Nov / Dec 2008 Vol. 9 / Issue 6 Helping You Connect to the World National Trail Booster Club Donates to Library’s Annual Fall Campaign N ational Trail Booster Club got into the spirit of the Preble County District Library’s Annual Fall Cam- paign when they donated $500 toward the $54,000 goal. Their contribution was initiated because the club wanted some way to show people just how important a role the library plays in their communities. “It’s im- portant that we keep our library’s operating at the capacity they are now so that the youth can continue to take advantage of all that libraries have to offer.” Booster Club President, Jim Corson, explained. Visit any PCDL branch after school and you will see just National Trail Booster Club Members (L-R): Andi Reece, John how popular (and important) the library is to children Roberts, Trevor Parks, Jim Favorite, Randy Park , Jim Corson, and teens. They chat with friends, use the computers, and Library Director Abby Noland. study, and do research. They check out books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, and video games. They also enjoy Learn to love your computer! after school movies and programs that are planned Adults 55+ just for them. Do computers intimidate you?
Y Would you like help learning: our donation to the Annual Fall Campaign has • your way around a computer? helped the library maintain the many services and • how to use e-mail? materials children and teens have come to count on. • how to search the Internet? Contending with a budget freeze since 2001 and an The Library has gathered together volunteers who will impending cut of 6-8% (revised from 2%), the library needs your support now more than ever. Contributions help you become a more confident computer user! can still be made at any PCDL branch or mail your How: By appointment. Please call Marlene Ressler to check to: Library Administration and Resource Center, check computer availability at 456-4376. 450 S. Barron St., Eaton, OH 45320. The campaign ends on November 9. When: Wednesdays @ 1 PM-2:30 PM and 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Where: Library Admin. & Resource Center $2gether We Can! 450 S. Barron St., Eaton.
Library Admin. & Resource Center 450 S. Barron St. Eaton, OH 45320 (937) 456-4250 www.pcdl.lib.oh.us Inklings by Abby Director’s Column
tions, women's groups, scouts, Friends of the Camden Library Help Out O ur first Annual Fall Cam- and Friends for all you have paign got off to a rocky start -- done to keep our library doors The paint was flying Wednesday, October 15 when the Friends Hurricane Ike hit the night be- open. Near the end of our cam- of the Camden Library got together to paint the front of Camden fore, followed quickly by the paign, we were informed by the Library’s building. Project members included Joy Rhoden, Laura impact of the failing economy Ohio Library Council to expect Schaeffer, Lee Adams, Patricia Davis, Pam Parkinson, and Debbie on all of our pockets. Which is further cutbacks for 2009 than Hickman. The body of the building was painted Feather Duster why it meant so much to your were anticipated (6-8% instead and the front door and porch ceiling were painted Rush of Red . librarians that people donated of the 2-6% cuts from our state their money, prizes from their funding.) Undoubtedly, you will “On behalf of the Camden Library and PCDL, I would businesses, and time to help see some changes in our ser- like to extend a big thank you to the Friends of the promote their library. I am not vices and less materials. Our Camden Library. These wonderful people have put disheartened that we did not programming will come to you countless hours into making our library a bet- meet our campaign goals during out of the goodness of dona- ter place. The most recent project they have what will be known as a notori- tions and our Library Friends taken on is painting the outside of the library. It looks wonderful. ous time in United States eco- hard work. But I will endeavor Once again, thank you.” nomic history. Instead I would to continue to keep the hours ~Toni Keelser, Camden Branch Librarian~ like to thank you, on behalf of and basic services for your all of the Staff that serves you library as we roll with the and your community, for your punches. More than ever you West Manchester Library Murals Unveiled generosity and good will. I do are turning to us to meet your not have the space to thank all needs as you also roll with the A the individuals, businesses, punches. We will always be a churches, fraternal organiza- here for you. r o n
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A Caregivers’ Support Group
And the winner is… but we will also provide the put- Cameron Boggs of the New N ovember is National Caregiv- your-feet-up-and-relax opportu- ers Month and we are celebrating nity caregivers crave. Paris Library! Cam is 11 by offering a new caregivers sup- years-old and visits the port group called, We Care: A The caregivers’ support group library nearly every day, Caregivers’ Support Group . The will meet the first Monday of every month at 2 PM beginning according to Branch Librar- kickoff for the group is Thursday, November 13 at 2 PM at the in December. The first get- ian Barbara Dungan. The Preble County Senior Center (800 together on Thursday, November avid Runescaper was very E. St. Clair St., Eaton, OH). The 13 will begin with entertainment, excited and surprised that program will last approximately food, information, and door prizes. This will be followed by a his picture was chosen. 1 – 1-½ hours. Volunteer care- givers will provide on-site assis- friendly meet and greet session. He won a $25 gift certificate tance with your loved one. The If you are a caregiver (or know Cameron’s picture depicted the fun from the Eaton Bob Evans. Senior Center will provide FREE someone who is), please join us he had over the summer! Way to go Cam! handicapped accessible transpor- for an afternoon spent with those tation (call Senior Center one who want to put YOU first.
week ahead to schedule). We Care is sponsored by the Why take time out of your busy Preble County Council on Aging, day to attend? Because We Care Preble County District Library, isn’t your run-of-the-mill support Heartland, Vancrest, Greenbriar, group. our motto is, “Let us serve and Pheasant Run Village.
you” and that is exactly what we For more information contact intend to do. Not only will we Juanita Moore, PCCOA, at offer the information and emo- 456-4947 or Marlene Ressler, tional support caregivers need, PCDL, 456-4376. Your library has its finger on the pulse of entertainment!
