New book Archive, 2005. List of titles reviewed in the Meredith News.
History Lesson, 12/27/05). Shooting
wars, art wars, drug wars & 2 fiesty memoirs!
A
War like no Other by Victor Hanson. A lucid chronicile of the civil
war that doomed Athens's democracy.
Assassins Gate by George Packer. "The best chronicler that the
Iraq conflict has produced (PW)."
My
FBI by Louis Freeh. The former FBI director
answers Clarke's Against All Enemies
and Clinton's My Life.
Teacher
Man by Frank McCourt.
This final memoir in the trilogy that started with Angela's Ashes.
Thunder
of Angels by Donnie Williamsn. "This fast-moving story reads like a
legal thriller (PW)."
New
Art City by jed Perl.
"Perl's effect is that of a curator offering a private tour of his
exhibition (PW)."
Tuliaby
Neil Blakeslee. A
"devastating indictment of the toll taken by the war on drugs (PW)." .
Bestsellers,
12/15/05. Here comes the fun. Thrillers, mysteries, plucky heroines,
true romance...
Forever
Odd by Dean Koontz.
Odd Thomas is back!
S
is for Silence by Sue Grafton."..strong character portrayals, a
mosaic of motives, and a stunning climax (Booklist)."
Red
Lily by Nora Roberts. "Roberts
brings her series to a spooky conclusion with this spellbinding
romance (Booklist)."
The
Lighthouse by P. D. James. "At 85, the remarkable P. D. James has
written one of her most moving novels (Booklist)."
First
Impressions by Jude Devereaux. A chance inheritance and a
bittersweet homecoming drives the plot. o
Making it Up by Penelope Lively. "The paths [ in this tale ] do not so
much fork as flourish (Publishers Weekly)."
Get a life! Recent biography at the Nichols Library,
12/71/05.
Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns
Goodwin. How the
crafty Linclon turned rivals in his Cabinet to Allies.
River of Doubt by Candace Millard. “Miller offers a gripping account of
TRs Amazonan exploration (Publishers Weekly).”
Queen
Isabella by Alison Weir. Weir revists "one of the most notorious
femme fatales in English history (Publishers Weekly).”
White
Savage by Fintan O’Toole. Friend to the Indian or fomentor of
native wars?
Year of Magical Thinking by Joan
Didion. “...a lyrical
entry in the annals of mourning literature (Publishers Weekly).”
Books
for Young persons, 11/7/05
Eldest by Christipher Paolini
Flush
by Carl Hiaasen
Esperanza
Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Stanford
Wong Flunks Big Time by Lisa Yee
Seedfolks
by Paul Fleischman
Just for Fun! 10/14/2005: new selections as comfy as your favorite slippers.
Friends,
Lovers and Chocolate byAlexander McCall Smith
A Breath of Snow
and Ashes by Diane Gabaldo
The Divide by Nichols Evans.
School
Days by Robert Parker
Thirteen
Steps Down by Ruth Rendell. \
Slow
Man by J. M. Coetze.
The
City of Fallen Angels, by John Berendt
History Lesson (10/8/05).
1491
by Charles Mann
The
Curies by Denis Brian
Girl
Sleuth by Melanie Reha
Darwin
Conspiracy by John Darnton
The
March by E. L. Doctorow
Critics choice!
9/23/2005.
On
Beauty by Zadie Smith
My
Detachment by Tracy Kidder
Last
Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
Nora
Jana by Ellen Gilchrist
Incendiary
by Chris Cleave
Back
to School. New Books, 14 September 2005.
Rising
Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 by John Barry
Atomic
Romance by Bobbie Ann Mason
The
End of Oil by Paul Roberts
Legends
by Rober Littell
A
Hundred and One Days by Anne Seiestad
The
Interperter of Maladies by Jhumpta Lahiri
Truth,
a guide by Simon Blackburn
Just fiction, 7/30/2005.
No Country for Old Men,
Cormac McCarthy
Teeny's Landing,
Ctherine Tudish
Trance,
Christopher Sorrentino
Pure and Radient Heart,
Lydia Millet
Icon by Neil Olson
Diana Lively is Falling
Down by Sheila Curran
Watching the detectives--
(7/23/05).
Double Tap by
Steve Martini
Fire Sale by
Sarah Paretsky
Vineyard Prey by
Philip Craig
Eleven on Top by
Janet Evanovich
The Twelth Card
by Jeffery Deaver
Cape Perdido by
Marcia Muller
To the Power of Three,
by Laura Lippman
Something for everyone, 7/16/05
Unitl I Find You,
by John Irving
Looking for Peyton Place
by Barbara Delinksy
Vanished Hands by Robert
Wilson.
A Lotus grows in the Mud
by Goldie Hawn
The Bedford Boys
by Alex Kershaw
47 by Walter
Mosely
Great books for kids, 7/7/2005
Scorpia by
Anthony Horowitz
Tangerine by
Edward Bloor
Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by
Joyce Carol Oates
Girls in Pants by
Anne Brashares
The Opal Deception
byEoin Colfer.
Sea of Trolls,
by Nancy Farmer
HP and the Half Blood
Prince by J K Rowling
Summer Reads, Part One! 6/23/05.
Summers Child by Luanne Rice
Whatever makes you Happy
by Lisa Grunwald
A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
Slow Down Diet by Marc David.
1776, by David
McCullough
The Pirate Laffite
by William Daivs
Fabulous Fiction! 6/11/05.
Mr.
Muos Traveling couch by Dai Sije,
The
Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco
Speciman
Days by Michael
Cunningham, "This is daring, memorable fiction
(Publishers Weekly)."
Devils Corner by Lisa Scottline.
Lies by Moonlight by Amanda
Quick (Jayne Anne Krentz)
Marriage most Scandalous by
Johan Lindsey.
The Real World! 6/04/05
Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt,
Courtroom 302, Steve Bogira t]
Knightfall,
Davis "Buzz" Merritt
Chain
of Command,
Seymour Hersch
Play Ball! 5/28/05.
Faithful
by Stephen King anjd Stewart O'Nan.
Waiting for Teddy Williams by
Frank Mosher,
Hitter: the life and turmoils of Ted
Williams.
Moneyball
by Michael Lewis.
The Heart of the Game, Paul
Hemphill
