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Fiction [(M) = Mystery;
(SF) = Science Fiction; (PB) = Paperback; (LT) = Large
Type; (SC) = Story Collection]
The
13th hour
Doetsch, Richard.
New York : Atria Books, 2010.
Harvard New Book - M Doetsch, R
Alice
I have been
Benjamin, Melanie.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Benjamin, M
Among
thieves
Hosp, David.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2010.
"Attorney Scott Finn is drawn into the deadly search for missing
art"-- Provided by the publisher.
Harvard New Book - M Hosp, D
Betrayal
of the blood lily
Willig, Lauren.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
As Lady Frederick Staines, Penelope Deveraux plunges into the treacherous waters
of the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad and with the assistance of Captain Alex
Reid draws out the deadly plans of the spy known as the Marigold.
Harvard New Book - Willig, L
Blood
ties
Hooper, Kay.
New York : Bantam Books, c2010.
The Special Crimes Unit finds itself targeted by a monster intent on destroying
both Noah Bishop and his people.
Harvard New Book - M Hooper, K
Bloodroot
: a novel
Greene, Amy, 1975-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Greene, A
The
brightest star in the sky
Keyes, Marian.
New York : Viking, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Keyes, M
The
burning land : a novel
Cornwell, Bernard.
New York : HarperCollins, c2010, 2009.
The Danes of East Anglia and the Vikings of Northumbria are plotting the
conquest of all Britain. When King Alfred's daughter pleads with Uhtred for
help, he cannot refuse her request. In a desperate gamble, he takes command of a
demoralized Mercian army, leading them in an unforgettable battle on a blood-
soaked field beside the Thames.
Harvard New Book - Cornwell, B
Catalyst
: a tale of the Barque cats
McCaffrey, Anne.
New York : Del Rey Ballantine Books, 2010.
Harvard New Book - SF McCaffrey, A
The
collector of worlds : a novel of Sir Richard Francis Burton
Trojanow, Ilija.
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Trojanow, I
Days
of gold : a novel
Deveraux, Jude.
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
The second book in the multi-generational Edilean series, Days of Gold is a
romance set in Scotland in 1766.
Harvard New Book - Deveraux, J
Death
of a valentine
Beaton, M. C.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2010.
Harvard New Book - M Beaton, M
Deeper
than the dead
Hoag, Tami.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
California, 1985. Detective Tony Mendez, fresh from a law enforcement course at
FBI headquarters, is charged with discovering the identity of a brutal,
calculating psychopath. His search pushes him ever deeper into the lives of
three children, and closer to the young teacher whose interest in recent events
becomes as intense as his own.
Harvard New Book - M Hoag, T
Doors
open
Rankin, Ian.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Harvard New Book - M Rankin, I
The
farmer's daughter
Harrison, Jim, 1937-
New York : Grove Press, c2010.
Harvard New Book - Harrison, J
Fired
up
Krentz, Jayne Ann.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Krentz, J
The
first rule : a Joe Pike novel
Crais, Robert.
New York : Putnam, c2010.
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his
home and murdered everyone inside. The police think Meyer was hiding something
very bad, but Joe Pike does not. With the help of Elvis Cole, Pike sets out on a
hunt of his own--an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of
ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat
criminals.
Harvard New Book - M Crais, R
Fun
with problems : stories
Stone, Robert, 1937-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Harvard New Book - SC Stone, R
Galileo's
dream
Robinson, Kim Stanley.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2010.
From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede
travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and
ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. Yet between his brief and
jarring visitations to this future, Galileo must struggle against the ignorance
and superstition of his own time.
Harvard New Book - SF Robinson, K
Ghosts
and lightning
Byrne, Trevor.
New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Byrne, T
Hastur
Lord
Bradley, Marion Zimmer.
New York : DAW Books, c2010.
Harvard New Book - SF Bradley, M
The
Heavenstone secrets
Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.).
New York : Pocket Star, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Andrews, V
The
humbling
Roth, Philip.
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2009.
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Impact
Preston, Douglas J.
New York : Forge, 2010, c2009.
Harvard New Book - SF Preston, D
The
kingdom of Ohio
Flaming, Matthew.
New York : Amy Einhorn Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Flaming, M
Kisser
Woods, Stuart.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Woods, S
The
lock artist
Hamilton, Steve, 1961-
New York : Minotaur Books, 2010.
Harvard New Book - M Hamilton, S
London
Boulevard
Bruen, Ken.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
An ex-convict hoping to steer clear of the lowlife from his past is forced to
act when his disturbed sister is threatened.
Harvard New Book - M Bruen, K
The
lost symbol : a novel
Brown, Dan, 1964-
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
Symbologist Robert Langdon, summoned to Washington, D.C. by his mentor, finds
himself plunged into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and
secret locations--all of which seem to be dragging him toward a single,
inconceivable truth.
Harvard New Book - Brown, D
A
matter of class
Balogh, Mary.
New York, NY : Vanguard Press, c2010.
In this Regency romance, wealthy, untitled Reginald Mason consents, and enters
into a hostile engagement in which he and his prospective bride--Lady Annabelle
Ashton, daughter of the Earl of Havercroft--are openly antagonistic, each one
resenting the other for their current state of affairs while their respective
fathers revel in their suffering.
Harvard New Book - Balogh, M
Mr.
Shivers
Bennett, Robert, 1984-
New York : Orbit, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Bennett, R
Noah's
compass : a novel
Tyler, Anne.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
From the incomparable Anne Tyler, a wise, gently humorous, and deeply
compassionate novel about a schoolteacher, who has been forced to retire at
sixty-one, coming to terms with the final phase of his life.
Harvard New Book - Tyler, A
Not
my daughter
Delinsky, Barbara.
New York : Doubleday, 2010.
A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers' love to the
ultimate test in this emotionally wrenching story of love and forgiveness.
Harvard New Book - Delinsky, B
Paganini's
ghost
Adam, Paul, 1958-
New York : Minotaur Books, 2010.
Harvard New Book - M Adam, P
The
patience stone : sang-e saboor
Rahimi, Atiq.
New York : Other Press, c2009.
In Persian folklore, Syngue Sabour is the name of a magical black stone, a
patience stone, which absorbs the plight of those who confide in it. It is
believed that the day it explodes, after having received too much hardship and
pain, will be the day of the Apocalypse. But here, the Syngue Sabour is not a
stone but rather a man lying brain-dead with a bullet lodged in his neck. His
wife is with him, sitting by his side. But she resents him for having sacrificed
her to the war, for never being able to resist the call to arms, for wanting to
be a hero, and in the end, after all was said and done, for being incapacitated
in a small skirmish.
