New Books in Mellon Library in February

Fiction

FIC CAR

Carhart, Thaddeus. The piano shop on the Left Bank : discovering a forgotten passion in a Paris atelier. New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2001. Thad Carhart enters the small piano shop in his village to find that it is more than an ordinary shop; instead, it is a place where locals can come together to learn about life, love, and music.

FIC DES

Desai, Kishwar. Witness the night. London : Beautiful Books, c2010. In a small town in the heart of India, a young girl is found tied to a bed inside a townhouse where 13 people lie dead. The girl is alive, but she has been beaten and abused. She is held in the local prison, awaiting interrogation for the murders she is believed by the local people to have committed.

FIC GRI

Grissom, Kathleen. The kitchen house. 1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2010. After seven-year-old Lavinia is orphaned on the journey from Ireland to the United States, she begins work in the kitchen house of a tobacco plantation and bonds with the slaves who become her adopted family, but when Lavinia is accepted into the big house, her loyalties are challenged.

FIC HEL

Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. London : Vintage Books. Set on a tiny Mediterranean island during World War II, this comic novel recounts the amazing adventures of the 256th bombing squadron and its lead bombardier, Captain Yossarian.

FIC HOM

Homes, A. M. The end of Alice. London : Granta Publications, c1996. Story of the correspondence between a convicted pedophile in his twenty-third year of prison and a nineteen-year-old co-ed who is attracted to young boys and especially one twelve-year-old boy.

FIC KIN

King, Stephen, 1947-. Cujo. New York : Signet, [1982], c1981. Cujo, a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard, becomes infected with rabies and kills four people in Maine.

FIC OFA

O'Farrell, Maggie, 1972-. The hand that first held mine. London : Headlinet, 2010. Interweaves the stories of two women from different decades as they navigate the changing relationships that come with motherhood and find their lives influenced by art and family secrets.

Middle School Fiction

M FIC BOS

Bosch, Pseudonymous. This isn't what it looks like. UK : Usborn, 2010. Cass finds herself alone and disoriented in a dream-like world, while back at home she is in the hospital in a coma with Max-Ernest desperately searching for a way to awaken her.

M FIC COO

Cooper, Susan, 1935-. The dark is rising. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c1973. On his eleventh birthday Will Stanton discovers that he is the last of the Old Ones, destined to seek the six magical Signs that will enable the Old Ones to triumph over the evil forces of the Dark.

M FIC FLA

Flanagan, John (John Anthony). The burning bridge. 1st American ed. New York : Philomel Books, 2006, c2005. Will is forced to overcome his fear of Wargals, the foot soldiers of rebel warlord Morgarath, as Araluen's army prepares to battle Morgarath's forces.

M FIC MCK

McKay, Hilary. Forever Rose. London : Hodder Children's, 2007.

M FIC PAU Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2005, 1987. After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

M FIC PEI

Peirce, Lincoln. The boy with the biggest head in the world. London : HarperCollins Children's, 2010.

M FIC UPD

Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency : thief, liar, gentleman? 1st Orchard Books ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2004. In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.

Graphic Novels

741.5 GRO

Big bouncy book of Bart Simpson. 1st ed. Santa Monica, CA : Bongo Comics Group, c2006. Legends of the Bartman family -- Bart Simpson secret agent, man (part one) -- The truth about cats and mice -- Bart Simpson secret agent, man (part two) -- Are you gonna eat that? -- Art for Bart's sake -- Maggie's mobilization -- The mediocre misadventures of Martin and Milhouse! Bartless on a Tuesday -- The great Springfield donut war! -- Bart's fun pages! -- Movie mayhem.

741.5 GRO

Big beastly book of Bart Simpson. 1st ed. New York : Bongo Comics Group, c2007. Yet another collection of the antics of Bart Simpson and his television cartoon family.

