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Books - North Central Regional Library
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: MODEL CRIME by Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew's good friend, Sydney, is getting married to her fiance, Vic! But as Sydney prepares for her wedding, mysterious things start happening to her and Vic. Vic is almost poisoned, and Sidney's bridal shower is sabotaged—and there are too many suspects to count. But why would anyone want to ruin Sydney's special day? • Order # J4229 Library Card No. 2 9030 00027970 7* Date Molly Millions Mailing Address 310 Paton Street City Cashmere Zip 98815 Sept. 1, 2010 Name Tel. 782-0000 Please send the following: (list by catalog number only) No. J4229 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]. 3 Books: Storytime BOARD BOOKS! Order # J4312 Order # J4247 Order # J4243 Order # J4389 Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton. Busy Barnyard by John Schindel. Busy Kitties by John Schindel. Animals Go by Emily Bolam. Order # J4182 Order # J4181 Los Cinco Crayones by Berlitz Kids. (book and CD set) Una visita a la abuelita by Berlitz Kids. (book and CD set) Order # J4257 Order # J4346 Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel. (book and CD set) Clarice Bean, What's Coming Guess Who's Babysitting? for Christmas? by Lauren Child. by Kate Banks. 4 Order # J4258 Order # J4256 Dear Bunny by Michaela Morgan. (book and CD set) Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller. (book and CD set) Order # J4351 1-800-426-READ Order # J4348 The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore. Books: Storytime Order # J3992 Order # J4269 Order # J4263 Order # J4338 Soccer Song by Patricia Reilly Giff. Houndsley and Catina and the Quiet Time by James Howe. Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House by Erica Silverman. Order # J4220 Order # J3958 Order # J4270 Order # J3976 Marley's Big Adventure by John Grogan. Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover by Cynthia Rylant. Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise by James Howe. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Order # J4314 Order # J4315 Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Steve Jenkins. Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells. Order # J4344 What's Your Sound Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems. www.ncrl.org Order # J4180 The Adventures of Super Princess Madam Zorony by Erik Brooks. 5 Books: Children PRAIRIE WINTER by Bonnie Geisert. For a twelve-year-old living on a remote prairie farm with no phone, school means connection. And that connection is about to be severed. The most dangerous winter that Rachel Johnson has ever known is about to descend on Cresbard. • Order # J4287 THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo. Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. HORRID HENRY'S UNDERPANTS by Francesca Simon. Horrid Henry's great-aunt Greta thinks Henry is a girl. She even bought him a pair of bright pink "big girl" underpants for his birthday. One morning at school, he discovers that he made a terrible mistake: He's wearing those frilly underpants! • Order # J4251 HARRIET THE HAMSTER FAIRY by Daisy Meadows. Harriet the Hamster Fairy's hamster, Twinkle, is in trouble. If Jack Frost's goblins capture her, can Harriet scurry to the rescue? • Order # J4249 THE TIGER RISING by Kate DiCamillo. Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger. • Order # J4272 NANCY DREW: MODEL SUSPECT by Carolyn Keene. Strange things kept happening on the happiest day of Sydney and Vic's lives—and now trouble has followed them on their honeymoon! Some things just don't add up, and Nancy Drew needs to get to the bottom of it before Sydney—or Vic—is seriously hurt. • Order # J4217 THE UNDERNEATH by Kathi Appelt. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. • Order # J4188 COPPER by Kazu Kibuishi. Copper is curious, and Fred is fearful. And together boy and dog are off on a series of adventures powered by Copper's limitless imagination. • Order # J4292 DEAD GUY SPY by David Lubar. When fifth-grader Nathan Abercrombie, a halfdead zombie whose body cannot heal itself, is approached by messengers from the Bureau of Useful Misadventures (B.U.M.) and offered the chance for a cure if he will become a spy, he does not realize that B.U.M. is not exactly trustworthy. • Order # J4293 A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT by Linda Urban. As soon as Zoe Elias gets a glossy baby grand piano, she'll be on her way to Carnegie Hall. Trouble is, what Zoe gets is a wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheeze-bag organ. Yet when she enters the annual Perform-O-Rama organ competition, Zoe finds that life is full of surprises. • Order # J4163 REPOSSESSED by A. M. Jenkins. The devilishly funny tale of a demon learning more than he ever expected to about humans, sin, and himself. • Order # J4250 6 • Order # J4306 ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS by Scott O'Dell. Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as San Nicolas Island. Once, Indians also lived on the island—until one day they decided to leave and sailed to the east. A young girl named Karana was left behind. After several years she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone on the island for the rest of her life. • Order # J4323 1-800-426-READ Books: Children THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PERILOUS JOURNEY by Trenton Lee Stewart. Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance, all graduates of the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and members of the Benedict Society, embark on a scavenger hunt that turns into a desperate search for the missing Mr. Benedict. • Order # J4245 FANTASTIC MR. FOX by Roald Dahl. Every time Mr. Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're he nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But Mr. Fox has a fantastic plan of his own. • Order # J4266 THE MINPINS by Roald Dahl. When Billy strays into the forest, he meets the Minpins—tiny people who live within the hollow trees. The Minpins tell Billy about the Red-Hot-Smoke-Belching Gruncher, who preys on them. Billy embarks on a mission to rid the Minpins of their foe once and for all. • Order # J4222 JIM & ME by Dan Gutman. Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants. • Order # J4298 NANCY DREW: MODEL MENACE by Carolyn Keene. Nancy Drew thought she had cracked the case when she found out who was trying to sabotage Sydney's wedding out of jealousy. But even after she uncovered the villain, things did not go as smoothly as she had hoped. Could Sydney be sabotaging her own wedding due to cold feet? • Order # J4255 THE WYRM KING (Beyond the Spiderwick, Book 3) by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black. Nick and Laurie had thought they solved their giant problems when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come back to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way! • Order # J4254 SOMETHING BIG HAS BEEN HERE by Jack Prelutsky. Starring an indestructible meat loaf, four ferocious tigers, five flying hot dogs, and a gaggle of other zany characters, this collection of one hundred poems is definitely something big! • Order # J4296 QUESTE (Septimus Heap, Book 4) by Angie Sage. Nicko and Snorri are trapped in Time, and Septimus Heap goes on a quest to find the House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets. • Order # J4246 THE WILLOUGHBYS by Lois Lowry. The four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous around-the-world adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny. • Order # J4337 EVER by Gail Carson Levine. Teenaged Kezi is to be sacrificed to the Hyte god because of a rash promise made by her father, but young Olus, Akkan god of the winds, falls in love with her and together they try to change her fate through a series of quests. • Order # J4336 STOLEN CHILDREN by Peg Kehret. Fourteen-year-old Amy's excitement over her first babysitting job ends when she and her three-year-old charge are kidnapped. But a daily videorecording sent to little Kendra's parents allows Amy to send clues, in hopes of being rescued. • Order # J4326 HATE THAT CAT by Sharon Creech. The honest, observant, and expressive Jack is sure about two things: he hates poetry and cats. His journey begins in Miss Stretchberry's classroom where he faces the challenge of expressing himself through poetry. • Order # J4303 www.ncrl.org 7 Books: Teens JUST SO STORIES by Rudyard Kipling. Drawn from the wondrous tales told to Kipling as a child by his Indian nurses, Just So Stories creates the magical enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. • Order # J4331 FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen. With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of the floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. • Order # J4345 PALACE OF MIRRORS by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Fourteen-year-old Cecilia has always known she is the true princess of Suala, but when she and her best friend, Harper, decide to speed up her ascendancy to the throne, they find danger and many imposters who challenge her claim. • Order # J4325 HOW TO RUIN A SUMMER VACATION by Simone Elkeles. Going to Israel to meet a family she's never known with her estranged Israeli father is the last thing Amy wants to do this summer. At the very least, she'll be stuck in a house with no AC and only one bathroom for seven people all summer. Goodbye pride—hello Israel. EXTRAS (Uglies, Book 4) by Scott Westerfeld. Welcome to the world of Aya Fuse, a fifteenyear-old Ugly whose popularity ranking is rock bottom. In her city being noticed and popular is all important. When Aya stumbles upon a big secret, she knows she is on the cusp of celebrity. Unfortunately Aya is about to learn that fame has its dark side. • Order # J4304 JUST LISTEN by Sarah Dessen. Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life. • Order # J4332 SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS (Maximum Ride Series 3) by James Patterson. Max and the flock are clearly destined for greatness. Undaunted. Indomitable. Inseparable. But now our six winged heroes are being hunted around the world by a new kind of enemy that is both spectacularly frightening and horrifically perfect. • Order # J4330 BOG CHILD by Siobhan Dowd. In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles, " eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog. • Order # J4329 BAD KITTY by Michele Jaffe. Jasmine Callihan, her father, and stepmother are vacationing in Las Vegas at the posh Venetian Hotel. All the 17-year-old really wants to do is sunbathe by the pool, write in her journal, and attempt to be a Model Hallmark Card daughter, all the while avoiding her perfect cousin Alyson and her Evil Hench Twin, Veronique. Her plans go awry, however, when a small boy and his cat make Jas a central character in a murder investigation. • Order # J4349 • Order # F5669 CROWS & CARDS by Joseph Helgerson. In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casting his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path. • Order # J4353 8 1-800-426-READ Books: Teens TERRIER (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 1) by Tamora Pierce. When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs," as the Provost's Guards are called, she used her police training, natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City. STARCLIMBER by Kenneth Oppel. As members of the first crew of astralnauts, Matt Cruse and Kate de Vries journey into outer space on the Starclimber and face a series of catastrophes that threaten the survival of all on board. • Order # J4367 • Order # J4363 THE HUNGER GAMES by Susanne Collins. The Hunger Games is a gripping story set in a postapocalyptic world where a replacement for the United States demands a tribute from each of its territories: two children to be used as gladiators in a televised fight to the death. BLOODHOUND (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 2) by Tamora Pierce. Having been promoted from "Puppy" to "Dog," Beka, now a full-fledged member of the Provost's Guard, and her former partner head to a neighboring port city to investigate a case of counterfeit coins. • Order # J4392 FIREGIRL by Tony Abbott. A middle school boy's life is changed when Jessica, a girl disfigured by burns, starts attending his Catholic school while receiving treatment at a local hospital. • Order # J4354 CHANGE-UP by John Feinstein. While covering baseball's World Series between the Washington Nationals and the Boston Red Sox, teenage sports reporters Stevie and Susan Carol investigate a rookie pitcher whose evasive answers during an interview reveal more than a few contradictions in his life story. • Order # J4328 V IS FOR VAMPIRE by Adele Griffin. Lexie Livingstone, a vampire-human hybrid living in New York City and trying to gain mortality, faces typical ninth-grade dramas like boys and school politics, as well as not-so-typical obstacles like obnoxious pixie houseguests. • Order # J4365 ALLIGATOR BAYOU by Donna Jo Napoli. Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Tallulah, Louisiana in 1809, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti-immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn. • Order # J4396 THE GIRL WHO COULD FLY by Victoria Forester. Piper McCloud isn't your normal girl, she can fly. To hide her talent she is sent to a top secret school for children with extraordinary abilities. Piper likes her new life at school, but soon, she realizes that the school she was sent to for her own protection might be the most dangerous place she's ever been. • Order # J4361 SEEKERS #3: SMOKE MOUNTAIN by Erin Hunter. United at last, polar bears Kallik and Taqqiq, black bear Lusa, grizzly bear Toklo, and Ujurak, the mysterious shape-shifting bear, learn of a place they think must be the destination of their quest: the Last Great Wilderness. But getting there means crossing the treacherous burning Smoke Mountains. • Order # J4390 • Order # J4357 SAMMY KEYES AND THE COLD HARD CASH by Wendelin Van Draanen. Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash. • Order # J4368 www.ncrl.org 9 Books: Fiction SHADOW OF POWER by Steve Martini. Steve Martini returns, ensnaring defense attorney Paul Madriani in a web of terror and death being spun in the shadows of America's most sacred and secretive institution—the Supreme Court. DIVINE JUSTICE by David Baldacci. Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But his freedom comes at a steep price. • Order # F4926 • Order # F5343 THE SHOOTERS by W.E.B. Griffin. Presidential Agent Charley Castillo finds himself in the midst of a different war, with different enemies—but familiar dangers. WINTER PREY by John Sandford. It's the dead of winter, and a killer like no other Lucas Davenport has ever tracked is turning a small Wisconsin town into a death trap. A trap that is closing in on Davenport. • Order # F4672 • Order # F5539 THE MURDERERS' CLUB by P. D. Martin. FBI profiler Sophie Anderson hates her uncontrollable ability to experience the minds of killers. But these sickening flashes of murder yield invaluable clues, and so Sophie watches. WICKED GAME by Lisa Jackson. Twenty years ago, wild child Jessie Brentwood vanished from St. Elizabeth's high school. Most in Jessie's tight circle of friends believed she simply ran away. Few suspected that Jessie was hiding a shocking secret—one that brought her into the crosshairs of a vicious killer. • Order # F4564 WHEN SHE WAS BAD by Jonathan Nasaw. Breathtaking and suspenseful, yet leavened with a perverse and quirky humor, When She Was Bad examines the terrifying relationship between two hot young lovers who also happen to be cold-blooded killers. • Order # F4563 THE FURY by Jason Pinter. A homeless man confronts newspaper reporter Henry Parker and then runs away. Later, the police inform him that the vagrant has been murdered and that evidence points to his being Parker's brother. • Order # F4818 RED RIVER by P. G. Nagle. A Creole belle, mistress of a thousand slaves in the heart of Louisiana. A Texan Confederate, grieving for lost friends and family as he battles the Yankee army. A Union carpenter in the Navy who dreams of piloting a Federal gunboat. Their lives entwine at Belle View Plantation, where the Red River flows into the Mississippi and the Civil War becomes a maelstrom. • Order # F5475 • Order # F5510 THE BRASS VERDICT by Michael Connelly. Defense attorney Mickey Haller's former colleague has been slain and Haller inherits his biggest case yet: defending a Hollywood producer accused of multiple murders. With a key part of the defense strategy missing, Haler scrambles to prepare for trial—and gets more pressure when he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next. • Order # F5351 10 IN THE DARK by Mark Billingham. In The Dark is a gripping journey into the modern urban darkness where violence is both indiscriminate and meticulously planned, and youth gangs take on established criminals for rule of the streets. • Order # F5470 CITY OF BONES by Michael Connelly. On New Year's Day, a dog finds a bone in the Hollywood Hills—and unearths a murder committed more than twenty years earlier. • Order # F4968 1-800-426-READ Books: Fiction DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: PRODIGAL SON (Book 1) by Dean Koontz. From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. • Order # F5356 THE 6TH TARGET by James Patterson. When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt. DEADLY GIFT by Heather Graham. When millionaire Sean O'Riley's business partner goes missing, family friend Zach Flynn arrives. The mystery weaves together the sins of the past with one family's destiny… and a spirit that watches the mansion, possessing a deadly gift. • Order # F4539 24 DECLASSIFIED: HEAD SHOT by David Jacobs. Jack Bauer is plunged into a maelstrom of treachery, terror, and slaughter as he uncovers clues to a devastating conspiracy that could leave America's most essential institutions in ruins. • Order # F4531 • Order # F5006 DEADLY HARVEST by Heather Graham. When a young woman is found dead in a field, dressed up as a scarecrow with a slashed grin and a broken neck, the residents of Salem, Massachusetts, begin to fear that the infamous Harvest Man is more than just a rumor. MAKING MONEY by Terry Pratchett. Reprieved confidence trickster Moist von Lipwig, who reorganized the Ankh-Morpork Post Office in 2004's Going Postal, turns his attention to the Royal Mint in this splendid Discworld adventure. • Order # F4480 • Order # F4394 SWEET REVENGE by Diane Mott Davison. Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that on the menu is a large helping of murder. A SUN FOR THE DYING by Jean-Claude Izzo. A year before his untimely death, Jean-Claude Izzo penned his masterpiece: this dramatic story of a man's search for human intimacy. • Order # F4357 • Order # F4312 BORN OF NIGHT by Sherrilyn Kenyon. In the Ichidian Universe, the League rules all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption. • Order # F5508 foul play. FOUL PLAY by Janet Evanovich. When Amy Klasse loses her TV job to a dancing chicken, handsome veterinarian Jake Elliott rescues her with an offer to be his receptionist. Jake just can't resist a damsel in distress, and Amy certainly doesn't mind Jake's charming sincerity. Then suddenly the job-stealing chicken disappears and Amy is suspected of FINAL BREATH by Kevin O'Brien. At first, the deaths seem random. A young Portland couple brutally murdered in a game gone awry, a Chicago woman who plummeted to her death from an office building. But the macabre souvenirs television reporter Sydney Jordan receives hint at a connection that is both personal and terrifying. • Order # F4681 PATHS OF GLORY by Jeffrey Archer. A novel about one man's extraordinary quest to climb Mt. Everest, from the one writer who could bring such a towering epic tale vividly to life. • Order # F5594 • Order # F4519 www.ncrl.org 11 Books: Fiction ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT by Suzanne Brockmann. What a scenario! Take a Christmas wedding between an actor in alcohol recovery who is under a lot of public scrutiny and his FBI agent lover. Stir in a stalker, a nosy reporter, and various calamities, and you get a romantic and suspenseful comedy of errors. • Order # F4583 DEAN KOONTZ'S FRANKENSTEIN: DEAD AND ALIVE (Book 3) by Dean Koontz. Leaving his co-authors behind, Koontz makes the most of previous developments, which set the stage for an epic showdown in storm-soaked New Orleans between Victor Helios and the high-tech, artificial beings he created to destroy the human race. • Order # F5355 DEADLINE by Ed Arre. The tragic death of his wife drives reporter Michael Carsagian over the edge. Seeking anonymity and a respite from his grief he accepts a job on a low-key newspaper on the tranquil Caribbean island of St. Gregory. Slowly he continues his slide into an oblivion of alcohol and despair. But two seemingly unconnected deaths provide a final chance of redemption. • Order # F4971 THE LITTLE LADY AGENCY IN THE BIG APPLE by Hester Browne. Melissa Romney-Jones transformed herself from doormat to diva as Honey, London's premier freelance girlfriend. Now, Melissa takes Manhattan, and its clueless bachelors, by storm! • Order # F4547 BLACK OUT by Lisa Unger. Not so many years ago, Annie was entangled in a scenario that was anything but serene. Her emotionally twisted relationship with serial killer Marlowe Geary had turned her from a moody teen into a criminal accomplice with a hardened heart. Only by faking her death and taking on a new identity was Annie able to jettison her past—or so she thought. • Order # F4991 12 accelerates. PHANTOM PREY by John Sandford. When recently widowed Alyssa Austin returns to her Twin Cities home, the security system is off and bloodstains dot the walls. The blood turns out to be that of her twenty-something daughter, Frances, but the case goes nowhere— and no body is found. Then the nightmare • Order # F4988 THE QUICKIE by James Patterson. When she sees her husband with another woman, Lauren Stillwell's heart nearly stops beating. Her marriage was perfect, she has a great job, she loves her life. But his betrayal turns her into someone she never imagined she could be—a woman lusting for revenge. • Order # F3960 heart for years. FOURTH COMINGS by Megan McCafferty. When Marcus proposes—giving her only one week to answer—Jessica Darling must decide if she's ready to give up a world of late-night literary soirees, art openings, and downtown drunken karaoke to move back to New Jersey to be with the one man who's gripped her • Order # F4363 shattered. BREACH OF TRUST by DiAnn Mills. Forced to disappear to protect the lives of her loved ones, CIA operative Paige Rogers has spent the last several years building a quiet life as a small-town librarian. But the day a stranger comes to town and starts asking questions, Paige knows her careful existence has been • Order # F4831 to investigate. THE WOLFMAN by Jonathan Maberry. When his brother's fiancee begs him to help find her missing love, Lawrence Talbot returns home to Blackmoor to join the search. Something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector has come • Order # F5655 1-800-426-READ Books: Fiction THE STEEL WAVE by Jeff Shaara. This is the second volume of Shaara’s planned trilogy of novels dealing with America’s role in World War II in Europe. Here Shaara’s topic is D-Day, the Allied effort to begin the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe by amphibious landings on the coast of Normandy. • Order # F5016 DARK SUMMER by Iris Johansen. Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab, Devon has no idea that she's about to be plunged into a whirlwind of terror and destruction. • Order # F5000 CARELESS IN RED by Elizabeth George. Devastated by the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall. While hiking, Lynley discovers the body of a young man who has fallen to his death. First a witness, then a suspect, Lynley must find a way to let go of the past long enough to solve a most devious and dreadful crime. TWENTY WISHES by Debbie Macomber. On Valentine’s Day, Anne Marie and several other widows get together to celebrate…what? Hope, possibility, the future. They each begin a list of twenty wishes, things they always wanted to do but never did. What they learn is that wishes can come true...but not necessarily in the way you expect. • Order # F4936 THE FINAL WARNING by James Patterson. Safe havens for the six highly-sought-after winged kids have become increasingly hard to find, so the flock takes refuge in Antarctica with a team of environmentalists studying the effects of global warming. In this remote wilderness—whether pursued by corrupt governments, bioengineered bad-guys, or the harsh forces of nature—survival of the fittest takes a new twist! • Order # F4735 THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 by John Godey. Four men seize a New York City subway train and hold its passengers hostage. The identities of the hijackers are unknown. Their demands seem impossible. Their escape would seem inconceivable. Only one thing is certain: they aren't stopping for anything. • Order # F4993 CHARLEY'S WEB by Joy Fielding. New York Times bestselling author Joy Fielding entangles an ambitious South Florida journalist in a heart-pounding race to save her children and herself from a killer's deadly designs. • Order # F4915 SHOPAHOLIC & BABY by Sophie Kinsella. Becky Brandon's life is blooming! She's househunting with husband Luke and she's pregnant! But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be Luke's glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky's perfect world starts to crumble. • Order # F4974 EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE by Phillip Margolin. Private detective Dana Cutler receives a seemingly routine assignment to follow a young girl working on a challenger’s campaign against the incumbent U.S. president. To Cutler’s shock, she witnesses a rendezvous between the young woman and the president. The next morning the woman’s mutilated body is discovered, and Cutler is suddenly a suspect. • Order # F4986 • Order # F5002 PLUM LUCKY by Janet Evanovich. 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. LADY KILLER by Lisa Scottoline. Businesswoman Mary DiNunzio finds herself unwillingly engaged in a domestic violence case, tinged with Mafia connections, that revolves around her old high school rivals, the "mean girls," and her first love. • Order # F4737 • Order # F4734 www.ncrl.org 13 Books: Fiction THE DEAD MAN by Joel Goldman. Milo Harper wants former FBI agent Jack Davis' help. People in Harper's study of the human brain are starting to die—and dying exactly in the very ways they have dreamed. For Jack, the case will shatter illusions, raise ghosts, and take him onto both sides of the law—and into the path of a murderer's terrifying rage. • Order # F4937 UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL by Fern Michaels. New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels creates one extraordinary family who shows us the power of the loves we find, the loves we lose, and the ones we carry with us always. • Order # F4929 SKIN DEEP by Gary Braver. Someone is killing the most alluring women of Boston. Homicide detective Lieutenant Steve Markarian must stop the killer before another woman is sacrificed. The stakes increase when he realizes his own wife has caught the killer's eye. • Order # F4945 CONTACT HARVEST by Joseph Staten. It is the year 2524. Harvest is a peaceful, prosperous farming colony on the very edge of human-controlled space. But we have trespassed on holy ground--strayed into the path of an aggressive alien empire known as the Covenant. What begins as a chance encounter between an alien privateer and a human freighter catapults mankind into a struggle for its very existence. • Order # F4931 DEEP BLACK: ARCTIC GOLD by Stephen Coonts. In the Arctic, two American intelligence operatives are kidnapped while investigating Russian submarines—a constant, covert presence beneath the ice caps. In Washington, ex-Marine Charlie Dean and his team at Desk Three trace the abduction back to the Russian mafiya, who have their sights set on the massive reserves of oil that lie thousands of feet below the ocean’s floor. THE WHOLE TRUTH by David Baldacci. Nicholas Creel, head of the Ares Corporation, a huge defense contractor, hires a perception management firm to start a second cold war by planting fake news stories on the Internet about Russian atrocities. • Order # F4770 NAMELESS NIGHT by G. M. Ford. Run over by a car, "Paul Hardy" later awakens in the hospital with a new face. But the change is not merely cosmetic: he's someone entirely other, and he's sure his name is not Paul Hardy. Clinging to a barely remembered phrase, he sets out on a cross-country hunt to discover his real identity. • Order # F4758 DREAM WARRIOR by Sherrilyn Kenyon. The son of Warcraft and Hate, Cratus spent eternity battling for the ancient gods who birthed him. He was death to any who crossed him. Until the day he laid down his arms and walked into self-imposed exile. Now an ancient enemy has been unleashed and our dreams are his chosen battlefield. The only hope we have is the one god who swears he will never fight again. • Order # F4749 • Order # F4743 • Order # F4745 14 THE DEVIL'S BONES by Jefferson Bass. A burned car sits on a Tennessee hilltop, a woman's lifeless, charred body seated inside. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's job is to discover the truth hidden in the fire-desecrated corpse. Was the woman's death accidental or was she incinerated to cover up her murder? 1-800-426-READ IRISH TIGER by Andrew M. Greeley. Nuala Anne comes to the aid of two loving senior citizens whose unexpected romance has been targeted by an unknown enemy who will stop at nothing to destroy their marriage, their thriving careers, and maybe even their lives. • Order # F4754 Books: Romance A DREAM TO SHARE by Irene Hannon. Mark Campbell had been sent to the tiny Missouri town of Oak Hill with one goal: to convince Abby Warner to sell her family's financially troubled newspaper to his conglomerate. But it turned out there was much more to Oak Hill than jaywalking chickens and one-hundred-year-old residents. There was beautiful, gutsy Abby. And the way he'd come to feel about her was front-page worthy. • Order # F3612 HEALING TIDES by Lois Richer. The moment GloryAnn Cranbrook met her new patient at the children's clinic, she broke a rule by getting attached. But at least she felt something, unlike her handsome boss, Dr. Jared Steele. The man who'd once cared enough to open the clinic now refused to perform the technique he'd become famous for. The technique that could save the boy's life. Why? FAIRY TALE WEDDINGS by Debbie Macomber. Thorndike Prince—handsome, levelheaded, successful—is a high-ranking New York City executive. Cindy Territo is the janitor who cleans his office after hours. There's no reason they'd ever meet, no reason he'd even notice her—until, on a whim and a dare, Cindy crashes his company's Christmas ball. • Order # F5590 THE INDEPENDENCE OF MISS MARY BENNET by Colleen McCullough. Colleen McCullough combines the timeless appeal of Jane Austen's most beloved characters with her own powerful voice and imagination to craft the story of Pride and Prejudice's forgotten sister—Miss Mary Bennet. • Order # F5573 THE LOST by J. D. Robb. While investigating a woman's disappearance on a New York City ferry, Detective Eve Dallas wonders...if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, then where in the world is she? • Order # F3611 Grady's past. ANYTHING FOR HER CHILDREN by Darlene Gardner. The bond Keri Cassidy shares with her adopted kids couldn't be stronger if they were her own flesh and blood. So when coach Grady Quinlan suspends her teenage son from the basketball team, the fiercely protective single mother is fit to be tied. Until she uncovers the scandal in • Order # F5584 ANGEL'S PEAK by Robyn Carr. Four years ago, Air Force sweethearts Franci Duncan and Sean Riordan reached an impasse. She wanted marriage and a family. He didn't. But a chance meeting proves that the bitter breakup hasn't cooled their sizzling chemistry. • Order # F3847 WITH THE MATERIAL WITNESS IN THE SAFEHOUSE by Carla Cassidy. Protecting a beautiful amnesiac in a mysterious small town led an undercover agent to a world of secrets. And that was just the beginning. • Order # F5638 • Order # F3846 HEART'S HAVEN by Lois Richer. Cooking at The Haven, a new outreach mission in Chicago, was temporary for Cassidy Preston— payback for a huge favor. But the shelter was Tyson St. John's life. And it provided him a place to raise his orphaned nephew, a boy sorely in need of a mother figure and Ty's love. But something was holding Ty back from opening that hardened heart of his. Something Cassidy found herself working overtime to uncover. THE MAVERICK by Diana Palmer. Always in the middle of trouble, be it during roundup or at Jacobsville county dances, Harley Fowler emerges unscathed. Until he meets whirlwind, top-notch investigator Alice Jones, who is trying to solve a murder involving the one family Harley doesn't want to talk about—his own. • Order # F5566 • Order # F3659 STREET GAME by Christine Feehan. #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan goes beyond the boundaries of paranormal romance as two lovers take to the streets to play the most dangerous game of all. • Order # F5631 www.ncrl.org 15 Books: Romance ARCHANGEL'S KISS by Nalini Singh. Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find that she has become an angel—and that her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, likes having her under his control. But almost immediately, Raphael must ready Elena for a flight to Beijing, to attend a ball thrown by the archangel Lijuan. But she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena. MIDNIGHT SONS, VOLUME 3: FALLING FOR HIM / ENDING IN MARRIAGE by Debbie Macomber. Location: north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men!) But the three O'Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to town. • Order # F5637 • Order # F5651 THE MAN YOU'LL MARRY by Debbie Macomber. Shelly Hansen was horrified when her great-aunt’s wedding dress arrived—because, according to family legend, she was destined to marry the next man she met. So when she tripped on an escalator and fell into Mark Brady’s arms, she told him—and herself—that she wasn’t interested in marriage. But then she started seeing him everywhere.… Coincidence? SWEET TALK by Susan Mallery. Twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. But now her sister Nicole is sick and her other sister is AWOL. Connecting with her sisters tops her to-do list...along with falling in love, or at least in lust, for the first time. • Order # F4007 ASK ANYONE by Sherryl Woods. The last thing Bobby wants in his life is a sexy single mom with grand ambitions. And Jenna doesn't need any more roller-coaster romances. But in Trinity Harbor, love has a way of defying expectations—ask anyone. • Order # F5616 FORBIDDEN FALLS by Robyn Carr. Virgin River is abuzz with the news that a stranger bought the town's abandoned church on eBay. The buyer, a young widowed reverend, is a little like the building itself: in need of some loving care. • Order # F5618 PRIDE MATES by Jennifer Ashley. It's DA Kim Fraser's job to defend those in need. But there's absolutely nothing defenseless about Liam Morrissey. Yet when a feral shifter begins to stalk them both, Liam is the only one she trusts with her life. She'll let him claim her—for her protection, for her pride, and for a passion that knows no bounds. • Order # F5645 McKETTRICKS OF TEXAS: TATE by Linda Lael Miller. When they were high school sweethearts, the wealthy Tate McKettrick couldn't convince Libby Remington he loved her. But now they're both back in Blue River, Texas. And cattle rustlers, a manipulative ex-wife and a killer stallion can't keep him from trying again. • Order # F4748 HER KIND OF HERO by Diana Palmer. Micah Steele was all set to retire his gun—until a woman from his past was kidnapped by his sworn enemy. Traveling far and wide to rescue Callie Kirby was less daunting than trying to combat his potent desire for her. The trust between them had been shattered years before, but given a second chance, Micah knew his greatest wish was to convince Callie to forget the past, and surrender her heart. • Order # F4746 MONTANA CREEDS: LOGAN by Linda Lael Miller. After years of wandering, Logan Creed, a cowboy with a dusty law degree, has returned home. Divorced mom Briana Grant has heard the stories about her gorgeous neighbor. So Logan's kindness with her young boys is a welcome surprise, especially when her ex reappears. And when an unknown enemy vandalizes her home, Logan shows Briana just what he's made of. • Order # F4784 • Order # F5636 16 1-800-426-READ Books: Romance MONTANA CREEDS: DYLAN by Linda Lael Miller. Town librarian Kristy Madison is uncharacteristically speechless when Dylan Creed turns up for story time with a toddler in tow. The man who'd left a trail of broken hearts—including her own— is back...and this time Kristy's determined to tame his wild ways once and for all. THE MacKADE BROTHERS: RAFE & JARED by Nora Roberts. #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts creates an exceptional story of brothers— their rebellions, their passions, their loves. • Order # F4886 • Order # F4827 KISS OF A DEMON KING by Kresley Cole. Kiss of a Demon King is a spellbinding story of a demon king trapped by an enchantress for her wanton purposes—and the scorching aftermath that follows when he turns the tables and claims her as his captive. A COWBOY'S HONOR by Lois Richer. Dallas Henderson had gone missing six years ago. At last his wife, Gracie, had her answers— an accident...amnesia. Still, she had their child to protect. Would rekindled love be enough to heal her doubts? Did she have enough faith to start over? • Order # F4798 THE VAMPIRE'S BRIDE by Gena Showalter. He is Leyel, king of the vampires, a master seducer no woman can deny. But since a rogue horde of dragons killed his beloved over two centuries ago, Layel has existed only for vengeance...until he meets Delilah. • Order # F3801 THE COURTESAN'S SECRET by Claudia Dain. An unrequited love who is in possession of her family's pearls leaves Lady Louisa Kirkland no choice. She must call on Lady Sophia, an ex-courtesan cleverer than all the other ton matrons combined. • Order # F3838 RUMOR HAS IT by Tami Hoag. In this classic love story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, fire meets ice when a Yankee heartthrob falls for a resistant proper Southern belle determined to guard her heart. • Order # F4800 • Order # F4850 MY MAN MICHAEL by Lori Foster. Fighter Michael "Mallet" Manchester's career is destroyed in a car accident that severely damaged his leg. His career has been his life, and now that life is over. Then Kayli Raine appears. She's a tougher woman than Mallet is used to, but he's immediately captivated by her. What he doesn't expect is for her to offer him a second chance at becoming whole. • Order # F4824 COYOTE'S MATE by Lora Leigh. New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh takes us into the dangerously sensual world of the genetically altered Breeds—and the humans who fill them with insatiable desire. • Order # F4802 DEVIL OF THE HIGHLANDS by Lynsay Sands. They call him the devil. He is the most notorious laird of Scotland. Yet Evelinde has just agreed to wed him. Though Evelinde should be wary of the rumors, she can't help but be drawn to this warrior...for the Devil of the Highlands inspires a heat within her that is unlike anything she has ever known. THE COURTESAN'S WAGER by Claudia Dain. If Lady Amelia Caversham is to marry before another Season passes, she'd better find help— namely, that of the infamous courtesan-turned matchmaker Sophia Dalby. But even Amelia is shocked when Lady Dalby informs her that they will hold interviews for the position. And most shocking of all? Only Dukes need apply. • Order # F4843 PARADISE VALLEY by Robyn Carr. A moving story about survival, forgiveness and the power of love to heal a wounded spirit. • Order # F4960 • Order # F4822 www.ncrl.org 17 Books: Mystery DEAD HEAT by Dick Francis & Felix Francis. Max Moreton is a rising culinary star—until his guests fall victim to severe food poisoning— and then a bomb blast rips through the luncheon he's catering. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his name, and himself, before it's too late. • Order # F4340 CSI: MIAMI: RIGHT TO DIE by Jeff Mariotte. A young man is killed in Miami's Bicentennial Park and on his body a quantity of coke is found. It would be easy to mark down his killing as gang related or a drug deal gone bad. But there is something about the angles of the bullets that killed him that are off...and why take his gun and money, and leave the drugs? And who would have the skill to carry all of this out without leaving a path in the grass? MISS FORTUNE by Sara Mills. In 1947, Allie Fortune is a New York City P.I., a most unusual profession for a woman at the time. Her clients include Mary Gordon, who is being terrorized by an unknown assailant, and Allie is partnered with an attractive FBI agent who is also investigating the case. What haunts Allie most, though, is her fiancé's disappearance during World War II. • Order # F4439 THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS by Alexander McCall Smith. Isabel Dalhousie—the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet— returns to investigate an irresistible puzzle in the art world. • Order # F4248 CARTE BLANCHE by Carlo Lucarelli. April 1945, Italy. The final days of the Fascist Republic. Commissario De Luca is heading up a murder investigation that draws him into the private lives of the rich and powerful as World War II reaches its frantic climax. • Order # F4304 THE SHADOW WALKER by Michael Walters. A victim is found with no hands and no head, dumped in an unlit side street. This kind of crime is unheard of to authorities of Ulan Baatar, Mongolia. But it's not the last, and the Serious Crimes Team is no closer to catching the killer. That's why senior British investigating officer Drew McLeish is called in. • Order # F4292 VIA DELLE OCHE by Carlo Lucarelli. It is 1948. Italy's fate is soon to be decided in bitterly contested national elections. A man has been found dead in Via Delle Oche, at the center of Bologna's notorious red light district. The city fathers would like to disguise the man's death as a suicide. But Commissario De Luca knows better. • Order # F4208 BURY ME DEEP by Megan Abbott. A story born of Jazz Age decadence and Depression-era desperation, Bury Me Deep— with its hothouse of jealousy, illicit sex and shifting loyalties—is a timeless portrait of the dark side of desire and the glimmer of redemption. • Order # F5227 BRITTAN by Debra White Smith. When Brittan Shay meets Jose Herrera, she’s found love for the first time. Even when she and her friends, Lorna and Heather, investigate a money laundering scheme and discover Jose’s mother might be involved, Brittan’s sure her new boyfriend isn’t part of the plot. But when Chief Rob Lightly gets involved Brittan hesitates. As suspicions and accusations fly, who should Brittan believe? • Order # F4133 THE DAMNED SEASON by Carlo Lucarelli. It is 1946. Commissario De Luca is posing as a certain Giovanni Morandi to avoid reprisals for the role he played during the fascist dictatorship. Exposed by a member of the partisan police, De Luca is forced to investigate a series of brutal murders, becoming a reluctant player in Italy's postwar power struggle. • Order # F4242 • Order # F4296 18 LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS by Charlaine Harris. Telepathic vampire maven (and cocktail waitress) Sookie Stackhouse has been tasked with locating an abducted vampire and suppressing an upstart anti-undead religious cult. • Order # F5383 1-800-426-READ Books: Mystery MURDER, SHE WROTE: A SLAYING IN SAVANNAH by Jessica Fletcher & Donald Bain. Jessica is surprised to learn that her old friend, Tillie Mortelaine, has bequeathed her one million dollars—as long as she solves a decades-old mystery. Jessica must find out who murdered Tillie's fiancé, Wanamaker Jones. • Order # F5414 A SPOONFUL OF POISON by M. C. Beaton. Agatha Raisin is asked to help publicize a church fund-raising fête for a nearby village in the Cotswolds. Agatha succeeds in bringing out a crowd, but everything is spoiled when one of the homemade jams being judged is laced with LSD, and the body count begins to mount. THE CATCH by Archer Mayor. The killing of a deputy sheriff in Vermont leads to the death of a big-time drug dealer in Maine. When a joint task force sends local, state, and federal agents to investigate, the complicated trail leads investigator head Joe Gunther to information that he would rather not have discovered. • Order # F5409 LARCENY AND LACE by Annette Blair. Madeira Cutler is busy opening her new vintage clothing store in what was once the town's morgue when she discovers an intruder snooping around a bunch of bones in a body drawer. Now, she'll have to dig up more than the past to solve a crime. • Order # F5416 ROUGH WEATHER by Robert B. Parker. Hired as a bodyguard, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime at an exclusive society wedding. The kidnapping of the young bride opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis. • Order # F5413 A RULE AGAINST MURDER by Louise Penny. When a genteel family gathering at Quebec's sumptuous lake front Manoir Bellechasse terminates with a brutal homicide, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache interrupts his own holiday to find the culprit. • Order # F5418 BLOOD MEMORY by Margaret Coel. Investigative reporter Catherine McLeod is covering a claim filed by the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes for twenty-seven million acres of their ancestral lands. Her relentless pursuit of the truth will make her the target of a killer and plunge her into a conspiracy that leads into the past, the founding of Denver, and her own heritage. • Order # F5266 THE WITCH'S GRAVE by Shirley Damsgaard. Cupid has cast his spell on good witch Ophelia Jensen. The practical, pragmatic, law-abiding librarian has just begun letting down her hair with Stephen Larsen, the author of some of the most scandalous crime exposés ever written. It's a match made in the stacks—until the would-be lovers take a quiet countryside stroll, and shots ring out. • Order # F4731 DEATH OF A GENTLE LADY by M. C. Beaton. Fifty-year-old Scottish detective Hamish Macbeth takes pity on a beautiful Turkish maid named Ayesha in danger of being deported, and asks her to marry him. When Ayesha goes missing and her employer, Mrs. Gentle, turns up murdered, Hamish discovers that his bride-to-be wasn't exactly who she claimed to be. • Order # F4667 • Order # F5410 THE PUPPET MASTER by Jan Coffey. Four seemingly disparate lives are beginning to unravel and one person is holding the strings... The Puppet Master. DEAD WRITE by Sheila Lowe. Handwriting expert Claudia Rose heads to the Big Apple at the behest of Grusha Olinetsky, the notorious founder of an elite dating service whose members are mysteriously dying. • Order # F5291 • Order # F4651 www.ncrl.org 19 Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy A DESERT CALLED PEACE by Tom Kratman. Five hundred years from now, humankind has found a link to a remarkably Earth-like planet and settled there, dividing –as humans will — into dozens of nation-states. The Federated States of Columbia has consolidated power and risen against the oppression of Earth's corrupt Caliphate. But when Salafi madmen bent on a new jihad kill FSC Captain Patrick Hennessey's family in a cowardly attack, they create an enemy that will show even less mercy than they do. A MASSACRE IN MARIENBURG by David Bishop. Standing at the mouth of the River Reik, Marienburg, the greatest port of the Old World, is at constant alert against its enemies. When the port comes under sudden attack from a horde of undead led by an all-powerful nevromancer, the people of Marienburg must fight a desperate battle to save their city and themselves. • Order # F4793 • Order # F4674 BETWEEN PLANETS by Robert A. Heinlein. When Mars and Venus declared independence from Earth interplanetary war broke out. This left Don Harvey stuck on Venus, with no way of getting home. When Earth troops landed on Venus he realized that he was at the center of a war between planets that could change the fate of the Solar System forever! • Order # F5499 PERFECT CIRCLE by Carlos J. Cortes. Set in the impenetrable jungles of the African Congo, Perfect Circle tells the tale of a world poised for ecological crisis—and the secret that could save it. • Order # F4590 THE BATTLE OF THE HAMMER WORLDS by Graham Sharp Paul. No one’s getting out alive to derail the Hammer’s lethal master plan–especially not the FedWorlds hero who so humiliated them on the battlefield. It’s payback time, and the Hammers intend to throw their entire space fleet into destroying Michael Helfort and the Federated Worlds. Too bad it won’t be enough. • Order # F4239 WE THINK THEREFORE WE ARE edited by Peter Crowther. Scientists have spent decades attempting to construct true artificial intelligence. And while that goal has not yet been achieved, it is only a matter of time before an actual independent, free-thinking AI is created, one which can go on to produce more of its kind. • Order # F4666 20 WORLDS OF WEBER by David Weber. Here are treecats, starships, dragons, alternate history, self-aware Bolo supertanks, wizards, sailing ships, ironclads—and, of course, Weber's fantastically popular starship commander, Honor Harrington. • Order # F5495 MANXOME FOE by John Ringo. Still recuperating from the wounds of their first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade receive urgent orders to launch again. Scrambling into action, they learn that their new mission is not mere reconnaissance. An unidentified alien assault has devastated an entire colony; the Vorpal Blade must search for survivors while fending off renewed attacks by the space monsters. • Order # F4796 DRAGONHEART by Todd McCaffrey. Fiona, the young rider of queen dragon Talenth, is about to assume the duties of a Weyrwoman when word spreads that dragons have begun succumbing to the new contagion that is Thread. As more dragons sicken and die, Weyrleader B'Nik and queen rider Lorana comb fort Weyr's archives in a desperate search for clues from the past that may hold the solution to the plague. • Order # F5535 STAR WARS 501st: AN IMPERIAL COMMANDO NOVEL by Karen Traviss. The Jedi have been decimated in the Great Purge, and the Republic has fallen. Now the former Republic Commandos—the galaxy's finest special forces troops, cloned from Jango Fett—find themselves on opposing sides and in very different armor. • Order # F5543 1-800-426-READ Books: Science Fiction/Fantasy HUNTER'S RUN by George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham. On the misbegotten colony planet of São Paulo, ore prospector Ramon Espejo murders the wrong man in a drunken fight and takes off into the wastelands to avoid the Enye authorities. Once in the outback, he discovers he's not the only one trying to hide from the Enye—and that the deadly cat-lizards called chupacabras are far from the worst dangers on São Paulo. • Order # F4755 FOUNDATION by Mercedes Lackey. Thirteen-year-old Magpie escapes a life of slavery in the gem mines when he is chosen by one of the magical Companion Horses of Valdemar to be trained as a Herald. Thrust into the center of a legend in the making, Magpie discovers talents he never knew he had—and witnesses the founding of the great Heralds’ Collegium. • Order # F5504 THE ACCIDENTAL SORCERER by K. E. Mills. Gerald Dunwoody is a wizard. Just not a particularly good one. So it's off to New Ottosland to be the new Court Wizard for King Lional. With a Princess in danger, a talking bird who can't stay out of trouble, and a kingdom to save, Gerald soon suspects that he might be out of his depth. • Order # F4668 PROPHETS (APOTHEOSIS: BOOK 1) by S. Andrew Swann. It’s been nearly 200 years since the collapse of the Confederacy, the last government to claim humanity’s colonies. So when signals come in revealing lost human colonies that could shift the power balance, the race is on between the Caliphate ships and a small team of scientists and mercenaries. But what awaits them all is a threat far beyond the scope of any human government. • Order # F4849 MISTSHORE: ED GREENWOOD PRESENTS WATERDEEP by Jaleigh Johnson. Icelin thought she had escaped the horrors of her past--until they come hunting her, forcing her to go to ground. But when things go from bad to worse, and her friends start paying for her mistakes, Icelin learns she has to embrace the talents she fears, accept the past she runs from, and confront those threatening her future. • Order # F4310 BLOOD MEMORIES by Barb Hendee. Eleisha, a vampire, is far older than she looks and makes men yearn to care for her. When an old vampire friend kills himself, Eleisha is shocked. And what she finds in his home shows how world-weary he had become— hoarding corpses and keeping records of vampires' actual names and addresses. Now the police know who Eleisha is, and more alarmingly, what she is. KÉTHANI by Eric Brown. Kéthani examines the consequences of first contact with an alien race, and the choices faced by those whose lives are touched by these visitors from the stars. • Order # F4922 THE HIDDEN CITY by Michelle West. Orphaned and left to fend for herself in the slums of Averalaan, Jewel Markess—Jay to her friends— meets an unlikely savior in Rath, a man who prowls the ruins of the undercity in search of artifacts and treasure. But perils lurk beneath the slums: the demons that once nearly destroyed the Essalieyan Empire are stirring again, and soon Rath and Jay will find themselves targets of these deadly and ruthless beings. • Order # F4885 • Order # F5519 SMALL FAVOR by Jim Butcher. Mab, monarch of the Winter court of the Sidhe, calls in an old favor from the wizard Harry Dresden. Just one small favor he can't refuse—one that will trap Harry between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally and strain his skills and loyalties to their very limits. DARK STORM GATHERING by Chris Wraight. Human and elf adventurers join forces with the armies of the Empire to turn back an invasion by the forces of Chaos. • Order # F4852 • Order # F4858 www.ncrl.org 21 Books: Western SHOTGUN by Elmer Kelton. Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies . . . and they are closing in on him. Macy Modock, whom Bishop sent to prison ten years ago, is out of jail and returning to Two Forks with a mean gunman. Also arrayed against Bishop is rival cowman Clarence Cass, who is running his animals on Bishop’s land. THE HANGING AT LEADVILLE / FIREFALL by Cameron Judd. From bestselling author Cameron Judd—two novels of adventure that breathe new life into the old American West. • Order # F4997 RIDERS FROM LONG PINES by Ralph Cotton. When some drovers stumble upon the bloody aftermath of a stagecoach robbery, they discover a hidden cache of money that belongs to the most powerful man in the county. Briefly tempted, they decide to do the right thing and return the cash. But that task may not be as easy as it sounds. • Order # F5173 RIVERBOAT RAMPAGE by Jon Sharpe. Skye Fargo's seen a lot of scams-and the Trahearne brothers are good. Conning people with crocodile tears and fixed fights, they support themselves and their sister, Laurie. Fargo knows their game. But so does the murderous Owen Mullaney, their latest dupe. The only thing between the Trahearnes and the bottom of the Mississippi River is the Trailsman. • Order # F5008 .45-CALIBER: WIDOW MAKER by Peter Brandvold. When Cuno Massey comes across a prison wagon under attack, he can't just ride on. A gang of outlaws is hell-bent on granting four hardened convicts an early release, and with the only other lawman down, the marshal is badly outnumbered. • Order # F5424 WAGONS WEST: INDEPENDENCE! by Dana Fuller Ross. The year is 1837. A wagon train of settlers sets off into the uncharted Oregon territory. Along the way they will form unbreakable friendships, fight unforeseen enemies, and face unimaginable and often fatal odds. • Order # F4978 RESOLUTION by Robert B. Parker. Hitch and Cole, two honorable guns-for-hire, have arrived in Resolution. But a power struggle between a mine owner and a saloon keeper is pitching Hitch and Cole into a makeshift war that will challenge their friendship and the violently shifting laws of the West. • Order # F5385 ACRES OF UNREST by Max Brand. Injured in an accident at college, Peter Hale can no longer work his father's ranch, but he has a plan to give the homestead an infusion of cash— a plan no one would expect a cripple to pull off. • Order # F5357 BLACK ACES by Stephen Payne. Tedro Ames has lost his ranch and his sweetheart. A gang of ruthless blackmailers is terrorizing the town, leaving black aces with their ransom notes. Tedro knows what he must do. He'll unmask the Black Ace gang. • Order # F5407 • Order # F4982 • Order # F5361 COLD CACHE by Tim Champlin. In helping a woman in need, Kent Rasmussen gets caught between two families feuding over a legendary cache of Confederate gold. • Order # F5130 22 BARJACK AND THE UNWELCOME GHOST by Robert J. Conley. Trouble rides into Asininity in the form of a bank robber and his gang, trailed by a Cherokee out for revenge. Sheriff Barjack will have to move fast if he wants to keep the peace, stay alive, and keep the profits from the Hooch House rolling in. ZANE GREY'S LASSITER: BROTHER GUN by Jack Slade. Lassiter will have to break the law to save a friend from hanging—or take his place on the gallows. • Order # F5318 1-800-426-READ Books: Western SHOOT-OUT AT BROKEN BOW by Charles G. West. Outlaw Roy Blanton's raised his four boys in the family business since they were half-pints. That is, until U.S. Deputy Marshal Casey Dixon had hot-headed Billy, the youngest, hanged for shooting a policeman. Now the Blantons have vengeance on their minds. FORGOTTEN RANGE by Robert J. Horton. A New York City-slicker realizes money can't buy him safety when he goes out West to oversee the Yellow Jacket mine and becomes an instant target for rival miners. • Order # F5054 • Order # F5297 THE UNFORGIVEN by Alan LeMay. In this epic American novel, which served as the basis for the classic film directed by John Huston, a family is torn apart when an old enemy starts a vicious rumor that sets the range aflame. THE MEMOIRS OF WILD BILL HICKOK by Richard Matheson. This is a compelling vision of the man behind the myth—and an unforgettable journey into the American frontier. • Order # F5323 • Order # F5057 THE SAVAGE BREED by Randy Denmon. A decade after they fought for Texas, Travis Ross and Chase McAlister plunge into the brutal madness of the Mexican American War. And amidst the fighting and suffering, they discover they've made the most dangerous enemy of all... a murderer fighting on their own side. • Order # F5392 JERICHO'S ROAD by Elmer Kelton. On the edge of the Texas-Mexico border is Jericho Jackson's range and Jackson is at war with a ruthless cattle baron on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The two men are heading for a bloody showdown—with the Texas Rangers standing between them. • Order # F5218 .45-CALIBER: FIREBRAND by Peter Brandvold. Cuno Massey finds himself stuck in the middle of a feud between a weary old rancher and a band of Indians hungry for revenge. With warring braves surrounding the ranch and a doomed man begging for help, Cuno's the only rider left who stands a chance to save the rancher's daughter from a savage massacre. WILDERNESS #60: THE OUTCAST by David Thompson. Desperate for companionship, a lone warrior, cast out from his tribe, comes to the Kings' valley—and decides he wants Zach King's pregnant wife for himself! • Order # F5127 BEAUTY AND THE BOUNTY by Robert J. Randisi. He almost paid the ultimate price for a crime he didn't commit. Now Decker is determined to track down others wanted by the law. He'll make sure the innocent have nothing to fear. But the guilty won't stand a chance against the Bounty Hunter. SIDEWINDERS: CUTTHROAT CANYON by William W. Johnstone. Sometimes, it's bad to be good. That's what happens when Scratch Morton and Bo Creel are rewarded with a gold mine for saving a rich man's bacon. The catch: this mine is a magnet for marauding Mexican banditos. For Scratch and Bo, this gold mine might make them rich, but it's more likely to get them killed. GUILD by Ed Gorman. Guild the bounty hunter just wants to collect his latest reward, but a beautiful woman, a man from his past, and a wild lynch mob are going to do all they can to make sure Guild sticks around—even if it means his death. MASSACRE TRAIL by Lyle Brandt. The homestead killers have been cutting a bloody swath across Oklahoma Territory. Slade follows the trail of bloodshed to the town of Paradise, where he aims to stop the butchers— before Paradise becomes a hell on earth. • Order # F5427 • Order # F5137 • Order # F5146 • Order # F5060 • Order # F5143 www.ncrl.org 23 Books: Book Club Favorites THE CELLIST OF SARAJEVO by Steven Galloway. In following the lives and days of four strangers, The Cellist of Sarajevo brilliantly explores how war can change one's definition of humanity, how music affects our emotional endurance, and how a romance with the rituals of daily life can itself be a form of resistance. MODOC by Ralph Helfer. Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again. • Order # F5698 • Order # F5697 ROSEFLOWER CREEK by Jackie Lee Miles. It seems everyone in young Lori Jean's life has a secret, but only one secret will cost her everything. A surprising tribute to our ability to heal and love in the most difficult circumstances. THE WEDNESDAY SISTERS by Meg Waite Clayton. Meg Waite Clayton chronicles a group of mothers who convene in a Palo Alto park and share their changing lives as the late 1960s counterculture blossoms around them. • Order # F5829 • Order # F5700 HONOLULU by Alan Brennert. With its passionate knowledge of a Hawaii far off the tourist track, Honolulu is the spellbinding tale of four women in a new world, united by dreams, disappointment, sacrifices, and friendship. CUTTING FOR STONE by Abraham Verghese. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. • Order # F5819 • Order # F5699 HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by Audrey Niffenegger. Niffenegger weaves a captivating story in Her Fearful Symmetry: about love and identity, about secrets and sisterhood, and about the tenacity of life -- even after death. THE WOMEN by T. C. Boyle. Boyle's latest novel takes on the architect Frank Lloyd Wright by examining his notoriously tumultuous relationships with four women, each unique in her own histrionic way. • Order # F5704 DIAMOND RUBY by Joseph Wallace. Diamond Ruby is the exciting tale of a forgotten piece of baseball's heritage, a girl who could throw with the best of them. • Order # F5716 IN OTHER ROOMS, OTHER WONDERS by Daniyal Mueenuddin. Passing from the mannered drawing rooms of Pakistan’s cities to the harsh mud villages beyond, Daniyal Mueenuddin’s linked stories describe the interwoven lives of an aging feudal landowner, his servants and managers, and his extended family, industrialists who have lost touch with the land. • Order # F5820 THE LITTLE BOOK by Selden Edwards. Wheeler Burden—banking heir, philosopher, student of history, legend's son, rock idol, half-Jew, and Harvard baseball hero—one day finds himself wandering not in his hometown of San Francisco in 1988 but in a city and time he knows mysteriously well: Vienna, 1897. Before long, Wheeler acquires a mentor in Sigmund Freud, a bitter rival, a powerful crush on a luminous young woman, and encounters everyone from an eight-year-old Adolf Hitler to Mark Twain as well as the young members of his own family. • Order # F5823 • Order # F5821 THE MAPMAKER'S WIFE by Robert Whitaker. The Mapmaker's Wife is a true story of love, murder, and survival in the Amazon. • Order # F5822 24 1-800-426-READ Books: Book Club Favorites LAST NIGHT IN TWISTED RIVER by John Irving. In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable’s girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County–to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto–pursued by the implacable constable. • Order # F5826 THE SECRET DIARIES OF CHARLOTTE BRONTI by Syrie James. In the pages of her diary Charlotte Bronti exposes her deepest feelings and desires—and the truth about her life, its triumphs and shattering disappointments, her family, the inspiration behind her work, and her scandalous secret passion for the man she can never have. • Order # F5701 CATCHING GENIUS by Kristy Kiernan. Two estranged sisters struggle to define their relationship as they confront long-buried childhood memories and family secrets. LITTLE BEE by Chris Cleave. From the author of the international bestseller "Incendiary" comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers—one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent widow from suburban London. • Order # F5702 • Order # F5828 THE LITTLE STRANGER by Sarah Waters. One dusty postwar summer in his home of rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday is called to a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries, the Georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life? Little does Dr. Faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his. marriage. • Order # F5784 • Order # F5830 THE CALLIGRAPHER'S DAUGHTER by Eugenia Kim. A sweeping debut novel, inspired by the life of the author's mother, about a young woman who dares to fight for a brighter future in occupied Korea. OFF SEASON by Anne Rivers Siddons. After her husband Cam's death, Lilly takes a solitary road trip to her and Cam's favorite spot in Maine. There she looks hard to her past to try to make sense of her future. It is a journey that will make Lilly reevaluate everything she thought was true about her husband and her THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE by Steig Larsson. Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. • Order # F5708 • Order # F5831 THE ELEPHANT KEEPER by Christopher Nicholson. The Elephant Keeper is a captivating tale of love and loyalty between one man and the two exotic animals that change the lives of everyone who encounters them. • Order # F5824 DREAM COUNTRY by Luanne Rice. Filled with a wild and unpredictable beauty, Dream Country is a transcendent story about the power of hope and family love. • Order # F4289 BEAUTIFUL JIM KEY by Mim Eichler Rivas. This is the remarkable true saga of a truly exceptional animal—and the no less exceptional man who led him to greatness. • Order # F5827 www.ncrl.org 25 Books: Large Print HOME by Marilynne Robinson. Glory Boughton, now 38 and lovelorn, has returned to Gilead, Iowa to care for her dying father. Her wayward brother Jack also finds his way back, though his is an uneasy homecoming, reverberating with the scandal that drove him away twenty years earlier. (Fiction) TWILIGHT (Book 1) 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. (Fiction) • Order # F5739 NEW MOON (Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is even more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. (Fiction) • Order # F5446 DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark. The festive fifth holiday mystery from the bestselling motherdaughter Clarks focuses on a wish-fulfillment theme many Americans dream about—winning a fortune in the lottery. (Suspense) • Order # F5738 • Order # F5599 ROUGH WEATHER by Robert B. Parker. Hired as a bodyguard at an exclusive society wedding, Spenser witnesses an unexpected crime: the kidnapping of the young bride, which opens the door for murder, family secrets, and the reappearance of an old nemesis. (Mystery) • Order # F5722 • Order # F5464 THE WHITE QUEEN by Philippa Gregory. Brother turns on brother to win the throne of England in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets, the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors. (Fiction) • Order # F5733 26 ECLIPSE (Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. (Fiction) 1-800-426-READ BREAKING DAWN (Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer. Bella's choice to join the world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. (Fiction) • Order # F5732 Books: Large Print MISS JULIA DELIVERS THE GOODS by Ann B. Ross. An unplanned pregnancy, a destructive break-in and a nasty gazpacho incident are just a few of the problems facing Julia Murdoch. (Suspense) • Order # F5710 KINDRED IN DEATH by J. D. Robb. In 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas searches the backstreets of New York City for a dastardly and despicable criminal. (Romantic Suspense) • Order # F5729 THE PIANO TEACHER by Janice Y. K. Lee. This cinematic tale of two love affairs in mid-century Hong Kong shows colonial pretensions tainted by wartime truths. (Fiction) • Order # F5714 ANGELS by Dr. David Jeremiah. Many contemporary beliefs about angels are based on misconception and myth. Dr. David Jeremiah uses scriptures to unveil the remarkable truth about these agents of heaven and their role and work in our world. (Non-Fiction) • Order # F5734 • Order # F5737 THE GIRLS FROM AMES by Jeffrey Zaslow. They formed a special bond growing up in the small town of Ames, Iowa. Their remarkable story, which captures what it was like to go from girlhood in the sixties to middle age in the millennium, is a testament to the deep, enduring bonds of women. (Biography) TAKE THREE (Above the Line, Book 3) by Karen Kingsbury. Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison celebrate their first successful movie. But in the midst of family relationships, broken budgets, and conflicting dreams, Chase and Keith must find their way through the maze of pain and questions that comes with everything they thought they wanted. (Christian Fiction) A DARKER PLACE by Jack Higgins. High-profile Russian Alexander Kurbsky defects to the West with the help of Charles Ferguson, Sean Dillon, and the rest of the group known informally as the "Prime Minister's private army." It's a real coup for the West except for one thing: Kurbsky is still working for the Russians. (Mystery) TAKE TWO (Above the Line, Book 2) by Karen Kingsbury. Producers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison are gaining respect and are on the verge of truly changing culture through the power of film, but is the change worth the cost? (Christian Fiction) • Order # F5718 • Order # F5742 • Order # F5740 www.ncrl.org 27 Books: Christian Fiction THIS FINE LIFE by Eva Marie Everson. In this unique tender romance, author Eva Marie Everson takes you on a journey through the heart of a young woman bound for the unknown. Discover the joys of new love, the perseverance of deep friendship, and the gift of forgiveness that comes from a truly fine life. • Order # F5715 SHADES OF BLUE by Karen Kingsbury. Brad Cutler has it all … a great career, a beautiful and loving fiancée, and a fairy tale life ahead of him—when memories of a high school girlfriend begin to torment him. He must go back to the shores of Holden Beach in search of his first love, and a forgiveness neither of them has ever known. • Order # F5462 THE RIVERS RUN DRY by Sibella Giorello. FBI Agent Raleigh Harmon is transferred from Richmond to Seattle, disciplined for not following orders. She arrives in Seattle with no sure footing and must quickly adapt to the unfamiliar as she begins the search for a missing wealthy young woman, with no choice but to trust her instincts. LONESTAR HOMECOMING by Colleen Coble. Gracie has spent her life running from her problems. This time, it’s a matter of life and death. Will Michael and Gracie find the strength they need in each other to protect their family and the home they’ve created? • Order # F5711 • Order # F4875 THE SWORD (The Chiveis Trilogy, Book 1) by Bryan M. Litfin. Four hundred years after the destruction of civilization, in a utopian world called Chiveis, a young man discovers an ancient text called The Bible. This discovery changes the inhabitants of Chiveis in ways they never could have anticipated. • Order # F5719 KISS by Ted Dekker & Erin Healy. When a tragic auto accident leaves Shauna McAllister's brother brain-damaged and erases her recent memories, she discovers she has a paranormal ability to steal memories from others, a capability that will either get her killed or unveil hidden sides of the very people she thought she could trust. • Order # F5563 PLAIN PARADISE by Beth Wiseman. Linda's Amish life seemed like paradise. Until she found out her family had been hiding a secret since the day of her birth. • Order # F5720 HEADING HOME by Renée Riva. For eight years, A.J. Degulio has been itching to get back to her beloved Indian Island. It's home. But a lot has changed: her dog Sailor moves slower, her childhood friend Danny has grown into a man...and A.J. has a promise to keep, but it doesn't include Danny. • Order # F5712 BLOOD RANSOM by Lisa Harris. Deep in the heart of Africa, two American lives are about to change forever. Natalie Sinclair and Dr. Chad Talcott want to make a difference in underdeveloped African villages…but they didn’t count on risking their lives in the process. • Order # F5717 TAKE THREE by Karen Kingsbury. Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison celebrate their first successful movie. But in the midst of family relationships, broken budgets, and conflicting dreams, Chase and Keith must find their way through the maze of pain and questions that comes with everything they thought they wanted. • Order # F5724 A GIFT OF GRACE by Amy Clipston. Rebecca always dreamed of being a mother, and now she is—of two teenage girls. Somehow, it just wasn't the scenario she had planned. • Order # F5727 28 OUTLAW'S BRIDE by Lori Copeland. This tender story reveals how even the hard law of the land doesn't stand a chance when God's mercy and true love come to reside in a heart. • Order # F5248 1-800-426-READ Books: Christian Fiction A PROMISE OF HOPE (Kauffman Amish Bakery #2) by Amy Clipston. Bestselling author Amy Clipston compellingly unfolds the tensions, loves, and faith of the inhabitants of an Amish community and the family bakery that serves as an anchor point for the series. WORDS UNSPOKEN by Elizabeth Musser. Set against the backdrop of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Words Unspoken weaves together a vibrant cast of characters whose intertwining stories of courage, heartbreak, and hope will hold you captive until the final page. • Order # F5161 • Order # F5713 A BRIDE IN THE BARGAIN by Deeanne Gist. In 1860s Seattle, a man with a wife could secure 650 acres of timberland for free. In the land replete with timber but few women, widower Joe Denton signs a contract with Asa Mercer to deliver the wife he needs to ensure his land rights. Unfortunately, 19-year-old Anna Ivey doesn't realize she's signed on for marriage; she only wants passage out West and a job. • Order # F5117 SONNET TO A DEAD CONTESSA by Gilbert Morris. When Lady Trent's best friend is murdered by the slasher, she partners with Dylan Tremayne to hunt down the criminal. Now it looks like Lady Trent may be the next victim. • Order # F5126 HOW DO I LOVE THEE? by Nancy Moser. Elizabeth Barrett is a published poet and a virtual prisoner in her own home. Blind family loyalty ties her to a tyrannical father who forbids any of his children to marry. Bedridden by chronic illness, she has resigned herself to simply existing. That is, until the letter arrives. • Order # F5123 ANNA'S RETURN by Marta Perry. After spending three years in the English world, Anna Beiler has come home. She brings with her a baby girl, which will surely cause a stir since Anna is unmarried. She is also hiding secrets: The baby is not hers by birth, nor does Anna intend to stay. Rather, she desperately needs sanctuary from the child’s violent father. • Order # F5766 LEAH'S CHOICE by Marta Perry. When a widower and his three young children arrive in Pleasant Valley, the Amish community thinks he is a perfect match for teacher Leah, but she faces a difficult decision when her old fiancé returns. SING by Lisa T. Bergren. Moira St. Clair has done exactly what her father forbade her to do—chased her dreams to sing on the stage. But even as her star rises, she becomes more vulnerable to those who wish to use her—or bring her down. • Order # F5493 • Order # F5728 SOMETIMES A LIGHT SURPRISES by Jamie Langston Turner. Though it was years ago, Ben Buckley has never gotten over the loss of his wife. When two unlikely people enter his narrow world, Ben's view of his life begins to change, and gradually the barriers he's erected around himself come tumbling down. • Order # F5165 IN HARM'S WAY by Irene Hannon. When piano teacher Rachel Sutton picks up a Raggedy Ann doll in a parking lot, she experiences a feeling of terror. FBI Agent Nick Bradley dismisses her feeling as psychic mumbo jumbo until clues come to light that link the doll to an abducted child. • Order # F5726 THE ENCLAVE by Karen Hancock. When science tries to play God, can one man summon the courage to stand in its way? • Order # F5245 NECESSARY HEARTBREAK by Michael J. Sullivan. An extraordinary journey back in time shows a struggling single dad that the faith he's lost is still alive and stronger than ever. • Order # F5731 www.ncrl.org 29 Books: Self-help, Advice, & How to NICE GIRLS FINISH FAT by Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed. Karen Koenig's on-the-page psychotherapy helps women attack the source of their food issues and find a different path to happiness— one that doesn't pass through the kitchen and doesn't lead to healthy habits for life. THE MENOPAUSE MAKEOVER by Staness Jonekos. Based on the latest scientific research, and designed for both pre- and post-menopausal women, The Menopause Makeover is a proven, eight-step program to help you reclaim your health and your life. CALLED TO BE HUMAN by Michael Jinkins. In this manual for living the Christian—and therefore a truly human—life, Michael Jinkins explores so-called Big Questions that challenge people of all ages: What is it to be human? Why am I here? What can I believe in? How should I invest my life? EAT YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS by Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D. In Eat your Way to Happiness, you'll learn that healthy eating is a lot easier than you may think, and that making a few simple changes to your diet can have amazing results. • Order # F5132 • Order # F5647 • Order # F5547 21 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS by Roni DeLuz, RN,ND,Ph.D.. 21 Pounds in 21 Days isn't just for those looking to lose weight; everyone can benefit from this revolutionary detox diet that results in a clean, refreshed system that functions at its best. • Order # F5327 BREAKTHROUGH: EIGHT STEPS TO WELLNESS by Suzanne Somers. In interviews with the most progressive doctors in the field of anti-aging medicine, #1 New York Times bestselling author and women's health pioneer Suzanne Somers uncovers enlightening, lifesaving information for a natural, drug-free approach to living. • Order # F5614 HEALING BACK PAIN by John E. Sarno, MD. Dr. John Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome), sever the connections between mental and physical pain, and start recovering from back pain today. • Order # F5451 ORGANIZING YOUR DAY by Sandra Felton. For more than twenty years, Sandra Felton has helped countless readers organize their homes, rooms, offices, and paperwork. She now joins forces with professional organizer Marsha Sims and applies some of the same principles to help readers build a successful system for organizing their daily schedules and routines. • Order # F5658 REVERSING DIABETES by Julian Whitaker, MD. This guide will show you how to reduce, or even eliminate, your dependence on insulin or oral drugs—while losing weight and lowering your cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and risk of heart attack. • Order # F5160 REAL LIFE by Dr. Phil McGraw. In this book, Dr. Phil McGraw offers a step-bystep plan for getting through the worst days so that you feel prepared when it really matters— in the midst of a crisis. With the right attitude and the right information, every challenging day can be turned into a valuable life experience. • Order # F5463 • Order # F5390 DON'T GET SICK by the editors of Prevention. Don't Get Sick makes the case for smart self-care as the key to stopping the spread of infectious illness. While germs may not be 100 percent avoidable, there's a lot that you can do to reduce your exposure and strengthen your natural defenses. • Order # F5656 30 1-800-426-READ Books: Canning & Preserving THE JOY OF JAMS, JELLIES, AND OTHER SWEET PRESERVES by Linda Ziedrich. With the recipes and techniques in this comprehensive, clear-cut handbook, you can enjoy the sweet taste of the season’s fruit all year round. This book includes 200 classic and contemporary