[bksvol-discuss] New Books (34) for 08-29
- From: John Immarino <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:51:55 -0700
=====FICTION, 8
BEASTS OF GOR (CHRONICLES OF COUNTER-EARTH #12), BY JOHN NORMAN
On Gor, the other world in Earth's orbit, the term beast can mean any of
three things: First, there are the Kurii, the monsters from space who
are about to invade that world.Second, there are the Gorean warriors,
men whose fighting ferocity is incomparable.Third, there are the slave
girls, who are both beasts of burden and objects of desire.
Excellent Quality, 445 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110475/
FIRE ALONG THE SKY (WILDERNESS, BOOK 4), BY SARA DONATI
With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donati's bestselling
saga of an Early American family's struggle for survival in the
Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable woman
and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation
threatened by the flames of war.
Excellent Quality, 610 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107811/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553801465/
ISSUE OF TRUST, BY LORIE O'CLARE
Joanna Hopkins worked as a spy for the covert agency, Alpha Corp, for
most of her adult life. Leaving the agency is a guaranteed death
sentence, but the night her mission turned sour, she made a break,
claiming her freedom and running from everything she'd ever
known--including the man she loves.
Excellent Quality, 222 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100422/
SMASH CUT, BY SANDRA BROWN
THE PRINCIPALS: Paul Wheeler: CEO of the Wheeler Enterprises empire, is
shot dead during an armed robbery. Julie Rutledge: A savvy, cultured,
and attractive Southern woman, was hand-in-hand with Paul Wheeler at the
time of his death. Derek Mitchell: A defense lawyer of renown, he goes
to the mat to make a case for every client -- and headlines for himself.
Excellent Quality, 369 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111396/
SOLAR STORMS, BY LINDA HOGAN
Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Fiction, "Solar Storms" is at once
a Native American coming-of-age story and a moving depiction of the ties
that bind people to their roots and their land.
Excellent Quality, 350 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111315/
THE KIND OF LIGHT THAT SHINES ON TEXAS, BY REGINALD MCKNIGHT
An anthology of 7 short fiction stories by the renowned author Reginald
McKnight.
Excellent Quality, 196 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111207/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0870744143/
THE LIGHTNING RULE, BY BRETT ELLEN BLOCK
"The Lightning Rule" is a fierce story about the raging battle to
restore morality to a city being attacked from within. Critically
acclaimed author Brett Ellen Block returns with an explosive novel of
suspense, politics, and racism.
Excellent Quality, 318 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111310/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060525088/
UNDER A WAR TORN SKY, BY LAURA ELLIOTT
The man said to walk. So Henry walked. Twenty minutes passed then Henry
glanced back over his shoulder again. The man was still up there on the
jagged ridge, silhouetted against the moon. Why did he keep standing
there? Was it to protect Henry or shoot him down?
Excellent Quality, 288 Pages
History, Military, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111280/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786817240/
=====NONFICTION, 11
A PRIMER OF FLY-FISHING, BY RODERICK HAIG-BROWN
"A Primer of Fly-Fishing" is a basic but wise book, and it retains the
richness of Haig-Brown's master's prose while yet dwelling on what might
be called the less poetic, more mundane aspects of angling.
Excellent Quality, 190 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111236/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0888943490/
GROWING UP, BY RUSSELL BAKER
Russell Baker is the 1979 Pulitzer Prize winner for Distinguished
Commentary and a columnist for The New York Times. This book traces his
youth in the mountains of rural Virginia.
Excellent Quality, 278 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111161/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0452255503/
INVISIBLE SISTERS: A MEMOIR, BY JESSICA HANDLER
When Jessica Handler was eight years old, her younger sister Susie was
diagnosed with leukemia.
Excellent Quality, 264 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109340/
ROME 1960: THE OLYMPICS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, BY DAVID MARANISS
From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author David Maraniss, a
groundbreaking book that weaves sports, politics, and history into a
tour de force about the 1960 Rome Olympics, eighteen days of theater,
suspense, victory, and defeat.
Excellent Quality, 507 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111421/
SOCCER DAD: A FATHER, A SON, AND A MAGIC SEASON, BY W. D. WETHERELL
Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much
praise, Wetherell tells the true story of his teenage son's winning
soccer season.
Excellent Quality, 280 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111272/
TELL ME TRUE: MEMOIR, HISTORY, AND WRITING A LIFE, BY PATRICIA HAMPL
AND ELAINE TYLER MAY AND D. J. WALDIE
This is a landmark collection of fourteen original essays from
award-winning memoirists and historians. Whether the record emerges from
archival sources or from personal memory, these writers show how to make
the leap to telling a good story, while also telling us true.
Excellent Quality, 232 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96999/
THE BALL IS ROUND: A GLOBAL HISTORY OF SOCCER, BY DAVID GOLDBLATT
At nearly 1000 pages, this global history of the sport of soccer is
determined to be as comprehensive as possible. Goldblatt traces the
history of soccer from its ritualistic past into its current incarnation
as an international phenomenon.
Excellent Quality, 978 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111447/
THE INNER GAME OF FENCING: EXCELLENCE IN FORM, TECHNIQUE, STRATEGY, AND
SPIRIT, BY NICK EVANGELISTA
To defeat an opponent, a fencer must use mind and body
together--anticipating attacks, observing the opponent, making contact
with the blade, combining strategy with technique.
Excellent Quality, 325 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111333/
THE OLYMPICS' STRANGEST MOMENTS: EXTRAORDINARY BUT TRUE TALES FROM THE
HISTORY OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES, BY GEOFF TIBBALLS
The world's greatest sporting occasion is rife with odd occurrences and
unlikely heroes. Witness Dorando Pietri, who missed out on racing gold
after being helped over the finish line by over-anxious officials...
