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Fiction [(M) = Mystery;
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The
8th confession
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
The Women's Murder Club faces its toughest challenge as Detective Lindsay
Boxer investigates the high-profile murder of two San Francisco
millionaires and reporter Cindy Thomas digs into the brutal slaying of a
preacher with a message of hope for the homeless.
Harvard New Book - M Patterson, J
The
angel's game
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos, 1964-
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man, David
Martin, makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a
pseudonym. Close to despair, he receives a letter from a reclusive French
editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime--write a
book unlike anything that has ever existed--a book with the power to
change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, and perhaps
more. But as David begins the work, he realizes that there is a connection
between his haunting book and the shadows that surround his home.
Harvard New Book - Ruiz Zafon, C
April
& Oliver
Callahan, Tess.
New York, NY : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
"The story of April and Oliver, two inseparable childhood friends
whose existences again collide with the sudden death of April's younger
brother"-- Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - Callahan, T
Assegai
Smith, Wilbur A.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2009.
On the eve of the World War I, ex-soldier turned professional hunter Leon
Courtney is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the
British forces in East Africa, to gather information on one of his
clients, Count Otto von Meerbach, and soon finds himself left alone to
frustrate von Meerbach's plan to wipe out the British forces in Africa.
Harvard New Book - Smith, W
The
Baker Street letters
Robertson, Michael, 1951-
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route--
and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her desperation,
turns to the one person she thinks might help--she writes a letter to
Sherlock Holmes. --From publisher's description.
Harvard New Book - M Robertson, M
Below
zero
Box, C. J.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett is forced to relive the tragedy of his
foster daughter April's apparent death six years earlier when his daughter
Sheridan starts receiving text messags from someone claiming to be April.
The nightmare rachets up a step when whoever is sending these messages is
discovered traveling with suspected environmental terrorists.
Harvard New Book - M Box, C
Between
the assassinations
Adiga, Aravind.
New York : Free Press, 2009.
In this short story collection set in the Indian city of Kittur sometime
between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and that of her son
Rajiv in 1991, Adiga creates a cast of characters--from a twelve-year old
boy to a Marxist-Maoist Party member--who are immersed in class struggles
and their own personal denouements.
Harvard New Book - Adiga, A
The
birthday present : a novel
Vine, Barbara, 1930-
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2008.
Harvard New Book - Vine, B
Border
songs
Lynch, Jim, 1961-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Lynch, J
Bought
: a novel
David, Anna, 1970-
New York : Harper, c2009.
Harvard New Book - David, A
Brimstone
Parker, Robert B., 1932-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole track down Virgil's sweetheart Allie and the
three head north to start over in the town of Brimstone. Given their
reputations as guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to secure
positions as the town's deputies. But a sanctimonious leader of a local
church stirs up trouble at the local saloons, and as the violence
escalates into murder, the two struggle to keep the peace.
Harvard New Book - Parker, R
Brooklyn
: a novel
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Toibin, C
Cecilian
vespers : a mystery
Emery, Anne.
Toronto : ECW Press, 2009.
When controversial German theologian's blood-stained body is found on the
altar of a church during Vespers on Saint Cecelia's Day, lawyer and
bluesman Monty Collins is called in to investigate.
Harvard New Book - M Emery, A
The
cheater
Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor.
New York : Forge, 2009.
Lily Forrester, a Ventura County judge, battling demons from her past,
finds herself in a mix of bizarre circumstances that lead her onto the
trail of a vicious criminal mind.
Harvard New Book - M Rosenberg, N
Choker
Ramsay, Frederick.
Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - M Ramsay, F
The
city & the city
Miéville, China.
New York : Del Rey Ballantine Books, 2009.
Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in
the murder of a woman found in the city of Beszel.
Harvard New Book - SF Mieville, C
Commencement
: a novel
Sullivan, J. Courtney.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Sullivan, J
Corner
shop
Farooki, Roopa.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009, c2008.
Delphine Khanum fantasizes about rekindling her relationship with her
father-in-law Zaki, whom she loved long before she met and married his
son. But as she discovers in this richly layered, multi-generational tale,
the closer one's dreams become, the more risk there is of losing sight of
what really matters.
Harvard New Book - Farooki, R
Cream
puff murder : a Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
New York : Kensington Books, c2009.
Hannah Swensen, Lake Eden, Minnesota's finest bakery owner and amateur
sleuth, discovers a body floating in a health club jacuzzi. When her
part-time flame, Detective Mike Kingston, becomes the prime suspect, he
recruits Hannah to find out whodunit.
Harvard New Book - M Fluke, J
Dark
places
Flynn, Gillian, 1971-
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - M Flynn, G
Dead
and gone
Harris, Charlaine.
New York : Ace Books, 2009.
In Bon Temps, Louisiana, a race of unhuman beings--older, more powerful
and far more secretive than vampires or werewolves-- is preparing for war.
And Sookie Stackhouse will find herself an all-too human pawn in their
battle as she investigates the murder of a were-panther.
Harvard New Book - M Harris, C
Death
and honesty : a Martha's Vineyard mystery
Riggs, Cynthia.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Riggs, C
The
Devlin diary
Phillips, Christi.
New York : Pocket Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Phillips, C
Die
for you
Unger, Lisa, 1970-
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Unger, L
Do
not deny me : stories
Thompson, Jean, 1950-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Harvard New Book - SC Thompson, J
Doghead
Ramsland, Morten, 1971-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Ramsland, M
The
doomsday key : a [upper case Greek letter "sigma"] sigma force
novel
Rollins, James, 1961-
[New York] : William Morrow, c2009.
Commander Gray Perce and the Sigma Force confront humankind's greatest
threat in an adventure that races from the Roman Coliseum to the icy peaks
of Norway, from the ruins of medieval abbeys to the lost tombs of Celtic
kings. The ultimate nightmare is locked within a talisman buried by a dead
saint--an ancient artifact known as the Doomsday Key--and a secret that
has already claimed the lives of a famed geneticist, a Vatican
archaeologist, and a U.S. senator's son.
Harvard New Book - Rollins, J
Dropped
dead stitch
Sefton, Maggie.
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Sefton, M
Dune
road
Green, Jane, 1968-
New York : Viking, 2009.
Set in the beach community of a tony Connecticut town, our heroine is a
single mom who works for a famous--and famously reclusive--novelist. When
she stumbles on a secret that the great man has kept hidden for years, she
knows that there are plenty of women in town who would love to get their
hands on it-- including some who fancy the writer for themselves.
Harvard New Book - Green, J
The
Embers : a novel
Bass, Hyatt.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - Bass, H
Embrace
the grim reaper
Clemens, Judy.
Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen Press, 2009.
Casey Maldonado leaves town after a bad car accient. Her only companion is
Death, who won't take her, but won't leave her alone. In Clymer, a small
blue -collar town in the midst of Ohio farmland, Casey finds tragedy. The
town's main employer is moving to Mexico, and a single mother has
committed suicide. But many of the citizens don't believe the verdict of
suicide. Death encourages Casey to investigate, and she uncovers
information that suggests a cover-up. Casey decides she'd be better off
back on the road, but the murderer doesn't want to let her go with
everything she knows.
Harvard New Book - M Clemens, J
Far
north
Theroux, Marcel, 1968-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Theroux, M
The
fate of Katherine Carr
Cook, Thomas H.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Cook, T
Finger
lickin' fifteen
Evanovich, Janet.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
New Jersey bail-bonds office worker Lula is a witness to celebrity chef,
Stanley Chipotle, losing his head, literally. Now Lula and Stephanie Plum,
a bond enforcement officer, are on the hunt to identify the killers before
Lula is next on the chopping block. Meantime, security expert Carlos M
anoso, aka Ranger, has recruited Stephanie for a top secret mission.
Someone on the inside at Rangeman is leaking client information,
determined to bring the company down. Can Stephanie hunt down a killer, a
traitor, and keep her Grandma out of the sauce?
Harvard New Book - M Evanovich, J
The
fixer upper
Andrews, Mary Kay, 1954-
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Andrews, M
The
forgotten garden
Morton, Kate, 1976-
Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2009.
Harvard New Book - LT Morton, K
Fragment
Fahy, Warren.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Fahy, W
A
girl made of dust
Abi-Ezzi, Nathalie, 1972-
New York, NY : Grove Press, c2008.
"In her peaceful town outside Beirut, Ruba is slowly awakening to the
shifting contours within her household: hardly speaking and refusing to
work, her father has inexplicably withdrawn from his family in favor of
his favorite armchair; her once-youthful mother looks so sad that Ruba
imagines her heart must have withered like a fig in the heat; and Ruba's
brother, Naji, has started to spend less time with Ruba in order to meet
with older boys, some of whom carry guns. When Ruba decides that to
salvage her family she must first save her father, she uncovers a secret
from his past that will send her on a journey away from the safe fantasies
of youth and into a brutal reality where men kill in the name of faith and
race, past wrongs remain unforgiven, and where nothing less than
courageous acts of self-sacrifice and unity can offer survival. As Israeli
troops invade Beirut and danger moves ever closer, Ruba realizes that she
alone may not be able to keep her loved ones safe, and it is up to her
father to shed the shackles of his past and lead his family to a better
future. A Girl Made of Dust is a coming-of-age story sparked, but not
consumed, by violence and loss. This strikingly assured and poetic debut
captures both a country and a childhood plagued by a conflict that even at
its darkest and most threatening, carries the promise of healing and
retribution" -- from publisher's web site.
Harvard New Book - Abi-Ezzi, N
The
help
Stockett, Kathryn.
New York : Amy Einhorn Books, c2009.
In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed.
With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women
start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way
women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another.
Harvard New Book - Stockett, K
Heroic
measures : a novel
Ciment, Jill, 1953-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Ciment, J
Hothouse
flower and the nine plants of desire
Berwin, Margot.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Berwin, M
House
secrets
Lawson, Michael, 1948-
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2009.
When Joe DeMarco is asked by the Speaker of the House to probe the
apparent accidental death of a reporter who was trailing presidential
hopeful Senator Paul Morelli, dirty secrets and divided loyalties threaten
his investigation.
Harvard New Book - M Lawson, M
How
to buy a love of reading : a novel
Gibson, Tanya Egan.
New York : Dutton, [2009].
Recognizing that their dullard daughter, Carley, needs an academic boost,
Gretchen and Francis Wells hire author Bree McEnroy to write a book to
Carley's specifications--but Carley isn't as ignorant as her parents and
teachers believe. Her desire to pull her best friend out of his
self-loathing, drunken state eventually convince Carley to give words a
chance and to reassert that it's not about books or reading, after all,
but about people and relationships.
Harvard New Book - Gibson, T
How
to sell
Martin, Clancy W.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Martin, C
In
the kitchen : a novel
Ali, Monica, 1967-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Ali, M
In
the shadow of Gotham
Pintoff, Stefanie.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Pintoff, S
Italian
shoes
Mankell, Henning, 1948-
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Mankell, H
Knockout
Coulter, Catherine.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are back in this electrifying
thriller as they attempt to keep Autumn Backman, a seven-year-old
telepath, from falling into the hands of her uncle and his growing army of
exploited children.
Harvard New Book - Coulter, C
The
last secret : a novel
Morris, Mary McGarry.
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Morris, M
The
last war : a novel
Menéndez, Ana, 1970-
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Menendez, A
The
late, lamented Molly Marx : a novel
Koslow, Sally.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Koslow, S
Let
the great world spin : a novel
McCann, Colum, 1965-
New York : Random House, c2009.
A rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York
City in the 1970s. A radical young Irish monk struggles with his own
demons as he lives among the prostitutes in the middle of the burning
Bronx. A group of mothers gather in a Park Avenue apartment to mourn their
sons who died in Vietnam, only to discover just how much divides them even
in grief. A young artist finds herself at the scene of a hit-and-run that
sends her own life careening sideways. A 38-year-old grandmother, turns
tricks alongside her teenage daughter, determined not only to take care of
her family but to prove her own worth. Weaving together these and other
seemingly disparate lives, McCann's allegory comes alive in the voices of
the city's people, unexpectedly drawn together by hope, beauty, and the
"artistic crime of the century"--a mysterious tightrope walker
dancing between the Twin Towers.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - McCann, C
A
little learning
Tesh, Jane.
Scottsdale, AZ : Poisoned Pen, c2009.
"Former beauty queen and fledgling private investigator Madeline
Maclin, has married her best friend, Jerry Fairweather, and settled into
his old house in the small town of Celosia, North Carolina...And now
Madeline is involved in the mysterious death of Amelia Lever, an unpopular
teacher at Celosia Elementary School...And then there's Maddy's latest
case. Nathan Fenton has hired her to help solve a riddle left to him by
his Uncle Elijah, a man who loved to play games..."--Dust jacket.
Harvard New Book - M Tesh, J
The
little sleep : a novel
Tremblay, Paul.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Tremblay, P
The
little stranger
Waters, Sarah, 1966-
New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Waters, S
Loitering
with intent
Woods, Stuart.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
New York cop turned lawyer Stone Barrington travels to Key West, Florida,
to track down Evan Keating, a young man whose signature is needed on
documents allowing his father to sell the family business. Meanwhile, a
beautiful Swedish doctor, Annika Swenson, learns the hard way that being
involved with Stone is the most dangerous job in America.
Harvard New Book - M Woods, S
The
lovers
Connolly, John, 1968-
New York : Atria Books, 2009.
Charlie Parker is haunted by a man and a woman who appear to have only one
purpose: to end to Parker's existence.
Harvard New Book - M Connolly, J
Marine
One
Huston, James W.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Huston, J
Matters
of the heart
Steel, Danielle.
New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, 2009.
In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, top photographer
Hope Dunne fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his
thrall after she accepts a last-minute assignment to fly to London at
Christmas and photograph one of the world's most celebrated writers--an
Irish-American author known for novels of thrilling literary darkness.
Harvard New Book - Steel, D
Medusa
: a novel from the NUMA files
Cussler, Clive.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Kurt Austin puts the NUMAA team on a case involving a hideous series of
medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal
organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide
pandemic.
Harvard New Book - Cussler, C
My
father's tears : and other stories
Updike, John.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Harvard New Book - SC Updike, J
Natural
elements : a novel by
Mason, Richard.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Mason, R
The
neighbor
Gardner, Lisa.
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
A young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a trace from her
South Boston home, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter as the only
witness and her handsome, secretive husband as the prime suspect.
Harvard New Book - M Gardner, L
Nobody
move
Johnson, Denis, 1949-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Johnson, D
Old
City Hall
Rotenberg, Robert, 1953-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
It should have been an open and shut case. Canada's leading radio talk
show host came to the door of his luxury condominium, his hands bloody,
and said to the newspaper deliveryman, "I killed her." Yet, the
discovery that the victim was a self-destructive alcoholic, the presence
of strange fingerprints at the crime scene, and the refusal of the accused
to say anything--even to his attorney--lead to a hotly contested murder
trial.
Harvard New Book - M Rotenberg, R
The
perfect poison
Quick, Amanda.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Quick, A
The
pretend wife
Asher, Bridget.
New York City : Bantam Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Asher, B
Relentless
: a novel
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life, successful family
man and bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich finds
himself in a desperate struggle with relentless sociopath and reclusive
critic Shearman Waxx.
Harvard New Book - Koontz, D
A
reliable wife : a novel
Goolrick, Robert, 1948-
Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Goolrick, R
Return
to Sullivan's Island
Frank, Dorothea Benton.
New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Newly graduated from college and an aspiring writer, Beth Hayes craves
independence and has a world to conquer. But her notions of travel,
graduate study, and writing the great American novel will have to be
postponed--with her mother leaving to fulfill her own dreams in Paris and
her Aunt Maggie, Uncle Grant, and stepfather Simon moving to California,
Beth is elected by her elders to house-sit the Island Gamble. Buoyed by
sentimental memories of growing up on this tiny sandbar that seems to be
untouched by time, Beth vows to give herself over to the Lowcountry force
and discover the wisdom it holds; to rest, rejuvenate, and then reenter
the outside world. Then she meets Max Mitchell, and all her convictions
and plans begin to unravel with lightning speed.--From publisher
description.
Harvard New Book - Frank, D
Roadside
crosses : a Kathryn Dance novel
Deaver, Jeffery.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Deaver, J
Robert
Ludlum's the Bourne deception : a new Jason Bourne novel
Lustbader, Eric.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
"Jason Bourne's nemesis Arkadin is still hot on his trail and the two
continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and
hunted"--Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - Lustbader, E
The
scarecrow : a novel
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Connelly, M
The
scenic route : a novel
Kirshenbaum, Binnie.
New York : Ecco, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Kirshenbaum, B
The
second death of Goodluck Tinubu : a detective Kubu mystery
Stanley, Michael.
New York : Harper, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Stanley, M
The
secret speech
Smith, Tom Rob.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009.
Harvard New Book - Smith, T
The
servants' quarters
Freed, Lynn.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Freed, L
Shadow
and light
Rabb, Jonathan.
New York, NY : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Rabb, J
Shanghai
girls : a novel
See, Lisa.
New York : Random House, c2009.
Harvard New Book - See, L
A
short history of women : a novel
Walbert, Kate, 1961-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Inspired by a suffragist ancestor who starved herself to promote the
integration of Cambridge University, Evie refuses to marry and Dorothy
defies a ban on photographing the bodies of her dead Iraq War soldier
sons, a choice that embarrasses Dorothy's daughters.
Harvard New Book - Walbert, K
The
sign
Khoury, Raymond.
New York : Dutton, 2009.
In this gripping and cutting-edge thriller, a scientific expedition in
Antarctica drops anchor for a live news feed. As the CNN journalist begins
her report, a massive, shimmering sphere of light suddenly appears in the
sky, enveloping the ship in luminous white light before disappearing as
mysteriously as it arrived--the entire event witnessed by an incredulous
world audience.
Harvard New Book - Khoury, R
The
signal : a novel
Carlson, Ron.
New York : Viking, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Carlson, R
The
Stalin epigram : a novel
Littell, Robert, 1935-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
A riveting, fictional rendering of the life of Osip Mandelstam, perhaps
the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century -- and one of the few
artists in Soviet Russia who daringly refused to pay creative homage to
Joseph Stalin.
Harvard New Book - Littell, R
The
stolen voice
McIntosh, Pat.
New York : Soho Constable, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M McIntosh, P
The
story sisters
Hoffman, Alice.
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Hoffman, A
Strangers
: a novel
Brookner, Anita.
New York : Random House, c2009.
Wishing to avoid the complications of turning down his cousin's widow's
Christmas invitation, reclusive retiree Paul Sturgis sets off from the
quietude of his London flat for a holiday in Venice. There he meets Mrs.
Vicky Gardner, an intriguing and lovely woman in the midst of a divorce
and at a crossroads in her life. Although he is avoiding new
acquaintances, who might shake up his rather monotonous existence, Paul is
surprised to find himself warming to the woman. Then, upon his return to
England, his former girlfriend Sarah reintroduces herself into Paul's
life. The two women spark a transformation within him. Paul's steady and
preferred isolation now conflicts with the stark realization of his
aloneness and his need for companionship.
Harvard New Book - Brookner, A
Swimsuit
: a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Patterson, J
Sworn
to silence
Castillo, Linda.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - M Castillo, L
Trouble
: a novel
Christensen, Kate, 1962-
New York : Doubleday, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Christensen, K
The
visibles : a novel
Shepard, Sara, 1977-
New York : Free Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Shepard, S
The
walking people
Keane, Mary Beth.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in the west of
Ireland until she found herself on a ship bound for New York. Labeled a
"softheaded goose" by her family, Greta discovers that in
America she can fall in love, raise her own family, and earn a living.
Though she longs to return and show her family what she has made of
herself, her decision to spare her children knowledge of a secret in her
past forces her to keep her life in New York separate from the life she
once loved in Ireland, and tears her apart from the people she is closest
to. Even fifty years later, when the Ireland of her memory bears little
resemblance to that of present day, she fears that it is still possible to
lose all when she discovers that her children--with the best of
intentions--have conspired to unite the worlds she's so carefully kept
separate for decades.
Harvard New Book - Keane, M
Warbreaker
Sanderson, Brandon.
New York : Tor, 2009.
Harvard New Book - SF Sanderson, B
The
way home : a novel
Pelecanos, George P.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Harvard New Book - Pelecanos, G
The
weight of heaven : a novel
Umrigar, Thrity N.
New York : Harper, c2009.
Harvard New Book - Umrigar, T
Wicked
prey
Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Danger stalks Lucas Davenport at work and all too close to home when petty
thief and paraplegic Randy Whitcomb targets Lucas's pretty fourteen-year-
old adopted daughter and a young man with the .50 caliber sniper rifle and
the right-wing-crazy background roams through the city filled with the
most powerful politicians on earth . . . .
Harvard New Book - M Sandford, J
The
wish maker
Sethi, Ali.
New York : Riverehead Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - Sethi, A
Non
Fiction [(B) = Biography]
The
10 best of everything families : an ultimate guide for travelers
Magsamen, Susan.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK
[distributor], 2009.
Harvard New Book - 917.3 Magsamen
The
21st century economy : a beginner's guide : with 101 easy-to-learn tools
for surviving and thriving in the new global marketplace
Epping, Randy Charles.
New York : Vintage Books, c2009.
With recent economic turmoil monopolizing the headlines, it has become
more important than ever to understand fundamental economic terms and
concepts.
Harvard New Book - 330.9 Epping
200
knitting tips, techniques & trade secrets
Barnden, Betty, 1948-
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 746.43 Barnden
The
acupressure atlas
Kolster, Bernard C.
Rochester, Vt. : Healing Arts Press, 2007.
Harvard New Book - Q 615.822 Kolster
Advanced
home wiring
Minneapolis, Minn. : Creative Pub. International, c2009.
"Includes advanced wiring projects such as installing a subpanel and
wiring an outbuilding"--Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - 621.319 Advanced
The
American future : a history
Schama, Simon.
New York : Ecco, c2009.
Historian Simon Schama offers an essential historical perspective on the
2008 presidential election and its importance for reclaiming America's
original ideal. Cultural hostilities more irreconcilable than any since
the Civil War have divided America in two. In November 2008, the American
people elected a new president, feeling more anxious about the future of
the nation than at any time since Watergate. Our omnipotent military, the
cornucopia of material comforts available, the security of our borders,
and the global economy can no longer be taken for granted. Schama takes a
long look at the multiple crises besetting the United States and asks how
these problems look in the mirror of time. In four crucial debates--on
wars, religion, race and immigration, and the relationship between natural
resources and prosperity--Schama looks back to find lost insights into the
future.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 973.93 Schama
American
heroes : profiles of men and women who shaped early America
Morgan, Edmund S. (Edmund Sears), 1916-
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Harvard New Book - 973.2 Morgan
American
passage : the history of Ellis Island
Cannato, Vincent J., 1967-
New York : Harper, c2009.
