NEW ACQUISITIONS
STORRS LIBRARY ADULT DEPARTMENT
JULY 2009
NEW
NONFICTION
The 1-2-3 money plan : the three most important steps to saving and spending
smart
Karp, Gregory.
American icon : the fall of Roger Clemens and the rise of steroids in
America's pastime
The "New York Daily News" Sports Investigative Team offers more than
just the story of the rise and fall of seasoned pitcher Roger Clemens. It also
provides a "definitive book on "corruption and the steroids era in
Major League Baseball.-- Publisher info.
American passage : the history of Ellis Island
Cannato, Vincent J., 1967-
Are you kidding me? : the story of Rocco Mediate's
extraordinary battle with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open
Mediate, Rocco.
Arthur Miller : 1915-1962
Bigsby, C. W.
Cambridge
Christopher Bigsby's gripping, meticulously
researched biography examines his refusal to name names before the notorious
House on Un-American Activities Committee, offers new insights into Miller's
marriage to Marilyn Monroe, and sheds new light on how their relationship
informed Miller's subsequent great plays. --from publisher
description.
The baseball Talmud : the definitive position-by-position ranking of
baseball's chosen players
Megdal, Howard.
[
Bigfoot
: the life and times of a legend
Buhs, Joshua Blu.
Boy alone
: a brother's memoir
Greenfeld, Karl Taro, 1964-
Byron in love : a short daring life
O'Brien, Edna.
Canoeing
: outdoor adventures
Chasing medical miracles : the promise and perils of clinical trials
O'Meara, Alex.
Cheap
: the high cost of discount culture
Shell, Ellen Ruppel, 1952-
The chemotherapy
survival guide : everything you need to know to get
through treatment
McKay, Judith.
Choices for the high
school graduate : a survival guide for the information
age
Fireside, Bryna J.
Christmas with Victoria
Birmingham,
The complete idiot's
guide to geocaching
Cracking the PSAT/NMSQT
Longmeadow New Nonfiction - 378.16 PSAT
Dangerous games : the uses and abuses of history
MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-
Explores the ways in which history has been used to influence people and
government, focusing on how reportage of past events has been manipulated to
justify religious movements and political campaigns.
East Africa
Hawthorn, Vic. ;
The end of the long summer : why we must remake our civilization to survive on a
volatile Earth
Dumanoski, Dianne.
A noted environmental journalist discusses the possible ecological consequences
beyond global warming resulting from modern human activity, and describes the
possibility of massive instability and climate swings, including a possible
return to ice ages of the past.
The enemy at the gate : Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe
Wheatcroft, Andrew.
Estate planning : for people with a chronic condition or disability
Shenkman, Martin M.
The evolution of God
Wright, Robert, 1957-
In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information
Age, Robert Wright unveils a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths
have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology,
theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic
assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause
controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science,
contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest.
And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued
religious extremism, but future harmony.--From publisher description.
Fool's gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was
corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe
Tett, Gillian.
Free
: the future of a radical price
Anderson, Chris, 1961-
From square one : a meditation, with digressions, on crosswords
Olsher, Dean.
Hiking & backpacking : a complete illustrated guide
Tilton, Buck.
The housing boom and
bust
Sowell, Thomas, 1930-
Explains how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of
the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The
"creative" financing of home mortgages and "creative"
marketing of financial securities based on these mortgages to countries around
the world, are part of the story of how a financial house of cards was built
up--and then collapsed.
How the Beatles
destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of
American popular music
Wald, Elijah.
How the mighty fall : and why some companies never give in
Collins, James C. (James Charles), 1958-
The industrial revolutionaries : the making of the modern world, 1776- 1914
Weightman, Gavin.
In this vivid, sweeping history of the industrial revolution, Gavin Weightman shows how, in less than one hundred and fifty
years, an unlikely band of scientists, spies, entrepreneurs, and political
refugees took a world made of wood, powered by animals, wind, and water, and
made it into something entirely new, forged of steel and iron, and powered by
steam and fossil fuels.
Kayaking
The last best hope : restoring conservatism and America's promise
Examines how American conservatism lost its way and suggests how it can be
restored to the right path.
Leisure Arts presents
The spirit of Christmas
Living the truth : transform your life through the power of insight and
honesty
Ablow, Keith R.
Mark Bittman's Kitchen Express : 404
inspired seasonal dishes you can make in 20 minutes or less
Bittman, Mark.
