My LINKcat AccountHere we are in March, and so far it has been coming in more like a lamb than a lion. But this meteorological analysis is based only on the first three days of the month which have had a high percentage of sunshine. Of course, as anyone who has lived in Wisconsin for more than few minutes knows, March is the month for all the high school basketball tournaments. And, as anyone who has lived in Wisconsin for more than a few minutes knows, there is often ("Very often", some would say. Well, some might even say "always") a major snow storm during basketball tournament season. Now that snow storm may not appear during the boys' tournament but wait until the girls play, or it may hit both of the tournaments. These March snow storms are usually that heavy, wet snow you get when the temperatures are warmer (So the air can hold more moisture --physics is not always our friend.). The good news is that in March whatever snow we get won't last long because spring is coming at us very fast (March 20th). Before you start spring cleaning, and gardening, and all those other outdoorsy things you've been waiting to do all winter, remember there are still plenty of days left to sit a read a good book. And speaking of good books, we just happen to have some! Below you will find some of the books that have been arriving at the library. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
The art of freedom : teaching the humanities to the poor / by Earl Shorris. Documents the author's observations of circumstances reflected in a maximum-security prison and subsequent launch of a humanities college course for dropouts, immigrants and former inmates who eventually became high-achieving contributors to society, tracing how his course expanded throughout the world to help combat poverty-related imprisonment rates.
Sticks and stones : defeating the culture of bullying and rediscovering the power of character and empathy by Emily Bazelon. The "Slate" senior editor whose reportage covered the 2010 suicide case of Phoebe Prince offers insights into teen bullying in the Internet era, counseling parents, educators, advocates and kids on how to understand its dynamics and consequences and take appropriate protective measures.
Blackett's war / by Stephen Budiansky. Documents the lesser-known story of a small group of British and American scientists who applied intellectual strategies to battle techniques and revolutionized the process of how wars are waged and won, citing the particular contributions of operational research founder and future Nobel winner Patrick Blackett.
New Fiction
Forbidden sister / by V.C. Andrews. When she discovers that her sister Roxy, who was kicked out the house by their father eight years earlier, has become a high-priced New York call girl, Emmie sets out to spy on her sister and learn more about her life, setting in motion a chain of events that could destroy her family for good.
- The storyteller : a novel / by Jodi Picoult. Becoming friends with Josef Weber, an old man who's particularly loved in her community, Sage Singer is shocked when one day he asks her to kill him and reveals why he deserves to die, causing her question her beliefs--and to wonder if his request would be murder or justice.
- Bad blood. by Dana Stabenow. When a suspect in the murder of a young Kushtaka ne'er-do-well disappears and a second murder occurs, causing tensions between the Kushtaka and Kuskulana to escalate, Sergeant Jim Chopins calls in Kate Shugak for help, but even her Park relationships may not be enough to find the truth.
- Calculated in death / by J.D. Robb. When Marta Dickenson, a well-off accountant and a beloved wife and mother, is murdered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, using herself as bait, immerses herself in her billionaire husband Roarke's world of big business to figure who hired a hit on an innocent woman.
- Alex Cross, run / by James Patterson. In the aftermath of a disgraced plastic surgeon's release from prison, Detective Alex Cross investigates the murder of a young mother whose newborn has disappeared, a case that is further complicated by two additional killings. By the Edgar Award-winning author of the Women's Murder Club series.
- The day is dark / by Ysra Sigurdardottir. When contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh and sparsely population region on the coast of Greenland, Thora Gudmundsdottir's investigations reveal another recent disappearance before she encounters unexpected local resistance and rumors about a curse.
- Deadly stakes : a novel / by J.A. Jance. Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers and must stop a dangerous killer from striking again.
- Touch & go / by Lisa Gardner. When Justin and Libby Denbe, along with their beautiful 15-year-old daughter, disappear, investigator Tessa Leone must race against time to expose the Denbes' darkest secrets to discover who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family and just how far they are willing to go.
- Guilt / by Jonathan Kellerman. When he is consulted on a cold case involving the discovery of infant remains in a neglected fixer-upper Tudor mansion, psychologist-investigator Alex Delaware, tracing the long history of past residents, is led down a bloody path littered with unprecedented narcissism and unspeakable cruelty.