Harvard New Book - Rahimi, A
The
privileges : a novel
Dee, Jonathan.
New York : Random House, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Dee, J
Relentless
: a novel
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life, successful family man
and bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich finds himself in a
desperate struggle with relentless sociopath and reclusive critic Shearman Waxx.
Harvard New Book - Koontz, D
Remarkable
creatures
Chevalier, Tracy.
New York : Dutton, 2010.
When Mary Anning uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton in the cliffs near her
home on the English coast, she sets the religious fathers on edge, the
townspeople to vicious gossip, and the scientific world alight. Luckily, Mary
finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, and in the struggle to
be recognized in the wider world, Mary and Elizabeth discover that friendship is
their greatest ally.
Harvard New Book - Chevalier, T
Roses
Meacham, Leila, 1938-
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
"Spanning the 20th century, the story of Roses takes place in a small East
Texas town against the backdrop of the powerful timber and cotton industries,
industries controlled by the scions of the town's founding families"
--Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - Meacham, L
Saving
CeeCee Honeycutt : a novel
Hoffman, Beth.
New York : Viking, 2010.
"Steel Magnolias" meets "The Help" in this Southern debut
novel sparkling with humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. Laugh-out-loud funny,
Hoffman's charming work offers the story of a young girl who loses one mother
and finds many others. NOTE = For years, 12-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been
the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille-the tiara-toting,
lipstick-smeared laughingstock of an entire town. But when Camille is hit by a
truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself. To the rescue comes her
previously unknown great-aunt from Savannah, Tootie Caldwell, who whirls CeeCee
into her world of female friendship, strong women, wacky humor, and good
old-fashioned heart.
Harvard New Book - Hoffman, B
Secrets
to happiness : a novel
Dunn, Sarah, 1969-
New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Dunn, S
Sizzle
: a novel
Garwood, Julie.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
After she unwittingly captures a shocking crime on camera, a rash of mysterious,
treacherous incidents convince Lyra Prescott that she's trapped in a sinister
scenario headed for a violent ending. As the noose of deadly intrigue tightens
around her, she turns to her best friend, Sidney Buchanan, whose connections
bring dauntless and devilishly handsome FBI agent Sam Kincaid into Lyra's
running scared life.
Harvard New Book - Garwood, J
Sleepless
: a novel
Huston, Charlie.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2010.
Harvard New Book - Huston, C
A
state of mind
Casey, Kevin, 1940-
Dublin : Lilliput Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Casey, K
The
swan thieves : a novel
Kostova, Elizabeth.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - Kostova, E
Too
much happiness
Munro, Alice.
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2009.
Harvard New Book - LT Munro, A
True
confections : a novel
Weber, Katharine, 1955-
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2010.
Harvard New Book - Weber, K
Unfinished
desires : a novel
Godwin, Gail.
New York : Random House, c2009.
Sparking enthusiasm for a play about the founding of their North Carolina
mountains Catholic girls' school, a charismatic ninth grader and her recently
orphaned best friend set in motion a series of events that have decades-long
ramifications.
Harvard New Book - Godwin, G
Watchlist
: a serial thriller
New York : Vanguard Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - M Watchlist
Wild
child : stories
Boyle, T. Coraghessan.
New York: Viking, 2010.
Harvard New Book - SC Boyle, T
The
wolf at the door
Higgins, Jack, 1929-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2010.
Harvard New Book - Higgins, J
Non
Fiction [(B) = Biography]
The
7-day energy surge
Karas, Jim.
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale, c2009.
We all know what it feels like to be "on"--to wake up feeling
refreshed and rested, to bound through the day feeling like you can conquer the
world as you bounce between work, family, and friends, and go to bed feeling
relaxed and satisfied with your accomplishments. What makes all the difference
during those highly productive days? Energy. Here is a simple program to
increase your energy immediately, and keep it up throughout the day, every day.
Personal trainer Jim Karas has identified the ten components that contribute to
your personal balance -of-energy equation, and created the 7-Day Energy Surge to
help you put all ten to work for you. He exposes the bad habits that sabotage
energy, lays out the principles for increasing your energy and offers simple
strategies that are easily customizable for anyone to use anywhere, at any
time.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 613.7 Karas
30-minute
money solutions : a step-by-step guide to managing your finances
Benz, Christine.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010.
Harvard New Book - 332.024 Benz
After
Khomeini : Iran under his successors
Arjomand, Said Amir.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 955.054 Arjomand
Anticancer
: a new way of life
Servan-Schreiber, David.
New York : Viking, 2009.
This new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers
more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people
can prevent it. The new edition includes: the latest research on anticancer
foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now
on the market; new information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune
system; warnings about common food contaminants that have recently been proven
to contribute to cancer progression; a new chapter on mind-body approaches to
stress reduction, with recent studies that show how our reactions to stress can
interfere with natural defenses and how friendships can support healing in ways
never before understood; a groundbreaking study showing that lifestyle
modification reduces mortality for breast cancer by an astounding 68 percent
after completion of treatment; and new supporting evidence for the entire
Anticancer program.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 616.99 Servan-Schreiber
The
Bauhaus group : six masters of modernism
Weber, Nicholas Fox, 1947-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
In this extraordinary group biography, Weber brilliantly brings to life the
Bauhaus geniuses and the community of the pioneering art school in Germany's
Weimar and Dessau in the 1920s and early 1930s. --from publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 709.43 Weber
A
better pencil : readers, writers, and the digital revolution
Baron, Dennis E.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 302.2244 Baron
Bluebird
: women and the new psychology of happiness
Gore, Ariel, 1970-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
Harvard New Book - 305.42 Gore
Chasing
the rabbit : how market leaders outdistance the competition and how great
companies can catch up and win
Spear, Steven J.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 658.4 Spear
Committed
: a skeptic makes peace with marriage
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
New York : Viking, 2010.
Picking up where her bestselling memoir "Eat, Pray, Love" left off,
Gilbert details the extraordinary circumstances that surround her love with
Felipe, the man she swore never to marry.
Harvard New Book - 306.81 Gilbert
Crash
course : the American automobile industry's road from glory to disaster
Ingrassia, Paul.
New York : Random House, 2010.
Harvard New Book - 338.4 Ingrassia
Daring
young men : the heroism and triumph of the Berlin Airlift, June 1948-May 1949
Reeves, Richard, 1936-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010.