Merv
Griffin : a life in the closet
Porter,
[
Middle East
Melbourne ;
A nation of farmers : defeating the food crisis on American soil
Astyk,
National Geographic
guide to the national parks of the United States
Longmeadow New Nonfiction - 917.3 NATI 2009
One state, two states : resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict
Morris, Benny, 1948-
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Organizing your day : time management techniques that will work for you
Felton, Sandra.
Packing the court : the rise of judicial power and the coming crisis of
the Supreme Court
Burns, James MacGregor.
From renowned political theorist and Pulitzer Prize winner James MacGregor Burns, an illuminating critique of how an
unstable, unaccountable, and frequently partisan Supreme Court has come to
wield more power than the founding fathers ever intended.
A
parents' guide to the middle school years
Bruzzese, Joe.
The
pleasures and sorrows of work
De Botton, Alain.
Racquetball
: steps to success
Fisher, Dennis, 1951-
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2008.
Rebirth of a nation : the making of a modern America, 1877-1920
Lears, T. J. Jackson, 1947-
A history of pivotal events in
The rise and fall of
communism
Brown, Archie, 1938-
Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon
Nelson, Craig, 1955-
Author Craig Nelson restores the mystery and majesty to an event that may have
become too familiar for most people to realize what a stunning achievement it
represented in planning, technology, and execution. Through interviews, 23, 000
pages of NASA oral histories, and declassified CIA documents on the space race,
Nelson creates a vivid and detailed account of the Apollo 11 mission. From the
quotidian to the scientific to the magical, readers are taken right into the
cockpit with Aldrin and Armstrong and behind the
scenes at Mission Control.-- From publisher
description.
Rodale's ultimate
encyclopedia of organic gardening : the indispensible
green resource for every gardener
Rogues' gallery : the secret history of the moguls and the money
that made the Metropolitan Museum
Gross, Michael, 1952-
Rustic fruit desserts : crumbles, buckles, cobblers, pandowdies, and more
Schreiber, Cory, 1961-
Berkeley,
"A collection of simple and satisfying recipes for crisps, slumps,
buckles, grunts, and other old-timey desserts by a beloved Portland bakery
owner in collaboration with one of the region's top chefs"--Provided by
publisher.
The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair : America on trial
Temkin, Moshik, 1971-
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.
Satchel
: the life and times of an American legend
Tye, Larry.
Saving the family cottage : a guide to succession planning for your cottage,
cabin, camp or vacation home
Hollander, Stuart J.
Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2009.
Scott standard postage
stamp catalogue
Longmeadow New Nonfiction - 769.56 SCOT 2010 v.3
A short history of the
honey bee : humans, flowers, and bees in the eternal
chase for honey
Ilona.
Social Security,
Medicare & government pensions
[
Longmeadow New Nonfiction - 368.4 MATT 2009
Southern Africa
Hawthorn, Vic. ;
Standard catalog of
world coins
Krause, Chester L.
Iola,
The state of Jones : the small southern county that seceded from the
Confederacy
Jenkins, Sally.
"From 1863 to 1965, residents of
Stormy weather : the life of Lena Horne
Gavin, James.
Strategies for
successful career change : finding your very best next
work life
Mangelsdorf, Martha E.
Berkeley [
"A practical guide to changing careers, including tips, exercises, and
resources to help readers navigate the logistical, financial, and emotional
challenges of career transition"--Provided by publisher.
Street fighters : the last 72 hours of Bear Stearns, the toughest
firm on Wall Street
Kelly, Kate, 1975-
Strokes of genius : Federer, Nadal, and the greatest match ever played
Wertheim, L. Jon.
In the 2008
The tall book : a celebration of life from on high
Cohen, Arianne.
A terrible splendor : three extraordinary men, a world poised for war,
and the greatest tennis match ever played
Fisher, Marshall.
A tiger's heart : the story of a modern Chinese woman
Shen, Aisling Juanjuan, 1974-
To live or to perish forever : two tumultuous years in Pakistan
Schmidle, Nicholas.
Two words to the wise : reflections on Polish language, literature, and
folklore
Rothstein, Robert A. (Robert Allen).
Valkyrie
Boeselager, Philipp Leopold Antonius Hubertus, Freiherr von, 1917-2008.
The whole five feet : what the great books taught me about life, death, and
pretty much everything else
Beha, Christopher R.
Why is my mother
getting a tattoo? : and other questions I wish I never
had to ask
Dunn, Jancee.
