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X		X	1.  The Postcard Killers by James Patterson & Liza Marklund Availability: 9780316089517 Click Here for Similar Titles If Paris is lovely in the spring, but for tourists, it's even more enthralling in the summer. For all visitors, that is, except NYPD detective Jacob Kanon, whose warm-weathered sojourn is laser-focused on the man who murdered his beloved daughter. James Patterson's The Postcard Killers tracks a serial killer who stalks his youthful prey in the cultural capitals of Europe. An intense, action-packed Patterson thriller. - Barnes & Noble Online	X
X		X	2. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie Availability: 9780312303785 Click Here for Similar Titles Crusie is back on her own with a sweet, offbeat romantic tale of second chances. Thirty-four-year-old Andie, hoping to cut the ties that still bind her to rich ex-hubby North, winds up instead getting drafted to "fix" the troubled orphaned children of North's cousin, who live with a grouchy housekeeper and a crew of ghosts that have an interest in the kids and their gothic mansion home. But there's no ordinary fix for this unruly bunch of living and undead as Andie tries to cajole them all - troubled and lonely kids Alice and Carter, dead aunt May aiming for a do-over, newly dead Dennis, and ancient spooks Miss J and Peter - into moving on. Crusie's created a sharp cast of lonely souls, wacky weirdos, ghosts both good and bad, and unlikely heroes who are brave enough to give life and love one more try. You don't have to believe in the afterlife to relish this fun, bright romp. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	3. Tough Customer by Sandra Brown Availability: 9781416563105 Click Here for Similar Titles Introduced in 2009's Smash Cut, Atlanta PI Dodge Hanley makes this entertaining, if slightly talky romantic thriller from bestseller Brown a must-read for anyone who appreciates a tough guy hero with a heart of gold. Late one night Dodge receives a phone call from his lost love, Houston realtor Caroline King, who asks him to come to Texas to help catch Oren Starks, a creepy over-the-top stalker who's out to kill Dodge and Caroline's 30-year-old daughter, Berry Malone. Dodge hasn't seen Berry since the day she was born. When Starks takes a shot at Berry in Caroline's house, hitting a work associate of Berry's instead, Dodge rushes to the rescue. While Merritt County deputy sheriff Ski Nyland, who falls for the equally smitten Berry, is no slouch on the case, the relentlessly ruthless Dodge plays the most crucial role in the effort to stop the bad guy. Brown fans will want to see more of the irresistible Dodge. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	4. Lost Empire (Fargo Adventure #2) by Clive Cussler & Grant Blackwood Availability: 9780399156762 Click Here for Similar Titles The second adventure to feature husband-wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo deviates little from the familiar formula of Spartan Gold. When Sam and Remi find a huge ship's bell on a dive off the Tanzanian coast, they must work to find a way to recover it without running afoul of the Tanzanian government. Meanwhile, Mexican president Quauhtli Garza, a staunch nationalist, knows that this bell comes from a former Confederate ship that sank off the east African coast after the Civil War. Garza fears the discovery of a missing piece of a Quetzalcoatl statuette, which was aboard the ship, will undermine his grip on power. Once Garza dispatches his henchman to Tanzania to deal with the Fargos, the novel devolves into a standard chase thriller. Uninspired dialogue doesn't help. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	5. Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan #13) by Kathy Reichs Availability: 9781439102398 Click Here for Similar Titles Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan has a puzzle on her hands. A man has drowned under suspicious circumstances. His fingerprints identify him immediately, but here's the thing: the man apparently died more than 40 years ago. And if this is really him, then who is buried in his grave? The 13th Brennan novel is fairly typical of the series: a tightly plotted tale with engaging characters whose personal lives can be at least as interesting as the cases they're investigating. Reading a new Brennan novel is like hooking up with old friends: you know what to expect, but that's OK, because you also know you'll have a good time. Reichs, a former forensic anthropologist herself, whose early books were occasionally a bit clunky, has developed into a solid writer. Fans of the books, of course, will soon be stampeding to the library to secure their copies. - Booklist	X
X		X	6. The Last Lie by Stephen White Availability: 9780525951773 Click Here for Similar Titles In White's winning 18th Alan Gregory thriller, the Boulder, Colorodo, psychologist gets off on the wrong foot with his new neighbor, TV-star lawyer Mattin Snow, by walking his dogs on Snow's property. In the wake of Snow's housewarming party, to which Alan wasn't invited, an unnamed female guest claims Snow raped her. Before the case can hit the press, the lawyers for both Snow and the victim close ranks and begin to work out a private financial settlement with the victim agreeing not to testify. Gregory becomes entangled in the case ethically when he learns that the victim is the client of a psychologist-in-training whom he's supervising. Series fans will enjoy catching up with the domestic doings of Alan and his wife, Lauren, who are beginning to patch up their marriage following recent infidelities, and their two children. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	7.  The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva Availability: 9780399156588 Click Here for Similar Titles "Of those writing spy novels today, Daniel Silva is quite simply the best." - The Kansas City Star "The perfect book for fans of well-crafted thrillers ... the kind of page- turner that captures the reader from the opening chapter and doesn't let go." - The Associated Press "Meets the thriller's highest standard for reading experience." - The Dallas Morning News "[Silva] has hit upon the perfect formula to keep espionage-friendly fans' fingers glued to his books, turning pages in nearly breathless anticipation." - BookPage	X
