Word of the Day

plaudit

/ˈplɔdɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [plaw-dit] –noun Usually, plaudits.

1.	an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.

2.	a demonstration or round of applause, as for some approved or admired performance.

Word of the Day

velleity \veh-LEE-uh-tee; vuh-\
noun:
1. The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition.
2. A slight wish or inclination.

New Books 3/27/09

New Books 3/27/2009

Non-fiction

600's - Technology

618.76 S5552y - Down came the rain by Brooke Shields. Shields, Brooke, 2005. Hyperion

700's - Arts & Recreation

791.4302 B7962y - On the couch by Lorraine Bracco. Bracco, Lorraine, c2006. G. P. Putnam's Sons

800's - Literature

813.54 F4942k - Killer instinct by Joseph Finder. Finder, Joseph. 2006. St. Martin's Press

813.54 F991b - Blood of victory : a novel by Alan Furst. Furst, Alan. 2003, c2002. Random House

823.92 K458l - The last Templar by Raymond Khoury. Khoury, Raymond. 2006. Dutton

894.81111 T597k - The Kural translated from the Tamil with an introduction by P.S. Sundaram. Tiruvalluvar. 1991. Penguin Books

900's - History & Geography

940.5423 C3318 - El Alamein by Michael Carver. Carver, Michael, 2000. Wordsworth Editions

940.548673 P466 - Piercing the Reich : the penetration of Nazi Germany by American secret agents d ... Persico, Joseph E. 1979. Viking Press

954.0317 T2451 - A star shall fall : India 1857 by P.J.O. Taylor. Taylor, P. J. O., 1993. Indus

Fiction

Paperback ANTH - Fractal mode. Anthony, Piers. 1992. HarperCollins

Paperback ATKI - The cadaver's ball / Charles Atkins. Atkins, Charles. 2006. Leisure Books

Paperback BALD - The Camel Club / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. 2006. Warner Vision Books

Paperback BALD - The simple truth / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. c1999. Warner Books

Paperback BALD - Saving faith / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. 2000, c1999. Warner Books

Paperback BALD - The collectors / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. 2007, c2006. Grand Central Pub.

Paperback BALD - Total control / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. c1997. Warner Vision Books

Paperback BALD - Split second / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. 2004, c2003. Warner Vision Books

Paperback BALD - Hour game / David Baldacci. Baldacci, David. [2005]. Warner Vision Books

Paperback BERR - The Templar legacy : a novel / Steve Berry. Berry, Steve, 2007. Ballantine Books

Paperback BERR - The third secret : a novel / Steve Berry. Berry, Steve, 2006, c2005. Ballantine Books

Paperback CASE - The first horseman / John Case. Case, John. 1999, c1998. Ballantine Books

Paperback CAST - Fade to red / Linda Castillo. Castillo, Linda. c2004. Berkley Publ. Gr.

Paperback CHIL - Echo burning / Lee Child. Child, Lee. 2005. Jove Books

Paperback CHIL - The hard way : a Jack Reacher novel / Lee Child. Child, Lee. 2007. Dell

Paperback CHIL - Running blind / Lee Child. Child, Lee. [2007?], c2000. Jove Books

Paperback CLAN - Tom Clancy's power plays. Politika / created by Tom Clancy and Martin Greenberg. Clancy, Tom, 1997. Berkley Books

Paperback CLAN - The sum of all fears / Tom Clancy. Clancy, Tom, 1992, c1991. Berkley

Paperback CLAN - Rainbow six / Tom Clancy. Clancy, Tom, 1999. Berkley

Paperback CLAN - Tom Clancy's Net force / created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik. Clancy, Tom, 1999. Berkley Books

Paperback COON - Stephen Coonts' Deep black : payback / written by Stephen Coonts and Jim DeFelice. ... Coonts, Stephen, c2005. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback COON - Liberty / Stephen Coonts. Coonts, Stephen, 2004. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback COON - Saucer : the conquest / Stephen Coonts. Coonts, Stephen, 2006. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback COON - Liars & thieves / Stephen Coonts. Coonts, Stephen, 2005, c2004. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback CORN - All that remains / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2005, c1992. Pocket Books

Paperback CORN - Trace / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2005, c2004. Berkley Books

Paperback CORN - Black notice / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2000, c1999. Berkley Books

Paperback CORN - Postmortem / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. [2003?], c1990. Pocket Books

Paperback CORN - Cruel & unusual / Patricia D. Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 1994,c1993. Avon

Paperback CORN - Isle of dogs / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2002, c2001. Berkley

Paperback CORN - Body of evidence / Patricia D. Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 1991. Pocket Books

Paperback CORN - Hornet's nest / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 1998, c1996. Berkley Books

