Thursday, March 08, 2012

New Audio/DVD in March

Audio
Agus, David B. End of Illness, The
Cain ,Susan Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World
That Can't Stop Talking
Ferguson, Niall Civilization: The West and the Rest
Fisher, Carrie Shockaholic
Fuchida, Mitsuo From Pearl Harbor to Calvary
Gardner, Lisa Catch Me
Horowitz, Anthony House of Silk, The
Kinsella, Sophie I've Got Your Number
Lu, Marie Legend
Woods, Stuart Hothouse Orchid
Woods, Stuart Kisser
DVD
(Film) Alice in Wonderland
(Film) Avatar
(Film) Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The
(Film) Carlos
(Film) Casino Royale
(Film) Drive
(Film) Fast Five
(Film) Good Night, and Good Luck
(Film) In a Better World
(Film) Last Temptation of Christ, The
(Film) Man Who Wasn't There, The
(Film) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief
(Film) Sarah's Key
(Film) Take Shelter
(Film) Them!
(Film) Transformers: Dark of the Moon
(Nonfiction) Project Nim

Saturday, March 03, 2012

Film Club April 4

Join us for a free screening and discussion of an eye-popping 2010 comedy based on the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series on Wednesday, April 4 at 6 pm.

"Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart in this eye-popping comedy from the director of Shaun of the Dead."

Featuring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Brandon Routh, and Chris Evans.

Directed by Edgar Wright, 2010.

Rated PG-13 for stylized violence, sexual content, language and drug references.



Materials in the IFL Collection:
  • GN OMA. The Scott Pilgrom series of graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
  • Browse the graphic novels collection (call number GN) for other Japanese manga-style works.
  • j741.5 HAR. Kids Draw Manga by Christopher Hart.
  • Perform a subject search in the catalog for "Man-woman relationships" for more works about dating.
  • Perform a subject search in the catalog for "Rock musicians" for more works on that topic.
  • SF STE or CD SF STE. Reamde by Neal Stephenson.
  • CD SF CLI. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.

Thursday, March 01, 2012

Staff Picks for March

The Indiana Free Library staff recommends the following works, all of which are available in the library's collection.

Connie
  • Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. Fiction. F ALL.
  • The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. Fiction. F ALL.
  • The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen Fiction. F ALL.

Helen
  • 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Fiction. F KIN.
  • The Odds by Stewart O'Nan. Fiction. F ONA.
  • The Fault in our Stars by John Green. Young Adult Fiction. YAF GRE.

John
  • The City & the City by China MiĆ©ville. Speculative Fiction. F MIE.
  • Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men by Michael S. Kimmel. Nonfiction. 305.2421 KIM.
  • Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. dir. Eli Craig, 2010. Film. DVD CIN TUC.

Lauri
  • 12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn by James Proimos. Young Adult Fiction. YAF PRO.
  • The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. Young Adult Fiction. YAF SHU.
  • The Iron King by Julie Kagawa. Young Adult Fiction. YAF KAG.

Susan
  • An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-year-old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff. Nonfiction. 974.71 SCH.
  • War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. Young Adult Fiction. YAF MOR.
  • Midnight in Paris. dir. Woody Allen, 2011. Film. DVD CIN MID.

Children's Materials

Connie
  • Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Juvenile Fiction. jF HAD.
  • If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor. Picture Book. E MIN.

Joanne
  • Ladybug Girl by David Soman and Jacky Davis. Picture Book. E SOM.
  • Ace Your Internet Research by Anne Gaines. Juvenile Nonfiction. j004.67 GAI.

Lauri
  • Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett. Juvenile Fiction. jF BLU.
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. Poetry. j811.54 SIL.

New Books in February

Alcott, Kate

The dressmaker : a novel

F ALC

Allen, Sarah Addison

The sugar queen

F ALL

Andrews, V. C.

