Music
Back to love
Hamilton, Anthony, 1971-
New York : So So Def Records, p2011.
MB HAMI BL R62
Grammy Award-winning singer Anthony Hamilton creates an album that
tells a story of relationships with the signature grit, soul, and funk
that only
he can bring. The CD includes the Babyface-produced single Woo.
Chimes of freedom : the songs of Bob Dylan
Dylan, Bob, 1941-
New York : Amnesty International, p2012.
MA COLL CF A16
Amnesty International presents a collection that pays homage to the
work of Bob Dylan while also spotlighting various issues in the fight
for human
rights.
Decades of worship
Smith, Michael W. (Michael Whitaker), 1957-
[S.l.] : Provident, [2012].
MG SMIT DW R82
Divine Providence
Deer Tick (Musical group).
Brooklyn, NY : Partisan Records, 2011.
MR DEER DP P31
Acclaimed indie rock group Deer Tick returns with their fourth studio
album, which was recorded in their hometown of Providence.
Electric fruit
Walter, Weasel, 1972-
[Norwald, Conn.] : Thirsty Ear Recordings, 2011.
MJ WALT EF T86
Emotional traffic
McGraw, Tim.
Nashville, Tenn. : Curb, p2012.
MC MCGR ET C20
One of the most talked about and highly anticipated albums in country
music comes to light with Tim McGraw's follow up to 2009's Southern
Voice. The album includes the chart topping hit Felt Good On My Lips as
well as
the new single Better Than I Used to Be. R&B star Ne-Yo also makes
an appearance
on the track Only Human.
The essential Korn
Korn (Musical group).
New York, NY : Sony Music Entertainment : distributed by Epic, 2011.
MR KORN EK I82
Fallen empires
Snow Patrol (Musical group).
New York : Island/Fiction, p2011.
MR SNOW FE I02
Fallen Empires includes collaborations with both Troy Van Leeuwen
(Queens of the Stone Age) on the single Called Out in the Dark and LA
singer-
songwriter Lissie, who provides vocals for several of the tracks.
50 words for snow
Bush, Kate.
Los Angeles, CA : Anti, p2011.
MR BUSH FWS A62
Kate Bush returns with her first album of new studio material since
2005's Aerial. Here she creates a highly evocative musical and lyrical
landscape
with seven songs set against a background of falling snow. This haunting
album
once again pushes the boundaries of her art.
For the good times
Little Willies (Musical group).
[United States] : Blue Note : Milking Bull, 2012.
MA LITT FGT M29
Four friends ? Lee Alexander on bass, Jim Campilongo on guitar, Norah
Jones on piano and vocals, and Richard Julian on guitar and vocals of
The
Little Willies put their own unique spin on classic country songs that
were made
famous by such names as Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton.
G n' R lies
Guns n' Roses (Musical group).
Los Angeles, Calif. : Geffen Records, p1988.
MR GUNS LIES G82
Hell on heels
Pistol Annies (Musical group).
New York, NY : RCA, p2011.
MC PIST HH R25
Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley join forces in the
group Pistol Annies. The trio's harmonic country style is showcased on
their
debut album, which includes the hit title track.
Hits and more
McBride, Martina.
[S.l.] : RCA Records, [2012].
MC MCBR HM S72
Included on this 20-song collection are empowering
hits as Independence Day; This One's for the Girls; and Ride, all of
which have
underscored McBride's incredible popularity as one of music's preeminent
female
vocalists.
Icon
O'Neal, Alexander.
Santa Monica, CA : Tabu Records/Universal Music Enterprises, p2011.
MB ONEA ICO T02
L.A. woman (40th Anniversary)
Doors (Musical Group).
[New York] : Elektra, 2012.
MR DOOR LAW R84
Megalithic symphony
Awolnation (Musical group).
Culver City, CA : Red Bull, p2011.
MR AWOL MS R86
The debut album from alternative rock band Awolnation features a little
bit of punk, techno and hip-hop. Each track has something equally
different and creative offer, from slow synths to uplifting, bright
vocals.
Old school
Lofgren, Nils.
[Gladeville, TN] : Vision Music, Inc., p2011.
MR LOFG OS V16
Prince Royce
Prince Royce.
[S.l.] : Top Stop Music ; Coconut Grove, FL : Distributed by Sony
Music Entertainment US Latin, p2010.
MA ROYC PR T58
Ringo 2012
Starr, Ringo.
Santa Monica, CA : Hip-O, p2012.
MR STAR RTT H20
The legendary Ringo Starr returns with his seventeenth solo studio
album, which includes several superstar guest artists as well as new
versions of
Wings and Step Lightly.
Somewhere
Cassidy, Eva.
Gig Harbor, WA : Blix Street, p2008.