741.5 GRO

Groening, Matt. Futurama conquers the universe. London : Harper, c2007. The big sweep -- How to draw Fry and Bender -- The cure for the common cold -- Hostile makeover -- Sideshow Fry -- The Bender you say. A collection of comics by Emmy-winning cartoonist Matt Groening featuring the adventures of Philip J. Fry, a New York City pizza boy who is cryonicly frozen and revived one thousand years in the future. 300—Social Sciences

363.25 FBI

The FBI : a centennial history, 1908-2008. Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, [2008]. The nation calls, 1908-1923 -- The FBI and the American gangster, 1924-1938 -- World War, cold war, 1939-1953 -- And justice for all, 1954-1971 -- Crime and corruption across America, 1972-1988 -- A world of trouble, 1989-2001 -- A new era of national security, 2001-2008. Photographs and text chronicle the history of the FBI from its creation in 1908 to 2008, exploring how it became one of the most respected agencies in the American government.

600—Technology

641.591 DEM

Preserving the Italian way. Australia : Memoirs Foundation Inc, 2007. A collection of old style casalinga Italian recipes, with a mix of memories and anecdotes of the author's childhood and travels.

700—Arts and recreation

700 MUS

The museum of everything. Milano : Electa, 2010.

720.942 WAT

Watkin, David, 1941-. English architecture : a concise history. London : Thames & Hudson, 1979.

728.82 CHI

Chiappini Di Sorio, Ileana. Palazzo Pisani Moretta : economia, arte, vita sociale di una famiglia veneziana nel diciottesimo secolo. Milano : F.M. Ricci, c1983.

781.1 BAL

Ball, Philip, 1962-. The music instinct : how music works and why we can't do without it. Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2010. Prelude: The harmonious universe. An introduction -- Overture: Why we sing. What is music and where does it come from? -- Staccato: The atoms of music. What are musical notes and how do we decide which to use? -- Andante: What's in a tune? Do melodies follow rules, and if so, which? -- Legato: Keeping it together. How do we decode the sound? -- Tutti: All together now. How do we use more than one note at a time? -- Con moto: Slave to the rhythm. What gives music its pulse? -- Pizzicato: The colour of music. Why do instruments sound different, and how does that affect the music? -- Misterioso: All in the mind. Which bits of the brain do we use for music? -- Appassionato: Light my fire. How does music convey and elicit emotion? -- Capriccioso: Going in and out of style. What are musical styles? ; Is music about notes, or patterns, or textures? -- Parlando: Why music talks to us : Is music a language? Or is it closer to the non-verbal arts? -- Serioso: The meaning of music. What are composers and musicians trying to say? ; Can music in itself say anything at all? -- Coda: The condition of music. Explains the author's belief that the human capacity for music-making and the enjoyment in music is an inevitable consequence of the way the human brain seeks out patterns, forming interpretations and setting up expectations.

781.2 POW

Powell, John, 1955-. How music works : a listener's guide to the science and psychology of beautiful sounds. London : Particular, 2010. Discover the secrets of how music works in this straight-talking, funny account of its nuts and bolts (or notes and instruments).

796.357 LEW

Lewis, Michael (Michael M.). Moneyball : the art of winning an unfair game. 1st ed. New York : W. W. Norton, c2003. Examines the mathematical strategies by which manager Billy Beane handled the financially strapped Oakland Athletics' 2002 draft and led the baseball team to success despite its lack of high profile players.

800 – Literature

821.914 SHA

Shapcott, Jo, 1953-. Of mutability. London : Faber and Faber, 2010. In a series of poems that explore the nature of change - in the body and the natural world, and in the shifting relationships between people - these poems look freshly but squarely at mortality.

843.914 WIE

Wiesel, Elie, 1928-. Dawn. Pbk. ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2006. An eighteen-year-old terrorist spends a night waiting to kill an English officer in Palestine as a reprisal for Britain's execution of a Jewish prisoner. 896.108 CHU

Chukwumerije, Dike-Ogu. The Revolution has no tribe : Contemporary poetry on African history, culture and society. London : Afriscope, 2010.

900 – History, geography, and biography

909 KID

Kidder, David S. The intellectual devotional : revive your mind, complete your education, and roam confidently with the cultured class. New York : Rodale, c2006. A secular compendium of 365 readings designed to refresh the spirit and stimulate the mind, featuring daily devotionals that, over the course of each week, cover the fields of history, literature, visual arts, science, music, philosophy, and religion.

909.04924 DEW

De Waal, Edmund. The hare with amber eyes : a family's century of art and loss. 1st American ed. London : Vintage, 2010. Recounts the history of the Ephrussis family during the tumultuous events of the twentieth century, intertwined with the story behind a collection of netsuke that was smuggled away by a loyal maid when family members were imprisoned or scattered and their books are art were confiscated by Nazis.

914.504 FOD

Fodor's 20011 Italy. New York : Fodor's Travel Publications, c2011. A travel guide to Italy that includes maps, color photographs, travel tips, information on currency, culture, language, and cuisine, and an overview of the country's historical sights, attractions, activities, hotels, restaurants, and shops.

956.04 FIE

Fieldhouse, D. K. (David Kenneth), 1925-. Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914- 1958. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. This work attempts to explain why the Middle East is a major focus for international conflict, by looking at the period from 1914, when the Ottoman Empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France, until 1958 when the Iraqi revolution finally ended British influence on the area.

959.704 MAS Mason, Andrew, 1970-. The Vietnam War : a primary source history. North American ed., U.S. ed. Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2006. Examines the Vietnam War and how it made changes in U.S. society, politics, and culture, and contains personal narratives from those who experienced it, anti-war movements, and the way in which returning soldiers were treated.

973.931 BUS

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-. Decision points. Great britain : Virgin Books, c2010. George W. Bush discusses the political and personal decisions he made during his presidency, covering the 2000 election, being aboard Air Force One on 9/11, being in the Situation Room before launching a war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and other early twenty-first-century issues with recognition of the mistakes that he made along with his accomplishments.

Biography

B GAG

Gagarin, ︠I︡Uriĭ Alekseevich, 1934-1968. Road to the stars;. Honolulu, Hawaii : University press of the Pacific, [1962] 2002.

DVD/Audio

CD 420.9 HIS

The History of the English language. Springfield, VA : The Teaching Company, c2000. Part 1. The origins of English: Introduction to the study of language -- The historic study of language: methods and approaches -- The prehistory of English: the Indo-European context -- Reconstructing meaning and sound -- Words and worlds: Historical linguistics and the study of culture.-- The beginnings of English -- Old English: the Anglo-Saxon worldview -- Changing language: Did the Normans really conquer English? -- Chaucer's English -- Dialect jokes and literary representation in Middle English -- A multilingual world : Medieval attitudes toward language change and variation. Part 2. Making modern English : The Return of English as a standard -- How we speak: the great vowel shift and the making of modern English -- What we say : the expanding English vocabulary -- The shape of modern English: changes in syntax and grammar -- Renaissance attitudes toward teaching English -- The language of Shakespeare (1): Drama, grammar, and pronunciation -- The language of Shakespeare (2): Poetry, sound, and sense -- The Bible in English -- Samuel Johnson and his Dictionary -- New standards in English -- Semantic change: Dictionaries and the histories of words -- Values and words in the 19th and 20th centuries. Part 3. English in America and beyond : The beginnings of American English -- Making the American language from Noah Webster to H. L. Mencken -- The rhetoric of independence form Jefferson to Lincoln -- The language of the American self -- American regionalism -- American dialects in literature -- The impact of African-American English -- An Anglophone world -- The Language of science : the changing nature of 20th century English -- The Science of language: the study of language in the 20th century -- Modern linguistics and the politics of language study -- Conclusions and provocations. "This course of thirty-six lectures introduces the student to the history of the English language, from its origins as a dialect of the Germanic-speaking peoples, through the literary and cultural documents of its 1500 year span, to the state of American speech of the present day".

DVD 305.8924 JEW

The Jews of London, Part 2-4 / Shadow of the cross / Racial prejudice in Russia.

DVD 330 FRE

Freakonomics : [the movie]. Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, c2011. The highly anticipated film version of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by renowned economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. Like the book, the film examines human behavior with provocative and sometimes hilarious case studies, bringing together a dream team of filmmakers responsible for some of the most acclaimed and entertaining documentaries in recent years.

DVD 338.13 FOO

Food, Inc. [Los Angeles, CA] : Magnolia Home Entertainment, c2009. Invterviews with Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Gary Hirschberg, Joe Salatin. Lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing how our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profits ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Reveals surprising - and often shocking truths - about what we eat, how it's produced and who we have become as a nation.

DVD 509 SIX

Six experiments that changed the world. Channel 4 : 2000. Ken Campbell reconstructs the six remarkable scientific breakthroughs that transformed the world, and looks at the complicated men who created the experiments. 1. Einstein & the eclipse. 2. Marie Curie's radium. 3. Mendel & the pea. 4. Faraday's donought. 5. Isaac Newton. 6. Galileo, father of science.

DVD 530 PHY

Physics of fun : funparks, circuses and stunts. Standard format. Chicago : Clearvue & SVE, 2005, c1998. Applies the fundamental concepts of physics to the modern structures and rides at amusement parks.

DVD 570 LIF

Life. [Original UK broadcast version]. [United States?] : BBC Earth :, [2010]. Narrator, David Attenborough. Four years in the making, and filmed over 3000 days across every continent and in every habitat, see 130 incredible stories from frontiers of the natural world. Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. This is evolution in action: individual creatures under extreme pressure to overcome challenges from adversaries and their environment.

DVD 576.5 CRA

Cracking the code. A history of genetics. Contains: 4. Accidents of creation. 5. Designer children. 6. Body invaders. With Jurassic Park putting DNA experiments back into the news, this eight- part history of genetics, looking at “life-secret code” and presented by Dr. David Suzuki, is timely. This disk hold four parts. 4. Human beings are mere accidents and evolved from other life because of mistakes that were made when the DNA code was copied. That is the view of geneticist Professor David Suzuki, who provides evidence that the human race is an accident of creation. From Hawaiian silverswords and dragonfly wings to the evolution of our eye, he shows that the code of DNA is the raw material of human evolution. 5. In 1990, 4-year-old Ashi De Silva became the first person to be treated for a fatal disease with gene therapy. Such treatment is still rare, but the fact that many of the genes responsible for inherited diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, have been located means that test-tube eggs which carry them can be discarded, and only healthy eggs returned to the body. Thus the Ashe family know that their second child will not have to suffer as their first has. But such breakthroughs have repercussions. Not only health, but also looks and intelligence could be influenced by genetic engineering. Once we start re-designing our children where will we stop? “The line dividing those who should be changed and those who could be changed will be very hard to fix,” says David Suzuki in this episode which looks at the human stories behind the latest DNA discoveries. 6: Flu kills every winter because its cause is a “quick change” virus. The moment scientists make a vaccine, the virus rebuilds itself in a different genetic form. And flu is only one health threat that has such ingenious artillery. Geneticist David Suzuki tells the story of human battles with diseases like multiple sclerosis.

DVD 613.7 PIL

Pilates for beginners. [S.1] : GAIAM, c2002. Certified fitness instructor and master Pilates trainer Jillian Hessel explains the complexitites of traditional Pilates, making it accessible to anyone.

DVD 909.82 HIS History in action. 1. The smell of war. 2. The Red Tsar. 3. Brother can you spare a dime. 4. Life line of the empire. 5. Cuban missile crisis. 6. 1968. 7. Siege of Leningrad. 8. League of nations. 9. Civil rights in South Africa. Key events in twentieth century history are viewed from the perspective of their own time using a wide variety of contemporary source material.

DVD 910 HUM

Human planet. [Original UK broadcast version]. Burbank, CA, : BBC Earth :, [2010]. All eight episodes of the BBC natural history series examining how different peoples have adapted to their natural surroundings around the world. Episodes are: 'Desert: Life in the Furnace', 'Jungles: People of the Trees', 'Arctic: Life in the Deep Freeze', 'Grasslands: The Roots of Power', 'Rivers: Friend and Foe', 'Mountains', 'Oceans: Into the Blue' and 'Cities: Surviving the Urban Jungle'.

DVD 973.917 FDR

FDR (part 1-3). London : BBC Publications, 1996. A documentary portrait of one of the greatest American presidents and an outstanding figure of the 20th century, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1. The centre of the world. 2. Fear itself. 3. Greatest job in the world.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : Destination moon & Explorers on the moon. Anchor Bay. Professor Calculus invites Tintin and Captain Haddock to join him on the most exciting project of the 20th century: a rocket launch to the moon! To Captain's surprise, the Professor suggests that they fly to the moon with him. Eplorers on the moon: We have take off! The rocket is on it's way to the moon! On board are Tintin, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and his assistant. They embark on a long journey which has been prepared with great detail. But their first surprise occurs just after take off!.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : Land of black gold & The calculus affair. Anchor Bay. Land of black gold: Someone has been sabotaging the petrol supplies and cars have been exploding everywhere. War threatens to break out if the situation is not resolved and Tintin is sent to Arabia to investigate! He soon discovers a plot to depose Emir Ben Kalish Ezab by Skoll Petroleum and Bab El Ehr. If successful, they will be able to rule the world with the powerful Formula Fourteen - can Tintin save the day? The calculus affair: Mysterious happenings are afoot at Marlinspike Hall as Professor Calculus heads for Geneva and then disappears. Fearing he may be in danger, Tintin and Captain Haddock follows his trail and the plot thickens further. Spies and secret agents try to prevent Tintin from rescuing his friend, can he succeed with the help of the world famous opera singer Bianca Castafiore and some clever disguises?. DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The black island & King Ottokars's sceptre. Anchor Bay. The black island: Tintin narrowly escapes death at the hands of the counterfeiter Dr. Müller. The fearless Tintin tracks Müller to his headquarters in a mysterious castle on an island off the coast of Scotland. A huge, menacing creature awaits a kilted and intrepid Tintin at the castle. King Ottokar's sceptre: When Tintin and Snowy travel to Syldavia with Professor Alembick, they find themselves mixed up in a plot to depose King Muscar XII. He will be overthrown if he does not have King Ottokar's sceptre on the day of the Royal Procession. When rebels steal the sceptre, Tintin and Snowy follow Thomson and Thompson as they seek to retrieve the sceptre before it is too late.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The blue lotus & The broken ear. Anchor Bay. The Blue Lotus: Still fighting drug dealers, Tintin goes to China and makes friend with Tchang. A friend who was very important to Herge and who helped him to prepare this adventure in which Tintin has to make the best use of his abilities to thwart traps. The Broken Ear: An Arumbayan idol is stolen from a museum and just as suddenly it is returned! Tintin's sharp observation spots a detail which reveals that theoriginal has been replaced by a fake. He travels to the hair-raising jungels and rivers of South America to unravel the ensuing mystery.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The Castafiore emerald & Flight 714 & Tintin and the picaros. Anchor Bay. The Castafiore emerald: Much to Captain Haddock's alarm Bianca Castafiore the "Milanese Nightingale", has turned up uninvited at Marinspike Hall. With her she brings not only her dresser Irma and her pianist Igor Wagner, but also the press, television and some strange prowlers...who seems to take more interest in her precious jewellery than her singning... Flight 714: On the way to the International Astronautical Congress in Sydney, Tintin, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus meet the millionaire Laszlo Carreidas during a stop-over. Mr. Carreidas suggest they continue their trip on his private jet. Little dod they realise that the flight plan has been slightly modified... Tintin and the Picaros: Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus fly out to Tapiocapolis, the capital of San Theordoras, to try to secure the release of Bianca Castafiore from prison. Tintin joins them to disprove the claim that they are all plotting against the government. Amidst the chaos of a carnival Tintin helps the old friend General Alcazar and the Picaros topple the dictator General Tapioca.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The prisoner of the sun & The seven crystal balls. Anchor Bay. Prisoners of the sun: In the hunt for Professor Calculus' kidnappers, Tintin and Captain Haddock are led to Peru. The country is full of surprises and the kidnapppers are always one step ahead of our heroes. Finally with the help of a young Indian guy, Zorrino, Tintin and Captain Haddock make it to the Temple of the Sun. The seven crystal balls: One by one, the members of a scientific expedition recently returned from South America are struck down by a strange illness. Could these tomb raiders be the victims of an Inca curse? Tintin and captain Haddock try to get to the bottom of the mystery.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The red sea sharks & Tintin in Tibet. Anchor Bay. The red sea sharks: Following an accidental meeting General Alcazar unwittingly sets Tintin and Captain Haddock on the trail of arms dealers. In Khemed they will discover an even more unusual cargo smuggled under the code name of "Coke". Doctor Muller, Allan and even Rastapopoulos are involved. Tintin in Tibet: "Air crash in Nepal". This headline turns Tintin's vacation into an extraordinary adventure. He hears that his friend Tchang was in the plane and that there were no survivors. But because of his great friendship he along with Captain Haddock, decide to go and look for him.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The secret of the Unicorn & Red Rackham's Treasure. Anchor Bay. Three models of the ship "Unicorn" help Tintin discover the existence of "Red Rackham's Treasure", which once belonged to a pirate whom Captain Haddock's ancestors fought. Pickpockets and gangsters marka trail to Marlinspike Hall where Nestor, the butler, makes a conspicuous, dramatic entrance. Red Rackham's Treasure: Placing together the parchment left by the Captain's ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, Tintin sails aboard the "Sirius" with Haddock at the helm. This sea adventure teems with excitement, especially when the stowaway on board turns out to be Professor Calculus, who has brought along an underwater submarine for deep sea exploration!.

DVD FIC ADV

The adventures of Tintin : The shooting star & The crab with the golden claws. Anchor Bay. The shooting star: "It's the end of the world!" declares Professor Phostle, as an enormous star hurtles towards the earth...Fortunately it misses, leaving a meteorite that falls in to the Artic waters creating a valuable new metal! In a hazardous adventure Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock encounters gigantic spiders and exploding mushrooms as they try to retrieve the metal before it falls into the hands of the evil Bohlwinkle. The crab with the golden claws: Following a trail of clues that starts with an empty crab tin, we see Tintin in his first adventure with Captain Haddock - a prisoner aboard his own ship, owing to his liking of whiskey. Tintin will never meet a more loyal friend. By the end of their journey they will have a taste of Haddock's unusual exclamations: pockmaark, gibbering ghosts, freshwater swabs, blistering barnacles, and many more.

DVD FIC ADV

Tintin : Les cigares du Pharaon & Le lotus bleu. French language. France : Citel video.

DVD FIC ADV

Tintin : Objectif lune & on a marché sur la lune. French language. France : Citel video.

DVD FIC AMI

Amistad. Widescreen ed. Universal City, CA : DreamWorks, c1997. Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Peter Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard. The incredible journey of a group of enslaved Africans who overtake their captor's ship and attempt to return to their beloved homeland. When the ship, La Amistad, is seized, these captives are brought to the United States where they are charged with murd.

DVD FIC CRO

Croupier. Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, c2004. Cast: Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Kate Hardie, Nicholas Ball. London's gambling world is the setting where aspiring writer Jack Manfred, suffering from writer's block, takes a job as a croupier to support his art. Knowing the dangers of the cards, Jack is adamant about remaining a professional outsider, but the temptations of the game inevitably swallow him deeper than he could have ever anticipated.

DVD FIC ITS

It's complicated. Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2010]. Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell. A hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakeshop, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's...complicated!.

DVD FIC LAD

Ladies in lavender. Widescreen. Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005]. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Daniel Brühl. Two sisters find their lives changed after helping a mysterious young man who drifted ashore badly injured. DVD FIC SIM

A simple twist of fate. [United States] : Touchstone Home Video ;, 1995]. Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin. When a local politician attempts to come between a single dad and his adopted daughter, they fight to remain a family, and the bond between father and daughter is strengthened.

DVD FIC TIN

Tintin : Le crabe aux princes D'Or & Tintin au pays de L'or Noir. French language. France : Citel video.