10 New Items to Check Out at the Library

Wowbrary.com lists the top new releases at libraries around the country. Here is a look at 10 new items you can now find at the . 

1. Something Borrowed, from Warner Bros. Pictures. Chick-lit lovers, and those who love them, will flock to Something Borrowed. The movie itself borrows some of the best bits from earlier romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally,  27 Dresses, and Sex and the City. Though Kate Hudson is the ostensible Big Star here, it's Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love, He's Just Not That into You) who finally comes into her own as a winsome leading lady.
2. Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, by Alexandra Fuller. In this sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. Fuller braids a multilayered narrative around the perfectly lit, Happy Valley-era Africa of her mother's childhood; the boiled cabbage grimness of her father's English childhood; and the darker, civil war- torn Africa of her own childhood.
3. The Little Mermaid (Two-Disc Platinum Edition), from Walt Disney Home Entertainment. From the moment that Prince Eric's ship emerged from the fog in the opening credits it was apparent that Disney had suddenly recaptured that 'magic' that had been dormant for thirty years. In the tale of a headstrong young mermaid who yearns to 'spend a day, warm on the sand,' Ariel trades her voice to Ursula, the Sea Witch (classically voiced by Pat Carroll), for a pair of legs.
4. Flash and Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan), by Kathy Reichs. This new novel is set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan. Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan’s office to share a devastating story.
5. A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive, by Dave Pelzer. This book chronicles the unforgettable account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games--games that left him nearly dead.
6. The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do, by Daniel Woodrell. This is a hard-hitting, critically acclaimed trilogy of crime novels from Daniel Woodrell. In the parish of St. Bruno, sex is easy, corruption festers, and double-dealing is a way of life. Rene Shade is an uncompromising detective swimming in a sea of filth.
7. The Violets of March: A Novel, by Sarah Jio. A woman stumbled upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author. In her twenties, Emily Wilson was on top of the world: she had a bestselling novel, a husband plucked from the pages of GQ, and a one-way ticket to happily ever after. Ten years later, the tide has turned. So when her great-aunt Bee invites her to spend a  month on Bainbridge Island in Washington State, Emily accepts, longing to be healed by the sea.
8. The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies---How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths, by Michael Shermer. In this book, Shermer offers a comprehensive and provocative theory on how beliefs are born, formed, reinforced, challenged, changed and extinguished. In his thirty years of research, psychologist Michael Shermer upends the traditional thinking about how humans form beliefs about the world.
9. Baby Einstein: Baby Mozart, from Buena Vista. Baby Mozart music CD is a 15-track, 28-minute collection designed as a playful introduction to the genius of Mozart, the child prodigy from Salzburg. Bring to life the Classical Period (1750-1830) with the brilliance and grace of classical music by Wolfgang Mozart and enrich your child's life by exposing them to melody, harmony in this audio journey of some of Mozart's best work.
10. Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #24: Dog Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of Night, by Mary Pope Osborne. When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of Night, they had lots of questions. How do St. Bernards help find avalanche survivors? Who are some of the most famous war dog heroes? Find out the answers as Jack and Annie track the facts.

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