Tracy Memorial Library

FICTION

Baxter, Charles – SOUL THIEF – Predatory love wreaks havoc on two lives in this subtle, engaging novel, but compassionate love is also highlighted.

Benedict, Elizabeth – ALMOST – Benedict’s 4^th novel (first published in 2001) has an autobiographical tone as it tells of Sophy learning that her almost-ex husband has been found dead on the New England resort island where she left him just months before.

Berenson, Alex – GHOST WAR – John Wells is back in Washington (The Faithful Spy, 2006) when the CIA finds evidence of a surge in Taliban activity backed by a foreign power but, when he returns to Afghanistan to investigate, he is in for a big surprise.

Blevins, Win – LONG AND WINDING ROAD: A Novel of the Mountain Men – This Western, 5^th of the early 19^th- century series featuring trapper Sam Morgan, finds him tracking down two captured women.

Bock, Charles – BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN – There is more to this novel than the disappearance of a 12-year-old boy; it brings together the intersecting lives of parents, adolescents, strippers, addicts, gamblers and the rest of the hodge-podge of humans gathered in neon-lit, heat parched Las Vegas.

Brown, Sandra – WHOLE NEW LIGHT – Another example of Sandra Brown’s love stories with “larger-than-life” heroines.

Choi, Susan – PERSON OF INTEREST – An Asian-born math professor at a third-rate college is accused of murdering a colleague, laying bare an America that is simultaneously tolerant and suspicious.

Collins, James – BEGINNER’S GREEK – Collins first novel is the tale of a love affair and a marriage, to a different woman – a strange and delicious confection of a book.

Dorsey, Tim – ATOMIC LOBSTER – Recovered from the mid-life malaise that made him seem almost normal, South Florida’s leading sociopath goes back to what he does best, murder and mayhem, all to aid a little guy.

French, Nicci – LOSING YOU – In this psychological thriller, Nina Landry’s 15-year-old daughter goes missing soon after they move from London to tranquil Sandling Island, but the police are nonchalant about it until her bicycle is found abandoned.

Hannah, Kristin – FIREFLY LANE – A moving and realistic portrait of a complex and enduring friendship, a girlhood bond that matures into an adult one, covering the 1970s to the new millennium.

Kinsella, Sophie – REMEMBER ME? – A winning, if unoriginal, tale of amnesia striking an ambitious shrew, after a blow on her head, and changing her life for the better.

Krentz, Jayne Ann – SIZZLE AND BURN – Raine Tallentyre is recruited to aid the Arcane Society, a group dedicated to the study of paranormal phenomena, after she hears voices which lead her to her deceased aunt’s basement, where she finds a potential serial-killer’s victim locked in a closet.

Lessing, Doris – THE GOLDEN NOTEBOOK – This 1971 book is divided into five parts, one of which is a conventional short novel, Free Woman, with four notebooks – Black, Red, Yellow and Blue – interspersed within it, all kept by Anna Wulf, the central character of the novel.

MacDonald, Patricia – STOLEN IN THE NIGHT – A 9-year-old girl was witness to her teenage sister’s abduction from their tent in a remote NH campground, and the man she identified was tried, convicted and executed, but, years later, DNA tests prove that his innocence.

Millhauser, Steven – DANGEROUS LAUGHTER: Thirteen Stories – These unusual stories are divided into 3 sections: “Vanishing Acts,” “Impossible Architectures” and “Heretical Histories”.

Picoult, Jodi – CHANGE OF HEART – A convicted murderer, who may be a latter-day Messiah, wants to donate his heart to the sister of one of his victims.

Pollock, Donald Ray – KNOCKEMSTIFF – In his debut story collection, Pollock, a native of Knockemstiff, Ohio, delivers poignant and raunchy tales of his hometown’s sad and stagnant residents.

Rice, Anne – CHRIST THE LORD: The Road to Cana – Rice’s 2^nd book in her ambitious life of Christ project begins during His last winter before his baptism and concludes with the wedding at Cana.

Rice, Luanne – LIGHT OF THE MOON – Susannah, having just lost her mother to cancer, takes a break from her work as a cultural anthropologist and visits the Camarque region of southern France, where she meets and falls in love with an expatriate American, whose daughter is half Gypsy.

Sallis, James – SALT RIVER – Philosophical John Turner, now sheriff of a small town near Memphis, must investigate the circumstances of a speeding car crash involving the previous sheriff’s troubled son, and is led to some startling revelations about human nature.