World War One
Stone, Norman, 1941-
You are here : why we can find our way to the moon but get lost in
the mall
Ellard, Colin, 1958-
You'll never know : a good and decent man
Tyler, C.
Seattle,
NONFICTION
Full catastrophe living : using the wisdom of your body and mind to face
stress, pain, and illness : the program of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Kabat-Zinn, Jon.
Living on the Boott :
historical archaeology at the Boott Mills
Boardinghouses, Lowell, Massachusetts
Mrozowski, Stephen A.
Amherst :
Natalie Wood : a life / Gavin Lambert
Lambert, Gavin.
The
odyssey
Homer.
The shaping of America : a people's history of the young Republic
Smith, Page.
NEW
FICTION
Amateur barbarians : a novel
Cohen, Robert, 1957-
The apostle
: a thriller
Thor, Brad.
When American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her
ransom leave the president with only one course of action: send covert
counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath to free the
man the kidnappers demand as ransom--al-Qaeda mastermind, Mustafa Khan.
The Bellini Madonna
Lowry,
Best friends forever : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer.
Best friends forever : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer.
Beverly
Hills Adjacent
Steinhauer, Jennifer.
Black
Hills
Roberts, Nora.
Black
Hills
Roberts, Nora.
Both ways is the only
way I want it
Meloy, Maile.
The brothers Boswell : a novel
Baruth, Philip E. (Philip Edward).
Burn
: a novel
Howard, Linda, 1950-
When Jenner Redwine wins the lottery, she never
imagined how much it would cost her. Luckily she finds an ally-and a guide to
the rarefied realm of privilege in a shy, kind-hearted heiress who invites
Jenner on a charity cruise. But what should have been a "Love Boat"
cruise suddenly turns into a game of dizzying intrigue and harrowing danger,
and Jenner finds herself taken hostage by a menacing stranger--a stranger that
helps her rediscover feelings she hasn't had in years. Now if she can only
survive to live a life worth living ....
The castaways
: a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin.
The castaways
: a novel
Hilderbrand, Elin.
The chalk circle man
Vargas, Fred.
The Crowning Glory of
Calla Lily Ponder : a novel
Wells, Rebecca, 1952-
The defector
Silva, Daniel, 1960-
Gabriel Allon's idyllic world is once again thrown
into turmoil with shocking news from
The defector
Silva, Daniel, 1960-
Gabriel Allon's idyllic world is once again thrown
into turmoil with shocking news from
The
devil's punchbowl
Iles, Greg.
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.
The
devil's punchbowl
Iles, Greg.
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.
The
disappearance of Irene dos Santos
Mascarenhas, Margaret.
"A novel set in
Dismantled
: a novel
McMahon, Jennifer.
Do not deny me : stories
Thompson, Jean, 1950-
The doomsday key : a [upper case Greek letter "sigma"] sigma
force novel
Rollins, James, 1961-
Commander Gray Perce and the Sigma Force confront humankind's greatest threat
in an adventure that races from the Roman Coliseum to the icy peaks of
Drawing in the dust
Klein, Zoe.
The Embers
: a novel
Bass, Hyatt.
Exiles in the garden
Just, Ward S.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
The fate of Katherine Carr : an Otto Penzler book
Cook, Thomas H.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
The favorites
: a novel
Waters, Mary Yukari.
The game of opposites
Lebrecht,
Get real
Girl in a blue dress : a novel inspired by the life and marriage of Charles
Dickens
Arnold, Gaynor.
A happy marriage : a novel
Yglesias, Rafael, 1954-
Heartless
Palmer, Diana.
Don Mills, Ont. : HQN, c2009.
Jason and Gracie have been inseparably good friends until a moment of sudden
passion pulls them asunder, and Gracie comes to realize that Jason will never
see her as anything more than a younger step-sibling. It takes Gracie being
kidnapped, Jason saving her, an interferring other
woman and Jason almost dying before the two lovers conquer their fears of
intimacy and admit their total love for each other.
Heroic measures
Ciment, Jill, 1953-
The heyday of the
insensitive bastards : stories
Boswell, Robert, 1953-
Saint Paul,
Home repair
Rosenberg, Liz.
Hope in a jar
Harbison, Elizabeth M.
Twenty years ago, Allie Denty was "the pretty
one "and her best friend Olivia Pelham was "the smart one."
Throughout high school, they were inseparable ... until a vicious rumor about
Olivia-- a rumor too close to the truth--ended their friendship. Now, on the
eve of their twentieth high school reunion, they're about to get together again
and resume an old friendship.
