Materials
Adult New Releases
May and June
Fiction
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The Fiddler
By Beverly Lewis
"When Amanda Devries, thoroughly modern and disillusioned, takes a wrong turn during a rainstorm, she unexpectedly meets and Amishman - and a Community, that might just change her life forever."
From The Author's Website www.beverlylewis.com |
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The Language of Flowers
By Vanessa Diffenbaugh
"Annie Martin loves the Plain ways of her Old Order Mennonite people, like those revered by her beloved grandfather. Retreating from a contentious relationship with her mother, Annie goes to live with her Daadi Moses in Apple Ridge.
But as spring moves into Pennsylvania and Annie spends time amongst the cherry trees with the handsome Aden Zook, she wishes she could forget how deeply the lines between the Old Order Amish and Old Order Mennonite are drawn."
From The Author's Websire www.cindywoodsmall.com |
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The Lost Ones
By Ace Atkins
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Mothers and Other Liars
By Amy Bourret
"How far will a mother go to save her child? Ten years ago, Ruby Leander was a drifting nineteen-year-old who made a split-second decision at an Oklahoma rest stop. Fast forward nine years: Ruby and her daughter Lark live in New Mexico. Lark is a precocious, animal loving imp, and Ruby has built a family for them with a wonderful community of friends and her boyfriend of three years. Life is good. Until the day Ruby reads a magazine article about parents searching for an infant kidnapped by car-jackers. Then Ruby faces a choice no mother should have to make. A choice that will change both her and Lark's lives forever."
Description From The Author's Website www.amybourret.com |
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Letter From A Stranger
By Barbara Taylor Bradford
"When award-winning film maker Justine Nolan returns to her beautiful childhood home, she is intrigued by an envelope she finds in her absent mother's post. But the letter inside contains a shocking revelation. If genuine it will change everything she believes about her family's recent history, her mother and her adored grandmother, Gabriele.
With the support of her beloved twin brother, Richard, Justine resolves to uncover the truth. To do so she must travel to Istanbul - the teeming, beguiling city on the cusp of East and West. It is a place which holds its own secrets, leading her to a fascinating man who appears to know more than he is prepared to disclose."
From The Author's Website www.barbarataylorbradford.com |
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Love is Murder
By Sandra Brown
“Prepare for heart-racing suspense in this original collection by thirty of the hottest bestselling authors and new voices writing romance suspense today.
Go on vacation with Allison Brennan's Lucy Kincaid, where she saves a man from drowning, only to discover he is in far greater danger on land. Meet Roxanne St. Claire's "bullet catcher"—bodyguard Donovan Rush—who may have met his match in the sexually charged "Diamond Drop." Debut author William Simon shows us what happens when the granddaughter of the president of the United States is kidnapped. And Lee Child's pitch-perfect "I Heard a Romantic Story" puts a whole new spin on Love Is Murder.
Bodyguards, vigilantes, stalkers, serial killers, women (and men!) in jeopardy, cops, thieves, P.I.s, killers—these all-new stories will keep you thrilled and chilled late into the night."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Sunrise Point
By Robyn Carr
"Former marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.
Nothing like Nora Crane. So why can’t he keep his eyes off the striking single mother?"
From The Author's Website www.robyncarr.com |
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The Good Father
By Diane Chamberlain
"Four years ago, nineteen-year-old Travis Brown made a choice: to raise his newborn daughter on his own. While most of his friends were out partying and meeting girls, Travis was at home, changing diapers and worrying about keeping food on the table. He’s never regretted his decision: Bella is the light of his life. But after Travis loses his job and his home, the security he’s worked so hard to create for his daughter begins to crumble. When he receives a job offer, he thinks his troubles have come to an end . . . not realizing that they’ve only just begun."
From The Author's Website www.dianechamberlain.com |
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The Third Gate
By Lincoln Child
"Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history.
Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all--Narmer's crown--might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer's is the elusive «double» crown of the two Egypts, supposedly possessed of awesome powers."