The author of the bestsellers "President Nixon" and "President
Kennedy" details the harrowing journey of two men who risked their lives to
defy the Soviet blockade intended to drive Western powers out of Berlin.
Harvard New Book - 943.155 Reeves
Dying
for heaven : holy pleasure & suicide bombers--why the best qualities of
religion are also its most dangerous
Glucklich, Ariel.
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 201.76 Glucklich
Everything
I need to know I learned from a children's book : life lessons from notable
people from all walks of life
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
"What children's book changed the way you see the world?" Anita Silvey
asked this question to more than one hundred of our most respected and admired
leaders in society, and she learned about the books that shaped financiers,
actors, singers, athletes, activists, artists, comic book creators, novelists,
illustrators, teachers... Writers (Anna Quindlen, Sherman Alexie, Bobbie Ann
Mason, Azar Nafisi, Angela Johnson, David McCullough, Ann Tyler, Dave Eggers,);
inventors and scientists (Steve Wozniak, Andrew Weaver); politicians and
activists (Donna E. Shalala, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.); artists (Wendell Minor,
Pete Seeger); and the media (Lesley Stahl, Scott Simon) are just some of the
people who share their stories. The lessons they recall are inspiring,
instructive, and illuminating. And the books they remember resonate as
influential reading choices for families. Everything I need to know I learned
from a children's book, with its full color excerpts of beloved children's
books, is a treasury and a guide: a collection of fascinating essays.
Harvard New Book - Q 808.892 Everything
The
faith instinct : how religion evolved and why it endures
Wade, Nicholas.
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Draws on a broad range of scientific evidence to theorize an evolutionary basis
for religion, considering how religion may have served as an essential component
of early society survival and that the brain may be inherently inclined toward
religious behavior.
Harvard New Book - 201 Wade
Family
Britain, 1951-1957
Kynaston, David.
New York : Walker & Co, 2010, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 941.0854 Kynaston
Following
the water : a hydromancer's notebook
Carroll, David M.
Boston : Houghtn Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 577.68 Carroll
The
great empires of the ancient world
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 930 Great
Handmade
home : simple ways to repurpose old materials into new family treasures
Soule, Amanda Blake.
Boston : Trumpeter, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 745.5 Soule
How
philosophy can save your life : 10 ideas that matter most
McCarty, Marietta, 1947-
New York : J.P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 170.44 McCarty
The
imperial cruise : a secret history of empire and war
Bradley, James, 1954-
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Analyzes the multinational conflicts that set the stage for World War II, the
Chinese communist revolution, and the Korean War, documenting Theodore
Roosevelt's 1905 diplomatic mission in the Pacific through which the United
States forged ill-fated covert agreements.
Harvard New Book - 973.911 Bradley
A
jury of her peers : American women writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
Showalter, Elaine.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
In a narrative of immense scope and fascination--spanning nearly 400 years and
brimming with Showalter's characteristic wit and incisive opinions-- readers are
introduced to more than 250 female writers, both famous and little known.
Harvard New Book - 810.9 Showalter
Keynes
: the return of the master
Skidelsky, Robert Jacob Alexander, 1939-
New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 330.15 Skidelsky
Koestler
: the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic
Scammell, Michael.
New York : Random House, c2009.
The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial
intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to
its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist
novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here revealed as a man whose personal life
was as astonishing as his literary accomplishments. The young Hungarian Jew
whose experience of anti-Semitism and devotion to Zionism provoked him to move
to Palestine; the foreign correspondent who risked his life from the North Pole
to Franco's Spain; the committed Communist for whom the brutal truth of Stalin's
show trials inspired the angry novel that became an instant classic in 1940; the
escape from occupied France by joining the Foreign Legion and his bluffing his
way illegally to England, where his controversial 1943 novel Arrival and
Departure was the first to portray Hitler's Final Solution. Scammell also gives
a full account of the author's voluminous writings, making the case that the
autobiographies and essays are fit to stand beside Darkness at Noon as works of
lasting literary value.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - B KOESTLER -Sc
The
life and love of trees
Blackwell, Lewis, 1958-
San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor],
2009.
Harvard New Book - Q 779.34 Blackwell
Making
the most of your money now : the classic bestseller
Quinn, Jane Bryant.
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 332.024 Quinn
Marcia
DeCoster's beaded opulence : elegant jewelry projects with right angle weave
DeCoster, Marcia.
New York : Lark Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 739.27 DeCoster
Marriage
and other acts of charity : a memoir
Braestrup, Kate.
New York : Little, Brown, c2009.
Harvard New Book - B BRAESTRUP
Miss
Manners'{170} guide to a surprisingly dignified wedding
Martin, Judith, 1938-
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2010.
Harvard New Book - 395.22 Martin
Reading
in the brain : the science and evolution of a human invention
Dehaene, Stanislas.
New York : Viking, 2009.
In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account
of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading
paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a
world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
Harvard New Book - 418.4 Dehaene
Rewilding
the world : dispatches from the conservation revolution
Fraser, Caroline.
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
Fraser offers the first definitive account about rewilding--a visionary campaign
to confront the looming extinction of thousands of species by restoring
habitats, reviving migration corridors, and brokering peace between people and
predators. Traveling with wildlife biologists and conservationists, Fraser
reports on the vast projects that are turning Europe's former Iron Curtain into
a greenbelt, creating trans-frontier Peace Parks to renew elephant routes
throughout Africa, and linking protected areas from the Yukon to Mexico and
beyond.
Harvard New Book - 333.95 Fraser
Science
as a contact sport : inside the battle to save Earth's climate
Schneider, Stephen H.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Schneider's firsthand account of a scientific and political odyssey, in which he
navigates both the turbulent waters of the world's power structures and the
arcane theater of academic debaters.
Harvard New Book - 363.738 Schneider
The
search for fulfillment : revolutionary new research that reveals the secret to
long-term happiness
Whitbourne, Susan Krauss.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2010.
Harvard New Book - 155.25 Whitbourne
So
easy : luscious, healthy recipes for every meal of the week
Krieger, Ellie.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
The weekly host of the Food Network's "Healthy Appetite" provides
dishes that tackle every possible mealtime situation. Illustrated with 50
full-color photos, her bestselling cookbook features 150 delicious,
easy-to-prepare, fortifying recipes for on-the-go and at home--from cheddar
apple quesadilla, pork piccata with spinach and garlic mashed potatoes,
marinated flank steak with blue cheese sauce to chocolate-cream cheese panini
bites and fig and ginger truffles.
