MAY 2011 Full Catalog - North Central Regional Library

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MAY 2011 Full Catalog - North Central Regional Library
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in charity—the bigger the
disaster, the bigger the money—
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and release an airborne strain of
virus so powerful it can destroy
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Books: Storytime
BOARD BOOKS!
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Counting
by Emily Bolam.
Ten Little Fingers
and Ten Little Toes
by Mem Fox.
Baby at the Farm
by Karen Katz.
Dr. Seuss's ABC
by Dr. Seuss.
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Franklin's Surprise
by Sharon Jennings.
Order # J4405
About Birds
by Cathryn Sill.
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Trouble in the Tunnel
by Rev. W. Awdry.
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Stella:
Princess of the Sky
by Marie Louise Gay.
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Order # J4429
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Nicolas, Where
Have You Been?
by Leo Lionni.
I am Going
to Save a Panda!
by Lauren Child.
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The Three Horrid Little Pigs
by Liz Pichon.
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The Elephant's Child
by Rudyard Kipling.
Books: Storytime
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Let's Go Visiting
Goldilocks and
The Best Mistake Ever! the Three Bears
by Sue Williams.
by Richard Scarry.
retold by Samantha Berger.
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Grasshopper
on the Road
by Arnold Lobel.
Order # J4465
Dear Deer
by Gene Barretta.
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Whoever You Are
by Mem Fox.
Bringing the Rain
to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema.
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Who Is the Beast?
by Keith Baker.
Order # J4482
Order # J4438
Dinosaur Dinners
by Lee Davis.
Un Gato y un Perro
A Cat and a Dog
by Claire Masurel & Bob Kolar.
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The Colors of Us
by Karen Katz.
There's a Mouse
in the House!
by Wendy Cheyette Lewison.
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Books: Children
ABOUT DOGS
by Bruce Johnson & Sindy McKay.
Designed to be read with very beginning
readers, this book features fun information
about the world's most popular pet. The book
covers some of the breeds and some of the
special ways dogs help us, including serving
as rescue dogs and guide dogs.
• Order # J4402
THE CAPTURE
(Guardians of Ga'hoole #1)
by Kathryn Lasky.
Soren is born in the forest of Tyto, a tranquil
kingdom where the Barn Owls dwell. But evil
lurks in the owl world, evil that threatens to
shatter Tyto's peace and change the course of
Soren's life forever.
• Order # J4419
ZOOBREAK
by Gordon Korman.
When Griffin's class goes to a floating zoo, they
don't expect to see animals being treated so badly. They don't expect to find Cleo, Dog Whisperer
Savannah's pet monkey who's been missing for
weeks. And they really don't expect to have to
hide the animals once they've rescued them!
A THREE HAT DAY
by Laura Geringer.
R.R. Pottle the Third has an extraordinary
collection of hats. But he is lonely. He dreams
of meeting a perfect wife who will be wearing a
perfect hat. One day his dream comes true in
the best possible way.
• Order # J4439
• Order # J4418
THE BRAVEST DOG EVER:
THE TRUE STORY OF BALTO
by Natalie Standiford.
This book recounts the life of Balto, the sled
dog who braved a snowstorm to deliver
medicine to Nome, Alaska, during a 1925
diphtheria epidemic.
RADIANCE
by Alyson Noël.
Riley Bloom is a Soul Catcher. She has
returned to earth for her first assignment, a
Radiant Boy who's been haunting a castle in
England for centuries. Many Soul Catchers
have tried to get him to cross the bridge and
failed. But all of that was before he met Riley.
• Order # J4432
LITTLE BEAR'S VISIT
by Else Holmelund Minarik.
Little Bear likes to visit Grandmother and
Grandfather Bear. He likes Grandfather's hat
and Grandmother's cooking. But most of all,
he loves to listen to their stories!
• Order # J4416
CITY OF FIRE
by Laurence Yep.
When her older sister dies trying to prevent
the theft of one of her people’s great treasures,
Scirye sets out to avenge her and recover the
precious item.
• Order # J4425
CORK & FUZZ: THE COLLECTORS
by Dori Chaconas.
Cork and Fuzz are best friends and like to
collect shiny stones. When Fuzz tries to collect
a "stone" from a duck's nest, the mama duck
tries to collect him. Will Cork be able to save
his friend?
• Order # J4411
KALINE KLATTERMASTER'S
TREE HOUSE
by Haven Kimmel.
Kaline Klattermaster thinks he's thought up
what may be the most perfect hiding place—
an imaginary tree house complete with one
hundred puppies, two older brothers, and a
couch that looks like a hot dog. There's only
one problem—the imaginary tree house is just that: imaginary.
• Order # J4414
BILLY BONES: TALES FROM
THE SECRETS CLOSET
by Christopher Lincoln.
The secrets of High Manners Manor, carefully
guarded in a closet by Billy and his skeleton
parents, begin to unravel when the orphan
Millicent arrives and the two children start
uncovering ghosts, apparitions, and scurrilous
lies that have been festering in the house for far too long.
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FLIPPED
by Wendelin Van Draanen.
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe
how their feelings about themselves, each other,
and their families have changed over the years.
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Books: Children
THE NINE POUND HAMMER
(Clockwork Dark #1)
by John Claude Bemis.
Drawn by the Iodestone his father gave him
years before, twelve-year-old orphan Ray travels
south, meeting along the way various characters
from folklore who are battling against an evil
industry baron known as the Gog.
• Order # J4412
DORMIA
by Jake Halpern & Peter Kujawinski.
After learning that he is a descendant of Dormia,
a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose
inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful
sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a
mission to save the kingdom from destruction,
discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.
• Order # J4408
LUCKY BREAKS
by Susan Patron.
Having reached the mature age of eleven in the
tiny California town of Hard Pan (population
43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to
learn about friendship, parental trust, and the
Milky Way galaxy.
BEEZUS AND RAMONA
by Beverly Cleary.
Nine-year-old Beezus Quimby has her hands
full with her little sister, Ramona. Sure, other
people have little sisters that bother them
sometimes, but is there anyone in the world
like Ramona? Whether she's taking one bite
out of every apple in a box or secretly inviting
15 other 4-year-olds to the house for a party, Ramona is always
making trouble--and getting all the attention.
• Order # J4433
THE CALDER GAME
by Blue Balliett.
When Calder Pillay travels with his father to a
remote village in England, he finds a mix of mazes
and mystery . . . including an unexpected
Alexander Calder sculpture in the town square. Calder is strangely drawn to the sculpture,
while other people have less-than-friendly
feelings towards it. Both the boy and the sculpture seem to be
out of place . . . and then, on the same night, they disappear!
• Order # J4380
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
(Book 1)
by Cressida Cowell.
Can Hippup Horrendous Haddock III capture a
dragon and train it without being torn limb from
limb? Join the adventure as the small boy finds a
better way to train his dragon and becomes a hero!
• Order # J4423
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF
CHARLIE AND MR. WILLY WONKA
by Roald Dahl.
Charlie Bucket loves chocolate. And Mr. Willy
Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the
world, is opening the gates of his amazing
chocolate factory. Charlie needs just one
golden ticket, and Mr. Wonka's delicious treats
could all be his. But Charlie's adventure goes stratospheric,
and he finds himself orbiting the Earth in a great glass elevator!
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TALES OF OLIVER PIG
by Jean Van Leeuwen.
Meet Oliver Pig and his family and find out
how every day can be special and fun!
SUNRISE (Warriors: Power of Three #6)
by Erin Hunter.
When Firestar's grandchildren, Hollyleaf,
Lionblaze, and Jayfeather, finally discover who
their true parents are, there are dire consequences
for ThunderClan and the warrior code.
• Order # J4381
THIS BOOK IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU
by Pseudonymous Bosch.
In this tooth-rotting adventure, Cass's mom has
been kidnapped by the evil dessert chef and
chocolatier, Señor Hugo! The ransom...the
legendary tuning fork. Can Cass and Max-Ernest
find the magical instrument before it's too late?
• Order # J4442
CONFETTI GIRL
by Diana López.
After the death of her mother, Texas sixth-grader
Lina's grades and mood drop as she watches her
father lose himself more and more in books,
while her best friend uses Lina as an excuse to
secretly meet her boyfriend.
• Order # J4386
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Books: Teens
ELPHAME'S CHOICE
by P. C. Cast.
Though most girls believe they are different,
Elphame knows she is. Odd. Strange. Unique. No one in Partholon has her abilities
or her connection to their goddess. And she
has a destiny she is about to discover.
• Order # F5569
SNOW WHITE AND ROSE RED
by Patricia C. Wrede.
Snow White and Rose Red live on the edge of
the forest that conceals the border of Faerie.
They know enough about Faerie lands and
mortal magic to be concerned when they find
two human sorcerers setting spells near the
border. And when the kindly, intelligent black
bear wanders into their cottage some months later, they realize the
connection between his plight and the sorcery they saw in the forest.
• Order # F4830
GLEE: THE BEGINNING
by Ryan Murphy.
Enroll early at McKinley High--before
New Directions was even a glimmer in Mr.
Schuester's eye. When did Rachel first decide
Finn was more than just a jock? When did
Puck and Quinn start their secret romance? And how did the fledgling Glee Club function
without a fearless leader? Hint: It wasn't exactly a perfect melody.
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS
by Sara Shepard.
When one of their tightly-knit group
mysteriously disappears, four high school girls
find their friendship difficult to maintain when
they begin receiving taunting messages from
someone who seems to know everything about
their past and present secrets.
• Order # F5940
STRAYS
by Ron Koertge.
When 16-year-old Ted loses his parents in a car
accident, he is stuck with a set of semi-psycho
foster parents, two foster brothers and an
inner-city high school full of delinquents sure
to eat him alive. He's having pretty much the
worst year of his miserable life. Or so he thinks.
• Order # J4461
IF THE WITNESS LIED
by Caroline B. Cooney.
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they
brought, siblings Smithy, Jack, and Madison
aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parents'
courage to pull together and protect their
brother Tris, nearly three, from further media
exploitation and a much more sinister threat.
• Order # J4444
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VANISHED (Books 1 & 2:
When Lightening Strikes; and
Code Name Cassandra)
by Meg Cabot.
After being struck by lightening, high school
senior Jessica Mastriani suddenly has the ability
to locate missing children. Now Jess is getting
noticed in all the wrong ways and by all the
wrong people. With no one to trust, it's up to Jess to decide
what to do with her new power—before it's decided for her.
• Order # J4410
MELTING STONES
by Tamora Pierce.
The Battle Islands are on the brink of disaster. The Circle sends two mages, along with a
student who has gotten herself into a bit of
trouble. Evvy has a choice—either go on the
mission or be confined to Discipline Cottage. Her mentor is one of the mages, so she chooses
to accompany them. When they arrive at the island, they
discover that Evvy might be useful after all.
everything.
• Order # J4458
LEVIATHAN
by Scott Westerfeld.
In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old
Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the
Clanker powers who are attempting to take
over the globe using mechanical machinery,
forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn, who,
disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service,
is learning to fly genetically engineered beasts.
• Order # J4457
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THE CUPCAKE QUEEN
by Heather Heplar.
When Penny arrives at Hog's Hollow with her
mom, her life changes drastically. But the
worst part of it is leaving her friends back in
NYC and her dad stayed behind too. Just
when Penny begins to accept her new life,
she's forced to make a choice that will change
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Books: Teens
BURGER WUSS
by M. T. Anderson.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans
revenge on a bully which results in a war
between two competing fast-food restaurants,
Burger Queen and O'Dermont's.
THE BOOK OF TORMOD:
A TEMPLAR'S APPRENTICE
by Kat Black.
It is 1307 in Scotland, and 13-year-old Tormod
is rushing through the night to fetch a
tinderbox to light the Beltane fire for his village
when a Knight Templar interrupts his errand to
send him on another that is even more pressing.
• Order # J4456
THE COMPOUND
by S. A. Bodeen.
Eli and his family have lived in the underground for six years. The world they knew is
gone. As problems with their carefully planned
existence threaten to destroy their sanctuary—
and their sanity—Eli can't help but wonder if
he'd rather take his chances outside.
• Order # J4496
CLAIM TO FAME
by Margret Peterson Haddix.
Sixteen-year-old Lindsay, a former child star
whose career ended when she developed the
ability to hear what anyone, anywhere says
about her and apparently suffered a nervous
breakdown, comes to see this as an asset when,
after her father's death, she learns that she is
• Order # J4495
DO SOMETHING! A HANDBOOK
FOR YOUNG ACTIVISTS
by Nancy Lublin.
Kids want to do it. Parents want their kids to
do it. Schools often require kids to do it. So
do it: Do something and change the world. And here’s how, in a fist-in-the-air book for
every young activist.
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not alone.
SCHOLASTIC ALMANAC 2011:
FACTS & STATS
by Tom Becker.
Packed with hundreds of facts, figures, stats,
and all of the essential info you need to keep
boredom away and handle schoolwork with
ease.
• Order # J4506
• Order # J4485
MORPHEUS ROAD: THE LIGHT
by D. J. MacHale.
Sixteen-year-old Marshall Seaver is expecting a
boring summer when his best friend goes away,
but instead he finds himself haunted—and
hunted—by ghosts that want something from
him which he cannot decipher.
• Order # J4505
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS:
DEFENDERS OF THE REPUBLIC
adapted by Rob Valois.
For the members of Domino Squad, it's a long
road from clone cadets to elite ARC troopers. These heroic clones will stand proud and
courageous as they face the challenges of the
Clone Wars and the greatest villains in the galaxy.
• Order # J4502
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS 2011
by Georgian Bay.
This book features incredible world records
about sports, popular culture, nature, money,
science, and more! Plus a 16-page bonus section,
packed with unbelievable and wacky facts!
SCIENCE FAIR
by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson.
With the help of his best friends, Tamara and
Micah, Toby takes on Assistant Principal Paul
Parmit, aka "The Armpit", a laser-eyed stuffed
owl, and two eBay buyers named Darth and
the Wookiee who seem to think that the
Harrison-Ford-signed BlasTech DL-44 blaster
Toby sold them is a counterfeit. What transpires is a hilarious
adventure filled with mystery, suspense, and levitating frogs.
• Order # J4356
ALEX RIDER: CROCODILE TEARS
by Anthony Horowitz.
Realizing that there's big money in charity—
the bigger the disaster, the bigger the money—
a con artist is poised to create the biggest
catastrophe know to man and release an
airborne strain of virus so powerful it can
destroy an entire country on a single gust of
wind. The antidote? Teen superspy, Alex Rider.
• Order # J4480
• Order # J4501
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Books: Fiction
SAY GOODBYE
by Lisa Gardner.
A serial killer is targeting young women. This
in itself isn’t so unusual, but here’s the twist: he is, or so it appears, using spiders as murder
weapons. FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy
is convinced she is on the trail of a psychopath, but without any bodies or hard evidence,
she is having a difficult time convincing her superiors she isn’t
on a wild-goose chase.
• Order # F5028
PAST PERFECT
by Susan Isaacs.
Ex-CIA agent Katie Schottland is now a successful
spy novelist, but she still gets nostalgic about
her glory days back at the Agency. When an
old co-worker sends out an alarm, Katie jumps
at the chance to reopen her files. She discovers
that several of her old Iron Curtain charges have
become corpses. These unexplained homicides send our reactivated
operative off on a mad chase to save her other associates.
• Order # F5075
HIT AND RUN
by Lawrence Block.
Waiting in Des Moines for a client's go-ahead,
professional killer John Keller is picking out
stamps for his collection at a shop in Urbandale
when somebody guns down the charismatic
governor of Ohio. Back at his motel, Keller
sees the killer's face broadcast on TV. A face he's seen quite often. Every morning. In the mirror.
• Order # F5204
THE MAP THIEF
by Heather Terrell.
Richard Tobias has hired attorney Mara Coyne,
to recover a centuries-old map that was stolen
from an archaeological dig he is sponsoring in
China. But as Mara begins her investigation,
she uncovers the shocking truth: The map is
more valuable than anyone has even imagined,
and her client's motives are more sinister than she suspected.
• Order # F5068
GOD MACHINE
by J. G. Sandom.
The coded journal of Benjamin Franklin. A hidden map. A legendary gospel. These
are the first pieces to an ancient puzzle so
powerful, it could destroy the very foundation
of Christianity.
• Order # F5069
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THE BOOK OF LIES
by Brad Meltzer.
When a homeless man with a gunshot wound
is revealed to be Calvin Harper's long-lost
father, Cal must scramble his resources while
dealing with a watershed of emotions. Father
and son are drawn into a mystery involving
the recovery of the supposed murder weapon
Cain used in the Bible.
• Order # F5020
HOLD TIGHT
by Harlan Coben.
Mike and Tia Baye's sixteen-year-old son has
become increasingly moody and withdrawn
since the suicide of his best friend. They
decide to spy on him by installing software on
his computer. Within days, a cryptic
message—"Just stay quiet and all safe"—draws
them into a maze of mayhem and violence that could destroy
them all.
• Order # F4873
RULES OF DECEPTION
by Christopher Reich.
After his wife dies in a skiing accident in the
Swiss Alps, Dr. Jonathan Ransom learns she
had been leading a double life as a spy. What
starts out as a search for answers about his late
wife's past quickly escalates into a frantic life
and death chase across northern Europe.
• Order # F5035
THE BRIDGE AT VALENTINE
by Renée Thompson.
July Caldwell, the daughter of a sheepman,
and Rory Morrow, the son of a cattleman, find
themselves embroiled in their fathers' bitter
feud to control the rangeland. The battle over
grazing rights pits family against family,
resulting in a tragedy from which July and
Rory struggle to recover.
• Order # F5941
THE DEFECTOR
by Daniel Silva.
Grigori Bulganov once saved Gabriel Allon's
life in Moscow—and Allon repays his debts. So when the former Russian intelligence
officer vanishes, Allon gathers his team of
operatives to go after those responsible. But
he soon realizes that his enemy may already
hold the key to victory—and that if he continues, it will cost
him more than he can bear.
• Order # F5815
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DEAD HEAT
by Joel C. Rosenberg.
As the presidential campaign narrows into
a dead heat, the Secret Service learns of a
catastrophic terrorist plot to assassinate one of
the candidates—but which one? Who do they
want dead? And can U.S. forces stop the
terrorists before millions lose their lives?
• Order # F4366
BEVERLY HILLS DEAD
by Stuart Woods.
Stuart Woods returns with the follow-up to
The Prince of Beverly Hills—a page-turning
novel of murder, political intrigue, and
betrayal set in 1940s Hollywood, the era of
the "Red Scare," when almost anyone could
be suspect.
• Order # F4335
BLACK MONDAY
by Bob Reiss.
A microbe that eats oil has somehow appeared
in oil fields around the world. Any machine
that runs on gasoline is rendered inoperable by
the microbe. Greg Gillette, an epidemiologist,
tries to beat the clock and find an antidote to
the techno-plague before society collapses.
• Order # F5055
9 DRAGONS
by Michael Connelly.
An investigation into a cold-blooded murder
introduces Detective Harry Bosch to a Chinese
underworld lurking in the dark recesses of the
City of Angels. To the victim's family, Bosch
promises revenge, but when his own daughter
suddenly becomes a target, he promises blood.
