter. Though she has lived for centuries, Anya, goddess of anarchy, has never known pleasure. Until Lucien, the incarnation of death—a warrior eternally doomed to take souls to the hereafter. He draws her like no other. And Anya will risk anything to have him. • Order # F3957 www.ncrl.org 17 Books: Mystery PRIMAL THREAT by Earl Emerson. On a late August day in the foothills of the Cascades, five bicyclists climb into the hot, dry air, the stress of a work week slipstreaming behind them. But another group has entered the park, too. They’re in cars, for pleasure and for vengeance. In Earl Emerson’s gripping new novel, a grudge turns an idyllic setting into a terrifying landscape of men and nature at their most dangerous. • Order # F4514 AMERICAN DETECTIVE by Loren D. Estleman. The daughter of former Detroit Tigers pitching ace Darius Fuller has been murdered. When P.I. Amos Walker runs afoul of an immigrantsmuggling operation, he's sure he has found the killer...only to discover that he has just scratched the surface of a much nastier criminal operation. DYING BY THE SWORD by Sarah D'Almeida. Alexandre Dumas's Four Musketeers—the noble Athos, the cunning Aramis, the loyal Porthos, and sharp-witted D'Artagnan—now add murder and mystery to their ranks as swashbuckling sleuths in the court of King Louis XIII. • Order # F4645 BLACK MAGIC WOMAN by Justin Gustainis. Supernatural investigator Quincey Morris and his partner, white witch Libby Chastain, are called in to help free a desperate family from a deadly curse that appears to date back to the Salem Witch Trials. To release the family from danger they must find the root of the curse, a black witch with a terrible grudge that holds the family in her power. • Order # F4615 • Order # F4635 EGGS IN PURGATORY by Laura Childs. Suzanne, Toni, and Petra lost their husbands but found independence—and, in each other, a life raft of support, inspiration, fresh baked goods, and their own business. But when the Cackleberry Club café opened its doors in the town of Kindred, who'd have guessed that the cozy oasis would become the scene of a crime? • Order # F4627 MIGHTY OLD BONES by Mary Saums. Tullulah, Alabama can be a sleepy little town. But no one sleeps through the night when a violent thunderstorm knocks down a tree on Jane Thistle's property—one that uncovers a pile of skeletal remains beneath. • Order # F4693 FALSE WITNESS by Aimée and David Thurlo. An ailing millionaire has asked Sister Agatha— the extern nun whose investigative skills have earned her points in Heaven—to find his long-estranged niece. Sister Agatha's investigation quickly lands her in the midst of a deadly situation...and now it's going to take more than faith alone to see that justice is done. • Order # F4643 WICKED WEAVES by Joyce & Jim Lavene. Hail ye, hail ye, and welcome to the Renaissance Village. Here, Jessie Morton, an assistant professor at a local college, spends her summers honing her skills and finding the lady, lord, or serf whodunit. But this time she gets tangled in a deadly weave. • Order # F4327 HAVANA GOLD by Leonardo Padura. Hard-drinking, Cuban police detective Mario Conde, who's wanted to become a writer but ended up as a policeman in a corrupt and struggling land, constantly questions his fate as he investigates the murder of young, good-looking school teacher, Lissette Núñez Delgado, who taught at Pre-University High School, the same school Conde attended in his youth. • Order # F4090 HUSH MY MOUTH by Cathy Pickens. Twenty years ago, Wenda Sims was found murdered in the town of Dacus, South Carolina. Not long ago, Wenda's niece, Neanna came to Dacus looking for clues about what happened to her aunt. Then Neanna, too, went missing...and was found dead. Now Neanna's best friend, Fran has come to town. Can Attorney Avery Andrews help Fran solve the two murders and prevent Fran from meeting the same fate? • Order # F4629 18 1-800-426-READ Books: Mystery THE BLACK PATH by Åsa Larsson. A grisly torture-murder, a haunting northern Sweden backdrop, and a dark drama of twisted sexuality collide memorably in Åsa Larsson's masterpiece of suspense—a tale of menace, hope, longing, and darkness beyond imagining. • Order # F4142 SANTA FE DEAD by Stuart Woods. Ed Eagle was the target of a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated by his wife, Barbara, the ultimate black widow. When Barbara escapes police custody, Ed knows that not only will his life be in danger but also the lives of his new girlfriend and, of course, any rich man unlucky enough to be lured into Barbara's web. • Order # F4570 THE GHOST AND THE HAUNTED MANSION by Alice Kimberly. Bookshop owner Penelope Thornton-McClure didn't believe in ghosts—until she met the ghost of hard-boiled 1940s private investigator Jack Shepard. And when Pen's friend and mailman, Seymour Tarnish, gets into deep trouble, Pen not only believes in her ghost—she also thinks he can help. • Order # F4722 DEFENDING ANGELS by Mary Stanton. Being a lawyer has its challenges, but this is downright otherworldly. With a long list of ethereal clients who need her help, Bree Winston-Beaufort's career choice is beginning to haunt her. DEAD MEN DON'T CROCHET by Betty Hechtman. Molly Pink has become a yarnaholic. She shares her obsession with her crochet group in Tarzana, California. However, the real problem on their hands these days is a murder with a unique weave that casts suspicion on one of their own. • Order # F4619 FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES by Donna Leon. Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of Brunetti’s apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into unfamiliar and dangerous areas of Venetian life. • Order # F4246 CASE HISTORIES by Kate Atkinson. As Private Detective Jackson Brodie investigates three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge. Inextricably caught up in his clients grief, joy, and desire, Jackson finds their unshakable need for resolution very much like his own. • Order # F4278 • Order # F4630 WASH AND DIE by Barbara Colley. Charlotte LaRue knew she should chase Joyce Thibodeaux off her front porch. Once married to Charlotte's tenant Louis Thibodeaux, Joyce is fresh out of detox and has no place to go, and soon she's staying in Charlotte's guest room. But when Joyce ends up dead in the middle of Charlotte's living room, Charlotte ends up on the list of murder suspects along with Louis, who's been out of town on business...or was he? • Order # F4631 be deadly. T IS FOR TRESPASS by Sue Grafton. Before letting someone into your home and granting access to the intimate details of your life, it's a good idea to run a background check. But as Kinsey Milhone is about to discover, a clean record means nothing if it belongs to a stolen identity. And the consequences can • Order # F4572 BLOOD DREAMS by Kay Hooper. Dani Justice never expected to find herself on the trail of a real flesh--and-blood predator so cunning, he's eluded the best law enforcement could send against him. Dani alone commands a weapon powerful enough to stop him. And she knows something even Bishop of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit doesn't know. Dani knows how the hunt ends. What she doesn't know is who will survive. • Order # F4598 www.ncrl.org 19 Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy OLD MAN'S WAR by John Scalzi. With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left him: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry's service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets while fending off marauding aliens. He thinks he knows what to expect. The actual fight is far harder than he can imagine—and what he will become is far stranger. • Order # F4018 A DARK SACRIFICE by Madeline Howard. It's been more than forty years since the Empress Ouriána became the Divine Incarnation of the Devouring Moon. Appointing twelve deadly sorcerers as her priests, she rules the land in darkness unending. Yet there is a small chance for hope, if one foreordained princess can survive. But she has vanished behind enemy lines, and even a brave band of heroes may not be able to reach her in time. • Order # F4617 FUTURE WEAPONS OF WAR edited by Joe Haldeman. Joe Haldeman presents a volume of visions of future wars, fought with weapons out of nightmares, by today's top writers of military science fiction, including Michael Z. Williamson and William H. Keith. • Order # F4618 ORSON SCOTT CARD'S INTERGALACTIC MEDICINE SHOW by Edmund R Schubert & Orson Scott Card. Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show is a true treasure for lovers of science fiction and fantasy, and a must-have volume for fans of Card's bestselling novel Ender's Game. • Order # F4152 THE AMBER SPYGLASS by Philip Pullman. In The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman deftly weaves the cliffhangers and mysteries of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife into an earth-shattering conclusion -- and confirms his fantasy trilogy as an undoubted and enduring classic. CATOPOLIS edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Janet Deaver-Pack. From Guardians of both their own society and ours to mentors, detectives, demon fighters, guides, oracles, and more, here are an assortment of cats that many a human would be delighted to know. • Order # F4611 THE GHOST BRIGADES by John Scalzi. The universe is a dangerous place for humanity, and it's about to become more dangerous. Three races we've fought before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the Colonial Defense Forces' biggest secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find why Boutin did what he did. • Order # F4019 THE FLAXEN FEMME FATALE by John Zakour. The last freelance P.I. on earth, Zach Johnson has been hired to track down a young beauty who happens to be a deadly secret weapon for the World Council. He follows Natasha to various vacation destinations, but she eludes him, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. Zach, however, isn’t surprised to discover that things aren’t what they seem, and to save the world, he’s going to have to find a way to team up with the woman he’s supposed to destroy. • Order # F4624 THE TEN THOUSAND by Paul Kearney. The Macht, a race of mercenaries, are hired to sail across the oceans and serve as a conquering army for Arkamenes, who is bent on stealing his brother Ashurnan's throne and taking over the Ashur empire. When Ashurnan slays Arkamenes, the Macht are left stranded in the middle of the empire surrounded by hostile armies. Their quest to return home becomes the stuff of legend as they fight overwhelming odds to win their freedom. • Order # F4267 • Order # F4020 THE LAST COLONY by John Scalzi. John Perry has retired with his wife and daughter to one of humanity's many colonies. It's a good life, but something's missing. When John and Jane are asked to lead a new colony world, they jump at the chance to explore the universe once more. But nothing is as it seems. • Order # F4173 20 1-800-426-READ Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy THE DOOM OF KINGS: LEGACY OF DHAKAAN, BOOK 1 by Don Bassingthwaite. In the wake of the Last War, a new king has risen and seeks to unite the newly formed goblin kingdom of Darguun under his rule. He seeks an ancient scepter, a symbol under which to unite his people and hires Geth, a shifter who owns one of the trio of artifacts to which the scepter once belonged, to find it. But will the artifact do what the Darguul king needs it to? • Order # F4227 MUTANT CHRONICLES by Matt Forbeck. Capitol fighters Mitch Hunter and Nathan Rooker are battling the opposing forces of the Bauhaus corporation when a cannon blast exposes and destroys an ancient stone seal in the ground. From the bowels of the Earth crawl hordes of necromutants. Mitch barely escapes, only to discover that both the rise of the mutants and the “Deliverer” who will save humanity have been prophesied. THE FORTRESS OF GLASS by David Drake. The Fortress of Glass begins the story of how the new kingdom of the Isles is finally brought into being by the heroic characters who have been central to all the books in the series. • Order # F4465 GENESIS OF SHANNARA: THE ELVES OF CINTRA by Terry Brooks. A plague-ridden future Earth faces annihilation from Void demons, once-men and other monstrous creatures. What chance do innocent children have? A pretty good chance when Logan Tom and Angel Perez, the last Knights of the Word, have pledged to defend them. • Order # F4099 PLAGUE WAR by Jeff Carlson. Researcher Ruth Goldman has developed a vaccine with the potential to inoculate the world’s survivors against the nanotech plague that devastated humanity. But the fractured U.S. government will stop at nothing to keep it for themselves. • Order # F4455 PASSAGE TO DAWN by R. A. Salvatore. Drizzt and Catti-brie have been away from Mithral Hall for six long years, but the pain of a lost companion still weighs heavily on their strong shoulders. Chasing pirates aboard Captain Deudermont's Sea Sprite is enough to draw their attention away from their grief. Then a mysterious castaway on an uncharted island sends them back to the very source of their pain, and into the clutches of a demon with vengeance on his mind. • Order # F4153 NOW AND FOREVER by Ray Bradbury. Now and Forever includes two novellas, each distinctly different, yet uniquely Bradbury— demonstrate the breathtaking range of his undimmed talent and the irrepressible vitality of the mind, spirit, and heart of America's preeminent storyteller. • Order # F4164 THIRD WATCH: ACORNA'S CHILDREN by Anne McCaffrey & E. A. Scarborough. Acorna's long-lost daughter, Korii, and Korii's twin, Ariin, travel through time and space in search of the secret of the plague that's endangering galactic civilization. With them is their faithful cat, Khiindi, who turns out to be a good deal more than he seems. • Order # F4210 • Order # F4131 WE THE UNDERPEOPLE by Cordwainer Smith. In a far-flung future, planoforming ships knit together a galaxy ruled from Earth by the ruthless benevolence of the mysterious Lords of the Instrumentality, who presided over a utopia without death, danger—or freedom. The Underpeople, humanlike beings created from animals to do the work of utopia, had no rights, and could be disposed of at the whim of a human. But they had become more humanlike than their creators, and their leader, the cat woman C’Mell, had a plan for gaining their freedom. • Order # F4076 FATAL REVENANT: THE LAST CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT by Stephen R. Donaldson. Linden Avery has gone in search of her missing autistic son, whom she finds, completely cured and even outspokenly brash, in the company of a hale and hearty Thomas Covenant. The hitch, however, is that they now must find a hidden store of Earthpower, after which Linden may have to choose between using it to return herself and her companions to Earth, health, and happiness or to save the Land from its enemies. • Order # F4124 www.ncrl.org 21 Books: Western TRAILING WEST by Louis L'Amour. Here, collected together in paperback for the first time, are one of L'Amour's greatest novellas and three of his finest stories, all carefully restored to their original magazine publication versions. NORTHFIELD by Johnny D. Boggs. Jesse James and the rest of the James-Younger gang thought no one would ever expect them to strike a bank in the far reaches of Minnesota. But they were wrong. And what happened next changed the course of history. • Order # F4145 LUKE'S GOLD by Charles G. West. Veteran ranch hand Luke Tucker sees Cade Hunter as a resourceful youngster as honest as he is tough. So Luke decides to share with Cade a secret of Union gold and cold blood. When the two head out to find the lost fortune, a vile, thieving cur from Luke's past murders him and leaves Cade for dead. But Cade's not planning on dying, because he has something to live for: revenge. • Order # F4502 • Order # F4481 THE FIRST MOUNTAIN MAN: PREACHER'S PURSUIT by William W. Johnstone. The mountains are brimming with the lure of fortunes—from gold to a booming fur trade. A man at home in this once pristine wilderness, Preacher knows there's no turning back civilization now. What he doesn't know is that beyond the plans of some men is a deadly enemy with far more dangerous designs. • Order # F4691 VIOLENCE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN by William W. Johnstone. Smoke Jensen has seen the worst that men can do on the lawless frontier. But even the mountain man is not prepared for the outlaw band that strikes Smoke's ranch, kidnapping Sally and the daughter of Smoke's neighbor. Now, the women are gone and a ranch hand and his young daughter are dead. BIG MEDICINE by Louis L'Amour. This collection of four of L'Amour's finest stories includes: Showdown on the Hogback; Big Medicine; Trail to Pie Town; and McQueen of the Tumbling K. • Order # F4696 TROUBLE AT THE REDSTONE by John D. Nesbitt. Will Dryden picked the wrong time to ride onto the Redstone Ranch. He was looking for a job...and a missing man. But one of the Redstone's hands was just found killed, so tensions are riding high and not everyone's eager to welcome a stranger. • Order # F4594 BLOOD AT BEAR LAKE by Gary Franklin. Joe Moss is tracking down his wife, Fiona—on the run for a murder he knows she couldn't have committed. But Joe must first evade capture by the powerful Peabody family, owners of a Comstock mine, who will stop at nothing to see him and his wife dead. • Order # F4187 TIMBER CREEK / RENEGADE LAWMEN by Cameron Judd. Timber Creek: Luke McCan is back in the game, to hunt down a notorious, cold-blooded outlaw named Evan Bridger—the very same man who once saved his life. Renegade Lawmen: Luke McCan and Fiddler meet again in the city of Walden City, Colorado, where they are about to become the best of friends, the worst of enemies, and partners in crime—on both sides of the law. • Order # F4461 BULLET FOR A BAD MAN by Ralph Compton. Eppley Scott secretly plots to take over the family ranch. When Epp pays an assassin to kill his brother, Boone Scott's lightning-quick hands leave a fistful of dead men behind. Unaware of his brother's treachery, Boone flees and soon faces danger from hired gunmen, horse rustlers, and wild Apaches. But the most dangerous peril he will come up against: a showdown with his own flesh and blood. • Order # F4389 • Order # F4321 22 1-800-426-READ Books: Western ROARING ACRES by L. P. Holmes. The land rush is on! Farmers are battling ranchers, gunmen are taking sides, and a small, sleepy trading post has become a boom town overnight. Wolf Rossiter and his gang of cutthroats think that with all the chaos, the new settlers will be easy pickings. But Rossiter may have underestimated their fierce determination to own a piece of the American dream. SUMMER OF THE DRUMS by T. V. Olsen. In