Books Added at NPL (August 2007)

:NEW FICTION:

The Scandal of the Season – Sophie Gee
Afternoons with Emily – Rose MacMurray
The Office of Desire – Martha Moody
The Penguin Who Knew Too Much – Donna Andrews (MYSTERY)
The Poet’s Funeral – John M. Daniel (MYSTERY)
Acts of Nature – Jonathon King (MYSTERY)
Dead Ex – Harley Jane Kozak (MYSTERY)
Last Breath – George Shuman (MYSTERY)
Ravens of Avalon – Diana Paxson (FANTASY)
Winterton Blue – Trezza Azzopardi
Loving Frank – Nancy Horan
Blood Lies – Daniel Kalla
The Last Chinese Chef – Nicole Mones
The Big Girls – Susanna Moore
Silence – Thomas Perry
The Year of Fog – Michelle Richmond
Unto the Breach – John Ringo
White Flag Down – Joel Ross
The Septembers of Shiraz – Dalia Sofer
A Map of Glass – Jane Urquhart
The Glass Wall – Clare Curzon (MYSTERY)
Saturnalia – Lindsey Davis (MYSTERY)
Death on the Nevskii Prospekt – David Dickinson (MYSTERY)
Wolves of Memory – Bill James (MYSTERY)
The Red Dahlia – Lynda LaPlante (MYSTERY)
The Necropolis Railway – Andrew Martin (MYSTERY)
The Careful Use of Compliments – Alexander McCall Smith (MYSTERY)
Shooting Star – Cynthia Riggs (MYSTERY)
Shell Game – Sarah Shaber (MYSTERY)
Shadow of the Raven – David Sundstrand (MYSTERY)
Seeking Whom He May Devour – Fred Vargas (MYSTERY)
Lethally Blond – Kate White (MYSTERY)
Dragons of the Highlord Skies – Margaret Weis (FANTASY)
The River Wife – Jonis Agee
Ines of My Soul – Isabel Allende
Saving the World – Julia Alvarez
House of Meetings – Martin Amis
Keeping the House – Ellen Baker
New England White – Stephen L. Carter
Critical – Robin Cook
Pandora’s Legion – Harold Coyle
A Spy By Nature – Charles Cumming
Someone to Love – Jude Deveraux
Waking with Enemies – Eric Jerome Dickey
Eye of the Beholder – David Ellis
Still Life with Husband – Lauren Fox
Con Ed – Matthew Klein
Innocent as Sin – Elizabeth Lowell
Michael Tolliver Lives – Armistead Maupin
Up Close and Personal – Fern Michaels
Seeing – Jose Saramango
The Visible World – Mark Slouka
The Quest – Wilbur Smith
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal – Sarah Strohmeyer
How to Talk to a Widower – Jonathan Tropper
Settling Accounts – Harry Turtledove
Sheer Abandon – Penny Vincenzi
Cat O’Nine Tales – Jeffrey Archer (SHORT STORIES)
City of Fire – Robert Ellis (MYSTERY)
First Among Sequels – Jasper Fforde (MYSTERY)
Fever Moon – Carolyn Haines (MYSTERY)
Justice Denied – J.A. Jance (MYSTERY)
The Burnt House – Faye Kellerman (MYSTERY)
Thunder Bay – William K. Krueger (MYSTERY)
Cat Pay the Devil – Shirley Rousseau Murphy (MYSTERY)
Cruel Choices – Charles O’Brien (MYSTERY)
Daddy’s Girls – Tasmin Perry (MYSTERY)
Knock Off – Rhonda Pollero (MYSTERY)
Malice – Robert K. Tanenbaum (MYSTERY)
Gray Ghost – William G. Tapply (MYSTERY)
Kept – D.J. Taylor (MYSTERY)
The Picasso Flop – Vince Van Patten (MYSTERY)
Turn and Die – Stella Whitelaw (MYSTERY)
The Alton Gift – Marion Zimmer Bradley (SCI-FIC)
Territory – Emma Bull (FANTASY)
Mainspring – Jay Lake (SCI-FIC)
D.A. – Connie Willis (SCI-FIC)

:NEW NON-FICTION:

Abducted – Susan Clancy (001.942)
IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea – Stephen Murdoch (153.9)
Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist’s Wife – Irene Spencer (289.3)
The Spirit of Disobedience – Curtis White (303.372)
Circling My Mother: A Memoir – Mary Gordon (306.8743)
Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA – Tim Weiner (327.127)
Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science – Charles Wheelan (330)
The Natural Step for Communities – Sarah James (333.77)
Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney – James Simon (342.7304)
Unmarried Parents’ Rights (and Responsibilities) – Jacqueline Stanley (346.7301)
Digital Copyright – Jessica Litman (346.7304)
War Crimes – Robert Patterson (355.033)
Fundraising for Social Change – Kim Klein (361.706)
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS – Epstein (362.1969)
Private Guns Public Health – David Hemenway (363.33)
The Case Against Homework – Sara Bennett (371.302)
Limits to Liberalization – Patricia Goff (382.45)
Once Upon a Quinceanera – Julia Alvarez (395.24)
Trees of Illinois – Linda Kershaw (582.16)
The Big Year: Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession – Mark Obmascik (598.072)
