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New Acquisitions
with SElected Reviews & Annotations
Redwood Library & Athenæum
jANUARY 2012
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Appelfeld, Aharon
Until the dawn's light
“A worthy addition to the oeuvre of an acknowledged master of the plight of Europe’s Jews before and during the Holocaust. Appelfeld makes every word count as he hauntingly depicts the tragedy of the human condition.” - Library Journal
Chacko, David
Gone over: Israel Potter's war
Donation
“Gone Over is a daring reinterpretation of the thrice-told story of Israel Potter…Based on in-depth research into the life of Potter and the men around him, it presents a comprehensive look at the panoply of the secret War of Independence.” - Publisher
Cohen, Leah Hager
Grief of others
"With gorgeous prose, Cohen skillfully takes us from past to present and back again as she explores the ramifications of family loss, grief and longing." - Kirkus
Crichton, Michael
Micro
“Another high-concept treat … written in consummate page-turning style” - The Observer
Griffith, Michael
Trophy
“It turns out that the cliché is true at the moment of death, your life does flash before your eyes. Trophy, the account of a man s final, fleeting instant on earth, joins Vada as he attempts to make that flash last as long as possible. As he lies dying, too soon and too absurdly, Vada tries to unravel the mysteries of his life.” - Publisher
King, Stephen
11/22/1963
“Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force.” - Publisher
Lamott, Anne
Imperfect Birds
Donation
“Rosie Ferguson is seventeen and ready to enjoy the summer before her senior year of high school… But as the school year draws to a close, there are disturbing signs that the life Rosie claims to be leading is a sham, and that Elizabeth's hopes for her daughter to remain immune from the pull of the darker impulses of drugs and alcohol are dashed.” - Publisher
Macdonald, Malcolm
The Dower House
General Book Fund
“A richly comic, tender evocation of Ireland's dwindling, splendid Anglo-Irish.” - Kirkus
Millet, Lydia
Ghost lights
“Hal is a mild-mannered IRS bureaucrat who suspects that his wife is cheating with her younger, more virile coworker. At a drunken dinner party, Hal volunteers to fly to Belize in search of Susan's employer...who has vanished in a tropical jungle, initiating a darkly humorous descent into strange and unpredictable terrain.” - Publisher
Nelsen, Donald
Sam and Emma
Ondaatje, Michael
The cat's table
Donation
“A graceful, closely observed novel that blends coming-of-age tropes with a Conradian sea voyage…Elegiac, mature, and nostalgic—a fine evocation of childhood, and of days irretrievably past.” - Kirkus
# = indicates British mystery
Black, Lisa
Defensive Wounds
Donation
“In this fourth novel in Lisa Black’s captivating suspense series, forensic investigator Theresa MacLean finds herself embroiled in a case in which everyone has a motive and everyone is a suspect—especially when high-powered defense attorneys start turning up dead.” - Publisher
Drvenkar, Zoran
Sorry
Donation
“Stunning . . . Sorry is the kind of thriller, the kind of novel, that doesn’t come along every day…[It] thrills, and it thrills immaculately. It’s that oft-cited but very rare species of novel we call a page-turner…” - New York Times Book Reveiw
Eriksson, Kjell
The hand that trembles
Donation
“A Swedish county commissioner walks out of a high-level meeting and disappears. Many years later, one of the town's natives is convinced that he's caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. When the rumors reach his hometown, a veteran police officer stumbles across a seemingly unrelated case…” - Publisher
#Ewan, Chris
The good thief's guide to Venice
Donation
“Charlie, a gentleman thief to rival Cary Grant in “To Catch a Thief,” gallivants around Venice in the next caper in this “sparkling”* series.” - Publisher
Hamilton, Denise
Damage Control
Donation
"A riveting stand-alone thriller. . . . In a novel that marries celebrity culture, surf noir and the bonds of friendship, Hamilton is at the top of her game." - Kirkus
#James, Peter
Dead man's grip
“Carly Chase is still traumatized ten days after being in a fatal traffic accident that kills a teenage American student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare.”- Publisher
Krueger, William Kent
Northwest Angle
Donation
“Solid storytelling and intriguing characterizations combine for a sobering look at the power of family and faith and Native American culture.” - Publishers Weekly
Levien, David
13 Million Dollar Pop
Donation
“As David Levien has masterfully done in his previous novels, he weaves a crime story that is teeming with real characters and electric energy… Thirteen Million Dollar Pop is unyieldingly compelling and will give readers yet another reason to enlist with this superbly talented writer.” - Publisher
Patterson, James
Kill Alex Cross
“A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital, and Alex discovers that someone may be about to unleash the most devastating attack the United States has ever experienced.” - Publisher
Pesare, Anthony M.