the spring of 1832, only a few trappers and the Trask family had settled in the Blue River valley of Wisconsin territory. But before them had been Black Hawk and his people. And the chief wasn't happy about the U.S. government forcing them out. Soon the peaceable Trask family would be dragged into a bloody war to save their land and their very lives. DOUBLE THE BOUNTY by Robert J. Randisi. He almost paid the ultimate price for a crime he didn't commit. Now Decker is determined to track down others wanted by the law. He'll make sure the innocent have nothing to fear. But the guilty won't stand a chance against the Bounty Hunter. THE TRAILSMAN: SILVER MOUNTAIN SLAUGHTER by Jon Sharpe. When Fargo comes across a man about to sell a beautiful young girl into slavery, he doesn't see much choice except to buy her freedom. But when the girl leads him to a deadly nest of Confederate sympathizers, a murderous tribe of Apache warriors, and a fortune in silver to be found, the Trailsman must show them all that some things can be paid for only with blood. • Order # F4138 • Order # F4135 COMSTOCK CROSS FIRE by Gary Franklin. Bounty hunters have ambushed mountain man Joe Moss and his wife, Fiona, and aim to take them back to Virginia City to face the gallows. The powerful Peabody family blames Fiona for murdering one of their clan. Joe's wife is no murderer, but Moss is no stranger to killing his enemies, and he's going to show his captors why he's known as Man Killer. • Order # F4541 THE CONVICT TRAIL by Ralph Compton. As he transports six cold-blooded convicts across hard country, Deputy Marshal Logan Kane has to be prepared for anything. There are rustler, lynch mobs, and three brothers from a New Orleans gang to contend with—not to mention the convicts' cronies, who are looking to bust them loose. • Order # F4554 THE SILENT PARTNER by Marcus Galloway. Caleb Wayfinder finds himself arrested for murder by townsfolk eager to string him up. But Deadwood's bloodthirsty citizens didn't reckon on Doc Holiday taking matters into his own hands to save his friend. • Order # F4459 • Order # F4578 BLOOD ON THE GALLOWS by Ralph Compton. Driven by the plight of the terrified citizenry of the town of Rest and Be Thankful, John McBride vows to take on the fast-gun marshal, an evil mayor and his cruel son, and a small army of hired gunmen. With the help of a mysterious white-haired preacher, McBride will give the townsfolk reason to be thankful—and their vicious tormentors eternal rest in hell. • Order # F4209 TRIGGER VENGEANCE by John Trace. After Dr. Elliot Carey saves the life of a train robber and helps him escape, Carey's life changes forever. Now he knows things, secrets for which other townsfolk have been murdered. And suddenly the mild-mannered doctor finds himself trading his medical kit for a gun. Because now it's his own life he must save. • Order # F4568 • Order # F4392 THE LAST GUNFIGHTER: SLAUGHTER by William W. Johnstone. In Los Angeles, tensions are high between oilmen and the Spanish landowners whose wealth is measured in cattle on the open range. When Frank Morgan discovers that a third party has entered the fray, he knows the rules have changed and justice will only be forged with bullets. • Order # F4766 www.ncrl.org 23 Books: Book Club Favorites DOUBLE WHAMMY by Carl Hiaasen. Private eye, R. J. Decker is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida—and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. While the "double whammy" is the lure, first prize is for the most ingenious murder. • Order # F5106 THE HEARTS OF HORSES by Molly Gloss. In The Heart of Horses, Molly Gloss transports readers to a bygone era of the American West in a heartwarming and remarkable story that illuminates how people and animals touch each other's lives in the most unexpected and profound ways. • Order # F5097 THE LAST CHINESE CHEF by Nicole Mones. In her satisfying, sensual third novel, Nicole Mones takes readers inside the hidden world of elite cuisine in modern China through the story of an American food writer in Beijing. THE OTHER by David Guterson. From the author of the bestselling Snow Falling on Cedars, a coming-of-age novel that presents two powerfully different visions of what it means to live a good life and the compromises that come with fulfillment. • Order # F5153 THE HINDI-BINDI CLUB by Monica Pradhan. In the celebrated tradition of The Joy Luck Club and Like Water for Chocolate comes a lyrical and deeply moving debut that explores the intricate bond between mothers and daughters—and the universal quest to live a life of love, beauty, and truth. • Order # F5116 street musician. THE SOLOIST by Steve Lopez. When Steve Lopez sees Nathaniel Ayers playing his heart out on a two-string violin on Los Angeles' Skid Row, he envisions this "Violin Man" as the topic of his next column for the Los Angeles Times—only to unearth an even more extraordinary story about the mysterious • Order # F5115 TESTIMONY by Anita Shreve. At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices—those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal—that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment. • Order # F5096 MUDBOUND by Hillary Jordan. In this award-winning portrait of two families caught up in the blind hatred of a small Southern town, prejudice takes many forms— some subtle, some ruthless. Mudbound is the saga of the McAllan family, who struggle to survive on a remote ramshackle farm, and the Jacksons, their black sharecroppers. • Order # F5105 THE DOUBLE BIND by Chris Bohjalian. 26-year-old Laurel Estabrook works in a Burlington, Vernont homeless shelter and is trying to overcome mental and physical scars incurred from a brutal assault six years earlier. After being given a portfolio of photographs taken by a recently deceased resident of the shelter, Bobbie Crocker, she becomes obsessed with questions surrounding what appears to be a picture of herself shot on the day of her attack. • Order # F5112 • Order # F5056 24 1-800-426-READ THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein. A heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope—a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it. • Order # F5181 Books: Book Club Favorites THE SENATOR'S WIFE by Sue Miller. Two neighbors, Delia and Meri find themselves leading strangely parallel lives, as they both reckon with the contours and mysteries of marriage: one refined and abraded by years of complicated intimacy, the other barely begun. • Order # F5111 THE READER by Bernhard Schlink. A woman twice his age, Hanna became Michael Berg's lover, enthralling him with her passion, but puzzling him with her odd silences. Then she disappears. Michael next sees Hanna when she is on trial for a hideous crime, refusing to defend herself. As he watches, he begins to realize that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder. • Order # F5110 AMERICA AMERICA by Ethan Canin. In the early 1970s, Corey Sifter, the son of working-class parents, becomes a yard boy on the estate of the powerful Metarey family. Soon, through the family’s generosity, he is a student at a private boarding school and an aide to the great New York senator Henry Bonwiller, who is running for president. As the Bonwiller campaign gains momentum, Corey finds himself caught up in a complex web of events in which loyalty, politics, sex, and gratitude conflict with morality, love, and the truth. • Order # F5017 HOLY COW by Sarah MacDonald. Australian Sarah MacDonald didn't fall in love with India her first time there, at age 21. So when her boyfriend, Jonathan, a reporter for ABC, is sent there for work, she reluctantly follows after a year of separation. At first, life in India is as bad as she remembered it--overcrowded, smoggy, disturbing. A serious bout of pneumonia puts her in an Indian hospital, but as she recovers, she begins to make friends in India and to understand the culture. • Order # F5113 THE 19TH WIFE by David Ebershoff. This ambitious third novel tells two parallel stories of polygamy. The first recounts Brigham Young's expulsion of one of his wives, Ann Eliza, from the Mormon Church; the second is a modern-day murder mystery set in a polygamous compound in Utah. • Order # F5152 ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop. Seventeen years after being forced into a polygamous marriage, Carolyn Jessop escaped from the cult like Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints with her eight children. She recounts the horrid events that led her to break free from the oppressive world she knew and how she has managed to survive since escaping, despite threats and legal battles with her husband and the Church. • Order # F5053 THE BOOK OF JOE by Jonathan Tropper. After Joe Goffman's Bush Falls becomes a runaway bestseller, he never expects to go back to his small Connecticut hometown and face the outrage generated by the dark secrets his autobiographical novel reveals. But when his father suffers a life-threatening stroke, return the unhappy and unfulfilled Joe does, to meet head-on the antipathy waiting for him. • Order # F5107 WHERE THE RIVER ENDS by Charles Martin. Ten years into their marriage, when Abbie Michaels faces a life-threatening illness, her husband Doss battles it with her every step of the way. And when she makes a list of ten things she hopes to accomplish before she loses the fight for good, Doss is there, too, supporting her and making everything possible. Together they embark upon a 130-mile trip down the St. Mary's River—a voyage Doss had promised Abbie in the early days of their courtship. • Order # F5194 SLAM by Nick Hornby. Nick Hornby's poignant and witty novel Slam shows a rare and impressive understanding of human relationships and what it really means to grow up. • Order # F4740 www.ncrl.org 25 Books: Large Print THE CROSSING by Will Henry. Jud Reeves's upbringing on the frontier is put to the test when he joins a deadly Confederate campaign to secure the region, and he confronts murderous visionary Elkanah Cavanaugh, wild woman Star Cavanaugh, and settler-hating Apache Sobre. (Western) • Order # F5032 MASSACRE AT WHISKEY FLATS: SIDEWINDERS by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johstone. Bo Creel and Scratch Morton have been hired to do a job they've never tried: wearing badges in a little stain of a town called Whiskey Flats. What Bo and Scratch don't know is that a band of cattle rustlers is about to disrupt the town of Sidewinders have been hired to protect. (Western) • Order # F5011 THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP GETS DOWN by Neta Jackson. The Yada Yada Prayer Group, a diverse group of women who had found each other at the Chicago Women's Conference, was "gettin' down" with God in prayer and praise one night when the women are robbed at knifepoint by a crazed drug addict. Only forgiveness and prayer will heal the women's guilt and fear. (Christian Fiction) • Order # F5030 PHANTOM PREY by John Sandford. Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent Lucas Davenport is more comfortable working a stakeout, interviewing suspects and taking down bad guys than he is filling out personnel evaluation forms on his staff—which explains why he's still getting shot at, peeping at a cocaine dealer's wife hoping for a glimpse of her husband and, at his wife's behest, looking into the unsolved kidnapping and presumed murder of a wealthy young woman into the Goth scene. (Fiction) • Order # F5078 RESOLUTION by Robert B. Parker. In the town of Resolution, Everett Hitch is drawing pay for peacekeeping the Blackfoot Saloon and is unafraid to stand up to the enforcer sent from the O'Malley copper mine. When greedy mine owner Eamon O'Malley threatens the coalition of local ranchers, Hitch and his friend Cole find themselves in the middle of a war between O'Malley's men and the ranchers. (Western) • Order # F5092 THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS by Alexander McCall Smith. Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's foremost solver of problems, is used to handling mostly straightforward domestic cases, which makes a series of anonymous letters threatening her and her prickly assistant, Grace Makutsi, all the more disturbing. (Mystery) • Order # F5091 26 1-800-426-READ Books: Large Print UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL by Fern Michaels. On the anniversary of her daughter Emily's death, Sarabess Windsor believes she may be the last of the family, unless she can find her second daughter, Trinity, who disappeared fifteen years ago. She grew up as Trinity Henderson, adopted by the Windsor foreman and his wife. Trinity was conceived out of Sarabess's desperate attempt to provide a bone marrow donor for Emily. On her fifteenth birthday, Trinity ran away. But the town has never forgotten her, especially not handsome lawyer Jake Forrest. (Romance) • Order # F5013 THE THIRD CIRCLE by Amanda Quick. Leona Hewitt, a crystal reader, and Thaddeus Ware, a hypnotist, meet trying to steal the same relic—the aurora stone—from a private collection, but a murdered prostitute and a trap protecting the stone initially complicate their success. (Mystery) • Order # F5029 SALVATION IN DEATH by J. D. Robb. A priest brings a chalice to his lips and falls over dead. When Detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas confirms that the consecrated wine contained poison, she's determined to solve the murder of Father Miguel Flores. (Mystery) • Order # F5010 THE CHASE by Clive Cussler. For two years, the West has suffered a string of bank robberies by a man who then murders any witnesses and vanishes. The U.S. government brings in Isaac Bell. Isaac pursues what quickly becomes clear to him is the best criminal mind he has ever encountered, and the woman who seems to hold the key to the man's identity. (Fiction) • Order # F5031 IN DEFENSE OF FOOD by Michael Pollan. The balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated and distorted by food marketers, nutritionists, and journalists who all have something to gain. Pollan's manifesto shows us how to recover a more balanced and pleasurable approach to food. (Non-Fiction) • Order # F5093 SIZZLE AND BURN by Jayne Ann Krentz. When Raine Tallentyre discovers that a horrifying crime has been committed in her recently deceased Aunt Vella's house, a new man enters her life, and investigator Zack Jones has the same paranormal powers as Raine does. As a killer makes Raine his target, and a cabal of psychic criminals operates in the shadows surrounding them, Raine and Zack must rely not only on their powerful abilities but on each other. (Mystery) • Order # F5009 www.ncrl.org 27 Books: Christian Fiction THE CENTURION'S WIFE by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke. A sweeping saga of the dramatic events surrounding the birth of Christianity and the very personal story of Leah, compelled into a betrothal she never wanted, drawn by a faith she never expected. • Order # F4728 MARY OF NAZARETH by Marek Halter. Mary is a feisty young woman, educated (she was schooled with the slightly younger Mary Magdalene) and so bold that she, along with her friend, the rebel Barabbas, stages a plot to remove her father from the Romans’ cross. Disgusted watching men like her father, Joseph, as well as Nicodemus and Barabbas, debate ways to topple the Romans, she wills herself to become the vessel for a savior. • Order # F4573 DAISY CHAIN by Mary E. DeMuth. In the summer of 1977, innocent young Daisy Chance goes missing. Fourteen-year-old Jed Pepper has a sickening secret: He's convinced it's his fault. As Jed follows the trail of clues Daisy left behind, he traces the path of pain hidden in his own family as well. When Jed's carefully constructed world comes crashing down, will he dare to find hope? Or will his guilt crush him forever? • Order # F4890 TENDER GRACE by Jackina Stark. Tom and Audrey Eaton are a loving couple, but one tragic day, Audrey finds her beloved 58-year-old husband dead in his recliner. Crippled by grief, Audrey longs for her life as a happily married woman. She forces herself to go on a trip she and Tom had always planned on taking. Her encounters with others along the way make this excursion more than a trip—it becomes Audrey’s journey toward healing. • Order # F4751 UNTIL WE REACH HOME by Lynn Austin. Life in Sweden feels like an endless winter to Elin Carlson after the deaths of her parents. When circumstances become unbearable, she determines to find a safe haven for her sisters. So begins their journey to America, the land of dreams and second chances. Will their hopes for the future ever be realized? THE RETURNING by Ann Tatlock. Andrea knew when she married John Sheldon that her love was not returned, but they both stayed in the marriage for their own reasons. Now John is returning home from a five-year stint in prison, and while Andrea wants him home, she knows his return will upset the life she and the children have adjusted to in his absence. But she hopes his homecoming will offer them a second chance at marriage. • Order # F4753 WORD GETS AROUND by Lisa Wingate. Lauren Eldridge thought she'd wiped the dust of Daily, Texas, off her boots forever. Screenwriter Nate Heath thought he was out of second chances. Life's never that predictable, though. Daily, Texas, has a way of offering hope, healing, and a little romance just when folks need it most. • Order # F4742 THE APOTHECARY'S DAUGHTER by Julie Klassen. As Lilly toils in her father's apothecary shop, preparing herbs and remedies by rote, she is haunted by memories of her mother's disappearance. Villagers whisper the tale, but her father refuses to discuss it. Will Lilly find what she is searching for—the truth of the past and a love for the future? • Order # F4724 I HAVE SEEN HIM IN THE WATCHFIRES by Cathy Gohlke. It's the spring of 1864 and seventeen-year-old Robert unwittingly becomes entangled in a prison escape, left for dead and charged as a spy. He must forge his anger and shame into a renewed determination to rescue his family. When confronted by an enemy and a war he no longer understands, Robert finds that the rescue, and its results, may not be up to him. • Order # F4436 • Order # F4433 28 A COUSIN'S PROMISE by Wanda E. Brunstetter. When a group of eight cousins and friends leaves their Indiana Amish community for a weekend getaway, a horrific accident brings them home forever changed. • Order # F4845 1-800-426-READ Books: Classics THE COMPLETE POETRY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE by Edgar Allan Poe. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. This edition of his complete poetry illustrates the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty he created in his verse. • Order # F4421 MANSFIELD PARK by Jane Austen. Shy, fragile Fanny Price is the consummate "poor relation." Sent to live with her wealthy uncle Thomas, she clashes with his spoiled, selfish daughters and falls in love with his son. Their lives are further complicated by the arrival of a pair of witty, sophisticated Londoners, whose flair for flirtation collides with the quiet, conservative country ways of Mansfield Park. • Order # F4571 LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Mark Twain. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Mark Twain wrote his finest novel—Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. • Order # F4871 Saint Augustine. • Order # F4851 TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.. In 1834, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., took time off from his studies at Harvard to sign on as a common seaman aboard the brig Pilgrim. This is his story recounting the treacherous voyage he embarked on around Cape Horn to California. • Order # F4952 LORD JIM by Joseph Conrad. The natives of Patusan in the Far East worship the bold young Englishman by the name of Lord Jim, but he despises himself. Ever since he committed an impulsive act of cowardice, Jim has outrun scandal only by moving farther and farther east. It is there, in a remote Patusan, that he finds the will to become part of life again, and follow his star to the end, wherever it might lead. • Order # F5133 ROUGHING IT by Mark Twain. Roughing It is the hilarious record of the years Mark Twain spent traveling from Nevada to California to Hawaii, as he tried his luck at anything and everything—and usually failed. • Order # F4492 THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE by Thomas Hardy. The rural tranquillity of the heather-covered English countryside is the setting for this moving novel of conflicting aspirations and tragic destiny. THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE by Saint Augustine. By his own account, St. Augustine of Hippo (A.D.354-430) lived a life of sin until his conversion to Christianity at the age of 32. Twelve years later he gave a personal account of his search for truth in The Confessions of ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton. Ethan Frome is a man tormented by a passionate love for his ailing wife's young cousin. Trapped by the bonds of marriage and the fear of public condemnation, he is ultimately destroyed by that which offers him the greatest chance at happiness. • Order # F5144 • Order # F4614 BILLY BUDD AND OTHER TALES by Herman Melville. By turns haunting and humorous, and always compelling, these fine stories convey the diversity and grandeur of Melville's talent as well as the depth of his themes. • Order # F5128 www.ncrl.org 29 Books: Self-help, Advice, & How to YOUR BEST LIFE NOW by Joel Osteen. How do you break out and experience the full potential that god intended you to have? The answer lies in a simple yet profound process to change the way you think about your life and help you accomplish what's truly important. In this straightforward guide, Joel Osteen gives you a way to improve your life for good and help you experience victory, joy, and satisfaction every day. • Order # F4814 THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO LIVING WELL WITH DIABETES by Winifred Conkling. More than twenty million men and women in this country have diabetes. Learn the facts—and the bet way to manage the disease at every age and stage of life—with The Complete Guide to Living well With Diabetes. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU RAN THE WORLD? by Shelly Rachanow. Never doubt that committed women can change the world—one day, one action, one story at a time. And you are cordially invited to be one of those women. What will you do? • Order # F4678 THE WEIGHT LOSS CURE by Kevin Trudeau. The secrets and techniques in this book will help you burn fat even while you sleep so you'll lose inches and look younger, faster and easier than ever before! This revolutionary breakthrough in weight loss is an all natural method that works for everyone. Imagine a whole new you. A lean, sexy body in just 30 days from now. • Order # F4670 • Order # F4839 THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN'S SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH by Deborah Mitchell. As a woman, your health care needs are always changing. Learn the facts for every age and stage of life with The Concise Encyclopedia of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health. • Order # F4840 SUZE ORMAN'S 2009 ACTION PLAN by Suze Orman. The nation's go-to expert on financial matters, Suze Orman, believes that 2009 is a critical year for your money. There are safeguards to put in place, actions to take, costly mistakes to avoid, and even opportunities to be had, so that you are protected during the bad times and prepared to prosper when things take a turn for the better. • Order # F4813 EAT THIS, NOT THAT! SUPERMARKET SURVIVAL GUIDE by David Zinczenko. With this simple illustrated guide to thousands of foods—along with the nutrition secrets that lead to fast and permanent weight loss—you'll make the smartest choice for you and your family, every time! • Order # F4823 THE COMPLETE BOOK OF NUTRITIONAL HEALING by Deborah Mitchell. Learn the facts—and discover the top 100 medicinal foods and supplements with The Complete Book of Nutritional Healing. Includes delicious easy-to-follow recipes! • Order # F4680 FIVE GOOD MINUTES IN YOUR BODY by Jeffrey Brantley, M.D. & Wendy Millstine, N.C. This collection of easy mindfulness practices will help you recharge your body, accept yourself, and release tension and stress. Whenever you are feeling exhausted after a long day and need a little boost or find yourself criticizing instead of loving your body, open this guide for simple activities you can do in just five minutes to nourish your body and soul. • Order # F4732 THE GIFT OF BETRAYAL by Eve A. Wood, M.D. Eve A. Woods, M.D., has helped hundreds of women heal their lives after gut-wrenching betrayals. You, too, can climb out of your pit of despair and live your heart's desire—but you need to know how to do it. Dr. Wood's patients, and her own life journey, have taught her the 14 key lessons necessary to heal your life when your world explodes. And now she's sharing them with you. • Order # F5120 30 1-800-426-READ Books: True Crime NOTHING BUT MONEY: HOW THE MOB INFILTRATED WALL STREET by Greg B. Smith. This is the uncut, untold story of one of the most elaborate conspiracies to rock Wall Street's rigid foundation—a story centered on the Mafia, murder, and a load of money. • Order # F5147 • Order # F4880 SECRETS IN THE CELLAR by John Glatt. On the morning of August 28, 1984, in the small market town of Amstetten, Austria, eighteen-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl, at the request of her then forty-nine-year-old father, Josef, accompanied him to the cellar of their house, ostensibly to assist him in some mundane chore. Little did she know that she would not see the light of day again for nearly twenty-four years. • Order # F4899 THE BIKE PATH KILLER by Maki Becker and Michael Beefe. Altemio Sanchez was a modern-day Jekyll and Hyde - a family man who resided in Buffalo, New York, with a wife and two sons, worked nights as a machinist, and concealed a terrible secret. Once a year, after his shift, he'd make a side trip to a secluded spot where women would ride bikes and jog. He was called 'The bike path rapist' — until he crossed the line from rape to murder. • Order # F5140 FATHER OF THE YEAR by Glenn Puit. Bill Rundle may have won Las Vegas’s “Father of the Year” award, but when his wife’s corpse was found, the other side of the all-American dad was revealed: a manipulative con man, professional thief, and savage killer whose crimes reached back through the decades. • Order # F4983 THE PROM NIGHT MURDERS by Carlton Smith. In 1989, a shocking tragedy shattered an otherwise peaceful small Indiana community. Much-admired pastor Robert L. Pelley was found slain in his home. In his basement were the huddled, blood-soaked bodies of his wife and daughters, executed by shotgun at close range. The doors to the house were locked, and there were no signs of forced entry. Meanwhile, the pastor’s son, Jeff, was nowhere to be found. • Order # F5073 by its cover. MURDER IN MAYBERRY by Mary Kinney Branson & Jack Branson. Crime never happened in a town like Madisonville, Kentucky. That’s why the vicious slaughter of one of its beloved female citizens was so stunning. Even more so was the identity of the killer whose flight from the law made him one of the FBI’s Most Wanted. BEHIND THE MASK by Stella Sands. Forty-year-old William Coday lived the quiet life of a scholar. He spoke six languages and held degrees in history, literature, and library science. As a librarian in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he was known to be unfailingly kind and helpful. But you can’t always judge a book SERIAL MURDER 101 by Bridget DiCosmo. Thirty years ago, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, became the hunting ground for a predator. Women were being brutally raped and murdered in a series of savage—and seemingly unconnected—crimes. Not until 2007 would the truth come to light, when DNA evidence pointed the finger at Timothy Krajcir, a convicted sex offender who’d never even appeared on a suspect list. • Order # F5222 SIGNED IN BLOOD by Jeanne King. It was a plan out of Arsenic and Old Lace: Befriend a homeless man, place life insurance policies in his name, and then have him killed. Their scheme worked once, but then police started to notice a pattern. Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt were discovered, and in front of a court of law, their coldhearted pact to kill and cash in would finally be exposed. • Order # F5216 DEADLY ANGEL by Fred Rosen. An astonishing true story of bizarre love and lethal obsession in America's last frontier. • Order # F5205 • Order # F5176 www.ncrl.org 31 Books: Holiday EXTREME PUMPKINS II by Tom Nardone Tom Nardone presents 20 all-new designs guaranteed to thrill trick-or-treaters and horrify respectable neighbors everywhere. Plus pranks, practical jokes, and over-the-top spectacles that will make you a neighborhood legend. LOS GATOS BLACK ON HALLOWEEN by Marisa Montes. Marisa Montes smoothly incorporates Spanish terms into a rhythmic poem describing a moonlit Halloween night. Ages 4-8. • Order # J4172 • Order # F4330 THE THANKSGIVING TABLE by Diane Morgan. Thanksgiving celebrates family and tradition. But, for those preparing dinner for relatives and friends, it can be anything but a holiday. The Thanksgiving Table allows you to keep the day special, fun, and relaxing with recipes and ideas to create your own holiday tradition. HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. Appropriate for the entire family, Homemade Halloween will have you celebrating Halloweeen in hand-made style with "spooktacular" projects that include easy-to-make costumes, front door decorations, and pumpkin carvings. • Order # F5169 A GHOSTLY GOOD TIME by the Editors of Woman's Day Special Interest Publications. Jam-packed with recipes, games, decorations, and costumes, A Ghostly Good Time is the quintessential resource to make any Halloween the best one ever. • Order # F5045 HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD: CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING by Deborah Heiligman. This book's stunning pictures show the Thanksgiving celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and also includes a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary, and a useful list of holiday references and resources. Ages 9-12. • Order # F5170 HALLOWEEN TRICKS AND TREATS by Matthew Mead. Halloween isn't just for kids! In Halloween Tricks and Treats, renowned stylist Matthew mean shares his whimsical ideas for creating simple, spectacular crafts and edibles for trick-or-treaters of all ages. • Order # J4175 THANKSGIVING by Lynn Peppas. "Thanksgiving" explores in colorful detail this national holiday, from mashed potatoes and gravy to the religious observances. You can learn the history of Thanksgiving, from its first pilgrim celebration in 1621, to its celebration in modern day. Ages 4-8. • Order # F5171 HALLOWEEN by The Best of Martha Stewart Living. Mischief must be made; it doesn't just happen by itself. Within these pages crafty revelers will find inspiration and instruction in the applied arts of pumpkin carving, house haunting, bewitching disguise, and goulish dining. • Order # J4171 • Order # F5185 HALLOWEEN by Molly Aloian. Halloween explores the history behind this yearly custom, including its roots in ancient Celtic tradition, as well as the costumed and candied evening it is today. Ages 4-8. • Order # J4170 • Order # J4173 HALLOWEEN AND OTHER SEASONS by Al Sarrantonio. Halloween and Other Seasons contains 18 stories of weirdness, including Al Sarrantonio's very first published story. • Order # F5189 32 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING by Andrew Santella. The First Thanksgiving discusses the history of New Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the relationship between the colonists and the native Wampanoag people, and the harvest festival which would later become Thanksgiving Day. Ages 9-12. 1-800-426-READ KRISTEN SUZANNE'S EASY RAW VEGAN HOLIDAYS by Kristen Suzanne. Delicious and easy raw food recipes for parties and fun at Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the holiday season. • Order # F5167 Books: Holiday THANKSGIVING: THE TRUE STORY by Penny Colman. Drawing on historical research and the results of a written questionnaire, Colman first retraces the growth of Thanksgiving as a national holiday and then surveys the wide range of customs and mouthwatering comestibles associated with the celebration. Grades 5-9. CHRISTMAS COOKIES by Lisa Zwirn. From traditional holiday cookies to treats that will become new favorites, you'll find the perfect recipes for your holiday parties, dessert tables, gift boxes, and cookie jars. • Order # F5187 BETTY CROCKER CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK From tasty recipes and entertaining essentials to creative gift-giving and decorating ideas, this complete resource shows you how to add sparkle to the season (not stress!) and how to entertain with little fuss and lots of flair. • Order # J4168 SWEDISH CHRISTMAS CRAFTS by Helene S. Lundberg. From stockings and ornaments to picture frames and gift wrapping to Christmas cards and homemade candles, the simple and elegant projects in this book are easy enough to appeal to beginners, but exquisite enough to make even the newest crafter seem like an expert. • Order # F5186 A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Scrooge is a mean old man with no friends or family to love him. One freezing cold Christmas Eve, Marley's Ghost pays Scrooge a visit and an eerie night-time journey begins. The Christmas spirits are here to show Scrooge the error of his nasty ways. • Order # F4415 THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS by Les Standiford. With warmth, wit, and an infusion of Christmas cheer, Les Standiford whisks us back to Victorian England, its most beloved storyteller, Charles Dickens, and the birth of the Christmas we know best. • Order # F5044 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: CHRISTMAS CHEER by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen. Anyone who loves this special time of year, whether for religious or family reasons, will enjoy these heartwarming, inspirational, and fun stories of Christmas miracles, the joy of giving, and family and religious traditions. • Order # J4179 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! by Dr. Seuss. The Grinch, whose heart is two sizes too small, hates Who-ville's holiday celebrations, and plans to steal all the presents to prevent Christmas from coming. To his amazement, Christmas comes anyway, and the Grinch discovers the true meaning of the holiday. Ages 4-8. • Order # J4176 THE CHRISTMAS GIFT / EL REGALO DE NAVIDAD by Francisco Jiménez. His family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, and Panchito worries that he will not get the gift he has been wanting. Ages 5-9. • Order # F5046 THE CHRISTMAS TABLE by Diane Morgan. Deck the halls with an unforgettable Christmas feast along with all the trimmings this year, with the recipes and festive decorating ideas in The Christmas Table. • Order # J4166 • Order # F5188 GREEN CHRISTMAS by Jennifer Basye Sander & Peter Sander. Make your yuletide green! Now you can have a merry Christmas while leaving a smaller carbon footprint. Have yourself a merry green Christmas and save the Earth at the same time! • Order # F5043 HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD: CELEBRATE HANUKKAH by Deborah Heiligman. Full-color photographs and an attractive layout combine with an interesting, informative text to create a stunning introduction to Hanukkah focusing on light, Jewish identity, freedom, and the celebration of miracles. Ages 4-8. • Order # J4169 www.ncrl.org 33 Books: Non-Fiction Local History (Books & CD) MAKING DO AND HANGING ON: GROWING UP IN APPLE COUNTRY THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Bruce L. Foxworthy. No place in America escaped the impacts of the Great Depression, from 1929 to 1939. Even the quiet, orchard-filled Entiat Valley of the author's boyhood suffered its cruel effects. Making Do and Hanging On presents the author's recollections during those mean years. • Order # F5081 EARLY WENATCHEE AND A LITTLE MORE...AS I LIVED IT by Vern France. Vern France's experience is prototypical of the Greatest Depression. The very war that threatened to destroy whole nations brought together deep personal relationships. It is fortunate that France brings that worldly perspective to this midsize town, Wenatchee. Each line lays down some gritty Americana that fewer and fewer people remember, and even fewer know. Canning & Preserving THE JOY OF JAMS, JELLIES, AND OTHER SWEET PRESERVES by Linda Ziedrich. With the recipes and techniques in this comprehensive, clear-cut handbook, you can enjoy the sweet taste of the season's fruit all year round. This book includes 200 classic and contemporary recipes showcasing the fabulous flavors of fresh fruits. • Order # F5039 WELL-PRESERVED: RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PUTTING UP SMALL BATCHES OF SEASONAL FOODS by Eugenia Bone. Though Eugenia Bone covers traditional water bath and pressure canning in detail, she also shares simpler methods that allow you to preserve foods in smaller batches using low-tech options like oil-preserving, curing, and freezing. • Order # F5012 THE EVERYTHING CANNING & PRESERVING BOOK by Patricia Telesco. With The Everything Canning & Preserving Book, you'll can and preserve fruit, veggies, meats, herbs, nuts, and flowers safely, easily, and affordably. Choose