Ellis Island had been an obscure little island that barely held itself
above high tide. Today it stands alongside Plymouth Rock in our nation's
founding mythology as the place where many of our ancestors first touched
American soil. Ellis Island's heyday--from 1892 to 1924--coincided with
one of the greatest mass movements of individuals the world has ever seen,
with some twelve million immigrants inspected at its gates. Historian
Vincent J. Cannato illuminates the story of Ellis Island, from the 19th
century days when it hosted pirate hangings, to the turn of the 20th
century when massive migrations sparked fierce debate and hopeful new
immigrants often encountered corruption, harsh conditions, and political
scheming. Accounts of immigrants, officials, interpreters, and social
reformers all play a role in the chronicle. Long after Ellis Island ceased
to be the nation's preeminent immigrant inspection station, the debates
that swirled around it are still relevant.--Summarized from book jacket.
Harvard New Book - 325.73 Cannato
American
radical : the life and times of I. F. Stone
Guttenplan, D. D.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Harvard New Book - B STONE -Gu
Animal
spirits : how human psychology drives the economy, and why it matters for
global capitalism
Akerlof, George A., 1940-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 330.12 Akerlof
The
backyard homestead
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., 2009.
Harvard New Book - 635 Backyard
Beyond
the Revolution : a history of American thought from Paine to pragmatism
Goetzmann, William H.
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 973 Goetzmann
Beyond
uncertainty : Heisenberg, quantum physics, and the bomb
Cassidy, David C., 1945-
New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 530.092 Cassidy
The
bolter
Osborne, Frances.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
"The story of the wild, beautiful, fearless Idina Sackville,
descendant of one of England's oldest families, who went off to Kenya in
search of adventure and became known as the high priestess of the
scandalous "Happy Valley Set"--jacket cover.
Harvard New Book - B SACKVILLE -Os
The
book whisperer : awakening the inner reader in every child
Miller, Donalyn.
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller
says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No
matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th
grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year.
She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of
recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the
books that students really like to read.
Harvard New Book - 372.6 Miller
Borderline
Americans : racial division and labor war in the Arizona borderlands
Benton-Cohen, Katherine.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 305.8 Benton-Cohen
Built-ins
Huber, Jeanne.
Menlo Park, Calif. : Sunset Pub. Corp., c2009.
Harvard New Book - 684.16 Huber
Busted
: life inside the great mortgage meltdown
Andrews, Edmund L.
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2009.
Busted weaves together the author's own ride to the edge of bankruptcy
with the tragicomic stories of his lenders, the Wall Street pros behind
them, and the policymakers in Washington who were oblivious until it was
too late.
Harvard New Book - 332.72 Andrews
Buzzed
: the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to
ecstasy
Kuhn, Cynthia.
New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2008.
A new edition of a best-selling reference incorporates the latest findings
on such topics as energy drinks, prescription medications, and the date
-rape drug GHB, in an accessible volume that features quick-reference
summaries, reports on how drugs enter the body and manipulate the brain,
and entries on their short- and long-term effects.
Harvard New Book - 615.78 Kuhn
Caring
for our parents : inspiring stories of families seeking new solutions to
American's most urgent health crisis
Gleckman, Howard.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 362.6 Gleckman
Chaotics
: the business of managing and marketing in the age of turbulence
Kotler, Philip.
New York : American Management Association, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 658 Kotler
China
: 3000 years of art and literature
New York : Welcome Books, c2007.
Harvard New Book - Q 709.51 China
Clutter
busting : letting go of what's holding you back
Palmer, Brooks, 1961-
Novato, Calif. : New World Library, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 648.5 Palmer
Companies
we keep : employee ownership and the business of community and place
Abrams, John.
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2008.
Harvard New Book - 338.76 Abrams
The
complete guide to finishing basements : step-by-step projects for adding
living space without adding on
Minneapolis, Minn. : Creative Pub. International, 2009.
"Shows how to handle modern materials and tools to add an extra
bathroom , a family room, bedroom, home office, or game room to basements
of homes"-- Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - 643.5 Complete
The
complete guide to walking for health, weight loss, and fitness
Fenton, Mark.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2008.
A guide to walking presents a diet and exercise plan, to improve overall
health, lose weight, build endurance and speed, and become fit.
Harvard New Book - 613.7176 Fenton
The
complete photo guide to sewing : 1200 full-color how-to photos
Minneapolis, MN : Creative Pub. International, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 646.2 Complete
Conquer
back and neck pain : walk it off! a spine doctor's proven solutions for
finding relief without pills or surgery
Brown, Mark D.
North Branch, MN : Sunrise River Press, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 617.56 Brown
The
constitution of imperium
Lipschutz, Ronnie D.
Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 327.73 Lipschutz
Cook
yourself thin : skinny meals you can make in minutes
New York : Hyperion, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 641.5635 Cook
Cooking
Light : fresh food fast
Birmingham, Ala. : Oxmoor House, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 641.555 Cooking
Crocheting
in plain English
Righetti, Maggie.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 746.434 Righetti
Cut
your energy bills now : 150 smart ways to save money and make your home
more comfortable and green
Harley, Bruce, 1964-
Newtown, CT : Taunton, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 644 Harley
The
end of overeating : taking control of the insatiable American appetite
Kessler, David A., 1951-
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale ; New York : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
c2009.
Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food--when a
handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why
we can't seem to stop eating, even when we know better. Dr. David Kessler,
the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the food label and
tackled the tobacco industry, now cracks the code of overeating by
explaining how our bodies and minds are changed when we consume foods that
contain sugar, fat, and salt. Food manufacturers create products by
manipulating these ingredients to stimulate our appetites, setting in
motion a cycle of desire and consumption that ends with a nation of
overeaters. This book explains for the first time why it is exceptionally
difficult to resist certain foods and why it's so easy to overindulge. Dr.
Kessler's cutting-edge investigation offers new insights and helpful tools
to help us find a solution.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 613.2 Kessler
Epilepsy
explained : a book for people who want to know more
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 616.853 Epilepsy
Fodor's
family Boston with kids
New York, NY : Fodor's Travel.
Harvard New Book - 917.4461 Fodor's 2009
Fodor's
family San Francisco with kids
New York, NY : Fodor's Travel.
Harvard New Book - 917.94 Fodor's 2009
Fodor's
family. Washington, D.C. with kids
New York : Fodor's Travel Publications, c2009-
Harvard New Book - 917.471 Fodor's 2009
Fodor's
Japan
New York : Fodor's Travel Publications, c1994-
Harvard New Book - 915.2 Fodor's 2009
The
food of a younger land : a portrait of American food : before the national
highway system, before chain restaurants, and before frozen food, when the
nation's food was seasonal, regional, and traditional : from the lost WPA
files
New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.
Using long-forgotten WPA files archived in the Library of Congress,
bestselling author Mark Kurlansky paints a detailed picture of Depression
Era Americans through the food that they ate and the local traditions and
customs they observed when planning and preparing meals.
Harvard New Book - 394.12 Food
Free
range kids : giving our children the freedom we had without going nuts
with worry
Skenazy, Lenore.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 649.1 Skenazy
Gabriel
García Márquez : a life
Martin, Gerald.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Harvard New Book - B GARCIA MARQUEZ -Ma
The
geopolitics of emotion : how cultures of fear, humiliation, and hope are
reshaping the world
Moïsi, Dominique.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
The first book to investigate the far-reaching emotional impact of
globalization. Dominique Moi:si, an authority on international affairs,
argues that our post-9/11 world has become divided by more than cultural
fault lines. He chronicles how the geopolitics of today is characterized
by a "clash of emotions," and how cultures of fear, humiliation,
and hope are reshaping the world. Moi:si contends that the United States
and Europe have been dominated by fears of the "other" and of
their loss of a national identity and purpose. For Muslims, the
combination of historical grievances, exclusion from the economic boon of
globalization, and civil and religious conflicts have created a culture of
humiliation that is quickly devolving into a culture of hatred. Meanwhile,
Asia has been able to concentrate on building a better future and seizing
the economic initiative from the American-dominated West, creating a new
culture of hope. How will these varying emotions influence the political,
social, and cultural conflicts that roil our world? And what will the
effect of the world economic crisis be?--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 303.48 Moisi
The
girls from Ames : a story of women and a forty-year friendship
Zaslow, Jeffrey.
New York : Gotham Books, 2009.
A testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life's joys and
challenges-- and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and
unexpected tragedy.
Harvard New Book - 305.4 Zaslow
God
is back : how the global revival of faith is changing the world
Micklethwait, John.
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
On the street and in the corridors of power, religion is surging
worldwide. From Russia to Turkey to India, nations that swore off faith in
the last century--or even tried to stamp it out--are now run by avowedly
religious leaders. This book examines this new world, from exorcisms in São
Paulo to religious skirmishing in Nigeria, to televangelism in California
and house churches in China. Since the Enlightenment, intellectuals have
assumed that modernization would kill religion--and that religious America
is an oddity. As these authors argue, religion and modernity can thrive
together, and America is becoming the norm. The failure of communism and
the rise of globalism helped spark the global revival, but, above all,
21st century religion is being fueled by a very American emphasis on
competition and a customer-driven approach to salvation, and its
destabilizing effects can already be seen far from Iraq or the World Trade
Center.--From publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 306.6 Micklewait
The
great depression ahead : how to prosper in the crash following the
greatest boom in history
Dent, Harry S., 1950-
New York : Free Press, 2009, c2008.
Renowned economic forecaster Harry S. Dent, Jr., explains that by 2010
rising oil prices and peaking generational spending will lead to a more
severe downtrend for the global economy and individual investors alike. He
outlines the critical issues that will face us and offers long- and
short-term tactics for weathering the storm.
Harvard New Book - 330.973 Dent
Happens
every day : an all-too-true story
Gillies, Isabel, 1970-
New York : Scribner, 2009.
Gillies pens a fast-paced, intriguing memoir in which she is forced to
come to terms with the swift destruction of her picture-perfect life after
her husband leaves her for another woman--something her rival reminds her,
happens every day.
Harvard New Book - B GILLIES
Hello,
cupcake!
Richardson, Alan, 1956-
New York, N.Y. : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 641.8653 Richardson
Home
game : an accidental guide to fatherhood
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.).
New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel
things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the
point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he realized that
all around him fathers were pretending to do one thing, to feel one way,
when in fact they felt and did all sorts of things, then engaged in what
amounted to an extended cover- up. Lewis decided to keep a written record
of what actually happened immediately after the birth of each of his three
children. This book is that record. But it may also be the funniest, most
unsparing account of ordinary daily household life ever recorded from the
point of view of the man inside. The remarkable thing about this story
isn't that Lewis is so unusual--it's that he is so typical.--From
publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 306.874 Lewis
Hope
and despair in the American city : why there are no bad schools in Raleigh
Grant, Gerald.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 371.009 Grant
Horse
soldiers : the extraordinary story of a band of U.S. soldiers who rode to
victory in Afghanistan
Stanton, Doug.
New York : Scribner c2009.
Harvard New Book - 958.104 Stanton
How
the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American
popular music
Wald, Elijah.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 781.64 Wald
Hungry
girl : 200 under 200 : 200 recipes under 200 calories
Lillien, Lisa.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
The New York Times bestselling phenomenon delivers even more yum-tastic
recipes in an easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 Hungry Girl recipes all
under 200 calories.
