New Arrivals as of April 30, 2013
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| 133.9 Ale | Alexander, Eben. Proof of heaven : a neurosurgeon’s journey into the afterlife. 1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012. Shares an account of his religiously transformative near-death experience and revealing week-long coma, describing his scientific study of near-death phenomena while explaining what he learned about the nature of human consciousness. |
| 612.3 Roa | Roach, Mary. Gulp : adventures on the alimentary canal. First edition. New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013], ©2013. The humorous science writer offers a tour of the human digestive system, explaining why the stomach doesn’t digest itself and whether constipation can kill you. |
| 631.4 Low | Lowenfels, Jeff. Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener’s guide to the soil food web. Rev. ed. Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010. Provides information on ways to strengthen and cultivate the soil food web to grow healthy plants without the use of chemicals. |
| 635 Buc | Buchanan, David, horticulturist. Taste, memory : forgotten foods, lost flavors, and why they matter. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2012. Discusses agriculture and the locavore movement and argues that a healthy food system depends on matching diverse plants to the demands of land and climate. |
| 636.5 Uss | Ussery, Harvey. The Small-Scale Poultry Flock : An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers. Chelsea Green Pub Co., 2011. |
| 638 Con | Conrad, Ross, 1963-. Natural beekeeping : organic approaches to modern apiculture. Rev. and expanded ed. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2013. Offers an alternative to conventional chemical beekeeping practices with a natural hive management program, and includes information on bee anatomy, urban beekeeping, working with queens, mite control, and hive diseases. |
| 641.3 Zac | Zachos, Ellen. Backyard foraging : 65 familiar plants you didn’t know you could eat. North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2013], ©2013. Details how to forage, harvest, and prepare a number of edible plants typically found in suburban or urban neighborhoods, and includes information on regional locations, avoiding pesticides, and harvesting etiquette. |
| 641.5 Ame | The America’s Test Kitchen Do-It-Yourself Cookbook. Americas Test Kitchen, 2012. |
| 641.5 Pol | Pollan, Michael. Cooked : a natural history of transformation. New York : The Penguin Press, 2013. Recounts the story of the author’s culinary education and the roles of the four classical elements of fire, water, air, and earth in transforming natural ingredients into delicious meals and drinks. |
| 646.2 Arb | Arbuthnott, Vanessa. The home-sewn home : 50 step-by-step projects for curtains, shades, pillows, cushions, and more. London ; : CICO Books, 2012. Provides step-by-step instructions for fifty sewing projects for the home, including curtains, tablecloths, pillows, and more; and offers tips on selecting fabric and sewing techniques. |
| 646.4 Vog | The Vogue/Butterick Step-by-Step Guide to Sewing Techniques : An Illustrated A-to-Z Sourcebook for Every Home Sewer. Revised Edition. |
| 746.43 Cro | Crochet One-Skein Wonders : 101 projects from crocheters around the world. North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2013. |
| 782.42 Cot | Cott, Jonathan. Days that I’ll remember : spending time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. 1st ed. New York : Doubleday, c2013. A decades-long friend of John Lennon and Yoko Ono presents an intimate account of the couple’s relationship that reveals the profoundly positive influence of Ono on Lennon and the ways they inspired each other creatively before the latter’s death. |
| 814 Sed | Sedaris, David. Let’s explore diabetes with owls. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2013. A new collection of essays by the humorist author traces his offbeat world travel experiences, which involved surreal encounters with everything from French dentistry and Australian kookaburra eating habits to Beijing squat toilets and a wilderness Costco in North Carolina. |
| 92 Ang | Angelou, Maya. Mom & me & mom. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2013. The celebrated author shares the intimate story of her relationship with her mother, relating the events that prompted her mother to send young Angela to Arkansas to live with her grandmother and the complicated fallout that shaped their family life. |
| 92 Oma | Omar, Qais Akbar. A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013. A carpet designer in Kabul describes his childhood before the Mujahedin took over, his family’s struggle for survival after fleeing their home, and how his secret carpet factory provided both employment and education for neighborhood girls. |