from more than 200 mouth-watering recipes. • Order # F5080 LAKE CHELAN IN THE 1890'S by Robert Byrd. Early days on Lake Chelan were full of excitement, adventure, and hardship, and these stories give the reader a thorough introduction to what influenced this area the most; the steamboats, the sightseers, and the prospectors. • Order # F5085 GOLD MINING IN WASHINGTON STATE by Ken and Vida Martin. Stories surrounding the lure of gold and adventure in finding it comprise an important chapter from the annals of early Washington State history. A generation removed, old-timers talk with familiarity about nineteenth century gold strikes at places such as Liberty and Blewett, Rich Bar on the Similkameen and Ruby Creek. • Order # F5090 • Order # F5166 THE FARMER'S WIFE CANNING & PRESERVING COOKBOOK edited by Lela Nargi. The Farmer's Wife was a monthly magazine published in Minnesota between the years 1893 and 1939. These recipes for canning and preserving fruits and vegetables from your garden or local farmer's market have been updated with current USDA recommendations for safe use in the modern kitchen. • Order # F5247 LEGENDS & LEGACIES, Volume II by Rod Molzahn. Stories of Wenatchee and North Central Washington. Produced in 2006. (Compact Disc.) • Order # T3043 34 1-800-426-READ Books: Non-Fiction Cookbooks Cookbooks PANTRY COOKING by Laura Robins. Pantry Cooking will help you create a pantry that will motivate you to compile a practical and convenient menu of meals that will not only save you time and money, but also give you peace of mind! You'll also get a 5-week sample menu, plus help on personalizing your own! • Order # F4231 WHOLE GRAINS FOR BUSY PEOPLE by Lorna Sass. Lorna Sass shares 125 tempting recipes that focus exclusively on quick-cooking whole grains—those that take 30 minutes or less to cook—and on the array of whole-grain products that are now easily found in grocery stores, from tortillas to pastas. • Order # F4725 THE LADY & SONS SAVANNAH COUNTRY COOKBOOK by Paula Deen. Paula Deen has owned and operated The Lady & Sons restaurant for almost twenty years— and the tastiest starters, main courses, and desserts on her menu are now available in this stunning keepsake edition of her bestselling cookbook. • Order # F4575 APPETIZERS: RECIPES FOR FIRST COURSE OR MAIN EVENT by Shane Osborn. Shane Osborn's mouth-watering dishes are a versatile tool for gourmands and entertaining hosts alike. The recipes can be upsized to become the main course, or downsized to become visually stunning party food. RECIPES FOR IBS by Ashley Koff, R.D. If you are one of the five million people worldwide suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), then you know that paying special attention to what you eat is one of the best ways to alleviate your painful symptoms. If you thought that there wasn't room in your new healthy diet for entrees, sides, desserts and snacks that are tasty and satisfying—think again! • Order # F4001 NOT YOUR MOTHER'S WEEKNIGHT COOKING by Beth Hensperger. From Chicken Pot Pie to Spicy Chicken with Cilantro and Mushrooms, from Horseradish Meatloaf to Lamb Curry with Apples and Apricots, from Scampi to Fabulous Fish Tacos, Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking makes it easy to prepare and enjoy delicious food any night of the week. • Order # F4354 SENSATIONAL SLOW COOKER GOURMET by Judith Finlayson. This outstanding collection of carefully selected slow cooker recipes from Judith Finlayson's previous books features innovative and delicious dishes that are easy to prepare, yet provide gourmet results. From everyday meals to dishes for entertaining, these delectable recipes will soon occupy pride of place on your list of favorites. • Order # F4299 • Order # F4409 RACHAEL RAY TOP 30-MINUTES MEALS: COMFORT FOOD by Rachael Ray. Curl up in front of the fire with the delicious homespun fare of Rachael's comfort food. Treat yourself with these Top 30 meals, a collection of her "greatest hits." The perfect way to unwind after a busy day—you deserve it! • Order # F4225 www.ncrl.org 35 Materiales en Español LOS LIBROS DE NIÑOS LIBROS EL AL QUIMISTA por Paulo Coelho. EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS por Linda Lowery. • Order # F3392 • Order # J4177 HALLOWEEN por Joyce K. Kessel. CAJAS DE CARTÓN por Francisco Jiménez. • Order # J4174 • Order # F3906 KNUT por JulianaHatkoff. SENDEROS FRONTERIZOS por Francisco Jiménez. • Order # F3899 • Order # J4032 ¿EL CANGURO TIENE MAMÁ? por Linda Lowery. • Order # J3886 MARIDOS CUENTOS por Ángeles Mastretta • Order # F3912 EMERGENCIAS MEDICAS por Charlotte M. Hendricks. DELFINES AL AMANECER (LA CASE DEL ÁRBOL #9) por Mary Pope Osborne. • Order # F4373 • Order # J4057 ATARDECER EN EL PUEBLO FANTASMA (LA CASE DEL ÁRBOL #10) por Mary Pope Osborne. • Order # J4042 • Order # F3864 VACACIONES AL PIE DE UN VOLCAN (LA CASE DEL ÁRBOL #13) por Mary Pope Osborne. LA LISTA DE SALUD por Manny Alvarez, M.D. • Order # J4056 36 CÓMO INICIAR SU PROPIO NEGOCIO por Mark Warda, Abogado. 1-800-426-READ • Order # F4375 Materiales en Español LIBROS LIBROS HYPERTENSIÓN ARTERIAL por James W. Reed, M.D., Hilton M. Hudson, II., M.D., Ana I. Quintero Del Rio, M.D. POSTRES por Carla Bardi. VIVIR CON DIABETES por James W. Reed, M.D., Agiua Heath, M.D., Ana I. Quintero Del Rio, M.D. FOCACCIA por Carla Bardi. • Order # F4377 • Order # F4520 • Order # F4524 • Order # F4381 BOTANAS por Degustis. DIJISTE QUE ME QUERÍAS por María Antonieta Collins. • Order # F4464 • Order # F3914 BARACK OBAMA LA AUDACIA DE LA ESPERANZA por Barack Obama. Audio Libro en Espanol. Version Abreviada. Sieta horas. LA OTRA CARA DE AMÉRICA por Jorge Ramos. • Order # F4368 • Order # T3107 LENGUAJE DVD LA DIETA DEL SOSIEGO por Marc David. INGLÉS PARA CONSTRUCCIÓN COCINA PARA DIABÉTICOS por Dra. Olga Aude Rueda. INGLÉS PARA HOSPITALIDAD MR. FOOD'S COMIDA RAPIDA Y FACIL PARA PERSONAS CON DIABETES por Art Ginsburg. INGLÉS PARA RESTAURANTES • Order # T0067 • Order # F4379 • Order # T0069 • Order # F3393 • Order # T0068 • Order # F4380 www.ncrl.org 37 Audio/Video Catalog Audio: Language PLAYAWAY AUDIO BOOKS COMPACT DISC. (continued) The first pre-loaded digital audio book. Simply plug in your earphones and enjoy. No cassettes or CDs. T0016 T0023 T0064 T0022 T0065 T0027 T0021 INGLÉS PARA DUMMIES INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN INSTANT IMMERSION INGLES INSTANT IMMERSION ITALIAN T0020 INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE # T0062 T0061 T0014 T0060 T0059 T0058 T0024 TITLE FRENCH (Pimsleur) GERMAN (Pimsleur) INGLÉS PARA DUMMIES ITALIAN (Pimsleur) JAPANESE (Pimsleur) SPANISH (Pimsleur) STARTING OUT IN SPANISH DVD T0066 T0067 T0068 T0069 INGLÉS EN 100 DÍAS INGLÉS PARA CONSTRUCCIÓN INGLÉS PARA RESTAURANTES INGLÉS PARA HOSPITALIDAD SOFTWARE Language Learning Software, PC & MAC Compatible. T0036 INSTANT IMERSION, ITALIAN T0035 INSTANT IMERSION, GERMAN COMPACT DISC. T0002 T0003 T0010 T0070 T0071 T0039 T0040 T0049 T0026 T0047 T0048 T0050 T0005 T0007 T0012 T0013 T0015 38 BASIC FRENCH (Pimsleur) BASIC RUSSIAN (Pimsleur) BASIC SPANISH (Pimsleur) BEHIND THE WHEEL SPANISH, LEVEL 1 BEHIND THE WHEEL SPANISH, LEVEL 2 DR. BLAIR’S FRENCH IN NO TIME DR. BLAIR’S SPANISH IN NO TIME FRENCH FRENCH (Living Language) FRENCH (Pimsleur) FRENCH IN 30 DAYS FRENCH WITH MICHEL THOMAS GERMAN (Living Language) INGLÉS (Living Language) INGLÉS GARANTIZADO (Berlitz) INGLÉS INTERMEDIO (Berlitz) INGLÉS MÁS ALLÁ DE LO BÁSICO (Living Language) T0051 INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE (2 CDs with Talk Now CD-ROM) T0025 INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH, ADVANCED T0029 INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH T0063 INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH T0001 ITALIAN T0004 JAPANESE (Living Language) T0008 MANDARIN CHINESE (Living Language) T0034 MASTERING FRENCH, LEVEL ONE (Barron's) T0032 MASTERING SPANISH, LEVEL ONE (Barron's) T0033 MASTERING SPANISH, LEVEL TWO (Barron's) T0006 MEXICAN SPANISH (Berlitz) T0017 RUSSIAN (Living Language) T0056 SING AND LEARN ENGLISH! T0054 SING AND LEARN FRENCH! T0052 SING AND LEARN GERMAN! T0053 SING AND LEARN ITALIAN! T0055 SING AND LEARN JAPANESE! T0057 SING AND LEARN SPANISH! T0009 SPANISH (Living Language) T0030 SPANISH WITH MICHEL THOMAS T0031 TEACH YOURSELF INSTANT SPANISH T0019 TEACH YOURSELF ITALIAN T0018 TEACH YOURSELF RUSSIAN T0011 TEACH YOURSELF SPANISH T0028 ULTIMATE FRENCH (Living Language) 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Kids • Those eligible for this service are children and adults who are residents of Washington state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually impaired (cannot easily read conventional size print), physically disabled (cannot comfortably hold books or turn pages), or learning disabled due to organic dysfunction. • All equipment and services, including the mailing of materials, are free to eligible users. The Federal Government’s Library of Congress supplies materials and equipment. Basic operating costs are provided by the State of Washington. • Applications are available at your local public library or by calling toll free 1-800-426-7323 or online at www.wtbbl.org. SILVERTONGUE by Charlie Fletcher. The city of London is in the middle of one of its most destructive wars in history and twelve-year-old George Chapman and his friend Edie are caught in the middle. The Gunner, a statue of a World War I soldier, continues do his part in helping to bring an end to the war. But George knows that he is the one who must play the biggest role in helping to bring an end to the war. Unabridged. 647 min. • Order # T3034 NEWS FOR DOGS by Lois Duncan. The Bow-Wow News is a newspaper for dogs. But once Andi and her brother, Bruce post it online, scary things start to happen. A dognapper is on the loose, and pets are disappearing. And worst of all, one of the pets belongs to them! Can Andi and Bruce make sure this story gets a happy ending? Unabridged. 249 min. JUST SO STORIES by Rudyard Kipling. Over one hundred years ago, Kipling brought the children of the world Just So Stories—his fanciful tales of the peculiar and exotic. Tales like How the Leopard got His Spots and The Elephant's Child answer questions only children would ask and answer them in a way only children would believe. Unabridged. 120 min. • Order # T3122 THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart. "Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?" When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. Just four special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. Unabridged. 797 min. • Order # T2798 HOOT by Carl Hiaasen. Carl Hiaasen plunges readers right into the middle of an ecological mystery, made up of endangered miniature owls, the Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House scheduled to be built over their burrows, and the owls' unlikely allies--three middle school kids determined to beat the screwed-up adult system. 647 min. • Order # T3119 THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER by Mark Twain. Mark Twain has given us a vivid picture of life in a small town on the Mississippi in the mid-19th century and created one of the most popular boy heroes in literature. Unabridged. 495 min. • Order # T3123 FABLEHAVEN by Brandon Mull. For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. Kendra and her brother, Seth, have no idea their grandfather is the current caretaker of the enchanted preserve. But when the rules get broken, an arcane evil is unleashed, forcing Kendra and Seth to face the greatest challenge of their lives. Unabridged. 570 min. • Order # T3120 • Order # T2618 EON: DRAGONEYE REBORN by Alison Goodman. Eon and his master hope that he will be chosen as a Dragoneye—an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune. But Eon has a dangerous secret. He is actually Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl. If anyone discovers she has been hiding in plain sight, her death is assured. Unabridged. 900 min. • Order # T2855 www.ncrl.org 39 Audio/Video Catalog Additional services may be available from Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Kids GOING, GOING, GONE! WITH THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE by Judy Blume. The Pain and the Great One are going places! In seven comical new stories, Jake and Abigail are always on the move. Unabridged. 84 min. • Order # T3118 DOMINIC by William Steig. When Dominic encounters members of the Doomsday Gang, he easily foils their attempt to rob him. Legend of his victory quickly spreads, and each new friend Dominic meets tells him a story of their own meeting with the villains, and asks for help from the heroic dog. But can one lone dog bring down an entire band of hooligans? Unabridged. 163 min. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll. Bored on a hot afternoon, Alice follows a White Rabbit down a rabbit-hole without giving a thought about how she might get out. And so she tumbles into Wonderland. In a land in which nothing is as it seems will Alice be able to find her way home again? Unabridged. 177 min. • Order # T2866 THE MERCY WATSON COLLECTION: VOLUME 3 by Kate DiCamillo. This collection includes: Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig and Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes. Unabridged. 49 min. • Order # T3109 • Order # T3065 THE 39 CLUES BOOK 4: BEYOND THE GRAVE by Jude Watson. A Clue found in Book 3 sends Amy and Dan jetting off to find out just what's behind the fierce rivalry between the Tomas and Ekaterina branches of the Cahill family. Was a Clue stolen from the Tomas branch? Where is it now? And most important, can Amy and Dan get their hands on it before their rivals do? Unabridged. 277 min. • Order # T3045 I MISS YOU, STINKY FACE by Lisa McCourt. From hot-air balloon to pirate ship, from shark to spaceship to dragon, Mama is absolutely certain that she will brave desert, jungle, ocean, and black hole in space and return safely to park in the driveway at home with the child she loves. Book included. Unabridged. 11 min. • Order # T3035 SHILOH SEASON by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. After Marty Preston worked so hard to earn the dog Shiloh, he had hoped that his troubles with Judd Travers were over. He could not rescue all the dogs that Judd mistreated. But when Judd starts drinking, Marty realizes that Shiloh is in danger once again. Unabridged. 158 min. GOOSEBUMPS HORRORLAND: STREETS OF PANIC PARK by R. L. Stine. Luke and Lizzie think they'll be safe in Panic Park. But they're wrong. Because Panic Park is home to The Menace, a two-faced villain with a twisted plan to trap them forever. Unabridged. 155 min. • Order # T3146 HEROES OF THE VALLEY by Jonathan Stroud. Bored with everyday chores and sheepherding, fifteen-year-old Halli Sveinsson can't help playing practical jokes on everyone. But when he plays a trick on Ragnar of the house of Hakon, he goes too far, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny. Unabridged. 808 min. • Order # T2934 CURSE OF THE BLUE TATTOO by L. A. Meyer. After being forced to leave HMS Dolphin and her true love, Jacky Faber is making a new start at the elite Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston. But growing up on the streets of London and fighting pirates never prepared Jacky for her toughest battle yet: learning how to be a fine lady. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2921 • Order # T3142 40 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Kids • Order # T3159 GRACELING by Kristin Cashore. Gracelings are beings with special talents— swimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa channels her guilt by forming a secret council of like-minded citizens who carry out secret missions to promote justice over cruelty and abuses of power. Unabridged. 750 min. • Order # T3166 INTO THE LAND OF UNICORNS by Bruce Coville. Cara Hunter leaps from a church's bell tower clutching her grandmother's magic amulet, and falls into the land of Luster, home of the Dimblethum, delvers, dragons, the Squijum, and lots of unicorns. Since her grandmother told her to guard the amulet and to deliver an important message to the unicorn Queen, Cara embarks on the dangerous journey to her court. Unabridged. 225 min. • Order # T3168 A DOG ON HIS OWN by Mary Jane Auch. "I'm not a stray. I'm a free and independent dog!" At least, that's what K-10 likes to tell himself. But as his adventures bring him into contact with a range of dogs, he begins to wonder if he might want to have a home after all. Unabridged. 180 min. THE 39 CLUES, BOOK TWO: ONE FALSE NOTE by Gordon Korman. The race is on to find 39 Clues that safeguard a great power, and fourteen-yearold Amy and her brother, Dan, are shocked to find themselves in the lead. The search seems to be taking them to Vienna, and they hold a coded piece of Mozart's sheet music that's key to finding the next Clue. Unabridged. 248 min. • Order # T3174 LUCKY BREAKS by Susan Patron. Eleven-year-old Lucky settles in with Brigitte, her foster mother, and enjoys her home and friends. She discovers the fun of a best friend who shares her gender as she instantly bonds with a girl accompanying the "ologists" who've come to Brigitte's Hard Pan Café. However, from the minute she meets Paloma, it is almost inevitable that Lucky will think up an escapade that will bring them into real danger. Unabridged. 275 min. • Order # T3173 3 WILLOWS: THE SISTERHOOD GROWS by Ann Brashares. Incoming freshmen at the same high school that the original sisterhood attended, Ama, Jo, and Polly are learning that falling out of friendship is an unfortunate part of growing up. They're spending the summer apart— uprooted—dealing with divorce, unmet expectations, and, of course, boys. Unabridged. 469 min. • Order # T3169 • Order # T3170 THE GOONEY BIRD COLLECTION by Lois Lowry. There's neer been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. She is the star of story time with her "absolutely true" stories. But do her classmates have stories good enough to share? Unabridged. 421 min. • Order # T3171 www.ncrl.org 41 Audio/Video Catalog CYBELE'S SECRET by Juliet Marillier. One young woman must venture into the forbidden corners of a mysterious city and the realm of the enchanted Other Kingdom. But can she endure inconceivable tests of bravery, wisdom, and true love? Unabridged. 831 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction GONE TOMORROW by Lee Child. New York City. Two in the morning. A subway car heading uptown. Jack Reacher, plus five other passengers. Four are okay. The fifth isn't. In the next few tense seconds Reacher will make a choice—and trigger an electrifying chain of events. Unabridged. 