Our latest DVDs -- Feature Films Forgetting Sarah Marshall Baby Mama Sex and the City Deception: Hugh Jackman Leatherheads Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Series PS3 Games are here!
Assassin’s Creed: Be an Assassin! Plan your attacks, strike without mercy, and fight your way to escape.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Inter- act with magical objects, ghosts and portraits in every room, corridor and courtyard—all faithfully recreated
from the movies. TV to DVD Doris Day: Christmas Memories: For five Rainbowsix - Vegas 2 (M): Explore Vegas hot spots successful seasons, superstar Doris Day starred as the environment changes from dusk to bright in her own CBS-TV series, The Doris Day Show . daylight to dawn For the first time, all three Christmas episodes (A
Two Family Christmas, It's Christmas Time In The City, Whodunnit, Doris?) from the program Madden NFL 08 (Blu-ray disc) are presented together, with the added bonus of Madden NFL 09 a new audio commentary track by Doris herself! Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground Also featured are 1950s-1960s newsreels of Doris Day -- including Christmas footage -- not seen in Virtual Fighter 5 decades; long-lost holiday broadcasts of The Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Confront and Doris Day Show radio series from 1952; a Doris Christmas photo associate with familiar faces from the Star Wars films, gallery; original network promos for The Doris Day Show and a including Darth Vader in addition to new adversaries special Christmas greeting from Doris. You'll also hear Doris sing such as fugitive Jedi and Force-sensitive Felucians Silver Bells, Silent Night, Hark The Herald Angels Sing and other holiday favorites. COMING SOON! Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Book to Film Sonic the Hedgehog Ballet Shoes: Based on Noel Streatfeild’s novel of the same title this 2007 BBC Northern Ireland production casts Eileen Atkins, Peter Bowles, Rich- ard Griffiths, Gemma Jones, and Harriet Walter. The Fossils are an unconven- tional British family living in 1930's London. Orphans Pauline, Petrova, and Posy are being raised by an elder sister Sylvia and her Nana in the absence of their eccentric great uncle Matthew. As Sylvia struggles to educate and support her three charges on very limited funds, she is forced to let rooms and enroll the girls in the Academy of Read the book! Dance and Stage Training in hopes of furthering their education and preparing them to earn a comfortable living... Tami Horiuch Amazon.com
Music to your ears The Best of 38 Special -- The Christmas Collection Includes these holiday favorites: • Jingle Bell Rock • Here Comes Santa Claus • Little Drummer Boy • O’ Holy Night We offer you the latest & hottest DVDs, CDs & Video Games! 5
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Inspiring You Haunted Histories from the History Channel
Breakthrough: Eight Steps to Wellness / The Haunted Histories Collection takes viewers Suzanne Somers: Today’s most trusted ad- on a spine-tingling tour of truly frightening phe- vocate of anti-aging medicine, Suzanne So- nomena. Uncover the real stories behind the mers, deepens her commitment to helping Salem Witch Trials, vampires, demon spirits, and haunted houses. From interviews with victims people lead healthier, happier lives by opening who have been attacked by evil spirits to eyewit- their eyes to cutting-edge, proven remedies ness accounts of corpses with pulses and graves and preventative care that most doctors just where nothing will grow, you don t have to be- aren’t talking about with patients: longevity lieve in ghosts to be spooked by these chilling tales. Featuring in-depth profiles of the world s medicine and the more progressive study of scariest stories, including: Hauntings, Vampire bioidentical hormones. Secrets, Salem Witch Trials, The Haunted History of Halloween, and Poltergeists. Mystical Traveler: How to Advance to a Poltergeist Higher Level of Spirituality / Sylvia Hauntings Browne: Sylvia Browne takes us on another Salem Witch Trials incredible journey . . . this time presenting Vampire Secrets information about the Mystical Traveler. She Haunted History of Halloween: Join Harry Smith of CBS's The Early Show as he leads this 3,000-year expedition through the his- explains the difference between Mystical Trav- tory of the characteristically pagan holiday of Halloween. Discover elers and Mission Life Entities (those who have how the "trick-or-treat" custom originated during the harvest festi- a mission in life); and goes into great depth vals in ancient Ireland when food and sweets were used to coax the about who they are, what they do, and even dead into remaining in the spirit world. Learn how Christianity tried to co-opt the celebration by turning it into All Saints Day, but how how to become one! the underlying-- and sometimes controversial-- dark elements of the holiday have survived.
