Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Try of One These Exciting Reads Today


Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay (Library Lover's Mystery Series # 1)

Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he's found murdered-and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast before they throw the book at the wrong person.



The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson (Karen Vail Series # 1)

The Dead Eyes Killer lurks in the backyard of the famed FBI Profiling Unit. His brutal murders confound the local task force, despite the gifted profiling skills of Special Agent Karen Vail. But along with Vails vaunted profiling unit, Alan Jacobson brings refreshing realism and unprecedented accuracy to his pages. The 7th Victim is a page-turner as only Alan Jacobson can write, with a stunning twist of an ending that will satisfy even the most discerning thriller reader.

 

An Award Winning Read for our Young Readers

Olivia by Ian Falconer **Caldecott Honor Book**

Olivia would be Eloise, if Eloise were a pig. She is good at singing 40 very loud songs and is very good at wearing people out. And scaring the living daylights out of her little brother, Ian, particularly when he copies her every move. She is also quite skilled at reproducing Jackson Pollock's "Autumn Rhythm #30" on the walls at home. When her mother tucks her in at night and says, "You know, you really wear me out. But I love you anyway," Olivia precociously pronounces, "I love you anyway too."

The New Yorker artist Ian Falconer's endearing charcoal portraits of his porcine heroine are spotted with fire-engine red gouache in all the right places--perhaps a tribute to Hilary Knight's red, pink, white, and black celebrations of Olivia's human counterpart? When she dresses up, the bow on her ears, her red lipstick, and her high-heeled shoes are all red. (The only time her shades-of-gray body is pink is when she is sunburned and the area where her bathing suit was is white!) Falconer does a fine job of letting the spare text set up the jokes for the visual punch lines--a dryly humorous interplay that adults will appreciate as much as children

Sunday, March 4, 2012

New York Times Best Seller List (03/04/12)

FICTION BEST SELLERS

1       Private Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan


2       Kill Shot by Vince Flynn

 
3      
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
 
4       I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

 
5      Defending Jacob by William Landay

 
6       11/22/63 by Stephen King
 
7       Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James


8      Private: #1 Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
 
9       Home Front by Kristin Hannah

 
10    
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
 
11    
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
 
12    
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay

13     A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin
 
14     Taken by Robert Crais

 
15     Robert Ludlum's The Janson Command by Paul Garrison

 
16
    Raylan by Elmore Leonard
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NON-FICTION BEST SELLERS


1      
American Sniper by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

2
      Ameritopia by Mark R. Levin

3       Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
 
4       Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson



5      
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo

6      Once Upon A Secret by Mimi Alford

7      Quiet by Susan Cain

8      Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

9     
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

10   
Hilarity Ensues by Tucker Max

11    Coming Apart by Charles Murray

12    Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker


13
    Thinking, Fast and SLow by Daniel Kahneman

14    That Woman by Anne Sebba 

15    All There Is by Dave Isay 


16    Unorthodox by Deborah Feldman

Note: Titles highlighted in BLUE are currently available for checkout. 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

March Movie Madness


Altered 

Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror. 


Bewitched (Complete First Season)

A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces.


The Brave One

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.


Cowboy Up

Two brothers, One is a bull rider, the other a rodeo bullfighter/stock contractor, clash over the love of barrel racer Celia Jones, while each comes into their own in their respective field in the rodeo world. 


Death at a Funeral 

A funeral ceremony turns into a debacle of exposed family secrets and misplaced bodies.


Different Strokes


The misadventures of a rich Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American maid. 

Endure





The Great American Western (7 movies)

This collection contains four films starring the legendary John Wayne. Titles in the collection are THE STAR PACKER, RANDY RIDES ALONE, THE DAWN RIDER, BLUE STEEL, THE LAWLESS FRONTIER, THE LUCKY TEXAN, 'NEATH ARIZONA SKIES.





The Great American Western (4 movies) 


This collection contains four films starring the legendary John Wayne. Titles in the collection are THE MAN FROM UTAH, HELL TOWN, THE DESERT TRAIL, and ANGEL AND THE BADMAN.

Holiday TV Classics

Includes 49 episodes of holiday-themed programming from some of your favorite classic television shows. You'll truly enjoy the holidays with the likes of Jack Benny, Liberace, Bob Cummings, Betty White, Ozzie & Harriet Nelson, Raymond Burr and many others. Sit back and relax with the family while you watch such classic shows as The Adventures of Long John Silver, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Red Skelton Show, Dragnet, Sherlock Holmes and Racket Squad. Celebrate the season with you favorite television stars and shows!


Hope Floats

Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life. 


The Last House on the Left

After kidnapping and brutally assaulting two young women, a gang led by a prison escapee unknowingly finds refuge at a vacation home belonging the parents of one of the victims -- a mother and father who devise an increasingly gruesome series of revenge tactics. 

The Messenger




Montana Sky

The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.

Moulin Rouge

A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets in this stylish musical, with music drawn from familiar 20th century sources. 





Nightmares

Includes: Bloodlust! and Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street




Not Forgotten

In a Tex-Mex border town, a man and his wife must face their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter.

Western Double Feature (includes Pure Country and Honeysuckle Rose)



Pure Country--Dusty Chandler (Strait) is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a '70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his overdone concerts to find his real country roots. He's helped and hindered by friends and staff, but pushes on in his search for a real music style as well as a real romance.


Honeysuckle Rose--For 20 years he's been singing to the country. But he never figured he'd be living his own love songs.




The Second Chance

The Second Chance is a film about two men - one from a white church in the well-to-do suburbs and one from a black church in the inner-city projects. Although founded by the same man, each church manifests its mission in a very different way. This film authentically tells the story of how a rebellious son and a street-smart pastor struggle to bridge the gap between their respective churches and cultures. 


The Story of David

Featuring Anthony Quayle, Timothy Bottoms, Jane Seymour, and Keith Mitchell, this DVD includes the entire original mini-series. The two-part story of the life of King David begins with his legendary battle with the giant Goliath, and ends with his romance with Bathsheba and struggle to preserve Israel. The Story of David is a legendary saga of a man after God's own heat.


Wanted: Dead or Alive (Season Two)

Wanted: Dead or Alive includes 32 fully restored episodes from season two.