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Books Added at NPL February 2008

:NEW FICTION:

Johnny One-Eye – Jerome Charyn
Firefly Lane –
Kristin Hannah
The Killing Ground –
Jack Higgins
Harriet & Isabella –
Patricia O’Brien
Death of a Gentle Lady –
M.C. Beaton (MYSTERY)
Dakota –
Martha Grimes (MYSTERY)
Prepared for Rage –
Dana Stabenow (MYSTERY)
Breath and Bone –
Carol Berg (FANTASY)
Wetware –
Craig Nova (SCI-FIC)
A Golden Age
Tahmima Anam
Life Class –
Pat Barker
People of the Book –
Geraldine Brooks
Beginner’s Greek –
James Collins
The Winter Rose –
Jennifer Donnelly
Siege of Heaven –
Tom Harper
Someone Knows My Name –
Lawrence Hill
7th Heaven –
James Patterson
The Dead of Summer –
Camilla Way
Mermaids in the Basement –
Michael Lee West
Standard of Honor –
Jack Whyte
Borne in Blood –
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
My Enemy’s Cradle –
Sara Young
In Dublin’s Fair City –
Rhys Bowen (MYSTERY)
Stranger in Paradise –
Robert B. Parker (MYSTERY)
L.A. Outlaws –
T. Jefferson Parker (MYSTERY)
Cries and Whiskers –
Clea Simon (MYSTERY)
A Pale Horse –
Charles Todd (MYSTERY)
The Sword-Edged Blonde –
Alex Bledsoe (FANTASY)
Firstborn –
Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter (SCI-FIC)
Hunter’s Run –
George R.R. Martin (SCI-FIC)
Postsingular –
Rudy Rucker (SCI-FIC)
Flight
– Sherman Alexie
Capitol Conspiracy – William Bernhardt
The Secret Between Us – Barbara Delinsky
Lord John and the Hand of Devils – Diana Gabaldon
Shadow Music – Julie Garwood
The Appeal – John Grisham
Super Mom Saves the World – Melanie Hauser
Catching Genius – Kristy Kiernan
Touchstone – Laurie R. King
Duma Key – Stephen King
The Senator’s Wife – Sue Miller
Blasphemy – Douglas Preston
Light of the Moon – Luanne Rice
The Purrfect Murder – Rita Mae Brown (MYSTERY)
Plum Lucky – Janet Evanovich (MYSTERY)
Goodbye She Lied – Russ Hall (MYSTERY)
Pyres – Derek Nikitas (MYSTERY)
The Chameleon’s Shadow – Minette Walters (MYSTERY)
Beverly Hills Dead – Stuart Woods (MYSTERY)
Heart of Stone – C.E. Murphy (FANTASY)
Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (FANTASY)

:NEW NON-FICTION:

Lost in Transmission? What We Can Know About the Words of Jesus – Perrin (232.908)
Wide Open Spaces –
Jim Palmer (248)
Become a Better You –
Joel Osteen (248.4)
Dangerous Surrender –
Kay Warren (248.4)
Living Together: Counseling Unmarried Couples –
Jeff VanGoethem (259.1)
Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy –
Donald Kraybill (289.73)
In the Hot Zone –
Kevin Sites (303.66)
60 on Up: The Truth About Aging in America –
Lillian Rubin (305.26)
Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal –
Randall Kennedy (323.119)
Expecting Money –
Erica Snadberg (332.024)
Freedom for the Thought We Hate –
Anthony Lewis (342.73)
Building a Parenting Agreement That Works –
Mimi Lyster (346.7301)
Leases & Rental Agreements, 7th ed. –
Marcia Stewart (346.7304)
Nolo’s Simple Will Book, 7th ed. –
Denis Clifford (346.7305)
Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, 7th ed. –
Shae Irving (349.73)
A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s Disease –
Patricia Callone (362.1968)
The middle Place –
Kelly Corrigan (362.1969)
Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob –
Bob Delaney (364.106)
How to Rig an Election –
Allen Raymond (364.132)
Three Cups of Tea –
Greg Mortenson (371.822)
Big Fleas Have Little Fleas –
Elizabeth Davidson (592)
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy –
Bill Hayes (611)
Complete Guide to Women’s Health –
Nieca Goldberg (613.042)
Hooking Up –
Amber Madison (Y613.9)
Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster –
Pope Brock (615.856)
Mountain Rescue Doctor –
Christopher Van Tilburg (616.025)
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine –
Keith Wailoo (616.042)
Dare to Repair Your Car! –
Julie Sussman (629.287)
The Mercury 13 –
Martha Ackmann (629.45)
The Lost Fleet –
Marc Songini (639.28)
Don’t Throw It Out –
Lori Baird (640.41)
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch –
Rory Freedman (641.563)
Mr. Food’s Quick & Easy Diabetic Cooking –
Art Ginsburg (641.5631)
Desserts by the Yard –
Sherry Yard (641.86)
The Relaxed Kitchen –
Brigit Binns (642.4)
Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living –
