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Morley
Library
New Books
January 2, 2008 |
New Fiction
Metal swarm / Kevin J. Anderson.
Egrets to the flames / Barbara
Anton.
Strange blood : a crime novel /
Lindsay Jayne Ashford.
The steep approach to Garbadale
/ Iain Banks.
Zugzwang : a novel / Ronan
Bennett.
The Venetian betrayal : a novel
/ Steve Berry.
The best dog stories / edited by
Paul D. Staudohar.
A long and winding road : a
novel of the mountain men / Win Blevins.
Antediluvian tales / Poppy Z.
Brite.
Evening star / Carolyn Brown.
Almost Graceland / Steve
Carlson.
Mountains painted with turmeric
: a novel / Lil Bahadur Chettri.
Chicago blues / edited by Libby
Fischer Hellman.
Hidden Moon : an Inspector O
novel / James Church.
Runoff / Mark Coggins.
The graving dock / Gabriel
Cohen.
Jazz & twelve o'clock tales :
new stories / Wanda Coleman.
Dead man's hand : crime fiction
at the poker table / edited by Otto Penzler.
From the depths / Gerry Doyle.
Deadly shoals / Joan Druett.
Twilight / Brendan DuBois.
Cobweb / Margaret Duffy.
Garcia's heart / Liam Durcan.
The farther shore / Matthew Eck.
Souls of angels : a novel /
Thomas Eidson.
Into hot air : mounting Mount
Everest / Chris Elliott ; illustrations by Amy Elliott Andersen.
The good thief's guide to
Amsterdam / Chris Ewan.
Light fell / Evan Fallenberg.
The heroines : a novel / Eileen
Favorite.
The honorable Marksley / Sherry
Lynn Ferguson.
Knitting bones / Monica Ferris.
A blind eye / G.M. Ford.
Stardust : being a romance
within the realms of faerie / story by Neil Gaiman.
Shadow music : a novel / Julie
Garwood.
The victory gardens of Brooklyn
: a novel / Merrill Joan Gerber.
Swan Island / Elizabeth Gill.
Still life with devils : a novel
/ Deborah Grabien.
Mr. Knightley's diary / Amanda
Grange.
Dark Lord / Ed Greenwood.
Goodbye, she lied : an Esbeth
Walters mystery / Russ Hall.
Ruby Tuesday : an Eddie Dancer
mystery / Mike Harrison.
Mortal groove / Ellen Hart.
Precious blood / Jonathan Hayes.
Broken heartland : a Mad Dog &
Englishman mystery / J.M. Hayes.
Someone knows my name / Lawrence
Hill.
The man who killed Shakespeare /
Ken Hodgson.
The contractor / Charles
Holdefer.
Blood dreams / Kay Hooper.
Cupid's web / Carolyn Hughey.
Redemption / Lee Jackson.
Hand of evil / by J.A. Jance.
Rivalry : a geisha's tale /
Nagai Kafu ; translated by Stephen Snyder.
Cache of corpses / Henry Kisor.
The living = Les vivants /
Pascale Kramer ; translated by Tamsin Black.
Salamander cotton / Richard
Kunzmann.
Chillwater Cove / Thomas Lakeman.
Down into darkness : a Detective
Stella Mooney novel / David Lawrence.
Deadfall / Robert Liparulo.
Maiden Rock / by Mary Logue.
In for a pound : a novel by /
Richard Marinick.
The critic / Peter May.
Them : a novel / Nathan McCall.
Symphony / Jude Morgan.
Thirteen / Richard K. Morgan.
Rumpole misbehaves / John
Mortimer.
Tom Wasp and the murdered
stunner / Amy Myers.
The redbreast / Jo Nesbo ;
translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett.
The empanada brotherhood : a
novel / John Nichols.
Dark aura / Diana O'Hehir.
Gods behaving badly : a novel /
Marie Phillips.
The Muscovy chain / John
Pilkington.
Learning to drive : and other
life stories / Katha Pollitt.
Korea Strait / David Poyer.
Last call / James Grippando.
