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| The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene. RC 65026 (3 c.) Author of the Get with the Program! books (RC 54029 and RC 56019) discusses how to lose weight and keep it off by making long-term changes that take into account lifestyles and social rituals. Explains how to gradually change habits. Includes recipes and a foreword by Oprah Winfrey. Bestseller. 2006 (7/08) |
| Change Your Thoughts - Change Your Life by Wayne W. Dyer. RC 65369 (3 c.) Inspirational author suggests modern applications for the eighty-one verses of the Tao Te Ching, a Chinese book of wisdom written in the sixth century B.C.E. by prophet Lao-tzu. Posits that adhering to this eastern philosophy can lead to a life of integrity, joy, peace, and balance. Bestseller. 2007 (7/08) |
| A Complaint Free World by Will Bowen. RC 56203 (1 c.) Minister presents a plan for people to improve their mental attitudes based on the idea that good things will happen if they quit grumbling. Believes that by altering their words, people can change their thoughts and thus, their lives. Posits that better health and relationships will follow. Commercial audiobook. 2007 (8/08) |
| The Essence of Shinto by Motohisa Yamakage. RC 65662 (2 c.) The author, former grand master of Yamakage Shinto, explains the fundamentals of the indigenous Japanese religion of Shinto, which emphasizes nature, place, and harmony. Discusses the origins of Shinto and provides instruction on Chinkon, a systematic practice for increasing spiritual awareness. 2006 (8/08) |
| House of Rain by Craig Childs. RC 65104 (4 c.) National Public Radio contributor, author of Soul of Nowhere (RC 63294), recounts his travels among the ruins of the pre-Columbian pueblo people known as the Anasazi. Childs discusses their once-flourishing culture and mysterious demise while he describes visiting their lands, including New Mexico's Chaco Canyon and Colorado's Mesa Verde. 2006 (7/08) |
| John Wilkes by Arthur H. Clark. RC 65147 (4 c.) Biography of English journalist and politician John Wilkes (1727-1797). Chronicles Wilkes's life and career as an outspoken advocate of religious tolerance, parliamentary reform, and civil liberties. Examines Wilkes's reputation as a libertine, his expulsion from the House of Commons, and his influence on America's founding fathers and the Constitution. 2006 (7/08) |
| Mayo Clinic Book of Alternative Medicine. RC 65520 (2 c.) Based on clinical experience, research, and testing the Mayo Clinic addresses the effectiveness and appropriateness of the use of natural remedies in place of or in conjunction with traditional medicine. Covers items such as vitamins, prayer, acupuncture, massage therapy, Chinese medicine, yoga, and herbal supplements. Discusses twenty common conditions. 2007 (7/08) |
| Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. RC 65346 (3 c.) Award-winning outdoor writer relates his adventures with a mixed-breed Labrador dog, Merle, which he found wandering in the Utah desert and adopted. Describes how Kerasote allowed Merle to come and go freely to promote self-reliance and intelligence. Discusses canine psychology and the lessons they exchanged about partnership. 2007 (8/08) |
| My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir by Clarence Thomas. RC 65396 (2 c.) Autobiography of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas (born 1948), who reminisces about being raised by his maternal grandfather, a strict Catholic, in segregated Georgia. Describes his education, graduation from Yale Law School, and professional career up to his controversial 1991 ascent to the high court. Some strong language. 2007 (7/08) |
| Power to the People by Laura Ingraham. RC 65398 (3 c.) Political talk-show host and author of Shut Up and Sing (RC 57013) denounces politicians, Hollywood, public schools, the media, and judges for degrading traditional values. Discusses the war in Iraq, immigration, terrorism, and pornography and calls on Americans to reconnect to their heritage. Bestseller. 2007 (7/08) |
| The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation by Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff. RC 65007 (4 c.) The authors detail the role of journalists, both black and white, who documented the struggle for civil rights in the American south--often at risk to their lives. Chronicles coverage of the Emmett Till lynching case, the Selma march, the Montgomery bus boycott, and sit-ins. Some strong language. Pulitzer Prize. 2006 (7/08) |
| The Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum. RC 65004 (5 c.) New York Observer columnist and author of Explaining Hitler (RC 47933) summarizes the main schools of thought about Shakespeare, focusing on textual studies and theatrical performance practice. Scrutinizes the arcane world of scholarly interpretation, introduces literary critics and directors, and presents opposing viewpoints. 2006 (7/08) |
| This I Believe edited by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman. RC 65527 (2 c.) Eighty first-person essays on beliefs, culled from both the National Public Radio show This I Believe and the 1950s radio program of the same name hosted by Edward R. Murrow. The essayists include average citizens as well as notables such as Helen Keller and Albert Einstein. 2006 (8/08) |
| Trace Your Roots with DNA by Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner. RC 65364 (2 c.) Researchers explain to amateur genealogists the science of genetics, which is useful in pinpointing ancestors, verifying family trees, and finding relationships with people having the same surname. Discusses genetic typing, including male and female heirloom markers and tests for geographical origins to determine African, European, and Native American connections. 2004 (8/08) |
| The War: An Intimate History by Geoffrey C. Ward. RC 64973 (2 c.) Companion volume to the PBS television documentary chronicles the Second World War using personal anecdotes. Focuses on four towns--Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Mobile, Alabama--and the citizens who experience the conflict on the home front and on the battlefield. Commercial audiobook. 2007 (7/08) |
| What Happened by Scott McClellan. RC 66655 (3 c.) Former White House press secretary (from 2003-2006) discusses the inner workings of the George W. Bush White House. Offers his view on key players Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, and Condoleezza Rice. Also covers major events such as the 9/11 terrorist attack, the war in Iraq, and Hurricane Katrina. 2008 (8/08) |
| You, Staying Young by Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz. RC 65521 (3 c.) Physician authors of You: The Owner's Manual (RC 60685) offer advice on staying fit, strong, and healthy into one's eighties. They discuss increasing life expectancy by dealing with genes, bad habits, environmental toxins, and stress levels. The doctors also advocate exercise, balanced nutrition, and mental and social activities. Bestseller. 2007 (7/08) |
| You Can Run, but You Can't Hide by Duane "Dog" Chapman. RC 65351 (3 c.) Memoir of a bounty hunter. Describes his life as a gang member, chronicles his substance-abuse issues and prison experience, and discusses his recommitment to his faith and his transformation. Highlights his bounty-hunting assignments, including the capture in Mexico of convicted rapist Andrew Luster. Strong language and some violence. 2007 (8/08) |
| Away by Amy Bloom. RC 65368 (2 c.) 1924. After her family is killed in a pogrom, Russian Jew Lillian Leyb flees to New York and finds work in a Yiddish theater. Learning that her daughter may have survived, however, Lillian begins another journey--west across America for Siberia. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2007 (7/08) |
| Bad Ground by W. Dale Cramer. RC 65601 (3 c.) Fulfilling his mother's dying wish, orphaned seventeen-year-old Jeremy Prine seeks out his Uncle Aiden, a Georgia miner left emotionally and physically scarred by the same accident that killed his brother--Jeremy's father. With help from each other and from God, they find new reason for hope. 2004 (8/08) |
| Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs. RC 65401 (2 c.) A young girl's skeleton found in New Brunswick reminds forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan of her own Acadian childhood friend who disappeared in her teens. Meanwhile Tempe's former lover, detective Andrew Ryan, is investigating a serial killer who may be connected to Tempe's case. Violence and strong language. 2007 (7/08) |
| The Book of True Desires by Betina Krahn. RC 65597 (2 c.) 1898. Adventuress Cordelia O'Keefe seeks out her wealthy grandfather Samuel Blackburn for funds to finance her expeditions. But first Cordelia must find a Mayan treasure for him. Attractive butler Hartford Goodnight, sent along as an observer, becomes a temptation. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2006 (8/08) |
| The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman. RC 65635 (3 c.) LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker investigates a commuter plane's crash into an apartment building. Though the authorities suspect terrorism, the parents of flight attendant Roseanne Dresden insist that their daughter was murdered by her husband--and was never aboard the flight. Some strong language. 2007 (8/08) |
| The Chase by Clive Cussler. RC 65426 (2 c.) In 1906, the U.S. government hires no-nonsense detective Isaac Bell to apprehend a murderous bank robber nicknamed the Butcher Bandit. Bell pursues his quarry throughout the Wild West, arriving in San Francisco during a disastrous earthquake and fire. Bell soon discovers that he, too, is being hunted. Some violence. 2007 (8/08) |
| Creation in Death by J.D. Robb. RC 65410 (2 c.) New York, 2060. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts a serial killer nicknamed the Groom, who eluded her team nine years ago. Now that the Groom is back, he's picking his victims from various businesses owned by Dallas's husband Roarke. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2007 (8/08) |
Divine by Karen Kingsbury. RC 65587 (2 c.) |
| The Echo Maker by Richard Powers. RC 64523 (4 c.) Twenty-seven-year-old Nebraskan Mark Schluter flips his truck one night and suffers a head injury that makes his loved ones unrecognizable to him. His sister Karin enlists neurologist Gerald Weber to help Mark. As Mark searches for an accident witness, Gerald begins to fall apart. Strong language. National Book Award. 2006 (6/08) |
| Free Fire by C.J. Box. RC 65583 (2 c.) Lawyer Clay McCann confesses to slaughtering four campers in a remote section of Yellowstone National Park but walks free on a jurisdiction technicality. Facing public outrage, the Wyoming governor reinstates recently fired game warden Joe Pickett to investigate the motives behind the murders. Strong language and some violence. 2007 (8/08) |
| High Noon by Nora Roberts. RC 65763 (4 c.) Savannah, Georgia. Restaurant owner Duncan Swift romantically pursues hostage negotiator Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara after she assists his suicidal bartender. Phoebe's family problems and a vicious attack by an unknown stalker threaten the new romance. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2007 (8/08) |
| March by Geraldine Brooks. RC 64617 (2 c.) Reverend March, the husband and father from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (RC 58830) leaves Connecticut to become an army chaplain during the Civil War. An assignment to teach freed slaves on a plantation changes March's view of humanity while hardship hurts his family. Strong language and some violence. 2005 (6/08) |
| Murder on K Street by Margaret Truman. RC 65417 (2 c.) U.S. senator Lyle Simmons discovers his wife Jeannette murdered in their Washington, D.C., mansion. Retired assistant U.S. attorney Phil Rotondi, who once dated Jeannette and who has been Lyle's friend since college, helps him. As police investigate the politician's dealings, additional deaths occur. Some violence and some strong language. 2007 (8/08) |
| 74 Seaside Avenue by Debbie Macomber. RC 65373 (2 c.) Cedar Cove, Washington. After the events in 6 Rainier Drive (RC 63684), chess champion Bobby Polgar drops out of tournament play when a Russian opponent threatens him. Meanwhile Bobby's wife Teri distrusts her sister, widowed sheriff Troy Davis falls in love, and Troy's daughter becomes ill. 2007 (7/08) |
| Something More by Janet Dailey. RC 65567 (2 c.) Wyoming. Rancher Luke McCallister unearths human remains purported to be those of treasure hunter Henry James Wilson, grandfather of history teacher Angie Sommers. Angie arrives to claim the body and, more important, locate long-lost outlaw gold. Angie enlists Luke's help, but they aren't the only ones seeking the fortune. 2007 (8/08) |