Black & Decker
(643.7)
Pillows: Designer Sewing Techniques –
Christopher Nejman (646.21)
Deal Breakers –
Bethany Marshall (646.77)
The Small Business Savings Plan –
Timothy Gase (658.159)
Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies –
Eric Freed (690.837)
House Colors –
Susan Hershman (698.12)
Design Ideas for Fireplaces –
Karen Stickels (721.8)
The New Jewelry –
Carles Codina (745.5942)
Creative Metal Clay Jewelry –
CeCe Wire (745.5942)
Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch –
Debbie Stoller (746.43)
The Ultimate Sock Book –
Vogue Knitting
(746.432)
500 Quick & Easy Decorating Projects & Ideas –
Country Living
(747)
Downsizing Your Home with Style –
Lauri Ward (747.1)
Creating Your Dream Bedroom –
Andrew Bannister (747.77)
Architectural Hardware –
Nancy Berry (747.9)
Dandelion: Memoir of a Free Spirit –
Catherine James (791.092)
Sit, Ubu, Sit –
Gary David Goldberg (791.45)
Woodall’s North American Campground Directory 2008
(796.54)
Pushcart Prize XXXII: Best of the Small Presses 2008
(810.8)
I’ll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison
(810.809)
Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet –
Christian Wiman (811.509)
American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics
(811.608)
Innovative Women Poets: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry & Interviews
(811.608)
Best American Magazine Writing 2007
(814.6)
Dark Horses: Poets on Overlooked Poems
(821.008)
Smile When You’re Lying –
Chuck Thompson (910.4)
Best Places to Stay: 44 Extraordinary Hotels –
Grant Sheehan (910.46)
The Unsavvy Traveler: Women’s Comic Tales of Catastrophe
(910.82)
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run –
Peter Allison (916.883)
Hard Call: Great Decisions & the People Who Made Them –
John McCain (920)
God’s Crucible: Islam & the Making of Europe –
David Lewis (940.1)
The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman –
Nancy Brown (948.022)
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha –
Sarah Erdman (966.68)
Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America –
Allen Guelzo (973.68)
The Mysterious Private Thompson –
Laura Leedy Gansler (973.708)
President Lincoln: The Duty of a Statesman –
William Lee Miller (973.709)
The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship has Polarized America
(973.931)
The Last Mrs. Astor –
Frances Kiernan (BIOG)
Jack Kerouac’s American Journey –
Paul Maher, Jr. (BIOG)
By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis –
John Guice (BIOG)
Condoleezza Rice: An American Life –
Elisabeth Bumiller (BIOG)
Do You Believe? Conversations on God & Religion –
Antonio Monda (200.922)
One Day the Soldiers Came –
Charles London (303.66)
From Hope to Higher Ground –
Mike Huckabee (306.0973)
Her Last Death: A Memoir –
Susanna Sonnenberg (306.8743)
A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win –
Steele (324.973)
Money: The Ultimate Teen Guide –
Robin Brancato (Y332.024)
Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich –
Jim Cramer (332.6)
A Bull in China –
Jim Rogers (332.673)
Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew –
Samuel Fromartz (338.17)
Beyond the National Interest: The Future of U.N. Peacekeeping –
J. Coicaud (341.23)
The Fighting 69th –
Sean Michael Flynn (356.113)
The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal –
Jonathan Mooney (Y362.1968)
Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son’s Memoir –
David Rieff (362.1969)
Censoring Science: The Truth of Global Warming –
Mark Bowen (363.738)
Gang Leader for a Day –
Sudir Venkatesh (364.106)
No Place Safe –
Kim Reid (364.1523)
Harper’s Bazaar Great Style –
Jenny Levin (391.2)
Grand Canyon: Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle –
James Powell (557.91)
The Living Cosmos –
Chris Impey (576.839)
The Animal Dialogues –
Craig Childs (590)
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of America
(598.097)
Spark: The New Science of Exercise & the Brain –
John Ratey (612.76)
Second Nature: Brain Science & Human Knowledge –
Gerald Edelman (612.82)
The Spectrum –
Dean Ornish (613)
Your Survival: Disaster Planning & Recovery –
Bob Arnot (613.69)
The 12-Second Sequence: Shrink Your Waist in 2 Weeks –
Jorge Cruise (613.712)
Water Fun –
Terri Lees (613.716)