Paperback CORN - The body farm / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 2005, c1994. Berkley Books : Berkley Pub. Group

Paperback CORN - From Potter's field / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. 1996, c1995. Berkley Books

Paperback CORN - Cause of death / Patricia Cornwell. Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. c1997. Berkley Books

Paperback CRIC - Timeline / Michael Crichton. Crichton, Michael, 1999. Ballantine Books

Paperback CUSS - Sahara / Clive Cussler. Cussler, Clive. [1993], c1992. Pocket Star Books

Paperback EVAN - The smoke jumper / Nicholas Evans. Evans, Nicholas, 2002. Dell

Paperback FORS - The fourth protocol / Frederick Forsyth. Forsyth, Frederick, 1985, c1984. Bantam

Paperback FORS - Avenger / Frederick Forsyth. Forsyth, Frederick, 2004. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback FREE - Bird's-eye view / J.F. Freedman. Freedman, J. F. c2001. Warner Books

Paperback GARD - Alone / Lisa Gardner. Gardner, Lisa. 2006, c2005. Bantam Books

Paperback GERR - The sinner / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2004. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - The Mephisto Club : a novel / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2007, c2006. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - Vanish : a novel / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. c2006. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - The surgeon / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2002, c2001. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - The apprentice / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2003, c2002. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - Life support / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 1998, c1997. Pocket Books,

Paperback GERR - Body double / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2005, c2004. Ballantine Books

Paperback GERR - The bone garden : a novel / Tess Gerritsen. Gerritsen, Tess. 2008, c2007. Ballantine Books

Paperback GRIS - The king of torts / John Grisham. Grisham, John. 2004, c2003. Dell

Paperback HEAL - The only good lawyer : a John Francis Cuddy mystery / Jeremiah Healy. Healy, J. F. 1999. Pocket Books

Paperback HERB - Sandworms of Dune / Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson ; based on an outline by ... Herbert, Brian. 2008, c2007. Tor

Paperback HIGG - The Bormann testament / Jack Higgins. Higgins, Jack, 2006. Berkley Books

Paperback HIGG - Day of judgment / Jack Higgins. Higgins, Jack, 2000, c1979. Berkley Books

Paperback HOAG - Prior bad acts / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2007. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Guilty as sin / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2004. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Ashes to ashes / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2000. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Taken by storm / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2007. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Straight from the heart / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2007, c1989. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Sarah's sin / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 1992, c1991. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Magic / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 1992, c1990. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Night sins / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 1996, c1995. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - The alibi man / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2008. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Dust to dust / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2006. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Cry wolf / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 1996, c1993. Bantam Books

Paperback HOAG - Mismatch / Tami Hoag. Hoag, Tami. 2008, c1989. Bantam Books

Paperback HOYT - McCampbell's heroes : the story of the U.S. Navy's celebrated carrier fighters o ... Hoyt, Edwin Palmer. 1984, c1983. Avon

Paperback HUNT - The master sniper / Stephen Hunter. Hunter, Stephen, 1996. Dell Pub.

Paperback JACK - Fatal burn / Lisa Jackson. Jackson, Lisa. 2006. Kensington Pub. Corp.

Paperback JAKE - North and South / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1983, c1982. Dell

Paperback JAKE - Heaven and hell / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1988, c1987. Dell

Paperback JAKE - The bastard / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1974. Pyramid Books

Paperback JAKE - The seekers / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1975. Pyramid Books

Paperback JAKE - The furies / John Jakes. Jakes, John, c1976. Pyramid Books

Paperback JAKE - The Lawless / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1978. Jove Publications

Paperback JAKE - The titans / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1976. Pyramid Books

Paperback JAKE - The Americans / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1980. Jove Publications

Paperback JAKE - The warriors / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1977. Pyramid Books

Paperback JAKE - The rebels / John Jakes. Jakes, John, 1975. Pyramid Books

Paperback KELL - The clinic / Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman, Jonathan. 1997, c1996. Bantam Books

Paperback KELL - The conspiracy club : a novel / Jonathan Kellerman. Kellerman, Jonathan. 2004. Ballantine Books

Paperback KOEP - Exposed / James Koeper. Koeper, James. c1997. Onyx

Paperback KORE - The Sabbathday River / Jean Hanff Korelitz. Korelitz, Jean Hanff, 2000, c1999. Berkley Pub. Group

Paperback LEHA - Mystic river / Dennis Lehane. Lehane, Dennis. 2002, c2001. HarperTorch

Paperback LESC - The vig : a novel / by John T. Lescroart. Lescroart, John T. 1998, c1990. Dell Pub.

