Books Added at NPL
March 1-31, 2008

FICTION:

Waking Brigid – Francis Clark
The Amateur Spy – Dan Fesperman
Mudbound – Hillary Jordan
Silent in the Sanctuary – Deanna Raybourn
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose – Lauren Willig
Shadow Bridge – Gregory Frost (FANTASY)
Deep Dish – Mary Kay Andrews
A Prisoner of Birth – Jeffrey Archer
Split Estate – Charlotte Bacon
A Person of Interest – Susan Choi
Atomic Lobster – Tim Dorsey
The Killer’s Wife – Bill Floyd
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming – Joshilyn Jackson
Remember Me? – Sophie Kinsella
Chillwater Cove – Thomas Lakeman
Troubled Waters – Dewey Lambdin
Where the Heart Leads – Stephanie Laurens
Song Yet Sung – James McBride
Fast Track – Fern Michaels
The First Patient – Michael Palmer
Change of Heart – Jodi Picoult
Lush Life – Richard Price
The Crazy School – Cornelia Read
Dreamers of the Day – Mary Doria Russell
Something on the Side – Carl Weber
The Spa – Fay Weldon
Dead Time – Stephen White
Best American Short Stories 2007 (SHORT STORIES)
Illegal Guilt – Jeffrey Ashford (MYSTERY)
Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter – Nancy Atherton (MYSTERY)
The Somnambulist – Jonathan Barnes (MYSTERY)
Murder in the Rue de Paradis – Cara Black (MYSTERY)
The Poisoner of Ptah – P.C. Doherty (MYSTERY)
Killer Heat – Linda Fairstein (MYSTERY)
Betrayal – John Lescroart (MYSTERY)
Another Thing to Fall – Laura Lippman (MYSTERY)
Slip of the Knife – Denise Mina (MYSTERY)
Deluge – Anne McCaffrey (SCI-FIC)
Gotta Keep On Tryin’ – Virginia DeBerry
The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Sin No More – Kimberla Lawson Roby
Fanon – John Edgar Wideman
Third Strike – Philip Craig (MYSTERY)
The Mortal Groove – Ellen Hart (MYSTERY)
Gone to Ground – John Harvey (MYSTERY)
Unspoken – Mari Jungstedt (MYSTERY)
Dark Aura – Diana O’Hehir (MYSTERY)
Judas Horse – April Smith (MYSTERY)
The Fault Tree – Louise Ure (MYSTERY)
Borges and the Eternal Orangutans – Luis Verissimo (MYSTERY)
Cauldron – Jack McDevitt (SCI-FIC)
A Companion to Wolves – Sarah Monette (FANTASY)
Halting State – Charles Stross (SCI-FIC)
Hell Hath No Fury – David Weber (SCI-FIC)
Hard Trail to Follow – Elmer Kelton (WESTERN)
The Reserve – Russell Banks
Capitol Conspiracy – William Bernhardt
The Little Lady Agency and The Prince – Hester Browne
His Illegal Self – Peter Carey
Gentlemen of the Road – Michael Chabon
Diary of a Bad Year – J.M. Coetzee
Sword Song – Bernard Cornwell
First the Dead – Tim Downs
Gardens of Water – Alan Drew
The Konkans – Tony D’Souza
Gas City – Loren D. Estleman
The Anatomy of Deception – Lawrence Goldstone
The Shooters – W.E.B. Griffin
Measuring Tine – Helon Habila
Lady MacBeth – Susan Fraser King
Sizzle and Burn – Jayne Ann Krentz
One More Sunrise – Michael Landon, Jr.
