New Fiction

The fall of Troy / Peter Ackroyd.

Cavedweller / Dorothy Allison

The house of Lanyon / Valerie Anand.

The last days of Krypton / Kevin J. Anderson.

The last troubadour : a novel / Derek Armstrong.

DeKok and murder on Blood Mountain : number 23 in the Inpsector DeKok series / by A.C. Baantjer.

Stone cold / David Baldacci

Extracurricular activities / Maggie Barbieri.

Flying to America : 45 more stories / by Donald Barthelme ; edited and with a preface by Kim Herzinger.

Double abduction / Chris Beakey.

Try dying : a novel / James Scott Bell.

East is East / T. Coraghessan Boyle.

Gentlemen of the road / Michael Chabon ; illustrated by Gary Gianni.

The New Year's quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.

Angel in the alley / by Keith Clemons.

Out of shadows / Gloria Cook.

The edge : a Superintendent Mike Yeadings mystery / Clare Curzon.

The chase / Clive Cussler

Czech mate : a Max Rydal mystery / Elizabeth Darrell.

Tipperary : a novel / Frank Delaney.

Manless in Montclair : a novel, how a happily married woman became a widow looking for love in the wilds of suburbia / Amy Edelman.

The water cure / Percival Everett.

Bitter sweets / Roopa Farooki.

Die with me / Elena Forbes.

I never saw Paris : a novel of the afterlife / Harry I. Freund.

Lord John and the hand of devils / Diana Gabaldon.

The prayer chest : a novel about receiving all of life's riches / August Gold and Joel Fotinos.

Something in the blood / J.G. Goodhind.

Sticklebacks and snow globes / B.A. Goodjohn.

Confessor / Terry Goodkind.

Snapshots / Michal Govrin; translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Harshav.

New slain knight : the haunted ballad series / Deborah Grabien.

Hell for the holidays : a Christopher Miller holiday thriller / Chris Grabenstein.

T is for trespass / Sue Grafton.

Raisins and almonds : a Phryne Fisher mystery / Kerry Greenwood.

The mongoose deception / Robert Greer.

Something is rotten / J.M. Gregson.

20th century ghosts / Joe Hill ; introduction by Christopher Golden.

The pure in heart : a Simon Serrailler mystery / Susan Hill.

The quiet girl / Peter Høeg ; translated from the Danish by Nadia Christensen.

Third degree / Greg Iles

Eulalia / Brian Jacques ; illustrated by David Elliot.

Phantom / Susan Kay.

Rogue officer / Garry Douglas Kilworth.

Between Sundays / Karen Kingsbury.

The darkest evening of the year / Dean Koontz.

The malice box / Martin Langfield.

Ghost / Alan Lightman.

The last chicken in America : a novel in stories / Ellen Litman.

Last night at the Lobster

Guiding light : Jonathan's story / Julia London with Alina Adams.

The taint and other novellas : best Mythos tale, volume 1 / Brian Lumley.

Beating the babushka : a Cape Weathers investigation / Tim Maleeny.

Rhett Butler's people / Donald McCaig.

Antony and Cleopatra / Colleen McCullough.

Distant train : a novel / Ibrahim Abdel Megid ; translated from the Arabic by Hosam M. Aboul-Ela.

Hokus pokus / Fern Michaels.

Signed, Mata Hari : a novel / Yannick Murphy.

Fresh kills / Reggie Nadelson.

Christmas lights : a novel / Christine Pisera Naman.

Pyres / Derek Nikitas.

Redemption falls / Joseph O'Connor.

The Morcai battalion / Diane Palmer.

Double cross : a novel / by James Patterson.

Prayer of the dragon / Eliot Pattison.

Women of Magdalene : a novel / Rosemary Poole-Carter.

Sister time / John Ringo & Julie Cochrane.

Creation in death / J. D. Robb.

Cat deck the halls : a Joe Grey mystery / Shirley Rousseau Murphy.

The snow empress / Laura Joh Rowland.

Death watch / Sally Spencer.

False witness / Aimee and David Thurlow.

Annette Vallon : a novel of the French Revolution / James Tipton.

A prayer for the damned : a mystery of ancient Ireland / Peter Tremayne.

Cheating at canasta / William Trevor.

Opening Atlantis / Harry Turtledove.

The dilemma / Penny Vincenzi.

Crawfish mountain : a novel / Ken Wells.

The last striptease / Michael Wiley.

