New Fiction and Mystery for March

What's new for March? Here are a few titles:

Stay Close by Harlan Coben

A stand-alone thriller about the darker side of happy communities.

Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
The latest entry in the very popular Maisie Dobbs mystery series.

Poison Flower by Thomas Perry
The seventh novel in the Jane Whitefield series.

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New Foreign Films

The Sky Turns (Spanish) - A film about memory and the passage of time by director Mercedes Alvarez

The Man From London - (Hungarian) A philosophical drama by director Bela Tarr

The Names of Love - (French) A romantic comedy by director Michel Leclerc

The Skin I Live In - (Spanish) Directed by Pedro Almodovar

Mysteries of Lisbon - (Portuguese) - Directed by Raul Ruiz and based on the 19th century novel of the same name by Camilo Castelo Branco.

Behind the Glass - (Croatian) Three nouveau riche Croatians in a love triangle. Directed by Zrinko Ogresta


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New History Books Febuary 2012

Julius Caesar: Lessons in Leadership from the Great Conqueror By Yenne, Bill Foreword by Clark, Wesley K. 2012-01 - Palgrave MacMillan 9780230112315 Check Our Catalog "No ancient ruler inspired more legends than Julius Caesar. Under his leadership, Rome conquered territory throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, reaching the North Sea and conducting the first Roman invasion of Great Britain. Acclaimed author Bill Yenne charts the major events that shaped Caesar's leadership, his rise to power, and his crashing fall" More

Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World By Kwarteng, Kwasi 2012-02 - PublicAffairs 9781610391207 Check Our Catalog A narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan. More

Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President By Frank, Justin A. 2011-10 - Free Press 9781451620634 Check Our Catalog Dr. Frank analyzes the sometimes perplexing behavior of our current President, reaching conclusions that provide new ways of understanding Obama--certain to fascinate admirers and opponents alike .…More

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War By Platt, Stephen R. 2012-02 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307271730 Check Our Catalog This narrative history of China's 19th-century Taiping Rebellion (which cost some 20 million lives) brims with unforgettable characters and vivid recreations of massive and sometimes gruesome battles--a riveting, sweeping, and intimate portrait of the largest civil war in history. …More

City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas By Crowley, Roger 2012-01 - Random House 9781400068203 Check Our Catalog The only seas Venice ruled were the Mediterranean and Black, but it dominated European trade from 1000 to 1500, an achievement that owes much to its citizens' energy and freedom but mostly to their willingness to fight. …More

The Lost History of 1914: Reconsidering the Year the Great War Began By Beatty, Jack 2012-02 - Walker & Company 9780802778116 Check Our Catalog Beatty offers a highly original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long-dominant assumption that it was inevitable. Beatty writes "My book draws a new map, uncovering paths to peace long buried under the avalanche of war." …More TB

February's Featured Online Resource--Biography in Context

Have you ever wished there was an online resource where you could find good quick information about people such as Joe Paterno, Steve Jobs, Sojourner Truth, etc?

Whether you are just interested or have a research project to complete, Biography in Context is your first stop in the library or from home to find nearly 1, 000,000 biographical entries displayed in
topic pages featuring information from
reference books,
academic journals, news articles, audio clips & videos for over 525,000 people in history.

Take a look and see what you think!

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Dickens at 200

The prodigious British novelist, Charles Dickens, born February 7, 1812, is being celebrated the world over this year on the occasion of his bicentennial. Considered the first literary celebrity by many scholars, Dickens, the author of more than 14 novels, was also well known as a magazine editor, playwright, actor, philanthropist and social reformer.
Dickens was the creator of some of literature's most celebrated characters such as Oliver Twist, Scrooge and Tiny Tim while his writing gave a voice to the poor and downtrodden.
The subject of numerous retrospectives around the world, Dickens fans may enjoy exhibits at the Museum of London, Museum of Modern Art in New York, and UMass Lowell, among others.
Dickens best-selling novel? A Tale of Two Cities has sold over 200 million copies!

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What's new for February

What's new in fiction and mystery for February? Here are a few titles:

Wild Thing by Josh Bazell

Dr. Peter Brown, aka Pietro Brwna, is back. This time he accompanies a paleontologist on an assignment at the request of an eccentric billionaire. Murders, drug deals, of course the mob, and lots of laughs by the author of Beat the Reaper.

Pineapple Grenade by Tim Dorsey

In his 15th outing, Dorsey's protagonist Serge Storms has become a secret agent in Miami, but he ends up with two competing CIA bureaus on his tail.

The Technologists by Matthew Pearl

It's Boston in 1868 in Matthew Pearl's latest historical novel. Four of the first group of MIT students team up to look into a series of baffling scientific mysteries.

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