Sanders, Lawrence; (Lardo, Vincent) – McNALLY’S BLUFF – When a woman is murdered in a garden-hedge maze at a Palm Beach villa, her husband hires Archie McNally to find her killer.

Scottoline, Lisa – LADY KILLER – Philadelphia’s favorite all-female law firm is back with a case that poses refreshingly little danger to life, limb, or professional duties.

Sewell, Kitty – ICE TRAP: A Novel of Suspense – A young Welsh doctor worked for a year in a remote Canadian settlement near the Arctic Circle, and years later hears from a teenage girl claiming he is her father, which DNA tests prove to be true, but he does not remember having sex with her mother.

Tallis, Frank – VIENNA BLOOD – When several murders are committed in succession, Viennese Det. Insp. Osker Rheinhart enlists the aid of Freud disciple Max Lieberman, who quickly deduces that the killer is choosing his victims to correspond with the plot of Mozart’s The Magic Flute.

Wolitzer, Meg – TEN-YEAR NAP – A wise, witty assessment of the dilemmas faced by middle-class mothers – to work of not – in the competitive terrain of New York City parenting.

Wilder, Gene – WOMAN WHO WOULDN’T – When a young concert violinist has a complete breakdown on stage, he is sent to a German health resort, where he meets a beautiful young woman whom he tries his hardest to seduce.

MYSTERY

Atherton, Nancy – AUNT DIMITY: Vampire Hunter – After Lori’s twins claim they saw a vampire in the woods, her investigations, with the aid of Aunt Dimity, her mother’s deceased best friend, reveal some astonishing facts.

Greeley, Andrew - IRISH TIGER: A Nuala Anne Mcgrail Novel – The celebrated singer and problem solver, with her husband in tow, comes to the aid of two loving seniors, whose unexpected romance is targeted by an unknown enemy.

May, Peter – KILLING ROOM – May’s exciting new China novel brings together Beijing detective Li Van and American pathologist Margaret Campbell for the 3^rd time.

Parker, Robert B. – STRANGER IN PARADISE – Police chief Stone re-encounters the criminal responsible for a crime spree in the city of Paradise, Mass., ten years earlier.

Stabenow, Dana – PREPARED FOR RAGE – Brutal tribal injustice motivates a Western-educated Pakistani to compete with Osama as a terror theorist, with America’s space shuttle the target.

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BIOGRAPHY

B LINCOLN – Miller, William Lee – PRESIDENT LINCOLN: The Duty of a Statesman – Lincoln’s remarkably successful statecraft can be attributed not only to his powerful intellect but also to the moral clarity that allowed him to achieve to achieve his goals without losing his own or his country’s soul.
B PELOSI – Bzdek, Vincent – WOMAN OF THE HOUSE: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi – A well-rounded portrait of a powerful woman whose career is still very much in progress.

LARGE PRINT

B RUSESABAGINA – Rusesabagina, Paul – AN ORDINARY MAN: An Autobiography
Winspear, Jacqueline – AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE

NONFICTION

Appiah, Kwame – EXPERIMENTS IN ETHICS – 170 – Evidence suggests that character traits, like honesty, may not play much of a role in moral action, but that our behavior is determined to a large extent by the situation.

Ashbury, John – NOTES FROM THE AIR: Selected Later Poems – 811 – In this collection, the poet, now in his 80^th year, has selected his favorites from ten collections spanning two decades.

Balmer, Randall – GOD IN THE WHITE HOUSE: A History : How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush – 322.10973 – An important study, particularly illuminating about the past 25 years and how the wall separating church and state is crumbling.

Barcott, Bruce – LAST FLIGHT OF THE SCARLET MACAW: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird – 333.95 – The story of a bitter fight against a dam in western Belize.

Black, Donald – BAD BOYS, BAD MEN: Confronting Antisocial Personality Disorder – 616.8582 – 616.8582 – New evidence from genetics and neuroscience supports a biological cause for antisocial personality disorder (ASP), but there are warning signs and interventions that can be pursued.

Blackman, Douglas A. – SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II – 305.896 – A powerful, eye-opening account of an important but unremembered chapter of American history.

Blake, Mark – COMFORTABLY NUMB: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd – 782.42166 – Heaps of first-hand source material and a genuine love for his subject distinguishes Blake’s work.

Bowen, Will – COMPLAINT FREE WORLD: How to Stop Complaining and Start Enjoying the Life You Always Wanted – 158.1 – An engaging, enjoyable, easy-to-read reminder that the only permanent constructive changes you can make in the world are the changes you make in yourself.

