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NEW BOOKs for October 2011
Non Fiction To Infinity and Beyond! By Karen Paik • 791.433 P153t In 1986, three men founded Pixar Animation Studios with the goal of creating an exclusively computer animated feature. Pail chronicles every step of the company’s development in this work.
A Jane Austen Education By William Deresiewicz • 823 Au7d Deresiewicz turns to Austen's novels to reveal the life lessons hidden within. With humour and candor, he uses his experiences to show the power of her teachings.
Just My Type By Simon Garfield • 686.22 G18j This illuminating work explores the history and subtle powers of type. Fonts are centuries old, but their names were unknown until the menus on our computers made us all typesetters.
A Sea in Flames By Carl Safina • 363.73 Sa17s Safina examines the environmental and social consequences of the BP oil spill from the perspective of those directly affected by it and how their livelihoods have been irreparably changed.
The Ultimate Guide to Muscle Cars By Jim Glatonbury • 629.222 G465u A lavishly illustrated guide that not only carries car specs of notable vehicles, but also includes a tribute to their value in history.
When Gadgets Betray Us By Robert Vamosi • 005.8 V256w Vamosi covers hardware hacking and identity fraud through intercepted mobile phone conversations and long distance copying of credit cards and driver's licenses. We can protect ourselves.
Biography Four Kitchens By Lauren Shockey • 641.5 Sh72f A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Shockey shows what really happens behind the scenes in haute cuisine, and includes original recipes.
The George Carlin Letters By Sally Wade • 792.7 C194w This unique illustrated memoir by Sally Wade, the love of George Carlin’s life for ten years, is a collection of never-before-seen writings and artwork by the late great comedian.
In My Time By Dick Cheney • 973.931 C421i Dick Cheney reflects on his political and business careers: from his days in the Ford administration, to his stint as CEO of Halliburton, and to his years as vice president under George W. Bush.
Jane Fonda By Patricia Bosworth • 792B F732b Bosworth goes behind the image, revealing Fonda powerful and vulnerable. Her struggles for achievement, love, and motherhood mirror the conflicts of a generation of women.
Life Itself By Roger Ebert • 791.43 Eb39L Ebert, best known for his thirty years on Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.
Troublemaker By Bill Zimmerman • 973.92 Z65t In this memoir, activist Bill Zimmerman recounts his involvement in numerous demonstrations and direct actions in the anti-war and civil right movements of the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Fiction Anatomy of a Disappearance By Hisham Matar A sequel to Matar’s stunning debut In the Country of Men, young Nuri lives in a volatile world which is complicated with his obsession with his stepmother and his father’s sudden disappearance.
The Bone Cage By Angie Abdou A wrestler and a speed swimmer on the verge of realizing their Olympic dreams face the question: what happens to athletes too old or injured to compete.
Dry Ice By Bill Evans When the head of the secret weather “research” station TESLA is replaced, he unleashed a storm of fatal weather around the globe. The race is on to save the world.
The Leftovers By Tom Perrotta What if the Rapture happened and you got left behind? Or maybe it’s mysterious, apparently random disappearances that shattered the world in a single moment, dividing history into Before and After?
A Man of Parts By David Lodge Novelist and critic David Lodge has taken the compelling true story of H G Wells's life and transformed it into a witty and deeply moving narrative about a fascinating yet flawed man.
Natural Order By Brian Francis Nearing the end of her life Joyce realizes she made some terrible choices. Can there still be grace in her life after all? Perhaps with the help of a young volunteer at the nursing home?
Mysteries Bye Bye, Baby By Max Allan Collins Nate Heller, PI to the stars, hears more than he bargained for when Marilyn Monroe hires him to keep a record of her telephone calls to protect her from being fired by 20th Century Fox.
Dead Man’s Grip By Peter James Carly Chase is traumatised ten days after being in a fatal traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare.
The Dog Who Knew Too Much By Spencer Quinn Cool canine Chet and his beloved Bernie have been hired to find a boy possibly snatched by his divorced dad, but Chet noses out new clues that make things look more desperate.
Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island By Sandy Frances Duncan The Islands Investigations International team is back! This time, Kyra Rachel and Noel Franklin are sleuthing around Quadra Island in the employ of Noel's old high school buddy, Jason Cooper.
Northwest Angle By William Kent Krueger
While on a houseboat vacation, a storm forces Cork O’Connor and his daughter to seek shelter on an
island where the discovery of a body and a baby puts them in danger.