New Non-Fiction

Books on fire : the destruction of libraries throughout history / Lucien X. Polastron ; translated by Jon E. Graham.   027.009 Po

Reality show : inside the last great television news war / Howard Kurtz.   070.195 Ku

Peter Jennings : a reporter's life / edited by Kate Darnton, Kayce Freed Jennings & Lynn Sherr.   070.195 Pe

Cancel your own goddam subscription : notes & asides from National Review / William F. Buckley Jr.   070.92 Bu

The wooden horse : the liberation of the western mind from Odysseus to Socrates / Keld Zeruneith ; translated from the Danish by Russell L. Dees.   126 Ze

When ghosts speak : understanding the world of earthbound spirits / Mary Ann Winkowski.   133.91 Wi

Come on, people : on the path from victims to victors / Bill Cosby & Alvin F. Poussaint.   155.84 Co

If I only knew then-- : learning from our mistakes / Charles Grodin and friends and friends of friends.   158.1 If

Soul to soul : commumications from the heart / Gary Zukav.   204.32 Zu

What's so great about Christianity / Dinesh D'Souza.   239 Ds

Reconciliation blues : a Black evangelical's inside view of white Christianity / Edward Gilbreath.   277.3083 Gi

Escape / Carolyn Jessop with Laura Palmer.   289.3092 Je

Tikkun reader : 20th anniversary / edited by Michael Lerner.   296.38 Ti

American crescent : a Muslim cleric on the power of his faith, the struggle against prejudice, and the future of Islam and America / Imam Sayid Hassan Al-Qazwini.   297.0973 Al

Blood and soil : a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur / Ben Kiernan.   304.663 Ki

The terror dream : fear and fantasy in post-9/11 America / Susan Faludi.   306.2 Fa

He comes next : the thinking woman's guide to pleasuring a man / Ian Kerner.   306.7 Ke

The bond : three young men learn to forgive and reconnect with their fathers / Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt ; with Margaret Bernstein.   306.8742 Da

Drunk, divorced & covered in cat hair : the true-life misadventures of a 30-something who learned to knit after he split / Laurie Beasley Perry.   306.89 Pe

Supercapitalism : the transformation of business, democracy, and everyday life / Robert B. Reich.   320.973 Re

Common ground : how to stop the partisan war that is destroying America / Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel.   320.973 Th

So help me God : the founding fathers and the first great battle over church and state / Forrest Church.   322.1 Ch

They say : Ida B. Wells and the reconstruction of race / James West Davidson.   323.092 Da

The deporter : one agent's struggle against the U.S. government's refusal to expel criminal aliens / Ames Holbrook.   325.73 Ho

Day of empire : how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall / Amy Chua.   327.112 Ch

The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy / John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt.   327.73054 Me

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em / Jim Mosteller.   332.02401 Mo

Your next great stock : how to screen the market for tomorrow's top performers / Jack Hough.   332.6322 Ho

Emerging real estate markets : how to find and profit from up and coming areas / David Lindahl.   332.6324 Li

Power to save the world : the truth about nuclear energy / Gwyneth Cravens.   333.7924 Cr

The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world / Jacques Cousteau and Susan Schiefelbein.   333.95 Co

The price of liberty : paying for America's wars / Robert D. Hormats.   336.34 Ho

Asian godfathers : money and power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia / Joe Studwell.   338.092 St

Starbucked : a double tall tale of caffeine, commerce, and culture / Taylor Clark.   338.17 Cl

The oil and the glory : the pursuit of empire and fortune on the Caspian Sea / Steve LeVine.   338.2728 Le

Letters from Nuremberg : my father's narrative of a quest for justice / Christopher Dodd with Lary Bloom.   341.69 Do

The terror presidency : law and judgment inside the Bush administration / Jack Goldsmith.   342.73 Go

Off the record : the press, the government, and the war over anonymous sources / Norman Pearlstine.   342.7308 Pe

Violent politics : a history of insurgency, terrorism & guerrilla war, from the American Revolution to Iraq / William R. Polk.   355.0218 Po

Why Marines fight / James Brady.   359.96 Br

Steroid nation : juiced home run totals, anti-aging miracles, and a Hercules in every high school : the secret history of America's true drug addiction / Shaun Assael.   362.29 As

Gomorrah / Roberto Saviano ; translated from the Italian by Virginia Jewiss.   364.106 Sa

Never enough / Joe McGinniss.   364.1523 Mc

The devil's right-hand man : the true story of serial killer Robert Charles Browne / Stephen G. Michaud and Debbie M. Price.   364.1523 Mi

Ripperology : a study of the world's first serial killer and a literary phenomenon / Robin Odell.   364.1523 Od

The most notorious crimes in American history / [editor, Robert Sullivan].   364.973 Mo

Secret societies-- and how they affect our lives today / Sylvia Browne.   366 Br

The lost world of James Smithson : science, revolution, and the birth of the Smithsonian / Heather Ewing.   509.2 Ew

The sun kings : the unexpected tragedy of Richard Carrington and the tale of how modern astronomy began / Stuart Clark.   523.75 Cl

Supercontinent : ten billion years in the life of our planet / Ted Nield.   551.41 Ni

Dawn of the dinosaurs : life in the Triassic / Nicholas Fraser ; illustrated by Douglas Henderson.   560 Fr

The snoring bird : my family's journey through a century of biology / Bernd Heinrich.   570.92 He

A life decoded : my genome, my life / J. Craig Venter.      576.5092 Ve

Planet ocean : voyage to the heart of marine realm / by Laurent Ballesta and Pierre Descamp.   Q 577.7 Ba

A natural history of North American trees / Donald Culross Peattie ; illustrated by Paul Landacre.   582.16 Pe

Boas and pythons of the world / Mark O'Shea.   597.96 Os

Bird : the definitive visual guide.   598 Bi

Proust and the squid : the story and science of the reading brain / Maryanne Wolf.   612.82 Wo

The Seven pillars of health / Don Colbert with Mary Colbert.   613 Co

Younger you : unlock the hidden power of your brain to look and feel 15 years younger / Eric R. Braverman.   613.2 Br

You, staying young : the owner's manual to extending your warranty / Mehmet C. Oz ... [et al.] ; illustrations Gary Hallgren.   613.2 Yo

Dr. Neal Barnard's program for reversing diabetes : the scientifically proven system for reversing diabetes without drugs / Neal D. Barnard.   616.462 Ba

The secret history of the war on cancer / Devra Davis.   616.994 Da

The Manhattan project : the birth of the atomic bomb in the words of its creators, eyewitnesses, and historians / edited by Cynthia C. Kelly.   623.4 Ma

Mcqueen's machines : the cars and bikes of a Hollywood icon / Matt Stone ; foreword by Chad McQueen.   629.222 St

Von Braun : dreamer of space, engineer of war / Michael J. Neufeld.   629.4092 Ne

The hazards of space travel : a tourist's guide / Neil F. Comins.   629.416 Co

Rain gardens : managing water sustainably in the garden and designed landscape / Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden.   635.95 Du

No reservations : around the world on an empty stomach / Anthony Bourdain.   641.013 Bo

The sharper your knife, the less you cry : love, laughter, and tears at the world's most famous cooking school / Kathleen Flinn.   641.092 Fl

The Martha Stewart living cookbook : the new classics / by the editors of Martha Stewart Living.   641.5 Ma

Weight Watchers all-time favorites : over 200 best-ever recipes from the Weight Watchers test kitchens.   641.5635 We

Kosher by design short on time : fabulous food faster / Susie Fishbein ; photographs by John Uher.   641.5676 Fi

Christmas sweets / text by Georgeanne Brennan ; photographs by Richard G. Jung.   641.568 Br

Christmas with Paula Deen : recipes and stories from my favorite holiday / Paula Deen.   641.568 De

How to cook a turkey : and all the other trimmings / from the editors of Fine cooking magazine.   641.568 Ho

Deceptively delicious : simple secrets to get your kids eating good foods / by Jessica Seinfeld ; photographs by Lisa Hubbard ; illustrations by Steve Vance ; design by Headcase Design.   641.5973 Se

Mustard seed market & café natural foods cookbook / Bev Shaffer in cooperation with Mustard Seed Health Food Market, Inc.   641.5973 Sh

Harper's bazaar great style : the best ways to update your look / Jenny Levin.   646.34 Le

The motivation breakthrough : 6 secrets to turning on the tuned-out child / Richard Lavoie.   649.1 La

A class with Drucker : the lost lessons of the world's greatest management teacher / by William A. Cohen.   658 Co

Stick to drawing comics, monkey brain! : cartoonist ignores helpful advice / Scott Adams.   741.59 ADA

Christmas with Southern living—2007   745.5941 Ch

Home for the holidays / text, Heidi Tyline King.   745.5941 Ki

Soft + simple knits for little ones / Heidi Boyd ; photography by Brian Steege.   746.432 Bo

Knitting little luxuries / Louisa Harding.   746.432 Ha

House beautiful : 500 sensational ways to create your ideal home / Jean Nayar.   747 Na

Spectacular homes of Ohio & Pennsylvania : an exclusive showcase of Ohio & western Pennsylvania's finest designers.   747.0977 Sp

Tony Bennett in the studio : a life of art and music / Tony Bennett with Robert Sullivan ; foreword by Mitch Albom ; preface by Mario Cuomo.   759.13 BEN

Walker's way : my years with Walker Evans / by Isabelle Storey.   770.92 St

The great marsh : between land and sea / photography by Dorothy Kerper Monnelly ; foreward by Jeanne Falk Adams ; essay by Doug Stewart.   779.97 Mo

The rest is noise : listening to the twentieth century / Alex Ross.   780.904 Ro

Clapton : the autobiography / Eric Clapton.   781.66 Cl

Jersey boys : the story of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons / text and interviews by David Cote.   781.66 Co