| 92 Rob | Robinson, Mary, 1944-. Everybody matters : my life giving voice. First U.S. edition. New York : Walker & Company, 2013. A personal account by Ireland’s first female president and the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights traces her childhood in a deeply Catholic family, her landmark wins as an activist lawyer, and her advocacy for human rights. |
| 92 Sum | Summitt, Pat Head, 1952-. Sum it up : 1,098 victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective. First edition. New York : Crown Archetype, [2013], ©2013. The former head coach of the Tennessee Vols women’s basketball team describes how her upbringing helped her to develop a balanced coaching style and recounts her recent personal battle against early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. |
| BLUE J 623 Maca | Macaulay, David. Castle : how it works. 1st ed. New York : Square Fish :, 2012. Follows the planning, construction, and ultimate testing in battle of a typical fortress with adjoining town built by the English during the Middle Ages. |
| BLUE J 629.133 Maca | Macaulay, David. Jet plane : how it works. 1st ed. New York : Square Fish :, 2012. Introduces young readers to the mechanical science of jet planes that recreates an airplane ride while explaining how powerful engines, specially designed wings, and cockpit controls work together to enable a jet’s flight. |
| CD Ber | Berenson, Alex. The night ranger : a John Wells novel. Unabr. ed. New York: Penguin Audio, p2013. Read by George Guidall. When four friends working at a giant refugee camp in Kenya for Somalis are hijacked by bandits, John Wells, brought in to find them, goes undercover in a country that isn’t his usual playing field where he discovers the complex truth behind the kidnappings. |
| CD Ber | Berg, Elizabeth. Tapestry of fortunes : a novel. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2013. Narrated by Barbara Caruso. Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef’s kitchen–and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find again the people and things they miss. One woman wants to connect with a daughter she gave away at birth; another wants to visit her long-absent ex-husband; a third woman, a professional chef, is seeking new inspiration from the restaurants along the way. And Cecilia is looking for Dennis Halsinger, the man she never got over, who recently sent her a postcard out of the blue. |
| CD Cai | Cain, Chelsea. Kill you twice. [New York] : Macmillan Audio, p2012. Read by Christina Delaine. Nothing makes Portland detective Archie Sheridan happier than knowing that Gretchen Lowell, the serial killer whose stunning beauty is belied by the gruesome murders she’s committed, is locked away in a psych ward. Archie can finally heal from the near-fatal physical and emotional wounds she’s inflicted on him and start moving on with his life. |
| CD Cob | Coben, Harlan, 1962-. Six years. Unabr. ed. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, p2013. Read by Scott Brick. Harboring an enduring love for Natalie six years after her marriage to another man, Jake Sanders learns of his rival’s death and attends the funeral only to discover that Natalie is not the woman she seemed to be, a situation that compels a determined search for answers. |
| CD DeF | DeFelice, Jim, 1956-. The Helios conspiracy. Unabridged. Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2011. Read by Peter Berkrot. When a technician working on the launch of the world’s first orbiting solar energy collector is murdered, Special Agent Andy Fisher is thrust into the midst of a lethal battle between nefarious nuclear power tycoons and scientists who are intent on ushering in a new era of solar power. Only the nimble mind and quick reflexes of Andy Fisher can save the Helios Project from destruction at the hands of a murderous multinational cabal intent on choke-holding the world’s energy supply. |
| CD Fie | Fielding, Joy. Now you see her : a novel. Unabridged. Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2010. Read by Justine Eyre. Fifty-year-old Marcy Taggart’s husband has left her for another woman. Devastating as that may be, it hardly compares to the death of her 21-year-old daughter, Devon, in a canoeing accident. Her body was never found in the icy waters of Georgian Bay, and as a result Marcy has never fully accepted her death. Now, in Ireland, Marcy yet again thinks she sees her daughter casually strolling past her on the sidewalk, which will lead to a desperate search to find the truth. |
| CD Gar | Gardiner, Meg. Ransom River. Unabridged. Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio, p2012. Read by Angela Dawe. While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of the trial, Rory’s return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. But in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes that exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to an old case that was never solved, and bringing the truth to light just might destroy her. |