Harvard New Book - 641.5635 Lillien
Hungry
Girl : recipes and survival strategies for guilt-free eating in the real
world
Lillien, Lisa.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
"Do you want to eat burgers, chocolate cake, frozen margaritas,
fudge, and French fries and still fit into your pants? Is life not worth
living without brownies and onion rings? Do you want a surefire way to
tame your cravings? From breakfast ideas and chopped salads to guilt-free
junk food and cocktails, Hungry Girl recipes taste great but are low in
fat and calories. Check it out! With easy instructions, simple steps, and
hilariously fun facts and figures, Hungry Girl recipes are as fun to read
as they are to make!"--Back cover.
Harvard New Book - 641.5635 Lillien
The
illustrious dead : the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's
greatest army
Talty, Stephan.
New York : Crown Publishers, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 940.2742 Talty
In
pursuit of elegance : why the best ideas have something missing
May, Matthew E.
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 153.35 May
Infectious
disease : a Scientific American reader
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 614.5 Infectious
The
International Marine book of sailing
Robinson, Robby.
Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 797.124 Robinson
Keep
it simple & sane : freeing yourself from addictive thinking
Rogers, Barb, 1947-
San Francisco, Calif. : Conari Press, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 158.1 Rogers
Larry's
kidney : being the true story of how I found myself in China with my black
sheep cousin and his mail-order bride, skirting the law to get him a
transplant and save his life
Rose, Daniel Asa.
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 362.19 Rose
The
last Indian war : the Nez Perce story
West, Elliott, 1945-
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 973.83 West
Living
with HIV : a patient's guide
Cichocki, Mark, 1961-
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
"This guide covers the HIV lifespan. Tips help the reader make the
best decision when choosing a doctor, finding and adhering to the right
medication regimen, and making end-life plans. All aspects of HIV/AIDS are
discussed, including opportunistic and associated infections, dental care,
exercise and nutrition, substance use and abuse, and emotional
treatment"--Provided by publisher.
Harvard New Book - 616.97 Cichocki
The
lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon
Grann, David.
New York : Doubleday, c2009.
After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David
Grann set out to solve "the greatest exploration mystery of the
twentieth century": what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett.
In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization.
For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the
glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many
convinced that the Amazon was truly inimical to humankind. But Fawcett had
spent years building his scientific case. Captivating the imagination of
millions, he embarked with his 21-year-old son, determined to prove that
this ancient civilization--which he dubbed "Z"--existed. Then he
and his expedition vanished. Fawcett's fate--and the clues he left
behind--became an obsession for hundreds who followed him. As Grann delved
deeper into Fawcett's mystery, and the greater mystery of the Amazon, he
found himself irresistibly drawn into the "green hell."--From
publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 918.1 Grann
Madoff
: corruption, deceit, and the making of the world's most notorious Ponzi
scheme
Sander, Peter J.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2009.
"In December 2008, with financial crisis sweeping America and the
globe, Bernard "Bernie" Madoff, a leading Wall Street figure and
former chairman of the NASDAQ Stock Market, dropped the bombshell: For
years he'd bilked thousands of investors worldwide to the tune of $50
billion. Overnight, the term "Ponzi scheme" --a fraudulent
investment strategy that pays returns to early investors with money
invested later by others--became synonymous with Madoff's name. In the
first comprehensive account of this epic scandal, Peter Sander traces
Madoff's rise from unremarkable Jewish schoolboy to Wall Street trader,
from money maker to money manager. His gripping narrative examines how
Madoff built his brand, how he infiltrated influential circles, and how
the scheme came unraveled"--P. [4] of cover.
Harvard New Book - 364.163 Sander
Mannahatta
: a natural history of New York City
Sanderson, Eric W.
New York : Abrams, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 508.747 Sanderson
Martha
Stewart's cupcakes
Stewart, Martha.
New York : Clarkson Potter / Publishers, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 641.8653 Stewart
The
motion of the ocean : 1 small boat, 2 average lovers, and a woman's search
for the meaning of wife
Esarey, Janna Cawrse, 1971-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Harvard New Book - B ESAREY
Mrs.
Dred Scott : a life on slavery's frontier
VanderVelde, Lea.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - B SCOTT -Va
Multiple
sclerosis : new hope and practical advice for people with MS and their
families
Rosner, Louis J., 1929-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 616.834 Rosner
A
nation of farmers : defeating the food crisis on American soil
Astyk, Sharon.
Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 338.1 Astyk
Natural
style : decorating with an earth-friendly point of view
Sobesky, Janet.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Creative Homeowner, 2008.
Harvard New Book - 747 Sobesky
Naturally
thin : unleash your skinnygirl and free yourself from a lifetime of
dieting
Frankel, Bethenny, 1970-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
With more than thirty simple, delicious recipes (including her famous
SkinnyGirl Margarita), a one-week program to jump-start readers on the
Naturally Thin lifestyle, and warm, witty encouragement on every page,
Frankel serves up a book for a healthier and thinner life.
Harvard New Book - 613.25 Frankel
A
necessary engagement : reinventing America's relations with the Muslim
world
Nakhleh, Emile A., 1938-
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 327.73 Nakhleh
The
new American olive oil : profiles of artisan producers and 75 recipes
Gage, Fran.
New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 641.6 Gage
Not
becoming my mother : and other things she taught me along the way
Reichl, Ruth.
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Chronicles the mother-daughter relationship of culinary author Ruth Reichl,
now editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, and her late mother, Miriam.
Miriam Brudno, who bowed to societal and familial pressure to become a
wife and a mother over pursuing a fulfilling career, cheered her daughter
on and pointed out that Ruth had an obligation, both to herself and to her
mother, to use her life well.
Harvard New Book - B REICHL
Our
life in gardens
Eck, Joe.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 635 Eck
A
people's history of Christianity : the other side of the story
Bass, Diana Butler, 1959-
New York : HarperOne, c2009.
While bringing to life the movements, personalities, and spiritual
disciplines that have always informed and ignited Christian worship and
social activism, Butler Bass persuasively argues that corrective--even
subversive-- beliefs and practices have always been hallmarks of
Christianity and are necessary to nourish communities of faith.
Harvard New Book - 270 Bass
Perfection
: a memoir of betrayal and renewal
Metz, Julie.
New York : Hyperion, c2009.
Harvard New Book - B METZ
The
pleasures and sorrows of work
De Botton, Alain.
New York : Pantheon Books, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 306.3 De Botton
The
practical handbook of homeopathy : safe, effective home prescriptions for
common conditions
Griffith, Colin.
London : Watkins Pub., 2008.
Harvard New Book - 615.532 Griffith
The
Praeger guide to hearing and hearing loss : assessment, treatment, and
prevention
Dalebout, Susan.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 617.8 Dalebout
The
prepared parent's operational manual : sending your child to college
Carr, Marie Pinak.
Washington, D.C. : Dicmar Publishing, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 378.19 Carr
Raising
freethinkers : a practical guide for parenting beyond belief
New York : AMACOM, American Management Association, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 649.7 Raising
Resilience
: reflections on the burdens and gifts of facing life's adversities
Edwards, Elizabeth, 1949-
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - B EDWARDS
The
retirement challenge--will you sink or swim? : a complete, do-it- yourself
toolkit to navigate your financial future
Armstrong, Frank, III.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 332.024 Armstrong
Revitalizing
retirement : reshaping your identity, relationships, and purpose
Schlossberg, Nancy K., 1929-
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 646.79 Schlossberg
The
rise and fall of communism
Brown, Archie, 1938-
New York : Ecco, c2009.
Traces the origins of the communist ideology through its collapse in many
nations following Perestroika, in an extensively researched volume that
also explores communism's current incarnations.
Harvard New Book - 320.53 Brown
Sell
your home in any market : 50 surprisingly simple strategies for getting
top dollar fast
Remley, Jim, 1969-
New York : AMACOM, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 643.12 Remley
Sexually
transmitted diseases : a physician tells you what you need to know
Marr, Lisa.
Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Harvard New Book - 616.95 Marr
Shingles
: new hope for an old disease
Siegel, Mary-Ellen.
Lanham, Md. : M. Evans, c2008.
Harvard New Book - 616.522 Siegel
Shop
class as soulcraft : an inquiry into the value of work
Crawford, Matthew B.
New York : Penguin Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 331 Crawford
Splitters,
squeezes, and steals : the inside story of baseball's greatest techniques,
strategies, and plays
Gentile, Derek.
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal : Distributed by Workman Pub. Co.,
c2009.
Harvard New Book - 796.357 Gentile
Stepmonster
: a new look at why real stepmothers think, feel, and act the way we do
Martin, Wednesday.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 306.8747 Martin
Straight
talk about cosmetic surgery
Perry, Arthur W.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.
Harvard New Book - 617.952 Perry
Street
fighters : the last 72 hours of Bear Stearns, the toughest firm on Wall
Street
Kelly, Kate, 1975-
New York : Portfolio, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 332.66 Kelly
The
survival handbook : essential skills for outdoor adventure
Towell, Colin.
[New York] : DK Pub., 2009.
Harvard New Book - 613.69 Towell
Survival
wisdom & know-how : everything you need to know to subsist in the
wilderness
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, c2007.
Harvard New Book - Q 613.69 Survival
Tiling
Garskof, Josh.
Birmingham, Ala. : Sunset, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 693.3 Garskof
The
ultimate depression survival guide : protect your savings, boost your
income, and grow wealthy even in the worst of times
Weiss, Martin D.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 332.678 Weiss
Under
the March sun : the story of spring training
Fountain, Charles.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 796.357 Fountain
Vanished
smile : the mysterious theft of Mona Lisa
Scotti, R. A.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Part love story, part mystery, "Vanished Smile" reopens the case
of the most audacious and perplexing art theft ever committed--the theft
of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" from the Paris Louvre on
August 21, 1911.
Harvard New Book - 759.5 Scotti
Very
Washington DC : a celebration of the history and culture of America's
capital city
Gessler, Diana Hollingsworth, 1946-
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 917.53 Gessler
Wedlock
: the true story of the disastrous marriage and remarkable divorce of Mary
Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
Moore, Wendy, 1952-
New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.
Harvard New Book - B STRATHMORE -Mo
What
intelligence tests miss : the psychology of rational thought
Stanovich, Keith E., 1950-
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2009.
Harvard New Book - 153.9 Stanovich
What
to expect before you're expecting
Murkoff, Heidi Eisenberg.
New York : Workman Pub., c2009.
This must-have guide every expectant couple needs before they even
conceive covers tips on what to eat (and not eat), how to maintain a
healthy weight and advice about preconception medical care, ways in which
men can contribute to baby-to-be's successful arrival, fertility issues
and options available to couples who are facing conception problems, and a
detailed fertility planner.
Harvard New Book - 618.2 Murkoff
Who's
got your back : the breakthrough program to build deep, trusting
relationships that create success-- and won't let you fail
Ferrazzi, Keith.
New York : Broadway Books, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 650.13 Ferrazzi
The
wild marsh : four seasons at home in Montana
Bass, Rick, 1958-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 508.786 Bass
Wild
things : the art of nurturing boys
James, Stephen.
Carol Stream, Ill. : Tyndale Hopuse, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 248.845 James
The
woman behind the New Deal : the life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary
of Labor and his moral conscience
Downey, Kirstin.
New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, c2009.
Harvard New Book - B PERKINS -Do
World
War One
Stone, Norman, 1941-
New York : Basic Books, 2009.
World War One began on horseback, with generals employing bayonet charges
to gain ground, and ended with attacks resembling the Nazi blitzkriegs.
The scale of devastation was unlike anything the world had seen before:
Fourteen million combatants died, a further twenty million were wounded,
and four empires were destroyed. Even the victors' empires were fatally
damaged. An overwhelming disaster from which the world is still
recovering, World War One can seem baffling in its complexity. But now
Norman Stone has composed a succinct history of the conflict. --from
publisher description.
Harvard New Book - 940.3 Stone
You
can build trimwork
Huber, Jeanne.
Menlo Park, CA : Sunset Publishing, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 694.6 Huber
Your
call is (not that) important to us : customer service and what it reveals
about our world and our lives
Yellin, Emily, 1961-
New York : Free Press, c2009.
Harvard New Book - 658.8 Yellin
Children's
All
in a day
Rylant, Cynthia.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Illustrations and rhyming text pay homage to a new day, with promises for
the future in its "perfect piece of time."
Harvard Juvenile - JJ Rylant
Baby
baby blah blah blah!
Shipton, Jonathan.
New York : Holiday House, 2009.
When her parents tell her that they are expecting a baby, Emily sets to
work on a list of pros and cons.
Harvard Juvenile - JJ Shipton
Cornelius
P. Mud, are you ready for baby?
Saltzberg, Barney.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick ; London : Walker [distributor], 2009.
Harvard Juvenile - JJ Saltzberg
Emma-Jean
Lazarus fell in love
Tarshis, Lauren.
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Seventh-grader Emma-Jean Lazarus uses her logical, scientific mind to
navigate the mysteries of the upcoming Spring Fling, her friend Colleen's
secret admirer, and other love-related dilemmas.
Harvard Juvenile - J/AR Tarshis, L
Extreme
weather : science tackles global warming and climate change
Simpson, Kathleen.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK
[distributor], 2008.
Harvard Juvenile - J 551.5 Simpson
Friend
or fiend? with the Pain & the Great One
Blume, Judy.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
First-grader Jake "The Pain" and his sister, third-grader
Abigail "The Great One" have more adventures, including visiting
their cousins in New York and celebrating their cat Fluzzy's birthday.
Harvard Juvenile - J Blume, J
How
Oliver Olson changed the world
Mills, Claudia.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Afraid he will always be an outsider like ex-planet Pluto, nine-year-old
Oliver finally shows his extremely overprotective parents that he is
capable of doing great things without their help while his class is
studying the solar system.
Harvard Juvenile - J Mills, C
The
last Olympian
Riordan, Rick.
New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.
While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon,
Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands
virtually unguarded. Now it's up to Percy Jackson and an army of young
demigods to stop the Lord of Time.
Harvard Juvenile - J/AR Riordan, R
Medical
mysteries : science searches for cures for conditions from bizarre to
deadly
Auden, Scott.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK
[distributor], 2008.
Harvard Juvenile - J 616 Auden
Michelle
Obama : meet the first lady
Brophy, David Bergen.
New York : Collins, c2009.
Harvard Juvenile - J B OBAMA
Teen
Along
for the ride : a novel
Dessen, Sarah.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2009.
When Auden impulsively goes to stay with her father, stepmother, and new
baby sister the summer before she starts college, all the trauma of her
parents' divorce is revived, even as she is making new friends and having
new experiences such as learning to ride a bike and dating.
Harvard YA Room - YA Dessen, S
The
awakening
Armstrong, Kelley.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009.
Fifteen-year-old necromancer Chloe, having escaped from Lyle House with
Derek, Simon, and Rae, finds herself imprisoned in a laboratory run by a
sinister organization determined to control her and her supernatural
friends.
Harvard YA Room - YA Armstrong, K
Becoming
Billie Holiday
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
Honesdale, Penn. : Wordsong, c2008.
Jazz vocalist Billie Holiday looks back on her early years in this
fictional memoir written in verse.
Harvard YA Room - YA Weatherford, C
City
of ashes
Clare, Cassandra.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009, c2008.
Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly
changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further
involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers
some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her
boyfriend Simon.
Harvard YA Room - YA Clare, C
City
of bones
Clare, Cassandra.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
Suddenly able to see demons and the Darkhunters who are dedicated to
returning them to their own dimension, fifteen-year-old Clary Fray is
drawn into this bizzare world when her mother disappears and Clary herself
is almost killed by a monster.
Harvard YA Room - YA Clare, C
Don't
judge a girl by her cover
Carter, Ally.
New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.
When Cammie Morgan arrives at her friend Macey's five-star hotel for the
Democratic National Convention, where Macey's father is about to receive
the vice presidential nomination, she thinks she's in for an exciting end
to her summer break. But if you're a Gallagher Girl, 'exciting' and
'deadly' are never far apart.
Harvard YA Room - YA Carter, A
How
to write songs on guitar : [a guitar-playing and songwriting course]
Rooksby, Rikky.
Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat, 2009.
Harvard YA Room - YA 787.87 Rooksby
DVDs /
Books on CD
DVDs:
400
years of the telescope a journey of science, technology and thought
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, 2009, 2008.
"The film features interviews with leading astrophysicists and
cosmologists from the world's renowned universities and observatories, who
explain concepts ranging from Galileo's act of revealing the cosmos with a
simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling
new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy - a mysterious
vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe." -
Container.
Harvard General - DVD 681.412 Four
The
American future a history
[United States] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009].
After 9/11, after Katrina, Enron and Baghdad, the robustness of American
optimism is struggling to reassert itself against the sobering reality of
military frustration and domestic anxieties. This is an America grappling
with an un-American sense of its own limits. Turning to fascinating
moments in American history to understand the present, connecting
legendary presences such as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Ford, and others with
contemporary soldiers, businessmen, truckers and politicians. The United
States, past and present, facing its moment of truth.
Harvard General - DVD 373.93
American
teen
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
A look at what the life of a high school senior is really like through the
eyes of five very different teenagers living in Indiana. Features the Prom
Queen, the Jock, the Rebel, the Geek, and the Heartthrob.
Harvard General - DVD American
Arrested
development. Season one
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2004].
The Bluth clan lives a life of excess, funded by the family credit card
and paid for by patriarch George whose fortune came from the tract home
development business. Oldest son George, nicknamed Gob, is an
"illusionist" of minor importance who has anger management
issues. Youngest son, Buster, wastes his days taking obscure graduate
school courses. Daughter Lindsay is a vain socialite. The only sane family
member is Lindsay's twin brother Michael, is a widower. Just as Michael
decides to wash his hands of the family, he is forced to step up and aid
his family in adjusting to new lives.
Harvard General - DVD Arrested
Arrested
development. Season three
[Los Angeles, Calif.] : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006].
The Bluth family returns for another season of life after credit cards.
Harvard General - DVD Arrested
Arrested
development. Season two
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005].
As his father continues to face legal trouble, Michael Bluth runs the
family business, tackling a host of legal and financial issues while
trying to cope with his eccentric relatives.
Harvard General - DVD Arrested
The
art & practice of gardening. England, Ireland & America
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c2007.
Hosted by Penelope Hobhouse, a garden writer, designer, historian,
lecturer and gardener. Includes Roses For the Garden; Visions of Nature;
The Summer Garden; Design Basics; Planting the Bones of a Garden; and
more.
Harvard General - DVD 712.6 Art
Becoming
green growing environmental awareness
[South Burlington, Vt.?] : WGBH Boston Video, c2008.
Harvard General - DVD 363.73 Becoming
Body
of lies
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009].
CIA operative Roger Ferris is on a covert mission. He is working in Jordan
and searching for terrorists who have been bombing civilian targets.
Ferris uncovers information on the Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem. He
devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help
of his Langley boss, Ed Hoffman. Ferris enlists the help of the Chief of
Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam on this operation, but what he is not
certain of is how far he can trust him without putting his life in danger.
The uneasy alliance leads to a cultural and moral clash between the men.
Harvard General - DVD Body
A
century of quilts America in cloth
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, [2006].
Celebrates the powerful stories behind quilt-making from three
perspectives: records of history, symbols of family/community, and works
of art. Works from major American quilt shows in Paducah, Kentucky, and
Houston.
Harvard General - DVD 746.46 Century
Crossing
over
[United States] : The Weinstein Company Home Entertainment ; Santa Monica,
CA : Manufactured and distributed by Genius Products, [2009].
An immigration officer must protect the U.S. border in Los Angeles from
those trying to pursue the American Dream, as those around him try to
break the rules by fraud, blackmail, and work-site enforcement.
Harvard General - DVD Crossing
The
curious case of Benjamin Button
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009].
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day
that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline.
Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's
lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire
extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages
backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged
diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does
survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his
biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth.
Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors
home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met
Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain
in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in
age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are
difficult for Caroline to read.
Harvard General - DVD Curious
Danton
[United States] : Criterion Collection, [2009].
Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a
time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have
set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of
Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed
which violates the spirit of their revolution.
Harvard General - DVD Danton
Defiance
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009].
The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occuping
Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the
forests and find the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and
survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of fleeing Polish
Jews from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of
discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding
whom to trust. They take on the responsibility of guardians and motivate
hundreds of women, men, children and the elderly to join their fight
against the Nazi regime while hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold
and unforgiving forest. At the same time, the brothers turn a band of war
defectors into commanding freedom fighters. Based on true events.
Harvard General - DVD Defiance
The
diary of Anne Frank
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009].
Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. Otto Frank and his family have decided to go into
hiding due to the increasing persecutions against Jews. Businessman Kraler
and his assistant Miep prepare a hiding place in the attic rooms above
their place of business. They arrange for the Frank and Van Daan families
to stay there. Later on, they are joined by the dentist Dussel. Anne Frank
is Otto's 13- year-old daughter. She writes about the remarkable account
of their lives, their growing fear of discovery, their deplorable living
conditions and even the blooming of her first love. Together, they try to
avoid detection while hoping that Holland will be liberated by the Allies.
Harvard General - DVD Diary
Dirty
dancing
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, 2007.
The summer of 1963 innocent 17-year-old Baby vacations with her parents at
a Catskill's resort. One evening she is drawn to the staff quarters by
stirring music. There she meets Johnny, the hotel dance instructor, who is
as experienced as Baby is naive. Baby soon becomes Johnny's pupil in dance
and love.
Harvard General - DVD Dirty
Double
indemnity
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2006.
Walter Neff is a smooth talking insurance salesman who meets the very
attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's
automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and have
an affair. They scheme together to murder Phyllis' husband for life
insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does
not go as planned. Barton Keyes is the wily insurance investigator who
must sort things out.
Harvard General - DVD Double
The
Express
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009].
Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero, Ernie Davis.
Rising from humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis overcame impossible odds
to become the first African-American to win college football's greatest
honor- the Heisman Trophy.
Harvard General - DVD Express
Extreme
ice
[Boston] : PBS Home Video, [2009].
This videodisc focuses on climate change shown through time-lapse cameras
set by internationally acclaimed photojournalist James Balog, who has
placed equipment in more than two dozen glacial locations around the world
in order to assess the impact of global warming.
Harvard General - DVD 551.31 Extreme
Festival
express
[United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2004], c1970.
In 1970, such names as Janis Joplin, The Band, and The Grateful Dead
traveled by a customized train for five days to Toronto, Calgary, and
Winnipeg for a mega-concert at each stop. This experience was filmed and
some footage was locked away, until now.
Harvard General - DVD 781.66 Festival
Fight
club
Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007].
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a soap salesman channel their primal
male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches
on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until
a sensuous eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral
toward oblivion.
Harvard General - DVD Fight
Forrest
Gump
Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures, c2001.
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) and his
meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his
accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events
in America from the late 1950's through the 1970's including a meeting
with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in
Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he doesn't realize the significance of his
actions. Forrest comes to embody a generation.
Harvard General - DVD Forrest
Frost/Nixon
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009].