• Order # F5833
BOOK OF THE DEAD
by Patricia Cornwell.
Kay Scarpetta has dealt with many brutal and
unusual crimes before, but never a string of
them as baffling, or as terrifying, as the ones
confronting her now. Before she is through,
the morgue log called "book of the dead" will
contain many names—and the pen may be
poised to write in her own.
THE FRONT
by Patricia Cornwell.
D.A. Monique Lamont and Massachusetts
state investigator Win Garano pair up to
tackle a loose association of police departments
known as the Front.
• Order # F5021
STORM CYCLE
by Roy Johansen.
Rachel Kirby and John Tavak race to uncover
a 4,500-year-old secret hidden in an Egyptian
tomb that may save the life of Rachel's sister
and many thousands more. But a powerful
enemy is also in white-hot pursuit.
• Order # F4326
THE REAPERS
by John Connolly.
New York Times bestselling author John
Connolly delivers a poetic and ominous novel
about a chain of killings, obscurely linked over
a long passage of years, and the settling of
their blood debts—past, present, and future.
• Order # F5835
• Order # F5066
GHOST WHISPERER: GHOST TRAP
by Doranna Durgin.
Melinda Gordon can talk to the dead and
helps them find what they need to be free. A
mournful lullaby has been haunting Melinda
in her sleep, the song of a ghost who doesn't
seem ready or willing to accept Melinda's
help. Only then does Melinda begin to worry
that this is a spirit so troubled that it may be beyond her help.
SCARED TO LIVE
by Stephen Booth.
As two gruesome homicides begin to converge,
a horrific possibility takes shape. A killer is
stalking the Peak District whose motives are a
mystery and whose methods are unpredictable. And his next victims could be the only two
cops who can stop him.
• Order # F5064
• Order # F4909
WASTELANDS:
STORIES OF THE APOCALYPSE
edited by John Joseph Adams.
These visionary authors have addressed one of
the most challenging and enduring themes of
imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the
aftermath of total societal collapse.
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Books: Fiction
ABSENT FRIENDS
by S. J. Rozan.
Jimmy, Markie, Vicky, Sally, Tom, Jack and
Marian. Their friendships are strong and their
futures bright—until one shattering night
changes everything. But years later, as the
story of that night begins to unwind, a tangle
of secret relationships and personal demons is
exposed—until the truth erupts with stunning force.
DELUSION
by Peter Abrahams.
The monster storm "Bernardine" did more than
devastate the tiny Gulf Coast community of
Belle Ville. It uncovered suppressed evidence
that exonerates a man wrongly imprisoned for
murder.
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BLACK WIDOW
by Cliff Ryder.
Agents recruited for the organization known as
Room 59 play hard, play for keeps...or die trying. But now new Room 59 agent Ajza Manaev, a
top MI6 operative, discovers just how high the
stakes really are when she goes undercover
inside Chechnya's terrorist training camps,
where bitter young widows harness their hate as suicide bombers.
NOTHING TO LOSE
by Lee Child.
All Jack Reacher wants when he reaches the
town of Despair is a cup of coffee. What he
gets are four hostile locals, a vagrancy charge,
and an order to move on. They're picking on
the wrong guy. What are the secrets that
Despair seems so desperate to hide?
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ROGUE
by Danielle Steel.
Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with
three great kids and the perfect new man in her
life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming,
utterly infuriating ex-husband, a.k.a. the Rogue.
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THE GIRL WITH
THE DRAGON TATTOO
by Stieg Larsson.
Harriet Vanger, scion of one of Sweden's
wealthiest families, disappeared over forty
years ago. All these years later, her aged uncle
continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael
Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently
trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate.
• Order # F5241
THE LOST SYMBOL
by Dan Brown.
The Lost Symbol propels Robert Langdon on a
wild twelve-hour race through Washington
D.C. on an urgent search for keys to the
secrets of free masonry, the Founding Fathers,
and psychokinesis.
• Order # F5195
THE GENIUS
by Jesse Kellerman.
Victor Cracke, a tenant in a decaying New
York slum, has disappeared, leaving behind
countless cardboard boxes filled with strange,
original artwork. The subjects of the pictures
look exactly like the victims in long-cold
murder cases. And the still-missing genius
may be the link to a madman—or the madman himself.
• Order # F5996
THE WRECKER
by Clive Cussler.
Someone is out to destroy a major railroad by
wrecking trains, blowing up tunnels and
bridges, and killing people. Railroad detective
Isaac Bell is brought in to bring the Wrecker
to justice.
• Order # F4904
SURE FIRE
by Jack Higgins.
Fifteen-year-old twins Rich and Jade have
their lives turned upside down when their
mother is killed in a car crash, their long-lost
father, John Chance, appears to collect them.
He lives on his own and it’s clear that Rich
and Jade aren’t welcome. But when Chance
suddenly disappears, Rich and Jade uncover the truth: He’s a
spy. And now, whoever kidnapped their father is after them, too.
• Order # F4308
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DEEPER THAN THE DEAD
by Tami Hoag.
California, 1985. Four children and young
teacher Anne Navarre make a gruesome
discovery: a partially buried female body. A
serial killer is at large, and the very bonds that
hold their idyllic town together are about to
be tested to the breaking point.
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Books: Fiction
13½
by Nevada Barr.
Polly Deschamps is a respected professor of
literature with good friends and her own
home—a safe life for her and her two
daughters. When Polly falls in love with
Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect,
shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned
ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters
of the flood.
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A SUMMER IN SONOMA
by Robyn Carr.
They've been best friends since seventh grade.
But this summer, teetering on the threshold of
thirty, four women are going to need each
other more than ever. And having old friends
to lean on can only up the chances of happily
ever after.
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INTERVENTION
by Robin Cook.
New York City medical examiner Jack
Stapleton investigates the promises—and
deadly risks—of alternative medicine and
is led deep into the heart of a religious
conspiracy.
• Order # F5793
KNOCK OUT
by Catherine Coulter.
After witnessing her relatives bury dead bodies
in the middle of the night, a seven-year-old
uses her telepathic powers to call a man she's
seen only on television: FBI agent Dillon
Savich.
THE GATE HOUSE
by Nelson DeMille.
John Sutter has returned to the Gold Coast
for the funeral of a woman who isn't dead yet. He's also looking to restart his life and
possibly hook up with his ex-wife, Susan,
who'd had an affair with a local Mafia don she
later killed. Confounding the problem is the
don's son, who has taken over the family business and wants
vengeance against both John and Susan.
• Order # F6003
EYES OF A CHILD
by Richard North Patterson.
A man has been found dead, a gun still wedged
in his mouth. It looks like Ricardo Arias killed
himself...but the physical evidence tells a
different story. And before long there's a
murder suspect: San Francisco defense
attorney and political hopeful Christopher Paget.
• Order # F6009
FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN
by Janet Evanovich.
Stephanie's working overtime tracking felons
for the bonds office at night and snooping for
security expert Carlos Manoso, aka Ranger,
during the day. Can she hunt down two
killers, a traitor, and five skips, keep her
grandmother out of the sauce, and solve
Ranger's problems and not jump his bones?
• Order # F5789
THE SCARPETTA FACTOR
by Patricia Cornwell.
A CNN producer wants forensic expert Kay
Scarpetta to launch a TV show called The
Scarpetta Factor. But the glare of the spotlight
could make Kay a target for the very killers
she would put behind bars.
• Order # F5797
206 BONES
by Kathy Reichs.
Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance
Brennan awakens to find herself entombed
and tied up. While struggling to free herself,
she recalls her most recent case, concerning a
potential serial killer of elderly women, and
her gradual awareness that an unknown enemy
is trying to undermine her professionally and personally.
• Order # F5786
• Order # F5875
1022 EVERGREEN PLACE
by Debbie Macomber.
Mary Jo Wyse is falling in love with Mack
McAfee. She and her baby daughter, Noelle,
have been living next door to Mack since the
spring. She's still a little wary about their
relationship, because she hasn't always made
good decisions when it comes to men. Her
baby's father, David Rhodes, is testament to that. Now she's
worried that he might sue for custody of their daughter.
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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.
ADAM
by Ted Dekker.
In his hunt for the serial killer known as Eve,
forensic psychologist Daniel Childs suffers a
gunshot wound resulting in his death and
resuscitation. While dead, he discovers within
his mind the key to the mystery, if only he can
find the lock.
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• Order # F5876
CLUB DEAD
by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie Stackhouse's vampire boyfriend has
been distant. When he leaves on a business
trip, Sookie follows him and finds herself
mingling with the underworld at Club
Dead—a little haunt where the vampire elite
go to chill out. When she catches Bill in an
act of serious betrayal—she's not sure whether to save him...or
sharpen some stakes.
• Order # F5759
BLINDMAN'S BLUFF
by Faye Kellerman.
LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and
his wife, Rina Lazarus, will be blindsided by a
brutal multiple murder in this twisting tale of
suspense from New York Times bestselling
author Faye Kellerman.
THE LUCKY ONE
by Nicholas Sparks.
Filled with tender romance and terrific
suspense, The Lucky One is an unforgettable
story about the surprising paths our lives often
take and the power of fate to guide us to true
and everlasting love.
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RAIN GODS
by James Lee Burke.
In a heat-cracked border town, the bodies of
nine illegal aliens—women and girls, killed
execution-style—are unearthed in a shallow
grave. Haunted by a past he can't shake
and his own private demons, Texas sheriff
Hackberry Holland attempts to untangle
the grisly case, which may lead to more bloodshed.
• Order # F5752
FORD COUNTY
by John Grisham.
Returning to the setting of his first novel,
A Time to Kill, longtime bestseller John
Grisham presents seven short stories about
the residents of Ford County, Miss.
• Order # F5858
BLACK HILLS
by Nora Roberts.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora
Roberts takes us deep into the rugged Black
Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows
keep secrets, hunters stalk the land and a
childhood friendship matures into an adult
passion.
• Order # F5870
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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 Kevin becomes
unwittingly involved, steals the bottles first.
MIDNIGHT CRYSTAL
by Jayne Ann Krentz.
For many earthly centuries, a legendary curse
has plagued the Winters family, stemming
from the tumultuous founding of the Arcane
Society. But now, on the futuristic world of
Harmon, the curse's final mystery will be
unraveled.
• Order # F5900
• Order # F5792
HOLLYWOOD MOON
by Joseph Wambaugh.
Four cops find they've stumbled upon a
complex web of crime where even the
criminals can't be sure who's conning whom.
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Books: Romance
TALK OF THE TOWN
by Sherrill Bodine.
After fifteen years as Chicago's gossip guru,
Rebecca Covington has been demoted to the
Home and Food section. Rebecca swears she'll
reclaim her shining star status, but can the
dishy diva even cook? And how can she ignore
her new boss's arousing effect on her sensibilities?
OBSIDIAN PREY
by Jayne Castle.
The world of Harmony has its own special
glow, thanks to the aliens who left behind
powerful amber and twisting underground
catacombs. Sparks fly, senses are raised, and
passion can take you by surprise.
COUNTDOWN
by Michelle Maddox.
A petty thief and a convicted murderer find
themselves entangled in a deadly reality TV
game and a heart-pounding attraction for each
other.
TURBULENT SEA
by Christine Feehan.
Joley Drake was born with a legacy of unexpected
magical gifts, but it was the gift of singing that
made her an overnight sensation. Heated by
the flush of success, Joley can have any man she
wants. And there's only one man who can give
her what she really needs.
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UNMASKED
by Nicola Cornick.
Can innocent young widow Mari Osborne
really be a murderess and the notorious leader
of the Glory Girls highwaywomen? Wickedly
handsome Nick Falconer would stake his life on
it! He's been sent to solve the murder of his
cousin and unmask this female Robin Hood.
• Order # F4118
LOST IN YOU
by Alix Rickloff.
Cornwall, 1815. Beyond the country balls and
genteel society of Regency England lies another
realm—where passion and peril collide, and
two lovers face an impossible choice.
• Order # F4130
TEMPT ME AT TWILIGHT
by Lisa Kleypas.
Poppy Hathaway loves her unconventional
family, though she longs for normalcy. Then
fate leads to a meeting with Harry Rutledge, an
enigmatic hotel owner and inventor with
wealth, power, and a dangerous hidden life.
• Order # F4113
THE GOLDEN VALKYRIE
by Iris Johansen.
When P.I. Honey Winston is hired to steal
incriminating letters from visiting dignitary
Prince Rubinoff, she’s prepared for a dangerous
mission that could end her career. But when
she blows her cover, she finds that the amused
prince is everything the media have made him
out to be: part Adonis, part playboy—and irresistibly charismatic.
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A RAKE'S GUIDE TO PLEASURE
by Victoria Dahl.
The dashing Duke of Somerhart has the
notorious reputation of being one of London's
most incurable rogues. When he meets the
alluring Lady Denmore, he is immediately
intrigued. Her recklessness and innocence
intertwined titillates him as no other woman
ever has. But what secret is the lovely Lady Denmore hiding?
• Order # F4151
• Order # F5450
SERVANT THE ACCEPTANCE
by L. L. Foster.
Gabrielle Cody has accepted her destiny as
God's warrior, charged to destroy all evil, but
she wasn't prepared to see Detective Luther
Cross ever again. He's the beacon of reality in
her life, the one thing that makes her feel
human, like a real woman.
REALLY UNUSUAL BAD BOYS
by Mary Janice Davidson.
One minute, Detective Lois Commoner is
popping pain pills for her bum knee; the next,
she's in a strange land with a magically delicious
naked man named Prince Damon. Questions? Maybe one or two.
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HER UNLIKELY FAMILY
by Missy Tippens.
A good boarding school was what Michael
Throckmorton's orphaned niece needed, not
an uncle who was never home. But then
Michael's niece ran away. And the big-hearted,
beautiful diner waitress who'd taken her in
wasn't letting her go so easily. Josie Miller had
a few conditions for Michael. Oddly enough, he was willing
to listen.
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THE LOST DUKE OF WYNDHAM
by Julia Quinn.
Jack Audley has been a highwayman, a soldier,
and always been a rogue. But when he is
recognized as the long-lost son of the House of
Wyndham, his carefree life is over. And if his
birth proves to be legitimate, then he will find
himself with the one title he never wanted:
Duke of Wyndham.
• Order # F3882
SEDUCTION OF A
PROPER GENTLEMAN
by Victoria Alexander.
To break a centuries-old curse, beautiful Lady
Kathleen MacDavid knows she must ignore
every rule of propriety by seducing—and
marrying—the Earl of Norcroft. So she sets
off for London, braving scandal and ruin to
achieve her goal...until a crazy bump on the head makes her
forget nearly everything.
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WET & WILD
by Sandra Hill.
What do you get when you cross a Viking with
a Navy SEAL? A warrior with the fierce instincts
of the past and the rigorous training of America's
most elite fighting corps? A totally buff heroin-the-making who hasn't had a woman in
roughly a thousand years? A dyed-in-the-wool
romantic with a hopeless crush on his hands-off superior officer? Whatever you get, women everywhere can't wait to meet him.
SECRET FANTASY
by Carly Phillips.
Juliette Stanton is ten minutes away from
vowing to love, honor and cherish a scheming
mobster-connected liar. And so the highprofile senator's daughter flees her own
wedding. Dubbed "Chicago's Runaway
Bride," Juliette needs somewhere to hide out. So she heads to a "fantasy island" and pays big bucks for
anonymity and the chance to meet an honest man who'll love
her for who she really is.
• Order # F4664
THE LAST WHITE KNIGHT
by Tami Hoag.
A powerful story of love and surrender about a
young woman determined to save the world on
her own, and the man who may help her save
herself.
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BRIDES FOR BROTHERS /
THE MARRIAGE RISK
(MIDNIGHT SONS, Vol. 1)
by Debbie Macomber.
The three O'Halloran brothers, who run a
bush-plane charter service, are heading a
campaign to bring women to the small town of
Hard Luck, Alaska. Lovely Abbey Sutherland
is arriving in Alaska within days. However, there's a complication...or two. She hasn't told them she's arriving with kids!
• Order # F4757
DADDY'S LITTLE HELPER /
BECAUSE OF THE BABY
(MIDNIGHT SONS, Vol. 2)
by Debbie Macomber.
Mitch Harris is responsible for law and order
in Hard Luck. He's also the widowed father of
a little girl. But it's not long before seven-yearold Chrissie decides that her new teacher,
Bethany Ross, is the perfect candidate for wife and mom!
• Order # F5202
• Order # F4100
LOVE'S FIRST LIGHT
by Jamie Carie.
An aristocrat goes undercover to survive the
French Revolution, but his heart cannot be
contained upon meeting a beautiful widow
with whom he shares a tragic connection.
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DEAD AFTER DARK
by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
With these four tales of paranormal romance,
it's never been hotter to be close to death. Stories included are: Shadow of the Moon by
Sherrilyn Kenyon; The Story of Son by J. R.
Ward; Beyond the Night by Susan Squires; and
Midnight Kiss Goodbye by Dianna Love.
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Books: Romance
MOONSTRUCK
by Susan Grant.
Peace is for little girls. And Coalition starship
admiral Brit Bandar is one tough woman. A
mere intergalactic treaty could never get her to
trust the Drakken Horde. There was too much
bad blood between the Coalition and the
Horde. But now a peaceful accord has made
Finn Rorkken, a notorious Drakken rogue, second-in command on her starship—and through some grand cosmic
irony—front and center in her thoughts...and her heart.
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ANGELS AT CHRISTMAS
by Debbie Macomber.
Every Christmas, three lovable angels visit Earth. Once a year, Shirley, Goodness and Mercy are
allowed to intervene in human affairs. This
Christmas, Those Christmas Angels respond to
Anne Fletcher's prayer request. She wants her
son, Roy, to meet a special woman—and the
angels contrive to throw Julie Wilcott in his path.
PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE
by Kresley Cole.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley
Cole enraptures again with this seductive tale
of a fierce werewolf prince who will stop at
nothing to protect the lovely archer he covets
from afar.
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CHANCES
by Nora Roberts.
Two classic novels: Opposites Attract - After years
apart, Asher Wolfe discovers to her horror she
still wants Ty Starbuck, but knows if she reveals
the truth, she could lose it all again. A Will and
a Way - Strange things are happening to Pandora
McVie. The strangest being her reluctant
attraction to a man who might be trying to get rid of her.
• Order # F4669
SIMPLY PERFECT
by Mary Baloch.
Against the seductive backdrop of Regency
England, New York Times bestselling author
Mary Balogh sweeps us into the sensual,
enthralling world of four teachers at an elite
academy for young ladies.
• Order # F5778
VEIL OF MIDNIGHT
by Lara Adrian.
A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata
cannot be bested by any man—vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary
psychic ability—a gift both rare and deadly. Now a stranger threatens her hard-won
independence—a golden-haired vampire who
lures her into a realm of darkness…and pleasure beyond imagining.
• Order # F4690
• Order # F4687
THE GIRL MOST LIKELY TO...
by Susan Donovan.
Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia and
vowed never to return. Who could blame her?
