[bksvol-discuss] New Books (20) for 09-09

  • From: John Immarino <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:18:34 -0700



=====FICTION, 10


92 PACIFIC BOULEVARD (CEDAR COVE SERIES #9), BY DEBBIE MACOMBER
Sheriff Troy Davis had hoped to marry Faith Beckwith, but she'd ended the relationship because of misunderstandings-- inadvertently caused by Troy's daughter.
Excellent Quality, 378 Pages
Copyright 2009
Romance,  Literature and Fiction,  Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114170/

ALEX CROSS'S TRIAL, BY RICHARD DILALLO AND  JAMES PATTERSON
Detective Alex Cross tells an ancestor's story, in this astonishing account of one man's bold pursuit of justice in the face of racism and violence.
Excellent Quality, 385 Pages
Copyright 2009
History,  Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114183/

A FAMILY AFFAIR: A NERO WOLFE MYSTERY, BY REX STOUT
Nero Wolfe's last case.This was one case that came too close to home. The murderer had the sheer nerve to blow up his victim in Wolfe's Manhattan townhouse. Wolfe was going to solve this one on his own --without a fee--and keep it all in the family.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
Copyright 1975
Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113935/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553026143/

HOUSE OF CHAINS, BY STEVEN ERIKSON
In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders.
Excellent Quality, 998 Pages
Copyright 2002
Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114222/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765348810/

KILLER SUMMER, BY RIDLEY PEARSON
Sun Valley, Idaho--playground of the wealthy, is home to an annual wine auction. This year it includes three bottles said to have been a gift from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. and Blaine County sheriff Walt Fleming must ensure it goes on without a hitch.
Excellent Quality, 370 Pages
Copyright 2009
Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111230/

MY LADY JUDGE: A MYSTERY OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND, BY CORA HARRISON
Mara, a judge in Ireland during the sixteenth century, investigates the murder of one of her law graduates. She learns he was loathed and feared by many. The villagers, relieved he is dead, aren't helping in this historic mystery rich in Celtic culture.
Excellent Quality, 311 Pages
Copyright 2007
History,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96933/

OBSIDIAN PREY (HARMONY WORLD #7), BY JAYNE ANN KRENTZ AND  JAYNE CASTLE
Amber tuner and independent prospector Lyra Dore lost her heart--and her discovery of a rare amethyst ruin--to cutthroat businessman Cruz Sweetwater. At least she had her artistically talented dust-bunny to comfort her...
Excellent Quality, 374 Pages
Copyright 2009
Romance,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114186/

THE BEST OF JACK WILLIAMSON, BY JACK WILLIAMSON AND  FREDERIK POHL
A collection of short stories by Jack Williamson, this book is a sampling of his science fiction written over the course of five decades beginning in 1928.
Excellent Quality, 386 Pages
Copyright 1978
Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114154/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0345273354/

THE LOST YEARS (STAR TREK), BY J. M. DILLARD
What exactly happened to the crew of the USS Enterprise at the end of their five-year mission? How did that mission end? What did they do before beginning their new adventures in the Star Trek movies? These and other tantalizing questions are answered in The Lost Years.
Excellent Quality, 308 Pages
Copyright 1989
Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111397/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671682938/

THROUGH HIS GRACE, BY KELLY EILEEN HAKE
Following the death of her cousin and his wife, Grace Willard finds herself guardian of their children, Lizzy and Jake.
Excellent Quality, 171 Pages
Copyright 2006
Romance,  Parenting and Family,  Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/112431/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597892386/



=====NONFICTION, 5


A BIG LITTLE LIFE: A MEMOIR OF A JOYFUL DOG , BY DEAN KOONTZ
Bestselling author Koontz tells the story of how he and his wife, Gerda, unexpectedly met and fell in love with a golden retriever named Trixie, chronicling the dog's life with the family, the tremendous impact she had on them, and the things she taught them along the way.
Excellent Quality, 276 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction,  Animals,  Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114182/

EXPANDING THE PALACE OF TORAH: ORTHODOXY AND FEMINISM, BY TAMAR ROSS
A philosophical approach to Torah Judaism by Tamar Ross, an Orthodox Jewish scholar and feminist.
Excellent Quality, 332 Pages
Copyright 2004
History,  Nonfiction,  Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/39968/

PRESENT AT THE CREATION: MY YEARS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, BY DEAN ACHESON
In these memoirs by the former Secretary of State, Dean Acheson sees himself as having been "present at the creation" of the American century. Acheson's policies were praised by many and damned by others, including Joseph McCarthy.
Excellent Quality, 796 Pages
Copyright 1969
History,  Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114204/

THE MAYOR OF MACDOUGAL STREET: A MEMOIR, BY DAVE VAN RONK AND  ELIJAH WALD
Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that.
Excellent Quality, 250 Pages
Copyright 2005
Entertainment,  Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113006/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0306814072/

TWEAK: GROWING UP ON METHAMPHETAMINES, BY NIC SHEFF
Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. This is his story.
Excellent Quality, 322 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114210/



=====UNCATEGORIZED, 1


THE PALACE OF STRANGE GIRLS, BY SALLIE DAY
Blackpool, England, 1959. The Singleton family is on holiday. For seven-year-old Beth, just out of the hospital, this means struggling to fill in her 'I-Spy' book and avoiding her mother Ruth's eagle-eyed supervision.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2008
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114188/



=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 4


LOVE, GHOSTS, AND FACIAL HAIR, BY STEVEN HERRICK
I'm a normal guy. An average sixteen-year-old. I think about sex, sport, & nose hair. Sex mostly. Jack's got a lot on his mind: He's trying to figure out the mystery of the opposite sex.
Excellent Quality, 116 Pages
Copyright 2004
Teens,  Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114234/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689867107/

PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY, BY AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES
Diagnosed with schizophrenia as a child, sixteen-year-old Erin has spent half of her life in therapy, but now must face the possibility of weird things in the real world, including shape shifting friends and her "alter," a centuries-old vampire.
Excellent Quality, 213 Pages
Copyright 2008
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114233/

THE PROPHECY, BY HILARI BELL
Can a bard, a sword, a unicorn--and a hopeless prince--save a kingdom? Fourteen-year-old Prince Perryn is teased for loving books more than swords.
Excellent Quality, 197 Pages
Copyright 2006
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113473/

SASSY: LITTLE SISTER IS NOT MY NAME, BY SHARON M. DRAPER
Fashion-savvy Sassy does not like being the smallest student in her fourth-grade class, until a family emergency calls for a pint-sized hero.
Excellent Quality, 103 Pages
Copyright 2009
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114205/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0545071518/

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