Paperback LIND - The color of night / David Lindsey. Lindsey, David L. 2001, c1999. Warner Books

Paperback LOGA - The price of blood / Chuck Logan. Logan, Chuck, 1998, c1997. HarperPaperbacks

Paperback LOOM - The pegasus secret / Gregg Loomis. Loomis, Gregg. c2005. Leisure Books

Paperback LUDL - The Janson directive / Robert Ludlum. Ludlum, Robert, 2003, c2002. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback LUDL - The Sigma protocol / Robert Ludlum. Ludlum, Robert, 2002. St. Martin's Press

Paperback LUDL - The Tristan betrayal / Robert Ludlum. Ludlum, Robert, 2004, c2003. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback LUDL - The Prometheus deception / Robert Ludlum. Ludlum, Robert, [2001], 2000. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback LUDL - Robert Ludlum's The Altman code / series created by Robert Ludlum ; written by G ... Lynds, Gayle. 2004, c2003. St Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback LUST - Angel eyes / Eric Lustbader. Lustbader, Eric. 1993, c1991. Fawcett Crest

Paperback MACL - Circus / Alistair Maclean. MacLean, Alistair, c1975. Fawcett

Paperback MACL - The guns of Navarone / by Alistair MacLean. MacLean, Alistair, 1957. Fawcett

Paperback MACL - Bear Island / by Alistair MacLean. MacLean, Alistair, 1971. Fawcett Crest

Paperback MACL - Breakheart Pass / Alistair MacLean. MacLean, Alistair, c1974. Fawcett Crest

Paperback MACL - Force 10 from Navarone / Alistair MacLean. MacLean, Alistair, c1968. Fawcett Crest

Paperback MACL - River of death / Alistair MacLean. MacLean, Alistair, 1983, c1981. Fawcett Crest

Paperback MART - Tap, tap / David Martin. Martin, David Lozell, 1996, c1994. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback MART - Double tap [paperback] / Steve Martini. Martini, Steve, 2006. Jove

Paperback MCDE - A talent for war / Jack McDevitt. McDevitt, Jack. c1989. Ace Books

Paperback MEAD - Snow wolf / Glenn Meade. Meade, Glenn. 1997, c1995. St. Martin's Paperbacks

Paperback MONS - Dark house / Theresa Monsour. Monsour, Theresa. 2005. Berkley Books

Paperback NEAL - Method man / by Naomi Neale. Neale, Naomi. 2007. Making It

Paperback OSHA - Invasion of privacy / Perri O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy, Perri. 2008, c1996. Bantam Dell

Paperback OSHA - Motion to suppress / Perri O'Shaughnessy. O'Shaughnessy, Perri. 2008, 1995. Bantam Dell

Paperback PALM - Fatal / Michael Palmer. Palmer, Michael, 2003. Bantam Dell

Paperback PARK - Red light / T. Jefferson Parker. Parker, T. Jefferson. c2001. Hyperion

Paperback PATT - The big bad wolf / James Patterson. Patterson, James, 2004, c2003. Warner Books

Paperback PEAR - Giotto's hand / Iain Pears. Pears, Iain. 2000, c1994. Berkley Prime Crime

Paperback PERR - The Machiavelli interface / Steve Perry. Perry, Steve. c1986. Ace Books

Paperback RIZZ - The phalanx dragon / Timothy Rizzi. Rizzi, Timothy. 1995. Leisure Books

Paperback SAND - The hanged man's song / John Sandford. Sandford, John, 2004. Berkley Books

Paperback THOM - Fatal error / Colleen Thompson. Thompson, Colleen. 2004. Leisure Books

Paperback WALK - Double edge / Robert W. Walker. Walker, Robert W. 1998. Jove Books

Paperback ZOLL - The general was a spy : the truth about General Gehlen and his spy ring / Heinz ... Zolling, Hermann, 1972. Bantam Books

Word of the Day

feckless \FEK-lis\, adjective:
1. Ineffective; having no real worth or purpose.
2. Worthless; irresponsible; generally incompetent and ineffectual.

New Books 3/6/2009

New Books for March 6, 2009

Non-fiction

000's -- Computer Science

• 070.5 H4618yw -- Mr. Playboy by Steven Watts

100's -- Philosophy & Psychology

• 172.0973 D427 -- Morality wars by Charles Derber

200's -- Religion

• 211.6 T2392 -- A secular age by Charles Taylor

300's -- Social Sciences

• 303.49 Z216 -- The post-American world by Fareed Zakaria
• 305.896073 F7115 -- The race card by Richard Ford
• 320.58 F9115 -- Hot, flat, and crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
• 330.122 C9124 -- Creative capitalism edited by Michael Kinsley
• 330.9 K943 -- The return of depression economics and the crisis of 2008
• 332.0415 M8754 -- The trillion dollar meltdown by Charles R. Morris
• 332.49 F3532 -- The ascent of money by Niall Ferguson
• 343.730143 M2149 -- The challenge by Jonathan Mahler
• 355.033073 R4955yb -- Condoleezza Rice by Elisabeth Bumiller
• 362.860973 S3775 -- Vets under siege by Martin Schram
• 363.7 J795 -- The green-collar economy by Van Jones

