February 27, 2006
New Bestsellers 2/27/06
The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists.
E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog
Fiction
 Sarah Dunant. In the Company of the Courtesan
Set in Renaissance Italy, this follow-up to Dunant's "The Birth of Venus" recounts the fantastic escapades of Bucino Teodoldo, a wily dwarf, and his mistress, celebrated courtesan Fiammetta Bianchini, who escape to Venice where intrigue awaits. (PW #6)
 Robert Greer. Resurrecting Langston Blue
No one emerges unscathed from war, and ER doctor Carmen Nguyen is no different. More than thirty years after Vietnam, when the ghosts of that distant war come calling, Carmen decides to look for her father, Langston Blue, an army sergeant and Vietnam combatant, whom she never knew. Blue remains a shadowy figure, forever missing from Carmen's life and presumed dead since the end of the war. But Ket Tran, Carmen's feisty aunt and the guiding light in her life, has a sliver of evidence that Blue may still be alive - and on U.S. soil. (E #7)
 James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. The 5th Horseman
Patients are dying in a San Francisco hospital with unknown causes and the Womans Murder Club investigate hospital personnel. They discover a hospital administrator determined to shield the hospitals reputation. (PW #1)
NYT Business
 Dave Barry. Money Secrets
For decades, Dave Barry's many fans have relied on him for good laughs, humorous insight, and great stories. Now, in his first original nonfiction book in five years, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer reveals everything listeners need to know--and more--about the stock market, big business, and the art of making and losing money. (#6)
 Joel Greenblatt & Andrew Tobias. The Little Book That Beats the Market
The Little Book That Beats the Market does more than simply set out the basic principles for successful stock market investing, it provides a "magic formula" that is easy to use and makes buying good companies at bargain prices automatic. Though the formula has been extensively tested and is a clear breakthrough in the academic and professional world, the commonsense method is convincingly explained using sixth-grade math skills, plain language, and humor. Readers will learn how to use this low-risk method to beat the market and professional managers by a wide margin. Along the way, readers will also learn how to view the stock market; why success eludes almost all individual and professional investors; and why the formula will continue to work even after everyone "knows" it. (#3)
 Jane Bryant Quinn. Smart and Simple Financial Strategies
The author of "Making the Most of Your Money" presents a clear and efficient guide to creating a sound financial plan that will virtually run itself. Quinn maintains readers only need a handful of simple, low-cost financial products and strategies. (#13)
Posted by Grace at 03:43 PM
February 22, 2006
New Bestsellers 2/20/06
The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists.
The Library Journal Lists of Most Borrowed Books in Public Libraries for Fiction and Nonfiction were updated for February 15, 2006.
The Criticas Spanish Language fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists were updated for February 2006.
The Wall Street Journal Lists are no longer being updated due to technical difficulties.
E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog
** = Titles which appeared last week for the first time.
Fiction
 Jackie Collins. Lovers & Players
Dazzling, internationally renowned, bestselling author Jackie Collins pulls out all the stops with this highly charged love story about family relationships, deadly choices, mysterious murder, and dangerous sex. (NYT #6, PW #6)
 Lisa Gardner. Gone **
When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back? For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, it's the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the driver's seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate. (NYT #7, PW #7)
 Yolanda Joe. Video Cowboys
In her latest comic mystery, savvy Chicago reporter Georgia Barnett is caught between a trigger-happy police force and a frazzled, bomb-wielding father who is distraught that the police aren't working to find his missing daughter. (E #4)
 Jay McInerney. The Good Life
What happens, or should happen, when life stops us in our tracks, or our own choices do? What if both secrets and secret needs, long guarded steadfastly, are finally revealed? What is the good life? (NYT #16, PW #15)
 Robert Parker. Sea Change
When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be a treacherous and emotionally charged investigation. (NYT #4, PW #4)
 Kimberla Lawson Roby. Changing Faces **
The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Best-Kept Secret" pens an outstanding tale that probes the true meaning of friendship as three women face a wave of unexpected troubles.
 Timothy Zahn. Star Wars: Outbound Flight **
It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery - only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend ... and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole story of the remarkable - and doomed - Outbound Flight Project. (NYT #9, PW #8)
Nonfiction
 James Swanson. Manhunt
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, John Wilkes Booth threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat. Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics, this book is a fully documented work, but it is also a tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal, an hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters. (NYT #6, PW #6)
Posted by Grace at 09:28 AM
February 21, 2006
African American Book List
The National Education Association (NEA) has created this comprehensive reading list of 100 titles that celebrate African American heritage, tradition, and achievement.
 Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin. Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
The acclaimed civil rights leader Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) is brought vividly to life in this accessible and well-researched biography. Wells was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and she helped black women win the right to vote. But what she is most remembered for is the success of her lifelong crusade against the practice of lynching--called by some "our nation's crime%"--in the American South. She fought her battle by writing and publishing countless newspaper articles and by speaking around the world. (Grades 5 and up)
 Leo and Diane Dillon. Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That
In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time. (Grades PreK-2)
Posted by Grace at 01:46 PM
February 20, 2006
Customized ?BookLetters? Available Online
Sign up to receive customized newsletters about your favorite books!
