[bksvol-discuss] New Books (55) for 08-15
- From: John Immarino <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:40:32 -0700
=====FICTION, 30
A FAR AND DEADLY CRY, BY TERI HOLBROOK
The crime scene showed that a cunning mind and a passionate hatred lay
behind the killing of Lisa Stillwell.
Excellent Quality, 394 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107576/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553568590/
A WITNESS ABOVE, BY ANDY STRAKA
Thirteen years ago, Frank Pavlicek left the NYPD under less-than-ideal
circumstances.
Excellent Quality, 259 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107555/
BEAT UNTIL STIFF, BY CLAIRE M. JOHNSON
A San Francisco pastry chef reveals the cutthroat restaurant trade in
this mystery featuring restaurant manager Mary Ryan.
Excellent Quality, 204 Pages
Cooking, Food and Wine, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107545/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590580400/
BETTER OFF WED, BY LAURA DURHAM
A real-life wedding planner makes her debut and introduces Annabelle
Archer, a wedding planner and amateur sleuth in Washington, D.C.
Excellent Quality, 241 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107577/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060738316/
BOOK OF JAMAICA, BY RUSSELL BANKS
Chapter One. This part of my story begins one evening early in January
1976 in Anchovy, Jamaica, a country village clinging to the hills of St.
James Parish about twelve miles south and west of Montego Bay.
Excellent Quality, 308 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107566/
BREAKING AWAY, BY KRISTIN HUNTER LATTANY
Bethesda Barnes has reached a point in life where she at last feels
comfortable. She loves her family, despite a stormy relationship with
her mother. For romance, there's Lloyd Bounds, a devoted postal clerk.
Excellent Quality, 267 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107578/
DATING DEAD MEN, BY HARLEY JANE KOZAK
Los Angeles greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley is dating forty men in
sixty days as research for a radio talk show host's upcoming book,How to
Avoid Getting Dumped All the Time.
Excellent Quality, 324 Pages
Entertainment, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107559/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385510187/
EARLY VISION, BY RICHARD HOLMES AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
Richard Holmes edits a collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a
pioneer of English Romanticism.
Excellent Quality, 418 Pages
History, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107535/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670804444/
EVOLUTION, BY DANNY MCBRIDE AND LEN WISEMAN AND KEVIN GREVIOUX AND
GREG COX
The official novelization of the third installment of the Underworld
film series--a prequel to the first two films that explores the origins
of the centuries-old blood feud between the ageless, aristocratic
vampires known as Death Dealers and their
Excellent Quality, 278 Pages
Horror, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107544/
FAIL-SAFE, BY HARVEY WHEELER AND EUGENE BURDICK
A tale about the possibilities of nuclear annihilation.
Excellent Quality, 276 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107540/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/044012459X/
GOD IN CONCORD, BY JANE LANGTON
Homer Kelly is trying to cope with the changes to his beloved Concord:
an influx of tourists and boutiques, a convergence of homeless, even a
proposed mall on the banks of Walden Pond.
Excellent Quality, 336 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107573/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0670842605/
HELLO, LA JOLLA, BY EDWARD DORN
A collection of poems about life in La Jolla, California and the
surrounding areas.
Excellent Quality, 96 Pages
Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107580/
JOHN KEATS, BY ELIZABETH COOK AND JOHN KEATS
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed
Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.
Excellent Quality, 680 Pages
History, Poetry, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107527/
LIPSTICK AND OTHER STORIES, BY ALEX KUO
Lisptick and Other Stories has won an American Book Award for 2002, the
first book by a Hong Kong author and the first book from a publisher
outside the United States to be so honored. Alex Kuo bridges oceans,
cultures and generations.
Excellent Quality, 184 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107581/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/9627160997/
LOVE LIFE, BY JAMES D. HOUSTON
A novel about a former hippie adjusting to suburban life.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107552/
MEMORY OF FIRE, BY CEDRIC BELFRAGE AND EDUARDO GALEANO
The second volume of Galeano's dazzling New World trilogy continues his
recreation of the experience of Latin America from 1700 to the 20th century.
Excellent Quality, 293 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107563/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394751671/
MURDER ON THE ROCKS, BY KAREN MACINERNEY
As the proud new owner of the Gray Whale Inn, a bed and breakfast on
Cranberry Island, Natalie Barnes loves whipping up rich breakfast treats
for her guests. But all that may end if Bernard Katz builds a flashy
resort next door.
Excellent Quality, 282 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107583/
NIGHTLAND, BY LOUIS OWENS
A mystery about Native Americans in the Southwest.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107585/
PHILADELPHIA FIRE, BY JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN
From "one of America's premier writers of fiction" (New York Times)
comes this novel inspired by the 1985 police bombing of a West
Philadelphia row house owned by the back-to-nature, Afrocentric cult
known as Move.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107554/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/061850964X/
REDEMPTION, BY JULIE CHIBBARO
The wet earth smells of mushroom and loam. I race through the trees.
Branches reach for my eyes and tangle my hair.
Excellent Quality, 272 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107586/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0689857365/
RED ROVER, BY DEIRDRE MCNAMER
A stirring novel about idealism laid waste and the haunting, redemptive
bonds of friendship Deirdre McNamer has won praise for the intelligence,
beauty, precision, and sweep of her fiction.
Excellent Quality, 272 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107572/
SALVATION AND OTHER DISASTERS, BY JOSIP NOVAKOVICH
Award-winning writer Josip Novakovich brings his own particular blend of
village wit and urban sophistication to this collection of stories, some
fabulist and absurd, some charged with the realities and politics of
war-torn Croatia.
Excellent Quality, 204 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107564/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1555972713/
SILENT IN THE GRAVE, BY DEANNA RAYBOURN
"Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave."These
ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last
threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives
from his killer.
Excellent Quality, 536 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107587/
THE BLACK BOOK, BY MAUREEN FREELY AND ORHAN PAMUK
A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely Galip is a lawyer
living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novel-loving Ruya, has
disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband orCelâl, a
popular newspaper columnist?
Excellent Quality, 464 Pages
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107565/
THE BOSNIAN CHRONICLE, BY JOSEPH HITRECK AND IVO ANDRIC
Ivo Andric presents Travnik, a Bosnian town, through the eyes of French
and German diplomats stationed at a consulate.
Excellent Quality, 430 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107556/
THE CHILDREN'S WAR, BY J. N. STROYAR
Peter has had more identities than he can remember and suffered pains
and humiliations he longs to forget. But, whether spy or prisoner, slave
or propaganda tool, none of his roles has brought the one thing he wants
above all: freedom.
Excellent Quality, 1,154 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107568/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743407407/
THE CRIME BOOK, BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Mary Roberts Rinehart presents 3 criminal mysteries: The Door, The
Confession, and the Red Lamp.
Excellent Quality, 442 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107558/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/9997412060/
THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY, BY TASH AW
Tash Aw's highly original first novel juxtaposes three accounts of the
life of an enigmatic man at a pivotal and haunting moment in Malaysian
history.
Excellent Quality, 403 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107569/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/157322300X/
THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE, BY ÓSCAR HIJUELOS
A Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling sensation, the Mambo Kings play an
encore in this reissue timed for the Warner Brothers big-screen adaptation.
Excellent Quality, 407 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107574/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060974516/
THREE EARLY COMEDIES, BY JOSEPH PAPP AND ROBERT KEAN TURNER AND JAMES
HAMMERSMITH AND DAVID SCOTT KASTAN AND DAVID BEVINGTON AND WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
Three Early Comedies Love's Labor's Lost Farce and fun follow when a
young king and his three friends vow to give up women for a year--just
as a pretty princess and her three ladies-in-waiting arrive--in a
delightful play that ends with one of
Excellent Quality, 429 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107538/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553212826/
=====NONFICTION, 18
BODY TOXIC, BY SUSANNE PAOLA ANTONETTA
Poet Antonette expands her award winning essay "Elizabeth" into a memoir
about growing up in a part of New Jersey that turned out to be one of
worst polluted areas in the country.
Excellent Quality, 241 Pages
Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107546/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1582431167/
CALIFORNIANS, BY JAMES D. HOUSTON
James D Houston travels down the coast of California and records his
experiences for others.
Excellent Quality, 290 Pages
Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107547/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0394505581/
CERTAIN TO WIN: THE STRATEGY OF JOHN BOYD, APPLIED TO BUSINESS, BY CHET
RICHARDS
Certain to Win [Sun Tzu´s prognosis for generals who follow his advice]
develops the strategy of the late US Air Force Colonel John R. Boyd for
the world of business.
Excellent Quality, 187 Pages
Military, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107520/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1413453775/
COURAGEOUS JOURNEY, BY BENY NGOR CHOL AND AYUEL LEEK DENG AND BARBARA
YOUREE
This compelling, human story is coupled with timely issues facing the
world: the crisis in Darfur, control of limited oil reserves, terrorism
by radical Islamic groups.
Excellent Quality, 342 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107571/
CROSSING OCEAN PARKWAY, BY MARIANNA D. TORGOVNICK
Growing up an Italian-American in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of New
York city, Marianna De Marco longed for college, culture, and upward
mobility.
Excellent Quality, 182 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107549/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0226808297/
DISCOVER SCIENCE ALMANAC, BY JENNY TESAR AND BRYAN BUNCH AND DISCOVER
MAGAZINE EDITORS
The first and only science reference book of its kind features the
latest breakthroughs in science--from technology to medicine. 50
illustrations.
