February Acquisitions
2010
**** February Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries The Teaberry Strangler by Laura Childs, Berkeley Publishing Group, 2010 The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, Little, Brown & Co., 2010 A Night Too Dark by Dana Stabenow, Minotaur Books, 2010 A Gate at the Stairs by Laurie Moore, Knopf, 2009 Chronicle in Stone by Ismail Kadare, Arcade, 2007 Hide by Lisa Gardner, Bantam, 2007 Trunk Music by Michael Connelly, Little, Brown & Co., 1997 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979 Adult Non-fiction A Checklist Manifesto: how to get things right by Atul Gawande, Henry Holt, 2009 Pete’s War: a New England slave boy and the American Revolution by Joyce Malcolm, Caravan Books, 2009 Food Rules by Michael Pollan, Penguin, 2009 Half-Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls, Scribner, 2009 Seasons on an Organic Farm by Scott Chaskey, Viking, 2005 Nigella Bites by Nigella Lawson, Hyperion, 2002 Hockey for Dummies by John Davidson, Wiley Publishing, 2000 The Evolution of Delaware County New York edited by Shirley Houck, Express Media Corp., 1995 Edward Hopper by Mark Strand, Ecco Press, 1994 Natural Childhood edited by John Thomson. Fireside, 1994 The Voice of Reason: essays by Ayn Rand, Meridian, 1989 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Curious George Snowy Day adapted by Rotem Moscovich, Scholastic, 2007 On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, 2005 Old Turtle and the Broken Truth by Douglas Wood, Scholastic, 2003 Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff, Random House 2002 Ark in the Park by Wendy Orr, Henry Holt & Co., 2000 The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories by Barbara Newman, Dorling Kindersley, 2000 Mr. Bear’s New Baby by Debi Gliori, Scholastic, 1999 Santa Cows by Cooper Edens, The Trumpet Club, 1991 On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, Dutton, 1990 Thomas Gets Tricked and other stories by Rev. W. Awdry, Random House, 1989 I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer, Golden Books, 1983 The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969 Films on DVD Revolutionary Road directed by Sam Mendes, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet, Paramount, 2008 There Will Be Blood directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, 2007Miramax Charlie Wilson’s War directed by Mike Nichols, starring Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts, Universal, 2007 Juno directed by Jason Reitman, starring Ellen Page and Michael Cera, 20th C. Fox, 2007 The Chorus directed by Christophe Barratier, starring Gerard Jugnot, Miramax, 2004
January 2010
Acquisitons
**** January Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries Doors Open by Ian Rankin, Little, Brown & Co., 2010 Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoeg, Dutton, 2010 Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb, G.P. Putman’s Sons, 2009 Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow, St. Martins’ Press, 2009 Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, Viking, 2009 Exposed by Alex Kava, Mira, 2008 Brother and Sister by Joanna Trollope, Bloomsbury, 2004 Metamorphosis and other stories by Franz Kafka, Simon & Schuster, translated 2000 by JoaquimNeugroschel 4 Complete Novels by Robert Barnard, Wings Books, 1994 Adult Non-fiction The Imperial Cruise by James Bradley, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 Complete Idiot’s Guide to Healthy Weight Loss by Lucy Beale, Alpha Books, 2005 Restless Spirit: the life and work of Dorothea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge, Puffin Books, 1998 Complete Idiot’s Guide to Freshwater Aquariums by Mike Wickham, Alpha Books, 1998 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Me & You by Geneviève Côte, Kids Can Press, 2009 Up Close: Harper Lee by Kerry Madden, Viking, 2009 Louisa: the life of Louisa May Alcott by Yona McDonough, Henry Holt & Co., 2009 Miss Smith and the Haunted Library by Michael Garland, Dutton Children’s Books, 2009 The Mitten by Jan Brett, G.P. Putman’s Sons, 2009 My First Book: On Vacation from Allied Publishing, 2008 Baseball Hour by Carol Nevius, Marshall Cavendish Children, 2008 Lady of Palenque by Anna Kirwan, Scholastic, 2004 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, Dell Yearling, 2001 Animal Actions by Baby’s First Book Club, Treehouse Publishers, 2000 Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Ryan, Scholastic, 1999 Miss Spider’s Wedding by David Kirk, Scholastic, 1995 Teddy Bears’ ABC edited by Stalla Love, DK Publishing, 1995 Junie B. Jones and the Sneaky Peeky Spying by Barbara Park, Random House, 1994 Cliffords’ Thanksgiving Visit by Norman Bridwell, Scholastic, 1993 All in the Woodland Early by Jane Yolen, Caroline House, 1979 Films on DVD The Wrestler directed by Darren Aronofsky, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, Fox Searchlight, 2009, DVD In the Valley of Elah directed by Paul Haggis, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron, Warner Brothers, 2007
November 2009
