New Titles at the Briarcliff Manor Library: February 2012

Every few weeks, new books, audiobooks, DVDs and magazines arrive at the Briarcliff Manor Library. We also purchase new eBooks. You can come in to browse the shelves near the circulation desk or look at our online catalog and place a hold on an item. You can also call our desk staff at 914-941-7072 to place a hold. 

To find eBooks, visit the website. If you are a Briarcliff Manor cardholder, log in first so that you have full access to our Advantage titles in addition to titles purchased by Westchester Library System. Any questions, please call the library or come in to see us.

We’re here to help you find the materials you want.

Here's what's new this month:

ADULTS

FICTION 

Catch Me by Lisa Gardner (Dutton, 2012)

Can Detective D.D. Warren, Gardner’s female sleuth, find a killer before he or she strikes? Set in Boston, this taut thriller weaves together two different murder investigations that may be linked.

Death of Kings by Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins 2011)

One of the leading writers of historical fiction triumphs again as he brings the Anglo-Saxon world to life. 

Home Front by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press, 2012)

In a different take on the wartime novel, Jolene must go away to the war in Iraq, while her husband Michael stays at his job and takes care of their children. When Jolene returns wounded, everyone’s life changes.

How It All Began by Penelope Lively (Viking, 2012)

What role does chance play in contemporary life? From a mugging to a marriage that falls apart, from a new business partner to a rewarding relationship teaching a new immigrant, Lively presents quietly amusing characters whose lives intersect in surprising ways.

NONFICTION

30 Lessons for Living: Tried and True Advice from the Wisest Americans by Karl Pillemer (Hudson Street Press, 2011)

Gerontologist Karl Pillemer interviewed more than one thousand Americans over the age of sixty-five and in this book he presents their views on life's big issues: children, marriage, money, career and aging. 

Borrow: The American Way of Debt: How Personal Credit Created the American Middle Class and Almost Bankrupted the Nation by Louis Hyman (Vintage, 2012) 

In this lively account of consumer debt in America, economic historian Louis Hyman demonstrates the ways in which today’s problems are rooted in the past. The descriptive stories of the people and businesses affected by these changes resonate with the economic issues of our own time.

City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley (Random House, 2011)

This history of the Venetian empire, a place of great wealth and a leading player in many of the major conflicts of the time, begins with the break-up of the Byzantine Empire and ends with the ascent of the Ottomans as the dominant sea power in the Mediterranean.

CHILDREN

Just as Good -- How Larry Doby Changed America's Game by Chris Crowe (Candlewick, 2012)

Baseball fans of today may not realize that, at the time, many people worried that Jackie Robinson was "just a fluke." In this story, Homer and his father's doubts are washed away when they tune into the 1948 World Series on the radio and find out that Larry Doby, another pioneering African American player, is being embraced by his teammates. (Picture book.) 

Showoff by Gordon Korman (Scholastic, 2012)

The latest book in the popular Swindle series by Gordon Korman has arrived. These books are always fun, fast-paced adventures that do not disappoint. (Novel)

TEENS

Shine by Lauren Myracle (Amulet Books, 2011)

This thoughtful novel set in a backwoods, impoverished Southern town will satisfy teens looking for a compelling and serious read. (Novel)

ADULT DVDS

Some of our new releases are available for holds and may be borrowed for seven days. “Express” copies may be borrowed for three days. No holds may be placed on these DVDs. Please come into the library to check our shelves.

50/50 (2011) – R

A Better Life (2011) – PG-13

Beginners (2011) – R

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) – G

Ides of March (2011) – R

Margin Call (2011) – R

Moneyball (2011) – PG-13
 

We’ll be back next month with some more new titles.