Guide to a Good Night’s Sleep –
Lawrence Epstein (616.849)
It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Thin Lady Sings –
Michelle Ritchie (617.43)
The Family Guide to Fighting Fat
(618.923)
Viburnums: Flowering Shrubs for Every Season –
Michael Dirr (635.933)
The Sushi Economy –
Sasha Issenberg (641.392)
Trail of Crumbs –
Kim Sunee (641.509)
Dolce Italiano –
Gina DePalma (641.5945)
Mexican Cantina Cooking –
Jean-Pierre Vincken (641.5972)
Knife Skills Illustrated –
Peter Hertzmann (642.5)
Affordable Remodel –
Fernando Pages Ruiz (643.7)
Is He Mr. Right? –
Mira Kirshenbaum (646.77)
Recipe for Good Parenting –
Cheryl Saban (649.1)
Is This a Phase? –
Helen Neville (649.122)
Girl’s Guide to Kicking Your Career Into Gear –
Caitlin Friedman (650.14)
Small Business Financial Management Kit for Dummies –
Tage Tracy (658.159)
How Toyota Became #1 –
David Magee (658.409)
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync? –
Seth Godin (658.8)
Polymer Clay: Techniques, Projects, Inspiration –
Katherine Aimone (745.5942)
Living Large in Small Spaces –
Marisa Bartolucci (747.1)
The Smart Approach to Window Décor –
Lynn Elliott (747.5)
Flat-Out Rock: Ten Great Bands of the 60s –
Make Tanner (Y781.66)
Me, Myself, & Bob –
Phil Vischer (791.433)
Running the Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious –
L. Jon Wertheim (794.72)
Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards 2008
(796.3570)
How the South Could Have Won the Civil War –
Bevin Alexander (973.713)
The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic
(998)
The Real Benedict Arnold –
Jim Murphy (BIOG)
Ingrid: Ingrid Bergman, A Personal Biography –
Charlotte Chandler (BIOG)
Copernicus’ Secret –
Jack Repcheck (BIOG)
Edward VI: The Lost King of England –
Chris Skidmore (BIOG)
Bad vs. Worse
– Joshua Piven (031.02)
A left-Hand Turn Around the World – David Wolman (152.335)
Jezebel – Lesley Hazleton (222.5)
My Sisters’ Voices – Iris Jacob (305.235)
Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial – Nicole Hollander (305.4)
Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers – Kay Bailey Hutchison (305.409)
Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50 – Michael Cunningham (305.488)
One Drop: My Father’s Secret Life – Bliss Broyard (305.896)
The Bond – The Three Doctors (306.8742)
A Foreign Policy of Freedom – Ron Paul (327.73)
Conservative Conservationist – J. Brooks Flippen (333.72)
Off the Record – Norman Pearlstine (342.7308)
Getting Permission – Richard Stim (346.7304)
Hospital Stay Handbook – Jari Buck (362.11)
The Power of Two: A Twin Triumph Over Cystic Fibrosis – Isabel Stenzel-Byrnes (362.1963)
Don’t Bet Against Me! Beating the Odds Against Breast Cancer – Deanna Favre (362.1969)
Voices of Breast Cancer: The Healing Companion (362.1969)
Never Enough – Joe McGinniss (364.1523)
The Wall Street Journal Complete Identity Theft Guidebook – Terri Cullen (364.163)
The Science of Leonardo – Fritjof Capra (509.2)
The First Copernican – Dennis Danielson (520.92)
The Altruism Equation – Lee Alan Dugatkin (591.56)
The Body in Action – Sarah Key (612.76)
They Can’t Find Anything Wrong! – David Clarke (616.98)
Just Get Me Through This! – Deborah Cohen (616.994)
Boobs: A Guide to Your Girls – Elisabeth Squires (618.19)
Deceptively Delicious – Jessica Seinfeld (641.562)
Semi-Homemade Desserts – Sandra Lee (641.86)
Cooling Red Hot Relationships – Shari Kirkland (646.78)
Guiding Your Teenager with Special Needs to Adult Life – Mary Korpi (649.15)
Warman’s Hot Wheels Field Guide – Michael Zarnock (745.592)
Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far – Amy Grant (782.42)
If I Only Knew Then… -- Charles Grodin (791.02)
The Star Machine – Jeanine Basinger (791.4309)
Let’s Dance – Cal Puzo (793.33)
Watching Baseball Smarter – Zack Hample (796.357)
The Climb of My Life – Kelly Perkins (796.522)
Dave Barry’s History of the Millenium (so far) – Dave Barry (817.54)
Indestructible: A Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima – Jack Lucas (940.5425)
Held at a Distance: My Rediscovery of Ethiopia – Rebecca Haile (963.07)
A Slave No More – David Blight (973.711)
The Authentic Confucius – Annping Chin (BIOG)
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary – Juan Williams (BIOG)