Books Ordered 1/7/2008
Published on 8 Jan 2008
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Books Ordered Jan. 7, 2008
| Bellamy, Chris | Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War |
| Better Business Bureau | Buying a Home: Insider’s Guide to Success |
| Brill, Susan | Pretty Little Pin Cushions |
| Brownstein, Ronald | The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship … |
| Capote, Truman | Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote |
| Comte-Sponville, Andre | The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality |
| Cousteau, Jacques | The Human, the Orchid and the Octopus |
| Crabtree, Caroline | Quilting, Patchwork and Appliqué: A World Guide |
| Chai, Mai-Lee | China A to Z |
| Crawford, Alan | Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson |
| Deen, Paula | Christmas with Paula Deen |
| Delaney, Bob | Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob |
| Dirda, Michael | Classics for Pleasure |
| Dobbs, Lou | Independent’s Day: Awakening the American Spirit |
| Fagan, Brian | The Great Warning: Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations |
| Flynn, Sean Michael | The Fighting 69th: One Remarkable National Guard Unit… |
| Goldberg, Nieca | Dr. Nieca Goldberg’s Complete Guide to Women’s Health |
| Grdnic, Dale | Pittsburgh Steelers Glory Days |
| Hampl, Patricia | The Florist’s Daughter |
| Kaku, Michio | Physics of the Impossible… |
| Kennedy, Hugh | The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World |
| Leader, Zachary | The Life of Kingsley Amis |
| Levy, Adrian | Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons |
| Lewis, David | God’s Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 |
| Lydon, Christine | Ten Years Thinner: 6 Weeks to a Leaner, Younger Looking You |
| McGinniss, Joe | Never Enough |
| Meldahl, Keith | Hard Road West: History and Geology along the Gold Rush Trail |
| Morrow, Bruce | Doo Wop: The Music, the Times, the Era |
| Parkes, Clara | The Knitter’s Book of Yarn |
| Price, Christopher | The Blueprint |
| Rediker, Marcus | The Slave Ship: A Human History |
| Savage, Candace | Crows: Encounter with the Wise Guys of the Avian World |
| Sayers, Gail | Sayers: My Life and Times |
| Shnayerson, Michael | Coal River: How a Few Brave Americans Took on a Powerful Company |
| Siegel, Lee | Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob |
| Simpson, Scot | Complete Book of Framing |
| Stansky, Peter | The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940 |
| Steers, Edward | Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations… |
| Tyson, Eric | Taxes for Dummies 2008 |
| Williamson, Marianne | Embracing the New Midlife |
| Wittenberg, Margaret | New Good Food |
| Ultimate Guide to Gazebos and Other Outdoor Structures | |
| Whitehouse, Peter | The Myth of Alzheimer’s: What You Aren’t Being Told… |
Books Ordered 12/10/2007
Published on 10 Dec 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Books Ordered 12/10/2007
| Ashenburg, Katherine | The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History |
| Axelrod, Alan | Bradley |
| Blau, Richard | Too Young to Feel Old |
| Browne, Sylvia | The Two Marys: The Hidden History of the Mother and Wife of Jesus |
| Cosgrave, Bronwyn | The Complete History of Costume and Fashion |
| Davis, Jeff | Rozell: Czar of the NFL |
| Donald, Aida | Lion in the White House: A Life of Theodore Roosevelt |
| Doyle, David | Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains 1900-1942 |
| Doyle, David | Standard Catalog of Lionel Trains 1945-1969 |
| Einhon, Stefan | The Art of Being Kind |
| Fors, Greg | Why We Hurt |
| Gordon-Reed, Annette | Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 |
| Gorman, Jack | The Essential Guide to Psychiatric Drugs |
| Hansell, Mike | Built by Animals |
| Hass, Robert | Time and Materials |
| Holton, Woody | Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution |
| Jampolsky, Lee | Healing the Addictive Personality |
| Johnson, Paul | Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and DeGaulle |
| Jones, David | Candy Making for Dummies |
| Loewen, James W | Lies My Teacher Told Me |
| Maran Illustrated Windows XP | |