At the City’s Edge – Marcus Sakey
The Ultimate Gift – Jim Stovall
The Age of Shiva – Manil Suri
The Tales of the Heike – Burton Watson, translator
Chicago Blues – Libby Hellmann, ed. (SHORT STORIES)
Blue Heaven – C.J. Box (MYSTERY)
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance – Gyles Brandreth (MYSTERY)
Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues – Blaize Clement (MYSTERY)
Sweet Revenge – Diane Mott Davidson (MYSTERY)
The Serpent’s Tale – Ariana Franklin (MYSTERY)
Stalked – Brian Freeman (MYSTERY)
Something is Rotten – J.M. Gregson (MYSTERY)
Blood Dreams – Kay Hooper (MYSTERY)
The Skeleton Man – Jim Kelly (MYSTERY)
Strangers in Death – J.D. Robb (MYSTERY)
Mausoleum – Justin Scott (MYSTERY)
Lady Killer – Lisa Scottoline (MYSTERY)
Candy Cane Murder – Joanne Fluke (MYSTERY/SHORT STORIES)
The Queen’s Gambit – Diana A.S. Stuckart (MYSTERY)
Selling Out – Justina Robson (SCI-FIC)
The Dragons of Babel – Michael Swanwick (FANTASY)
Best Stories of the American West (WESTERN/SHORT STORIES)
Quincannon’s Game – Bill Pronzini (WESTERN/SHORT STORIES)

NON-FICTION:

Everything He Hasn’t Told You Yet – Burton Silver (155.632)
The Dip – Seth Godin (158.1)
Rousseau on Philosophy, Morality, and Religion (194)
The Reason for God – Timothy Keller (239)
The Scandal of Evangelical Politics – Ronald Sider (261.7)
Genocide – Contemporary Issues (304.663)
The Death of the Grown-Up – Diana West (305.24)
Celebrity Culture in the United States – The Reference Shelf (306.48)
It’s Called a Break-Up Because It’s Broken – Greg Behrendt (306.7)
Smotherhood – Amanda Lamb (306.8743)
The Great Neighborhood Book – Jay Walljasper (307.33)
No Turning Back: My Summer with Daddy King – Gurdon Brewster (323.119)
Illegal Immigration – Current Controversies (325.73)
Standard & Poor’s Dictionary of Financial Terms – Virginia Morris (330.03)
Grow Your Money – Jonathan Pond (332.024)
How Come THAT Idiot’s Rich and I’m Not? – Robert Shemin (332.024)
Plan B. 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization – Lester Brown (333.7)
Social Security, Medicare & Government Pensions – Joseph Matthews (344.7302)
Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage – Nancy Polikoff (346.7301)
Getting a Grip – Frances Moore Lappe (361.2)
Spelling Love with an ‘X’ – Clare Dunsford (362.1968)
Adopted: The Ultimate Teen Guide – Suzanne Slade (Y362.734)
Pollution – Current Controversies (363.73)
Overcoming Dyslexia – Sally Shaywitz (371.914)
How to Win a Sports Scholarship, 3rd ed. – Penny Hastings (378.34)
Woe is I Jr. – Patricia O’Conner (Y428.2)
How I Learned English (428.34)
112 Mercer Street: The End of Innocence in Science – Burton Feldman (509.22)
The Telescope: It’s History, Technology, and Future – Geoff Andersen (522.2)
Chemistry Decade by Decade – Arthur Greenberg (Y540.904)
Biology Decade by Decade – Peter Haugen (Y570.904)
The War of the Soups and the Sparks – Elliot Valenstein (612.8)
Superfoods for Healthy Kids – Lucy Burney (613.2)
The Yoga Face – Annelise Hagen (613.704)
Vaccinated – Paul Offit (615.372)
The Vaccine Book – Robert Sears (615.372)
Understanding Peyronie’s Disease – Laurence Levine (616.65)
The Instinct to Heal – David Servan-Schreiber (616.852)
The Surgeons – Charles Morris (617.023)
Living with Asthma – William Berger (Y618.9223)
Rockets – Ron Miller (Y621.435)
The Ultimate Encyclopedia of American Cars – Peter Henshaw (629.222)
How to Customize Damn Near Anything – Monster Garage (629.827)
Living in the Garden Home – P. Allen Smith (635)
Tell Me Where It Hurts: My Life as an Animal Surgeon – Nick Trout (636.089)
What Can I Bring? Cookbook – Anne Bryn (641.568)
How Starbucks Saved My Life – Michael Gates Gill (647.95)
Ex-Etiquette for Parents – Jann Blackston-Ford (649.1)
The Single Mother’s Guide to Raising Remarkable Boys – Gina Panettieri (649.132)
No Man’s Land – Doug Tatum (658.406)
Do It Wrong Quickly – Mike Moran (658.872)
Smart Business for Contractors – James Kramon (690.068)
Lace Style – Pam Allen (746.432)
No Sheep for You – Amy Singer (746.432)
Couture Crochet Workshop – Lily Chin (746.434)
Popular Music Through the Lens – Michael Randolph (781.64)