Into the darkness

F AND

Berenson, Alex

The shadow patrol

F BER

Chaon, Dan

Stay awake : stories

F CHA

Chiaverini, Jennifer

Sonoma Rose : an Elm Creek quilts novel

F CHI

Delaney, Frank

The last storyteller : a novel

F DEL

Fury, Dalton

Black site : a Delta Force novel

F FUR

Gabaldon, Diana

The Scottish prisoner : a novel

F GAB

Gardner, Lisa

Catch me

F GAR

George, Elizabeth

Believing the lie

F GEO

Hale, Shannon

Midnight in Austenland : a novel

F HAL

Hannah, Kristin

Home front

F HAN

Harris, Robert

The fear index

F HAR

House, Silas

Clay's quilt : a novel

F HOU

Kelly, Erin

The dark rose

F KEL

Kellerman, Jonathan

Victims : an Alex Delaware novel

F KEL

Kinsella, Sophie

I've got your number : a novel

F KIN

Kleypas, Lisa

Rainshadow road

F KLE

Knox, Tom

The lost goddess

F KNO

Lackey, Mercedes

Beauty and the werewolf

F LAC

Landay, William

Defending Jacob : a novel

F LAN

Lewis, Beverly

The thorn

F LEW

Lott, Bret

Dead low tide : a novel

F LOT

Lutz, Lisa

Trail of the Spellmans : document #5

F LUT

Palmer, Michael

Oath of office

F PAL

Palmer, Daniel

Helpless

F PAL

Patterson, James

Private games

F PAT

Picoult, Jodi

Lone wolf : a novel

F PIC

Preston, Douglas J

Gideon's corpse

F PRE

Rice, Anne

The wolf gift : a novel

F RIC

Rosnay, Tatiana de

The house I loved

F ROS

St. Aubyn, Edward

At last

F STA

David, Peter

The dark tower: the battle of Tull.

GN M KIN

Snyder, Scott

American vampire , vol 2

GN M SNY

Snyder, Scott

American vampire, vol 3.

GN M SNY

Jin, Ha

Nanjing requiem

LP F JIN

Khoury, Raymond

The devil's elixir

LP F KHO

Rankin, Ian

Impossible dead.

LP F RAN

Daheim, Mary

Alpine winter.

LP M DAH

Beaton, M. C.

Death of a kingfisher

M BEA

Clark, Cassandra

A parliament of spies : a mystery

M CLA

Crombie, Deborah

No mark upon her

M CRO

Fossum, Karin

He who fears the wolf

M FOS

Fossum, Karin

When the devil holds the candle

M FOS

Gallagher, Stephen

The bedlam detective : a novel

M GAL

Hall, Parnell

$10,000 in small, unmarked puzzles

M HAL

Jance, Judith A

Left for dead : a novel

M JAN

Robb, J. D.

Celebrity in death

M ROB

Macomber, Debbie

1105 Yakima Street

PB F MAC

Bear, Greg

Halo: Primordium.

SF BEA

Card, Orson Scott

Shadows in flight

SF CAR

Thursday, February 16, 2012

New Audio/DVD in February

Audio
Burke, James Lee Feast Day of Fools
Coulter, Catherine Hemlock Bay
Cussler, Clive Devil's Gate
James, P. D. Death Comes to Pemberley
Jance, J. A. Left for Dead
Kellerman, Faye Gun Games
Murakami, Haruki 1Q84
Patterson, James Witch & Wizard: The Gift
Preston, Douglas Gideon's Corpse
DVD
(Film) Dragonheart
(Film) Kite Runner, The
(Film) Mask, The
(Film) Moneyball
(Film) Moonstruck
(Film) Rubber
(Film) Solaris
(Film) Son of the Mask
(Film) Submarine
(Film) Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
(Film) Twilight
(Nonfiction) Eyes on the Prize
(Nonfiction) Freedom Riders
(Nonfiction) Marwencol

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Film Club March 3 & 7

Join us for a free screening and discussion of one of this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture on Saturday, March 3, at 2 p.m. or Wednesday, March 7, at 6 p.m.

"The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players."

Starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Wright.

