New Music CDs – January/February 2010

Fall Be Kind
Animal Collective
CD 781.66 ANI 2009
To close out an incredible 2009 for Animal Collective that saw the release of their most critically and commercially successful album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, comes the Fall Be Kind EP. The EP features 5 brand new studio tracks that are every bit as lush and beautiful as those found on Merriweather. The year of Animal Collective continues.

Hospice
The Antlers
CD 781.66 ANT 2009
Beginning three years ago as a singer-songwriting project for PETER SILBERMAN, The Antlers have since expanded into a full three-piece, including powerhouse drummer Michael Lerner and the layer-lathering, multi-instrumentalist, Darby Cicci. Appropriately enough, “Hospice’s ten distinct chapters resonate on debilitating sonic and lyrical levels, from the hypnotic harp and tension-ratcheting build of “Two” to the singor- sink choruses of “Bear” and the speaker-rattling peaks of “Sylvia”. Mastered by GREG CALBI who has worked with SONIC YOUTH, GRIZZLY BEAR, MGMT and PASSION PIT amongst many more, the sound on the album is hauntingly beautiful and the album will no doubt be heavily featured on many best of ‘09 lists.
Ben Folds Presents: University a Cappella!
Ben Folds
CD 781.66 FOL 2009
Ben Folds is the US born singer-songwriter and pianist, formerly the leader of the US indie-rock trio Ben Folds Five. He is known for his smart and humourous lyrics. Stronger with Each Tear
Mary J. Blige
CD 781.63 BLI 2009
2009 release from the R&B diva, her ninth studio album overall. The album features musical contributions from T.I., Rodney Jenkins, Drake, Darkchild, Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, Polow Da Don, Tricky Stewart, The-Dream, Stargate and Ne-Yo. Features the singles ‘The One’ (featuring Drake) and ‘I Am’. Also includes ‘Color’, lifted from the critically acclaimed motion picture Precious.

The List
Rosanne Cash
CD 781.642 CAS 2009
2009 album from Johnny Cash’s enormously talented singing/songwriting daughter. The List features Rosanne’s contemporary interpretations of songs from a list of essential Country songs passed on to her by her legendary father. Featuring duet partners Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, and Jeff Tweedy.

Songs From The Heart
Celtic Woman
CD 781.629 CEL 2010
The international Irish music phenomenon, Celtic Woman, is renowned for singing inspirational melodies and heartwarming songs that stir fans of all ages and cultures. The 5 member Irish female ensemble (vocalists Chloe, Lisa, Alex, Lynn and Celtic Violinist Mairead) under the musical direction of David Downes, categorically defined a distinct genre by putting a modern twist on the Celtic sound. In just four short years, the group has played nine US tours, released 4 CDs, 4 DVDs and performed for close to 1 million concert-goers. The group’s albums have held the #1 position on the World Music Chart while their four PBS TV specials have dominated the broadcast circuit. As a testament to the group’s ability to cross musical and cultural boundaries, 2009 saw Celtic Woman perform on ABC’s Dancing With The Stars singing for 23 million viewers and at the White House for The National Christmas Tree Lighting before President Obama and his family.

Up From Below
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
CD 781.66 EDW 2009
40 day dream — Janglin — Up from below — Carries on — Jade! — Home — Desert song — Black water — I come in please — Simplest love — Kisses over Babylon — Brother — Om nashi me.

Slice
Five For Fighting
CD 781.66 FIV 2009
2009 release from this Grammy-nominated platinum-selling outfit led by singer/songwriter John Ondrasik. Five For Fighting has sold over 2.5 million albums. The band performed the album’s title track at the 40th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony, honoring Grammy and Academy Award winning composer Steven Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked) who co-wrote the track. 11 tracks including the first single ‘Chances’.

Embryonic
The Flaming Lips
CD 781.66 FLA 2009
After lauded indie albums, The Flaming Lips debuted on Warner Bros. with 1991’s Hit To Death In The Future Head. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart and Clouds Taste Metallic followed. 1999’s TheSoft Bulletin topped numerous year-end best-of listsand helped rank the band among the most influential inthe world. 2002’s Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots ranked #4 in Spin and #11 in NME on their end-of-yearlists, and won a Grammy. Most recently, the band’s full length feature film and score album Christmas On Mars received critical acclaim at screenings across the country in 2008.

I Told You I Was Freaky
Flight of the Conchords
CD 781.66 FLI 2009
I Told You I Was Freaky is, among a great many other things, a genre-tripping tour de force and includes songs from the second series of their popular and award-winning/nominated HBO TV show.

Lungs
Florence + The Machine
CD 781.66 FLO 2009
2009 debut album from the hotly tipped UK outfit fonted by Florence Welch. Lungs, produced by Paul Epworth, James Ford and Steve Mackay, is an intoxicating mix of delicate fragility, dark humor and twisted Tim Burton style fairy-tales. From the live favourite ‘You’ve Got The Love’ to the raw Blues-tinged ‘Girl With One Eye’ to the beautifully painful ‘Between Two Lungs’, the album is crammed with crowd pleasers. Also boasting fresh tracks like new single ‘Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)’, ‘Drumming’ – with its epic denseness, the terrifyingly brilliant ‘Howl’ and ‘Hurricane Drunk’ with it’s paradoxical charms of heartbreak, love and loss, Lungs promises to leave us wanting more of the insanely captivating Florence Welch.

Glee: The Music, Volume 2
Glee Cast
CD 781.546 GLE 2009
There’s no such thing as too much Glee! Featuring 17 more songs from the hit FOX show including “Imagine”, “Jump” and “My Life Would Suck Without You”

2010 Grammy Nominees
Various Artists
CD 781.63 GRA 2010
One of the most anticipated albums of the year, 2010 Grammy Nominees represent the absolute best of the best. Includes tracks from some of the biggest artists and albums released in 2009.

The Fall
Norah Jones
CD 781.65 JON 2009
Norah has taken a new direction on the The Fall, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits and Modest Mouse. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian. Musicians include drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer). The first single/video is for the album’s lead track ‘Chasing Pirates’.

The Element of Freedom
Alicia Keys
CD 781.63 KEY 2009
12 time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys returns with her 4th studio album The Element Of Freedom on December 15. Alicia has sold over 26 million albums worldwide and over 6.7 million digital tracks in the US. Featuring the hits “Doesn’t Mean Anything” and “Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart”, The Element Of Freedom promises to be one of Alicia Keys biggest releases to date.

Declaration of Dependence
Kings of Convenience
CD 781.66 KIN 2009
2009 release, the third album from the Norwegian Pop/Folk duo (Erik Boe and Erlend Oye). Declaration of Dependence is the story of two people living two very different lives sensing that they are immensely more powerful together than apart. In that sense it is the most adult, the most mature record Kings of Convenience have ever made. That it is their most gripping, their most revealing is, if anything, just a by-product of that honesty and their endeavor. “Erlend is a very stubborn individual with extreme belief in his own ideas,” says Erik of his partner. “He’s very free and creative and his access to unusual and fresh ideas is very good. I find that quite unique. For some reason they are very similar to my ideas on music – we like the same unusualness.”

Need You Now
Lady Antebellum
CD 781.642 LAD 2010
Lady Antebellum (Dave Haywood, Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott), The critically acclaimed trio, co-wrote and produced songs together with veteran producer Paul Worley and some of Music Row’s most awarded songwriters. Need You Now,The leading single and title track to the groups Sophomore album is taking the country music world by storm, spending 5 consecutive weeks on the US Country singles charts. Lady Antebellum, Need You Now is sure to be an excellent addition to any country music fan’s collection.

Give Yourself Away
NewSong
CD 781.7 NEW 2009
Newsong returns with an all-new, original-song album this fall featuring Russ Lee back at the helm as lead singer, and production by Grammy-nominated producer Charlie Peacock. With powerful radio singles, “Hope”, “Too Wonderful”, & “That’s What Mercy Is” (co-written by Matthew West), plus the touching song “Every Child Deserves A Home”, Newsong proves why they are a favorite among CCM fans everywhere by combining great music with a powerful ministry.

Nine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Various Artists
CD 781.542 NIN 2009
NINE follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard), his mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse Claudia (Nicole Kidman), his confidante and costume designer Lillie (Judi Dench), young American fashion journalist Stephanie (Kate Hudson), the prostitute Saraghina from his youth (Fergie), and his Mamma (Sophia Loren).

Live at Reading
Nirvana
DVD 781.66 NIR 2009
Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine’s “100 Gigs That Shook The World” and voted as “Nirvana’s #1 Greatest Moment” by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana’s historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK’s Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock n roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance — color-corrected video from the original film with audio sourced from the original multi-track masters.

Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
OK Go
CD 781.66 OK 2010
The mind-bending band that gave us what is largely considered the decade’s most viewed music video (60M clicks- even the Simpsons parodied it), the treadmillmanned “Here It Goes Again” is back. Never content to rest on their laurels, OK GO is preparing to tread anything but familiar territory with their upcoming new album, Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky.The super creative Ok Go still has the DIY attitude and artistic vision that millions fell in love with. Innovative videos for “WTF?” and “This Too Shall Pass” Syncs for Ok Go have already debuted in Soundtracks, including NEW MOON, the second installment of The Twilight series, The 90210 soundtrack and “One Tree Hill”.

Backspacer
Pearl Jam
CD 781.66 PEA 2009
2009 release from Eddie Vedder and the boys, their ninth album overall. For Backspacer, the lasting Grunge rockers decided to do it big. They left label J Records and decided to release to album themselves, since the certainly have enough money to do that. They also hooked up with ’90s Alternative Rock producer du jour Brendan O’Brien (Korn, Bruce Springsteen), the first time that the band has worked with O’Brien since 1998’s Yield. The music on the record features a sound influenced by Pop and New Wave.

Transference
Spoon
CD 781.66 SPO 2010
Transference is the seventh album from Spoon, their fifth on respected imprint Merge Records, and their first made without the help of an outside producer. It follows Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, a U.S. top-10 album which received year-end best of accolades from NPR, PITCHFORK, ROLLING STONE, SPIN, THE ONION, NEW YORK, PASTE, and STEREOGUM, among others.

Y Not
Ringo Starr
CD 781.66 STA 2010
2010 album from the former Beatle and Rock icon. For the first time in one of popular music’s most enduring and illustrious careers, Ringo Starr has decided to take charge and produce himself. The result is perhaps the most personal and impressive album of this Rock legend’s entire solo career. The joyous result finds Ringo leading a smaller core group of old and new friends including longtime pal and recent brother-in-law Joe Walsh, Dave Stewart and longtime Roundheads member Steve Dudas on guitar, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on keyboards, Don Was and Mike Bradford on bass. The album also features special guests like Joss Stone, Ben Harper and Richard Marx on vocals, Ann Marie Calhoun on violin and Tina Sugandh on tabla and chanting. Starr’s former bandmate and longstanding mate Paul McCartney, who adds a characteristically brilliant bass part to the inspiring ‘Peace Dream’ and even more notably provides his unmistakably fabulous vocals to ‘Walk With You,’ an exquisite new composition by Starr and Van Dyke Parks.