870 min. • Order # T3042 SURRENDER by Amanda Quick. Victoria Huntington thought herself quite adept at fending off fortune hunters...until she came under siege from Lucas Colebrook, the darkly disturbing new Earl of Stonevale. Soon Victoria would find herself ensconced in a mansion, where the real reason for her hasty marriage becomes all too apparent and where the ghosts of her dark-stained past are waiting to rise in a terrifying plot that will threaten her life. Unabridged. 772 min. • Order # T3037 SCARPETTA by Patricia Cornwell. Private forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta takes up an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured patient on Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric prison ward. The patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. Unabridged. 900 min. • Order # T2834 DARING TO DREAM by Nora Roberts. Margo Sullivan had everything a young woman could ask for. But growing up she couldn't help but dream of bigger things. The daughter of the Templeton's stern Irish housekeeper, Margo had been treated like a member of the family. But deep down, she knew that money could not buy the one thing she craved most—her mother's acceptance. Unabridged. 660 min. HOLDING THE DREAM by Nora Roberts. Raised together, Kate, Margo, and Laura are as close as real sisters, and when in need they return to Templeton House, their home and sanctuary. Kate finds herself running there when she is accused of embezzlement. That is not the only trial Kate faces; she suffers silently with a family secret she recently discovered. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2835 NIGHTWALKERS by P. T. Deutermann. In search of more peaceful pastures, detective Cam Richter buys a seven hundred-acre plantation in the North Carolina countryside. Soon Cam finds himself caught up in mischievous pranks around his land, the site of a Civil War-era massacre. When the pranks turn hostile, however, he realizes he's been targeted by a killer who holds him responbible for something Cam is pretty sure he never did. Unabridged. 740 min. • Order # T3069 WICKED PREY by John Sandford. A while back, a stray bullet put a pimp and petty thief named Randy Whitcomb into a wheelchair, and ever since, the man has been nursing his grudge into a full head of psychotic steam. He blames Lucas Davenport for the bullet, but it's no fun just shooting him. That wouldn't be painful enough. Not when Davenport has a pretty fourteen-year-old adopted daughter whom Whitcome can target instead. 360 min. • Order # T3063 • Order # T2833 SELECTED SHORTS performed by William Hurt. Selected Shorts is an award-winning series of classic and contemporary fiction performed by acclaimed actors. The performances are recorded live at Peter Norton Symphony pace in New York City and on tour around the country. 180 min. • Order # T2937 42 1-800-426-READ FIRESIDE by Susan Wiggs. From acclaimed author Susan Wiggs comes a touching tale of changing dreams and finding love where you least expect it. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2895 BETTY ZANE by Zane Grey. Betty Zane is the story of the first settlers in the Ohio Valley and their fight for survival during the Revolutionary War. Unabridged. 690 min. • Order # T3066 Audio: CD Fiction • Order # T3062 THE INFORMERS by Bret Easton Ellis. Capturing the lives of a group of people in Los Angeles, The Informers is an intense narrative that blurs genders, generations and even identities. The characters go to the same schools and eat at the same restaurants. They have sex with the same boys and girls and buy from the same dealers. In short, they are connected in the only way people can be in L.A. - suffering from nothing less than the death of the soul. Unabridged. 465 min. • Order # T3067 AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS by Jules Verne. On a wager, the eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in eighty days. Fogg and his faithful manservant, Jean Passepartout, embark on a journey into a world filled with danger and beauty. Unabridged. 450 min. • Order # T2906 SUNBURN by John Lescroart. As the dictator Franco teeters on the edge of overthrow, two couples are entwined. One is a husband and wife bored with the existence they have drifted into, the other a passionate, combative pair who relish every moment of life. Into this potent mix comes a young American seeking his missing lover—bringing a shadow of danger into the machinations already at work. Soon, loyalty will be tested and blood will be shed as the country of Spain prepares for revolution. Unabridged. 374 min. • Order # T3048 MOUNTING FEARS by Stuart Woods. Incumbent U.S. president, William Jefferson Lee, faces a series of crises in an election year: his vice president has died during surgery; a nuclear warhead is missing in Pakistan and believed to be in the hands of a terrorist group possibly connected to al-Qaeda; and an independent presidential candidate, a charismatic minister, has erased Lee's once significant lead in the polls. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T2881 DIVINE JUSTICE by David Baldacci. Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carris the most wanted man in America. With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. Unabridged. 690 min. • Order # T2764 THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND by Jeffery Deaver. When a night-time call to 911 from a secluded Wisconsin vacation house is cut short, off-duty deputy Brynn McKenzie leaves her husband and son at the dinner table and drives up to Lake Mondac to investigate. Was it a misdial or an aborted crime report? Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2820 NIGHT OF THUNDER by Stephen Hunter. An ancient, violent crime clan, possibly corrupt law enforcement, gunmen of all stripes and shapes, and deranged evangelicals rear their ugly heads, and will live to rue the day they targeted the wrong man's daughter. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2753 RITUAL IN DEATH by J. D. Robb. When a high-society party is crashed by a naked, knife-wielding, blood-covered man who "thinks" he might have killed someone, Lieutenant Eve Dallas must track down the crime, and the criminals. Everything points to Satanic ritual, but Eve doesn't believe in devil worship. Unabridged. 180 min. • Order # T2770 www.ncrl.org 43 Audio/Video Catalog HEARTLESS by Diana Palmer. A shameful secret has made Gracie deeply afraid of love. Stung by Gracie's rejection, Jason leaves the Comanche Wells ranch. But when danger threatens Gracie and the ranch, she can only hope that her long, tall Texan will come blazing home to save her, despite her secrets. Unabridged. 502 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction CRUEL INTENT by J. A. Jance. On a dating site, singleatheart.com, bored housewives can find romance with married men looking for sex without strings. But these "married singles" are flirting with more than just their vows. At the heart of this seemingly innocent service, a vengeful computer hacker is playing games with people's lives...and deaths. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2828 DARK SUMMER by Iris Johansen. Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Ned, she has no idea that she is about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2762 DARLING JIM by Christian Moerk. When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their deaths will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office's dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he's ever heard— and her tale has only just begun. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T3039 SEA OF POPPIES by Amitav Ghosh. The vast sweep of this historical adventure embraces the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the crowded backstreets of Canton. But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, that makes Sea of Poppies so breathtakingly alive. Unabridged. 1080 min. A MOST WANTED MAN by John le Carré. New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror as the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good, but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing; the recognition that we cannot safely love, or pity, and remain good "patriots." Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2737 THE PRESENT by Johanna Lindsey. Johanna Lindsey brings back her popular Malory family in this special holiday story, bringing her scandalous Malorys face-to-face with their distant gypsy kin. Unabridged. 300 min. • Order # T2757 THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE by David Wroblewski. In the remote reaches of northern Wisconsin, young Edgar Sawtelle and his family raise a unique breed of intelligent, companionable dog. Into this idyllic setting strolls Uncle Claude—a charmer with a touch of menace. When Edgar's father dies, Edgar and a loyal pack of dogs escape to the backwoods—suspecting Claude has committed murder. Unabridged. 1300 min. • Order # T2796 SANCTUARY by Nora Roberts. Jo Ellen is a successful photographer who collapses under the mental anguish of seeing a picture in which her mother is young, beautiful, naked, and unmistakably dead. Her mother disappeared 20 years before, shattering a close-knit family. Now Jo realizes it's time to return to Sanctuary, but it seems her stalker can even breech the safety of this tiny island. Unabridged. 900 min. • Order # T2830 • Order # T2761 PACIFIC BEAT by T. Jefferson Parker. John Weir, an ex-sheriff's department employee, and brother-in-law Raymond battle corrupt police, development-at-all-cost advocates, and a known sex offender when they try to find the murderer of John's beloved sister. Unabridged. 490 min. • Order # T2759 44 1-800-426-READ BLEAK HOUSE by Charles Dickens. Widely regarded as Dickens's masterpiece, Bleak House mixes romance, mystery, comedy, and satire, and limits the suffering caused by the intricate inefficiency of the law. Unabridged. 2370 min. • Order # T2907 Audio: CD Fiction • Order # T2829 DREAM MAN by Linda Howard. Never comfortable with her fame as an empath, lovely Marlie Keen has led a life free of clairvoyant incidents for several years. But her quiet, ordinary existence is shattered when the unwanted ability to read a murderer's mind returns with a vengeance. Unabridged. 685 min. • Order # T3040 RELENTLESS by Dean Koontz. A mesmerizing thriller that explores the razor-thin line between the best and worst of human nature—and the anarchy simmering just beneath society's surface. Unabridged. 556 min. • Order # T3049 THE CEMETERY DANCE by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. The latest FBI Special Agent Pendergast thriller begins with a murder that is apparently committed by a man who, 10 days earlier, was pronounced dead and then buried. But the eyewitness is sure it’s the same man, and footage from a security camera appears to confirm it. How does a dead man commit murder? And why this particular victim? Unabridged. 810 min. • Order # T3055 THE MAN OF THE FOREST by Zane Grey. The pioneer spirit runs in Helen Rayner's blood, but it may not save her from the nasty end that tough guy Snake Anson has planned for her. To get his hands on her uncle's ranch, he needs to get rid of Helen—by any means necessary. But luckily for Helen, Milt Dale is not about to let that happen. Unabridged. 720 min. THE RENEGADES by T. Jefferson Parker. Deputy Charlie Hood patrols the Antelope Valley, a desert region north of Los Angeles. When his partner, Terry Laws, known by fellow officers as Mr. Wonderful, is gunned down in the passenger seat of their patrol car, Hood is left to bear witness to someone who knew that Mr. Wonderful didn't always live up to his nickname. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2905 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS by Jonathan Swift. Shipwrecked and cast adrift, English surgeon Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters give him new, bitter insights into human behavior. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2890 THE SECOND OPINION by Michael Palmer. Dr. Thea Sperelakis’ father is the victim of a hit-and-run; now in a coma, he communicates only with his daughter and only by moving one of his eyes. Slowly, Thea pieces together the truth behind her father’s accident, and behind a series of suspicious deaths, but exposing the villains could mean exposing her to certain death. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2911 THE INCREMENT by David Ignatius. When Harry Pappas, the new CIA chief of the Iran Operations Division, receives an unsolicited e-mail from an alleged Tehran scientist who calls himself Dr. Ali that implies Iran has in fact continued with its nuclear weapons program and is an imminent threat to global peace, he shares the information with his superiors only to find an administration bent on warmongering. Unabridged. 810 min. • Order # T3050 • Order # T3060 THE BORDER LEGION by Zane Grey. Remorseless killer Jack Kells doesn't think twice before kidnapping Joan Randle on a lonesome Idaho trail. But her goodness does something to him. Now, loving this woman could cost him his life. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3059 www.ncrl.org 45 Audio/Video Catalog ARCTIC DRIFT by Clive Cussler. A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming; a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia; and a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war. NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there’s a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. 360 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction DESERT GOLD by Zane Grey. Richard Gale, a college football star, travels to Mexico to prove himself after failing in every business opportunity that his wealthy father had handed him. When he arrives at an Arizona border town, a chance meeting with an old friend launches him into an adventure to save a young Spanish beauty, Mercedes, from the ruthless Mexican bandit Rojas and his band of cutthroats. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3015 ON BASILISK STATION by David Weber. Honor Harrington is sent in disgrace to the forlorn outpost of Basilisk Station, where military authorities hope she will be forgotten about. Instead, with her woefully under-armed vessel, the Fearless, she executes incredible flying maneuvers in an attempt to stop foreign takeover of a major space station. Unabridged. 915 min. • Order # T3057 THE LATE, LAMENTED MOLLY MARX by Sally Koslow. Newly arrived in the hereafter, aka the Duration, thirty-five-year-old Molly is delighted to discover that she can still keep tabs on those she left behind. As the police investigate her death, Molly will relive her most precious moments—and take responsibility for the choices in her life. Unabridged. 740 min. • Order # T3058 DRAGON WYTCH by Yasmine Galenorn. The D’Artigo sisters are half-human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Camille is doing her best to juggle magic, men, and the demonic war into which they’ve been thrust—until she discovers a secret that could change all their lives. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T3053 THE WAY HOME by George Pelecanos. After years of trouble and rebellion, Chris Flynn has a steady job in his father's company. One day on the job, Chris and his partner come across a temptation almost too big to resist. Chris does the right thing, but old habits and instincts rise to the surface, threatening this new-found stability with sudden treachery and violence. Unabridged. 510 min. GIVE ME BACK MY LEGIONS! by Harry Turtledove. Arminius, a prince of Cherusci, is playing a deadly game. He serves in the Roman army, gaining Roman citizenship and officer's rank, and learning the arts of war and policy as practiced by the Romans. What he learns is essential for the survival of Germany, for he must unite his people against Rome before they become enslaved by the Empire and lost their way of life forever. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T3052 MURDER INSIDE THE BELTWAY by Margaret Truman. Rosalie Curzon, a Washington, D.C. call girl, is found murdered in her apartment. The cops discover a video camera nestled high on a bookshelf. Had the victim taped some of her clients during their sexual liaisons? No one is prepared for the bombshell about to hit the city. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2827 DEEP BLACK: ARCTIC GOLD by Stephen Coonts. In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarines. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafia, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean’s floor. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2915 RUN FOR YOUR LIFE by James Patterson. A calculating murderer who calls himself the Teacher is taking on New York City, slaughtering the powerful and the arrogant. But a secret pattern emerges in the Teacher's lessons, leaving Detective Bennett just a few precious hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in its history. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T2918 • Order # T3054 46 THE NAME OF THE WIND by Patrick Rothfuss. The Name of the Wind is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend. Unabridged. 1693 min. • Order # T3061 1-800-426-READ Fiction • Order # T3134 KILLER SUMMER by Ridley Pearson. A big wine convention has come to Sun Valley, and three bottles owned by Thomas Jefferson and given to John Adams are sure to bring big bucks at auction, unless a gang of super thieves, which has hit town with an elaborate scheme in which Sheriff Walt Flemmings nephew, Kevin, becomes unwittingly involved, steals the bottles first. Unabridged. 552 min. • Order # T3141 TRIPLE CROSS by Mark T. Sullivan. New Year’s Eve finds half a dozen of the richest men in the world celebrating at the Jefferson Club, a spectacularly exclusive private club in the mountains of Montana. But the celebration is halted by a helicopter assault by the Third Position Army, a group that says it is revolting against “corporate tyranny.” Most of the guests are freed, but the financial barons are held for trial by a people’s court, and the trials are webcast live, as the FBI marshals a counter-terrorist force. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T3136 A PLAGUE OF SECRETS by John Lescroart. In a multiple murder case plagued by lies and deception, there is one terrible secret that defense attorney Dismas Hardy is duty-bound to protect. Even if the price is his client's life. Unabridged. 793 min. • Order # T3137 THE CALL OF THE CANYON by Zane Grey. In search of himself in the Arizona wilds, shellshocked war veteran Glenn Kilbourne realizes that he can never return to his former shallow life, but to give it up means giving up the love of his life. Unabridged. 