Here are some of the new titles we’ve ordered this month:
FICTION
11/22/63
Stephen King
Receiving a horrific essay from a GED student with a traumatic past, high-school English teacher Jake Epping is enlisted by a friend to travel back in time to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a mission for which he must befriend troubled loner Lee Harvey Oswald.
Burial at Sea
Charles Finch
In 1873, retired detective and current Member of Parliament Charles Lenox sets sail on a clandestine mission for the government involving a string of English spy murders pertaining to the newly dug Suez Canal.
Coffin Man
James D. Doss
Contacted by a frantic Wanda Naranjo to track down her missing 16-year-old, eight-months-pregnant daughter, Colorado rancher and part-time tribal investigator Charlie Moon races against time to save the girl in a case that is complicated by unclear clues about whether she has run away or been kidnapped.
Corn Maiden and other Nightmares
Joyce Carol Oates
A collection of six stories and novellas includes the title story, in which the disappearance of a sweet blonde-haired child is linked to her mother’s indiscretions and an older student with a fascination for a Native American legend.
Death of King Arthur
Peter Ackroyd & Sir Thomas Malory
A modern adaptation of the legendary epic adds vivid dimensions to Malory’s 15th-century work using contemporary prose that makes such events as the romance between Guinevere and Lancelot, the search for the Holy Grail and the treacherous betrayal of Mordred accessible to today’s audiences.
Explosive Eighteen
Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum finds herself in trouble when her seatmate on her Hawaii to Newark flight winds up dead and a motley collection of thugs, as well as the FBI, search for a photo the man was reportedly carrying–a photo that only Stephanie has seen.
Hotel Vendome
Danielle Steel
Devoting himself to his young daughter and his five-star hotel after his divorce, Hugues Martin reevaluates his prospects when his daughter eventually pursues an education in France and he falls in love with a woman who understands his professional passions.
House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
With approval from the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a best-selling novelist and Sherlock Holmes expert brings the greatest detective in literary history back to life on Baker Street for the first time since 1930.
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
Alan Bradley
After the whole village of Bishop’s Lacey descends on Flavia de Luce’s family’s estate during a raging blizzard to watch the filming of a movie, a person ends up dead, strangled by a length of film, and the eleven-year-old budding chemist must find the killer.
If I Should Die
Allison Brennan
While helping their friends stop malicious vandals targeting their new resort, aspiring FBI agent Lucy Kincaid and her P.I. boyfriend, Sean Rogan, stumble upon a dead body, which then disappears, leading them into the middle of a violent conspiracy.
Impossible Dead
Ian Rankin
Malcolm Fox, a member of the Internal Affairs department that roots out dirty and compromised cops, investigates a neighboring police force and finds a trail that leads to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist.
Kill Alex Cross
James Patterson
Detective Alex Cross is thwarted at every turn while he attempts to investigate the abduction of the president’s son and daughter and also discovers a deadly contagion released in the capital’s water supply that foreshadows a larger, more devastating attack.
Kill Shot
Vince Flynn
Working his way through a list of hit targets who were responsible for the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, assassin Mitch Rapp shoots a drunken Libyan diplomat in Paris only to discover that he has been set up and that his handlers want him permanently silenced.
Longing
Karen Kingsbury
While Bailey Flanigan gets closer to her one-time Hollywood co-star, Brandon Paul, Cody finds himself much closer to a woman who seems to better understand him and his new life, but even so, never does much time go by without Bailey and Cody experiencing deep feelings of longing for each other, longing both for the past and for answers before they can move forward.
Maid
Kimberly Cutter
Reimagines the life of Joan of Arc against the backdrop of the Hundred Years’ War and traces her violence-marked childhood and fateful effort to save her country.
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Mozart’s Last Aria
Matt Rees
In 1791 Austria, Madame Maria Anna Berchtold von Sonnenburg journeys to Vienna to pay her final respects to her brother, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died under mysterious circumstances, and becomes submerged in a world of suspicion and intrigue.
Next Always
Nora Roberts
Olivia tries to reconstruct in detail the night her mother, a member of the Hollywood elite, was murdered.
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Night Eternal
Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
A ragtag network of humans–Eph, a brilliant scientist; Vasiliy Fet, an exterminator; and Gus, a former gangbanger–are determined to disrupt and destroy the vampire new world order.
Sisters
Nancy Jensen
Growing up motherless and under the thumb of a cruel stepfather in hardscrabble 1920s Kentucky, Bertie Fisher and her older sister, Mabel, are torn apart by a painful misunderstanding that reverberates through the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.
