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THE SECRETS OF DROON:
THE TREASURE OF THE
ORKINS
by Tony Abbott.
The home of Khan, king of the
Lumpies, has been ransacked!
The Rat-faced Snitchers of Zoop,
has stolen a mysterious treasure
that the Lumpies had vowed to
protect. Now Eric, Neal, Julie,
and Keeah must pursue the
Snitchers back to their hideaway
on the edge of the Dark Lands.
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Books: Storytime
BOARD BOOKS!
Order # J3819
Mama, Do You Love Me?
by Barbara M. Joosse.
Order # J3783
Order # J3787
Who's My Mom?
Gossie & Gertie
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by Joanna Bicknell.
by Olivier Dunrea.
My Very First Book
of Animal Homes
by Eric Carle.
Order # J3759
Things That Go
Order # J3795
Order # J3789
Animals
Hugs and Kisses
by Christophe Loupy.
Order # J3899
Yummy Yucky
by Leslie Patricelli.
Order # J3743
Froggy's Baby Sister
by Jonathan London.
Order # J3769
Order # J3770
Order # J3815
I Can Help!
Turkey Riddles
by Hans Wilhelm.
by Katy Hall.
Cam Jansen:
The Mystery of the
Stolen Corn Popper
by David A. Adler.
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Books: Storytime
Order # J3751
Mother Goose
Order # J3760
by Will Moses.
Order # J3813
I Know an Old Lady
Who Swallowed a Fly
Order # J3809
by Nadine Westcott.
I am Too Absolutely
Small for School
Milton the Early Riser
by Lauren Child.
by Robert Kraus.
Order # J3814
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Order # J3750
My Lucky Day
And If the Moon
Could Talk
by Keiko Kasza.
by Kate Banks.
Have You Seen My Duckling?
Order # J3811
by Nancy Tafuri.
Henry and Mudge
and the Bedtime
Thumps
by Cynthia Rylant.
Order # J3721
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East O' the Sun and
West O' the Moon
by George Webbe Dasent
Order # J3742
Don't You Feel Well, Sam?
Order # J3740
Sweet Briar
Goes to School
by Amy Hest.
Almost Late to School
by Carol Diggory Shields.
by Karma Wilson.
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Books: Children
HANK THE COWDOG:
THE CASE OF THE BLAZING SKY
by John R. Erickson.
THE WESTING GAME
by Ellen Raskin.
A highly inventive mystery begins when sixteen
unlikely people gather for the reading of the very
strange will of the very rich Samuel W. Westing.
They could become millionaires, depending on
how they play a game.
• Order # J3812
With the threat of prairie fires looming, security
expert Hank the Cowdog takes on extra duties
as Head of fire Safety, while trying to resist the
mouth-watering hens in Sally May's chicken house.
• Order # J3861
MANIAC MAGEE
by Jerry Spinelli.
MIRA, MIRROR
by Mette Ivie Harrison.
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life
becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic
and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
• Order # J3871
Long after the disappearance of Snow White's step
mother, the witch trapped in her mirror manipulates
a desperate peasant and a merchant's daughter to
seek the magic she needs to gain her freedom, but
the girls show her a power far greater.
• Order # J3634
The Wilderking Trilogy
LILY'S GHOSTS
by Laura Ruby.
Strange goings-on at her great-uncle's summer
home in Cape May, New Jersey, draw Lily and a
new friend into a mystery involving lost treasure,
a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes,
and dispositions.
• Order # J3739
UNEXPECTED MAGIC
by Diana Wynne Jones.
Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents a
riveting collection of unpredictable tales. These
fifteen stories and one novella will enchant, startle,
and surprise!
• Order # J3794
A WELL-TIMED ENCHANTMENT
by Vivian Vande Velde.
While Deanna sits at the edge of an old well, her
wristwatch falls in—and then a hand pulls her in
after it. The well, it turns out, is a magical gateway
in time, and Deanna's watch has fallen into
medieval France, where it will utterly change history
when it is found. Unless Deanna finds it first.
• Order # J3780
HANK ZIPZER: THE LIFE OF ME
by Henry Winkler.
Life was pretty good for Hank until his substitute
teacher told him that he really should go to his
special after school reading program. Didn't Mr.
Rock know that Hank had other plans after school?
• Order # J3883
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THE BARK OF THE BOG OWL, BOOK 1
by Jonathan Rogers.
Twelve-year-old Aidan, the youngest son of Lord
Errol of Longleaf Manor, is sure he is meant for
greater things than keeping sheep. After all, he
survived a tangle with a feechie-folk boy named
Dobro Turtlebane and together they killed a
rampaging panther. The prophet Bayard agrees,
proclaiming him the future Wilderking, despite the jeers of his
older brothers and the concern of his father, who is loyal to the
Corenwald king.
• Order # J3956
THE SECRET OF THE SWAMP KING,
BOOK 2
by Jonathan Rogers.
Aidan is living in the court of King Darrow. He
has become best friends with Darrow's son Steren,
and he enjoys great favor among the courtiers.
But King Darrow's suspicion is growing and his
insecurity causes him to hate the young man
who saved his kingdom.
• Order # J3895
THE WAY OF THE WILDERKING,
BOOK 3
by Jonathan Rogers.
A reluctant 18-year-old Aidan is called to be the
legendary Wilderking. Fearing for his father,
brothers, and all innocent people under the rule
of the jealous king Darrow, Aidan is forced
to fight and lead an army of miscreants and
Feechie-folk. To everyone's astonishment, Aidan, who has not
denied loyalty to King Darrow and Prince Keren, instead leads
his army against the threat of Pyrthens.
• Order # J3851
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Books: Children
Percy Jackson & The Olympians Series
HANK THE COWDOG: THE QUEST
FOR THE GREAT WHITE QUAIL
by John R. Erickson.
THE LIGHTNING THIEF, BOOK 1
by Rick Riordan.
At the request of his beloved Beulah the collie,
Hank the Cowdog puts aside his urge to chew
plastic and sets off in search of his nemesis, Plato
the wayward bird dog.
• Order # J3885
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson knows he's
different, but when a teacher becomes a deadly
monster and his scrawny best friend turns out to
be a satyr, he learns he's a hero--the half-blood
son of an Olympian god.
• Order # J3865
THE SECRETS OF DROON:
THE TREASURE OF THE ORKINS
by Tony Abbott.
THE SEA OF MONSTERS, BOOK 2
by Rick Riordan.
The home of Khan, king of the Lumpies, has been
ransacked! The Rat-faced Snitchers of Zoop, has
stolen a mysterious treasure that the Lumpies had
vowed to protect. Now Eric, Neal, Julie, and Keeah
must pursue the Snitchers back to their hideaway
on the edge of the Dark Lands.
• Order # J3884
Percy Jackson, the half-blood son of Poseidon,
once again battles mythical monsters in
modern-day settings while on his mission to
save the tree that guards Camp Half-Blood.
• Order # J3855
THE TITAN'S CURSE, BOOK 3
by Rick Riordan.
THE SECRETS OF DROON: MOON MAGIC
by Tony Abbott.
Salamandra has cast Eric, Julie, Neal, and Keeah
through her powerful Portal of Ages. The kids are
on a quest to the past and the future, with only the
barest of clues from the treacherous sorceress to
guide them. It's up to the kids to complete
Salamandra's mission. Because failure could mean
the end of Droon...forever.
• Order # J3874
The demigods race to the rescue to find that
Grover has made an important discovery: two
new powerful half-bloods, whose parentage is
unknown. But that's not all that await them.
The Titan lord, Kronos, has set up a devious
trap, and the young heroes have just fallen prey.
• Order # J3877
JACKIE & ME
by Dan Gutman.
BANANA HEART SUMMER
by Merlinda Bobis.
To twelve-year-old Nenita, food is synonymous
with love—the love she yearns to receive from her
mother. But in this summer of broken hearts, new
friendships, secrets, and discoveries, change will
come as suddenly as the monsoon that marks the
end of the sweltering heat—and transforms Nenita's
life in ways she could never imagine.
• Order # J3882
GREGOR AND THE CODE OF CLAW
by Suzanne Collins.
Everyone has been trying to keep Gregor from
seeing The Prophecy of Time. That is because the
final prophecy calls for the warrior's death. The
warrior being Gregor, of course. With an army of
rats quickly approaching and time running out,
Gregor must gather up his courage to defend
Regalia and get his family back home safely.
• Order # J3878
Unlike every other kid in his class, Joe Stoshack
has a special talent: with the help of old baseball
cards, he can travel through time. So for his
report, Joe decides to go back to meet one of the
greatest baseball players ever, Jackie Robinson,
to find out what it was like to be the man who
broke baseball's color barrier.
• Order # J3869
RUNEMARKS
by Joanne Harris
The “runemark” Maddie was born with on her
palm proves that magic has survived–and makes
the other villagers fearful that she is a witch. But
the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy’s
mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And
Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic
One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.
• Order # J3846
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Books: Children
THE ILLYRIAN ADVENTURE
by Lloyd Alexander.
On a visit to a remote European kingdom in 1872, a
fearless sixteen-year-old orphan and her guardian research
an ancient legend and become enmeshed in a dangerous
rebellion.
• Order # J3904
PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS
by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson.
An orphan boy named Peter and his mysterious
new friend, Molly, overcome bands of pirates and
thieves in their quest to keep a fantastical secret safe
and save the world from evil.
• Order # J3711
THE KEY TO THE INDIAN
by Lynne Reid Banks.
Little Bear, Omri's Iroquois friend from the past, is
in great danger and needs both Omri and his father
to help. Unaware of the perils that lie ahead, father
and son attempt to travel back through time to
Little Bear's Iroquois village.
• Order # J3873
KANDIDE AND THE SECRET OF THE MISTS
by Diana S. Zimmerman.
Upon her father's death Kandide is to be crowned
Queen of Calabiyau, the kingdom of the Fee. She
is also keeper of the Gift, the key to survival for all
life. When her wing is crushed in a terrible accident,
her own mother casts her away to the Mists. Now
Kandide must learn to survive among those she fears.
• Order # J3887
VOYAGE OF ICE
by Michele Torrey.
Nick and his brother Dexter have signed aboard the Sea
Hawk whaling boat. Life at sea is very different from
what either Dexter or Nick expected. The officers think
nothing of beating the crewmen and hunting the whales
is a perilous occupation. But when an awful turn of fate
traps them in the harsh Arctic winter, Nick and Dexter
find themselves in a battle for their very lives.
• Order # J3900
HURRICANE WILLS
by Sally Grindley.
Chris has a big brother, Wills, who is a human hurricane.
When Chris and Wills's parents split up, things only get
worse and soon Chris is wondering where else Wills is
wreaking his havoc. It is only when things get truly out
of control that the two brothers manage to help each
other out.
• Order # J3903
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
by Norton Juster.
For Milo, everything's a bore. When a tollbooth
mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through
only because he's got nothing better to do. But on
the other side, things seem different. Somewhere
along the way, Milo realizes life is far from dull.
• Order # J3863
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GAWGON AND THE BOY
by Lloyd Alexander.
In Depression-era Philadelphia, when eleven-year-old
David is too ill to attend school, he is tutored by the
unique and adventurous Aunt Annie, whose teaching
combines with his imagination to greatly enrich his life.
• Order # J3901
OWLS IN THE FAMILY
by Farley Mowat.
Farley Mowat's funniest book tells the adventures of Wol
and Weeps, two owls from Saskatchewan who shake up a
whole neighborhood, turn a house topsy-turvy, and
outsmart Mutt the dog.
• Order # J3913
TIME WARP TRIO: WUSHU WERE HERE
by Jon Scieszka.
After being warped back to ancient China, Joe, Fred, and
Anna are faced with some big tasks. They must rescue
General Li Shimin from prison so he can defeat the awful
ruler, Wang. Then they must figure out how to free Sam,
who is trapped in...The Book.
• Order # J3910
BABE THE GALLANT PIG
by Dick King-Smith.
When Babe arrives at the Hogget farm, Mrs. Hogget's
thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops. It
looks as if the little pig is destined for the dinner
table—until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is.
• Order # J3912
BEN AND ME
by Robert Lawson.
Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse,
recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions
and discoveries.
• Order # J3905
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Books: Teens
FRAGMENTS
by Jeffry W. Johnston.
Chase can't remember that night. But when he
starts getting flashes of memory, he's relieved. But
when the flashes reveal another memory, Chase
starts to panic. He's desperate to leave his ugly past
behind. But if he wants to put the pieces together
once and for all, he must face the truth about who he is...and what
he has done.
• Order # J3765
SO YESTERDAY
by Scott Westerfeld.
Hunter Braque, a New York City teenager who is
paid by corporations to spot what is "cool," combines
his analytical skills with girlfriend Jen's creative
talents to find a missing person and thwart a
conspiracy directed at the heart of consumer culture.
• Order # J3761
POP PRINCESS
by Rachel Cohn.
KEEPER
by Mal Peet.
Yearning to escape the small Massachusetts town
where her family retreated after her sister's death,
Wonder Blake gets her chance when her sister's
manager offers Wonder a record contract on her
sixteenth birthday.
• Order # J3747
In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup
hero El Gato describes his youth in the Brazilian
rain forest and the events, experiences, and people
that helped make him a great goalkeeper and
renowned soccer star.
• Order # J3746
THE RISE AND FALL
OF A 10TH-GRADE SOCIAL CLIMBER
by Lauren Mechling & Laura Moser.
THE WIZARD, THE WITCH
& TWO GIRLS FROM JERSEY
by Lisa Papademetriou.
When her best friend dares her to become part of
the popular crowd and record her experiences in a
diary, fifteen-year-old Mimi's world turns upside
down when the diary gets into the wrong hands.
• Order # J3758
Ever since Veronica Lopez and Heather Simms got
zapped into the pages of The Queen of Twilight,
the novel has gone completely haywire. Now it's
up to a wizard with no magic, an elf-bakery reject, a
talking squirrel, and two Jersey chicks to tackle the
most terrifying evil known to the fantasy genre.
• Order # J3766
DEEP AND MEANINGFUL DIARIES
FROM PLANET JANET
by Dyan Sheldon.
With a Mad Cow for a mother, an eccentric
psychotherapist for a father, and a dweeble for a
brother, thank goodness sixteen-year-old Janet
Foley Bandry can confide in her diary. After all, she
needs someone to talk to about entering the Dark
Phase of her life.
• Order # J3744
ALL Q, NO A: MORE TALES
OF A 10TH-GRADE SOCIAL CLIMBER
by Lauren Mechling & Laura Moser.
Reconciled with her friends and enjoying life with
her father in New York City, fifteen-year-old Mimi
hopes for a happier second term at the progressive
Baldwin School but soon finds herself drawn into
complications involving the school's finances, her
father's girlfriend, and her own romantic entanglements.
•Order # J3756
THE BOOK OF DEAD DAYS
by Marcus Sedgwick.
The days between Christmas and New Year's Eve
are dead days, when spirits roam and magic shifts
restlessly just beneath the surface of our lives. A lot
can happen in the dead days. A magician called
Valerian must save his own life within those few
days, or pay the price for the pact he made with
evil so many years ago.
• Order # J3764
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PLASTIC FANTASTIC
by Simon Cheshire.
When fifteen-year-old Dominic, pop music fan,
and Lisa Voyd, singer and icon with the band
Plastic, are stuck together in an elevator, the
encounter results in drastic changes of attitude
for both of them.
• Order # J3753
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE NORTH
by Philip Pullman.
Texas aeronaut Lee Scoresby becomes embroiled
in local politics when he lands his balloon in the
Arctic town of Novy Odense in this prequel to
The Golden Compass.
• Order # J3834
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Books: Teens
LETTING GO OF LISA
by Lurlene McDaniel.
Magic or Madness Trilogy
Nathan Malone has been homeschooled his whole
life. Enrolled at the local high school for his senior
year, he meets Lisa. When he and Lisa finally start
spending time together, Nathan's the happiest he's
ever been. But Lisa has a tragic secret, and when
she decides she'll handle it herself, Nathan has to make a choice.
Can he ever let go of Lisa?
• Order # J3841
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY
OF A PART-TIME INDIAN
by Sherman Alexie.
MAGIC OR MADNESS, Book 1
by Justine Larbalestier.
Reason has lived fifteen years in the Australian
outback with her mother, Sarafina. When Sarafina
suffers a mental breakdown, Reason is sent to live
with her grandmother Esmeralda. Then when she
walks through Esmeralda's back door in Sydney
and finds herself in a New York City street,
Reason is forced to face the shocking truth. Magic is real.
• Order # J3767
MAGIC LESSONS, Book 2
by Justine Larbalestier.
Junior is a budding cartoonist growing up on the
Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to
receive a good education, Junior leaves the rez to
attend an all-white school in the neighboring farm
town. Despite being condemned as a traitor to his
people and enduring great tragedies, Junior attacks life with wit
and humor and discovers a strength inside of himself that he
never knew existed.
• Order # J3889
A magical golem-type creature comes in through
the door that links Reason's grandmother's house
in Australia and New York City and attacks the
magically talented teen and her similarly gifted
friends, Tom and Jay-Tee.
• Order # J3947
MAGIC'S CHILD, Book 3
by Justine Larbalestier.
PLAYING IN TRAFFIC
by Gail Giles.
Shy and unremarkable, seventeen-year-old Matt
Lathrop is surprised and flattered to find himself
singled out for the sexual attentions of the alluring
Skye Colby, until he discovers the evil purpose
behind her actions.
• Order # J3745
Reason Cansino is fifteen-years-old, pregnant, and
magic. In her world, magic users have a choice–to
use it and die young, or not to use it and go mad.
However, Reason was given a different, more
powerful type of magic. Her new abilities begin
to change her and her unborn child, drawing her
deeper into the world of magic and farther from her friends and family.
• Order # J3919
TRUE TALENTS
by David Lubar.
THE SIGHT
by David Clement-Davies.
Fourteen-year-old Eddie 'Trash' Thalmeyer can
move things with his mind. When Trash tests his
power in a bank and accidentally steals a fistful of
cash, he is kidnapped by the ruthless leader of a
shadowy company. His friends join forces to rescue
their friend using their hidden talents, and discover
their true talents in the process.
• Order # J3845
The Sight features a Transylvanian wolf clan faced
with the terrifying changes brought about by
Morgra, a bitter she-wolf determined to fulfill an
ancient legend in order to have supreme power
over all Vargs (wolves).
• Order # J3852
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER
by Larry Doyle.
After concluding he has nothing to lose, geekazoid
valedictorian Denis Cooverman declares, during his
graduation speech, his love for Beth Cooper, the
way hot chief cheerleader. He is amazed to discover
Beth is not completely repulsed by his feelings for
her, although her army boyfriend, Kevin, is enraged.
• Order # J3879
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THE SUBTLE KNIFE:
HIS DARK MATERIALS, Book II
by Philip Pullman.
Passing through a shimmering portal in the sky,
young Lyra finds herself in a beautiful, haunted
otherworld. On a perilous journey from world
to world with her ally Will, she uncovers a deadly
secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating
power.
• Order # J3849
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Books: Fiction
MURDER IN CHINATOWN
by Victoria Thompson.
Midwife Sarah Brandt is in Chinatown to deliver a
baby. When the new mother's half-Chinese and
half-Irish fifteen-year-old niece goes missing, Sarah
knows that alerting the constables would prove
futile. So she turns to Detective Sergeant Frank
Malloy—and together they begin the search themselves. And
after they find the girl, dead in an alley, Sarah and Malloy have
ample suspects—from both sides of the Canal Street. (Mystery)
• Order # F3919
THE 5TH HORSEMAN
by James Patterson.
A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco
hospital when she suddenly gasps for breath and
dies. Doctors are completely mystified as other
recovering patients inexplicably become deadly ill.
Accompanied by the newest member of the
Women's Murder Club, Yuki Castellano, Lieutenant Lindsay
Boxer probes deeper into the deaths. Is a maniac playing God?
(Fiction)
• Order # F3716
THE WATCHMAN
by Robert Crais.
LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN
by Janet Evanovich.
New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are
about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on
her most outrageous adventure yet! (Fiction)
• Order # F3923
JUMPER
by Steven Gould.
After her Aston Martin collides with a mysterious
car, young heiress Larkin Conner Barkley attempts
to help the accident victims—and becomes the
sole witness in a federal investigation. Whisking
her out of her Beverly Hills world is Joe Pike, hired
to shield Larkin from a relentless team of killers. (Fiction)
• Order # F3693
David Rice can teleport. To survive, David must
learn to use his power in a world that is more
threatening and complex than he ever imagined.
(Science Fiction)
• Order # F3670
THREE IN DEATH
by J. D. Robb.
Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, delivers a
potent combination of futuristic suspense, thrills,
and passion in three stories featuring Lieutenant
Eve Dallas. (Romantic Suspense)
• Order # F3690
FAST TRACK
by Fern Michaels.
The Sisterhood banded together to exact their own
form of justice on those whose crimes had gone
unpunished by the legal system. Now they've got
a dangerous new assignment. If they succeed, the
Sisterhood will be rewarded beyond their wildest
dreams. If they fail, they'll forfeit much more than
a paycheck. (Fiction)
• Order # F3921
SLUMMY MUMMY
by Fiona Neill.
Slummy Mummy is a hilarious irresistible novel
about the dilemmas of modern marriage and
motherhood for those who never discovered their
domestic goddess within. (Fiction)
• Order # F3928
FALLING
by Christopher Pike.
In Falling, Christopher Pike explores the depths of
human emotion through two brilliantly etched
characters: Kelly Fienman, who pays a terrible
price to understand the nature of true evil, and
Matt Connor, a classic antihero who captures the
reader's sympathy. (Fiction)
• Order # F3668
THE MURDER GAME
by Beverly Barton.
Private investigator Griffin Powell and FBI agent
Nicole Baxter know a lot about serial killers. But
this new killer is as sadistic as they've ever seen.
He likes his little games, and he especially likes
forcing Nic and Griff to play along. And then
the Hunter calls wanting to know if they're really
ready to play. (Romantic Suspense)
• Order # F3672
TRIPLE HOMICIDE
by Charles J. Hynes.
Twenty years ago, NYPD officer Robert Mulvey
faced corruption charges that threatened to tear
his life apart. Now his young nephew, the
much-decorated officer Stephen Holt, has been
accused of executing three men, including one cop.
For these two men to save their careers—and
redeem their family's reputation—they will dare to go where few
officers have gone before: straight through the NYPD's fabled
"blue wall of silence." (Fiction)
• Order # F3927
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Books: Fiction
DEEP STORM
by Lincoln Child.
In this explosive new thriller, one of the most
incredible and frightening discoveries mankind
has ever faced is about to surface. (Fiction)
• Order # F3712
IN A DARK SEASON
by Vicki Lane.
In a North Carolina winter, new vistas appear
through the bare trees. For Elizabeth Goodweather
of Full Circle Farm, still a newcomer after more
than twenty years, one terrible glimpse ignites a
mystery that reaches back years into these hills.
Drawing together dozens of seemingly unconnected
MRS. JEFFRIES HOLDS THE TRUMP
by Emily Brightwell.
Michael Provost lived a quiet life, yet this
successful owner of a medical supply company was
spotted floating facedown off the Chelsea Vestry
Wharf. Who would ever want him dead? Luckily
for inspector Gerald Witherspoon, Mrs. Jeffries
and her staff are always ready to dive into an investigation.
(Mystery)
• Order # F3918
DOUBLE TAKE
by Catherine Coulter.
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are
joined by one of their own and a Virginia sheriff
in an extraordinary case that immerses them in
the world of psychic visions, mind benders, and
communications with the dead. (Fiction)
• Order # F3917
lives. (Mystery)
• Order # F3926
DOUBLE DOG DARE
by Linda O. Johnston.
As a lawyer and pet-sitter in L.A., Kendra
Ballantyne, Esq., has met more than her share
of difficult pets...and people. But when some
arrogant cloners cross her path, she meets a
whole new breed—one whose perilous business
is playing God. (Mystery)
• Order # F3925
THE SILENT ASSASSIN
by Lori Andrews.
Geneticist Dr. Alexandra Blake of the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology is pulled away
from her bioterrorism work to aid in a murder
investigation. Just a little digging reveals a corpse
that's nothing like the homeless robbery victim
it was set up to resemble—and Alex and her
colleagues find themselves wrapped up in a complicated mystery
of high-stakes international financial intrigue. (Fiction)
• Order # F3924
THE ROAR OF THE BUTTERFLIES
by Reginald Hill.
Private investigator Joe Sixsmith is being implored
to come to the rescue of one Christian Porphyry,
the scion of the family that owns the most exclusive
country club in Luton. Porphyry faces expulsion
for the heinous crime of cheating at golf. (Mystery)
• Order # F3930
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WHITE HEAT
by Cherry Adair.
