MAIL-A-BOOK 2019 CATALOG NO. 2 | SAVE THIS CATALOG | GOOD THROUGH JUNE 2021 5528 EMERALD AVENUE, MOUNTAIN IRON, MINNESOTA 55768 218-741-3840 | www.alslib.info | [email protected] Mail-A-Book Arrowhead Library System 5528 Emerald Avenue Mountain Iron, MN 55768-2069 218-741-3840 (Main Office) 1-800-257-1442 (Toll Free) 218-748-2171 (FAX) [email protected] www.alslib.info/services/mail-a-book www.facebook.com/alslibinfo Table of Contents Audiobooks ......................................... 1 Bestsellers ............................................ 5 Cookbooks, Health & Parenting ......... 8 DVDs ................................................. 10 Fiction ................................................ 17 Home & Garden ................................ 21 Inspirational ....................................... 23 Juvenile Non-Fiction ......................... 26 Middle Readers ................................. 27 Minnesota Books ............................... 28 Fiction....................................... 28 Non-Fiction .............................. 29 Music CDs ......................................... 30 Mystery .............................................. 31 Non-Fiction ....................................... 34 Old Favorites ..................................... 36 Picture Books .................................... 37 Board Books ............................. 37 Book and CD Sets .................... 38 Romance ............................................ 38 Harlequin Bookmark ................ 42 Love Inspired Bookmark ......... 43 Science Fiction & Fantasy ................ 44 Video Games ..................................... 45 Westerns ............................................ 46 Young Adult ...................................... 47 *Cover photo provided by Anne Grierson, Mail-A-Book Clerk. AUDIOBOOKS of American piracy's “Golden Age” which spanned the late 1600s through the early 1700s. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green (9.5 hrs.) Black Swan Rising by Lisa Brackman (12.5 hrs.) The first to document the appearance of the Carls, giant Sarah Price wants a career in politics. But she has a robot-like statues popping up around the world, April secret past that won't stay past, threatening her job on a May finds herself at the center of an intense San Diego congressman's re-election campaign. international media spotlight that puts her at risk. Capitalism in America by Alan Greenspan The Actor’s Life by Jenna Fischer (7.5 hrs.) (16.5 hrs.) With amusing candor and wit, Fischer spells out the From the legendary former Fed Chairman and nuts and bolts of getting established in the acting acclaimed Economist writer and historian, the full, epic profession, based on her own memorable and hilarious story of America's evolution from a small patchwork of experiences. threadbare colonies to the most powerful engine of wealth and innovation the world has ever seen. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life by Eric Idle (8 hrs.) Count Girls in by Karen Panetta (9 hrs.) From the ingenious comic performer, founding member Compelling research makes it clear that there's a place of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an for all girls and young women, not just science-fair absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and candor. winners and robotics-club members, in STEM classes and careers. Avengers vs X-Men (5 hrs.) The Avengers and the X-Men - the two most popular Dreamers by Yuyi Morales (0.25 hrs.) super-hero teams in history - go to war! This landmark The incredible true story of a Caldecott Honor and Pura pop-culture event brings together Iron Man, Captain Belpré Award-winning author and illustrator's America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, Spider-Man, immigration to America is a lasting testament to the Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Magneto and more in the immigrant's journey. story that changes them forever! Elevation by Stephen King (3.5 hrs.) Becoming by Michelle Obama (19 hrs.) In the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, unlikely In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, alliances, a foot race, and the mystery of Scott Carey's Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic weight loss bring out the best in people who have and compelling women of our era. indulged the worst in themselves. Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts (14 hrs.) (3.5 hrs.) Tells the story behind The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the A practical guide to effecting change in today's world book that inspired the iconic film, through the eyes of from Senator Bernie Sanders. author L. Frank Baum's intrepid wife, Maud. Black Flags, Blue Waters by Eric Jay Dolin Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin (26.5 hrs.) (10.5 hrs.) Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, this House Targaryen, the only family of dragonlords to audiobook reveals the dramatic and surprising history survive the Doom of Valyria, took up residence on Dragonstone. Their tale begins with the legendary 1 Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella (12.5 hrs.) goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who Fixie Farr has always lived by her father's motto: fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the 'Family first.' And since her dad passed away, leaving civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. his charming housewares store in the hands of his wife and children, Fixie spends all her time picking up the Fly Girls by Keith O’Brien (12 hrs.) slack from her siblings instead of striking out on her Traces the story of five women, including Amelia own. Earhart, who successfully fought to compete against men in the high-stakes national air races of the 1920s Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina and 1930s. Lauren (7.5 hrs.) Foul-mouthed, quirky, sharp-as-a-whip Hazel never The Friendship War by Andrew Clements (4 hrs.) thought she would win the heart of her gorgeous college A girl who has always enjoyed the spotlight encounters TA, Josh. And, in fact, she didn't. But what a difference an unexpected rival in her own best friend, who has ten years can make. accidentally triggered a hot new fad at school. Laurentian Divide by Sarah Stonich (9.5 hrs.) Go to My Grave by Catriona McPherson (4.5 hrs.) Bitter winters are nothing new in Hatchet Inlet, hard up Donna Weaver has put everything she has into restoring against the ridge of the Laurentian Divide, but the The Breakers, an old bed and breakfast on a remote advent of spring can't thaw the community's collective stretch of beach in Galloway. Now it sits waiting for the grief, lingering since a senseless tragedy that happened first guests to arrive. during the previous fall. The Greatest Neighbor by Fred Rogers (14 hrs.) The Library Book by Suan Orlean (12 hrs.) Maxwell King delivers the first full-length biography of Susan Orlean re-opens the unsolved mystery of the Fred Rogers, telling the story of this utterly unique and most catastrophic library fire in American history, and enduring American icon. delivers a dazzling love letter to the beloved institution of libraries. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman (6.5 hrs.) Life According to Og the Frog by Betty G. Birney At last, the full story behind the Megan Mullally and (4 hrs.) Nick Offerman's epic romance, sharing stories, When Og the Frog first comes to Room 26, he doesn't portraits, and the occasional puzzle, all telling the know what to think. He misses his friends from the smoldering tale that has fascinated Hollywood for over pond, there are all kinds of strange noises, and the water a decade. is his tank just might be too clean (you know, a little muck never hurt anyone). But the furry, squeaky fellow Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson (4 hrs.) living next to him is endlessly entertaining, the kids When six middle school classmates are gathered sure are friendly, and--BING, BANG, BOING!--they together for a weekly chat, they fear this new unfamiliar put big fat crickets right into his tank. situation and wonder what their teacher thinks they are supposed to get out of the experience. In an abandoned Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (3.5 hrs.) art room, with no adults, the six get to know one When Louisiana’s granny wakes her up in the middle of another and realize that, in this room, it's safe to discuss the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived the things that are bothering them. and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many 2 middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are Pops by Michael Chabon (2.25 hrs.) different. For the September 2016 issue of GQ, Michael Chabon wrote a piece about accompanying his son Abraham, Northern Lights by Raymond Strom (7.5 hrs.) then thirteen, to Paris Men's Fashion Week. Despite his On a clear morning in the summer of 1997, Shane own indifference, what gradually emerged as Chabon Stephenson arrives in Holm, Minnesota, with only a ferried his son to and from fashion shows was a deep few changes of clothes, an old Nintendo, and a few respect for his son's passion. With the GQ story as its dollars to his name. Reeling from the death of his centerpiece and featuring six additional essays plus an father, Shane wants not only to find the mother who introduction, this book illuminates the meaning, magic, abandoned him as an adolescent, hoping to reconnect, and mysteries of fatherhood. but also to understand himself better. The Reckoning by John Grisham (18 hrs.) Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (16.5 hrs.) Pete Banning was Clanton's favorite son, a returning As the novel opens, a small girl is rescued from a war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, wintry river that winds through a village older than father, neighbor, and a faithful member of the memory, a river that is central to the lives and Methodist church. Then one cool October morning in imaginations of the people who live on its banks.