SEPTEMBER 2010 ACQUISTIONS – ADULT COLLECTION Ape House by Gruen, Sara Gruen's "Water for Elephants" has become one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of our time. Now the author has moved from a circus elephant to a family of bonobo apes kidnapped from a language laboratory and their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show. (Literary Fiction) Categories: Fiction | Literary Bad Boy: An Inspector Banks Novel by Robinson, Peter The acclaimed international bestselling author delivers a fast-paced, nail-biting thriller in which Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks must face his most challenging and personal case yet--one in which he must save his daughter's life. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General The Bells by Harvell, Richard Dazzling, enchanting and epic, "The Bells" is the confession of a thief, kidnapper, and unlikely lover--a boy with the voice of an angel whose exquisite sense of hearing becomes both his life's tragic curse and its greatest blessing. Categories: Fiction | Historical | General Bound by Nelson, Antonya The critically acclaimed author of "Nothing Right" delivers her much-anticipated first novel in a decade--a story of tangled lives, set in a Wichita riveted by the reemergence of the infamous serial killer known as BTK. Categories: Fiction | Literary By Nightfall by Cunningham, Michael (Author) Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties denizens of Manhattan's SoHo, are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy until her much-younger look-alike brother shows up for a visit. Like his legendary, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Hours," Cunningham's masterly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Categories: Fiction | Literary Compass Rose by Casey, John Casey's magnificent new novel follows Rose and the complex constellation of family, friends, and foes that circle around her as the years go by, working their slow but irreversible changes on one another and on the rugged, magical landscape they inhabit. Categories: Fiction | Literary Day for Night by Reiken, Frederick The prize-winning author of "The Odd Sea" and "The Lost Legends of New Jersey" offers this dazzling and moving novel about a family's mysterious past. Categories: Fiction | Literary Faceless Killers by Mankell, Henning First in the Kurt Wallander series. It was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn't present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman's last word is "foreign," leaving the police the one tangible clue they have- and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden's already smoldering anti-immigrant sentiments. Unlike the situation with his ex-wife, his estranged daughter, or the beautiful but married young prosecuter who has peaked his interest, in this case, Wallander finds a problem he can handle. He quickly becomes obsessed with solving the crime before the already tense situation explodes, but soon comes to realize that it will require all his reserves of energy and dedication to solve. "From the Trade Paperback edition." Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General Fall of Giants by Follett, Ken The first novel in The Century Trilogy follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage. Categories: Fiction | Historical | General Frankenstein's Monster by Heyboer O'Keefe, Susan "Frankenstein's Monster" continues the story of Mary Shelley's classic creature after he loses himself in the bitter landscape of the North Pole. This is a tale of violent emotion, obsession, and redemption. Categories: Fiction | General Freedom by Franzen, Jonathan From the National Book Award-winning author of "The Corrections" comes a darkly comedic novel about family. Franzen's intensely realized characters struggle to learn how to live in an ever-confusing world--one with the temptations and burdens of liberty, the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, and the heavy weight of empire. Categories: Fiction | Literary Getting to Happy by McMillan, Terry An exuberant return to the four unforgettable heroines of "Waiting to Exhale"-- Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin--15 years later. Each is at her own midlife crossroads. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams. They've exhaled: now they are learning to breathe. Categories: Fiction | African American | Contemporary Women Hell's Corner by Baldacci, David On the night of a State Dinner honoring the British Prime Minister, a bomb detonates in what looks like a terrorist plot. The mysterious attackers have a special target in their sights, and it's up to the Camel Club to stop them, or face the catastrophic results. Categories: Fiction | Thrillers The High King of Montival: A Novel of the Change by Stirling, S M In this post-apocalyptic series chronicling a modern world without technology, Rudi Mackenzie returns to Montival in the Pacific Northwest, where he will face the legions of the Prophet. To achieve victory, he must assemble a coalition of those who had been his enemies a few months before and forge them into an army that will rescue his homeland. Categories: Fiction | Science Fiction | General The Invisible Bridge by Orringer, Julie Orringer's astonishing first novel is a grand love story and an epic tale of three brothers whose lives are torn apart by war. An unforgettable story of history and love, of marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation, and of the dangerous power of art in a time of war. Categories: Fiction | Literary Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron: Being a Jane Austen Mystery by Barron, Stephanie The restorative power of the ocean brings Jane Austen and her beloved brother Henry, to Brighton after Henry's wife is lost to a long illness. But the crowded, glittering resort is far from peaceful, especially when the lifeless body of a beautiful young society miss is discovered in the bedchamber of none other than George Gordon--otherwise known as Lord Byron. As a poet and a seducer of women, Byron has carved out a shocking reputation for himself--but no one would ever accuse him of being capable of murder. Now it falls to Jane to pursue this puzzling investigation and discover just how "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" Byron truly is. And she must do so without falling victim to the charming versifier's legendary charisma, lest she, too, become a cautionary example for the ages. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir by Vonnegut, Mark Vonnegut recalls the past 35 years of his life--from Harvard Medical School and a brilliant pediatrics career to the terrifying return of mental illness--while also reflecting on his unique New England childhood as the only son of a not-yet- famous Kurt Vonnegut. Categories: Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography | Medical | Physicians; Psychology | Psychopathology | Schizophrenia; Psychology | Psychopathology | Bipolar Disorder Last Night's Scandal by Chase, Loretta Another deliciously passionate and emotionally rich romance from "New York Times"-bestselling author Chase, about an unlikely pair who just can't escape each other--no matter how hard they try. Original. Categories: Fiction | Romance | Historical Liar, Liar: A Cat DeLuca Mystery by Larsen, K J Private Investigator Cat DeLuca and her Pants on Fire Detective Agency have a reputation for catching cheaters. It's a skill Cat mastered when married to her run- around ex, Johnnie Ricco. Life takes a strange turn when a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune" (Rita Polansky) masquerades as a client with a liar-liar husband. Rita retains Cat to follow Chance Savino, a steamy guy with a pocketful of smuggled diamonds. Can Cat solve the case before she becomes the next victim? Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption by Gorant, Jim Animal lovers and sports fans were shocked when the story broke about NFL player Michael Vick's brutal dog-fighting operation. But what became of the dozens of dogs who survived? As acclaimed writer Gorant discovered, their story is the truly newsworthy aspect of this case. Categories: Pets | Essays; Pets | Dogs | Breeds Lost Empire by Cussler, Clive; Blackwood, Grant While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo discover a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship named the "Shenandoah." An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery, and a rumored second artifact, but, unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. (Men's Adventure) Categories: Fiction | Men's Adventure Love Songs from a Shallow Grave: A Dr. Siri Investigation Set in Laos by Cotterill, Colin Three young Laotian women have died of fencing sword wounds. Before he can complete his investigation, Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia by an all-expenses-paid trip. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, he is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General The Mapping of Love and Death by Winspear, Jacqueline In this latest installment in the "New York Times"-bestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of wartime love and death--an investigation that leads her to a doomed affair between a young cartographer and a mysterious nurse. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Women Sleuths Midnight Crystal by Castle, Jayne From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Obsidian Prey" comes Book Three of the Dreamlight trilogy. Original. Categories: Fiction | Romance | Paranormal Nemesis by Roth, Philip In the "stifling heat of equatorial Newark," a terrifying epidemic is raging, threatening the children of the New Jersey city with maiming, paralysis, life-long disability, and even death. This is the startling and surprising theme of Roth's wrenching new book: a wartime polio epidemic in the summer of 1944 and the effect it has on a community and its children. Categories: Fiction | Literary Nemesis by Davis, Lindsey Davis delivers the much-awaited latest installment in this "New York Times"- bestselling series, which brings Marcus Didius Falco back to the city of Rome and its deadly, convoluted intrigues. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Historical The Network by Elliot, Jason With characters based on real people and drawing on the author's firsthand knowledge of Afghanistan, this bold novel by the author of "Unexpected Light" illuminates the dark recesses of the intelligence community during the struggle to avoid a terrorist attack. Categories: Fiction | Espionage/Intrigue Pirates of the Levant by Perez-Reverte, Arturo; Costa, Margaret Jull (Translator) Accompanied by his faithful foster son, Captain Alatriste accepts a job as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon. The ship sets sail from Naples on a journey that will take them to some of the most remote-and wretched-outposts of the empire and bloody battle on the high seas that will challenge even the battle- hardened Alatriste's resolve. Categories: Fiction | Action & Adventure Portobello by Rendell, Ruth From Rendell, "reigning queen of crime fiction" ("Time Out"), comes a psychologically intense novel about a small crime and its devastating aftermath. Categories: Fiction | Mystery & Detective | General; Fiction | Suspense Room by Donoghue, Emma Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, "Room" is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another. Categories: Fiction | General Small Furry Prayer by Kotler, Steven Spurred to move by a housing crisis in Los Angeles, Kotler and his wife bought a postage-stamp-size farm in Chimayo, New Mexico, which became Rancho de Chihuahua, the sanctuary they created for their special-needs pack of rescued dogs. Categories: Pets | Essays; Pets | Dogs | General Solomon's Oak by Mapson, Jo-Ann In Mapson's deeply felt, wise, and gritty new novel, three broken souls, who have suffered losses that change their lives forever, find in each other an expected comfort, the bond of friendship, and a second chance to see the miracles of everyday life. Categories: Fiction | Literary Some Sing, Some Cry by Shange, Ntozake; Bayeza, Ifa Shange, the award-winning author of "for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf," and her sister Bayeza, the award-winning playwright of "The Ballad of Emmett Till," take readers on an astonishing tour through the watershed events of American history as experienced by one strong and musically gifted family. Categories: Fiction | Literary Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight about Animals by Herzog, Hal A leading scientist offers an unprecedented look inside humans' complex and often paradoxical relationships with animals. Categories: Nature | Animals | General; Social Science | Human Geography Star Island by Hiaasen, Carl) Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherry's "undercover stunt double," portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo. Now the challenge for Cherry's handlers is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence secret from the public--and from Cherry herself. Categories: Fiction | General The Thorn by Lewis, Beverly The first book in a stirring new saga of two Amish sisters on the fringe of the church--and the unforeseen discoveries that change their lives Categories: Fiction | Christian | General To the End of the Land by Grossman, David; Cohen, Jessica (Translator) From one of Israel's most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life and the cost of war. Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son's release from army service when he returns to the front. She sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with bad news. Categories: Fiction | Literary Warlord: An Alex Hawke Novel by Bell, Ted Gentleman spy Alex Hawke has all but given up on life. The British-American M16 counterterrorism operative lost the woman he loved on his last mission, almost a year ago, and has sought refuge at the bottom of a rum bottle ever since. But late one night at his home on Bermuda, he receives a wake-up call . . . literally. Categories: Fiction | Thrillers The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Wilkerson, Isabel With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells the story of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, from 1915 to 1970, through the lives of three unique individuals. Categories: Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies - Histor; Social Science | Emigration & Immigration; History | United States | 20th Century; History | Social History You Lost Me There by Baldwin, Rosecrans By turns funny, charming, and tragic, Baldwin's debut novel takes readers inside the heart and mind of Dr. Victor Aaron, a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the Soborg Institute on Mount Desert Island in Maine, who discovers his wife has pursued couples counseling. Categories: Fiction | Medical