[bksvol-discuss] New Books (56) for 10-08

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=====FICTION, 6


EXTREME JUSTICE (EXECUTIONER #357), BY DON PENDLETON.
A case against a powerful New York mobster weakens after mercenaries kill every prosecution witness except one. It's up to Mack Bolan to track down money-laundering specialist Gilbert Favor--the government's last hope..
Excellent Quality, 191 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
Military,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

FINAL WARNING (LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE), BY SANDRA ROBBINS.
CJ never dreamed that taking her dream job as a radio talk show host would plunge her into the twisted game of a serial killer. Mitch, her former fiance, finds himself in a race against time to save her..
Excellent Quality, 211 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and Spirituality.

REUNION (STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION), BY MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN.
Past and present meet when Captain Jean-Luc Picard is reunited with the USS Stargazer to serve as an escort for Morgen, ruler of the Daa'vit Empire. An accident propels the starship into the heart of the Romulan Empire, and Picard learns of those who are determined to end their peaceful relations..
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages.
Copyright 1991.
Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671748084/

SECOND HAND HEART (HEARTSONG PRESENTS #713), BY JOYCE LIVINGSTON.
A bout of rheumatic fever left Rosalinda Sammy Samuels in need of a new heart. Three years ago she received it--and her vagabond sister's three children to raise. On a rare day to herself, Sammy meets Ted and dares to wonder if he could be the One....
Excellent Quality, 174 Pages.
Copyright 2006.
Romance,  Religion and Spirituality.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597891355/

THE LITTLE STRANGER, BY SARAH WATERS.
A chilling and vividly rendered ghost story set in postwar Britain, by the bestselling and award-winning author of The Night Watch and Fingersmith..
Excellent Quality, 446 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Horror,  Literature and Fiction,  Gay and Lesbian.

THE NYMPH KING (ATLANTIS #3), BY GENA SHOWALTER.
Females young and old, beautiful and plain crave Valerian's touch. None can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure until he steals Shaye Holling from a Florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdom. Sexually explicit..
Excellent Quality, 379 Pages.
Copyright 2007.
Romance,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.



=====NONFICTION, 8


"STRONG MEDICINE" SPEAKS: A NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER HAS HER SAY, BY AMY HILL HEARTH. "Strong Medicine" Gould is an eighty-five-year-old Elder in her Lenni-Lenape tribe and community. Taking turns with the author as the two women alternate voices throughout this moving book, Strong Medicine tells of her ancestry..
Excellent Quality, 282 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
History,  Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0743297792/

BETTER IEPS: HOW TO DEVELOP LEGALLY CORRECT AND EDUCATIONALLY USEFUL PROGRAMS (4TH EDITION), BY MARY ANNE LINDEN AND BARBARA D. BATEMAN. This book is designed to give special educators, regular educators, and parents the confidence and know-how to develop Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) that are both legally correct and educationally useful..
Excellent Quality, 274 Pages.
Copyright 2006.
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Professional and Technical.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1578615682/

BEYOND THE MELTING POT: THE NEGROES, PUERTO RICANS, JEWS, ITALIANS, AND IRISH OF NEW YORK CITY , BY DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN AND NATHAN GLAZER. This is a classic study of various ethnic groups in New York City, their history, and social conditions through the 1960s..
Excellent Quality, 390 Pages.
Copyright 1970.
Textbooks and Educational Materials,  History,  Nonfiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/026257022X/

MENAGERIE MANOR, BY GERALD DURRELL.
"Menagerie Manor" is sure to delight fans of Durrell's beloved classic "My Family and Other Animals" and other accounts of his lifelong fascination with members of the animal kingdom..
Excellent Quality, 180 Pages.
Copyright 2007.
Nonfiction,  Animals.

MY FRESHMAN YEAR: WHAT A PROFESSOR LEARNED BY BECOMING A STUDENT, BY REBEKAH NATHAN. Rebekah Nathan had become baffled by her students. Their behavior eating meals at their desks, not completing reading assignments, remaining silent through class discussions made her feel as if she were dealing with a completely foreign culture..
Excellent Quality, 186 Pages.
Copyright 2005.
Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs.

POPULAR CULTURE: A READER, BY OMAYRA CRUZ AND  RAIFORD GUINS.
This reader helps students understand the pervasive role of popular culture and the processes that constitute it as a product of industry, an intellectual object of inquiry, and an integral component of all our lives..
Excellent Quality, 555 Pages.
Copyright 2005.
Textbooks and Educational Materials,  Nonfiction.

