My LINKcat AccountIt seems as if it's suddenly Fall, and not just that friendly, warm-days-crisp-night Fall, but the relentlessly, grey-skied days of November that herald the transition from Fall to Winter. The growing season has abruptly and absolutely ended. The thermometer has been below the freezing mark for a number of hours on a number of days and while we have yet to have had a hard freeze there aren't many flowers still blooming that haven't had some human intervention (although I do have a tomato plant on my porch that is still sending forth blossoms on the two green stalks it has left). Birds have been migrating through. The white-crowned sparrows came back about 4 weeks ago and I'm still hearing them. Migratory flocks of robins are around town sparrows are flocking up. It seems like there have been more hawks around and turkey vultures. Birds that live much further north, where there is already snow cover and therefore food shortages are staging south. And we're lucky enough to be on their route. All those robins that were chirping around so noisily all Spring and Summer started getting quite in July and started flocking up at the end of August. We get to have robins again for a while as more northern nesters come back through on the way to where they will spend their winter vacations. I don't know about you, but a cold, gloomy Fall day is the perfect time to curl up with a couple of cats, a hot cup of tea, some blanket-type cover for the legs, and a good book. Speaking of good books, we have a number of new titles for you to peruse this week. Enjoy!
New Non-Fiction
Eat to live cookbook : 200 delicious nutrient-rich recipes for fast and sustained weight loss, reversing disease, and lifelong health / by Joel Fuhrman. A nationally-recognized expert in the field of health and nutrition presents this long-awaited cookbook companion to the "New York Times" best-selling "Eat to Live" diet that includes the latest nutritional science, success stories and meals for every occasion.
Focus : the hidden driver of excellence / by Daniel Goleman. Drawing on cutting-edge research along with practical findings, this landmark book on the science of attention reveals what distinguishes experts from amateurs and stars from average performers, and urges readers to pay attention to what matters to them most.
Camelot's court : inside the Kennedy White House / by Robert Dallek. The leading authority on JFK presents an authoritative portrait of the president and his inner circle of advisors who, despite being the best and the brightest, ignited fiery debates behind closed doors due to their personal ambitions and clashing beliefs.
One summer : America, 1927 / by Bill Bryson. The award-winning author of "A Short History of Nearly Everything" recounts the story of a pivotal cultural year in the United States when mainstream pursuits and historical events were marked by contributions by such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth and Al Capone.
Who really killed Kennedy? : 50 years later, stunning new revelations about the JFK assassination / by Jerome Corsi. Each chapter examines the strongest alternate theories regarding the assassination of JFK, including theories surrounding the mob, the CIA, Cuban radicals, LBJ, right-wing extremists and more.
They killed our president : 63 reasons to believe there was a conspiracy to assassinate JFK / by Jesse Ventura with Dick Russell and David Wayne. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK, a former Navy SEAL and governor of Minnesota teams up with a successful author and some of the most respected and influential assassination researchers to provide all the conspiracy angles of this notable event in American history.
New Fiction
Christmas bliss / by Mary Kay Andrews. As the holidays approach, Savannah antique dealer Weezie Foley is distracted by both her upcoming wedding and her best friend and maid-of-honor BeBe Loudermilk, who, due to give birth any day, is still adamantly refusing to marry her live-in-love Harry.
The dogs of Christmas / by W. Bruce Cameron. When his neighbor abandons his very pregnant dog Lucy at his Colorado home, Josh Michaels, recovering from a broken heart, learns to care for Lucy's tiny puppies with the help of local animal shelter worker Kerri, a beautiful woman with a quick wit and fierce love for animals.
Quiet dell : a novel / by Jayne Anne Phillips. In 1931, Emily Thornhill, one of the few women in the Chicago press, covers the murders of Asta Eicher and her three children and, obsessed with finding out what happened to this beautiful family, allies herself with the man funding the investigation who is wracked with guilt for not saving Asta himself.
The tilted world : a novel / by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly. In 1927, as the Mississippi river threatens to burst its banks and engulf all in its path, two federal revenue agents investigate the disappearance of two fellow agents on the trail of a local bootlegger and make a discovery that pits them against a saboteur, forcing them to make desperate choices.
The pure gold baby / by Margaret Drabble. Her promising career in 1960s London interrupted by an affair with a married professor that renders her a single mother, anthropology student Jessica Speight faces wrenching questions about responsibility, potential and compassion when her sunny child reveals unique needs. By the renowned author of "The Sea Lady".
The chocolate book bandit / by Joanna Carl. Chocolate shop owner Lee McKinney Woodyard investigates the murder of a retiring member of the library board at a board meeting where all in attendance are suspect in the 13th novel in the series following "The Chocolate Moose Motive".
Close-up on murder : a novel / by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain. Art imitates life when a movie crew filming an adaptation of a case solved by sleuth Jessica Fletcher in her hometown of Cabot Cove experiences a murder mystery of their own in this new addition to the long-standing mystery series.