450 min. SWIMSUIT by James Patterson. A beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at a glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the L.A. Times, gets the McDaniels assignment. The ineptitude of the local police force defies belief--Ben has to start his own investigation for Kim McDaniels to have a prayer. And for Ben to have the story of his life. All the while, the killer sets the stage for his next production. His audience expects the best--and they won't be disappointed. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T3140 THE HEIR by Johanna Lindsey. Sabrina Lambert is popular due to her personality and wit, not her looks. Her friend, the beautiful yet heartless Ophelia Reid, resents her own arranged engagement to Duncan MacTavish, a "barbaric" highlander. After she insults him at his own party, hoping to end their relationship in front of London's in-crowd, Duncan throws her out. He finds a true friend in Sabrina, who makes him laugh and feel completely at ease. A jealous Ophelia notices all of this and plans her revenge. Unabridged. 556 min. • Order # T3139 THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO by Stieg Larsson. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. Unabridged. 990 min. • Order # T3131 DARK OF NIGHT by Suzanne Brockmann. Troubleshooters Inc. operative Jimmy Nash’s death during a mission taking out a neo-Nazi cult leader changed everything. Not only does team leader David Malkoff feel responsible; he feels even guiltier because now that Jimmy is gone, David may finally have a chance with teammate Sophia Ghaffari. Lawrence Decker is one of the few people at Troubleshooters Inc. who knows the truth about Jimmy’s “death,” until the receptionist, Tracy Shapiro, figures it out and complicates things. Unabridged. 1080 min. • Order # T2899 • Order # T3145 www.ncrl.org 47 Audio/Video Catalog FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN by Janet Evanovich. Celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle comes to Trenton to participate in a barbecue cook-off and loses his head—literally. Bail bonds office worker Lula is witness to the crime, and the only one she'll talk to is cop Joe Morelli. With a million-dollar reward offered, Lula recruits bounty hunter Stephanie Plum to help her find the killers and collect the moolah. Unabridged. 420 min. Audio: CD Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction BLACK WATER RISING by Attica Locke. Jay Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. But he's carefully tucked away his darkest sins: the guns, the FBI file, the trial that nearly destroyed him. Jay moves to Houston, Texas where he believes he can make a fresh start. That is until he impulsively saves a woman from drowning in the bayou—and opens a Pandora's box. Unabridged. 810 min. • Order # T3126 RUNNER by Thomas Perry. Jane Whitefield, a Native American living a quiet life as the wife of a surgeon in upstate New York, is retired from her work as a “guide,” someone who helps people in peril vanish from their pursuers. Then a bomb explodes during a hospital fund-raiser, and Jane discovers that the explosion was directed at a pregnant young woman, a “runner” desperately in need of disappearing. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2902 THE DOOMSDAY KEY by James Rollins. Three murders on three continents bear a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned into their flesh. The bizarre murders thrust Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force into a race against time to solve a riddle going back centuries, to a ghastly crime against humanity hidden within a cryptic medieval codex. Unabridged. 810 min. TRUE COLORS by Kristin Hannah. With breathtaking pace and penetrating insight, Kristin Hannah's True Colors is a novel about sisters, vengeance, rivalry, betrayal—and ultimately, what it truly means to be a family. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2910 HEART AND SOUL by Maeve Binchy. With the insight, humor, and compassion we have come to expect from her. Maeve Binchy tells a story of family, friends, patients, and staff who are part of a heart clinic in a community caught between the old and the new Ireland. 390 min. • Order # T3143 THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X by James Patterson. The greatest superpower is the power to create. Daniel X has that power. From the day that his parents were brutally murdered before his very eyes, Daniel has used his unique gifts to hunt down their assassin. Finally with the help of The List, bequeathed to him in his parents' dying breath, he is closing in on the killer. Unabridged. 240 min. • Order # T3144 THE NEIGHBOR by Lisa Gardner. A young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect. Will the only witness to the crime be the killer's next victim? Unabridged. 810 min. • Order # T2909 THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES by Agatha Christie. After an evening of entertaining family and guests, Mrs. Emily Inglethorp, the wealthy mistress of Styles Court, is found poisoned in her locked bedroom. As luck would have it, inspector Hercule Poirot is among the company at Styles. Unabridged. 510 min. • Order # T2901 • Order # T3133 THE APOSTLE by Brad Thor. Every politician has a secret. And when the daughter of a politically-connected family is kidnapped abroad, America's new president will agree to anything—even a deadly and ill-advised rescue plan—in order to keep his secret hidden. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T3138 48 1-800-426-READ MISTRESS SHAKESPEARE by Karen Harper. A bold and intriguing historical novel about the woman who was William Shakespeare's secret wife. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2912 Audio: CD Fiction IN THE DARK by Mark Billingham. A rainy night in south London. A gun is fired into a car, which swerves onto the pavement and plows into a bus stop. It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost the life of an innocent victim. But the reality is far more sinister. Unabridged. 690 min. • Order # T2900 • Order # T2930 THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin. The Awakening tells of a woman in search of self-discovery who turns away from convention and society and toward the primal, becoming attracted to nature and the senses. Unabridged. 300 min. • Order # T2928 THE LOST WITNESS by Robert Ellis. LAPD detective Lena Gamble is assigned to investigate the gruesome killing of a local prostitute who has been dismembered and left in a dumpster. The chances of solving the case look hopeless—until a mysterious witness sends Gamble critical evidence, thrusting her into a quagmire of corruption and danger. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2929 SHOW NO FEAR by Perri O'Shaughnessy. There’s a lot going on in the new Nina Reilly thriller (which takes us back to 1990, and the beginning of her career). Nina’s mother is having medical problems and is suing her doctor; the father of Nina’s young son has returned and is demanding joint custody; and a woman who has apparently committed suicide may actually be the victim of murder. 360 min. • Order # T2836 THE GRAND FINALE by Janet Evanovich. Berry Knudson had a talent for disaster, but when she climbed a tree to rescue a kitten, she wasn't prepared for the scrumptious hunk undressing in a nearby window, or her dive downward that smashed Jake Sawyer's pizza and won his heart! But was there room in her chaotic schedule for a risk-taking inventor with dreams? Unabridged. 300 min. TERMINAL FREEZE by Lincoln Child. In this riveting thriller, Lincoln Child weaves together a stunning Arctic landcape, a terrifying mythic creature, and a pervasive mood of chaos and fear. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T2933 PATHS OF GLORY by Jeffrey Archer. George Mallory once told an American reporter that he wanted to climb Mt. Everest. On his third attempt in 1924, at age thirty-seven, he was last seen six hundred feet from the top. His body was found in 1999, and it still remains a mystery whether he ever reached the summit. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2931 THE SNAKE STONE by Jason Goodwin. When a French archeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the man seems dangerously well-informed. Yashim Togalu is enlisted to investigate. But when the archaeologist's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2957 THE UNLIKELY SPY by Daniel Silva. Handpicked by Winston Churchill himself, Alfred Vicary must stop an unknown spy from uncovering the Allied battle plans for D-Day. The Nazis, however, have also chosen their operative carefully. Posing as a war widow and hospital volunteer, Catherine Blake is under direct orders from Hitler to seal the German victory—no matter what the cost. Unabridged. 10800 min. • Order # T2958 • Order # T2932 www.ncrl.org 49 Audio/Video Catalog MADAME BOVARY by Gustave Flaubert. When Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary, she imagines she will pass into the life of luxury and passion that she reads about. But Charles is an ordinary country doctor, and provincial life is very different from the romantic excitement for which she yearns. In her quest to realize her dreams she takes a lover, Rodolphe, and begins a spiral into deceit and despair. Unabridged. 690 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Non-Fiction THE WIDOW CLICQUOT by Tilar J. Mazzeo. Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and luxury. But who was this young widow— the Veuve Clicquot—whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? Unabridged. 600 min. THE COMPASS by Tammy Kling & John Spencer Ellis. The Compass is a life transformation novel that will guide you on a journey of self-discovery. At the core of The Compass are specific lessons about belief systems and understanding who you really are in order to live out your destiny. Unabridged. 221 min. • Order # T3047 • Order # T3021 RED ORCHESTRA by Anne Nelson. This is the poignant story of a circle of ordinary Germans in Berlin who, through their contacts in film, theater, propaganda, academia, government, and the military, conspired to bring down the Nazis. Unabridged. 840 min. VALKYRIE by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager. The only firsthand account of the failed German military plot to kill Hitler—told by one of the key conspirators—gives eloquent voice to the courageous spirit of the men whose honor could not be dimmed by the diabolical propaganda of the Third Reich. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T3130 SELECTED SHORTS: WHODUNIT? A presentation of Symphonyspace. A dashing lineup of elegant crime tales and gritty hard-boiled detective stories—alternately menacing and cozy, with exotic locales and murder in the mix—are featured in this collection. 180 min. • Order # T2936 THE THREE MARRIAGES by David Whyte. Drawing from his own experience and the lives of some of the world’s great writers and poets, David Whyte brings compelling insights to our three most important commitments— to another, to our work, and to ourselves—to frame a complete picture of a satisfying life. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T3031 THE TALENT CODE by Daniel Coyle. The secret to acquiring skill comes down to three elements: the right kinds of practice, coaching, and motivation. Combining vivid examples with deft analysis, this audio will not only change the way you view talent, but enable you to reach your own fullest potential. Unabridged. 360 min. • Order # T3029 • Order # T2908 THE END OF OVEREATING by David A. Kessler, M.D. Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and tackled the tobacco industry, cracks the code of overeating by explaining how our bodies and minds are changed when we consume foods that contain sugar, fat, and salt. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T3022 ALL PETS GO TO HEAVEN by Sylvia Browne. Sylvia Browne examines how our animals live in the afterlife, whether we will see them on the Other Side, how their presence affects us daily, and where animals fit into the whole of Creation. Unabridged. 390 min. • Order # T2878 DRINK, PLAY, F@#K by Andrew Gottlieb. When eight years of marriage end in a nasty divorce, some people might turn to psychotherapy. Others might turn to spirituality. But Bob Sullivan decided to drink, play and f@#k. This is Bob's search for anything across Ireland, Vegas, and Thailand. Unabridged. 360 min. • Order # T2913 HOW WE DECIDE by Jonah Lehrer. A fascinating look at the new science of decision-making and how it can help you make better choices. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2927 50 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Non-Fiction • Order # T2887 THE SURVIVOR'S CLUB by Ben Sherwood. Which is the safest seat on an airplane? Where is the best place to have a heart attack? Why does religious observance add years to your life? This audiobook reveals the hidden side of survival by combining astonishing true stories, gripping scientific research, and the author's adventures inside the U.S. military's elite survival schools and the government's airplane crash evacuation course. Unabridged. 690 min. • Order # T2924 POSTCARDS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE by National Public Radio. Experience the reality—harsh but often humorous—of a South Pole winter. Explore the colorful backstreets of Beijing. Let NPR take you on an unforgettable journey around the globe, full of extraordinary encounters, breathtaking locations, and spirited adventures. 75 min. • Order # T3027 NATIONAL PARK ADVENTURES by National Public Radio. America's National Parks attract millions of visitors each year. From the smallest to the lowest, driest, and hottest, venture behind the awe-inspiring scenery at America's most popular—and unusual—National Parks. 75 min. • Order # T3016 ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS by National Public Radio. Roadside Attractions are the staples of the American road trip. Are they culture or kitsch? From artistic creations to expressions of obsessive wonder, pull off the road and experience the delightful icons and oddities decorating our American landscape. 60 min. • Order # T3017 SUMMER WORLD: A SEASON OF BOUNTY by Bernd Heinrich. Bernd Heinrich brings us bottomless reserve of wonder and reverence for the teeming animal life of backwoods New England. He focuses on the animal kingdom in the extremes of the warmer months, with all its feeding, nesting, fighting, and mating. Unabridged. 480 min. • Order # T3026 THE DUCHESS by Amanda Foreman. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-greatgreat-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose beauty and determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure. Unabridged. 960 min. • Order # T3129 JOY'S LIFE DIET by Joy Bauer. Since Today nutrition and health expert Joy Bauer launched the Joy Fit Club last year, thousands of inspired viewers have written to Joy and declared, "I'm ready to lose the weight. Can you help me?" Joy's LIFE Diet is her answer to all those viewers. Unabridged. 180 min. • Order # T2886 MRS. ASTOR REGRETS by Meryl Gordon. The fate of Brook Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwide headlines since her grandson Philip sued his father in 2006, alleging mistreatment of Brooke. Here is an American epic of the bonds of money, morality, and social position. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2917 CHOOSE THEM WISELY by Mike Dooley. Choose Them Wisely welcomes listeners at every level of self-development to embrace the thrill and adventure of life—letting their intuition and inner impulses lead you to achieving your wildest dreams. Most important, it reminds us that since our thoughts really do become things, isn't it best to choose the good ones? Unabridged. 180 min. • Order # T3001 www.ncrl.org 51 Audio/Video Catalog THE POWER OF SLOW by Carl Honoré. Packed with guided exercises for staying productive while slowing down the way you eat, email, work out, and more, The Power of Slow gives you the confidence and tools finally to break free from the cult of speed. Unabridged. 180 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Non-Fiction EMBRACING THE WIDE SKY by Daniel Tammet. Daniel Tammet captivated audiences and won worldwide critical acclaim with his 2007 memoir Born on a Blue Day and its vivid depiction of a life with autistic savant syndrome. In his fascinating new work, he writes with characteristic clarity and personal awareness as he sheds light on the mysteries of savants' incredible mental abilities—and our own. 360 min. HAPPENS EVERY DAY by Isabel Gillies. A dizzyingly candid, gripping, and redemptive story about love, marriage, family, heartbreak, and the unexpected turns of a life. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T2988 THE BIG IDEA by Donny Deutsch. In The Big Idea, Deutsch draws not only on his own tremendous focus and expertise, but that of dozens of the successful entrepreneurs whom he has interviewed, to help you create your own enterprise. Unabridged. 360 min. • Order # T2889 THE LOVE RESPONSE by Eva M. Selhub, M.D. The Love Response provide all the tools you need to transform anger into compassion, release your fears, overcome shame, embrace self-acceptance, connect through empathy, and, ultimately, strengthen you natural ability to heal. Unabridged. 480 min. • Order # T2885 FINDING GRACE: A MEMOIR by Donna VanLiere. Bestselling author Donna Van Liere has entertained millions with her inspirational stories. In her new book, she gives us a candid look into her own life, a life filled with suffering and pain, but one that ultimately finds peace with itself. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T2893 IN PRAISE OF STAY-AT-HOME MOMS by Dr. Laura Schlessinger. In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms is a special book, a profound and unique understanding of how important it is for mothers to raise their own children. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T3103 THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF CONNECTIONS by Jeffrey Gitomer. In this audio you'll learn where to network for the best result, how to make the initial connection, how to capture the opportunity, and how to follow up so that you capitalize on the connections that you make. Unabridged. 240 min. • Order # T3003 GOD IS NOT GREAT by Christopher Hitchens. God is Not Great redefines the debate about religion in public life. With his unique brand of erudition and wit, Christopher Hitchens addresses the most urgent issue of our time: the malignant force of religion in the world. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T3005 THE ELEMENT by Ken Robinson, Ph.D. The Element shows the vital need to enhance creativity and innovation by thinking differently about human resources and imagination. It is also an essential strategy for transforming education, business, and communities to meet the challenges of living and succeeding in the twenty-first century. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3149 THREE CUPS OF TEA by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin. In 1993 Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down, he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbled into a poor village. There, the village chief and his people nursed Greg back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promised to return and build a school for their children. This is the story of that promise's extraordinary result. Unabridged. 240 min. • Order # T2922 • Order # T2919 52 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Non-Fiction • Order # T3150 360 min. ALWAYS LOOKING UP by Michael J. Fox. Always Looking Up is a memoir of Michael's past decade, told through the critical themes of his life: work, politics, faith, and family. The book is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention, and a testament to the consolations that protect him from the ravages of Parkinson's. • Order # T2982 WINTER WORLD: THE INGENUITY OF ANIMAL SURVIVAL by Bernd Heinrich. Infused by the author's inexhaustible enchantment with nature, Winter World awakens the wonders and mysteries by which nature sustains herself through winter's harsh, cruel exigencies. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3153 CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER by James L. Swanson. This fast-paced thriller tells the story of the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth and gives a day-by-day account of the wild chase to find this killer and his accomplices. Unabridged. 238 min. • Order # T3102 ROCKET MEN by Craig Nelson. For the first time, an award-winning historian tells the full story of the space and missile race and its dramatic conclusion: the first moment when humans set foot on the moon. Unabridged. 1020 min. ECOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE by Daniel Goleman. Ecological Intelligence reveals the hidden environmental consequences of what we make and buy, and how with that knowledge we can drive the essential changes we all must make to save our planet and ourselves. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3099 CRASH PROOF by Peter D. Schiff. Investing using conventional wisdom will not work during times of financial distress. That's why Crash Proof has taken the reality of today's economic situation into account as it offers you guidance. Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Crash Proof will help you survive and thrive during the coming years of economic uncertainty. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T3100 HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU by Greg Behrendt & Liz Tuccillo. Based on a popular episode of Sex and the City, He's Just Not That Into You educates otherwise smart women on how to tell when a guy just doesn't like them enough, so they can stop wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship. Unabridged. 180 min. • Order # T3154 THE UNFORGIVING MINUTE by Craig M. Mullaney. Written with unflinching honesty, The Unforgiving Minute is an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of his hard-earned knowledge while at last coming to terms with what it means to be a man. Unabridged. 840 min. • Order # T2888 • Order # T3030 I'D RATHER WE GOT CASINOS AND OTHER BLACK THOUGHTS by Larry Wilmore. Within this audiobook are the musings, the revelations, the ruminations, and the reflections of the incomparable Larry Wilmore. Here, collected for the first time, are his Black Thoughts. Unabridged. 210 min. • Order # T2923 www.ncrl.org 53 Audio/Video Catalog gusto. 360 min. JULIE & JULIA by Julie Powell. Nearing thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to reclaim her life by cooking, in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child's legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: a new life lived with Video: DVD Kids Audio/Video Catalog THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND: POLAR BEARS GO DIEGO GO! IT'S A BUGS' WORLD Diego and Kicho magically shrink to bug size to rescue Benito the Beetle's dance partner. Help them past giant frog, anteaters, and even rain to get through Bug World! Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 96 min. Alex initiates an extreme environmental movement to help save polar bears at the North Pole, but devious reporters frame him to appear as a conceited rock star who hates Santa! (2008) Not Rated. 69 min. • Order # V4665 • Order # V4558 SONIC X: CHAOS & SHADOW SAGAS Eggman's newest fiend, the Chaos Emeraldabsorbing Chaos, is growing stronger and more powerful. And it's up to Sonic and Knuckles to stop this menace before they destroy Station Square. Animated. (2008) TV-Y7. 264 min. • Order # V4648 THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING: A VEGGIETALES MOVIE YU-GI-OH! GX: RISE OF THE SACRED BEASTS Chancellor Sheppard brings together Jaden, Chazz, Bastion, Zane, Alexis, Banner and Crowler to tell them about three legendary and powerful Sacred Beast cards hidden under Duel Academy. As the Shadow Riders descend upon Duel Academy, they each must to prevent the release of the Sacred Beast Cards. Animated. (2004) PG. 264 min. • Order # V4658 Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape find themselves on the ride of their lives when they are mysteriously whisked back to the time when pirates ruled the high seas. Animated. (2008) G. 86 min. • Order # V4651 WALL•E After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. Animated. (2008) G. 98 min. • Order # V4675 MOUSE HUNT w/Nathan Lane, Lee Evans. Lars and Ernie Smuntz don't think much of the crumbling old mansion they inherit...until they discover that their estate is actually worth millions. But before they can cash in, they've got to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant: a tiny and tenacious mouse. (2002) PG. 98 min. • Order # V4656 THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE WORLD w/Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, Eve Arden. Medfield College student Dexter Riley accidentally ingests a vitamin compound that gives him superhuman strength, leading to sponsorship by a cereal company and possible defeat of a rival university in a weight lifting contest. (2004) G. 92 min. JOSEPH: KING OF DREAMS This inspiring musical adventure retells the classic story of a boy with the extraordinary gift of seeing the future through his dreams. Animated. (2006) Not Rated. 83 min. • Order # V4667 KUNG FU PANDA Jack Black is perfect as the voice of PO, a noodle slurping dreamer who must embrace his true self - fuzzy flaws and all - in order to become the Dragon Warrior. Animated. (2002) PG. 98 min. • Order # V4677 • Order # V4666 AGENT CODY BANKS ATLANTIS: MILO'S RETURN Milo, Kida and their team gear up for three all-new adventures. The team must leave Atlantis when trouble surfaces above water, and they discover mystifying powers at work. Animated. (2003) G. 80 min. • Order # V4649 54 1-800-426-READ w/Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff A junior CIA agent is on a mission to save the world, stop the bad guys and get the girl...all before curfew! (2003) PG. 102 min. • Order # V4630 Video: DVD Kids YOU'RE NOT ELECTED, CHARLIE BROWN • Order # V4679 • Order # V4683 Join Aerrow and the rest of the heroic sky knights as they defend the terra world from the clutches of the evil cyclonis. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 267 min. Charlie Brown for student body president! Doesn't that sound wonderful? Doesn't that sound exciting? Doesn't that sound impossible? Animated. (2007) Not Rated. 25 min. NARUTO THE MOVIE: LEGENDS OF THE STONE GELEL GO DIEGO GO! THE IGUANA SING ALONG Naruto, Shikamaru and Sakura are in the middle of returning a lost ferret to its owner. When a young knight, Temujin, attacks them out of nowhere, they are drawn into a fierce struggle over a treasure harboring legendary power—the Stone of Gelel. Animated. (2008) PG. 98 min. It's a desert adventure as you help Diego bring Iggy the Iguana past a sandstorm, coyotes, and the Bobo Brothers in time for the desert Iguanas' Winter Sing Along. Animated. (2002) PG. 98 min. • Order # V4688 • Order # V4695 DOCTOR WHO: THE INFINITE QUEST The Doctor and Martha follow a trail of clues across wild and wonderful alien worlds to find the location of the legendary lost spaceship, the Infinite. They soon discover that they are not alone in their quest—the evil Baltzar is also searching for the ancient starship. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 46 min. NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW Naruto and his team are sent on a mission to guard Yuki Fujikaze, a popular actress starring in the hit movie "The Adventures of Princess Gale." Animated. (2002) Not Rated. 95 min. • Order # V4692 • Order # V4694 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG w/Bill Bixby, Don Knotts, Tim Conway. When three youngsters stumble upon a huge golden nugget, they must fend off the greedy townspeople. So the kids join forces with the bumbling outlaws to stage a robbery of the gold. Little do they know a surly gang of sharpshooters plan to beat them to the draw. (2003) G. 100 min. • Order # V4710 w/Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries. Eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts has created an extraordinary car. It not only drives, but also flies and floats. It leads him, his two children and his lady friend into a magical world of pirates, castles and endless adventure. (1968) G. 145 min. • Order # V4701 ADVENTURES IN COURAGE When Annie Redfeather hits a hurdle and falls flat on her face during a track meet, Plato offers the story of William Tell to bolster her courage so she can face the next big race. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 75 min. • Order # V4681 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt. Animated. (2008) PG. 98 min. THE LITTLE MERMAID II: RETURN TO THE SEA Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and all your favorite characters from the original movie splash into a wonderful adventure overflowing with more unforgettable characters, fin-tapping songs and an exciting, action-packed story. Animated. (2008) G. 75 min. • Order # V4715 SLEEPING BEAUTY Awaken your senses to the majesty of Sleeping Beauty, Walt Disney's classic fairy tale. Animated. (2008) G. 75 min. • Order # V4682 • Order # V4680 www.ncrl.org 55 Audio/Video Catalog STORM HAWKS: SHOWDOWN IN THE SKIES Video: DVD Kids Audio/Video Catalog THE CHEETAH GIRLS ONE WORLD THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN The Cheetah Girls get cast in a Bollywood musical. But when Chanel, Aqua and Dorinda find out they have to compete against each other for the starring role, their friendship and the group may be in serious trouble. (2008) TV G. 88 min. • Order # V4716 THE PARENT TRAP & THE PARENT TRAP II 81 min. w/Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell. Join Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, the majestic Aslan, friendly new Narnian creatures and Prince Caspian as they lead the Narnians on a remarkable journey to restore peace and glory to their enchanted land. (2008) PG. 149 min. • Order # V4769 w/Hayley Mills. The Parent Trap: Identical twins separated at birth Susan and Sharon switch places with high hopes of getting their parents back together. The Parent Trap II: All grown up, Sharon is a single mom whose 11-year-old daughter Nikki is just as mischievous as she was! (2005) G. • Order # V4746 SMART HOUSE w/Ryan Merriman, Kevin Kilner, Jessica Steen, Katie Volding, Katey Sagal. High school science whiz Ben Cooper goes online to win a computerized "Smart House" specifically designed to make life easier. But instead, his family existence becomes more troublesome than ever! (2008) G. 82 min. • Order # V4795 BEETHOVEN'S BIG BREAK w/Jonathan Silverman, Rhea Perlman, Cesar Millan, Moises Arias, Eddie Griffin. Fall in love with the big-hearted, slobbering 185-pound St. Bernard, Beethoven, in this howl-arious adventure that features an all-star cast. (2008) PG. 101 min. • Order # V4783 MADAGASCAR 2: ESCAPE AFRICA A failed attempt to fly back to New York maroons Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Gloria the hippo and Melman the giraffe in an animal preserve on the African continent, accompanied by the four deranged penguins and the lunatic lemur king. Animated. (2008) PG. 89 min. • Order # V4811 FLY ME TO THE MOON Young housefly Nat is looking for adventure and hatches a plan to jet into outer space with his two best friends, I.P. and Scooter. In their homemade space suits, they take a wild ride aboard Apollo 11. Animated. (2007) G. 85 min. • Order # V4767 JUMP IN!: FREESTYLE EDITION w/Corbin Bleu, Keke Palmer. Featuring an all-star cast, amazing Double Dutch moves and the coolest music, Jump In! celebrates the power of finding and pursuing your dreams. (2007) TV-G. 85 min. • Order # V4802 DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO! A playful pachyderm named Horton becomes a reluctant hero when he discovers the microscopic city of Who-ville on a floating speck of dust and embarks on a hilarious adventure to save the town. Animated. (2008) G. 86 min. • Order # V4741 w/Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. When a man wishes for a son, he learns what it means to be a father. (2008) Not Rated. 90 min. • Order # V4786 SPACE CHIMPS When Ham III, the grandson of the Space Agency's legendary chimpanzee astronaut, is recruited to help retrieve a lost space probe, he has a close encounter of the hilarious kind. Animated. (2008) G. 81 min. • Order # V4774 56 GEPPETTO 1-800-426-READ POPEYE w/Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall. The legendary, beloved anvil-armed sailor of the seven seas comes magically to life in this delightful musical. (1980) PG. 113 min. • Order # V4729 Kids OPEN SEASON 2 In the city of Townsville, the frustrated Professor Utonium is gathering all the ingredients to make a perfect little girl (sugar, spice, and everything nice). But when his lab assistant, a monkey named Jojo, causes the accidental addition of Chemical X to the mix, the Professor ends up with not one but 3 perfect, powerful little girls. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 1743 min. After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners. Animated. (2008) PG. 76 min. • Order # V4826 • Order # V4807 FARMKIDS: DUDE RANCH BOOT CAMP The FARMkids are a bunch of fastlane pampered city animals who live a star studded life in a popular nursery petting zoo, but their lives take a funny unexpected turn when they suddenly get relocated to a dude ranch. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 84 min. JANE AND THE DRAGON: DRAGON RULES Through thick and thin, scary and downright comical escapades, Jane, Dragon and their companions stick together, proving the importance of loyalty and the value of everlasting friendship. (2008) Not Rated. 120 min. • Order # V4829 • Order # V4821 ELMO AND FRIENDS: TALES OF ADVENTURE SPACE BUDDIES Disney's irresistible talking puppies are back in an all new movie that takes them where no Buddy has gone before—the moon! With the help of some stellar new friends, this outof-this-world adventure is one small step for dog, one giant leap for dogkind. (2009) G. 84 min. • Order # V4822 Join Telly as he searches for the Golden Triangle of Destiny! Cheer on Elmo as he races against the clock in Elmo's Amazing Alphabet Race. Help an ant-sized Big Bird alert his friends to his dilemma in the Adventures of Little Big Bird. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 54 min. • Order # V4866 BARBIE AS THE ISLAND PRINCESS • Order # V4817 After being shipwrecked on an island as a little girl, Rosella grows up learning to talk and sing with a family of loving animals. But when Prince Antonio discovers their tropical paradise, curiosity about her past leads Rosella to journey with the prince to his castle. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 86 min. IGOR OLIVER AND COMPANY ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE CHIPETTES Six fun-filled episodes featuring Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor, and of course Alvin, Simon and Theodore! Animated. (1983-86) Not Rated. 66 min. • Order # V4895 Determined to prove he can create his own diabolical invention, a mad scientist's assistant Igor creates a female Franken-monster. But his creation, Eva, is sweet and sings show tunes! Animated. (2008) PG. 87 min. Joined by a pack of hilarious characters— dogs Dodger, Tito and their pals—Oliver, a feisty young cat learns that the strong survive by keeping their dreams alive. Animated. (2009) G. 74 min. • Order # V4815 • Order # V4824 THE SECRET OF THE MAGIC GOURD MARY POPPINS When an inquisitive 11-year-old discovers a mythical, magical gourd while fishing, he has no idea of the trouble that lies at the end of his hook. Animated. (2009) G. 85 min. • Order # V4803 w/Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke. Join "practically perfect" Mary Poppins for a "Jolly Holiday" as she magically turns every chore into a game and every day into a whimsical adventure. (2009) G. 139 min. • Order # V4825 www.ncrl.org 57 Audio/Video Catalog THE POWERPUFF GIRLS Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST w/Jack Nicholson. A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen, right? Randle P. McMurphy, a free-spirited con, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately, his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. (1975) Rated R for violence and language. 138 min. • Order # V4989 TRAITOR w/Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce. When straight-arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton investigates a dangerous international conspiracy responsible for a prison break in Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. (2008) PG-13. 114 min. • Order # V4724 THE STRATTON STORY w/James Stewart, June Allyson. Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton has a pitch so unhittable the young phenom racks up consecutive 15-win seasons. But Stratton's greatest victory doesn't come on the manicured green diamonds of our national pastime. B&W. (1949) Not Rated. 102 min. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE w/Dev Patel. Jamal Malik is just one question away from winning a fortune on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But how has this uneducated young man from the slums succeeded in providing correct responses to questions that have stumped countless scholars before him? (2008) Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language. 121 min. • Order # V4726 BIG w/Tom Hanks. All twelve-year-old Josh Baskin wants is to be big. But when his wish is granted beyond his wildest dreams, Josh finds a new face in the mirror...his own, at age 30. (1988) PG. 130 min. • Order # V4972 THE DARK KNIGHT w/Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. (2008) PG-13. 