From The Author's Website www.prestonchild.com |
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Wallflower In Bloom
By Claire Cook
"Deirdre Griffin has a great life; it’s just not her own. She’s the around-the-clock personal assistant to her charismatic, high-maintenance, New Age guru brother, Tag. As the family wallflower, her only worth seems to be as gatekeeper to Tag at his New England seaside compound.
Then Deirdre’s sometime boyfriend informs her that he is marrying another woman, who just happens to be having the baby he told Deirdre he never wanted. While drowning her sorrows in Tag’s expensive vodka, Deirdre decides to use his massive online following to get herself voted on as a last-minute Dancing with the Stars replacement. It’ll get her back in shape, mentally and physically. It might even get her a life of her own. Deirdre’s fifteen minutes of fame have begun"
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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The Storm
By Clive Cussler
"In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew member spots a sheen of black oil ahead of them. But it is not oil. Like a horde of army ants, a swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing everyone aboard, while the ship itself goes up in flames.
A few hours later, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are on their way to the Indian Ocean. What they will find there on the smoldering hulk of the ship will eventually lead them to the discovery of the most audacious scheme they have ever known: a plan to permanently alter the weather on a global scale. It will kill millions . . . and it has already begun."
From The Author's Website www.clive-cussler-books.com |
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The Thief
By Clive Cussler
"On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency’s intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell.
Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and popular culture-and perhaps something more."
From The Author's Website www.clive-cussler-books.com |
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XO
By Jeffery Deaver
"Kayleigh Towne is gorgeous with a voice that is taking her to the heights of the country pop charts. Her hit single "Your Shadow" puts her happily in the spotlight, until an innocent exchange with one of her fans leads Kayleigh into a dark and terrifying realm. The fan warns, "I'm coming for you," and soon accidents happen and people close to Kayleigh die. Special Agent Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body language analysis to stop the stalker—but before long she learns that, like many celebrities, Kayleigh has more than just one fan with a mission. "
From www.jefferydeaver.com |
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The Road to Grace
By Richard Paul Evans
"The Road to Grace is the third installment of Richard’s bestselling series, The Walk, the ongoing story of one man’s unrelenting search for hope. Reeling from the sudden loss of his wife, his home, and his business, Alan Christoffersen, a once successful advertising executive, has left everything he knew behind and set off on an extraordinary cross-country journey. Carrying only a backpack, he plans to walk to Key West, the farthest destination on his map."
From The Author's Website www.richardpaulevans.com |
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Gone Girl
By Gillian Flynn
"On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick Dunne’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly evasive, and he’s definitely bitter—but is he really a killer? As the cops close in, every couple in town is soon wondering how well they know the one that they love."
From The Author's Website www.gillian-flynn.com |
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Porch Lights
By Dorthea Benton Frank
"When Jimmy McMullen, a fireman, is killed in the line of duty, his wife, Jackie, and ten-year-old son, Charlie, are devastated. Charlie idolized his dad, and now the outgoing, curious boy has become quiet and reserved. Trusting in the healing power of family, Jackie decides to return to her childhood home on Sullivans Island."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Spilled Blood
By Brian Freeman
"Linked by the Spirit River, the two towns couldn't be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that company's carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporation's president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Reluctantly, Olivia's mother summons her estranged husband Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, to come defend his daughter. As Christopher struggles to unravel the mystery of Ashlynn's murder and save his own daughter, he uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. And looming over everything are the chilling, apocalyptic threats from a murderous psychopath known only as “Aquarius.” "
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Heading Out to Wonderful
By Robert Goolrick
" 'Let me tell you something, son.
When you're young, and you head out to wonderful, everything is fresh and bright as a brand-new penny, but before you get to wonderful you're going to have to pass through all right. And when you get to all right, stop and take a good, long look, because that may be as far as you're ever going to go.' "
From The Author's Website www.robertgoolrick.com |
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The Red House
By Mark Haddon
"The set-up of Mark Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister Angela and her family to join his for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Richard has just re-married and inherited a willful stepdaughter in the process; Angela has a feckless husband and three children who sometimes seem alien to her. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, a staple of family gatherings the world over.