Bridge, Andrew – HOPE’S BOY – 362.73 – This memoir, by a children’s rights lawyer, tells of his young life with a mentally ill mother or in loveless and deadening group and foster care.

Burke, Timothy M. – PARADISO FILES: Boston’s Unknown Serial Killer – 364.152 – Prosecutor Burke remains convinced that Paradiso, convicted for the murder of one victim in 1984, was guilty of more rapes and killings, and takes us for a ride through the legal system and the mind of the killer.

Dowd, Michael – THANK GOD FOR EVOLUTION: How the Marriage of Science an Religion Will Transform Your Life and Your World – 261.5 DOW – An exhilarating book that can move us beyond false separations of science and religion.

Fleckenstein, Bill – GREENSPAN’S BUBBLES: The Age of Recklessness at the Federal Reserve – 332.1109 – The author pops the Greenspan bubble, presenting compelling and convincing evidence that the former Fed chief got us into our present mess.

Francese, Peter – COMMUNITIES AND CONSEQUENCES: The Unbalancing of New Hampshire’s Human Ecology & What We Can Do About It – 307 – This book explains the changing demography of New Hampshire, its cause and its consequences; also see www.communitiesandconsequences.org with film clips.

Gershon, David – LOW CARBON DIET: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5000 Pounds – 333.72 – Be part of the global warming solution and save money, save energy and save the planet.

Hearth, Amy Hill – STRONG MEDICINE SPEAKS: A Native American Elder Has Her Say – 974.004 – The 84-year-old member of the Lenni-Lenape tribe speaks candidly and without complaint of her hardscrabble life in rural New Jersey, the region her people have inhabited for untold generations.

Keller, Timothy – REASON FOR GOD: Belief in the Age of Skepticism – 239 – The founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC examines a list of the most frequently voiced “doubts” that skeptics bring to his church.

Lawler, Philip F. – FAITHFUL DEPARTED: The Collapse of Boston’s Catholic Culture – 282.744 – It was not only the sex-abuse scandal that caused the Church to lose its public influence in the space of a generation; this was, in fact, a symptom of the corruption that was already well advanced.

McCartney, Laton – TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country – 973.91 – If corruption is what you want, put someone with strong ties to the oil industry in the White House.

McGuinniss, Joe – NEVER ENOUGH – 364.152 – The saga of the highly competitive and super-ambitious Kissel brothers, who both ended up murdered.

Parker, Matthew – PANAMA FEVER: The Epic History of One of the Greatest Engineering Triumphs of All Time: the Building of the Panama Canal – 972.875 PAR – Backed by meticulous research, Parker’s account captures the passion and tragedy of the engineering feat.

Peters, Josh – ULTIMATE DIVIDEND PLAYBOOK: Income, Insight, and Independence for Today’s Investor – 332.6322 – Why you don’t have to try to beat the market and how you can use dividends to capture the income and growth you seek.

Pielke, Roger A. – HONEST BROKER: Making Sense for Science in Policy and Politics – 174.95 – The book is about understanding the role that science and individual scientists can play.

Shenon, Philip – COMMISSION: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation – 973.931 – In this book, New York Times reporter Shenon claims to have discovered “stunning shortcomings” in the 9/11 Commission’s work.

Shirky, Clay – HERE COMES EVERYBODY: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations – 303.483 – A networking guru informs us that with all the newfangled technology, such as cell-phone photography and Internet bloggery, the course of human events is entering a new epoch.

Smail, Daniel Lord – ON DEEP HISTORY AND THE BRAIN – 901 – An ambitious book that integrates the study of human history with principles of biological and cultural evolution.

Tolle, Eckhart – THE POWER OF NOW: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment – 291.44 – This inspirational book is presented in question and answer form.

Torgovnick, Kate – CHEER: A Year in the Extreme World of Competitive College Cheerleading – 791.6 – The editor of Jane magazine assigned Torgovnick a story on the rise of cheerleading-based injuries, and the reporter was sucked into an unimaginably obsessive and competitive subculture.

Casey, Nell; McCourt, Frank (FRW) – UNCERTAIN INHERITANCE: Writers on Caring for Family – 362 – Although these essays cover a wide spectrum of caring for loved ones, none address the problems faced by those who have no family to depend on when they most need help.

Stoppard, Miriam – CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY & BIRTH – 618.2 – The popular

U.K.

personality deals with this serious subject in a charming advice-column style.

