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Friday, September 25, 2009
New Books
The Hunger games / Suzanne Collins
Post-apocolyptic, fantasy. Hunting for food is part of the annual "Hunger Games," and the Games are a fight to the death. Sequel : Catching Fire
Post-apocolyptic, fantasy. Hunting for food is part of the annual "Hunger Games," and the Games are a fight to the death. Sequel : Catching Fire
Getting the girl : a guide to private investigation, surveillance, and cookery / Susan Juby
Someone is “D-listing” or blackballing girls at Harewood Technical, and Sherman Mack is determined to find out who. For altruistic reasons and to impress the lovely Vanessa, Mack becomes a teen detective.”
Someone is “D-listing” or blackballing girls at Harewood Technical, and Sherman Mack is determined to find out who. For altruistic reasons and to impress the lovely Vanessa, Mack becomes a teen detective.”
Dangerous Liaisons / Choderlos de Laclos
Published in the years preceding the French Revolution, Laclos writes of emotional and moral depravity, aristocrats who seduce and manipulate others for the sake of amusement.
Sunrise over Fallujah / Walter D. MyersPublished in the years preceding the French Revolution, Laclos writes of emotional and moral depravity, aristocrats who seduce and manipulate others for the sake of amusement.
As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Robin Perry wonders about "an enemy we can't identify and friends we're not sure about." Captures the beauty of Iraq, the ugliness war, and the comraderie of soldiers. Robin's eventually decides that his experience was not about winning or losing the war but about "reaching for the highest idea of life." [Amazon, 8/25/09]
Tending lives : nurses on the medical front / Echo Heron
A collection of interviews with nurses in various fields. Alternately heart-warming and hilarious, the stories include a glimpse into a psych ward and stories from nurses who treated patients in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. Heron portrays the compassion and commitment of highly trained professional nurses.
A collection of interviews with nurses in various fields. Alternately heart-warming and hilarious, the stories include a glimpse into a psych ward and stories from nurses who treated patients in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. Heron portrays the compassion and commitment of highly trained professional nurses.
Second glance / Jodi Picoult
“It is August in Comtosook, Vt., yet suddenly the temperature fluctuates wildly, rose petals mysteriously fall like snow, patches of land are completely frozen and roiling garter snakes cover the ground. Suspense and the supernatural are artfully interwoven in this 10th novel by Picoult (Perfect Match, etc.), in which a man desperately seeks to join his fiancee in death, and a 1930s eugenics project comes back to haunt a small town in Vermont.” [Amazon, 8/25/09]
“It is August in Comtosook, Vt., yet suddenly the temperature fluctuates wildly, rose petals mysteriously fall like snow, patches of land are completely frozen and roiling garter snakes cover the ground. Suspense and the supernatural are artfully interwoven in this 10th novel by Picoult (Perfect Match, etc.), in which a man desperately seeks to join his fiancee in death, and a 1930s eugenics project comes back to haunt a small town in Vermont.” [Amazon, 8/25/09]
Harvesting the heart / Jodi Picoult
Paige, a gifted painter, sets aside her art to support her husband, Nicholas, while he attends medical school. Abandoned by her birth mother and rejected by her wealthy in-laws, Paige’s search for self-confidence reaches a crisis point when her son is born.
Paige, a gifted painter, sets aside her art to support her husband, Nicholas, while he attends medical school. Abandoned by her birth mother and rejected by her wealthy in-laws, Paige’s search for self-confidence reaches a crisis point when her son is born.
Strapless / Deborah Davis
John Singer Sargent, an American artist living in Paris, and his infamous portrait of Virginie Gautreau, an American-born Parisian known for her beauty. Sargent's seductive portrayal of Gautreau ruined her reputation and nearly cost him his career.
John Singer Sargent, an American artist living in Paris, and his infamous portrait of Virginie Gautreau, an American-born Parisian known for her beauty. Sargent's seductive portrayal of Gautreau ruined her reputation and nearly cost him his career.
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