Excellent Quality, 790 Pages
Reference, Science
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107539/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0786887591/
ESSENTIALS OF ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, BY THOMAS G. CUMMINGS
AND CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY
This streamlined version of Cummings and Worley's book Organization
Development and Change merges related topics and chapter into a
16-chapter format, about applying behavioral science knowledge to the
development of organizational structures, strategies, and processes.
Excellent Quality, 335 Pages
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107356/
GOSPEL CHOIRS, BY DERRICK A. BELL
Just like the songs of a gospel choir, the pieces in this book give
voice to the hardships faced by African Americans.
Excellent Quality, 228 Pages
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107551/
ITALIAN DAYS, BY BARBARA GRIZZUTI HARRISON
"Italian Days" is one of the richest and most absorbing travel books
written--a journey that traverses the Italian peninsula and immerses
readers in a culture which provides the reader with a definition of the
good life.
Excellent Quality, 485 Pages
Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107560/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1555843115/
KAHILL GIBRAN, BY MARTIN L. WOLF AND MIKHAIL NAIMY
A biography of Arabic poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran.
Excellent Quality, 288 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107541/
LIBERAZIONE DELLA DONNA: FEMINISM IN ITALY, BY LUCIA C. BIRNBAUM
A survey of the history and modern transformation of the Italian
feminist movement.
Excellent Quality, 362 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107561/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0819551333/
LOST HIGHWAY, BY PETER GURALNICK
A companion to the author's 1971 entrance to book publishing, Feel Like
Going Home, Lost Highway reveals Peter Guralnick's growth as a
chronicler of American roots music.
Excellent Quality, 376 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107536/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316332747/
LUST FOR LIFE, BY IRVING STONE
The Classic Biographical Novel of Vincent Van Gogh by the Master
Storyteller of Our Times Since its initial publication in 1934, Irving
Stone's Lust for Life has been a critical success, a multimillion-copy
bestseller, and the basis for an Academy
Excellent Quality, 451 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107562/
NATURE AND TREATMENT OF STUTTERING, BY WILLIAM H. PERKINS AND RICHARD
F. CURLEE
Doctors Richard E. Curlee and William H Perkins delve into the causes of
stuttering and suggest tips to deal with stuttering.
Excellent Quality, 482 Pages
Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107529/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0933014716/
SMALL STEPS, BY PEG KEHRET
In a riveting story of courage and hope, Peg Kehret tells of months
spent in a hospital when she was twelve, first struggling to survive a
severe case of polio, then slowly learning to walk again.
Excellent Quality, 219 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107542/
THE QUIET AMERICAN, BY ROBERT STONE AND GRAHAM GREENE
The relentless struggle of the Vietminh guerrillas for independence and
the futility of the French gestures of resistance become inseparably
meshed with the personal and moral dilemmas of two men and the
Vietnamese woman they both love.
Excellent Quality, 188 Pages
History
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107575/
THE RECKONING, BY DAVID HALBERSTAM
The author discusses problems the automotive industry will face.
Excellent Quality, 796 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107570/
THE SERVICE, BY REINHARD GEHLEN
The mmoirs of a Nazi General who cooperated with the Allies.
Excellent Quality, 374 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107534/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0529044552/
=====UNCATEGORIZED, 1
SUDDENLY SUPERNATURAL: SCAREDY KAT, BY ELIZABETH CODY KIMMEL
Favorable Reviews for: Lily B. on the Brink of Cool "A pitch-perfect
tween/teen vibe. Kimmel has it in spades."-- Publishers Weekly "An
entertaining novel that middle-school girls will pass to their friends.
Publisher Quality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107610/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 6
DEPARTURES, BY LORNA J. COOK
Cook tells the story of the children of the Vanderzee family as they
struggle to discover their identities.
Excellent Quality, 242 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107579/
EDWARD'S EYES, BY PATRICIA MACLACHLAN
Jake is a part of an extraordinary family.He has a life filled with art,
music, and long summer nights on the Cape. He has hours and days and
months of baseball. But, more than anything in this world, Jake knows he
has Edward.
Excellent Quality, 126 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107550/
THE REST OF HER LIFE, BY LAURA MORIARTY
This incredibly nuanced, beautifully written novel treats moral dilemma
with the riveting, character-driven plot of a Jane Hamilton or a Jodi
Picoult.
Excellent Quality, 335 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107543/
BRAVE TRICERATOPS, BY BEVERLEY RANDELL
A story about a triceratops who stands up to a T-Rex.
Excellent Quality, 17 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107516/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0435067494/
MITCH TO THE RESCUE, BY ANNETTE SMITH
Mitch and his dad rescue a duckling.
Excellent Quality, 17 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107518/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0763519626/
SKATES FOR LUKE, BY JENNY GILES
Luke gets a pair of his very own skates.
Excellent Quality, 17 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/107519/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0763519669/
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