Sitcoms: The 101 Greatest TV Comedies of All Time – Ken Bloom (791.456)
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies – Blake Snyder (808.23)
How to Talk About Book You Haven’t Read – Pierre Bayard (809)
Shakespeare’s Life and World (822.33)
Puerto Rican Poetry – Roberto Marquez, ed. (861.008)
The Stray Cat Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems – Paul Schmidt, trans. (891.713)
Contemporary Russian Poetry, An Anthology (891.715)
The Complete Travel Detective Bible – Peter Greenberg (910.4)
The World in a City – Joseph Berger (917.471)
Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East – Robin Wright (956.054)
Reporting Iraq – Mike Hoyt, ed. (956.7044)
Lone Survivor: The Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 – Marcus Luttrell (958.1047)
One Vast Winter Count – Colin Calloway (970.1)
Historic Photos of Gettysburg – John Salmon (973.734)
Mr. Lincoln’s Brown Water Navy – Gary Joiner (973.758)
Anna of All The Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova – Elaine Feinstein (BIOG)
General Ulysses Grant: The Soldier & the Man – Edward Longacre (BIOG)
American Legacy: The Story of John & Caroline Kennedy – C. David Heymann (BIOG)
John Wilkes: The Scandalous Father of Civil Liberty – Arthur Cash (BIOG)
What the Gospels Mean – Garry Wills (226.06)
Rights of the Accused – Michelle Lewis, ed. (345.73)
Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland – Shirley Wiegand (345.766)
The End of the World As We Know It – Robert Goolrick (362.76)
The Great Lakes – Wayne Grady (508.77)
Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide – Audubon (598)
Predator: Life & Death in the African Bush – Mark Ross (599.709)
Space Flight: From Sputnik to Shuttle and Beyond – Giles Sparrow (629.41)
Good Dog. Stay. – Anna Quindlen (636.7)
Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook (641.5635)
America’s Best Lost Recipes – Cook’s Country Magazine (641.5973)
Forced to Be Family – Cheryl Dellasega (646.78)
The 4-Hour Workweek – Timothy Ferris (650.1)
The Leadership Challenge – James Kouzes (658.409)
New Rooms for Old Houses – Frank Shirley (690.837)
Complete Guide to Painting on Porcelain & Ceramic – Priscilla Hauser (638.15)
Decorative Sewing – Sarah Beaman (746.4)
Applique’: The Basics and Beyond – Janet Pittman (746.445)
So Chic – Margaret Russell (747)
Your Home: A Living Canvas – Curtis Heuser (747.3)
Living & Dining Rooms – Tessa Evelegh (747.75)
Creating Your Dream Bathroom – Susan Breen (747.78)
House Beautiful Design & Decorate: Kitchens – Emma Callery (747.797)
Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music – Hugh Barker (781.64)
Rock & Roll Heaven – Robert Dimery (781.66)
Film – Ronald Bergan (791.43)
Why Kerouac Matters – John Leland (813.54)
100 Days in Photographs – Nick Yapp (909.8)
War in the Middle East: A Reporter’s Story – Wilborn Hampton (Y956.04)
Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq – Kirsten Holmstedt (956.7044)
America: An Illustrated History – TIME (973.022)
The President’s Table: 200 Years of Dining & Diplomacy – Barry Landau (973.099)
Houses of the Founding Fathers – Hugh Howard (973.3092)
Write It When I’m Gone: Conversations with Gerald R. Ford – DeFrank (BIOG)
J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Brain Behind the Bomb – Glenn Scherer (BIOG)
Golden Legacy – Leonard Marcus (070.508)
The Three “Only” Things – Robert Moss (154)
Helping Myself Help Myself – Beth Lisick (158.082)
Beyond Human: Living with Robots & Cyborgs – Gregory Benford (303.483)
Microtrends – Mark Penn (303.497)
No Way Renee: The Second Half of My Notorious Life – Renee Richards (306.768)
Mine Eyes Have Seen: The Struggle for Civil Rights – Bob Adelman (323.119)
Isn’t It Their Turn to Pick Up the Check? – Jeanne Fleming (332.024)
Turning White: A Memoir of Change – Lee Thomas (362.1965)
The Secret History of the War on Cancer – Devra Davis (362.1969)
My Maggie – Richard King (362.1969)
Beautiful Boy – David Sheff (362.299)
Present at the Future – Ira Flatow (500)
To Follow the Water – Dallas Murphy (551.524)
The Heartless Stone: The World of Diamonds – Tom Zoellner (553.82)
