My LINKcat AccountToday, October 17th, is exactly two weeks (that's 14 days or 336 hours) from Halloween - the first of the late Fall holidays and one of the most child-oriented of the annual calendar. Some holidays have added a bit of a pay-off for kids by adding candy to a pre-existing holiday (Easter and the 4th of July (Parade) leap to mind). But Halloween is the big one where candy and treat accumulation and playing tricks, which include dressing up in costume, are pretty much the point of the holiday. The next big Fall holiday also includes consuming mass quantities but Thanksgiving isn't really a child-based holiday. For those of you who are hosting Thanksgiving dinners, November 28th is 28 days from Halloween (That's 672 hours.). After Thanksgiving we start speeding towards the pinnacle of child-based holidays, Christmas! Which is only 26 days from Thanksgiving (or 624 hours) and 54 days (1296 hours) from Halloween or 68 days from October 17th (1632 hours). So, now that you have a sense of how much time you have for planning for the upcoming holidays and planning for your upcoming reading, cast your eyes down the page to see some of the exciting new books that have arrived at the library. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Disease-proof : the remarkable truth about what makes us well / by David Katz. Helps readers make lasting behavioral changes to increase health, well-being and even reduce the risk of chronic diseases through managing their weight, improving their immune systems and even reprogramming their genes.
Miss Manners minds your business / by Judith Martin. This tongue-in-cheek guide to workplace etiquette equips readers with the practical, pertinent and politically correct advice necessary to win the job, keep the job and leave the job with sanity and dignity intact.
Countdown : our last, best hope for a future on earth? / by Alan Weisman. The author visits 20 countries around the world to get their take on the sustainability of human life on the planet, discussing optimum population and how to prosper without endless growth in this follow-up to "The World Without Us".
David and Goliath : underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants / by Malcolm Gladwell. The best-selling author of "Outliers" uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, the powerful and the dispossessed.
Jeffrey Gitomer's 21.5 unbreakable laws of selling : proven actions you must take to make easier, faster, bigger sales-- now and forever! by Jeffrey Gitomer. Delivers universal truths on how to best make a sale, including: Deliver Value First, Ask Before Telling, Communicate in Terms of Them, Become Your Own Brand, Earn Referrals and Testimonials Without Asking, Create Loyal Customers and much more.
O, what a luxury : verses lyrical, vulgar, pathetic & profound / by Garrison Keillor. The celebrated radio host of "A Prairie Home Companion" presents his first collection of poetry, featuring his reflections on daily life, love, politics and religion in verse that reflects his characteristic humor and insight.
New Fiction
A man of his own / by Susan Wilson. Returning home from World War II with injuries that shatter his professional baseball dreams, Rick Stanton is reunited with his beloved dog, Pax, who had been volunteered for the Army's K-9 Corp and who has forged an equally strong bond with a soldier who joins Rick's family. By the author of "The Dog Who Danced".
Bridget Jones : mad about the boy / by Helen Fielding. A long-awaited third installment in the series featuring the beloved haphazard British heroine introduces readers to an engaging new phase of Bridget's life in contemporary London, where she faces the challenges of maintaining her sex appeal, engages in drunken texting and despairs of fitting into skinny jeans.
The big crowd / by Kevin Baker. Inspired by a real-life mid-20th century mayor, this dramatic novel follows two Irish brothers-one fallen political star accused of corruption and the other a young DA desperately trying to clear his name-as they navigate through a dangerous world of socialites, politicians, righteous reformers and cold-blooded gangsters to find the truth.
Loss of Innocence / by Richard North Patterson. A sweeping family drama of dark secrets and individual awakenings is set against the backdrop of the turbulent summer of 1968 in Martha's Vineyard, where 22-year-old Whitney Dane begins questioning her goals and sense of independence at the side of a fiercely ambitious, underprivileged man. By the best-selling author of "Degree of Guilt".
The signature of all things : a novel / by Elizabeth Gilbert. The best-selling author of "Eat, Pray, Love" traces the multi-generational saga of the Whittaker family, whose progenitor makes a fortune in the quinine trade before his daughter, a gifted botanist, researches the mysteries of evolution while falling in love with an utopian artist against a backdrop of the Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
The spymistress : a novel / by Jennifer Chiaverini. Pledging her loyalty to the North at the risk of her life when her native Virginia secedes, Quaker-educated aristocrat Elizabeth Van Lew uses her innate skills for gathering military intelligence to help construct the Richmond underground and orchestrate escapes from the infamous Confederate Libby Prison. By the best-selling author of "Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker".
Christmas carol murder : a Lucy Stone mystery / by Leslie Meier. When Jake Marlowe, a co-owner of Downeast Mortgage in Tinker's Cove, Maine, is murdered, and his partner, Ben Scriber, begins receiving death threats after claiming to be visited by Marlowe's ghost, Lucy Stone is on the case.
Possession : a novel of the fallen angels / by J.R. Ward. A disgruntled fallen angel must decide between saving one soul between a pair of twin brothers who are in love with the same woman in the fifth novel of the best-selling series following "Rapture".
The October list / by Jeffery Deaver. A woman tries to evade the police while negotiating with the kidnapper who took her daughter in this new thriller from the "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Bone Collector".