Acquisitons
**** November Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries Family Album by Penelope Lively, Viking, 2009 Even Money by Dick Francis, Putnam, 2009 The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt, Borzoi, 2009 The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, 2009 Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving, Random House, 2009 The Professional by Robert B. Parker, Putnam’s, 2009 There Goes the Bride by M.C. Beaton, St. Martin’s Press, 2009 Merry, Merry Ghost by Carolyn Hart, HarperCollins, 2009 No Less Than Victory by Jeffrey Shaara, Ballantine, 2009 New York by Edward Rutherford, Doubleday, 2009 The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson, Little, Brown & Co., 2008 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson, Vintage Criminal, 2008 The Rottweiler by Ruth Rendell, Random House, 2003 Adult Non-fiction King of the World by David Remnick, Random House, 1998 LARGE PRINT A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks, Random House, 1999 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Abrams, 2009 Lit by Mary Karr, HarperCollins, 2009 The Berenstain Bears Hug & Make Up by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Harper Festival, 2006 The Report Card by Andrew Clements, Hyperion, 2004 Junie B. Jones, 1st Grader: Shipwrecked by Barbara Parks, Scholastic 2004 Madeline’s Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans, Viking, 2002 Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, Scholastic, 2001 Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan, HarperCollins, 2001 Arthur’s Family Vacation by Marc Brown, Scholastic, 1993 Auntie Claus by Elise Primavera, Harcourt, Brace, 1999 Arthur’s Baby by Marc Brown, Little, Brown & Co., 1987 Arthur’s Funny Money by Lillian Hoban, Harper & Row, 1981 Play Ball Amelia Bedelia by Margaret Parish, HarperCollins, 1972 Films on DVDS & VHS Moulin Rouge directed by Baz Luhrman, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, 20th C. Fox, DVD, 2001 The Matrix directed by the Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne, Warner Bothers, DVD, 1999
October 2009
Acquisitons
**** october Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries Nine Dragons by Michal Connelly, Little, Brown & Company, 2009 The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, Doubleday, 2009 The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood, Random House, 2009 A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell, Scribner, 2009 The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon Books, 2009 Knock0ut by Catherine Coulter, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 No Choice but Seduction by Johanna Lindsey, Pocket Books, 2008 Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2007 Heavenly Date by Alexander McCall Smith, Canongate, 1995 The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago, Harcourt, 1991 A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote, Modern Library, 1956/2007 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, Borzoi, 1955/1992 Adult Non-fiction You Were Always Mom’s Favorite by Deborah Tannen, HarperCollins, 2009 Everything I Want to Do is Illegal by Joel Salatin, Polyface, 2007 Pastured Poultry Profits by Joel Salatin, Polyface, 1993 LARGE PRINT Rogue by Danielle Steel, Delacorte Press, 2008 Echoes by Danielle Steel, Random House, 2004 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Oh No! Time to Go! By Rebecca Doughty, Schwartz & Wade, 2009 Long Shadows & Sunrise by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2009 The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott, HarperCollins, 2009 Up Close: Theodore Roosevelt by Michael Cooper, Viking, 2009 Catalyst by by Laurie Halse Anderson, Scholastic, 2002 No Biting! By Karen Katz, Grosset & Dunlap, 2002 Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson, Scholastic, 2000 Summer Reading is Killing Me! by Jon Scieszka, Puffin Books, 1998 Thomas & the Helicopter Rescue by Christopher Awdry, Random House, 1995 Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka, Puffin Books, 1991 There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louise Sachar, Yearling, 