X		X	8. Body Work by Sara Paretsky Availability: 9780399156748 Click Here for Similar Titles Paretsky's superb 14th novel featuring PI V.I. Warshawski delves into Chicago's avant-garde art scene. At the trendy Club Gouge, where Warshawski is keeping an eye on Petra, a young cousin who caused trouble in the previous book, performance artist Karen Buckley invites members of the audience to step on stage to paint her nude body. The intricate design that one woman paints on Karen's back provokes a violent outburst from Chad Vishneski, a troubled Iraqi war veteran. When two nights later, someone shoots the woman who upset Chad outside the club, Chad is the logical murder suspect. Hired by Chad's estranged parents to clear his name, Warshawski straddles a minefield that reaches from the Windy City's neighborhoods to the Gulf War battlefields. Scenes with her aging neighbor and a new love interest give a much needed balance to the serious plot. This strong outing shows why the tough, fiercely independent, dog-loving private detective continues to survive. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	9. Veil of Night by Linda Howard Availability: 9780345506894 Click Here for Similar Titles To many of us, wedding planning seems like a dream job, a profitable way to share the joyous nuptials of couples every month of the year. For Jaclyn Wilde, that bliss by association vanishes when her latest bride-to-be is found brutally murdered. And she's not just mourning the bride: It doesn't take long for her to discover that she's at the top of the suspect list. The latest sexy, suspenseful story by an award-winning romance author.  - Barnes and Noble Online	X
X		X	10. The Vigilantes (Badge of Honor Series #10) by W. E. B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV Availability: 9780399156632 Click Here for Similar Titles At least one serial killer is loose in the City of Brotherly Love, but nobody seems to care. The victims are poor people, lowlifes who aren't badly missed, so life goes on. Matthew Payne, however, refuses to sit on the sidelines. This Philadelphia homicide cop recognizes a dangerous trend when he sees one and he knows that the violence is rapidly escalating beyond control. W.E.B. Griffin's latest Badge of Honor possesses the gritty realism that we have come to expect of him. An arresting read. - Barnes & Noble Online	X

X		X	1. The Power (The Secret) by Rhonda Byrne Availability: 9781439181782 Click Here for Similar Titles The Secret revealed the law of attraction. Now Rhonda Byrne reveals the greatest power in the universe - The Power to have anything you want. In this book you will come to understand that all it takes is just one thing to change your relationships, money, health, happiness, career, and your entire life. Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes from The Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come from The Power. The life of your dreams has always been closer to you than you realized, because The Power - to have everything good in your life - is inside you. To create anything, to change anything, all it takes is just one thing...THE POWER. - From the Publisher	X
X		X	2. Packing for Mars : The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach Availability: 9780393068474 Click Here for Similar Titles Ms. Roach has already written zealously nosy books about corpses, copulation and charlatans. Each time, what has interested her most is the fringe material: exotic footnotes, smart one-liners, bizarre quasi-scientific phenomena. Yet her fluffily lightweight style is at its most substantial - and most hilarious - in the zero-gravity realm that Packing for Mars explores. Here's why: The topic of astronauts' bodily functions provides as good an excuse to ask rude questions as you'll find on this planet or any other. . . So Packing for Mars is as startling as it is funny, even if its strategic aim is to tell you more than you need to know. - The New York Times	X
X		X	3. In a Heartbeat : Sharing the Power of Cheerful Giving by Leigh Anne Tuohy, Sean Tuohy and Sally Jenkins Availability: 9780805093384 Click Here for Similar Titles First came the bestselling book, then the Oscar-nominated movie - the story of Michael Oher and the family who adopted him has become one of the most talked-about true stories of our time. But until now, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy have never told this astonishing tale in their own way and with their own words. For Leigh Anne and Sean, it all begins with family. Leigh Anne, the daughter of a tough-as-nails U.S. Marshal, decided early on that her mission was to raise children who would become "cheerful givers." Sean, who grew up poor, believed that one day he could provide a home that would be "a place of miracles." Together, they raised two remarkable children who shared their deep Christian faith and their commitment to making a difference. And then one day Leigh Anne met a homeless African-American boy named Michael and decided that her family could be his. She and her husband taught Michael what this book teaches all of us: Everyone has a blind side, but a loving heart always sees a path toward true charity. - From the Publisher	X