500's -- Sciences

• 595.71782 H7376 -- The superorganism by Bert Hölldobler
• 577.16 S876 -- Where the wild things were by William Stolzenburg

600's -- Technology

• 612.8233 G291 -- Human by Michael S. Gazzaniga
• 616.042 G392 -- Blood matters by Masha Gessen
• 616.85 M619 -- Hysterical men by Mark S. Micale
• 618.92 M1233 -- Mother warriors by Jenny McCarthy
• 629.283 V2289 -- Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt

700's -- Arts & Recreation

• 770 B4564yg -- Zaida Ben-Yusuf by Frank Henry Goodyear
• 780 A2145y -- Hallelujah junction by John Adams
• 781.6430976 G495 -- Delta blues by Ted Gioia
• 782.42164 S7697yr -- Dusty! by Annie Janeiro Randall
• 791.430233 K956yr -- Kubrick's hope by Julian Rice
• 791.4375 T4827 -- Have you seen? by David Thomson
• 797.21 P539y -- No limits by Michael Phelps

800's -- Literature

• 811.54 G4931y -- The letters of Allen Ginsberg by Allen Ginsberg
• 811.54 K647s -- Sleeping it off in Rapid City by August Kleinzahler
• 812.5408 B5611 2005 - 2006 -- The Best American Short Plays 2005 - 2006 edited by Barbara Parisi
• 813.54 A243 -- A better angel by Chris Adrian
• 813.54 G983o -- The other by David Guterson
• 813.54 L183u -- Unaccustomed earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
• 813.54 M882m -- A mercy by Toni Morrison
• 813.54 U66w -- The widows of Eastwick by John Updike
• 821.912 J274o -- Opal sunset by Clive James
• 823.912 T6499u -- Unfinished tales of Numenor and Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien
• 823.914 L456m -- A most wanted man by John Le Carre

900's -- History & Geography

• 940.54 K361 -- Danger's hour by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
• 941.082 C5636yd -- Warlord by Carlo D'Este
• 956.7044345 C853 -- The sheriff of Ramadi by Dick Couch
• 972.91064 E687 -- The Cuba wars by Daniel P. Erikson
• 973.56 J124ym -- American lion by Jon Meacham
• 973.7 L736k -- Looking for Lincoln by Philip B. Kunhardt
• 973.7 L736ym -- Tried by war by James M. McPherson
• 973.931 M4684 -- Dark side by Jane Mayer
• 974.71044 C3231 -- The alchemy of loss by Abigail Carter

New Books 3/3/2009

New Books 3/3/2009

Non-fiction

100's - Philosophy & Psychology

• 133.92 W733 -- The paranormal caught on film by Melvyn J. Willin
• 158 H193 -- CrazyBusy by Edward M. Hallowell
• 170.44 T4482 -- This I believe II : More personal philosophies of remarkable men and women edited by Jay Allison & Dan Gediman

300's - Social Sciences

• 306.80973 F7918 -- Marriage by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
• 320.01 L1928 -- The political mind by George Lakoff
• 331.40951 C45655 -- Factory girls by Leslie T. Chang
• 341.584 B317 -- Freedom's battle by Gary Jonathan Bass
• 345.7302 W829 -- Law and the long war by Benjamin Wittes
• 364.15 T8663 -- True crime: An american anthology edited by Harold Schechter
• 370.973 M9814 -- Real education by Charles A. Murray

600's - Technology

• 658.4092 M6237 -- The new gold standard by Joseph A. Michelli
• 658.4093 C915 -- The myth of multitasking by Dave Crenshaw

700's - Arts & Recreation

• 796.357 B5331 -- You can observe a lot by watching by Yogi Berra
• 796.72 S4312yd -- Hard driving by Brian Donovan

800's - Literature

• 811.54 S8519r -- Red rover by Susan Stewart
• 813.54 B576l -- Letter to my daughter by Maya Angelou

900's - History & Geography

• 956.70443 Z29 -- City of widows by Haifa Zangana
• 973.46 H488yg -- The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed

Juvenile Literature

• J 813 S7944h -- The house of djinn by Suzanne Fisher Staples
• J 813.54 B576 -- Shadow Island by Raymond Bial

Spring Break Hours

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