The last person on earth that art restorer Emily
Greene wants to see is Max Aries. She hasn't
forgotten (or forgiven) the way Max dropped into
her life a year ago, stole her heart, then vanished
without a word. But the prodigal playboy returns
with shocking news: His father's recent death was
no suicide, but in fact murder...and Emily's life is also in danger.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3569
ONLY THE CAT KNOWS
by Marian Babson.
Vanessa and her twin brother Vance are very close.
So when someone pushes Vanessa down a flight
of stairs and puts her into a coma, Vance wants
revenge. He decides that masquerading as Vanessa
will lead him to the villain. He pulls it off very
well and is on the verge of learning what he needs
to know...until he discovers a serious threat that might destroy all
his efforts. (Mystery)
• Order # F3922
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DWELLING PLACES
by Vinita Hampton Wright.
Told in the unforgettable voices of each family
member, this powerful story of family life reveals
the stubborn resilience of love and how sometimes
the very thing we're looking for has been waiting
at home all along. (Fiction)
• Order # F3526
Books: Fiction
THE HIDDEN
by Kathryn Mackel.
THE FIFTH VIAL
by Michael Palmer.
Psychiatrist Susan Stone has returned home to
Colorado to help her elderly father manage his
horse-breeding business. After the botched
delivery of a prized foal, Susan rides wildly into the
mountains, seeking release from consuming guilt.
Thrown from her horse, she tumbles into a dark ravine and makes
a startling discovery—a young man, chained in the darkness. (Fiction)
• Order # F3559
The Fifth Vial is a novel of medical suspense that
raises chilling questions: Who ends up with the
blood samples you routinely give? What else are
they being used for? Why don't you know? (Fiction)
• Order # F3649
PEOPLE OF THE NIGHTLAND
by W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear.
This is the sweeping saga of a visionary boy who
led his people out of the path of one of the worst
catastrophes in the history of the world, and the
brave little girl who loved him enough to believe
in his dream. (Fiction)
• Order # F3648
BAD IDEA
by Todd & Tedd Hafer.
Griffin Smith is making his first interstate road
trip, an adventurous rite of passage that will take
him from his Midwestern home to his freshman
year at college in Southern California. Yet this is
no ordinary A to B trip, as Griffin will find his
attitudes and ideas challenged by some surprising
events and an unlikely band of travel companions. (Fiction)
• Order # F3655
NAMELESS
by Debra Webb.
Vivian Grace is an FBI rookie on a mission: To
hunt down a kidnapper—with all her heart.
Because for Vivian, herself a victim of a vicious
kidnapping years ago, this case is about more than
justice. This time, it's personal. (Fiction)
• Order # F3647
PLAGUE MAKER
by Tim Downs.
Hundreds of thousands line the banks of the East
and Hudson Rivers awaiting the nation's largest
fireworks display. But will the beginning of the
show mark the beginning of the end? That's what
FBI agent Nathan Donovan must decide. (Fiction)
• Order # F3656
HIGH NOON
by Nora Roberts.
Police lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara is Savannah's
top hostage negotiator. After watching her talk
one of his employees off a roof ledge, Duncan
Swift is committed to keeping this intriguing
woman in his life. Now, with Duncan backing
her every step of the way, Phoebe is determined
to establish contact with a faceless tormentor who is intent on
making her a hostage to fear—before she becomes the final
showdown. (Romantic Suspense)
• Order # F3860
WILD FIRE
by Nelson DeMille.
The Custer Hill Club appears to be a place to relax
with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's
executive board gathers to talk about 9/11—and
finalize a retaliation plan, known only as Wild Fire.
Investigating the mysterious death of a member of
the Federal Anti-Terrorist Task Force Detective
John Corey uncovers a shocking plot that begins with the Custer
Hill Club—and ends with American cities locked in the crosshairs
of a nuclear device. (Fiction)
• Order # F3626
WIZARD'S DAUGHTER
by Catherine Coulter.
NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR
by Janet Evanovich.
Louisa Brannigan is a press secretary, fighting her
way to the top of Capitol Hill, with no help from
her annoying neighbor, Pete Streeter. He receives
phone calls all night long, he steals her morning
paper, he thinks jeans are formal wear, and worst
of all he's involved Louisa in the disappearance of
a pig. This is the story of a pig in Witness Protection and love
being found by a workaholic woman and a fun-loving man. (Romance)
• Order # F3771
When Ryder Sherbrooke finds a child nearly beaten
to death in an alley in Eastbourne, he takes her
home to Brandon House. She doesn't speak for
six months. Her first words, oddly enough, are a
haunting song. Just what does this strange song
mean that was seemingly imprinted on the child's
brain? (Fiction)
• Order # F3623
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THE BOYS IN THE TREES
by Mary Swan.
A tragic event sends a small town reeling in this
brilliant exploration of one family's desperation.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3616
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P.S. I LOVE YOU
by Cecelia Ahern.
Months after her husband dies of a terrible illness,
Holly receives a package of letters that he's left for
her, instructing her to perform a series of
unexpected tasks. With the help of the letters and
her fun, quick-witted girlfriends and family, Holly
wobbles, weaves, and jokes her way toward a new life, even larger
than the one that she's been forced to leave behind. (Fiction)
• Order # F3634
WILLIAM HENRY IS A FINE NAME
by Cathy Gohlke.
William Henry is thirteen-year-old Robert's best
friend. They did everything together—until the
summer of 1859. That's when Robert is told that
William Henry is less than human...because he is
black. Now Robert must decide for himself where
he stands on slavery. (Fiction)
• Order # F3599
SHADOW DANCE
by Julie Garwood.
DEAD BEFORE DYING
by Deon Meyer.
Someone in Cape Town has chosen a conspicuous
murder weapon: a century-old German handgun.
Nothing else links the victims, and their vicious
murders are pushing the city toward panic. Police
captain Mat Joubert soon uncovers a shocking
revelation: a motive so grim it will make Joubert
wish he could rewrite his own past. (Fiction)
• Order # F3582
Everything changes for Jordan when she is told a
fantastic story about her family's ancient feud,
dating back to medieval Scotland. Suddenly, a
woman who has spent more quality time with her
laptop than with any man is caught up in a lethal
mystery—and in a knee-buckling relationship with
FBI agent and old friend Noah Clayborne. (Romance)
• Order # F3631
BLAZE
by Richard Bachman.
SISTERS
by Danielle Steel.
One Fourth of July weekend as they do every year,
four sisters come home to Connecticut for their
family's annual gathering. But before the holiday
is over, tragedy strikes and their world is utterly
changed. (Fiction)
• Order # F3576
WHITETHORN WOODS
by Maeve Binchy.
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town
of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods,
it will also destroy St. Ann's Well, where people
have been coming for generations to share their
dreams and offer their prayers. Some believe the
well to be a place of true spiritual power; others
think it's a mere magnet for superstitions. (Fiction)
• Order # F3572
Clayton Blaisdell, Jr., was always a small-time
delinquent. Then Blaze met George Rackley, a
seasoned pro with a hundred cons and one big
idea. The kidnapping should go off without a
hitch, with George as the brains behind their
dangerous scheme. But there's only one problem:
by the time the deal goes down, Blaze's partner in crime is dead.
Or is he? (Fiction)
• Order # F3583
WINTER BIRDS
by Jamie Langston Turner.
Sophia Hess has lived most of her life without ever
knowing genuine love. Her professor husband had
married her for the convenience of having a typist
for his scholarly papers. The discovery of a dark
secret opens her eyes to the truth about her
marriage and her husband. (Fiction)
• Order # F3595
DADDY'S GIRL
by Lisa Scottoline.
When colleague Angus Holt, talks teacher Natalie
Greco into teaching a class at a local prison and
her world turns upside down. A violent prison
riot breaks out, and Nat rushes to save the life of
a mortally wounded guard whose last words are
"Tell my wife it's under the floor." Nat delivers
the cryptic message, but before she knows it, she's suspected of
murder and hiding from cops and killers alike. (Fiction)
• Order # F3606
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SACRED STONE
by Clive Cussler.
In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young
scientist has unearthed an artifact hidden in a cave
for a millennium: a 50,000-year-old radioactive
meteorite known as the Sacred Stone. But the
astounding find places him in the crosshairs of
two opposing groups who seek the stone for
themselves. (Fiction)
• Order # F3764
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Books: Fiction
DREAM CHASER
by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Xypher has one month on Earth to redeem himself
through one good deed, or be condemned to
eternal torture in Tartarus. But redemption means
little to a demigod who only wants vengeance on
the one who caused his downfall. (Fiction)
• Order # F3651
IRISH LINEN
by Andrew M. Greeley.
The perils of wartime add special urgency to the
latest investigation by Nuala Anne McGrrail.
Desmond Doolin, a young man from their West
Side Chicago neighborhood, has gone missing in
Iraq, and the U.S. government denies any
knowledge of his whereabouts. (Fiction)
• Order # F3650
THE ACCIDENTAL VAMPIRE
by Lynsay Sands.
Elvi Black knows there's more to being undead
than what she saw in Dracula, but she can't very
well ask her mortal friends about proper biting
etiquette. But when her neighbors placed a
personal ad for her in the local paper, she never
imagined she'd meet Victor Argeneau, a vampire
who could have his pick of any woman dead or alive. (Fiction)
• Order # F3591
WHITE LIES
by Jayne Ann Krentz.
ALWAYS GRACE
by Tim LaHaye & Gregory S. Dinallo.
Spanning two continents and three decades, Tim
LaHaye and Gregory Dinallo weave a harrowing,
moving epic of soul mates separated by fate and
circumstance, where true love is never really
lost—if hope and faith remain. (Romance)
• Order # F3785
SIMPLE GENIUS
by David Baldacci.
Near Washington, D.C., there are two clandestine
institutions: the world's most unusual laboratory
and a secret CIA training camp. Drawn to these
sites by a murder, ex-Secret Service agent Sean
King encounters a dark world of mathematicians,
codes, and spies. His search for answers soon leads
him to more shocking violence—and an autistic girl with an
extraordinary genius. (Fiction)
• Order # F3790
WHAT THE DEAD KNOW
by Laura Lippman.
Thirty years ago, the two Bethany sisters, ages 11
and 15, disappeared from a Baltimore shopping
mall. Now decades later, in the aftermath of a
hit-and-run accident, a clearly disoriented woman
is claiming to be Heather, the younger Bethany
sister. Not a shred of evidence supports her story.
But there is something she knows about that terrible day...and
about a family that disintegrated long ago. (Fiction)
• Order # F3783
A young woman with a psychic talent for
perceiving deception meets a man who overwhelms her senses with premonitions of danger
and desire. (Fiction)
• Order # F3584
NATURAL BORN CHARMER
by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Funny, sexy, and touching, Natural Born Charmer
is the unforgettable love story of a golden boy who
might be losing his luster and a spirited woman
who's learned never to depend on anyone but
herself. (Romance)
• Order # F3871
DECLASSIFIED: COLLATERAL DAMAGE
by Marc Cerasini.
In a remote corner of New Jersey is a nation within
a nation. Within the confines of the secluded
Islamic community of Kurmastan, plans are underway to spread fear, death, and untold destruction
across America. Rogue agent Jack Bauer finds
himself in the center of an unleashed hurricane
perhaps already too powerful to stop. (Fiction)
• Order # F3784
DEAR JOHN
by Nicholas Sparks.
BACK ON BLOSSOM STREET
by Debbie Macomber.
There's a new shop on Seattle's Blossom Street—a
flower store called Susannah's Garden, right next
door to A Good Yarn. Susannah Nelson, the
owner, has just hired an assistant named Colette
Blake, a young widow who's obviously hiding a
secret—or two. (Fiction)
• Order # F3809
From bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes an
unforgettable tale of a man who must make the
most heartrending decision of his life—in the
name of love. (Fiction)
• Order # F3887
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STRAIGHT UP
by Lisa Samson.
Georgia Bishop has thrown away her life for her
drinking habit. Her cousin, Fairly Godfrey is
living the good life in New York but wonders if
deeper meaning exists beyond her world. When
both women face the most difficult choices of their
lives, only the power of grace can bring them to true healing.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3596
THE RISING TIDE
by Jeff Shaara.
As Hitler sweeps through Europe, America is
drawn into the war, standing side by side with
her British ally, the last hope for turning the tide
of the war. As battles rage along the coasts of the
Mediterranean, the momentum of the war begins
to shift, setting the stage for the Battle of Normandy. (Fiction)
• Order # F3850
DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL
by Jackie Collins.
HOKUS POKUS
by Fern Michaels.
There is no match for the Sisterhood—the seven
friends who have taken vigilante justice to a new
level. They must remain in exile or risk capture.
When they receive a panicked call from Supreme
Court Chief Justice Pearl Barnes, who faces
blackmail for her own illegal brand of justice, the
women must not only sneak back into the U.S., but also remain
undetected as they investigate. (Fiction)
• Order # F3814
Lucky Santangelo's sixteen-year-old Max, goes
looking for trouble when she hooks up with some
guy she meets on the Internet. Soon the beautiful,
willful Max finds herself in deeper waters than she
can imagine as she becomes a pawn in a greater
scheme that leads back to Lucky and Billy Melina,
the movie-star boyfriend of Lucky's best friend, superstar Venus.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3878
ABSOLUTE FEAR
by Lisa Jackson.
TIPPERARY
by Frank Delaney.
While in Paris to treat his dying countryman,
Oscar Wilde, Charles O'Brien encounters a
beautiful young Englishwoman, April Burke,
and is instantly smitten—but callously rejected.
Vowing to improve himself, Charles returns to
Ireland, where he undertakes the preservation of
the great and abandoned estate of Tipperary, in whose shadow he
has lived his whole life—and which, he discovers, may belong to
April and her father. (Fiction)
• Order # F3897
A serial killer is stalking the streets of New
Orleans. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion,
a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies.
There are no clues, no connections except one: a
crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of
unspeakable madness—and is now the calling card
of a new kind of fear. (Fiction)
• Order # F3787
FOX'S EARTH
by Anne Rivers Siddons.
Fox's Earth is a seductive tale of five generations
of Southern women and the house that was at
once both their greatest inheritance and their
most confining prison. (Fiction)
• Order # F3849
GENGHIS: BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE
by Conn Iggulden.
Genghis is an unforgettable portrait of the early
years of Genghis Khan—a man who transformed
the world map from China to Europe and became
one of the most ruthless conquerors in history.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3795
BLACK SHIPS
by Jo Graham.
Daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, chosen
at the age of seven to be the voice of the Lady of
the Dead, Gull is destined to counsel kings. When
nine black ships appear, captained by an exiled
Trojan prince, Gull must decide between the life
she was born for and a most perilous adventure—
to join the remnant of her mother's people in their desperate
flight. (Fiction)
• Order # F3756
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THE HISTORIAN
by Elizabeth Kostova.
The Historian is the story of a young woman
plunged into a labyrinth where the secrets of her
family's past connect to an inconceivable evil: the
dark reign of Vlad the Impaler and a time defying
pact that may have kept his awful work alive
through the ages. (Fiction)
• Order # F3852
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Books: Fiction
PANDORA'S DAUGHTER
by Iris Johansen.
The voices in her head have been dormant for
years, hidden deep in a past Megan Blair has tried
to forget. But now someone is trying to kill her,
and others are trying to use her, including the
deadly and seductive Neal Grady. Shocking secrets
about her life and her mother's death bombard her as she fights to
save herself and everything she believes in. (Fiction)
• Order # F3881
THE SINAI SECRET
by Gregg Loomis.
A scientist in Amsterdam—murdered. Another
scientist in Atlanta—murdered, and his journal
stolen. At first Lang Reilly seemed to be the only
connection. After all, both scientists worked for
his foundation. But when someone took a shot at
Lang to scare him away, it only made him more determined to
find the truth. (Fiction)
• Order # F3725
BURIED
by Mark Billingham.
Luke Mullen, the missing teenage son of a former
police officer, was last seen getting into a car with
an older woman. No one knows whether he went
willingly or was abducted, whether he's living or
dead. Then the videotape arrives... (Fiction)
• Order # F3872
THE DARKEST NIGHT
by Gena Showalter.
All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by
voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she
has come to Budapest seeking help from men
rumored to have supernatural abilities, not
knowing she'll be swept into the arms of Maddox,
their most dangerous member—a man trapped in
a hell of his own. (Romance)
• Order # F3684
BUNGALOW 2
by Danielle Steel.
In Bungalow 2, Danielle Steel takes us into a world
few ever see—a world of fame and fortune,
celebrity and genius—daring to show us the real
lives, real dreams, and real struggles hidden
beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood. (Fiction)
• Order # F3853
THE SUCCESSOR
by Stephen Frey.
The leader of Cuba is dead, and the United States
is poised to support a cabal of Cuban professionals
plotting a coup. U.S. president Jesse Wood wants
Christian Gillette to meet with the conspirators
and size up the chances for a successful capitalist
revolution. What Christian doesn't realize is that
enemies in high places have set in motion a campaign of deception,
sabotage, and murder. (Fiction)
• Order # F3742
THE ALIBI MAN
by Tami Hoag.
Former undercover cop Elena Estes is back on the
fringes of the elite world she once rejected, training
horses for a living. But when she discovers a
friend's body, murdered and dumped in a canal,
Elena is drawn again into a painful vortex she's
fought hard to leave behind—one that includes
a group of powerful Palm Beach bad boys. (Fiction)
• Order # F3722
FRESHWATER ROAD
by Denise Nicholas.
When University of Michigan sophomore Celeste
Tyree travels to Mississippi to volunteer with the
Civil Rights movement, she's assigned to help
register voters in the already infamous town of
Pineyville. Finding inner strength as she helps lift
the veil of oppression, Celeste struggles with
loneliness, a worried father in Detroit, and her feelings for Ed
Jolivette, a young man also in Mississippi for the summer. (Fiction)
• Order # F3688
DEVIL MAY CRY
by Sherrilyn Kenyon.
For millennia, the ex-god turned Dark-Hunter Sin
has sought to regain his powers and take revenge
on Artemis. But now he has bigger demons to fry.
The lethal gallu that were buried by his pantheon
are stirring, and they are hungry for human flesh.
Their goal: to destroy mankind. Sin is the only
one who can stop them...if a certain woman doesn't kill him first.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3824
THE DIRTY GIRLS SOCIAL CLUB
by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez.
Meet The Dirty Girls, six unforgettable women.
Lauren, Sara, Elizabeth, Amber, Rebecca, and
Usnavys. No matter what happens to each of
them, the Girls dish, dine, whine, and compare
notes as they try to sort out the bumpy course of
life and love. (Fiction)
• Order # F3749
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THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
(BOOK 1)
by Neta Jackson.
What do an ex-con, a former drug addict, a real
estate broker, a college student, and a married
mother of two have in common? Nothing, or so I
thought. Who could have imagined that God
would make a prayer group as mismatched as ours the closest of
friends? (Fiction)
• Order # F3738
THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
GETS DOWN (BOOK 2)
by Neta Jackson.
A robbery, a lynching, and a mourning mother
shake up the Yada Yadas. (Fiction)
• Order # F3736
THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
GETS REAL (BOOK 3)
by Neta Jackson.
The Yada Yadas thought they had a handle on
forgiveness, but it seems God has them on a
crash-course to an even deeper level. (Fiction)
• Order # F3737
THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
GETS TOUGH (BOOK 4)
by Neta Jackson.
The Yada Yadas got tight in the past year, but
they're about to learn the real meaning of
togetherness. (Fiction)
• Order # F3741
THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
GETS CAUGHT (BOOK 5)
by Neta Jackson.
For the Yada Yadas, getting caught up in troubles
isn't the problem; it's how to get free. (Fiction)
• Order # F3740
THE YADA YADA PRAYER GROUP
GETS ROLLING (BOOK 6)
by Neta Jackson.
A devastating fire wakes up the Yadas Yadas to a
new reality: God is on the move. (Fiction)
• Order # F3739
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THE ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES
by Campbell Black, James Kahn, & Rob MacGregor.
For the first time in a single volume—the three
thrilling novels inspired by the blockbuster films.
Included are: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost
Ark; Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom; and
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. (Fiction)
• Order # F3744
THE BLOODY TEXANS
by Kent Conwell.
Trapper and scout Nathan Cooper returned home
to his cabin in East Texas, only to find his wife, his
niece and his niece's intended, all slaughtered. At
that moment Nathan swore that the men who did
this would pay. One by one, he will track them
down and kill them. (Western)
• Order # F3816
ALL MORTAL FLESH
by Julia Spencer-Fleming.
Police Chief Russ Van Alstyne's first encounter
with Claire Ferguson was in an emergency room
on a freezing December night. A newborn had
been left on the steps of the town's Episcopal
church, where Clare happened to be the new priest.
That night in the hospital was the beginning of an
attraction so fierce, so forbidden, that both Russ and Clare risked
compromising all of their ethics and beliefs. (Fiction)
• Order # F3750
VIRGIN LIES
by Roderick Anscombe.
One summer day, Boston forensic psychiatrist Paul
Lucas gets a call from his social worker wife, Abby:
A nine-year-old girl has gone missing. Paul, an
expert interrogator, is called in to help evaluate the
testimony of the only witness: a homeless woman who
happens to be a paranoid schizophrenic. (Fiction)
• Order # F3748
TEXAS IRON
by Robert J. Randisi.
When Sam McCall got word his pa had died,
something seemed suspicious. And even though
he and his brothers hadn't been home in twenty
years, they wanted the truth. But it turns out the
new owner of their old ranch didn't want them
around. Yet they're determined to find out what
really happened to their pa—and make their hometown of
Vengeance Creek live up to its name. (Western)
• Order # F3566
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Books: Fiction
RIVER RANGE
by L. P. Holmes.
Boone Logan needs to get his 200 head of cattle
across the Colorado River. Problem is, his brother,
who was supposed to keep the holding corrals for
the Cross herd, got chased off by some rival
ranchers. But now those toughs have to deal with
Boone. (Western)
• Order # F3570
SUNSET TRAIL
by Wayne D. Overholser.
In the title story of these two novellas, a U.S. agent
must prevent a shipment of rifles from reaching
the Comanche in New Mexico. And in Twelve
Hours Till Noon, the people of Amity, Colorado,
are stunned at the robbery of their local bank. But
the robbery is only a cloak for a much bigger plan: assassinating
the governor. (Western)
• Order # F3820
BLACK ROCK CAÑON
by Les Savage, Jr.
The odds of capturing the wild stallion were about
a thousand to one, Del Rockwall figured. But
three other men have been eyeing the same stallion
for quite a while now. And the way they see it,
Del's gonna catch that horse, all right—for them.
Because now his life depends on it. (Western)
• Order # F3564
DEATH OF A BAD MAN
by Ralph Compton.
Solomon Brakefield tries to play by the rules...and
loses. So Sol seeks out Nester Quarles, a known
killer and bandit, to school him on the tricks of
the outlaw trade. Quarles has plenty to teach, but
there's a price to be paid—and the currency is Sol's
soul. (Western)
• Order # F3822
DEATH AT DARK WATER
by John D. Nesbitt.
All Devon Frost was looking for was peace and
quiet. An artist, he came to the remote town of
Tinaja to draw the local buildings. He didn't
expect to get caught in a web of lies, accusations...
and murder. (Western)
• Order # F3567
SHADOW OF THE GUN
by Ralph Compton.
Tam Elliot founded Eden Creek. But when Tam
took his own life, his daughter, Allison, rechristened
the town Suicide. John McBride purchased a
restaurant in Suicide with hopes of putting the past
behind him, but with marauding Apaches, vicious
outlaws, and rising tensions between the townsfolk
and Allison Elliot, Suicide is a powder keg waiting to explode—
and McBride's presence may be enough to light the fuse. (Western)
• Order # F3563
THE LASSITER LUCK
by Loren Zane Grey.
When Lassiter promises to protect his dead friend's
son, he never thinks the young rancher will run
into such a passel of trouble. Yet before he knows
it, there's an all-out range war led by a pack of
hired sharpshooters trying to steal the kid's
land—and their lives. (Western)
• Order # F3811
MATT JENSEN, THE LAST
MOUNTAIN MAN: DEADLY TRAIL
by William W. Johnstone.
By leaping into the path of danger, Matt Jensen
foiled a train robbery in Colorado, and the
governor himself presented him with a public
reward. Now, a frustrated outlaw and his
murderous posse have struck again—this time
kidnapping the governor's niece. (Western)
• Order # F3810
REAPER'S FEE
by Marcus Galloway.
Undertaker Nick Graves has buried folks for pay...
and killed some for free. Now settled in California
with a woman he loves, he's like to forget the wild
man he once was—a man who buried a fortune in
stolen jewels in the grave of a former friend. But
now a bunch of two-bit outlaws have heard the
tale and they're dead set on looting Cobb's final resting place.
(Western)
• Order # F3826
THE WILD BREED
by Frank Leslie.
Yakima Henry has returned home to find Faith, a
dove he once rescued. Her brother has landed in
a Mexican prison, and Faith begs Yakima to guide
her party south to rescue him. Soon Yakima is in
Mexico's Sierra Olivadas, fending off deadly Apaches
and scalp-hunting Rurales led by a sadistic capitán
and a beautiful revolucionaria, Leonora Domingo. (Western)
• Order # F3772
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Books: Fiction
RED MESA: THE OUTCAST
by Luke Cypher.
Once he was Tom Cade, lawman and gunfighter.
Now, he is Amos Hood, preacher. But those who
profit in vice and sin see the minister's presence as
a threat. When Amos helps a widow defend her
ranch from several cattle barons feuding over her
land, he finds himself caught in the cross fire. (Western)
• Order # F3768
ANTAGONIST
by Gordon R. Dickson.
Bleys Ahrens and his organization, the Others, are
tracking down an elusive interplanetary opposition.
But his own personal quest for power, which began
with the best of motives, has become something
darker and more fierce. Ahren's devisings may
bring about the advent of Homo superior. And they may destroy
the human race. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3747
NIGHTFALL AT LITTLE ACES
by Ralph Cotton.
For the last eight years, the folks of Little Aces,
New Mexico, have known Emma Vertrees simply
as the wife of the recently murdered sheriff. But
Emma has more in common with the wrong side
of the law than her neighbors could possibly
imagine. (Western)
• Order # F3763
THE ELYSIUM COMMISSION
by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
A brilliant scientist on the planet Devanta has
created a small universe contiguous to ours—and
a utopian city on one of the planets. But does
this new universe require the destruction of a
portion—or all—of our universe in order to grow
and stabilize? (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3745
STARDUST
by Neil Gaiman.
Young Tristran Thorn will do anything to win the
cold heart of beautiful Victoria—even bring her
the star they watch as it falls form the night sky.
But to do so, he must enter the unexplored lands
on the other side of the ancient barrier that
borders their tiny village. (Fantasy)
• Order # F3300
BEYOND THE GAP
by Harry Turtledove.
Strange news has arrived at Nidaris. Trasamund, a
clan chief of the mammoth-herding Bizogots, reports
that a narrow gap has opened in what they'd always
thought was an endless impregnable wall of ice. The
great Glacier does not go on forever—and on its
other side are new lands, new animals, and possibly
new people. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3805
STAR TREK, TEROK NOR:
DAY OF THE VIPERS
by James Swallow.
A seemingly benign visitation to the bountiful
world of Bajor from the resource-poor Cardassian
Union is viewed with cautious optimism by some,
trepidation by others, and a calculating gleam by
unscrupulous opportunists. What begins as a
gesture of compassion soon becomes something very different.
(Science Fiction)
• Order # F3804
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STAR WARS, LEGACY OF THE FORCE:
REVELATION
by Karen Traviss.
During a savage civil war, all efforts to end Jacen
Solo's tyranny of the Galactic Alliance have failed.
Now, with Jacen approaching the height of his
dark powers, no one—not even the Solos and the
Skywalkers—know if anything can stop the Sith
Lord before his plan to save the galaxy ends up destroying it.
(Science Fiction)
• Order # F3730
IRON KISSED
by Patricia Briggs.
Mechanic Mercy Thompson can shift her
shape—but not her loyalty. When her former boss
and mentor is arrested for murder and left to rot
behind bars by his own kind, it's up to Mercy to
clear his name, whether he wants her to or not.
(Fantasy)
• Order # F3629
VALENTINE'S EXILE
by E. E. Knight.
Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger,
the Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New
Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human
souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the
scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness,
they will come. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3436
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Books: Fiction
THE PROTECTOR'S WAR
by S. M. Stirling.
It's been eight years since the Change rendered
technology inoperable across the globe. Survivors
have banded together in tribal communities,
committed to rebuilding society. But not every
leader has altruistic aspirations. And unknown
to the factions is the imminent arrival of a ship from Tasmania
bearing British soldiers. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3184
SHIFTER
by Angela Knight, Lora Leigh, Alyssa Day,
Virginia Kantra.
In this seductive anthology, four masters of
paranormal romance explore the boundaries of
erotic shape-shifting fantasy—and shatter them.
(Romance)
• Order # F3779
MYSTERIOUS
by Nora Roberts.
ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT
by Mercedes Lackey & Roberta Gellis.
The Bright and Dark Courts are at odds over
visions of possible futures in mortal lands--futures
that are to be determined by which of the king's
children will rule after him. The most uncertain
but most desirable outcome for the Bright Court
would be the succession of Lady Elizabeth, and
agents from the Dark Court are sent to watch, attack, and
possibly destroy her. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3348
THE LOST FLEET: DAUNTLESS
by Jack Campbell.
The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for
a century—and losing badly. Now its fleet is
crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their
only hope is a man who's emerged from a
century-long hibernation to find he has been
heroically idealized beyond belief. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3483
THE LOST FLEET: FEARLESS
by Jack Campbell.
Outnumbered by the superior forces and firepower
of the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance fleet continues
its dangerous retreat across the enemy star system.
The Alliance is desperately trying to return home
with its captured prize: the key to the Syndic
hypernet, and the key to victory. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3484
Three riveting classics including This Magic
Moment, Search for Love, and The Right Path, from
the incomparable mistress of romantic suspense.
(Romance)
• Order # F3757
HEART OF THE STORM
by Lindsay McKenna.
Dana Thunder Eagle is a beautiful woman with a
powerful gift. But after the murder of her husband
and mother, she ran away from the Rosebud
reservation, hoping to leave the past behind her
forever. Now, two years later, the killer is still on
the loose. And only Dana has the mystical power
to stop him. (Romance)
• Order # F3694
SEDUCED BY A SPY
by Andrea Pickens.
They are students of Mrs. Merlin's Academy for
Select Young Ladies, learning the techniques of
spying and seduction. Shannon is the most daring
of "Merlin's Maidens." Her assignment: stop the
assassin who is targeting a top British ballistic
expert's family. (Romance)
• Order # F3685
THE LOST FLEET: COURAGEOUS
by Jack Campbell.
The Alliance has been fighting a losing battle
against the Syndicate Worlds for over a century.
Now, Captain John "Black Jack" Geary, who
returned to the fleet after a hundred-year
suspended animation, must keep the Alliance
one step ahead of its merciless foe. (Science Fiction)
• Order # F3482
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UNWANTED WEDDING
by Penny Jordan.
Rosy Wyndham has a choice: find a husband
in three months, or watch her family's beloved
English estate, Queen's Meadow, fall into the
hands of her father's cousin. So now Rosy needs
a groom—any groom! (Romance)
• Order # F3793
ONE BITE STAND
by Nina Bangs.
Declan MacKenzie is a big, bad vampire. Daria
loves the nightlife. Is it a match made in Heaven,
or are they heading straight for Hades? (Romance)
• Order # F3681
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Books: Fiction
THE RIVER KNOWS
by Amanda Quick.
A lady with a secret past. A man in search of
a killer. They thought they had nothing in
common—until their first kiss. (Romance)
• Order # F3806
HEART OF TEXAS, VOL. 3:
NELL'S COWBOY & LONE STAR BABY
by Debbie Macomber.
Nell Bishop, widowed mother of two children, is
turning her property into a dude ranch. And one
of her first guests is Travis Grant, an Easterner
known for his books about the West. Her kids
are crazy about him—and she could fall for him
herself. But it's too soon for her. (Romance)
• Order # F3640
THUNDER MOON
by Lori Handeland.
USA Today bestselling and RITA Award-winning
author Lori Handeland takes you into the realm of
the Night Creatures, where love and danger
become one after dark. (Romance)
• Order # F3692
HOT
by Julia Harper.
After watching Turner Hastings dump the contents
of a safety deposit box into her purse on a
surveillance tape, FBI Special Agent John
MacKinnon knows this is going to be an interesting
case. What he doesn't expect is how the cell phone
contact between him and his prey is about to blur
the line between professional ambition and personal desire.
(Romance)
• Order # F3689
SOMEONE TO LOVE
by Jude Deveraux.
It's been three years since Jace Montgomery's
fiancee committed suicide while on a trip to
England. Then Jace stumbles upon a photo of
a rambling estate tucked inside one of Stacy's
books—and a cryptic note dated one day before
her death: "Ours again. Together forever. See you
there...." (Romance)
• Order # F3541
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OCEANS APART
by Karen Kingsbury.
Eight years ago, on the shores of Hawaii, Connor
Evans broke his vows. He's kept his secret, until
the woman from Connor's past dies, leaving
behind a young son. Michele never thought her
family was perfect, but now they are on the brink
of destruction. Will a lonely child help bridge the distance
between them? (Romance)
• Order # F3827
THE BODY HUNTERS: POSITIVE I.D.
by Kathleen Long.
When agent Will Connor learned his daughter was
missing, it forced him to reunite with his ex-wife
Maggie. With the clock ticking, finding their
daughter was top priority, but rekindling what
he'd once shared with Maggie was critical to their
future. (Romance)
• Order # F3829
DRY CREEK SWEETHEARTS
by Janet Tronstad.
An enormous tour bus had arrived in Dry Creek,
and from it stepped hometown hero Duane Enger,
now a music celebrity. Linda Morgan had thought
her ex-boyfriend had become too famous for the
small-town life she loved. But something had
pulled Duane back. Maybe it was the girl he'd
left behind. (Romance)
• Order # F3819
BLIND PROMISES
by Diana Palmer.
Her new patient, Gannon van der Vere, had run
off his last four nurses. But Dana Steele refused
to be intimidated. A powerful entrepreneur until
a devastating accident left his future in doubt,
Gannon raged at all who approached. Dana
hoped to light a candle in his darkness. But when
she fell in love with her curmudgeonly employer, Dana's
challenge was no longer strictly professional. (Romance)
• Order # F3817
CITY OF FIRE
by Robert Ellis.
When a beautiful woman named Nikki Brant is
found dead in her bed, the elite Robbery-Homicide division of the LAPD responds in full force.
Is Nikki another victim of the infamous "Romeo"
serial killer? Detective Lena Gamble will make it
her business to find out. (Fiction)
• Order # F3988
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Books: Fiction
THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
by Tim LaHaye & Bob Phillips.
OXYGEN
by Carol Cassella.
Can Biblical archaeologist Michael Murphy
uncover history's most terrifying conspiracy even
as the countdown to Armageddon begins? (Fiction)
• Order # F3949
Oxygen is a riveting new novel by a real-life
anesthesiologist, an intimate story of relationships
and family that collides with a high-stakes medical
drama. (Fiction)
• Order # F3963
THE HOLLOW
by Nora Roberts.
GAME FOR ANYTHING
by Bella Andre.
He's the Super Bowl hero men idolize and women
lust after...the bad-boy quarterback with a
dangerous edge. But behind his devil-may-care
grin, Ty Calhoun hides a desire that only one
woman can ever fill. He would trade every trophy
to feel the heat of her lust once more. And he may
get that chance because she's just been hired by the San Francisco
Outlaws' new owner to make over Ty's less-than-angelic reputation.
(Romance)
• Order # F4143
THE GRAVE TATTOO
by Val McDermid.
After summer rains uncover a corpse bearing
tattoos like those of eighteenth-century seafarers,
many residents of the English Lake District can't
help but wonder whether it's the body of one of
the town's most legendary fugutives. Searching
for the truth, Jane Gresham never expects to find
herself at the heart of a 200-year-old mystery that still has the
power to put lives on the line. (Fiction)
• Order # F3948
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
by Brad Thor.
When the president of the United States is
blackmailed into releasing five detainees from
Guantanamo Bay, a sadistic assassin with a
vendetta years in the making is reactivated.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3986
INVISIBLE PREY
by John Sandford.
A wealthy woman and her maid are murdered.
Robbery would seem the likely scenario, except
that none of the clues are coming together for
Lucas Davenport. At least not those he can see.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3955
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood
Brothers continues the thrilling trilogy of a town
plagued by evil—and the three men and three
women brought together by fate to fight it. (Fiction)
• Order # F4005
MACARTHUR'S WAR
by Douglas Niles & Michael Dobson.
The Battle of Midway is a disaster. The country
cries out for a hero. That hero might just be
General Douglas MacArthur. MacArthur's plan
of action is simple: Bring the war back to the
Japanese, island by island, until, standing on the
shores of Japan, he can proclaim victory. And
possibly gain the leadership of the United States as well. (Fiction)
• Order # F3987
HIDE
by Lisa Gardner.
It was the case that nearly killed him. Now a
gruesome discovery in an underground chamber
is about to resurrect his worst nightmare. And
Massachusetts State Police detective Bobby Dodge
has only one lead: a young girl who's been in
hiding for as long as she can remember. (Fiction)
• Order # F3985
2012
by Whitley Strieber.
December 21, 2012: When Earth aligns with the
exact center of the galaxy, the Mayan calendar
ends. Homo sapiens will die. Author Wylie Dale
is driven by forces beyond his control to chronicle
this coming apocalypse. In his supposedly fictional
saga, the aliens are already here—and they are
tearing our souls from our bodies. Unfortunately, Dale's story
is not fiction. (Fiction)
• Order # F3990
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THE SLEEPING DOLL
by Jeffery Deaver.
California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn
Dance, a kinesics expert and master interrogator,
locks into a "dazzling mental contest" with a
modern day Charles Manson in this heart-pounding
thriller. (Fiction)
• Order # F3991
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Books: Fiction
THE NAVIGATOR
by Clive Cussler.
THE JUDAS STRAIN
by James Rollins.
Years ago, an ancient Phoenician statue known
as the Navigator was stolen from the Baghdad
Museum, and there are men who would do
anything to get their hands on it. Kurt Austin
wonders what's so special about this statue. The
search for an answer will take him on an astonishing odyssey
through time and space. (Fiction)
• Order # F3910
THE LEMUR
by Benjamin Black.
John Glass is writing an authorized biography of
his father-in-law, communications magnate and
former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. But when
his shifty young researcher—a man he calls the
"Lemur"—turns up some unflattering information
about the family, Glass's whole easy existence is
threatened. Then the man is murdered, and it's up to Glass to
find out what the Lemur knew, and who killed him, before any
secrets come out. (Fiction)
• Order # F4144
ROBERT LUDLUM'S
THE BOURNE BETRAYAL
by Eric Van Lustbader.
He has lost his memory, his identity, and his past.
When a CIA deputy director is kidnapped, Jason
vows to rescue his last tie to humanity. Bourne
heads to Africa—and discovers a global network of
Islamic supremacists determined to acquire nuclear
weapons. These madmen have anticipated Jason Bourne's every
move and plan to use him to destroy America. (Fiction)
• Order # F3992
RANT
by Chuck Palahniuk.
Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient
serial killer of our time. He becomes the leader of
an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing.
Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death,
after which his friends gather the testimony needed
to build an oral history of his short, violent life.
(Fiction)
• Order # F3995
TO LOVE AND DIE IN DALLAS
by Mary Elizabeth Goldman.
When Lindsey Mitchell, wife of a U.S. Senator, is
murdered, her funeral reunites three old friends.
Vowing to learn the real story behind the killing,
they will be plunged into the celebrated Dallas
world of big money and power politics—where
crime is ruthless and lives are cheap. (Fiction)
• Order # F3983
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From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific
plague has arisen to devastate humankind—
unknown, unstoppable...and merely a harbinger
of the doom that is to follow. (Fiction)
• Order # F3968
WRITTEN IN BONE
by Simon Beckett.
On a remote Scottish island, forensic anthropologist, Dr. David Hunter is surprised to find human
remains burned beyond recognition—all within
the confines of an otherwise undamaged cottage.
Within days, two more people are dead by fire.
With only the barest of clues, Hunter peels back
the layers of mysteries past and present, exposing the tangle of
secrets at the heart of this strange community. (Fiction)
• Order # F4146
SOUTH OF HELL
by P. J. Parrish.
With one phone call from a man he barely recalls
meeting years ago, South Florida detective Louis
Kincaid heads to the Michigan town of his college
days to reopen a disturbing cold case—and finds
himself confronting his own painful past secrets.
(Fiction)
• Order # F4148
THE HEIR
by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The Deravenels: Their business empire is worth
billions, their influence stretches across the globe.
And Edward, the dashing and charismatic chosen
son, is the king of his company at last. He has
survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from
ruthless enemies, and countless lovers. But the
most dramatic event of Edward's life is still to come. (Fiction)
• Order # F3965
THE GOOD GUY
by Dean Koontz.
Timothy Carrier is an ordinary guy who enjoys a
beer after work. But tonight is no ordinary night.
The jittery man sitting beside him has mistaken
Tim for someone else—and passes him an envelope
stuffed with cash and the photo of a pretty woman.
Now Tim is the one man who can save an
innocent life and stop a killer. (Fiction)
• Order # F3964
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Books: Classics
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
by C. S. Lewis.
young man.
At once wildly comic, deadly serious, and
strikingly original, C. S. Lewis gives us the
correspondence of the worldly wise old devil to
his nephew Wormwood, a novice demon in
charge of securing the damnation of an ordinary
• Order # F3152
AS I LAY DYING
by William Faulkner.
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner's harrowing account of
the Bundren family's odyssey across the Mississippi
countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother.
Told in turns by each of the family members—including
Addie herself—the novel ranges in mood from dark
comedy to the deepest pathos.
• Order # F3641
THE OVERCOAT
AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
by Nikolai Gogol.
TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson.
This rich selection of four short stories by the great
19th-century Russian author includes "The Nose," a
savage satire of incompetent bureaucrats and the
snobbery and complacency of the Russian upper
classes; "Old-Fashioned Farmers," a sketch depicting
an elderly couple who live a happy but simple life in rustic seclusion;
"The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich,"
one of Gogol's most famous comic stories; and "The Overcoat," a tale
about a poor and much-ridiculed St. Petersburg official.
• Order # F3625
of all ages.
• Order # F3877
GONE WITH THE WIND
by Margaret Mitchell.
JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL
by Richard Bach.
This is a story for people who follow their hearts and
make their own rules...people who get special pleasure
out of doing something well, even if only for
themselves...people who know there's more to this
living than meets the eye: they'll be right there with
Jonathan, flying higher and faster than ever they dreamed.
• Order # F3621
From young Jim Hawkins's first encounter with the
sinister blind man Pew to the climactic battle with one
of the most memorable villains in literature, Long John
Silver, this novel has fired readers' imaginations for
generations. A rousing tale of treachery, greed, and
daring, Treasure Island continues to enthrall readers
our lives.
Many novels have been written about the Civil War
and its aftermath. None take us into the burning
fields and cities of the American South as Gone with
the Wind does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling
portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their
words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of
• Order # F3845
WATERSHIP DOWN
by Richard Adams.
Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape,
this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival
follows a band of very special creatures on their flight
from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction
of their home.
• Order # F3619
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ROBINSON CRUSOE
by Daniel Defoe.
Robinson Crusoe is the vividly realistic account of a
solitary castaway's triumph over nature itself—over
the crippling fears, self-doubt, and loneliness that are
inescapable part of the human condition.
• Order # F4044
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Books: Book Club Favorites
THE KNITTING CIRCLE
by Ann Hood.
After the loss of her only child, Mary Baxter finds
herself unable to read or write, the activities that
used to be her primary source of comfort. She
reluctantly joins a knitting circle as a way to fill her
lonely days—not knowing it will change her life.
• Order # F3613
THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA
by Michael Pollan.
The question of what to have for dinner has
confronted us since man discovered fire. Packed
with profound surprises, The Omnivore's
Dilemma is changing the way Americans think
about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
• Order # F3389
AN IRISH COUNTRY DOCTOR
by Patrick Taylor.
Barry Laverty jumps at the chance to secure a
position as an assistant in a small rural practice in
the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo. At
least until he meets Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly.
But through O'Reilly, Barry soon gets to know a
host of eccentric characters who make every day
an education for the inexperienced young doctor.
• Order # F3617
IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY:
INSIDE IRAQ'S GREEN ZONE
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Washington Post
Baghdad bureau chief, gives us an intimate
portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which
continued unaffected by the growing mayhem
outside.
• Order # F3307
TROUBLE THE WATER
by Nicole Seitz.
THE FRIDAY NIGHT KNITTING CLUB
by Kate Jacobs.
An entrancing, unsettling story of sisterhood and
sea changes, healing grace and unlikely angels. A
tragic, hilarious, hope-filled novel about the art
of starting over.
• Order # F3789
Once a week, an eclectic group of women comes
together at a New York City yarn shop to work
on their latest projects—and share the stories of
their lives.
• Order # F3884
WHISTLING IN THE DARK
by Lesley Kagen.
THE KING'S FAVORITE
by Susan Holloway Scott.
Funny, wise, and uplifting, Whistling in the Dark
is the story of two tough and endearing little
girls...and of a time not so long ago, when life
was not as innocent as it appeared.
• Order # F3290
The unforgettable story of Nell Gwyn—the
pretty, witty beauty who rose from the poverty of
Covent Garden to become King Charles II's last
love and London's darling.
• Order # F3931
THE WORLD IS FLAT
by Thomas L. Friedman.
THE END OF AMERICA
by Naomi Wolf.
The World is Flat is an essential update on
globalization, its opportunities for individual
empowerment, its achievements at lifting
millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks—
environmental, social, and political.
• Order # F3315
The End of America will shock, enrage, and
motivate—spurring us to act, as the Founders
would have counted on us to do in a time such
as this, as rebels and patriots—to save our liberty
and defend our nation.
• Order # F3426
NINETEEN MINUTES
by Jodi Picoult.
THE THIRTEENTH TALE
by Diane Setterfield.
A startling and poignant story about the devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy. Nineteen
Minutes asks what it means to be different in our
society, who has the right to judge someone else,
and whether anyone is ever really who they seem
to be.
• Order # F3868
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Old and ailing, reclusive author Vida Winter is
ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary
existence and the violent and tragic past she has
kept secret for so long. Together, biographer
Margaret Lea and Vida confront the ghosts that
have haunted them while becoming transformed
by the truth themselves.
• Order # F3443
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Books: Large Print
GRACE (EVENTUALLY)
THOUGHTS ON FAITH
by Anne Lamott.
GALLOWAY: THE SACKETTS
by Louis L'Amour.
WIZARD'S DAUGHTER
by Catherine Coulter.
THE COURTSHIP OF NELLIE FISHER,
BOOK 1: THE PARTING
by Beverly Lewis.
Two brothers must struggle to survive in a wild and
beautiful land to build themselves a ranch and a
future.
• Order # F3752
Anne Lamott describes how she copes with the
missteps, detours, and roadblocks in her walk of
faith.
• Order # F3797
With characters from the Sherbrooke novels and
a paranormal twist, Catherine Coulter delivers a
sensational novel of a woman at the center of a
centuries-old mystery and the man who will help
her unravel the secrets of her heart.
• Order # F3610
READING JUDAS
by Elaine Pagels & Karen L. King.
The unveiling of the long-lost Gospel of Judas has
stirred controversy. Now two leading experts on
the Gnostic gospels tackle the important questions
posed by this exciting discovery, such as: How
could any Christian imagine Judas—his betrayer—
to be Jesus' favorite, as this gospel proposes? And
why would a loyal disciple hand over his master?
• Order # F3830
Amish teen Nellie Fisher’s grief over the death
of her sister, Suzy, in a drowning accident is just
beginning to heal. It helps that Caleb Yoder has
asked her to be his girl. But change blows through
her Pennsylvania Amish community, threatening to
divide families and thwart her newfound romance.
• Order # F3600
WAR ON THE CIMARRON
by Luke Short.
Frank Christian's partner had been murdered, his
land had been stolen, and an outfit of hard cases
moved in. Then to top it off, the Army figured
him for a whiskey runner. It seemed they all had
it in for Frank: the crooked lease agent, the
Cheyennes, even the U.S. Army!
• Order # F3555
THE WOODS
by Harlan Coben.
I HEARD THAT SONG BEFORE
by Mary Higgins Clark.
Kay Lansing is Englewood's librarian and daughter
of the Carringtons former landscaper. When Kay
meets with Peter Carrington and requests to use
the estate for a literary benefit, Peter is charmed
and quickly agrees. Soon they marry, only to have
ghosts from the past threaten their future when
Peter is charged with murder.
• Order # F3828
Twenty years ago, four teenagers walked into the
woods. Two were found murdered, and the others
were never seen again. County Prosecutor, Paul
Copeland's sister was one of the missing. Then a
homicide victim is found with evidence linking him
to Copeland. Is this homicide victim one of the
campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive?
• Order # F3765
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
by David Sedaris.
NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR
by Janet Evanovich.
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the
hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface
of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more
entertaining heights than ever in this new book of
essays.
• Order # F3880
Pete Streeter never figured on finding such an
attractive partner in crime. Louisa is all he ever
wanted in a woman, and more. But once he's
taught her to enjoy living on the edge, will she
finally feel safe in his love.
• Order # F3792
SMOKE, MIRRORS, AND MURDER
by Ann Rule.