Harvard New Book - 641.5 Krieger
So
stressed : the ultimate stress-relief plan for women
McClellan, Stephanie.
New York : Free Press, 2010.
Harvard New Book - 616.98 McClellan
Socks
from the toe up : essential techniques and patterns from Wendy Knits
Johnson, Wendy D.
New York : Potter Craft, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 746.43 Johnson
Stones
into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and
Pakistan
Mortenson, Greg.
New York : Viking, c2009.
In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where
"Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless,
ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive
work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in
2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics,
militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with
feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the
Taliban.
Harvard New Book - 371.822 Mortenson
Teach
yourself visually Windows 7
McFedries, Paul.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 005.446 McFedries
The
time traveler's guide to medieval England : a handbook for visitors to the
fourteenth century
Mortimer, Ian, 1967-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 942.03 Mortimer
Tokyo
vice : an American reporter on the police beat in Japan
Adelstein, Jake.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
From the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular
Tokyo Metropolitan Police press club: a unique, firsthand, revelatory look at
Japanese culture from the underbelly up. For twelve years of eighty-hour
workweeks, he covered the seedy side of Japan--extortion, murder, human
trafficking, and corruption. Here, he tells the riveting, often humorous tale of
his journey from an inexperienced cub reporter to a daring investigative
journalist with a yakuza price on his head. With its visceral descriptions of
crime in Japan and an exploration of the world of modern-day yakuza that even
few Japanese ever see, this is a fascination, and an education.--From publisher
description.
Harvard New Book - 364.109 Adelstein
Trotsky
: a biography
Service, Robert, 1947-
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Trotsky is perhaps the most intriguing and, given his prominence, the most
understudied of the Soviet revolutionaries. Using new archival sources, Robert
Service offers new insights. He discusses Trotsky's fractious relations with the
leaders he was trying to unify; his attempt to disguise his political closeness
to Stalin; and his role in the early 1920s as the progenitor of political and
cultural Stalinism. Trotsky evinced a surprisingly glacial and schematic
approach to making revolution. Service recounts Trotsky's role in the botched
German revolution of 1923; his willingness to subject Europe to a Red Army
invasion in the 1920s; and his assumption that peasants could easily be pushed
onto collective farms. Although Trotsky's followers clung to the stubborn view
of him as a pure revolutionary and a powerful intellect unjustly hounded into
exile by Stalin, the reality is very different.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - B TROTSKY -Se
An
uncommon history of common things
Patrick, Bethanne Kelly.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 973 Patrick
The
war that killed Achilles : the true story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
Alexander, Caroline, 1956-
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009.
Many have forgotten that the subject of the "Illiad" was war--not
merely the poetical romance of the war at Troy, but war, in all its enduring
devastation. This groundbreaking reading of Homer's epic poem restores the
poet's vision of the tragedy of war, addressing many of the central questions
that define the war experience of every age.
Harvard New Book - 883.01 Alexander
Weight
watchers in 20 minutes : 250 fresh, fast recipes
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., c2009.
Harvard New Book - 641.5635 Weight
You,
on a diet : the owner's manual for waist management
Roizen, Michael F.
New York : Free Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 613.25 Roizen
Your
money ratios : 8 simple tools for financial security
Farrell, Charles, J.D.
New York : Avery, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2009, c2010.
Harvard New Book - 332.024 Farrell
Your
skin, younger : new science secrets to naturally younger skin
Logan, Alan C., 1967-
Naperville, Ill. : Cumberland House, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 646.726 Logan
Children's
Diseases
in history. Flu
Cunningham, Kevin, 1966-
Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds Pub., c2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J 614.5 Cunningham
Dolphins
Simon, Seymour.
[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian ; New York, NY : Collins, 2009.
Friendly and fascinating, dolphins are one of nature's most intelligent animals.
Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian
Institution to give you an expert view of these clever, curious, and mischievous
mammals in a full-color photographic introduction.
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.53 Simon
Erak's
ransom
Flanagan, John (John Anthony).
New York : Philomel Books, 2010, c2007.
On a mission to pay the ransom of a new ally, apprentice Will and his friends
find themselves in a desert wasteland awash with enemies.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR Flanagan, J
Face
to face with gorillas
Nichols, Michael.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Join Nick Nichols and Mike Fay as they take you deep into the heart of the
African jungle to meet a gorilla face to face, an encounter you won't want to
miss!
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.884 Nichols
Face
to face with leopards
Joubert, Dereck.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.75 Joubert
Face
to face with orangutans
Laman, Tim.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.88 Laman
Face
to face with penguins
Momatiuk, Yva, 1940-
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Discusses the nesting habits, diet, family and social lives of penguins, and the
current threats to their habitats.
Harvard Juvenile - J 598.47 Momatiuk
Face
to face with sharks
Doubilet, David.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Photographer David Doubilet takes you down to the deep, where a variety of this
amazing family awaits you, from the famous Great White to his foot-long cousins.
Doubilet spends much of his life trying to get close enough to look them in the
eye. And now, through Doubilet's remarkable photographs, you can too!
Harvard Juvenile - J 597.3 Doubilet
Face
to face with wild horses
Momatiuk, Yva, 1940-
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
You approach with caution, drawn to their equine beauty. The sleek stallion, the
magnificent mare, and the gentle foal look like any happy family. But don't get
too close. These are wild horses, untamed by humans. Now photographers Yva
Momatiuk and John Eastcott take you inside the world of the wild horse. This
husband and wife team of committed experts makes a case for the conservation of
one of America's favorite wild species.
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.665 Momatiuk
Greece
Green, Jen.
Washington. D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J 949.5 Green
Guatemala
Croy, Anita.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Although Guatemala is recovering from the wounds of military dictatorships and
guerilla warfare, it possesses a gritty determination to keep the glorious
colors of Mayan culture flying. Its volcanoes can seem the highest and most
active, its Mayan ruins the most ruinous, its colonial cities the most historic,
its jungles the most impenetrable, its coral reefs the most beautiful, and its
flora and fauna some of the most unusual in the world.
Harvard Juvenile - J 972.81 Croy
John
Lasseter : Pixar animator
Woog, Adam, 1953-
Detroit : KidHaven Press, c2009.
Harvard Juvenile - JB LASSETER
Laos
Dalal, A. Kamala.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Discusses current, detailed information on virtually everything that defines
life in Laos, from its economy and environment to its geography and social
trends.