REREADING AMERICA: CULTURAL CONTEXTS FOR CRITICAL THINKING AND WRITING (5TH EDITION), BY BONNIE LISLE AND ROBERT CULLEN AND GARY COLOMBO. Rereading America presents diverse political and cultural perspectives as grist for critical thinking. Many of the book's 73 selections are from groups that have been pushed to the margins of our society -- people of color, women, gays and lesbians..
Excellent Quality, 886 Pages.
Copyright 2001.
Textbooks and Educational Materials,  Nonfiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312249179/

THE WHISPERING LAND, BY GERALD DURRELL.
The sequel to A Zoo in My Luggage, this is the story of how Durrell and his wife's zoo-building efforts at England's Jersey Zoo led them and a team of helpers on an eight-month safari in Argentina to look for South American specimens. Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in Argentina, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots, Durrell captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor..
Excellent Quality, 235 Pages.
Copyright 1961.
Nonfiction,  Travel,  Animals.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0143037080/



=====UNCATEGORIZED, 1


HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY OR NICE?, BY ETHAN LONG.
Ethan Long, author/illustrator of Tickle the Duck , Stop Kissing Me , and Duck's Not Afraid of the Dark , returns with yet another laugh riot novelty book for young children. In Have You Been Naughty or Nice?.
Publisher Quality.
Copyright 2009.



=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 39


ATTACK OF THE FIEND (THE LAST APPRENTICE #4), BY JOSEPH DELANEY.
When witches steal Tom's inheritance and kidnap his relatives, Tom, the Spook, and Alice set out for Pendle Hill, a particularly dangerous district, in hopes of preventing the three witch clans from uniting to raise the Fiend, the Devil himself, thus bringing about an age of darkness..
Excellent Quality, 546 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.

A COMPANY OF FOOLS, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
Henri has been living within abbey walls all his life, first in the care of nuns, then as choirboy and scribe. When Micah arrives, his voice and presence bring a fresh breeze into dead places. Together, both must learn to live through difficult times..
Excellent Quality, 191 Pages.
Copyright 2002.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1550417215/

BROKEN HEARTS (RIVER HEIGHTS #11), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
Karen has always envied Emily Van Patten. Ben once loved Emily, and when she comes back in to town, Ben says he wants to date them both, because he can't decide....
Excellent Quality, 148 Pages.
Copyright 1991.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671731157/

CHAINS: SEEDS OF AMERICA, BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON.
At the start of the Revolutionary War, Isabel is sold to a cruel loyalist family, even though she has been promised freedom by her former owner..
Excellent Quality, 320 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
History,  Military,  Teens,  Literature and Fiction.

DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI, BY CLYDE ROBERT BULLA.
A Minnesota farm boy gets a much desired opportunity to go down the Mississippi on a raft as the cook's helper..
Excellent Quality, 124 Pages.
Copyright 1954.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0690243839/

FRIENDS AND RIVALS (RIVER HEIGHTS #15), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
When River Heights High's new TV show begins interviewing for a hostess, Samantha Daley competes with best friend, Brittany, for the coveted post..
Excellent Quality, 156 Pages.
Copyright 1992.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/067173119X/

GUILTY SECRETS (RIVER HEIGHTS #2), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
Tim Cooper has a secret. A secret that Nikki is dying to know. Why won't Tim come near her car, let alone drive it?.
Excellent Quality, 156 Pages.
Copyright 1989.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671677608/

I AM A TAXI, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
For twelve-year-old Diego and his family, home is the San Sebastian Women's Prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia. His parents farmed coca, a traditional Bolivian medicinal plant, until they got caught in the middle of the government's war on drugs..
Excellent Quality, 203 Pages.
Copyright 2006.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0888997361/

JAKEMAN, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
Jake and his older sister Shoshona, along with a busload of kids, visit their mother in prison regularly. But this time the journey turns into a series of misadventures, and the kids find themselves on their own..
Excellent Quality, 203 Pages.
Copyright 2007.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1550415751/

JUNIOR CLASS TRIP (RIVER HEIGHTS SUPER SIZZLER), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
Nikki, Brittany, and the gang head for the nation's capitol--and a whole new world of possibilities!.
Excellent Quality, 217 Pages.
Copyright 1991.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671731246/

LOVE AND GAMES (RIVER HEIGHTS #14), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
Kyle wants to match up couples for the upcoming luau... Brittany can't wait to sign up because she needs a little help narrowing it down to just one. Sam just doesn't understand Kyle... after all, she never shares her boyfriends....
Excellent Quality, 153 Pages.
Copyright 1992.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671731181/

NIGHT WORLD COLLECTION NO. 1 (SECRET VAMPIRE, DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS, SPELLBINDER), BY L. J. SMITH. "Vampires, werewolves, witches, shape shifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World.".
Excellent Quality, 742 Pages.
Copyright 1996.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416974504/

NIGHT WORLD COLLECTION NO. 3 (HUNTRESS, BLACK DAWN, WITCHLIGHT), BY L. J. SMITH. Vampires, werewolves, witches, shape shifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. The apocalypse is drawing near..
Excellent Quality, 741 Pages.
Copyright 1997.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.

NIGHT WORLD COLLECTION NO. 2 (DARK ANGEL, THE CHOSEN, SOULMATE), BY L. J. SMITH. Vampires, werewolves, witches, shape shifters -- they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World..
Excellent Quality, 678 Pages.
Copyright 1996.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1416974512/

OFF TO WAR: VOICES OF SOLDIERS' CHILDREN , BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
Deborah Ellis turns her attention to American and Canadian children whose parents are soldiers fighting -- or who have fought -- in Afghanistan and Iraq. In frank interviews, they talk about how this experience has marked and shaped their lives..
Excellent Quality, 172 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
Military,  Nonfiction,  Teens,  Biographies and Memoirs.

SACRED LEAF, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
.After finally managing to escape from being held as a virtual slave in an illegal cocaine operation, young Diego is taken in by the Ricardos, a poor, coca-farming family who provides a safe haven while he recovers from his ordeal..
Excellent Quality, 206 Pages.
Copyright 2007.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0888998082/

STOLEN KISSES (RIVER HEIGHTS #4 ), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
This is book #4 from the "Nancy Drew Hometown" series for teenagers which explores fun, friendship, secrets and romance..
Excellent Quality, 155 Pages.
Copyright 1990.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671677624/

THE JEALOUSY TRAP (RIVER HEIGHTS #16), BY CAROLYN KEENE.
Lacey becomes concerned when Katie steals Lacey's boyfriend and then begins hanging out with Lacey's best friend, and Brittany tries to save shy, overweight Phyllis Bouchard from becoming the victim of a cruel joke..
Excellent Quality, 154 Pages.
Copyright 1992.
Teens,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0671731203/

THREE WISHES: PALESTINIAN AND ISRAELI CHILDREN SPEAK, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
Deborah Elli recounts the experiences of young people of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict..
Excellent Quality, 110 Pages.
Copyright 2004.
Military,  Nonfiction,  Teens,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0888995547/

ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE (ABRIDGED), BY MIGUEL DE CERVANTES AND ARGENTINA PALACIOS. Charming retelling of the hilarious misadventures of Don Quixote, the idealistic knight, and his squire, Sancho Panza, who set out to right the wrongs of the world. Abridged edition..
Excellent Quality, 59 Pages.
Copyright 1999.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486407918/

BLACK FIGHTING MEN: A PROUD HISTORY, BY CATHERINE REEF.
Presents short biographical profiles of African-American soldiers--who have had to battle both racial prejudice and foreign foes while defending their country--from each of America's major conflicts, from colonial times to the present..
Excellent Quality, 80 Pages.
Copyright 1994.
Children's Books,  History,  Military,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805031065/

CHILDREN OF WAR: VOICES OF IRAQI REFUGEES, BY DEBORAH ELLIS.
Five years have passed since the U.S. and its allies invaded Iraq, and true democracy has yet to come. Four million Iraqis have been displaced; half are living in desolate tent camps, the others mostly stuck in Jordan and Syrian..
Excellent Quality, 122 Pages.
Copyright 2008.
Children's Books,  Military,  Nonfiction,  Teens.

