What's New at the Caestecker Public Library

The Eleventh Hour

Acorn Media
Stars Patrick Stewart and Ashley Jensen.
Professor Ian Hood is recruited by the British government as its on-call scientist/detective. Along with his female bodyguard, they take on such menaces as rogue cloners, ruthless polluters, and resurgent viruses. Includes four episodes.

Elizabeth I

HBO
Dame Helen Mirren won an Emmy for this portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I, which also stars Jeremy Irons and Hugh Dancy.

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Set 4

Based on Elizabeth George's bestselling novels, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries feature Nathaniel Parker as Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sharon Small as Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Although they're partners, there's a strong sense of class conflict between the two cops: Lynley is a member of a rich and prominent family, while Havers hails from the lower rungs of the working-class ladder. The duo's social differences and occasional disagreements afford the tales an undercurrent that makes the series especially compelling. Includes the episodes In Divine Proportion, In the Guise of Death, The Seed of Cunning, and The Word of God.

The Last Detective: Series 1

Acorn Media
Peter Davison stars as the perpetually put-upon Detective Constable Davies, ironically nicknamed "Dangerous" by colleagues for being the last investigator likely to be sent out on a serious case. But Dangerous always shows his co-workers a thing or two when he uses his superior investigative skills to get at the truth behind seemingly innocuous events.

The Last Detective: Series 2

Peter Davison returns for another season. In "Christine," Davies investigates the death of a wealthy artist found dead after a fire in his home, and despite the suggestions of his colleagues, he refuses to suspect the wife. In "The Long Bank Holiday," a dispute between two neighbors over a piece of shrubbery leads to an unsettling discovery. Davies finds himself the butt of jokes again in "Benefit to Mankind" but proves himself while trying to discover who murdered a medical researcher. And in "Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts," Davies is on the trail of someone who killed a refugee.

Mansfield Park

Rated PG-13.
Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Frances O'Connor, Harold Pinter.
Director Patricia Rozema puts a spin on Jane Austen's rather problematic novel by reconceiving its heroine as a learned proto-feminist. Sent to live with her wealthy cousins, poor relation Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor) finds herself in an ideal situation to observe the upper-class marriage trade, allowing Rozema to foreground Austin's underlying theme of matrimony as slavery.

Monarch of the Glen: Complete series 5

Series 5 of Monarch of the Glen opens right after the marriage of Archie (Alastair MacKenzie) and Lexie (Dawn Steele). Archie is feeling restless and wants to pursue a job in New York, until Duncan (Hamish Clark) finds a live World War II bomb among his grandfather's things -- resulting in a blast that causes serious damage to Glenbogle. Archie's half brother, Paul (Lloyd Owen), who first popped up in Series 4, returns to Glenbogle and plays a large part in the remainder of the series.

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Graham Chapman's Personal Best
John Cleese's Personal Best
Terry Gilliam's Personal Best
Eric Idle's Personal Best
Terry Jones' Personal Best
Michael Palin's Personal Best

"Best of" sketches selected by the Pythons themselves. Hours of satire and inspired silliness.

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Aging Out

Docurama Film Festival selection
Aging Out documents what happens to three adolescents who have grown-up in America's foster system. The filmmakers chart how these young adults are forced to provide for themselves and get along in the world without having been given any knowledge of how to do these things during their childhood. They face a future that includes drug addiction, prison, and a constant fight to gain a sense of security.

Ballets Russes

Zeitgeist Films
Filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine explore the remarkable history of the legendary dance troupe Ballets Russes in this meticulously researched documentary that traces the evolution of the group from their 1909 debut performance in Paris until their final 1962 show in Brooklyn, NY. Documentary includes performance, rehearsal and interview footage with Ballets Russes dancers; rare archival footage, including excerpts of classic Ballets Russes performances of Swan Lake and Giselle, and more.

Billy Blanks Tae Bo: Billy's Favorite Moves

A great way to get in shape.

England

Pilot Productions.
Traveler Ian Wright takes viewers on a journey through Great Britain, from the white cliffs of Dover to the stunning coast of Cornwall, ending in the Welsh mountain town of Snowdonia. In the second episode, Justine Shapiro embarks on a historic journey across England exploring its rich past.

Midwest USA

Pilot Productions.
Traveller Justine Shapiro embarks on a journey through America's heartland. Beginning in Chicago, she heads down Route 66, stopping off at Springfield, Illinois before heading on to Berlin, Ohio - home to an Amish community. From there she takes a short flight to Detroit, Michigan, home of Motown music, before ending her journey in the great outdoors at Lake Superior and Deer River.

Monarchy

Acorn Media.
David Starkey guides viewers through the centuries of the British Monarchy in this two-disc set.

New England

Pilot Productions.
Traveler Megan McCormick begins her journey in Plymouth, site of America's first pilgrim community. After sampling a slice of vibrant culture in Boston she heads north to experience the fall in Vermont. After visiting the pristine natural coastline of Cape Cod, she ends her journey among the illustrious 'summer cottages' of Newport, Rhode Island.

Thou Shalt Laugh

Patricia Heaton hosts the comedy special Thou Shalt Laugh, routines from seven up-and-coming stand-up comics who happen to be born again Christians - and who share a belief that comedy need not be obscene and vulgar to be funny. Jeff Allen, Teresa Logan, Taylor Mason, Thor Ramsey, Joby Saad, Micheal JR and Gilbert Esquivel each deliver one routine.

Titanic's Final Moments: Missing pieces

As shown on the History Channel.
Documentary footage and latest theories on the sinking. Includes bonus documentary "History's Mysteries: Doomed sisters of the Titanic"

Venice

Pilot Productions.
Join traveller Justine Shapiro as she explores Venice by boat and on foot, through the romantic canals by pin-up gondolier Gianbattista into a maze of labyrinthine alleyways where she stumbles upon hidden treasures.

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Introduced as a means of providing an alternative to increasing oil consumption and reducing pollution in 1996, the electric car was all but a forgotten memory only a decade later -- but why? Though interviews with consumer advocacy experts, automotive industry experts, and oil industry heavyweights, filmmaker Chris Payne paints a though-provoking picture of a culture whose aversion to change and reliance on dwindling resources may be rooted in the financial concerns of a wealthy few, and may also be leading consumers down a troubling path.

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It felt like the holidays arrived early on Friday afternoon -- we received two large boxes filled to the brim with new materials. I'll do my best to get these listed over the next few days, but don't wait for me! Please, stop by and check out our new DVDs, children's books, and teen fiction. More is on its way :)

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Favre 4 Ever

Highlights of the Packers star's career.

X-Men III: The last stand

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence, some sexual content and language.
Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian mcKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart.
After a controversial "cure" is discovered, mutants can choose to retain their superhuman abilities or give up their unique gifts and become "normal." When peaceful mutant leader Charles Xavier clashes with his militant counterpart, Magneto, the battle lines are drawn for the war to end all wars.

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Beach Road by James Patterson

A struggling Montauk lawyer agrees to defend a local man accused of murdering several flashy Hamptons types and finds himself in the midst of another trial of the century.

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

Like so many proud men and women, John must choose between love and country. And like all those left behind, Savannah must decide to wait or move on. How do we choose wisely? How can we face loss-without giving up on love? Now, when he finally returns to North Carolina, John will discover that loving Savannah will force him to make the hardest decision of his life.

H.R.H. by Danielle Steel

Princess Christiana is European royality, educated in America, who's father, Reigning Prince of a European nation takes royality seriously. He has plans for her life, but after four years at Berkeley, life in her father's palace cannot distract Christianna from what she sees outside the kingdom--the suffering of children, the ravages of terrorism and disease. Determined to make a difference in the world, she persuades His Royal Highness, her father, to let her volunteer for the Red Cross in East Africa. And for Christianna, a journey of discovery, change, and awakening begins.

Lisey's Story by Stephen King

Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband Scott two years ago, after a twenty five year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Lisey knew there was a place Scott went -- a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited.

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Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille

Detective John Corey of The Lion's Game, Plum Island, and Night Fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions

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The Rules of Seduction by Madeline Hunter

Dangerous. Sensual. Handsome as sin. Meet Hayden Rothwell, the shamelessly erotic hero of The Rules of Seduction and author Madeline Hunter’s most irresistible alpha male yet: a man of extraordinary passion and power, a man who can bring out the seductress in any woman...