Colonial America Mystery by Eliot Pattison
The Bone Rattler: Aboard a British con- vict ship bound for the New World, Duncan McCallum witnesses a series of murders Award-Winning Meg Lanslow Series and seeming suicides among his fellow by Donna Andrews Scottish prisoners that thrusts him into the Donna Andrews introduced mystery readers to the zany ad- bloody maw of the French and Indian War. ventures of Meg Lanslow in 2000 with the publication of the As the only man aboard with any medical first book, Murder With Peacocks. It’s been a hilarious and training, Duncan is ordered to assemble fun ride ever since! evidence to hold another prisoner account- able for the deaths — or face punishment that will mean his Six Geese A-Slaying: Meg and Michael’s house is serving own death. His conclusions suggest that the wave of violence as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas is somehow linked to the "savages" of the American wilder- parade. The theme is “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and ness. Duncan’s suspicions that the prison company is to be it features twelve drummers from the school marching sacrificed in the war seem to be confirmed when he learns that band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in me- they are all indentured to Lord Ramsey’s estate in the un- dieval finery from the college drama department, etc. charted New York woodlands, a Heart of Darkness where mul- There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live tiple warring factions are engaged in physical, psychological, nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on and spiritual battle. Following a strange trail of clues that seem Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh half Iroquois and half Highland Scot, mesmerized by the Lord (eight reindeer were beyond the zoo’s scope). Ramsey’s beautiful daughter, and frequently defying death in a Meg has been volunteered to organize the parade, which is to proceed dangerous wilderness populated by grizzled European settlers, from her house to the local campus, where Santa will take up residence mysterious scalping parties, and Indian sorcerers, Duncan to hear the Christmas wishes of the town’s children. Of course, getting all McCallum, exiled chief of his near-extinct clan, finds the source the camels, pipers, leapers, and drummers in order is proving every bit as of all evil at the site of an Indian massacre. ON ORDER. difficult as Meg feared it would be. Then her nephew Eric, wide-eyed and ashen-faced, whispers, “Meg, something’s wrong with Santa.” Debut of the DIY Mystery Series by Jennie Bentley The local curmudgeon, whose beard and belly made him a natural for the role, has been murdered. Now Meg and Chief Burke, who is playing Fatal Fixer-Upper: When New York tex- one of the wise men, are faced with the two-fold mission of solving the murder and sav- tile designer Avery Baker decides to spend Donna Andrews is the summer renovating her late Aunt Inga's ing Christmas! ON ORDER considered to be decrepit Victorian Cottage in tiny Water- one of the funniest, most entertaining field, Maine, she lands knee-deep not only mystery authors
in paint and drywall, but in murder, histori- around! cal intrigue, and maybe even romance. Title list in reading order: • Murder with Peacocks There are underground tunnels, family se- • Murder with Puffins crets, scheming relatives, priceless antiques, a missing history • Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos professor, a dashing Frenchman, a few dead bodies, two cats, • Crouching Buzzard, Leaping Loons tips for Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation projects, and a bare- • We’ll Always Have Parrots chested handyman with snug jeans, a low-slung tool-belt, and • Owl’s Well That Ends Well dreamy, blue eyes. What more could any red-blooded Ameri- • No Nest For the Wicket can woman want? ON ORDER • The Penguin Who Knew Too Much
• Cockatiels at Seven Author Website: http://hstrial-jbentley.homestead.com/index.html Murder With Peacocks is an award-winning book, among Diana Killian, author of Corpse Pose, says, “Ay-yup! them the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry Awards, along with Bentley has the foundation of a terrific new series with the Romantic Times award for best first novel and the Lefty this cozy New England charmer.” award for the funniest mystery. You Choose! See a title you like? Request it at the library or from our website @ 7 www.pcdl.lib.oh.us! These mysteries will be available from publishers in November & December, 2008. Love Cozy mysteries? Try www.cozy-mystery.com/
Author Title Sleuth Bk #
November
Madelyn Alt No Rest for the Wiccan Maggie O’Neill, antique shop 4
Sarah Atwell Pane of Death A Glassblowing Mystery Emmeline Dowell, glassblower 2
Mignon Ballard Hark! The Herald Angel Screams Recipes Augusta Goodnight 7
Rita Mae Brown Santa Clawed Mrs. Murphy, Pewter & Tee Tucker 17 (1 corgi & 2 sleuthing cats) Melissa Glazer pseudonym Tim Myers A Fatal Slip Clay & Crime Mystery Carolyn Emerson, potter 3
Carolyn G. Hart Ghost at Work Debut series! Bailey Ruth Raeburn, ghostly sleuth 1
Karen MacInerney Murder Most Maine Gray Whale Inn Mystery Natalie Barnes, inn keeper 3
J.D. Robb Salvation in Death Eve Dallas, futuristic cop 27
Elaine Viets Murder with all the Trimmings Josie Marcus, mystery shopper 4
Livia J. Washburn Frankly My Dear, I’m Dead Debut Delilah Dickinson, travel agent 1
December
Maggie Barbieri Quick Study A Murder 101 Mystery Alison Bergeron 3
Miranda Bliss Dying for Dinner A Cooking Class Mystery Annie & Evie, friends & sleuths 4
Laura Childs Eggs in Purgatory Cackleberry Mystery -- Debut! Three forty-something friends 1 become sleuths Patricia Cornwell Scarpetta Kay Scarpetta, forensic examiner 16
Monica Ferris Thai Die Needle Craft mystery Betsy Devonshire, needlework shop 12
Betty Hechtman Dead Men Don’t Crochet A Crochet Mystery Molly Pink, amateur sleuth 2
Cindy Keen Reynders Paws-itively Guilty Lexie Lightfoot, Saucy Lucy Cafe 2
Betty Webb Anteater of Death Teddy Bentley, CA zookeeper 1
Annie Seymour Mystery Series by Karen E. Olson
Dead of the Day: soggy April has hit New Haven, Connecticut-along with an unidentified body in the harbor. The strange fact that there were bee stings on the floater gives New Haven Herald police reporter Annie Seymour an intriguing excuse to put off her profile of the new police chief-a piece that becomes a lot more interesting when the subject is gunned down. But this is only the beginning of a killer exposé -because as she connects the dots between the John Doe, the police chief, and the city's struggling immigrant population, Annie's drawing a line between herself and someone who doesn't want her to learn the truth, or live to report it...