Hothouse
flower and the nine plants of desire
Berwin, Margot.
House secrets
Lawson, Michael, 1948-
When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House
to probe the apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing
presidential hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty
secrets and divided loyalties threaten his investigation.
Jericho's fall
Carter, Stephen L., 1954-
In an imposing house in the Colorado Rockies, Jericho Ainsley,
former head of the Central Intelligence Agency and a Wall Street titan, lies
dying. He summons to his bedside Beck DeForde, the
younger woman for whom he threw away his career years ago, miring them both in
scandal. Beck believes she is visiting to say farewell. Instead, she is drawn
into a battle over an explosive secret that foreign governments and powerful
corporations alike want to wrest from
Killer
summer
Pearson, Ridley.
Killer
summer
Pearson, Ridley.
Knockout
Coulter, Catherine.
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are back
in this electrifying thriller as they attempt to keep Autumn Backman, a seven-year-old telepath, from falling into the
hands of her uncle and his growing army of exploited children.
The lace makers of Glenmara :
a novel
Barbieri, Heather Doran, 1963-
Fleeing for
Lake Overturn
: a novel
McIntyre, Vestal.
The
last Olympian
Riordan, Rick.
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance
on
The last war : a novel
Menéndez, Ana, 1970-
Let the great world spin : a novel
McCann, Colum, 1965-
Marriage
bureau for rich people
The
memory collector
Gardiner, Meg.
A monster's notes
Sheck, Laurie.
The moon looked down
Garlock, Dorothy.
Sophie Heller and her family left Nazi Germany for a better life in Victory,
My sister's keeper : a novel
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-
"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has
undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older
sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since
childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic
diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a
role that she has never challenged...until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is
beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has
always been defined in terms of her sister -- and so Anna makes a decision that
for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and
have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves"--Cover.
Name to a face
Goddard, Robert.
Omen
Golden, Christie.
A plague of secrets : a novel
Lescroart, John T.
Rain gods
Burke, James Lee, 1936-
Ravens
Green, George Dawes.
Return to Sullivans Island
Frank, Dorothea Benton.
Sacred hearts
Dunant, Sarah.
The second death of Goodluck Tinubu : a detective Kubu mystery
Stanley, Michael.
Shanghai girls : a novel
See, Lisa.
Two sisters leave
A short history of women : a novel
Walbert, Kate, 1961-
Six suspects
Swarup, Vikas.
The Stalin epigram : a novel
Littell, Robert, 1935-
Storm cycle
Johansen, Iris.
Rachel Kirby, a computer genius whose beloved twin sister is dying from a chronc illness, receives a mysterious email from
archeologist John Tanek who sits trapped inside a
collapsed Egyptian tomb with a functioning laptop thousands of miles away. It
turns out the collapse was no accident. John has discovered something very
valuable in that tomb, something that humankind has been searching for
throughout history, something that Rachel could use as it may hold the key to
her sister's cure--if they both can stay alive long enough to unravel the
ancient mystery.
The sweet by and by
Johnson, Todd, 1960-
Five very different Southern women meet in a nursing home and develop a
friendship that resonates over the decades.
Swimsuit
: a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
Swimsuit
: a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
Sworn
to silence
Castillo, Linda.
Temptation and
surrender
Laurens, Stephanie.
On a hunt for her family's treasure, orphaned and near penniless Emily
Beauregard takes a position as an innkeeper for Jonas Tallent,
Lucifer Cynster's brother-in-law, in the Devon town
of
Twenties girl : a novel
Kinsella, Sophie.
When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie-a feisty, demanding girl with firm
ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance-mysteriously appears, she
has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in
Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest
without it. Never mind that Lara has her own problems--which Sadie could care
less about. Will this sparring duo ever find what they're after?
Twenties girl : a novel
Kinsella, Sophie.
When the spirit of Lara's great-aunt Sadie-a feisty, demanding girl with firm
ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance-mysteriously appears, she
has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in
Sadie's possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest
without it. Never mind that Lara has her own problems--which Sadie could care
less about. Will this sparring duo ever find what they're after?
Wanting
Flanagan, Richard, 1961-
The wedding girl
Wickham, Madeleine, 1969-
You or someone like you : a novel
Burr,
FICTION
The death trust
Rollins, David, 1958-
My Ántonia
Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.