Five easy decades : how Jack Nicholson became the biggest movie star in modern times / Dennis McDougal.   791.43 Mc

The best game ever : Pirates vs. Yankees : October 13, 1960 / Jim Reisler.   796.357 Re

Strides : running through history with an unlikely athlete / Benjamin Cheever.   796.42 Ch

The big jump : the tao of Travis Pastrana / Travis Pastrana with Alyssa Roenigk.   796.756 Pa

Batista unleashed / Dave Batista with Jeremy Roberts.   796.812 Ba

Magnetic north / Linda Gregerson.   811.54 GRE

Time and materials : poems, 1997-2005 / Robert Hass.   811.54 HAS

One drop : my father's hidden life-- a story of race and family secrets / Bliss Broyard.   813.54 BRO

Good dog. Stay / Anna Quindlen.   814.54 QUI

Cleopatra's nose : 39 varieties of desire / Judith Thurman.   814.54 THU

Due considerations : essays and criticism / John Updike.   814.54 UPD

Two lives : Gertrude and Alice / Janet Malcolm.   818.52 Ma

Kerplunk! : stories / Patrick F. McManus.   818.54 MCM

I am America (and so can you!) / written and edited by Stephen Colbert ... [et al.].   818.602 I

Shakespeare : the world as stage / Bill Bryson   822.33 B

The annotated Hans Christian Andersen / edited with an introduction and notes by Maria Tatar ; translations by Maria Tatar and Julie K. Allen.   839.81 An

100 days in photographs : pivotal events that changed the world / Nick Yapp ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley ; introduction by Chris Jones.   909.8 Ya

The Library of Congress World War II companion / edited and with an introduction by David M. Kennedy ; Margaret E. Wagner, Linda Barrett Osborne, Susan Reyburn and staff of the Library of Congress.   940.53 Wa

The zookeeper's wife / Diane Ackerman.   940.5318 Ac

Holocaust : the events and their impact on real people / written by Angela Gluck Wood ; [forward by Steven Spielberg].   940.5318 Wo

The day of battle : the war in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 / Rick Atkinson.   940.5421 At

Brothers in battle, best of friends : two WWII paratroopers from the original Band of brothers tell their story / William "Wild Bill" Guarnere and Edward "Babe" Heffron with Robyn Post ; foreword by Tom Hanks.   940.5421 Gu

The ultimate battle : Okinawa 1945, the last epic struggle of World War II / Bill Sloan.   940.5425 Sl

Richard and John : kings at war / Frank McLynn.   942.03 Mc

The discovery of France : a historical geography from the revolution to the first world war / Graham Robb.   944 Ro

Young Stalin / Simon Sebag Montefiore.   947.0842 Mo

Gertrude Bell : queen of the desert, shaper of nations / Georgina Howell.   956.02092 Ho

The art of political murder : who killed the bishop? / Francisco Goldman.   972.81 Go

American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic / Joseph J. Ellis.   973.3 El

America's second revolution : how George Washington defeated Patrick Henry to save the nation / Harlow Giles Unger.   973.318 Un

House of Abraham : Lincoln and the Todds, a family divided by war / Stephen Berry.   973.7092 Be

One man great enough : Abraham Lincoln's road to Civil War / John C. Waugh.   973.7092 Wa

Crisis, pursued by disaster, followed closely by catastrophe : a memoir of life on the run / Mike O'Connor.   973.91 Oc

Alice : Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House princess to Washington power broker / Stacy A. Cordery.   973.911 Co

Boom! voices of the sixties : personal reflections on the '60s and today / Tom Brokaw.   973.92 Br

Beyond the White House : waging peace, fighting disease, building hope / Jimmy Carter.   973.926 Ca

Katrinaville chronicles : images and observations from a New Orleans photographer / David G. Spielman.   976.335 Sp

Ohio, the Buckeye State : an illustrated history / Eugene C. Murdock & Jeffrey Darbee.   977.1 Mu

A commonwealth of thieves : the improbable birth of Australia / Thomas Keneally.   994.02 Ke

Strange tribe : a family memoir / John Hemingway.   B HEMINGWAY

Born standing up : a comic's life / Steve Martin.   B MARTIN

Flora Stone Mather : daughter of Cleveland's Euclid Avenue and Ohio's Western Reserve / By Gladys Haddad.   B MATHER

Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.   B MERMAN

Otto Preminger : the man who would be king / Foster Hirsch.   B PREMINGER

The confidante : Condoleezza Rice and the creation of the Bush legacy / Glenn Kessler.   B RICE

Schulz and Peanuts : a biography / David Michaelis.   B SCHULZ

Touch and go : a memoir / Studs Terkel.   B TERKEL

My grandfather's son : a memoir / Clarence Thomas.   B THOMAS

Commodore : the life of Cornelius Vanderbilt / Edward J. Renehan Jr.   B VANDERBILT

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