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding – Scott Weidensaul (598)
Intern: A Doctor’s Initiation – Sandeep Jauhar (610.92)
Women’s Health Perfect Body Diet – Cassandra Forsythe (613.712)
The God Machine: The Story of the Helicopter – James Chiles (629.133)
Into That Silent Sea: The Space Era, 1961-1965 – Francis French (629.45)
The United States of Arugula – David Kamp (641.013)
The Sharper Your Knife, The Less You Cry – Kathleen Flinn (641.07)
Tea Bliss – Theresa Cheung (641.337)
Cooking – James Peterson (641.5)
Lidia’s Italy – Lidia Bastianich (641.5945)
Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill Cookbook – Bobby Flay (641.5978)
Eat Dessert First! – The Red Hat Society (641.86)
Up the Organization – Robert Townsend (658)
Get Back in the Box – Douglas Rushkoff (658.406)
Firms of Endearment – Raj Sisodia (658.408)
Beyond Buzz – Lois Kelly (658.8)
Images and Identity in 15th-Century Florence – Patricia Lee Rubin (709.455)
Handmade Greeting Cards for Special Occasions – Amanda Hancocks (745.5941)
Simple Contemporary Quilts – Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader (746.46)
True Color – Mark Cohen (779.409)
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain – Oliver Sacks (781.11)
Pictures at a Revolution – Mark Harris (791.43)
King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan – Anupama Chopra (791.4302)
The Anatomy of Story – John Truby (808.543)
Your Own Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath – Stephanie Hemphill (Y811.6)
Other Colors: Essays and a Story – Orhan Pamuk (894.353)
Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips (910.4)
Hotel: An American History – A.K. Sandoval-Strausz (917.306)
Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica – Tom Griffiths (919.89)
Monuments: America’s History in Art and Memory – Judith Dupre (973)
The Buffalo Soldiers – William Leckie (978.004)
Hugo Chavez: The Definitive Biography – Cristina Marcano (BIOG)
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis – Ed Sikov (BIOG)
Peeling the Onion: A Memoir – Gunter Grass (BIOG)
Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation – Natalie Bober (BIOG)
Made from Scratch: A Memoir – Sandra Lee (BIOG)
Madonna: Like an Icon – Lucy O’Brien (BIOG)
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu – Laurence Bergreen (BIOG)
Young Stalin – Simon Sebag Montefiore (BIOG)
The Third Jesus – Deepak Chopra (232)
Homo Politicus: The Strange Tribes That Run Our Government – Dana Milbank (306.2)
It’s Not Me, It’s You! A Break-Up Guide – Anna Jane Grossman (306.7)
Transparent: Living with Transgender Teenagers – Cris Beam (306.768)
And I Haven’t Had a Bad Day Since – Charles Rangel (328.73)
The Perfect Scent – Chandler Burr (338.766)
Vault Guide to Top Internships 2008 – Rebecca Rosen (378.37)
Rugg’s Recommendations on the Colleges, 25th ed. – Frederick Rugg (378.73)
The Sun Kings: How Modern Astronomy Began – Stuart Clark (520.92)
Living Well – Montel Williams (613.2)
Ten Years Thinner – Christine Lydon (613.712)
The Autoimmune Epidemic – Donna Nakazawa (616.978)
Auto Upkeep – Michael Gray (629.287)
Popular Mechanics Complete Car-Care Manual (629.287)
Bringing Nature Home – Douglas Tallamy (639.92)
Anyone Can Cook – Better Homes & Gardens (641.5)
How Not to Look Old – Charla Krupp (646.704)
Universal Beauty – Cara Birnbaum (646.72)
Artful Journals – Janet Takahashi (745.593)
Anticraft – Renee Rigdon (746.4)
Realityland: True-Life Adventures at Walt Disney World – David Koenig (791.068)
Rozelle: Czar of the NFL – Jeff Davis (796.332)
I Live for This! – Bill Plaschke & Tommy Lasorda (796.357)
The Boys of Everest: Climbing’s Greatest Generation – Clint Willis (796.522)
Waltzing Australia – Cynthia Clampett (919.4)
Diamonds, Gold, and War: The Making of South Africa – Martin Meredith (968.048)
The Bloody Shirt: Terror After Appomattox – Stephen Budiansky (973.81)
One Day in History: September 11, 2001 (974.71)
I’m Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted – Jennifer Finney Boylan (BIOG)
One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln’s Road to the Civil War – Waugh (BIOG)