March
14, 2010
ADULT FICTION
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FANTASY
IN DEATH, by J. D. Robb. Lt.
Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a fantasy - game
entrepreneur; by Nora Roberts, writing psecudonymously. |
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THE HELP, by Kathryn
Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s
Mississippi. |
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BLACK
MAGIC SANCTION, by Kim
Harrison. A witch who is also a bounty hunter is shunned by her
kind; the eighth Rachel Morgan book. |
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SPLIT
IMAGE, by Robert B. Parker.
Jesse Stone, the police chief of Paradise, Mass., copes with
divorce, the bottle and the murder of a mob soldier. |
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BIG
GIRL, by Danielle Steel. A
woman with weight issues learns to accept herself. |
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WORST
CASE, by James Patterson and
Michael Ledwidge. A New York detective raising to children alone
investigates a string of kidnappings and killings of teenagers by
a villain with unusual motives. |
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THE
MAN FROM BEIJING, by Henning
Mankell. A massacre in a tiny Swedish village has roots in the pas
and on other continents. |
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THE
LOST SYMBOL, by Dan Brown.
Robert Langdon among the Masons. |
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WINTER
GARDEN, by Kristin Hannah.
After their father's death, two sisters must cooperate tor un his
apple orchard and care for their difficult mother. |
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THE
POSTMISTRESS, by Sarah Blake.
Ordinary life in a Massachusetts small town and an American radio
reporter in England in the 1940's. |
ADULT NON-FICTION
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GAME
CHANGE, by John
Heilemann and Mark Halperin. Behind the scenes at the 2008
election with Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, John and
Elizabeth Edwards, John McCain and Sarah Palin. |
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THE
IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by
Rebecca skloot. Race, poverty and science intertwine in the story
of the woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her
permission in 1951 and have supported a mountain of research
undertaken since then. |
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I
AM OZZY, by
Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres. Recollections of heavy metal's
"Prince of Darkness." |
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THE
POLITICIAN, by
Andrew Young. A tell-all by john Edwards's closest aide. |
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HAVE
A LITTLE FAITH,
by Mitch Albom. A suburban rabbi and a Detroit pastor teach
lessons about the comfort of belief. |
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THE
CHECKLIST MANIFESTO, by
Atul Gawande. Following checklists makes surgery safer and other
activities more efficient, a doctor argues. |
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OUTLIERS, by
Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed, from the author of
"Blink." |
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WILLIE
MAYS, by James
S. Hirsch. The life and career of a baseball legend. |
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COMMITTED, by
Elizabeth Gilbert. The Author of "Eat, Pray, Love"
wrestles with and overcomes, her ambivalence about marriage. |
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STONES
INTO SCHOOLS, by
Greg Mortenson. Building schools, many of them for girls, in
northeast Afghanistan; takes up where "Three Cups of
Tea" left off. |
CHILDREN'S
BOOKS
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THE
EASTER EGG, written and illustrated by Jan Brett.
A story of kindness and the hatching of spring. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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THE
LION AND THE MOUSE, by Jerry Pinkney. A fable of
reciprocal kindness, redrawn. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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DISNEY'S
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THE VISUAL GUIDE, written by
Jo Casey and Laura Gilbert. A movie tie-in. (Ages 8 and up) |
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LISTEN
TO THE WIND: THE STORY OF DR. GREG AND "THREE CUPS OF
TEA", by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth.
Illustrated by Susan L. Roth. A school grows in Pakistan. (Ages 4
to 8) |
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CAT
THE CAT, WHO IS THAT?, written
and illustrated by Mo Willems. A friendly cat introduces her
social set. (Ages 1 to 5) |
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WADDLE!, written and illustrated by
Rufus Butler Seder. Animals in motion, with color. (Ages 4 to 8) |
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LET'S
SAY HI TO FRIENDS WHO FLY!, by written and
illustrated by Mo Willems. The cat named Cat expands her circle to
the creatures of the air. (Age 1 to 5) |
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ALL
THE WORLD, by Liz Garton Scanlon. Illustrated by
Maria Frazee. A day in the life of a multicultural family. (Ages 4
to 8) |
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I
AM GOING!, written and illustrated by Mo Willems.
Gerald and Piggie, contrary pals, work out their comings and
goings. (Ages 4 to8) |
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SIT-IN, by
Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Four friends
at a lunch counter take a stand for civil rights. (Ages 6 and up)
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(NOTE: This list was taken from the New
York Times Bestseller List) |