SUITE FRANÇAISE
by Irene Nemirovsky.
What happens when clues in a case are shrouded
in smoke and mirrors, and when criminals
skillfully evade law enforcement? These cases are
analyzed in Ann Rule's latest collection.
• Order # F3798
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This extraordinary work of fiction about the German
occupation of France is embedded in a real story as
gripping and complex as the invented one.
• Order # F3590
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Books: Christian Fiction
CARRY THE LIGHT
by Delia Parr.
On their journeys of discovery, two very different
women met, shared the burden of being caretakers,
and in doing so they became best friends.
Together they laughed, prayed and found new
strength and new depths to their faith.
• Order # F3544
THE CUBICLE NEXT DOOR
by Siri L. Mitchell.
Jackie Harrison wasn't crazy about sharing her
office cubicle with Joe Gallagher. She goes online
to vent, but she eventually finds herself admitting
her conflicted feelings about this office neighbor
who drives her crazy and makes her heart flutter.
• Order # F3705
GLASTONBURY TOR
by LeAnne Hardy.
EMBRACE ME
by Lisa Samson.
In this captivating novel centered on Glastonbury
Tor, a young man seeks salvation as the Catholic
Church finds itself in turmoil during the reign of
Henry VIII.
• Order # F3710
When a "lizard woman," a self-mutilating preacher,
a tattooed monk, and a sleazy lobbyist find
themselves in the same North Carolina town one
winter, their lives are edging precariously close to
disaster...and improbably close to grace.
• Order # F3767
A TOUCH OF GRACE
by Lauraine Snelling.
Eighteen-year-old Grace Knutson knew what
she wanted in life...then Jonathan Gould, the
handsome scion of a wealthy New York family,
arrived. Jonathan's affection presents an agonizing
dilemma for Grace. Is he truly the one her heart
desires?
• Order # F3753
THE SHUNNING
by Beverly Lewis.
Why would Katie Lapp's Amish mother, who
embraces the Old Ways, hide a beautiful satin
baby dress in the attic? The staggering answer
comes on the eve of Katie's wedding to widower
Bishop John, throwing her life—present and
future—into confusion.
• Order # F3754
SISTERCHICKS IN GONDOLAS
by Robin Jones Gunn.
Coming out of a time of dark shadows in their
lives, two friends dive into a new season and realize
that sometimes when serving God, the most
important thing to do is just show up...and watch
for goodness and mercy to follow close behind.
• Order # F3560
GRACE IN THINE EYES
by Liz Curtis Higgs.
The mysteries of Mars, woven into a complex
tapestry of international intrigue, will lead
astronaut John Wells to answers even the most
faithful fear. As he starts to put the pieces of the
universal puzzle together, the pieces of his life fall
irrevocably apart, but, as he must remind himself,
God has a plan for him.
• Order # F3657
A timeless story of passion and revenge, of lost
innocence and shattered dreams, Grace in Thine
Eyes explores the sorrow of unspeakable shame and
the gift of immeasurable grace.
• Order # F3558
ESCAPE FROM FRED
by Brad Whittington.
Mark Cloud isn't just leaving Fred, Texas. He's
leaving behind the label that haunts his life:
preacher's kid. But as Mark's new life disintegrates, an even greater disaster in Fred denies him
the only refuge in sight—returning to the
comfortable oppression of his old life.
• Order # F3704
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THE PROOF
by Austin Boyd.
1-800-426-READ
THE BEGOTTEN
by Lisa T. Bergren.
An ancient prophecy threatens the foundation of
the Church—and those who dare to die for what
they believe.
• Order # F3646
Books: Advice, Health & Fitness
THE HORMONE DECISION
by Tara Parker-Pope.
Tara Parker-Pope details all the latest research on
menopause in a clear, easy-to-read style that makes
it possible for you to understand the research, ask
intelligent questions and choose whether or not
hormone therapy is right for you.
• Order # F3823
THE FEMALE BRAIN
by Louann Brizendine, M. D.
This comprehensive new look at the hormonal
roller coaster that rules women's lives down to the
cellular level, "a user's guide to new research about
the female brain and the neurobehavioral systems
that make us women," offers a trove of information,
as well as some stunning insights.
• Order # F3406
A NEW EARTH
by Eckhart Tolle.
Eckhart Tolle describes how our attachment to the
ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger,
jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how
to awaken to a new state of consciousness and
follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.
• Order # F3984
HOW I LEARNED ENGLISH
edited by Tom Miller.
All over the world there are people struggling to
master the quirks and challenges of English. In
today's America, many millions of them are
Latino—and in this eloquent collection, 55 of the
most talented contribute fascinating, revealing,
often touching essays on the very personal process
each went through to achieve this common end.
• Order # F3288
WHAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT
VITAMINS, MINERALS, HERBS & MORE
by Pamela Wartian Smith.
Whether you want to maintain good health or you
are trying to overcome a medical condition, What
You Must Know About Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs &
More can help you make the best choices for the
health and well-being of you and your family.
• Order # F3645
CATCHING THE BIG FISH: MEDITATION,
CONSCIOUSNESS, AND CREATIVITY
by David Lynch.
Acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare
window into his methods as an artist, his way of
capturing and working with ideas, and the
immense creative benefits he has experienced from
the practice of meditation.
• Order # F3549
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON MUSIC
by Daniel J. Levitin.
In this unprecedented meeting of art and science,
rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores
the connection between music—its performances,
its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy
it—and the human brain.
• Order # F3439
GETTING THINGS DONE: THE ART
OF STRESS-FREE PRODUCTIVITY
by David Allen.
Discover David Allen's powerful methods and
vastly increase your personal organization,
efficiency, and creative results—at work and in life.
• Order # F3869
THE MOST EFFECTIVE
NATURAL CURES ON EARTH
by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D, C.N.S.
JUST WHO WILL YOU BE?
by Maria Shriver.
INSIGHT: CASE FILES
FROM THE PSYCHIC WORLD
by Sylvia Browne.
THE PDR POCKET GUIDE
TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Jonny Bowden identifies and explain the best in
alternative medicine today using extensive research,
wide-ranging expertise in nutrition and health, and
advice from myriad health experts.
• Order # F3618
Her most personal book to date, Insight is Sylvia
Browne's exploration of her fifty years of psychic
readings, in her own words and in the words of those
whose lives she's toughed and often changed forever.
• Order # F3293
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Inspired by a speech she gave, Maria Shriver's
message is that what you do in your life isn't what
matters. It's who you are. It's an important lesson
that will appeal to anyone of any age looking for a
life of meaning.
• Order # F3970
Everything you need to know about prescription
drugs—based on the FDA-approved information
published in the Physicians' Desk Reference.
• Order # F3554
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Books: Green Living
SQUEAKY GREEN
by Eric Ryan & Adam Lowry.
Squeaky Green is a room-by-room guide to uncovering
the nasty stuff that lies hidden in your home—
whether it's dirt that you tracked in on your shoes or
the chemicals in your cleaning products. You'll learn
dozens of ways you can improve your cleaning routine
from how to banish dust mites to guidance on doing the laundry.
• Order # F3951
GO GREEN, LIVE RICH
by David Bach.
Go Green, Live Rich outlines fifty ways to make your
life, your home, your shopping, and your finances
greener—and get rich trying. From driving the right
car to making your home energy smart, Bach offers
ways to improve the environment while you spend
less, save more, earn more, and pay fewer taxes.
• Order # F3873
UNDER A GREEN SKY
by Peter D. Ward, Ph.D.
READY, SET, GREEN
by Graham Hill & Meaghan O'Neill.
THE SUSTAINABILITY REVOLUTION
by Andres R. Edwards.
GREEN GUIDE
by the Editors of the Green Guide Magazine.
More than 200 million years ago, a cataclysmic event
known as the Permian extinction destroyed more than
90% of all species and nearly 97% of all living things.
The story of the discovery of what is responsible
makes for a fascinating, globe-spanning adventure.
• Order # F3911
Living green means reversing climate change, but it
also means protecting your kids and pets, improving
our own health, and saving money. Ready, Set, Green
offers solutions to make your home, office, car, and
vacation more eco-friendly.
• Order # F3891
Whether you're a business person, journalist, educator
or citizen activist this book illustrates dozens of ways
the environment can be restored while at the same
time opening up new economic opportunities.
• Order # F3678
The Green Guide offers hundreds of pieces of sound
information and practical advice. It's a comprehensive
resource for every thoughtful, intelligent, eco-conscious
reader, and a handbook for the hard decisions we
make every day of our lives.
• Order # F3900
GORGEOUSLY GREEN
by Sophie Uliano.
EASY GREEN LIVING
by Renée Loux.
In Gorgeously Green, Sophie offers a simple eight-step
program that is an easy and fun way to begin living an
earth-friendly life. Each chapter covers topics from
beauty to fitness, shopping to your kitchen—even
your transportation.
• Order # F3874
The ultimate guide to greening your home and
life—brimming with suggestions, tips, and tools to
help anyone choose and use nontoxic, environmentally safe products that enhance personal and planetary
health.
• Order # F3888
THE WILD PLACES
by Robert MacFarlane.
Are there any genuinely wild places left in England,
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales? That is the question
that writer Robert Macfarlane poses to himself as he
embarks on a series of breathtaking and beautifully
described journeys through some of the Archipelago's
most remarkable landscapes. With elegance and
passion, he entwines history and landscape in a bewitching evocation
of wildness and its vital importance.
• Order # F3876
Learn to live in a clean, healthy, more economical—
and Earth-friendly—way with Ellen Sandbeck's Green
Housekeeping, the must-have book for the twenty-firstcentury home. You will learn to maintain every part
of your home—from the living room to the septic
tank— using safe, simple cleansers and quick,
preventative measures that will save you time and money, save your
health and save the planet.
• Order # F3520
THE TREE
by Colin Tudge.
Colin Tudge, one of our finest science writers, travels
around the world—from the United States to the
Costa Rican rain forest to New Zealand—bringing to
life stories and facts about the trees around us: how
they reproduce, eat, and grow old; how they talk to one
another; and why they came to exist in the first place.
• Order # F3462
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GREEN HOUSEKEEPING
by Ellen Sandbeck.
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Books: Non-Fiction
Pregnancy, Parenting & Families
RAISING BABY GREEN
by Alan Greene, M.D.
In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted
pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, advises parents how
to make healthy green choices for pregnancy,
childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your
baby the best food available to using medicines
wisely.
• Order # F3673
LEARNING TO TALK MORE GOODER
FASTLY: REDNECK DICTIONARY III
by Jeff Foxworthy.
For those folks who still need to get in touch with
their inner redneck, here's the third handy reference
with even more indigenous idiomatic ingenuity.
With Jeff as your guide, you'll get all the finer points
of speaking proper redneck.
• Order # F3446
BLOOD AND THUNDER
by Hampton Sides.
THE JOY OF PREGNANCY
by Tori Kropp, R.N.
Hampton Sides gives us a magnificent history of the
American conquest of the West. At the center of this
sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and
soldier whose adventures made him a legend.
• Order # F3454
In The Joy of Pregnancy, Tori Kropp tells you what
you need to know—how the baby is developing,
how your body is changing, and how to prepare
for the baby and the birth—without overwhelming
you. She has organized the book month by month,
so you can learn as you progress through pregnancy.
• Order # F3762
WHAT TO EXPECT
WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
by Heidi Murkoff.
The pregnancy guide that reassuringly answers
the questions of mothers and fathers-to-be,
from the planning stage through postpartum.
Featuring a week-by-week look at the growth of
your baby and complete chapters on pregnancy
lifestyle, preconception, carrying twins—and more.
• Order # F3835
THE REAL HISTORY BEHIND
THE TEMPLARS
by Sharan Newman.
In the year 1119, these noblemen found their calling
as protectors of the faithful on a dangerous pilgrimage
to newly conquered Jerusalem. Historian Sharan
Newman elucidates the mysteries and misconceptions
of the Templars, from their true first founding and
role in the Crusades to more modern intrigues.
• Order # F3490
MENAGERIE MANOR
by Gerald Durrell.
With his unfailing charm, Gerald Durrell tells the
story of how he finally fulfilled his childhood dream
of founding his own private zoo, the Manor of Les
Augres, on the English Channel island of Jersey.
• Order # F3347
THE CREATIVE FAMILY
by Amanda Blake Soule.
When you learn to awaken your family's
creativity, wonderful things will happen: you'll
make meaningful connections with your children
in large and small ways; your children will more
often engage in their own creative discoveries;
and your family will embrace new ways to relax,
play, and grow together.
• Order # F3808
BATHROOM BOOK
OF CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
by Lisa Wojna.
Read about the traditions and superstitions surrounding
one of our most important holidays and learn how
other cultures celebrate the season.
• Order # F3390
THE BABY NAME BIBLE
by Pamela Redmond Satran
& Linda Rosenkrantz.
How can you tell if a name is too popular or not
mainstream enough, wonderfully creative or just
plain weird? How can you find the name that
is perfect for you and your baby? America's
baby-naming experts are here to help. They've
packed all of their unique wit and wisdom into the best, most
complete baby-name book ever.
• Order # F3658
I'M A LEBOWSKI, YOU'RE A LEBOWSKI
by Bill Green, Ben Peskoe, Will Russell,
& Scott Shuffitt.
To some, The Big Lebowski is just a movie. To others
it is The Movie. We, the Bums who started Lebowski
Fest, have been given the modest task of assembling
a fan book for what we feel is the greatest movie
of all time.
• Order # F3375
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Books: Non-Fiction
THE SECRET
by Rhonda Byrne.
The centuries-old Secret has been understood by some
of the most prominent people in history: Plato, Galileo,
Beethoven, Edison, Carnegie, Einstein—along with
other inventors, theologians, scientists, and great thinkers.
Now The Secret is being revealed to the world.
• Order # F3445
PETERSON'S MASTER THE SAT 2008
by Phil Pine.
VANISHED AT SEA
by Tina Dirmann.
A retired probation officer and a stay-at-home mom,
Thomas and Jackie Hawks were looking forward to
entering the next phase of their golden years. Their
plan: To sell their home—a 55-foot, $435,000
yacht—and start a new life on land. The Hawks were
thrilled when a young man named Skylar Deleon wanted to buy the
boat. Little did Thomas and Jackie know that this unemployed man
had a devious plan in mind.
• Order # F3515
Everything you need to get the SAT score you want.
Thorough, easy-to-follow lessons covering critical
reading, writing, and math topics. Hundreds of
exercises designed to improve your skills. Expert
score-raising strategies and study techniques.
• Order # F3666
THE DARKEST NIGHT
by Ron Franscell.
Casper, Wyoming: 1973. Eleven-year-old Amy
Burridge rode with her eighteen-year-old sister, Becky,
to the grocery store. But on the way home they got a
flat tire. Two men politely offered them a ride home.
But they were anything but Good Samaritans.
• Order # F3746
PETERSON'S MASTER THE GED 2008
by Ronald M. Kaprov.
Everything you need to get the GED score you want
including detailed answer explanations; thorough,
easy-to-follow lessons covering the GED from start to
finish; hundreds of exercises designed to improve your
skills; writing strategies to help you ace your essay.
• Order # F3495
HEARTLESS
by Michele R. McPhee.
Neil seemed like a dream come true for Rachel, the
fairy-tale husband she had dreamed of meeting. By
the time Neil and Rachel Entwistle were husband and
wife, living the good life in a New England town, it
was too late to guess the truth: that beneath Neil's
good looks and manners was deceit and darkness.
• Order # F3894
FINAL ANALYSIS
by Catherine Crier.
In October 2002, Susan Polk, a California housewife
and mother of three, was arrested for the brutal
murder of her husband, Felix. What followed was an
extraordinary trial that captivated a nation—as police,
attorneys, and the media tried to understand what
pushed a seemingly devoted homemaker over the edge.
• Order # F3773
SMOKE, MIRRORS, AND MURDER
by Ann Rule.
In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic
of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with
these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal
files of Ann rule, America's #1 bestselling true-crime
writer.
• Order # F3546
GIVEN UP FOR DEAD
by Bill Sloan.
On December 8, 1941, just five hours after the
bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese planes attacked a
remote U.S. outpost in the westernmost reaches of
the Pacific. It was the beginning of an incredible
sixteen-day fight for Wake Island, a tiny but strategically valuable dot in the ocean.
• Order # F3568
IF LOOKS COULD KILL
by M. William Phelps.
In this shocking true story of adultery, mind games,
lies, wealth and sexual liaisons in upscale Middle
America, true-crime master M. William Phelps tells
the astounding story of a man who loved the wrong
woman—and was brutally murdered by a killer with
the deadliest possible motive.
• Order # F3774
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BLACKWATER
by Jeremy Scahill.
This is the explosive story of a company that rose a
decade ago from Moyock, North Carolina, to become
one of the most powerful players in the "War on
Terror." Journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us from the
bloodied streets of Iraq to hurricane-ravaged New
Orleans to the chambers of power in Washington, to
expose Blackwater as the frightening new face of the U.S. war machine.
• Order # F3901
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Books: Non-Fiction
LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION
by Sam Harris.
THE DOG WHO LOVED CHEERIOS
by Cami Johnson.
Humanity has had a long fascination with blood
sacrifice. The notion that Jesus Christ died for our
sins and that his death constitutes a successful
propitiation of a "loving" God is a direct and
undisguised inheritance of the superstitious bloodletting
that has plagued bewildered people throughout history.
• Order # F3534
The naughtiness of our canines is what makes them
unique. In this collection of portraits paired with
charming profiles, photographer Cami Johnson
captures the true nature of dog.
• Order # F3794
SIGNSPOTTING 2
by Doug Lansky.
THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS
by Hal Iggulden.
Whatever adventure you're after—whether it be a trip
to the Curry Prevention Services Unit in Oregon or
the Ha Ha Cemetery in New Brunswick, Canada—
let our new collection of signs from around the globe
guide, confuse and amuse you!
• Order # F3316
Adapted, in moderation, for American customs in this
edition (cricket is gone, rugby remains; conkers are
out, Navajo Code Talkers in), The Dangerous Book for
Boys is a guide book for dads as well as their sons, as a
reminder of lore and technique that have not yet been
completely lost to the digital age.
• Order # F3493
TRUCK: A LOVE STORY
by Michael Perry.
Hilarious and heartfelt, Truck: A Love Story is the tale
of a man struggling to grow his own garden, fix his
old pickup, and resurrect a love life permanently
impaired by Neil Diamond.
• Order # F3285
THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
by Miriam Peskowitz.
For every girl with an independent spirit and a nose
for trouble, here is the no-boys-allowed guide to
adventure.
• Order # F3423
Cookbooks
O' THE OPRAH MAGAZINE COOKBOOK
HE SAID BEER, SHE SAID WINE
by Sam Calagione.
Featuring recipes from more than 60 great chefs and
contributors, alongside mouth-watering photographs,
this cookbook presents an exquisite array of dishes
from cocktails to appetizers, main dishes to desserts,
soups to sandwiches, and everything in between.
• Order # F3903
THE WORLD IN BITE SIZE
by Paul Gayler.
Some of the finest, tastiest recipes are found in the
bite-size dishes of the world. Renowned chef Paul
Gayler has taken inspiration from these traditions
and created over 130 recipes for little plates that are
simply bursting with texture, color, and flavor.
• Order # F3839
Impassioned food pairings to debate and enjoy—
from burgers to Brie and beyond. Features
stand-alone primers on wine and beer to get you up
to speed.
• Order # F3703
FEEDING THE WHOLE FAMILY
by Cynthia Lair.
Feeding the Whole Family is the ideal cookbook for
parents who want to cook one meal that every
member of the family—babies and grown-ups
alike—can enjoy together. Each of the 180-plus
recipes included is quick, simple to prepare, and
can easily be adapted for infants and toddlers.
• Order # F3837
MARTHA STEWART'S COOKIES
by Martha Stewart.
The must-have baker's guide, with 175 cookies to
make, to enjoy, and to give. Cleverly organized by
texture, the recipes inspire you to think of a classic,
nostalgic treat with more nuance.
• Order # F3879
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SKINNY BITCH IN THE KITCH
by Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin.
Authors Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin have
come up with some great recipes for every craving
there is. They're all so good (and easy to make)
you're going to freak out.
• Order # F3416
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Books: Non-Fiction
WITH THE OLD BREED:
AT PELELIU AND OKINAWA
by E. B. Sledge.
Eugene B. Sledge was part of the war's famous 1st
Marine Division—3d Battalion, 5th Marines. Based
on notes that Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New
Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter
simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce
Pacific Theater.
• Order # F3382
SIDELIGHTS AND LIGHTER SIDES
OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
by Ralph Green.
As a comedy the War Between the States would be a
complete failure. Yet there were many events and
incidents that could be so described. Sidelights and
Lighter Sides of the War Between the States is a feast of
history cooked up in small bites!
• Order # F3477
APRIL 16TH:
VIRGINIA TECH REMEMBERS
by Roland Lazenby.
BIND, TORTURE, KILL
by Roy Wenzl, Tim Potter, L. Kelly,
and Hurst Laviana.
A gripping, emotional account of the worst school
shooting in U.S. history, told by those who lived
through it.
• Order # F3324
For thirty-one years, a monster terrorized the residents
of Wichita, Kansas. Written by four award-winning
crime reporters who covered the story for more than
twenty years, Bind, Torture, Kill is the most intimate
and complete account of the BTK nightmare told by
the people who were there from the beginning.
• Order # F3870
HAUNTED HOMELAND
by Michael Norman.
From a haunted castle in the wilds of Alaska to
phantom clergymen in the Southwest and mysterious
bouncing lights on the East Coast, this latest volume
of the hailed Haunted America series covers the places,
the people, and the things that belong to the
earthbound realm of the fantastic.
• Order # F3246
NEVER SEEN AGAIN
by Jeanne King.
Perry March was a brilliant attorney working for one
of the top law firms in Nashville, Tennessee. When he
married Janet Levine, he seemed to have it all, until
Janet vanished and was never seen again. It would be
ten years before authorities apprehended Perry and
charged him with his wife's murder.
• Order # F4028
CHACO'S VANISHED PAST:
HOGANS, TENTS AND RUINS
by Florence C Lister.
Chaco Canyon lay quiet and empty for centuries after
the last ancestral Pueblo family walked out for the final
time. Then others slowly filtered in, called it home,
raised livestock, sold trade goods and explored the
canyon's treasures. This is their story.
• Order # F3367
THE BIG BENTO BOX OF
UNUSELESS JAPANESE INVENTIONS
by Kenji Kawakami.
Kenji Kawakami has developed an entire philosophy
around these bizarre and logic-defying gadgets and
gizmos, which must work but are actually entirely
impractical. Created in the spirit of anarchy, unuseless
inventions are not allowed to be patented or sold.
• Order # F4021
CLAPTON: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Eric Clapton.
Eric Clapton is recognized as the most accomplished
and influential guitarist in the history of rock. With
striking intimacy and candor, he tells the story of his
eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest
autobiography.
• Order # F4000
MISADVENTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
by Henry Hemming.
A beautifully written tale of a hapless young artist, a
truck called Yasmine and an extraordinary journey,
Misadventure in the Middle East creates a portrait of the
post-9/11 Middle East that transports the reader into
the human heart of the region.
• Order # F3328
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GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2008
edited by Craig Glenday.
It's another year of amazing record breakers from
Guinness World Records 2008. Now the world's most
popular book offers more diversity than ever, from
epic endeavors in science and technoloty, entertainment, and sports to the exceptional wonders of both
the natural and man-made world.
• Order # F4034
1-800-426-READ
Materiales en Españoles
VIDEOS
GED EN ESPAÑOL
por Jill W. Ortman.
• Orden # F3403
Audio/Video Catalog
LIBROS
MIRADA DE MUJER
w/Angélica Aragón, Ari Telch, Fernando LuJán,
Bárbara Mori.
(1997) Not Rated. 300 min. (DVD)
• Order # V4395
SOPA DE LOLLO PARA EL ALMA
DE LA MADRE
por Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,
Jennifer Read Hawthorne, Marci Shimoff.
• Orden # F3916
EL RETO DE LOS PÁRVULOS
por Jeanne Warren Lindsay.
• Orden # F3866
CUANDO SEAS MIA
w/Silvia Navarro, Sergio Basañez.
(2001) Not Rated. 480 min. (DVD)
• Order # V4436
ACAPULCO CUERPO Y ALMA
w/Patricia Manterola, Saúl Lisazo
(2008) TV-PG. 304 min.
• Order # V4454
DELICIAS VEGETARIANAS
DE MEXICO
por Gloria Cardona.
• Orden # F3865
CIELO
w/Paulina Gaytán, Alan Chavez.
TIENES QUE ATREVERTE
por Joyce Meyer.
• Orden # F3905
LADRÓN: QUE ROBA A LADRÓN
w/Fernando Colunga, Miguel Varoni, Gabriel
Soto, Julie Gonzalo, Ivonne Montero, Sonya
Smith, Saúl Lisazo.