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The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford

Frank Bascombe's (The Spectator, Independence Day) story resumes, in the fall of 2000, with the presidential election still hanging in the balance and Thanksgiving looming before him with all the perils of a post-nuclear family get-together. He's now plying his trade as a realtor on the Jersey shore and contending with health, marital and familial issues that have his full attention: "all the ways that life seems like life at age fifty-five strewn around me like poppies."

The Rising Tide: A novel of the Second World War by Jeff Shaara

Opening volume in a planned trilogy about World War II. Shaara takes readers from the early and uncertain days of the war in North Africa to the beginning of plans for D-day.

When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmall

Sisters of the Quilt series, book 1

Despite being raised in a traditional Old Order Amish family, seventeen-year-old Hannah Lapp desires to break with custom, forgo baptism into the faith, and marry outside the cloistered community. She's been in love with Mennonite Paul Waddell for three years, and before returning to college for his senior year, Paul asks Hannah to be his wife. Hannah accepts, aware that her marriage will change her relationship with her family forever.

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French Women for All Seasons: A year of secrets, recipes and pleasure by Mireille Guiliano

For the legions of fans who asked for seconds after devouring French Women Don't Get Fat, a charming and practical guide to adding some joie to your vie and to your table, every day of the year.

The Secret Life of Houdini: The making of America's first superhero by William Kalush

Handcuff King. Escape Artist. International Superstar. Since his death eighty years ago, Harry Houdini's life has been chronicled in books, in film, and on television. Now, in this groundbreaking biography, renowned magic expert William Kalush and best-selling writer Larry Sloman team up to find the man behind the myth. Drawing from millions of pages of research, they describe in vivid detail the passions that drove Houdini to perform ever-more-dangerous feats, his secret life as a spy, and a pernicious plot to subvert his legacy.

Ship of Ghosts: The story of the USS Houston, FDR's legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors by James D. Hornfischer

The heavy cruiser USS Houston, FDR's favorite warship, was stationed south of Manila during the attack on Pearl Harbor. After December 7, it rendezvoused with other American, Australian, British, and Dutch ships to form a fleet in the Dutch East Indies. While assaulting a Japanese convoy, it was sunk in a heated battle at Sunda Strait. Many of the crew were killed, but others survived only to be imprisoned in Japanese camps.

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The Cold Moon: A Lincoln Rhyme novel by Jeffrey Deaver

On a freezing December night, with a full moon hovering in the black sky over New York City, two people are brutally murdered - the death scenes marked by eerie, matching calling cards: moon-faced clocks investigators fear ticked away the victims' last moments on earth. Renowned criminologist Lincoln Rhyme immediately identifies the clock distributor and has the chilling realization that the killer - who has dubbed himself the Watchmaker - has more murders planned in the hours to come.

Hero Under Cover by Suzanne Brockmann

Rainy Day Kisses by Debbie Macomber

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Curious George

Rated G.
Voice cast: Will Ferrell, Frank Welker, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowwright, Dick Van Dyke.
Ted, the explorer with a large yellow hat, is good friends with Bloomsberry. Bloomsberry runs a natural history museum. His greedy son, Bloomsberry Junior, wants to tear down his dad's museum and put a parking garage in its place, but the elder Bloomsberry is convinced that a spectacular new exhibit could save the museum from the wrecking ball. Ted heads to Africa on an expedition to find some special artifacts that will keep his friend in business. While he is in Africa, he befriends a playful monkey he calls George. While George is friendly, he has a taste for mischief and seems to always get Ted in trouble. Ted thinks he has seen the last of George when his ship heads back to America, but discovers that George managed to hide aboard the boat before it sailed. Ted and his good friend Maggie, a schoolteacher who's sweet on him, struggle to find of a way to save Bloomsberry's museum.

Dora the Explorer: World Adventure

When Swiper swipes all the special glowing friendship bracelets from friendship parades all over the world in "Dora's world adventure." Dora needs his help (and yours) to bring them back to France, Tanzania, Russia, and China. In "Journey to the Purple Planet," Dora and Boots meet little space creatrues from the Purple Planet who need to get home when their space ship breaks down. Dora's soccer team "The Golden Explorers" play the Dinosaur team.
Includes episodes: Dora's world adventure -- Journey to the Purple Planet -- The Golden Explorers.

Go Diego Go: Wolf pup rescue

Diego needs you to join the rescue team and help him save a lost wolf pup. He also needs your help taking some pygmy marmosets with booboos to the Healing Tree. Promotes: Learning new animal facts & sounds; Spanish language & counting skills; Music & movement.
Diego's wolf pup rescue -- A booboo on the pygmy marmoset -- Diego saves mommy and baby sloth -- Three little condors.

Monster House

Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.
Voice cast: Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Heder, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Catherine O'Hara, Kathleen Turner, Fred Willard.
Young DJ always knew there was something strange about the old Nebbercracker house across the street. When the house becomes a living, breathing monster, DJ enlists his pals Chowder and Jenny to learn the secret that keeps the house alive. Suddenly, they find themselves in a hair-raising battle with an unstoppable entity and must save the neighborhood from total devastation.

Spongebob Squarepants: Whale of a birthday

SpongeBob lives in a two-story pinapple a few fathoms beneath the tropical isle of Bikini Atoll in the sub-surface city of Bikini Bottom. Instead of taking the logical approach to everyday challenges, SpongeBob approaches life in a wayward and unconventional way. Whether searching for the ultimate spatula to perfect his burger flipping technique at the Krusty Krab, or just hanging out with his best friend Patrick, SpongeBob's good intentions and overzealous approach to life usually create chaos in his underwater world.
All that glitters -- Whale of a birthday -- Once bitten -- Chimps ahoy -- Bummer vacation -- Wigstruck -- That's no lady.

Time Warp Trio: Past, present & future

Television series based on the books by Jon Scieszka.

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American Dreamz

Rated PG-13. Brief strong language and some sexual references.
Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Klein.
"American Dreamz" is a wildly popular television singing contest program that has captured the country's attention. This new season showcases a competition between Sally, a young Midwestern gal and Omer, a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. The recently depressed President of the United States wants in on the craze and signs up for the potentially explosive season finale.

Animal Rescue: Best Dog Rescues

From the popular television series.

Art School Confidential

Rated: R; for language including sexual references, nudity and a scene of violence.
Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel David Moore, Anjelica Huston.
Jerome goes to art school in the hopes of having his genuine ability recognized. Instead he finds that his teachers are self-obsessed has-beens and his peers are jaded and floundering. To make matters worse, Jerome finds himself being investigated for a series of gruesome stranglings. He becomes obsessed with a lovely student named Audrey, but she is more interested in the hunky Jonah, whose crude yet acclaimed paintings of cars and tanks make Jerome want to tear his own eyes out. Based on the comic story by Dan Clowes.

The Break-up

Rated PG-13. Sexual content, some nudity and language.
Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio.
Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. Neither one is willing to move out of the condo they once shared. Taking the advice of their respective friends and confidants, including a few complete strangers, they both engage in mental warfare designed to force the other person to flee the premises. But they might just realize that they might be fighting to keep their relationship alive.

Click

Rated PG-13 for language, crude and sex-related humor, and some drug references.
Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin, Jennifer Coolidge.
A harried workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results. But as Michael gleefully mutes, skips and scans past his family and his friends, the remote gradually takes over his life and begins to program him.

Keeping Up with the Steins

Rated PG-13 for some crude language, nudity and brief drug references.
Jami Gertz, Daryl Hannah, Garry Marshall, Jeremy Piven, Doris Roberts, Daryl Sabara, Larry Miller, Richard Benjamin, Cheryl Hines.
The story of a 13-year-old boy who uses his upcoming bar mitzvah to reconcile the strained relationship between his father and grandfather.

Mission:Impossible III

MPAA rating: PG-13; for intense sequences of frenetic violence and menace, disturbing images and some sensuality.
Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg, Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne.
Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he has ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen , in order to rescue Lindsey, one of his trainees, who was kidnapped while on a surveillance detail of Davian. It soon becomes evident that Davian is well-protected, well-connected, and downright malicious, forcing Hunt to extend his journey back into the field in order to rescue his wife, Julia, and uncover an IMF double agent in the process.

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Born in Death by JD Robb

In the 23rd -- yes, 23rd! -- installment of J. D. Robb's (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) futuristic crime fiction saga starring New York homicide lieutenant Eve Dallas, the hard-nosed cop is faced with her most terrifying mission to date: hosting a baby shower! ("Bloody and brutal murder is nothing compared to giving birth.")

Gaits of Heaven by Susan Conant

Praised for its eccentric and quirky characters Susan Conant's hilarious series now finds dedicated dog trainer Holly Winter following the tracks of an odd breed of pup to an even stranger breed of human- when she's enlisted to rein in a dysfunctional New Age couple's over-spirited Aussie huskapoo. But when the wife succumbs to an accidental overdose of mixed meds, Holly becomes embroiled in the family's dirty little secrets, especially when the victim's daughter convinces Holly that it was murder.

Keeper of the Keys by Perri O'Shaughnessy

For ambitious, troubled architect Ray Jackson, the questions start one sultry California summer night when his wife, Leigh, disappears. No phone call, no ransom note, no body to reveal whether she has left of her own accord and is alive, or is dead. Although it's clear they had a passionate, close relationship, Ray Jackson is not looking for his wife. Why?

Saint by Ted Dekker

Carl Strople is an assassin with unusual telekinetic gifts. He's been kidnapped, taken into hiding, and had his memory wiped out over a ten-month period of intense training and torture. With a new set of memories and developing skills, he is being molded into a killer for an extraordinary mission. Saint...he's not who you think. Or perhaps who he even thinks he is.

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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

When Savannah Lynn Curtis comes into his life, John Tyree knows he is ready to turn over a new leaf. An angry rebel, he had enlisted in the army after high school, not knowing what else to do. Then, during a furlough, he meets the girl of his dreams. Savannah Lynn Curtis is attending college in North Carolina, working for Habitat for Humanity, and totally unprepared for the passionate attraction she feels for John Tyree.

Home to Big Stone Gap

Nestled in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the town of Big Stone Gap has been home to Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney and her family for generations. She's been married to her beloved Jack for nearly twenty years, raised one child and buried another, and run a business that binds her community together, all while holding close her tight circle of family and friends. But with her daughter Etta, having flown the nest to Italy, Ave Maria has reached a turning point. When a friend's postcard arrives with the message "It's time to live you life for you," Ave Maria realizes that she must go in search of brand new dreams. But before she can put her foot on the path, her life is turned upside down.

H.R.H. by Danielle Steel

In a novel where ancient traditions conflict with reality and the pressures of modern life, a young European princess proves that simplicity, courage, and dignity win the day and forever alter her world.

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The Innocent Man: Murder and injustice in a small town by John Grisham

John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.

Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler

"A Novel of the Oregon Files."

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Being a Girl: Navigating the ups and downs of teen life by Kim Cattrall

If teenagers idolize Sex & The City's Samantha Jones because she has all the answers, they'll love Kim Cattrall - because she remembers what it was like to ask the questions.

Joy of Cooking 75th Anniversary Edition by Irma Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker

This 75th edition makes no attempt to mask its back-to-basics theme, restoring several chapters missing in the 1997 edition, including jams, jellies, pickles, ice creams, and drinks. This mammoth hardcover does contain 500 new recipes and all its 4,000 classic recipes have been updated and retested. In addition to recipes, the updated Joy provides nutritional info; tips about storing and keeping foods; and notes on menu planning and stocking your pantry.

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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on reclaiming tha American dream by Barack Obama

Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics -- a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of "our improbable experiment in democracy."

Lessons in Becoming Myself by Ellen Burstyn

One of the great performers of our time recounts her personal, professional, and spiritual lives, from her troubled childhood in Detroit to her triumphant film career as an award-winning film and stage actress.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century-1951-in the middle of the United States-Des Moines, Iowa-in the middle of the largest generation in American history-the baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for twenty-four-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood wearing a jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers-in his head-as "The Thunderbolt Kid."

No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the world's 14 highest peaks Ed Viesturs

Viesturs has an unyielding motto, "Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory." It is with this philosophy in mind that he vividly describes fatal errors in judgment made by his fellow climbers as well as a few of his own close calls and gallant rescues. And for the first time, he details his own pivotal and heroic role in the 1996 Everest disaster made famous in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air.

Work Hard, Study...and Keep Out of Politics! Adventures and lessons from an unexpected public life by James A. Baker III

White House Chief of Staff (twice), Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and campaign chairman for three different candidates in five successive presidential campaigns-few people have lived and breathed politics as deeply as James Baker. Now, with candor and Texas-style storytelling, and not a few surprises, he takes us into his thirty-five years behind the scenes.

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