1987 The Bears’ Vacation by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Random House, 1968 Audio Books on CD or Cassette Marley & Me by John Grogan, read by the author, 2005, CD Wonderful Town: stories from the New Yorker written & read by various artists, Volumes 1, 2 & 3, 2000, DVD Films on DVDS & VHS Prenatal Yoga from Body Wisdom, 2009, DVD Denise Austin’s Fit & Trim Pregnancy, Lionsgate/Lifetime, 2006 DVD 50 First Dates directed by Peter Segal, starring Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler, 2005, DVD The 40-Year-Old Virgin directed by Judd Apatow, starring Steve Carrell & Catherine Keener, 2005, Universal, DVD Big Fish directed by Tim Burton, starring Albert Finney & Ewan MacGregor, Columbia, 2003, DVD Spiderman directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Maguire & Kristen Dunst, Columbia Tri-star, 2002, DVD
September 2009
Acquisitions
**** September’s Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries Don’t Look Twice by Andrew Gross, HarperCollins, 2009 Day After Night by Anita Diamant, Scribner, 2009 Run For Your Life by James Patterson, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs, Scribner, 2009 True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine Books, 2009 The Tale of Appleback Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert, Berkley, 2009 Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin, G.P. Putman’s Sons, 2008 The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville, Grove/Atlantic, 2008 First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader, Forge, 2008 The Outlander by Gil Adamson, HarperCollins, 2008 Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson, HarperCollins, 2007 The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, 2004 Rabbit at Rest by John Updike, Borzoi, 1990 Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, 1987 The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen, Jonathan Cape Publishers, 1985 LARGE PRINT Johnny Angel by Daniele Steele, Random House, 2003 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Hook by Ed Young, Roaring Brook Press, 2009 Outcast by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2008 Eclipse by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2008 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Simon & Schuster, 2008 The Deep Freeze of Bartholomew Tullock by Alex Williams, Philomel Books, 2008 The Homerun King by Patricia McKissack, Viking, 2008 Hot Air by Charles Ogden, Aladdin, 2008 Basketball Bats by Betty Hicks, Roaring Brook Press, 2008 Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Hankes, HarperCollins, 2008 Six Innings: a game in the life by James Preller, Feiwel & Friends, 2008 Bob the Builder in the Garden by Wendy Wax, HIT Entertainment, 2004 Junie B, 1st Grader: one man band by Barbara Park, Scholastic, 2003 Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot by Dan Pilkey, Scholastic, 2000 Thomas the Tank Engine’s Treasury by Christopher Awdry, Random House, 1997 Tut Tut with the Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieska, Viking, 1996 Junie B. Jones & the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake by Barbara Park, Scholastic, 1995 Bun Bun’s Birthday by Mercer Mayer, Green Frog, 1983 Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss, Random House, 1970 Bears on Wheels by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Random House, 1969 Audio Books on CD or Cassette The Story of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant, read by Grover Gardener, Audio Partners, 2004, CD Entering the Now by Eckhart Tolle, a live recording, Sounds True, 2003, CD Films on DVDS & VHS Sir! No Sir! A documentary by David Zeiger, Docurama, 2005, DVD The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemina Puddle-Duck, animated, HIT Entertainment, 1998, VHS **** September’s Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries Don’t Look Twice by Andrew Gross, HarperCollins, 2009 Day After Night by Anita Diamant, Scribner, 2009 Run For Your Life by James Patterson, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs, Scribner, 2009 True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine Books, 2009 The Tale of Appleback Orchard by Susan Wittig Albert, Berkley, 2009 Black Ops by W.E.B. Griffin, G.P. Putman’s Sons, 2008 The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville, Grove/Atlantic, 2008 First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader, Forge, 2008 The Outlander by Gil Adamson, HarperCollins, 2008 Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson, HarperCollins, 2007 The Queens Fool by Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, 2004 Rabbit at Rest by John Updike, Borzoi, 1990 Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, Grove Press, 1987 The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen, Jonathan Cape Publishers, 1985 LARGE PRINT Johnny Angel by Daniele Steele, Random House, 2003 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Hook by Ed Young, Roaring Brook Press, 2009 Outcast by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2008 Eclipse by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2008 Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Simon & Schuster, 2008 The Deep Freeze of Bartholomew Tullock by Alex Williams, Philomel Books, 2008 The Homerun King by Patricia McKissack, Viking, 2008 Hot Air by Charles Ogden, Aladdin, 2008 Basketball Bats by Betty Hicks, Roaring Brook Press, 2008 Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Hankes, HarperCollins, 2008 Six Innings: a game in the life by James Preller, Feiwel & Friends, 2008 Bob the Builder in the Garden by Wendy Wax, HIT Entertainment, 2004 Junie B, 1st Grader: one man band by Barbara Park, Scholastic, 2003 Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot by Dan Pilkey, Scholastic, 2000 Thomas the Tank Engine’s Treasury by Christopher Awdry, Random House, 1997 Tut Tut with the Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieska, Viking, 1996 Junie B. Jones & the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake by Barbara Park, Scholastic, 1995 Bun Bun’s Birthday by Mercer Mayer, Green Frog, 1983 Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss, Random House, 1970 Bears on Wheels by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Random House, 1969 Audio Books on CD or Cassette The Story of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant, read by Grover Gardener, Audio Partners, 2004, CD Entering the Now by Eckhart Tolle, a live recording, Sounds True, 2003, CD Films on DVDS & VHS Sir! No Sir! A documentary by David Zeiger, Docurama, 2005, DVD The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemina Puddle-Duck, animated, HIT Entertainment, 1998, VHS
August additions
call for more info...........
**** august’s Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries The 8th Confession by James Patterson, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 Corsair by Clive Cussler, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 Long Lost by Harlan Coben, Dutton, 2009 Shanghai Girls by Lisa See, Random House, 2009 Shadows Still Remain by Peter de Jonge, HarperCollins, 2009 Smash Cut by Sandra Brown, Simon & Schuster, 2009 Swimsuit by James Patterson, Little, Brown & Co., 2009 The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman, Crown Publishing, 2008 I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass, Pantheon Books, 2008 Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper, Bantam, 2007 A Tell-Tale Horse by Rita Mae Brown, Ballantine Books, 2007 The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, 2006 Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote, Vintage International, 1994 Adult Non-fiction Bad Mother: a chronicle of maternal crimes etc., by Ayelet Waldman, Doubleday, 2009 The Darker Side of Lght: the arts of privacy edited by Peter W. Parshall, Nat’l Gallery of Art, 2009 A Voyage Long & Strange: rediscovering the new world by Tony Horwitz, Henry Holt & Co., 2008 Champagne by Don & Petie Kladstrup, HarperCollins, 2005 How to Feed Friends and Influence People by Milt Parker, J. Wiley & Sons, 2005 The Everything Chinese Cookbook by Rhonda Parkinson, F&W Publications, 2003 This Old House: essentials of yard care edited by Mark Feirer, TOH Books, 2000 The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting your Own Business by Edward Paulson, Alpha Books, 2000 Rock & Roll Generation: teen life in the 50s edited by Brash & Britten, Time-Life, 1998 Cezanne by Meyer Shapiro, Harry N. Abrams, 1988 All About Evergreens by Michael Dirr, Ortho Books, 1984 LARGE PRINT The Appeal by John Grisham, Doubleday, 2008 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids The Soldiers of Haila: Pendragon #10 by D.J. McHale, Aladdin Books, 2009 Warriors Field Guide: secrets of the clan by Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, 2007 Junie B., 1st Grader: cheater pants by Barbara Park, Random House, 2003 Bus to Booville by Wendy Wax, Grosset & Dunlap, 2003 Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth by Eric Carle, Scholastic, 2002 Digging for Bird Dinosaurs by Nic Bishop, Houghton Mifflin, 2000 Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George, Dutton Children’s Books, 