Pushcart prize XXXII : best of
the small presses, 2008 / edited by Bill Henderson with the Pushcart
prize editors.
Luck be a lady, don't die /
Robert J. Randisi.
A darkling plain : a novel / by
Philip Reeve.
The remains of an altar / Phil
Rickman.
SPQR XI : under Vesuvius / John
Maddox Roberts.
Twisted sister : sisters of sin
/ Natalie M. Roberts.
Two in the churchyard lie : a
Harry Brock mystery / Kinley Roby.
Deadly waters / Pauline Rowson.
Person of interest / Theresa
Schwegel.
Mausoleum / Justin Scott.
Barter Island / Peter Scott.
Cries and whiskers / Clea Simon.
Justice is served / Linda Sole.
Long shadows / Rowena Summers.
The reunion / Janet Tanner.
The late Hector Kipling / David
Thewlis.
Academy X : a novel / by Andrew
Trees.
Farewell, Shanghai : a novel /
Angel Wagenstein ; translated by Elizabeth Frank and Deliana Simeonova.
Safe return home / Elizabeth
Waite.
The seventh well / Fred Wander ;
translated by Michael Hofmann.
Without warning / Eugenia Lovett
West.
Soldier on the porch / Sharon
Wildwind.
Pirate freedom / Gene Wolfe.
The coal gatherer / Janet Woods.
Red mandarin dress /
Qiu Xiaolong
New Non-Fiction
What is emotion? : history,
measures, and meanings / Jerome Kagan. 152.4 Ka
Practical intelligence : the art
and science of common sense / Karl Albrecht. 153.9 Al
The passion test : the
effortless path to discovering your destiny / Janet Bray Attwood and
Chris Attwood. 158.1 At
The message : 100 life lessons
from hip-hop's greatest songs / Felicia Pride. 158.1 Pr
Trust rules : how to tell the
good guys from the bad guys in work and life / Linda K. Stroh ; foreword
by Norm Blake. 158.2 St
To die well : your right to
comfort, calm and choice in the last days of life / Sidney H. Wanzer,
Joseph Glenmullen. 179.7 Wa
Thank you power : making the
science of gratitude work for you / Deborah Norville. 179.9 No
The art of simplicity : a simple
guide to focusing on the essentials of the heart / Candy Paull.
179.9 Pa
The Bible : a biography / Karen
Armstrong. 220.09 Ar
The scandalous Gospel of Jesus :
what's so good about the good news? / Peter J. Gomes. 226.06
Go
Sister Wendy on prayer / Wendy
Beckett ; biographical introduction by David Willcock.
248.32 Be
Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim
Road : exploring a new path between two faiths / Paul-Gordon Chandler.
261.27 Ch
The heirs of Muhammad : Islam's
first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia split / Barnaby Rogerson.
297.09 Ro
Nanny state : how food fascists,
teetotaling do-gooders, priggish moralists, and other boneheaded
bureaucrats are turning America into a nation of children / David
Harsanyi. 303.36 Ha
The boomer century, 1946-2046 :
how America's most influential generation changed everything / Richard
Croker and Alexandria Productions ; foreword by Ken Dychtwald. 305.24
Cr
Race : a history beyond black
and white / Marc Aronson. 305.8 Ar
Slave ship : a human history /
Marcus Rediker. 306.362 Re
Black mass : apocalyptic
religion and the death of utopia / John Gray. 321.07 Gr
Bill of wrongs : the executive
branch's assault on America's fundamental rights / Molly Ivins and Lou
Dubose. 323.49 Iv
Independents day : awakening the
American spirit / Lou Dobbs. 323.65 Do
You can lead a politician to
water, but you can't make him think : ten commandments for Texas
politics / Kinky Friedman. 324.9764 Fr
The squandering of America : how
the failure of our politics undermines our prosperity / by Robert
Kuttner. 330.973 Ku
Lifelines for money misfortunes
: how to overcome life's greatest challenges / Stephen M. Poll, Mark
Levine. 332.024 Po
Grow your money! : 101
easy-to-use tips to plan, save, and invest / Jonathan D. Pond.
332.024 Po
Leading by example : how we can
inspire an energy and security revolution / Bill Richardson.
333.79 Ri
Life in the valley of death :
the fight to save tigers in a land of guns, gold, and greed / Alan
Rabinowitz. 333.9597 Ra
Broken buildings, busted budgets
: how to fix America's trillion-dollar construction industry / Barry B.
LePatner, with Timothy Jacobson and Robert E. Wright. 338.476 Le
How Toyota became #1 :
leadership lessons from the world's greatest car company / David
Magee. 338.762 Ma
The genius of America : how the
Constitution saved our country-- and why it can again / Eric Lane and
Michael Oreskes. 342.73 La
Trump University asset
protection 101 : tax and legal strategies of the rich / J. J. Childers.
343.0523 Ch
Trying Leviathan : the
nineteenth-century New York court case that put the whale on trial and
challenged the order of nature / D. Graham Burnett. 344.095 Bu
Warriors in uniform / Herman J.
Viola ; foreword by Carson Walks Over Ice. 355.0089 Vi
Courage under fire : profiles in
bravery from the battlefields of the Civil War / Wiley Sword.
355.0092 Sw
Army 101 : inside ROTC in a time
of war / David Axe. 355.223 Ax
Beyond hell and back : how
America's Special Operations Forces became the world's greatest fighting
unit / Dwight Jon Zimmerman and John D. Gresham. 356.16 Zi
Less safe, less free : why
America is losing the War on Terror / David Cole and Jules Lobel.
363.325 Co
On the courthouse lawn :
confronting the legacy of lynching in the twenty-first century /
Sherrilyn A. Ifill. 364.134 If
Off mike : a memoir of talk
radio and literary life / Michael Krasny. 384.5409 Kr
The Great Lakes : the natural
history of a changing region / Wayne Grady ; principal photography by
Bruce Litteljohn ; illustrations by Emily S. Damstra. 508.77 Gr
The science of Leonardo : inside
the mind of the great genius of the Renaissance / Fritjof Capra.
509.2 Ca
The Archimedes codex : how a
medieval prayer book is revealing the true genius of antiquity's
greatest scientist / Reviel Netz and William Noel. 510.9 Ne
Benjamin Franklin's numbers : an
unsung mathematical odyssey / Paul C. Pasles. 510.92 Pa
The Pythagorean theorem : a
4,000-year history / Eli Maor. 516.22
James Van Allen : the first
eight billion miles / Abigail Foerstner. 520.92 Fo
Super volcano : the ticking time
bomb beneath Yellowstone National Park / Greg Breining.
551.21 Br
After the dinosaurs : the age of
mammals / Donald R. Prothero. 569 Pr
A guinea pig's history of
biology / Jim Endersby. 576.509 En
Evolution : what the fossils say
and why it matters / Donald R. Prothero ; with original illustrations by
Carl Buell. 576.8 Pr
Golden wings and hairy toes :
encounters with New England's most imperiled wildlife / Todd McLeish.
578.68 Mc
American chestnut : the life,
death, and rebirth of a perfect tree / Susan Freinkel. 583.46 Fr
Watching : encounters with
humans and other animals / Desmond Morris. 590.92 Mo
Built by animals : the natural
history of animal architecture / Mike Hansell. 591.564 Ha
Enjoying hummingbirds : in the
wild & in your yard / Larry and Terrie Gates. 598.764 Ga
Bears : a brief history / Bernd
Brunner ; translated from the German by Lori Lantz. 599.78 Br
Stop prediabetes now : the
ultimate plan to lose weight and prevent diabetes / Jack Challem, Ron
Hunninghake. 616.462 Ch
Good germs, bad germs : health
and survival in a bacterial world / Jessica Snyder Sachs.
616.9 Sa
The nuclear jihadist : the true
story of the man who sold the world's most dangerous secrets-- and how
we could have stopped him / Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins.
623.45119 Fr
Viburnums : flowering shrubs for
every season / Michael A. Dirr ; illustrations by Bonnie L. Dirr.
635.9339 Di
Rescuing Sprite : a dog lover's
story of joy and anguish / Mark R. Levin. 636.7 Le
Be the pack leader : use Cesar's
way to transform your dog-- and your life / Cesar Millan with Melissa Jo
Peltier. 636.708 Mi
The taste of conquest : the rise
and fall of the three great cities of spice / Michael Krondl.
641.3383 Kr
How to pick a peach : the search
for flavor from farm to table / Russ Parsons. 641.35 Pa
Cook with Jamie : my guide to
making you a better cook / Jamie Oliver ; photography, David Loftus and
Chris Terry. 641.5 Ol
The elements of cooking :
translating the chef's craft for every kitchen / by Michael Ruhlman.
641.5 Ru
Made from scratch : a memoir /
Sandra Lee. 641.5092 Le
Skinny bitch in the kitch :
kick-ass recipes for hungry girls who want to stop cooking crap (and
start looking hot!) / by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin. 641.563 Fr
Vegetarian cooking for everyone
/ Deborah Madison. 641.5636 Ma
Better Homes and Gardens the
ultimate cookie book. 641.8654 Be
Alternation : transform,
embellish, customize / Shannon Okey & Alexandra Underhill.
646.404 Ok
How : why how do we do anything
means everything-- in business (and in life) / Dov Seidman.
650.1 Se
What men don't tell women about
business : opening up the heavily guarded alpha male playbook /
Christopher V. Flett. 650.1082 Fl
Fearless negotiating : the
wish-want-walk method to reach solutions that work / by Michael C.
Donaldson. 658.4052 Do
Be unreasonable : the
unconventional way to extraordinary business results / Paul Lemberg.
658.409 Le
The exceptional presenter : a
proven formula to open up! and own the room / Timothy J. Koegel.
658.452 Ko
Karma queens, geek gods &
innerpreneurs : meet the 9 consumer types shaping today's marketplace /
Ron Rentel ; with Joe Zellnik. 658.834 Re
Modernism : the lure of heresy
from Baudelaire to Beckett and beyond / Peter Gay. 700.9034
Ga
Rescuing da Vinci : Hitler and
the Nazis stole Europe's great art : America and her allies recovered it
/ Robert M. Edsel ; forewords by Lynn H. Nicholas and Edmund P.
Pillsbury. 709.043 Ed
A passion for jewelry : secrets
to collecting and caring for your jewelry / Laura Fronty ; photographs
by Yves Duronsoy. 739.27 Fr
Nifty knits for kids : fun
wearables for kids on the go / by Catherine Ham. 746.432 Ha
Cecilia Beaux : American figure
painter / Sylvia Yount ... [et al.]. 759.13 BEA
Pissarro : creating the
impressionist landscape / Katherine Rothkopf ; essay by Christopher
Lloyd ; contributions by Gürlu Çakmak and Mary Sebera. 759.4 PIS
Musicophilia : tales of music
and the brain / Oliver Sacks. 781.11 Sa
Nashville portraits : legends of
country music : sixty portraits / by Jim McGuire introduction by William
R. Ferris ; quotes and iterviews edited by Richard Carlin. 781.642 Mc
The paths we choose : a memoir /
Sully Erna. 781.66 Er
Born in a small town : John
Mellencamp : the story / by Heather Johnson. 781.66 Jo
Prince : a thief in the temple /
Brian Morton. 781.66 Mo
The heroin diaries : a year in
the life of a shattered rock star / Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins.
781.66 Si
A history of American classical
music / by Barrymore Laurence Scherer. 781.68 Sc
Lost genius : the curious and
tragic story of an extraordinary musical prodigy / Kevin Bazzana.
786.2092 Ba
My boring-ass life : the
uncomfortably candid diary of Kevin Smith. 791.4302 Sm
Hollywood science : movies,
science, and the end of the world / Sidney Perkowitz.
791.436 Pe
Inside Inside / James Lipton.
791.45 Li
Sayers : my life and times /
Gale Sayers with Fred Mitchell. 796.332 Sa
The match : the day the game of
golf changed forever / Mark Frost. 796.352 Fr
Preferred lies : a journey into
the heart of Scottish golf / Andrew Greig. 796.352 Gr
Connie Mack and the early years
of baseball / Norman L. Macht ; with a foreword by Connie Mack III.
796.357 Ma
My view from the corner : a life
in boxing / Angelo Dundee with Bert Randolph Sugar. 796.83
Du
Standing eight : the inspiring
story of Jesus "El Matador" Chavez, who became lightweight champion of
the world / Adam Pitluk. 796.83 Pi
A family Christmas / selected
and introduced by Caroline Kennedy ; illustrated by Jon J Muth and Laura
Hartman Maestro. 808.8 Fa
Women who write / Stafan
Bollmann ; foreword by Francine Prose ; [translated by Helen Atkins].
809.8928 Bo
Elegy : poems / by Mary Jo
Bang. 811.54 BAN
The dog says how / Kevin
Kling. 812.54 KLI
Anne McCaffrey : a life with
dragons / Robin Roberts. 813.54 MCC
Turning back the clock : hot
wars and media populism / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by
Alastair McEwen. 854.914 ECO
Rome and Jerusalem : the clash
of ancient civilizations / Martin Goodman. 933.05 Go
Diary of a witness : 1940-1943 /
Raymond-Raoul Lambert ; translated from the French by Isabel Best ;
edited with an introduction by Richard I. Cohen. 940.5318 La
Edward VI : the lost King of
England / Chris Skidmore. 942.053 Sk
Weimar Germany : promise and
tragedy / Eric D. Weitz. 943.085 We
Napoleon's master : a life of
prince Talleyrand / David Lawday. 944.05 La
Zhou Enlai : the last perfect
revolutionary : a biography / Gao Wenqian ; translated by Peter Rand and
Lawrence R. Sullivan. 951.05 Ga
Taiwan's statesman : Lee
Teng-Hui and democracy in Asia / Richard C. Kagan. 951.249 Ka
The Cherokee Nation and the
Trail of Tears / Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green. 970.3
CHE
United States : an illustrated
history / by Ron Fisher. 973 Fi
The president's table : two
hundred years of dining and diplomacy / Barry H. Landau.
973.099 La
The case of Abraham Lincoln : a
story of adultery, murder, and the making of a great president / Julie
M. Fenster. 973.7092 Fe
The radical and the Republican :
Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the triumph of antislavery
politics / James Oakes. 973.7114 Oa
An inconvenient book : real
solutions to the world's biggest problems / written and edited by Glenn
Beck, Kevin Balfe ; writers Steve "Stu" Burguiere ... [et al.] ;
contributors Carol Lynne ... [et al.] ; illustrations Paul Nunn.
973.92 Be
Brothers : the hidden history of
the Kennedy years / David Talbot. 973.922 Ta
Takeover : the return of the
imperial presidency and the subversion of American democracy / Charlie
Savage. 973.931 Sa
The fall of the house of Bush :
the untold story of how a band of true believers seized the executive
branch, started the Iraq War, and still imperils America's future /
Craig Unger. 973.931 Un
Hugo Chávez / Cristina Marcano
and Alberto Barrera Tyszka ; translated by Kristina Cordero ;
introduction by Moisés Naím. B CHAVEZ
King of the club : Richard
Grasso and the survival of the New York Stock Exchange / Charles
Gasparino. B GRASSO
Steve & me / Terri Irwin. B
IRWIN
The man who was Rip van Winkle :
Joseph Jefferson and nineteenth-century American theatre / Benjamin
McArthur. B JEFFERSON
The courage to survive / by
Dennis J. Kucinich. B KUCINICH
Richard M. Nixon : a life in
full / Conrad Black. B NIXON
A boy named Shel : the life and
times of Shel Silverstein / Lisa Rogak. B SILVERSTEIN
David Suzuki : the
autobiography. B SUZUKI
Gonzo : the life of Hunter S.
Thompson : an oral biography / by Jann Wenner and Corey Seymour ;
introduction by Johnny Depp. B THOMPSON
The many lives of
Tom Waits / Patrick Humphries. B WAITS
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