Three Junes
Glass, Julia, 1956-
London :
AMERICAN
HERITAGE
The Greenwood
encyclopedia of homes through American history
BUSINESS
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Best's key rating
guide. Life-health
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Handbook of common
stocks
CAREER
12 steps to a new career : what to do when you want to make a change now!
Wellenstein,
15-minute cover letter : write an effective cover letter right now
Farr, J. Michael.
300 best jobs without a
four-year degree
Longmeadow Career - CAR 331.702 FARR 2009
The big book of jobs
2009-2010 edition
Careers
for people on the move & other road warriors
Eberts, Marjorie.
Careers
for scholars & other deep thinkers
Camenson, Blythe.
Great jobs for
engineering majors
Garner, Geraldine O.
Great
jobs for environmental studies majors
DeGalan, Julie.
Great
jobs for sociology majors
Lambert, Stephen E.
McGraw-Hill's careers
for bookworms & other literary types
Eberts, Marjorie.
McGraw-Hill's
careers for fashion plates & other trendsetters
Mauro, Lucia.
McGraw-Hill's careers
for hard hats & other construction types
Eberts, Marjorie.
McGraw-Hill's
careers for history buffs & others who learn from the past
Camenson, Blythe.
COLLEGE
CATALOG
Peterson's nursing
programs
Longmeadow College Cat - COL CAT 610.73 PETE 2010
PAPERBACK
The death trust
Rollins, David, 1958-
When the NATO commander in Germany is killed in a glider crash, maverick
Special Agent Vin Cooper is sent to investigate, and embarks on a highly
sensitive murder investigation that draws him into a web of terrorism and
corruption.
Sail
Patterson, James, 1947-
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The College Board
college handbook
Longmeadow Reference - COL CAT 378 COLL.H 2010 REF
Congressional staff
directory
Longmeadow Reference - 328.73 CONG 2010 SUMMER REF
The
Dickson baseball dictionary
Dickson, Paul.
Great
events from history. Cumulative index
Great
events from history. The 20th century, 1901-1940
Pasadena,
Great
events from history. The 20th century, 1941-1970
Pasadena,
Great
events from history. The 20th century, 1971-2000
Pasadena,
Great
events from history. The Renaissance & early modern era,
1454- 1600
Peterson's ... 4 year
colleges
Longmeadow Reference - COL CAT 378 PETE FOUR 2010
Short story writers
The
Writer's market
RENTAL
Best friends forever : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer.
Black
Hills
Roberts, Nora.
Commencement
: a novel
Sullivan, J. Courtney.
Finger
lickin' fifteen
Evanovich, Janet.
While recovering from an ill-timed makeup mishap, Lula is a witness to
celebrity chef, Stanley Chipotle, losing his head--literally. Now Lula and
Stephanie are on the hunt to identify the killers before Lula is next on the
chopping block. Meantime, Ranger's recruited Stephanie's help for a top secret
mission. Someone on the inside at Rangeman is leaking
client information, determined to bring the company down. Can Stephanie hunt
down a killer, a traitor, and keep Grandma out of the sauce?
The
help
Stockett, Kathryn.
In
Knockout
Coulter, Catherine.
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are back
in this electrifying thriller as they attempt to keep Autumn Backman, a seven-year-old telepath, from falling into the
hands of her uncle and his growing army of exploited children.
The
neighbor
Gardner, Lisa.
The physick
book of Deliverance Dane : a novel
Howe, Katherine.
The scarecrow
: a novel
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Swimsuit
: a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
LARGE
PRINT
The choice
Resisting romantic commitments while enjoying a life of boating, swimming, and
barbecues, Travis Parker is unable to deny his attraction to new neighbor Gabby
Holland, a defensive woman whose long-time boyfriend further challenges Travis'
growing feelings.
YOUNG
ADULT
1968
Kaufman, Michael T.
Baby
Monninger, Joseph.
Fifteen-year-old Baby's last chance at foster care is with the Potters, and
while she likes them and enjoys learning to race their sled dogs, she feels she
should go back on the streets with her boyfriend if she cannot find the mother
who has deserted her again.
Body
drama
Redd, Nancy Amanda.
Bonechiller
McNamee, Graham.
Four high school students face off against a soul-stealing beast that has been
making young people disappear their small
The
carbon diaries 2015
Lloyd, Saci.
In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide
rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura
documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.
Creature of the night
Thompson, Kate, 1956-
Bobby lives a reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in
Custom kicks : personalized footwear
The
death of Captain America. [Vol. 1], The
death of the dream
Brubaker, Ed.
Deja-vu : a great love story
Youn, In-Wan.
The disreputable
history of Frankie Landau-Banks : a novel
Lockhart,
New York
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses
to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to,
Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
Emiko
superstar
Tamaki, Mariko.
[
Emiko is a teenager on a quest to find herself who
goes from suburban babysitter to eclectic urban performance artist.
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Longmeadow Young Adult - YA Graphic TAK 4
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Longmeadow Young Adult - YA Graphic TAK 5
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
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Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Longmeadow Young Adult - YA Graphic TAK 7
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Longmeadow Young Adult - YA Graphic TAK 8
Ghosts caught on film : photographs of the paranormal?
Willin, Melvyn J.
Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 2007.
Graceling
Cashore, Kristin.
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills
called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from
her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young
fighter to save their land from a corrupt king.
Green Arrow : year one
Diggle, Andy.
"Oliver Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or
anything -- apparently even himself. But when he's double-crossed and marooned
on a jungle island, he finds that he does care about something: justice! armed
with nothing more than a makeshift bow and arrows, Queen struggles to survive
in his new, unforgiving environment -- all while battling the violent drug
runners who are responsible for his abandonment"--P. [4] of cover.
The
gunslinger born
David, Peter (Peter Allen).
Heartsinger
Stoffels, Karlijn.
In this meditation on various kinds of love, Mee
travels across the country to the court of the Princess Esperanza, singing the
life stories of some of the people he meets.
Henry V : the graphic novel : original text version
McDonald, John.
Litchborough, Towcester : Classical Comics, c2008.
How to (un)cage a girl
Block, Francesca Lia.
Impossible
: a novel
Werlin,
When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by
an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three
impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.
Isabelle's
boyfriend
Hickey, Caroline.
When fifteen-year-old Taryn meets the perfect guy but
finds out he is dating someone else, she befriends his girlfriend, which brings
new friends and dating into Taryn's life, until she
realizes the hurt she has caused her old friends.
J-14
Jessica's
guide to dating on the dark side
Fantaskey, Beth.
Seventeen-year-old Jessica, adopted and raised in
Kendra
Booth, Coe.
High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother
who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her
grandmother.
Kin
Black, Holly.
Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she
is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are
real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that
mortals cannot see.
The
last knight
In alternate chapters, eighteen-year-old Sir Michael Sevenson,
an anachronistic knight errant, and seventeen-year-old Fisk, his street-wise
squire, tell of their noble quest to bring Lady Ceciel
to justice while trying to solve her husband's murder.
Life sucks
Abel, Jessica.
Life sucks
Abel, Jessica.
Listening
to Mondrian
Wheatley, Nadia.
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin,
2006.
Collection of eight short stories in which the characters
explore who they are, and how they fit into their family, their community, and
their world.
The
long road home
David, Peter (Peter Allen).
After seeing the death of his lover Susan Delgado, Gunslinger Roland Deschain and his ka-tet Cuthbert
and Alain are forced to flee into the desert with a deadly posse--the Big
Coffin Hunters--in hot pursuit.
Mars.
Horse with no name
Soryo, Fuyumi.
Metro survive
Fremont, CA : DrMaster Publications Inc., 2008-
"Mishima is your average spineless pushover,
working as a repairman for the Exopolis Tower,
Tokyo's largest and hottest highrise business and
entertainment building. He promises to come home in time to celebrate his son's
birthday, but when he lets his pushy boss saddle him with overtime, the task
takes him all night. On the morning subway train heading home, a massive
earthquake strikes and collapses both Exopolis and
its underground train lines. Now Mishima is trapped
deep underground with the other passengers of the train, some of whom are less
than cooperative. Will he be able to take the initiative for once and lead them
all to freedom, or will they starve in their underground prison?"--v. 1 cover.
Metro survive
Fremont, CA : DrMaster Publications Inc., 2008-
"Mishima is your average spineless pushover,
working as a repairman for the Exopolis Tower,
Tokyo's largest and hottest highrise business and
entertainment building. He promises to come home in time to celebrate his son's
birthday, but when he lets his pushy boss saddle him with overtime, the task
takes him all night. On the morning subway train heading home, a massive
earthquake strikes and collapses both Exopolis and
its underground train lines. Now Mishima is trapped
deep underground with the other passengers of the train, some of whom are less
than cooperative. Will he be able to take the initiative for once and lead them
all to freedom, or will they starve in their underground prison?"--v. 1 cover.