If On A Winter’s Night…
Sting
CD 781.723 STI 2009
If on a Winter’s Night presents an arc of songs that conjure the season of spirits, the eerie silences of the snow; days of solitude and reflection for some, a time of re-birth and celebration for many. With traditional music of the British Isles as their starting point, Sting and his guest musicians draw the listener in through a collection of songs, carols, and lullabies spanning the centuries – such as The Snow it Melts the Soonest (traditional Newcastle ballad), Soul Cake (traditional English “begging” song) Gabriel’s Message (14th century carol), as well as two of Sting’s own compositions – Lullaby for an Anxious Child and The Hounds of Winter. Also featured on the album is Hurdy Gurdy Man – a musical reworking and English translation (by Sting) of Der Leiermann from Schubert’s classic winter song-cycle Winterreise. For this exploration of the themes and emotions of winter Sting is joined by friend and long time colleague, guitarist Dominic Miller – and an ensemble of three remarkable musicians from Northern England and Scotland: Kathryn Tickell (fiddle and Northumbrian pipes) Julian Sutton (melodian) and Mary MacMaster (metal string Scottish harp). Additional guest artists include Vincent Ségal (cello), Daniel Hope (violin), Chris Botti (trumpet), Ibrahim Maalouf (trumpet), Stile Antico (vocal ensemble), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Bijan Chemirani (percussion) and the Webb Sisters (vocals). Together they’ve created an album with a wonderful, warm, and unique ensemble sound – an acoustic meditation on winter.

Humanoid
Tokio Hotel
CD 781.66 TOK 2009
It’s been a long year for the army of Tokio Hotel followers. But come October, the visually captivating German-born international rock idols plan to pay back their fans’ dedication–with interest. Humanoid is the highly anticipated follow-up to the platinum-selling, MTV VMA-winning group’s 2008 US debut, Scream. The first single, “Automatic,” clocks in at just over three minutes but feels like an epic, thanks to the growling, layered guitar work of Tom Kaulitz, 19, and his twin brother Bill’s anthemic, heartfelt yowl. In the opening verse, he sings, “You’re automatic and your heart’s like an engine/I die with every beat.” The contagious words and melodies are only highlighted by the honed, mechanical precision of 22-year-old bassist Georg Listing and 20-year old drummer Gustav Schafer. It’s one of their best ever slices of driving desperation destined to become fans’ favorite scream-along.

Play On
Carrie Underwood
CD 781.642 UND 2009
2009 release from the four-time Grammy Award winner and former American Idol winner. Carrie has come a long way since her AI days including selling more than 10 million albums, garnering ACM and CMA awards and becoming the first Country artist in history to achieve 10 #1 singles from her first two albums. To top that all off, she was also recently inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame! This 2009 album includes the first single ‘Cowboy Casanova’.

Contra
Vampire Weekend
CD 781.66 VAM 2009
Like the first album, Contra was produced by keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij and is the realization of a whole and unique musical vision that sees the band stretching out and adding new textures, instrumentation, and rhythms into their sound.Primarily recorded in New York with a springtime sojourn to Mexico, Contra feels altogether fresh, joyous, and like nothing else but is immediately recognizable as the sound of Vampire Weekend.

Fits
White Denim
CD 781.66 WHI 2009
At any given moment, White Denim occupy a myriad of musical spaces without locking themselves into in any particular one. The Austin based trio’s go-for-broke attack can encompass Stooges-esque punk, prog, Live At Leeds-era Who, psychedelia and post-bop jazz all within a single song. Yet the band’s music, as evidenced in their new album, Fits, is the product of a cohesive aesthetic that is anything but random.

Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972 [Box set]
Neil Young
CD 781.66 YOU 2009
This is the first volume of the Neil Young Archives series of box sets, produced by Neil Young himself. This series is the definitive, comprehensive, chronological survey of his entire body of work. Volume I covers the period from his earliest recordings with the Squires in Winnipeg, 1963, through to his classic 1972 album, Harvest and beyond, including studio and live tracks with the legendary Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse. This CD edition contains 8 discs, each in its own custom sleeve, with a total of 116 tracks, all presented in HDCD quality sound, and featuring over 40 previously unreleased songs, versions, mixes, or rare tracks. This edition is housed in a custom disc keeper holding the 8 sleeved discs, a descriptive booklet, and a foldout archives poster.

The Foundation
Zac Brown Band
CD 781.642 ZAC 2008
Playing upwards of 200 dates a year, more than 2,500 shows in their career and selling more than 20,000 CDs independently, Zac Brown Band has only begun its ascent. The band’s aggressive touring has helped it develop a fanatical grassroots following by winning over believers one person at a time. Driven by awe-inspiring musicianship, skillful songwriting and a dynamic live show that inspires word-of-mouth buzz, Zac Brown Band is already embraced by audiences who sing along with every word.

Sherlock Holmes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Hans Zimmer
CD 781.542 ZIM 2009
The action-adventure mystery “Sherlock Holmes” is helmed by acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Robert Downey Jr. brings the legendary detective to life, and Jude Law stars as Holmes’ trusted colleague, Watson, a doctor and war veteran who is a formidable ally. The soundtrack to “Sherlock Holmes” features music by Academy Award, Golden Globe Award and Grammy Award winning composer Hans Zimmer.

New Mysteries – January/February 2010

The Body in the Sleigh
Katherine Hall Page
M PAG
It’s Christmas time and the Fairchild family is spending the holidays on idyllic Sanpere Island off the coast of Maine.  Holiday spirits are subdued when a body is found in an antique sleigh.

The Broken Teaglass
Emily Arsenault
M ARS
Something suspicious is going on, in addition to the study of English words, at the Samuelson Company, the venerable dictionary publisher. Coded clues and murder!

Cape Greed
Sam Cole
M COL
Two private detectives get involved in seemingly separate cases in Cape Town, South Africa.

Crawlspace
Sarah Graves
M GRA
Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree moves from the fast world of Wall Street to a rewarding life in Eastport, Maine.  But no matter what your address, the most terrifying crimes always hit closest to home.

Darkness Visible
J.M. Gregson
M GRE
Chief Superintendent Lambert and his team uncover a variety of suspects in the murder of a small-time criminal.

Death of a Valentine
M.C. Beaton
M BEA
Will Hamish Macbeth, the Scottish police sergeant, be married at last?

9 Dragons
Michael Connelly
M CON
Detective Harry Bosch promises the family of John Li, the owner of Fortune Liquors in a South L.A. neighborhood, that he will find his murderer.  Vintage Connelly.

Eye of the Raven
Eliot Pattison
M PAT
Duncan McCallum and Native American shaman Conawago, unite forces in 1760 Virginia during the turbulent French and Indian War.

Final Exam
Maggie Barbieri
M BAR
Professor Alison Bergeron teaches at the small college of St. Thomas, but when a resident director goes missing she knows she must find her.  From the author of Quick Study.

The First Rule
Robert Crais
M CRA
Organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union may be behind the killing of Frank Meyer, an old friend of Joe Pike.  Pike and partner Elvis Cole team up to get at the truth.

The Fleet Street Murders
Charles Finch
M FIN
Christmas, 1866.  Amateur sleuth Charles Lenox involves himself in a strange case concerning the violent deaths of two journalists.

The Godfather of Kathmandu
John Burdett
M BUR
Sonchai Jitpleecheep, a Royal Thai Police detective, is summoned to a shocking and intriguing crime scene.

Heat Wave
Richard Castle
M CAS
The fictional author of the fictional Derrick Storm novels, introduces Nikki Heat as a New York homicide detective.

Locked In
Marcia Muller
M MUL
Following a shot to her head, San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone finds herself trapped by locked-in syndrome: almost total paralysis, but with an alert, conscious mind.

The Monster in the Box
Ruth Rendell
M REN
Inspector Wexford is taken back to his first days as a young policeman and to the man he has long suspected of murder.

Necessary as Blood
Deborah Crombie
M CRO
Scotland Yard detective Gemma James is involved in a complicated case featuring the murder of a Pakistani lawyer in trendy London’s East End.

The Poisoning in the Pub
Simon Brett
M BRE
When a lunchtime meal leaves everyone with food poisoning, it seems to be the beginning of the end of the road for the pub known as the Crown and Anchor.

Predators
Frederick Ramsay
M RAM
Predators, both human and animal, are roaming the country of Botswana.

The Red Door
Charles Todd
M TOD
Detective Ian Rutledge is back in another stirring mystery set in post World War I England.

The Scarpetta Factor
Patricia Cornwell
M COR
Dr. Kay Scarpetta offers her services to the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner.  Soon  a string of unexpected and unsettling events occur that escalates into even more bizarre happenings.

There Goes the Bride
M.C. Beaton
M BEA
Unlucky in love, Agatha Raisin is not happy, especially when the fiancé of her ex-husband is shot, just before their wedding.

Thereby Hangs a Tail: A Chet and Bernie Mystery
Spencer Quinn
M QUI
The irresistible Chet and his human companion, Bernie, are working on another case, following their great debut in Dog On It.

Too Many Murders
Colleen McCullough
M MCC
The year is 1967 and detective Carmine Delmonico is faced with 12 murders in one day in the little town of Holloman.

Trial by Fire
J.A. Jance
M JAN
A severely burned woman is helped by Sister Anselm  and Ali Reynolds of the Yavapal County Police Department.  But could their efforts to save her put all three of them in greater danger?

U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton
M GRA
Kinsey Millhone continues to work her way through this acclaimed series of alphabetically arranged mysteries.

The Vows of Silence
Susan Hill
M HIL
Detective Simon Serrailler tracks down a lone gunman who is terrorizing young women in the peaceful  town of Lafferton, England.

What Remains of Heaven
C.S. Harris
M HAR
Nobleman and former spy, Sebastian St. Cyr, needs to expose a murderer in the glittering and dangerous world of 1812 London.

New Fiction – January 2010

Altar of Eden
James Rollins
F ROL
Science, history and suspense are combined in this stand-alone novel that delves into the mystery of genetically modified animals that were kept at the Baghdad city zoo.

The Atlantis Code
Charles Brokaw
F BRO
After satellites spot extremely ancient ruins along the Spanish coast, archeologist Thomas Lourds knows that this could mean that the lost continent of Atlantis has been found.

Broken Jewel
David L. Robbins
F ROB
The author of War of the Rats presents a novel of war and survival set against the backdrop of the Los Baños prison raid  – one of the most daring episodes of World War II.

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: A Retelling by Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd
F ACK
The well known writer takes on the classic 13th century poem and presents it in an accessible style with the aim of preserving the spirit of the original work.

Cloud Pavilion
Laura Joh Rowland
F ROW
Japan 1701.  Samurai detective Chamberlain San Ichirō undertakes a desperate search to locate a vanished cousin.

Deeper Than the Dead
Tami Hoag
F HOA
FBI investigator Vince Leone is called to California to consult on a case involving a vicious psychopath.

Delilah
India Edghill
F EDG
An inventive retelling of the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah.

The Fall of the Templars
Robyn Young
F YOU
1295 AD. The fight for the Christian empire in the Holy Land has come to an end.  The Knights Templar’s last battle has just begun.

Hollywood Moon
Joseph Wambaugh
F WAM
More mayhem and crime from the Hollywood division of the LAPD.

The Honor of Spies
W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV
F GRI
A new novel in the popular authors’ Honor Bound saga of World War II espionage.

I, Sniper
Stephen Hunter
F HUN
Four ‘60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper.  Retired Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger is called in to investigate and begins to unravel a sophisticated conspiracy.

Impact
Douglas Preston
F PRE
Strange events seem to prefigure an event of earth-shaking consequences.  “Sixty hours and counting.”

Iron River
T. Jefferson Parker
F PAR
Charlie Hood joins a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms task force patrolling the “iron river,” where illegal guns flow from United States dealers to Mexican drug cartels.

Knit the Season: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel
Kate Jacobs
F JAC
Holidays with the friends of the Friday Night Knitting Club at the Walker & Daughter cozy yarn shop on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver
F KIN
Harrison Shepherd is pulled between Mexico and the United States as both nations invent their modern identities in the years before World War II.

La’s Orchestra Saves the World
Alexander McCall Smith
F MCC
During World War II, Lavender (or La) flees London and organizes a small orchestra in her small town.  A heartwarming story by a favorite author.

Nanny Returns
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
F MCL
Nan, the heroine of The Nanny Diaries, returns from abroad with her husband, but is once again pulled into the lives Mrs. X and her two sons, Grayer and Stilton.

New York
Edward Rutherfurd
F RUT
A sweeping fictional saga that explores Manhattan through four centuries.

No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II
Jeff Shaara
F SHA
The final book in the noted author’s World War II trilogy.

Not My Daughter
Barbara Delinsky
F DEL
A pregnancy pact between three teenaged girls puts their mothers’ love to the test.

Once in a Blue Moon
Eileen Goudge
F GOU
An emotionally charged family drama focuses on two sisters, Lindsay and Kerrie Ann, and their turbulent lives.

The Paris Vendetta
Steve Berry
F BER
Cotton Malone is on the trail of Napoleon’s legendary lost treasure, but obstacles abound.

Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton
F CRI
Treasure and betrayal in the Caribbean of 1665 is the last offering from the popular author.

The Prodigal Wife
Marcia Willett
F WIL
The ancient family home where the Chadwick family has lived for generations is a haven from the heartbreaks of life.  But when Jolyon Chadwick returns home with his new girlfriend, will he find the homey warmth he longs for?

The Pursuit of Other Interests
Jim Kokoris
F KOK
Charlie Baker the CEO of a major Chicago ad agency seems to have it all, until the day he is unceremoniously fired.

Summertime
J.M. Coetzee
F COE
A work of fiction that allows the author to imagine his own life with an unsparing eye.

Under the Dome
Stephen King
F KIN
A new blockbuster from the master of horror.

Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book
Two novellas written serially by many well-known authors:  The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.  Some of the authors included:  Linda Barnes, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, and Erica Spindler.

New Releases on DVD December 2009

All About Steve

While Steve (Bradley Cooper) would have to disagree, socially inept Mary (Sandra Bullock) thinks he’s her true love and shamelessly pursues him around the country, egged on by Steve’s wingman, the sexist and mean Hartman (Thomas Haden Church). But the two men start feeling guilty for their callousness when they realize there’s more to Mary than her outrageous boots and wacky statements. RatedPG-13

500 Days of Summer

When his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter and hopeless romantic Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) begins sifting through the year-plus worth of days they spent together, looking for clues to what went awry. As he recalls the good and bad times he spent with the commitment-phobic girl, his heart reawakens to what it cherishes most. Marc Webb directs this uncommon love story. Rated PG-13

The Hangover

When three friends (Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper) finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can’t seem to locate their best friend, Doug (Justin Bartha) — who’s supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time. Rated R

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds. Hogwarts, once thought to be a safe haven, may no longer be safe. Harry suspects that new dangers may lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Harry will have to help him uncover a vital key to unlocking Voldemort’s defenses, a critical piece of information known only to Horace Slughorn, Hogwarts’ former Potions Professor. Dumbledore manipulates his old colleague into returning to his previous post with promises of more money, a bigger office and the chance to teach the famous Harry Potter. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters. Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling. Rated PG

Inglorious Basterds

During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as “The Basterds.” They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater’s movie premier, including Adolph Hitler. Cast: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Mélanie Laurent. Rated R

Julie & Julia

Julie Powell is a frustrated insurance worker who wants to be a writer. Trying to find a challenge in her life, she decides to cook her way through Julia Child’s ‘Mastering the Art of French Cooking’ in one year, and to blog about it. As Julie begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own. The project provides the struggling young woman with her life’s purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. Julia Child has an amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul, all while embracing life and French food. Julie lovingly celebrates the life on one of American food’s most influential and beloved figureheads. Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond.  Based on the book “Julie & Julia” by Julie Powell and “My life in France” by Julia Child with Alex Prud’Homme. Rated PG-13

Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian

History is larger than life, and twice as funny, in this monumental comedy sequel. Larry Daley is a former night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, where the exhibits come to life after dark. Now Larry’s nocturnal friends are being retired to the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, luring him back for a hilarious, all-out battle against museum misfits who plan to take over the Smithsonian, and the world. Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Christopher Guest, Alain Chabat, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Bill Hader, Jon Bernthal, Robin Williams. Rated PG

Public Enemies

Focuses on the true story of FBI agent Melvin Purvis and his pursuit of criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during the Great Depression. Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Billie Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Stephen Lang. Based on the book by Bryan Burrough. Rated R

New Books on CD – January 2010

Angel Time
Anne Rice
CD F RIC
Haunted by his decision to become an assassin rather than a priest, Toby O’Dare is faced with an unusual decision that is presented to him by an angel.

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Christopher McDougall
CD 796.424 MCD
The true story of the tribe of Mexican Indians called the Tarahumara.  The author journeys into Mexican canyons to learn the secrets behind their long-distance running.

Brutal Telling
Louise Penny
CD F PEN
Chief Inspector Gamache is called to investigate a murder in the Canadian vacation town of Three Pines.

A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
CD F SHR
Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months before they take on a year-long adventure of living in Kenya.

A Christmas Blizzard
Garrison Keillor
CD F KEI
The inimitable storyteller regales us with the story of James Sparrow and his trip to North Dakota to visit his dying Uncle Earl.

The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
CD F BAR
The concierge of a Parisian apartment building finds a kindred soul in a super-smart twelve-year-old who had decided to end her life on her thirteenth birthday.

Fire and Ice
J.A. Jance
CD F JAN
Seattle investigator J.P. Beaumont and Arizona sheriff Joanna Brady find that their separate investigations may be related.

Ford County
John Grisham
CD F GRI
The best-selling author offers a collection of short stories based in Ford County, Mississippi.

A Gate at the Stairs
Lorrie Moore
CD F MOO
A much heralded novel. The author’s first in over a decade, focuses on the anxiety and disconnection of post 9/11 America.

Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls
CD F WAL
The author of Glass Castle returns with a true-life novel about the author’s compelling, no-nonsense grandmother.

Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom
CD 296.7 ALB
While collecting the life story of an 82-year-old rabbi, the author encounters an impoverished convict turned Detroit pastor. He explores the truth behind both their worlds and messages.

Her Fearful Symmetry
Audrey Niffenegger
CD F NIF
When their aunt dies and leaves her London flat to them, twin sisters Julia and Valentina leave Chicago for a new life in England.

Hothouse Orchid
Stuart Woods
CD F WOO
After years spent trailing an internationally wanted terrorist, Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida.

How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud
Ken Fisher
CD 364.153 FIS
The author presents five signs that can alert you to possible scams and thus insulate you against financial fraud.

Juliet, Naked
Nick Hornby
CD F HOR
What happens when a washed-up musician looks for another chance?  As he releases the acoustic version of his album, Juliet, Tucker Crowe is about to find out.

Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver
CD F KIN
The story of Harrison Shepherd who is pulled between Mexico and the United States as both nations invent their modern identities in the years before World War II.

Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving
CD F IRV
In 1954, a twelve-year-old boy and his father become fugitives after a terrible hunting accident. From the author of The World According to Garp.

No Less Than Victory: A Novel of World War II
Jeff Shaara
CD F SHA
The noted historical novelist’s third installment of his World War II series.

No Time to Wave Goodbye
Jacquelyn Mitchard
CD F MIT
The Cappadora family is revisited in this unsettling follow-up to The Deep End of the Ocean.

Open: An Autobiography
Andre Agassi
CD B AGASSI
The champion tennis player looks at his life and career, revealing the highs and lows of playing at the most elite level.

Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton
CD F CRI
A pirate named Hunter teams up with Jamaican authorities in a plot to plunder a Spanish treasure ship.

The Professional
Robert B. Parker
CD F PAR
Hired to investigate Gary Eisenhower, notorious for his affairs with married women, Spenser finds his investigation shifting from blackmail to murder.

Superfreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
CD 330 LEV 2009
The author of Freakonomics returns with insightful looks into global cooling, patriotic prostitutes and why suicide bombers should buy life insurance.

To Try Men’s Souls: A Novel of George Washington and the Fight for American Freedom
Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
CD F GIN
A new look at the American Revolution through the stories of Thomas Paine, General George Washington and Private Jonathan Van Dorn.

Trial by Fire
J.A. Jance
CD F JAN
After a young woman is saved from a raging Arizona fire, Sister Anselm tends to the amnesiac victim.  Her efforts, along with Ali Reynolds of the Yavapai County Police Department, may attract a determined killer.

True Compass: A Memoir
Edward M. Kennedy
CD B KENNEDY
The extraordinary life story of the Massachusetts senator.

The Vintage Caper
Peter Mayle
CD F MAY
Culinary delights, sumptuous wines, colorful characters and a lot of fun.

Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
Jon Krakauer
CD B TILLMAN
The remarkable life and controversial “friendly fire” death of the NFL player turned Army Ranger

New DVDs: TV Series, NonFiction and Feature Length Films – December 2009

The Ambassador: Series 1

The Ambassador: Series 2

Harriet Smith forges ahead as Britain’s Ambassador to Ireland, one of the country’s most coveted and potentially explosive Embassy posts. Continually under fire, the Ambassador treads a minefield of Anglo-Irish tensions as she strives to prevent her personal life from clashing with her professional career– and her duty to Britain. Cast: Pauline Collins, Denis Lawson, William Chubb, Tom Connolly, Gina Moxley, Owen Rae, Eve Matheson, Peter Egan. Originally broadcast by BBC1 in 1999. Not Rated

The American Civil War

A presentation of the war that scarred the soul of a nation, uses large-scale reconstruction of key events, dramatized eyewitness accounts, period photographs, and expert commentary to tell the story of the American Civil War. (2001) Not Rated

Another Life

After impulsively jumping into marriage with her stodgy boyfriend (Nick Moran), Edith Graydon (Natasha Little) finds herself rekindling a relationship with a worldly friend (Ioan Gruffudd), which ultimately leads to forbidden passion … and murder. Based on a scandalous true story that grabbed the era’s headlines, this engrossing period drama (set mainly in 1920s England) also stars Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson. (2001) Not Rated

Asteroids: Deadly Impact

This National Geographic program explores the dangers posed by future cosmic collisions of asteroids and comets with planet Earth. Features comments from geologists and astronomers, including the husband-and-wife team of Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker, discoverers of over thirty comets and hundreds of asteroids. (1997) Not Rated

Birth of Civilization

Journey back 15,000 years to trace humankind’s incredible journey through time. Beginning with humanity’s exodus from the Ice Age and chronicling milestones such as hunter-gatherer, farmer, builder, and city organizer. Reveals how humankind managed to survive and conquer the world. Explores the motivation of early humankind and its epic transformation to reveal the inspiring story of he invention of civilization. As seen on National Geographic Channel in 2007. Not Rated

The Bishop’s Wife

Cary Grant stars as an angel who materializes in answer to the prayers of a harried young bishop, David Niven. Niven’s efforts to raise money for a new cathedral have endangered his marriage to beautiful Loretta Young. Grand hopes to end the problems plaguing the family, but instead the bishop’s neglected wife becomes infatuated with him. Based on the novel by Robert Nathan. (1947) Not Rated

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

In this Blake Edwards-directed adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel, fortune hunter Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak (George Peppard), who’s moved into her building on a wealthy woman’s (Patricia Neal) dime. (1961) Not Rated

Cactus Flower

Commitment-phobic Julian Winston (Walter Matthau) has been able to keep his girlfriend, Toni (Goldie Hawn), at bay by pretending to be stuck in a loveless marriage. But when Toni insists on meeting his missus, Julian’s forced to recruit his assistant (Ingrid Bergman) to pose as his wife. Based on the play by Jean-Pierre Grédy. (1969) Rated PG

The Camomile Lawn

Based on the novel by Mary Wesley, this made for TV drama presents the lives and loves of a family of cousins from 1939 to present. Begins with a funeral, and uses the reminiscences of those gathered to fill in details in the lives of several different family members. Cast: Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington, Jennifer Ehle, Tara Fitzgerald, Rosemary Harris, Claire Bloom, Nicholas le Prevost. (1992) Not Rated

Charade

A comedy-mystery set in Paris about a young widow who, with the help of a handsome stranger, is trying to find the fortune her dead husband secreted away while being pursued by a trio of thugs. Cast: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn. (1963) Not Rated

The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns

An epic documentary bringing life to America’s most destructive – and defining – conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again. Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990.  Not Rated

Clarissa: Part 1 & 2

Based on the 18th century novel by Samuel Richardson, this is the original tale of fatal attraction and dangerous liaisons. A wealthy young heiress, famed for her virtue, is sought by a man wishing to seduce and destroy her reputation. For the first time in his life he becomes genuinely infatuated with his prey, and sows the seeds of his own fate. Cast: Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham, Hermione Norris, Sean Pertwee. A Masterpiece Theatre television broadcast in 1991. Not Rated

Clatterford: The Complete Season Two

Set in a small West Country town, Jennifer Saunders’ enchanting comedy follows the continuing exploits of ex-practice nurse Sal Vine and the memorable, and not a little eccentric, members of the local Guild. Cast: Suzy Aitchison, Patrick Barlow, Rosie Cavaliero, Dawn French, Sue Johnston, Doreen Mantle, Pauline McLynn, David Mitchell, Sally Phillips, Jennifer Saunders, Salima Saxton, Maggie Steed. DVD release of the BBC television series that originally aired in 2008 under the title: Jam and Jerusalem. Not Rated

Diary of a Nobody

In this British comedy classic, Mr. Charles Pooter (Hugh Bonneville), a middle-class, middle-aged city clerk in Victorian England, chronicles his daily domestic and social frustrations in hilarious detail. Based on the novel by George and Weedon Grossmith. (2007) Not Rated

Dinosaurs Unearthed

From the National Geographic Channel, two episodes from the series, Dinosaurs Unearthed. Dino Autopsy: Leading paleontologists unlock the mysteries behind one of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever discovered. This rare specimen with its fossilized skin and tissue intact, is bringing us closer than ever to understanding how dinosaurs lived, looked, and moved. Dino Death Trap: The fossilized remains of Tyrannosaurus rex’s great-grandfather are unearthed in China’s Gobi desert, revealing what the T-rex looked like before they grew so gigantic. State-of-the-art research techniques and amazing new footage of dinosaur mummies reveal fascinating new clues about the lives of the prehistoric giants who once ruled the Earth. Not Rated

Disraeli

Initially mocked and ridiculed at his attempt to rise within British government, Benjamin Disraeli used his fame as a writer of scandalous novels and his charm with influential women to make remarkable strides in Parliament. Eventually, he became the first and only Jewish-born Prime minister to serve in the history of Britain. Cast: Ian McShane, Mary Peach, John Carlisle. (1978) Not Rated

Doc Martin

Doc Martin: Series 2

When the brilliant but socially awkward and neurotic Doc Martin develops an aversion to blood, he abandons his career as a celebrated London surgeon and becomes the only doctor in a sleepy small town where his tactless manner soon has everybody in an uproar. Cast: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Stephanie Cole, Ian McNeice, Lucy Punch, Joe Absolom. Originally broadcast on British television in 2004. Not Rated

Dogtown: Friends in Need

This National Geographic Channel special follows the Best Friends team of experts and volunteers as they struggle to treat some of the most ill and neglected animals they’ve encountered to date, including victims of Hurricane Katrina and a special case from country legend Emmylou Harris’ Tennessee animal rescue.  Not Rated

Earthquake

When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Southern California, it levels Los Angeles and sends shock waves through the lives of all who live there. Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree. (1974) Rated PG

The English Civil War

This documentary features battle re-enactments, dramatized eyewitness accounts, and period imagery to describe Oliver Cromwell’s war on the English throne. (2001) Not Rated

Fireside Christmas with Chanticleer

This is not your average, every Christmas Yule Log. This Yule Log showcases one of the world’s leading ensembles performing the pure sounds of music from long ago. Chaticleer’s hauntingly beautiful singing captures the true essence and spirit of Christmas past. So forget all that canned Log music, go for the real thing and feel the warmth of your virtual fire throughout the radiant sounds of Grammy award winning Chaticleer.

First Among Equals

Beginning in 1964, this British television drama follows the careers of four members of Parliament from their backbench days through 20-plus years of alliances and betrayals, triumphs and reversals. Each man aims to become prime minister– but only one will succeed. Cast: Jeremy Child, James Faulkner, David Robb, Tom Wilkinson. Based on the novel by Jeffrey Archer. (1986)

Full Metal Corset: Secret Soldiers of the Civil War

The History Channel explores the stories behind the many hundreds of women who disguised themselves as men and secretly enlisted to fight in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.

The Glittering Prizes

Frederick Raphael’s tale portrays the hopes and frustrations of an entire generation through the story of a group of friends who meet at Cambridge University in the 1950s. Six 80-min. episodes follow the evolution of these college students through the 1960s and into the 1970s where their lives diverge and they struggle with emotional disillusionment and varying levels of worldly success. Featuring: Tom Conti, Barbara Kellerman. (1976 BBC) Not Rated

A Guide for the Married Man

Paul, a happily married father of one, is nonetheless intrigued by his pal Ed’s many extramarital affairs. In a series of lessons and parables, Ed gives Paul a crash course in how to have the perfect affair while still being considerate of one’s wife. Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny. (1967) Rated PG

Hello Dolly

Musical set in the 1890’s about a professional matchmaker who meets her match. Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong. Based on “The Matchmaker” by Thornton Wilder. (1969) Rated G

House Calls

Middle-aged widower Dr. Charley Nichols (Walter Matthau) treads the scary waters of the dating scene. Charley tries to be a suave swinger but feels like a fish out of water. Things change when he meets divorcee Ann (Glenda Jackson); the two engage in a comical courtship in which neither will commit to a serious relationship. At the same time, Charley butts heads with a head doctor (Art Carney). Richard Benjamin co-stars. (1978) Rated PG

Indian Warriors: The Untold Story of the Civil War

Discover one of the more obscure, yet fascinating aspects of the Civil War era: the contribution of thousands of Native American soldiers. With the help of respected authors Thom Hatch and Lawrence Hauptman, this program reconstructs the stories of some of these forgotten men. Originally broadcast on The History Channel in 2006. Not Rated

Inspector Lewis: Series 2

Oxford’s Inspector Robert Lewis, protégé of the legendary Inspector Morse, works with his brilliant, but brooding partner, Detective Sergeant James Hathaway. The two try to find a link between a murder in Oxford’s Bodleian Library; a burglary gone wrong leads from underground amateur boxing to the now-defunct East German Secret Police; the suicide of Hathaway’s old friend test his relationship with Lewis; a case of rape and murder causes Lewis to lock horns with the town’s elite; a fantasy author finds himself linked to an investigation of murder; the murder of an unpopular student-actor gives many potential suspects and motives; called to investigate a brutal murder, Hathaway’s attention may be drifting elsewhere. Cast: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front. Inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of Colin Dexter. (2008) Not Rated

Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns

Ten episodes tracing the history of jazz from its roots in the African-American community of New Orleans to its heights and continuing presence. Narrated by Keith David. (2000) Not Rated

Kavanagh Q.C.: Memento Mori Set

Kavanagh Q.C.: Mute of Malice Set

Kavanagh Q.C.: A Sense of Loss Set

James Kavanagh QC (Queen’s Counsel) is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly. All the while, his family often encounters rough patches that require much of his free time as well. Cast: John Thaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Nicholas Jones, Valerie Edmond, Rebecca Front.  Not Rated

King Corn

Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naiveté, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa, to find out how the modest corn kernel conquered America. With the help of real farmers, powerful fertilizer, government aid, and genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hidden truths about America’s modern food system.  Originally released as a documentary in 2006. Not Rated

Korean War Stories

In this Emmy Award winning PBS program, veterans share their stories, their memories, thoughts and feelings of the Korean War. Individuals interviewed include: former U.S. Senator John Glenn and U.S. Senator John S. Warner, baseball player Ted Williams, musician Willie Nelson, former U.S Secretary of State James Baker, Rep. Charles Rangel, N.Y., Lt. Colonel Charles B. “Brad” Smith, Gen. Raymond Davis, and many others. (2001) Not Rated

Lark Rise to Candleford: The Complete Season One

This 2008 BBC-TV series follows the relationship of two contrasting communities: Lark Rise, a small hamlet gently holding onto the past, and Candleford, a neighboring market town bustling into the future. When young Laura Timmins leaves Lark Rise for a job at the Candleford post office, she discovers an eye-opening, exciting new world. Cast: Olivia Hallinan, Dawn French, Julia Sawalha, Liz Smith, Brendan Coyle, Claudie Blakley, Mark Heap, Ben Miles, Olivia Grant, Linda Bassett, Karl Johnson. Adapted from Flora Thompson’s memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood. Not Rated

Lillie

This Masterpiece Theatre production portrays the acclaimed British actress and courtesan Lillie Langtry from the blush of youth to the blight of old age. At a time when society expected women to be docile and demure, Lillie posed for celebrity endorsements, conducted her own business affairs, and paid her first husband to keep his distance. Even more scandalously, she openly entertained a string of lovers among Europe’s elite, including the very married Prince of Wales. Cast: Francesca Annis, Anton Rodgers, Denis Lill, Peter Egan, Patrick Holt, John Castle, Joanna David. (1979) Not Rated

Nancherrow

In 1947 post-war Britain food is scarce, the servants are gone and Diana Carey-Lewis is mourning the loss of her husband, the long-time master of Nancherrow. The massive family home now passes to their rebellious daughter, Loveday. The cold, damp walls of Nancherrow hold many secrets and demand a high price for all who live in its foreboding shadow. Cast: Joanna Lumley, Christian Kohlund, Katie Ryder Richardson, Senta Berger, Patrick Ryecart, Susan Hampshire, Donald Sinden, George Asprey, Robert Hardy, Lynda Baron, Patrick Macnee. Based on the novel “Coming Home” by Rosamunde Pilcher. (1999) Not Rated

The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

This film by Ken Burns, traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films’ history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and save them from destruction.

The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency: The Complete First Season

Chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotste, the cheerful proprietor of Botswana’s first and only female-owned detective agency. Cast: Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Desmond Dube. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith. (2009) Not Rated

North by Northwest

In this classic suspense film from Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Thornhill is a New York advertising executive who is kidnapped by a gang of spies who believes Thornhill is George Kaplan, a CIA agent. Thornhill escapes, but must find Kaplan in order to clear himself of a murder that Kaplan is accused of committing. Following Kaplan to Chicago as a fugitive from justice, Thornhill is helped by beautiful Eve Kendall.  Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis. (1959) Not Rated

The Photographers

Ten National Geographic photographers discuss work experiences. (2000) Not Rated

Pie in the Sky

After 25 years in the force, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe has lost his appetite for the job. He plans to take early retirement and open his dream restaurant, Pie in the Sky. But his accountant wife, Margaret, doesn’t think the numbers add up. And his boss, ACC Fisher needs him around to handle those delicate cases at which he excels. Although craving retirement, Crabbe discovers that crime solving can be just as hard to resist as his signature steak and kidney pie. Cast: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair. (1994) Not Rated

Project Runway: The Complete Fifth Season

Features host Heidi Klum, co-host Tim Gunn, and a panel of judges, with celebrity guests including Natalie Portman and Brooke Shields, and never-before-seen footage as the next group of wannabe designers takes the stage. Rating: TV14.

Queen Victoria’s Empire

This PBS Empires series episode looks at  Queen Victoria and the figures who shaped British imperialism. Uses personal accounts and historical reenactments in Britain, India, and Africa to reveal the frequent clash of personality and culture that would mark Queen Victoria’s reign and tells the story of how a small island nation would come to control three-fourths of the world’s trade and one-fifth of its population in one of the greatest empires the world has known. (2000) Not Rated

A Rather English Marriage

From Masterpiece Theater, after Reggie Conyngham-Jervis, a wealthy ex-fighter pilot, and Roy Southgate, a retired milkman, are widowed on the same night, they decide to overlook their differences and move in together. Soon, their unlikely relationship is threatened by the arrival of an alluring woman with a hidden agenda. Cast: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Joanna Lumley. (1998) Not Rated

Roman Holiday

Audrey Hepburn, the essence of 1950s chic, stars in an Oscar-winning performance as a cosseted European princess who goes AWOL in Rome and is soon taken under the wing of tabloid journalist Gregory Peck and his photographer sidekick, Eddie Albert. She thinks the boys don’t suspect who she really is, but they’re onto her — and sense a sensational story if they can just keep Audrey’s handlers from retrieving her too soon. (1953) Not Rated

San Francisco’s Great Quake

On April 18, 1906, the greatest natural disaster in American history struck without warning. This National Geographic special tells the terrifying and inspiring tale of a pitched battle between man and nature told by the stories of people who lived through it. (2004) Not Rated

Sensitive Skin: The Complete Seasons One and Two

This BBC-TV series looks at life through the eyes of a successful couple living in metropolitan London. Along with their friends, Al and Davina Jackson struggle with sexual temptation and professional jealousy and try to cope with their fear of the future. Cast: Joanna Lumley, Denis Lawson. (2005 and 2007) Not Rated

The Spanish Civil War

The war that changed the course of Spanish history features archival film and location footage, plus dramatized eyewitness accounts to describe the struggle between the supporters and opponents of the Spanish Second Republic between 1936-1939. (2001) Not Rated

They All Laughed

New York’s Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two beautiful women suspected of infidelity. Soon the detectives become romantically involved with the women they are trailing. Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, John Ritter, Dorothy Stratten, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen, George Morfogen, Blaine Novak, Sean Ferrer, Linda MacEwen. (1981) Rated PG

The Three Tenors Christmas

The world’s three most famous operatic tenors — Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti — met in Vienna for a special Christmas-themed concert, and this DVD features highlights from their holiday show. (2000)

Trial & Retribution: Set 3

The grueling work of Det. Chief Supt. Michael Walker (David Hayman) and his squad continues as they investigate a variety of baffling crimes in this collection of feature-length episodes from the British police procedural series. In these installments, Walker’s department attempts to find a newlywed who vanishes on his honeymoon, probes the suspicious death of a young girl and tries to solve a disturbing rape-and-murder case. Created and written by Lynda La Plante.  (2005) Not Rated

Wallis & Edward

Edward, Prince of Wales, has a string of mistresses until he falls for American divorcee Wallis Simpson. When he becomes King of England, he must give her up, which divides him between the love for a woman and his duty to his country. Cast: Joely Richardson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Miriam Margolyes, Margaret Tyzack. (2005) Not Rated

We’re No Angels

Three convicts escape from Devil’s Island and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. Their plan to steal supplies and clothing from the local store is ruined after they take a liking to the store’s owner, especially his attractive daughter. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, Peter Ustinov, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, and  Leo G. Carroll. (1955) Not Rated

Wycliffe: Series 2

The wild, craggy Cornish coast seems ideal for hiding serious crimes, but forthright and observant Detective Superintendent Wycliffe leads an investigative team charged with solving each baffling case. Cast: Jack Shepherd, Jimmy Yuill, Helen Masters, Tim Wylton, Aaron Harris, Adam Barker. Based on the novels by W. J. Burley. Not Rated

Music CDs – November & December 2009

Alter the Ending
Dashboard Confessional
CD 781.66 DAS 2009

2009 release, the sixth studio album from this Alt-Rock outfit lead by Chris Carrabba. Alter The Ending is the official follow-up to 2006’s gold Dusk And Summer. The album was produced by Butch Walker, noted for his work with Weezer, Fall Out Boy and Pink, and co-produced by Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne). Features 12 tracks including the first single ‘Belle of the Boulevard.’

Attention Deficit
Wale
CD 781.649 WAL 2009
2009 debut album from the Hip Hop artist, who hails from Washington DC. Attention Deficit features production from Mark Ronson, Cool & Dre, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, 9th Wonder, Green Lantern and others. Includes the hit single ‘Chillin” featuring Lady GaGa.

Battle Studies
John Mayer
CD 781.66 MAY 2009
2009 studio album from the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter. Since the release of his hit album, Room For Squares, in 2001, Mayer has progressed from a sensitive acoustic-based performer into a full-fledged paparazzi-baiting superstar with acclaimed musical detours into Jazz, Blues and Folk. Battle Studies is yet another milestone for Mayer, containing some of his best work to date. Features the single ‘Who Says’.

Beauty Will Rise
Steven Curtis Chapman
CD 781.7 CHA 2009
BEAUTY WILL RISE is a collection of 12 new and profound songs from Steven Curtis Chapman. Created in the past 18 months in the walk through the darkness of the loss of his daughter Maria, and while God continues to meet him there on the journey. Part lament, part praise, part grief, part hope, part wrestling, part pondering; these tracks resonate as Steven’s personal Psalms. It is a desperately hopeful, raw, personal, and honest recording that is likely the most important of his already incredible 20 plus year ministry.

Before I Self Destruct
50 Cent
CD 781.649 FIF 2009
For the explosive Before I Self Destruct album, 50 Cent returned to working closely with DR. DRE and EMINEM as he did on Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, his first official album. With DR. DRE and EMINEM producing and guesting, Before I Self Destruct is darker and harder than 2007’s Curtis, as shown by the grimy single and video to “OK, You’re Right” (produced by DR. DRE), which was released earlier this year. In early September, 50 released the hit single “Baby By Me” produced by POLOW DA DON (FERGIE, T.I., LUDACRIS). Before I Self Destruct continues 50 Cent’s phenomenal rise from street culture hero to pop culture icon. Both album and film will be released on Shady/Aftermath on November 16, 2009.

Bernstein: Mass
Jubilant Sykes
CD 782.323 BER 2009
When Leonard Bernstein was asked by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to compose the inaugural work for the opening of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., he wrote: ‘The Mass is also an extremely dramatic event in itself it even suggests a theater work.’ Premiered on September 8, 1971, with additional words by Stephen Schwartz of Godspell fame, Mass is a remarkable, visionary work with a kaleidoscope of musical styles that touches on themes of political protest, existential crisis and religious faith lost and found. Featuring Marin Alsop conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and soloist Jubilant Sykes.

The Bridge
Melanie Fiona
CD 781.643 FIO 2009
2009 release from the Canadian R&B singer/songwriter. Melanie’s music is an eclectic yet glossy mix of tributes to the past and contemporary R&B. Even before she released an album, she impressed Kanye West enough to be invited to be the opening act during Kanye’s 2008 European tour!

Church Music
David Crowder*Band
CD 782.254 DAV 2009
David Crowder*Band, the highly accessible fan-favorites are back with their new release Church Music, arguably their most innovative effort to date. Packed with 17 full tracks, the band hopes this album serves as a reminder of the continual evolvement of music within the Church. David Crowder*Band is leading the way defining innovation, accessibility and fanconnectivity.

The Circle / When We Were Beautiful
Bon Jovi
CD 781.66 BON 2009
Bon Jovi is back with another tremendous rock album “The Circle” which was produced by John Shanks, who also worked with Bon Jovi on Have A Nice Day and Lost Highway. The first single “We Weren’t Born To Follow” is the fastest growing single in the band’s HISTORY, and the fastest growing ever on the Hot AC chart. Also included is the groundbreaking band documentary When We Were Beautiful. Filmed while the band was on its unprecedented Lost Highway world tour, this is the first intimate look at this legendary group. Unlike the usual band documentary, When We Were Beautiful reveals the inner workings and unique personalities that have made Bon Jovi one of the most successful rock groups of all time.

Cosmic Egg
Wolfmother
CD 781.66 WOL 2009
After spending the past 11 ½ weeks in Byron Bay, Australia & Los Angeles, CA writing and recording their 2nd album; Wolfmother return with “Back Round”, the first single from the forthcoming album COSMIC EGG. “Back Round” is already a fan favorite and one of the lead tracks to be featured on the next version of Guitar Hero.

Desperate Measures
Hollywood Undead
CD 781.66 HOL 2009
Desperate Measures, Hollywood Undead’s first ever CD/DVD. The Gold-selling band’s latest release contains six live recordings, six new studio tracks, an “Everywhere I Go” remix and over 60 minutes of footage recorded over two days during Hollywood Undead’s summer ‘09 tour. The live footage features the hit songs “Young,” “Undead” and “Everywhere I Go” and more fan favorites plus unedited backstage footage!

Easy Does It
Jake Owen
CD 781.642 OWE 2009
2009 sophomore release from the Florida-bred Country artist. Since releasing his debut album, Startin’ With Me, in 2006, Jake has had three Top 15 singles on the Country charts, As was the case with his debut, he’s written many of the songs for this project including the first single ‘Don’t Think I Can’t Love You’, which has already proven to be a chart success.

ECHO
Leona Lewis
CD 781.63 LEW 2009
2009 release from the British vocalist. Echo is the follow up to her debut album, Spirit, which sold over six million albums worldwide, earned three Grammy Award nominations and resulted in her becoming the best selling new artist of 2008. Echo sees Leona working with superstar talent Ne-Yo, John Shanks, Max Martin and Ryan Tedder, as well as with new collaborators Xenomania and Julian Bennetta. Clive Davis and Simon Cowell co-produced the album. Features the single ‘Happy’.

En Concert
Jack Johnson
CD 781.66 JOH 2009
The 2008 world tour had a ton of special moments, and this CD represents some of the finest. From sharing the stage at Bonnaroo with Eddie Vedder, to leading a massive singalong at Bercy in Paris, to wowing a festival crowd at Outside Lands, to stepping onto the stage alone to close the show at Red Rocks. Longtime crowd favorites from Jack’s catalog are interwoven with passages from some of Jack’s own favorite songs (Do You Remember segues into a verse from Jimi Hendrix’s “Remember”; Jack’s “The Horizon Has Been Defeated” blends into Paul Simon’s “Mother and Child Reunion” in front of a mainstage headlining crowd at Bonnaroo, and “Bubble Toes” dips into the Charles Wright classic “Express Yourself”).

Glee: The Music, Volume 1
Glee Cast
CD 781.546 GLE 2009
Relive your favorite Glee moments with original cast recordings. 17 tracks including “Don’t Stop Believin”, “Somebody to Love” and “Take a Bow.”

Hello Hurricane
Switchfoot
CD 781.66 SWI 2009
Switchfoot is an alternative rock band from San Diego, CA. They are known for their energetic live shows, the three guitarists in the line-up often operate simultaneously, building on the pop sensibilities of Foreman’s songwriting, rounded out by Fontamillas’s work on the synthesizer, bringing his industrial roots to the sound, the band works up ‘the Switchfoot sound’- a melodic crunch of densely layered sound featuring some electronic experimentation, and often driven by hard-charging guitar riffs, while throwing in a few softer ballads as well.

I and Love and You
The Avett Brothers
CD 781.642 AVE 2009
You can clearly hear fraternal magic at work in the songs of Scott and Seth Avett, better known as the Avett Brothers, as well. That magic is abundantly evident on I and Love and You, the Avett Brothers’ big-label debut, produced by Rick Rubin. Its 13 songs are delivered in a style that defies pigeonholing but might be described as a rootsy amalgam of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop – even a jab of punk-style dynamics here and there. With I and Love and You, The Avett Brothers have taken a giant step forward.

Just Like You
Allison Iraheta
CD 781.63 IRA 2009
2009 debut album from the American Idol finalist. Allison Iraheta is a gutsy, original, incredible stand out voice; and at only 17 years old has many hits in front of her. The daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, she is the youngest contestant ever to place in the Top 12 on American Idol and the fourth place finisher on AI’s eighth season. Often described as ‘Kelly Clarkson meets Janis Joplin’ and compared to both P!nk and Avril Lavigne, Allison is ready to make her own mark with her debut album which features production from some of the biggest and best in Pop and Rock hit making including Max Martin, Kevin Rudolf and Howard Benson.

Kris Allen
Kris Allen
CD 781.63 ALL 2009
2009 debut album from the American Idol Season 8 winner. Kris Allen hails from a town of less than 60,000, but his ability to captivate an audience of millions has undoubtedly put him on the map. As nearly 100 million votes were cast for the Season 8 finale, Kris Allen quickly became a household name nationwide. This much-anticipated release features the first single ‘Live Like We’re Dying’.

The Live Anthology
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
CD 781.66 PET 2009
The Live Anthology is a multiple-disc set of recordings drawn from thirty years of live performances. The collection brings together material from 1978-2007 culled from hundreds of hours of live concert recordings covering every era of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ tours and represents the best tracks as chosen by producers Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate.

The Long Way Home
Terri Clark
CD 781.642 CLA 2009
2009 album from the Country singer/songwriter. With more than four million albums sold to date and nearly a dozen #1 and Top 10 hits to her credit, Terri Clark has emerged as a singular voice on the Country music landscape – she’s driven, passionate, spirited and every bit her own woman. On The Long Way Home, Clark assumes true ownership of her music, making an album to her own truth. The result is a record that captures the tides of adult lives, great passions, and the struggles that mark her journey. It may be The Long Way Home, but songs like ‘Gypsy Boots’ and ‘A Million Ways To Run,’ prove that it was absolutely worth the journey for Clark.

Love Unstoppable
Fred Hammond
CD 782.254 HAM 2009
Since his landmark days with Commissioned, Fred Hammond has evolved into one of Gospel music’s most coveted artists. His anointed vocals and timeless lyrics are behind such classics as ‘No Weapon’, ‘Let The Praise Begin’, ‘Glory To Glory To Glory’ and ‘Jesus Be A Fence Around Me.’ Love Unstoppable is the seventh release from the Stellar, Dove and Grammy Award winner. Dubbed as the Architect of Urban Praise and Worship, his talents have taken him to recent successes with stage plays, church tours and the establishment of Hammond Music, a label imprint distributed through Verity Records. Always a prolific producer, Fred recorded most of this album live in studio using a concept he calls Warehouse Worship.

Memento Mori
Flyleaf
CD 781.66 FLY 2009
Memento Mori, the highly anticipated follow up to Flyleaf’s platinum selling, self-titled debut album. Flyleaf bleed, grow, love and live on MEMENTO MORI. The Texas quintet’s latest offering is a collection of poignant, passionate and pensive hard rock songs. From the kinetic first single, “Again,” to the touching album closer, “Arise,” guitarists Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartman trade orchestral riffs that seesaw from soaring to searing. Drummer James Culpepper smoothly propels every groove forward, while Pat Seals’ bass anchors unforgettable hooks. Gliding across this majestic melodic backdrop, Lacey’s vocals build into beauty from pain. Her voice reaches transcendent heights on songs like “Set Apart This Dream” and “Missing.” Flyleaf’s flame keeps rising.

Monsters Of Folk
Monsters of Folk
CD 781.66 MON 2009
Monsters of Folk is a collaboration of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward- three of this generations most critically acclaimed voices and Mike Mogis , one of the most sought after producers working today.

Natural Forces
Lyle Lovett
CD 781.642 LOV 2009
Natural Forces showcases Lyle’s unwavering songwriting alongside amazing songs from such Texas writers as Eric Taylor, Don Sanders,Tommy Elskes, David Ball, Vince Bell, Robert Earl Keen, and the legendary Townes Van Zandt. Produced by Billy Williams and Lyle Lovett

Ocean Eyes
Owl City
CD 781.66 OWL 2009
2009 sophomore release from the Minnesota-based Electro-Rock outfit AKA singer/songwriter Adam Young. While his music continues to win followers all over the world, Adam does indeed hide behind his music, not going by his real name (See: Badly Drawn Boy and Dashboard Confessional); but going by the moniker Owl City. Loaded with amazing loops, catchy pickups, and lyrics that soothe the mind and touch the heart, Adam Young has once again created a lush listening experience. Owl City’s trademark desire to escape in dreams, oceans and sky abound on songs such as ‘Cave In’ and ‘Umbrella Beach.’ With glorious vocal harmonies and touching odes to love lost, Adam has dug more deeply on Ocean Eyes, lyrically and musically, than ever.

Old Things New
Joe Nichols
CD 781.642 NIC 2009
With the aptly titled Old Things New, the award-winning, Grammy-nominated singer once again balances artistry with accessibility, applying his distinctive baritone to new songs that define country music for modern times. It’s the perfect follow-up to his acclaimed 2007 album, Real Things, which landed Nichols on a multitude of best-of-the-year lists, including those published by the New York Times, Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Associated Press, CMT.com and many others.

Out Standing In Their Field
Steve Morse
CD 781.643 STE 2009
Name Dropping, Brink Of The Edge, Here And Now And Then, Relentless Encroachment, John Deere Letter, More To The Point, Time Junction, Unnamed Sources, Flight Of The Osprey, Baroque ‘N Dreams, Rising Power.

Raditude
Weezer
CD 781.66 WEE 2009
Raditude’s swift appearance on the heels of 2008’s The Red Album is hardly the only surprise Weezer has in store on its seventh record. Raditude upends any expectations audiences may have of Weezer, amplifying their trademarks to a dizzying degree – the pop hooks dig deeper, the rock hits so hard it bruises – but the group subverts these signatures with a sly hand while pushing boldly into new territory.

Revolution
Miranda Lambert
CD 781.642 LAM 2009
2009 release, the third album from the Country favorite. Lambert, a two-time Grammy nominee has seen both of her previous albums debut at #1 on the Country Album Chart. Lambert wrote or co-wrote all but three of the 15 cuts on the album and worked with a cross-section of writers including Blake Shelton, Ashley Monroe, Natalie Hemby and Lady Antebellum’s Dave Haywood and Charles Kelley, who lends background vocals on ‘Love Song.’ Of the three songs Lambert did not write, she pulled from the best and her favorites – John Prine, Julie Miller, Allen Shamblin and Tom Douglas to complete the album.

The Singles Collection
Britney Spears
CD 781.63 SPE 2009
3 — Baby one more time — (You drive me) Crazy (The Stop remix) — Born to make you happy — Oops! I did it again — Stronger — I’m a slave 4 U — Boys (The Co-Ed remix) (feat. Pharrell Williams) — Me against the music (feat. Madonna) — Toxic — Everytime — Gimme more — Piece of me — Womanizer — Circus — If U seek Amy — Radar.

Splendor in the Grass
Pink Martini
CD 781.63 PIN 2009
China Forbes: vocals/Timothy Nishimoto: vocals, percussion/ Gavin Bondy: trumpet/Robert Taylor: trombone/Nicholas Crosa: violin/Pansy Chang: cello/Dan Faehnle: guitar/Phil Baker: upright bass/Maureen Love: harp/Brian Davis: congas, percussion/ Derek Rieth: congas, percussion/Martin Zarzar: drums, percussion/ Thomas M. Lauderdale: piano Chavela Vargas: guest vocals/Emilio Delgado: guest vocals/ Ari Shapiro: guest vocals/Courtney Taylor-Taylor: guest guitar.

Soulbook
Rod Stewart
CD 781.63 STE 2009
2009 album from the Grammy Award winning Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer. SoulBook is a collection of classic ’60s and ’70s era Soul favorites sung by one of the most interpretive voices in music. Stewart is personally passionate about this project, which is a return to his beginnings when he fronted The Jeff Beck Band and the critically-revered band The Faces, iconic in the history books for fusing American roots music – Rock, Soul and Blues. Soulbook reunites Stewart with his longtime collaborators, producers Steve Tyrell and Steve Jordan, of Rolling Stones/Xpensive Winos fame, who also brought in top musicians Ray Parker Jr., Waddy Watchel, Darrell Jones, Dean Parks and David Paich to join Rod in the studio for the album.

Still
BeBe Winans/CeCe Winans
CD 781.643 WIN 2009
Still — Close to you — Things (feat. Marvin Winans) — Grace — Reason to dance — He can handle it — Changed my world — The garden — Never thought — I found love (Cindy’s song) — Let it be (feat. Mary Mary).

Strict Joy
The Swell Season
CD 781.66 SWE 2009
The band returns to map the rocky peaks and valleys of
relationships in songs like the haunting I Have Loved You Wrong, a
Marketa feature, and the driving, anthemic The Rain. A feature
documentary will make the festival rounds this fall, covering the making of
Once and Glen and Marketa s musical coming together, but in the
meantime, the beautiful songs of Strict Joy will tell their story.

Take One
Adam Lambert
CD 781.63 LAM 2009
2009 expanded reissue of the American Idol finalist’s debut recording featuring three bonus tracks. This collection of songs was recorded before Adam’s climb to fame on AI. 13 tracks.

Them Crooked Vultures
Them Crooked Vultures
CD 781.66 THE 2009
The self-produced 13-song record will feature the debut of the studio versions of the material Them Crooked Vultures unveiled at its August 9 debut at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro and played on a first series of shows throughout a handful of UK and European cities and portions of the eastern U.S., wrapping up with an October 15 appearance at New York’s Roseland Ballroom.

Until The Whole World Hears
Casting Crowns
CD 781.7 CAS 2009
Amid nearly 4.5 million career album sales, numerous awards and consistent chart topping radio success in an unprecedented six year span, Casting Crowns’ lead singer and songwriter Mark Hall has never strayed from the group’s main purpose:’Present disciple-ship through music’. The result with each new song collection is a fresh, relevant perspective on our life journey. It’s this unwavering pursuit that has inspired Casting Crowns’ latest release,Until the Whole World Hears, an offering of encouragement,challenge, hope and truth to a world in need.

Waking Up
OneRepublic
CD 781.63 ONE 2009
Their latest single “All the Right Moves” comes with a huge heap of anticipation from the millions of fans of OneRepublic and Tedder. But there are countless others who may not know the band or its members’ names but recognize their heartfelt songs from the soundtrack of their last bad breakup or emotional meltdown. OneRepublic is that band.

Your Songs
Harry Connick Jr.
CD 781.65 CON 2009
2009 album from the singer, pianist and actor, an album of cover versions of songs requested by his many fans. Like his best-selling Only You of 2004, Your Songs consists of Connick singing familiar songs with a full Jazz big band and string orchestra, and, as with nearly all of Harry’s previous albums, he wrote each of the orchestrations himself. He also recruited two of his lifelong friends from New Orleans, Branford and Wynton Marsalis, as well as bluegrass guitar virtuoso Bryan Sutton, for guest appearances. 14 tracks including ‘Mona Lisa’, ‘Smile’, ‘Just The Way You Are’ and more.

New DVDs: TV Series, NonFiction and Feature Length Films – November 2009

An Awfully Big Adventure

An engaging comedy about a star-struck young girl lured into the grown-up world of the theater. Young Stella Bradshaw quickly discovers what it takes to make it in the theater. Cast: Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Peter Firth. (1995) Rated R

The Barefoot Contessa

With extraordinary beauty, talent and grace, Spanish dancer Maria Vargas was born to be a star. Aided by American movie director Harry Dawes, she attains great success and fortune in Hollywood’s land of dreams. But, though she gives her all for stardom, there is one thing Maria will never compromise – her soul. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortesa, Rossano Brazzi, Warren Stevens, Bessie Love, Elizabeth Sellars. (1954) Not Rated

Battlestar Gallactica: The Plan

The Cylons began as humanity’s robot servants. They rebelled and evolved and now they look like humans. Their plan is simple: destroy the race that enslaved them. But when their devastating attack leaves human survivors, the Cylons have to improvise. The story of two powerful Cylon leaders, working separately, and their determination to finish the task. Cast: Tricia Helfer, Edward James Olmos, Grace Park, Callum Keith Rennie, Dean Stockwell, Kate Vernon, Michael Trucco, Michael Hogan, Rekha Sharma, Aaron Douglas, Alisen Down. Not Rated

Beyond Christmas

While three elderly businessmen are having a Christmas Eve dinner, they are visited by two kind-hearted strangers who return their wallets. The men are all killed in a blizzard, but return to Earth as the couple’s guardian angels. Cast: Harry Carey, Charles Winninger, Aubrey Smith, Jean Parker, Richard Carlson. (1940) Not Rated

The Bridge on the River Kwai

British soldiers captured by the Japanese during World War II are forced to construct a strategic railroad bridge which a commando team is instructed by the British High Command to destroy. Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Ann Sears, Geoffrey Horne. Based on the novel by Pierre Boulle. (1957) Rated PG

California Suite

Five couples have come to the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles for diverse reasons, and they must all confront some rather amusing personal dilemmas. Cast: Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Bill Cosby, Jane Fonda, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Richard Pryor, Maggie Smith. Screenplay by Neil Simon. (1978) Rated PG

Call Me Claus

Lucy is a cranky, volatile producer at a home shopping network in charge of hiring the station’s on-air Santa Claus. The “real” Santa, who finds himself at the end of his 200-year contract, must convince Lucy that she is the perfect candidate to fill his shoes. Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Victor Garber, Taylor Negron, Frankie R. Faison, Alexandra Wentworth. (2001) Not Rated

Candide

Leonard Bernstein’s comic operetta is based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man’s journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons. Cast: Robert Orth (Pangloss), Michael Slattery (Candide), Nancy Allen Lundy (Cunegonde), Gabriele Ribis, Rosalind Elias, Hilda Ramos. Recorded in the Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy, June 2003.

Dogtown

This National Geographic special profiles life at Dogtown, a sanctuary for stray dogs located in Utah’s canyon country and part of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Shows how sanctuary workers transform problem dogs into well-behaved pets. (2008)

Fail Safe

A computer malfunction causes nuclear-equipped American bombers to destroy Moscow and the president of the United States has to take terrible measures to appease the Soviets and prevent all-out nuclear war. Cast: Henry Fonda, Dan O’Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Fritz Weaver. (1964) Not Rated

Galileo’s Battle for the Heavens

Based on the book Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel and produced as an episode of the PBS television series: Nova. A dramatization of the life and achievements of 17th century Tuscan astronomer Galileo Galilei. Focuses on Galilei’s struggles with the Catholic Church over his controversial theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

Hamlet

Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father’s death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare’s immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds. Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter. (1990) Rated PG

The Haunted Airman

RAF Flight Lieutenant Toby Jugg is wounded during the war and confined to a wheelchair. He arrives at a remote mansion in Wales to recuperate. While recovering he begins to suffer from terrible nightmares and visions. Toby finds that he can’t trust the hospital staff and psychologists, especially once other patients begin to die. Cast: Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson.  Based on “The Haunting of Toby Jugg” by Dennis Wheatley. (2006) Rated R

Incredible Human Machine

Brilliantly designed and marvelous in its mechanics, the human body is incredible. With stunning footage and powerful first hand accounts, take a fantastic journey through an ordinary day in the life of the human body. Witness striking feats of medical advancement, from glimpses of open-brain surgery to real-time views of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler’s vocal chords. Meet athletes and other unique people who push the human body to its ultimate limits.  As seen on the National Geographic Channel.

Inside Mecca

This National Geographic special examines the spiritually charged history of Mecca and its place at the center of the fastest growing and perhaps most misunderstood religion in the world.  (2003)

Inside the U.S. Secret Service

Originally broadcast on the National Geographic Channel in 2004.  In the post-9/11 world, where the stakes have dramatically escalated, the Secret Service agent is the first and last defense for the President of the United States. Agents operate in an arena where there is no margin for error. Go inside and meet the dedicated men and women who are sworn to protect the President at any cost. Get an agent’s-eye view of the daily challenges faced through the decades by Secret Service veterans, from keeping tabs on the president’s children to dealing with the privacy of the First Family.

Inside the Vatican

National Geographic, with unprecedented access, provides a rare glimpse inside the secret archives and private chapels of the Vatican.  Privileged accounts from Vatican officials, historians, and devoted individuals who work closely with Pope John Paul II provide insight into the remarkable history of the holy city and the unique traditions that have survived for nearly 2000 years.  (2002)

Inside the White House

This National Geographic documentary, narrated by Morgan Freeman, takes viewers on an in-depth tour of the White House, including its private quarters. Interviews with White House staff members as well as every President and First Lady living at the time of production are included, as is a behind-the-scenes look at a state dinner preparation.

Inspector Lewis: The Pilot and Complete First Series

Following the death in 2000 of his eponymous mentor in Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis was promoted to Inspector and took a two-year sabbatical in the British Virgin Isles. Newly widowed, he now returns to Oxford and soon finds himself in charge of his own murder case. But it is notes that Morse made on an earlier case which help Lewis solve his case. Cast: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front. Inspired by the Inspector Morse novels of Colin Dexter. (2006) Not Rated

Journey to the Edge of the Universe

This National Geographic production uses CGI technology created from images taken by the Hubble Telescope to present a view of outer space.

Look Back in Anger

Fierce, funny, and cathartic, John Osborne’s classic ‘kitchen sink’ drama as directed by Academy Award winner Judi Dench is a masterpiece of ensemble acting.  Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Gerard Horan, Siobhan Redmond, Edward Jewesbury. (1989) Not Rated

Love in the Afternoon

Frank Flannegan, an American playboy infamous for his scandalous affairs is smitten by Ariane, the beautiful, innocent daughter of the worldly detective, hired by a man who believes that Frank is carrying on with his wife. Frank turns out to be no match for Ariane and they stumble through one of the funniest seductions. Cast: Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn, Maurice Chevalier, John McGiver. (1957) Not Rated

A Month by the Lake

Two women pursue a handsome bachelor at a luxurious lakeside resort. Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox, Uma Thurman, Alida Valli.  Based on the novel by H.E. Bates. (1995) Rated PG

Metropolitan

When a group of young sophisticated high society friends in New York take in a new member with more humble origins, they begin to learn what life is like outside their sheltered world. Cast: Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols, Christopher Eigeman, Allison Rutledge-Parisi, Dylan Hundley. (1990) Rated PG-13.

A Midwife’s Tale

Dramatic exploration of the life of Martha Ballard, a woman who lived through the economic boom and bust, and political and social turmoil of the decades following the American Revolution. Based on the book by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. (1997) Not Rated

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark’s a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives. Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. (1989) Rated PG-13

Quartet

The quartet consists of novelist Marya Zelli, her Polish husband, Stephen, wealthy philanderer/artist H.J. Heidler and his wife, Lois. Though she has been indulgent of H.J.’s past indiscretions, Lois isn’t keen on her husband carrying on an affair with Marya under their own roof. Meanwhile, Stephen sits in prison, jailed for his various petty thefts. Once Stephen is released, he learns about the triangle. When the dust settles, it is Marya who suffers the most. Cast: Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani, Anthony Higgins. Based on the novel by Jean Rhys. (1981) Not Rated

Roberto Clemente

This episode of the PBS series, The American Experience, tells the story of Roberto Clemente, an exceptional baseball player and committed humanitarian who challenged racial discrimination to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. Not Rated

Secrets of the Titanic

This National Geographic special documents Dr. Robert Ballard’s famous expedition, the first to uncover the passenger ship Titanic that had sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean seventy years earlier.

Shroud for a Nightingale

Adam Dalgliesh visits John Carpenter Hospital to interview an arms dealer, but while he is there, a nurse dies a horrible and violent death during a teaching demonstration. Cast: Roy Marsden, Joss Ackland, Sheila Allen, Liz Fraser, Thelma Whiteley, Andree Evans, John Vine. Based on the novel by P. D. James. (1986) Not Rated

Six Degrees Could Change the World

This National Geographic program discusses why many scientists believe that the Earth’s average temperature could rise by as much as six degrees Celsius by 2100. Explores what each rising degree could mean for the future of humanity and our planet. Illustrates how global warming has already affected the reefs of Australia, the ice fields of Greenland, and the Amazonian rain forest. Explains what’s real, what’s still controversial, and how existing technologies and remedies could help dial back the global thermometer.  (2008)

State of the Union

When an idealistic businessman is chosen to run for President, he is caught between the ruthless ambition of a string-pulling newspaper owner and the integrity of his devoted wife. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolph Menjou, Lewis Stone.  Based on the play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. (1948) Not Rated

A Touch of Frost: Season 14

Three episodes from the British detective series featuring Detective Inspector Jack Frost, a policeman who approaches his cases with a dry wit and sense of moral justice. Cast: David Jason, Bruce Alexander, John Lyons. Based on characters created by R.D. Wingfield. Not Rated

Twice upon a Yesterday

Victor, an out of work actor, tries to stop his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia, from marrying another man. When she refuses him, Victor is miraculously given a second chance to go back and correct the mistake which led to their break-up.Cast: Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Cruz, Gustavo Salmeron, Eusebio Lazaro, Mark Strong, Charlotte Coleman, Neil Stuke, Elizabeth McGovern. (1999) Rated R

Unnatural Causes

Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh investigates the bizarre murder of a man with his hands cut off found floating in a dinghy out at sea. Cast: Roy Marsden, Simon Chandler, Kenneth Colley, Mel Martin, Bill Nighy. Based on the novel by P.D. James. (1993) Not Rated

Vietnam: A Television History: The Fall of Saigon

Three episodes from Vietnam, a Television History, looks at the end of the war, peace efforts by diplomats in Paris and the American opinion of the Vietnam War.   

Volcano: Nature’s Inferno

This National Geographic special explains what a volcano is, explores how volcanoes build new land mass, and chronicles past volcanic eruptions throughout the world. Features comments from leading volcanologists and visits to some of the world’s most famous volcanoes including Mount Pinatubo in the Phillipines and Mount Unzen in Japan. (1997)

Woman of the Year

In this hilarious excursion into the battle of the sexes, Tracy plays Sam Craig, the down-to-earth sportswriter of the New York Chronicle. As Tess Harding, the paper’s bright international columnist, Hepburn makes his life miserable. As soon as they start taking swipes at each other in their columns, there is little peace between them. In the office and in the bedroom the squabbling continues, until their problems are overcome by their deep love for each other. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen. (1942) Not Rated

New Releases on DVD November 2009

The Accidental Husband

When New York’s most practical-minded ‘doctor of love’ convinces one of her distraught callers to break off her engagement, the caller’s unpredictable fiance decides to get revenge. Creating a fake marriage license, he ‘accidentally’ weds himself to the doctor, who is already engaged. A wildly unpredictable romance is set in motion that neither one expects to find. Cast: Uma Thurman, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Rated PG-13

Angels & Demons

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of the most powerful underground organization in history, the Illuminati. Upon learning of an unstoppable terrorist act against the Vatican, Langdon travels to Rome and joins forces with Italian scientist Vittoria Vetra and together they will follow the 400-year-old Path of Illumination that leads to the Vatican’s only chance for survival. Cast: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl.  Based on the novel by Dan Brown. Rated PG-13

The Answer Man

Reclusive author Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) — who’s intentionally been out of the spotlight since he penned an inspirational self-help book two decades ago — finds himself in need of spiritual healing in this quirky indie romance. Though everyone still looks to Arlen for answers, he’s an emotional cipher without a clue … until he meets an angst-ridden, overprotective single mom (Lauren Graham) and a recovering alcoholic (Lou Taylor Pucci). Rated R

Bruno

Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen) stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality. An incredible chameleon who completely disappears behind his flaming alter ego, the bold Baron Cohen serves up nonstop laughs in this comedy by successfully rubbing people the wrong way. Rated R

Four Christmases

Every Christmas, Brad and Kate escape divorced parents and exasperating relatives by getting on a plane. But this year, heavy fog shuts down the airport, forcing the couple to celebrate Christmas with four sets of relatives. Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Sissy Spacek. Rated PG-13

Funny People

When a famous comedian discovers that he has less than a year to live, he decides to return to the places and people that matter to him the most. Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman. Rated R

I Love You, Beth Cooper

When bookish high school valedictorian Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust) uses his graduation speech to express his adoration for resident hottie Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), he gets the shock of his life when she responds by showing up on his doorstep that very night. Rated PG-13

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Manny and the herd discover a lost world of ferocious dinosaurs while Scrat goes nuts over the beautiful Scratte. Voices: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah. Rated PG

Is Anybody There?

Growing up in a seaside nursing home run by his parents takes its toll on 10-year-old Edward (Bill Milner), but things begin to look up for the lonely boy when a retired magician (Michael Caine) with a zest for life moves in. Set in the 1980s, this poignant tale follows the developing friendship between Clarence — a spirited old troublemaker hiding from his past — and death-obsessed Edward, a youngster unable to live life in the moment. Rated PG-13

My Sister’s Keeper

A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to her dying older sister. The subsequent trial tests ethical boundaries and the limits of parental love. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the cast in this powerful drama based on Jodi Picoult’s novel. Rated PG-13

Not Forgotten

Every family has its secrets, and it’s those secrets that come back to haunt banker Jack Bishop (Simon Baker) when the disappearance of his daughter, Toby (Chloe Moretz), disrupts his picture-perfect life in a Southwest border town. Forced to face his past, Bishop travels to Mexico and back into the thrall of his former faith — the death-worshipping cult of Santa Muerte — as he searches for Toby.  Rated R

Nothing Like the Holidays

Debra Messing and John Leguizmo head up an all-star cast in this multicultural ensemble comedy that follows a trio of Puerto Rican siblings on their way home to Chicago for a Christmas season family reunion. Directed by Alfredo De Villa, the holiday tale also features performances by Alfred Molina, Luis Guzman, Jay Hernandez, Freddy Rodriguez, Vanessa Ferlito and Melonie Diaz. Rated PG-13

Star Trek

Capt. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his trusted team on the starship USS Enterprise boldly go where no man has gone before in this installment of Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi franchise that follows the early days of the intergalactic adventurers. The crew includes Spock (Zachary Quinto), Chekov (Anton Yelchin), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Sulu (John Cho). Eric Bana co-stars, and Leonard Nimoy appears as an older version of Spock. Rated PG-13

The Taking of Pelham 123

When a group of hijackers led by criminal mastermind Ryder (John Travolta) take the passengers aboard a New York subway train hostage and demand a king’s ransom, it’s up to subway dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) to bring them down. This action thriller — an update of the 1974 film — also stars James Gandolfini, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán and Michael Rispoli.  Rated R

The Ugly Truth

The search for ‘Mr. Right’ has left Abby, a romantically challenged morning show producer hopelessly single. She receives an eye-opening education when she gets teamed up with Mike, a hardcore TV personality who wants to prove his theories on what makes men tick by helping her find true love. The unexpected results may surprise them both. Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Eric Winter, John Michael Higgins, Nick Searcy, Kevin Connolly, Cheryl Hines. Rated R

Up

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Junior Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. Rated PG 

Whatever Works

While falling for a young Southern belle (Evan Rachel Wood), an aging New York City eccentric (Larry David) finds himself caught in a series of bizarre situations involving the girl’s parents and his own Greenwich Village group of pals. Written and directed by Woody Allen, this romantic comedy also stars Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr., Michael McKean and Henry Cavill. Rated PG-13

New Fiction – November 2009

Black Friday
Alex Kava
F KAV
FBI profiler Maggie O’Dell is sent to the site of a terrorist attack in an American mall for which no one has claimed responsibility.  Is she running out of time?

Breaking the Rules
Barbara Taylor Bradford
F BRA
Following a terrifying encounter in England, a young woman flees to New York to find a new life.  Re-inventing herself, she hopes that her troubles are behind her.

The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Peter Ackroyd
F ACK
A re-imagination of the classic tale that features Victor Frankenstein, the serious researcher, and Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet.

A Change in Altitude
Anita Shreve
F SHR
Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months before they take on a year-long adventure of living in Kenya.

The Children’s Book
A.S. Byatt
F BYA
During the golden era prior to World War I, Olive Wellwood, a famous children’s book author, and her family experience betrayals, passions, and secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

Chronic City
Jonathan Lethem
F LET
An illuminating portrait of the denizens of Upper East Side Manhattan and their delusions, desires, and lies.

Crossers
Philip Caputo
F CAP
Three generations of an Arizona family are forced to confront the violence and loss that have become its inheritance.

An Echo in the Bon
Diana Gabaldon
F GAL
The continuation of the Outlander series featuring the 18th century Scotsman, Jamie Fraser, and his 20th century wife, Claire Randall.

Generosity
Richard Powers
F POW
Professor Russell Stone encounters a young Algerian woman with a luminous presence.  How can this refugee from perpetual terror be so happy?

Gorgeous East
Robert Girardi
F GIR
An adventure story from the modern-day French Foreign Legion features three legionnaires and the woman they love, the beautiful Louise Vilhardouin.

Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls
F WAL
The author of Glass Castle returns with a true-life novel about the author’s no-nonsense, compelling grandmother.

Hothouse Orchid
Stuart Woods
F WOO
After years of trailing an internationally wanted terrorist, Special Agent Holly Barker returns to her hometown of Orchid Beach, Florida.

The King of Thieves
Michael Jecks
F JEC
In 1325, King Edward of England prepares to pay homage to the French king, Charles IV and decides to send his teenage son in his place.  A complex, multilayered plot in the author’s Knights Templar series.

Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving
F IRV
In 1954, a twelve-year-old boy and his father become fugitives after a terrible hunting accident. From the author of The World According to Garp.

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou
F DOX
And now for something completely different: a graphic novel based on the early life of the philosopher Bertrand Russell.

Love and Summer
William Trevor
F TRE
Ellie Dillahan is a shy orphan girl from the Irish hill country whose life is changed after a chance meeting with Florian Kilderry, who is about to leave Ireland forever.

The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk
F PAM
The Nobel Prize winner’s first novel following his award, examines the privileged life of Kemal, who, while engaged to a daughter of a prominent family, falls in love with a beautiful shopgirl.  A look at Istanbul and a society torn between the traditional and the western world.

No Time to Wave Goodbye
Jacquelyn Mitchard
F MIT
The Cappadora family, first introduced in The Deep End of the Ocean, are confronted once again with the terrible events of the past.

Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Kazuo Ishiguro
F ISH
The author of The Remains of the Day presents five interconnected stories in which music is an essential character.

Pursuit of Honor
Vince Flynn
F FLY
Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his team member, Mike Nash, are forced to take extreme measures during a devastating attack on Washington D.C.

Rough Country
John Sandford
F SAN
When Virgil Flowers goes north for a fishing tournament, he finds himself investigating a murder in some very rough country.

Spartan Gold
Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood
F CUS
Treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo are introduced in this action-packed adventure of ancient clues and formidable rivals.

Stardust
Joseph Kanon
F KAN
Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier comes home from war torn Europe to find that his brother, Daniel, has died mysteriously.

Too Many Yesterdays
Sara Hylton
F HYL
At her beautiful manor-house, Charlotte Chayter prepares for her eightieth birthday party, a happy occasion, but one which holds secret dread for what might unfold.

True Blue
David Baldacci
F BAL
A mysterious high-profile homicide in Washington, D.C. collides with the dark side of national security.

The Vintage Caper
Peter Mayle
F MAY
Culinary delights, sumptuous wines, colorful characters and a lot of fun.

Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel
F MAN
In the ruthless arena of the court of King Henry VIII steps a man willing to gamble his life to win the king’s favor: Thomas Cromwell.