Harvard Juvenile - J 959.4 Dalal
Master
the library and media center
Gaines, Ann.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, Inc., c2009.
"Readers will learn about both the regular and electronic research
materials available at the library"--Provided by publisher.
Harvard Juvenile - J 020.72 Gaines
Nic
Bishop butterflies and moths
Bishop, Nic, 1955-
New York, NY : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2009.
Simple, engaging text presents both basic information and fun, quirky facts
about the insects' appearance, habits, and life cycle.
Harvard Juvenile - J 595.78 Bishop
Open
me up
London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J 612 Open
Portugal
Deckker, Zilah.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Wander the charmed streets of Lisbon, once the heart of a powerful empire. Hear
the haunting strains of fado, the music that tugs on nostalgia's heartstrings.
Discover the land of explorers who once conquered the world. Revel in
traditional folk festivals; enjoy bountiful markets offering fish, fruit, and
flowers. Meet the passionate Portuguese who savor life slowly.
Harvard Juvenile - J 946.9 Deckker
Sacred
mountain : Everest
Taylor-Butler, Christine.
New York, NY : Lee & Low Books, 2009.
"A cultural, geological, and ecological history of Mount Everest focusing
on the indigenous Sherpa and their spiritual connection to the mountain, record-
setting multinational climbing expeditions, and the effects of tourism on the
environment. Illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams, and timelines"--
Provided by publisher.
Harvard Juvenile - J 954.96 Taylor-Butler
Sweden
Phillips, Charles.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Step inside Sweden, land of contradictions. Discover the secrets of one of the
world's most equitable economies. Meet King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden's head of
state. Meet the rugged Nordic race who inhabit this land of ice, snow, and
midnight sun. Let Sweden's starkly beautiful lake and forest landscapes fill you
with serenity.
Harvard Juvenile - J 948.5 Phillips
Tarra
& Bella : the elephant and dog who became best friends
Buckley, Carol, 1954-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
A stray Labrador named Bella befriends Tarra, a former circus elephant and
resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. While the pairing is unusual,
the two are inseparable--even when a crisis threatens to separate them. Based on
the national media sensation, this is a true story of friendship and loyalty.
Harvard Juvenile - J 599.67 Buckley
Truce
: the day the soldiers stopped fighting
Murphy, Jim, 1947-
New York : Scholastic Press, c2009.
Describes the Christmas truce that occurred along Western Front trenches in 1914
and features quotations from young men on both sides, a timeline, and additional
source material.
Harvard Juvenile - J 940.4 Murphy
Turkey
Shields, Sarah.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Travel to Turkey, where Asia and Europe meet at the bridge over the Bosphorus.
Learn how Turkey's diversity of cultures make it one of the world's melting
pots. Discover how Ataturk became the father of modern Turkey. Meet the many
Muslims who live within this secular, Western-oriented republic.
Harvard Juvenile - J 956.1 Shields
Teen
The
Ask and the Answer
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the
Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony
where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
Harvard YA Room - YA Ness, P
Beautiful
creatures
Garcia, Kami.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
In a small South Carolina town, where it seems little has changed since the
Civil War, sixteen-year-old Ethan is powerfully drawn to Lena, a new classmate
with whom he shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret
that may be revealed on her sixteenth birthday.
Harvard YA Room - YA Garcia, K
The
bite of the mango
Kamara, Mariatu.
[Toronto] : Annick Press, c2008.
When Mariatu set out for a neighborhood village in Sierra Leone, she was
kidnapped and tortured, and both of her hands cut off. She turned to begging to
survive. This heart-rending memoir is a testament to her courage and resilience.
Today she is a UNICEF Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict.
Harvard YA Room - YA B KAMARA
The
chosen one
Williams, Carol Lynch.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to
be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and
kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between
facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.
Harvard YA Room - YA Williams, C
Eternal
Smith, Cynthia Leitich.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
When Miranda's guardian angel Zachary recklessly saves her from falling into an
open grave and dying, the result is that she turns into a vampire and he is left
to try to reinstate his reputation by finally doing the right thing.
Harvard YA Room - YA Smith, C
The
everafter
Huntley, Amy.
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, c2009.
After her death, seventeen-year-old Maddy finds a way to revisit moments in her
life by using objects that she lost while she was alive, and by so doing she
tries to figure out the complicated emotions, events, and meaning of her
existence.
Harvard YA Room - YA Huntley, A
Geektastic
: stories from the nerd herd
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
A collection of twenty-nine short stories about geeks.
Harvard YA Room - YA Geektastic
The
Hollow
Verday, Jessica.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
High-school junior Abbey struggles with the loss of her best friend Kristen, who
vanished on a legendary bridge, but her grief is eased by Caspian, an attractive
and mysterious stranger she meets in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
Harvard YA Room - YA Verday, J
If
the witness lied
Cooney, Caroline B.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
Torn apart by tragedies and the publicity they brought, siblings Smithy, Jack,
and Madison, aged fourteen to sixteen, tap into their parent's courage to pull
together and protect their brother Tris, nearly three, from further media
exploitation and a much more sinister threat.
Harvard YA Room - YA Cooney, C
The
monstrumologist : William James Henry
Yancey, Richard.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.
In 1888, twelve-year-old Will Henry chronicles his apprenticeship with Dr.
Warthrop, a scientist who hunts and studies real-life monsters, as they discover
and attempt to destroy a pod of Anthropophagi.
Harvard YA Room - YA Yancey, R
Ray
Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 : the authorized adaptation
Hamilton, Tim.
New York : Hill and Wang, 2009.
Harvard YA Room - YA Bradbury, R
The
season
MacLean, Sarah.
New York : Orchard Books, 2009.
Showing no interest in the sumptuous balls, lavish dinner parties, and country
weekends enjoyed by the rest of early nineteenth-century London society,
seventeen-year-old Lady Alexandra Stafford seeks adventure as she investigates
the puzzling murder of the Earl of Blackmoor, father of devilishly handsome
Gavin.
Harvard YA Room - YA MacLean, S
The
shadow dragons
Owen, James A.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
The Winter King's Shadow, having gained control of the doors from the Keep of
Time and of an army of Dragon Shadows, plans to use the turmoil of World War II
to conquer worlds, but all Caretakers, past and present, come together to stop
him, using some unlikely weapons.
Harvard YA Room - YA Owen, J
Sideshow
: ten original tales of freaks, illusionists, and other matters odd and magical
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Ten original tales by modern-day masters of the bizarre. Meet mediums and
mummies, spinsters and bearded ladies, circus freaks and monsters of every sort!