Nightfall
Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.).
After returning from the afterlife, Elena is forced to battle an ancient evil
when Stefan, her vampire boyfriend, goes missing.
No choirboy
: murder, violence, and teenagers on death row
Kuklin, Susan.
No more us for you
Hernandez, David, 1964-
Isabel and Carlos, both seventeen, find themselves growing closer after an
unexpected accident forces them to confront both the harshness and the beauty
of life.
One hundred young
Americans
Franzini, Michael.
One piece, vol. 2 : Buggy the clown / Eiichiro Oda
Oda, Eiichiro.
Paper towns
Green, John, 1977-
One month before graduating from his
Paper towns
Green, John, 1977-
One month before graduating from his
Permanence
: tattoo portraits
Fulbeck, Kip.
Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-
An intelligent and outspoken only child, Satrapi--the
daughter of radical Marxists and the great-granddaughter of
Pitch black
Youme.
Pretty monsters : stories
Link, Kelly.
Weirdly wonderful and a touch macabre, the nine short stories take readers into
worlds with elements of reality but also supply a fantastic twist.
Real
Inoue, Takehiko.
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2008-
"A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy
on a stolen bicycoe--tragic, life-changing events
turn the worlds of three young men upside-down. These three very different
personalities have only one thing in common--their passion for
basketball."
Sand chronicles
Ashihara, Hinako.
After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her
mother move from
Sand chronicles
Ashihara, Hinako.
After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her
mother move from
Sand chronicles
Ashihara, Hinako.
After her parents get divorced, Ann Uekusa and her
mother move from
The savage
Almond, David, 1951-
Cambridge,
A boy tells about a story he wrote when dealing with his father's death about a
savage kid living in a ruined chapel in the woods--and the tale about the
savage kid coming to life in the real world.
Say the word
Garsee, Jeannine.
After the death of her estranged mother, who left
Shakespeare's
Hamlet
Sexton, Adam.
Shakespeare's
Julius Caesar
Sexton, Adam.
Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet
Sexton, Adam.
Silver phoenix : beyond the kingdom of Xia
Pon, Cindy, 1973-
With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant
blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a
strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent.
Skulls
Scalin, Noah.
Slam dunk
Inoue, Takehiko.
Longmeadow Young Adult - YA Graphic INO 1
Sophomore switch
McDonald, Abby.
Take an administrative snafu, a bad breakup, and what shall heretofore be known
as "The Hot-Tub Incident," and you have got two unprepared sophomores
on a semester abroad. For American party girl Tasha, an escape to
The spectacular now
Tharp, Tim, 1957-
In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of
the time, but that could change when he starts working to boost the
self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.
The starry rift : tales of new tomorrows : an original science fiction
anthology
The student athlete's
guide to getting recruited : how to win scholarships,
attract colleges and excel as an athlete
Brown, Stewart.
Suicide notes
Ford, Michael Thomas.
Brimming with sarcasm, fifteen-year-old Jeff describes his stay in a psychiatric
ward after attempting to commit suicide.
Surface tension : a novel in four summers
Runyon, Brent.
During the summer vacations of his thirteenth through his sixteenth year at the
family's lake cottage, Luke realizes that although some things stay the same
over the years that many more change.
Ten cents a dance
Fletcher, Christine, 1964-
In 1940s Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby hopes to escape poverty by becoming a
taxi dancer in a nightclub, but the work has unforeseen dangers and hiding the
truth from her family and friends becomes increasingly difficult.
The traitor game
Collins, B. R.
Fifteen-year-old Michael and his friend Francis both feel betrayed when someone
at their private school learns of Evgard, a secret
fantasy world they created together, but when a sadistic bully becomes involved
in Michael's plan for revenge, the boys and Evgard
itself face grave danger.
Two parties, one tux,
and a very short film about the Grapes of wrath
Goldman, Steven, 1964-
Mitch, a shy and awkward high school junior, negotiates the difficult social
situations he encounters, both with girls and with his best friend David, after
David reveals to him that he is gay.
Undiscovered country : [a novel]
Enger, L. L.
Uzumaki :
Spiral into horror
Ito, Junji, 1963-
San Francisco, CA : Viz Media, 2007-
Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast
of
Wake
McMann, Lisa.
Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people's
dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and
becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true
power.
Write naked
Gould, Peter L.