| Peterson, Lyn | Lyn Peterson’s Real Life Kitchens |
| Pollan, Michael | In Defense of Food : An Eater’s Manifesto |
| Regnery, Al | Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism |
| Reynolds, David | Summits: Six Meetings that Shaped the Twentieth Century |
| Rooney, Dan | Dan Rooney: My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL |
| Schlosser, Katherine | The Herb Society of America’s Essential Guide to Growing and Cooking with Herbs |
| Silber, John | Architecture of the Absurd |
| Simon, David | Freedom from Addiction |
| Steele, Shelby | A Bound Man |
| Stoller, Debbie | Son of Stitch ‘n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men |
| Wasserstein, Bernard | Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in Our Time |
| Wiatrowski, Claude | Railroads across North America |
| Wilke, Joanne | Eight Women, Two Model T’s and the American West |
| Wyllie, Elaine | Epilepsy: A Cleveland Clinic Guide |
BOOKS ORDERED NOV. 13,2007
Published on 15 Nov 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
| Beck, Glen | An Inconvenient Book: Solutions to the World’s Biggest Problems |
| Bennis, Phyllis | Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer |
| Borchert, Don | Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library |
| Brady, James | Why Marines Fight |
| Bryson, Bill | Shakespeare: The World as Stage |
| Clapton, Eric | Clapton: The Autobiography |
| Cosby, Bill | Come on People |
| Coulter, Ann | If Democrats Had Any Brains, They’d Be Republicans |
| DeFrank, Thomas | Write It When I’m Gone: Remarkable Off-the-Record Conversations with Gerald R. Ford |
| Dundee, Angelo | My View from the Corner: A Life in Boxing |
| Faludi, Susan | The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America |
| Grant, R.G. | Warrior: A Visual History of the Fighting Man |
| Halperin, Mark | The Undecided Voter’s Guide to the Next President |
| Heiss, Mary Lou | The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide |
| Hertzberg, Jeff | Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day |
| Herz, Rachel | The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell |
| Hill, Benjamin | The Official Ubuntu Book |
| Johnson, Robert | Living Your Unlived Life |
| Kerrigan, Michael | The History of Death: Burial Customs and Funeral Rites… |
| Lax, Eric | Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Movie Making |
| Linderman, Mike | The Teen Whisperer: How to Break Through the Silence and Secrecy… |
| Lithgow, John | The Poet’s Corner: The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family |
| McCuin, Judith | Teach Yourself Visually: Handspinning |
| MacLaine, Shirley | Sage-ing While Age-ing |
| Mertz, Barbara | Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt |
| The Michaels Book of Paper Crafts | |
| Newgent, Jackie | The All-Natural Diabetes |
| Rasenberger, Jim | America 1908: The Dawn of Flight, The Race to the Pole… |
| Repcheck, Jack | Copernicus’ Secret: How the Scientific Revolution Began |
| Rumi | Rumi: Bridge to the Soul |
| Russell, Tony | Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost |
| Sites, Kevin | In the Hot Zone: One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars |
| Smith, Kathy | Feed Muscle, Shrink Fat Diet |
| Suess, Barbara | Japanese Temari: A Colorful Spin on an Ancient Craft |
| Terkel, Studs | Touch and Go: A Memoir |
| Wallace, David | Best American Essays 2007 |
| Waters, Alice | The Art of Simple Food |
New DVDs Coming
Published on 18 Oct 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Within the next month, a number of new DVDs will be added to the collection. Some are additional seasons of old favorites: Ballykissangel, series 6; a new season of Hamish MacBeth; and the Inspector Lynley Mysteries, series 5. Three seasons of a Canadian show, Slings & Arrows, are coming. Also being added are season one of Meerkat Manor and a set of ten plays by Pittsburgh playwright August Wilson, which includes The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Seven Guitars. Several donations are being added: Trans America; Radio; War of the Worlds; and The Power of Choice: the Life and Ideas of Milton Friedman.