recipes showcasing the fabulous flavors of fresh fruits. PUT 'EM UP! by Sherri Brooks Vinton. With Sherri Brooks Vinton's fun and reassuring approach to preserving food, it's easier than ever before to store the bright flavors of warm-weather fruits and vegetables. Using the variety of kitchen-friendly techniques in Put 'em Up, you'll be enjoying more than 150 flavorful recipes. • Order # F5039 • Order # F5770 WELL-PRESERVED: RECIPES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PUTTING UP SMALL BATCHES OF SEASONAL FOODS by Eugenia Bone. Though Eugenia Bone covers traditional water bath and pressure canning in detail, she also shares simpler methods that allow you to preserve foods in smaller batches using low-tech options like oil-preserving, curing, and freezing. RECIPES FROM THE ROOT CELLAR by Andrea Chesman. Sweet winter squashes, potatoes of every variety and robust hearty greens bring satisfying flavors and an impressive array of nutritional benefits to the dining table. Grab them from your well-tended root cellar or buy them at your local market; just be sure to use these 270 recipes to make cold-weather vegetables a delicious part of your winter diet. • Order # F5012 • Order # F5773 THE FARMER’S WIFE CANNING & PRESERVING COOKBOOK edited by Lela Nargi. The Farmer’s Wife was a monthly magazine published in Minnesota between the years 1893 and 1939. These recipes for canning and preserving fruits and vegetables from your garden or local farmer’s market have been updated with current USDA recommendations for safe use in the modern kitchen. • Order # F5247 THE RIVER COTTAGE PRESERVES HANDBOOK by Pam Corbin. Pam Corbin helps you transform the abundance of your garden into everything from simple Strawberry Jam to scrumptious new combinations like Honeyed Hazelnuts, Nasturtium "Capers," Onion Marmalade, Spiced Brandy Plums, Elixir of Sage, plus a pantryful of other jams, jellies, butters, curds, pickles, chutneys, cordials, liqueurs, vinegars, and sauces. • Order # F5769 PUTTING FOOD BY by Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan. Whether you're preserving to save money or to capture the taste of local, seasonal food at its peak, Putting Food By shares step-by-step directions to help you do it safely and deliciously. • Order # F5754 www.ncrl.org 31 Books: Holiday THE THANKSGIVING TABLE by Diane Morgan. Thanksgiving celebrates family and tradition. But, for those preparing dinner for relatives and friends, it can be anything but a holiday. The Thanksgiving Table allows you to keep the day special, fun, and relaxing with recipes and ideas to create your own holiday tradition. EXTREME PUMPKINS II by Tom Nardone Tom Nardone presents 20 all-new designs guaranteed to thrill trick-or-treaters and horrify respectable neighbors everywhere. Plus pranks, practical jokes, and over-the-top spectacles that will make you a neighborhood legend. • Order # F4330 HALLOWEEN TRICKS AND TREATS by Matthew Mead. Halloween isn’t just for kids! In Halloween Tricks and Treats, renowned stylist Matthew Mead shares his whimsical ideas for creating simple, spectacular crafts and edibles for trick-or-treaters of all ages. • Order # F5045 HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD: CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING by Deborah Heiligman. This book’s stunning pictures show the Thanksgiving celebration in its historical and cultural aspects, and also includes a delicious Thanksgiving recipe, a glossary, and a useful list of holiday references and resources. Ages 9-12. • Order # F5171 HALLOWEEN by The Best of Martha Stewart Living. Mischief must be made; it doesn’t just happen by itself. Within these pages crafty revelers will find inspiration and instruction in the applied arts of pumpkin carving, house haunting, bewitching disguise, and ghoulish dining. • Order # J4175 • Order # F5185 EXTREME HALLOWEEN by Tom Nardone. Going way beyond just pumpkins, these spooky and hilarious projects span house and yard decorations, costumes, pranks, sight gags, food and drink creations. • Order # J4171 • Order # F5779 HALLOWEEN by Molly Aloian. Halloween explores the history behind this yearly custom, including its roots in ancient Celtic tradition, as well as the costumed and candied evening it is today. Ages 4-8. • Order # J4170 PAPER CRAFTS FOR HALLOWEEN by Randel McGee. Learn to make a flying bat, sitting black cat, goofy goggles, and even a haunted house! • Order # J4391 THE FIRST THANKSGIVING by Andrew Santella. The First Thanksgiving discusses the history of New Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, the relationship between the colonists and the native people, and the harvest festival which would later become Thanksgiving Day. Ages 9-12. • Order # J4173 32 THANKSGIVING by Lynn Peppas. “Thanksgiving” explores in colorful detail this national holiday, from mashed potatoes and gravy to the religious observances. You can learn the history of Thanksgiving, from its first pilgrim celebration in 1621, to its celebration in modern day. Ages 4-8. 1-800-426-READ A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Scrooge is a mean old man with no friends or family to love him. One cold Christmas Eve, Marley’s Ghost pays Scrooge a visit and an eerie night-time journey begins. The Christmas spirits are here to show Scrooge the error of his nasty ways. • Order # J4179 HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! by Dr. Seuss. The Grinch hates Who-ville’s holiday celebrations, and plans to steal all the presents to prevent Christmas from coming. To his amazement, Christmas comes anyway, and the Grinch discovers the true meaning of the holiday. • Order # J4176 A CLASSIC CHRISTMAS From C. S. Lewis to Martin Luther, from Frederick Buechner to Laura Ingalls Wilder, from John Paul II to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from Billy Graham to Mark Twain—savor, treasure, and laugh aloud to words that transcend centuries. • Order # F5777 Books & Music: Holiday CHRISTMAS COOKIES by Lisa Zwirn. From traditional holiday cookies to treats that will become new favorites, you’ll find the perfect recipes for your holiday parties, dessert tables, gift boxes, and cookie jars. • Order # F5187 THE CHRISTMAS KITCHEN by Tammy Maltby. The Christmas Kitchen is more than a recipe book, it's a book designed to help you enjoy the holiday season, not be burdened by it. HOLIDAY MUSIC CDs Andrea Bocelli: Mi Navidad • Order # T3542 Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart • Order # T3538 Celine Dion: These Are Special Times • Order # T3547 • Order # F5776 A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector MATCHLESS: A CHRISTMAS STORY by Gregory Maguire. Gregory Maguire offers a new twist on a classic tale, reinventing the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Match Girl." Christmas with Sinatra and Friends • Order # T3536 • Order # F5771 • Order # T3539 Leonard Bernstein: The Joy of Christmas • Order # T3549 Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas in the Aire A CHRISTMAS PROMISE by Anne Perry. As the 1883 holiday season nears in London's East End, eight-year-old Minnie and her friend Gracie turn detective in an effort to find her uncle's donkey as well as the truth about how Uncle Alf died. • Order # F5775 DECK THE HALLS / THE CHRISTMAS THIEF by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. From beloved storytellers Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, two favorite suspense novels filled with holiday cheer. • Order # T3537 Mannheim Steamroller: Christmas • Order # T3540 Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas • Order # T3541 Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas • Order # T3550 Now That's What I Call Christmas! • Order # T3544 Now That's What I Call Christmas! Volume 3 • Order # F5772 • Order # T3545 MERRY & BRIGHT by the editors of Country Living. Make the holiday season magical for your loved ones with 301 festive ideas for celebrating Christmas. Mormon Tabernacle Choir: Ring Christmas Bells • Order # F5799 • Order # T3543 Tony Bennett: A Swingin' Christmas • Order # T3546 A Very Special Christmas #7 THE CHRISTMAS STORY From the Annunciation to the Epiphany and the Flight into Egypt, the timeless story of Christ's birth unfolds in this glorious book. • Order # T3548 Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas • Order # T3535 • Order # J4352 www.ncrl.org 33 Audio/Video Catalog Audio: Language PLAYAWAY AUDIO BOOKS COMPACT DISC. (continued) The first pre-loaded digital audio book. Simply plug in your earphones and enjoy. No cassettes or CDs. T0016 T0064 T0065 T0027 INGLÉS PARA DUMMIES INSTANT IMMERSION FRENCH INSTANT IMMERSION GERMAN INSTANT IMMERSION INGLES T0020 INSTANT IMMERSION JAPANESE # T0062 T0061 T0014 T0060 T0059 T0058 T0024 TITLE FRENCH (Pimsleur) GERMAN (Pimsleur) INGLÉS PARA DUMMIES ITALIAN (Pimsleur) JAPANESE (Pimsleur) SPANISH (Pimsleur) STARTING OUT IN SPANISH DVD T0066 T0067 T0068 T0069 INGLÉS EN 100 DÍAS INGLÉS PARA CONSTRUCCIÓN INGLÉS PARA RESTAURANTES INGLÉS PARA HOSPITALIDAD SOFTWARE Language Learning Software, PC & MAC Compatible. T0036 INSTANT IMERSION, ITALIAN T0035 INSTANT IMERSION, GERMAN COMPACT DISC. T0002 T0003 T0010 T0070 T0071 T0039 T0040 T0049 T0026 T0047 T0050 T0005 T0007 T0012 T0013 T0015 34 BASIC FRENCH (Pimsleur) BASIC RUSSIAN (Pimsleur) BASIC SPANISH (Pimsleur) BEHIND THE WHEEL SPANISH, LEVEL 1 BEHIND THE WHEEL SPANISH, LEVEL 2 DR. BLAIR’S FRENCH IN NO TIME DR. 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T0009 SPANISH (Living Language) T0030 SPANISH WITH MICHEL THOMAS T0031 TEACH YOURSELF INSTANT SPANISH T0019 TEACH YOURSELF ITALIAN T0018 TEACH YOURSELF RUSSIAN T0011 TEACH YOURSELF SPANISH T0028 ULTIMATE FRENCH (Living Language) 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Kids • Those eligible for this service are children and adults who are residents of Washington state and who are legally blind, deaf-blind, visually impaired (cannot easily read conventional size print), physically disabled (cannot comfortably hold books or turn pages), or learning disabled due to organic dysfunction. • All equipment and services, including the mailing of materials, are free to eligible users. The Federal Government’s Library of Congress supplies materials and equipment. Basic operating costs are provided by the State of Washington. THE BLACK HOLE (The 39 Clues: Book 5) by Patrick Carman. Where are Amy and Dan Cahill? The two kids were last seen in Egypt, hunting for one of the 39 Clues that could make them the most powerful people on earth. But no one has seen the siblings since. Has the ruthless Irina Spasky finally tracked them down?q Or worse . . . the Madrigals? Unabridged. 296 min. • Order # T3369 IN TOO DEEP (The 39 Clues: Book 6) by Jude Watson. A hint from their parents’ past puts Amy and Dan on the trail of secrets their grandmother Grace would NEVER have wanted them to know. Unabridged. 310 min. • Applications are available at your local public library or by calling toll free 1-800-426-7323 or online at www.wtbbl.org. 120 min. KNUCKLEHEAD by Jon Scieszka. Have you ever had your brother try to sell you your own shirt? Believed one of those amazing ads in the back of a comic book? Jon Scieszka has. Which is probably why Jon's dad used to call him and his five brothers Knuckleheads. Here is Jon's side of the story. Unabridged. • Order # T3443 MOONLIGHT ON THE MAGIC FLUTE by Mary Pope Osborne. Jack and Annie have a new mission! They must bring true happiness to millions of people. First stop: a party at one of the most marvelous palaces in Europe. Unabridged. 78 min. • Order # T3316 THE VIPER'S NEST (The 39 Clues: Book 7) by Peter Lerangis. The hunt for 39 hidden Clues that lead to an unimaginable power have taken a heavy toll on Fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan. But the Cahills have one more rattling skeleton for Amy and Dan to discover...the terrible truth about their family branch. Unabridged. 296 min. • Order # T3440 THE CANDY SHOP WAR by Brandon Mull. Four young friends meet the grandmotherly Mrs. White, owner of the Sweet Tooth, and soon learn about the magical side effects of her candies. Unabridged. 630 min. • Order # T3431 THE LONDON EYE MYSTERY by Siobhan Dowd. When Aunt Gloria's son, Salim, mysteriously disappears from a sealed pod on the London Eye, everyone if frantic. Has he spontaneously combusted? Unabridged. 360 min. • Order # T3437 POP by Gordon Korman. While practicing football for tryouts, Marcus strikes up a friendship with an older man. Charlie is the best football player Marcus has ever seen. Charlie is actually Charlie Popovich, or "the King of Pop," as he had been nicknamed during his career as an NFL linebacker. But there is a secret about Charlie that his family is desperate to hide. Unabridged. 370 min. • Order # T3421 DARK DAY IN THE DEEP SEA by Mary Pope Osborne. Jack and Annie have to find one of the four secrets of happiness to help save Merlin the magician. But when the magic tree house whisks them off to a misty island in the middle of nowhere, they wonder how they will find anything. As the fog lifts, they see a huge three-masted ship. Could it be a pirate ship? Unabridged. 77 min. • Order # T3452 • Order # T3457 www.ncrl.org 35 Audio/Video Catalog Additional services may be available from Washington Talking Book & Braille Library Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Kids ALONG FOR THE RIDE by Sarah Dessen. Sarah Dessen reworks well-traveled terrain and creates a remarkably original story with realistic teen dialogue, authentic girl friendships and a complex underlying question: Can people really change? Unabridged. 780 min. • Order # T3448 WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead. Shortly after sixth-grader Miranda and her best friend Sal part ways, for some inexplicable reason her once familiar world turns upside down. Maybe it's because she's caught up in reading A Wrinkle in Time and trying to understand time travel, or perhaps it's because she's been receiving mysterious notes which accurately predict the future. Unabridged. 280 min. • Order # T3445 NEWS FOR DOGS by Lois Duncan. Now that their hotel for dogs has closed, Andi and her brother, Bruce, have a new project—publishing a newspaper for dogs. The Bow-Wow News is a neighborhood sensation, but once they post it online, scary things start to happen. Unabridged. 249 min. • Order # T3351 THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE by Jacqueline Kelly. A charming and inventive story of a child struggling to find her identity at the turn of the 20th century. Unabridged. 546 min. WHAT THE DICKENS by Gregory Maguire. In the midst of a Katrina-like disaster, 10-year-old Dinah and her siblings, teenager Zeke and toddler Rebecca Ruth, find themselves cut off from society, with only their distant cousin for company. To distract the siblings from their predicament, Gage begins to tell them the story of the skibbereen, the creatures generally known as tooth fairies. Unabridged. 433 min. • Order # T3333 WOODS RUNNER by Gary Paulsen. Woods Runner tells the story of one boy's struggle in the long and savage war that was the American Revolution—a war that changed people's lives in infinite ways, and whose outcome continues to reverberate throughout America today. Unabridged. 222 min. • Order # T3406 A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'engle. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe. Unabridged. 317 min. • Order # T3430 A GOOD NIGHT FOR GHOSTS by Mary Pope Osborne. When the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1915, they find out that they have arrived on the eve of All Saints' Day—the spookiest night of the year! Unabridged. 85 min. • Order # T3318 NORTHWARD TO THE MOON by Polly Horvath. Jane, her family and stepfather, Ned set off on an adventure that takes them across the continent: from a First Nation village through Las Vegas to Ned's mother's horse ranch, where Jane meets her eccentric new grandmother and aunts. As Jane learn more about Ned's family history, she gains new perspective on the unpredictable things that people do. Unabridged. 287 min. • Order # T3458 36 • Order # T3398 HEIDI by Johanna Spyri. Heidi lives with her grandfather in a little hut high in the Alps. But her happiness is short-lived when she is sent to stay with a rich city family as a companion for the sick Clara. Will she ever be able to return to the Alps and the happiness she once knew with her friends? 110 min. • Order # T3408 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Fiction LIBERATING ATLANTIS by Harry Turtledove. Frederick Radcliff feels the color of his skin shouldn't keep him from having the same freedoms his ancestors fought and died for. So he becomes the leader of a revolutionary army of slaves determined to free all of his brethren across Atlantis. Unabridged. 1050 min. • Order # T3404 • Order # T2999 BORDERLINE by Nevada Barr. While vacationing in Big Bend National Park, Anna Pigeon and her new husband find themselves sucked into a riptide of danger and intrigue that surges from the Mexican desert to the Texas governor's mansion. 340 min. LIFE WITHOUT SUMMER by Lynne Griffin. When Tessa Gray's four-year-old daughter, Abby, is killed by a hit and run driver, there are no witnesses. From first meeting, Tessa distrusts the detective assigned to the case and, with her journalism background and ties to newspapers in nearby Boston, she begins to dig for her own answers to the identity of Abby's killer. Unabridged. 576 min. • Order # T2995 SKELETON CREW by Stephen King. In these four stories from Skeleton Crew, Stephen King takes listeners down paths that only he could imagine. Included stories are: The Raft; Mrs. Todd's Shortcut; The Monkey; and Gramma. Unabridged. 325 min. • Order # T3007 THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON by Mark Twain. Mark Twain fashions one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels out of this engrossing tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene. Unabridged. 390 min. • Order # T3006 THE GEOMETRY OF SISTERS by Luanne Rice. Newport Academy is a private high school like no other. In the wake of the unthinkable loss of her husband and eldest daughter, Maggie Shaw has come to the school to teach English– and to start a new life with the remnants of her shattered family, her two teenage children. But ghosts from her past await Maggie in Newport, especially the unresolved equations of her breach with her sister years ago. 360 min. • Order # T3004 HALF BROKE HORSES by Jeannette Walls. Lily Casey Smith, this novel's feisty Texas protagonist, is a frontier teacher, a rancher, a rodeo rider, a poker player, and bootlegger. In Half Broke Horses, she survives droughts, tornados, floods, poverty, a bigamous husband, and whatever else fate can throw against her. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2994 THE LONE STAR RANGER by Zane Grey. After killing a man in self-defense, Buck Duane becomes an outlaw living amongst gunfighters and bandits on the Texas-Mexico border. Despite his perilous position as a hunted fugitive, Duane tries to rescue a young girl held prisoner in a Mexican camp and begins his journey of self-discovery. Unabridged. 720 min. • Order # T2997 LONG LOST by Harlan Coben. Myron hasn’t had contact with Teresa Collins in seven years, so he is taken aback by her early-morning phone call from Paris. Her ex-husband, who begged her to meet him there, is missing, and she needs Myron’s help. Before they can launch a search, however, they are taken into custody by the French police; it seems Teresa’s husband has been murdered, and she is the prime suspect. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T2985 • Order # T3405 www.ncrl.org 37 Audio/Video Catalog JUST TAKE MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark. In her new thriller, Mary Higgins Clark delves into a legal battle over the guilt or innocence of a man accused of murdering his wife. Woven into her plot is a little-understood, eerie but documented medical phenomenon— the emergence of a donor's traits and memories in the recipient of a heart transplant. Unabridged. 540 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction THE GOLDEN CHANCE by Jayne Ann Krentz. Philadelphia Fox lost her best friend because of the fabulously rich and powerful Lightfoot family of Washington state. Now she's got her friend's controlling shares in Lightfoot Industries - an inheritance that brings Nick, the family's prodigal and supremely attractive son, knocking at her door. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T2996 SUMMER IN ECLIPSE BAY by Jayne Ann Krentz. Jayne Ann Krentz returns to small-town Eclipse Bay, Oregon where scandalous passions and decades-old resentments swirl with the relentless fury of a summer storm. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T2987 THE PERFECT POISON by Amanda Quick. Lucinda frequently used her unusual psychic gift to discern death by poisoning to help the London police, but when a nobleman is poisoned by a compound containing elements of a rare fern, one that can only be found in her conservatory, Lucinda knows she better act quickly. Unabridged. 583 min. • Order # T3002 THE EX-MRS. HEDGEFUND by Jill Kargman. Married to the founder of Comet Capital, Holly Talbott is slowly becoming a reluctant Mrs. Hedgefund. Sure, it's great to live in a world that is seemingly sheltered from the threat of economic collapse. But there are some downsides to this world of excess and secluded luxury. Unabridged. 556 min. AFRAID by Jack Kilborn. Welcome to Safe Haven, Wisconsin. Miles from everything, with one road in and out, this peaceful town has never needed a fulltime police force. Until now... A helicopter has crashed near Safe Haven and unleashed something horrifying. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T2984 HYPERION by Dan Simmons. On the eve of Armageddon, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set forth on a final voyage to Hyperion seeking the answers to the unsolved riddles of their lives. Each carries a desperate hope--and a terrible secret. And one may hold the fate of humanity in his hands. Unabridged. 1258 min. • Order # T3008 DEADLOCK by Iris Johansen. Emily Hudson, a U.N. artifacts expert, is trying to track down a vicious criminal who may have stolen "Zelov's hammer." Hidden inside the old mallet is a treasure map to the long-lost riches of Russia's assassinated Romanov family. Helping Hudson is a rough-and-ready CIA tracker, whose physical charms prove irresistible to the usually proud and independent Hudson. Unabridged. 740 min. • Order # T3090 HIS LAST BOW by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes emerges from a retirement of beekeeping to stop the spy Baron Von Bork from disclosing secret English documents at the approach of World War I. Unabridged. 480 min. • Order # T3000 • Order # T3396 DAWN IN ECLIPSE BAY by Jayne Ann Krentz. Successful CEO Gabe Madison had insisted on becoming a client of Lillian Harte's matchmaking service. And after five disastrous dates, Lillian is at her wit's end. She decides to close her business and move home to Eclipse Bay. But when she finds Gabe at her door demanding she fulfill their business contract, the sparks between them suddenly turn personal. Unabridged. 540 min. HOMEPORT by Nora Roberts. Dr. Miranda Jones, who specializes in authenticating Renaissance art, is called to Italy to verify The Dark Lady, a statue that may have been created by Michelangelo. When the sculpture turns out to be a fake, she is determined to find the original and gains the help of sexy art thief Ryan Boldari. Unabridged. 960 min. • Order # T3395 • Order # T2986 38 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Fiction THE BROKER by John Grisham. Washington powerbroker Joel Backman doesn't know why the President has pardoned him after he's served only part of a 20-year sentence. And he doesn't know that the CIA is sitting around waiting to see who's going to knock him off. 360 min. • Order # T3071 • Order # T3253 INTERVENTION by Terri Blackstock. Barbara Covington has one more chance to save her daughter from a devastating addiction, by staging an intervention. But when eighteenyear-old Emily disappears on the way to drug treatment—and her interventionist is found dead at the airport—Barbara enters her darkest nightmare of all. Unabridged. 540 min. PICTURE PERFECT by Jodi Picoult. Rich in detail and emotion, filled with human drama and unexpected truths, Picture Perfect is the fairy-tale romance of anthropologist Cassie Barrett and Hollywood leading man Alex Rivers. But who will believe that Cassie is an abused wife? Unabridged. 1380 min. • Order # T3247 THE WINNER STANDS ALONE by Paulo Coelho. Taking place during the course of 24 hours during the Cannes Film Festival, The Winner Stands Alone is the story of Igor, a successful, driven Russian entrepreneur who will go to the darkest lengths to reclaim a lost love—his ex-wife, Ewa. Unabridged. 750 min. • Order # T3237 13½ by Nevada Barr. When respected professor Polly Deschamps falls in love with Marshall Marchand, a restoration architect, shadows of the past rise out of the poisoned ground of New Orleans as thick and deadly as the toxic waters of the flood. Like history, some crimes are doomed to repeat themselves. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T3241 SORRY, RIGHT NUMBER (AND OTHER STORIES) by Stephen King. Stephen King's unparalleled imagination is in full force in this collection of four short stories originally found in the classic, Nightmares & Dreamscapes. An all-star cast of readers bring to life these timeless stories from the darkest places. 240 min. • Order # T3240 HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by Audrey Niffenegger. Audrey Niffenegger returns with an unnerving, unforgettable and enchanting ghost story, a novel about love and identity, secrets and sisterhood, and the tenacity of life—even after death. Unabridged. 1380 min. • Order # T3233 • Order # T3096 HOTHOUSE ORCHID by Stuart Woods. Disappointed that she let terrorist Teddy Fay slip through her fingers for a second time, Special Agent Holly Barker returns quietly to home in Orchid Beach, Florida, where she once served as police chief. But an old danger Holly knows only too well has resurfaced, and her beloved hometown might not be the sanctuary she'd thought. Unabridged. 450 min. • Order # T3235 RAZOR SHARP by Fern Michaels. When it comes to repaying a debt, the women of the Sisterhood—Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle—never forget. And now one of their allies needs help only they can give. A powerful attorney with a cut-throat reputation, Lizzie Fox has just taken on a high-profile new client—Lily Flowers, the Madam of a high-end bordello operating under the guise of a summer camp. Unabridged. 424 min. • Order # T3234 www.ncrl.org 39 Audio/Video Catalog SILVER BELLS by Debbie Macomber. It wasn't easy for Phillip Lark to single-handedly raise his teenage daughter. But the girl had hatched a plot to find her father a wife, and lovely Carrie Weston seemed to fit the bill. Phillip claimed he wasn't interested in remarriage, but would the magic of the holiday season—and Carrie's wonderful charms—help him change his mind? Unabridged. 138 min. Audio/Video Catalog Audio: CD Fiction IT GROWS ON YOU (AND OTHER STORIES) by Stephen King. Stephen King, Gary Sinise, Grace Slick and Frank Muller lend their voices to this haunting collection of classic stories that no Stephen King fan should be without. Unabridged. 420 min. A ROGUE OF MY OWN by Johanna Lindsey. An innocent young lady's first brush with royal court intrigue lands her at the altar alongside one of London's most notorious rogues. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T3086 • Order # T3239 A CHANGE IN ALTITUDE by Anita Shreve. When a British couple invites newlyweds Margaret and Patrick to join them on a climbing expedition to Mount Kenya, they eagerly agree. But in a reckless moment, a horrific accident occurs, and a life is claimed. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Margaret struggles to understand what happened on the mountain and how these events have transformed her and her marriage forever. Unabridged. 540 min. • Order # T3246 THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD by Margaret Atwood. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion—has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived. Have others? Unabridged. 840 min. MR. AND MISS ANONYMOUS by Fern Michaels. Explore the unexpected, often devastating, turns in life that pull people apart...and the twists of fate that bring them back together again. Unabridged. 577 min. • Order # T3094 UNDER THE RADAR by Fern Michaels. Just returned to their mountaintop hideaway in the wake of their latest successful mission, the seven fearless friends of the Sisterhood have barely had time to enjoy a celebratory dinner with their mentor, Charles Martin, when they’re embroiled in a new adventure. Unabridged. 382 min. • Order # T3078 THE READER by Bernhard Schlink. As a 15-year-old boy in postwar Germany, Michael Berg had a passionate affair with a mysterious, guarded woman twice his age that ended suddenly when she disappeared. Years later, Michael sees her again—when she is on trial for a terrible crime. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T3242 BLOOD'S A ROVER by James Ellroy. Political noir as only James Ellroy can write it, Blood's A Rover is a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love. Unabridged. 1590 min. • Order # T3082 DAVID COPPERFIELD by Charles Dickens. David Copperfield is the story of a young man's journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Unabridged. 2040 min. • Order # T3245 THE SCARECROW by Michael Connelly. Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent. Unabridged. 660 min. • Order # T3080 40 • Order # T3056 652 min. QUEEN TAKES KING by Gigi Levangie Grazer. Whether they're changing the locks on each other in their Park Avenue triplex or sabotaging each other's dinner parties, it's The People's Billionaire vs. The Ballerina, in a split-up that will trump the most scandalous divorces known to polite New York society. Unabridged. • Order # T3113 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Non-Fiction • Order # T3256 HOW TO RAISE THE PERFECT DOG by Cesar Millan. Packed with new information aimed specifically at the particular needs of puppies and adolescents, How to Raise the Perfect Dog answers all the most commonly asked questions and guides you toward a loving, satisfying lifelong relationship with your best friend. 360 min. FIND YOUR STRONGEST LIFE by Marcus Buckingham. Marcus Buckingham has gained an international reputation for practical, realistic, and life-changing advice. Find Your Strongest Life helps women apply this expertise to their own lives, marrying success and happiness in ways that prove women really can "have it all." Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T3231 UBUNTU! by Stephen Lundin. Ubuntu! shows us a way to overcome our fears, insecurities, and the "me-ism" that so often permeates our workplaces, and replace it with a culture of genuine respect and collaboration. Unabridged. 180 min. • Order # T3250 • Order # T3469 STOP ACTING RICH...AND START LIVING LIKE A REAL MILLIONAIRE by Thomas J. Stanley, Ph.D. Dr. Thomas Stanley uncovers the truth that life satisfaction comes not from cruising down the highway in a chunk of your net worth, but from having the financial resources to choose—to spend time with family and friends, to volunteer, to pursue interests. Unabridged. 480 min. THE FAITH INSTINCT by Nicholas Wade. The first objective book of its kind, The Faith Instinct examines both the weaknesses of modern religions and the strengths that account for the remarkable persistence of faith. Unabridged. 750 min. • Order # T3423 • Order # T3249 COWBOYS FULL: THE STORY OF POKER by James McManus. Cowboys Full is the story of poker, from its roots in China, the Middle East, and Europe to its ascent as a global—but especially an American—phenomenon. 420 min. THE TIME OF MY LIFE by Patrick Swayze & Lisa Niemi. This audiobook will open the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love. 360 min. • Order # T3345 • Order # T3232 D-DAY: THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY by Antony Beevor. D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the invasion from June 6, 1944, up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting. Unabridged. 1200 min. THE ULTIMATE HAPPINESS PRESCRIPTION by Deepak Chopra. In the Ultimate Happiness Prescription, bestselling author Deepak Chopra shows us seven keys to uncover the true secrets of joy in the most difficult times. Unabridged. 150 min. • Order # T3341 • Order # T3261 www.ncrl.org FINAL VOYAGE by Peter Nichols. A story of Arctic disaster and one fateful whaling season. Unabridged. 570 min. • Order # T3349 41 Audio/Video Catalog BARACK LIKE ME by David Alan Grier. Grier unabashedly muses on politics, culture, and race while recounting his own life story in this edgy, timeless, hilarious, and revelatory memoir and look at all things Barack. Unabridged. 360 min. Audio: CD Non-Fiction Audio/Video Catalog THE AGE OF EMPATHY by Frans de Waal. In this thought-provoking book, the acclaimed author of Our Inner Ape examines how empathy comes naturally to a great variety of animals, including humans. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T3354 NORTH BY NORTHWESTERN by Captain Sig Hansen. The action of the Discovery channel hit series Deadliest Catch combines with the personal saga of a Norwegian family in this memoir and tale of adventure of commercial fishermen on the Bering Sea. 360 min. COMMITTED by Elizabeth Gilbert. Committed tells the story of one woman's efforts—through contemplation, historical study, and extensive conversation with every soul she encountered along the way—to make peace with marriage before she entered its estate once more. Unabridged. 480 min. • Order # T3264 THE POWER OF WOMEN by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Ph.D. This revolutionary audiobook gives women the tools to hone their skills as entrepreneurs and managers, mothers and wives, mentors and community leaders—and as individuals pursuing their talents and dreams. Unabridged. 300 min. • Order # T3471 JESUS: A BIOGRAPHY, FROM A BELIEVER by Paul Johnson. Paul Johnson offers listeners a lively biography of the man who inspired one of the world's great religions and whose lessons still guide us. Unabridged. 300 min. • Order # T3409 EMERGENCY by Neil Strauss. Neil Strauss takes us on a white-knuckled journey through America's heart of darkness as he scrambles to escape the system. It's one man's story of a dangerous world—and how to stay alive in it. 480 min. • Order # T3441 DAWN LIGHT by Diane Ackerman. In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalist Diane Ackerman awakens us to the world at dawn, bringing into stunning focus a time of day that many of us literally or metaphorically sleep through. Unabridged. 420 min. • Order # T3284 • Order # T3419 7 EVENTS THAT MADE AMERICA AMERICA by Larry Schweikart. In this time of national uncertainty, it has never been more important for Americans to understand what has shaped our national destiny. This provocative book will enlighten anyone looking for clarity about our past and inspiration for our future. Unabridged. 600 min. • Order # T3496 SEAWORTHY by Linda Greenlaw. Linda Greenlaw hadn’t been blue-water fishing for ten years, since the great events chronicled in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean, when an old friend offered her the captaincy on his boat, Seahawk, for a season of swordfishing. She took the bait, and thus opened a new chapter in a life that had already seen enough adventure for three lifetimes. Unabridged. 421 min. • Order # T3492 HITLER'S HOLY RELICS by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick. An American art historian turned Army sleuth races to stay one step ahead of Nazi thugs who have absconded with the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire—sacred symbols of Hitler’s “Thousand Year Reich”— and their plot to create a Fourth Reich. Unabridged. 645 min. • Order # T3487 42 1-800-426-READ Audio: CD Non-Fiction • Order # T3484 MAKING THE SHIFT by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. The ego has driven us away from our authentic selves. On this CD program, Wayne reveals how we can make that all-important U-turn and head back to the Source of being that created us. 420 min. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 2.0 by Travis Bradberry & Jean Greaves. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-bystep program for increasing your emotional intelligence using the four core EQ skills— self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management— to exceed your goals and achieve your fullest potential. Unabridged. 280 min. • Order # T3486 I'LL MATURE WHEN I'M DEAD by Dave Barry. In eighteen hilarious pieces, Dave tackles everything from fatherhood, self-image, the battle of the sexes, celebrityhood, and technology, to parenting styles, reality shows, and the ultimate adult. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T3475 FOR BETTER: THE SCIENCE OF A GOOD MARRIAGE by Tara Parker-Pope. Tara Parker-Pope offers simple, practical advice to help couples diagnose the health of their own marriage and lower their risk for divorce. Unabridged. 585 min. • Order # T3485 • Order # T3476 NPR SOUND TREKS: ANIMALS by NPR. NPR explores the meanings behind the morning roar of the Guatemalan howler monkey, the seriously social laughing of the spotted hyena and the sophisticated conversation from the Central African forest elephant, as it celebrates wild sounds from around the globe. 60 min. THE PRICE OF STONES by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri. Weaving together tales from his youth with the inspiring account of the challenges and triumphs of the Nyaka AIDS Orphan School, Kaguri shows how someone with a modest idea is capable of achieving monumental results. Unabridged. 570 min. • Order # T3499 • Order # T3501 WAR AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL by Sarah Ellison. This is a tale about big business, an imploding dynasty, a mogul at war, and a deal that sums up an era of change. Unabridged. 270 min. • Order # T3497 NPR SOUND TREKS: ADVENTURES by NPR. Whether whitewater rafting on the Hudson River, mountain climbing in the Himalayas, kayaking in Alaska, airboarding in Oregon’s Cascade mountains, or bungee jumping in Australia, each story is an amazing sound adventure—and a great escape. 60 min. THE PACIFIC by Hugh Ambrose. Historian Hugh Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot and producing a powerful blend of first-person immediacy and historical perspective. Unabridged. 1440 min. NPR SOUND TREKS: BIRDS by NPR. These fascinating stories feature the delightful voices of dozens of birds, and offer unique perspectives on their interactions—with humans and with one another. 60 min. COLOSSUS by Michael Hiltzik. In this definitive account, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik shares the epic story of Hoover Dam's construction and its tremendous— and continuing—impact on the United States. Unabridged. 1110 min. • Order # T3493 • Order # T3494 • Order # T3467 • Order # T3498 www.ncrl.org 43 Audio/Video Catalog SPOKEN FROM THE HEART by Laura Bush. In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story. Unabridged. 510 min. Video: DVD Kids Audio/Video Catalog DAVY CROCKETT: TWO MOVIE SET w/Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen. There's never been a folk hero quite like Davy Crockett, and you'll see why when you watch him take on an alligator, "grin" down a bear, and fight for freedom at the Alamo. (2004) PG/G. 174 min. • Order # V5029 THE ADVENTURES OF MILO AND OTIS A curious kitten named Milo and his inseparable friend, a pug-nosed puppy named Otis, tumble through one exciting escapade after another in this heartwarming live action film. (2005) G. 75 min. FAERIE TALE THEATRE w/Jennifer Beals, Pam Dawber. Wicked stepsisters, dancing princesses, evil sea witches, beautiful mermaids and more fill this 4-episode collection from the award-winning series. (2009) Not Rated. 204 min. ALL ABOUT OLD McDONALD'S FARM Two fun-filled adventures for kids of all ages! Plant the seeds for an amazing adventure when you join Farmer John on a fascinating trip to Old McDonald’s farm. (2005) Not Rated. 