Monday, October 31, 2005

New Books

New Books added 10/28/2005

Fiction
My Heart May Be Broken But My Hair Still Looks Great by Dixie Cash
The Color of Law by Mark Gimenez
The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood by Andrew M. Greeley
Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
A Christmas Guest by Anne Perry
The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere
Game Over by Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker

This Rake of Mine by Elizabeth Boyle (NOV)
One Little Sin by Liz Carlyle (NOV)
Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree (NOV)

Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (SF)

Nonfiction
Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists by Jean H. Baker
You Say Tomato: An Amusing and Irreverent Guide to the Most Often Mispronounced Words in the English Language by R.W. Jackson
Grandma's Home Cooking
Live Bait Fishing by Gunnar Miesen
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
Warren Beatty: A Private Man by Suzanne Finstad
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer

Books on Tape/CD
The Camel Club by David Baldacci (CD)
Predator by Patricia Cornwell (CD)
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (CD)
Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel (CD)


New Books added 10/24/2005

Fiction
The Camel Club by David Baldacci
Predator by Patricia Cornwell
First Impressions by Jude Deveraux
The March by E.L. Doctorow
Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn
Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Christmas Scrapbook: A Harmony Story by Philip Gulley
All the Stars Came Out That Night by Kevin King
The Assassins by Oliver North
Missing Mom by Joyce Carol Oates
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
Toxic Bachelors by Danielle Steel
The Fourth War by Chris Stewart
Ordinary Heroes by Scott Turow
Sticky Fingers by Alison Tyler
Sweet Thing by Alison Tyler
The Bronte Project by Jennifer Vandever
Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger

Ghost Walk by Heather Graham (NOV)

Murder at the Washington Tribune by Margaret Truman (MYS)

Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan (SF)
Promise of the Witch-King by R.A. Salvatore (SF)
End of the Beginning by Harry Turtledove (SF)

About the Boy by Sharon De Vita (ROM)
Her Gypsy Prince by Crystal Green (ROM)
The Pregnancy Project by Victoria Pade (ROM)
Lights, Action... Family! by Patricia Thayer (ROM)
Adding to the Family by Gina Wilkins (ROM)

Leviathan by Jens Harder (Graphic Novel)

The following fiction books are in Arabic:
Haqiqat al-Khadiah = Deception Point by Dan Brown (Arabic)
Abi = Daddy by Danielle Steel (Arabic)
Khamsat ayyam fi Baris = Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel (Arabic)
Daqqat qalb = Heartbeat by Danielle Steel (Arabic)
Manzil fi shara al-amal = The House on Hope Street by Danielle Steel (Arabic)
al-Qublah = The Kiss by Danielle Steel (Arabic)

Nonfiction
The World's Most Haunted Places: From the Secret Files of ghostvillage.com by Jeff Belanger
The Myrtles Plantation by Frances Kermeen
Not in Kansas Anymore: A Curious Tale of How Magic is Transforming America by Christine Wicker
Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are by F.B.M. de Waal
I Surrender All: Rebuilding a Marriage Broken by Pornography by Clay Crosse
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Silent Snow: The Slow Poisoning of the Arctic by Marla Cone
A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder by Robert B. Oxnam
Super Cars: The Road & Track Guide to Cars of Exceptional Speed, Power and Beauty
Here's Johnny!: My Memories of Johnny Carson, the Tonight Show, and 46 Years of Friendship by Ed McMahon
Adventure Divas: A Global Search for a New Kind of Heroine by Holly Morris
The Best Hand I Ever Played by Steve Rosenbloom
Are We There Yet?: Tales from the Never-Ending Travels of WWE Superstars by Robert Caprio
Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathan D. Culler
My Nature is Hunger: New and Selected Poems, 1989-2004 by Luis J. Rodriguez
Fodor's 2006 Costa Rica edited by Shannon Kelly
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R. Hansen
Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship by Jack Klugman
Dean and Me by Jerry Lewis
No Excuses: The True Story of a Congenital Amputee who became a Champion in Wrestling and in Life by Kyle Maynard
James Monroe by Gary Hart
Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World edited by Page Talbott
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How it Changed America by John M. Barry
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester

The following nonfiction books are in Arabic:
al-Madkhal al-qanuni lil-jinsiyah al-Amirikiyah by Nassar Ghulmiyah (Arabic)
al-Fitaminat: al-ashab wa-al-maadin wa-al-mukammilat: al-dalil al-kamil by H. Winter Griffith (Arabic)
al-Taghdhiyah: al-dalil al-kamil by Patrick Holford (Arabic)
al-Marja al-awal hawla saratan al-thady by M. Sarah Rosenthal (Arabic)

Books on Tape/CD
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt (Tape)
Faithless by Karin Slaughter (Tape)
The Planets by Dava Sobel (Tape)


New Books added 10/18/2005

Fiction
Holding Heaven by Jerry B. Jenkins
The Ambler Warning by Robert Ludlum
At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