Texan’s Promise
Shelley Gray
When Clayton Proffitt, foreman of the Circle Z Ranch in Texas, discovers Vanessa Grant is the victim of her stepfather’s advances, Clayton knows he must spirit her away to safety, and as they make their way west, a deep bond develops between them.
Time In Between
Maria Duenas
Poor seamstress Sira Quiroga forges a new identity during the Spanish Civil War and rises to the most sought-after couture designer in North Africa, where she is enlisted to pass coded information to the British Secret Service.
V is for Vengeance
Sue Grafton
On her thirty-eighth birthday, Kinsey Millhone receives a facial punch that leaves her with a broken nose and two black eyes before she tackles a suspicious suicide involving a host of unscrupulous characters.
Zero Day
David Baldacci
Combat veteran John Puller, now working as an investigator for the Army’s Criminal Investigative Division, tries to solve the murder of an Army man and his Pentagon contractor wife in their isolated rural home.
NONFICTION
30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans
Karl Pillemer
Draws on a renowned gerontologist’s extensive discussions with hundreds of senior-aged Americans to reveal wisdom gleaned from their experiences with everything from families and finances to careers and aging, in a lifestyle primer that shares key principles based on the most commonly imparted advice.
Boy Who Went to War: The Story of a Reluctant German Soldier in WWII
Giles Milton
Traces the experiences of a conscripted German soldier who witnessed firsthand the brutalities of Hitler’s regime, describing his early life as the son of free-thinking artists and the torture he endured when he was forced to fight while he was still a child.
Catherine the Great
Robert K. Massie
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress’s life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.
Fiction Ruined My Family
Jeanne Darst
Traces the author’s early life in a family struggling to recover the grandeur of past generations, describing her father’s literary failures, her mother’s struggles with alcoholism, and her own efforts to become a professional writer.
From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Examining the Mysteries Behind Famous Cases
Cyril H Wecht & Dawna Kaufmann
A forensic pathologist goes behind the scenes to provide insights into famous crime investigations, including the cases of Michael Jackson, Casey Anthony, and Brian Jones.
Geek Dad’s Book for Aspiring Mad Scientists: The Coolest Experiments for Science Fairs and Family Fun
Ken Denmead
Provides a collection of ideas for science fair projects and family activities, including making topsoil, understanding calories, and building a MacGyver radio.
I Didn’t Ask to Be Born: But I’m Glad I Was
Bill Cosby
The legendary entertainer and funnyman provides insights on life including how to handle a teenage daughter who refuses to clean her room and a discussion of his antique Bible collection.
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Immigrant Advantage: What We Can Learn from Newcomers to America About Health, Happiness, and Hope
Claudia Kolker
An exploration and celebration of the life-enhancing customs that immigrant groups have brought with them to the U.S. explains how other Americans can improve our own lives by adopting these customs.
Jerusalem: The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore
An epic history of the holy city at the heart of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is presented through the lives of its creators and conquerors, in a chronicle that draws on new archival materials, current scholarship, and the author’s own family records.
Kearny’s March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847
Winston Groom
Documents the mid-19th-century mission by General Stephen Watts Kearny that expanded the United States territory to the Pacific Ocean, recounting the formidable dangers faced by his cavalrymen and the roles played by such contributors as Kit Carson, Brigham Young and the infamous Donner Party.
Limit: Life and Death on the 1961 Grand Prix Circuit
Michael Cannell
Traces the story of the first American to win the Grand Prix championship in 1961, Phil Hill, a mechanic from California who jockeyed for the top spot against German count Wolfgang Von Trips and Enzo Ferrari of the Ferrari racing empire.
Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Carl Zimmer
Displays hundreds of tattoos that pay tribute to various scientific disciplines, revealing the stories behind the individuals who chose to permanently inscribe their obsessions in their skin, and reflecting on the science in question.
Shiny Objects
James A. Roberts
Delves into the American obsession with consumerism, exploring the evolution of the American Dream, revealing a direct link between money spent and the negative impact on happiness, and offering advice for correcting this materialistic trend.
Social Q’s: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today
Philip Galanes
A series of whimsical, briskly paced essays by the popular New York Times “Social Q’s” columnist provides modern advice on navigating today’s murky moral waters, sharing recommendations for such everyday situations as texting on the bus to splitting a dinner check.
Time of Our Lives
Tom Brokaw
The NBC news anchor and former White House correspondent evaluates the American dream of the past, present and future as experienced by four generations of his and other families.
Published on November 1, 2011.
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