Harvard YA Room - YA Sideshow
Silver
phoenix : beyond the kingdom of Xia
Pon, Cindy, 1973-
New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant
blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a
strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent.
Harvard YA Room - YA Pon, C
Surface
tension : a novel in four summers
Runyon, Brent.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
During the summer vacations of his thirteenth through his sixteenth year at the
family's lake cottage, Luke realizes that although some things stay the same
over the years that many more change.
Harvard YA Room - YA Runyon, B
Tales
of the Madman Underground : an historical romance 1973
Barnes, John, 1957-
New York : Viking, 2009.
In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town,
high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be "normal," despite
his chaotic home life with his volatile, alcoholic mother and the deep loyalty
and affection he has for his friends in the therapy group dubbed the Madman
Underground.
Harvard YA Room - YA Barnes, J
Twenty
boy summer
Ockler, Sarah.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
While on vacation in California, sixteen-year-old best friends Anna and Frankie
conspire to find a boy for Anna's first kiss, but Anna harbors a painful secret
that threatens their lighthearted plan and their friendship.
Harvard YA Room - YA Ockler, S
The
uninvited
Wynne-Jones, Tim.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
After a disturbing freshman year at New York University, Mimi is happy to get
away to her father's remote Canadian cottage only to discover a stranger living
there who has never heard of her or her father and who is convinced that Mimi is
responsible for leaving sinister tokens around the property.
Harvard YA Room - YA Wynne-Jones, T
Witch
and wizard
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Harvard YA Room - YA Patterson, J
DVDs /
Books on CD
DVDs:
All
creatures great & small. Complete series 3 collection
[United States] : Warner Home Video, [2003].
Continues the story of Yorkshire veterinarian, James Herriot.
Harvard General - DVD All Creatures Series 3 Discs 1 & 2/3 & 4
All
creatures great & small. Complete series 4 collection
Burbank, CA : BBC Worldwide Americas : Warner Home Video, [2004].
Follows the true-life adventures of veterinarian James Herriot in rural England.
Harvard General - DVD All Creatures Series 4 Discs 1 & 2/3 & 4
All
creatures great & small. Series 1
[United States] : Warner Home Video, [2002].
Young James Herriot, fresh from veterinary school, arrives in the beautiful
Yorshire Dales to begin his career.
Harvard General - DVD All Creatures Series 1 Discs 1 & 2/3 & 4
All
creatures great & small. Series 2
[United States] : Warner Home Video, [2002].
Continues the story of Yorkshire veterinarian, James Herriot.
Harvard General - DVD All Creatures Series 2 Discs 1 & 2/3 & 4
Departures
[United States] : E1 Entertainment, [2009].
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been
dissolved and finds himself without a job. He decides to move back to his old
hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified
ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency. He
discovers that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer,' a funeral
professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next
life. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in
his work and begins to perfect the art, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between
life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed.
Harvard General - DVD Departures
District
9
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the
refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like
ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting
the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of
the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the
aliens' only hope for freedom.
Harvard General - DVD District
Don't
say a word
[United States] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2001.
When the daughter of a prominent New York psychiatrist is kidnapped, his only
hope for her safe return is to pry a 6-digit number from the memory of a
troubled teenage girl--and time is running out.
Harvard General - DVD Don't
Extract
Burbank, CA : Miramax Films : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
c2009.
Joel is the owner of an extract manufacturing plant who constantly finds himself
in precarious situations that steadily worsen by the minute. First, his
soon-to-be floor manager acquires a serious injury in a machine malfunctioning
accident. This subsequently endangers the wellbeing of his company. Second, his
personal life doesn't fair much better when he takes his bartending friend
Dean's advice while in a drug-induced brainstorming session on how to test his
wife's faithfulness. Finally, compounding these catastrophes is Cindy, his new
employee, who happens to be a scam artist intent on milking the company for all
its worth. Now, Joel must attempt to piece his company and his marriage back
together all while trying to figure out what he's really after in life.
Harvard General - DVD Extract
Fallen
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1998.
Detective John Hobbes is searching for a criminal he's already met, already
caught and already killed.
Harvard General - DVD Fallen
Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2009.
Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc
in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Hogwarts, once thought to be a safe
haven, may no longer be safe. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the
castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle
that he knows is fast approaching. Harry will have to help him uncover a vital
key to unlocking Voldemort's defenses, a critical piece of information known
only to Horace Slughorn, Hogwarts' former Potions Professor. Dumbledore
manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises
of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter.
Harvard General - DVD Harry
The
hurt locker
[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Summit Entertainment, [2010].
US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen
Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad.
James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has
thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long
thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with their
new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement seems to be the ultimate goal
regardless of the safety of his fellow team members, others on the scene or
himself. On the other hand, Sanborn is by the books: he knows his place and duty
and trusts others in the army to carry out theirs as well as he. Eldridge is an
insecure soldier who is constantly worried that an error or misjudgment on his
part will lead to the death of an innocent civilian or a military colleague.
While the three members face their own internal issues, they have to be aware of
any person at the bomb sites, some of who may be bombers themselves.
Harvard General - DVD Hurt
In
the loop
[New York] : IFC Films, [2010].
The British Prime Minister and the U.S. President infer that they want to embark
on a war in the Middle East. Simon Foster, the British Minister for
International Development states, off the cuff in a radio interview, that 'war
is unforeseeable.' He later tries to recant his statement to news reporters with
another statement. Both remarks start a series of manoeuvrings on both sides by
both the pro- and anti-war factions in both governments. U.S. Assistant
Secretary for Diplomacy Karen Clarke and U.S. Lieutenant General George Miller
lead the anti-war faction, against chief warmonger Linton Barwick. Each
principle with their staff, some of whom do not agree with their political
master, will do whatever he or she needs to achieve the desired end goal. This
includes having fake meetings, having fake committees, spinning information,
leaking information and documents, and doctoring documents. These manoeuvrings
are most important in the lead up to the UN vote on the issue.
Harvard General - DVD In
The
Matrix
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c1999.
In an anti-utopian future, the "real" world as we know it is nothing
more than a computer construct, created by an all-powerful artificial
intelligence. A small group of humans as found a way out of the construct, and
are now fighting for the future of the human race.
Harvard General - DVD Matrix
Moon
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Astronaut Sam Bell is completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to
mine Earth's primary source of energy on the dark side of the moon : Helium-3.