54 min. • Order # V5063 • Order # V5136 THE PERPETUA STORY It is the year AD 203 in Carthage, North Africa. Perpetua, an affluent young mother, is charged with converting to Christianity and is sent to prison. But her freedom can be secured easily. All she has to do is offer one pinch of incense in honor to the Roman gods. Animated. (2008) PG. 98 min. SNOW DAY w/Chevy Chase, Chris Elliott, Jean Smart. An unexpected overnight snowfall has made roads impassable. And that means a no-school, no-rules snow day! (2000) PG. 89 min. • Order # V5090 ANIMATED ADVENTURE PACK This triple feature video included: The Prince and the Pauper; Robin Hood; and The Three Musketeers. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 145 min. • Order # V5116 MY FRIEND RABBIT: CARROTASTIC FUN! My Friend Rabbit chronicles the adventures of Rabbit, his best friend Mouse, and a group of other colorful characters from across the animal kingdom. Animated. (2007) Not Rated. 66 min. • Order # V5123 SONNY WITH A CHANCE: SONNY'S BIG BREAK w/Demi Lovato. Sonny Munroe is a Midwestern girl who gets her big break when she is invited to join the cast of the hit teen sketch comedy show So Random! (2009) TV-G. 89 min. • Order # V5126 GOOSEBUMPS: MY BEST FRIEND IS INVISIBLE Their aunt is kind of weird, but her prize cookies are delicious. That is, until the brothers realize that each one of Aunt Dahlia's culinary treats is just as strange as she is. Animated. (2008) Not Rated. 145 min. • Order # V5235 44 • Order # V5129 1-800-426-READ • Order # V5144 ELOISE IN SPRINGTIME Everyone's favorite six-year-old is about to learn some rawther important lessons about friendship, honesty and even having fun! Animated. (2007) Not Rated. 45 min. • Order # V5146 PRINCESS STORIES, VOLUME 1 The journey of fun begins with a treasure chest of beloved stories starring Ariel and Jasmine, and two stories featuring Belle and Cinderella. Animated. (2004) Not Rated. 60 min. • Order # V5138 PRINCESS STORIES, VOLUME 2 As each captivating story unfolds, your child will meet her favorite Disney Princesses, share in their fabulous adventures and discover that friendship is the most powerful magic of all! Animated. (2005) Not Rated. 64 min. • Order # V5139 PRINCESS STORIES, VOLUME 3 Three charmed tales about being true to yourself will amaze and amuse your child again and again! Animated. (2005) Not Rated. 61 min. • Order # V5140 Kids THE CAT IN THE HAT w/Mike Myers. Two kids on a cold, cold, wet day. Their mom is at work, and they've no games to play! Then in walks the fun in the form of a cat who pulls out the laughs from the brim of his hat. (2004) PG. 82 min. • Order # V5147 • Order # V5163 ME, ELOISE It's Eloise's sixth birthday and she's planning the most special party ever! But Eloise and her new friend Yuko take off on an extraordinary adventure that takes a surprising turn and they almost miss the big day! Animated. (2006) Not Rated. 45 min. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS GO TO THE MOVIES: STAR WRECK Alvin stars as Captain Dirk, commander of the S.S. Boobypize; Simon is Mr. Speck, and Brittany is Uhaha. Together, they must rescue fellow crewmember Dr. McRoy after he gets abducted by a weird extraterrestrial family! Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 66 min. • Order # V5148 DISNEY PRINCESS PARTY, VOL. 1 You are cordially invited to the Disney Princess Party where happily ever afters can happen 365 days a year! Disney Princess Party will fill any day with laughter, surprises and magical moments. Animated. (2004) Not Rated. 100 min. • Order # V5164 BIG AND LOUD ON A FARM Watch real farmers work on real farms. You'll see live action combines, tractors, and trucks during a harvest. See how an acrobatic airplane helps a farmer grow crops. Watch a train pull a hundred freight cars to an elevator. (2008) Not Rated. 24 min. • Order # V5149 DISNEY PRINCESS PARTY, VOL. 2 Let the enchantment begin with a Disney Princess pajama party that's so much fun, the magic could last well beyond the stroke of midnight! Animated. (2005) Not Rated. 102 min. • Order # V5168 BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS w/Angela Lansbury. When young Charlie, Carrie and Paul move to a small village during World War II, they discover their host, Miss Price, is an apprentice witch! (2009) G. 140 min. • Order # V5150 DR. DOLITTLE: MILLION DOLLAR MUTTS w/Kyla Pratt, Judge Reinhold. It's Lucky to the rescue when his owner, Maya Dolittle finds herself in hot water—Hollywood-style! (2008) PG. 87 min. • Order # V5172 GOOSEBUMPS: THE HEADLESS GHOST Hill House is dark, scary and haunted, just the way Duane and Stephanie like it! But if they can't help the ghost of a 13-year-old boy who lost his head there find it, he'll have to borrow one of theirs! (2009) Not Rated. 64 min. • Order # V5151 BIONICLE 2: LEGENDS OF METRU NUI When mysterious dark forces threaten the glorious city of Metru Nui, Toa Lhikan gives six Matoran the tools and responsibilities of new Toa. Will they succeed before time runs out, or will darkness prevail? Animated. (2004) PG. 75 min. • Order # V5153 BIONICLE 3: WEB OF SHADOWS Poisonous foes, extraordinary friends and epic trials and triumphs are spun into this all-new animated adventure! (2005) PG. 76 min. • Order # V5154 • Order # V5175 SCOOBY-DOO! THE MYSTERY BEGINS w/Kate Melton, Hayley Kiyoko, Robbie Amell, Nick Palatas. Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, the kids are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team to solve the supernatural mystery and head straight into nonstop laughs and adventure. (2009) PG. 82 min. • Order # V5180 www.ncrl.org 45 Audio/Video Catalog ELOISE IN HOLLYWOOD A big time movie producer invited Eloise and Nanny to Hollywood, and the Plaza Hotel's most famous six-year-old is instantly overcome by visions of overnight stardom and red-carpet premieres. Animated. (2006) Not Rated. 45 min. Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Kids IRON WILL w/Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey. Based on an incredible true-life story, a brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous cross-country marathon. (2002) PG. 109 min. MONSTERS vs ALIENS Ginormica, Dr. Cockroach Ph.D., The Missing Link, Insectosaurous and B.O.B. join forces to fight back when aliens attack. Animated. (2009) PG. 94 min. • Order # V5186 ASTRO BOY: THE BEGINNING Witness the very first anime ever produced Osamu Texuka's ASTRO BOY! This U.S. version delighted viewers with touching stories and compelling characters during its 1960s TV broadcast. Animated (2009) BW. 110 min. • Order # V5177 WALLACE & GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH Wallace and his canine companion Gromit have started a bread bakery. But the arrival of Piella Bakewell upsets their complicated world of mixers, flour mills, ovens, and forklifts. Wallace falls hard for her charms, but Gromit uncovers a link to a string of murdered bakers. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 87 min. • Order # V5221 ASTRO BOY (SET 1) Endowed with super strength, rocket-powered flight, a selfless heart and a kind demeanor, Astro Boy fights a never-ending crusade against the forces of evil. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. BW. 572 min. • Order # V5179 DISNEY PRINCESS ENCHANTED TALES: FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS Spend some golden moments with Aurora and Jasmine as each discovers what it takes to be a true Princess. Animals. (2007) G. 56 min. • Order # V5189 ASTRO BOY (SET 2) Everyone's favorite boy-robot is back for a new set of adventures, battling foes from fantastic aliens and rogue robots to evil geniuses! Animated. (2009) TV-G. BW. 572 min. • Order # V5176 JONAS: ROCKIN' THE HOUSE w/The Jonas Brothers. Experience life through the eyes of the world's most popular trio in five episodes of Jonas on Jonas: Rockin' The House. (2009) TV-G. 113 min. • Order # V5181 WHERE IS WINKY'S HORSE? w/Ebbie Tam, Jan Decleir. Winky is the happiest girl in the world because she gets to take care of Santa's horse, Amerigo; only it turns out not to be as easy as she thought it would be. (2007) G. 80 min. • Order # V5190 WIZARDS ON DECK WITH HANNAH MONTANA w/Miley Syrus, Moises Arias, Selena Gomez, Mitchel Musso. Climb on board for fun on the high seas as three of your favorite Disney Channel shows come together in Wizards On Deck With Hannah Montana! (2009) TV-G. 68 min. • Order # V5191 • Order # V5182 WORLD ANIMAL ADVENTURE Babies love animals, and now you can bring animals from the seven continents home to your baby. (2009) Not Rated. 35 min. • Order # V5184 BATTLE FOR TERRA When the peaceful inhabitants of the beautiful planet Terra come under attack from the last surviving members of humanity adrift in an aging spaceship, the stage is set for an all-out war between the two for control of the planet. Animated. (2009) PG. 84 min. • Order # V5192 BOB THE BUILDER BUILT FOR FUN Team up with Bob the Builder and his construction crew in five fun-tastic episodes. Animated. (2006) Not Rated. 43 min. • Order # V5170 BIONICLE: THE LEGEND REBORN Your favorite BIONICLE heroes come to life in this thrilling, all-new movie adventure filled with action and excitement! Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 71 min. • Order # V5201 46 1-800-426-READ Kids WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE BROKEN w/Gabrielle Anwar, Michael Schoeffling. After she joins a traveling show in the 1930s, spunky teen Sonora Webster learns the ropes and eventually lands a plum role in the program: riding a horse off a 40-foot-high diving board into a tank of water. (2006) G. 89 min. • Order # V5206 A PLUMM SUMMER w/William Baldwin, Henry Winkler. The innocence of an idyllic small town is torn apart when famous TV puppet Froggy Doo is "frognapped" and held for ransom. (2009) PG. 101 min. • Order # V5225 LIFE SCIENCE Marko the Pencil leads students on an entertaining adventure where learning becomes fun. Covers photosynthesis, parts of a plant, life cycles, genetic traits and adaptations, plant and animal cells, food webs, and more. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 59 min. • Order # V5208 THE BEST OF THE ELECTRIC COMPANY w/Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno. Take a trip back in time with Spider-Man, Letterman, J. Arthur Crank, the Short Circus, Jennifer of the Jungle, DJ Mel Mounds, Easy Reader, Paul the Gorilla, Lorelei the Chicken and all the rest with The Best of the Electric Company. (2006) G. 630 min. • Order # V5229 PAULIE w/Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison. When a little bird with a big personality sets out to find the loving girl who raised him, he discovers his way with words has a way of landing him in big trouble. (1998) PG. 92 min. • Order # V5210 BIGFOOT w/Richard Tyson, Adam B. Raque, Nicole Badaan. Lost in the forest, Bigfoot befriends three kids, Percy, Madison and Leonard, who are determined to protect him. (2008) PG. 93 min. • Order # V5230 GOOSEBUMPS: SHOCKER ON SHOCK STREET When Erin's dad invites Erin and Marty to be the first kids to ride the new Shocker Studio's Tour Ride, the terrifying movie creatures become more life like than ever...and real life suddenly seems a lot scarier than the big screen. (2009) Not Rated. 43 min. • Order # V5217 AUSSIE & TED'S GREAT ADVENTURE w/Dean Cain, Beverly D'Angelo, Alyssa Shafer, Leo Howard. Aussie, a lovable mutt, embarks on a mission to return his young owner's missing Teddy Bear. (2008) G. 89 min. • Order # V5231 SECRETS OF THE FURIOUS FIVE Po may have defeated Tai Lung, but our Dragon Warrior must now face Shifu's biggest challenge with the help of Viper, Tigress, Monkey, Crane and Mantis. Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 24 min. • Order # V5219 THE WILD STALLION w/Connie Sellecca, Fred Ward, Miranda Cosgrove. Hanna and her father have arrived at Matty's Bear Mountain Ranch that runs along the borders of Utah and Nevada. When Hanna and her new friend CJ discover a plan hatched by the wealthy Mr. Noval to rid the area of wild horses, the two girls must turn to Matty for help before it's too late! (2009) G. 86 min. • Order # V5236 • Order # V5220 LITTLE NEMO: ADVENTURES IN SLUMBERLAND Welcome to the fantasy world of "Little Nemo," filled with dreams of enchanted lands and new friends, amazing magic and fun-filled adventure. It's a place where anything is possible and the only boundaries are those of the imagination. Animated. (2004) Not Rated. 100 min. • Order # V5239 www.ncrl.org 47 Audio/Video Catalog DORA SAVES THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM Join Dora on a magical, double-length adventure inside a storybook to save the Crystal Kingdom from the Greedy King! Animated. (2009) Not Rated. 92 min. Video: DVD Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Fiction SCHINDLER'S LIST w/Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes. This film is the indelible true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. (1993) Rated R. 196 min. TAKING CHANCE w/Kevin Bacon. Taking Chance is the remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. (2009) TV-PG. 78 min. • Order # V5055 LOVE COMES SOFTLY w/Katherine Heigl, Oliver Macready. Suddenly widowed, Marty Claridge must face the rugged terrain of the west alone. That is, until a handsome widower named Clark Davis suggests a platonic "marriage of convenience" until Marty can return home. But as the months pass, Marty and Clark discover an unexpected new love where there was once only loss. (2002) Not Rated. 88 min. • Order # V5057 COCO CHANEL w/Shirley MacLaine. Academy Award™ winning actress Shirley MacLaine stars as Coco Chanel in this critically acclaimed film that charts the rise of one of the most influential designers of the 20th century. (2008) PG. 139 min. • Order # V5060 CYBER WARS w/Genevieve O'Reilly, Luoyong Wang, Joan Chen, David Warner. A bounty hunter and a police detective find themselves on the run after they uncover a diabolical "game" set in motion by several elite corporate leaders. (2006) PG-13. 103 min. • Order # V5065 • Order # V5076 OBSESSED w/Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, Ali Larter. When successful financial advisor Derek Charles settles into a new Los Angeles neighborhood with his wife Sharon and young son Kyle, everything seems perfect. But when a beautiful temp, Lisa, joins the firm, Derek's life takes a strange turn. (2009) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V5077 THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT w/Kyle Gallner, Amanda Crew. Based on a chilling true story, The Haunting in Connecticut charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. (2009) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V5085 DRAGONBALL: EVOLUTION w/Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Yun-Fat Chow, Emmy Rossum. Based on one of the most popular Japanese manga series of all time, Dragonball: Evolution follows a young warrior on an epic adventure to discover his destiny...and save the world form the forces of darkness. (2009) PG. 85 min. • Order # V5087 DESCENT w/Luke Perry, Rick Roberts, Michael Dorn. When cracks large enough to swallow a city block appear in the Earth's crust, a team of scientists must go deep into the Earth to find a way to stop the destruction. (2005) PG. 96 min. • Order # V5070 • Order # V5088 HOMETOWN LEGEND w/Terry O'Quinn, Lacey Chabert, Nick Cornish. Jerry B. Jenkins, author of the popular Left Behind books, delivers a rousing, stand-up-onthe-bleachers-and-cheer story of a small town's desperate fight for survival. (2008) PG. 108 min. • Order # V5071 48 FAST & FURIOUS w/Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster. From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawl, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world, which lives for speed, drives for the rush and breaks all the rules! (2009) PG-13. 107 min. 17 AGAIN w/Zac Efron. If you somehow had the chance, would you do your life over? Thirtysomething Mike O'Donnell would. Then one mysteriously magical moment, Mike gets his chance. (2009) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V5094 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Fiction THE CLIENT w/Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones. The Client is the story of a District Attorney out for a conviction, a new lawyer out of her league, and a young boy who knew too much. (1997) PG-13. 121 min. • Order # V5117 • Order # V5091 THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD w/John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt. Once upon a time, Buck Howard spend his days in the limelight as a mentalist extraordinaire, but lately his act has lost its luster. But with the aid of a fiery publicist and a bold stoke of luck, Buck lands back in the American consciousness. (2009) PG. 90 min. • Order # V5093 BEACH KINGS w/David Charvet, Torrey DeVitto, Kristin Cavallari. Cameron Day is a former college basketball star with one last shot at greatness—the professional beach volleyball tour. But first, Cameron must face the demons of his troubled past. (2008) PG-13. 97 min. • Order # V5105 THE CLASS w/Francois Bégaudeau. At a tough inner-city middle school in Paris, a dedicated teacher named Mr. Marin begins the new term. As each side challenges the other, Mr. Marin and his students are about to get an education they'll never forget. (2009) PG-13. 130 min. • Order # V5096 AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS w/David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine. David Niven plays the neurotically punctual Phileas Fogg, a British gent who is spurned on by a wager to prove he can travel around the world in 80 days. (2004) Not Rated. 182 min. • Order # V5100 APOCALYPSE w/Richard Nester, Leigh Lewis. Two award-winning journalists are caught in a frantic race against time to alert the world of the deadly deception of Franco Macalousso, President of the European Union. (2008) PG. 94 min. • Order # V5101 A CRY IN THE DARK w/Meryl Streep, Sam Neill. No body, motive or weapon. The facts in the Australian murder trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain didn't add up. But other things did: Bigotry against the couple's religion. (1988) PG-13. 121 min. THE UNBORN w/Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, James Remar. Plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours, a young woman's only hope to break the debilitating paranormal curse is in an exorcism. (2008) Unrated. 89 min. • Order # V5110 PEARL HARBOR w/Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale. This tale of catastrophic defeat, heroic victory and personal courage focuses on WWII's devastating impact on two daring young pilots and a beautiful, dedicated nurse. (2001) PG-13. 183 min. • Order # V5114 DON JUAN DEMARCO w/Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway. The story of a man who thought he was the greatest lover in the world and the people who tried to cure him of it. (1998) PG-13. 97 min. • Order # V5118 THE GOLDEN BOYS w/David Carradine, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern, Mariel Hemingway. Having braved treacherous seas most of their lives, three retired captains are now faced with their toughest challenge ever: living together. (2008) PG. 97 min. • Order # V5124 • Order # V5111 www.ncrl.org 49 Audio/Video Catalog THE SOLOIST w/Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr. The Soloist tells the poignant tale of a Los Angeles newspaper reporter who discovers a brilliant street musician, with unsinkable passion, and the unique friendship and bond that transforms both their lives. (2009) PG-13. 116 min. Video: DVD Fiction Audio/Video Catalog DUPLICITY w/Julia Roberts, Clive Owen. Oscar winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen star as two sexy spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair. (2009) PG-13. 125 min. • Order # V5125 STEPPIN w/Anthony Anderson, Mo'Nique, Faison Love. Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the campus fraternities and sororities fight to recruit the best talent that will help them win the big-money prize. (2009) PG-13. 85 min. POSSESSION w/Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle. Literary scholars Roland Michell and Maud Bailey are experts on the work of two different Victorian poets. As they pursue a possible connection between their subjects, the two sleuths begin to stumble toward a romance of their own. (2002) PG-13. 103 min. • Order # V5137 BRING IT ON: FIGHT TO THE FINISH w/Chrintina Milian. Sassy cheer captain Lina Cruz's world is turned upside-down when her family moves from the urban streets of East Los Angeles to the sunny beach town of Malibu. (2008) PG-13. 