New Books – August 24, 2012
The Friends of the Picton Library Better Books Sale is tomorrow! Don’t miss this great book sale featuring the “cream of the crop” of donated books on Saturday, August 25 from 10am to 2pm at the Picton branch.
New Book List
Adult Fiction
12.21: a Novel by Dustin Thomason
Black Skies by Arnaldur Indridason
Broken Harbour by Tana French
Buried on Avenue B: a Novel by Peter De Jonge
Crime of Julian Wells: a Novel by Thomas H. Cook
Crow’s Landing by Brad Smith [CDN]
Dead and Buried by Stephen Booth
Door in the River: a Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe
Haven: a Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel by Hooper, Kay
Island of Wings by Karin Altenberg
Istanbul Passage: a Novel by Joseph Kanon
Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
The Last Victim: a Novel by Karen Robards
Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston [Star Wars, X-Wing Series]
A Particular Eye For Villainy: an Inspector Ben Ross Mystery by Ann Granger
The Pigeon Pie Mystery: a Novel by Julia Stuart
Shelter: a Novel by Frances Greenslade [CDN]
Sweet Talk: a Novel by Julie Garwood
And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman
Cat in a White Tie and Tails by Carole Nelson Douglas
The Disciple of Las Vegas: an Ava Lee Novel by Ian Hamilton [CDN]
The Emperor of Paris: a Novel by C S Richardson [CDN]
A Foreign Country: a Novel by Charles Cumming
Hard Stop by Chris Knopf
A Hundred Flowers: a Novel by Gail Tsukiyama
Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain [an Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell Novel]
The Red Pole of Macau: an Ava Lee Novel by Ian Hamilton [CDN]
The Second Empress: a Novel of Napoleon’s Court by Michelle Moran
The Shadow Queen: a Novel of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor by Rebecca Dean
Three Strong Women by Marie Ndiaye
Time Untime: a Dark-Hunter Novel by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Vengeance: a Novel by Benjamin Black
Adult Nonfiction
The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House by Edward Klein
Confessions of a Scary Mommy by Jill Smokler
Dearie: the Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
Double Cross: the True Story of the D-Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
Earth to Table: Seasonal Recipes From an Organic Farm by Jeff Crump [CDN]
Rob Feenie’s Casual Classics: Everyday Recipes for Family and Friends by Rob Feenie [CDN]
Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 2013 V. 4, J-M
Winter Journal by Paul Auster
Days of Destruction Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
Forks Over Knives–the Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year by Del Sroufe
Sinai Surgeon: the Adventures of an RCAF Medical Officer With the UNEF by R. Mervyn Letts [CDN]
Townie: a Memoir by Andre Dubus III
Zumba: Ditch the Workout, Join the Party! The Jumba Weight Loss Program by Beto Perez & Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, PhD
A Wild Stab for It: This is Game Eight From Russia by Dave Bidini [CDN]
Adult Fiction on CD
The Kingmaker’s Daughter by Philippa Gregory
Adult Large Print Fiction
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva
Full House by Maeve Binchy
The Great Escape by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Judgment Call : a Brady Novel by J . A . Jance
More Than Sorrow: a Mystery by Vicki Delany [CDN][Local Author]
The Other Side of Happiness by Pamela Evans
The Price of Love by Rosie Harris
Sentinel: a Spycatcher Novel by Matthew Dunn
Three Letters by Josephine Cox
Time ‘ s Legacy by Barbara Erskine
Adult Large Print Nonfiction
Double Cross : the True Story of the D – Day Spies by Ben Macintyre
When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson
Children’s Picture Books
Pass It On! By Marilyn Sadler
Children ‘ s Fiction
Defend the Castle by Hannah Dolan [ DK readers . 2, Beginning to Read Alone ][ Lego Kingdoms ]
Children ‘ s CDs
B – I – N – G – O : Book and CD [ Sing a Story ]
DVDs for adults
The Golden Girls : the Complete First Season
Lost : the Complete First Season
Oprah : the 20 th Anniversary Collection
America ‘ s Sweethearts starring Julia Roberts , Billy Crystal , John Cusack and Catherine Zeta – Jones
Anastasia starring Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner
Catch & Release starring Jennifer Garner
Charlie St . Cloud starring Zac Efron
Charlie Wilson ‘ s War starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts [ Rated R ]
Clerks II starring Jeff Anderson , Trevor Fehrman and Jason Mewes [ Rated R ]
Daredevil starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves
The Descendants starring George Clooney [ Rated R ]
Doctor Zhivago starring Julie Christie and Omar Sharif
Far From Heaven starring Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid
Frost / Nixon starring Frank Langella and Michael Sheen [ Rated R ]
Glags of Our Fathers starring Ryan Phillippe and Adam Beach [ Rated R ]
Hellboy starring Ron Perlman , Selma Blair and Jeffrey Tambor
In the Name of the King starring Jason Statham
Ironman starring Robert Downey Jr . and Gwyneth Paltrow
I ‘ ve Loved You So Long starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Elsa Zylberstein
The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams
L . A . Story starring Steve Martin
Maximum Overdrive starring Emilio Estevez [ Rated R ]
Million Dollar Baby starring Clint Eastwood , Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman
Moneyball starring Brad Pitt
My Cousin Vinny starring Joe Pesci , Ralph Macchio , Marisa Tomei [ Rated R ]
Norbit starring Eddie Murphy
Permanent Midnight starring Ben Stiller and Elizabeth Hurley [ Rated R ]
Plain Truth starring Mariska Hargitay
The Rain Maker starring Matt Damon
Rain Man starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman [ Rated R ]
Revolutionary Road starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet [ Rated R ]
Semi – Pro starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson [ Rated R ]
The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman [ Rated R ]
Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt
Syriana starring George Clooney , Matt Damon and Jeffrey Wright [ Rated R ]
Twist starring Nick Stahl [ Rated R ]
War Horse starring Emily Watson , David Thewlis and Peter Mullan
Wayne ‘ s World starring Mike Myers and Dana Garvey
Wayne ‘ s World 2 starring Mike Myers and Dana Garvey
Windfall directed by Laura Israel
X-Men starring Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry
Children ‘ s DVDs
Agent Cody Banks
Annie
A Bear Named Winnie
Calling All Engines ! [ Thomas & Friends ]
Hugo starring Ben Kingsley, Sasha Baron Cohen
Ice Age
Lassie: the Painted Hills
The Great Dinosaur Rescue [ Go Diego Go ]
The Little Princess starring Shirley Temple
Madeline
The Monster ‘ s Christmas
Robbie the Reindeer
Robots
The ARTS wrapping up the summer
The focus for programs these last few weeks of summer – yes, it flew by, didn’t it? – is ART! Check out the free events for children and something for mystery loving adults, too.
Tuesday, August 14th – Messy Art Day – Bring a painting shirt for creative fun! 1pm Ameliasburgh branch
Wed., the 15th – Papermaking for school age children. Such fun to create your own paper! 1pm Picton branch
Thursday, the 16th – Fancy Nancy Aspiring Artist Tea Party. Fancy frocks are encouraged! 1pm Milford branch
Also on the 16th – Youth Mario Kart Tournament 5pm Picton branch. Come challenge your friends.
Saturday, Aug. 18th – Magic Show with Jean Deshaies at the Picton Town Hall at 11am – Note that this is a change of venue from the original printed schedule distributed in early summer. 
Also on Saturday, the 18th – The Hunger Games movie. Be the first to see it with your friends when it comes out thei Saturday on DVD! 2pm at the Ameliasburgh Town Hall
Tuesday, the 21st - Encaustic painting with Susan Wallis at the Bloomfield Town Hall. This is by registration only, for children 10 years and up. Contact Christine at crenaud@peclibary.org to reserve your space.
Wednesday, Aug. 22nd – Pillowcase decorating. Bring a pillowcase and go home with a masterpiece to dream on! 1pm Consecon branch23rd – Celebrate Art Carnival. Fun, games and art! 1pm Wellington branch
And for the older crowd, on Thursday evening at 7pm at Books & Company, don’t miss the library fundraiser “A Tangled Web” – a panel discussion with mystery authors Ian Hamilton, Barbara Fradkin, Janet Kellough and Vicki Delany. Tickets $5 at the store, library or at the door.
Lots for the young ones to do!
Here’s what’s happening at various branches of the library – all free!
Alice’s Mad Hatter Tea Party Fun
Aug. 7th – Animal Tea Party! Bring a stuffed animal for a special tea with games and crafts. 1pm at the Bloomfield branch library
Aug. 7th – Racetracks Rule at the Milford branch library at 3pm. Come build your own gravity fed track for Hot Wheels cars.
Aug. 8th – Kristie’s Petting Zoo visits the Wellington branch library at 1pm. Come meet the critters!
Aug. 9th - Caring for your cat! A furry friend will be attending 1pm Ameliasburgh branch library
Aug. 11th – Youth drop in Collage making – 11am Picton branch library
Aug. 14th – Messy Art Day – Bring a painting shirt for creative fun! 1pm Ameliasburgh branch Aug. 15th – Papermaking for school age children 1pm Picton branch
Aug. 16th – Fancy Nancy Aspiring Artist Tea Party 1pm Milford branch
Aug. 16th – Youth Mario Kart Tournament 5pm Picton branch
Aug. 18th – Library presents free Magic Show with the amazing Jean Deshais at the Picton Town Hall 11am
Aug. 18th – Library presents The Hunger Games movie 2pm Ameliasburgh Town Hall
