Books Added at NPL

January 1-31, 2007

:NEW FICTION:

The Harsh Cry of the Heron – Lian Hearn
The 47th Samurai – Stephen Hunter
Consequences – Penelope Lively
How the Dead Dream – Lydia Millet
Diablerie – Walter Mosley
The 6 Sacred Stones – Matthew Reilly
The Dilemma – Penny Vincenzi
Brethren – Robyn Young
Die with Me – Elena Forbes (MYSTERY)
Hitman – Parnell Hall (MYSTERY)
Down Into Darkness – David Lawrence (MYSTERY)
Stolen in the Night – Patricia MacDonald (MYSTERY)
The Redbreast – Jo Nesbo (MYSTERY)
Bleeding Kansas – Sara Paretsky (MYSTERY)
Prayer of the Dragon – Eliot Pattison (MYSTERY)
The New Year’s Quilt – Jennifer Chiaverini
A Lick of Frost – Laurell K. Hamilton
The Shotgun Rule – Charlie Huston
Between Sundays – Karen Kingsbury
A Christmas Visitor – Thomas Kinkade
Caspian Rain – Gina Nahai
Foreigners – Caryl Phillips
Korea Strait – David Poyer
The Bad Girl – Mario Vargas Llosa
The Assassin’s Song – M.G. Vassanji
Mrs. Jeffries & the Feast of St. Stephen – Emily Brightwell (MYSTERY)
The Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam – Chris Ewan (MYSTERY)
McCafferty’s Nine – Elizabeth Gunn (MYSTERY)
Why Mermaids Sing – C.S. Harris (MYSTERY)
A Wrongful Death – Kate Wilhelm (MYSTERY)
Reserved for the Cat – Mercedes Lackey (FANTASY)
The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2007 (FANTASY/SHORT STORIES)
The House of Lanyon – Valerie Anand
The Venetian Betrayal – Steve Berry
Manless in Montclair – Amy Holman Edelman
The Hearts of Horses – Molly Gloss
The Ghost – Robert Harris
The Darkest Evening of the Year – Dean Koontz
The Parting – Beverly Lewis
Ghost – Alan Lightman
Second Sight – Charles McCarry
Antony and Cleopatra – Colleen McCullough
Hokus Pokus – Fern Michaels
Darkness Falls – Kyle Mills
Signed, Mata Hari – Yannick Murphy
Christmas Lights – Christine Naman
Redemption Falls – Joseph O’Connor
The Race – Richard North Patterson
Gods Behaving Badly – Marie Phillips
Capote in Kansas – Kim Powers
Bridge of Sighs – Richard Russo
Beethoven Was One-Sixteenth Black – Nadine Gordimer (SHORT STORIES)
Deadly Shoals – Joan Druett (MYSTERY)
T is for Trespass – Sue Grafton (MYSTERY)
Raisins and Almonds – Kerry Greenwood (MYSTERY)
Person of Interest – Theresa Schwegel (MYSTERY)
Hand of Evil – J.A. Jance (MYSTERY)
Cold Moon Home – Julia Pomeroy (MYSTERY)
Opening Atlantis – Harry Turtledove (FANTASY)
The Rebels – Elmer Kelton (WESTERN)

NON-FICTION:

Extraordinary Knowing – Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer (133.8)
House Lust – Daniel McGinn (155.94)
Thank You Power – Deborah Norville (179.9)
Discovering God – Rodney Stark (200)
You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right – Brad Hirschfield (201.5)
The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus – Peter Gomes (226.06)
Sister Wendy on Prayer – Sister Wendy Beckett (248.32)
Children at Play – Howard Chudacoff (305.231)
Abraham’s Children – Jon Entine (305.892)
Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrific 90 Days – Viorst (306.87)
The Bulldozer and the Big Tent – Todd Gitlin (320.5)
Toward the Light of Liberty – A.C. Grayling (323.09)
You Can Lead a Politician to Water But You Can’t Make Him Think (324.976)
Memo to the President Elect – Madeleine Albright (327.73)
Nobodies – John Bowe (331.117)
The Whale Warriors – Peter Heller (333.959)
Innovation Nation – John Kao (338.06)
Overdose – Richard Epstein (338.476)
A More Perfect Constitution – Larry Sabato (342.73)
From the Heart – Kathy Kastan (362.1961)
Getting Away with Murder – Lenny Hamilton (364.109)
New Theories of Everything – John Barrow (501)
Out of the Labyrinth: Setting Mathematics Free – Robert Kaplan (510.71)
Spacecraft for Astronomy – Joseph Angelo, Jr. (Y522.291)
Brave New Universe – Paul Halpern (523.1)
Over the Mountains: An Aerial View of Geology – Michael Collier (Y557)
Ingenium: Five Machines That Changed the World – Mark Denny (609)
Human Remains: Dissection and Its Histories – Helen MacDonald (611)
Fitness Made Simple – John Basedow (613.7)
Beyond the Body Farm – Bill Bass (614.17)
Cell of Cells – Cynthia Fox (616.027)
Power, Speed, and Form – David Billington (620.009)
Robot Spacecraft – Joseph Angelo, Jr. (629.47)
Dogs: A Natural History – Jake Page (636.7)
Christmas with Paula Deen – Paula Deen (641.568)
Get Yours! – Amy Barnett (646.7)
Raising a Self-Disciplined Child – Robert Brooks (649.64)
Hidden Talent – Mark Lengnick-Hall, ed. (658.3)
Adland: A Global History of Advertising – Mark Tungate (659.109)
Pottery & Porcelain Marks – Gordon Lang (738)
Small Space Decorating Workshop – Tess Evelegh (747.1)
Armed America: Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes – Kyle Cassidy (779.209)
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century – Alex Ross (780.904)
The 200-MPH Billboard: How Big Money Changed NASCAR – Mark Yost (796.72)
Left for Dead – Nick Ward (797.14)
The Poetry of Zen (895.61)
Vanishing America – James Conaway (917.304)
House of Stone – Christina Lamb (968.91)
Our Savage Neighbors: How Indian War Transformed Early America – Peter Silver (973.2)
The Perils of Peace – Thomas Fleming (973.3)
Listening is an Act of Love: The Storycorps Project – Dave Isay, ed. (973.92)
Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics – Joe Biden (BIOG)
Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander – David Cordingly (BIOG)
Free for All – Don Borchert (020.92)
The Good Teen – Richard Lerner (155.509)
A New Kind of Normal – Carol Kent (248.86)
When I Lay My Isaac Down – Carol Kent (248.86)
Happiness is an Inside Job – Sylvia Boorstein (294.344)
The Great Arab Conquests – Hugh Kennedy (297.09)
The Slave Ship – Marcus Rediker (306.362)
Identical Strangers – Elyse Schein (306.875)
Taken Into Custody: The War Against Fathers – Stephen Baskerville (306.892)
Leading by Example – Bill Richardson (333.79)
The Billionaire Who Wasn’t – Conor O’Clery (361.74)
Less Safe, Less Free – David Cole (363.325)
What Makes a Terrorist? – Alan Krueger (363.325)
Dead Man in Paradise – J.B. MacKinnon (364.1523)
Math Doesn’t Suck – Danica McKellar (Y510)
Endless Universe: Beyond the Big Bang – Paul Steinardt (523.12)
Switching Time – Richard Baer (616.8523)
New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder – Jan Fawcett (616.895)
Infection: The Uninvited Universe – Gerald Callahan (616.9)
What You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Child with Autism – J. Levy (618.9285)
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: The Space Race Begins – Michael D'Antonio (629.434)
The Art of Simple Food – Alice Waters (641.5)
Tangy Tart Hot & Sweet – Padma Lakshmi (641.59)
Two Meatballs in the Italian Kitchen – Pino Luongo & Mark Strausman (641.5945)
Before You Put That On – Lloyd Boston (646.34)
Small Business Big Life – Louis Barajas (658.022)
The Top Performer’s Guide to Project Management – Susan Benjamin (658.404)
David C. Driskell: Artist & Scholar – Julie McGee (709.2)
Felt It! Stitch It! Fabulous! – Katheryn Bieber (746.046)
100 Purses to Knit & Crochet – Jean Leinhauser (746.43)
Family Knits – Debbie Bliss (746.432)