Books Ordered 10/15/2007
Published on 13 Oct 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Books Ordered 10/13/2007
| Anderson, Brian | Democratic Capitalism and its Discontents |
| Bourdain, Anthony | No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach |
| Braestrup, Kate | Here if You Need Me |
| Buchanan, Andrea | The Daring Book for Girls |
| Campbell, James | The Ghost Mountain Boys: The Terrifying Battle for Burma-Forgotten War of the South Pacific |
| Colbert, Stephen | I am America (and So Can You!) |
| Collegeboard | Getting Financial Aid 2008 |
| Cravens, Gwyneth | Power to Save the World: the Truth About Nuclear Energy |
| Davis, Devra | The Secret History of the War on Cancer |
| Dunn, Charles | The Future of Conservatism |
| Fiske, Edward | Fiske Guide to Colleges 2008 |
| Gummer, Scott | The Seventh at St. Andrews |
| Heiple, King | Mastering Skeet |
| Ingraham, Laura | Power to the People |
| Jeal, Tim | Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer |
| Kessler, Ronald | The Terrorist Watch: Inside the Desperate Race to Stop the Next Attack |
| Luttrell, Marcus | Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 |
| McManus, Patrick | Kerplunk |
| Margolis, Char | Discover Your Inner Wisdom |
| Martin, Steve | Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life |
| Matthews, Chris | Life’s a Campaign |
| Meredith, Martin | Diamonds, Gold and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa |
| Naftali, Timothy | George Bush 1989-1993 |
| Osteen, Joel | Become a Better You |
| Peterson | Peterson’s College Money Handbook |
| Peterson, James | Cooking |
| Pinsky, Robert | Gulf Music |
| Quzwini, Iman Hassan | American Crescent: A Muslim Cleric on the Power of his Faith… |
| Sabato, Larry | Democratic Capitalism and its Discontents |
| Smith, J. Walker | No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach |
| Smith, Michael | Here if You Need Me |
| Thomas, Clarence | The Daring Book for Girls |
| Woodruff, Lee | The Ghost Mountain Boys: The Terrifying Battle for Burma-Forgotten War of the South Pacific |
Books Ordered Sept. 24, 2007
Published on 25 Sep 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
| Adams, John | My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams |
| Adams, Scott | Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! |
| Anderson, Lars | Carlisle vs Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football’s Greatest Battle |
| Bergreen, Laurence | Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu |
| Bernstein, Peter | All the Money in the World: How the Forbes 400 Make-and Spend-Their Fortunes |
| Bolles, Richard | What Color is Your Parachute 200 |
| Clinton, Bill | Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World |
| Dick, Steven | America in Space: NASA’s First Fifty Years |
| Doherty, Elisabeth | Amiqurumi! Super Happy Crochet Cute |
| Douglas, John | Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind Thirty Years of Hunting for the Wichita Serial Killer |
| Fawcett, Jan | New Hope for People with Bipolar Disorder |
| Hamill, Dorothy | A Skating Life |
| Kaplan, David | Mine’s Bigger: Tom Perkins and the Making of the Greatest Sailing Machine Ever Built |
| Kavanagh, Julie | Nureyev: The Life |
| Lattin, Don | Jesus Freaks: A True Story O Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge |
| Layden, Joe | The Last Great Fight: Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed THeir Lives Forever |
| Ledeen, Michael | The Iranian Time Bomb: The Mullah Zealot’s Quest for Destruction |
| Livingston, Bob | The Body Mind Soul Solution: Healing Emotional Pain Through Exercise |
| Lomborg, Bjorn | Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming |
| McManus, Patrick | Kerplunk |
| Mann, Brian | Welcome to the Homeland: A Journey to the Rural Heart of America’s Conservative Revolution |
| Millan, Cesar | Be the Pack Leader: Use Cesar’s Way to Transform Your Dog…and Your Life |
| Netz, Reviel | The Archimedes Codex: How a Medieval Prayer Book is Revealing the True Genius of Antiquity’s Greatest Scientist |
| Rich, Adrienne | Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004-2006 |
| Sacks, Oliver | Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain |
| Stark, Rodney | Discovering God: A New Look at the Origins of the Great Religions |
| Strand, Mark | New Selected Poems |
| Tharoor, Shashi | The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: India, the Emerging 21st Century Power |
| Ulrich, Laurel | Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History |
| Viorst, Judith | Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellant, Terrific Ninety Days |
| Virga, Vincent | Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations |
| Wills, Garry | Head and Heart: American Christianities |
Books Ordered Sept. 10, 2007
Published on 18 Sep 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Books Ordered September 10, 2007
| Armstrong, Karen | The Bible: A Biography |
| Atkinson, Rick | The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 |
| Atwood, Margaret | The Doors: Poems |
| Brennan, Georeanne | Christmas Sweets |
| Burstyn, Ellen | Lessons in Becoming Myself |
| Chiles, James | The God Machine: From Boomerangs to Black Hawks |
