Eat, drink, and be from Mississippi : a novel

by Nanci Kincaid. Having left their rural Southern homes for lucrative opportunities, siblings Truely and Courtney Noonan find their happiness unraveling with the failures of their marriages, until a thuggish but ambitious teen turns their lives upside down. (Check Catalog)

Trees and forests of America

by Tim Palmer. In photographer Palmer's previous book, Rivers of America, his chief creative and technical problem involved the capture of flowing water; now, his challenge concerns subjects very large and very still. Palmer travels the length and breadth of the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska) to gather his images of native trees and covers eight forest regions in all seasons, mostly in undisturbed areas like national parks or reserves. Palmer has a passion for the biggest, oldest specimens: redwoods, Douglas firs, yews, tulip trees, and oaks. How do you fit something so large into the frame? Palmer has some amazing solutions to the problem. (Check Catalog)

The housekeeper and the professor

by Yoko Ogawa. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper, with a ten-year-old son, who is hired to care for him. And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a tape that begins to erase itself every eighty minutes), the Professor’s mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. And the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her young son. The Professor is capable of discovering connections between the simplest of quantities--like the Housekeeper’s shoe size--and the universe at large, drawing their lives ever closer and more profoundly together, even as his memory slips away. (Check Catalog)

Toy monster : the big, bad world of Mattel

by Jerry Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer (Just Desserts) takes a tour of Mattel's seamier side, highlighting its dubious corporate practices and kooky cast in this scathing portrait to be published to coincide with Barbie's 50th anniversary. Executive scapegoats and backpedaling resulted in public lashing from the media and intense public mistrust. Fast-paced and engaging, this exposé will absorb readers until the last page and will forever change the way they think about the company. (Publisher' s Weekly) (Check Catalog)

Heart and soul

by Maeve Binchy. Binchy delivers another delightful Binchyesque amalgamation of intersecting lives, this time centering on Clara Casey, a cardiologist whose marriage and career have fallen apart. In spite of a few dull moments, the collective, charming effect of these story lines suggests that individuals are more connected than they might think. Publisher's Weekly Review excerpt. (Check the Catalog)

Open spaces sacred places : stories of how nature heals and unifies

by Tom Stoner. Open Spaces Sacred Places is a book that dramatically demonstrates how nature has the power to heal and unify in our increasingly frenetic 21st-century world. It is a series of inspirational stories told through the voices of "firesouls," those passionate and persistent people who have brought communities together to create public areas of respite.
The book depicts a wide variety of sacred places, including a meditation garden inside the walls of a prison, a sculpture garden built by at-risk youth in the inner city, and a therapeutic healing garden at a rehabilitation hospital. These public green spaces are places of peace and refreshment, where people can tap into their own deep wisdom and find an antidote for the stressful, divisive, and isolating effects of life in today’s complex world.

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by Efrem Sigel. When Joshua and Nathalie Sandler's only child, 14-year-old Daniel, disappears one flawless summer day in a tiny hamlet in western Massachusetts, their world changes in an instant. Over the next year, Joshua neglects everything else to search ceaselessly for their son while Nathalie, a beautiful and gifted cellist, withdraws into herself, unable to play even a note of music. Sigel's novel immerses us in the Sandlers' world. We see the various townspeople who might be involved in this disappearance and its aftermath: the mean-spirited president of the Board of Selectmen, neighbors who either come forward to help or who hide evidence, a deeply human police chief, half a dozen troubled teenagers, and a dark-haired, passionate young woman with secrets of her own, who is drawn to Joshua and his plight. (Check the Catalog)

The second atlas of breeding birds in New York State

"The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State documents and illustrates the current distribution of breeding birds within the state and the significant change in bird distribution that has occurred since the publication of The Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State, edited by Robert F. Andrle and Janet R. Carroll, in 1988. Each species account features a black-and-white illustration of the bird, color maps of the current (2000-2005) breeding distribution and of the twenty-year change in distribution, and an overview of the species' breeding range, habitat preferences, history in the state, trends in distribution, and conservation implications. (Check the Catalog)

Run for your life : a novel

by James Patterson. Investigating a series of brutal killings by an assailant who calls himself the Teacher and targets wealthy and arrogant victims, detective Mike Bennett finds himself racing against time to save New York from a deadly plot. (Check the Catalog)

P. Allen Smith's bringing the garden indoors : containers, crafts, and bouquets for every room

by P. Allen Smith. Garden designer and syndicated TV show host Smith takes readers on a detailed tour of his home to show the various ways he utilizes cut and live plants inside and around the house. A reference guide provides recommended tools and plants for specific interior and seasonal use. -- from Library Journal (Check the Catalog)

Mind over ship

by David Marusek. a twenty-second-century world around which greedy power brokers are establishing space condos, a woman struggles to regenerate from a devastating accident in time to save her mother's empire, artificial intelligences endeavor to join the human race, and a group of sisters plans to leave the planet. (Check the Catalog)

Earth, sky and sculpture : Storm King Art Center

by Storm King Art Center Offers a survey of the international developments in sculpture since the advent of Modernism. This book includes essays by: H Peter Stern, chairman of Storm King; Peter Bienstock, specialist in land conservation and open space preservation; Irving Lavin, renowned art historian; and, Joan Pachner. (Check Catalog)

The empty mirror : a Viennese mystery

by J. Sydney Jones. Set in Vienna in 1898, Jones's absorbing whodunit succeeds both as a mystery and as a fascinating portrait of a traditional society in ferment. When artist Gustav Klimt becomes a suspect in a series of bizarre murders, he turns for help to his lawyer friend, Karl Werthen, who joins forces with real-life pioneering criminologist Hanns Gross. Werthen and Gross follow a trail that leads through all strata of Viennese society and threatens to put them at odds with not only a trained killer but powerful members of the ruling class. Jones skillfully incorporates into his narrative many of the notable figures who lived in Vienna at the time. (Check Catalog)

The photograph : composition and color design

by Harald Mante. Some photographs create an emotional reaction in the viewer. It's not just the subject, but the composition. Mante, a German photographer and teacher, explains the elements of composition and color. Even professional photographers will enjoy this refresher course and amateurs will discover why some pictures work and others don't. There are more than six hundred examples from Mante's private portfolio illustrating the lessons. (Check Catalog)

A darker place

by Jack Higgins. When world-famous Russian novelist Alexander Kurbsky decides to leave for the West in bestseller Higginss suspenseful 16th thriller to feature former IRA man Sean Dillon (after Rough Justice), Kurbsky turns for help to Dillon and other members of the British prime ministers private army. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin persuades Kurbsky to infiltrate this elite group and spy for Russia by showing him current photos of his sister, Tania, who the celebrated author thought died years earlier in a student riot. Tanias release from a life sentence in prison is the price for Kurbskys cooperation. Dillon and the others, most notably Lady Monica Sterling, Dillons girlfriend, welcome Kurbsky into their circle in England, where the Russian begins to go about his deadly business. (Check Catalog)

A Description of New Netherland

By Adriaen Van Der Donck


"This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. Adriaen van der Donck, a graduate of Leiden University in the 1640s, became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswijck, located along the upper Hudson River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute observer, detailed recorder, and accessible writer, Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him."
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Practical idealists : changing the world and getting paid

by Alissa s. Wilson. Can you work for a better world without taking a vow of poverty? The authors' answer is a resounding, "yes!" This book draws on interviews with over forty practical idealists, whose stories will inspire the reader and provide tools for making the choices necessary to succeed as a practical idealist. The practical idealists in this book are lawyers, business people, artists, social workers, computer techs, international development workers, union researchers, activists, stay-at-home parents, health outreach workers, and city managers, just to name a few. (Check Catalog)

Champlain's dream

by David Hackett Fischer. "In this biography, historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain - soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France." (Check Catalog)

Very Valentine

by Adriana Trigiani. Nicely written with vivid images of high fashion, New York City, and traditional Italy, Trigiani's latest is sure to be eagerly anticipated by her many fans and attract some new readers. Recommended for all public libraries.—Karen Core, Detroit P.L c Library Journal. (Check catalog)