(2008) Unrated. 90 min.
• Order # V4453
(2007) PG-13. 100 min.
• Order # V4452
MEMORIA DE MIS PUTAS TRISTES
por Gabriel García Márquez.
• Orden # F3902
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LA OTRA
w/Juan Soler, Yadhira Carrillo.
(2008) TV-PG. 665 min.
• Order # V4451
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Audio: Language
NEW! PLAYAWAY AUDIO BOOKS
LEARN A LANGUAGE CASSETTES
The first pre-loaded digital audio book. Simply plug
in your earphones and enjoy. No cassettes or CDs.
Master all the phrases for civilized travel, quickly and easily,
before you ever leave home. These cassettes provide you with
the authentic pronunciation as well as everyday phrases for
the most common travel situations. Programs include cassette
and phrase book.
#
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TITLE
FRENCH (Pimsleur)
GERMAN (Pimsleur)
ITALIAN (Pimsleur)
JAPANESE (Pimsleur)
SPANISH (Pimsleur)
SPANISH CASSETTES
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BEGINNERS SPANISH, SERIES 1
BEGINNERS SPANISH, SERIES 2
BREAKTHROUGH SPANISH
ESSENTIAL SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE
ESSENTIAL SPANISH FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH
INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH, ADVANCED
JUST LISTEN ‘N LEARN SPANISH
LYRIC LANGUAGE MORE SPANISH, SERIES 2
LYRIC LANGUAGE SPANISH
SPANISH
SPANISH FOR GRINGOS, LEVEL ONE
SPANISH FOR GRINGOS, LEVEL TWO
T0045 TEACH ME EVEN MORE-SPANISH
ENGLISH CASSETTES
FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS
T0042 CÓMO PRONUNCIAR INGLÉS CORRECTAMENTE
T0037 INGLES PARA LATINOS
T0026 INSTANT IMMERSION INGLÉS
LANGUAGE 30 CASSETTES
The following Language/30 tapes are designed for rapid
learning, stressing conversationally useful words and phrases.
90 minutes of guided practice in greetings, introductions,
requests and general conversation at hotels, restaurants and
places of business and entertainment.
T0008 ARABIC
T0005 GERMAN
T0007 HEBREW
T0034 HINDI
T0032 TURKISH
T0004 JAPANESE
T0006 LATIN
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ALBANIAN (Pimsleur)
CANTONESE
ANGLIISKII ENGLISH:
FOR RUSSIAN SPEAKERS (Pimsleur)
FAST & EASY MANDARIN
FRENCH (Pimsleur)
HAITIAN CREOLE (Pimsleur)
KOREAN
QUICK & SIMPLE ITALIAN (Pimsleur)
RUSSIAN (Pimsleur)
TEACH ME MANDARIN CHINESE (ages 2-12)
COMPACT DISC.
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DR. BLAIR’S FRENCH IN NO TIME
DR. BLAIR’S SPANISH IN NO TIME
FRENCH
FRENCH (Pimsleur)
FRENCH IN 30 DAYS
FRENCH WITH MICHEL THOMAS
INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH
INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH
INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN
INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN
INSTANT IMMERSION INGLES
INSTANT IMMERSION ITALIAN
INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE
INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE
(2 CDs with Talk Now CD-ROM)
INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH, ADVANCED
INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH
INSTANT IMMERSION SPANISH
SING AND LEARN ENGLISH!
SING AND LEARN FRENCH!
SING AND LEARN GERMAN!
SING AND LEARN ITALIAN!
SING AND LEARN JAPANESE!
SPANISH WITH MICHEL THOMAS
TEACH YOURSELF INSTANT SPANISH
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Kids
• Those eligible for this service are children and adults who are residents
of Washington state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually
impaired (cannot easily read conventional size print), physically
disabled (cannot comfortably hold books or turn pages), or learning
disabled due to organic dysfunction.
• All equipment and services, including the mailing of materials,
are free to eligible users. The Federal Government’s Library of Congress
supplies materials and equipment. Basic operating costs are provided
by the State of Washington.
• Applications are available at your local public library or by calling
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SLAM
by Nick Hornby.
Sam is a disarmingly ordinary 15-year-old kid who
loves to skateboard. But then he is blindsided: his
girlfriend gets pregnant, and he lands in the middle of
his mum's nightmare (she had Sam when she was 16).
Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2252
MELTING STONES
by Tamora Pierce.
Evvy, the fierce young Stone Mage has accompanied
her guardian, Rosethorn, on a mission to study a
mysterious plant die-off. With the help of Luvo, who
is the living heart of a mountain, Evvy discovers the real
source of the threat, which is far greater than anyone
had imagined. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2237
BRIAN'S WINTER
by Gary Paulsen.
In Hatchet Brian, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is
rescued at the end of the summer. But what would
have happened if Brian hadn't been rescued then?
What if Brian had been left to confront the most
dangerous thing and his deadliest enemy—winter?
Unabridged. 191 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2483
ARTHUR'S AUDIO FAVORITES
by Marc Brown.
A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY
by Libba Bray.
Sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle is sent to the Spence
Academy in London after tragedy strikes her family in
India. Lonely and prone to visions of the future that
have a habit of coming true, Gemma finds her reception a chilly one. She's not completely alone, though...
she's been followed by a mysterious young man, sent
to warn her to lose her mind against the visions. Unabridged. 679 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2221
This special audio collection includes six favorite Arthur
adventures: Arthur's First Sleepover; Arthur's Tooth;
Arthur's Birthday; Arthur's Pet Business; Arthur's New
Puppy; and Arthur Writes a Story. 60 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2272
ADAM CANFIELD WATCH YOUR BACK!
by Michael Winerip.
As coeditor of the Slash, the Harris elementary/Middle
School paper, Adam Canfield is used to getting the
story. What he's not used to is being the story, which
is just what happens after he's mugged by some
high-school students for his snow-shoveling money.
Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2261
PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson.
Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land
of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching
his pet snake consume those who displease him. But
that's just the beginning of problems facing our heroes,
who once again find themselves pitted against the evil
shadow-creature Lord Ombra in a struggle to save
themselves, and the planet. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2211
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THE STORY OF THE WORLD, VOLUME 1:
ANCIENT TIMES
by Susan Wise Bauer.
This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's
Story of the World history series brings to life the
stories and records of the peoples of ancient times.
Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2335
THE STORY OF THE WORLD, VOLUME 2:
THE MIDDLE AGES
by Susan Wise Bauer.
The spirited reading of the second in Susan Wise
Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the
stories and records of the peoples of the middle ages.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2194
TWILIGHT
by Stephenie Meyer.
When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of
Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward
Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn.
Unabridged. 770 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2524
35
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Additional services may be available from
Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Kids
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT
by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
When Miranda first hears the warnings that a meteor
is headed on a collision path with the moon, she
doesn't believe it. But her disbelief turns to fear
in a split second as the entire world witnesses a
lunar impact that knocks the moon closer in orbit,
catastrophically altering the earth's climate. Unabridged. 540 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2528
TREASURE ISLAND
by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable
adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage
and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage
protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Unabridged. 430 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2519
THREE TALES
OF MY FATHER'S DRAGON
by Ruth Stiles Gannett.
HOLES
by Louis Sachar.
A miscarriage of justice has sent Stanley Yelnats to a
juvenile detention center. The hard labor he must
perform—digging 5 foot holes in the dried up
soil where Green Lake once sat—is meant to build
character. But it soon becomes clear to Stanley that the
warden is really using the boys to search for something
very valuable. Unabridged. 280 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2527
IF A TREE FALLS AT LUNCH PERIOD
by Gennifer Choldenko.
Seventh-grader Kristen McKenna is devastated by
her best friend's betrayal and her parents' incessant
arguments. At least the new kid, Walker, is showing a
little kindness. Then Kirsten discovers something that
shakes her and Walk to their cores. Unabridged. 260
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2518
WINNIE-THE-POOH
by A. A. Milne.
This collection is comprised of twenty stories from
Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner and
the seventy-nine verses from When We Were Very Young
and Now We Are Six, performed by Peter Dennis.
Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2517
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
by Kenneth Grahame.
When he emerges from his hole, everything is new for
Mole. But this is nothing compared to what awaits
him when he gets tangled up in the escapades of the
indomitable Mr. Toad, the society-hating Badger, and
the easy-going Water Rat! Unabridged. 400 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2516
Packed with humor and adventure, here are the
delightful chronicles of Elmer and his gold-winged
dragon friend, Boris. Unabridged. 144 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2521
A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT
by Linda Urban.
Zoe Elias has big musical dreams. As soon as she gets
a baby grand piano, she'll be on her way. Trouble is,
what Zoe gets is a wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheezebag organ. But when she enters the annual PerformO-Rama competition, Zoe discovers that life is full of
surprises. Unabridged. 200 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2515
BEFORE I DIE
by Jenny Downham.
With only a few months to live, sixteen-year-old Tessa
has made a list of ten things she wants to do before she
dies. Number one is sex. But getting what you want
doesn't always give you what you need. And sometimes
the most unexpected things become important.
Unabridged. 430 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2513
NEW MOON
by Stephenie Meyer.
Being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous
than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has
already rescued Bella from the clutches of one evil
vampire, but now, as their daring relationship threatens
all that is near and dear to them, they realize their
troubles may be just beginning. Unabridged. 890 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2523
FRINDLE
by Andrew Clements.
Nick Allen is in fifth grade, and it looks like his days
as a troublemaker are over. But when Nick learns an
interesting tidbit about words and where they come
from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a new
word. Unabridged. 100 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2534
36
1-800-426-READ
Audio: CD
Kids
Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers
known only by numbers, Octavian and his mother,
Cassiopeia, are the only people in their household
assigned names. Only after Octavian dares to open a
forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments.
Unabridged. 500 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2526
LOCK AND KEY
by Sarah Dessen.
When seventeen-year-old Ruby's mom disappears, she
is sent to live with her older sister and brother-in-law.
Where does she fit in this new life? Only Nate, the
genial, popular boy next door, seems to understand,
perhaps because he's hiding some secrets of his own.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2547
STARGIRL
by Jerry Spinelli.
ELIJAH OF BUXTON
by Christopher Paul Curtis.
Eleven-year-old Elijah is the first child born into
freedom in Buxton, Canada. When a former slave
steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving
to buy his family out of captivity in the South, he
embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit
of the thief. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2543
From the day Stargirl arrives at quiet Mica High, the
students are enchanted. At first. Then they turn on
her. Stargirl is suddenly shunned for everything that
makes her different. Her friend Leo, urges her to
become the very thing that can destroy her: normal.
Unabridged. 245 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2530
BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE
by Kate DiCamillo.
AIRMAN
by Eoin Colfer.
Conor Broekhart, born while his mother was aloft in
a hot-air balloon, is raised in kind King Nick's court
until he's framed for the murder of the king and
removed to a terrible island prison. There is only one
way to escape...and that is to fly. Unabridged. 680 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2532
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
by Brian Selznick.
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the
walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival
depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his
world suddenly interlocks with a girl and a bitter old
man, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious
secret are put in jeopardy. Unabridged. 170 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2538
I AM NOT JOEY PIGZA
by Jack Gantos.
Joey Piza has little choice but to embrace a headspinning series of changes, which include having to
leave school to help out at the beat-up roadside diner
his dad has purchased. But Joey is afraid that he
will end up in a place far away from who he really is.
Unabridged. 290 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2536
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When ten-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to
Naomi, Florida with her father, she doesn't know what
to expect. Least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a
dog who will help her make more than a few unusual
friends. Unabridged. 148 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2529
HALF MAGIC
by Edward Eager.
The uproarious tale of four siblings who discover a
charm that grants exactly half of whatever they wish
for—with results that are twice as unpredictable (and
hilarious) as you might expect. Unabridged. 200 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2520
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY
AND THE PERILOUS JOURNEY
by Trenton Lee Stewart.
The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new
mission: to go on a mind-bending international
scavenger hunt designed to engage their individual
talents. Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2535
THUMBELINA AND OTHER FAIRY TALES
by Hans Christian Andersen.
This delightful selection of stories by one of the classic
masters of the genre includes some well-known and
lesser-known tales, presented with music and sound
effects. 150 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2533
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Audio/Video Catalog
THE ASTONISHING LIFE OF OCTAVIAN
NOTHING: TRAITOR TO THE NATION
by M. T. Anderson.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Kids
THE MERCY WATSON COLLECTION:
VOLUME 1
by Kate DiCamillo.
The Chronicles of Prydain Series
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN, BOOK 1:
THE BOOK OF THREE
by Lloyd Alexander.
With the dreaded Horned King on the loose and
King Arawn gathering the forces of evil, Taran must
look past his own dreams to warn the population
of Prydain—before it's too late. (Unabridged) 304
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2514
To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig—
she's a porcine wonder. This volume includes: Mercy
Watson to the Rescue; and Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride.
(Unabridged) 42 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2508
MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
by Virginia Lee Burton.
In the tradition of Peter and the Wolf, Magic Maestro
Music/Kids presents Virginia Lee Burton's beloved
children's story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
with original music composed and conducted by
Stephen Simon. 51 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2551
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN, BOOK 2:
THE BLACK CAULDRON
by Lloyd Alexander.
Follow Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper, as he and his
companions set off on a quest to destroy Arawn's
greatest weapon, the black cauldron. (Unabridged)
326 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2502
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN, BOOK 3:
THE CASTLE OF LLYR
by Lloyd Alexander.
When Princess Eilonwy is put under a deep spell,
Taran and his companions set out on a dangerous
quest to rescue her. Yet how can a lowly Assistant
Pig-Keeper hope to stand against the most evil
enchantress in all of Prydain? (Unabridged) 283 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2565
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN, BOOK 4:
TARAN WANDERER
by Lloyd Alexander.
Eager to learn his origins and hoping to discover
noble roots, Taran sets off with faithful Gurgi. At
last they reach the mystical Mirror of Llunet, which
reveals a person's true identity. Yet Taran may not
be ready to face the truth. (Unabridged) 389 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2504
THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN, BOOK 5:
THE HIGH KING
by Lloyd Alexander.
When the most powerful weapon in the land of Prydain
falls into the hands of Arawn, Lord of the Land of
Death, Taran and Prince Gwydion rally an army to
stand up to the dark forces. (Unabridged) 444 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2501
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FROM THE MIXED-UP FILES
OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER
by E. L. Konigsburg.
Twelve-year-old Claudia Kincaid wants to do something different. She runs away to the New York City's
Metropolitan Museum of Art and soon finds herself
in the middle of an interesting museum mystery. 209
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2498
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
by Jeff Kinney.
A wide-eyed sixth grader, Greg Heffley is clear about
one thing—diaries are for girls. So he's careful to
record his daily thoughts in a manly journal. Greg
chronicles—in a journal bursting with laugh-out-loud
moments—his first turbulent year of middle school.
(Unabridged) 120 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2541
THE RULES OF SURVIVAL
by Nancy Werlin.
Fifteen-year-old Matthew and 13-year-old Callie try
to protect their 7-year-old sister, Emmy, from the
unpredictable rages and cruelties of their mother.
They reach out to their aunt, their estranged father,
and Murdoch, a stranger turned friend who seems
to be a man of courage, in an attempt to get help.
(Unabridged) 368 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2583
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LOVE, STARGIRL
by Jerry Spinelli.
Stargirl has moved and left everything behind:
Arizona, Mica High, enchanted desert places—and
Leo. In letters to Leo over the course of a year, Stargirl
comes to find hope in new places. But what's life
without Leo? (Unabridged) 379 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2539
Audio: CD
Fiction
FRIEND OF THE DEVIL
by Peter Robinson.
Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector
Annie Cabbot must work together to solve two chilling
crimes. Unabridged. 810 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2440
When Texas Ranger Chick Bowdrie suddenly appears
at Moby Fosdick’s door looking for Shad Tucker,
slowly brewing trouble begins boiling over fast. Before
the sun sets, bullets are flying.. 180 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2422
THE STRONG SHALL LIVE;
KEEP TRAVELIN', RIDER;
and STRAWHOUSE TRAIL
by Louis L'Amour.
Men came west to stay, risking their blood to dig the
gold, ride the range, conquer the greedy, and carve out
a legacy of freedom. 180 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2423
PREPARED FOR RAGE
by Dana Stabenow.
NASA is preparing to launch the space shuttle, this
time with a high-paying visitor on board as a guest,
and the FBI and the Coast Guard are doing everything
they can to help the launch go off without a hitch.
But one Pakistani man with a personal grudge is
determined to strike back at the most visible target
he can find. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2424
THEN WE CAME TO THE END
by Joshua Ferris.
Among the coworkers fighting for their jobs and
their precious perks are Tom Mota, Joe Pope, Carl
Garbedian Janine Gorjanc, and Chris Yop. As one
colleague after another is laid off, everyone strikes their
best-as-usual pose, pretending to make headway on
the mysterious pro bono ad campaign that is their only
remaining "work." 270 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2432
L.A. OUTLAWS
by T. Jefferson Parker.
Los Angeles is gripped by the celebrity of Allison
Murietta, her real identity unknown, a modern-day
Jesse James with the compulsion to steal beautiful
things, the vanity to invite the media along, and the
conscience to donate much of her bounty to charity.
Nobody ever gets hurt—until a job ends with ten
gangsters lying dead and a half-million dollars worth of glittering
diamonds missing. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2415
HONOR THYSELF
by Danielle Steel.
BETRAYAL
by John Lescroart.
A world-renowned actress falls victim to a terrifying
explosion in Paris and begins a courageous journey
of survival, memory, and self-discovery. Unabridged.
540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2433
San Francisco Defense Attorney Dismas Hardy
and Detective Abe Glitsky return to a story of love,
betrayal, and national secrets. Unabridged. 900 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2438
CHILDREN OF DUNE
by Frank Herbert.
LOVE ONLY ONCE
by Johanna Lindsey.
The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green,
watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the
desert Fremen to political and religious domination of
the galaxy, is gone. But for the children of Dune, the
very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own
destruction. Unabridged. 1020 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2435
The exquisite niece of Lord Edward and Lady
Charlotte Malory, Regina Ashton is outraged over
her abduction by the arrogant, devilishly handsome
Nicholas Eden and is determined to make the rogue
pay with his heart. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2413
THE HOST
by Stephenie Meyer.
A FISTFUL OF CHARMS
by Kim Harrison.
The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise
witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new
reputation for the dark arts is turning human and
undead heads alike with the intent to possess, bed, and
kill her—not necessarily in that order. Unabridged.
1020 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2441
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One of the most compelling writers of our time,
Stephenie Meyer brings us a riveting and unforgettable
novel about the persistence of love and the very essence
of what it means to be human. Unabridged. 180
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2466
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Audio/Video Catalog
OUTLAWS OF POPLAR CREEK;
BOWDRIE FOLLOWS A COLD TRAIL;
and HIS BROTHER'S DEBT
by Louis L'Amour.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Fiction
INDIANA JONES AND THE
KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
by James Rollins.
STRANGERS IN DEATH
by J. D. Robb.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas explores the hidden connections
among friends and lovers, enemies and strangers.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2425
The road to retirement takes a sharp detour when a
colleague's kidnapping leads Jones into the depths
of the Amazon jungle on a desperate rescue mission.
Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2468
ODD HOURS
by Dean Koontz.
A fry cook named Odd was rumored to have the
extraordinary ability to communicate with the dead.
Haunted by dreams of an all--encompassing red tide,
Odd is pulled inexorably to the sea, to a small California
coastal town where nothing is as it seems. Now the
forces arrayed against him have both official sanction
and an infinitely more sinister authority...and in this dark night of the
soul, dawn will come only after the most shattering revelations of all.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2469
7TH HEAVEN
by James Patterson.
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her partner, Rich Conklin,
are trying to catch whoever is setting fire to some of
the most beautiful homes in an Francisco, leaving their
owners to perish in the flames. Lindsay enlists her
friends in the Women's Murder Club to help her find
the arsonist—and suddenly the fires start raging much
too close to home. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2426
THE FIRST PATIENT
by Michael Palmer.
The President's life is at stake. A small-town doctor
suddenly finds himself in the most powerful position
on earth, and the safety of the world is in jeopardy.
Gabe Singletom must find the answers, and the clock
is ticking. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2430
SOMEDAY
by Karen Kingsbury.
A story about God's unending faithfulness and the
promise of tomorrow—in life, love, and the legacy
of family. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2416
204 ROSEWOOD LANE
by Debbie Macomber.
Grace Sherman's husband of 35 years disappeared six
months ago. Her hometown family and friends bring
her comfort during this difficult time. But Grace is
continually reminded that life can and does go on.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2431
LIGHT OF THE MOON
by Luanne Rice.
New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice
transports listeners across the sea in this moving,
magical tale of a lonely woman with a promise to
keep. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2417
THE APPEAL
by John Grisham.
The Appeal is a powerful, timely, and shocking story
of political and legal intrigue, a story that will leave
listeners unable to think about our electoral process
or judicial system in quite the same way ever again.
Unabridged. 750 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2418
Mary DiNunzio searches for her missing rival from
high school. Then a dead body turns up in an alley,
and Mary is plunged into a nightmare. She goes on
a one-woman crusade to unmask the killer, and on
the way, finds new love in a very unexpected place.
Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2436
THE KILLING GROUND
by Jack Higgins.
For intelligence operative Sean Dillon, it is a routine
passport check. But the events will lead to will be as
bloody as any he has ever known. Unabridged.
480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2421
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LADY KILLER
by Lisa Scottoline.
1-800-426-READ
DIRTY BLONDE
by Lisa Scottoline.
New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline
delivers a riveting page-turner about sex and murder,
which starts in the elite chambers of a sexy female
judge and ends on the cold, gritty streets of Philadelphia.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2437
Audio: CD
Fiction
The Secret Between Us is an unforgettable story about
making bad choices for the right reasons and the
terrible consequences of a lie gone wrong. 360 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2407
DUMA KEY
by Stephen King.
The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries
of memory and the nature of the supernatural—
Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is
gripping and terrifying. Unabridged. 1200 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2408
HORNBLOWER AND THE "HOTSPUR"
by C. S. Forester.
Napoleon is about to invade England, and it falls to
young Horatio Hornblower to stop him. Hornblower
and the "Hotspur" is the third in C.S. Forester's elevenvolume series about one of the Royal Navy's most
daring and resourceful officers. Unabridged. 780
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2453
PHANTOMS
by Dean Koontz.
They found the town silent, apparently abandoned.
Then they found the first body strangely swollen and
still warm. One hundred fifty were dead, 350 missing.
But the terror had only begun in the tiny mountain
town of Snowfield, California. Unabridged. 900 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2402
THE COMMONER
by John Burnham Schwartz.
It is 1959 when Haruko, a young woman of good
family, marries the Crown Prince of Japan, the heir to
the Chrysanthemum Throne. Thirty years later, now
Empress herself, she plays a crucial role in persuading
another young woman—a rising star in the foreign
ministry—to accept the marriage proposal of her son,
the Crown Prince. The consequences are tragic and dramatic. 390
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2404
CHRIST THE LORD: THE ROAD TO CANA
by Anne Rice.
Anne Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious
and courageous life of Christ begins during his last
winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes
with the miracle at Cana. Unabridged. 420 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2449
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN
by Charles Bock.
One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old
Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn't come
home. As Newell's distraught parents navigate the
mystery of what's become of their son, the circumstances
surrounding Newell's vanishing and other events on
that same night reverberate through the lives of seemingly disconnected
strangers. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2406
BEVERLY HILLS DEAD
by Stuart Woods.
Rick Barron, a former Beverly Hills police officer, has
risen to head of production of Centurion Studios.
Professionally powerful and happily married, Rick's at
the top of his game. A sun-drenched world of style,
glamour, and desire, the movie studios are a place
where anyone with ambition can rise to fame and
fortune—or scandal. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2395
16 LIGHTHOUSE ROAD
by Debbie Macomber.
Family court Judge Olivia Lockhart makes news when
she denies the divorce petition of Cecilia and Ian
Randall. Decreeing that the young couple had not
tried hard enough to make their relationship work
following the tragic death of their newborn daughter,
Olivia's decision brings her to the attention of recent
Cedar Cove arrival, newspaper editor Jack Griffin. Unabridged. 600
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2400
ROBINSON CRUSOE
by Daniel Defoe.
In his own words, Robinson Crusoe tells of the terrible
storm that drowned all his shipmates and left him
marooned on a deserted island. Forced to overcome
despair, doubt, and self-pity, he struggles to create a life
for himself in the wilderness. Unabridged. 630 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2482
311 PELICAN COURT
by Debbie Macomber.
Rosie and Zach Cox have divorced after 17 years of
marriage. But they are shocked when Judge Lockhart
grants their kids the house and orders Rosie and Zach
to make alternating visits. When their kids plot to get
their parents back together Rosie and Zach contemplate
a reunion but know that learning to trust each other
again will take some time. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2445
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THE SECRET BETWEEN US
by Barbara Delinsky.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Fiction
THE GOD OF WAR
by Marisa Silver.