The New Glucose Revolution – Jennie Brand-Miller (613.283)
Yoga as Medicine – Timothy McCall (613.7046)
Waistland – Deirdre Barrett (613.712)
The Blue Death – Robert Morris (614.43)
Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters – Courtney Martin (616.8526)
Embryo Culture: Making Babies in the 21st Century – Beth Kohl (618.178)
First Aid for Dogs – Justin Wimpole (636.708)
Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days – James & Kay Salter (641.013)
Perennial Vegetables – Eric Toensmeier (635)
Perennials for Every Purpose – Larry Hodgson (635.932)
It Ain’t All About the Cookin’ – Paula Deen (641.509)
A Man, A Can, A Plan: Second Helpings – David Joachim (641.555)
Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving – Ellie Topp (641.42)
Finding Betty Crocker – Susan Marks (641.5092)
Amazing Dairy-Free Desserts – Penny Eisenberg (641.5631)
Cucina del Sole: Southern Italian Cooking – Nancy Jenkins (641.5945)
Savory Baking from the Mediterranean – Anissa Helou (641.815)
Fast Fixes for Almost Everything Around Your House – Charlie Wing (643.7)
Who Makes the Bed When the Honeymoon is Over? – Mary Ellen Pinkham (648.5)
Clutter’s Last Stand, 2nd edition – Don Aslett (648.8)
Look Gorgeous Always – Linda Bird (646.7042)
The Identity Trap – Joseph Nowinski (649.125)
Back on the Career Track – Carol Fishman Cohen (650.14)
How to Start a Business in Illinois, 2nd edition (658.11)
A Blacksmithing Primer – Randy McDaniel (682)
Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll – M.G. Lord (688.722)
Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide 2007 (739.27)
Raising Kanye – Donda West (782.42164)
King Kong: The History of a Movie Icon – Ray Morton (791.4375)
1941: The Greatest Year in Sports – Mike Vaccaro (796.097)
Cinderella: Inside the Rise of Mid-Major College Basketball – Michael Litos (796.323)
The Woman Road Warrior – Kathleen Ameche (910.202)
Recommended Hotels, Inns, Resorts & Spas 2007 – Conde’ Nast (917.04)
DogFriendly.com’s Campground & RV Park Guide – Tara Kain (917.3068)
Yellowstone and Grand Teton – Seabring Davis (917.875)
The Best-Ever Christian Baby Name Book – Nick Harrison (929.44)
The Last Duel – Eric Jager (940.1)
King, Kaiser, Tsar – Catrine Clay (940.309)
In Europe: Travels Through the 20th Century – Geert Mak (940.5)
Red Mutiny: 11 Days in the Battleship Potemkin – Neal Bascomb (947.083)
Inside the Red Mansion – Oliver August (951.05)
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone – R. Chandrasekaran (956.7044)
Born in the Big Rains – Fadumo Korn (967.73)
Seizing Destiny – Richard Kluger (973)
Stealing Lincoln’s Body – Thomas Craughwell (973.7092)
A People at War – Scott Nelson (973.71)
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years – David Talbot (973.922)
Big Chief Elizabeth – Giles Milton (975.61)
Population: 485 – Michael Perry (977.54)
Eden’s Outcasts: Louisa May Alcott and Her Father – John Matteson (BIOG)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Life and Work – Martin Geck (BIOG)
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War – T.J. Stiles (BIOG)
Lincoln’s Sword – Douglas Wilson (BIOG)
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar – Thomas Cathcart (102)
The Truth War – John MacArthur (239)
Porch Talk – Philip Gulley (242)
Reframe Your Life – Stephen Arterburn (248.86)
God & Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now – John Dominic Crossan (261.7)
Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish – Joe Mackall (289.7)
The World Without Us – Alan Weisman (304.2)
Acts of Faith – Eboo Patel (305.697)
Prime – Pepper Schwartz (306.7)
No Speed Limit: The Highs & Lows of Meth – Frank Owen (362.299)
Too Late to Say Goodbye – Ann Rule (364.1523)
Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire – Rafe Esquith (370.1)
Regional Railroads of the Midwest – Steve Glischinski (385.097)
Mind Over Body – Nordine Zouareg (613.25)
Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space – David Reynolds (629.478)
Conifers for Gardens: An Illustrated Encyclopedia – Richard Bitner (635.935)
A Slice of Organic Life (640)
The Flexitarian Table – Peter Berley (641.5)
Yan-kit’s Classic Chinese Cookbook – Yan-kit So (641.5951)
