Annotations from Baker & Taylor

After the War Zone: A Practical Guide for Returning Troops and Their Families

Slone, Laurie B. / Friedman, Matthew J.

A highly practical, user-friendly guide to homecoming-including common after-effects of war zone exposure and how to cope-for returning troops and their families.

The Baby Food Bible: A Complete Guide to Feeding Your Children, from Infancy on

Behan, Eileen

The author of the best-selling Eat Well, Lose Weight shows parents how they can do their part in preventing the onset of childhood obesity by feeding children properly from the beginning, explaining how to create a balanced diet for infants, introduce table foods, and deal with food allergies, in a guide that includes helpful recipes and resources.

Best-Ever Backyard Birding Tips: Hundreds of Easy Ways to Attract the Birds You Love to Watch

Martin, Deborah L. / Rodale Garden Books (EDT)

Shares accessible tips for inviting feathered friends into a yard, counseling bird-watching enthusiasts of any experience on how to attract different varieties of birds, from hummingbirds to blue jays, by implementing specific water, shelter, and seed combinations.

Bringing Up Geeks: How to Protect Your Kid’s Childhood in a Grow-up-too-fast World

Hicks, Marybeth

Redefining “Geek” to mean Genuine, Enthusiastic, Empowered Kids, a groundbreaking parenting manual explains how parents can help children gain the enthusiasm to pursue their own passions rather than the latest fashions, confidence to resist peer pressure and destructive behavior, love of learning, and maturity to value family and make good moral choices.

The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be Fabulously Green

Vartan, Starre

A practical handbook for young women in their twenties and thirties shares the secrets of eco-friendly living with style, furnishing hundreds of ideas on how to be environmentally smart and trend-setting at the same time, from purchasing vintage and recycled jewelry, to wearing “green” organic fabrics, to using recycled paper products at home and in the workplace.

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

Emery, Carla

A revised and expanded guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living uses anecdotes, advice, and good humor to introduce a wide array of topics, from growing food to cooking and canning, cultivating a garden, raising farm animals, churning butter, and more.

Home to Roost: A Backyard Farmer Chases Chickens Through the Ages

Sheasley, Bob

A lighthearted scientific history of the chicken is interspersed with the author’s story of tending his backyard poultry farm throughout the course of a year, in an account that features such topics as the role of the chicken in folk medicine and technology, what a chicken’s DNA reveals about its relation to humans, and how classical music can bolster egg laying.

Persuasion IQ: The 10 Skills You Need to Get Exactly What You Want

Mortensen, Kurt W.

Mortensen lets readers in on the essential habits, traits, and behaviors necessary to cultivate their natural persuasive abilities.

Walking Ollie: Or, Winning the Love of a Difficult Dog

Foster, Stephen

A British novelist–and novice pet owner–chronicles his decision to adopt a puppy, a decision that led to his new life with Ollie, a willful, moody, skittish canine with a definite displeasure at being told what to do.

Wit’s End: Advice and Resources for Saving Your Out-of-Control Teen

Scheff, Sue

A true story tells about a mother who, after realizing the damage done to her daughter upon returning home from a disciplinary educational institution, created an advocacy group to work through the problems of at-risk teenagers and found a way to reconnect with her rebellious daughter using proper methods based on love and understanding.

New Adult Standing Order

June 27, 2008

Annotations from Baker & Taylor

A Spoonful of Poison

Beaton, M. C.

The 19th Agatha Raisin mystery from best-selling author Beaton features a new love interest, a village church fair, and poisoned jam at a tasting booth. The author lives in the English Cotswolds and in Paris.

Being Elizabeth

Bradford, Barbara Taylor

As she rises to the heights of the corporate world, Elizabeth Deravenel becomes the most powerful Managing Director in the history of the Deravenel business empire, only to find herself surrounded by corporate intrigue, takeover threats, betrayal, and scandal as she must make a choice between love and duty.

The Gypsy Morph

Brooks, Terry

With the fall of the last cities, demons and other minions of the dark roam the ravaged landscape of the former United States, while a small band of survivors–the Elves of Cintra, a ragtag group of human children, and their protectors, including two Knights of the Word–journeys northward toward a safe haven, led by a boy named Hawk, the legendary gypsy morph.

Cypress Nights

Cameron, Stella

When murder and mayhem plague St. Cecil’s church, Roche Savage, a renowned psychiatrist with a dark secret, and widow Bleu Labeau, a reticent teacher who has come to Toussaint to start a new school, join forces to solve the mystery–an investigation that reveals the deadly truth about their town.

The Brass Verdict

Connelly, Michael

Mickey Haller takes the case of a Hollywood lawyer who’s been murdered–and discovers that the killer is now after him.

Scarpetta

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

The NYPD asks Kay Scarpetta to examine a handcuffed man who claims to have been injured during the course of a murder. Did he kill someone, or is the killer after him? A BOMC, Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Mystery Guild main selection.

The Gate House

DeMille, Nelson

Years after his wife killed her Mafia lover, John Sutter finds himself living in the gate house of her family’s grand estate–and contending with the victim’s enraged son.

Dark Curse

Feehan, Christine

Escaping the clutches of her evil father to pursue her Carpathian destiny as a Dragonseeker, Lara Calladine is tormented by nightmares that may hold the key to the dark secrets of her childhood and joins forces with the arrogant and dangerously seductive Nicolas De La Cruz to uncover the truth about both of their pasts.

The Keepsake

Gerritsen, Tess

Invited to witness the X-ray scanning of a mummy, medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the mummy is not centuries old, but rather is a recent murder victim, and joins forces with Boston PD detective Jane Rizzoli in an investigation that uncovers other similar crimes tied to a diabolical predator who has already targeted his next victim.

Rough Justice

Higgins, Jack

Sent to Kosovo on a mission to report on the status in the troubled region, agent Blake Johnson joins forces with British operative Harry Miller to stop a Russian officer in the act of torching a mosque, a lethal action that will have profound repercussions for both agents, but also for Sean Dillon, the intelligence community, and the governments of the U.S., Britain, and Russia.

The Phoenix Endangered

Lackey, Mercedes / Mallory, James

A second installment of a trilogy that began with The Phoenix Unchained finds aspiring High Mage Tiercel and reluctant Knight-Mage Harrier working on their powers while witnessing devastating attacks by the Wild Mage Bisochim, and while young Shaira leads the desert tribespeople toward a legendary oasis.

The Given Day

Lehane, Dennis

Lehane goes for something different with a family epic set after World War I. With a one-day laydown on September 23; an 11-city tour and reading group guide.

The Longing

Lewis, Beverly

No Annotation

The Book of Lies

Meltzer, Brad

Unexpectedly meeting his long-lost father at the moment of a brutal attack by a would-be killer bearing the ancient mark of the biblical Cain, Cal Harper is unwittingly thrust into a high-stakes pursuit of a fortuitous enigmatic weapon that links him to the Bible’s first killing as well as the murder that inspired the creation of the comic-book hero Superman.

Burn Out

Muller, Marcia

“Here is Marcia Muller’s stalwart heroine Sharon McCone as you’ve never seen her before, in a new novel set in California’s high desert country”.

Rough Weather

Parker, Robert B.

Spenser is acting as bodyguard for the rich and recently separated Heidi, who’s traveled to her own private island for her daughter’s wedding, when bad-guy Rugar appears–quickly followed by a storm, a kidnapping, and a murder.

The Laughter of Dead Kings

Peters, Elizabeth

A final installment of the series featuring irrepressible art historian Vicky Bliss finds her setting off on a wild chase to clear the name of her boyfriend, Sir John Smythe, when he is implicated in a high-profile Egyptian artifact theft, a case that is complicated by Vicky’s gnawing doubts about John’s innocence.

An Unexpected Love

Peterson, Tracie / Miller, Judith A.

No annotation

A Promise to Believe In

Peterson, Tracie

No Annotation

Heat Lightning

Sandford, John

Summoned by Lucas Davenport to investigate a pair of murders in which the victims are found with lemons in their mouths, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers struggles to find a connection that could prevent additional killings.

Testimony

Shreve, Anita

A sex scandal rocks a posh New England boarding school, and, what’s worse, there’s a videotape. The result? Divorces, wrecked careers, and one death.

The Lucky One

Sparks, Nicholas

Coming into the possession of a photograph of a smiling woman he has never met, a man experiences a chain of fortuitous events that cause him to regard the photograph as a lucky charm, a belief that prompts a heartfelt search for the woman in person.

Hot Mahogany

Woods, Stuart

Hired by his sometime ally and CIA boss to protect his older brother, an Army intelligence operative who is suffering from amnesia, Stone Barrington learns about his charge’s talent for restoring antiques and his links to a haunting event in Vietnam more than thirty years earlier.

Posted Jun 17, 2008 | Published in issue #999-1000 Jun 27, 2008 |

Hey, wanna listen to Scott McClellan’s tell all about the Bush White House now?

And I mean right now.

Like, right this instant.

Well you can by going to the Sno-Isle Digital Library and checking it out.  Sno-Isle has this book available in Maximum Access which means there will never be any holds on it ever!  There will always be a copy available for you and thousands of your closest friends.

How do we do this? Blackstone Audio, the publisher of McClellan’s book sells their titles to libraries in two ways.  One is the traditional one copy one listener model we’re all used to with books.  Maximum Access is the other way they sell their audio books.  Sno-Isle pays more per title for this option but we can swap out titles in the Blackstone catalog that have past their prime for other ones like What Happened, that everyone wants.  Blackstone is the only audio book publisher that has this program with OverDrive, so most other titles have to be purchased using the one copy one listener business model.