Twelve-year-old Ares Ramirez lives with his mentally
disabled brother and his mother in a scruffy desert
town. As he fights to define himself and to see a future
for himself outside of the suffocating box of his home,
Ares befriends a dangerous older kid, and what was
once play becomes terrifyingly real as violence changes his life forever.
Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2479
DARKFALL
by Dean Koontz.
Winter gripped the city. Terror gripped it, too. They
found four corpses in four days, each more hideous
than the last. At first the cops thought they were
dealing with a psychopath. But soon they heard eerie
sounds in the ventilation system. And saw unearthly
silver eyes in the snow-slashed night. In a city paralyzed by a blizzard,
something watches, something stalks. Unabridged. 600 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2471
THE OTHER
by David Guterson.
ESCAPE FROM ANDERSONVILLE:
A NOVEL OF THE CIVIL WAR
by Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan.
The Other is a dazzling new novel about youth and
idealism, adulthood and its compromises, and two
powerfully different visions of what it means to live a
good life. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2476
An explosive Civil War tale of one man's escape from
a notorious Confederate prison camp—and his dramatic return to save his men. Unabridged. 600 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2457
NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR
by Janet Evanovich.
Louisa Brannigan's neighbor is a handsome hellraiser—and he's driving Louisa crazy. But when she's
fired from her government job, Louisa is persuaded to
join his undercover investigation. Pete Streeter never
figured on finding such an attractive partner in crime.
But once he's taught her to enjoy living on the edge,
will she finally feel safe in his love? Unabridged. 300 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2451
THE STEEL WAVE:
A NOVEL OF WORLD WAR II
by Jeff Shaara.
THE HOLLOW
by Nora Roberts.
For Fox, Caleb, Gage and the other residents of Hawkins Hollow, the number seven portends doom—ever
since, as boys, they freed a demon trapped for centuries
when their blood spilled upon The Pagan Stone.
Their innocent bonding ritual led to seven days of
madness, every seven years. And now, as the dreaded
seventh month looms before them, the men can feel the storm brewing.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2458
DAYS OF INFAMY
by Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen.
Jeff Shaara, America's premier author of military
historical fiction, brings us the centerpiece of his epic
trilogy of the Second World War. Told through the
points of view of some of history's most colorful and
dynamic characters, this is the story of D-Day, the
Allies' invasion of France. 300 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2465
DEATH AND HONOR
by W.E.B. Griffin.
The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral
but crawling with spies, sympathizers, and military
officials. The hero is Cletus Frade, a Marine fighter
pilot ace recruited as a spy by the Office of Strategic
Services, He has strong family ties to Argentina, and
in Death and Honor Frade has got a lot on his hands.
Unabridged. 1140 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2477
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In this story of the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the
notorious gambler Admiral Yamamoto is pitted against
the equally legendary American admiral Bill Halsey
in a battle of wits, nerve and skill. Unabridged. 700
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2343
THE GINGERBREAD GIRL
by Stephen King.
Emily runs barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the
road—and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all
kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of
looking a little too closely into the driveway of one of
her neighbors—and discovers a secret that he's willing
to kill to protect. Unabridged. 240 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2460
1-800-426-READ
Audio: CD
Fiction
Corrie and Roy McAfee receive postcards and fruit
baskets from a mysterious source. The notes don't
exactly threaten, but Corrie and Roy, a private
investigator, are disconcerted. Eventually they theorize
that the source is someone they knew in college who
has the power to change their lives and the lives of their children.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2461
THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE
by Amy Tan.
For forty years, in China and in San Francisco, Winnie
Louie and Helen Kwong have kept certain confidences.
Suddenly, those shattering secrets are about to be
revealed. Helen, convinced that she is dying of a
terminal illness, decides to celebrate the Chinese New
Year by unburdening herself of everybody's hidden
truths—her own and Winnie's—and also the dreadful news that Winnie's
daughter Pearl has been keeping from her mother. Unabridged. 960
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2456
BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS
by Anne Perry.
The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their elegant wives to the palace to discuss
a fantastic idea. But the prince's gathering proves
disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute
hired for a late-night frolic turns up among the
queen's monogrammed sheets in a palace linen closet.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2454
THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT
by Dean Koontz.
No one could understand why Colin and Roy were
best friends. Colin was so shy; Roy was so popular.
One day Roy asked his timid friend: "You ever killed
anything?" And from that moment on, the two were
bound together in a game too terrifying to imagine...
and too irresistible to stop. Unabridged. 480 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2455
A WAR OF GIFTS
by Orson Scott Card.
The human race is at war with an insectlike alien race.
The first battles went badly, and now Earth prepares
to defend itself against the imminent threat of total
destruction at the hands of an inscrutable alien enemy.
All focus is on the development and training of generals who can fight such a war—and win. Unabridged.
150 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2286
SHADOW COMMAND
by Dale Brown.
America's most advanced military unit rebels
against the very government it's charged to protect.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2472
THE HISTORIAN
by Elizabeth Kostova.
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young
woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing
letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and
unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a
world she never dreamed of, a labyrinth where the
secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious
fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.
660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2474
RESOLUTION
by Robert B. Parker.
In the small Old West town of Resolution, Everett
Hitch takes a job as lookout at Amos Wolfson's
Blackfoot Saloon. When greedy mine owner Eamon
O'Malley threatens the loose coalition of local ranchers
and starts buying up the town's few businesses, Hitch
and his friend Virgil Cole find themselves in the
middle of a makeshift war between O'Malley's men and the ranchers.
Unabridged. 270 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2475
BETWEEN SUNDAYS
by Karen Kingsbury.
Aaron Hill has it all—athletic good looks and the
many privileges of a star quarterback. His Sundays
are spent playing NFL football in front of a televised
audience of millions. But Aaron's about to receive an
unexpected handoff, one that will give him a whole
new view of his self-centered life. Unabridged. 600
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2315
THE PHOENIX UNCHAINED
by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory.
For a thousand years, the world has known peace.
Wild Mages appear only rarely and in times of great
need, for the world is balanced between Light and
Dark. When Bisochim, a Wild Mage of the desert,
finds that the Balance has shifted too far toward the
Light, he knows he has discovered his life's mission—
he will return Darkness to the world. To his shock, his first attempt
is thwarted. Bisochim now has not only a mission but an Enemy.
Unabridged. 810 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2324
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50 HARBOR STREET
by Debbie Macomber.
Audio: CD
Fiction
Audio/Video Catalog
THE MIRACLE AT SPEEDY MOTORS
by Alexander McCall Smith.
It's business as usual for Botswana's only female
detective, as Precious Ramotswe applies her characteristic
wit to a set of perplexing difficulties. Unabridged.
510 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2484
THE SHOOTERS
by W.E.B. Griffin.
Delta Force Officer Charley Castillo and his everexpanding band of clandestine warriors follow a
presidential order to find and rescue a DEA agent
kidnapped by drug traffickers in Paraguay.
Unabridged. 1050 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2365
THE PLAGUE OF DOVES
by Louise Erdrich.
The unsolved murder of a farm family, and the vengeance exacted for this crime, haunts both the small,
white town of Pluto, North Dakota and the Ojiwe
living on the nearby reservation. Unabridged. 720
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2485
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
by Geraldine Brooks.
In 1996, a rare book expert is offered the job of a
lifetime: analysis and conservation of a mysterious
Hebrew manuscript created in fifteenth-century Spain.
When Hanna Heath discovers a series of tiny artifacts
in the book's ancient binding, she begins to unlock the
mysteries of the book's eventful past and to uncover
the dramatic stories of those who created it and those who risked
everything to protect it. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2371
HOMECOMING
by Bernhard Schlink.
A child of World War II, Peter Debauer grew up with
his mother and scant memories of his father, a victim
of war. Now an adult, Peter embarks upon a search for
the truth surrounding his mother's unwavering—but
shaky—history and the possibility of finding his missing
father after all these years. Unabridged. 540 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2373
THE REBELS OF IRELAND
by Edward Rutherfurd.
Edward Rutherfurd brings history to life through
the tales of families whose fates rise and fall in each
generation. Rutherfurd spins the saga of Ireland's
400-year path to independence in all its drama,
tragedy, and glory through the stories of people from
all strata of society. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2366
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A WHOLE NEW LIGHT
by Sandra Brown.
Cyn McCall knew she could always count on her late
husband's friend and business partner, Worth Lansing.
He could make her laugh and forget her problems.
The last thing Cyn expected was to find herself longing
for a man who could never settle down. Unabridged.
300 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2356
SIZZLE AND BURN
by Jayne Ann Krentz.
Zack Jones is working for the Arcane Society. This
secret organization, dedicated to the study of paranormal
phenomena, shattered Raine's family with an act of
betrayal long ago, and she's not about to trust them
now. As a killer makes her his target, and a cabal of
psychic criminals known as Nightshade operates in
the shadows surrounding them, Raine and Zack must rely not only
on their powerful abilities but on each other as well. Unabridged.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2397
DARKEST FEAR
by Harlan Coben.
Myron never saw it coming. A surprise visit from an
ex-girlfriend is unsettling enough. Emily Downing's
son Jeremy is dying and needs a bone-marrow transplant
from a donor who has vanished without a trace. Then
comes a real shocker: The boy is Myron's son. And
as doubts emerge about Jeremy's true paternity, a child
vanishes, igniting a chain reaction of heartbreaking truth and chilling
revelation. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2378
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TREASURE MOUNTAIN
by Louis L'Amour.
A robust story of two brothers searching to learn the
fate of their missing father—and finding themselves
in a struggle just to stay alive. Unabridged. 390 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2372
Audio: CD
Fiction
Kitty Pangborn is secretary to Dexter J. Theroux, one
of the hard-drinking, tough-talking PIs who pepper
the city's stew. But after Dex takes an assignment from
Rita Heppelwaite, the mistress of Harrison Dempsey,
one of L.A.'s shadiest—and richest—businessmen,
Kitty isn't so sure what side of the law she's on. Unabridged. 420 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2361
OPENING ATLANTIS
by Harry Turtledove.
Harry Turtledove rewrites the history of the world
with the existence of an eighth continent. Atlantis lies
between Europe and the east coast of Terranova. It is a
new world indeed, ripe for discovery, for plunder, and
eventually for colonization. But will its settlers destroy
the very wonders they journeyed to Atlantis to find?
Unabridged. 1020 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2362
WIZARD'S DAUGHTER
by Catherine Coulter.
When Ryder Sherbrooke finds a child nearly beaten
to death in an alley in Eastbourne, he takes her home
to Brandon House. She doesn't speak for six moths.
Her first words, oddly enough, are a haunting song.
What does this strange song mean that was seemingly
imprinted on the child's brain? Unabridged. 720
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2338
BEGINNER'S GREEK
by James Collins.
While on a flight from New York to Los Angeles, Peter
Russell meets Holly. When they part, Holly gives him
her phone number on the title page of her book. But
later, in his hotel room, Peter reaches into his jacket
pocket and finds to his absolute horror that the page
is gone. A thousand complications ensue in this
delicious novel of missed opportunities, second chances, and lost love.
390 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2392
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT DEAD
by Kim Harrison.
There's no witch in Cincinnati tougher, sexier, or
more screwed up than bounty hunter Rachel Morgan.
Rachel has helped put away the city's former vampire
kingpin—and made a deal with a powerful demon to
do so that could cost her an eternity of pain, torment,
and degradation. Unabridged. 960 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2394
T IS FOR TRESPASS
by Sue Grafton.
T is for Trespass—dealing with issues of identity theft,
elder abuse, betrayal of trust, and the breakdown in
the institutions charged with caring for the weak and
the dependent—targets an all-too-real rip in the social
fabric. Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2345
CONFESSOR
by Terry Goodkind.
Descending into darkness, about to be overwhelmed
by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the
coming dawn of a savage new world, while Richard
faces the guilt of knowing that he must let it happen.
Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not
confess to the one person he loves...and has lost.
Unabridged. 1440 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2355
HIDE AND SEEK
by Fern Michaels.
Together, the seven friends known as the Sisterhood
have served justice to villains who thought they were
above the law. But payback has its price, and the
Sisterhood's last assignment almost landed them in jail.
Now the women are fugitives with a bounty on their
heads, but they're not planning on hiding out for long.
Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2337
WINTER MOON
by Dean Koontz.
An ordinary morning erupts in cataclysmic violence.
A young family is shattered in a heartbeat. Fate will
lead this family to an isolated Montana ranch, but their
sanctuary will become their worst nightmare. For
there they will face a ruthless enemy, from which no
one is safe. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2349
THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR
by Dean Koontz.
Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern
California organization she founded to rescue
abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. She's a
legend for the risks she'll take to save an animal from
abuse. Among her friends, Amy's heedless devotion is
often cause for concern. To widower Brian McCarthy,
whose commitment she can't allow herself to return, Amy's behavior
is far more puzzling and hides a shattering secret. Unabridged. 540
min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2344
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DEATH WAS THE OTHER WOMAN
by Linda L. Richards.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Fiction
BLOOD BROTHERS
by Nora Roberts.
Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh
month, strange things happen. It began when three
young boys—Caleb, Fox, and Gage—went on a
camping trip to the Pagan Stone. And twenty-one
years later, it will end in a showdown between evil and
the boys who have become men. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2357
IMITATION IN DEATH
by J. D. Robb.
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is in pursuit of a murderer who
knows as much about the history of serial killers as she
does. He has studied the most notorious and the most
vicious slayings in modern times. But he also wants to
make his own mark. He has chosen his victim: Eve
Dallas. Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2358
THE SENATOR'S WIFE
by Sue Miller.
Sue Miller takes us deep into the private lives of
women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages
exposed in all their shame and imperfection, and in
their obdurate, unyielding love. Unabridged. 630 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2374
BLOOD DREAMS
by Kay Hooper.
He's the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most.
A killer without boundaries, without conscience,
without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim
is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter
of a powerful U.S. senator. Unabridged. 540 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2376
PLUM LUCKY
by Janet Evanovich.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
by Jane Austen.
When the Dashwoods—mother Mrs. Dashwood,
Elinor, Marianne, and youngest sister Margaret—
are sent, almost impoverished, to a small cottage in
Devonshire after the death of their father and the
machinations of their brother's wife, they accept their
new circumstances with as much cheer as they can
muster. 200 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2350
ROGUE
by Danielle Steel.
Meet Maxine Williams, a dedicated doctor with three
great kids, a challenging career, and the perfect new
man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly
charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband, a.k.a., the
rogue. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2490
TAIL SPIN
by Catherine Coulter.
FBI agents Dillion Savich and Lacey Sherlock have to
figure out if some one is trying to kill a doctor who's
patient list is made up of Washington movers and
shakers. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2489
Stephanie Plum is back between-the-numbers and
she's looking to get lucky in an Atlantic City hotel
room, in a Winnebago, and with a brown-eyed stud
who has stolen her heart. Unabridged. 210 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2375
BRIDA
by Paulo Coelho.
This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her
quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in
various aspects of magic but is searching for something
more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom,
who begin to teach her about the world. Unabridged.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2492
After her mother died, Katey Tyler fled her dull
Connecticut town, hoping to meet her relatives in
England and find adventure and romance. She would
have both in spades when she catches the eye of ship
owner Boyd Anderson and inadvertently stumbles
upon a high-stakes kidnapping. Unabridged. 600 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2491
FEARLESS FOURTEEN
by Janet Evanovich.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself in the
middle of a 10-year-old, $9 million unsolved bank
robbery, and it appears that the money might be
somewhere in boyfriend Joe Morelli's house. 540 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2488
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NO CHOICE BUT SEDUCTION
by Johanna Lindsey.
1-800-426-READ
THREE SHIRT DEAL
by Stephen J. Cannell.
Detective Shane Scully fights to save a man railroaded
for murder. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2391
Audio: CD
Fiction
When the truffle-hunting dog starts to dig furiously,
her master's first reaction is delight at the size of the
clump the dog has unearthed. Then the dirt falls away
to reveal not a precious mushroom but the bones and
tendons of what is clearly a human hand. 390 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2487
LONELY ON THE MOUNTAIN
by Louis L'Amour.
The rare letters Tell Sackett received always had trouble
inside. And the terse note from his cousin Logan is
no exception. Logan faces starvation or a hanging if
Tell can't drive a herd of cattle from Kansas to British
Columbia before winter. To help Logan, he must
brave prairie fires, buffalo stampedes, and Sioux war
parties. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2370
INTO THE FIRE
by Suzanne Brockmann.
Vinh Murphy blames the neo-Nazi group known as
the Freedom Network for his wife's death. Now, years
later, Freedom Network leader Tim Ebersole has been
murdered—and the FBI suspects Murphy may have
pulled the trigger. Unabridged. 1140 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2548
TRIBUTE
by Nora Roberts.
Former child star Cilla McGowan is restoring her
famous grandmother's long-neglected farm. Cilla's
movie-star grandmother, Janet Hardy, who died
mysteriously on the farm at age 39, haunts Cilla as
she transforms the former hideaway of the rich and
famous into habitable living space and tries to resolve
whether Janet committed suicide or was murdered. Unabridged.
840 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2525
SEA SWEPT
by Nora Roberts.
A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled
the world spending his winnings on champagne and
women. But when his dying father calls him home to
care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron
once was, his life changes overnight. Unabridged.
660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2546
RISING TIDES
by Nora Roberts.
Ethan Quinn is determined to make the family boatbuilding business a success. But amidst his achievements
lie the most important challenges of his life. There
is young Seth, who needs him more than ever. And
a woman he has always loved but never believed he
could have. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2509
INNER HARBOR
by Nora Roberts.
Phillip Quinn understands Seth's troubled past.
He has the scars from his own rough and tumble
childhood on the streets of Boston. When he meets
Sybill, he figures he's found his perfect match. And
when he discovers she has a family connection to
young Seth, they join forces to secure the boy's future.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2500
SILENT THUNDER
by Iris Johansen, Roy Johansen.
Hannah Bryson and her brother, Conner, must make
sure that a Russian nuclear submarine, the Silent Thunder,
recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as
a maritime museum, is safe for visitors. Working alone
on the sub in a Maine harbor, the two make a strange
discovery that's swiftly followed by a deadly attack.
Others, both Russian and American, want what the Brysons have
uncovered and will stop at nothing to obtain it. Unabridged. 600 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2522
DEATH ANGEL
by Linda Howard.
Eager for a break from crime lord Rafael Salinas,
beautiful Drea Rousseau makes a fateful decision and
a desperate move, stealing a mountain of cash from
the malicious killer. Though Drea runs, Salinas knows
she can't hide—and he dispatches an assassin in hot
pursuit, resulting in a tragic turn of events. Or does it?
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2540
FAST TRACK
by Fern Michaels.
The Sisterhood first banded together to exact their
own form of justice on those whose crimes had gone
unpunished by the legal system. Now they've got a
dangerous new assignment. If they succeed, the Sisterhood will be rewarded beyond their wildest dreams. If
they fail, they'll forfeit much more than a paycheck.
Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2531
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NOT IN THE FLESH
by Ruth Rendell.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Fiction
AT FIRST SIGHT
by Stephen J. Cannell.
Chick Best experiences unrequited love at first sight
when he observes Paige Ellis emerging from the hotel
swimming pool. His obsession isn't diminished when
he learns that she is happily married. Soon Chick's life
begins to spiral homicidally out of control, resulting
in the destruction of everything he holds dear. Unabridged. 540 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2545
LOVE ME FOREVER
by Johanna Lindsey.
Lachlan MacGregor, laird of clan MacGregor, needs
a wealthy wife so he can restore his impoverished
clan. Kimberly Richards has been ordered by her
father to find a husband--but not a Scotsman. When
circumstance bring Kimberly and Lachlan together
repeatedly, they soon become enamored with each
other. Kimberly decides he will do as a husband, until others interfere.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2579
GENTLE ROGUE
by Johanna Lindsey.
Heartsick and desperate to leave her sorrows on
England's shores, innocent Georgina Anderson seeks
passage on the "gentleman's ship," Maiden Anne,
disguised as a cabin boy. The captain, however, is no
gentleman; he's the ex-pirate and irrepressible rake,
James Malory. Malory soon sees through Georgina's masquerade and
is enchanted by her. Captain Malory has finally met his match—
undone by the passionate heart of one remarkable beauty. Unabridged.
660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2581
STRANGERS
by Dean Koontz.
A handful of people living in different towns and cities
across America had nothing in common—except
fear. Deep in the heart of a sprawling desert, a dark
memory called out to them drawing them to the
Tranquility Motel—where the terrifying truth was
waiting. Unabridged. 1800 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2585
DAMAGE CONTROL
by J. A. Jance.
A woman shoots a home intruder, an elderly couple drive
their car off a cliff and a mysterious fire kills an older
man and leaves three homeless. Were these accidents or
something more sinister? It's just another day in the life
of Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady. Unabridged.
630 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2578
ROBERT LUDLUM'S
THE BOURNE SANCTION
by Eric Van Lustbader.
In Europe, Jason Bourne's investigation into the
Black Legion turns into one of the deadliest and most
tangled operations of his double life—the pursuit of
the leader of a murderous terrorist group with roots in
the darkest days of World War II—all while an assassin
is getting closer by the minute. Unabridged. 1080 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2568
MOSCOW RULES
by Daniel Silva.
The death of a journalist leads Gabriel Allon to Russia,
where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has
something to learn. This is a Moscow where power
resides once more behind the walls of the Kremlin and
where critics of the ruling class are ruthlessly silenced.
A Moscow where a new generation of Stalinists is plotting
to reclaim an empire lost and to challenge the global dominance of
its old enemy, the United States. Unabridged. 600 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2574
SHADOWFIRES
by Dean Koontz.
Rachel's request for a quick and clean divorce enraged
her husband. Then, in the heat of the moment, Eric
was killed in a traffic accident. Shocked and relieved,
Rachel had nothing left to fear. Until Eric's body
disappeared from the morgue—and Rachel was
stalked by someone who looked like her dead husband.
Unabridged. 1080 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2584
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TIME IS A RIVER
by Mary Alice Monroe.
Reeling from her husband's infidelity, Mia Landan
seeks refuge in a neglected cabin that once belonged to
legendary journalist of the 1920s, Kate Watkins, who
was accused of murdering her lover. Mia is fascinated
by Kate's story when she discovers Kate's journal. As
the true story emerges, its power reopens old wounds,
but also brings a transforming healing for Mia. Unabridged. 720 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2564
THE WATER'S EDGE
by Daniel Judson.
When Jake "Payday" Bechet hears that two men have
been murdered a few miles from where he lives in the
Hamptons—hanged from the Shinnecock Bridge,
their hands severed—he knows that trouble is coming.
Trouble for him, for everyone, because it means that
someone has betrayed the Castello crime family.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2537
1-800-426-READ
Audio: CD
Fiction
When Chuck Frye's sister-in-law Li Frye, a popular
singer, vanishes into the dark alleys of Little Saigon,
he joins the search. As he comes closer to the truth, he
draws nearer to a terrible secret that many would kill to
keep. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2554
UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Ruma, a young mother in a new city, is visited by her
father, who carefully tends the earth of her garden,
where he and his grandson form a special bond. But
he's harboring a secret from his daughter, a love affair
he's keeping all to himself. Unabridged. 600 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2600
THE TURNAROUND
by George Pelecanos.
On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers
drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and changed
six lives forever. Thirty-five years after that harrowing
day, one survivor reaches out to another, opening a
door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor
has a burning need for retribution, and seizes the
moment to claim reparation in any form he can find. Unabridged.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2552
HOLD TIGHT
by Harlan Coben.
Tia and Mike Baye's sixteen-year-old son Adam has
been unusually distant lately, and after the suicide of
his classmate, they can't help but worry. They install
a sophisticated spy program on Adam's computer,
and within days they are jolted by a message from an
unknown correspondent addressed to their son: "Just
stay quiet and all safe." Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2597
44 CRANBERRY POINT
by Debbie Macomber.
MOON SHELL BEACH
by Nancy Thayer.
Lexi Laney and Clare Hart grew up together in
Nantucket sharing secrets in their magical private
hideaway: Moon Shell Beach. With the pressures
of adulthood, their intense bond is frayed. Ten years
later, Lexi returns to make amends with those she left
behind. However, her emotional reunion with Clare is
beset with major challenges. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2610
THE FRONT
by Patricia Cornwell.
As part of a new PR campaign concerning the danger
of declining neighborhoods, D.A. Lamont is sending
Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano to
Watertown to come up with a "drama." Watertown
is also the home base for a loose association of municipal
police departments called the FRONT, set up so
that they don't have to be so dependent on the state. He senses a
much deeper agenda here, but he has no idea just how deep it goes.
Unabridged. 270 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2607
PHANTOM PREY
by John Sandford.
