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North Central Regional Library WELCOME! This is a new edition of the North Central Regional Library Mail Order Catalog... a library in your mailbox! To place an order, follow these easy instructions: THE 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. • Order # J3884 Library Card No. 2 9030 00027970 7* Date Sept. Molly Millions Mailing Address 310 Paton Street City Cashmere Zip 98815 1, 2008 Name Tel. 782-0000 Please send the following: (list by catalog number only) No. J3884 No. Please: No. No. No. No. No. No. Back Order Do Not Back Order any of the above that cannot be sent the day this order is filled. 1Select the items that you wish to order. 2List the catalog number for each selection on one If you are interested in something that is not listed in this catalog, just write it on your order card and we will try to get it for you. Orders for information on a specific subject are also welcomed. 3 Mail the card, phone us with your selections at The items you order will be mailed in a bag that can be used to return them. Simply turn over the address label and mail. No postage is necessary. of the enclosed order cards. 1-800-426-READ (or locally in the Wenatchee Valley at 663-1117), or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Phone Services are available Monday-Friday, 8-4. 4 You may also place your order on-line from our web site, www.ncrl.org. Search by author, title, or on the Advanced Search page, by catalog number. Click on Request Title, select Mail Order Library as your pickup location, and confirm your selection by clicking once more on Request. When you are finished with this catalog, please recycle or pass it along to a friend. Books are loaned for a period of approximately one month, audio and video recordings for shorter periods. A receipt taped to each item will give the date that it is to be returned. If you wish to have the due date extended, please call us. (Videos are not renewable.) * All NCRL patrons now need library cards. If you do not already have a library card, you may apply online at www.ncrl.org, at any North Central Regional Library branch or Mail Order can issue your card, call 663-1117 or email us at [email protected]. 1 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 Order # J3784 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. 2 1-800-426-READ 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 Order # J3725 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 Order # J3810 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. www.ncrl.org 3 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 4 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 5 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 6 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 7 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 8 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 9 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 10 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 11 Books: Fiction 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 12 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 13 Books: Fiction 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 14 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 15 Books: Fiction 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 16 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 17 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 18 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 19 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 20 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 21 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 22 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 23 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 24 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 25 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 26 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 www.ncrl.org 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 27 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 28 GREEN HOUSEKEEPING by Ellen Sandbeck. 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 29 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 30 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 31 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 32 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 www.ncrl.org LA OTRA w/Juan Soler, Yadhira Carrillo. (2008) TV-PG. 665 min. • Order # V4451 33 Audio/Video Catalog 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. # T0062 T0061 T0060 T0059 T0058 TITLE FRENCH (Pimsleur) GERMAN (Pimsleur) ITALIAN (Pimsleur) JAPANESE (Pimsleur) SPANISH (Pimsleur) SPANISH CASSETTES T0011 T0012 T0036 T0018 T0019 T0024 T0028 T0010 T0044 T0043 T0046 T0009 T0013 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 T0041 T0015 T0033 T0017 T0002 T0038 T0016 T0001 T0003 T0035 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. T0039 T0040 T0049 T0047 T0048 T0050 T0023 T0064 T0022 T0065 T0027 T0021 T0020 T0051 T0025 T0029 T0063 T0056 T0054 T0052 T0053 T0055 T0030 T0031 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 DVD T0066 34 INGLÉS EN 100 DÍAS 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Kids • Those eligible for this service are children and adults who are residents of Washington state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually impaired (cannot easily read conventional size print), physically disabled (cannot comfortably hold books or turn pages), or learning disabled due to organic dysfunction. • All equipment and services, including the mailing of materials, are free to eligible users. The Federal Government’s Library of Congress supplies materials and equipment. Basic operating costs are provided by the State of Washington. • Applications are available at your local public library or by calling toll free 1-800-426-7323 or online at www.wtbbl.org. 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 www.ncrl.org 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 Audio/Video Catalog 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 www.ncrl.org 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 37 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 38 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 39 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 40 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 www.ncrl.org 41 Audio/Video Catalog 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 42 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 www.ncrl.org 43 Audio/Video Catalog 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 44 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 45 Audio/Video Catalog 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 46 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 www.ncrl.org 47 Audio/Video Catalog 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 48 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 www.ncrl.org 49 Audio/Video Catalog 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 50 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 51 Audio/Video Catalog 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 Audio: CD 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 52 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 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD 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 www.ncrl.org 53 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 54 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 55 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 56 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 57 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 58 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 1-800-426-READ 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 www.ncrl.org 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 59 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 60 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 www.ncrl.org 61 Audio/Video Catalog 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 62 1-800-426-READ 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 21 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 www.ncrl.org 63 Audio/Video Catalog 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 64 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