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David
Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is
the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that
changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office,
Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning
former commander-in- chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview
to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal
that ended his presidency. Everyone is surprised that Nixon would select
Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy
British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans
(as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbors doubts that
their boss will be able to hold his own. But as cameras roll, a charged
battle of wits results.
Harvard General - DVD Frost
Giant
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2003.
Bick Benedict, his society-gilded wife and three generations of land-rich
Texas sons and daughters love, swagger, connive and clash in a monumental
drama of family strife, racial bigotry and conflict between cattle barons
and newly- rich oil tycoons.
Harvard General - DVD Giant
Glory
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2006].
Based on the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North
in the Civil War. Robert Gould Shaw and Cabot Forbes are two idealistic
young Bostonians that lead the regiment; Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the
inspiration who unites the troops ; Pvt. Trip is a runaway slave who joins
the regiment.
Harvard General - DVD Glory
Gran
Torino
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2009].
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the
changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a
grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his
kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession
is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao,
a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to
steal Walt's Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn
against his will into the life of Thao's family, Walt is soon taking steps
to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.
Harvard General - DVD Gran
Grand
Canyon
[Washington, D.C.] : National Geographic, [2009].
A rare scientific odyssey down the Grand Canyon through some of the most
treacherous rapids on the planet. From the river cutting through
two-billion- year-old stone to the creatures roaming its back-country, the
Grand Canyon still has secrets to tell.
Harvard General - DVD 917.9132 Grand
Grey
Gardens
[New York, NY] : Home Box Office, c2009.
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her
daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the
eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as
Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took
shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their
wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on
reality. They were reintroduced to the world when international tabloids
learned of a health department raid on their home. At that point, Jackie
swooped in to save her relatives.
Harvard General - DVD Grey
Helvetica
a documentary film
[S.l.] : Plexifilm, c2007.
A documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture,
which looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger
conversation about the way type affects our lives.
Harvard General - DVD 686.22 Helvetica
He's
just not that into you
[California] : New Line Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by
Warner Home Video, c2009.
Gigi is struggling to find true love while shifting through men who are
simply not interested. After her latest date, Conor, has failed to call
her. Gigi visits a bar he said he frequented in order to see him. There,
she meets Alex, a friend of Conor's who works at the bar. Gigi admits that
Connor is not expecting her. Alex explains that Connor isn't interested
and takes it upon himself to explain the 'signs' to Gigi. Meanwhile,
having just left Gigi, Connor calls his girlfriend Anna. She is at the
supermarket and runs into Ben. The two exchange numbers, but Ben finally
admits that he is married. Ben walks over to the car where his friend Neil
has been waiting. Neil asks Ben what that was about. Neil returns home and
is greeted by Beth, his girlfriend. Neil doesn' t believe in marriage and
Beth can't understand why. Ben meets Janine, his wife at the townhouse.
Anna is friends with Mary. Mary is using the Internet to find love.
Harvard General - DVD He's
Hot
rod
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2007.
Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life.
Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his
abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. He'll land the
jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.
Harvard General - DVD Hot
In
search of ancient Ireland
[United States] : PBS DVD Video ; Burbank, CA : Distribed by Warner Home
Video, c2003.
A look at the history and legends of ancient Ireland. Begins in 2000 B.C.,
when Stone Age farmers built some of the largest and most spectacular
Neolithic monuments in Europe, and continues through 1167 A.D, when the
Norman invasion placed Ireland under English control.
Harvard General - DVD 941.5 In search of Ancient Ireland
In
search of Tuscany
[United States] : PBS Home Video, c1999.
John Guerrassio acts a guide on an excursion through Tuscany. He explores
the cuisine, wine and crafts, the cities of Florence and Siena and the
small towns in between.
Harvard General - DVD 914.55 In search of Tuscany
The
incredible journey of the butterflies
[S.l.] : PBS Video, [2009].
Every year monarch butterflies migrate across North America to a remote
area of Mexico. This presentation discusses how the butterflies navigate
and endure the long journey and takes you to the locations they call home.
Harvard General - DVD 595.78 Incredible
The
International
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009].
Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney
Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most
powerful banks. The two uncover illegal activities including money
laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger
and Whitman's investigation takes them around the world. Finding
themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless
tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing,
including murder, to continue financing terror and war.
Harvard General - DVD International
Iron
Man
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount, [2008].
A wealthy industrialist is held captive in enemy territory and escapes by
building a high-tech suit made of armor. When he returns home, he decides
to use his money, talents, and suit to save the world. Bonus features
include deleted and extended scenes.
Harvard General - DVD Iron Man
Jerome
Robbins something to dance about
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2009].
Examines the life of the controversial master of the Broadway musical and
ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. Features excerpts from Robbins' work,
including never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with Mikhail
Baryshnikov, Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Laurents, Peter
Martins, Frank Rich, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock, Sheldon
Harrick, Joseph Stein, and others.
Harvard General - DVD B ROBBINS
Last
chance Harvey
[Santa Monica, CA] : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2009].
Harvey is a divorced, down-on-his-luck music jingle composer. Kate is a
lonely British airline employee. Chance brings them together. Harvey's
intention is to only stay for the wedding ceremony of his daughter, he
rushes off to the airport so he can make it home for an important music
industry meeting. When Harvey gets let go from his job, he decides to stay
in London and go to his daughter's wedding reception. He finds Kate and
asks her to accompany him to the reception.
Harvard General - DVD Last
The
Librarian 3 curse of the Judas Chalice
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2009].
When a professor at the University of Bucharest is kidnapped, Flynn goes
to New Orleans to rescue the professor and at the same time stop an evil
vampire plot. Includes deleted scenes and featurettes.
Harvard General - DVD Librarian
Lords
of Dogtown
Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures : Distributed by Sony Pictures
Home Entertainment, [2005].
Based on the true story of the legendary Z-Boys, this film is a
fictionalized take on a brilliant group of young skateboarders who perfect
their craft in the empty swimming pools of unsuspecting suburban
homeowners, pioneering a thrilling new sport.
Harvard General - DVD Lords
Milk
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2009.
His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a
middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay
Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected
to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man
to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year,
both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former
city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying
White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the
true story of Harvey Milk.
Harvard General - DVD Milk
New
in town
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lionsgate, c2009.
A high-powered consultant in love with her upscale Miami lifestyle is sent
to a small Minnesota town, in the middle of nowhere, to oversee the
restructuring of a blue collar manufacturing plant. She endures a frosty
reception from the locals, along with the icy roads and freezing weather.
She warms up to the small town's charm, and eventually finds herself being
accepted by the community. When she's ordered to close down the plant and
put the entire community out of work, she's forced to reconsider her goals
and priorities. Now she needs to find a way to save the town.
Harvard General - DVD New
Not
for ourselves alone the story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B.
Anthony
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by
Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, c1999.
Presents the history of women's suffrage in the United States through the
dramatic, often turbulent friendship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan
Anthony. Part 1 covers the years from their youth up to the establishment
of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1868. Part 2 spans the
period from 1868 to the passage in 1919 of the 19th amendment to the
Constitution which gave women the vote.
Harvard General - DVD 305.4 Not For
Nothing
but the truth (DVD)
[United States] : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2009.
A political journalist finds herself behind bars after she writes a story
about a government scandal, then refuses to reveal the source that named
the CIA agent involved. Includes commentary, deleted scenes, and
featurette. "A spellbinding thriller!"--Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun
Times. "Lurie has crafted a different kind of thriller, one with a
mind and a heart."--Rolling Stone. "Competently constructed and
nicely acted by Kate Beckinsale and Vera Farmiga."--Variety.
"...pivots on a plot twist that's both good and fair."--Village
Voice.
Harvard General - DVD Nothing
Oliver
Twist
[England] : British Broadcasting Corp., [2009].
This gripping tale of Charles Dickens' classic remains faithful to the
spirit of the novel while delivering a modern, thrilling, tragic, and
occasionally comic edge.
Harvard General - DVD Oliver
Paul
Blart mall cop
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Paul Blart is a mild-mannered, dutiful family man who works as a security
guard in a New Jersey mall. He has applied to become a cop for years, but
he always fails the physical exam because he is overweight. One day, a
gang of organized criminals put the mall under siege and take hostages.
Blart becomes trapped inside and because of he feels that it is his sense
of duty, refuses to leave. He becomes the police department's eyes on the
inside and attempts to stop the criminals on his own.
Harvard General - DVD Paul
Persepolis
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2008].
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young
eyes and her idealistic family. Their long dream is realized when the
hated Shah is defeated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Now ruled by
Islamic fundamentalists, Marji grows up to witnesses first hand how the
new Iran has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji
dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send
her abroad to Vienna to study. This change proves an equally difficult
trial for Marji and finds herself in a different culture loaded with
abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her.
Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and her homeland
have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must
decide where she truly belongs.
Harvard General - DVD Persepolis
The
polio crusade
[United States] : WGBH Educational Foundation : PBS Home Video, c2009.
This film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the
story of an ardent crusader who tirelessly fought on their behalf.
Features interviews with historians, scientists, polio survivors, and the
only surviving scientist from the core research team that developed the
Salk vaccine, Julius Youngner.
Harvard General - DVD 616.835 Polio
Rachel
getting married
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
In and out of rehab for the past 10 years, Kym Buchman returns to the
family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel. She brings with her a
long history of personal crisis and family conflict. The wedding party,
friends and relatives have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feasting,
music and love, but Kym's passion for the dramatic incites tension in the
family.
Harvard General - DVD Rachel
The
reader
Santa Monica, CA : Genius Products, [2009].
Post-WWII, Germany. Michael Berg is a teenager who becomes ill and is
helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from
scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn
into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves
being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled
as Michael reads to her from different works of literature. Despite their
intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left
confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law
student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna
back in his life, only this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As
Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact
both of their lives.
Harvard General - DVD Reader
Revolutionary
road
[California] : DreamWorks Home Entertainment ; Hollywood, Calif. :
Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009].
Frank and April Wheeler live a life that appears to be perfect. They live
in the Connecticut suburbs with two young children. Frank commutes to New
York City where he works in an office job that he hates. One he places
little effort at, but he has yet to figure out what his passion in life
is. April is a housewife who forgoes her dream of being an actress. They
are not happy. One day, April suggests that they move to Paris as a means
to rejuvenate their life. Initially skeptical, Frank ultimately agrees to
April's plan. When circumstances change around the Wheelers, April decides
she will do whatever she has to to get herself out of her unhappy
existence.
Harvard General - DVD Revolutionary
Role
models
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009].
Danny and Wheeler are two salesmen who trash a company truck while on an
energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a
choice - the two can either do hard time or serve 150 hours of community
service in a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however,
jail doesn't look half bad. Once the center's ex-con director gives them
an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of
immature wisdom to their charges, Augie and Ronnie. And if they can just
make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world's
worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village idiot to
raise a child.
Harvard General - DVD Role
Seven
pounds
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Tim Thomas was a gifted aerospace engineer with a beautiful wife. Then,
while using his cell phone while driving, his car wandered across lanes
and he became responsible for the deaths of 7 others, including his wife.
Unable to forgive himself, Tim sets out to give "pounds of
flesh" that will give new life to 7 deserving individuals to make up
for the 7 lives he destroyed. Tim intends to kill himself and to bestow
gifts to 7 worthy people, which includes body organs and material
possessions. He personally investigates 7 people to verify that they are
indeed the right people he should help and plans to have his best friend
see that his wishes are carried out after he is dead. When he begins to
fall in love with one of the people he is trying to help, his plan
threatens to unravel.
Harvard General - DVD Seven
Slumdog
millionaire
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2009.
Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the
whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a
staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him
on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells
the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He
describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters
with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter
of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's
questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the
answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day
dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and
sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of
how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
Harvard General - DVD Slumdog
Son
of Rambow
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2008.
Will Proudfoot is looking for an escape from his family's stifling home
life when he encounters Lee Carter, the school bully. Armed with a video
camera and a copy of Rambo: First Blood, Lee plans to make cinematic
history by filming his own action-packed video epic. Together, these two
newfound friends-turned- budding-filmmakers quickly discover that their
imaginative and sometimes mishap- filled cinematic adventure has begun to
take on a life of its own.
Harvard General - DVD Son
Statue
of Liberty
[Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, c2004.
"Filmmaker Ken Burns presents the definitive portrait of this great
lady of the American imagination, in a program that won nominations for
both an Academy Award and an Emmy. Follow her life, from her creation by
French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, through her painstaking construction
and accident-prone dedication in 1886. Interviews with ordinary Americans
reveal a deep understanding of the unique place the statue holds in our
hearts."--Publisher's website.
Harvard General - DVD 974.71 Statue
The
story of India
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Home Video, c2008.
Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent,
the richness and diversity of its peoples, and its continuing relevance in
today's world.
Harvard General - DVD 954.04 Story of India
Taken
Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2009].
Kim is seventeen years-old and the pride and joy of her father, the ex-
CIA agent Bryan Mills. Bryan left the agency to stay near Kim in
California. Kim lives with her mother Lenore and her wealthy stepfather
Stuart. Kim convinces the reluctant Bryan to sign an authorization form so
she can travel to Paris with her friend Amanda. When they arrive, they
share a cab with a stranger named Peter. Amanda tells him that they are
alone in Paris. While Bryan is on the phone with Kim, Albanese gang
members break into the apartment where the girls are staying. Bryan has
Kim give him a detailed description of what she sees and hears. He tells
her she is about to be kidnapped. Bryan promises Kim that he will come and
get her. He immediately travels to Paris to find Kim and Amanda. He has
four days to find her and he uses his special skills and contacts to get
her back and seek his revenge.
Harvard General - DVD Taken
Taking
chance
[United States] : Home Box Office, 2009.
After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran
officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of
Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown, where he embarks on an
unexpected emotional journey.
Harvard General - DVD Taking
Tell
no one
Orland Park, IL : MPI Home Video [distributor, 2009].
Eight years after the heinous murder of his wife, pediatrician Alex Beck
still grieves for his beloved wife, Margot. When two bodies are uncovered
near where Margot's body was found, the police reopen the case and Alex
becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an
anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot
is somehow still alive.
Harvard General - DVD Tell
Tess
of the d'urbervilles (DVD)
[United States] : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2009.
When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family
poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion
of their family fortune, meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her
downfall. Parts 1-4.
Harvard General - DVD Tess
The
third man
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
An American writer of pulp westerns arrives in post-war Vienna to take a
job with an old friend, but discovers he has been murdered. Or has he?
Based on Graham Greene's mystery. On three of the American Film
Institute's Top 100 lists.
Harvard General - DVD Third
Titanic
how it really sank
[United States] : National Geographic, [2009].
The sinking of the Titanic was far more than a simple accident. It was a
tragedy that could have been prevented. It was the result of a long, long
chain of mistakes, a fatal series of avoidable human errors that sent
Titanic and more than half of her passengers to their watery graves.
Harvard General - DVD 910.452 Titanic
In
the children’s room:
101
Dalmatians
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Walt Disney
Studios Home Entertainment, [2008].
Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 dalmatian puppies. Cruella De Vil
takes a fancy to the puppies and tries to buy them from their human
owners, Roger and Anita. Cruella wants to get ahold of those puppies, as
well as more puppies, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat.
Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the puppies and hold them at an
abandoned mansion. Now Pongo and Perdita must use an animal communication
system to help find all the puppies.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD One
Bolt
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2009].
Super-dog Bolt is the star of a hit TV show. His life is filled with
adventure, danger and intrigue. When Bolt is accidentally shipped to New
York City and separated from Penney, his beloved co-star and owner, Bolt
immediately springs into action to save her from the forces of evil. With
the help of his number one fan and loyal partner, Rhino, and an alley cat
named Mittens, they embark on an extraordinary mission to reunite with
Penney. Along the way, Bolt realizes that you don't have to be a Superhero
to be a hero.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Bolt
Comet
run, the movie
Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Films, c2009.
It's a challenge too cool to pass up! Whoever beats trillionaire Dickie
Radford's extraordinary Eco-Car in a 3-day race will win his entire
company! It's up to Speed and his team to outrun and outsmart the most
evil competitor they've ever raced.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Speed
Coraline
Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, c2009.
A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new
home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this
parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When
her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the
Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her
resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save
her family.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Coraline
Dora
the Explorer. Dora saves the Snow Princess
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.
Dora saves the snow princess: Dora, Boots, and the Snowflake Fairy are off
to save La Princessa Sabrina and her snowy forest from a mean witch who
has locked her in a tower and taken away her magic snow crystal. Dora's
going to need your help because time is running out and the snowy forest
is almost melted. Dora's Jack-in-the-box: Dora buys a Jack-in-the-box for
her little brother and sister, but the Jack doesn't know when to pop out
of the box. It is an adventure for all to help him figure it out. Bark,
bark to play park: Dora's puppy Perrito has a surprise waiting for him at
the play park - his twin puppy brother!
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Dora
Dora
the Explorer. Super babies' dream adventure
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.
Dora has a special story for her twin brother and sister. It's naptime for
the twins and Dora has a super special story to tell. The Super Babies
will need help to wake up the dream fairy so she can deliver all the happy
naptime dreams.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Dora
Dora
the Explorer. Undercover Dora
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2008].
Dora and Boots become secret agents, assigned with stopping the crafty
Swiper from stealing cupcakes and birthday presents.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Dora
Enchanted
Burbank, CA : Walt Disney Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista
Home Entertainment, 2008.
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished from the animated land of
Andalasia by the evil queen. She finds herself in the gritty streets of
the real, modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment
that does not operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle
find herself adrift in a chaotic world that is badly in need of
enchantment. Giselle begins to fall in love with the cynical, no-nonsense
divorce lawyer who has come to her aid. Little does he realize that this
joyful, wide-eyed innocent is about to enchant him.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Enchante
Home
on the range
[United States] : Walt Disney Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA :
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, c2004.
A trio of cows - Maggie, Mrs. Calloway and Grace - hit the high prairie to
track down a cattle rustler named Alameda Slim in hopes that the reward
money will save their farm. With the aid of Buck, a horse with heroic
ambitions, the bovine avengers track the villain to his lair and save the
day.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Home
The
incredible Mr. Limpet
Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2002.
Live-action and animation are used in this sparkling film about a sad-
sack Brooklyn bookkeeper who tumbles from a Coney Island pier and is
transformed into a fish.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Incredible
Inkheart
[California] : New Line Home Entertainment, [2009].
When Mo Folchart reads a story aloud, the characters leap off the page.
Literally. And that's a problem. One night he brings out three characters
from Inkheart, a story set in medieval times and filled with magical
beings. Capricorn and Basta are two villains. Dustfinger is a fire-eater.
Now, 10 years later Mo's daughter, Meggie, discovers the truth and it's up
to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp. Mo has been searching for a long
lost book that will help so he can use his special powers to the
interlopers back to their world.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Inkheart
The
magic school bus. Catches a wave
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2005.
The Friz take her class on a rainy ride through the life cycle of a water
drop, on the rough 'n tumble journey of a boulder subject to water erosion
and on a bubbly trip to the bottom of Walkerville Lake. Features lots of
watery wonders, these shows will have your child soaking up some science
while have a wet and wild blast.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
The
Magic school bus creepy, crawly fun!
[United States] : Distributed by KidVision, c2002.
Kids explore the musical mysteries of sound during a spooky trip to the
haunted house. In the next episode they learn about nocturnal creatures
and finally they discover the ingenious hunting skills of spiders.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
The
Magic school bus holiday special
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2002.
It's the last day of school before the winter holidays and the kids take a
trip to Murph's recycling plant. The kids learn how recycling helps the
earth in "Holiday special" ; in "All dried up" Phoebe
goes on a crusade to save the animals and plants of the desert - and
discovers how well they take care of themselves ; in "In the
rainforest" kids goes to the rainforest on Earth Day to discover how
cocoa pods, mud puddles and bugs all play a part in the wondrous web of
life!
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
The
magic school bus. Human body
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2005.
As Ms. Frizzle leads the way, the class takes a journey through Arnold's
digestive system, a pulsating excursion through Ralphie's bloodstream, and
an exciting exploration through the Ralphie Robot to learn about bones,
joints and muscles.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
The
Magic school bus space adventures
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.
Three episodes from the television series. In The Magic school bus Gets
Lost in Space the students go on a planetarium field trip and are
magically transported out of the earth's atmosphere into space where they
vist each of the nine planets. In The Magic School Bus Out of This World
they learn about gravity and meteors as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth.
In the last episode, The Magic School Bus Taking Flight they learn about
the basics of aerodynamics after they enter a model airplane contest.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
The
magic school bus. Super sports fun
[United States] : Scholastic Productions ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by
Warner Home Video, [2004], c2003.
Put your game face on and race into these three athletic adventures with
Ms. Frizzle and the gang. Students ;jump into action to solve the
scientific mysteries of everyday life.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Magic
Over
the hedge
[Redwood City, CA] : DreamWorks Pictures, c2006.
A scheming raccoon tricks a family of forest creatures into helping him
repay a debt of food by invading the new suburban sprawl that arrived
while they were hibernating.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Over
Peanuts
1960's collection
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2009].
Disc 1: A Charlie Brown Christmas: Charlie Brown has the holiday blues and
is hoping that a spindly little tree he finds can help everyone discover
the meaning of the season ; Charlie Brown's All-Stars: Will new uniforms
and league membership help transform a hard-luck team into winners? ; It's
the great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Charlie Brown has been invited to a
Halloween party and Linus hopes he'll finally catch a sighting of the
mysterious Great Pumpkin ; You're in love, Charlie Brown: Charlie Brown is
smitten with the Little Red- Haired Girl and hopes to let her know before
school lets out for the summer. Disc 2: He's your dog, Charlie Brown:
Mischief-maker Snoopy tries everyone's patience and Charlie Brown wonders
if he can be rehabilitated him into a nice, obedient puppy ; It was a
short summer, Charlie Brown: Summer camp rivalries between the boys and
girls leave the guys in the dust, unless a certain "Masked
Marvel" can score an arm-wrestling victory.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Peanuts
Peter
Pan in Return to Never Land
Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Entertainment, [2007].
Meet Jane, Wendy's ever-so-practical daughter, who's outgrown her mothers'
tales of pirates and pixies. That is until Captain Hook whisks her away to
Never Land. The crafty pirate sets in motion a plot to capture Peter and
Tink, whose light is fading fast because Jane doesn't believe in fairies.
Now, only Jane, the first-ever "Lost Girl," can save them. She
must now call upon faith, trust and pixie dust to help her fulfill her
mission.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Peter
Pictures
of Hollis Woods
[Studio City, CA] : Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, 2007.
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who
needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home,
with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Pictures
Pinocchio
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
[2009].
Woodcarver Geppetto has pets Figaro the cat and Cleo the fish. He has just
made a little wooden puppet called Pinocchio. Wishing upon a star before
he goes to bed, Geppetto wishes that Pinocchio would become a real boy. As
Geppetto sleeps, the Blue Fairy arrives and partially grants his wish.
Pinocchio can come to life, but he must prove himself worthy before
becoming a real boy. He will require some guidance, and Jiminy Cricket
agrees to act as his conscience. After some unfortunate incidents,
Pinocchio finds himself in trouble. The Blue Fairy appears. Pinocchio lies
to her and his nose grows. He is forgiven, but warned not to lie again.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Pinocchio
Secrets
of the furious five
[United States] : DreamWorks Animation SKG Home Entertainment, 2008.
He may have defeated the ferocious Tai Lung, but our Dragon Warrior must
now face Shifu's biggest challenge with the help of Viper, Tigress,
Monkey, Crane and Mantis, teaching a martial arts class of rambunctious
bunny kittens. We learn it takes more than fast feet and fists to become a
kung fu master.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Secrets
Shark
tale
Glendale, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment ; Universal City, CA :
Distributed by Universal Studios Home Video, [2005].
Oscar is a lowly tongue-scrubber at the local Whale Wash, who becomes an
improbable hero when he tells a great white lie. To keep his secret, Oscar
teams up with an outcast vegetarian Great White shark, Lenny, and the two
become the most unlikely of friends. When his lie begins to unravel, it's
up to Oscar's loyal friend Angie and Lenny to help him stand up to the
most feared shark in the water and find his true place in the reef.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Shark
Shrek
3-D
Universal City, CA : DreamWorks Home Entertainment, c2004.
When we last left Shrek and Fiona, the newlyweds were singing and dancing
late into the night with Donkey. The honeymoon has barely begun when
Princess Fiona is ambushed by the ghostley Lord Farquaad's henchman,
Thelonius. Picks up where 'Shrek' left off and ends where 'Shrek 2'
begins.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Shrek 3-D
Shrek
the Third
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2007.
When Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the
next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold,
suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Recruiting Donkey and Puss
in Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir
to the throne. Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Fiona's jilted Prince
Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the
throne. Fiona and a band of princesses must stop him to ensure there will
be a kingdom left to rule.
Harvard Juvenile - jDVD Shrek
Books on CD:
April
and Oliver
Callahan, Tess.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
"The story of April and Oliver, two inseparable childhood friends
whose existences again collide, this time in adulthood, with the sudden
death of April's younger brother"--Provided by publisher.
Harvard General - CD.BK Callahan, T
Borderline
Barr, Nevada.
[Prince Frederick, Md.] : Recorded Books, p2009.
Park ranger Anna Pigeon and her husband, Paul, go on a rafting trip in Big
Bend National Park. She is hoping to recover from her recent brush with
death but the couple soon find themselves sucked into a riptide of danger
and intrigue that reaches from the Mexican desert to the Texas governor's
mansion.
Harvard General - CD.BK Barr, N
Brimstone
Parker, Robert B., 1932-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
Everett Hitch and Virgil Cole track down Virgil's sweetheart Allie and the
three head north to start over in the town of Brimstone. Given their
reputations as guns for hire, Everett and Virgil are able to secure
positions as the town's deputies. But a sanctimonious leader of a local
church stirs up trouble at the local saloons, and as the violence
escalates into murder, the two struggle to keep the peace.
Harvard General - CD.BK Parker, R
The
cheater
Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
Investigating a web site providing alibis for cheating spouses, Lily
Forrester is again on the trail of a vicious criminal, and teams up with
an FBI agent tracking a murderer who targets unfaithful husbands.
Harvard General - CD.BK Rosenberg, N
Dead
and gone
Harris, Charlaine.
[Prince Frederick, Md.] : Recorded Books, p2009.
Sookie has just tied on her cocktail waitress apron for a night's work
when a special report comes on the television. The time has come. The
wereanimals have revealed themselves.
Harvard General - CD.BK Harris, C
Die
for you
Unger, Lisa, 1970-
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
When successful novelist Isabel Raines learns that everyone that her
husband worked with is dead--and that her missing husband has been legally
dead for some time--she will not rest until she finds the truth about him.
Who he was, where he's gone, and how he was able to deceive her so
completely.
Harvard General - CD.BK Unger, L
Dune
road
Green, Jane, 1968-
New York : Books on Tape, p2009.
Set in the beach community of a tiny Connecticut town. A single mom who
works for a famously reclusive novelist stumbles on a secret that the
great man has kept hidden for years. She knows that there are plenty of
women in town who would love to get their hands on it.
Harvard General - CD.BK Green, J
Embrace
the grim reaper
Clemens, Judy.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
"After a near fatal car accident, Casey Maldonado's life is over. So
she packs up, puts her house on the market, and leaves town, her only
companion Death, who won't take her but won't leave her alone. Casey stops
in Clymer, a town in upheaval. The town's appliance factory and main
employer, a company called HomeMaker, is planning to move to Mexico. Not
only that, but the town has been rocked by the suicide of a beloved single
mother. However, many citizens don't believe the verdict of suicide at
all. Death encourages Casey to investigate, and she uncovers information
that points to the factory. Did the victim truly have the means, as she
claimed, to keep the factory from leaving town? Is it possible that her
death was a cover-up?"--Publisher's website.
Harvard General - CD.BK Clemens, J
Even
Grant, Andrew, 1968-
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
Harvard General - CD.BK Grant, A
Fatally
flaky
Davidson, Diane Mott.
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2009.
It's summer time and Aspen Meadow is abuzz with matrimony. Goldy's
catering business is tasked with one wedding reception after another, and
every customer is easily satisfied except for Billie Attenborough. This
spoiled-rotten, temper trantrum-throwing bridezilla has demanded a menu
change no less than six times. Then, two days before the wedding, murder
most sour enters the mix and Goldy finds her own life threatened as she
begins sleuthing and cooking.
Harvard General - CD.BK Davidson, D
A
fortunate age
Rakoff, Joanna Smith, 1972-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Chronicles the lives of a group of New York twentysomethings.
Harvard General - CD.BK Rakoff, J
Gone
tomorrow [a Reacher novel]
Child, Lee.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
In this 13th Reacher novel, the former army MP confronts a suicide bomber
on a nearly deserted Manhattan subway car--a confrontation that will lead
him back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s and forward to the
war on terrorism as he tracks down and eliminates the bad guys.
Harvard General - CD.BK Child, L
Lavender
morning
Deveraux, Jude.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Shunned by her late mother's privileged upper-crust circles after her
handyman father marries a working-class second wife, Jocelyn Minton is
befriended years later by a wealthy elderly woman who leaves Jocelyn her
considerable estate.
Harvard General - CD.BK Deveraux, J
A
little learning
Tesh, Jane.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
Harvard General - CD.BK Tesh, J
Marine
One [a novel]
Huston, James W.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
After the president is killed when his official helicopter crashes on its
way to a mysterious meeting in Camp David, Marine Corps reserve pilot and
trial attorney Mike Nolan begins an investigation to discover the cause of
the crash.
Harvard General - CD.BK Huston, J
Medusa
[a novel from the NUMA files]
Cussler, Clive.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
Kurt Austin puts the NUMAA team on a case involving a hideous series of
medical experiments, an extraordinarily ambitious Chinese criminal
organization, and a secret new virus that threatens to set off a worldwide
pandemic.
Harvard General - CD.BK Cussler, C
Montana
1948
Watson, Larry, 1947-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1997.
Harvard General - CD.BK Watson, L
"N"
is for noose
Grafton, Sue.
Newport Beach, CA : Books on Tape, p1998.
The sudden death by supposedly natural causes of a detective in the Nota
Lake sheriff's office is questioned by his wife and she asks Kinsey
Millhone to investigate. Kinsey sets up shop in Nota Lake where she finds
that looking for a needle in a haystack can draw blood, very likely her
own.
Harvard General - Aud.Cas/Grafton, S
The
neighbor
Gardner, Lisa.
New York : Books on Tape, p2009.
Detective D.D. Warren investigates the disappearance of a young wife and
mother from her South Boston home. The only witness is her 4 year old
daughter.
Harvard General - CD.BK Gardner, L
The
pretend wife
Asher, Bridget.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
For Gwen Merchant, love has always been doled out in little packets--from
her father, who buried himself in work after her mother's death, and from
her husband, Peter, who's always been respectable and safe. But when an
old college boyfriend, the irrepressible Elliot Hull, invites himself back
into Gwen's life with a surprising proposition, she suddenly starts
questioning everything she's ever expected from love.
Harvard General - CD.BK Asher, B
A
reliable wife
Goolrick, Robert, 1948-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
When a wealthy man first meets his mail-order bride in 1907, he realizes
this statuesque beauty is anything but a "simple missionary's
daughter." But he doesn't know of her devious plan to leave Wisconsin
as a rich widow. Nor does she know of the furious demons he longs to
unleash during the lonely months of snowbound isolation.
Harvard General - CD.BK Goolrick, R
The
scarecrow [a novel]
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
New York : Books on Tape, p2009.
Newspaperman Jack McEvoy is being forced out of the Los Angeles Times due
to budget cuts, so he decides to use his final days at the paper to write
the story of his career. He finds out that 16-year-old Alonzo Winslow's
confession to a brutal murder is false and now Jack's tracking the real
killer.
Harvard General - CD.BK Connelly, M
Shanghai
girls [a novel]
See, Lisa.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
In the mid 1930's two well-educated sisters from Shanghai go to Los
Angeles to become brides of the "Gold Mountain men" when their
family is on the verge of bankruptcy. When the get there they are
detained, interrogated, and humiliated for months. When one of the sisters
becomes pregnant they vow that no one will ever know.
Harvard General - CD.BK See, L
The
story sisters [a novel]
Hoffman, Alice.
Westminster, Md. : Books on Tape, p2009.
Elv, Claire, and Meg are the Story Sisters, and each has a fate she must
meet alone. One on a country road, one in the streets of Paris, and one in
the corridors of her own imagination. At once a coming-of-age tale, a
family saga, and a love story of erotic longing, The Story Sisters sifts
through the miraculous and the mundane as the girls become women and their
choices haunt them, change them, and finally redeem them--BOT website.
Harvard General - CD.BK Hoffman, A
Under
the volcano
Lowry, Malcolm, 1909-1957.
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio, p2009.
A story taking place on a single day, the Day of the Dead in 1938,
explores the life of alcoholic British consul Geoffrey Firmin and his wife
Yvonne's attempt to save their failed marriage, despite the presence of
the consul's half-brother, Hugh, and childhood friend, Jacques.
Harvard General - CD.BK Lowry, M
Wicked
prey
Sandford, John, 1944 Feb. 23-
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2009.
Detective Lucas Davenport is after a daring thief planning to rip off a
bank flooded with cash from high-rollers gathered for the Republican
National Convention. And to make matters worse, Davenport's daughter has
been targeted by a deranged pimp.
Harvard General - CD.BK Sandford, J
In
the children’s room:
Alexander
and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Viorst, Judith.
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p1999.
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the
thought that other people have bad days too.
Harvard Juvenile - jCD Kit Viorst
Bear
snores on
Wilson, Karma.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2004.
On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a
sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food
and the fun.
Harvard Juvenile - jCD Kit Wilson
Buster
Fleming, Denise, 1950-
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
Buster the dog thinks his perfect life is spoiled when Betty the cat comes
to live with him, until he learns not to be afraid of cats.
Harvard Juvenile - jCD Kit Fleming
Cowgirl
Kate and Cocoa
Silverman, Erica.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2006.
Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows,
share a story, and help each other fall asleep.
Harvard Juvenile - jCD Kit Silverman
Iris
and Walter
Guest, Elissa Haden.
Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly
lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to
adjust to her new home.
Harvard Juvenile - jCD Kit Guest
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