His declining health is causing headaches and hallucinations that lead to a
near-fatal accident, rendering him unconscious. After recuperating, an
unexpected discovery leads him to doubt his sanity, his identity, and the
integrity of the company. Believing he is alone on his mission, his sole purpose
is getting back home on his own.
Harvard General - DVD Moon
Murder
at 1600
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1997.
Detective Harlan Regis and Secret Service agent Nina Chance are investigating
the murder of Carla Town, whose body is found in the White House. The story of
murder leads Regis to some dark political secrets and he has to defend the USA
and the whole from danger.
Harvard General - DVD Murder
My
one and only
Montreal : Alliance Films, c2009.
Ann Devereaux has just left her philandering husband Dan, a society bandleader,
and taken to the road with her teenage sons, George and Robbie, in search of a
suitable new mate. But it's 1953, years past Ann's courting days. Now it seems
that the losers and playboys outnumber the eligible and willing bachelors.
Harvard General - DVD My
Red
planet
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2001].
Looking starward for a solution to the dying of Earth, something no one expected
awaits.
Harvard General - DVD Red Planet
Stephen
King's Storm of the century
[United States] : Trimark Home Video, c1999.
When a mysterious man visits a small island off the coast of Maine during a
devastating snow storm, its inhabitants are met with an evil unlike any they've
ever encountered.
Harvard General - DVD Stephen King's
Les
Sylphides (Chopiniana) ballet in one act to the music of Frederic Chopin
New York, N.Y. : V.I.E.W. Video, c1987.
Les Sylphides celebrates the lyrical and poetic qualities of Romantic 'ballet
blanc' to express the sublime nature of dance. The 'Classique' celebrates the
mastery of the great Bolshoi stars, Nina Timofeyeva and Mikhail Lavrosky.
Harvard General - VID.CAS./792.8 Les Sylphides
The
tailor of Panama
Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2001.
Harry, an ex-con turned tailor to the rich and infamous, is married to Louisa,
who is smart and sexy. Andy is a suave and ruthless British spy, who had best
come through this time, who forces Harry to eavesdrop on the powerful
politicians he clothes. Harry's talent for storytelling is not only taken as
truth, but sets off a series of events that threatens to destroy everything most
important in his life.
Harvard General - DVD Tailor
Uptown
girls
[United States] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.
Molly is the daughter of a deceased rock legend who is, for the first time in
her life, forced to work after her manager steals all her inheritance. With help
of her friend, Molly becomes the nanny of Ray, the precocious daughter of a busy
music executive. She learns as much about being an adult from Ray, as she teachs
Ray about being a child.
Harvard General - DVD Uptown
Whip
it
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2010].
Bliss Calendar is a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path
in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and
conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track, literally.
She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes 'Babe
Ruthless', the hottest thing on eight wheels.
Harvard General - DVD Whip
In
the children’s room:
Fraggle
Rock. The complete final season
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate, 2009.
Features the final 24 episodes originally aired in 1987 including the touching
series finale. Enjoy the Fraggle-filled musical fun with the cantankerous Gorgs,
industrious Doozers, and the silly creatures from 'Outer Space,' Doc and
Sprocket.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Fraggle Season 4 Disc 1 Disc 1-5
G-force
[United States] : Disney, 2009.
A team of trained secret agent guinea pigs takes on a mission for the US
government to stop a diabolical billionaire, who plans on taking over the world
with household appliances.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD G-Force
Jim
Henson's Fraggle Rock. Complete first season
Allen, TX : Hit Entertainment, [2005].
Doc and his dog Sprocket have a hole in their wall, behind which live little
furry creatures known as Fraggles in a place called Fraggle Rock. The Rock is
also home to the Doozers and the Gorgs. One gang of Fraggles, under the guidance
of the all-knowing Trash Heap, learn about each other and their neighbors and
eventually everyone becomes friends.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Fraggle Season 1 Disc 1 Disc 1-5
Let's
go lobstering!
Portland, Me. : Big Kids Productions, [2004].
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD 595.3 Let's Go
Mighty
machines. Chomp! crunch! tear!
[Dallas, Tex.] : Distributed by NCircle Entertainment, [2010].
Brand new season, all new machines. Mighty Machines is a unique series for young
children, featuring exciting live footage, friendly and informative characters,
dynamic music, and delightful humor.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Mighty
Books on CD:
The
adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2009.
Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, the master of deductive reasoning, solves
twelve mysteries with the aid of his friend, Dr. John Watson.
Harvard General - CD.BK Doyle, A
American
heroes profiles of men and women who shaped early America
Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916- LOCATION = Harvard General.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Historian Edmund S. Morgan delivers 17 stirring essays about heroic Americans.
John Winthrop's unpopular stand saves Massachusetts Bay Colony. William Penn's
principles forge a Philadelphia miracle. George Washington's strategy stuns the
British. And Anti-Federalist opposition fosters the Bill of Rights.
Harvard General - CD.BK 973.2 Morgan
American
passage the history of Ellis Island
Cannato, Vincent J., 1967-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Cannato delivers a definitive history of America's landmark port of entry. From
eyewitness accounts, Cannato weaves together a poignant testament to the hopes
and fears of "huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
Harvard General - CD.BK 325.73 Cannato
Angle
of repose
Stegner, Wallace Earle, 1909-1993.
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2009.
Wallace Stegner's uniquely American classic centers on Lyman Ward, a noted
historian, who relates a fictionalized biography of his pioneer grandparents at
a time when he has become estranged from his own family. Through a combination
of research, memory, and exaggeration, Ward voices ideas concerning the
relationship between history and the present, art and life, parents and
children, husbands and wives. Like other great quests in literature, Lyman
Ward's investigation leads him deep into the dark shadows of his own life.
Harvard General - CD.BK Stegner, W
Ayn
Rand and the world she made
Heller, Anne Conover.
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2009.
Ayn Rand is best known as the author of two ideological novels, The Fountainhead
and Atlas Shrugged, which have sold over twelve million copies in the United
States alone. Through them, she built a cult following in the late 1950s and
became the guiding light of Libertarianism and of White House economic policy in
the 1960s and '70s. Her defenses of radical individualism and of selfishness as
a "capitalist virtue" have permanently altered the American cultural
landscape. Anne Conover Heller traveled to Russia to discover Rand's Russian and
Jewish roots and her misunderstood youth, interview surviving acquaintances, and
unearth new archival material.
Harvard General - CD.BK B RAND
The
defector
Silva, Daniel, 1960-
[Grand Haven, Mich.] : Brilliance Audio, p2009.