The Red Hat Society Cookbook (641.5973)
The New Rules of Marriage – Terrence Real (646.78)
Love, Magic & Mudpies – Bernie Siegel (649.1)
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace – Robert Sutton (650.13)
Museum: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Danny Danzinger (708.147)
Fire Places – Jane Gitlin (721.8)
Vermeer – Anthony Bailey (759.9492)
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster – Alice Cooper (782.4216)
The House That George Built – Wilfred Sheed (782.42164)
The Playboy Interviews: The Directors (791.4302)
Sports Cinema: 100 Movies – Randy Williams (791.436)
Monopoly: The World’s Most Famous Game – Philip Orbanes (794)
Jackpot Nation – Richard Hoffer (795.097)
Hate Mail from Cheerleaders – Rick Reilly (796)
It’s How You Play the Game – Brian Kilmeade (796.092)
Breaking Back – James Blake (796.342)
Together on Top of the World – Phil & Susan Ershler (796.522)
Roots: The 30th Anniversary Edition – Alex Haley (929.2)
The Big Book of 60,000 Baby Names – Diane Stafford (929.44)
Fleeing Hitler: France 1940 – Hanna Diamond (940.5337)
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power – Rob Gifford (951.06)
India After Gandhi – Ramachandra Guha (954.04)
Jerusalem 1913: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict – Amy Marcus (956.02)
A Promise Fulfilled: The Creation of the State of Israel – Howard Greenfeld (956.94)
The Iron Cage: The Palestinian Struggle for Statehood – Rashid Khalidi (956.9405)
Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life – Sari Nusseibeh (956.9442)
A History of Modern Libya – Dirk Vandewalle (961.2)
The Devil Came on Horseback: Genocide in Darfur – Brian Steidle (962.404)
The Shawnee Nation & the War for America – Colin Calloway (970.5)
The Cherokee Nation & the Trail of Tears – Theda Perdue (970.5)
Father Abraham: Lincoln’s Struggle to End Slavery – Richard Striner (973.709)
Bobby and J. Edgar – Burton Hersh (973.922)
Bridging the Divide – Edward Brooke (BIOG)
The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis – Charlotte Chandler (BIOG)
My Story – Marilyn Monroe (BIOG)
Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music – David Brown (BIOG)
Shirley Temple: A Pictorial History – Rita Dubas (BIOG)
When Parents Hurt – Joshua Coleman (155.646)
Wisdom Walk – Sage Bennett (204.4)
Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers – Brooke Allen (232.307)
The Jesus Family Tomb – Simcha Jacobovici (232.964)
Teresa of Avila (282.092)
Digital Destiny: New Media & the Future of Democracy – Jeff Chester (302.23)
Best of Friends – Sara James (302.34)
The Friendship Crisis – Marla Paul (302.34)
Taking on the Big Boys – Ellen Bravo (305.42)
The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal & Survival – Melanie McGrath (305.897)
The First Man-Made Man – Pagan Kennedy (306.768)
Sin in the Second City – Karen Abbott (306.74)
Privacy Lost – David Holtzman (323.448)
The New Golden Age – Ravi Batra (330.9)
A Country That Works – Andy Stern (331.88)
Intellectual Property – Arthur Miller (346.7304)
If I Am Missing or Dead – Janine Latus (362.829)
Young J. Edgar – Kenneth Ackerman (363.25)
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander – Barbara Coloroso (371.782)
Great Feuds in Mathematics – Hal Hellman (510)
The Last Human – Esteban Sarmiento (569.9)
The South Beach Heart Program – Arthur Agatston (616.123)
Understanding Your Moods When You’re Expecting – Lucy Puryear (618.2)
Talking Back to OCD – John March (618.9285)
Space Invaders – Michel Van Pelt (629.43)
Satellites – Joseph Angelo, Jr. (Y629.46)
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden – Tracy DiSabato-Aust (635.932)
Native Plants for North American Gardens – Allan Armitage (635.951)
Superfood or Superthreat – Kathlyn Gay (Y641.3)
Picnics – Hilary Heminway (641.578)
Swedish Food & Cooking – Anna Mosesson (641.5948)
Simply Shrimp – James Peterson (641.695)
300 Best Stir-Fry Recipes – Nancie McDermott (641.774)
Elements of the Table: A Simple Guide for Hosts & Guests – Lynn Rosen (642.7)
Beyond Botox – Ben Kaminsky (642.72)
10 Minutes, 10 Years – Fredric Brandt (646.726)
The Arts of Asia – Meher McArthur (709.5)
Cabin Pressure – Josh Wolk (796.54)