But because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. Told through the alternating viewpoints of each character, The Red House becomes a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly-guarded secrets and illicit desires, all adding up to a portrait of contemporary family life that is bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt. As we come to know each character they become profoundly real to us. We understand them, even as we come to realize they will never fully understand each other, which is the tragicomedy of every family."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Stolen Prey
By John Sanford
"Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed — husband, wife, two kids, dogs. On the wall, in blood: "Were coming." No apostrophe.
There's something about the scene that tugs at Lucas's cop instincts — it looks an awful lot like the kind of scorched-earth retribution he's seen from Mexican drug gangs. But this is a seriously upscale town, the husband ran a modest software company, the wife dabbled in local politics. None of it seems to fit."
From www.johnsanford.com |
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Objects Of My Affection
By Jill Smolinski
"Lucy Bloom is broke, been dumped by her boyfriend, and had to sell her house to send her nineteen-year-old son to drug rehab. So when she’s offered a high-paying gig helping clear the clutter from the home of reclusive and eccentric painter Marva Meier Rios, Lucy grabs it. She rolls up her sleeves to take on the mess that fills every room of Marva’s huge home, but Lucy soon learns that the real challenge may be taking on Marva, who seems to love the objects in her home too much to let go of any of them."
From www.jillsmolinski.com |
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Summer Breeze
By Nancy Thayer
"Fed up with New York City’s hectic pace, Natalie Reynolds takes up her aunt’s offer to move to the Berkshires and house-sit her fabulous lakeside house for a year. Passionate about applying brush to canvas, Natalie is poised to become the artist she has forever longed to be. But life on Dragonfly Lake is never without surprises, and for a novice swimmer like Natalie, the most welcome surprise proves to be the arms of a handsome neighbor pulling her up from the water for a gulp of air."
From The Author's Website www.nancythayer.com |
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Unnatural Acts
By Stuart Woods
"When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems like an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as Stone and his erstwhile protégé, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case—and an old one comes back to haunt him---he realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes…and plan new ones.
From Manhattan’s mahogany-paneled law offices to its dimly lit night clubs and modern penthouse lofts, the trail of entrapment and murder leads to a shocking act that no one could never have anticipated..."
From The Author's Website www.stuartwoods.com |
Mystery
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Aunt Dimity & the Village Witch
By Nancy Atherton
"When I wrote those lines nearly twenty years ago I had no idea that they would take me on the most magical journey of my life, a journey filled with mystery and history, romance and fantasy, laughter and heartache, many, many surprises, and, oh, yes, yummy recipes!
I thank my characters every day for allowing me to tell their stories, for keeping me excited, entertained, perplexed, charmed, and eager to know what will happen next. They've proved to me, time and time again, that there's more to mystery than murder."
From The Author's Website www.aunt-dimity.com |
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The Big Cat Nap
By Rita Mae Brown
"To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the beloved Mrs. Murphy mystery series, Rita Mae Brown and her intrepid feline co-author Sneaky Pie Brown return with a charming claw-biting tale starring Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. Of course prowling faithfully at Harry’s side are the sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy, ever wise, and Pewter, reliably cranky and always primed with a razor-sharp quip. Fiercely loyal and on the alert, corgi Tee Tucker is also never far behind. This time, Harry and her menagerie throw a wrench into the gears of a killer of grease monkeys."
From The Author's Website www.ritamaebrown.com |
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Deadlocked
By Charlaine Harris
"It’s vampire politics as usual around the town of Bon Temps, but never before have they hit so close to Sookie’s heart…
Growing up with telepathic abilities, Sookie Stackhouse realized early on there were things she’d rather not know. And now that she’s an adult, she also realizes that some things she knows about, she’d rather not see—like Eric Northman feeding off another woman. A younger one."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Lullaby
By Ace Atkins
"When fourteen-year-old Mattie Sullivan asks Spenser to look into her mother’s murder, he’s not completely convinced by her claim that the police investigation four years ago was botched. Mattie is gruff, street-smart, and wise beyond her years, left to care for her younger siblings and an alcoholic grandmother in a dilapidated apartment in South Boston. But her need for closure and her determination to make things right hit Spenser where he lives — they’re the very characteristics he abides by."