| Desaulniers, Marcel | I’m Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas |
| Dyer, Wayne | Change Your Thoughts-Change Your Life |
| Erard, Michael | Um…Slips, Stumbles and Verbal Blunders, and What THey Mean |
| Friedman, David | The Immortalists: Charles Lindburgh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever |
| Kraybill, Donald B. | Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy |
| McDonnell, Greg | Lake Boats: The Enduring Vessels of the Great Lakes |
| McGrath, Alister | The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Devine |
| MacIntyre, Ben | Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love and Betrayal |
| Michaelis, David | Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography |
| Oz, Mehmet | You: Staying Younger: The Owner’s Manual for Extending Your Warranty |
| Portmann, John | A History of Sin: It’s Evolution to Today and Beyond |
| Rather, Rebecca | The Pastry Queen Christmas |
| Taraborrelli, J. Randy | Diana Ross: A Biography |
| Zukov, Gary | Soul to Soul |
Books Ordered August 13, 2007
Published on 14 Aug 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
Books Ordered August 13, 2007
| Ackerman, Diane | The Zookeeper’s Wife: a War Story |
| Alda, Alan | Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself |
| Behrman, Greg | The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and the Time when America Helped Save Europe |
| Brownlee, Shannon | Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer |
| Burns, Ken | The War: An Intimate History |
| Danticat, Edwidge | Brother, I’m Dying |
| Davis, Donald A | Stonewall Jackson |
| Gibbs, Nancy | The Preacher and the Presidents |
| Greenspan, Alan | The Age of Turbulence |
| Halberstam, David | The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War |
| Insight Guides: Brazil | |
| Insight Guides: India | |
| Kaplan, Robert | Hog Pilots Blue Water Grunts |
| Pagett, Matt | What Shat That? |
| Pittman, Charles | Playing for Paterno: One Coach, Two Eras |
| Robinson, Rocky | Flat Out: The Race for the Motorcycle Land Speed Record |
| Rose, Chris | 1 Dead in the Attic: After Katrina |
| Sax, Leonard | Boys Adrift: Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys… |
| Shannon, Scott | Please Don’t Label My Child |
| Taubes, Gary | Good Calories, Bad Calories |
| Tisserand, Michael | Sugarcane Academy: How a New Orleans Teacher and His Storm-Struck Students… |
| Toobin, Jeffrey | The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court |
| Weisman, Alan | The World Without Us |
| Williamson, Craig | Muscular Retraining for Pain Free Living |
Books Ordered July 23, 2007
Published on 24 Jul 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
| Abbott, Karen | Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul |
| Ang, Tom | How To Photograph Absolutely Everything |
| Bettis, Jerome | The Bus: My Life in and out of a Helmet |
| Buford, Bill | Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook … |
| Dungy, Tony | Quiet Strength |
| Frank, Robert | Richistan: A Journey through the American Wealth Boom and the Lives of the New Rich |
| Guha, Ramachandra | India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy |
| Helou, Anissa | Savory Baking from the Mediterranean |
| Holmstedt, Kirsten | Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq |
| Kalish, Mildred | Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Depression |
| LaPlante, Alice | The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Writing Fiction and Nonfiction |
| Mabry, Marcus | Twice as Good: Condoleeza Rice and Her Path to Power |
| Mahoney, Rosemary | Down in the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman’s Skiff |
| Moran, Mark | Warmen’s Fiesta Ware |
| Moskovitch, Deborah | The Smart Divorce: Proven Strategies and Valuable Advice from 100 Top… |
| Ondra, Nancy | Fallscaping: Extending Your Gardening Season into Autumn |
| Perry, Arthur | Straight Talk about Cosmetic Surgery |
| Reisler, Jim | The Best Game Ever: October 13, 1960: Pirates 10, Yankees 9 |
| Ronald, Susan | The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventures and the Dawn of Empire |
| Sheed, Wilfrid | The House that George Built |
| Thubron, Colin | Shadow of the Silk Road |
| Von Maarsen, Jacqueline | My Name is Anne, She Said: Anne Frank: The Memoirs of Anne Frank’s Best Friend |
| Walker, Gabrielle | An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere |
Books Ordered June 25, 2007
Published on 29 Jun 2007
Filed under New Non-Fiction.
BOOKS ORDERED 6/25/07
| Calloway, Colin | The Shawnees and the War for America |
| Corfield, Richard | Lives of the Planets: A Natural History of the Solar System |
| Clay, Catrine | King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War |
| Frank, Richard | MacArthur: A Biography |
| Hitchens, Christopher | God is not Great: Why Religion Poisons Everything |
| Hodgkins, Elizabeth | Your Cat: A Revolutionary Approach to Feline Health and Happiness |
| Insight Guides Argentina | |
| Owen, Frank | No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth |
| Perdue, Theda | The Cherokee Nation and the Trail of Tears |
| Schmidt, Philip | The Complete Guide to Attics and Basements |
| Silverstein, Shel | Silverstein Around the World |
| Tenet, George | At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA |
