Major Pettigrew's Last Stand : a Novel
The Washington Post – Ron Charles: This thoroughly charming novel wraps Old World sensibility around a story of multicultural conflict involving two widowed people who assume they're done with love. The result is a smart romantic comedy about decency and good manners in a world threatened by men's hair gel, herbal tea and latent racism?If […]
Dancing to Freedom : the True Story of Mao's Last Dancer
School Library Journal Gr 3-5- A poignant memoir of a boy caught in the difficulties of life in Maoist China, this is the author's own story of how he was given a chance to break the bonds of his bleak life and become an international star. First told for adults in the bestseller Mao's Last […]
Outcast
Children's Literature: Jaypaw, the young medicine cat apprentice of the ThunderClan, has heard a mysterious prophecy: "There will be three, kin of your kin, who will hold the power of the stars in their paws." Is it possible this refers to Jaypaw and his two siblings, Hollypaw and Lionpaw? When two cats from the Tribe […]
Last Kiss
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Penny Weymouth. Publishers Weekly: Rice makes a solid return visit to the Hubbard's Point, Conn., setting of Beach Girls(2004). As the book opens, a year soaked in Wild Turkey has passed since singer/songwriter Sheridan Rosslare lost her son, Charlie, in a random New York mugging. While Sheridan drowns […]
Born to Be Giants : How Baby Dinosaurs Grew to Rule the World
School Library Journal: Gr 4?6?Using current data (some ideas derived from contemporary critters), Judge presents an interesting and attractive introduction to the world of dinosaur young. Her readable text touches on eight Cretaceous dinosaurs, from smallish Psittacosaurus to gigantic Argentinosaurus, describing fossil finds of eggs and embryos, nesting colonies, and possible/probable parenting scenarios. The full-color […]
Intent to Kill
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Penny Weymouth. Ryan James, a minor league baseball star, was poised for the major leagues until the hit-and-run death of his beloved wife Chelsea destroyed his dream. Now hes a popular shock jock at a Boston radio station trying to raise his six-year-old daughter on his own. His […]
Death's Half Acre
Publishers Weekly: Agatha-winner Maron's outstanding 14th novel to feature Judge Deborah Knott (after 2007's Hard Row) charts the social changes in rural Colleton County, N.C., as housing developments and shopping malls squeeze out small farmers. The apparent suicide of a greedy county commissioner sets Knott's husband, sheriff's deputy Dwight Bryant, on a case that uncovers […]
Bode : Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by Andy MacNayr. Kirkus Reviews: A bracing memoir from the world champion skier and straight shooter. With his impressive number of world cup wins, unique skiing style and colorful origins, Miller has made a fine subject for many a sports writer looking for a good story. But they get […]
Devil Bones
Publishers Weekly: Dr. Temperance Brennan's quest to identify two corpses pits her against citizen vigilantes intent on a witch-hunt in bestseller Reichs's exciting 11th thriller to feature the forensic anthropologist (after 2007's Bones to Ashes). While working in Charlotte, N.C., Brennan investigates remains unearthed during a housing renovation and discovers disturbing clues possibly pointing to […]
Being Elizabeth
At age twenty-five, Elizabeth Deravenel finds herself in a position few women her age could image: the head of Deravenels, a business empire that spans the globe. It?s a company whose reach is wide and whose secrets are deep. Deravenels has roots that go far back in her family?s history, and she knows the price […]