From The Author's Website www.aceatkins.com |
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Dorchester Terrace
By Anne Perry
"Thomas Pitt, once a lowly policeman, is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. He, too, feels painful moments of self-doubt, especially as rumors reach him of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line—on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel to visit his royal English kin."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
Non-Fiction
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Windows 7 For Dummies
By Andy Rathbone
"The latest edition of the bestselling computer book of all time explains Microsoft’s newest Windows version, Windows 7. Compared with Windows Vista, it’s a dream!"
From The Author's Website www.andyrathbone.com |
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Do Yourself A Favor, Forgive
By Joyce Meyer
"Unforgiveness is rooted in anger, one of our most insidious and destructive emotions. It could lead to broken relationships, sleepless nights, high blood pressure and ulcers. It destroys friendships, marriages and families, not to mention peace of mind.
But if you are wronged, why should you forgive? In this book, Joyce explains that forgiveness is the key to freedom from the terrible turmoil that anger causes to spill over into every part of life."
From The Author's Website www.joycemeyer.com |
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Legal Guide For Small Business
By The American Bar Association
"Whether dreaming of a start-up or hoping to sell an established small business, all entrepreneurs need legal guidance. This updated edition of the American Bar Association Legal Guide for Small Business contains indispensable information for future and current business owners about founding, running, and selling a small business, including the legal aspects of:
- Franchise agreements and independent business ideas
- Financing, insurance, and other first steps
- Contracts, intellectual property, and liabilities
- Dealing with employees and customers
- Understanding and paying business taxes
- Selling a small business and retirement planning"
From The Author's Website apps.americanbar.org |
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The Small Business Start Up Kit
By Peri Pakroo
"User-friendly and loaded with tips, The Small Business Start-Up Kit shows you how to launch a business quickly, easily and with confidence. It explains in plain English how to:
- choose the best business structure
- write an effective business plan
- file the right forms in the right place
- price, bid and bill your projects
- draft and use contracts, online and off
- manage your finances
- be prepared for, and file, required taxes, and
- reach customers online."
From The Author's Website barnesandnoble.com |
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Dream New Dreams : Reimagining My Life After Loss
By Jai Pausch
"In Dream New Dreams, Jai Pausch shares her own story for the first time: her emotional journey from wife and mother to full-time caregiver, shuttling between her three young children and Randy’s bedside as he sought treatment far from home; and then to widow and single parent, fighting to preserve a sense of stability for her family, while coping with her own grief and the challenges of running a household without a partner."
From The Author's Website www.tworoadbooks.com |
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Love Life and Elephants : An African Love Story
By Daphne Jenkins Sheldrick
"Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya’s rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other baby animals from certain death.
In this heartwarming and poignant memoir, Daphne shares her amazing relationships with a host of orphans, including her first love, Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope; Rickey-Tickey-Tavey, the little dwarf mongoose; Gregory Peck, the busy buffalo weaver bird; Huppety, the mischievous zebra; and the majestic elephant Eleanor, with whom Daphne has shared more than forty years of great friendship."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?
By Lisa Caponigri
"The family that eats together stays together! That's what Lisa Caponigri believes, and she created Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner? to give real families recipes they can easily cook and enjoy together. Caponigri has devised 52 delicious Italian menus--one for each Sunday of the year--that feature all the favorites, including classics like crostini, lasagne, polenta, stuffed peppers, veal piccata, risotto alla Milanese, and ricotta pie. There are also many surprises like Woodman's pasta and Italian french fries--and traditional, treasured dishes from her own family's kitchen, such as Nana's Strufoli and Grandma Caponigri's Ragu Sauce. "
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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Profits Aren't Everything, They're the Only Thing
By George Cloutier
"When small- and medium-sized business owners first hear George Cloutier's rules, they often think he's a madman. His controversial rules for doing business—rules that aren't taught at Harvard Business School—include:
The best family business has one member.
Weekends are for working, not playing golf or coaching.
Never pay your vendors on time.
Wear your control freak badge with pride.
Quit denial: if your business is failing during a recession, it's your fault.