Lyon, Ericka; Matheson, Donald (FRW) – BIG BOOK OF BIRTH – 618.4 – The renowned childbirth educator and Realbirth Center founder offers an antidote to the unknown with this comprehensive guide.

Kitzinger, Sheila; May, Marcia (PHT) – COMPLETE BOOK OF PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH – 618.24 – Week by week, month by month, the most comprehensive guide for expectant parents.

Bolton, Vivienne – BIG BOOK OF PAPERCRAFTS: 40 Stunning Projects – 745.54 – Bolton subtly emphasizes the 3-dimensional capabilities of the medium while also providing a good foundation for beginners.

Falick, Melanie; Nicholas, Kristin – KNITTING FOR BABY – 746.432 – The patterns and instructions cover a range of capabilities and are beautifully photographed and illustrated.

Katzen, Mollie – VEGETABLE DISHES I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT – 641.65 – A book that will inspire you to cook, serve and eat more of them.

Post, Anna – EMILY POST’S WEDDING PARTIES – 395.22 – This guide is perfect for anyone involved in the many parties surrounding today’s weddings.

Stirling, S. M. – IN THE COURTS OF THE CRIMSON KINGS – The author’s 2^nd planetary romance moves from Venus to Mars, where an archeologist with the U.S. Aerospace Force falls in love with a Martian mercenary, who turns out to be the heir to the Ruby Throne.

DVD

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (Musical) – 791.43 ACR (pink dot)

ALEXANDER’S RAGTIME BAND – 791.43 ALE (pink dot)

ANYTHING GOES – 791.43 ANY (pink dot)

THE ARISTOCRATS – MDVD 791.45 ARI

AS TIME GOES BY (Series 1 through 9) – MDVD 791.45 AST

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD – 791.43 ASS

BARNEY MILLER: The First Season – 791.45 BAR

BEHAVING BADLY: vols. 1 & 2 – 791.45 BEH

BEYOND THE GATES – 791.43 BEY

BORDER FEUD/GHOST TOWN RENEGADES – 791.43 BOR

CABARET – 791.43 CAB (pink dot)

CAMELOT – 791.43 CAM (pink dot)

CANDIDE – 791.43 CAN (pink dot)

CLOSE TO HOME – 791.43 CLO (foreign lang., orange dot)

THE CLOSER: The Complete First Season – MDVD 791.43 CLO

THE FEVER: A Personal Awakening – 791.43 FEV

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – 791.43 FID (pink dot)

HE WAS A QUIET MAN – 791.43 HEW

THE INVASION – 791.43 INV

IRVING BERLIN: An American Song – BIO NF DVD

THE JANE AUSTEN BOOKCLUB – 791.43 JAN

KING OF CALIFORNIA – 791.43 KIN

McMASTERS/MEDUSA – 791.43 McM

MICHAEL CLAYTON – 791.43 MIC

THE PAJAMA GAME – 791.43 PAJ (pink dot)

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER – 791.43 PRI

RESCUE DAWN – 791.43 RES

SCIENCE OF SLEEP – 791.43 SCI

SHOW BOAT – 791.43 SHO (pink dot)

STAR WARS (Episodes I through VI) – 791.43 STA

Andrews, Mary Kay – DEEP DISH

Barr, Nevada – WINTER STUDY – (MYS)

Beattie, Melody – CODEPENDENT: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself 158 BEA

Brown, Rita Mae; Brown, Sneaky pie – THE PURRFECT MURDER – (MYS)

Cash, Dixie – MY HEART MAY BE BROKEN BUT MY HAIR STILL LOOKS GREAT

Enright, Anne – THE GATHERING

Evanovich, Janet – NAUGHTY NEIGHBOR

Flynn, Vince – PROTECT AND DEFEND

Katz, Jon – DOG DAYS: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm – 636.7 KAT

Lippman, Laura – ANOTHER THING TO FALL – (MYS)

Macomber, Debbie – 74 SEASIDE AVENUE

Maguire, Gregory – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST

McEwan, Ian - ATONEMENT

O’Brian, Patrick – THE WINE-DARK SEA

Parker, Robert B. – NOW &THEN

Picoult, Jodi – CHANGE OF HEART

Radish, Kris – SEARCHING FOR PARADISE IN PARKER, PA

B THOMPSON – Thompson, Hunter – FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

B WALLS – Walls, Jeanette – THE GLASS CASTLE

White, Randy Wayne – BLACK WIDOW