February 2008: Adult Acquisitions
The Accidental Countess
Contributor(s): Schroeder, Melissa
Caught in a compromising position with a stranger,
Colleen is forced into a marriage to save her reputation. Sebastian
never
planned on becoming the next Earl of Penwyth or falling in love. Before
he can
declare his feelings, he must protect his wife from an enemy who wants
them
both dead. Samhain Publishing
Categories:
Fiction | Romance | Historical; Fiction | Romance | Suspense
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The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
Contributor(s): Childs, Craig
From one of the finest nature writers at work comes a
lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild
animals. Each
of the 40 brief narratives focuses on the authors own encounter and is
replete
with facts about the species behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan.
Categories: Nature | Animals; Science | Life
Sciences |
Zoology - General
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The Appeal
Contributor(s): Grisham, John (Author); Beck, Michael
(Read by)
In his first legal thriller since 2005s "The Broker,
New York Times" bestselling author Grisham returns to familiar ground.
In
most states in America, justice is for sale--and only the rich can
afford it.
Abridged. 5 CDs.
Categories: Fiction | Legal; Fiction | Thrillers
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The Appeal
Contributor(s): Grisham, John
In Grisham's first legal thriller since "The
Broker," justice is for sale-and only the rich can afford it.
Categories: Fiction | Legal; Fiction | Thrillers
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Betrayal
Contributor(s): Lescroart, John
"New York Times" bestseller Lescroart returns
with an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his
trademark
blend of real people and real suspense.
Categories: Fiction | Legal; Fiction | Suspense
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Beverly Hills Dead
Contributor(s): Woods, Stuart
"New York Times" bestselling author Woods
returns with the sequel to "The Prince of Beverly Hills," in this
page-turning
novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal set in 1940s
Hollywood--the
era of the Red Scare, when almost anyone could be a suspect.
Categories:
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General
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Blasphemy
Contributor(s): Preston, Douglas J
The world's biggest supercollider, the Torus, was built
to reveal the secrets of the very moment of creation: the Big Bang
itself. Will the Torus divulge the mysteries of the
creation of the universe? Or is it an
attempt to challenge God on the very throne of heaven?
Categories: Fiction | Thrillers
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Bleeding Kansas
Contributor(s): Paretsky, Sara
The "New York Times" bestselling author’s most
remarkable novel yet--a story of two families, linked by their
Midwestern
pioneer pasts, and the dark family secrets that threaten to tear them
apart.
Categories: Fiction | Suspense
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The Bloody Shirt: Terror After Appomattox
Contributor(s): Budiansky, Stephen
In his vivid, fast-paced narrative of the era now known
as reconstruction, Budiansky illuminates the lives of five remarkable
men,
whose idealism in the face of overwhelming hatred would not be matched
for
nearly a century. 8-page b&w photo insert.
Categories:
History | United States | Reconstruction Period (1865-1877)
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The Crazy School
Contributor(s): Read, Cornelia
From the acclaimed author of "A Field of
Darkness" comes another compelling novel featuring the acerbic and
memorable voice of ex-debutante Madeline Dare.
Categories: Fiction | General
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The Duke and I
Contributor(s): Quinn, Julia
Simon Basset, the irresistible Duke of Hastings, pretends
to be engaged to the lovely Daphne Bridgerton to get the town's
marriage-minded
society mothers off his back. Meanwhile, both are finding it hard to
keep their
emotional distance and resist their mutual desire.
(PBK)
Categories: Fiction | Romance |
Regency; Fiction | Romance | Historical
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Duma Key
Contributor(s): King, Stephen
The #1 bestselling author delivers a new novel about a
man whose near-fatal accident gives him access to vast powers of
creativity--and destruction.
Categories: Fiction | Occult
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Fatal Remedies
Contributor(s): Leon, Donna
Donna Leon's multitude of fans around the world has grown
with each new Commissario Brunetti novel, and now mystery lovers in the
United
States can enjoy another compelling episode. In "Fatal Remedies,"
Brunetti's career is under threat when his professional and personal
lives
unexpectedly intersect. In the chill of the Venetian dawn, a sudden act
of
vandalism shatters the quiet of the deserted city, and Brunetti is
shocked to
find that the culprit waiting to be apprehended at the scene is a
member of his
own family. Meanwhile, he is also under pressure from his superiors to
solve a
daring robbery with connections to a suspicious accidental death. Could
the two
crimes be connected? And will Brunetti be able to prove his family’s
innocence
before its too late?
(Paperback, also on CD Audiobook)
Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective |
Police
Procedural; Fiction | Suspense
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Fodor's Guatemala
Contributor(s): Van Fleet, Jeffrey
Tourism is booming in Guatemala, one of the most charming
regions of Latin America. This new guide provides comprehensive
coverage of
everything Guatemala has to offer, from hiking up volcanoes to visiting
the
pyramids of Tikal to shopping in some of the most colorful markets of
the area.
Categories: Travel | Central America
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Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres
Contributor(s): Brandon, Ruth
The rise and fall of the English governess, the domestic
heroine who inspired Victorian literatures greatest authors including
Jane
Austen and the Bronte sisters, is explored in this work that crafts a
rare
portrait of real women whose lives were in stark contrast to the
romantic tales
of their fictional counterparts.
Categories: History | Europe | Great Britain -
General;
Social Science | Women's Studies | History
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How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican
Operative
Contributor(s): Raymond, Allen (Author); Spiegelman, Ian
(With)
Throughout his work with the Republican Party, Raymond
played a key role in helping GOP candidates dupe the public, libel
their
enemies, and generally twist the truth. This work confirms readers
worst
suspicions of the GOP with staggering detail and authority.
Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Political
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Contributor(s): Pollan, Michael
From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's
Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers
how
they might start making g thoughtful food choices that will enrich
their lives
and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy.
Categories: Health & Fitness | Nutrition
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Korea Strait
Contributor(s): Poyer, David
A suspenseful and timely sea adventure by the most
thoughtful of the military-thriller set and a master of authentic
detail
("Kirkus Reviews").
Categories: Fiction | Espionage/Intrigue; Fiction |
Sea
Stories; Fiction | Thrillers
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Lonely Planet Italy
Contributor(s): Simonis, Damien
Lonely Planet's most successful European guide takes
readers beyond the usual cities into the heart of the Italian
countryside. This
book features seven inspiring new itineraries with more focus on
responsible
travel, farm stays, local markets, and slow food restaurants.
Categories: Travel | Europe | Italy
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Lonely Planet Tuscany and Umbria
Contributor(s): Williams, Nicola
With more focus placed on character-filled,
value-for-money places to stay and eat in one of Europe's most popular
destinations, this guide to Tuscany and Umbria includes more coverage
of
off-the-beaten-track activities, along with a new 12-page section with
maps and
images.
Categories: Travel | Europe | Italy
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Morningstar Funds 500 (2008)
Contributor(s): Kinnel, Russel (Author); Berry, Scott
(Author)Morningstar Inc (Author)
This annual publication provides readers with one-page
research reports on 500 of the best and most notable funds. Each fund
report
includes a written analysis, telling how and why a fund has succeeded
or
failed, as well as details on the funds portfolio, performance, and
manager.
Categories: Business & Economics | Investments
&
Securities | General
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Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds: Five-Star Strategies
for Success
Contributor(s): Benz, Christine
Categories: Business & Economics | Investments
&
Securities | Mutual Funds
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Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary
Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend
Contributor(s): Gerzina, Gretchen Holbrook (Author);
Gerzina, Anthony (With)
Merging exhaustively researched history and grand
storytelling, Gerzina reveals the true story of a remarkable couple
whose lives
contain the paradoxes of slavery in New England. Illustrated.
Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Cultural
Heritage; Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies -
History;
History | United States | State & Local - New England; History |
United
States | 18th Century
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The New Writer's Handbook: A Practical Anthology of Best
Advice for Your Craft & Career (2007)
Contributor(s): Martin, Philip (Editor); Jong, Erica
(Preface by)
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines |
Composition
& Creative Writing | General; Language Arts & Disciplines |
Authorship;
Reference | Writing Skills
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Race you to the Fountain of Youth: I'm Not Dead Yet (But
Parts of Me Are Going Fast) Laughing Your Way Through Midlife
Contributor(s): Bolton, Martha (Author); Dickson, Brad
(Author)
Two award-winning and acclaimed comedy writers share the
male and female perspectives of growing older in this take-it-easy
approach to
life after 40. Bolton and Dickson remind readers of their vital place
in
today’s society, even in a culture that focuses on younger, better,
faster.
Categories: Religion | Christian Life |
Inspirational;
Family & Relationships | Aging | General; Humor | General
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The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
Contributor(s): Willig, Lauren
Willig continues the exciting series with her fourth
novel featuring Lord Vaughn, the delightfully devilish spy from "The
Masque of the Black Tulip," and Mary Alsworthy, the raven-haired beauty
whose sister accidentally steals her suitor in "The Deception of the
Emerald Ring."
Categories: Fiction | Historical | General
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The Shooters
Contributor(s): Griffin, W E B
The #1 "New York Times" bestselling series
returns with a story as up-to-date as the headlines. Griffin's novels
featuring
Delta Force officer Charley Castillo and his band of troubleshooters
have won
wide praise for their realism and action.
Categories: Fiction | War & Military
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Strange as This Weather Has Been
Contributor(s): Pancake, Ann
From Booklist
*Starred Review* With her beloved West Virginia hollows
and valleys under constant onslaught by a savage coal-mining industry
whose
raping of the land threatens her home with devastating floods, Lace
Ricker
finds herself battling callous forces both without and within her own
family.
As thunderous blasts weaken their home's foundation and poisoned
wastewater
infiltrates their well, Lace and her daughter, Bant, secretly become
more
determined to find a way to stop the mines, while Lace's husband
pragmatically
refuses to fight the union bosses, and her sons tentatively, then
calamitously,
accept the challenges and adventure of life lived in the shadow of
imminent
danger. By tracing the devastating impact of coal mining through the
eyes of
Lace and her four children, Pancake's powerful debut novel evinces a
poetic
pathos and authentic respect for the land and the people who love it.
To
comprehend the egregious and tragic environmental damage
mountaintop-removal
coal mining has wrought on the once pristine vistas of Appalachia, one
should
read any one of many excellent exposés. To understand the human
toll such
destruction exacts, one must turn to fiction, for novels such as
Pancake's
reflect deeper, timeless truths. Haggas, Carol
Categories: Fiction | Literary
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A Week from Sunday
Contributor(s): Garlock, Dorothy
Adrianna Moore has just had a double shock: the death of
her father and the discovery that he has left his entire estate to his
lawyer.
The lawyer, a repulsive social climber, tells her that to regain her
inheritance, she must marry him A WEEK FROM SUNDAY. Adrianna takes off,
driving
desperately to a new life. Caught in a violent rainstorm, she collides
with an
oncoming truck. Quinn Baxter, the driver of the truck, demands
repayment for
his lost cargo. They reach a bargain: she will live in his home, tutor
his
bedridden younger brother and play piano in Quinn's tavern to pay off
her debt.
Drawn to the rugged Quinn, challenged by the interaction with the
tavern
patrons, she also must deal with an intractable foe--Quinn's
housekeeper who is
scheming to become his wife. And all the while, the spurned lawyer is
following
Adrianna's trail, determined to find her and force her to marry him.
Categories: Fiction | Romance | General
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Windswept
Contributor(s): Macela, Ann
Young historian Barrett Browning is summoned to an old
plantation to inventory a library of family papers. Davis Jamison, the
plantations owner, distrusts Barrett’s scholarly ambitions. The
standoff
between the two crumbles when Davis begins to realize that he is
falling in
love.
(PBK) Categories:
Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
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The Winter Rose
Contributor(s): Donnelly, Jennifer
It has been 12 years since a dark, murderous figure
stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. Reformers, moved by the
plight of
the poor, work to better their conditions. Among them is an idealistic
young
doctor named India Selwyn-Jones.
Categories: Fiction | Historical | General