Harris County Public Library, the largest circulating library in Texas, introduces a new online feature. Customers can sign up to receive up to 12 customized book newsletters, called BookLetters, through email. The BookLetters feature titles, descriptions and reviews of the latest Audio Books, New Fiction titles, Mysteries and more. Through BookLetters, customers are a click away from the Harris County Public Library online catalog where they can request the book or audio. Just log on to www.hcpl.net and click on BookLetters to register.
Harris County Public Library is excited to offer this innovative online service to customers. HCPL Director Catherine Park said that ?Our goal is to provide the best service to our customers. BookLetters allows us to individualize our book and audio news. This gives customers the opportunity to get news about the items they want in a timely manner from their own computer." Park went on to say that ?BookLetters is just one way that we can bring the library to you, the customer, wherever you are.?
Harris County Public Library has 26 branches located across Harris county. Harris County Public Library is the largest circulating library in the State of Texas, checking out more than 10 million items per year. All branches offer computers, Internet connections and wireless connections. For more information about the branch closest to you, call 713-749-9000 or check the branch information pages.
Posted by Grace at 03:50 PM
February 10, 2006
Dr. Seuss Book List
Read The Cat in the Hat in bed
Or perhaps Fox in Socks on a sled
Hear the Who with Horton
Or eat Green Eggs and Ham without snorting
A Dr. Seuss book list
From the earliest...
 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937)
A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.
To the the lastest
 Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998)
The students of Diffendoofer School celebrate their unusual teachers and curriculum, including Miss Fribble who teaches laughing, Miss Bonkers who teaches frogs to dance, and Mr. Katz who builds robotic rats.
Posted by Grace at 03:42 PM
February 07, 2006
2006-2007 Lone Star Reading List
The Texas Lone Star Reading List is a reading incentive program designed for young adults (grades 6-8). It is put together by the Lone Star Reading List Committee of the Texas Library Association.
 Scott Westerfeld. Uglies
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty.
Posted by Grace at 10:44 AM
2006 Bluebonnet Winner
The 2006 Bluebonnet Award winner has been announced. The winner is chosen each January by students in grades 3-6. The 2006-2007 list , to be voted on in January 2007, is also now available.
 Lisa Wheeler. Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta
A motley crew of dogs presents a rhyming tale of seagoing adventure.
Posted by Grace at 10:40 AM
New Bestsellers 2/6/06
The following books are appearing on the best seller lists for the first time this week. For a complete listing see our collection of Best Seller Lists.
The Wall Street Journal lists are not available this week due to technical difficulties.
E = Essence Magazine
NYT = New York Times
PW = Publisher's Weekly
USA = USA Today
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
* = Titles that have previously appeared on the bestseller lists but are new to our catalog
Fiction
 Stephen King. Cell
Civilization doesn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ends with a call on your cell phone. What happens on the afternoon of October 1 came to be known as the Pulse, a signal sent though every operating cell phone that turns its user into something...well, something less than human. Savage, murderous, unthinking-and on a wanton rampage. Terrorist act? Cyber prank gone haywire? It really doesn't matter, not to the people who avoided the technological attack. (NYT #1, PW #1, USA #1)
 John Lescroart. The Hunt Club
Wyatt Hunt is a self-employed P.I., working low-profile surveillance and insurance fraud cases. When a federal judge is found murdered in Pacific Heights, Hunt enlists his confederation of friends, stringers, and associates--the Hunt Club--to help bring the murderer to justice. (NYT #9, PW #9)
 J.D. Robb. Memory in Death
Eve Dallas is one tough cop. She can deal with a holiday reveler in a red suit who plunges thirty-seven stories and gives new meaning to the term "sidewalk Santa." She can take on purse snatchers, drug dealers, and worse. But when Trudy Lombard - a seemingly ordinary middle-aged lady - shows up at the station, it's all Eve can do to hold it together. Instantly, she is plunged back to the days when she was a vulnerable traumatized young girl - and trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits smiling in front of her. (NYT #2, PW #2, USA #5)
Nonfiction
 Deborah Tannen. You're Wearing That?
In her most commercial book to date, Tannen does for the mother-daughter relationship what she did for women and men in her #1 "New York Times" bestseller "You Just Don't Understand" by showing mothers and daughters how to improve communication by understanding the other's point of view. (NYT #9, PW #14)
 Norah Vincent. Self-Made Man
Narrated with exquisite insight, humor, and empathy, the author uses her firsthand experience--the 18 months she masqueraded as a man--to explore the many remarkable mysteries of gender identity. (NYT #12, PW #15)
Posted by Grace at 10:21 AM
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