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  1. New Nonfiction

    May 10, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3God and the Atom by Victor J. Stenger: The author follows the history of atomism, the concept of the particulate atom, from ancient times to present day, presenting his final analysis that atoms and the void are all that exist.

    The Positive Dog by Jon Gordon: A business fable in which the big dog teaches the negative dog how to feed positivity each day, and as the negative dog puts positive lessons into practice he changes his attitude, and improves himself and those around him.

    One Word That Will Change Your Life by Dan Britton: The authors present and illustrate their three-step process that readers can follow to discover their unique One Word with God’s guidance, then live their One Word for a year.

    Beyond Belief: my secret life inside the world of Scientology by Jenna Miscavige Hill: The niece of controversial Scientology leader David Miscavige presents a tell-all memoir about her life in the Church of Scientology.

    The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart: Explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries.

    Babylon’s Ark by Anthony Lawrence: Chronicles the history of the Baghdad Zoo from the coalition’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 through 2006, addressing how the attack had destroyed the grounds and killed many animals and discussing how the efforts of zoo personnel, American soldiers, and conservationist Anthony Lawrence helped reestablish the park.

    Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook COO and one of “Fortune” magazine’s most powerful women in business looks at what women can do to help themselves, and make the small changes in their life that can effect change on a more universal scale.

    The New Codependency by Melody Beattie: Discusses codependency, misconceptions about codependency, twenty-first-century changes in codependent behaviors, and suggestions to overcome; examines resentment, narcissism, and the role of the victim; and describes activities to beat specific behaviors.

    The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks: Offers trusted, proven tips to help people survive a zombie attack, explaining how people can protect themselves and their loved ones from the hordes of undead that roam the earth.

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  2. New YA Fiction

    May 6, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard: After glimpsing an older man in a room with a dead girl, sixteen-year-old Allie, who has a life-threatening allergy to sunlight, discovers she is the lone key to stopping a serial killer.

    The Kiss by James Patterson: For the first time in their lives, Wisty and Whit Allgood find themselves at odds as Wisty is drawn to a mysterious and magical stranger named Heath.

    Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare: When seventeen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray is kidnapped by the villainous Mortmain in his final bid for power, the London Institute rallies to save her, but is beset by danger and betrayal at every turn.

    House of Secret by Chris Columbus: Cordelia, Brendan, and Eleanor Walker, aged fifteen to eight, must rely on a mysterious book to face the Wind Witch and her father, the Storm King, who have kidnapped Dr. and Mrs. Walker and brought them to a strange world of magic.

    The Kill Order by James Dashner: Mark and Trina struggle to survive as modern civilization is destoryed by sun flares and mutating diseases.

    Panic by Sharon M. Draper: As rehearsals begin for the ballet version of Peter Pan, the teenaged members of an Ohio dance troupe lose their focus when one of their own goes missing.

    Light by Michael Grant: Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to the Gone series.

    Son by Lois Lowry: Answers to every mystery of the FAYZ are revealed, unexpected heroes emerge as sacrifices are made, and the Darkness is finally conquered by a force even more powerful than itself in this conclusion to the Gone series.

    Scarlet by Marissa Meyer: Scarlet Benoit and Wolf, a street fighter who may have information about her missing grandmother, join forces with Cinder as they try to stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana in this story inspired by Little Red Riding Hood.

    Insurgent by Veronica Roth: Tris Prior survives the Erudite simulation attacks that occur, but. even though the Dauntless have been freed from Erudite mind control, a war develops and secrets emerge.

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  3. New Adult Fiction

    April 29, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3The Lost Art of Mixing by Erica Bauermeister: Restaurant owner Lillian manages an unexpected challenge while sharing her days with a circle of friends and regulars, including ritual-performing accountant Al, heartbroken chef Chloe, and unobtrusive giant Finnegan.

    Hit Me by Lawrence Block: With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute to New York, where people might remember him.

    The Family Way by Bowen Rhys: Molly Murphy–now Molly Sullivan–is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child, and confined to the life of a housewife When a letter addressed to her old detective agency asking her to locate a missing Irish serving maid, Molly figures it couldn’t hurt to at least ask around, despite her promise to Daniel to give up her old career as a detective.    

    Speaking from Among the Bones by C. Alan Bradley: When the tomb of St. Tancred is opened at a village church in Bishop’s Lacey, its shocking contents lead to another case for Flavia de Luce, where greed, pride and murder result in old secrets coming to light, along with a forgotten flower that hasn’t been seen for half a thousand years.

    Buffalo Bill’s Dead Now by Margaret Coel: The regalia worn by Chief Black Heart in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show are to be returned to his people, but when the cartons arrived at the museum they were empty. Trevor Pratt, a rancher and Indian artifact collector, becomes the prime suspect until he is found murdered.

    Deadly Stakesby Judith Jance: Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related.

    Proof of Guilt by Charles Todd: When the clues in a hit-and-run investigation lead him to two families famous for producing and selling the world’s best Madeira wine, Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge is pitted against his new supervisor, who has his own suspect.

     

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  4. New Nonfiction for Adults

    March 25, 2013 by tiffany

     

    Bookworm3Liespotting by Pamela Meyer: Describes techniques designed to help business leaders and other know when someone is lying to them, providing a broad overview of lying, and introducing the BASIC method, which combines facial recognition with advanced interrogation methods.

    Buried Memories: The Katie Beer’s Story by Katie Beers: Beers was a profoundly neglected and abused child even before she was kidnapped on Long Island in 1992. Abducted by a family friend, she was held captive in an underground cell for 17 days and sexually abused. With smarts and strength, she slipped the bonds of captivity and began a new life.

    The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook by Elana Amsterdam: A collection of 99 gluten-free, quick-and-healthy whole foods recipes using almond flour.

    Frommer’s Walt Disney World & Orlando: A traveler’s guide to Walt Disney World and Orlando, Florida, providing maps, practical information, reviews and recommendations, suggested itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas.

    Tattoo Magic by Aymara Arreza: Presents a wide array of artistic tattoos created by individuals throughout the world.

    Etsy-preneurship by Jason Malinak: A guide to selling goods and services on the Etsy website.

    The Elephant Whisperer by Lawrence Anthony: The author provides an account of his experiences after he agreed to take a herd of “rogue” wild animals into his game reserve in South Africa that were otherwise going to be exterminated.

    The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams: Contains text and cartoons featuring comic strip characters Dilbert and Dogbert that look satirically at management and office politics in the business world.

    The Encyclopedia of Angels by Richard Webster: Contains more than five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the traits, abilities, and specialties of angels from beliefs and traditions from around the world.

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  5. New Books on CD

    March 19, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan: In belle époque Paris, the Van Goethem sisters struggle for survival after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie’s ballet training and her introduction to a genius painter.

    Suspect by Robert Crais: Struggling to reclaim his career after the devastating murder of his partner eight months earlier, LAPD cop Max Kent is teamed with a traumatized military canine named Maggie who assists Max in an effort to track down his late partner’s killer.

    Ghost Man by Roger Hobbs: When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a favor from “Jack”. Only thirty or so people are sure this man exists, some believe he’s dead, and none know anything at all about his true identity.

    The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter: Former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger, becomes interested in the conspiracy theory behind the infamous third bullet that killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

    The Trouble With Charlie by Merry Jones: When Elle’s husband is found stabbed to death on their sofa with their kitchen knife, she is forced to face the loss of man that she loved. As she learns more about Charlie’s secret life, Elle finds her own life in danger.

    The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis: After Hattie marries a man who does nothing but disappoint, she vows to prepare her twelve children for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives.

    The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman: Times are tough for lighthouse keepers Tom and Isabel as she suffers multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth in just four years time. When a boat with a dead man and a young baby washes ashore, Isabel convinces Tom to let her keep the baby as their own, but the consequences to her actions may be dire.

    Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel: The stories of   young New York lawyer and his wife and a Manhattan publisher and a young Amish woman become irresistibly drawn together.

    The Round House by Louise Erdrich: After Geraldine Coutts is attacked on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, her husband Bazil, a tribal judge, tries to find justice for his wife, and their teenage son Joe tries to help his mother heal.

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  6. New Adult Fiction

    March 11, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3The Buzzard Table by Margaret Maron: A mysterious ornithologist staying at Mrs. Lattimore’s Victorian home and doing research on Southern vultures seems familiar to Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff’s Deputy Dwight Bryant, especially after a murderer strikes.

    The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer: Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins’ crimes.

    The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny: When a peaceful monastery in Québec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sãurete du Québec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence.

    Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin: Two Scottish detectives investigate the disappearance of a hitchhiking teenage girl, their only clue a photo sent from the missing girl’s cell phone

    The Perfect Marriage by Kimberly Lawson Roby: Husband and wife Denise and Derrek Shaw seem to have the perfect life, but they are each hiding dangerous addiction to drugs.

    Watching the Dark by Peter Robinson: When Detective Inspector Bill Reid is found murdered, Chief Inspector Alan Banks, suspecting police corruption, handles the investigation with then learns Reid’s murder is linked to the disappearance of a young English girl six years earlier.

    The Blood Gospel by James Rollins: After an earthquake in Israel reveals a subterranean temple that contains the crucified and mummified body of a girl, archaeologist Erin Granger, a military forensic expert, and a Vatican priest are sent to investigate.

    Mistress of my Fate by Hallie Rubenhold: Passionate love and suspicious death conspire against seventeen-year-old Henrietta Lightfoot as she is thrown headlong to fend for herself as a courtesan, a gambler, and a spirited intellect in the decadence and debauchery of eighteenth-century London.

    The Child’s Child by Barbara Vine: When their grandmother dies, siblings Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her London mansion, which they decide to share, but after Andrew’s boyfriend moves in they find a mysterious unpublished manuscript that mirrors their lives.

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  7. New Adult Fiction Titles

    March 4, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3Footprints in the Sand by Mary Jane Clark: Wedding cake decorator and maid of honor, Piper Donovan must save the day when the impending nuptials are threatened by the disappearance of a bridesmaid, the discovery of a body on the wedding beach and the arrival of the lecherous, ex-drug dealer best man.

    Over the Edge by Mary Connolly: After surviving a fire and fighting in the Civil War, Seth Kincaid has returned to Colorado crazier than ever. While Seth remembers a lot of things, he doesn’t remember getting married, but Callie is determined to help him remember.

    Shadow Creek by Joy Fielding: An unlikely group of campers including a woman, her two oddball friends, her teen daughter and her ex’s fiancé embark on a trip in the Adirondacks only to be targeted by a pair of teenage killers.

    Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain: Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive “Victory Tour” at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys.

    The Road to Cardinal Valley by Earlene Fowler: Hoping to help her alcoholic brother, Nash, make a fresh start, Ruby McGavin returns to Cardinal, California, where she must confront her estranged mother and a terrible secret.

    The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson: Son of an influential father, Pak Jun Do rises through the ranks in North Korea to a life of espionage, kidnapping, and torture, and eventually falls for the dictator’s favorite actress.

    Dream Eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz: Gwen Frazier returns to the small town of Wilby, Oregon, after the death of her friend and mentor, Evelyn Ballinger, and using her gift of psychic powers she begins to hunt for the killer with Judson Coppersmith, a man with startling power and disturbing energy.

    Robert B. Parker’s Ironhorse by Robert Knott: Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, newly appointed as Territorial Marshals, find themselves traveling by train through Indian Territories

    The Chocolate Money by Ashley Prentice Norton: Bettina Ballentyne must figure out how to reconcile her yearning for maternal affection with her mother’s take-no-prisoners-style parenting during her privileged childhood in Chicago and later at a top-tier east coast boarding school.

    Agenda 21 by Glenn Beck: In a dystopian future in which America has become the non-democratic Republic and a life has no meaning unless it can contribute either cleaner energy or more life, Emmeline discovers how bleak her existence is when the Authorities come for her mother.

    The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin: Despite her own major achievements, Anne Morrow Lindbergh is viewed merely as Charles Lindbergh’s wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence.

    Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks: Druid Aphenglow Elessedil learns the truth about the vanished Elfstones, becomes the target of assassins, and joins an expedition to locate the missing stones.

    Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt: Her world upended by the death of a beloved artist uncle who was the only person that understood her, fourteen-year-old June is mailed a teapot by her uncle’s grieving friend, with whom she forges a poignant relationship

    1356 by Bernard Cornwell: The rascally Thomas of Hookton, aka Le Batard, and his band of not-so-merry mercenaries are bidden by the Earl of Northhampton to unearth the lost sword of Saint Peter in this recreation of the Battle of the Poitiers in 1356.

    A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers: In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great.

    Safe House by Chris Ewan: When Rob Hale wakes up in the hospital after a motorcycle crash on the Isle of Man, his first thought is for Lena, the gorgeous blonde who was on the back of his bike. But the doctors and the police insist that he was found alone at the scene and don’t believe she exists.

    Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingslover: Tired of living on a failing farm and suffering oppressive poverty, bored housewife Dellarobia Turnbow, on the way to meet a potential lover, is detoured by a miraculous event on the Appalachian mountainside that ignites a media and religious firestorm that changes her life forever.

    Heartbroken by Lisa Unger: Tells the story of three women on Heart Island and their parallel struggles to overcome the challenges in their lives as well as how they deal with the consequences of their actions.

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  8. New Adult Nonfiction

    January 29, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain: Explores the role introverts play in a world that is geared towards those who enjoy communicating with others and offers practical suggestions at how introverts can make sure their message is heard.

    Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo: Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in Bombay, India.

    Pound Foolish by Helaine Olen: Reveals  the unethical machinations of the multi-billion-dollar personal finance industry and its false promises of quick and easy wealth, explaining how everyday investors are routinely misled by self-proclaimed money experts who exploit clients to increase their own wealth.

    Mortality by Christopher Hitchens: As he battles esophagal cancer, author Christopher Hitchens reflects on illness and mortality.

    In Honor of the Holy Spirit by Cash Luna: Designed as a guide to help the reader better connect with the Holy Spirit.

    The Love Dare by Stephen Kendrick: Guides the reader through a 40-day program designed to strengthen and enrich marriage.

    The End of Your Life Bookclub by Will Schwalbe: Will Schwalbe shares his experiences with his mother, Mary Anne, when they formed a bond through reading and discussing the books they read during the two years she was being treated for terminal cancer.

    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives by Guy Fieri: Food Network star Guy Fieri takes readers on an American road trip, visiting diners and restaurants along the way and including recipes and historical information about each establishment.

    Argo by Antonio Mendez: Relates the true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal.

    Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed: Recounts the impact of her mother’s death on her life at age twenty-two and chronicles her experiences after she made the impulsive decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert all the way into Washington State.

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  9. New Adult Fiction

    January 22, 2013 by tiffany

    Bookworm3Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano: Follows Amalfitano, exiled Chilean university professor and widower with a teenage daughter, as his political disillusionment and love of poetry lead to the scandal that will force him to flee from Barcelona and take him to Santa Teresa, Mexico.

    Cold Days by Jim Butcher: Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness, must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own … his soul.

    Nano by Robin Cook: Taking a year off from her medical studies and leaving New York City, Pia Grazdani accepts a job at Nanobots, a nanotechnology institute, where she is quickly warned not to investigate the other work done at the facility and not to ask questions about their source of funding.

    The Black Box by Michael Conelly: Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots.Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off and never solved. Now Bosch’s ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence but personal and connected to a deeper intrigue.

    The Round House by Louise Erdrich: After Geraldine Coutts is attacked on the Ojibwe reservation in North Dakota, her husband Bazil, a tribal judge, tries to find justice for his wife, and their teenage son Joe tries to help his mother heal.

    Breaking News by Fern Michaels: Teresa “Toots” Amelia Loudenberry decides to stay in Charleston, North Carolina, to care for her ailing housekeeper and also finds an opportunity to model for her friend’s new line of cosmetics, and at the same time she is planning her daughter’s upcoming wedding, her criminal ex-boss shows up.

    Private London by James Patterson: Dan Carter, head of the London division of Private, the world’s most exclusive detective agency, must join forces with his ex-wife if he is going to save American student Hannah Shapiro from a threat that has stalked her for eight years.

    Political Suicide by Michael Palmer: Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has been implicated in the death of a powerful Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of incriminating facts that leads to a high-level conspiracy that places Lou’s life at risk.

    Shiver by Karen Robards: A pretty single mother supported herself and her son as best she could by repo-ing cars. When she hooked her junker of a tow truck up to a BMW the last thing she expected was to find a beaten, bloody man in the in the trunk–or to be catapulted into a terrifying fight to survive.

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  10. New Ebooks

    January 14, 2013 by tiffany

    These books may be accessed via Overdrive by signing in with your patron number found on the back of your library card at http://nebraska.lib.overdrive.com. They may be downloaded to portable devices and are only available to Alliance Public Library patrons, versus the entire Overdrive consortium, so availability should be good.

    Bookworm3The Dilemma of Charlotte Farrow by Susam Martins Miller: During the exciting days of the 1893 Chicago Exposition a young woman’s social position forces her to make difficult choices. 

    Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden: A deeply engrossing tale narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi—a site both significant and infamous in our collective story as a nation. Money is personified in this haunting story, which chronicles its troubled history.

    Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru: Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed–but not unchanged–the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others.

    Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner: Discover the wonder and activity that lies beneath winter s snowy landscape in this magical children’s book.

    Prairie Silence by Melanie Hoffert: A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people.

    Scones and Scensibility by Lindsay Eland: In a small New Jersey beach town, twelve-year-old Polly Madassa, who speaks like a character in her two favorite novels, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Anne of Green Gables,” spends the summer making deliveries for her parents’ bakery and playing matchmaker, with disastrous results.

    Shout Her Lovely Name by Natalie Serber: Mothers and daughters ride the familial tide of joy, regret, loathing, and love in these stories of resilient and flawed women.

    Weeknight Dinners by the Gooseberry Patch: Need to change up dinnertime and try something new? Would you rather serve a homecooked meal instead of ordering take-out? Weeknight Dinners is here to help! In addition to over 250 delicious recipes like you expect, each chapter in this cookbooks is devoted to a different theme…you’ll breeze through the week!

    What We Saw at Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard: After glimpsing an older man in a room with a dead girl, sixteen-year-old Allie, who has a life-threatening allergy to sunlight, discovers she is the lone key to stopping a serial killer.

    Wonders of the Invisible World by Patricia McKillip: A collection of myth and fairy tales that include princesses dancing with dead suitors, a knight in love with an official of exotic lineage, and fortune’s fool stealing into the present instead of the future.

     

     

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