1999 Changing Bodies, Changing Lives by Ruth Bell, Three Rivers Press, 1998 Junie B. Jones & a Little Monkey Business by Barbara Park, Scholastic, 1993 Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed, Little, Brown & Co., 1993 Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss, Random House, 1959 Audio Books on CD or Cassette Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver, read by Michele Pawk, CD, 2009 Swimsuit by James Patterson, read by Christian Rummel, on CD, 2009 Films on DVDS & VHS Bee Movie directed by S Smith & S. Hickner, animated, Dreamworks, 2008, DVD Atonement directed by Joe Wright, starring James McAvoy & Keira Knightley, Universal, 2008, DVD Penelope directed by Mark Palansky, starring Christina Ricci & Catherine O’Hara, Stone Village Pictures, 2008, DVD Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks & Gary Sinese, Paramount Pictures, 1994, DVD
July 2009
Acquisitions
**** July’s Acquisitions:**** Adult Fiction and Mysteries The Defector by Daniel Silva, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 Black Hills by Nora Roberts, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich, Random House, 2009 Loitering With Intent by Stuart Woods, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 Deadlock by Iris Johansen, St. Martin’s Press, 2009 Brimstone by Robert parker, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009 Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen, Berkley Publishing Group, 2009 Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult, Atria Books, 2008 The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory, Touchstone, 2008 The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman, Random House, 2008 Hard Row by Margaret Maron, Warner Books, 2007 The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, Warner Books, 2006 The Hunt Ball by Rita Mae Brown, Ballantine Books, 2005 The Darling by Russell Banks, Harper Perennial, 2004 Selected Stories by Andre Dubus, Vintage Contemporary, 1996 Chikamauga and other stories of the Civil War, Shelby Foote, ed., Delta, 1993 The Barrytown Trilogy (The Snapper, The Van & The Commitments) by Roddy Doyle, Secker & Warburg, 1993 Adult Non-fiction 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman, Spiegel & Grau, 2008 The Idiot’s Guide to Understanding the Amish by Susan Rensberger, Penguin, 2003 Searching for John Ford by Joseph McBride, St. Martin’s Press, 2001 Dutch: a biography of Ronald Reagan by Edmund Morris, Random House, 1999 Hensonville (Windham) by Elwood Hitchcock, Black Dome Press, 1998 Buddhism Without Beliefs: a contemporary guide by Stephen Batchelor, Riverhead Books, 1997 Steak Lovers Cookbook by William Rice, Workman Publishing, 1997 The Mustard book by Jan Roberts-Dominguez, Macmillan, 1993 LARGE PRINT Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich, Random House, 2009 Die For You by Lisa Unger, Random House, 2009 Gone by Jonathan Kellerman, Doubleday, 2006 Impossible by Danielle Steel, Delacorte Press, 2005 Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids Cookies: bite-sized life lessons by Amy Rosenthal, HarperCollins, 2006 The Little Green Witch by Barbara McGrath, Charlesbridge, 2005 Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix, Scholastic, 2004 Danny Duck Takes a Dive by Debbie River-Moore, Backpack Books, 2003 The Tooth Book by Dr. Seuss, Scholastic, 2000 Crash by Jerry Spinelli, Scholastic, 2000 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, Scholastic, 1996 A Syd Hoff Treasury, HarperCollins, 1987 Too Much Birthday by Stan & Jan Berenstain, Scholastic, 1986 Audio Books on CD or Cassette Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn, read by George Guidall, CD, 2008 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, read by Campbell Scott, Cassette, 1999
June 2009
Acquistions
**** JUNE Acquisitions:****
Adult Fiction and Mysteries
The Help by Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books, 2009
The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman, Crown Publishing, 2009
The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner, BantamDell, 2009
My Father’s Tears and other stories by John Updike, Borzoi, 2009
Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C.J. Box, Minotaur Books, 2008
The Development: nine stories by John Barth, Houghton Mifflin, 2008
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh, HarperCollins, 2008
Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming, Doubleday, 2008
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, HarperCollins, 2005
The Harry Bosch Novels by Michael Connelly, Omnibus/Time/Warner, 2001
A Good Death by Elizabeth Ironside, Hodder & Stoughton, 2000
Adult Non-fiction
Ball of Fire: the life of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer, Borzoi, 2003
Good Times:
Charles Darwin: A Life by John Bowlby, W.W. Norton & Company, 1991
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids
The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin, 2009
Louie! By Will Hillenbrand, Philomel Books, 2009
Up Close: Bill Gates by Marc Aronson, Viking, 2009
Avalon High by Meggin Cabot, HarperCollins, 2006
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean by Alexander McCall Smith,
Judy Moody: the Doctor is in by Megan McDonald, Candlewick, 2004
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw, Simon & Schuster, 1996
A Child’s
Videos and DVDS
Bleak House directed by Jay Chadwick & Susannah White, starring Gillian Anderson & Charles Dance, BBC, 2005, DVD
King Clifford & My Big Red Valentine, animated, Artisan, 2003, DVD
The Way We Live Now directed by David Yates, starring David Suchet & Matthew McFadyn, BBC, 2001, DVD
MAY 2009
acquisitions
Adult Fiction and Mysteries
The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly, Little, Brown & Company, 2009
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child, Delacorte Press, 2009
Wicked Prey by John Sandford, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009
Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard, HarperCollins, 2009
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline,
City of
The Sagas of the Icelanders, preface by Jane Smiley, Viking, 1997
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez, Borzoi, 1988
Adult Non-fiction
Losing Mum & Pp by Christopher Buckley, Hachette, 2009
Toddler Play by Dr. Wendy S. Masai, Barnes & Noble, 2004
Khrushchev: the man and his Era by William Taubman, W.W. Norton & Co., 2003
The Portable Pediatrician by Laura W. Nathanson, M.D., HarperCollins, 2002
Baby Signs by Linda Acredolo & Susan Goodwyn, McGraw-Hill, 2002
Meditation by Christina Feldman, Thorsons, 2001
Inventions of Farewell: w book of elegies edited by Sandra M. Gilbert, W.W. Norton & Co., 2001
Teas and Infusions by Laura Fronty, Random House, 1997
LARGE PRINT
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross, Thorndike, 2009
A Kiss in Winter by Susan Crandall, Doubleday, 2007
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids
Up Close; Babe Ruth by Wilborn Hampton, Viking, 2009
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli, HarperCollins, 2008
May Bird: the ever after and May Bird: among the stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson, Scholastic, 2005
Bob the Builder: Bob’s busy yeay by Tricia Boczkowski, Simon Spotlight, 2003
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont, Scholastic, 2001
1000 Years, 1000 People by Agnes Hooper Gottlieb, Kodansha
The Ultimate Juggling Book by Robert Frawley, Running Press, 1996
Audio Books on CD or Cassette
The Green Mile by Stephen King read by Frank Muller, Simon & Schuster, 1999
Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea McBride, Harper Trophy, 1993
Videos and DVDS
In Good Company directed by Paul Weitz, starring Dennis Quaid and Topher Grace, Universal, 2004, DVD
Our Mutual Friend directed by Julian Farino, starring Keeley Hawes, Anna Friel and Paul McGann, BBC, DVD
April '09
Acquisitons
Adult Fiction and Mysteries
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, 2009
First Family by David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, 2009
Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart, HarperCollins, 2009
Irish
In a Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen, Minotaur Books, 2009
Execution Dock by Anne Perry, Ballantine Books, 2009
Borderline by Nevada Barr, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009
Fatally Flaky by Diane Mott Davidson, HarperCollins, 2009
The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer, Grand Central Publishing, 2008
An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor, Forge, 2008
To
Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance, Touchstone, 2008
Silent Thunder by Iris Johansen,
Lush Life by Richard Price, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2008
Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark, Simon & Schuster, 2008
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman, HarperCollins, 2007
Shadow Music by Julie Garwood, Ballantine Books, 2007
The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith, Anchor, 2007
The Vanishing Act of Esmee Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell, Harcourt, 2006
The Gods of
Adult Non-fiction