The Perfect Suspect By Margaret Coel
Journalist Catherine McLeod receives an anonymous call that casts doubt on the guilt of the estranged wife of a gubernatorial candidate arrested for his murder.
Quick Picks
The Burning Soul By John Connolly
Flash and Bones By Kathy Reichs
Heartwishes By Jude Deveraux
Kill Me If You Can By James Patterson & Marshall Karp
The Most Dangerous Thing By Laura Lippman
New York to Dallas J D Robb
Only Time Will Tell By Jeffrey Archer
Pirate King By Laurie R. King
The Race By Clive Cussler
The Silent Girl By Tess Gerritsen
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion By Charlaine Harris
The Stranger You Seek By Amanda Kyle Williams
A Trick of the Light By Louise Penny
NEW FILMS & TV SERIES
for October 2011
Feature Films Ada: ... A Way of Life A young man in Mumbai, whose father is killed takes to violence. Ayaan Ahmad, Ayesha Jhulka. 2010
As You Like It A film version of Shakespeare’s play. Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner. 1978
Basketball Diaries A promising high school basketball star and poet becomes lost in a world of drugs and crime.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Lorraine Bracco. 1995
Jane Eyre After orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at an imposing English manor for a job, she falls in love with her employer and discovers that he is hiding a dark secret from the world. Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender. 2011
The Kennedys Chronicles the saga of America's first 'royal' family during the 1960s, providing an intimate look at how Joseph Kennedy Sr. shaped his sons, John and Robert, to become two of the most influential men in the country's history. Barry Pepper, Greg Kinnear. 2011
Lost Valentine A reporter goes to profile a world war two widow and decides to investigate what happened to the widow’s husband after his plane went missing over the Pacific Ocean. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Betty White. 2011
My Dog Tulip A man finds friendship after he rescues a dog. Animated. Christopher Plummer, Lynn Redgrave. 2009.
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy A musical and comical tribute to Monty Python’s film Life of Brian, filmed at the Royal Albert Hall in 2009. Eric Idle, Michael Palin 2010.
Protektor In this love story set in Prague during the late 1930s and subsequent Nazi occupation, journalist Emil chooses to collaborate in order to protect his Jewish movie star wife Hana. In Czech with English subtitles. Matthias Brandt, Jan Budar. 2009
Sarafina An inspiring teacher encourages her students to tke part in a student uprising in Johannesburg, South Africa. Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba. 2011
Sleepless in Seattle A recent widower in Seattle and a reporter in Baltimore are fated for each other and it takes the man's son and a radio talk show to set events in motion for the couple to meet. Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan. 1993
Sucker Punch After a young teenager is sent to a psychiatric hospital by her stepfather, she and four other patients retreat to a fantasy world where they envision a plan to escape from the hospital. Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens. 2011
A Summer in Genoa After their mother dies in a car accident, a father accepts a teaching job and moves his two daughters to Italy in an effort to contend with the family's grief. Colin Firth, Perla Haney-Jardine. 2008
Taming of the Shrew The classic film version of the Shakespeare’s play. Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton. 1967.