| CD Gar | Gardner, Lisa. Touch & go : a novel. [Grand Haven, Mich.] : Brilliance Audio, [2013]. Read by Elisabeth Rodgers. Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life you’d find in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by all. A perfect life. When investigator Tessa Leone arrives at the crime scene in the foyer of the Denbes’ home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and a million tiny pieces of bright green Taser confetti. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their cell phones and electronic devices remaining. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just a perfect little family, gone. Tessa knows better than anyone that flawless fronts can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the Denbes’ innermost dealings, a complex tangle of friendships and betrayal, big business and small sacrifices. Who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family? And how far would such a person be willing to go?. |
| CD Gre | Greenlaw, Linda, 1960-. Lifesaving lessons : notes from an accidental mother. Unabr. ed. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, p2013. Read by the author. “Famed swordfish boat captain Linda Greenlaw faces her greatest battle with nature–a newly adopted teenage daughter Linda Greenlaw isn’t a woman who shies away from a challenge–a nationally renowned swordfish boat captain made famous in the film The Perfect Storm, Greenlaw is also a bestselling author and a television celebrity. Through hard work and determination, she had created a life of peaceful independence, living on a rugged island off the coast of Maine. Then came Mariah. A troubled fifteen-year-old, Mariah arrives on the island to stay with her uncle, an island newcomer and seemingly normal guy. The entire community is rocked when it is revealed that Mariah has suffered terrible abuse at his hands, and the island comes together to rescue the teenager from further harm. Alone and at risk, Mariah needs a guardian and the island residents nominate Linda, who is not exactly the picture of maternal warmth. A remarkably candid and tenderly funny memoir, Lifesaving Lessons follows this unexpected mother-daughter pair as they navigate their new life together, learning to trust themselves and each other and forge the loving family that neither of them knew they needed. “–. “Life was pretty good for Linda Greenlaw. Her job and her lifestyle gave her the independence and freedom she so craved, she had a good relationship, and a blissful quiet home. And then one day the peace she so craved and valued that was an integral partof life on her beloved island was shattered. Enter Mariah, the fifteen-year-old niece of an island newcomer. She was a troubled girl from a broken home. In a startling and frightening turn of events, Mariah revealed that she had been subject to grave abuses at the hands of her uncle and had to escape. Linda finds herself suddenly the legal guardian and de-facto mother figure for a surly, neglected, and deeply frightened teenage girl”–. |
| CD Har | Harris, Charlaine. Dead ever after. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2013. |
| CD Ile | Iles, Greg. The Devil’s punchbowl. [Grand Haven, Mich.] : Brilliance Audio, p2009. Read by Dick Hill. A deep river pit in Natchez, Mississippi, reputed to be the hiding spot for Jean Lafitte’s hidden treasure and a dumping ground for numerous murder victims, becomes the site of a dangerous showdown for Penn Cage. Lawyer Penn Cage goes up against a mix of murder, racial tension, double-crosses, illicit sex … and all of the ensuing violent consequences in the kudzu-strangled, snake- rat- and armadillo-infested hole of the Devil’s Punchbowl. |
| CD Jac | Jackson, Lisa. Suspicions. Unabridged. Grand Haven, Mich. : Brilliance Audio ;, p2012. A twist of fate — Tears of pride. Performed by Christina Traister. A twist of fate: while investigating Erin O’Toole, whom he believes is guilty of embezzling funds, Kane Webster, the new owner of the First Puget Bank, succumbs to the fierce passion that rages between them, but when Erin discovers his true intent, Kane must find a way to prove his love. Tears of pride: after a fire claims the life of her father and destroys most of her family’s winery, Sheila Lindstrom, shocked to discover that the winery is now owned by Wilder Investments, must form a partnership with Noah Wilder to restore her father’s legacy–an explosive alliance that leads to the unexpected. |
| CD Kel | Kellerman, Jonathan. Guilt : an Alex Delaware novel. Unabr. ed. New York: Random House Audio, p2013. Read by John Rubinstein. When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains at a neglected Tudor mansion, psychologist Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unspeakable cruelty. |
| CD Kib | Kibler, Julie. Calling me home : a novel. Unabr. ed. Ashland, OR: Blackstone Audio, p2013. Read by Bahni Turpin and Lorna Raver. A debut novel inspired by the author’s grandmother’s forbidden love with a black man follows the experiences of hairdresser and African-American single mom Dorrie, who while struggling with difficult family dynamics reluctantly agrees to drive an octogenarian client to a funeral several states away. |