Allon, now in the British capital, finds himself once more on the front lines of
the secret war between East and West, where Russian spies and dissidents engage
in the old game of cat and mouse. There, Allon uncovers a much greater
conspiracy, a plot by an old enemy to resurrect a network of death, to bring the
world to the precipice of a new confrontation. In order to stop it, he must risk
everything.
Harvard General - CD.BK Silva, D
The
great crash, 1929
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, [2009], p1992.
America's foremost economist examines the boom-and-bust that led to the stock
market crash of 1929. Economic writings are rarely notable for their
entertainment value, but this widely admired best-seller is the exception.
Galbraith's light touch makes his expert analysis of America's greatest
financial disaster a surprisingly engaging listen for anyone.
Harvard General - CD.BK 338.54 Gailbraith
Intrepid
the epic story of America's most legendary warship
White, Bill, 1967-
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2008.
An official history of the USS Intrepid follows the aircraft carrier from its
construction; through its service during World War II and Vietnam, and as the
recovery ship for America's early astronauts; to its role as an air and space
museum in New York City.
Harvard General - CD.BK 359.9435 White
The
language of bees
King, Laurie R.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Returning to London after extensive travels abroad, Mary and husband Sherlock
Holmes receive an unexpected visit from Sherlock's estranged son Damian. Years
ago, Damian was arrested following the muder of his drug dealer. No more people
have died, and Damian is once again a suspect. Further complicating matters,
Damian's wife and child are missing. While Sherlock helps Damian search for his
loved ones, Mary launches her own investigation in an attempt to reveal Damian's
troubled history.
Harvard General - CD.BK King, L
Mencken
the American iconoclast : [the life and times of the bad boy of Baltimore]
Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth.
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2009.
A towering figure on the American cultural landscape, H. L. Mencken stands out
as one of our most influential stylists and fearless iconoclasts, the twentieth
century's greatest newspaper journalist, a famous wit, and a constant figure of
controversy. He fought for civil liberties and free speech when few others
would, yet he held paradoxical views of minorities and was conflicted as a
German-American during the two world wars. Marion Rodgers frames the public and
the private man in a vivid recreation of his era, from the roaring twenties to
the depressed thirties and on through World War II. Covered in the book are the
many love affairs that made him known as "The German Valentino," his
happy marriage at age fifty, and his pivotal role in introducing James Joyce, F.
Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes to the American literary scene.
Harvard General - CD.BK B MENCKEN
Noah's
compass [a novel]
Tyler, Anne.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
Liam Pennywell, who set out to be a philosopher and ended up teaching fifth
grade, never much liked the job at that run-down private school, so early
retirement doesn't bother him. But he is troubled by his inability to remember
anything about the first night that he moved into his new, spare, and efficient
condominium on the outskirts of Baltimore. All he knows when he wakes up the
next day in the hospital is that his head is sore and bandaged.
Harvard General - CD.BK Tyler, A
Olive
Kitteridge
Strout, Elizabeth.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2008.
Olive Kitteridge, a retired teacher, deplores the changes taking place in her
little town of Crosby, Maine.
Harvard General - CD.BK Strout, E
The
possibility of everything
Edelman, Hope.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., p2009.
Worried about how to handle an imaginary friend's apparent hold on their
daughter, Hope Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to take the
young child to Maya healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them
banish this disruption--and, as they came to understand, all it represented--
from their lives. In this deeply affecting, beautifully written memoir, Hope
explores what they ultimately discover.
Harvard General - CD.BK B EDELMAN
In
the children’s room:
At
the crossing-places
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
New York : Random House, [2009], p2002.
In late twelfth-century England, the thirteen-year-old Arthur goes to begin his
new life as squire to Lord Stephen at Holt, where crusaders ready themselves.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Crossley-Holland
The
battle for Skandia
Flanagan, John (John Anthony).
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
After Ranger's apprentice Will battles Temujai warriors to rescue Evanlyn,
Will's kingdom of Skandia joins forces with rival kingdom Araluen to defeat a
common enemy.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Flanagan
The
burning bridge
Flanagan, John (John Anthony).
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2006.
Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel
warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Flanagan
Diary
of a wimpy kid Greg Heffley's journal
Kinney, Jeff.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2008.
Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his
best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice
daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take
drastic measures to save their friendship.
Harvard Juvenile - J jCD.BK Kinney
The
graveyard book
Gaiman, Neil.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, 2008.
Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other
denizens of the graveyard.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Gaiman
The
icebound land
Flanagan, John (John Anthony).
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2007.
Chasing the Skandian slave-traders who kidnapped Will and Evanlyn, Ranger Halt
and warrior student Horace find themselves in the frozen northern islands, where
they battle a ruthless black-clad knight as they attempt to rescue their
friends.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Flanagan
King
of the Middle March
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
New York : Random House, p2009.
Arthur de Caldicot tells his story, which this time finds the teen on an island
off the coast of Venice waiting for a Crusade to begin. Arthur is knighted and
takes his oath to defend God seriously, but he is conflicted to learn that the
Saracens are educated and devout people not unlike the Europeans. At the
forefront of his thoughts is Merlin's admonition to keep asking questions. When
money and politics wreak havoc with the plans for the Crusade, Arthur becomes
disillusioned, and he faces a crisis of faith when the Venetians bring the
Crusaders into an internal conflict to siege the city of Zara. Concurrently, Sir
Stephen, Arthur's lord, is wounded and must be taken home to England, and
because of duty, Arthur takes him and leaves the Crusade. Parallel to Arthur's
own quest is that of legendary King Arthur and the Grail knights, whom Arthur
watches in his seeing stone. He watches as Camelot is thrown into chaos, and he
learns that not all battle ends in glory and that treachery exists even there.
In a return home at Easter that is full of symbolism, Arthur finds answers to
lifelong questions.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Crossley-Holland
Rescuing
Seneca Crane
Runholt, Susan.
New York : Random House, p2009.
While accompanying her mother on a business trip to Scotland, fourteen- year-old
Kari and her best friend Lucas attempt to solve a kidnapping mystery.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Runholt
The
ruins of Gorlan
Flanagan, John (John Anthony).
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2006.
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant
apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom
from danger.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Flanagan
The
seeing stone
Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
New York : Random House, p2009.
In late twelfth-century England, a thirteen-year-old boy named Arthur recounts
how Merlin gives him a magical seeing stone which shows him images of the
legendary King Arthur, the events of whose life seem to have many parallels to
his own.
Harvard Juvenile - J AR/CD.BK Crossley-Holland
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