X		X	4.  Every Man in This Village is a Liar : An Education in War by Megan Stack Availability: 9780385527163 Click Here for Similar Titles Stack takes readers deep into the carnage where she was exposed to the insanity, innocence, and inhumanity of wars with no beginning, middle, or end. Her soaring imagery sears itself into the brain, in acute and accurate tales that should never be forgotten by the wider world, and yet always are. . . Anyone wishing to understand the Middle East need only look into the faces of war that Stack renders with exceptional humanity. - Booklist A bell-clear, powerful indictment of the debacle of recent Middle Eastern war policy. . . A scathing look at the human costs of war. - Kirkus Reviews	X
X		X	5. Broke, USA : From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business by Gary Rivlin Availability: 9780061733215 Click Here for Similar Titles Journalist Rivlin offers a superb exposé of the “poverty business” - the flock of companies that cater to (and prey on) the working poor. For people living paycheck to paycheck and sometimes falling behind with rent, car payments, and grocery bills, “fringe financing” and the ubiquitous Rent-A-Centers, Jackson Hewitt, payday lenders, pawnshops, and check cashers - may seem like their only safety net. These businesses may tout themselves as a necessary service and force for economic development in low-income communities, but Rivlin reveals their dark underbelly: punishing rates of interest and customer service reps explicitly trained to mislead customers who appear “gullible.” He delves into the effect of financial deregulation on “fringe financing,” predatory subprime lending, and the major players in this unsavory world, including Allan Jones, a debt collector, worth $200 million, and the activists and advocates like Bill Brennan who've faced them down in the courts. A timely, important, and deeply disturbing look at the cycle of debt of the nation's most vulnerable. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	6. Pandora's Seed : The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization by Spencer Wells Availability: 9781400062157 Click Here for Similar Titles More food but also disease, craziness, and anomie resulted from the agricultural revolution, according to this diffuse meditation on progress and its discontents. Wells, a geneticist, anthropologist, and National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence, voices misgivings about the breakthrough to farming 10,000 years ago, spurred by climate change. The food supply was more stable, but caused populations to explode; epidemics flourished because of overcrowding and proximity to farm animals; despotic governments emerged to organize agricultural production; and warfare erupted over farming settlements. Then came urbanism and modernity, which clashed even more intensely with our nomadic hunter-gatherer nature. Nowadays, Wells contends, we are both stultified and overstimulated, cut off from the land and alienated from one other, resulting in mental illness and violent fundamentalism. Wells gives readers an engaging rundown of the science that reconstructs the prehistoric past, but he loses focus in trying to connect that past to every contemporary issue from obesity to global warming, and his solution is unconvincingly simple: “Want less.” - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	7. Four Fish : The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg Availability: 9781594202568 Click Here for Similar Titles An award-winning food journalist brilliantly dissects the relationship between humans and the four fish that dominate the seafood market. Greenberg addresses how nations can make smarter choices about managing resources and how the individual seafood-lover can support those choices at the dinner table, but he also examines a series of smaller issues: how farmed salmon-an industry badly in need of reform-has inspired a taste for its wild ancestor, why tilapia has suddenly shown up in the market, how the rage for sushi poses new regulatory challenges, why taming sea bass makes little sense. In colorfully anecdotal, appealing prose, Greenberg focuses on our pursuit of salmon, sea bass, cod and tuna. Each represents an evolutionary step for humans farther out into the ocean. Taken together, they recapitulate humankind's historic attempt at mastery of the sea, "either through the management of a wild system, through the domestication and farming of individual species, or through the outright substitution of one species for another." Hugely informative, sincere and infectiously curious and enthusiastic. - Kirkus	X
X		X	8. The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris by Peter Beinart Availability: 9780061456466 Click Here for Similar Titles . . . an insightful and enjoyable. . . account of the ideas and individuals that have animated America's global ambitions over the past century. . . If anything, [Beinart's] account underscores how many of the best-known and most respected intellectuals either despaired at their lack of influence, watched their ideas get twisted beyond recognition or found themselves abandoned precisely at the moment when their insights could have mattered most. The Icarus Syndrome should be required reading for all [George] Kennan wannabes and aspiring Washington wonks. Its lesson: Abandon hope all ye who theorize here. - New York Times	X