She’d just stumbled upon her father’s adulterous
affair, found out she was pregnant, got dumped
by her boyfriend, and kicked out of her house
and school...all in a single afternoon. Twenty years have gone
by and Kat’s back—gorgeous, rich, and looking for an apology
from everyone who’d turned their backs on her.
ECSTASY
by Jacquelyn Frank.
At one with the darkness, the mysterious
Shadowdwellers must live as far from lightloving humans as possible in order to survive. Yet one damaged human woman will tempt the
man behind the Shadowdweller throne into a
dangerous desire.
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• Order # F4727
MURDER GAME
by Christine Feehan.
As bodies pile up, a violent new cross-country
game is blamed on the GhostWalkers. To clear
their name, they infiltrate the dangerous sport. And to survive it, they must ignore the rules.
• Order # F4716
AND THE DESERT BLOOMS
by Iris Johansen.
#1 New York Times bestseller Iris Johansen pairs
an exotic locale with an irresistible man in this
classic love story that proves anything is possible
when a woman knows in her heart that it's right.
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Books: Mystery
COYOTE WAITS
by Tony Hillerman.
Lt. Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must
unravel a complex plot of death involving an
historical find, a lost fortune and the mythical
Coyote, who is always waiting and hungry.
BURN ZONE
by James O. Born.
When a low-level bust leads ATF agent Alex
Duarte to New Orleans—and a mysterious
Panamanian gun-and drug-runner named
Ortiz—he finds himself in the middle of
something bigger than he's ever known.
• Order # F5156
MURDER ON BANK STREET
by Victoria Thompson.
In the four years since her husband's death,
midwife Sarah Brandt has become an angel of
mercy in the tenements of turn-of-the-century
New York. Now, Detective Sergeant Frank
Malloy has taken up the task of solving the
murder of Dr. Tom Brandt. But the shocking
revelation he discovers may destroy Sarah—and Malloy's hopes
for any future with her.
• Order # F5141
QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE
by Max Allan Collins.
The enigmatic hitman Quarry is back in this
violent, steamy tale of warring crime families. When two rival casino owners covet the same
territory, guess who puts himself in the
crossfire.
• Order # F5602
PASSPORT TO PERIL
by Robert B. Parker.
From the corridors and compartments of the
Orient Express to the shadowy, ruined streets
of Budapest—which he saw firsthand as a
foreign correspondent during World War II—
Parker takes you on a nightmare tour of a land
where life is cheap, old hatreds run strong, and
a couple of Americans can find themselves in more danger
than they ever imagined.
• Order # F5108
VI AGRA FALLS
by Mary Daheim.
Innkeeper and amateur sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn's worst nightmare comes true when
Vivian Flynn—husband Joe's first wife—
moves back into the neighborhood. Vivian,
who has become mysteriously wealthy, plans to
build a big, bad condo on their idyllic
cul-de-sac. Outraged, Judith and her neighbors vow to fight
the project to the death.
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THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
by Diane A. S. Stuckart.
Court Engineer Leonardo da Vinci conjures a
living chess game for the Duke of Milan using
his royal court as chess pieces. But when one
‘piece’ is murdered, da Vinci’s scrupulous eye
for detail is needed to find the killer.
• Order # F4650
CASINO MOON
by Peter Blauner.
For Anthony Russo, an Atlantic City mobster's
son, the chances of escaping a life of crime are
slim. They hinge on his plan to back a washed-up
boxer's comeback bid, and that, in turn, hinges
on winning the help of a sexy round card girl
who's gone toe-to-toe with the current
champion—in the bedroom.
• Order # F5074
BIG JACK
by J. D. Robb.
In New York City in 2059, someone is
pursuing missing gems from a decades-old
heist...someone who's willing to kill for them. NYPD Lieutenant Eve Dallas will attempt to
track down the diamonds once and for all—
and stop the danger and death that have
surrounded the jewels for years.
• Order # F5677
SANTA CLAWED
by Rita Mae Brown.
Amateur sleuth Harry Harristeen is excited
about the upcoming holidays, but her spirits
are dashed when she finds a dead monk at the
Christmas-tree farm. Of course, Harry’s three
cats, Mrs. Murphy, Tucker, and Pewter, are just
as interested as Harry in uncovering the
murderer, who’s wrecking the holidays for everyone by killing
off the seemingly selfless monks.
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THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES
by Jonny Porkpie.
Suspected of murder after a striptease artist dies
dramatically onstage, performer and emcee
Porkpie—named for his trademark hat—sets
out one kick-step ahead of the cops to find the
real killer.
• Order # F5605
DIPPED, STRIPPED, AND DEAD
by Elise Hyatt.
Divorced and strapped for cash, Candyce
"Dyce" Dare starts up Daring Finds, a
furniture refinishing business. But when she
goes dumpster diving for discarded furniture,
and uncovers a corpse, Dyce may find herself
redecorating a jail cell.
• Order # F5496
K IS FOR KILLER
by Sue Grafton.
Lorna Kepler's death ten months ago has
remained a mystery. The local police had
suspected homicide, but never could find a
suspect—or a motive. Now Kinsey Millhone
has agreed to work on the case and is about to
be pulled into a netherworld of unavenged
murder and damaged survivors...where sometimes it takes a
deal with the devil to survive.
CLUB DEAD (Sookie Sackhouse #3)
by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant. Now
she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the
underworld at Club Dead—a little haunt where
the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she
catches him in an act of betrayal, she's not sure
whether to save him or sharpen some stakes.
• Order # F5242
DEAD TO THE WORLD
(Sookie Sackhouse #4)
by Charlaine Harris.
When cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse sees
a naked man on the side of the road, she doesn't
just drive on by. Turns out the poor thing hasn't
a clue who he is, but Sookie does. It's Eric the
vampire--but now he's a kinder, gentler Eric.
And a scared Eric, because whoever took his memory now
wants his life.
• Order # F5238
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL
(Sookie Sackhouse #5)
by Charlaine Harris.
Harris's rousing fifth Sookie Stackhouse
fantasy-mystery pits vampires, were-creatures,
shifters and one fairy godmother against a
sniper with an apparent aversion to nonhumans.
• Order # F5559
DEAD UNTIL DARK
(Sookie Sackhouse #1)
by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie Sackhouse is a cocktail waitress in
small-town Louisiana. Sookie is also telepathic,
and that doesn't make her too dateable. Then
along comes Bill. He's tall, dark, handsome—
and Sookie can't hear a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting for all her life. But Bill has a disability of his own: He's a vampire with a bad
reputation.
• Order # F5243
LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS
(SOOKIE SACKHOUSE #2)
by Charlaine Harris.
When a vampire asks Sookie Stackhouse to use
her telepathic skills to find another missing
vampire, she agrees under one condition: the
bloodsuckers must promise to let the humans
go unharmed.
• Order # F5235
• Order # F5234
DEFINITELY DEAD
(Sookie Sackhouse #6)
by Charlaine Harris.
Spiked with a frothy fusion of romance,
mystery, and fantasy, this bestselling series
sends the supernaturally gifted cocktail waitress
Sookie Stackhouse to New Orleans, where she
has to deal with the legacy of one of her own
family and a host of potentially dangerous characters.
• Order # F5236
ALL TOGETHER DEAD
(Sookie Sackhouse #7)
by Charlaine Harris.
Sookie attends an important central U.S. vamp
summit on the shores of Lake Michigan as a
"human Geiger counter" for Sophie-Anne
Leclerq, vampire queen of a Louisiana
weakened by Katrina and who will be tried
during the event for murdering her king. Sookie knows the
queen is innocent, but she's hardly prepared for other shocking
murders.
• Order # F5237
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Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy
TO OUTLIVE ETERNITY
AND OTHER STORIES
by Poul Anderson.
The wide-ranging imagination and exciting
storytelling of Poul Anderson brings many
different worlds to vivid life in a great volume
of his best stories that will thrill all fans of
science fiction.
• Order # F5067
WHITE WITCH, BLACK CURSE
by Kim Harrison.
Bounty hunter and witch Rachel Morgan has
crossed forbidden lines, taken demonic hits,
and still stands. But the death of her lover
struck her harder than she ever thought
possible. She won't rest until his murder is
solved...and avenged.
• Order # F5574
THREE DAYS TO DEAD
by Kelly Meding.
When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and
bruised on a cold slab in the morgue—in a
stranger's body, with no memory of who she is
and how she got there—her troubles are only
just beginning. Now Evy is a fugitive. Piecing
together her memory Evy discovers that she has
only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation
spell wears off. Because in three days Evy will die again—but
this time there’s no second chance.
• Order # F5577
A MAGIC OF TWILIGHT
(The Nessantico Cycle #1)
by S. L. Farrell.
A Magic of Twilight is a sweeping saga of
murder and magic (portrayed both as a
powerful religion and a forbidden art), of
deception and betrayal, of Machiavellian
politics, star-crossed lovers, and a realm
facing war on every front.
• Order # F4791
THE VAN RIJN METHOD
by Poul Anderson.
When the human race spread out among the
stars, they took the profit motive with them,
and none exemplified that fact better than
Nicholas Van Rijn, interstellar trader and
capitalist extraordinaire. He might look like
Falstaff and talk in a steady stream of malapropisms, but anybody who might take him for a bumbling buffoon
would quickly find themselves taken—to the cleaners!
CLAWS THAT CATCH
by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor.
Working off of a piece of intelligence from our
alien allies, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to
investigate rumors of an ancient and powerful
civilization that may have been the creators of
the “black box” that drives humanity's only space
ship. Any remnant technology would be nice
but what the Blade finds is much more than they bargained for.
• Order # F5586
RESISTANCE:
THE GATHERING STORM
by William C. Dietz.
In December 1949 hordes of merciless aliens
burst across European borders, killing and
transforming their victims as they advance. Now the deadly Chimera have crossed the
ocean, unleashing lightning strikes on the
American mainland. A U.S. Ranger lieutenant, strangely
immune to the alien virus attacks, stands as the last, best
chance against these extraterrestrial monsters.
• Order # F5070
JIMMY THE HAND
(Legends of the Riftwar, Book III)
by Raymond E. Feist & S. M. Stirling.
Forced to flee the only home he's ever known,
Jimmy finds himself among the unsuspecting
rural villagers of Land's End, where he hopes to
prosper with his talents for con and thievery.
But Land's End is home to many who tread the
crooked path—and to a dark, dangerous presence even the
local smugglers don't recognize.
• Order # F5203
THE NEW SPACE OPERA
edited by Gardner Dozios
& Jonathan Strahan.
The rich space opera tradition, extending from
the off-world voyages of Verne and Wells to this
galaxy-embracing anthology, is arguably sf's
most prolific subgenre. Veteran anthologist
Dozois and co-editor Strahan present some of
the newest boundary-stretching variations on the category's
many themes.
• Order # F4329
• Order # F5571
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A WAR OF GIFTS (an Ender Story)
by Orson Scott Card.
Orson Scott Card offers a Christmas gift to his
millions of fans with this short book set during
Ender's first years at the Battle School where it
is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays.
• Order # F5487
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Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy
THE CLONE BETRAYAL
by Steven L. Kent.
Lt. Wayson Harris was born and bred as the
ultimate soldier. But he is unique, possessing
independence of thought. And when the
military brass decide to blame the clones for the
decimation of the U.A. Republic, Lt. Harris
decides to stop being the scapegoat, with all the
firepower he can muster.
• Order # F5492
THE BOOKS OF THE WARS
by Mark Geston.
Complete in one volume for the first time: three
novels making up a saga of the distant future,
when the Earth and its inhabitants have transformed
almost beyond recognition, science has all but
become sorcery, and humanity is threatened by
creatures out of the past’s darkest legends.
• Order # F4786
STAR WARS: MILLENNIUM FALCON
by James Luceno.
Climb aboard, buckle up, and prepare to jump
to hyperspace for a dazzling adventure aboard
the ship that launched a thousand fates.
UNDONE
(Outcast Season, Book One)
by Rachel Caine.
Once she was Cassiel, a Djinn of limitless
power. Now, she has been reshaped in human
flesh as punishment for defying her master—
and living among the Weather Wardens, whose
power she must tap into regularly or she will die. And as she copes with the emotions and frailties of her human
condition, a malevolent entity threatens her new existence.
• Order # F5585
THE MOON POOL
by Abraham Merritt.
On an uncharted island in the South Pacific, a
party of explorers finds incredible marvels and
inadvertently unleashes the Dweller, a monstrous
entity that stalks all in its path!
• Order # F4811
TRIPLANETARY
(The Lensman Saga, Book 1)
by E. E. Doc Smith.
Battle is joined for the control of the universe. The Arisians, benevolent humanoids who have
declared themselves Guardians of Civilization,
war with the Eddoreans, shapeless, malevolent
beings, hungry for power at any price. Their
battleground is a tiny planet in a remote galaxy: Earth.
• Order # F4777
TERMINATOR SALVATION:
COLD WAR
by Greg Cox.
Russia 2003. When it appears that the United
States has unleashed its entire nuclear arsenal
upon the world, Captain Dmitri Losenko,
commander of the nuclear submarine Gorshkov,
has no choice but to retaliate. His target? Alaska.
• Order # F5465
STAR TREK:
A SINGULAR DESTINY
by Keith R. A. DeCandido.
The cataclysmic events of Star Trek: Destiny
have devastated known space. Worlds have
fallen. Lives have been destroyed. And in the
uneasy weeks that follow, the survivors of the
holocaust continue to be tested to the limits of
their endurance.
• Order # F4787
SINGULARITY'S RING
by Paul Melko.
Apollo is in training to become the captain of
the starship Consensus. Apollo is unique in
that he/she/it is not an individual at all, but five
separate teenagers who form a whole new
entity. As the pod's training progresses and
more and more potentially lethal accidents
occur, the pod members become fugitives on Earth, struggling
just to survive.
• Order # F4989
THE BREATH OF GOD
by Harry Turtledove.
Once the great Glacier enclosed the Raumsdalian
Empire. Now it’s broken open, and Count
Hamnet Thyssen faces a new world. With the
wisecracking Ulric Skakki, the neighboring clan
leader Trasamund, and his lover, the shaman
Liv, Hamnet leads an exploration of the new
territory in hopes of finding the legendary Golden Shrine. But
dangers abound.
• Order # F5562
• Order # F4779
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Books: Western
CRUCIFIXION RIVER
by Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini.
In the Spur Award–winning title story, a
Pinkerton detective, a couple on the run, a
wanted man, and a traveling salesman with
mysterious wares all converge on the banks of
Crucifixion River to take shelter from an
impending storm.
• Order # F5648
THE TEARS OF GOD (Wilderness #62)
by David Thompson.
Mountain man Nate King would never leave
anyone in need, but he has his hands full this
time trying to protect both a freight train and a
colony of Shakers from a band of Pawnees on a
personal vendetta.
CANYON DIABLO
by Max McCoy.
Jacob Gamble and his crazy brother Ishmael are
sworn enemies. But when they finally meet up
at an old mission church in the desert to settle
their feud, they find a score of massacred
bodies...and one mortally wounded survivor
who promises them riches beyond their wildest
dreams if they return his prized possession to the deadly town
of Canyon Diablo.
• Order # F5650
THE WARRIOR
by Wade Everett.
When the U.S. Army sent Capt. John Early to
protect the Indians at Camp Sherridan in an
effort to get the veteran soldier out of the way,
they didn’t realize that nothing would deter him
from his mission, and the army just became his
prime target.
• Order # F5604
HARLAN
by Frank Roderus.
Harlan Breen has been arrested and accused of
murder in a case of mistaken identity. His only
chance of avoiding the hangman’s noose is to
break out of jail and track down the real killer
before a posse can find him.
• Order # F5603
RYDER OF THE HILLS
by Robert J. Horton.
Gang leader Jess Sneed is horrified when an
innocent man is inadvertently killed, and he
decides to take the dead man’s son under his
wing to atone. But what happens when the son
finds out the truth and the further misdeeds of
the man he’s come to think of as his father?
• Order # F5623
THE BUSTED THUMB
HORSE RANCH
by Paul Bagdon.
Jake Walters’s dream has come true; he has a
horse ranch of his own. He’s even found that
one perfect stallion to be the foundation sire of
his breed. But word of this perfect stallion has
spread fast, and now Jake has to fight rustlers
for not only the stallion but his ranch and his very life!
• Order # F5621
KILLSTRAIGHT
by Johnny D. Boggs.
A Comanche who’s been in the white world for
the last several years struggles to come to terms
with his heritage while investigating the
wrongful hanging of his best friend.
• Order # F5601
NORTH STAR
by Richard S. Wheeler.
Barnaby Skye and his family must cope with
radical change as the wilderness vanishes, the
buffalo are slaughtered, and the government
puts the tribes on reservation land. How can
people born and bred to tribal life learn to live
another way?
• Order # F5625
NOT A RUSTLER
by John D. Nesbitt.
Someone has started gunning down cattle
ranchers in the area and Spencer Prescott has
become both a suspect and a potential victim.
• Order # F5620
WAGONS WEST: NEBRASKA!
by Dana Fuller Ross.
Autumn, 1837. Blazing onward from New York
to Missouri, the legendary wagon train sent by
U.S. President Andrew Jackson has reached the
last outpost of civilization. Now five hundred
strong, these brave pioneers set a course across
the great rolling plains toward the treacherous
Rockies, hoping to stake a claim in the American West.
• Order # F5582
• Order # F5639
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Books: Western
SAVAGERY OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN
by William W. Johnstone.
Santa Clara, Colorado, is 24 hours by train
from the land where Smoke Jensen found peace
and prosperity on his Sugarloaf Ranch. But
somehow, Smoke can't stay away from Santa
Clara—and from an evil cattle baron hiding a
murderous past.
BOUNTY ON A BARON
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.
• Order # F5579
• Order # F5600
THE GUN FIGHT
by Richard Matheson.
Millview, Texas, on August 13, 1871, lawman
John Benton took off his gun and swore never
to wear it again. Eight years later, he is forced
to rethink his decision when an innocent young
woman, Louisa Harper, tries to make her
boyfriend jealous with a story that the famous
officer made advances toward her.
MATT JENSEN:
THE LAST MOUNTAIN MAN:
SNAKE RIVER SLAUGHTER
by William W. Johnstone.
Kitty Wellington inherited her uncle's
20,000-acre ranch—and a mortgage—on the
Snake River. She plans to pay her debt by
selling thoroughbreds to the U.S. Army. But a
relative is trying to steal it all...until Matt Jensen enters a fight
whose most dangerous combatants have yet to show their hand.
• Order # F5552
FATAL JUSTICE
by Ralph Compton.
Years ago, Marshal Asher Thrall shot killer Ben
Sharkey in the leg to save a fellow lawman. Since then, every crooked step has reminded
Sharkey of the man who put a bullet in him. And he's set to repay the favor in spades.
• Order # F5649
STRYKER'S REVENGE
by Ralph Compton.
Lieutenant Steve Stryker has a score to settle
with Rake Pierce, who's running guns to the
Apaches. Pierce left him a scarred man and
ruined his life. Now it's payback time.
• Order # F5596
• Order # F5652
RIFLE PASS
by Max Brand.