When Victor finds an old Royal typewriter at a yard sale and takes it to his
uncle's isolated cabin in the
BOOK
CDs
The
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
[
Lively, literate and often bawdy, Chaucer draws a picture of medieval English
society, from the high class, the knight, to the lower orders, the plowman.
The food of a younger land
[Old
"A portrait of American food--before the national highway system, before
chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the nation's food was seasonal,
regional, and traditional--from the lost WPA files"--Container.
House of cards : a tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street
Cohan, William D.
[Old
Into
the beautiful North a novel
Urrea, Luis Alberto.
Old
Traveling north of the border in search of work, the men of Nayeli's
Mexican village have nearly disappeared. Upon watching the 1960 film The
Magnificent Seven, 19-year-old Nayeli decides to
journey north herself and recruit her own band of
seven men. With hopes that her 'siete magnificos' will not only repopulate the village, but also
combat the ruthless bandidos threatening to seize
control of the area, Nayeli abandons her job at the
local taco shop and sets off into the beautiful north.
Ted Kennedy [the dream
that never died]
Klein, Edward, 1936-
Westminster,
This I believe the
personal philosophies of remarkable men and women
We two [Victoria and Albert : rulers, partners, rivals]
Gill, Gillian.
DVDs
12
Set in contemporary
Alexandra
[
In a desolate, sun-sorched corner of the world, an
elderly woman has come to see her beloved grandson. He is a young officer
stationed at a remote military outpost. With the enemy just beyond the
compound, she wanders the barracks, observing the routines of military life,
before making a sudden trip into the outlying countryside.
Constantine's sword
[S.l.] : First Run Features, [2008].
At its heart a detective story, as Carroll journeys into his own past (his
father was a U.S. Air Force General who helped prepare for nuclear war) and
into the wider world, were he uncovers evidence of church-sanctioned violence
against non-Christians.
Coraline
Universal City,
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and
discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel
reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure
turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try
to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her
resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her
family.
Death at a funeral
Daniel is a decent young man who is married to Jane. They live at his father's
home. When his father dies, it is up to him to organize his funeral. On the
morning of the funeral, with a suitably grave expression on his face, Daniel is
ready to welcome his father's friends and relatives. But preserving the dignity
inherent in such a circumstance will be a hard task. Particularly with an
undertaker who botches his work. His famous, but selfish brother has returned
from the
December bride
A proud Irish servant girl rebels against her strict upbringing by having love
affairs with two brothers at the same time. Sarah and the brothers risk
happiness, reputation, and safety for their daring love.
The edge of love
When legendary poet Dylan Thomas reconnects with Vera, his teenage sweetheart,
a romantic rivalry begins between her and his wife Caitlin. As the women begin
to bond an unusual trio is formed. The threesome live in bliss until Vera's
husband, a handsome soldier, returns from fighting in the war and jealousy
erupts, threatening the trio's fragile happiness.
Little Dorrit
Burbank,
When Arthur Clennam returns to
Live and become
A young boy who isn't an orphan is transported away from his home during
Operation Moses at a Sudanese refugee camp, in order to honor his mother's
wishes of finding a better and safer life.
Noëlle
Hollywood,
Father Jonathan Keene is a cold, impatient Catholic priest who arrives in a
tiny fishing village the week before Christmas. He is there to do what he does
best - shut down dying parishes. But things take an unexpected turn as he
becomes entangled in the various lives of the village's eccentric characters.
This includes the town's beautiful librarian, the childlike priest he is
displacing, and the magical experience of Mrs. Worthington's legendary
Christmas Party, where everyone is welcome and anything is possible.
Professional
perspectives on water fluoridation
[
"Featuring three panelists from the National Research
Council's landmark report on fluoride; the 2000 Nobel Prize winner in
medicine/physiology; and other leading professionals. Learn why over
2,000 scientific, medical, and environmental professionals are calling for an
end to fluoridation worldwide." - - Cover.
Uncle Nino
Chicago, IL : Distributed by Questar,
c2009.
Overworked executive Robert Micelli has little time
for his loving wife, rebellious teenage son Bobby, and 12-year-old daughter
Gina. Uncle Nino, an old- world Italian, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep
and transforms their disconnected lives with his simple, old-fashioned ways.
Waltz with Bashir
After not being able to recall the time he spent on an Israeli Army mission
during the Lebanon War, Ari attempts to unravel the mystery by traveling around
the world to interview old friends and comrades. As the pieces of the puzzle
begin to come together, his memory begins to return in illustrations that are
surreal.
Watchmen
In the