| CD Per | Perry, Thomas, 1947-. The boyfriend : a novel. Unabr. ed. Old Saybrook, CT: Tantor Media, p2013. Read by Robertson Dean. Jack Till must delve into the shadowy world of the online escort business to find a serial killer who hops from city to city. |
| CD Phi | Philbrick, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2013. |
| CD Pre | Preston, Douglas J. Two graves. Unabridged. [New York] : Hachette Audio, p2012. Read by René Auberjonois. After his wife, Helen, is brazenly abducted before his eyes, Agent Pendergast furiously pursues the kidnappers. But then, things go terribly, tragically wrong; the kidnappers escape; a shattered Pendergast retreats to his New York apartment and shuts out the world. But when a string of bizarre murders erupts across several Manhattan hotels, Lieutenant D’Agosta asks Pendergast for help. Reluctant at first, Pendergast soon discovers that the killings are a message from his wife’s kidnappers. |
| CD Ros | Rosenberg, Joel C., 1967-. Damascus countdown : a novel. Unabr. ed. Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, p2013. Read by Christopher Lane. Israel successfully launches a first strike on Iran, taking out all of their nuclear sites and six of their nuclear warheads. American president William Jackson threatens to support a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the Jewish State for unprovoked and unwarranted acts of aggression. And the Twelfth Imam prepares to order a genocidal retaliation. Meanwhile, CIA operative David Shirazi has infiltrated the Iranian regime and intercepted top secret intelligence indicating that two Iranian nuclear warheads survived the attack and have been moved to a secure and undisclosed location. In danger not only from the ongoing war between Israel and Iran but also from the increasingly hostile governments in multiple countries, Shirazi and his team are in a race against time to find the remaining nuclear warheads before the most cataclysmic event in the history of the Middle East comes to pass. |
| CD Rya | Ryan, Tom. Following Atticus. Unabr. ed. New York, NY: HarperAudio, p2011. Read by the author. A middle-aged, overweight, and acrophobic newspaper editor Tom Ryan and a little dog, Atticus M. Finch, are an unlikely pair of mountaineers, but after a close friend dies of cancer, the two pay tribute to her by attempting to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four-thousand-foot peaks twice in one winter. Tom and Atticus set out on an adventure of a lifetime that takes them across hundreds of miles and deep into an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland. Little did they know that their most difficult test would lie ahead, after they returned home. |
| CD San | Sandford, John, 1944 February 23-. Silken prey. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2013], p2013. Narrated by Richard Ferrone. At 1:15 AM, a Minnesota political fixer answers his doorbell. The next thing he knows, he’s on the floor of a moving car, lying on a plastic sheet, his body wet with blood. Lucas Davenport is investigating another case when the trail leads to the man’s disappearance, then, very troublingly, to the Minneapolis police department itself, and then, most troublingly of all, to a woman who could give Machiavelli lessons. |
| CD Str | Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-. Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest trail. Unabr. ed. New York: Random House Audio, p2012. Read by Bernadette Dunne. A personal account by the Pushcart Prize-winning author of Torch traces the personal crisis she endured after the death of her mother and a painful divorce, which prompted her ambition to undertake a dangerous 1,100-mile solo hike that both drove her to rock bottom and helped her to heal. |
| CD Str | Strout, Elizabeth. The Burgess boys : a novel. Unabr. ed. New York: Random House Audio, p2013. Read by Cassandra Campbell. Catalyzed by a nephew’s thoughtless prank, a pair of brothers confront painful psychological issues surrounding the freak accident that killed their father when they were boys, a loss linked to a heartbreaking deception that shaped their personal and professional lives. |
| CD Whi | White, Randy Wayne. Night moves : a Doc Ford novel. Unabr. ed. New York: Penguin Audio, p2013. Read by George Guidall. Unsure if he or his friend Tomlinson was the target of a recent murder attempt, Doc Ford continues investigating a near-poisoning, a plane crash, and an explosion off Sanibel Island . |
| CD Woo | Woods, Stuart. Unintended consequences. Unabridged. Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2013], p2013. Narrated by Tony Roberts. New Yorker Stone Barrington travels across the Atlantic for a tale of international intrigue. While investigating a high-profile murder, Stone uncovers a puzzling conspiracy involving the European elite and the deadly games they play. With no checks on their ambition, the wealthy will go to any ends to increase their power–and only Stone stands in the way of their dark schemes. |