As the founder and CEO of American Management Services, Cloutier has emerged as "the leading advocate for small business" (Reuters), having spent over thirty years guiding business owners through the tough choices that line the road to profitability. He and his company have worked with more than six thousand companies, averting certain ruin for some and generating seemingly impossible growth and profitability for others."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Handbook
By Colleen DeBaise
"Because starting a small business is not only a huge financial risk but also a complete lifestyle change, anyone who wants to be his or her own boss needs to approach entrepreneurship thoughtfully and with careful planning."
From The Author's Website colleendebaise.com |
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The Small Business Bible : Everything You Need to Know to Succeed In Your Small Business
By Steven D. Strauss
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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The $100 Startup : Reinvent the Way You Make A Living, Do What You Love and Create A New Future
By Chris Guillebeau
"Imagine that today is your final day of working for anyone other than yourself. What if—very soon, not in some distant, undefined future—you prepare for work by firing up a laptop in your home office, walking into a storefront you’ve opened, phoning a client who trusts you for helpful advice, or otherwise doing what you want instead of what someone tells you to do?
All over the world, and in many different ways, thousands of people are doing exactly that. They are rewriting the rules of work, becoming their own bosses, and creating a new future."
From 100startup.com |
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Business for Beginners
By Frances McGuckin
"From research and business plans to money, marketing and the law."
From The Author's Website www.smallbizpro.com |
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The E-Myth Enterprise
By Michael E. Gerber
"The latest book in the Michael E. Gerber franchise, The E-Myth Enterprise explores the requirement that any new business must meet: the satisfaction of its four primary influencers—its employees, customers, suppliers, and investors.
The E-Myth Enterprise is an indispensable follow-up to Awakening the Entrepreneur Within, showing would-be entrepreneurs how to put a promising idea to work and helping to transform their dream into reality. Next, readers can turn to The E-Myth Revisited for tried-and-true advice about avoiding the pitfalls that prevent most small business owners from succeeding. The E-Myth Manager provides essential guidance for the management of any business. Finally, E-Myth Mastery offers valuable advice on how to take an existing business to the next level of growth and opportunity."
From The Author's Website www.michaelegerbercompanies.com |
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The Flying Machine
By Bobby Mercer
"Calling all future Amelia Earharts and Chuck Yeagers?there?s more than one way to get off the ground! The Flying Machine Book will show you how to construct 35 easy-to-build and fun-to-fly contraption..."
From The Author's Website www.glider-books.maimeearaitum.com |
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Honkey Tonk Girl
By Loretta Lynn
"The book combines years of photos and lyrics from some 300 songs, among them ‘Don’t Come Home a’ Drinkin” and and ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter.’ There’s also a forward by Elvis Costello, one of the Kentucky songstress’s countless admirers in numerous genres."
From The Author's Website www.lorettalynn.com |
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Theme Parties Just For Kids And Families Too
By Pat Nekola
"The step by step theme party book is filled with recipes, theme cakes, crafts, organizational shopping lists, music, heartwarming stories, poems and references to give you ideas for each party. The book is full of patterns, diagrams, and colored pictures to help the reader create a memorable party. Catch the party spirit and reap the praises from your guests at your next kid's party."
From the Author's Website www.patnekolabooks.com |
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This is How
By Augusten Burroughs
"Augusten Burroughs's brutally direct self-help book"
From The Author's Website www.augusten.com |
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I Am A Pole (And So Can You!)
By Stephen Colbert
"The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation.
Also Father's Day.
Also, other times"
From The Author's Website www.colbertnation.com |
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The Kissing Sailor : The Mystery Behind The Photo That Ended Worl War II
By Lawrence Verria
"On August 14, 1945, Alfred Eisenstaedt took a picture of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square, minutes after they had learned of Japan's surrender to the United States. LIFE magazine published that photograph two weeks later. From then onward everyone who saw the picture knew what it felt like when World War II ended. They wanted to know more. However, Eisenstaedt spoke neither to the nurse or the sailor, and recorded no notes of the occurrence. Mystery surrounded Time Square's most cherished moment."
From www.barnesandnoble.com |
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