X		X	9. Long for This World : The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner Availability: 9780060765361 Click Here for Similar Titles The promise of eternal youth is both tantalizingly close and far-fetched in this fascinating primer on longevity research. Weiner focuses on amateur gerontologist and oddball visionary Aubrey de Grey, a charismatic motormouth who has won a respectful scientific hearing for his argument that we will soon achieve life spans of thousands of years. Weiner takes readers on an engrossing tour of cutting-edge research, while citing established life-cycle experts like Shakespeare and Yeats, and he has a knack for translating science into evocative metaphor. He tempers the "prolongevist" optimism with some daunting reality: evolution never engineered humans to last forever, the body’s myriad modes of decay may make that goal impossible, and reaching it, he speculates, might render us morbidly averse to risk or even to having children. Weiner’s erudite, elegant exposition of the underlying science is stimulating yet sobering. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	10. Morning Miracle : Inside the Washington Post A Great Newspaper Fights for Its Life by Dave Kindred Availability: 9780385523561 Click Here for Similar Titles Kindred takes a look at how the Washington Post, like many other newspapers, is trying to stay alive despite the rise of the Internet and the recent economic downturn. A former Post sports columnist, he presents highlights of the newspaper's history, key figures, and groundbreaking reporting. Throughout he intersperses his thoughts on why newspapers are struggling - e.g., the rapid rise of digital media, the decrease in circulation and ad revenue, the overall economy. He also addresses the ways papers have adapted an online presence in order to keep their readership. - Library Journal	X

X		X	1. Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins Availability: 9780439023511 Click Here for Similar Titles Young Katniss Everdeen has survived the dreaded Hunger Games not once, but twice, but even now she can find no relief. In fact, the dangers seem to be escalating: President Snow has declared an all-out war on Kattnis, her family, her friends, and all the oppressed people of District 12. The thrill-packed final installment of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy will keep young hearts pounding. - Barnes and Noble Online "Whereas Katniss kills with finesse, Collins writes with raw power." - Time Magazine "Collins has joined J.K. Rowling and Stephanie Meyer as a writer of children's books that adults are eager to read." - Bloomberg.com	X
X		X	2. Rise of the Huntress (The Last Apprentice Series) by Joseph Delaney, Patrick Arrasmith & Patrick Arrasmith Availability: 9780061715105 Click Here for Similar Titles Things can never be the same again. The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, have returned to the county after a long journey and a hard battle. But their troubles are far from over. Their home has been over-run by enemy soldiers. The Spook's house is in ruins, the boggart protecting it has fled, and the malicious witches imprisoned in the gardens have escaped. Tom, Alice, and the Spook must flee, too, across the ocean to the island of Mona. And it's on Mona that this small band fighting against the dark will face an old enemy grown terrifyingly powerful. Will they be able to vanquish an evil that crawls beneath the ground itself? At what cost? Will Tom and the Spook ever be able to return home? - From the Publisher	X
X		X	3. Dirt Road Home by Watt Key Availability: 9780374308636 Click Here for Similar Titles This gritty sequel to Key's Alabama Moon tells what happens to Moon's friend Hal after their escape from the Pinson Boys' Home. The book begins with 14-year-old Hal being sent to the Hellenweiler Boys' Home in Tuscaloosa, a "high-security jailhouse to lock down eighty bad boys." Desperate to return to his father and to reunite with his girlfriend, Hal vows to "play it cool." It's hard to avoid trouble, however, when guards do nothing to prevent fights and two warring gangs pressure Hal to choose a side. As he becomes aware of underlying corruption in the system, preventing any chance for release, Hal has to decide between using brute force or his wits to survive. Readers will feel Hal's fear and temptation to give up, but unlike the boys' home itself, the novel is not without hope, and Hal hatches a plan to make the institutional corruption known. With authentic characters and a candid first-person narrative, Key's story offers a disturbing appraisal of life in a juvenile facility, and a riveting battle for justice. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	4. I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore Availability: 9780061969553 Click Here for Similar Titles In this action-packed but formulaic novel, first in the Lorien Legacies series, John Smith appears to be a normal American teenager, living in Ohio with his father, attending high school, and falling for a local girl. But he's really something much cooler: an alien from the planet Lorien, and one of the last survivors of a race that was nearly wiped out by its enemies. And now the evil Mogadorians have traveled to Earth looking for survivors, with an eye toward wiping out this planet as well. John is destined to fight them, but will his superpowers manifest before it's too late? Lore provides a fast-moving plot and some genuinely creepy bad guys, though the basic premise is clichéd and the science won't pass muster with diehard SF fans. However, a Michael Bay-produced movie is planned for 2011, and for those looking for an undemanding, popcorn-ready read, this "guy - okay, alien - gets the girl and saves the world" adventure should do the trick. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	5. The Poison Diaries by Maryrose Wood & The Duchess Of Northumberland Availability: 9780061802362 Click Here for Similar Titles Based on a concept by the duchess of Northumberland, Wood  tells a passionate story of love, betrayal, and loquacious plants in this unique, slightly bizarre tale, first in a planned trilogy. Sheltered 16-year-old Jessamine lives with her domineering apothecary father, Thomas, in an austere cottage near an abandoned castle in late 18th-century England. Frequently left alone while her father journeys to London, Jessamine is thrilled when Weed, a taciturn teenage orphan, shows up. Weed has a vast knowledge of plants, which Jessamine learns comes from his ability to communicate with them. A sweet romance between Weed and Jessamine is threatened by Thomas’s desire for Weed to teach him about the poisonous plants in his garden. The story, slow at first, accelerates when Wood makes it apparent that Jessamine’s father is connected to her grave and sudden illness. The final chapters are a bit disjointed, as the first-person narration jumps between Jessamine, Weed, and the slyly evil Prince Oleander plant. Still, Wood does a marvelous job of creating heart-wrenching decisions for her characters and portraying a doomed romance reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	6. Fat Vampire : A Never Coming of Age Story by Adam Rex Availability: 9780061920905 Click Here for Similar Titles As vampires go, 15-year-old Doug Lee is an abysmal failure. Forever frozen as an overweight teenager, he's stumbling through his unlife. He can't seem to master his powers, can't score a quick nibble off a cute girl, and risks bursting into flames every time he goes to school. Worse, his escapades attract the attention of other vampires, and a sensationalistic cable show dedicated to proving that he exists (before staking him). Things take a turn for the better when he gains a mentor, learns there may be a way to reverse his vampiric nature, and falls for a cute Indian exchange student. But in typical Doug fashion, the more optimistic he gets and the more he embraces his new powers, the more it all stands to fall apart. Filled with a self-aware cleverness, Rex's deconstruction of the vampire mythos draws some thought-provoking parallels between vampirism and elements of contemporary society, particularly the consumptive power of technology and the Internet. But like its subject matter, it seems to lack heart, and the ambiguous ending may leave readers cold. - Publishers Weekly	X
X		X	7. Linger (Wolves of Mercy Falls Series #2) by Maggie Stiefvater Availability: 9780545123280 Click Here for Similar Titles In Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own safety. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out how to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.  And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole. At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love in a way you will never forget. - From the Publisher	X
X		X	8. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner : An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer Availability: 9780316125581 Click Here for Similar Titles "Meyer has, like one of her vampires, turned into something rare and more than merely human.... People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." - Time "A literary phenomenon." - The New York Times "The world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice." - Entertainment Weekly	X
X		X	9.  Keys to the Repository (Blue Bloods Series) by Melissa de la Cruz Availability: 9781423134541 Click Here for Similar Titles Lavish parties. Passionate meetings in the night. Bone-chilling murders. Midterms. The day-to-day life of Schuyler Van Alen and her Blue Bloods friends is never boring. But there's oh-so-much more to know about these beautiful and powerful teens. Below the streets of Manhattan, within the walls of the Repository, exists a wealth of revealing information about the vampire elite that dates back before the Mayflower. In a series of short stories, journal entries, and never-before-seen letters, New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz gives her hungry fans the keys to the Repository and an even more in-depth look into the secret world of the Blue Bloods. - From the Publisher	X
X		X	10. Dark Flame (Immortals Series #4) by Alyson Noel Availability: 9780312590970 Click Here for Similar Titles “Alyson Noël has many talents to share as a writer, and she proves it again and again with her amazing Immortals series. She writes with an intensity and a passion, her words weaving perfectly together to create an overwhelming experience for the senses and the heart.” – Teen Reads Online “Dark Flame is the best installment in this series yet, ending in a very shocking way that leaves high promise for the next book. The readers’ appetite will be whetted for more, the constant addictive craving Noel seems to infuse in every book continuing to guarantee her strong readership. Noel includes plenty of surprising twists, unexpected tie ins and histories, and never lets the reader know what else she has planned, leaving only a burning need for more.” - agoodaddiction.com	X