Sheriff Thomas Weller has a problem. His son
has joined notorious bandit Harry Sandford on
the outlaw trail. Now his most wanted man is
his own son.
REDGATE GOLD
by Jack Slade.
Lassiter never believed the stories about a
hidden cache of gold, but when an old man
changes his mind, he’ll go through all hell to
find the treasure.
• Order # F5595
GUN WORK
by J. Lee Butts.
Tilden's latest mission: track down the
Coltrane brothers, who butchered most of the
Cassidy family and made off with their
daughter, Daisy. But when a girl down in Texas
claims to be Daisy Cassidy, Tilden smells a lie.
Still, he and his partners set off to escort her
from Texas to Arkansas—and if they should come across the
Coltranes, there might be no need to bring them back alive.
• Order # F5654
THE DANGEROUS DAWN
by Frank Leslie.
Half-breed Yakima Henry steps in to help an
older man being bullied by outlaws—and
becomes a target of both bandits and lawmen
alike.
• Order # F5643
RANGE GHOST
by Bradford Scott.
The Panhandle is poised for violence as one
spread after another loses cattle to mysterious
rustlers. Walt Slade, the hawk of the Texas
Rangers, drifts quietly into Amarillo. That wild
and woolly frontier town is more dangerous
than a she-grizzly. Slade finds the killer thieves
like a desert mountain: further away whenever he looks.
• Order # F5642
• Order # F5653
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Books: Book Club Favorites
THE SWEETNESS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE PIE
by Alan Bradley.
It's summer in the sleepy English village of Bishop's
Lacey. Up at the great house of Buckshaw, aspiring
chemist Flavia de Luce passes the time tinkering
in the laboratory she's inherited. When Flavia
discovers a murdered stranger in the cucumber
patch outside her bedroom window early one morning, she decides to
leave aside her flasks and Bunsen burners to solve the crime herself.
• Order # F5832
TEA TIME FOR THE
TRADITIONALLY BUILT
by Alexander McCall Smith.
When Precious Ramotswe asks her dependable
husband Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni to fix her tiny,
white van, she fears he might just sell the vehicle
and buy her something more modern. And so
he does. So Precious tries to track her beloved van
down—and learns it has already been stolen from its new owner.
CHURCH OF THE DOG
by Kaya McLaren.
Gracefully capturing the strange alchemy of
people and places, Kaya McLaren's story of
redemption and rediscovery will inspire readers
to find the magic and power in every day
shared with the people they love.
• Order # F6133
MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND
by Helen Simonson.
The death of Major Ernest Pettigrew's brother
sparks an unexpected ally and source of
consolation in his neighbor, the Pakistani
shopkeeper Jasmina Ali. On the surface,
Pettigrew and Ali's backgrounds and life
experiences couldn't be more different, but they
discover that they have the most important things in common.
• Order # F6132
LET THE GREAT WORLD SPIN
by Colum McCann.
Let the Great World Spin is the critically
acclaimed author’s most ambitious novel yet: a dazzlingly rich vision of the pain, loveliness,
mystery, and promise of New York City in the
1970s.
• Order # F5985
MISTER PIP
by Lloyd Jones.
Bringing Great Expectations to desperate
children ravaged by revolution, an eccentric
teacher becomes a martyr to literature and
transforms the prospects of a strong-willed girl.
• Order # F6137
• Order # F5984
MENNONITE IN A
LITTLE BLACK DRESS
by Rhoda Janzen.
Tackling faith, love, family and aging, Mennonite in
a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir
of healing, certain to touch anyone who has ever
had to look homeward in order to move ahead.
• Order # F6128
• Order # F6139
GOOD HARBOR
by Anita Diamant.
Good Harbor is the long stretch of Cape Ann
beach where two women friends walk and talk,
sharing their personal histories and learning
life's lessons from each other.
• Order # F6124
THE FINANCIAL LIVES
OF THE POETS
by Jess Walter.
The Financial Lives of the Poets, Jess Walter's wildly
funny, heartrending novel, is a clever meditation
on the American Dream gone horribly wrong.
• Order # F6138
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THE GIRL WHO FELL
FROM THE SKY
by Heidi W. Durrow.
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, a biracial
girl must cope with society's ideas of race and
class in this acclaimed novel, winner of the
Bellwether Prize for fiction addressing issues
of social justice.
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PLUM WINE
by Angela Davis-Gardner.
The story of a powerful and moody love affair
between a visiting American schoolteacher and
a Japanese potter, a survivor of the Hiroshima
bombing.
• Order # F6136
KNIT TWO
by Kate Jacobs.
Five years after the death of Georgia, founder of
the Friday Night Knitting Club, Kate Jacobs
revisits the surviving members as they move on
with their lives.
• Order # F6135
Books: Book Club Favorites
PRAYERS FOR SALE
by Sandra Dallas.
Sandra Dallas has created an unforgettable tale
of a friendship between two women, one with
surprising twists and turns, and one that is
ultimately a revelation of the finest parts of the
human spirit.
• Order # F6134
SAVING CEECEE HONEYCUTT
by Beth Hoffman.
Both hilarious and heartbreaking, Saving
CeeCee Honeycut charts the journey of an
unforgettable girl who loses one mother, but
finds many others in the storybook city of
Savannah.
• Order # F6130
OXYGEN
by Carol Cassella.
Anesthesiologist Dr. Marie Heaton is forced to
face the personal and professional fallout from
an operating room disaster. Marie finds herself
on the losing end of dollars-and-cents medicine
in a malpractice suit, questioning herself, her
skills, her colleagues, and her life choices.
• Order # F6129
THE GOOD GOOD PIG
by Sy Montgomery.
For writer and world traveler Montgomery, the
grounding force of her New Hampshire home
was a 750-pound pig. This book is not merely
a chronicle of her love for and life with Christopher
Hogwood, but also a testament to the lessons
learned through her 14-year relationship with him.
THE SCHOOL OF
ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS
by Erica Bauermeister.
The School of Essential Ingredients follows the
lives of eight students who gather in Lillian's
Restaurant every Monday night for cooking class. It soon becomes clear, however, that each one
seeks a recipe for something beyond the kitchen.
• Order # F6126
BROOKLYN
by Colm Tóibín.
Committed to a quiet life in little Enniscorthy,
Ireland, the industrious young Eilis Lacey
reluctantly finds herself swept up in an
unplanned adventure to America, engineered
by the family priest and her sister, Rose. Eilis's
determination to embrace the spirit of the
journey despite her trepidation.
• Order # F6125
FACTORY GIRLS
by Leslie T. Chang.
China is in the midst of history's largest human
migration, a hundred and thirty million of its
citizens having left their home villages in search
of urban employment. Chang, an American of
Chinese descent, explores the migrant experience
and�the burden of being Chinese�through the
lives of several young women in the industrial city of Dongguan.
• Order # F6123
• Order # F6131
RUSH HOME ROAD
by Lori Lansens.
Five-year-old Sharla finds herself dumped with
Addy, an elderly neighbor when her mother
takes off for the summer. And although she is
not an angelic child, the two soon forge a deep
bond. A beautiful portrayal of the redeeming
power of love and memory.
ROOFTOPS OF TEHRAN
by Mahbod Seraji.
In a poignant, funny, eye-opening, and
emotionally vivid debut novel, Mahbod Seraji
lays bare the beauty and brutality infused in the
centuries-old Persian culture, while reaffirming
the human experiences we all share: laughter,
tears, love, fear, and above all, hope.
• Order # F6122
• Order # F6127
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Books: Large Print
TAKE ONE
(Above the Line, Book 1)
by Karen Kingsbury.
Two unknown producers struggle
to fulfill their dreams to change
lives through the power of film.
With millions of investors' dollars
on the line, everything starts to
fall apart and they realize they may be in over
their heads. Is it possible to beat the odds and
make a movie unlike anything ever done before?
Or, will they lose everything in the process?
(Christian Fiction)
• Order # F5745
TAKE TWO
(Above the Line, Book 2)
by Karen Kingsbury.
Producers Chase Ryan and Keith
Ellison are gaining respect and are
on the verge of truly changing
culture through the power of
film, but is the change worth
the cost? (Christian Fiction)
TAKE FOUR
(Above the Line, Book 4)
by Karen Kingsbury.
Filmmakers Keith Ellison and
Dayne Matthews finally ink a
deal with the nation's top young
actor. But when the actor takes a
public fall that threatens his
reputation, the producers must act as missionaries
to save the film, their families, and the young
movie star. (Christian Fiction)
• Order # F5877
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED
WITH FIRE (2)
by Steig Larsson.
Mikael Blomkvist, journalist and
publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story
that will expose an extensive sex
trafficking operation between
Eastern Europe and Sweeden. But he has no idea
just how explosive the story will be. (Fiction)
• Order # F5846
• Order # F5737
TAKE THREE
(Above the Line, Book 3)
by Karen Kingsbury.
Filmmakers Chase Ryan and
Keith Ellison celebrate their first
successful movie. But in the
midst of family relationships,
broken budgets, and conflicting
dreams, Chase and Keith must find their way
through the maze of pain and questions that
comes with everything they thought they wanted.
(Christian Fiction)
THE GIRL WHO KICKED
THE HORNET'S NEST (3)
by Stieg Larsson.
A familiar evil lies in wait for
Lisbeth Salander, but this time,
she must do more than confront
the miscreants of her past; she
must destroy them. (Fiction)
• Order # F5847
• Order # F5718
THE OVERTON WINDOW
by Glenn Beck.
Glenn Beck delivers a ripped-fromthe-headlines thriller that seemlessly weaves together American
history, frightening facts about
our present conditions, and a
heart-stopping plot. (Mystery)
• Order # F5922
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HAPPY EVER AFTER
I REMEMBER NOTHING
AND OTHER REFLECTIONS
by Nora Ephron.
Nora Ephron takes a cool, hard,
hilarious look at the past, the
present, and the future, bemoaning
the vicissitudes of modern life,
and recalling with her signature
clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet)
forgotten. (Non-Fiction)
• Order # F6020
RESCUE
by Anita Shreve.
With taut, evocative prose, Anita
Shreve takes us deeply into a
single father's love for his daughter.
He is a man whose profession is
the rescuing of strangers from
serious harm, but what if those
closest to him are beyond rescue? (Fiction)
• Order # F6038
DON'T BLINK
by James Patterson.
New York's Lombardo's Steak
House is famous for three reasons—
the menu, the clientele, and now,
the gruesome murder of an
infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through
the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze
of accusations about who ordered the hit. (Thriller)
• Order # F5935
LOST EMPIRE
by Clive Cussler.
While scuba diving in Tanzania,
Sam and Remi Fargo come upon
a relic belonging to a long-lost
Confederate ship. An anomaly
about the relic sets them off
chasing a mystery. (Mystery)
(The Bride Quartet, Book 4)
by Nora Roberts.
One by one, the women of Vows
wedding planning company have
found their own perfect matches,
eventually leaving PR director
Parker Brown as the only loner.
When her encounters with mechanic Malcomb
Kavanaugh take an unexpected direction, she
begins to wonder if she too has found her perfect
match. (Romance)
• Order # F6026
CROSS FIRE
by James Patterson.
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's
wedding plans are put on hold
when Alex is called to the scene of
the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s
most corrupt: a dirty congressmen
and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive
gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians,
sparking a blaze of theories—is the marksman a
hero or a vigilante? (Thriller)
• Order # F6016
WICKED APPETITE
by Janet Evanovich.
With a new job as pastry chef at
Dazzle's Bakery and an old house
inherited from her Aunt Ophelia,
Elizabeth Tucker's life is pretty
much on track...until it's suddenly
derailed by a guy named Diesel, a
rude monkey, and a ninja cat. (Mystery)
• Order # F5947
• Order # F5933
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WHO DO I TALK TO?
(Yada Yada House Of Hope, #2)
by Neta Jackson.
Just months after her husband threw her and
their two sons out of their penthouse, Gabrielle
Fairbanks is finally getting back on her feet. But Gabby is realizing that she needs something
far greater than her own strength or even that
of her friends. That to move forward, she must first lean on
the only One who knows what the future holds.
• Order # F5995
WHO DO I LEAN ON?
(Yada Yada House Of Hope, #3)
by Neta Jackson.
Piece by piece, Gabby's new life is coming
together—but the old one keeps dragging her
back. First her husband Philip hints at a
reconciliation...then hits her up for a loan to pay
his gambling debts. And when Gabby tells him
no, he makes a desperate move that puts them all in harm's way.
• Order # F5780
PEARL IN THE SAND
by Tessa Afshar.
Pearl in the Sand, the story of Rahab the harlot
who became an ancestor of Christ, delivers a very
powerful truth within its pages: forgiveness,
redemption, and the changing power of God.
• Order # F6032
A TIME TO LOVE
(Quilts of Lancaster County #1)
by Barbara Cameron.
War correspondent Jennie King thinks she’s
just a temporary guest in her grandmother’s
Amish community while she recuperates from
the devastating injuries sustained in a car bomb
attack that changed her world. But when she
meets Matthew Bontrager, the man she had a crush on as a
teenager, she wonders if God has a new plan for her.
SECRETS OF HARMONY GROVE
by Mindy Starns Clark.
Sienna Collins, owner of the Harmony Grove
Bed & Breakfast in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, learns that she is under investigation by the federal government for crimes she
knows nothing about. As Sienna tries to clear
her name, she is forced to depend on her faith,
the wisdom of the Amish, and the insight of the man she has
recently begun dating.
• Order # F6000
A MAN'S HEART
by Lori Copeland.
A drought-stricken farm. A promise to a dead
friend and two needy little lives. And disturbing
memories stirring up a growing relationship
with her sister. How can one woman handle it
all? The answer lies with a god who holds the
keys to yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
• Order # F5999
HOW SWEET IT IS
by Alice J. Wisler.
Leaving behind a broken romance and her job
as a chef in Atlanta, Deena Livingston
reluctantly agrees to teach cooking to middle
schoolers in North Carolina. Will a Dr.
Seuss-quoting plumber, a handsome social
worker, and eight rambunctious youngsters
change Deena's outlook on life?
• Order # F5164
PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
by DiAnn Mills.
A series of murders in West Texas force Special
Agent Bella Jordan into a race against time as
she searches for the killer amid threats to her
own life. When it becomes obvious the killer is
someone who knows her, Bella has to wonder
whom, if anyone, she can trust.
• Order # F6018
• Order # F5942
DINING WITH JOY
by Rachel Hauck.
Joy Ballard has a secret: she's a cooking show host
who can't really cook. Then she meets chef Luke
Davis who moved to Beaufort after losing his
Manhattan restaurant. Luke and Joy mix like
oil and water…until Joy is exposed on national
television. With her career and his reputation both
under fire, they'll have to work together to fix the mess. Is it
possible that they can learn to feast on God's love and dine with joy?
THE WAITING
by Suzanne Woods Fisher.
Jorie King has been waiting for Benjamin Zook
to return home to Lancaster County so they can
marry. When news arrives that Ben has been
killed, Jorie finds comfort in the friendship of
his brother Caleb. That friendship ripens into
love, but when the unexpected happens, their
worlds are turned upside down once more. Will Jorie trust
God to lead her into the arms of a new man?
• Order # F6021
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• Order # F5991
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Books: Christian Fiction
THE VIGILANTE'S BRIDE
by Yvonne Harris.
Robbing a stagecoach and kidnapping a woman
passenger is the last thing Luke Sullivan expects
to do. He just wanted to reclaim the money stolen
from him, but ends up with a feisty copper-haired
woman who was on her way to marry Sullivan's
bitter enemy. Emily McCarthy doesn't take kindly
to her "rescue." Still she trusts God can turn any situation to
good especially when it seems Sullivan may just be the man of
her dreams.
• Order # F5956
CODE TRIAGE
by Candace Calvert.
Dr. Leigh Stathos likes her ER shifts fast,
furious, and adrenaline-infused. Life’s taught
her a soul-rending lesson: nothing lasts forever,
including marriage. And the clock is ticking
toward the end of hers. Then an unwelcome
confrontation with “the other woman” begins
a whole new set of lessons.
• Order # F5964
JOURNEY TO RIVERBEND
by Henry McLaughlin.
Sometimes, escaping our past can lead us to
a bright, new future. At least, that's what
seamstress Rachel Stone hopes to find in the
town of Riverbend.
• Order # F6150
HIS OTHER WIFE
by Deborah Bedford.
By candidly unveiling the difficulties found
within blended families, Bedford skillfully
guides readers on a path to healing through
the struggles, doubts, and faith of a woman
determined to learn what it means to truly
love her son.
THE DAMASCUS WAY
by Davis Bunn & Janette Oke.
Julia has everything money can buy...except for
acceptance by either the Gentiles or the Jews.
Her Greek father already has a wife and family,
leaving Julia and her Hebrew mother secondclass citizens. But when they are introduced to
followers of the Way, they become part of that
community of believers.
• Order # F6060
THE FAITHFUL
by Jonathan Weyer.
Assistant pastor Aidan Schaeffer is undergoing
a crisis of faith and conflicted about the church
itself when he learns that his former girlfriend
was murdered in what appears to be a demonic
ritual. His inquiries reveal that she is just one
in a series of women killed by a group seeking
to resurrect evil. Soon, Aidan finds himself at the center of the
investigation.
• Order # F6039
PARADISE VALLEY
by Dale Cramer.
In 1921, Ohio's new law forces Caleb Bender's
family to seek sanctuary in the wilds of Mexico,
where the government will not interfere with
their Amish way of life or take their children
from them. Steadfast Caleb is compelled to
wrestle with the demands of faith, only to
discover that love has its own demands.
• Order # F6055
• Order # F6151
ANGEL HARP
by Michael Phillips.
Widowed at thirty-four, amateur harpist Marie
"Angel" Buchan realizes at 40 that her life and
dreams are slowly slipping away. But a
summer in Scotland turns out to offer far
more than she ever imagined!
tender mercies.
SOFTLY & TENDERLY
by Sara Evans.
After learning about her husband's affair and
resulting illegitimate son, Jade begins to
question everything she thought she knew
about family, love, and motherhood. Soon Jade
begins to see a future that doesn't rest on the
power of her past but in the goodness of God's
• Order # F6107
• Order # F6153
THE AMISH MIDWIFE
by Mindy Starns Clark & Leslie Gould.
A compelling story about a search for identity
and the ability to trust that God securely holds
our whole life—past, present, and future.
• Order # F6154
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Books: Gardening
MONTH-BY-MONTH GARDENING
IN WASHINGTON & OREGON
by Mary Robson.
This easy-to-use book highlights each major
plant category using a monthly format. Valuable hints are located throughout the book,
and beautiful photographs will inspire you!
• Order # F5608
GROW GREAT GRUB
by Gayla Trail.
Whether you're looking to eat on a budget or
simply to experience the pleasure of picking
tonight's meal from right outside your door,
this is the must-have book for small-space
gardeners—no backyard required.
• Order # F6187
• Order # F6102
THE ANN LOVEJOY HANDBOOK
OF NORTHWEST GARDENING
by Ann Lovejoy.
Learn the art of garden-making from Ann
Lovejoy with this complete handbook of
organic and sustainable techniques for
ornamental gardens.