Shot Girl: New Haven police reporter Annie Seymour has a talent for running into trouble. So it should come as no surprise when her co-worker's bachelorette party at a local club quickly turns into a crime scene. What is surprising is that the dead club manager in the parking lot happens to be Annie's ex-husband-and the bullet shells around his body match the gun she has in her car . . .
Both titles are ON ORDER The Demon King and I Talk of the Town
The Caruthers sisters are heiresses with privilege, GOSSIP QUEEN DETHRONED! New series features wealth, beauty, and brains. But these party Darlings, what a to-do at the Daily Mail to- wealthy paranormal day! After fifteen years as Chicago's gossip girls have something extra. As the Guard- party girls! guru, Rebecca Covington has been demoted ian Keys, possessors of an ancient from divulger of secrets for the city's elite to Written by family secret, they hold the fate of the headlining recipes in the Home and Food Candace Havens, world in their hands. section. Apparently, a touchy senator is author of the threatening legal action for Rebecca's latest
Charmed books. extramarital scoop. But Windy City rumor has Gillian, the eldest, is a sensation in the art world— it that new CEO and dreamy Pierce Brosnan this world, that is. In her other world she's the look-alike David Sumner downgraded Re- Assassin, a knockout who snuffs out dimension- becca in favor of fresher, younger blood on the social beat.
jumpers who foul up her personal space. She never Industry insiders expect Rebecca to fight her denouement, expected to join forces with one. But when a and inquiring minds have already seen the feisty maven trad- plague of murderous demons plunges the earth in ing quips and searing glances wtih her arresting new boss. darkness, she has no choice but to get a little help Rebecca swears she'll reclaim her shining star status, but can from a being who knows his stuff. ON ORDER the dishy diva even cook? And how can she ignore David's arousing effect on her sensibilities? Don't miss a trick, darlings. Paranormal Author Sparks are going to fly. ON ORDER Women’s Fiction Candace Havens Sherrill Bodine
The House on Tradd Street
Karen White is the Practical Melanie Middleton hates to admit she can author of The Memory see ghosts. But she's going to have to accept it. An of Water, Learning to old man she recently met has died, leaving her his historic Tradd Street home, com- Breathe, Color of plete with housekeeper, dog—and a Light, Pieces of the family of ghosts anxious to tell her Heart, After the Rain, their secrets. Enter Jack Trenholm, a Falling Home, Whis- gorgeous writer obsessed with unsolved mysteries. He has reason to believe that pers of Goodbye, and diamonds from the Confederate Treasury In the Shadows of are hidden in the house. So he turns the charm on Romancing the Web the Rain with Melanie, only to discover he's the smitten one… It turns out Jack's search has caught the Internet Websites for those who love Romantic Fiction attention of a malevolent ghost. Now, Jack and Melanie must unravel a mystery of passion, www.allromancewriters.com heartbreak — and even murder. ON ORDER This site offers everything romance -- all the subgenres from chicklit, contemporary, and erotica to fantasy, historical, para- normal, romantic suspense and everything else in between. Southern Author Users can search by author, title, hero/heroine, character type, & publisher. Although it is a paid site, you can still access quite a lot of information for free. You will spend hours here! Karen White www.likesbooks.com All About Romance is a site that is well known for its honest reviews. No sugarcoating here. If the reviewer didn’t like the latest book from one of the most popular authors, she will tell you so. The mission of AAR is simple: Our mission is to provide a back-fence atmosphere and sense of community for lovers Karen White has won rave reviews for crafting a “powerfully of romance novels; to provide honest, thoughtful and enter- emotional blend of family secrets, Low Country lore, and love.” taining material in order to promote intelligent and diverse discussion about romance novels; and to help readers deter- In her brand-new series, she returns to South Carolina and adds mine how best to spend their romance novel dollar… can’t get some magic and mystery to her well-loved mix… any better than that! YOU CHOOSE! Note: Requests made in Nov & Dec Romance Novels available from publishers in Nov & Dec. See something you like? will be ordered in Jan ‘09. Request it at the library or online at www.pcdl.lib.oh.us
Author Title Subgenre Or FYI
November
Elizabeth Bevarly Ready & Willing Contemporary
Robyn Carr A Virgin River Christmas Virgin River, Bk 4
Shannon Drake Pirate Bride Historical
Cindy Gerard Take No Prisoners Black Ops, Inc Suspense Series Judith Gould Greek Winds of Fury Suspense
Heather Graham Deadly Harvest Suspense
Karen Hawkins Talk of the Town Contemporary
Lisa Hendrix Immortal Warrior Debut Paranormal Medieval/Vikings
Hannah Howell Highland Captive Historical / Scottish Highland
Sherrilyn Kenyon One Silent Night Dark Hunter series, 17
Allie MacKay Tall, Dark, and Kilted Fantasy
Debbie Macomber Small Town Christmas: Return Holiday Collection (reissue) to Promise / Mail Order Bride Cathy Maxwell A Seduction at Christmas Historical Romance
Erin McCarthy Flat-Out Sexy Contemporary (NASCAR setting)
Cheyenne McCray Dark Magic Paranormal - Witchcraft
Kasey Michaels Mischief Becomes Her Sunshine Girls series, 2
Linda Lael Miller A McKettrick Christmas Historical Romance
Catherine Palmer, et al. A Merry Little Christmas 3-in-1 Holiday Anthology
Christie Ridgway Unravel Me Contemporary
December Cherry Adair Night Shadow Night Trilogy, 3 / Suspense
Beverly Barton Dying for You Suspense
Jenna Bayley-Burke Her Cinderella Complex Contemporary
Christie Craig Divorced, Desperate and Romantic Comedy Dating Elaine Fox Bedtime for Bonsai Contemporary
Heather Graham Deadly Gift Suspense
Kay Hooper Blood Sins Noah Bishop Novel Paranormal - Psychic
Hannah Howell Highland Sinner Historical - Medieval Scotland Kate Jacobs Knit Two Friday Night Knitting Club Women’s Fiction Shirley Jump Simply the Best Contemporary Katie MacKalister Zen and the Art of Vampires Paranormal - Vampire Karen MacInerney On the Prowl Paranormal - Werewolf Collen McCullough The Independence of Miss Jane Austen Continuation Mary Bennett Women’s Fiction
FYI: Need more suggestions for the latest titles? Check out the new romance release list at fictiondb.com! Want to know more about the books in this list? Check out the book descriptions at online bookstores or at the author’s personal website — most of them have one! Local Author Jim Bolen -- Dayton, Ohio
No Guts No Glory: My life as a brawler, soldier, mercenary, bounty hunter, body Investigator Virgil Flowers takes on a puzzling — and most alarming — case guard, businessman and all-around nice
guy / Jim Bolen: Jim Bolen is a true Heat Lightning / John Sandford: It's a hot, American badass. He's led a life so on-the- humid summer night in Minnesota, and Flowers edge dangerous that the details of it will is in bed with one of his ex-wives (the second make you insist—as everyone else has— one, if you're keeping count), when the phone that he shouldn't have made it through. No rings. It's Lucas Davenport. There's a body in Guts, No Glory is the hard-knuckle first- Stillwater—two shots to the head, found near a hand account of a man whose fierce dedication to justice and veteran's memorial. And the victim has a lemon fearless sense of adventure have taken him from the streets of in his mouth. Exactly like the body they found Dayton, Ohio to the jungles of Cambodia; from leading enemy last week. The more Flowers works the murders, POW "snatches" in the military's top-secret Special Operations the more convinced he is that someone's keeping a list, and that the Group to being Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt's personal list could have a lot more names on it. If he could only find out what bodyguard; from squaring off nightly in a long string of "Road connects them all . . . and then he does, and he's almost sorry he House"-style bar fights to becoming a South African bounty did. Because if it's true, then this whole thing leads down a lot more hunter, getting paid per head for each terrorist he captured or trails than he thought—and every one of them is booby-trapped. killed. And that's only scratching the surface...For readers of nonfiction action and adventure, combat stories, international Filled with the audacious plotting, rich characters, and brilliant sus- intrigue, and just plain Fight Club -style grit and humor, No Guts, pense that have always made his books "compulsively read- No Glory is a must-read. ON ORDER able" (Los Angeles Times), this is vintage Sandford.
Tsar / Ted Bell: There dwells, somewhere in Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Russia, a man so powerful no one even knows his Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dy- name. His existence is only speculated upon, only nasty / Jeff Pearlman: They were America's whispered about in American corridors of power Team—the high-priced, high-glamour, high- and CIA strategy meetings. Though he is all but flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won invisible, he is pulling strings -- and pulling them three Super Bowls and made as many head- hard. For suddenly, Russia is a far, far more omi- lines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, nous threat than even the most hardened cold the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, warriors ever thought possible. and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys The Russians have their finger on the switch to the European econ- rank among the greatest of all NFL dynasties....award-winning omy and an eye on the American jugular. And, most importantly, writer Jeff Pearlman chronicles the outrageous antics and daz- they want to be made whole again. Should America interfere with zling talent of a team fueled by ego, sex, drugs—and unrivaled Russia's plans to "reintegrate" her rogue states, well then, America greatness. Rising from the ashes of a 1–15 season in 1989 to will pay in blood.…[in this] action-packed tour de force, Alex Hawke capture three Super Bowl trophies in four years, the Dallas Cow- must face a global nightmare of epic proportions. As this political boys were guided by a swashbuckling, skirt-chasing, power- crisis plays out, Russia gains a new leader. Not just a president, but hungry owner, Jerry Jones, and his two eccentric, hard-living a new tsar, a signal to the world that the old, Swashbuckling coaches, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. Together the three imperial Russia is back and plans to have her counter Spy Alex built a juggernaut that America loved and loathed. But for a day. And in America, a mysterious killer, known Hawke returns in team that was so dominant on Sundays, the Cowboys were often only as Happy the Baker, brutally murders an one of New York a dysfunctional circus the rest of the week. Irvin, nicknamed innocent family and literally flattens the small Times bestselling "The Playmaker," battled dual addictions to drugs and women. Midwestern town they once called home. Just a author Ted Bell's Charles Haley, the defensive colossus, presided over the team's taste, according to the new tsar, of what will most explosive tale infamous "White House," where the parties lasted late into the happen if America does not back down. Onto of international night...And then there were Smith and Sanders, whose Texas- this stage must step Alex Hawke, espionage suspense to date! sized egos were eclipsed only by their record-breaking on-field agent extraordinaire and the only man, both performances. With...a narrative as hard-hitting and fast-paced Americans and the Brits agree, who can stop as the team itself, Boys Will Be Boys immortalizes the most be- the absolute madness borne and bred inside the modern police loved—and despised—dynasty in NFL history. state of Vladimir Putin's 'New Russia'. 5th in series. Back-to-Basics Patriotism
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Library Consultant Ryan Perryman from Unique Books (a library distributor of books, DVDs, videos, and audios pub- lished by small and independent presses) donated a beautiful An interactive program for nursing home residents quilt to Outreach Services to be given away in a drawing for nursing home residents. Because Columbus Day is observed The winner was in October Beyond Books focused on Ruby Buriff who Christopher Columbus. Marlene writes: “We talked about Christopher lives in The Green- Columbus -- when he was born and briar. Ruby was so about his sailing trips. We had to call in Guy, the Reference Librarian, to excited she asked answer questions people asked. Who Becky Rogers and discovered America and why was it named America? Why were the people here called Indians? Many Marlene Ressler to people were taught in school that Christopher Co- immediately remake lumbus was trying to prove the world was round. But it had already been proven. One lady asked, ‘If her bed with the a woman married a man who had a Coat of Arms, quilt. “It fit perfectly did the coat of arms become hers too?’ We also played a game with little ships that had to sail from and really looks East to the West. You drew cards to tell you how nice,” Marlene said. Ruby then went to her friends and many spaces to move and in what direction. The first to reach the West was the winner.” neighbor’s rooms and invited them to come see it. In November residents will be making a Ruby’s next project is to get a pillow to put in the matching Christmas Craft. They will be embellishing holiday door hangers. pillow sham.
Thank you, Ryan Perryman and Unique Books! Your kind Prevention Positively Ageless: a 28- generosity really warmed Ruby’s heart! day plan for a younger, slimmer, sexier you / Cheryl Forberg: What Try the Elm Creek Quilts series by Jennifer Chiaverini: does being younger mean to you? Perhaps it’s lifelong good health, free of • The Quilter's Apprentice (1999) the illnesses often associated with ag- • Round Robin (2000) ing—such as heart disease, diabetes, • The Cross-Country Quilters (2001) osteoporosis, and cancer. It could be an • The Runaway Quilt (2002) agile mind, sharp vision, or smooth, • The Quilter's Legacy (2003) wrinkle-free skin. Or maybe it’s a fit • The Master Quilter (2004) body—lean, strong, and flexible, with energy to spare. • The Sugar Camp Quilt (2005)
• The Christmas Quilt (2005) However you define it, being younger is within your grasp. Fol- • Circle of Quilters (2006) low the program in Prevention’s Positively Ageless, and you'll • The Quilter's Homecoming (2007) begin to see measurable improvements in key biomarkers of • The New Year's Quilt (2007) aging in as little as 4 weeks. • The Quilters Kitchen 13
Getting to Know You… Humor Helps
The First Billion is the Hardest: Reflections on a Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer life of comebacks and America’s energy Free- Can Be Really Distracting / Meredith dom / T. Boone Pickens: With a Plan for Reduc- Norton: Lopsided is not your ordinary cancer ing U.S. Oil Dependency: It’s never too late to top memoir. Meredith Norton chronicles every your personal best. Now eighty years old, T. Boone step of her experience, starting with her bi- Pickens is a legendary figure in the business world. zarre symptoms while living in Paris to mov- Known as the “Oracle of Oil” because of his uncanny ing back home to California and living with ability to predict the direction of fuel prices, he built her compulsive parents and their five televi- Mesa Petroleum, one of the largest independent oil sion sets. Irreverent and incredibly funny, Norton rails against companies in the United States, from a $2,500 investment. In the 1980s, self-pity and victimhood and rants about the innumerable cop- Pickens became a household name when he executed a series of unsolic- ies of Lance Armstrong's cancer survival book pressed on her ited buyout bids for undervalued oil companies, in the process reinventing by well-meaning family and friends. the notion of shareholders’ rights. Even his failures were successful in that Alongside the harrowing portrait of her treatments, Norton they forced risk-averse managers to reconsider the way they did business. offers equally amusing memories from her offbeat life. We see When Pickens left Mesa at age sixty-eight after a spectacular downward her childhood time during a somewhat racist ski trip, a family spiral in the company’s profits, many counted him out. Indeed, what fol- reunion at a Florida alligator farm, and her life in a tree house lowed for him was a painful divorce, clinical depression, a temporary inabil- with a neighbor, who, despite being vegan, hates mice enough ity to predict the movement of energy prices, and the loss of 90 percent of to taxidermy them into miniature versions of racecar drivers, his investing capital. But Pickens was far from out. From that personal and Jesus, a UPS delivery man, and Sally Jesse Raphael. professional nadir, Pickens staged one of the most impressive comebacks Like David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs, Norton's ra- in the industry, turning his investment fund’s remaining $3 million into $8 zor-sharp wit is at once riotous and excruciating. Lopsided is billion in profit in just a few years. That made him, at age seventy-seven, the remarkable debut of a masterful humorist. the world’s second-highest-paid hedge fund manager. But he wasn’t done yet. Today, Pickens is making some of the world’s most colossal energy bets. If he has his way, most of America’s cars will eventually run on natu- This Dog Inspires ral gas, and vast swaths of the nation’s prairie land will become places Faith Alone: Stories of an Amazing where wind can be harnessed for power generation. Dog / Jude Stringfellow: According to the author, Faith Stringfellow is an amaz- Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir / Bill ing little dog, with an even more amazing O'Reilly / One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom story. Faith suffered from a birth defect, of St. Brigid’s parochial school, an exasperated Sister she became a member of our family Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O’Reilly when she was just a three-week old and said, “William, you are a bold, fresh piece of human- puppy. My son Reuben (17) picked Faith ity.” Little did she know that she was, early in his career out of a litter of puppies that his friend's as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill O’Reilly dog had recently given birth to. Several and providing him with the title of his brash and enter- of the puppies were deformed; a few had already died. The taining issues-based memoir. And this time it’s personal. In his most inti- mother dog was actually trying to terminate Faith's life when mate book yet, O’Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, Reuben lifted her weak body out from under the mother dog; and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid he brought her home to me knowing I had a heart like a to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. Read- marshmellow. Even though Faith has this defect we taught her ers will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his to stand, hop, and eventually walk on her two back legs, like a family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views human. She's been a great dog and we forget she's handi- on America’s proper role in the world emerged from covering four wars on capped. You'll turn around and she's chasing the geese at the five continents over three-plus decades as a news correspondent. What will park, running, jumping, skipping, and acting like any other delight his numerous fans and surprise many others is the humor and self- dog...well, any other dog with a nose reach of 40" from the deprecation with which he handles one of his core subjects: himself, and ground!...” just how O’Reilly became O’Reilly. Learn more: www.faiththedog.net/story.asp Stories of Love and Faith
Series Fiction Single Titles -- Love Inspired -- • The Longing / Beverly Lewis Hidden Treasures / Kathryn Springer • Stepping Into Sunlight / Sharon Hinck A Dry Creek Courtship / Janet Tronstad At His Command / Brenda Coulter • Tuesday Night At the Blue Moon / Debbie Fuller The Cowboy Takes a Bride / Debra Clopton Thomas Deep in the Heart / Jane Myers Perrine • Miss Fortune: An Allie Fortune Mystery / Sara Mills
• I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires / Cathy Gohlke -- Love Inspired Historical-- • Waiting For Daybreak / Kathryn Cushman Courting Miss Adelaide ( Courting Series , Bk 1) / • Janet Dean Rebecca’s Reward (Daughters of Blessing, Bk 4) / Family of the Heart / Dorothy Clark Lauraine Snelling
-- Love Inspired Suspense -- Badge of Honor / Carol Steward The Face of Deceit / Ramona Richards Double Cross / Terri Reed Queen of Christian Fiction Final Deposit / Lisa Harris River of Secrets / Lynette Eason Karen Kingsbury
-- Heartsong Presents -- Sunset (Sunrise Series, 4): As John Baxter makes Only Today / Jeri Odell plans to marry Elaine, one of the Bax- The Long Road Home / Rachel Druten Out of the Blue / Janice A. Thompson ters enters into the most trying season The Greatest Find / Paige Winship Dooly of all. During a time of renewed love Reckless Rogue / Mary Davis and hope for the future, the Baxters In the Pursuit of Peace / Jennifer Johnson try to come together to establish the Picture This / Nancy J. Farrier Quills & Promises ( Delaware Brides , Bk 2) / sacred ground of marriage and to Amber Miller chart a course for the future. Memories of times gone by meet with the changes of today in a story that proves only the support of faith and family can take a person -- Steeple Hill Café -- into the sunset years of life.
Picket Fence Promises / Kathryn Springer:
Twenty years and several pounds ago… I was Bernice Strum, hairstylist to the stars. Until I fell Karen’s Books into Movies for—and got pregnant by—Alex Scott, a hand- some actor with a career on the rise. But I gave Like Dandelion Dust -- Currently in production. Look my baby up for adoption and moved across the for it in theaters in 2009. country to settle in Prichett, Wisconsin. I made A Thousand Tomorrows -- Currently friends, started a faith journey, and then one in development. Too early in the proc- day I got a call from my now-adult daughter ess for a release date. that turned my world upside down… and brought Alex back into my life. Now he's here (living in my Website for Karen Kingsbury: dream house!) and he wants to pick up where we left off—but www.karenkingsbury.com/ how can I trust his picket-fence promises when he's not a be- liever in anything but himself?
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Movie Trivia Let’s Go to the Movies -- Splash: Before Tom Hanks took the role, the part of Allen Bauer was in the ‘80s! turned down by John Travolta, Bill Murray, and Dudley Moore. Bachelor Party: It’s been claimed that the theme for the movie was inspired by the real life bachelor party of producer Bob Israel. Romancing the Stone: The treasure map that is integral to the movie was designed by puzzle columnist Dr. Crypton. Police Academy: It was filmed in forty days. Space Balls: The scene with Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) playing with his dolls was not in the script. Mel Brooks came up with the idea and told it to Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene, including the dialogue.
Adventures in Babysitting: Actor Andrew Shue, Elisabeth Shue's 1984 brother, has a role as an extra at the frat party. He is at the bar laugh- Splash: A man is reunited with a mermaid who saves him ing at Daryl. from drowning as a boy and falls in love not knowing who/ what she is. COMING SOON Working Girl: The Petty Marsh (where Melanie and Sigourney worked) Bachelor Party: A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw lobby scenes were filmed in the lobby of the World Trade Center, de- him the ultimate bachelor party. stroyed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11 Romancing the Stone: A romance writer sets off to Co- lombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds her- Turner & Hooch: Henry Winkler was set to direct the film, but he and self in the middle of a dangerous adventure. Tom Hanks didn’t get along. He was fired and replaced with director Police Academy: A romance writer sets off to Colombia to Roger Spottiswoode. ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure. If you would like to learn more trivia about these films, please go online to:
Internet Movie Database at www.imdb.com 1987 Space Balls: Planet Spaceball's President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply If you are interested in finding out more about other ‘80s movies, check out of air to replenish their own. Only Lone Starr can stop them. this cool website! The 80’s Rewind at www.fast-rewind.com/ Adventures in Babysitting: Chris has a big night out planned when her boyfriend cancels on her. She agrees to babysit for a pre-teen girl and a pubescent boy -- and the fun begins.
1988 Working Girl: When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretend- ing she has her boss's job.
1989 Turner & Hooch: A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. Eat This Not That for Kids / David The Hunger Game / Suzanne Zinczenko & Matt Goulding: This Collins: In the ruins of a place once must-have guide...offers detailed analysis and nutritional tips on thousands of the known as North America lies the most popular food choices for kids. Cov- nation of Panem, a shining Capitol ering the best and worst options avail- surrounded by twelve outlying dis- able at the most popular restaurants in tricts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel the country as well as the healthiest— and most harmful—foods in the super- and keeps the districts in line by market aisles, if kids are eating it, this forcing them all to send one boy book is probably analyzing it. and one girl between the ages of Other features include: • Restaurant Report Cards on the best chain restaurants for kids twelve and eighteen to participate in • Drink This, Not That! for Kids the annual Hunger Games, a fight to • The 20 Worst Kids' Meals in America the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, • 10 "Healthy" Foods that Aren't who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards • The 8 Foods You Should Feed Your Kid Every Day it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her Inheritance Cycle Series -- Fantasy Fiction for Teens district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival. Brisingr (Inheritance Cycle Bk 3) / Paper Towns / John Green: Christopher Paolini: Following the colos- When Margo Roth Spiegelman beck- sal battle against the Empire's warriors on ons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle the Burning Plains, Eragon and his dragon, of the night-dressed like a ninja and Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their plotting an ingenious campaign of lives. Still there is more at hand for the Rider revenge-he follows her. Margo's and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself always planned extravagantly, and, bound by a tangle of promises he may not until now, she's always planned be able to keep. solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q . . . until day breaks and FYI: We all know that Christopher Paolini wrote the first draft for she has vanished. Always an Eragon when he was just 15 years old. But did you know that he enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are was homeschooled by his parents? Read more about this interesting clues. And they're for Q. author at the following site: www.alagaesia.com/christopherpaolini.htm
Printz Medalist John Green returns with the trademark brilliant wit Dragon Trivia and heart-stopping • A female dragon is a dragoness. A small or young dragon is a emotional honesty that dragonet. have inspired a new • It was once believed that draconite stone came from the head generation of readers. of a dragon. • The most common dragon to appear in British folklore - The Worm (Wurm): This variety has poisonous breath but no wings or arms to speak of. • Cool site: www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/index.html
Publication created by Cheryl Richter, 2008 All book synopsis’ taken from the product summary unless otherwise noted.