NEW BOOKS
NONFICTION
Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy
by Jeff Chester
Discusses how technology should be regulated to ensure democracy.
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Richistan
by Robert Frank
A revealing and funny journey about the lives of the rich.
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The Diana Chronicles
by Tina Brown
On the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, author Tina Brown takes a look at who Diana really was and what made her who she is.
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New Girl on the Job: Advice From the Trenches
by Hannah Seligson
Informative interviews with some of the most successful businesswomen in the country on being the new girl on the job and how they made it through.
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The Specialty Shop
by Dorothy Finell
A resourceful guide on how create a unique and profitable business. Finell spent over twenty years researching the most fascinating, imaginative and successful shops in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
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The Wild Trees
by Richard Preston
Details the author's account of climbing the famous redwood trees in Northern California and spending time with a daring group of botanists.
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Fast Women: The Legendary Ladies of Racing
by Todd McCarthy
An account of women during the 1950's who competed against men, asserting themselves in the risky and highly competitive sport of auto racing.
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The Boomer Century
by Richard Croker
An entertaining historical look at the baby boomer generation.
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Cape Wind
by Wendy Williams & Robert Whitcomb
Jim Gordon decided to build a wind farm on the coast of Cape Cod believing that he was doing something good by providing a clean energy source. This book discusses how some of America's richest individuals challenged the wind farm and manipulated democracy to serve their own interests.
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Too Close to the Sun
by Sara Wheeler
Biography of Denys Finch Hatton who loved Africa and made a career as a big game hunter and expert bush pilot.
FICTION
The Sleeping Doll
by Jeffery Deaver
Special agent Kathryn Dance questions convicted murderer Daniel Manson (who killed the wealthy Croyton family) in order to obtain a real confession. When Manson escapes prison, Dance not only discovers where Manson is hiding but the truth about the murder.
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White Night
by Jim Butcher
Someone is killing members of the supernatural underclass making the population of wizards dwindle. Harry Dresden sets out to find why before the killer strikes again.
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The Sonnet Lover
by Carol goodman
When professor Rose Asher's star student kills himself, he leaves her a letter that will possibly lead her to some of William Shakespeare's missing sonnets.
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The Archivist's Story
by Travis Holland
A young archivist is sent to authenticate an unsigned story taken from one of the prisoners of Moscow's famous Lubyanka prison.
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Lost Men
by Brian Leung
When eight year old Chan's mother dies he is sent from China by his father to live in the west. Twenty years later Chan meets his father in China and learns a terrible secret.
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Presence
by Arthur Miller
Short fictional stories written by the late Arthur Miller.
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Luncheon of the Boating Party
by Susan Vreeland
Renoir spends most of his time painting wealthy, society women but soon tries something different to create a unique masterpiece.
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