• Order # F6108
TREES AND SHRUBS
by Geoff Bryant & Tony Rodd.
Trees and Shrubs features more than 1,500
meticulously researched plant entries
including the world's best-loved trees and
shrubs, as well as exotic and little-known
species.
• Order # F6214
TIPS FOR CONTAINER GARDENING:
300 GREAT IDEAS FOR GROWING
FLOWERS, VEGETABLES AND
HERBS
by the editors of Fine Gardening.
This latest collection from Fine Gardening is
brimming with 300 essential tips, savvy
shortcuts, and tried-and-true techniques,
celebrating the growing popularity of container gardening.
• Order # F6218
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS
VEGETABLE FRUIT & HERB
GARDENING
Whether you want to start a major new edible
garden project or just add a little fresh
produce to your pantry, Vegetable, Fruit, &
Herb Gardening is the easy-to-understand,
comprehensive guide you need.
• Order # F6189
THE VEGETABLE GARDENER'S
CONTAINER BIBLE
by Edward C. Smith.
Ed Smith has chosen, planted, tested, and
tasted dozens of vegetables in all kinds of
containers, and he shows you how simple and
rewarding it is to grow a backyard garden
even without a backyard.
• Order # F6198
GARDENING STEP BY STEP
This gardening manual offers practical tips,
checklists, charts, and step-by-step instructions
taken from the best of DK's popular Simple
Steps to Success series. With beautiful
illustrations and an easy-to-follow format,
Gardening Step by Step shows you how to keep
your garden gorgeous all year-round.
• Order # F6200
ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS
by Geoff Bryant & Tony Rodd.
This book features more than 1,300 carefully
researched plant entries, including the world's
hardiest and most popular annuals and
perennials.
• Order # F6215
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS
PERENNIAL GARDENING
Whether you're planning your first garden or
looking to add perennials to the garden you
love, Perennial Gardening covers everything
you need to know.
• Order # F6188
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WEEK-BY-WEEK VEGETABLE
GARDENER'S HANDBOOK
by Ron Kujawski & Jennifer Kujawski.
Using the first and last frost as guideposts,
father and daughter Kujawski guide would-be
gardeners through the growing season and
beyond, with plenty of tips and tricks to
ensure a great harvest.
THE EDIBLE FRONT YARD
by Ivette Soler.
The Edible Front Yard helps yo combine the
loveliest and tastiest edibles and ornamentals
in a garden that is a year-round feast for the
eyes.
• Order # F6245
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Books: Non-Fiction
Miscellaneous Non-fiction
Local History
DO NOT OPEN
by John Farndon.
Inside you’ll find the incredible truth about
secret stuff you’re not supposed to know: weird history, strange science, mysterious
places, random happenings, freaky facts of
nature. From DNA to the CIA, hackers to
hoaxers, time travel to telepathy: it’s all in here.
AMERICAN FEVER
by Esther Ruud Stradling.
This story of pioneer life in the Washington
Territory, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, is
so representative of hundreds, if not thousands,
of pioneer farmers who endured the same toil,
the same droughts, and the same tragedies.
• Order # F5086
• Order # F5791
CASCADE LOOP
HERITAGE TOUR-SOUTH
This guide book focuses on the southern
section of the Cascade Loop. Beginning
on U.S. Route 2 from Everett/Mukilteo
to Wenatchee/Entiat. Includes CD.
THE CASE FOR GOD
by Karen Armstrong.
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion
plays in human life, drawing on the insights of
the past in order to build a faith that speaks to
the needs of our dangerously polarized age.
• Order # F5864
• Order # F5914
LAKE CHELAN'S UNION VALLEY
by Lief Carlsen.
Follow author and Union Valley resident
Lief Carlsen as he delves into the mystery of
what happened over the last century to this
boom-and-bust community.
THE FRUGALISTA FILES
by Natalie P. McNeal.
It is possible to get ahead without giving up on
the fabulous life. This is personal finance in
peep-toe pumps—the empowering true story
of one woman's personal and professional
transformation and your ultimate guide to
living the Frugalista lifestyle, too.
• Order # F5567
IMAGES OF AMERICA:
GRANT COUNTY
by Elizabeth Gibson.
Author Elizabeth Gibson shares the story
of Grant County, one of the last places to
be settled in Washington State.
• Order # F6077
GOING ROGUE:
AN AMERICAN LIFE
by Sarah Palin.
Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen's extraordinary journey, and imparts Sarah Palin's
vision of a way forward for America and her
unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth.
• Order # F5179
THE WENATCHEE VALLEY
AND ITS FIRST PEOPLES
by Richard Scheuerman.
This book is a masterful rendering of the nearly
forgotten history of the middle Columbia's
native peoples and in particular the P'squosa,
or Wenatchi Indians. Scheuerman's narrative
also paints a vivid account of the region's
natural history.
• Order # F5891
YOU: RAISING YOUR CHILD
by Drs. Michael Roizen & Mehmet Oz.
In YOU: Raising Your Child, Drs. Mehmet Oz
and Michael Roizen, help you navigate the
often tricky journey of parenting with the
ultimate guide to raising a happy, healthy child.
• Order # F5089
• Order # F5974
ONLINE LEARNING
by Leslie Bowman.
Whatever a student's age, situation, or lifestyle,
everything needed for successfully completing
an online class is right here in this book.
• Order # F5873
FINDING THEA (DVD)
by Lucy Ostrander, Nancy Bourne Haley.
In 1889, the year Washington achieved
statehood, Norwegian immigrant Thea
Christiansen Foss arrived in Tacoma on the
newly opened Northern Pacific Railroad. Finding Thea is a wonderful tribute to a
woman whose spirit still inhabits the city
she helped build. DVD (2006) 25 min.
• Order # V4887
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Books: Northwest Hiking/Camping
THE FORAGER'S HARVEST
by Samuel Thayer.
A practical guide to all aspects of edible wild
plants: finding and identifying them, their
seasons of harvest, and their methods of
collection and preparation.
THE CREAKY KNEES GUIDE
by Seabury Blair, Jr.
This guide includes 100 short-distance,
low-climb hikes, packed with spectacular
views, from the Olympic Peninsula to
Mount Rainier to Spokane Valley.
• Order # F6096
• Order # F6097
HIKING WASHINGTON'S HISTORY
by Judy Bentley.
Hiking Washington's History is the history
buff's trail guide and the hiking buff's history
book. It includes forty historic trails from
across the state, ranging from short day hikes
to multiday backpacking trips.
WASHINGTON CAMPING
by Tom Stienstra.
Whether you're RV camping, hiking into
the backcountry, or just looking for a quick
getaway, you'll find the perfect campsite
among the choices selected by outdoors
expert Tom Stienstra.
• Order # F6109
• Order # F6095
WINETRAILS OF WALLA WALLA
by Steve Roberts.
Offering amazing wines, excellent cuisine, and
distinctive lodging, Walla Walla makes one
terrific getaway. Get the most from your stay
as Washington native Steve Roberts guides you
through the hidden treasures of the Walla Walla
Valley along five very memorable WineTrails.
DESERT HIKES WASHINGTON
by Alan L. Bauer & Dan A. Nelson.
Enjoy hiking on the dry side of the Cascades! This landscape of sagebrush and rimrock
canyons in central and eastern Washington
is uniquely beautiful and rich in plant and
animal life.
• Order # F6053
CAMPING WASHINGTON
by Ron C. Judd.
Judd's new guide takes the guesswork out of
finding a suitable site with a campsite rating
system, icons for tents and RVs, quick-reference
maps, clear driving directions, and reservation
information.
• Order # F6103
WILDFLOWER HIKES
WASHINGTON
by Art Kruckeberg.
Hiking all four corners of the state, from ocean
beaches to alpine meadows and forests and the
lowlands in between, experience the beauty of
Washington's native wildflowers.
• Order # F6094
BEST OF OREGON AND
WASHINGTON'S MANSIONS,
MUSEUMS AND MORE
by Ken & Dahlynn Mckowen.
This book describes 137 of Oregon and
Washington's historic and cultural treasures—
the famous as well as the obscure—and will
delight visitors, history buffs, families,
teachers, and armchair travelers alike.
• Order # F6098
• Order # F6100
WASHINGTON HIKING
by Scott Leonard.
Whether you're in search of a kid-friendly
walk or a day-long adventure, you'll find the
perfect hike among the choices selected by
outdoors expert Scott Leonard.
• Order # F6101
• Order # F6099
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WEIRD WASHINGTON
by Jeff Davis & Al Eufrasio.
Washington: evergreens, coffee, rock, and
rain. That’s pretty much it, right? Well, no. There is a whole lot of weird going on in our
state. Washington is home to some of the
weirdest travel destinations, scariest legends,
and most colorful folks in the United States.
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Books: Cookbooks
THE FARMER'S WIFE
SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK
edited by Lela Nargi.
Everything from soups and main dishes to
desserts can be created in your slow cooker. These classic recipes offer the readers
nostalgia with a little time in the kitchen
thanks to today's technology.
GRILL IT!
by Taste of Home.
Get ready to sink your teeth into some of
the most lip-smacking, finger-licking
barbecued dishes you've ever tasted! Grill it!
includes 343 succulent recipes for all your
grilling needs.
• Order # F5736
• Order # F5850
THE POTLUCK CLUB COOKBOOK
by Linda Evans Shepherd & Eva Everson.
From salads to casseroles to slow-cooker
delights, there's something for everyone, even
if you're watching your waistline. These
great potluck ideas not only save you money,
they also help you build memories to last a
lifetime.
PACIFIC FEAST:
A COOK'S GUIDE TO WEST
COAST FORAGING AND CUISINE
by Jennifer Hahn.
An intimate guide to the food at our feet,
Pacific Feast shares expert advice on how to
identify the good eats, harvest responsibly,
and create delicious meals.
• Order # F5313
• Order # F6019
THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK
by Peg Bracken.
Updated for today's pantries and with a
touching foreword from Peg's daughter Jo,
The I Hate To Cook Book is sure to fill your
kitchen with wonderful smells and even
more wonderful laughter—whether you hate
to cook or not!
• Order # F5841
THE AMISH COOK'S
ANNIVERSARY BOOK
by Lovina Eicher.
Part cookbook, part cultural education, part
family memoir, The Amish Cook's Anniversary Book: 20 Years of Food, Family, and
Faith celebrates two decades of home and
hearth straight from the pens of the original
Amish Cook, Elizabeth Coblentz, and her
daughter and successor, Lovina Eicher.
THE FARMER'S WIFE
HARVEST COOKBOOK
edited by Lela Nargi.
Included in this book are over three hundred
recipes for feeding folks—and in some cases,
a lot of folks—during the harvest months. Some of the recipes will help you figure out
what to do with your own garden and
farmer's market bounty. Others will help
you create the perfect formal autumn dinner or solve the riddle
of what to bring along to that happiest of summer mealtime
events—the picnic.
• Order # F5926
• Order # F5938
LOVE AT FIRST BITE
by Gina Meyers.
Love At First Bite, The Unofficial Twilight
Cookbook is meant to offer a satisfying array
of warm, lovely dishes that anyone of any age
can cook with ease and enjoyment.
• Order # F5927
THE GOOD NEIGHBOR COOKBOOK
by Sara Quessenberry &
Suzanne Schlosbert.
125 easy and delicious recipes to surprise
and satisfy the new moms, new neighbors,
recuperating friends, community-meeting
members, book club cohorts, and block
party pals in your life!
• Order # F6216
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WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON
by John Green & David Levithan.
One Will Grayson wants nothing more than
to shut up and not care; the other wants
nothing more than to have someone to
talk to and care about. But when Will
Grayson meets Will Grayson, two worlds
collide, and neither Will's world will ever be the same. Unabridged. 477 min.
• Order # T3576
RADIANCE
by Alyson Noel.
Riley Bloom is a Soul Catcher. She has
returned to earth for her first assignment, a
Radiant Boy who's been haunting a castle
in England for centuries. Many Soul
Catchers have tried to get him to cross the
bridge and failed. But all of that was before he met Riley. 240 min.
• Order # T3575
ARTEMIS FOWL 7:
THE ATLANTIS COMPLEX
by Eoin Colfer.
Artemis Fowl has committed his entire
fortune to a project he believes will save
the planet and its inhabitants, both human
and fairy. Can it be true? Has goodness
taken hold of the world's greatest teenage criminal mastermind? Unabridged. 458 min.
• Order # T3563
ON THE RUN (Books 1-3)
by Gordon Korman.
Books 1-3 in the On the Run series
include: Chasing the Falconers; The
Fugitive Factor; and Now You See Them,
Now You Don't. Unabridged. 548 min.
• Order # T3579
SAMMY KEYES AND THE
ART OF DECEPTION
by Wendelin Van Draanen.
To fulfill an assignment, seventh-grade
sleuth, Sammy Keyes attends an art
opening. When a bandit crashes the event
and yanks paintings from the wall, Sammy
attacks. But the real detective work begins when Sammy seeks
the truth about a so-called painter. Unabridged. 430 min.
• Order # T3562
WOULD YOU
by Marthe Jocelyn.
For Natalie’s amazing older sister, Claire,
this summer is fantastic, because she’s
zooming off to college in the fall. For
Natalie, it’s a fun summer with her friends. When Claire is hit by a car, the world
changes in a heartbeat. Over the next four days, moment by
moment, Natalie, her parents, and their friends wait to learn if
Claire will ever recover. Unabridged. 211 min.
• Order # T3095
SAMMY KEYES
AND THE HOTEL THIEF
by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Seventh-grade sleuth, Sammy Keyes is perusing
the neighborhood through binoculars
when she spots something fishy at the
Heavenly Hotel. She's sure she's just seen
a robbery, now she just has to prove it. Unabridged. 240 min.
• Order # T3561
FIRST LIGHT
by Rebecca Stead.
Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an
expedition to Greenland, where his father
studies global warming. Peter will get to
skip school, drive a dogsled, and finally
share in his dad’s adventures. But on the
ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that
both frighten and entice him. Unabridged. 426 min.
• Order # T3571
THE CRUISERS
by Walter Dean Myers.
Zander and his friends, Kambui, LaShonda,
and Bobbi start their own newspaper, The
Cruiser, as a means for speaking out,
keeping the peace, and expressing what
they believe. When the school launches a
mock Civil War, Zander and his friends are forced to consider
the true meaning of democracy and what it costs to stand up
for a cause. Unabridged. 133 min.
• Order # T3574
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Kids
NANNY McPHEE RETURNS
by Emma Thompson.
The spoiled Gray children are about to
meet their ill-behaved cousins, the Greens. Enter Nanny McPhee, who discovers that
Mrs. Green and the children are fighting against scheming relatives intent on taking
away their farm. Nanny McPhee must use her magic to teach
her mischievous charges five new lessons, or losing the farm
will be the least of their problems. Unabridged. 300 min.
• Order # T3573
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
by Astrid Lindgren.
Tommy and his sister Annika have a new
neighbor, and her name is Pippi Longstocking. She has crazy red pigtails, no
parents to tell her what to do, a horse that
lives on her porch, and a flair for the
outrageous that seems to lead to one adventure after another! Unabridged. 157 min.
• Order # T3572
STORM WARNING
(The 39 Clues, Book 9)
by Linda Sue Park.
The shadow of a man in black has followed
fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her
younger brother Dan on their worldwide
search for 39 Clues that lead to a great power. And now, in the wake of a terrible tragedy, he's ready to step out of
the darkness for their final confrontation. Unabridged. 285 min.
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GOING BOVINE
by Libba Bray.
From New York Times bestselling author
Libba Bray comes a dark comedic journey
that poses the questions: Why are we
here? What is real? What makes microwave popcorn so good? Why must we die? And how do we really learn to live? Unabridged. 909 min.
• Order # T3558
THE MOSTLY TRUE ADVENTURES
OF HOMER P. FIGG
by Rodman Philbrick.
Although he is underage, Homer P. Figg’s
beloved older brother, Harold, is illegally
sold into the Union Army by their ruthless
guardian. Now Homer must run away
from Pine Swamp, Maine, and his wretched home to find his
brother and save him from the war, before it’s too late. Unabridged. 301 min.
• Order # T3555
MOCKINGJAY
by Suzanne Collins.
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has
survived the Hunger Games twice. But now
that she's made it out of the bloody arena
alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they
think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. Unabridged. 700 min.
• Order # T3567
INTO THE GAUNTLET
(The 39 Clues, Book 10)
by Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Once Amy and Dan Cahill's choice was
simple - take a million dollars or the first
of 39 Clues that lead to the source of
unimaginable power. Now it's clear that
the hunt for Clues is bigger than anything that Amy and Dan
could ever have imagined. Unabridged. 427 min.
FRINDLE
by Andrew Clements.
Nicholas Allen is not a troublemaker
-- he's just creative. When he decides to
liven things up in Mrs. Granger's fifth
grade language arts class, he comes up with
the greatest plan yet. He invents a new
word for a pen -- frindle. It doesn't take long for frindle to
take root and soon the excitement spreads beyond the school
and town and unleashes a series of events that rapidly spins out
of control. Unabridged. 90 min.
• Order # T3568
• Order # T3577
DANIEL X: DEMONS AND DRUIDS
by James Patterson.
Daniel X's hunt to eliminate each and every
intergalactic criminal on Earth is always
relentless, but this time, it's getting personal. Number Three on the List of Alien Outlaws
takes the form of raging, soul-possessing fire. And fire transports Daniel back to the most traumatic event of
his life—the death of his parents. Unabridged. 270 min.
IN THE BELLY
OF THE BLOODHOUND
by L. A. Meyer.
Jacky Faber and her classmates at the
Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in
Boston are kidnapped while on a school
outing and transported in the hold of a
slave ship bound for the slave markets of North Africa. Unabridged. 900 min.
• Order # T3559
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• Order # T3583
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CHASING VERMEER
by Blue Balliett.
When a book of unexplainable occurances
brings Petra and Calder together, strange
things start to happen and an invaluable
Vermeer painting disappears. Before they
know it, the two find themselves at the
center of an international art scandal, where no one is spared
from suspicion. Unabridged. 287 min.
• Order # T3586
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD
by Francisco X. Stork.
Seventeen-year-old Marcelo Sandoval has
Asperger's syndrome and must work in his
father's law office for the summer in order
to return to the special needs school where
he feels so comfortable. There he finds a
picture in a file that truly connects him with the real world: its
suffering, its injustice, and what he can do to fight. Unabridged. 608 min.
• Order # T3447
THE HUNCHBACK ASSIGNMENTS
by Arthur Slade.
The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues
Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an amazing
ability to transform his appearance, and
Mr. Socrates raises him in isolation as an
agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind
Brittania’s efforts to rule the empire. Unabridged. 435 min.
• Order # T3534
CAPTAIN NOBODY
by Dean Pitchford.
When Newt Newman’s football-star
brother, Chris, is knocked into a coma
during the biggest game of the season,
Newt’s two best friends keep his mind off
of the accident by helping him create the
ultimate Halloween costume: Captain Nobody. Unabridged. 274 min.
• Order # T3533
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT
SOCIETY AND THE PRISONER'S
DILEMMA
by Trenton Lee Stewart.