To find What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, go to the Sno-Isle Digital Media Library and search on Scott McClellan.  Do not search the CARLweb, or CARL solution because the record hasn’t been loaded into the catalog yet.

Well, why is that?  One of the beautiful things about digital media is instant gratification.  Literally moments after I place an order for a digital audio book it becomes available to Sno-Isle customers.  Our Catalog Services, Acquisitions, and Materials Processing department are wonderful and can move mountains but they’ll never be able to match the speed of digital media.  Because the book is available instantly through the Sno-Isle page, it takes a while for the MARC record  to be received from OverDrive.  This is because OverDrive has to get it from OCLC, and OCLC sends it to OverDrive and then OverDrive sends it to us.  All this sending back and forth means that there will always be a delay between the time that the book is available for download, and the time that it reaches CARLweb and CARL Solution.

So download an audio book today.

FYI An order for the CD version of this book has been placed and  will be in the catalog soon.  More copies of the print edition are on order as well.  Currently there are 152 people waiting on the hardcover.

Currently this book is not compatible with the iPod, as has been mentioned here before OverDrive will be releasing more information about iPod compatible titles at ALA at the end of the month.

Stephanie Meyer will be in Seattle in August to promote the publication of the final Twilight Saga book.  This will not be a traditional book tour, but the Breaking Dawn Concert Series.  The event will be held on August 12 in Benaroya Hall.  Meyer will begin the evening with Q&A with the audience and then will be joined by Justin Furstenfeld of the group Blue October.

Meyer says that several of Furstenfeld’s songs were inspirational in the writing of her books and they are included in her playlists which she made for each novel.  She will talk about why she chose a particular song, Furstenfeld will talk about the process of writing it, and then perform it.

The concert series: New York on August 1 at the Nokia Theatre at Times Square; Chicago on August 5 at the Harris Theatre; Los Angeles on August 7 at Royce Hall and then in our own Seattle on August 12.

Attendees in Seattle can bring a Stephanie Meyer book of their choice for her to sign after the concert.

Tickets for the series cost $20 and will go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m.; more details are available on stepheniemeyer.com and thetwilightsaga.com. Breaking Dawn will be published at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, August 2, with a 3.2 million-copy first printing. There are 7.7 million Twilight Saga books in print in the U.S.

despite typos and a lack of information regarding the demographics of respondents and full methodology (apparently not made public), Random House commissioned an online survey of readers that is worth a quick read.  a couple of questions not asked: do you prefer to buy online or at a brick and mortar store (sort of implied by the question of “Where do you most often buy books,” pg. 4, in which online is at 43%) and if 62% of respondents are browsing online without a specific book in mind, pg. 7, what guides them?  also, if the most sold genre is romance and only 7% of respondents are buying this genre online, pg. 5, does that mean that most are buying at brick and mortar, getting them from the library, e-book viewing, or….?  not quite sure what the “with passport” and “without passport” distinction means, pg. 9, perhaps a reference to citizenship?  the reference to “residents of planet earth,” pg. 9, made me question the authenticity of the survey, but it does seem to be legit.  via Dear Author.

Annotations from Baker & Taylor

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir

O’Reilly, Bill

The controversial commentator and author of The O’Reilly Factor offers an intimate account of the people, places, and experiences that have shaped his life, helped launch his career as an influential television personality, and molded his views on America, its place in the world, and modern-day issues.

Bold Visions: A Digital Painting Bible

Tonge, Gary

Digital paintings and practical demonstrations of futuristic spacescapes, medieval landscapes, and revolutionary vehicles, accompanied by techniques and an introduction to the technical equipment required, provide an in-depth review of this increasingly popular digital medium.

Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Emotional Balance and Compassion

Dalai Lama XIV / Ekman, Paul

The Dalai Lama and a groundbreaking psychologist present a collaborative work about human emotions and spirituality that bridges Eastern and Western philosophies to cover such topics as the sources of hate and compassion, the scientific benefits of Buddhist meditation, and the plausibility of forgiveness.

The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused and Start Standing Up for Yourself

Engel, Beverly

A noted authority on abuse addresses the issue of women caught in a position of being too nice, making them easy to take advantage of, and offers helpful suggestions on how women can confront the behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs that make them vulnerable and replace them with healthier, more empowering ones.

The Stress Answer

Lawlis, Frank

How to get your brain in training to beat stress, with techniques drawing on the latest in neuroplasticity. From the best-selling author of The ADD Answer.

Time Matters: How to Reclaim Yesterday, Enjoy Today, and Master Tomorrow

Zimbardo, Philip / Boyd, John

An influential psychologist and authority on time science counsels readers on how to adjust one’s time perspective for greater life fulfillment, explaining how perceptions about time influence major life decisions by causing people to focus inappropriately on the past, instant gratification, and future goals.