Dewey, the library cat by Vicki Myron, Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Too Fat to Fish by Artie Lang, Random House, 2008
Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert,
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama, Crown, 2006
The Martha Stewart Cookbook by Martha Stewart, Crown, 1995
LARGE PRINT
The Headhunters by Peter Lovesey, Thorndike, 2008
Leaving Whiskey
The MacGregors by Nora Roberts, Thorndike, 2007
Death’s Half Acre by Margaret Maron, Thorndike, 2007
Table for Five by Susan Wiggs, Doubleday, 2005
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids
Mouse’s First Spring by Lauren Thompson, Scholastic, 2006
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean by Alexander McCall Smith,
We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger, Scholastic, 2005
Turtles: a complete pet owner’s manual by Hartmut Wilke, Barron’s, 2000
I Love You, Little One by Nancy Tafuri, Scholastic, 1998
The Essential Guinea Pig, Betsy Sikore Siino, editor, Howell Book House, 1997
Audio Books on CD or Cassette
These High Green Hills by Jan Karon, read by the author, Penguin, 1997
Videos and DVDS
The History Boys directed y Nicholas Hytner, starring Richard Griffiths &
The Last King of Scotland directed by Kevin MacDonald, starring Forrest Whitaker and James McAvoy, Fox Searchlight, 2006, DVD
Capturing the Friedmans – a documentary, HBO Films, 2003, DVD
Eloise at Christmastime directed by Kevin Lima, starring Julie Andrews, Handmade/Disney, 2003, DVD
Possession directed by Neil LaBute, starring Gwyneth Paltrow & Aaron Eckhart, Universal, 2002, DVD
March '09
Acquistions
****March’s Acquisitions:****
Adult Fiction and Mysteries
Promises in Death by J.D. Robb, Putnam, 2009
Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult, Atria Books, 2009
Revolutionary Road, Easter Parade and Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates, Everyman’s Library, 2009
The Vagrants by Yiyun Li, Random House, 2009
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman, HarperCollins, 2009
A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire, HarperCollins, 2008
Shatter by Michael Robotham, Doubleday, 2008
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer, Borzoi, 2007
The Zookeepers Wife by Diane Ackerman, W.W. Norton, 2007
Sweetwater Creek by
Adult Non-fiction
Nixonland by Rick Perlstein, Scribner, 2008
Book of Light Verse by W.H.
Fiction & Non-Fiction for Kids
Amelia Bedelia Talks Turkey by Herman S. Parish III, Greenwillow Books, 2008
Lady Liberty: a biography by Doreen Rappaport, Candlewick Press, 2008
Madeline and the Cats of
Up Close: Ronald Reagan by James Sutherland, Viking, 2008
Mr. Klutz is Nuts & Mrs. Roopy is Loopy by Dan Gutman, Harper Trophy, 2004
Arthur’s Really Helpful Word Book by marc Brown, Random House, 1997
We Are All in the Dumps with Jack & Guy by Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, 1993
Rain Forest by Helen Crowther, Scholastic, 1988
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni, Random House, 1975
Audio Books on CD or Cassette
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton read by Lorna Raver, CD, 2008
Absolute Power by David Baldacci read by Anthony Heald, 1996, cassette
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham, read by Anthony Heald, 1992, cassette
Videos and DVDS
The Savages directed by Tamara Jenkins, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney, 20th Century Fox, DVD, 2007
Lars and the Real Girl directed by Craig Gillespie, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Mortimer, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, DVD, 2007
Gone Baby, Gone directed by Ben Affleck, starring Casey Affleck and Morgan Freeman, Miramax, 2007, DVD
The Queen directed by Stephen Frears, starring Helen Mirren and James Cromwell, Pathé, DVD, 2006
Notes on a Scandal directed by Richard Eyre, starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, 20th Century Fox, DVD, 2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents directed by Stephen Frears, starring Judy Dench and Bob Hoskins, Pathé, DVD, 2005
Maria Full of Grace directed by Josh Marston, starring Catalina Moreno, HBO Films, DVD, 2004
Erin Brockovich directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Julia Roberts and Albert Finney, Universal, VHS, 2000
The Matrix directed by the Wachowski Brothers, starring Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne, Warner Brothers, VHS, 1999
The Preacher’s Wife directed by Penny Marshall, starring Denzel Washington and Whitney Houston, Touchstone, VHS, 1996
Upstairs, Downstairs: the premiere season – various directors, starring Jean Marsh and Pauline Collins, A&E, VHS, 1971