| DVD Class Ani | Animal farm. [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview Productions, c2004. Narrator, Gordon Heath ; voices of animals, Maurice Denham. After enduring years of abuse from Farmer Jones, the animals decide to take over the farm. Old Major, the prize boar hog, holds a secret meeting and proclaims that all animals are created equal. They should be rewarded for their hard work, so Boxer the horse, Benjamin the donkey, and Snowball the pig band together with the other animals to overthrow the farmer and create a new society. They dictate a new social structure that seems to work until one pig goes bad. Shows the rise and fall of four-legged power as political obsessions lead to revolt and repression on the animal farm. |
| DVD Class Ody | The Odyssey. [Dunellen, N.J.] : Digiview Productions, c2005. This animated version of the homer classic brings us back in time to Ancoent Greece. |
| DVD Class Thre | The Three Stooges : [4 classic episodes]. 75th anniversary collector’s ed. [S.I.] : TGG Direct, c2009. Three Stooges (Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard/Shemp Howard). |
| E B | Barry, Robert E. Mr. Willowby’s Christmas tree. New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, 2000. The Christmas tree is too big to fit in Mr. Willowby’s parlor, so he cuts off the top and passes it on to someone else, who does the same. |
| E G | Gliori, Debi. What’s the time, Mr. Wolf? New York : Walker, c2012. Mr. Wolf’s day is packed, not only with his own activities and errands, but with such characters as three giggling pigs and a fiddling cat continually asking him what time it is, until, at last, it is bedtime. |
| E H | Holland, Mary. Ferdinand Fox’s First Summer. Sylvan Dell Pub., 2013. |
| E J | Jeffers, Oliver. Stuck. New York : Philomel Books, c2011. When Floyd’s kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things. |
| E J | Joyce, William, 1957-. The fantastic flying books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2012. Morris Lessmore loves words, stories, and books, and after a tornado carries him to another land he finds a single book in color that leads him to an amazing library where, he learns, the books need him as much as he needs them. |
| E L | Lovell, Patty, 1964-. Have fun, Molly Lou Melon. New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, c2012. When Gertie moves in next door with fancy toys and a huge television set, Molly shares lessons she learned from her grandmother about home-made playthings and imagination. |
| E M | Mack, Jeff. Good news, bad news. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2012. While on a picnic, Bunny and Mouse see everything that happens to them from opposite points of view–Bunny sees only the good, while Mouse sees only the bad. |
| E M | Marino, Gianna. Too tall houses. New York : Viking, 2012. Owl and Rabbit are good friends and neighbors atop a hill, but when Rabbit’s garden blocks Owl’s view of the forest Owl builds a higher house, which prevents sunlight from reaching Rabbit’s plants. |
| E P | Pinder, Eric, 1970-. If all the animals came inside. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2012. Illustrations and rhyming text explore the fun and mayhem that could ensue if elephants, kangaroos, bats, and more were to come inside a little boy’s house. |
| E P | Pulver, Robin. The case of the incapacitated capitals. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c 2012. Capital letters are being so neglected in Mr. Wright’s classroom that they are nearly incapacitated, and a medical team must be summoned to perform CPR– Capital Posture Repair. |
| E R | Rawlinson, Julia. Fletcher and the springtime blossoms. 1st ed. [New York] : Greenwillow Books, c2009. When Fletcher the fox finds the ground covered in white, he rushes to warn the other animals that spring snow has fallen, but when they follow him back to the meadow they find something much more fun. |
| E R | Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-. Creepy carrots! New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2012. The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes. |
| E R | Rinker, Sherri Duskey. Steam train, dream train. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2013. In this book with rhyming text, the dream train pulls into the station and all the different cars are loaded by the animal workers, each with the appropriate cargo. |
| E R | Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Wumbers : it’s a word cr8ed with a number! San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2012. Shares illustrated clues and alphanumeric combinations that substitute numbers for letters with the same sound. |
| E S | Snicket, Lemony. The dark. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2013. Laszlo is afraid of the dark which lives in the same big, creaky house as him, until one night the dark pays him a visit. |
| F Alb | Albert, Susan Wittig. Widow’s tears. 1st ed. New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2013. |