DENMARK, BY TAMARA L. BRITTON.
An introduction to the history, geography, plants and animals, government, people, and culture of Denmark..
Excellent Quality, 40 Pages.
Copyright 2004.
Children's Books,  Nonfiction,  Travel.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1591972914/

ENGLAND, BY TAMARA L. BRITTON.
An introduction to the history, geography, plants and animals, government, people, and culture of England..
Excellent Quality, 40 Pages.
Copyright 2001.
Children's Books,  Nonfiction,  Travel.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1577654994/

FLYING HIGH, BY ANNIE DALTON.
Even time-traveling angels need to relax! That's why Mel's been looking forward to her pal Lola's surprise party for weeks. And she's not pleased when she and her friends get sent off to medieval times at the last minute..
Excellent Quality, 143 Pages.
Copyright 2003.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Science Fiction and Fantasy.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060088176/

GEORGE GERSHWIN: AMERICAN COMPOSER, BY CATHERINE REEF.
Traces the life of the American Jewish composer who created a new kind of music that has lasted beyond the fashion of his time..
Excellent Quality, 111 Pages.
Copyright 2000.
Children's Books,  Entertainment,  Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1883846587/

JAPAN, BY TAMARA L. BRITTON.
An introduction to the history, geography, plants and animals, government, people, and culture of Japan..
Excellent Quality, 40 Pages.
Copyright 2000.
Children's Books,  Nonfiction,  Travel.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1577653874/

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR: PORTRAIT OF A POET, BY CATHERINE REEF.
A biography of the poet who faced racism and devoted himself to depicting the black experience in America..
Excellent Quality, 128 Pages.
Copyright 2000.
Children's Books,  History,  Poetry,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0766013502/

RALPH DAVID ABERNATHY, BY CATHERINE REEF.
A biography of Martin Luther King's second in command in the civil rights movement, including Abernathy's role after King's untimely death..
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages.
Copyright 1995.
Children's Books,  History,  Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/087518653X/

STAY FIT: BUILD A STRONG BODY (GOOD HEALTH GUIDELINES) , BY CATHERINE REEF.
Describes the benefits of exercise and discusses how to develop a personal fitness program..
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages.
Copyright 1993.
Children's Books,  Nonfiction,  Teens,  Health, Mind and Body.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805024417/

THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED HAUNTED HOUSE (MILO AND JAZZ MYSTERIES #3), BY LEWIS B. MONTGOMERY. Amateur detectives Milo and Jazz try to figure out if the haunted house they are building for the school fair has a real ghost..
Excellent Quality, 96 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

THE CASE OF THE POISONED PIG (MILO AND JAZZ MYSTERIES #2), BY LEWIS B. MONTGOMERY. When Jazz's pet piglet gets sick and the veterinarian suspects it was poisoned, she and Milo use their detective skills to try to figure out who did it..
Excellent Quality, 93 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

THE CASE OF THE STINKY SOCKS (MILO AND JAZZ MYSTERIES #1), BY LEWIS B. MONTGOMERY. Detectives-in-training Milo and Jazz join forces to tackle their first big case---finding out who stole the lucky socks from the high school baseball team's star pitcher..
Excellent Quality, 89 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

THE CASE OF THE AMAZING ZELDA (MILO AND JAZZ MYSTERIES #4), BY LEWIS B. MONTGOMERY. Detectives-in-training Milo and Jazz investigate whether their town's new pet psychic is a fraud..
Excellent Quality, 93 Pages.
Copyright 2009.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

THE QUILTMAKER'S JOURNEY, BY JEFF BRUMBEAU.
A young girl makes the loveliest quilts in the land - and decides to give them away to the less fortunate..
Excellent Quality, 48 Pages.
Copyright 2004.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439512190/

THE SEA OF ADVENTURE (ADVENTURE #4), BY ENID BLYTON.
Recovering from measles on a remote Scottish island, the children are left to fend for themselves when their host disappears..
Excellent Quality, 191 Pages.
Copyright 1998.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0333732715/

THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE (ADVENTURE #3), BY ENID BLYTON.
Nothing could be more exciting than a night flight on Bill's plane! But Philip, Dinah, Lucy-Ann, and Jack soon find themselves flying straight into a truly amazing adventure..
Excellent Quality, 289 Pages.
Copyright 2007.
Children's Books,  Literature and Fiction,  Mystery and Thrillers.

THINK POSITIVE: COPE WITH STRESS (GOOD HEALTH GUIDELINES) , BY CATHERINE REEF.
Discusses stress and how to manage it..
Excellent Quality, 64 Pages.
Copyright 1993.
Children's Books,  Nonfiction,  Teens,  Health, Mind and Body.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0805024433/

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMPOSER, BY CATHERINE REEF.
Traces the life of the African American classical composer. Includes bibliographical references and index..
Excellent Quality, 112 Pages.
Copyright 2003.
Children's Books,  Entertainment,  Nonfiction,  Biographies and Memoirs.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1931798117/

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