153 min. • Order # V4713 THE CHAMP w/Jon Voight, Faye Dunaway, Ricky Schroder. The world looks at Billy Flynn and sees a has-been who seemingly never was, an ex-boxing champion slammed to the mat years ago by booze and gambling. But Billy's son TJ sees what the world doesn't. He knows his flawed but loving father is, was and always will be The Champ. (1979) PG. 120 min. • Order # V4714 TO BE OR NOT TO BE w/Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft. Frederick Bronski is an unknown Polish actor. When the Nazis invade Poland, the entire troupe gets involved in a frenzy of murder, mistaken identities and maniacal improvising to thwart the Gestapo and save the Polish underground. (1983) PG. 107 min. • Order # V4717 THE HOUSE BUNNY w/Anna Faris. When the mansion's favorite bunny, Shelley, is kicked out of the hottest house in town, she gets lost in the wilderness of Beverly Hills. But when she stumbles into the sorriest sorority, Zeta Alpha Zeta, she finds a home where she can finally put her talents to good use. (2008) PG-13. 97 min. • Order # V4727 MAMMA MIA!: THE MOVIE w/Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stennan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski. Sophie has just one wish to make her wedding perfect: to have her father walk her down the aisle. Now she just has to find out who he is. (2008) PG-13. 109 min. • Order # V4740 • Order # V4718 58 Video: DVD Fiction 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Fiction YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN w/Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman. Summoned by a will to his late grandfather's castle in Transylvania, young Dr. Frankenstein soon discovers the scientist's step-by-step manual explaining how to bring a corpse to life. (1974) PG. 102 min. • Order # V4728 TORQUE w/Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Jay Hernandez. The Reapers biker gang wants Cary Ford for a murder he did not commit. The leader of the Hellions wants to get his hands on his neck and on the contraband he thinks Ford ripped off. And the FBI wants to have a little chat. Nice to be wanted, right? No rules. No limits. (2004) PG-13. 84 min. • Order # V4756 THE CIDER HOUSE RULES w/Michael Caine, Toby Maguire, Charlize Theron. The Cider House Rules tells a compelling and heartwarming story about how far a young man must travel to find the place where he truly belongs! (1999) PG-13. 113 min. • Order # V4757 • Order # V4730 THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN w/Laurence Fishburne. Fireballs of high-speed air action explode off the screen in this exciting story of the "Fighting 99th" - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. (2001) PG-13. 106 min. • Order # V4731 PATTON w/George C. Scott, Karl Malden. Scott's unflinching portrayal of the controversial military leader shows him as he was. General Patton was a brilliant strategist, a pious man who swore up a storm—and his skills led the United States into the most famous and pivotal battles of the war in Europe. (1970) PG. 171 min. • Order # V4755 FULL OF IT w/Ryan Pinkston, Kate Mara, Teri Polo. Ryan Pinkston and Kate Mara star in this hip and hilarious teen comedy about lying to be popular...and living to regret it! (2007) PG-13. 113 min. • Order # V4732 ALL THE PRETTY HORSES w/Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Lucas Black. When Grady Cole embarks in an illicit and passionate affair with the beautiful daughter of the wealthy ranch owner who is his employer, events are set into motion which forever change the lives of all involved. (2001) PG-13. 117 min. • Order # V4735 MEET THE PARENTS w/Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller. Male nurse Greg Focker is all set to propose to his girlfriend, Pam, during a weekend at her parents' home. But there's a catch: Jack Byrnes, Pam's intimidating, ex-CIA father, who takes an immediate dislike to Greg. (2004) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V4754 MEET THE FOCKERS w/Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand. Domestic disaster looms for Greg Focker when his straight-laced, ex-CIA father-in-law asks to meet his wildly unconventional mom and dad. (2005) PG-13. 115 min. • Order # V4753 MY NAME w/James Woods, JoBeth Williams, James Garner. The true story of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. (2006) Not Rated. 99 min. • Order # V4752 MUMMY w/Brendan Fraser, Jet Li. When a 2,000-year-old curse is broken, a ruthless dragon emperor comes back to life with a diabolical plan to enslave the world. (2008) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V4745 www.ncrl.org 59 Audio/Video Catalog MISS EVERS' BOYS w/Alfre Woodard, Laurence Fishburne. Based on the shocking true story. Miss Evers' Boys exposes a 40 year government-backed medical research effort on humans which led to tragic consequences. (2002) PG. 118 min. Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Fiction GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER w/Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn. Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned AfricanAmerican physician. (1967) Not Rated. 107 min. THE ADDAMS FAMILY & THE ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES w/Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci. Come join the Addams Family for twice the frights and gags and ghouls galore with these screamingly funny comedies. (1991, 1993) PG-13. 194 min. • Order # V4749 • Order # V4761 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS w/Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman. The story follows expatriate American demolition expert Robert Jordan who aides anti-fascist freedom fighters of Spain. (1943) Not Rated. 146 min. HANCOCK w/Will Smith, Charlize Theron. Hancock is a misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. After an extreme makeover his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again— until he meets a woman with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past. (2008) PG-13. 92 min. • Order # V4748 • Order # V4764 A PASSAGE TO INDIA w/Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox, Alec Guinness. Set in 1928, this film portrays an indelibly sardonic picture of British life in territorial India. (1984) PG. 164 min. THE X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE w/David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson. FBI agent Monica Bannan has been mysteriously abducted. Not only does the search for the missing woman ignite sparks between partners Scully and Mulder, it defies the boundaries of science, the supernatural and the terrifying spaces in between! (2008) PG-13. 104 min. • Order # V4747 GANDHI • Order # V4765 w/Sir Ben Kingsley. Sir Ben Kingsley stars as Mohandas Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's riveting biography of the man who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. (2007) PG. 191 min. • Order # V4744 HIGH ANXIETY w/Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman. Renowned Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Richard Thorndyke is a nut-job with a paralyzing fear of heights, who's just become head of the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very Very Nervous. (1977) PG. 94 min. • Order # V4768 • Order # V4743 THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI w/William Holden, Alec Guinness. Given the option of building a railway bridge over the River Kwai or death, Colonel Nicholson and his team of battered men choose survival, thus putting themselves in a harrowing race against time to thrive within the harsh conditions set by their captors. (1957) PG. 167 min. • Order # V4760 60 THE LONGSHOTS w/Ice Cube. A rag-tag group of misfit kids were all the tiny town of Minden had for a Pop Warner football team. That is, until Curtis Plummer came along. With a secret weapon in tow—his niece Jasmine who is a natural quarterback—he will take the team from a group of clumsy goofballs to a football powerhouse. (2008) PG. 95 min. FRED CLAUS w/Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti. This is a story you've never heard before, a hilarious and heartwarming comedy about Fred Claus, Santa's brother—and complete opposite. (2008) PG. 115 min. • Order # V4772 MEET DAVE w/Eddie Murphy. Dave Ming Chang is an alien ship, on a mission to Earth to save his home planet. Torn between the voices in his head—a tiny alien crew—and the world around him, Dave struggles to appear normal. (2008) PG. 90 min. • Order # V4775 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Fiction • Order # V4780 GHOST TOWN w/Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear. Bertram Pincus, a cranky Manhattan dentist develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. But when a smooth-talking ghost traps Bertram into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen, they become entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter! (2008) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V4789 AUSTRALIA w/Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman join forces with visionary director Baz Luhrmann in Australia, an epic and romantic action adventure set on the brink of World War II. (2008) PG-13. 165 min. • Order # V4782 CENTENNIAL w/Richard Chamberlain, Sally Kellerman. Based on James Michener's panoramic bestseller about the settling of the American West--as reflected in the history of a fictional town called Centennial, Colorado. (1979) PG-13. 1252 min. • Order # V4758 THE DUCHESS w/Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes. Beloved by a nation but betrayed by her husband, Georgina Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire, faced an agonizing choice between responsibility and love. (2008) PG-13. 109 min. • Order # V4784 WATERWORLD w/Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper. In a future in which the land masses have been entirely covered by water, a one hero stands between a little girl with a big secret and the villains who want it. (2008) PG-13. 313 min. EAGLE EYE w/Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton. Two strangers are ripped from their ordinary lives when they are "activated" as part of a high-tech assassination plot. (2008) PG-13. 117 min. LEGALLY BLONDE w/Reese Witherspoon. Elle Woods is a California sorority girl who'll do anything to keep her man. Even if it means going all the way to law school! (2001) PG-13. 96 min. • Order # V4773 • Order # V4785 • Order # V4798 AN AMERICAN CAROL w/Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins, Dennis Hopper. When obnoxious Hollywood director Michael Malone organizes a "Ban the 4th of July" campaign, his efforts are upended by a gang of spirits from America's past. (2008) PG-13. 83 min. LEGALLY BLONDE 2: RED WHITE & BLONDE w/Reese Witherspoon. When Elle Woods discovers that her lovable chihuahua Bruiser's mom is locked in a cruel animal testing facility, she heads to D.C. to fight for animal rights. (2003) PG-13. 95 min. • Order # V4787 BRIDESHEAD REVISITED w/Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson. Inspired by the best-selling novel, the provocative and intense Brideshead Revisited is a riveting drama of forbidden love, power and betrayal. (2009) PG-13. 133 min. • Order # V4788 www.ncrl.org • Order # V4790 DISASTER MOVIE w/Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian, Carmen Electra. The world's very survival is in the hands of three buxom non-brainiacs. This twisted send-up pulverizes everyone's favorite disaster flicks, pop culture icons and public figures. (2008) PG-13. 87 min. • Order # V4794 61 Audio/Video Catalog THE WOMEN w/Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith. Mary Haines has discovered her husband is cheating on her. It's a time when friends are needed so Mary's friends and mother rally with advice, cocktails and shopping. (2008) PG-13. 114 min. Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Non-Fiction NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS They fought hard to protect the lands where they had lived and thrived since time immemorial. Thrill to these larger-than-life, legendary men whose very names conjure brave and ferocious warriors whose unrelenting stamina and indomitable spirit continue to inspire and awe throughout the ages. (2008) Not Rated. 200 min. • Order # V4725 • Order # V4792 CORE FUSION: PILATES PLUS w/Fred DeVito, Elixabeth Halfpapp. Infused with yoga-inspired postures and core-conditioning exercises, this invigorating workout produces real results and will leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed. (2008) Not Rated. 50 min. • Order # V4742 THE BOLLYWOOD DANCE WORKOUT w/Hemalayaa. Inspired by the Indian film tradition of infectiously expressive music and dance comes a sexy, saucy, calorie-burning, full-body workout. (2008) Not Rated. 50 min. • Order # V4828 GET FIT DAILY DOZEN w/Denise Austin. With 12 easy exercises in 12 minutes a day, you can get and stay fit with a program that fits your schedule. (2008) Not Rated. 65 min. • Order # V4777 SMART START FOR KIDS: ABC'S This DVD will entertain your child while teaching the Alphabet. Emphasis is placed on correct spelling and pronunciation of words used in conjunction with each letter of the Alphabet. (2008) Not Rated. 30 min. • Order # V4852 BODY BURN WITH DANCE AND PILATES w/Denise Austin. Nothing burns fat and builds long, lean muscle like Pilates and dance, and nothing is more fun than these three high-energy, low-impact workouts. (2008) Not Rated. 55 min. • Order # V4778 THE STORY OF INDIA w/Michael Wood. Acclaimed writer and historian, Michael Wood's ten thousand year epic' uncovers the fabulous sights, sounds and dazzling achievements of the world's oldest and most influential civilization. (2008) Not Rated. 360 min. • Order # V4861 PREVENTING OSTEOPOROSIS w/Dr. Miriam Nelson. Dr. Miriam Nelson explains the leading causes of osteoporosis, who is at risk, and what we can do about it. Her goal: to get women of all ages to realize that growing older with strength and vitality is a gift and is fun! (2008) Not Rated. 60 min. • Order # V4779 DISCOVER TAI CHI FOR WEIGHT LOSS w/Scott Cole. Increased strength, better balance, improved flexibility, and natural healthy weight loss can be yours as you return to organic principles of movement inspired by the martial art of Tai Chi. (2009) Not Rated. 55 min. • Order # V4937 PREHISTORIC PARK w/Nigel Marven. With over four hours of adventure, spectacle and drama this epic journey to prehistoric times is an engaging adventure for the whole family! (2008) Not Rated. 288 min. • Order # V4781 62 ACTIVITY TV: MAGIC VOLUME 2 w/Ryan Oakes. With a little practice, anyone can be an Amazing Magician! Ryan Oakes shows you how to do easy, yet impressive magic tricks to amaze your friends. Learn how to make a pencil turn to rubber, a knot disappear, and how to make spoons magnetic. (2008) Not Rated. 93 min. I.O.U.S.A I.O.U.S.A. tells the story of America in debt. Weaving together archival footage, economic data and candid interviews, I.O.U.S.A. offers a vivid and alarming profile of America's financial status. (2008) PG. 85 min. • Order # V5006 1-800-426-READ Non-Fiction Video: DVD TAI CHI FOR BEGINNERS • Order # V4872 • Order # V4938 BASIC YOGA WORKOUT FOR DUMMIES w/Sara Ivanhoe. This video offers step-by-step instruction for the 12 essential yoga postures and makes it easy to practice at your own level. (2008) Not Rated. 70 min. RICK STEVES' EUROPE w/Rick Steves. Rick Steves is your perfect travel partner, guiding you through his favorite European cities, villages and off-the-beaten-path destinations. (2008) Not Rated. 360 min. • Order # V4875 THE VERY BEST OF DOG WHISPERER w/Cesar Millan. Emmy-award nominated Cesar Millan has an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes. Relive his most challenging moments and greatest transformations on this very special Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan. (2008) Not Rated. 109 min. • Order # V4905 WITNESS TO REVOLUTION: THE STORY OF ANNA LOUISE STRONG The amazing story of Anna Louise Strong, a former Seattle journalist and radical leader whose life parallels the rise of communism in this century, is chronicled in this excellent short documentary. (1984) Not Rated. 27 min. • Order # V4920 NOSTRADAMUS: PROPHET OF DOOM w/Harry Smith, Peter Graves, Jack Perkins. BIOGRAPHY provides the most important people of our century and centuries past. Rare footage, new research and exclusive interviews go beyond the myths to bring their stories to life. (2002) Not Rated. 50 min. Filmed on a tranquil location overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this program features two practices that offer personal one-on-one instruction and will allow you to experience the many layers of benefits this martial art has to offer. (2008) Not Rated. 56 min. • Order # V4939 BACK TO THE GARDEN Where have all the flower children gone? In 1988, filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson asked that question as he interviewed a group of hippies, living and raising families off-grid in rural Washington State, insulated from mainstream culture. Nearly 20 years later he tracked down his subjects again to find out what had become of their dreams of environmental utopia and sixties idealism. (2009) Not Rated. 70 min. • Order # V5016 TOUGHEST RACE ON EARTH: IDITAROD Deep in the heart of the Alaskan wilderness lies the Iditarod trail. Jagged mountain ranges, dense alpine forests and windswept coastlines make the route between Anchorage and Nome some of the most challenging terrain in the world. In this competition, 96 teams will attempt to traverse more than a thousand miles with 16 finely tuned dogs as an engine. (2008) Not Rated. 256 min. • Order # V4979 LET'S EXPORE THE RAINFOREST Let's Explore the Rainforest teaches children about all of the wonders of our rainforests, and how they are quickly being depleted. (2008) Not Rated. 50 min. • Order # V4853 • Order # V4942 WASHINGTON STATE A SCENIC TOUR Explore the Evergreen State from Seattle and Puget Sound cities to Spokane and the Inland Northwest wine country. (2008) Not Rated. 60 min. SCIENCE OF THE BIBLE Join forensic detectives, scientists, historians, and archeologists on a quest to reveal truths hidden behind some of the greatest mysteries of all mankind! (2008) Not Rated. 60 min. • Order # V4793 • Order # V4906 www.ncrl.org 63 Audio/Video Catalog WALKING WITH PREHISTORIC BEASTS Take an extraordinary trip through history and evolution that begins with the end of the dinosaurs and ends with the rise of even more mysterious creatures: the first humans. (2001) Not Rated. 300 min. RESIDENTIALL CUSTOMER ECRWSS PAID Non-Profit Orgn. 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