100 Knitting Projects – Jean Leinhauser (746.432)
Lacy Little Knits – Iris Schreier (746.432)
Crochet in No Time – Melody Griffiths (746.434)
Handmade Modern – Todd Oldham (747)
Can’t Fail Color Schemes – Amy Wax (747.94)
Collector’s Encyclopedia of Depression Glass – Gene Florence (748.209)
Doo Wop: The Music, the Times, the Era – “Cousin Brucie” Morrow (781.66)
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! The Beatles & The Music That Changed the World – Bob Spitz (782.42)
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead – Crystal Zevon (782.421)
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir – Felicia “Snoop” Pearson (791.45)
Mr. Basketball: George Mikan and the Birth of the NBA – Michael Schumacher (793.323)
The Second Life Herald – Peter Ludlow (794.8)
Money for Nothing: The Dark Side of Lottery Millions – Edward Ugel (795.38)
Wins, Losses, and Lessons – Lou Holtz (796.332)
Due Considerations: Essays and Criticism – John Updike (814.54)
Roman’s Journey: A Memoir of Survival – Roman Halter (940.5318)
The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia – Orlando Figes (947.084)
A Land So Strange – Andres Resendez (970.016)
America 1908: The Making of a Modern Nation – Jim Rasenberger (973.91)
Come to Think of It – Daniel Schorr (973.928)
For Love of Politics: Bill & Hillary Clinton, The White House Years – Sally Smith (973.929)
Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush – Robert Draper (973.931)
Beyond the White House – Jimmy Carter (BIOG)
Blue Skies, No Fences – Lynne Cheney (BIOG)
American Jennie: The Life of Lady Randolph Churchill – Anne Sebba (BIOG)
Clapton: The Autobiography – Eric Clapton (BIOG)
Fat, Forty, and Fired – Nigel Marsh (BIOG)
Obama: From Promise to Power – David Mendell (BIOG)
My Grandfather’s Son – Clarence Thomas (BIOG)
The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Hunter S. Thompson – Anita Thompson (BIOG)
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson – Jann Wenner (BIOG)
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War – Michael Neufeld (BIOG)
Soul to Soul – Gary Zukav (299.93)
It’s All About You: Live the Life You Crave – Heather Reider (306.8743)
The 5 Lessons a Millionaire Taught Me – Richard Paul Evans (332.024)
The Conscience of a Liberal – Paul Krugman (339.22)
The Day Donny Herbert Woke Up – Rick Blake (362.1968)
The Secret Life of Germs – Philip Tierno (616.904)
World Encyclopedia of Submarines – John Parker (623.825)
Complete Guide to Attics & Basements – Philip Schmidt (643.5)
Weekend Bathroom Makeovers – Amy Matthews (643.52)
Woodworking 101 for Women – Marilyn MacEwen (684.08)
Arts and Crafts Furniture – Wood Magazine (684.104)
Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build – David Stiles (690.89)
Ultimate Guide to Plumbing – Merle Henkenius (696.1)
The Home How-To Handbook: Plumbing – Rick Peters (696.1)
Glass Tile Inspirations for Kitchens & Baths – Patricia McMillan (738.6)
Spin to Knit – Shannon Okey (746.12)
The Wreck of the Medusa – Jonathan Miles (910.916)
My Confederate Kinfolk – Thulani Davis (929.2)
The Coldest Winter: America & the Korean War – David Halberstam (951.904)
Children of Jihad – Jared Cohen (956.054)
Adopted Son – David Clary (973.3)
Lincoln Legends – Edward Steers, Jr. (973.709)
The Fall of the House of Bush – Craig Unger (973.931)
Considering Doris Day – Tom Santopietro (BIOG)
The Case of Abraham Lincoln – Julie Fenster (BIOG)
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life – Steve Martin (BIOG)
200 Best Jobs for Introverts -- Laurence Shatkin (331.702)
The Spectacle of Flight – Robert Wohl (629.13)
Go for Launch: A History of Cape Canaveral – Joel Pollard (629.478)
The Sneaky Chef – Missy Chase Lapine (641.562)
World Food: Greece – Susanna Tee (641.5949)
Plumbing: Step-by-Step Instructions – Better Homes & Gardens (696.1)
Houses of Los Angeles 1920-1935 – Sam Watters (728.09)
Official Precious Moments Collector’s Guide to Figurines – John Bomm (738.8)
Schroeder’s Collectible Toys Price Guide 2008 (745.592)
Standard Catalog of Farm Toys Price Guide, 3rd edition (745.592)
Western European Illuminated Manuscripts – Tamera Moronova (745.67)
New Decorating Book – Better Homes & Gardens (747)
100 Masterpieces of Painting – Michel Nuridsany (759)
Seurat and the Making of La Grande Jatte (759.4)
Frida Kahlo: A Modern Master – Terri Hardin (759.972)
M.C. Escher: Visions of Symmetry – Doris Schattschneider (769.92)
Beckett Basketball Card Price Guide 2008 (796.3230)
Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War (973.73)
Hometown Revelations – Mark Usher (910.3)
Chicago from Above – Cameron Davidson (977.311)
My Name is Anne, She Said, Anne Frank – Jacqueline van Maarsen (BIOG)