When an unexplained blackout engulfs
Stonetown, four friends must unravel clues
relating to a nefarious new plot, while their
search for answers brings them closer to danger than ever
before. Unabridged. 647 min.
CHARLIE BONE
AND THE RED KNIGHT
by Jenny Nimmo.
Charlie must discover the fate of his
family, the evil intentions of the Bloors,
what has become of Septimus Bloor's will,
and, most important, the destiny of the
Red King's heirs. But are the Children of the Red King strong
enough to defeat the darkness to find the answers? Unabridged. 270 min.
• Order # T3636
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BENJAMIN PRATT & THE KEEPERS
SCHOOL: WE THE CHILDREN
by Andrew Clements.
Benjamin Pratt's school is about to become
the site of a new amusement park. It
sounds like a dream come true! Or is it
more like a nightmare? Unabridged. 150 min.
MIDNIGHT MAGIC
by Avi.
A nervous king, an exasperatingly playful
princess, a diabolical count, an oddly
ubiquitous kitchen boy, a magician who
doesn't believe in magic, and a servant
who knows far too much for his own
good. When this motley crew embarks on a medieval ghost
hunt, destiny throws plenty of twists and turns their way. Unabridged. 330 min.
• Order # T3635
IF I STAY
by Gayle Forman.
Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory
of the accident; she can only recall what
happened afterwards, watching her own
damaged body being taken from the
wreck. Little by little she struggles to put
together the pieces—to figure out what she has lost, what she
has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Unabridged. 240 min.
• Order # T3590
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A ROOM ON LORELEI STREET
by Mary E. Pearson.
For seventeen-year-old Zoe, struggling to
shed the suffocating responsibility of her
alcoholic mother and the controlling guilt
of her grandmother, a rented room on
Lorelei Street is a fierce grab for control of
her own future. But with all odds against her, can a she make
it on her own? Unabridged. 407 min.
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THE PENDERWICKS
ON GARDAM STREET
by Jeanne Birdsall.
Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s
time for him to start dating—and his
daughters know that can only mean one
thing: disaster. Enter the Save-Daddy
Plan—a plot so brilliant, so bold, so funny, that only the
Penderwick girls could have come up with it. Unabridged. 461 min.
SHIVER
by Maggie Stiefvater.
In all the years she has watched the wolves
in the woods behind her house, Grace has
been particularly drawn to an unusual
yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has
been watching her with increasing
intensity. Unabridged. 643 min.
• Order # T3633
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PETER PAN
by J. M. Barrie.
Wendy, John and Michael Darling follow
Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, to
a world where fairies live and children can
fly. But beware—dangers abound in this
magical land of mermaids, Indians, and
fairy dust. Unabridged. 314 min.
• Order # T3585
WILD GIRL
by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Growing up in Brazil with her mother,
Lidie, a free-spirited horse-lover, longs to
travel to New York and live with her father. On her twelfth birthday, her wish comes
true and she is sent to America to help
manage her father's horse stables. However, Lidie quickly
struggles to adapt to the restricting confinements of American
society. Unabridged. 176 min.
• Order # T3532
THE NIGHT OF THE SOLSTICE
by L. J. Smith.
When Claudia, Janie, Alys, and Charles
are tasked with the responsibility of saving
Morgana Shee, they are drawn into a
mysterious world they did not know
existed. Morgana's fate relies on the
children's ability to release her from the hold of Cadal Forge,
an evil sorcerer, before the night of the winter solstice, a time when
the passages between the worlds open. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3507
EVERYTHING FOR A DOG
by Ann M. Martin.
In parallel stories, Bone, an orphaned dog,
finds and loses a series of homes, Molly, a
family pet, helps Charlie through the grief
and other after-effects of his brother's
death, and lonely Henry pleads for a dog
of his own. 310 min.
• Order # T3634
NO PASSENGERS
BEYOND THIS POINT
by Gennifer Choldenko.
With their house in foreclosure, sisters
India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent
to stay with an uncle in Colorado until
their mother can join them, but when the
plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a
strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a
clock that is ticking down the time. Unabridged. 360 min.
• Order # T3641
BEHEMOTH
by Scott Westerfeld.
Continues the story of Austrian Prince
Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe,
eludes the Germans by traveling in the
Leviathan to Constantinople, where he
faces a whole new kind of geneticallyengineered warships. Unabridged. 909 min.
• Order # T3593
WOLVES OF THE BEYOND:
SHADOW WOLF
by Kathryn Lasky.
Faolan's made it back to his clan as a gnaw
wolf, the lowest ranking pack member.
And the hardships are just beginning.
Framed for murder of a wolf pup, he must
find the culprit and prove his worthiness in the clan. Unabridged. 370 min.
• Order # T3627
• Order # T3631
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THE WEE FREE MEN
by Terry Pratchett.
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams
up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of
six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby
brother and ward off a sinister invasion
from Fairyland. Unabridged. 450 min.
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THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE
by Orhan Pamuk.
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul.
Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent
families, are about to become engaged. But
when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful
shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes
enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift
begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized
Istanbul bourgeoisie. Unabridged. 1230 min.
THE KEY TO MIDNIGHT
by Dean Koontz.
Joanna Rand left the U.S. ten years ago. Ever
since, she's been plagued with nightmares
of terror. Ten years ago Alex Hunter saw
her picture in the papers, as a senator's
daughter who had disappeared. Now he
has to bring her memories back to her, memories of a past more
terrifying than they dreamed possible. Unabridged. 650 min.
SHADES OF TWILIGHT
by Linda Howard.
Roanna Davenport was raised a wealthy orphan
on her grandmother's Alabama estate where
she had a passion for horses, a genius for
trouble, and a deep love for her cousin Webb. But everyone expected Webb to marry their
ravishing cousin, Jessie. When he did, Roanna's desire became no
more than the stuff of dreams—until the night Jessie was found
bludgeoned to death. Unabridged. 780 min.
• Order # T3382
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SON OF THE MORNING
by Linda Howard.
A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts,
Grace St. John never imagined that a cache
of old documents she discovered was the
missing link to a lost Celtic treasure. But as
soon as she deciphers the legend of the Knights
of the Templar - long fabled to hold the key to unlimited power
- Grace becomes the target of a ruthless killer. Unabridged. 900 min.
• Order # T3384
PURSUIT OF HONOR
by Vince Flynn.
A recent Washington, D.C., terrorist bombing
has killed 185 people. Three of the zealots
who committed this savage act successfully
fled the scene. Understandingly worried that
this outlaw cell will strike again, Government
officials have handed covert agent Mitch Rapp an order to
neutralize the group by any means necessary. Unabridged. 720 min.
• Order # T3271
LUCKY BREAK
by Carly Phillips.
All Lauren Perkins wants is to sell her late
grandmother's old house and leave the past
behind forever. But that's not an easy
thing to do with gorgeous contractor Jason
Corwin whispering sweet, sexy somethings
in her ear. Unabridged. 480 min.
• Order # T3263
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THE BOX
by Richard Matheson.
What if you were told that you could make
a fortune just by pushing a button on a box? But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human
being somewhere in the world...someone
you don't know. Would you still push the button? Unabridged. 240 min.
• Order # T3276
NEBRASKA! (Wagons West #2)
by Dana Fuller Ross.
Autumn, 1837. Blazing onward from the
eastern shores, to Missouri, the legendary
wagon train has reached the last outpost
of civilization. These brave pioneers set a
course across the great plains toward the
treacherous Rockies, hoping to stake a claim in the American West. Led by their new wagon master “Whip” Holt, they must unite
as a team if they are to survive. Unabridged. 740 min.
• Order # T3383
• Order # T3278
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SHADES OF BLUE
by Karen Kingsbury.
Three people must work through the
repercussions of a decision made long ago
before any of them can look toward a new
future. Unabridged. 660 min.
• Order # T3286
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TRIAL BY FIRE
by J. A. Jance.
Ali Reynolds has taken over a media-relations
job at the county police department in her
hometown of Sedona, Arizona. Soon after
being fitted for the mandatory Kevlar vest,
Ali goes to the site of a subdivision fire that
has left an unidentified woman in critical condition. All signs
point to arson, but the fire's amnesia-ridden survivor is the
only one who knows the truth. 360 min.
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ABSOLUTION GAP
by Alastair Reynolds.
They are ancient alien killing machines,
designed to locate and destroy any life
form reaching a certain level of intelligence. Now, stirred from eons of sleep, the
Inhibitors have descended on their latest
target: Humanity. Unabridged. 1620 min.
• Order # T3291
IMAGER'S CHALLENGE
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr..
Soon after foiling a plot against the city of
L'Excelsis, young imager Rhenn receives
his assignment as imager liaison to the city's
Civic Patrol. Given the worst part of the
city for his beat, Rhenn must follow the
strict rules of his Collegium while protecting himself from one
of the city's High Holders. Unabridged. 1110 min.
• Order # T3302
THE LOST SYMBOL
by Dan Brown.
The Lost Symbol, the stunning follow-up to
The Da Vinci Code, is a masterstroke of
storytelling—a deadly race through a
real-world labyrinth of codes and unseen
truths... all under the watchful eye of a
terrifying villain. Unabridged. 1050 min.
• Order # T3220
BREAKING THE RULES
by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Following a terrifying encounter in the
quiet English countryside, a young woman
flees to New York in search of a new life. She adopts the initial M as her name and
becomes a star model to France's iconic
designer Jean-Louis Tremont. But a dark figure from her past
has made a vow to shatter M's world forever. Unabridged. 820 min.
• Order # T3272
EARTH ABIDES
by George R. Stewart.
When a plague of unprecedented virulence
sweeps the globe, the human race is all but
wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great
machine of civilization slowly, inexorably,
breaks down, only a few shattered survivors
remain to struggle against the slide into barbarism...or extinction. Unabridged. 900 min.
• Order # T3294
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IN THE COURTS OF THE SUN
by Brian D'Amato.
Math prodigy Jed DeLanda is enlisted to
decipher an ancient Mayan codex containing
the secrets of the Sacrifice Game. It foretells
the end of civilization, and only Jed can prevent
the coming apocalypse. He must play the
Game himself—in a mind-bending journey that stretches from
thousands of years in the past to the very brink of the end of time. Unabridged. 1650 min.
• Order # T3248
THE SWORD OF THE LADY
by S. M. Stirling.
In a world where technology has been replaced
by older powers, Rudi Mackenzie and his
kinsman Edain, both of Clan Mackenzie,
attempt a perilous journey across a changed
North American continent, now populated
by mini kingdoms, bands of cannibals, and religious fanatics
seeking the source of the event now known as "The Change." Unabridged. 1290 min.
• Order # T3305
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
AND SEA MONSTERS
by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters.
The Dashwood sisters are sent to live on a
mysterious island full of savage creatures
and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls
in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic
sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby
and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Can the
Dashwood sisters triumph over meddlesome matriarchs and
unscrupulous rogues to find true love? Unabridged. 660 min.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
AND ZOMBIES
by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.
A mysterious plague has fallen upon the
quiet English village of Meryton—and the
dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine
Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe
out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival
of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. Unabridged. 664 min.
• Order # T3303
• Order # T3312
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SHERLOCK HOLMES:
THREE TALES OF AVARICE
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Three complete stories including: The Adventure of the Priory School; The
Red-Headed League; and The Adventure of
the Blue Carbuncle. Unabridged. 180 min.
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• Order # T3282
• Order # T3238
THE END OF THE WHOLE MESS
AND OTHER STORIES
by Stephen King.
Stephen King's unparalleled imagination is in
full force in this collection of four unabridged
short stories originally found in the classic,
Nightmares & Dreamscapes. 240 min.
POINT OMEGA
by Don DeLillo.
In this potent and beautiful novel, the
writer The New York Times calls “prophetic about twenty-first-century America”
looks into the mind and heart of a scholar
who was recruited to help the military
conceptualize the war. Unabridged. 180 min.
• Order # T3442
9 DRAGONS
by Michael Connelly.
Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough
South L.A. neighborhood, a store Detective
Harry Bosch has known for years. The
murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits
Harry hard, and he promises Li's family
that he'll find the killer. Unabridged. 660 min.
• Order # T3298
HOUSE OF RECKONING
by John Saul.
At just fourteen-years-old, Sarah Crane is
left in the cold care of a foster family. But
within the walls of the ancestral mansion,
Sarah finds that monstrous images from
the house’s dark history seem to flow
unbidden from her paintbrush. It seems the violence and fury
of long-dead generations have finally found a gateway from the
grave into the world of the living. Unabridged. 600 min.
• Order # T3295
EVIDENCE
by Jonathan Kellerman.
In a half-built mansion in Los Angeles, a
watchman stumbles onto the bodies of a
young couple—murdered and left in a
gruesome postmortem embrace. Homicide
cop Milo Sturgis is shocked at the sight: a
twisted crime that only Milo and psychologist Alex Delaware can
hope to solve. Unabridged. 720 min.
• Order # T3254
• Order # T3259
LITTLE WOMEN
by Louisa May Alcott.
Four very different "little women" who love
each other dearly. Like all sisters, they sometimes disagree. Still, when trouble comes
to the March family, they face it bravely
together. 267 min.
THE WRECKER
by Clive Cussler.
A man known only as the Wrecker is
sabotaging the Southern Pacific Railroad's
Cascades express line. Whoever he is,
whatever his motives, he's building up to a
grand act unlike anything ever committed
before. And only private detective Isaac Bell can stop him. Unabridged. 870 min.
• Order # T3346
I, ALEX CROSS
by James Patterson.
Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a
family celebration and given the awful
news that a beloved relative has been
found brutally murdered. Alex vows to
hunt down the killer, and soon learns that
she was mixed up in one of Washington's wildest scenes. And
she was not this killer's only victim. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3344
MILLIE'S COURAGEOUS DAYS
by Martha Finley.
Book two of the A Life of Faith: Millie
Keith series follows Millie and her family
through their challenging first year on the
frontier where life and death can be a
heartbeat apart, and faith is the only
certainty. Millie learns that God always answers prayers but
not always the way we want. Unabridged. 120 min.
• Order # T3260
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RENDEZVOUS
by Amanda Quick.
From the elegantly appointed drawing rooms
of London's most exclusive club to an imposing
country estate in the heart of Dorset comes
a provocative tale of a free-thinking beauty,
a dignified Lord, and a mad, impetuous love
that defied all logic. Unabridged. 726 min.
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SOUTHERN LIGHTS
by Danielle Steel.
Danielle Steel sweeps us from a Manhattan
courtroom to the Deep South in her powerful
new novel—at once a behind-closed-doors
look into the heart of a family and a tale of
crime and punishment. Unabridged. 560 min.
• Order # T3310
BLOOD GAME
by Iris Johansen.
New York Times bestselling author Iris
Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to
discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a
web of danger from which she may not be
able to escape. Unabridged. 416 min.
• Order # T3308
KINDRED IN DEATH
by J. D. Robb.
In 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas searches
the backstreets of New York City for a
dastardly and despicable criminal in the
newest novel by #1 New York Times
bestselling author J.D. Robb. Unabridged. 813 min.
LEAH'S CHOICE
by Marta Perry.
When a widower and his three young
children arrive in Pleasant Valley, the Amish
community thinks he is a perfect match for
teacher Leah, but she faces a difficult
decision when her old fiancé returns. Unabridged. 498 min.
• Order # T3324
THE CORAL THIEF
by Rebecca Stott.
In 1815 on his way to Paris, young medical
student Daniel Conner is robbed of his
letters of introduction and his rare coral
samples by a mysterious woman. Thus
begins his frantic search for his belongings
and the thief in postrevolutionary Paris. Unabridged. 540 min.
• Order # T3311
BREATHLESS
by Dean Koontz.
Breathless is the story of a world where good
itself is an endangered species and one man
will risk his life—and­ more to save it from
extinction. Unabridged. 480 min.
• Order # T3356
• Order # T3343
THE BLUE HOUR
by T. Jefferson Parker.
Together, veteran cop Tim Hess and
Detective Merci Rayborn, must track down
a psychopathic killer who’s been abducting
beautiful young women from the malls of
Orange County. Unabridged. 720 min.
BETWEEN THE PLUMS
by Janet Evanovich.
Together at last! From America’s favorite #1
New York Times bestselling author comes a
very special edition containing not one, but
three Between-the-Numbers books: Visions
of Sugar Plums, Plum Lovin’ and Plum Lucky. Unabridged. 720 min.
• Order # T3352
JULIET, NAKED
by Nick Hornby.
What happens when a washed-up musician
looks for another chance? And miles away,
a restless, childless woman looks for a change? Juliet, Naked is a powerfully engrossing,
humblingly humorous novel about music,
love, loneliness, and the struggle to live up
to one's promise. Unabridged. 540 min.
• Order # T3257
BLACK FRIDAY
by Alex Kava.
FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell discovers a
special brand of terror—made in the U.S.A. Unabridged. 480 min.
• Order # T3258
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
by Vikas Swarup.
After enduring a childhood of poverty,
violence and exploitation, Ram Muhammad
Thomas wins a game show prize of one
billion rupees. But the producers believe he
has cheated and send him to the police to
coerce a confession. Now, Thomas must
defend his achievement and explain how a nobody without
formal education won against impossible odds. Unabridged. 645 min.
• Order # T3403
• Order # T3279
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• Order # T3319
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720 min.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD
by Philip Roth.
In this funny and chilling novel, the setting
is a small town in the 1940s Midwest, and
the subject is the heart of a wounded and
ferociously moralistic young woman, one of
those implacable American moralists whose
"goodness" is a terrible disease. Unabridged. • Order # T3185
MISSING IN DEATH
by J. D. Robb.
Investigating a woman's disappearance on a
New York City ferry, Detective Eve Dallas
wonders...if she didn't jump, and she's not
on board, then where in the world is she? Unabridged. 208 min.
FLOOD
by Andrew Vachss.
The renegade private eye, Burke, has a new
client. Her name is Flood. She has the face
of an angel, but she wants Burke to find a
monster for her -- so she can kill the man
with her bare hands. Unabridged. 780 min.
• Order # T3320
THE MARK OF THE ASSASSIN
by Daniel Silva.
When CIA agent Michael Osbourne is sent
to investigate the tragic bombing of an airliner,
he notices the mark of a notorious assassin on
one of the dead: three bullet holes to the face. Now it's up to Osbourne to seek out the
killer's employer, as well as the savage man
who has evaded Osbourne for years. Unabridged. 692 min.
• Order # T3438
• Order # T3317
ROUGH COUNTRY
by John Sandford.
The murder of a successful advertising
executive leads Detective Virgil Flowers to
the unlikely scene of the crime: a peaceful
and bucolic wooded resort. But one with as
many suspects as it has secrets. 360 min.
• Order # T3255
WORST CASE
by James Patterson.
The son of one of New York's wealthiest
families is snatched off the street and held
hostage. His parents can't save him,
because this kidnapper isn't demanding
money. Instead, he quizzes his prisoner on
the price others pay for his life of luxury. In
this exam, wrong answers are fatal. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3439
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE
by Sandra Brown.
Doctor Lara Mallory returns to the Texas
town where she is blamed for a popular
senator's suicide, opens the practice he
bequeathed her, and pursues his brother, a
man with dangerous secrets. Unabridged. 1004 min.