Directed by Bennett Miller, 2011.

Rated PG-13 for some strong language.



Materials in the IFL Collection:
  • Browse the nonfiction collection at Dewey Decimal number 796.357 for books on baseball.
  • 796.357 LEW. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis ( the book upon which the film is based).
  • 810.80355 BAS. Baseball: A Literary Anthology.
  • 817.54 JOY. Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor.
  • 921 AARON. The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron by Howard Bryant.
  • 921 CLEMENTE. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss.
  • 921 DIMAGGIO. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life by Richard Ben Cramer.
  • 921 KOUFAX. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy.
  • 921 MANTLE. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy.
  • 921 PRINCE. We Had 'Em All the Way: Bob Prince and His Pittsburgh Pirates by Jim O'Brien.
  • 921 RUTH. The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth by Leigh Montville.
  • 921 WILLIAMS. Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville.
  • CD 796.357 HAL. The Teammates: A Portrait of a friendship by David Halberstam.
  • DVD CIN BAD. The Bad News Bears.
  • F KIN. Blockade Billy by Stephen King.
  • F LUP. Wild Pitch by Mike Lupica.
  • M PAR. Double Play by Robert B.Parker.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New Fiction in January




Author's Name

Title

Auslander, Shalom.

Hope : A Tragedy.

Barry, Dave.

Lunatics

Bohjalian, Chris,

The night strangers : a novel

Cannell, Stephen J.

Vigilante

Chiaverini, Jennifer.

The wedding quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel

Clancy, Tom,

Locked on

Cook, Robin,

Death benefit

Cornwell, Bernard.

Death of kings : a novel

Crais, Robert.

Taken

Dorsey, Tim.

Pineapple grenade : a novel

Eicher, Jerry S.

Ella finds love again

Evanovich, Janet.

Love in a nutshell

Griffin, W. E. B.

Covert warriors

Grippando, James,

Need you now : a novel

Hoag, Tami.

Down the darkest road

Hunter, Stephen,

Soft target

Koontz, Dean R.

77 Shadow Street : a novel

Krentz, Jayne Ann.

Copper Beach

Kuzneski, Chris.

The secret crown

Leonard, Elmore,

Raylan

Michaels, Fern.

Deadline

NesbĆø, Jo,

Headhunters

NesbĆø, Jo,

The leopard

O'Nan, Stewart,

The odds : [a love story]

Parker, T. Jefferson.

The jaguar : a Charlie Hood novel

Patterson, James,

Private : #1 suspect : a novel

Perlman, Elliot.

The street sweeper : a novel

Robards, Karen.

Sleepwalker

Steel, Danielle.

Hotel VendƓme : a novel

Taylor, Brad,

All necessary force : a Pike Logan thriller

Turtledove, Harry.

Supervolcano : eruption

Woods, Stuart.

D.C. dead

Woodsmall, Cindy.

Sisters of the quilt : the complete trilogy /

Brosgol, Vera.

Anya's ghost

Kagan McLeod.

Infinite kung fu

Bendis, Brian Michael.

Scarlet

Mori, Kaoru,

A bride's story.

Nicolle, Malachai.

Axe Cop.

Coleman, Rebecca.

The kingdom of childhood : a novel

Connelly, Michael,

The drop : a novel

Kennedy, William,

Changó's beads and two-tone shoes

Douglas, Carole Nelson.

Cat in a Vegas gold vendetta

Suite 606

Barr, Nevada.

The rope : an Anna Pigeon novel

Childs, Laura.

Skeleton letters

Clark, Mary Jane Behrends.

The look of love

Clement, Blaize.

The cat sitter's pajamas

Daheim, Mary.

The Alpine winter : an Emma Lord mystery

James, P. D.

Death comes to Pemberley

Kellerman, Faye.

Gun games

Meier, Leslie.

Chocolate covered murder

Mosley, Walter.

All I did was shoot my man

Paretsky, Sara.

Breakdown

Luceno, James,

Darth Plagueis