103 min. • Order # V5127 • Order # V5134 LABOR PAINS w/Lindsay Lohan. Thea is stuck in a dead-end job that she can't afford to lose. To stay employed, she fakes a pregnancy, and now she's milking her one big lie for everything it's worth. (2008) PG-13. 89 min. COPS & ROBBERSONS w/Chevy Chace, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest. In the pursuit of a dangerous counterfeiter, grizzled cop Jake Stone convinces a suburban family to let him use their home for an extended stakeout. But this "typical" family is anything but. (1994) PG. 93 min. • Order # V5131 • Order # V5135 VERITAS: PRINCE OF TRUTH w/Sean Patrick Flanery, Kate Walsh. Kern Williams, a 14-year-old comic book fan, is challenged to become a hero himself when he teams up with his favorite comic book character, Veritas: Prince of Truth. (2009) PG. 94 min. THE RUNDOWN w/The Rock, Seann William Scott. Beck is a bounty hunter sent into the jungles of the Amazon to bring the rebellious Travis back to the States. When Beck and Travis reluctantly join forces to hunt down a priceless treasure, this unlikely team embarks on a pulse-pounding thrill-ride. (2003) PG-13. 105 min. • Order # V5132 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE w/Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. A recent widower in Seattle and a reporter in Baltimore are fated for each other and it takes the man's son and a radio talk show to set events in motion for the couple to meet. (2003) PG. 105 min. • Order # V5141 • Order # V5133 MIRRORMASK w/Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Stephanie Leonidas. Helena finds herself on a strange journey into the Dark Lands, a fantastic landscape filled with giants, Monkeybirds and dangerous sphinxes. She searches for the Mirrormask, an object of enormous power that is her only hope of escaping the Dark Lands, waking the Queen of Light and returning home. (2005) PG. 104 min. • Order # V5143 • Order # V5142 50 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK w/Shelley Winters. Following the Nazi invasion of Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne and her family go into hiding in the confines of an attic. Anne's remarkable account of their lives are intimately depicted in this extraordinary portrait of humanity. BW. (1959) G. 179 min. SUGAR w/Algenis Perez Soto. Sugar is the inspirational story of Miguel Santos, a gifted pitcher struggling to make it to the big leagues of American baseball. (2009) PG-13. 114 min. • Order # V5161 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Fiction • Order # V5145 BRIAN'S SONG w/James Caan, Billy Dee Williams. Roommates and rivals, two rookie football players become best friends because of their competitive natures and complementary personalities. When Piccolo becomes stricken with cancer, his relentless will to live inspires the talented Sayers to reach his athletic potential. (1971) G. 73 min. • Order # V5171 AUSTIN POWERS THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME w/Mike Myers, Heather Graham. Intent on world domination, diabolical genius Dr. Evil travels back to 1969 and steals Austin's "mojo". Now Austin must return to the Swingin' Sixties, recover his mojo and stop Dr. Evil from liquidating the world. (2004) PG-13. min. • Order # V5162 GREY GARDENS w/Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange. Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange star as the reclusive mother and daughter whose unconventional tastes and social rebellion transcended public opinion and forged a unique and unbreakable bond. (2009) Not Rated. 104 min. DANCE FLICK w/Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Shoshana Bush, and Damon Wayans Jr. Sweet, innocent Megan's ballet dreams are shattered when she is forced to attend an inner-city high school where she meets Thomas, a young hip-hop dancer from the wrong side of the tracks. (2009) PG-13. 82 min. • Order # V5174 GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST w/Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner. A freewheeling womanizer is haunted by the spirits of girlfriends of the past, present & beyond at his younger brother's wedding, awakening long-lost feelings for his first love. (2009) PG-13. 100 min. • Order # V5165 • Order # V5187 AUSTIN POWERS INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY w/Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley. Frozen in the 60s, secret agent Austin Powers is thawed back into action to once again battle his archenemy Dr. Evil. (1997) PG-13. 90 min. THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD w/Errol Flynn, Olivia deHavilland. Errol Flynn is eternally charming as Robin, defender of the poor, in this rousing family adventure that co-stars Olivia de Havilland and Claude Rains. (1938) PG. 102 min. • Order # V5166 • Order # V5188 NOTHING BUT TROUBLE w/Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore. Get spooked silly when Chevy Chase and Demi Moore take a wrong turnpike exit and find "hanging judge" Dan Aykroyd and "constable" John Candy in a bizarre New Jersey burg. (1991) PG-13. 93 min. • Order # V5169 THE WIZARD OF OZ w/Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley. This lively musical, a mainstay in the staple diet of great American films, follows young Dorothy Gale, her dog, Toto, and her three companions on the yellow brick road to Oz. (1939) G. 102 min. • Order # V5193 FOOTLOOSE w/Kevin Bacon. Footloose portrays the timeless struggle between innocent pleasure and rigid morality, when city-boy Ren McCormick finds himself in an uptight Midwestern town where dancing has been banned. (1984) PG. 107 min. • Order # V5173 www.ncrl.org A MAN CALLED PETER w/Richard Todd, Jean Peters. Richard Todd delivers a thoroughly winning performance as Peter Marshall, the Scottish-born minister who became Chaplain of the U.S. Senate. (1955) Not Rated. 119 min. • Order # V5202 51 Audio/Video Catalog STATE OF PLAY w/Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren. When D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey is assigned to investigate the murder of an assistant to an up-and-coming politician, he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens to bring down the nation's power structures. (2009) PG-13. 128 min. Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Fiction THE PRINCE & ME: A ROYAL HONEYMOON w/Kam Heskin, Chris Geere. A former farm girl from Wisconsin and the former prince of Denmark find themselves reluctantly thrust back into the spotlight after setting off for their romantic honeymoon in Belavia and realizing the forest that brings them both so much joy is about to be cut down in order to make way for an oil field. (2008) PG. 92 min. • Order # V5216 THE QUIET MAN w/John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara. Sean Thornton is an American who swears off boxing after accidentally killing an opponent. Returning to the Irish town of his birth, he finds happiness when he falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate. (1952) Not Rated. 129 min. • Order # V5195 CHARLOTTE GRAY w/Cate Blanchett. A Scottish woman joins the French Resistance during World War II to help rescue her missing RAF boyfriend. (2009) PG-13. 121 min. • Order # V5196 THE VILLAIN w/Kirk Douglas, Ann-Margaret, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the invulnerable sheriff who rides blithely through life, unaware that the evil Kirk Douglas wants to kill him and kidnap his squeeze, Ann-Margret. (2009) PG-13. 114 min. EASY VIRTUE w/Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes. When British playboy John brings his new wife Larita—a race car-driving feminist from Detroit —home to meet the family at their country estate, pretty much everyone's expectations are disappointed. (2009) PG-13. 96 min. • Order # V5205 X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE w/Hugh Jackman. Somewhere in the wilds of northwest Canada in the early 1800s, two boys grow up amid violence: half-brothers with very special powers. Eventually they will become the near-indestructible warriors (and victims of a secret government program) known as Wolverine and Sabretooth. (2009) PG-13. 107 min. • Order # V5214 MY LIFE IN RUINS w/Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis. Georgia is facing burnout in her job with a tour company in Greece. Happily for Georgia, her latest group of challenging tourists will help her shed some of her hard-built personal armor, guiding her to cut loose as the tour progresses. (2009) PG-13. 95 min. • Order # V5215 • Order # V5197 MERLIN'S APPRENTICE w/Sam Neill. Camelot is in vulnerable disarray since the theft of the Holy Grail. Now the only one who can find the Grail and restore Camelot's glory is an irascible young beggar-thief who discovers magic within himself. (2006) Not Rated. 185 min. • Order # V5199 TWISTER w/Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton. Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are thrill-seeking meteorologists chasing twisters in order to study them with a new technology they've developed to create an improved warning system. (1998) PG-13. 113 min. • Order # V5218 52 IMAGINE THAT w/Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi. When a highly competitive money mogul finds his financial kingdom slipping, he turns to his 7-year-old daughter and her fantasy world of imaginary princesses for help. (2009) PG. 107 min. • Order # V5224 ENCHANGED APRIL w/Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence. Two proper Englishwomen, determined to get away from their drab lives and inattentive husbands, find paradise in the serene countryside of the Italian Riviera. (1992) PG. 93 min. • Order # V5226 MAME w/Lucille Ball. Lucille Ball plays Mame, a high-living grande dame who's outlandishly eccentric and, when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew, fiercely loving. (1974) PG. 131 min. • Order # V5227 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Fiction • Order # V5228 DR. QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN: THE MOVIES w/Jane Seymour, Joe Lando. Travel back to the 19th century American frontier with more tales of courage, conviction, and romance. (1999) PG. 180 min. • Order # V5240 OCTOBER SKY w/Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Dern. Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957. Working in the coal mines is an inescapable way of life in this small town. When high schooler Homer Hickam, Jr. sees the Sputnik satellite in the night sky, he dares to break free of the mines and reach for the stars. (1999) PG. 108 min. • Order # V5232 MOLL FLANDERS w/Robin Wright, Morgan Freeman, Stockard Channing. Moll is a spirited, headstrong woman whose unfortunate social position leaves her in the most dire of circumstances. Famished and without shelter, Moll is forced to use her beauty as a means for living. (1995) PG-13. 122 min. • Order # V5233 FINDING FORRESTER w/Sean Connery, Rob Brown. Jamal Wallas is a 16-year-old basketball star with a secret passion for writing. William Forrester is a famous, reclusive novelist who is angry at the world. After an unexpected meeting, Forrester becomes Jamal's unlikely mentor and both men learn lessons from each other about the importance of friendship. (2000) PG-13. 136 min. • Order # V5234 THE BLUE & THE GRAY w/Stacy Keach, John Hammond, Lloyd Bridges. This film reconstructs an eternally fascinating and controversial era in American history— when families and nation were divided between the black and white. (1982) Not Rated. 381 min. • Order # V5237 TRANSFORMERS w/Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel. Unaware that he is mankind’s last chance for survival, Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee, his robot disguised as a car, are in a heart-pounding race against an enemy unlike anything anyone has seen before. (2007) PG-13. 143 min. • Order # V5238 www.ncrl.org YEAR ONE w/Jack Black, Michael Cera. Zed and Oh are cavemen who stumble out of the mountains into an epic journey of biblical proportions. (2009) PG-13. 97 min. • Order # V5249 LAND OF THE LOST w/Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, who gets more than he bargained for when his expedition takes a wrong turn into the Land of the Lost. (2009) PG-13. 102 min. • Order # V5254 FATHER OF THE BRIDE: PART II w/Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short. When his daughter and his wife Nina both announce they are pregnant, George finds himself in one outrageous situation after another, desperately trying to recapture the wild and crazy days of his youth! (2000) PG. 106 min. • Order # V5259 THE 6TH DAY w/Arnold Schwarzenegger. A sinister corporation has begun illegally duplicating entire human beings. But they mistakenly clone the wrong man: a man who is now the only one with the power to expose their evil. (2000) PG-13. 123 min. • Order # V5260 DEFENDING YOUR LIFE w/Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep. Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles street, listening to Something's Coming when something came—a bus. One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his troubles are just beginning. (1991) PG. 111 min. • Order # V5261 THE PROPOSAL w/Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds. On the verge of being deported and losing the job she lives for, the controlling Margaret announces she's engaged to her unsuspecting, put-upon assistant Andrew. (2009) PG-13. 108 min. • Order # V5263 53 Audio/Video Catalog RAIN MAN w/Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise. Charlie Babbitt has just discovered he has an autistic brother named Raymond and is now taking him on the ride of his life. Or is it the other way around? (1988) Rated R. 134 min. Audio/Video Catalog Video: DVD Fiction ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: A NEW BEGINNING w/Barbara Hershey, Rachel Blanchard, Shirley MacLaine. A long lost letter from her errant father, discovered under the floorboards in Green Gables, causes Anne to delve into long-buried memories. (2009) Not Rated. 144 min. • Order # V5262 WHATEVER WORKS w/Ed Begley, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood. Woody Allen writes and directs this "blackish comedy" about an eccentric upper-class New Yorker who abandons his comfortable lifestyle in favor of leading a more bohemian existence. (2009) PG-13. 92 min. • Order # V5276 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: THE MUSICAL w/Val Kilmer. Experience one of the most compelling stories of The Bible in a whole new light as Val Kilmer steps into the sandals of famed prophet Moses for a compelling stage musical. (2006) Not Rated. 120 min. ODD GIRL OUT w/Alexa Vega, Lisa Vidal, Leah Pipes. A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school. (2005) PG-13. 85 min. • Order # V5264 BRAVE NEW GIRL w/Virginia Madsen, Lindsey Haun. A young Texan girl dreams of stardom but fears her family's financial situation will hold her back, until her mother makes it possible for her to pursue her dreams. (2004) PG-13. 90 min. • Order # V5293 WHITE OLEANDER w/Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renée Zellweger. Flamboyant, self-centered Ingrid is jailed for the murder of her lover. Yet she still controls the life of her impressionable 15-year-old daughter Astrid. (2002) PG-13. 109 min. • Order # V5265 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK w/Tamsin Greig, Ellie Kendrick, Iain Glen. The new Diary of Anne Frank production is the first true and authentic account of life in hiding under Nazi terror during World War II from the unique perspective of a teenage Jewish girl. (2009) PG. 150 min. • Order # V5294 A PERFECT WORLD w/Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood. Butch Haynes is a hardened prison escapee on the lam with a young hostage who sees in Butch the father figure he never had. (2002) PG-13. 138 min. • Order # V5273 RETURN TO ME w/David Duchovny, Minnie Driver. It took a lot of coaxing to get Bob, a recently widowed architect, to go on a blind date at a quirky Irish-Italian eatery. Once there, he's smitten instantly...not with his date, but with the waitress, Grace. (2000) PG. 106 min. • Order # V5297 CASSANDRA'S DREAM w/Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor. Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell star as working class brothers whose dreams of better lives lead to desperation, greed and deadly betrayal. (2008) PG-13. 109 min. • Order # V5274 SAVED! w/Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Fugit. Good girl Mary and her best friend Hilary Faye are at the top of the food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. But all that is about to change. (2004) PG-13. 92 min. • Order # V5275 • Order # V5298 THE LAST EMPEROR w/John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole. Recreating Qing-dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy. (1987) Rated R. 165 min. • Order # V5299 54 1-800-426-READ Video: DVD Non-Fiction • Order # V5363 AMERICA'S SCENIC RV ADVENTURES: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE SOUTHEAST COAST From Virginia Beach to Key West, witness the flight of 10,000 snow geese, and experience hang-gliding, kayaking, aerial tours, scuba diving, and other incredible outdoor adventures. (2010) Not Rated. 85 min. • Order # V5158 IMAX UNDER THE SEA w/Jim Carrey. Howard Hall and his filmmaking team, take you into tropical waters alive with adventure: the Great Barrier Reef and other South Pacific realms. This amazing film brings you face to fin with Nature's marvels. (2009) G. 41 min. • Order # V5385 REALLY WILD ANIMALS: DINOSAURS AND OTHER CREATURE FEATURES Travel back to the days of raging raptors and the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex, when dinosaurs ruled the earth! Plus, see some of the world's creepiest creatures such as spiders, ants, dung beetles, and more. (2005) Not Rated. 47 min. • Order # V5198 THE ALZHEIMERS PROJECT w/Maria Shriver. Alzheimer's is the second-most-feared illness in America following cancer, and it is the nation's sixth leading cause of death. Is such anxiety justified? (2009) Not Rated. 533 min. • Order # V5083 AMERICA'S SCENIC RV ADVENTURES: ALASKA'S INSIDE PASSAGE Breathtaking scenery, incredible wildlife, quaint towns, and a rich Native American history and culture await you along this excursion that covers more than 1,000 nautical miles. (2010) Not Rated. 90 min. • Order # V5156 AMERICA'S SCENIC RV ADVENTURES: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE NORTHEAST COAST Escape from the big cities and crowded beaches to explore natural wonders along a 1,500-mile adventure that begins in Virginia Beach and ends at the Maine/Canada border. (2010) Not Rated. 85 min. • Order # V5157 AMERICA'S SCENIC RV ADVENTURES: GULF COAST ADVENTURES This 1,700-mile adventure takes you from Sanibel Island, Florida, to Padre Island, Texas. (2010) Not Rated. 119 min. • Order # V5159 AMERICA'S SCENIC RV ADVENTURES: BAJA RV ADVENTURES Baja's desert paradise is vividly captured in this adventure-packed program that takes you from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas. (2010) Not Rated. 119 min. • Order # V5160 PLANET OCEAN Beautiful reefs, exotic fish, fierce predators and sunken ships are just some of the treasures uncovered by renowned naturalist filmmaker John Stoneman as he ventures below the surface. (2008) G. 240 min. • Order # V5203 TREASURE QUEST: SEASON 1 Odyssey Marine Exploration gears up for its most ambitious season yet. Its goal is extraordinary: to find two of the greatest shipwreck treasures ever, valued in excess of one billion dollars! (2009) Not Rated. 522 min. • Order # V5204 HISTORY OF SCOTLAND CASTLES AND CLANS A major new work on 800 clans and families of Scotland and their castles, houses, seats, and lands. (2000) Not Rated. 300 min. • Order # V5256 TO THE MOON NOVA presents the fascinating story behind the Apollo space program, including the most remarkable feat in human history—the historic walk on the moon in 1969. (1999) Not Rated. 120 min. • Order # V5257 www.ncrl.org 55 Audio/Video Catalog THIS EMOTIONAL LIFE w/Daniel Gilbert. This Emotional Life explores ways we can improve our social relationships, learn to cope with problems like depression and anxiety, and become more positive and resilient individuals. (2009) Not Rated. 360 min. 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