MA CASS SOME B20
Soul 2
Seal (Musician).
Burbank, CA : Reprise Records, c2011.
MR SEAL ST R42
Grammy Award winning singer Seal returns with a second collection of soul covers
that sees him put his signature style on such classics as Ooh Baby
2012 Grammy nominees
New York : Universal Republic, p2012.
MR COLL GN G02
From Adele and Nicki Minaj to Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars, the year's
biggest Grammy nominees are celebrated in an eclectic collection
featuring many of the year's top hits.
The very best of Neil Diamond the original studio recordings
Diamond, Neil.
New York, NY : Columbia Legacy, p2011.
MA DIAM VB C02
Whatever
Hot Chelle Rae (Musical group).
New York : RCA, p2011.
MR HOTC WHA R72
Nashville pop rock band Hot Chelle Rae follows up their successful
debut album, Lovesick Electric, with their sophomore album, which
features the
hit single Tonight Tonight.
Which side are you on?
Difranco, Ani.
Buffalo, NY : Righteous Babe, 2012.
MR DIF WSY R23
Difranco's first studio album in almost three years, features 11 songs
along with the reworked title song that was made famous by Pete Seeger.
Audio Books
1Q84
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, p2011.
BCD MUR
An ode to George Orwell's "1984" told in alternating male and female
voices relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret
organization who
discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and
Tengo, a
mathematics lecturer and novice writer.
10 mindful minutes
Hawn, Goldie.
Grand Rapids, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., p2011.
BCD 158.1 HAW
By understanding how their brains work, children discover where their
emotions come from and become more self-aware. They learn to appreciate
the sensory aspects of their lives and to value the positive effects of
mindfulness, compassion, and kindness. This, in turn, empowers them to
manage
and reduce their own stress and helps them be happy.
77 Shadow Street [a novel]
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-
Grand Haven, MI. : Brilliance Audio, p2011.
BCD KOO
The affluent occupants of luxury apartments, housed in a two-hundred
-year-old mansion with a checkered past, enter into a terrifying waking
nightmare when the haunted house reawakens, leaving no one safe from its
grip.
All I did was shoot my man
Mosley, Walter.
New York : Penguin Audio, c2012.
BCD MOS
The art of fielding
Harbach, Chad.
[New York] : Hachette Audio, p2011.
BCD HAR
A baseball star at a small college near Lake Michigan launches a
routine throw that goes disastrously off course and inadvertently
changes the
lives of five people, including the college president, a gay teammate,
and the
president's daughter.
Believing the lie [an Inspector Lynley novel]
George, Elizabeth.
New York : Penguin Audio, p2012.
BCD GEO
Inspector Thomas Lynley is mystified when he's sent undercover to
investigate the death of Ian Cresswell at the request of the man's
uncle, the
wealthy and influential Bernard Fairclough. The death has been ruled an
accidental drowning, and nothing on the surface indicates otherwise. But
when
Lynley enlists the help of his friends Simon and Deborah St. James, the
trio's
digging soon reveals that the Fairclough clan is awash in secrets, lies,
and
motives. Deborah's investigation of the prime suspect -- Bernard's
prodigal son
Nicholas, a recovering drug addict, leads her to Nicholas's wife -- a
woman with
whom she feels a kinship, a woman as fiercely protective as she is
beautiful.
Lynley and Simon delve for information from the rest of the family,
including
the victim's bitter ex-wife and the man he left her for, and Bernard
himself. As
the investigation escalates, the Fairclough family's veneer cracks, with
deception and self-delusion threatening to destroy everyone from the
Fairclough
patriarch to Tim, the troubled son Ian left behind.
Breakdown
Paretsky, Sara.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., c2012, p2011.
BCD PAR
Detective Warshawski is pitted against a powerful political pundit with
serious connections and a complicated history he'll do anything to
protect.
Catherine the Great [portrait of a woman]
Massie, Robert K., 1929-
New York, NY : Books on Tape, p2011.
BCD B CATHERINE
Copper beach a Dark Legacy novel
Krentz, Jayne Ann.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., p2012.
BCD KRE
Within the pages of very rare books, some centuries old, lie the
secrets of the paranormal. Abby Radwell's unusual psychic talent has
made her an
expert in such volumes -- and sometimes taken her into dangerous
territory.
After a deadly incident in the private library of an obsessive
collector, Abby
receives a blackmail threat, and rumors swirl that an old alchemical
text known
as The Key has reappeared on the black market. A number of ruthless
people are
searching for the book. Some believe that Abby can find it for them....
D. C. dead [a Stone Barrington novel]
Woods, Stuart.
New York : Penguin Audio, p2011.
BCD WOO
Stone Barrington, his former NYPD partner Dino Bachetti and CIA agent
Holly Barker investigate a possible serial killer with ties to the White
House.
Death benefit
Cook, Robin, 1940-
New York : Penguin Audio, cp2011.
BCD COO
Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working
closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist on
cutting-
edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating
replacement
organs for critically ill patients. Through her work with the brilliant
molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will be given the
chance
to fulfill her ambition to participate in medical discoveries that can
help
millions while bringing her a measure of personal peace. But when
tragedy
strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of infatuated classmate George
Wilson,
must investigate an unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly
secure
bio-safety lab.
A devil is waiting
Higgins, Jack, 1929-
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, 2012, p2011.
BCD HIG
The President is coming to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome.
A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will
assassinate the President, and though most London Muslims think the
mullah has
crossed the line, a few think otherwise. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General
Charles
Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the 'Prime Minister's
private
army' are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an
intelligence
captain and Afghan war hero named Sara Gideon.
The Forgotten affairs of youth
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2011.
BCD MCC
Isabel Dalhousie helps a new friend discover the identity of her
father. But Isabel also manages to find time for her own concerns: her
young son,
Charlie, already walking and talking; her housekeeper, Grace, whose
spiritualist
has lately been doubling as a financial advisor; her niece Cat's latest
relationship; and the pressing question of when and how Isabel and Jamie
should
finally get married.
Gideon's corpse
Preston, Douglas J.
[Boston, MA] : Hachette Audio, p2012.
BCD PRE
A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage
at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff. A plume of
radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse, where, it seems, a
powerful
nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before. Sifting through the
evidence,
authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen : in ten
days, a
major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack. Ten days.
And
Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of
New York
to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse --
far
worse -- than mere Armageddon.
Gun games
Kellerman, Faye.
New York : HarperAudio, p2012.
BCD KEL
Peter Decker and Rina Lazarous are back in this gripping mystery
involving a secret cabal of some of Los Angeles' most wealthy - and
vicious -
teens.
Jack Kennedy elusive hero
Matthews, Christopher, 1945-
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, c2011.
BCD B KENNEDY
Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of
the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military
service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in
politics.
The Jaguar a Charlie Hood novel
Parker, T. Jefferson.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., cp2012.
BCD PAR
Erin McKenna, a beautiful songwriter married to a crooked Los Angeles
County sheriff's deputy, is kidnapped by Benjamin Armenta, the ruthless
leader of the powerful Gulf Cartel. But his demands turn out to be as
unusual as
the crumbling castle in which Erin is kept.
Killing Lincoln [the shocking assassination that changed America forever]
O'Reilly, Bill.
New York : Macmillan Audio, cp2011.
BCD 973.7092 ORE
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Love in
a nutshell
Evanovich, Janet.
New York : Macmillan Audio, c2011, p2012.
BCD EVA
Kate Appleton wants to turn her parents' summer house, the Nutshell, into a bed
and breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less
than savory. Matt Culhane wants Kate to spy on his brewery employees. Someone
has been sabotaging his company, and if Kate finds the culprit, Matt will pay
her a $20,000 bonus. Needless to say, Kate is highly motivated. But there are
complications. Kate hates beer, no one likes her, and she's falling for her
boss.
Lunatics
[a novel]
Barry, Dave.
New York, N.Y. : Books on Tape, p2012.
BCD BAR
One of the authors is a bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist. The other
is a winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Together, they form the
League of Comic Justice, battling evildoers in the name of... Okay, we made that
line up. What they do form is a writing team of pure comic genius, and they will
have you laughing like idiots. One character, Philip Horkman is a happy man, the
owner of a pet store called The Wine Shop, and on Sundays a referee for kids'
soccer. The other, Jeffrey Peckerman is the sole sane person in a world filled
with goddamned jerks and morons, and he's having a really bad day. The two of
them are about to collide in a swiftly escalating series of events that will
send them running for their lives, pursued by the police, soldiers, terrorists,
subversives, bears, and a man dressed as Chuck E. Cheese. Where all that mayhem
takes them you can't begin to guess. But what else would you expect from the
League of Comic Justice?
The rope
Barr, Nevada.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., cp2011.
BCD BAR
What started as a simple hike through the park turns into a nightmare
when Anna Pigeon wakes up in the bottom of a dry well, naked, without
any of her supplies, and no memory as to how she got there. Using her
own wits
and nothing else, Anna must fight to escape this deadly prison, and then
find
out who put her there.
Taken
Crais, Robert.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., c2012, c2011.
BCD CRA
When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has
faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike --and Cole
soon
determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have
been
taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the
professional
border kidnappers, who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one
another
-- buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities.