My LINKcat AccountDo you recall a couple of weeks ago when I sort of got ahead of myself and was counting down the days until Thanksgiving and Christmas? Well, today I'm not ahead of myself at all. It is exactly two (count them, two) weeks until Thanksgiving and this year, Thanksgiving Day is four weeks from Christmas. You'll notice that I said "this year". That's because Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of the month and sometimes the month starts on a Thursday so the fourth Thursday is the 22nd which would leave five weeks until Christmas. By presidential proclamation, Abraham Lincoln set the date of Thanksgiving as the final Thursday of November. In 1941, FDR signed a joint resolution of Congress making the fourth Thursday of November the day to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The choice of the fourth Thursday was an attempt to stimulate the economy by allowing more time to shop before Christmas. Usually this plan works. This year it didn't. I don't think you can get a later date to celebrate Thanksgiving Day than the 28th. I know. Too much information. One of the hazards of being a librarian. Fall books do continue to arrive. Below you will find many new and exciting titles from which to choose. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
The Embassy House / by Morgan Jones.
What's so funny? : my hilarious life / by Tim Conway. The six-time Emmy Award-winning funny man best known for his characters on "The Carol Burnett Show" offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.
History decoded : solving the ten greatest conspiracies of all time / by Brad Meltzer. A book inspired by the History Network show of the same name explores fascinating, unexplained questions. including: Is Fort Knox empty? Why was Hitler so intent on capturing the Roman "Spear of Destiny?" What's the government hiding in Area 51? Where did the Confederacy's $19 million in gold and silver go at the end of the Civil War? Did Lee Harvey Oswald really act alone? and much more.
Dot complicated : untangling our wired lives / by Randi Zuckerberg. Sharing both her personal and professional story, the former marketing director of Facebook and CEO and Founder of Zuckerberg Media reveals how she balances her career with motherhood.
For the next generation : a wake-up call to solving our nation's problems / by Debbie Schultz. The Democratic National Committee chair and Florida Congresswoman calls for strategic changes in such areas as energy, healthcare and the economy to secure American livelihoods and stability for the next generation, citing political practices that are compromising national interests.
Johnny Carson / by Henry Bushkin. An unreserved and incisive account of the "King of Late Night's" career and personal life at the height of his fame and influence is shared from the perspective of his lawyer, wingman, fixer and closest confidant.
Lincoln in the world : the making of a statesman and the dawn of American power / by Kevin Peraino. A study on the 16th President's evolution as a seminal foreign-policy leader explores his lesser-known roles in America's rise to a world power, analyzing six distinct episodes that defined his foreign policy stance and enabled him to maintain a careful balance during the tumultuous war years.
New Fiction
Silencing Eve / by Iris Johansen. In this thrilling-and shocking-conclusion to the latest Eve Duncan trilogy, the prey is cornered and the secrets of Eve's past might ultimately become her undoing
Solo : a James Bond novel / by William Boyd. Secret Agent 007, a.k.a. James Bond, returns for a new mission in this action-packed thriller.
Storm front / by John Sandford. Approached by an Israeli police officer who is tailing a man in possession of a stolen religious relic, Virgil Flowers learns that the artifact reveals startling details about the biblical King Solomon and that dangerous rivals are killing everyone who would protect it.
Sycamore row / by John Grisham. "A Time to Kill"'s Jake Brigance returns in a dramatic courtroom showdown that confronts the tortured history of Ford County, where intrigue, suspense and plot twists challenge a small Southern community's pursuit of justice.
The all-girl filling station's last reunion : a novel / by Fannie Flagg. The best-selling author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café" presents a hilarious new mystery that, spanning decades, generations and America in the 1940s and today, centers around five women who worked in a Phillips 66 gas station during the WWII years.
Bellman & Black : a novel / by Diane Setterfield. Killing a bird with his slingshot as a boy, William Bellman grows up a wealthy family man unaware of how his act of childhood cruelty will have terrible consequences until a wrenching tragedy compels him to enter into a macabre bargain with a stranger in black. By the best-selling author of "The Thirteenth Tale".
Fifteen minutes : a novel / by Karen Kingsbury. Becoming the most popular contestant on the TV show "Fifteen Minutes", singer Zack Dylan finds the choices he makes as he gets closer to winning it all lead him to the brink of personal disaster and away from his faith in God.
Nostalgia / by Dennis McFarland. Leaving his schoolteacher sister and his baseball career to serve in the Civil War, young Summerfield Hayes struggles with secret feelings for his sister throughout grueling battlefield experiences and while seeking shelter and a sense of identity after being abandoned by his comrades. By the best-selling author of "A Face at the Window".