Turn It Up!: How to Perform at Your Highest Level For a Lifetime

Spencer, Jeffrey, Dr.

The author’s well-constructed, carefully spelled-out proven program helps readers address each area of their lives as they incorporate his rules for success in the way they think, plan, and live their lives.

The Tyranny of Oil: The World’s Most Powerful Industry–and What We Must Do to Stop It

Juhasz, Antonia

Not just an oil expert, Juhasz is an activist–she compares the power of oil companies today with Standard Oil’s in the early 1900s and proposes a plan to break it.

Wiser in Battle: A Soldier’s Story

Sanchez, Ricardo S. / Phillips, Donald T.

An uncompromising autobiography by the former commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq offers a firsthand account of the war, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rise of the insurgents, the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, the use of the war for political gain in Washington, and the pressure of the media, set against the story of his own life and military career.

Borders and Eisner Offer Book Tie-In Series on Borders.com

By Lynn Andriani — Publishers Weekly, 6/17/2008 8:06:00 AM

Borders announced today it is teaming with former Disney honcho Michael Eisner’s independent media studio, Vuguru, to distribute a Web series. Robin Cook’s Foreign Body: The Prequel will run as 50 two-minute episodes on the newly launched Borders.com.

The clips will serve as a prequel to bestselling author Robin Cook’s latest medical thriller, Foreign Body, which Putnam will publish August 5. The first two episodes of the prequel are available for viewing today at www.BordersMedia.com/foreignbody. New episodes will be posted daily thereafter, culminating with the last installment on August 4.

Borders Group CEO George Jones said the Web episodes are “a great way for readers to catch the excitement of a new release.” Customers can pre-order the title on the site.

Vuguru is a new media studio for Eisner’s The Tornante Company. The studio produces and distributes story-driven content for current new media and emerging platforms.

an amusing Q&A with Gore Vidal in The New York Times :)  i can’t help but picture this interview as one of those uncomfortable pieces on “The Daily Show.”

From June 17th Shelf Awareness

BEA in L.A.: What’s Hot in Graphic Novels

At BEA a panel of graphic novel gurus–Nick Smith of the Pasadena Public Library in Pasadena, Calif., Jessica Stockton Bagnulo of McNally Robinson Booksellers in New York City, Atom Freeman, owner of Brave New World Comics in Newhall, Calif., and Tom Flinn of ICv2–shared their picks. The 10 titles:The Absolute Sandman by Neil Gaiman (Vertigo). The third volume collecting Gaiman’s Dream King series in a deluxe edition (priced at $99) is available this month, and the fourth volume is coming in November. “It’s a good bet for the holiday market,” Bagnulo said.

Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan by Chip Kidd, Saul Ferris and Geoff Spear (Pantheon). Graphic designer and novelist Chip Kidd spearheads this adaptation of Batman comics originally published in Japan in the 1960s.

Hellboy by Mike Mignola (Dark House Comics). Mignola is “well-versed in folklore and combines it with action,” said Bagnulo, who added that the series has a “richness not found in a lot of comics.” Hellboy II: The Golden Army hits theaters in July.

The Ice Wanderer and Other Stories by Jiro Taniguchi (Fanfare/Ponent Mon). The title story in this collection of six tales features adventure writer Jack London as one of the characters.

Iron Wok Jan by Shinji Saijyo (Dr. Master Productions). Combining cooking and manga is “something you would never think of as a possibility,” said Smith, who called this series about the adventures of a chef a “complete sleeper.”

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill (Wildstorm). “If you’ve only seen the movie, ignore it,” Smith said. This series set in 19th-century London is “rich with allusions to literature,” Bagnulo remarked, “and has a real appeal to a book-buying audience.”

Naoki Urasawa’s Monster (VIZ Media). This “very cinematic” thriller “grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go,” said Flynn, who noted that it will appeal to readers of all ages. “It’s a beautifully done book,” Friedman added.Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media). This top-selling manga series about a mischief-making ninja-in-training “is in a class by itself,” said Flynn. The latest installment is available July 1.

Scalped by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guéra (Vertigo). “It should be an HBO series,” said Friedman of this crime drama–set on a reservation–that blends organized crime with current Native American culture.

Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino (VIZ Media). First introduced in 2007, this four-volume series, Flynn said, is “one to watch.”–

Shannon McKenna Schmidt

Shannon McKenna Schmidt

We are not buying the Sandman collections but we do have the individual titles. I ordered Bat-Manga but Ice Wanderer is not yet available to order. We own all of the others.  I have ordered the last volumes of Iron Wok Jan.  Don’t know what universe these people live in.  Sleeper is would be a kind way of saying shelf sitter in Sno-Isle.

Becky Buckingham