Nonfiction
Weird Illinois: Your Travel Guide to Illinois Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets by Troy Taylor
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
Seeds of Wealth: Four Plants That Made Men Rich by Henry Hobhouse
The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson
Plague: The Mysterious Past and Terrifying Future of the World's Most Dangerous Disease by Wendy Orent
The Thyroid Sourcebook for Women by M. Sara Rosenthal
Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book by Peter T. Scardino
Parenting Your Asperger Child by Alan Sohn
The Real Food Revival by Sherri Brooks Vinton
Slow Food Guide to Chicago Restaurants, Markets, Bars by Kelly Gibson
The Unofficial Guide to Disneyland 2006 by Bob Sehlinger
Tori Amos, Piece by Piece: A Portrait of the Artist by Tori Amos and Ann Powers
The Story of Chicago May by Nuala O'Faolain
The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt


New Books added 10/15/2005

Fiction
Desired by Thea Devine
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Not Just for Tonight by Susan Johnson, Katherine O'Neal, Diane Whiteside
Private Pleasures by Bertrice Small
Taking Care of Business by LuAnn McLane

And Then He Kissed Me by Patti Berg (NOV)
Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie (NOV)
He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan (NOV)
Never Too Much by Lori Foster (NOV)
Blonde Heat by Susan Johnson (NOV)
A Touch of Sin by Susan Johnson (NOV)
Simply Scandalous by Carly Phillips (NOV)
Dead Certain by Mariah Stewart (NOV)

Texan's Suite Romance by Judy Christenberry (ROM)
She's Having a Baby by Marie Ferrarella (ROM)
His One-Night Stand by Sandra Field (ROM)
Once and Again by Brenda Harlen (ROM)
The Greek's Ultimate Revenge by Julia James (ROM)
Expecting the Playboy's Heir by Penny Jordan (ROM)
Blindsided by Leslie Lafoy (ROM)
A Scandalous Marriage by Miranda Lee (ROM)
Much Ado About Matchmaking by Myrna Mackenzie (ROM)
The Brazilian's Blackmailed Bride by Michelle Reid (ROM)
The Spaniard's Inconvenient Wife by Kate Walker (ROM)

Books on Tape/CD
Self-Esteem: Your Fundamental Power by Caroline Myss (Tape)
Broken Prey by John Sandford (CD)

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

New Books

New Books added 10/11/2005

Fiction
With You Beside Me by Catherine Anderson
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy

Deep Black: Payback by Stephen Coonts (NOV)
The Colorado Kid by Stephen King (NOV)
Hunger by Susan Squires (NOV)

The Best American Mystery Stories 2005 edited by Joyce Carol Oates (MYS)

Books on Tape/CD
Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell (Tape)
The Divide by Nicholas Evans (CD)
The Europa Conspiracy by Tim LaHaye (Tape)
School Days by Robert Parker (CD)
The Myth of You & Me by Leah Stewart (CD)


New Books added 10/7/2005

Fiction
Out of Season by Robert Bausch
A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
The Europa Conspiracy by Tim LaHaye
In the Province of Saints by Thomas O'Malley

Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell (MYS)

Thud!: A Novel of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (SF)

Nonfiction
Psychology: A Very Short Introduction by Gillian Butler
What Goes Up: The Uncensored History of Modern Wall Street as told by the Bankers, Brokers, CEOs, and Scoundrels Who Made it Happen by Eric J. Weiner
Film Writing and Selected Journalism by James Agee
Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, and Shorter Fiction by James Agee
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
A Day in a Medieval City by Chiara Frugoni

Books on Tape/CD
Straken by Terry Books (Tape)
Wild Ducks Flying Backward: The Short Writings by Tom Robbins (CD)


New Books added 10/4/2005

Fiction
Half Broken Things by Morag Joss
The Cinderella Hour by Katherine Stone

Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (MYS)

Remains Silent by Michael Baden (Large Type)
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (Large Type)
Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory (Large Type)
The Widow of the South by Robert Hicks (Large Type)

Nonfiction
Phenomenon: Everythign You Need to Know about the Paranormal by Sylvia Browne
It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: A Smart Girl's Breakup Buddy by Greg Behrendt
Frommer's London 2006 by Darwin Porter
Frommer's New York City 2006 by Brian Silverman
The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2006 by Bob Sehlinger
The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2006 by Bob Sehlinger
The Celts: A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe
Grant and Sherman: The Friendship That Won the Civil War by Charles Barcelen Flood

My Detachment by Tracy Kidder (Large Type)


New Books added 10/3/2005

Fiction
The Trudeau Vector by Juris Jurjevics
A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives by Sarah Strohmeyer
Double Eagle by James Twining
Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods

Pet Peeve by Piers Anthony (SF)

Nonfiction
Introduction to Psychology by Ann L. Weber
Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey
Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope by Fred Watson
Mind Blowing Foot Massage by Renee Tanner
Juicy: Confessions of a Former Baseball Wife by Jessica Canseco
Coming Home to Myself: A Memoir by Wynonna Judd
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill
Arabs of Chicagoland by Ray Hanania


New Books added 10/1/2005

Fiction
Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey

Nonfiction
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance, 13th Edition
Fodor's New England 2006
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed and Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda