Thursday, May 19, 2011

New Best Sellers

FICTION

The Sixth Man by David Baldacci. The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.

The Land of the Painted Caves by Jean M Auel. The latest volume in a series that began with The Clan of the Cave Bear, set during the ice age.

Bel Air Dead by Stuart Woods. In this Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer makes enemies when he represents a widow in the sale of a movie studio.

A Turn in the Road by Debbie Macomber. A middle age woman takes a cross country road trip with her daughter and former mother in law.

The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly. The lawyer Mickey Haller represents a woman facing home foreclosure and who is accused of killing a banker.

Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon. In the Ichidian universe, a smuggler and a woman warrior must fight together to survive - a League novel.

I'll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark. A woman haunted by the disappearance of her young son discovers that someone has stolen her identity.

Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts. A smoke jumper faces a new season of firefighting in Montana after the loss of her partner.

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline. A mother’s action during a school emergency causes an uproar in a Philadelphia suburb.

44 Charles Street by Danielle Steel. The owner of a Greenwich Village town house takes in boarders and bonds with her tenants.

Eve by Iris Johansen. The forensic sculptor Eve Duncan searches for answers to the mystery of her daughter’s disappearance.

The Lost Fleet. Beyond the Frontier: Dreadnaught by Jack Campbell. Captain Black Jack Geary and his fleet search for aliens in Syndic space.

NONFICTION

Bossypants by Tina Fey. A memoir from the creator of 30 Rock.

I'm Over All That by Shirley MacLaine. The actress offers observations on what remains important to her.







CHILDREN

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip Christian Stead.  Zookeeper Amos McGee always makes time to visit his friends who live at the zoo until the day he stays home because he is sick.

Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry and illustrated by Middy Thomas.  Mrs Pidgeon’s second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon’s mother that was organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by R Gregory Christie.  Spunky third grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home.

Top Secret, Personal Beeswax: A Journal by Junie B and Me by Barbara Park.  Junie B Jones shares her thoughts and personal pictures in this journal that allows the user to include information about themselves.

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