• Order # T3323
UNDER THE DOME
by Stephen King.
When the small town of Chester's Mill,
Maine, is surrounded by an invisible force
field, the people inside must exert themselves
to survive. The situation deteriorates rapidly
due to the dome's ecological effects and the
machinations of Big Jim Rennie, a local
politician and drug lord who likes the idea of having an isolated
populace to dominate. Unabridged. 2100 min.
• Order # T3336
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CALL FOR THE DEAD
by John LeCarré.
Investigating circumstances of an apparent
suicide that make no sense to him, George
Smiley gradually uncovers a spy ring and in
so doing is led into a lethal duel of wits with
the best of his war-time pupils. 90 min.
WITCH & WIZARD
by James Patterson.
Whit Allgood and his sister, Whisty went to
sleep as normal teenagers, and woke up as
wanted criminals. Accused of holding
incredible powers they'd never dreamed
possible. And now, just how different they
are is just beginning to be revealed in a strange
new world. Unabridged. 300 min.
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Audio: CD
Fiction
DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN
(House Trilogy #2)
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson.
As Shaddam sits at last on the Golden Lion
Throne, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen plots
against the new Emperor and House
Atreides — and against the mysterious
Sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit. For Leto
Atreides, grown complacent and comfortable as ruler of his
House, it is a time of momentous choice: between friendship
and duty, safety and destiny. But for the survival of House
Atreides, there is just one choice — strive for greatness or be
crushed. Unabridged. 1590 min.
• Order # T3360
DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO
(House Trilogy #3)
by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson.
As Emperor Shaddam IV seeks to consolidate his power as Emperor of a Million
Worlds through the monopoly of the spice
trade, other forces array themselves in
opposition to his increasingly tyrannical
rule. Unabridged. 1440 min.
LESS THAN ZERO
by Bret Easton Ellis.
Set in Los Angeles in the early 1980's, this
novel is a raw, powerful portrait of a lost
generation who have experienced sex, drugs,
and disaffection at too early an age, in a
world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity,
and too much money, a place devoid of
feeling or hope. Unabridged. 326 min.
• Order # T3394
ANGEL TIME
by Anne Rice.
Toby O’Dare is a contract killer of
underground fame on assignment to kill
once again. He’s a soulless soul, a dead man
walking. His nightmarish world of lone
and lethal missions is disrupted when a
mysterious stranger, a seraph, offers him a
chance to save rather than destroy lives. Unabridged. 540 min.
• Order # T3368
U IS FOR UNDERTOW
by Sue Grafton.
Eyewitness testimony is notoriously
unreliable. Even more so when Kinsey
Millhone's only lead is a grown man
dredging up a repressed childhood
memory—of something that may never
have happened. Unabridged. 840 min.
• Order # T3456
THE BRIDE
by Julie Garwood.
By edict of the king, the mighty Scottish
laird Alec Kincaid must take an English
bride. His choice was Jamie, youngest
daughter of Baron Jamison...a feisty,
violet-eyed beauty. Alec ached to touch her,
to tame her, to possess her...forever. But
Jamie vowed never to surrender to this highland barbarian. Unabridged. 757 min.
• Order # T3332
BEYOND THE SHADOWS
by Brent Weeks.
Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country
under siege, with a threadbare army and
little hope. He has one chance—a
desperate gamble, but one that could
destroy his kingdom. Unabridged. 1410
min.
• Order # T3393
WILD RAIN
by Christine Feehan.
Explore the dark past of a woman on the
run and her darker desires for the only man
left she dares to trust. Unabridged. 791 min.
• Order # T3381
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BED OF ROSES
by Nora Roberts.
Florist Emma Grant is finding career
success with her friends at Vows wedding
planning company, and her love life appears
to be thriving. Though men swarm around
her, she still hasn't found Mr. Right. And
the last place she's looking is right under
her nose. Unabridged. 542 min.
• Order # T3365
NO LESS THAN VICTORY
by Jeff Shaara.
Firmly straddling the ground between war
novel and military history, the conclusion to
Shaara's WWII European theater series
contains the usual mix of real life military
leaders and fictional soldiers in combat,
recapitulating the last five months of the war,
from the Battle of the Bulge to the liberation of concentration
camps. Unabridged. 1140 min.
• Order # T3327
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Fiction
MRS. MIRACLE
by Debbie Macomber.
Practical advice from his new housekeeper
helps Seth Webster, a widower with
six-year-old twins, rebuild his life after the
loss of his wife. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3340
• Order # T3359
THE JESUS CHRONICLES:
MATTHEW'S STORY
by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins.
Matthew's Story is a novel that brings to life
the most unlikely of apostles—a sinner
turned saint—and his time with the Lord. Unabridged. 720 min.
RAINWATER
by Sandra Brown.
From acclaimed bestselling author Sandra
Brown comes a powerfully moving novel
that bears witness to a bittersweet truth: that love is worth whatever price one must
pay for it. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3326
THE LACUNA
by Barbara Kingsolver.
From the Mexico City of Frida Kahlo to the
America of J. Edgar Hoover, The Lacuna
tells the poignant story of a man pulled
between two nations. Unabridged. 1200 min.
• Order # T3328
THE SHADOW OF SAGANAMI
by David Weber.
The Star Kingdom has a new generation of
officers! And this elite group hand-picked
and trained by Honor Harrington herself is
going to be needed immediately, as their first
assignment turns out to be more dangerous
than anyone expected. Unabridged. 1869 min.
• Order # T3450
LAY DOWN MY SWORD
AND SHIELD
by James Lee Burke.
Hard-drinking ex-POW, attorney Billy Bob
Holland stands in the long shadow cast by
his ancestors. When Holland's candidacy for
a congressional seat brings him increasingly
into conflict with those around him, his almost
unwitting involvement with a violent civil rights conflict forces
him to reassess his future—and his past. Unabridged. 720 min.
• Order # T3453
• Order # T3392
THE GLASS PALACE
by Amitav Ghosh.
Set in Burma during the British invasion of
1885, The Glass Palace tells the story of
Rajkumar, a poor boy lifted on the tides of
political and social chaos, who goes on to
create an empire in the Burmese teak forest. When soldiers force the royal family out of
the Glass Palace and into exile, Rajkumar befriends Dolly, a
young woman in the court of the Burmese Queen, whose love
will shape his life. Unabridged. 1085 min.
• Order # T3454
UR
by Stephen King.
Tapping into our primal fears of modern
technology, Stephen King sets his sights on
the latest high-tech gadget in UR, in which
a mysterious e-book reader opens a disturbing
window into other worlds. 120 min.
• Order # T3455
THE VALHALLA EXCHANGE
by Jack Higgins.
On the 30th of April, 1945, Russian radar
reported a light aircraft leaving the vicinity
of the Tiergarten in Berlin. But who was
on board, and where was the plane going? Unabridged. 489 min.
• Order # T3376
HAIKU
by Andrew Vachss.
A searing novel that follows a band of
homeless outcasts on a journey to recover
what each has lost. Unabridged. 420 min.
• Order # T3366
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THE COLLECTED SHORT
STORIES OF LOUIS L'AMOUR
by Louis L'Amour.
Struggling to survive against the elements
hostile Indians, or outlaws, the men and women
in these tales each come face-to-face with
what they're made of. Unabridged. 210 min.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
THE JOY OF EATING WELL
by Andrew Weil, MD
& Carolyn Ross, MD, MPH
The Joy of Eating Well presents the authors'
revolutionary program for transforming
your relationship with food and fostering
harmony in the mind and spirit through
greater self-awareness and body acceptance. Unabridged. 390 min.
• Order # T3605
UNBROKEN: A WORLD WAR II
STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE,
AND REDEMPTION
by Laura Hillenbrand.
During a routine search mission over the
Pacific, Lieutenant Louie Zamperini's plane
crashed into the ocean, and what happened
to him over the next three years of his life is
a story that will keep you eagerly awaiting the next turn in the
story and fearing it at the same time. Unabridged. 840 min.
• Order # T3599
THE DAILY SHOW WITH
JON STEWART PRESENTS
EARTH: A VISITOR'S GUIDE
TO THE HUMAN RACE
by Jon Stewart.
Jon Stewart offers a hilarious satiric guide to
the planet Earth and the human race for
aliens who will someday discover this planet
when we cease to inhabit it. Unabridged. 240 min.
• Order # T3551
FRESH AIR: JUST FOR LAUGHS
by Terry Gross.
Interviews with 18 stars of comedy including: Stephen Colbert, Sacha Baron Cohen, Steve
Martin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, Mort Sahl,
Sarah Silverman, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles,
George Carlin, Denis Leary, Will Ferrell,
Mike Judge, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, Aziz
Ansari, Billy West, and Woody Allen. Unabridged. 225 min.
• Order # T3552
DECISION POINTS
by George W. Bush.
In a candid and gripping memoir, President
George W. Bush describes the critical
decisions that shaped his presidency and
personal life. 420 min.
• Order # T3603
THE POWER
by Rhonda Byrne.
You are meant to have an amazing life! This
is the handbook to the greatest power in
the universe—The Power to have everything
you want. Unabridged. 360 min.
RULES FOR RADICAL
CONSERVATIVES
by David Kahane.
Liberal apparatchik David Kahane takes you
into the back rooms of today's progressive
political machine to reveal how it really
operates—and how you can bring it down. He lays out the rules that radicals have used
to run circles around you, and clues you in on how to make
them work for you, too. Unabridged. 600 min.
• Order # T3506
LIFE
by Keith Richards.
Tracing Richards's trajectory from boyhood
in England through the formation of the
Stones to the band's rise to world domination,
this audiobook is chock-full of frank
revelations and enlightening stories behind
the music. Unabridged. 1350 min.
• Order # T3594
THE BIG BURN
by Timothy Egan.
The unforgettable story of America's worst
inferno and Teddy Roosevelt's triumphant
struggle to save the American forest. Unabridged. 605 min.
• Order # T3595
SADDLED
by Susan Richards.
This is a memoir about the power of
animals to carry us through the toughest
times of our lives. Unabridged. 390 min.
• Order # T3560
• Order # T3622
SCORECASTING
by Tobias J. Moskowitz & L. Jon Wertheim.
In Scorecasting, author Tobias Moskowitz
teams up with L. Jon Wertheim to overturn
some of the most cherished truisms of
sports, and reveal the hidden forces that
shape how basketball, baseball, football,
and hockey games are played, won and lost. Unabridged. 570 min.
• Order # T3614
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Non-Fiction
• Order # T3611
PINHEADS AND PATRIOTS
by Bill O'Reilly.
In his latest spirited book, Bill O'Reilly
prompts further debate with the President
and the American people on the current
state of the union. Unabridged. 390 min.
• Order # T3619
CLEOPATRA: A LIFE
by Stacy Schiff.
Cleopatra emerges as a groundbreaking female
leader, relying on her wits, determination,
and political acumen rather than sex appeal
to astutely wield her power in order to get
the job done. Unabridged. 870 min.
• Order # T3618
INSIDE OF A DOG
by Alexandra Horowitz.
What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers will surprise you as Alexandra
Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains
how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each
other, and that other quirky animal, the
human. Unabridged. 630 min.
THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES
by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Mukherjee provides a fascinating glimpse
into the past, present, and future of cancer
treatments in this illuminating book that
offers hope and clarity to those seeking to
demystify cancer. Unabridged. 1230 min.
• Order # T3623
BIRD CLOUD
by Annie Proulx.
“Bird Cloud” is the name Annie Proulx gave
to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie
and four-hundred-foot cliffs plunging down
to the North Platte River. She fell in love
with the land, then owned by the Nature
Conservancy, and she knew what she wanted
to build on it—a house in harmony with her work, her appetites
and her character. Unabridged. 560 min.
• Order # T3609
AT HOME
by Bill Bryson.
One day, while lounging in his Victorian
house in the UK, Bill Bryson realized that
our houses, the place where we spend much
of our lives, possess back-stories that we
never examine. Ruminating a bit more, he
decided that an ambitious writer such as
himself might indeed construct a history of the world without
leaving home. Unabridged. 990 min.
• Order # T3648
AMERICA BY HEART
by Sarah Palin.
In America By Heart, the always outspoken
former vice presidential candidate intersperses
personal reflections with her favorite classic
and contemporary readings on family,
religion, and patriotism. Unabridged. 435 min.
• Order # T3615
THE LAST BOY: MICKEY MANTLE
by Jane Leavy.
Drawing on more than 500 interviews with
friends and family, teammates, and opponents,
Jane Leavy delivers the definitive account of
Mantle's life, mining the mythology of The
Mick for the true story of a luminous and
illustrious talent with an achingly damaged
soul. Unabridged. 1005 min.
• Order # T3608
• Order # T3625
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
MARK TWAIN (Vol. 1)
edited by Harriet Elinor Smith.
Before his death in 1910, Mark Twain left
instructions that his autobiography be left
unpublished for 100 years. Now, at the
century mark, from the army of Twain
scholars at the University of California's
Mark Twain Project, comes the dazzling first volume of the
ultimate, authoritative three-volume Autobiography of Mark
Twain. Unabridged. 1500 min.
• Order # T3624
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COLONEL ROOSEVELT
by Edmund Morris.
This biography is itself the completion of a
trilogy sure to stand as definitive. Packed
with more adventure, variety, drama,
humor, and tragedy than a big novel, yet
documented down to the smallest fact, it
recounts the last decade of perhaps the most
amazing life in American history. Unabridged. 1470 min.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
WHY WE GET FAT
by Gary Taubes.
Packed with essential information and
concluding with an easy-to-follow diet, Why
We Get Fat is an invaluable key in our
understanding of an international epidemic
and a guide to what each of us can do about
it. Unabridged. 480 min.
• Order # T3645
BATTLE HYMN
OF THE TIGER MOTHER
by Amy Chua.
An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and
unerringly honest story of one mother's
exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the
rewards-and the costs-of raising her children
the Chinese way. Unabridged. 330 min.
• Order # T3660
THE 4-HOUR WORKWEEK
by Timothy Ferriss.
Whether your dream is escaping the rat
race, experiencing high-end world travel,
earning a monthly five-figure income with
zero management, or just living more and
working less, The 4-Hour Workweek is the
blueprint. Unabridged. 780 min.
• Order # T3685
BROKE
by Glenn Beck.
Through a return to individual rights, an
uncompromising adherence to the Constitution, and a complete rethinking about the
role of government in a free society, Glenn
exposes the idea of “transformation” for the
progressive smokescreen that it is, and
instead builds a compelling case that restoration is the only way
forward. Unabridged. 520 min.
I REMEMBER NOTHING
by Nora Ephron.
Whether she takes on bizarre hair problems,
culinary disasters, an addiction to online
Scrabble, the persistent pain of a divorce, or
that mean old devil, age, Ephron is candid,
self-deprecating, laser-smart, and hilarious. Unabridged. 180 min.
• Order # T3657
BORN TO RUN
by Christopher McDougall.
Born to Run is an epic adventure that began
with one simple question: Why does my
foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher
McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the
world’s greatest distance runners and learn
their secrets, and in the process shows us
that everything we thought we knew about running is wrong. Unabridged. 660 min.
• Order # T3659
THE INVESTMENT ANSWER
by Daniel C. Goldie, CFA, CFP.
Jargon-free and written for all investors, The
Investment Answer distills the process into
just five decisions—five straightforward
choices that can lead to safe and sound ways
to manage your money. Unabridged. 120
min.
• Order # T3653
MEDITATIONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS
by Marianne Williamson.
Surrender your weight forever! If you are a
food addict, a compulsive eater, or someone
who for any reason sees food as the enemy,
Meditations for Weight Loss will set you free. Unabridged. 240 min.
• Order # T3656
• Order # T3654
MY FATHER AT 100
by Ron Reagan.
February 6, 2011, is the one hundredth
anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. To
mark the occasion, Ron Reagan has written
My Father at 100, an intimate look at the
life of his father—one of the most popular
presidents in American history—told from
the perspective of someone who knew Ronald Reagan better
than any adviser, friend, or colleague. Unabridged. 450 min.
• Order # T3644
• Order # T3655
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TWELVE STEPS
TO A COMPASSIONATE LIFE
by Karen Armstrong.
In this straightforward, thoughtful, and
thought-provoking audiobook, Karen
Armstrong sets out a program that can lead
us toward a more compassionate life. Unabridged. 390 min.
1-800-426-READ
Kids
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Follow Alice as she chases the White Rabbit on a
magical journey into the fantastical world of
Wonderland. Animated. (2010) G. 75 min.
• Order # V5380
• Order # V5281
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS:
THE SQUEEKQUEL
The world famous singing chipmunk trio return
to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity,
and a rival female music group known as the
Chipettes. Animated. (2009) PG. 88 min.
THE ANIMATED KID'S BIBLE #5:
BROTHERS AT WAR
Episode five continues the story of Abraham's
descendants. Abraham's son Isaac has twin boys
who are destined to grow into rival nations. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 42 min.
• Order # V5383
• Order # V5282
THE ANIMATED KID'S BIBLE #6:
JOSEPH THE DREAM READER
Follow Joseph's adventures, as first he is sold into
slavery by his brothers, thrown into jail, and
finally triumphs to become in charge of Egypt,
second only to Pharaoh himself! Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 42 min.
• Order # V5283
FREE WILLY:
ESCAPE FROM PIRATE'S COVE
w/Bindi Irwin, Beau Bridges.
While visiting her grandfather in South Africa, Kirra
discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon. She
names her new friend Willy and embarks on a
great quest to lead the whale back his pod. (2010) PG. 102 min.
• Order # V5388
BARBIE IN A MERMAID TALE
One minute Merliah's a normal teenager and
the next she learns a shocking family secret: she's a mermaid! Animated. (2010) Not
Rated. 75 min.
POKÉMON ELEMENTS, VOL 9: GHOST
Three episodes include: The Tower of Terror;
Take This House and Shuppet; and A Ghost of a
Chance. Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 60 min.
• Order # V5390
• Order # V5374
GLADIFORMERS
The Centuris Arena is stage for the most brutal
battles among brave robot gladiators. These are
the Gladiformers. The ones who battle to
survive in face of Supremobots' iron bets. Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 67 min.
• Order # V5381
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Lewis Carroll's quirky, imaginative tale of Alice,
the little girl who falls down a rabbit hole and
finds herself in a strange land filled with the
most unusual characters. Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 47 min.
• Order # V5382
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
w/Jim Carrey.
When three ghosts take penny-pinching Scrooge
on an eye-opening journey, he discovers the true
meaning of Christmas. (2010) PG. 96 min.
• Order # V5487
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POKÉMON ELEMENTS, VOL. 10: ROCK
Three animated episodes include: Mother of All
Battles; Winner by a Nosepass; and It's Still Rocket
Roll to Me. (2010) Not Rated. 60 min.
• Order # V5391
THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR:
OPERATION: DVD PREMIERE
Join Skipper and the crew as they outwit anyone
and everything crossing their path as they rule
the zoo. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 130 min.
• Order # V5392
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
w/Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel.
A young physics student named Dave learns that
he's the inheritor of the powers of Merlin--and
suddenly finds himself in the middle of a war
between two of Merlin's protégés, Balthazar and
Horvath. (2010) PG. 109 min.