Welcome to the Rileys When a man still grieving for his dead daughter goes to New Orleans on business and finds a runaway stripper living on her own, he starts taking a fatherly role in her life and his wife makes the decision to join him. James Gandolfini, Melissa Leo. 2010
Yellowbeard A race across the Spanish Main as scoundrels, the British Navy and adventurers hunt for the treasure buried years before by Yellowbeard, the infamous pirate. Graham Chapman, Peter Boyle. 1983
TV Series Big Love. The Complete Fourth Season Breaking Bad: Season 3 Cadfael : The Potter’s Field Europe : 10 New Shows, 2011-2012
NEW INFO/FOREIGN LANGUAGE DVDS
for October 2011
Info/Documentary
Word is Out : Stories of Some of Our Lives DVD306.766 W891a
Economics DVD330 T218e
Tears For April : Beyond the Blue Lens DVD362.29 T222a
How To Become a Superstar Student DVD371.3 G277h
Biology of Human Behavior : The Neurological Origins of Our Individuality DVD610.1 Sa68b
Mission to Mir DVD629.442 M691m
The Singing Revolution DVD780.94798 Si64t
Play Piano in a Flash DVD786.2 P698h
Penn & Teller's Magic and Mystery Tour DVD793.8 P38
Canada Russia '72 DVD796.962 C16r
Big History : The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity DVD901 C462b
The World Was Never the Same : Events That Changed History DVD909 F312w
A Brief History of the World DVD909 St31b
Europe : 10 New Shows, 2011-2012 DVD914 R42
Roman Empire in the First Century DVD937 R662
Ancient Greek Civilization DVD938 M188a
The 1940s House DVD941.084 N622p
London : A Short History of the Greatest City in the Western World DVD942.1 B854l
A History of Hitler’s Empire DVD943.086 C436h
Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall DVD943.087 R492f
China, a Century of Revolution DVD951 C441c
Foreign Language
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai HIN DVD KU
NEW MUSIC for October 2011
Tailgates & Tanlines by Luke Bryan • CD COUNTRY BRYAN LUK
Little Bird by Kasey Chambers • CD COUNTRY CHAMBERS
Chief by Eric Church • CD COUNTRY CHURCH ER
Country #1s CD COUNTRY COUNTRY
I’m American by Billy Ray Cyrus • CD COUNTRY CYRUS BIL
Ronnie Dunn by Ronnie Dunn • CD COUNTRY DUNN RONN
My Love Will Keep by Jonathan Edwards • CD COUNTRY EDWARDS J
Love Letter by Jessie Farrell • CD COUNTRY FARRELL J
Chicken & Biscuits by Colt Ford • CD COUNTRY FORD COLT
On the Evening Side by Charlie Major • CD COUNTRY MAJOR CHA
Country Again by Ronnie Milsap • CD COUNTRY MILSAP RO
Revival by Tara Oram • CD COUNTRY ORAM TARA
In the Driver’s Seat by Aaron Pritchett • CD COUNTRY PRITCHETT
Red River Blue by Blake Shelton • CD COUNTRY SHELTON B
Here For a Good Time by George Strait • CD COUNTRY STRAIT GE
25 Anniversary Celebration by Randy Travis • CD COUNTRY TRAVIS RA
Countrypolitan Duets by Anna Wilson • CD COUNTRY WILSON AN
Colors by Avishai Cohen • CD JAZZ COHEN AVIS
What’s It All About by Pat Metheny • CD JAZZ METHENY P
33 by Alex Pangman • CD JAZZ PANGMAN
ConJazzNess by Nailah Porter • CD JAZZ PORTER NA
Valentina by Mario Romano Quartet • CD JAZZ ROMANO MA
Smooth Jazz Number 1 Hits CD JAZZ SMOOTH JA
Godspell : Original Cast Soundtrack Plus Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD SHOWS GODSPELL
The Martial Arts Trilogy by Dun Tan • CD SHOWS TAN DUN
Nothing But the Beat by David Guetta • CD782.42163 G938n
About Us by Neverest • CD782.42163 N414a
The Game by Alyssa Reid • CD782.42163 R272g
Days to Recall by Justin Hines • CD782.42164 H589d
Duets by Barry Manilow • CD782.42164 M314d
Rough Guide to Brazilian Cafe CD782.42164 R755b
Strictly Whatever by Harry Manx • CD782.421643 M319s
Here I Am by Kelly Rowland • CD782.421643 R796h
Revelator by Tedeschi Trucks Band • CD782.421643 T228r
Jimmie Vaughan Plays More Blues, Ballads & Favorites by Jimmie Vaughan • CD782.421643 V465j
An Old Rock on a Roll by Kenny Wayne • CD782.421643 W367o
Nightshades by Cobra Starship • CD782.421648 C639n
Turtleneck & Chain by Lonely Island • CD782.421649 L847t
Dirty Work by All Time Low • CD782.42166 AL51d
Codes and Keys by Death Cab for Cutie • CD782.42166 D349c
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters • CD782.42166 F739w
2120 South Michigan Ave by George Thorogood • CD782.42166 T397t
Time of My Life by Doors Down • CD782.42166 T413t
What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? by Vaccines • CD782.42166 V133w
Easy Livin’ by Daniel Wesley • CD782.42166 W516e
Liszt, My Piano Hero by Franz Liszt • CD784.262 L699L
Italia by Nicola Benedetti • CD784.272 B434i
Chopin Recital by Frederic Francois Chopin • CD786.2 C455c
Parallels: Piano Music of Scriabin & Roslavets by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin • CD786.2 Sc31p
Piano Works by Robert Schumann • CD786.2 Sc86p