A former comrade from Vietnam dies in Bob Beldon's
bed-and-breakfast. His murder is much on their minds
as Bob once again relives war horrors and suspects that
he is next on the murderer's list. The man Grace
Sherman loves, Cliff Harding, has left her after he
finds out she has been "cheating" on him online.
Grace chastises herself and prepares to spend the rest of her life alone
until Cliff's daughter convinces her to fight for him. Unabridged.
720 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2596
WINTER STUDY
by Nevada Barr.
Dauntless park ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to the
remote haven of Lake Superior's frigid Isle Royale,
where she comes face-to-face with wolves and finds
herself in imminent peril. Unabridged. 750 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2594
Lucas Davenport looks into the unsolved kidnapping
and presumed murder of a wealthy young woman into
the goth scene. Unabridged. 720 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2606
DEVIL MAY CARE
by Ian Fleming.
An Algerian drug runner is savagely executed in the
desolate outskirts of Paris. This seemingly isolated
event leads to the recall of Agent 007 from his sabbatical
in Rome and his return to the world of intrigue and
danger where he is most at home. 360 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2605
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LITTLE SAIGON
by T. Jefferson Parker.
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
Audio/Video Catalog
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
by Al Gore.
An Inconvenient Truth provides an insightful look at
the causes and effects of global warming, and offers
everyday solutions we can use to slow the toll humans
have upon this planet. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2462
EARTH IN THE BALANCE
by Al Gore.
A passionate and lifelong defender of the environment,
Vice President Al Gore describes how human actions
and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable
ecosystem that sustains us all. 180 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2329
A GLORIOUS CELEBRATION
by Maya Angelou.
THE ULTIMATE CHEAPSKATE'S
ROAD MAP TO TRUE RICHES
by Jeff Yeager.
Maya Angelou offers an unusual and irresistible look at
her life and her myriad interests and accomplishments.
It captures Angelou at home, at work, and in the
public eye. Unabridged. 180 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2452
Jeff Yeager offers a completely fresh take on personal
finance, teaching us how to enjoy life more by spending
less. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2327
TELL ME WHERE IT HURTS
by Dr. Nick Trout.
From the front lines of modern medicine, Tell Me
Where It Hurts is a fascinating insider portrait of a
veterinarian, his furry patients, and the blend of
old-fashioned instincts and cutting edge technology
that defines pet care in the twenty-first century.
Unabridged. 555 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2450
THE SPIRITUAL BRAIN
by Mario Beauregard, Ph.D. & Denyse O'Leary.
Mario Beauregard offers compelling evidence that
religious experiences have a nonmaterial origin,
making a convincing case for what many in scientific
fields are loath too consider—that it is God who
creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2333
NPR DRIVEWAY MOMENTS: BASEBALL
by NPR.
Baseball lends itself to stories and storytelling. Hear
about the secret language of baseball signs, the organist
who gets thrown out of a game, and the all-you-can-eat
buffet at Dodger Stadium. There's something for
every listener in this all-star lineup of commentaries,
interviews, and features from NPR. Unabridged.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2448
THE GHOST MOUNTAIN BOYS
by James Campbell.
DOES THIS CLUTTER
MAKE MY BUTT LOOK FAT?
by Peter Walsh.
Using his expert techniques honed form years as a clutter
expert and organizational consultant, Peter Walsh
demonstrates how the clutter in your home is directly
related to the clutter on your body, and how clutter
negatively affects your ability to lead a full and healthy
life. Unabridged. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2427
COMRADE J
by Pete Earley.
Coveted by the Japanese for its strategic position in
World War II, New Guinea became the site of one
of the South Pacific's most savage campaigns. This
harrowing portrait is part war diary, part biography
of a group of men who fought to survive in an
environment every bit as fierce as the enemy they
faced. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2326
THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD
OF THE SUPREME COURT
by Jeffrey Toobin.
Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the
chambers of the Supreme Court and reveals the complex
dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of
the land. 390 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2328
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Spymaster, defector, double agent, Comrade J is the
remarkable true story of the man who ran Russia's
post-Cold War spy program in America. Unabridged.
660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2434
HOW COME THAT IDIOT'S RICH
AND I'M NOT?
by Robert Shemin.
Learn which three assets you must own to become a Rich
Idiot and how to obtain them with little or no money
of your own. You'll learn why Rich Idiots out earn
almost all the so-called wealth experts and how you
can, too. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2439
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Non-Fiction
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT I FORGOT
by Sue Halpern.
An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of
cutting-edge memory research that unveils findings
about memory loss only now available to general audiences. Unabridged. 510 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2481
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
by David Sedaris.
David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the
hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of
everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining
heights than ever in this new book of essays.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2473
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION:
ENGLISH MAJORS
with Garrison Keillor.
Here from A Prairie Home Companion are the SixMinute Hamlet, tributes to Hawthorne and Kerouac
and Emily Dickinson, a Guy Noir adventure that
exposes the M.F.A. scam and the ballad of John Henry.
Unabridged. 150 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2446
INSIDE THE RED MANSION
by Oliver August.
Due to a mix-up on a routine reporting assignment,
Oliver August stumbles onto the hunt for China's
most wanted man, Lai Changxing, an illiterate tycoon
on the run from corruption charges. August sets
out to find the self-made billionaire, hoping that if
he can understand how Lai reinvented himself, he
will also better grasp the tectonic forces transforming modern China.
Unabridged. 660 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2297
At once poignant, profound, and laugh-out-loud
funny, Before Your Dog Can Eat Your Homework, First
You Have to Do It is a celebration of the joys of parenting
pets and children alike, and further testament to
the enduring wisdom of man's best friend. Unabridged. 195 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2294
FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT
by Mireille Guiliano.
In simple but potent strategies and dozens of recipes
you'd swear were fattening, Mireille reveals the ingredients for a lifetime of weight control. Emphasizing
the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and always
pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn
to eat, drink, and move like a French woman. 660 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2331
A CONTRACT WITH THE EARTH
by Newt Gingrich & Terry L. Maple.
Gingrich and Maple believe that most people are
weary of the legal and political conflicts that prevent
individuals and communities from realizing the benefits
of environmental conservation. The foundation of
the book—a ten-point Contract with the Earth—
promotes ingenuity over rhetoric as the way forward.
Unabridged. 270 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2318
LETTERS TO A YOUNG TEACHER
by Jonathan Kozol.
In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first-grade
teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, educator
Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to
her classroom while, under Francesca's likable irreverent
questioning, he also reveals his own most personal
stories of the years that he has spent in public schools.
Unabridged. 530 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2319
MY LOBOTOMY
by Howard Dully.
Revealing what happened to a child no one was willing
to protect, My Lobotomy exposes a shameful chapter
in the history of the treatment of mental illness. Yet,
ultimately, this is a powerful and moving chronicle
of the life of one man. Unabridged. 660 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2295
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THE DARING BOOK FOR GIRLS
by Andrea J. Buchanan.
For every girl with an independent spirit and a nose
for trouble, here is the no-boys-allowed guide to
everything from school yard games to great women
in history! Unabridged. 240 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2313
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BEFORE YOUR DOG CAN EAT YOUR
HOMEWORK, FIRST YOU HAVE TO DO IT
by John O'Hurley.
NEW EUROPE
by Michael Palin.
Cut off for most of his life by Cold Wars and Iron
Curtains, Europe's eastern lands are now open for
business—and Michael Palin sets off to discover them.
450 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2447
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Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
IMPERIAL LIFE IN THE EMERALD CITY:
INSIDE IRAQ'S GREEN ZONE
by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
SWITCHING TIME
by Richard Baer.
A doctor's harrowing story of treating a woman with
17 personalities. Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2281
THE TASTE OF CONQUEST
by Michael Krondl.
In this unprecedented account, The Washington Post's
former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran
takes us into the Green Zone, headquarters for the
American occupation in Iraq. Unabridged. 780 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2340
Michael Krondl, a noted chef turned writer and food
historian, tells the story of three legendary cities—
Venice, Kisbon, and Amsterdam—and how their
single-minded pursuit of spice helped to make (and
remake) the Western diet and set in motion the first
great wave of globalization. Unabridged. 630 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2323
THE ULTIMATE BATTLE
by Bill Sloan.
Respected historian Bill Sloan tells the full story of the
Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before,
through the eyes of the men in battle. Unabridged.
840 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2321
THE POETS' CORNER
compiled by John Lithgow.
The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this
audiobook provides the perfect introduction to
appeal to listeners new to poetry, and for poetry lovers
to experience beloved verses in a fresh, vivid way.
Unabridged. 390 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2283
LISTENING IS AN ACT OF LOVE
by StoryCorps.
COCHRANE:
THE REAL MASTER AND COMMANDER
by David Cordingly.
Nicknamed le loup des mers ("the sea wolf") by Napoleon,
Thomas Cochrane was one of the most daring and
successful naval heroes of all time. Cochrane is the
definitive biography of the swashbucking nineteenthcentury maritime hero. Unabridged. 810 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2320
DAVE BARRY TALKS BACK
by Dave Barry.
From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps,
the largest oral history project in the nation's history
presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the
people who lived them to the people they love. 60 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2310
Dave Barry talks back to traffic cops, dentists, doctors,
Congress, and his very dumb dogs. He reports on
current efforts to name an Official National Insect; he
even goes to Walt "You will have fun!" Disney World.
Unabridged. 180 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2467
THE WHALE WARRIORS
by Peter Heller.
ME OF LITTLE FAITH
by Lewis Black.
In The Whale Warriors, veteran adventure writer
Peter Heller takes us on a hair-raising journey with a
vigilante crew on their mission to stop illegal Japanese
whaling in the stormy, remote seas off the forbidding
shores of Antarctica. Unabridged. 660 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2306
What do we believe? And for God's sake why? Those
are the thorny questions that Lewis Black, the bitingly
funny comedian, social critic, and bestselling author,
tackles in Me of Little Faith. Unabridged. 360 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2478
THE CASE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
by Julie M. Fenster.
In May of 1856, Abraham Lincoln became drawn
to the case of the gruesome murder of a blacksmith
named George Anderson. With the Anderson murder,
Lincoln's legal skills as a lawyer were challenged as
never before, and it became the case that defined his
legal career. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2309
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WALDEN
by Henry David Thoreau.
Walden is the classic account of two years spent by
Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near
Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its
accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations,
and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness.
Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2480
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Non-Fiction
Eckhart Tolle takes readers beyond their own lives to
show that we now have an opportunity to birth a new,
more loving world. This involves a radical inner leap
of consciousness from the current identification with
our ego to an entirely new way of thinking about who
we are. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2464
AGELESS MEMORY
by Harry Lorayne.
Harry Lorayne's down-to-earth style and encouraging
step-by-step instructions put super-power memory
in reach of everyone—enabling you to learn new
languages, go back to school, and beat out the younger
competition at work. 240 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2353
THE AIRMEN AND THE HEADHUNTERS
by Judith M. Heimann.
AUDITION
by Barbara Walters.
After more than forty years of interviewing heads of
state, world leaders, movie stars, criminals, murderers,
inspirational figures, and celebrities of all kinds. Barbara
Walters has turned her gift for examination onto herself
to reveal the forces that shaped her extraordinary life.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2463
A survival story that features a bamboo airstrip built
on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipewielding army that helped destroy one of the last
Japanese strongholds, The Airmen and the Headhunters is
a gripping journey into the remote world and forgotten
heroism of the Dayaks. Unabridged.
540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2367
YOU'RE BROKE BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO BE
by Larry Winget.
YOU BREATHING EASY
by Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Whether you're just learning how to meditate or
refining your technique, breathing and meditation are
among your most powerful tools for repairing your
body and fighting the effects of aging. Make healthy
breathing a habit for life. 120 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2459
KERPLUNK!
by Patrick F. McManus.
These wry, curmudgeonly tales appeal to real
outdoorsmen and the armchair variety alike. Often
nostalgic, occasionally philosophical, and always funny,
the stories in Kerplunk! reaffirm Patrick F. McManus's
reputation as an American classic. Unabridged.
360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2322
THE PRINCE
by Niccolo Machiavelli.
Here is the world's most famous master plan for
seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor
The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic
and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince...a
king...a president. Unabridged. 180 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2341
JANE BOLEYN
by Julia Fox.
Through the eyes and ears of Jane Boleyn, we witness
the myriad players of the stormy Tudor period. Jane
emerges as a courageous spirit, a modern woman
forced by circumstances to fend for herself in a privileged
but vicious world. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2339
Whether your aim is to get out of debt, save for a
house, or simple stop kidding yourself when it comes
to savings, this book encourages you, through easyto-complete worksheets and Larry's bullying yet wise
counsel, to make it happen. Unabridged. 210 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2363
MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSIBLE
by Bill Strickland.
Through lessons from his own life experiences, and
those of countless others who have overcome their
circumstances and turned their lives around, Make the
Impossible Possible shows how all of us can build on our
passions and strengths, dream bigger and set the bar
higher, achieve meaningful success, and help mentor
and inspire the lives of others. Unabridged. 420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2348
FOR LIBERTY AND GLORY
by James R. Gaines.
On April 18, 1775, a riot over the price of flour broke
out in the French city of Dijon. That night, across
the Atlantic, Paul Revere mounted the fastest horse
he could find. So began what have been called the
"sister revolutions" of France and America. This book
tells the story of those revolutions and shows just
how deeply intertwined they actually were. Unabridged. 1260 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2346
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Audio/Video Catalog
A NEW EARTH
by Eckhart Tolle.
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
HOUSE LUST
by Daniel McGinn.
THE MYTH OF ALZHEIMER'S
by Peter J. Whitehouse, M.D., Ph.D.
House Lust shows us just how contagious the ideal of
owning the best home on the block can be. And as the
real estate boom recedes into memory, McGinn offers
cautionary tales to help us curb our lust when prices
start rising again. Unabridged. 570 min. (Compact
By taking a closer look at what Alzheimer's is and isn't,
Dr. Peter Whitehouse offers hope to families as well as
to those who suffer from a decline in their cognitive
abilities. Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2389
Disc)
• Order # T2401
BORN STANDING UP
by Steve Martin.
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
by Timothy Naftali.
George H. W. Bush was a one term president who
presided over the end of the Cold War. This biography,
another entry in The American Presidents series,
provides a useful biography of the 41st president of
the United States. Unabridged. 450 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2351
In the mid-seventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the
comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert
draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit
forever. Born Standing Up is, in his own words, the
story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away."
Unabridged. 280 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2403
PERFECT POISON
by M. William Phelps.
HAPPY FOR NO REASON
by Marci Shimoff.
In Northampton, Massachusetts, at the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, Kristen Gilbert was known
as a hardworking, dedicated nurse—so why were her
patients dying? Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2405
Author Marci Shimoff reveals a remarkable program,
incorporating the latest findings in positive psychology,
moving real-life stories and powerful tools and
techniques that will raise your happiness set-point and
enable you to experience more unconditional happiness
in your life. 300 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2360
HER LAST DEATH: A MEMOIR
by Susanna Sonnenberg.
Susanna Sonnenberg mines tender and startling
memories as she tells of her fierce resolve to forge
her independence, to become a woman capable of
trust, and to be a good mother to her own children.
Unabridged. 500 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2359
FULL CATASTROPHE LIVING
by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.
Learn how to manage chronic pain resulting from
illness and/or stress-related disorders...discover the roles
that anger and tension play in heart disease...reduce
anxiety and feelings of panic...improve overall quality
of life and relationships through mindfulness meditation and mindful yoga. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2399
SUCCESS THROUGH A
POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
by Napoleon Hill & W. Clement Stone.
RELIEVE ANXIETY
by Steven Gurgevich, Ph.D.
The negative attitude will rob you of all that make
life worth living. Your success, health happiness, and
wealth depend on how you make up your mind!
Unabridged. 690 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2398
Dr. Steven Gurgevich shows you how to tap the
power of your subconscious mind to overcome worry,
nervousness, panic, and more. 150 min. (Compact
Disc)
• Order # T2352
THE REST IS NOISE
by Alex Ross.
THE JESUIT & THE SKULL
by Amir D. Aczel.
The Rest is Noise takes the listener inside the labyrinth
of modern sound, from turn-of-the-century Vienna to
bohemian Paris, from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's
Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and
seventies. Unabridged. 1380 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2390
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In December 1929, in a cave near Peking, diggers for
an international team of scientists pulled from the
rubble a skull of Homo erectus. This discovery quickly
became known around the world as Peking Man, a key
evolutionary link between the erect hunting apes and
our Homo Sapiens ancestors. It also became a provocative piece of evidence in the rolling debate between creationism and
evolution. Unabridged. 480 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2293
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Non-Fiction
21: BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE
by Ben Mezrich.
Bringing Down the House is an action-filled caper carried
out by the unlikeliest of cons—supersmart geeks.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2414
This audiobook will have everyone who's ever been a
parent—or ever thought of becoming one—or been a
child—or is still one—giggling and grinning through
those child-bearing years..and beyond. Unabridged.
420 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2377
THE HOW OF HAPPINESS
by Sonja Lyubomirsky.
Lyubomirsky's happiness strategies introduce you to
the concept of intentional activities, mindful actions
that you can use to achieve a happier life. 360 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2369
HEAL YOURSELF
WITH MEDICAL HYPNOSIS
by Andrew Weil, M.D. & Steven Gurgevich, Ph.D.
"Almost no condition is out of bounds when it comes
to the effective use of hypnotherapy," says Dr. Weil.
With Heal Yourself with Medical Hypnosis, now you can
discover this breakthrough method for using the power
of your mind for optimum health and well-being.
135 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2347
INHERITING THE TRADE
by Thomas Norman DeWolf.
A trailblazing memoir about one family's quest to face
its slave-trading past, and an urgent call for reconciliation.
Unabridged. 540 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2368
THE SPECTRUM
by Dean Ornish, M.D.
The Spectrum, a groundbreaking audiobook helps you
determine where you are on the spectrum of health
and gives you choices for gaining and sustaining
optimum health for life. 210 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2334
THE GENOTYPE DIET
by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo.
Without expensive tests or a visit to the doctor,
The GenoType Diet reveals previously hidden genetic
strengths and weaknesses and provides a precise diet
and lifestyle plan for every individual. Unabridged.
570 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2393
UP TILL NOW
by William Shatner.
William Shatner has become one of the most beloved
entertainers in the world. In Up Till Now, Shatner
sits down with listeners and offers the remarkable, full
story of his life and explains how he got to be, well,
everywhere. 360 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2470
MEDITATIONS FOR ENTERING
THE TEMPLES ON THE OTHER SIDE
by Sylvia Browne.
Travel inward to your real eternal Home and truly
experience the beauty and grandeur of the many halls
and temples that can be found there, while you apply
their healing and helpful attributes to every area of
your life. 240 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2412
RED LAND, BLACK LAND:
DAILY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
by Barbara Mertz.
Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz
brings a long-buried civilization to vivid life. In Red
Land, Black Land, she transports us back thousands
of years and immerses us in the sights, aromas, and
sounds of day-to-day living in the legendary desert
realm that as ancient Egypt. Unabridged. 900 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2444
HEAD AND HEART:
AMERICAN CHRISTIANITIES
by Garry Wills.
The struggle within American Christianity, now and
throughout our country's history, is between the head
and the heart: between reason and emotion, Enlightenment and Evangelicalism. Why has this been so?
Unabridged. 1200 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2396
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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE WORLD
by Mark Booth.
In this groundbreaking new work, Mark Booth
embarks on an enthralling intellectual tour of our
world's secret histories. Unabridged. 930 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2443
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Audio/Video Catalog
SWEET POTATO QUEENS' GUIDE TO
RAISING CHILDREN FOR FUN & PROFIT
by Jill Conner Browne.
Audio: CD
Audio/Video Catalog
Audio: CD
Non-Fiction
AGELESS FACE, AGELESS MIND
by Nicholas Perricone, M.D.
THE LOST ARK OF THE COVENANT
by Tudor Parfitt.
TOUCHIING HISTORY
by Lynn Spencer.
MOVING FORWARD:
TAKING THE LEAD IN YOUR LIFE
by Dave Pelzer.
A revolutionary new book from bestselling author and
anti-aging expert Dr. Nicholas Perricone gives us a
program to defeat the hidden threat to our health and
our looks. Unabridged. 930 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2411
On the morning of 9/11, nearly 5,000 flights were
cruising the skies over America when FAA Operations
Mannager Ben Sliney arrived at the Command
Center for his first day on that job. He could never
have anticipated the historic drama that was about to
unfold as Americans who found themselves on the
front lines of a totally unprecedented attack on our homeland sprang
into action to defend our country and save lives. Unabridged. 930 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2542
This is the real-life account of Professor Tudor Parfitt's
effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the
Ten Commandments sacred to Judaism, Christianity,
and Islam. Unabridged. 630 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2442
Dave Pelzer will guide you past the trials and challenges
you may have met in your life. He will show you how
to let go of all the negative stuff that has been weighing
you down, and he'll give you insight into living life to
its fullest while maintaining your dignity, esteem, and
beliefs. Unabridged. 330 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2486
THE FRUIT HUNTERS
by Adam Leith Gollner.
THE SOLOIST
by Steve Lopez.
An expedition through the fascinating world of fruit,
The Fruit Hunters is the engrossing story of some of
Earth's most desired foods. Unabridged. 840 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2494
More than thirty years ago, Nathaniel Ayers was a
promising classical bass student at Juilliard until he
gradually lost his ability to function, overcome by
schizophrenia. The Soloist is a beautifully told story of
devotion in the face of seemingly unbeatable challenges.
Unabridged. 390 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2496
THE GREAT AWAKENING
by Jim Wallis.
Authentic faith was and continues to be a driving force
behind many of our greatest reforms. Jim Wallis offers
a compelling vision of social change, complete with
both the inspiration and a concrete plan to hold politics
accountable; finding real solutions to our greatest
challenges. He helps us recover our moral center and
our lost sense of hope. Unabridged. 840 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2410
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
by Michael Pollan.
In Defense of Food shows us how we can escape the
Western diet and, by doing so, most of the chronic
diseases that diet causes. We can relearn which foods
are healthy, develop simple ways to moderate our
appetites, and return eating to its proper context—out
of the car and back to the table. Unabridged. 390 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2409
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WASHINGTON:
THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CAPITAL
by Fergus M. Bordewich.
In an engrossing work that reveals the hidden and
somewhat unsavory side of the nation's beginnings,
Bordewich once again brings his novelist's sensibility
to a little-known chapter in American history.
Unabridged. 780 min. (Compact Disc)
• Order # T2493
BODY FOR LIFE
by Bill Phillips.
Imagine, just 12 weeks from now, having the lean,
healthy body you've always wanted and not having to
turn your life upside down to get it. Allow yourself to
take your mind, your body, your life to a higher point
than you may have ever dreamed you could. 120 min.
(Compact Disc)
• Order # T2364
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Kids
Video: DVD
When Hoppity the Grasshopper returns to Bugville, he
finds that all is not well—humans threaten the survival
of his town. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 78 min.
• Order # V4384
When Mowgli wanders back to the wild for some
swingin' fun he soon finds Baloo isn't the only one
waiting for him—the man-eating tiger Shere Khan is
lurking in the shadows and planning his revenge. If
he is to defeat his nemesis, Mowgli will need the help
of both his old friends and his new family. A Disney
animated video. (2008) G. 72 min.
• Order # V4408
POKÉMON: THE RISE OF DARKRAI
Ash may think he's seen everything when it comes
to Pokémon, but is he ready to face the mysterious
Darkrai in his latest awesome adventure? Animated.
(2008) Not Rated. 90 min.
• Order # V4402
MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM
w/Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman.
Mr. Magorium owns the most amazing store in the world
—a tantalizing toy haven in which everything inside
literally comes to life. But when the boss decides to
retire, the shop throws a tantrum, and all its wonders
begin to cease. Now Mr. Magorium's reluctant manager,
skeptical accountant and most loyal customer must
work together to save the emporium. (2007) G. 94 min.
• Order # V4370
THE SEEKER
w/Alexander Ludwig, Christopher Eccleston,
Frances Conroy, Ian McShane.
During Christmas break from school, a seemingly
typical teenager discovers he's anything but ordinary.
As the seventh son of a seventh son, Will Stanton is
The Seeker—a chosen warrior destined to restore
the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark.
(2007) PG. 99 min.
• Order # V4380
THE GOLDEN COMPASS
w/Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott, Eva Green,
Dakota Blue Richards, Daniel Craig.
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the
skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special
girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her
hands. (2008) PG-13. 113 min.
• Order # V4394
THE SUITE LIFE OF ZACK & CODY:
TAKING OVER THE TIPTON
w/Dylan & Cole Sprouse.
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
w/Freddie Highmore.
From the moment the Grace family moves into a
secluded old house, strange things start to happen.
As Jared investigates, he discovers Arthur Spiderwick's
Field Guide and the unbelievable truth of the Spiderwick Estate: a secret world with fantastical creatures
hides within our own! (2008) PG. 101 min.
• Order # V4414
MINUTE MEN
w/Jason Dolley.
To spare other kids from humiliating and totally
un-cool high school experiences, seniors Virgil and
his buddies invent the ultimate time machine. But
when they accidentally open a black hole, they learn
that turning back the clock can create a massive mess.
(2008) TV-G. 92 min.
• Order # V4415
THE SWORD IN THE STONE
According to legend, only someone with honor,
decency and inner strength can claim the throne of
England—by pulling out the enchanted sword that lies
locked in a massive stone. Many brave knights have
tried, so it seems impossible that a young apprentice
known as Wart could succeed. A Disney animated
film. (2008) G. 79 min.
• Order # V4411
Eleven-year-old identical twins Zack and Cody are
sure they've gone to heaven: their mother has landed
a job as a singer at the Tipton hotel and they all get to
move into a suite on the top floor. The boys have a
ball with room service the swimming pool and the cast
of characters while Mom tries to keep them in line--and out of the hair
of hotel manager Mr. Moseby. (2006) TV-G. 90 min.
• Order # V4407
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THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER
Deep within Australia's vast and unpredictable Outback,
a young boy named Cody forges an incredible friendship
with a great golden eagle. But when a ruthless poacher
sets out to capture the eagle, Cody steps in to protect
him. A Disney animated film. (2008) G. 77 min.
• Order # V4416
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Audio/Video Catalog
BUGVILLE
THE JUNGLE BOOK 2
Video: DVD
Kids
Audio/Video Catalog
ELMO'S WORLD: SUMMER VACATION
Join the whole VeggieTales crew for this unique collection
of Veggie shorts that teaches kids everywhere that "a
happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind
works healing." Animated. Not Rated. 79 min.
• Order # V4433
GO DIEGO GO! GREAT GORILLA!
While researching his family tree, SpongeBob discovers he
was related to Western hero SpongeBuck. Flashback
to SpongeBuck arriving in Bikini Gulch around 1882
and going head-to-head against dastardly Dead-Eye
Plankton! Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 75 min.
• Order # V4434
Diego joins his friend Juma back in Africa to search for
two missing baby Mountain Gorillas who are going to
be crowned king! Will you help find the future Gorilla
Kings? Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 98 min.
• Order # V4422
SPONGEBOB'S PEST OF THE WEST
CURIOUS GEORGE TAKES A VACATION
AND DISCOVERS NEW THINGS!
SALUDOS AMIGOS /
THE THREE CABALLEROS
Embark on thrilling adventures to South America and
Mexico in two full-length movies. Join Goofy, Donald
Duck and Walt Disney himself as they experience all
the music, beauty and excitement Latin America has to
offer. A Disney animated film. (2008) G. 113 min.
• Order # V4423
BOB THE BUILDER:
LET'S BUILD: THE BEACH
Will Bob and his team finish building the Bobland
Bay promenade in time for its grand opening? Find
out when you hit the beach with two new members
of the Can-Do Crew in this fun-filled collection of
summertime adventures. Animated. (2008) Not
Rated. 46 min.
• Order # V4424
CINDERELLA
Cinderella's Fairy Godmother transforms an ordinary
pumpkin into a magnificent coach and Cinderella's
rags into a gorgeous gown, then sends her off to the
Royal Ball. But Cinderella's enchanted evening must
end when the spell is broken at midnight. A Disney
animated film. Animated. (2008) G. 76 min.
• Order # V4428
SHAGGY & SCOOBY-DOO GET A CLUE!
VOL. 2.
Dr. Phineas Phibe launches an evil virus to infect the
nation's defense system, but it's intercepted by Shaggy
and Scooby-Doo, who are forced to play laser tag in
their not-so Smart House. Animated. Not Rated.
84 min.
• Order # V4432
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LESSONS FROM THE SOCK DRAWER
What did you do on your summer vacation? Elmo
spent a lot of time at the beach and he wants to tell
you all about it! Join the curious red monster and his
pet goldfish Dorothy as he explores beaches, skin, and
cameras in this fun DVD. (2008) Not Rated. 51 min.
• Order # V4421
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Curious George loves to travel, and no matter where
he goes, adventure is always waiting for him! Go
exploring with George, from the tip-top of the big top
to deep under the sea. Animated. (2008) Not Rated.
105 min.
• Order # V4435
THE BACKYARDIGANS:
MIGHTY MATCH-UP!
Pablo and Tyrone must get past Greek Gods Austin
and Uniqua on a samba-filled journey up Mt. Olympus
to convince Weather Goddess Tasha to stop raining on
their Sports Day. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 99 min.
• Order # V4437
VeggieTales: TOMATO SAWYER &
HUCKLEBERRY LARRY'S BIG RIVER
RESCUE
Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's life on the
lazy river takes a turn for adventure when they help a
stranger in need. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 50 min.
• Order # V4438
PENELOPE
w/Christina Ricci, James McAvoy,
Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon.
Penelope is a lonely heiress who has spent her entire
life trying to break a strange family curse that left her
with the nose of a pig. (2008) PG. 90 min.
• Order # V4439
LIL'BRATZ: PARTY TIME!
The Lil' Bratz want to throw you a Party! They need
your help choosing the theme, cake and invitations.
They've prepared several exciting activities, but don't
know which to do first. Can you help? Animated.
(2008) Not Rated. 75 min.
• Order # V4440
Kids
THE BACKYARDIGANS:
HIGH FLYING ADVENTURES!
Mist is one of three pups born at Borough Farm. Her
dream is to become a real sheepdog. Can Mist really
learn her craft and one day prove herself worthy of a
place in the team of sheepdogs at Borough Farm?
Not Rated. 75 min.
• Order # V4446
Four great adventures including: Fly girl; Who Goes
There?; What's Bugging You?; and Chicken-itza Pizza.
Animated. Not Rated. 99 min.
• Order # V4468
THAT DARN CAT
w/Christina Ricci, Doug E. Doug.
MADELINE: NEXT STOP, AMERICA
Madeline, the feisty schoolgirl, is on a transatlantic
trip with Miss Clavel, her schoolmates and Madeline's
equally mischievous pal Pepito. Animated. Not Rated.
45 min.
• Order # V4447
When her tomcat D.C. brings home an important
clue to a mysterious kidnapping, 16-year-old Patti
Randall finds her ho-hum hometown suddenly turned
into a hot bed of criminal excitement! A Walt Disney
video. PG. 89 min.
• Order # V4489
MADELINE: MEET ME IN PARIS
Madeline likes to explore the unknown—even when
trouble follows. With her undeniable wit and charm,
Madeline always has a fun-filled, whimsical time—
especially in Paris! Animated. Not Rated. 66 min.
• Order # V4448
BARNEY: HI! I'M RIFF!
Meet Barney's newest dino-friend, Riff! Riff is new
to the neighborhood, so he decides to start a "Best
Friends Club." It's a special club where its members
can do anything they like! Not Rated. 57 min.
• Order # V4449
ALICE UPSIDE DOWN: THE MOVIE
w/Alyson Stoner, Lucas Grabeel, Luke Perry,
Penny Marshall.
Alice McKinley has just moved to a new town. In
her imagination, Alice is cool, confident and popular,
but in reality she feels like she can't do anything right.
Can Alice survive the embarrassments of being "the
new girl," and the miseries of Mrs. Plotkins sixth grade
class? Not Rated. 90 min.
• Order # V4491
THOMAS & FRIENDS: TRACKSIDE TUNES
Travel the Island of Sodor with Thomas, Percy,
James and the rest of your Sodor friends as you embark
on this magical, musical ride. Animated. Not Rated.
34 min.
• Order # V4450
BOB THE BUILDER:
THE THREE MUSKETRUCKS
Join the Three Musketrucks: Packer, Scrambler and
the newest member of the Can-Do Crew, Dodger in
Bob the Builder's newest building adventures!
Animated. Not Rated. 45 min.
• Order # V4444
ARTHUR: BIG BROTHER BINKY
Binky's family adopts a baby girl from China. Binky
receives the news of getting a baby sister with great
excitement, and he delights in helping prepare for
her arrival and visiting China. Animated. Not Rated.
52 min.
• Order # V4467
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GO DIEGO GO! MOONLIGHT RESCUE
The newly hatched baby sea turtles need moonlight
to find their way back to the ocean, but when Luna
breaks apart, Diego and Tuga the Leatherback Sea
Turtle need your help to find the moon's four pieces so
she can shine brightly again! Animated. Not Rated.
95 min.
• Order # V4470
BERRY BUNNY ADVENTURES
Ruby is picking berries for Grandma's surprise recipe,
but Max is more interested in eating them! Animated.
Not Rated. 97 min.
• Order # V4474
SLEEPYTIME STORIES
It's time for bed! But bedtime is also playtime when
you're with your Nick Jr. friends! Animated. Not
Rated. 149 min.
• Order # V4469
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Audio/Video Catalog
MIST: THE TALE OF A SHEEPDOG PUPPY
Video: DVD
Audio/Video Catalog
Video: DVD
Kids
GO DIEGO GO!
DIEGO'S MAGICAL MISSIONS
CARE BEARS: KING OF THE MOON
Brave Heart, Grams and Champ are ready to lend
their helping paws as caring gets out of this world as
they orbit the moon and travel to distant galaxies.
Animated. Not Rated. (2088) 76 min.
• Order # V4492
Kicho has a magic flute, but when the mean wizard
Tranimal takes it, Diego, Kicho, and Falcon need your
help on a musical, magical adventure through the
Andes to get it back! Animated. Not Rated. (2008)
98 min.
• Order # V4471
LITTLE EINSTEINS RACE FOR SPACE
Join Leo, June, Quincy, Annie and Rocket on a
mission to rescue the Three Little Piggies when their
airplanes spin out of control. Can Rocket fly fast
enough and far enough to bring the Piggies all the
way home? Animated. TV-G. (2008) 72 min.
• Order # V4475
THE BACKYARDIGANS:
SUPER SECRET SUPER SPY
Expect the unexpected in this double-length, jazz-filled
worldwide spy mission as Agent Secret—with his
Secret Contact, Austin, and boss, Miss T—sets out
to foil the villainous Lady in Pink and Henchman
Tyrone's "recipe for disaster." Animated. Not Rated.
(2007) 97 min.
• Order # V4493
THE MARZIPAN PIG
THOMAS & FRIENDS:
HENRY AND THE ELEPHANT
Based on the award-winning book by Russell Hoban,
a marzipan pig falls behind a sofa and is lost. In his
loneliness, the pig's feelings of love reach out to an owl,
a mouse, and a hibiscus flower, causing a strange chain
of events. Animated. Not Rated. (2008) 60 min.
• Order # V4483
Join in on the trick Stuart plays on Duke and see how
an elephant leaves Henry all washed up. So make sure
your ticket is stamped and don't miss the train for
another fun-filled adventure. Animated. Not Rated.
(2008) 35 min.
• Order # V4495
NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU DON'T
w/Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn,
Jim Backus, William Windom.
Bumbling college student Dexter Riley develops a
mysterious liquid that actually makes objects disappear.
Further experimentation reveals that it works amazingly
well on humans, too! A Walt Disney video. G.
(2004) 88 min.
• Order # V4484
SAVE THE NURSERY RHYME!
WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE:
WIZARD SCHOOL
w/Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin.
New "wizards in training" Alex and her brothers Justin
and Max love to use magical potions, brews and spells
to cut corners on things like homework and chores.
And when the kids practice their newfound wizardry
skills, things really get tricky and hilarious! A Disney
video. TV-G. (2008) 90 min.
• Order # V4496
Nursery Rhyme Land needs the Wonder Pets to help
the Cow jump over the Moon. Then our heroes fly
into a painting to help the Itsy Bitsy Spider climb up
the water spout. Animated. Not Rated. (2008) 97
min.
• Order # V4485
BACK AT THE BARNYARD:
WHEN NO ONE'S LOOKING
Snotty Boy is left in charge of the barn and proceeds
to torment the animals! So Otis and pals take matters
into their own hands. Animated. Not Rated. (2008)
89 min.
• Order # V4497
THOMAS & FRIENDS:
THOMAS AND THE TREASURE
When Salty tells a story about a lost pirate treasure on
the Island of Sodor, Thomas sets out to discover if it's
really true! Meanwhile, Dennis, a new Diesel engine,
is playing tricks, and Henry tries to prove he is the
strongest engine on the Island of Sodor. Animated.
Not Rated. 50 min.
• Order # V4459
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THOMAS & FRIENDS:
MUD GLORIOUS MUD
Ride the rails and the roads with Thomas and his
friends in these action-packed adventures. It's stormy
weather so hold on tight through mud baths and
avalanches. Nothing can stop these really useful
engines from a job well done! Animated. Not Rated.
40 min.
• Order # V4458
1-800-426-READ
Fiction
Amateur film director Mike must find a way to save
a local video store after his magnetized friend, Jerry
erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated
video camera and their own special effects, the two
embark on an adventure to remake all the movies.
(2008) PG-13. 102 min.
• Order # V4409
FOOL'S GOLD
w/Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson.
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for
the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as
a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their
way through an adventure—and laugh-packed
undersea treasure hunt. (2008) PG-13. 112 min.
• Order # V4410
BECOMING JANE
w/Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy.
When the dashing Tom Lefroy, a reckless and
penniless lawyer-to-be, enters Jane's life, he offends
the emerging writer's sense and sensibility. Soon
their clashing egos set off sparks that ignite a
passionate romance and fuel Jane's dream of doing
the unthinkable—marrying for love. (2008) PG. 120 min.
• Order # V4403
27 DRESSES
w/Katherine Heigl.
Jane is a romantic, completely selfless woman who's
been a happy helpful bridesmaid no less than 27
times. But her own fairy-tale wedding seems to be
nowhere in sight, until younger sister Tess captures
the heart of Jane's boss—with whom she's secretly
in love. (2008) PG-13. 111 min.
• Order # V4393
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
w/Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana.
Two sisters, Anne and Mary, are driven by their
ambitious family to seduce the King of England in
order to advance their position in court. What starts
as an opportunity for the girls to increase the family
fortune becomes a deadly rivalry to capture the heart
of a king and stay alive. (2008) PG-13. 115 min.
• Order # V4404
THE EYE
w/Jessica Alba.
A blind concert musician undergoes a corneal transplant.
The catch is that while the operation restores her
sight, it also allows her to glimpse the spirits of the
dead that pass among the living, as well as the
underworld figures that bring them to the beyond.
(2008) PG-13. 97 min.
• Order # V4400
CLOVERFIELD
w/Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller,
Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel.
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
w/ Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner,
Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais.
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a goingaway party the night that a monster the size of a
skyscraper descends upon the city. (2008) PG-13.
84 min.
• Order # V4392
JUNO
w/Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner,
Jason Bateman.
Juno MacGuff is a cool, confident teenager who takes
a nine-month detour into adulthood when she's faced
with an unplanned pregnancy, and sets out to find the
perfect parents for her baby. (2007) PG-13. 96 min.
• Order # V4391
NATIONAL TREASURE 2:
BOOK OF SECRETS
w/Nicolas Cage.
Experience the triumphant tale of renowned editor
Jean-Dominique Bauby, a man whose love of life
and soaring vision shaped his will to achieve a life
without boundaries. (2008) PG-13. 112 min.
• Order # V4396
THE GREAT DEBATERS
w/Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker.
Inspired by a true story, Washington shines as a
brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who
uses the power of words to transform a group of
underdog African American college students into an
historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
(2007) PG-13. 124 min.
• Order # V4397
Join Nicolas Cage in a heart-pounding adventure
that will have you on the edge of your seat in a race
to find the Lost City of Gold. (2008) PG-13. 97 min.
• Order # V4399
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BE KIND REWIND
w/Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover.
Video: DVD
Audio/Video Catalog
Video: DVD
Fiction
MEET THE SPARTANS
w/Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian,
Kevin Sorbo.
The heroic Leonidas, armed with nothing but leather
underwear and a cape, leads a ragtag group of 13
warriors to defend their homeland against the
invading Persians, whose ranks include Ghost Rider,
Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton.
(2007) PG-13. 84 min.
• Order # V4401
JUMPER
w/ Hayden Christensen, Diane Lane, Jamie Bell,
Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse James.
David Rice was born with the uncanny ability to
teleport instantly to any place on Earth. When he
discovers others like himself, David is thrust into the
midst of an ancient war while being hunted by a
bloodthirsty band of zealots sworn to destroy all
Jumpers. (2007) PG-13. 88 min.
• Order # V4406
SUPERHERO MOVIE
w/Drake Bell, Sara Paxton, Christopher
McDonald, Pamela Anderson, Leslie Nielsen.
Spiker-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four will
never be the same after this outrageously funny
spoof of your favorite comic book movies! (2008)
Not Rated. 75 min.
• Order # V4429
MEET THE BROWNS
w/Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Jenifer Lewis,
David Mann, Tyler Perry.
When Brenda learns of the death of her father
whom she never knew, she takes her three children
to Georgia to attend the funeral and meet the
Browns, her dad's family. Now, the people she never
met before in her life are about to become the family
she won't be able to live without. (2008) PG-13. 101 min.
• Order # V4426
DRILLBIT TAYLOR
w/Owen Wilson.
THE BUCKET LIST
w/Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman.
Drillbit Taylor is a soldier of fortune and self-professed
martial art expert. Three nerdy high school kids,
desperate for a way to exact revenge on their nemeses,
end up hiring Drillbit's budget bodyguard services and
they get what they pay for. (2008) PG-13. 101 min.
• Order # V4425
You only live once, so why not go out in style? That's
what two cancer-ward roommates, an irascible
billionaire and a scholarly mechanic decide when
they get the bad news. They compose a bucket list—
things to do before you kick the bucket— and head off
for the adventure of their lives. (2008) PG-13. 97 min.
• Order # V4405
DEFINITELY, MAYBE
w/Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin.
When Will decides to tell his daughter the story of
how he met her mother, he discovers that a second
look at the past might also give him a second chance
at the future. (2008) PG-13. 102 min.
• Order # V4420
P.S. I LOVE YOU
w/Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Lisa Kudrow,
Harry Connick, Jr.
Sometimes all you need to start really living is a little
shove in the right direction—and that's just what
Holly Kennedy gets. From the handsome, big-hearted
love of her life. From a series of mysterious letters.
And from gal pals who know that a friend in need
is a friend in need of some laughs! (2008) PG-13. 127 min.
• Order # V4398
THE LOST EMPIRE
w/Thomas Gibson, Bai Ling, Russell Wong.
In an ancient manuscript written hundreds of years
ago lie the answers to all of history's questions.
Now, a scholar has come to seek the truth and save
the world. (2001) Not Rated. 170 min.
• Order # V4430
VANTAGE POINT
w/Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker,
Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt.
During a historic counter-terrorism summit in
Spain, the President of the United States is struck
down by an assassin's bullet. Eight strangers have a
perfect view of the kill, but what did they really see?
(2008) PG-13. 90 min.
• Order # V4427
WELCOME HOME ROSCOE JENKINS
w/Martin Lawrence, Cedric the Entertainer,
Mo'Nique, Mike Epps.
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his
hometown in the South, his family is there to
remind him that going home is no vacation! (2008)
PG-13. 60 min.
• Order # V4413
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Fiction
Writer and director Marjane Satrapi draws a
poignant story about a young girl in Iran during
the Islamic Revolution, when people's hopes were
dashed as fundamentalists took power. Animated.
(2007) PG-13. 95 min.
• Order # V4418
WITLESS PROTECTION
w/Larry the Cable Guy, Jenny McCarthy.
A small town sheriff unwittingly gets involved in a
high profile FBI case. Larry single-handedly "rescues"
a sophisticated woman from the men who are actually
protecting her. The hilariously mismatched duo
must grapple with angry FBI agents, quack doctors
and Chicago high society. (2008) PG-13. 97 min.
• Order # V4412
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w/Jim Sturgess Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburn,
Kevin Spacey.
Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell
finds himself quietly recruited by MIT's most gifted
students in a daring plot to break Vegas. (2008)
PG-13. 123 min.
• Order # V4480
NEVER BACK DOWN
w/Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Cam Gigandet.
Jake is the new kid in school. When a beautiful girl
befriends him, Jake thinks he's set. But instead, her
fight-club boyfriend, Ryan smacks Jake a bloody,
black-eyed welcome. Humiliated, Jake then turns to
a mixed martial arts master who teaches him how to
fight...and how to walk away. (2008) PG-13. 113 min.
• Order # V4481
10,000 BC
w/Steven Strait, Camilla Belle.
STRICTLY BALLROOM
w/Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter,
Pat Thomson.
The tale of the first hero, who sets out on a bold trek
to rescue his kidnapped beloved and to fulfill his
prophetic destiny. Battling a saber-toothed tiger and
prehistoric predators, he'll cross uncharted realms,
form an army and discover an advanced lost civilization.
(2008) PG-13. 109 min.
• Order # V4417
The magical story of a championship ballroom
dancer who's breaking all the rules, and his ugly
duckling dancing partner. Together they make
their dreams come true! (2008) PG. 94 min.
• Order # V4486
SHORT CIRCUIT
w/Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg.
MAD MONEY
w/Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah Katie Holmes.
Short Circuit is a high-tech comedy adventure about
Number Five, a robot who escapes into the real
world after he short-circuits in an electrical storm
and decides that he's human. (2004) PG-13. 99 min.
• Order # V4487
Deep inside the most secure bank in America, three
desperate women from very different worlds cook up
the most unlikely heist of the century: Smuggle out
millions of dollars in worn-out currency headed for a
Federal Reserve shredder every day. (2008) PG-13.
103 min.
• Order # V4419
STEP UP 2 THE STREETS
w/Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Will Kemp,
Cassie Ventura.
When rebellious street dancer Andie teams up with a
hot modern dancer, Chase, to compete in the biggest,
toughest street dance-off ever, "The Streets," sparks
fly both on and off the underground dance stage.
(2008) PG-13. 98 min.
• Order # V4443
SHUTTER
w/Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor.
A picture-perfect honeymoon develops into a
snapshot of terror n this bone-chilling shocker from
the executive producers of The Grudge and The Ring!
(2008) PG-13. 85 min.
• Order # V4441
EXODUS
w/Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint.
Ari Ben Canaan, a commander of the Israeli
underground, manages to lead 600 Jews from the
detention camps of Cyprus onto a large freighter
bound for Palestine. But British forces soon learn
of his plan and insist that he turn back. (1960)
Not Rated. 208 min.
• Order # V4488
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
w/Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas,
Peter Lorre.
Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre star
as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the
mysterious Captain Nemo. Nemo has launched
a deadly crusade across the seven seas. But can the
captive crew expose his evil plan before he destroys
the world? A Walt Disney Video. G. 127 min.
• Order # V4494
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PERSEPOLIS
Video: DVD
Audio/Video Catalog
Video: DVD
Non-Fiction
BATTLEFIELD DIARIES
From World War II to the Iraq War, rank-and-file
soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen relay how it
was to be part of these often famous battles, sharing
their diaries, letters, photos and home movies in
10 unforgettable episodes that reveal a side of war
not found in the history books. (2008) Not Rated.
450 min.
• Order # V4431
Join host David Macaulay as he explores the giant
castles built by King Edward I during England's
legendary campaign to bring Wales into the British
empire. (1983) Not Rated. 60 min.
• Order # V4472
THE BEST OF AMERICA'S TEST
KITCHEN: BEST ENTERTAINING RECIPES
BUILDING GREEN
w/Kevin Contreras.
Host Kevin Contreras leads an interactive exploration
of green building techniques and alternatives, from
the eye-popping extreme to the green mainstream,
all while demonstrating that healthy choices don't
mean sacrificing style or comfort. Not Rated.
325 min.
• Order # V4473
SHINE A LIGHT
w/The Rolling Stones.
This landmark musical event capture all the fire, soul
and raw power of the World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll
Band through the eyes and artistry of Oscar-winning
director Martin Scorsese. With classic band clips,
exclusive behind-the-scenes moments and blistering
concert footage, this film is destined to be one of the
greatest musical experiences of all time! (2008) PG-13. 121 min.
• Order # V4479
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CASTLE
hosted by David Macaulay.
1-800-426-READ
The America's Test Kitchen team has carefully
selected eleven tried-and-true recipes that belong
in every home cook's entertaining repertoire.
(2003-06) Not Rated. 127 min.
• Order # V4466
THE BEST OF AMERICA'S TEST
KITCHEN: BEST WEEKNIGHT RECIPES
The America's Test Kitchen team has carefully
selected eleven tried-and-true recipes that belong in
every home cook's weeknight repertoire. (2003-06)
Not Rated. 110 min.
• Order # V4465
THE BEST OF AMERICA'S TEST
KITCHEN: BEST BAKING RECIPES
The America's Test Kitchen team has carefully
selected nine tried-and-true recipes that belong in
every home cook's baking repertoire. (2003-06)
Not Rated. 115 min.
• Order # V4464