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New Books in Mellon Library in May Fiction FIC AUS Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Emma. London : Headline Review, 2006. Emma Woodhouse is one of Austen's most captivating and vivid characters. Beautiful, spoilt, vain and irrepressibly witty, Emma organises the lives of the inhabitants of her sleepy little village and plays matchmaker with devastating effect. FIC AUS Auster, Paul, 1947-. Invisible. London : Faber, 2010. Sinuously constructed in four interlocking parts, 'Invisible' opens in New York City 1967, when 21 year-old Adam Walker meets Rudolf Born and his silent and seductive girlfriend Margot. Before long Walker finds himself caught in a perverse triangle that leads to a sudden, shocking act of violence that will alter the course of his life. FIC BEN Benedetti, Mario, 1920-2009. The rest is jungle and other stories. 1st ed. Austin, TX : Host Publications, c2010. Presentiment -- The sweethearts -- The rain and the fungi -- Innocence -- The upper footpath -- Such friends -- The collection -- The cups -- Listening to Mozart -- The budget -- The venetian blinds -- Surprise and pity -- Completely absent-minded -- The air is good here -- Guardian, more or less -- The rage has ended -- Long distance -- That mouth -- Translations -- Lunch and doubts -- A watch with Roman numerals -- Forgotten memories -- War and peace -- The Iriarte family -- Chat -- No surrender -- Portrait of Elisa -- Nineteen -- Lead us into -- Towards imagery and similarity -- Answering machine -- Alter ego -- The firemen -- Muzak -- He dreamed he was in prison -- The expression -- Pendulum -- For objects only -- There is no shadow in the mirror -- Death -- The big switch -- Assault at night -- Every day is Sunday -- The end of dyspnea -- The rest is jungle. A short story collection that describes a world in flux, addressing subjects ranging from love and middle-class frustration to the pain of exile. FIC CAB Cabot, Meg. Size 12 is not fat. 1st ed. New York : Avon Trade, c2006. Assistant dorm director Heather Wells investigates the mysterious deaths of several students when neither the police nor her colleagues believe they are victims of foul play. FIC COU Courtenay, Bryce, 1933-. The power of one. Camberwell, Vic. ; : Viking, 2006. 'First with your head and then with your heart.' So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, its a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life. FIC DEF Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe. London : Penguin Books, 1985. During one of his several adventurous voyages in the seventeenth century, an Englishman becomes the sole survivor of a shipwreck and lives for nearly thirty years on a desert island. FIC HOF Hoffman, Beth. Saving CeeCee Honeycutt : [a novel]. Large print ed. Detroit : Large Print Press, 2010. For years twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille, a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. When Camille is killed by a truck, CeeCee's previously unknown great- aunt, Tootie Caldwell, whisks CeeCee away to Savannah, a world seemingly run entirely by women. These exotic women keep CeeCee enthralled for an entire summer. FIC MCC McCann, Maria, 1956-. The wilding. London : Faber, 2010. In her second novel Maria McCann returns to 17th century England, where life is struggling to return to normal after the horrific tumult of the Civil War. FIC SAR Saramago, José. The stone raft. London : Harvill, 2000. When a rift opens up along the border between Spain and France, the Iberian peninsula floats off westward across the Atlantic, a great stone raft. The impact is fundamental, as the North American powers look to acquire a whole new tract of land. FIC SHE Shepard, Sara, 1977-. The lying game. 1st ed. London : Harper, c2011. Seventeen-year-old Emma Paxton steps into the life of her long-lost twin Sutton to solve her murder, while Sutton looks on from her afterlife. FIC SOL Solomons, Natasha. Mr Rosenblum's list, or, Friendly guidance for the aspiring Englishman : a novel. London : Sceptre, 2010. Through study and application Jack Rosenblum intends to become a very English gentleman. He is compiling a list, a comprehensive guide to the manners, customs and habits of this country. In a final attempt to finish his list he moves, with his reluctant wife, to the English countryside where they embark on an impossible task. FIC SWA Swarup, Vikas. Q & A. London : Black Swan, 2006. Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of India. FIC TOM Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe, 1896-1957. The leopard. Rev. ed. London : Vintage, 2007. Lampedusa's masterpiece is set amongst an aristocratic family facing social and political changes in the wake of Garibaldi's invasion of Sicily in 1860. At the head of the family is the prince, Don Fabrizio. Proud and stubborn, he is accustomed to knowing his own place in the world and expects his household to be run accordingly. FIC TSI Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965-. The slap. London : Tuskar Rock, 2010. Christos Tsiolkas presents an apparently harmless domestic incident as seen from eight very different perspectives. The result is an unflinching interrogation of our lives today; of the modern family and domestic life in the 21st century, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their limits. .Middle School Fiction M FIC RIO Riordan, Rick. The demigod files. 1st ed. New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009. Details three of Percy Jackson's adventures, as he battles all kinds of mythological monsters in the modern world, and also features interviews with Connor, Travis, Clarisse, Annabeth, Grover, and Percy; a map of Camp-Blood; and more. M FIC RIO Riordan, Rick. The throne of fire. London : Puffin, 2011. Ever since the gods of ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy - Apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is rising. M FIC SCO Scott, Michael, 1959-. The warlock. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, 2011. Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the human race. Graphic Novels 741.5 SON Son, Hee-Joon. Dorothy of Oz. Richmond HIll, Ont. : Udon Entertainment, c2007. Mara Shin follows her dog Toto down a yellow brick road and soon finds herself in Oz, where the residents start calling her Dorothy and she finds adventure and danger with some familiar characters. 741.5 TAK Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957-. Inu-Yasha. Viz media ed. San Francisco : Viz Communications, c2003. When a new moon reveals the true identity of the dog-like demon Inu-Yasha, Kagome struggles to keep the demon from taking over her soul. 741.5 TAK Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957-. Inu-Yasha. Action ed. San Francisco : Viz Media, c2003. Kagome has never believed in myths and legends, until one day when a hideous, otherworldly creature pulls her out of her own world and into Japan's ancient past. 741.5 TAK Takahashi, Rumiko, 1957-. InuYasha ani-manga. San Francisco : Viz, c2004. Inuyasha attempts to protect Kagome against the evil Thunder Brothers, and when Kagome returns to her own time she discovers that the Shikon jewels are creating havoc in her time as well. 000—Generalities 032.02 TUR Turner, Tracey. 101 things you need to know - and some you don't! London : Bloomsbury, 2006. This volume explains 101 marvellous facts such as, why do we have nails? Why is the sky blue? Why can birds stand on electric wires and not be electrocuted? It enables you to educate your child with minimum effort, and is suitable for children who do not want to be boring when they grow old. 100—Philosophy 153.8 PIN Pink, Daniel H. Drive : the surprising truth about what motivates us. Edinburgh : Canongate, 2011. We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves & others is through external rewards like money or fame, or by the fear of punishment. That's a mistake, Daniel H. Pink says in this book. The key to high performance & satisfaction is intrinsic, internal motivation. 193 SAU Sautet, Marc, 1947-. Nietzsche for beginners. Danbury, Conn. : For Beginners, [2008?]. The unorthodox life and ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche, the philosopher who defiantly claimed 'God is dead', come alive in this historical overview. Here is a clear picture of the time in which he lived, as well as his famous love affairs, his theories of Superman, the Antichrist and nihilism. 194 PAL Palmer, Donald. Sartre for beginners. New York : For Beginners, c1997. Jean-Paul Sartre was a member of the French underground during World War II, a novelist, a playwright, and a major influence in French political and intellectual life. This book offers an introduction to Sartre's work, from his coinage of the term 'existentialism' to his discussions of consciousness, freedom, absurdity and authenticity. 198.9 PAL Palmer, Donald. Kierkegaard for beginners. Reprint ed. Danbury, CT : For Beginners, [2007], c1996. An introduction to the life and work of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard that explores the philosopher's main theories, obsession with the particulars of human existence, and his efforts to prove it is possible to create a new kind of individual.