• Order # V5490
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THE ANIMATED KID'S BIBLE #4:
RAIN OF FIRE
God decides to destroy the wicked cities of
Sodom and Gomorrah and tells Abraham to
find at least ten righteous citizens and he will
not destroy the cities. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 40 min.
Video: DVD
Video: DVD
Kids
Audio/Video Catalog
DINO SQUAD: MUTANT MAYHEM!
Three animated episodes include: A Mole Lotta
Trouble; Pet Peeve; and The Not So Great
Outdoors. (2007) Not Rated. 66 min.
FANTASIA 2000
Now you can experience Walt Disney's animated
musical masterpiece, Fantasia, and the triumphant
classic it inspired Fantasia 2000, together in this
special 2-movie collection. (2010) G. 75 min.
• Order # V5393
• Order # V5500
FANTASIA
Fantasia is an extravaganza of sight and sound—
brilliantly presented with an all-new digital
restoration! Animated. (2000) G. 120 min.
TINKERBELL AND
THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE
What would you do if you met a fairy? Witness
the historic moment when Tinker Bell first
meets a human being, and it’s not who you
think. Animated. (2010) G. 77 min.
• Order # V5496
• Order # V5473
NANNY McPHEE RETURNS
w/Emma Thompson.
Nanny McPhee uses her magic to show the
spoiled children five valuable lessons, the most
important of which is learning how to get along. Animated. (2010) PG. 109 min.
RUDOLPH THE
RED-NOSED REINDEER
Relive the adventures of Rudolph and friends as
they help save Christmas and have some fun
along the way. Animated. (2007) Not Rated. 52 min.
• Order # V5497
• Order # V5466
DESPICABLE ME
Vying for the title of "World's Greatest Villain,"
Gru—along with his hilarious crew of mischievous
minions—plots to pull off the craziest crime of
the century: steal the moon! Animated. (2010) PG. 95 min.
TOY STORY 3
Take an amazing journey with some of the most
beloved characters in movie history and discover
what being a friend is truly all about. Animated. (2010) G. 103 min.
• Order # V5479
• Order # V5499
RAMONA AND BEEZUS
w/Joey King, Selena Gomez
Through all the ups and downs of childhood,
Ramona and Beezus learn that anything's
possible when you believe in yourself and rely on
each other. (2010) G. 103 min.
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS:
THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE
When young owl Soren and brother Kludd fall
from their treetop home and into the talons of
the Pure Ones, it's up to Soren to make a daring
escape with the help of other brave owls. Animated. (2010) PG. 97 min.
• Order # V5482
• Order # V5506
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Belle, a bright young woman, finds herself
imprisoned in the castle of a mysterious beast. With the assistance of the castle's enchanted
staff, a delightful and tender romance develops
between these two unlikely friends. Animated. (2010) G. 92 min.
• Order # V5486
SHREK FOREVER AFTER:
THE FINAL CHAPTER
Longing for the days when he was a “real ogre,”
Shrek signs a deal with Rumpelstiltskin to get
his roar back…but turns his world upside down
in the process. Animated. (2010) PG. 93 min.
• Order # V5509
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THE DOLPHIN:
STORY OF A DREAMER
Swim along with Daniel Dolphin and his friends
on a magical journey of destiny and discovery as
he ventures beyond the safety of his pod and
follows his heart into the unknown in search of
the true purpose of life. Animated. (2009) PG. 88 min.
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• Order # V5513
THE TRUE STORY
OF THE 3 LITTLE PIGS!
Five stories including The True Story of the 3
Little Pigs!; Wallace's Lists; The Pigs' Wedding;
Henry Builds a Cabin; and This Is the House that
Jack Built. Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 62 min.
MEGAMIND
Super villain Megamind's dreams have come
true when he conquers the city's protector
Metro Man gaining control of Metro City. But
when a new villain is created and chaos runs
rampant, the world's biggest "mind" and his
comic sidekick Minion might actually save the
day. Animated. (2011) PG. 95 min.
• Order # V5530
• Order # V5511
THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
Five stories including The Boy Who Cried Wolf;
Charlie Needs a Cloak; Rikki-Tikki-Tavi; Seven
Blind Mice; and Stone Soup. Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 74 min.
• Order # V5510
THE LAST AIRBENDER
w/Dev Patel, Noah Ringer.
Join Aang, an extraordinary boy with incredible
"bending" powers, as he journeys through an
exotic land filled with magical creatures and
powerful friends. As the Avatar, he is the only
one who can end the age-old conflict between
the four nations: Air, Water, Earth and Fire. (2010) PG. 103 min.
• Order # V5485
JUMP INTO SPRING
With episodes from your favorite friends from
Timmy Time, Angelina Ballerina and much,
much more, there is something for everyone in
this Springtime celebration of warmhearted fun! Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 69 min.
• Order # V5528
ANIMAL ATLAS: FUN ON THE FARM
Pull on your boots and grab a piece of hay. In
this episode of Animal Atlas, we discover what
life on the farm is all about. What's the
difference between a barnyard animal and a wild
animal? Find out where our favorite barnyard
animals come from and how they became our
helpers and our friends. (2011) Not Rated. 70 min.
SILLY STORYTIME: RAPUNZEL
"Silly Storytime" is a journey to a fairy-tale land
with Elmo and his Sesame Street friends in
retellings of "Rapunzel," "Sleeping Beauty,"
"Jack and the Beanstalk," and "Little Red Riding
Hood." Animated. (2011) Not Rated. 50 min.
• Order # V5532
JR. DETECTIVE AGENCY
w/Jacob Hays, Luke Perry, M. Emmet Walsh.
13-year-old Sam Steele Jr. forms his own private
detective agency to emulate his father, Des
Moines detective Sam Steele, and helps track
down a jewel thief. (2011) G. 86 min.
• Order # V5514
OPEN SEASON 3
Boog, Elliot and all their forest friends return
with an all-new adventure that is their fastest
and furriest yet – this time in a big top circus! Animated. (2011) PG. 75 min.
• Order # V5517
VEGGIE TALES: HAPPY TOGETHER!
What makes you happy? Join Larry and his
Veggie pals on a quest to find out what true
happiness is all about! Featuring 3 classic stories
with lessons in forgiveness, courage and
friendship! Animated. (2010) Not Rated. 85 min.
• Order # V5521
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
AND MORE CLASSIC HOLIDAY TALES
Seven stories on one DVD. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 73 min.
• Order # V5470
• Order # V5522
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ALPHA AND OMEGA
When Kate, a take-charge "Alpha" wolf, and
Humphrey, a laid-back "Omega" wolf, get
snatched by the park rangers and relocated
halfway across the country, the two must set off
on an incredible journey home! Animated. (2010) PG. 78 min.
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Fiction
EAT PRAY LOVE
w/Julia Roberts, James Franco, Javier Bardem.
Liz Gilbert leaves New York and embarks on a
yearlong journey—traveling to Italy, India and
Bali—seeking self-discovery through good food,
meditation and the prospect of finding true love. (2010) PG-13. 140 min.
• Order # V5489
ECLIPSE
w/Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson,
Taylor Lautner.
As a string of mysterious killings grips Seattle,
Bella, whose high school graduation is fast
approaching, is forced to choose between her
love for vampire Edward and her friendship with
werewolf Jacob. (2010) PG-13. 124 min.
WALL STREET:
MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
w/Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf.
Ambitious young investment banker Jacob
Moore discovers that greed is still the name of
the game when he forges a fragile alliance with
onetime Wall Street hotshot Gordon Gekko
shortly after Gekko is released from prison. (2010) PG-13. 133 min.
• Order # V5505
• Order # V5493
• Order # V5508
INCEPTION
w/Leonardo DiCaprio.
By projecting himself deep into the subconscious
of his targets, Dom Cobb can glean information
that even the best computer hackers can't get to. In the world of corporate espionage, Cobb is the
ultimate weapon. But when Cobb loses everything,
he's forced to embark on one final mission in a desperate quest
for redemption. (2010) PG-13. 148 min.
• Order # V5494
THE OTHER GUYS
w/Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg.
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz are
sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate
each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs. But when they stumble onto what
could be one of the biggest crimes in years, can
they step up their game to solve the case without
killing each other and destroying NYC in the process? (2010) PG-13. 107 min.
• Order # V5498
DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
w/Steve Carell, Paul Rudd.
Tim is a rising executive who “succeeds” in
finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry,
for his boss’ monthly event, a so-called “dinner
for idiots,” which offers certain advantages to
the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon. (2010) PG-13. 114 min.
• Order # V5507
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THE LAST EXORCISM
w/Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell.
Disillusioned charlatan Reverend Cotton
Marcus comes face to face with pure evil after
recruiting a documentary film crew to capture
the final exorcism of his career. (2010) PG-13. 87 min.
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STEP UP 3
w/Sharni Vinson, Rick Malambri.
When a tight-knit group of New York City
street dancers are pitted against the best hip hop
dancers in the world, it's a high stakes dance
battle that will change their lives forever. (2010) PG-13. 107 min.
• Order # V5504
EASY A
w/Emma Stone.
Olive, an average high school student, sees her
below-the-radar existence turn around overnight
once she decides to use the school's gossip
grapevine to advance her social standing. (2010) PG-13. 92 min.
• Order # V5503
SALT
w/Angelina Jolie.
Evelyn Salt, a trusted and loyal CIA operative,
goes on the run when a Russian defector
convinces her superiors that she's a double agent
sent to assassinate the President of the United
States. (2010) PG-13. 100 min.
• Order # V5502
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Fiction
GROWN UPS
w/Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock,
David Spade, Rob Schneider.
After their high school basketball coach passes
away, five good friends and former teammates
reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. (2010) PG-13. 102 min.
• Order # V5501
KNIGHT AND DAY
w/Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz.
When a small-town girl named June meets a
mysterious stranger, she thinks she's found the
man of her dreams. But she soon discovers he's
a fugitive spy, who thrusts her into a thrilling chase
that spans the globe. (2010) PG-13. 109 min.
• Order # V5483
THE SOCIAL NETWORK
w/Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield,
Justin Timberlake.
This film chronicles the formation of Facebook
and the battles over ownership that followed
upon the website's unfathomable success. (2010) PG-13. 120 min.
• Order # V5491
VAMPIRES SUCK
w/Ken Jeong, Matt Lanter, Anelise van der Pol.
Becca, an angst-ridden teenager at a new high
school, finds herself torn between two supernatural suitors: a moody vampire and an extremely
hairy werewolf. (2010) PG-13. 82 min.
• Order # V5492
JONAH HEX
w/Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich.
Out to exact revenge on the varmint who
wrecked his face and killed his family, Jonah,
DC's scar-faced bounty hunter, also gets yanked
back into the service of his country—against his
will, of course. (2010) PG-13. 82 min.
• Order # V5481
CHARLIE ST. CLOUD
w/Zac Efron.
A small-town hero and an accomplished sailor who
has it all: the adoration of his mother and younger
brother and a Stanford scholarship. His bright
future is cut short when tragedy strikes and takes
his dreams with it. (2010) PG-13. 100 min.
• Order # V5512
RED
w/Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman,
John Malkovih, Helen Mirren.
Frank is a former black ops CIA agent living a
quiet life alone...until the day a hit squad shows
up to kill him. With his identity compromised,
Frank reassembles his old team and sets out to
prove that they still have a few tricks up their sleeves. (2010) PG-13. 111 min.
• Order # V5516
TAKERS
w/Matt Disson, Paul Walker, Idris Elba,
Jay Hernandez.
After pulling off a spectacular series of brilliantly
planned bank robberies, a notorious team of
professional criminals attempts one last heist, a
once-in-a-lifetime job with a $25 million payoff. (2010) PG-13. 107 min.
• Order # V5515
• Order # V5484
SCOTT PILGRIM vs. THE WORLD
w/Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Scott Pilgrim just met the girl of his dreams. But in order for them to date, he must defeat
her seven evil exes—a rogues' gallery, including
an infamous skateboarder, a vegan rock star and
fearsome identical twins! (2010) PG-13. 113 min.
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
w/Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel.
After a disastrous first date, all Holly and Messer
have in common is their dislike for each other
and their love for their goddaughter Sophie. But when they suddenly become all Sophie has
in this world, Holly and Messer must set their
differences aside. (2010) PG-13. 115 min.
• Order # V5525
• Order # V5488
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DEVIL
w/Chris Messina, Geoffrey Arend.
Trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia,
five people discover that the Devil is among
them—and no one can escape their fate. (2010) PG-13. 81 min.
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YOU AGAIN
w/Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney
Weaver, Odette Yustman, Betty White.
For Marnie, high school was a horror movie,
and her brother's wedding is the sequel when
her archrival comes back to haunt her as his
bride. (2011) PG. 105 min.
• Order # V5524
MEAN GIRLS 2
w/Meaghan Martin, Jennifer Stone,
Maiara Walsh.
Confident senior Jo begins the new school year
by breaking her own cardinal rule: don't get
involved in girl drama. But when she sees timid
Abby preyed upon by Queen Bee Mandi and
her minions, she takes sides in a viciously funny girl-world-war
that turns the whole school upside down. (2011) PG-13. 96 min.
• Order # V5538
MORNING GLORY
w/Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford,
Diane Keaton.
For Becky, running a TV show in New York
City was the big break she dreamed of...until
star co-anchors Mike and Colleen declare an
all-out, on-air war. Making the show work with
its cast of eccentric characters and outrageous story angles will
take a major miracle. (2010) PG-13. 107 min.
• Order # V5537
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
w/Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks.
John Brennan's wife has been arrested for
murder. After unsuccessfully battling the legal
system for three years, John suddenly learns that
only three days remain before she is sent to
prison for life. Now, their only hope for a future
together rests in a deadly race against time and
impossible odds. (2010) PG-13. 133 min.
• Order # V5536
BURLESQUE
w/Cher, Christina Aguilera.
A small town singer, Ali moves to the big city
for her chance at stardom where she is
enchanted by Burlesque, a glamorous nightclub
packed with dancers, sizzling music, and an
owner in need of a star. (2011) PG-13. 119 min.
THE SWITCH
w/Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman.
Despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s
objections, Kassie decides it’s time to have a
baby – even if it means doing it herself…with a
little help from a charming sperm donor. But,
unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry
because of a last-minute switch that isn’t
discovered until seven years later…when Wally gets acquainted
with Kassie’s cute—though slightly neurotic—son. (2010) PG-13. 101 min.
• Order # V5547
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY
w/Keir Gilchrist, Emma Roberts,
Zach Galifianakis.
Sometimes what's in your head isn't as crazy
as you think...that's certainly true for Craig, a
stressed-out teenager who checks himself into a
mental health clinic for some time out. What
he finds instead is an unlikely mentor, a potential new romance
and an opportunity to begin anew. (2011) PG-13. 102 min.
• Order # V5523
UNSTOPPABLE
w/Denzel Washington, Chris Pine.
A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic
chemicals, is barreling down on Scranton,
Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these
ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million
tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster. (2010) PG-13. 98 min.
• Order # V5527
THE TOURIST
w/Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp.
Frank, a mild-mannered American on vacation
in Venice, Italy, is befriended by Elise, a
beautiful woman with a mysterious secret. Soon, their playful romantic dalliance turns into
a complicated web of dangerous deceit as they
are chased by Interpol, the Italian police, and
Russian hit men. (2011) PG-13. 103 min.
• Order # V5549
• Order # V5531
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A CENTURY OF FLIGHT
From the Wright Brothers to the Right Stuff,
this is the complete story of manned flight. This
collection has it all for the aviation enthusiast
and those who just enjoy a great adventure.
(204) Not Rated. 505 min.
• Order # V5533
• Order # V5478
RONALD REAGAN:
AN AMERICAN JOURNEY
Experience the astonishing political career of one
of the most influential and popular political
figures of the past six decades with this in-depth
look at Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the
United States. (2011) Not Rated. 103 min.
OCEANS
Incredible state-of-the-art underwater filmmaking
will take your breath away as you migrate with
whales, swim alongside a great white shark and
race with dolphins at play. Filled with adventure,
comedy and drama, Oceans is a fascinating and
thought-provoking experience you'll never
forget. (2010) G. 84 min.
• Order # V5480
WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN"
From the Academy award-winning director of
An Inconvenient Truth comes the groundbreaking
feature film that provides an engaging and
inspiring look at public education in the
United States. (2010) PG. 111 min.
• Order # V5526
I AM ALIVE:
SURVIVING THE ANDES
PLANE CRASH
On Friday the 13th of October 1972, a plane
carrying 45 rugby team members crashed in the
Andes Mountains. For 72 days, the world
thought they were dead. But what 16 survivors
endured was far worse than death, driven to what would
become headline-making acts of cannibalism in their struggle
for life. (2010) Not Rated. 98 min.
• Order # V5529
• Order # V5534
THE UNTOLD SECRETS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
This collection brings to life forgotten stories of
the Civil War from both sides of the conflict. How did Union generals capture General Robert
E. Lee's battle plans just before Antietam? Which Confederate victories delayed the
Emancipation Proclamation? What factors
turned the tides of the battle at Gettysburg? These and other
secrets of the Civil War are examined in this dramatic and
comprehensive collection featuring sweeping battle reenactments
and historical experts. (2010) Not Rated. 1080 min.
• Order # V5535
HOW THE STATES
GOT THEIR SHAPES
We are so familiar with the map of the United
States, but do we know why our states look the
way they do? Every shape on the map tells a
great story about our past. Examine how every
state is a puzzle piece ultimately revealing the
unique geography, political and social history of
America. (2010) Not Rated. 100 min.
• Order # V5541
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RODNEY YEE'S
ULTIMATE POWER YOGA
Improve strength, flexibility and focus with this
challenging practice designed to take you to the
next level. Each routine is performed in rapid
sequences providing greater cardiovascular
benefits and calorie burn. (2010) Not Rated. 95 min.
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North Central Regional Library and Links to Literacy
Links to Literacy is the early literacy program that librarians throughout
the NCRL branches use in their weekly storytimes. Links to Literacy is
a program that teaches children the skills needed to begin to learn to
read. The branch librarians model book-sharing techniques for
parents during storytimes, so they can incorporate these ideas
into storytimes at home. Join us at your local community library
for stories, songs, rhymes and fun!
Early Literacy Skills that every child learns before reading:
• LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
• BOOK KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION
• ALPHABET RECOGNITION
• PRINT AWARENESS
• PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
• EARLY WRITING
Early Literacy Spotlight: PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
The ability to discern different sounds in a word is important for early literacy. Children must be able to recognize
rhyming, letter sounds and syllables. Songs and nursery rhymes are wonderful for teaching phonological awareness.
These books are good for practicing PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS.
Order # J4493
Ten Little Fingers
and Ten Little Toes
by Mem Fox.
Order # J4467
Order # J4481
Who Is the Beast?
by Keith Baker.
Bringing the Rain
to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema.
Watch NCRL's YouTube video for more information on Links to Literacy:
www.youtube.com/TheNCRLibrary
Check out the new NCRL Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/NorthCentralRegionalLibrary
You can find your local storytime schedule at www.ncrl.org and click on "Locations."