Excellent Quality, 266 Pages
Nonfiction, Sports
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111281/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1861057113/
THE RACE TO SAVE THE LORD GOD BIRD, BY PHILLIP HOOSE
The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a
legendary bird, the ivory-billed woodpecker, and of those who tried to
possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort,
save it.
Excellent Quality, 204 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111064/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374361738/
THE ROUGH GUIDE TO THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, BY PETER HOGAN
Sporting shades and a feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art
and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk,
grunge and thousands of counter-cultural four-chord wonders.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
Entertainment, History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111060/
=====UNCATEGORIZED, 1
SHOOTING WAR, BY DAN GOLDMAN AND ANTHONY LAPPE
The global war on terror is raging out of control. The president is
popping Prozac. And the #1 selling videogame in 2011 America is the
terrorist-simulatorInfidel Massacre: Los Angeles.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111411/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 14
DRAGON SLAYER (BEOWULF), BY ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF
In this re-telling of the Anglo-Saxon legend, only Beowulf, foremost
among warriors has the courage and strength to fight Grendel the man-wolf.
Excellent Quality, 112 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111527/
FREESTYLE WITH AVERY (BEACON STREET GIRLS SPECIAL ADVENTURE #3), BY
ANNIE BRYANT
When Avery meets Kazie, the thirteen year-old all-star boarder and her
evil cat, Farkle, she's not so sure these surprises are so snurf-tastic
after all. At least there's Jason, a way cool kid with a secret almost
ready to be released into the wild.
Excellent Quality, 228 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111129/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933566019/
ONE OF A KIND (DISNEY'S HANNAH MONTANA #17), BY LAURIE MCELROY
What happens when a pop star loses her voice? How will she perform?
Excellent Quality, 121 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111037/
SHELF DISCOVERY: TEEN CLASSICS WE NEVER STOPPED READING, BY LIZZIE SKURNICK
A collection of essays about re-reading favorite young adult books. The
book grew out of the author's "Fine Lines" column on Jezebel.com and a
life-long passion for young adult literature. It is divided into
chapters organized by subject matter with topics ranging from
self-sufficiency to the supernatural, and includes essays by other
popular authors on books that influenced their adolescent lives.
Excellent Quality, 436 Pages
Nonfiction, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/110758/
BEVERLY HILLS BRONTOSAURUS (DINOVERSE #5), BY SCOTT CIENCIN
Bertram Phillips's M.I.N.D. Machine throws him back to southern
California's Jurassic period, and this time it also throws real
dinosaurs forward into the halls of Wetherford Junior High!
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111153/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375805958/
DINOSAURS ATE MY HOMEWORK (DINOVERSE #6), BY SCOTT CIENCIN
Because of his family's many relocations, Aaron Aimes has always had an
excuse for avoiding everything from gym to homework.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111166/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375805966/
DINOVERSE (DINOVERSE #1), BY SCOTT CIENCIN
When thirteen-year-old Bertram and three other friends find themselves
living in dinosaurs' bodies sixty-seven million years ago, they discover
new ways to think about their lives.
Excellent Quality, 291 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111136/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067988842X/
GODZILLA INVADES AMERICA, BY SCOTT CIENCIN
A young Japanese boy is having trouble fitting in to his new American
home. So when Godzilla arrives on America's shores, the boy decides to
run away to follow him. In the process, he meets a young scientist named
Hiro, who is on a quest of his own.
Excellent Quality, 102 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111140/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679887520/
GODZILLA VS. THE SPACE MONSTER, BY SCOTT CIENCIN
Troy wishes on a star for more excitement in his life. Be careful what
you wish for, Troy! When a meteorite lands in his backyard, it infects
Troy with information about King Ghidorah, the three-headed space
monster who is heading straight for Earth.
Excellent Quality, 108 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111164/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679889027/
JURASSIC PARK ADVENTURES, BY SCOTT CIENCIN
Americans are stunned when a trio of Pteranodons escapes Jurassic Park
and tears across the United States. No one wants to see these awesome
creatures destroyed, yet their presence is terrorizing the country.
Excellent Quality, 120 Pages
Children's Books
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111152/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0375812911/
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS (SWEET VALLEY HIGH SUPER EDITION #2), BY FRANCINE
PASCAL AND KATE WILLIAM
The Wakefield twins and their friends at Sweet Valley High are in
festive spirits. It seems nothing can spoil Jessica and Elizabeth's
holiday -- until Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield announce the arrival of an
unwelcome house guest. Now it looks as though this Christmas might be
the worst ever!
Excellent Quality, 234 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109493/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553253778/
SPRING FEVER (SWEET VALLEY HIGH SUPER EDITION #6), BY FRANCINE PASCAL
AND KATE WILLIAM
The Wakefield twins never expected that spending spring break with their
great-aunt and great-uncle in Walkersville, Kansas, would be so
exciting. But Jessica and Elizabeth find out that small-town life can
have its share of big adventures.
Excellent Quality, 234 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109492/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553264206/
TIGERS (NATURE'S CHILDREN), BY BILL IVY
Describes the physical features, habits and natural environment of this
the largest of the big cats.
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages
Children's Books, Nonfiction, Animals
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111387/
WINTER CARNIVAL (SWEET VALLEY HIGH SUPER EDITION #5), BY FRANCINE PASCAL
AND KATE WILLIAM
Elizabeth is sick and tired of how selfish Jessica is being... taking
ALL her clothes and refusing to help out with the chores. But the last
straw isn't until Jess starts flirting with her boyfriend during the
"Winter Carnival"... How could she? Will the sisters ever make amends?
Excellent Quality, 218 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109491/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553261592/
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