| F All | Allende, Isabel. Maya’s notebook : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2013. After the death of her beloved grandfather, nineteen-year-old Maya Vidal, turning to drugs, alcohol, and petty crimes, becomes trapped in a war between assassins, the police, the FBI, and Interpol, until her grandmother helps her escape to a remote island off the coast of Chile where she tries to make sense of her life. |
| F Atk | Atkinson, Kate. Life after life : a novel. First United States edition. New York : Reagan Arthur Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2013. Follows the experiences of a woman, who after being born on a snowy night in 1910, repeatedly dies and reincarnates into the same life to correct missteps and ultimately save the world. |
| F Bal | Baldacci, David. The hit. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2013. Skilled assassin Will Robie is asked by the U.S. government to track down fellow assassin Jessica Reel, who has gone rogue, but during his pursuit of Reel, Robie realizes that her betrayal may be concealing a larger threat that could impact the whole world. |
| F Ber | Berg, Elizabeth. Tapestry of fortunes : a novel. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2013. Selling her home and taking time off from her career as a successful motivational speaker, Cecilia Ross moves into a beautiful old house in St. Paul and bonds with three roommates. |
| F Cla | Clark, Mary Higgins. Daddy’s gone a hunting. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013. When her sister is wrongly implicated in an explosion that has destroyed her family’s priceless antiques business and killed an employee, Hannah struggles to find clues in the ashes and discovers a life-threatening secret from the past. |
| F Fre | French, Nicci. Tuesday’s gone. 1st American ed. New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2013. When a London social worker discovers the dead body of a stranger in a client’s home, Frieda Klein identifies the victim as a notorious con man who she fears has been murdered by enemies determined to embroil Frieda in the investigation. |
| F Gro | Gross, Andrew, 1952-. No way back. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2013. When a chance encounter with a stranger in a hotel results in murder, Wendy Gould, framed for the crime and desperate to clear her name, forms an unlikely alliance with the only witness – a woman who knows a shocking secret that could get them both killed. |
| F Han | Hannah, Kristin. Fly away. First edition. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2013. A follow-up to “Firefly Lane” returns readers to the world of Tully, Kate, and Tully’s mother, who explore their understandings about love, family, loss, and redemption while turning to each other in the hopes of salvaging their lives. |
| F Hil | Hill, Joe. NOS4A2 : a novel. First edition. New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2013], ©2013. When Charles Talent Manx, an unstoppable monster who transforms children into his own terrifying likeness, kidnaps her son, Victoria McQueen, the only person to ever escape his unmitigated evil, must engage in a life-and-death battle of wills to get her son back. |
| F Hob | Hobb, Robin. Blood of dragons. First edition. New York : Harper Voyager, c2013. Coming into their own in the lost city of Kelsingra, four dragon keepers who have transformed into beautiful Elderlings must find the mythical silver wells to keep their dragons alive while protecting them from encroaching enemies. |
| F Joh | Johansen, Iris. Taking Eve. First edition. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2013. Hoping for a more peaceful time after learning the tragic truth about her child’s disappearance years earlier, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is entreated by desperate father Jim Doane to learn the truth about his missing son. |
| F Kin | Kinsella, Sophie. Wedding night : a novel. First U.S. edition. Tiring of commitment-phobic boyfriends, Lottie readily accepts her ex’s offer of marriage in fulfillment of a safety pact made years earlier that they would marry if they were still single in their thirties, a rushed arrangement that prompts family disapproval and an unexpected renewal of passion. |
| F Lea | Leary, Ann. The good house. First edition. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2013. Successful real-estate broker, mother, and raging alcoholic Hildy Good embarks on a life of denial and loneliness while resenting the intervention of her loved ones and becoming embroiled in a scandal in her New England town. |
| F Maco | Macomber, Debbie. Starting Now : A Blossom Street Novel. First Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2013], ©2013. After she is laid off, high-powered lawyer Libby Morgan, with no job prospects in sight, volunteers at a hospital where she meet a handsome doctor and rediscovers the joy of knitting, but when she is offered her job back, she must decide what matters most. |
| F Par | Parker, T. Jefferson. The famous and the dead. New York : Dutton, c2013. Charlie Hood struggles with the moral challenges of arresting his late love’s cartel-connected son, Bradley Jones, while the enigmatic Mike Finnegan uses his unsettling knowledge to infiltrate both of their lives. |
| F Pat | Patterson, James, 1947-. 12th of never. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2013. A week after giving birth, Lindsay Boxer is investigating two cases–a grisly murder where the main suspect is an NFL player, and an eccentric professor who thinks his dreams of a murder are real. |
| F Pra | Praag, Menna van. The house at the end of Hope Street : a novel. New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2013. Invited into a house where women are allowed to stay while they turn their lives around, Alba, who has been struggling with a stalled academic career, learns about the refuge’s famous past visitors while embarking on a personal journey of healing. |
| F Qui | Quick, Amanda. The mystery woman. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [2013], ©2013. Targeted by a disabled former spy who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover. |
| F Rob | Roberts, Nora. Whiskey beach. New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013], ©2013. After suffering through an intense year of public and police scrutiny after being wrongly implicated in his fiancé’s murder, Boston lawyer Eli Landon takes sanctuary in a centuries-old family home and falls in love with resident housekeeper Abra Walsh, with whom he is entangled in an old, life-threatening mystery. |
| F Rut | Rutherfurd, Edward. Paris : the novel. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2013], ©2013. Presents a multigenerational saga detailing the history of Paris, from its founding under the Romans to the hotbed of cultural activity during the 1920s and 1930s. |
| F Sch | Schwarz, Christina. The edge of the earth : a novel. First Atria Books hardcover edition. New York : Atria Books, 2013. Feeling restless in spite of her accomplishments and imminent marriage, Trudy is ostracized by her late nineteenth-century Milwaukee community when she falls in love with an enigmatic man and relocates to a California lighthouse. |
| F Sco | Scottoline, Lisa. Don’t go. First edition. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2013. Fleeing home from his military service in Afghanistan when his wife dies in an apparent freak household accident, Dr. Mike Scanlon struggles with the tragedy, his inability to bond with his new baby daughter, and a downsizing in his medical practice. |
| F Wol | Wolitzer, Meg. The Interestings. New York : Riverhead Books, 2013. Forging a powerful bond in the mid-1970s that lasts throughout subsequent decades, six individuals pursue challenges into their midlife years, including an aspiring actress who harbors jealousy toward friends who achieve successful creative careers. |
| GRAPH JF Pei | Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate : game on! Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel Pub., c2013. Nate Wright, all-time record holder for detentions in school history, approaches sports with swagger, from fine-tuning his trash talk on the basketball court to his attitude on the soccer field. |
| J 423 Mer | DK Merriam Webster children’s dictionary. London ; : Dorling Kindersley, c2008. Presents definitions for over 35,000 entries and includes some 3,000 illustrations interspersed throughout the text. |
| JF Hun | Hunter, Erin. Fire and ice. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2003. Fireheart, a full-fledged warrior cat, must confront questions of loyalty and identity as he faces the possibility of betrayal from within his own forest clan. |
| JF Hun | Hunter, Erin. Forest of secrets. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2003. The warrior cat Fireheart’s determination to uncover the truth about another warrior’s death leads him deep into danger, and reveals secrets that test the strength of clan loyalties. |
| JF Mul | Mull, Brandon, 1974-. Chasing the prophecy. 1st Aladdin hardcover ed. New York : Aladdin, 2013. Jason and Rachel’s adventures and friendships have made Lyrian more of a home to them than they could have imagined, so now, armed with the prophecy of a dying oracle, they are ready to become Lyrian’s heroes whatever the cost to themselves. |
| RED JF Bra | Branford, Anna. Violet Mackerel’s brilliant plot. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2012. When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it. |
| RED JF Bra | Branford, Anna. Violet Mackerel’s remarkable recovery. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2013]. With her knack for seeing the positive, six-year-old Violet anticipates extraordinary results after getting her tonsils removed, such as making a special new friend and turning her everyday voice into an opera voice. |
| YA OBr | O’Brien, Caragh M. Promised. 1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012. Gaia succeeds in leading her people to Wharfton and the Enclave, but rebellion there threatens them all just when everything they have dreamed of seems to be at hand. |