They always win: inspired by a true story
General Book Fund
“Inspired by the real-life investigation of Patriarca crime family member Frank “Bobo” Marrapese, Anthony Pesare’s debut is a scintillating, thought provoking exploration of the line between cop and criminal.” - Publisher
Walker, Martin
Black Diamond
Donation
“A paean to the truffle . . . This political thriller is supplemented by a glorious foodie’s delight, from an author who knows his way around the French passions.” - Kirkus
Williams, Amanda Kyle
The stranger you seek
Donation
“This is a character-driven, nonstop thriller with flashes of wit and romance that
builds to a harrowing climax; fans of the genre will want to get in at the start.” - Booklist
Young, Thomas W.
Silent Enemy
Donation
“…Jihadists strike the Afghan National Police training center in Kabul, killing many and wounding others… The injured are hurriedly loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy bound for Germany, but once airborne, the commander, Major Michael Parson, receives a message. The jihadists have placed bombs on some planes leaving Afghanistan, and the Galaxy is one of them.” - Publisher
Belafonte, Harry
My song: a memoir
ML420.B32 A3 2011
Donation
Keaton, Diane
Then again
PN2287 .K44 A3 2011
Member Request
Sisman, Adam
An honourable Englishman: the life of Hugh Trevor-Roper
D15 .T67 S57 2011
Jay Hall Fund
Stevenson, William
Spymistress: the life of Vera Atkins, the greatest female secret agent of World War II
UB271.G7 S74 2007
Donation
Axelrod, Alan
Savage empire
HD9944 .N62 A94 2011
Duncan, Dayton
The national parks: America's best idea
SB482.A4 D85 2011
Donation
Kidd, Thomas S.
Patrick Henry: first among patriots
E302.6.H5 K53 2011
Jay Hall Fund
Member Request
Matthews, Christopher
Jack Kennedy: elusive hero
E842 .M346 2011b
Jay Hall Fund
Member Request
Rankin, Hugh F.
The theater in colonial America
PN2237 .R3 1965
Gardner Blanchard Perry Fund
Englund, Peter
The beauty and the sorrow: an intimate history of the First World War
DA640 .A2 E5413 2011
Gardner Blanchard Perry Fund
Member Request
Hastings, Max
Inferno: the world at war, 1939-1945
D743 .H364 2011
Gardner Blanchard Perry Fund
Member Request
Listri, Massimo
Tuscany
DG734.4 .L57 2010 folio
Donation
MacGregor, Neil
A history of the world in 100 objects
GN740 .M16 2011
Donation
America's art, Smithsonian American Art Museum
N6505 .S55 2006 quarto
Donation
American stories: paintings of everyday life, 1765-1915
ND1451 .A43 2009 quarto
Donation
Annenberg Collection: masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-impressionism
N6847.5.I4 B35 2009 quarto
Donation
Beyond Babylon: art, trade, and diplomacy in the second millennium B.C.
N5345 .B38 2008 quarto
Donation
Corcoran Gallery of Art: American paintings to 1945
ND205 .C582 2011 quarto
Gardner Blanchard Perry Fund
Hudson River School: nature and the American vision
ND1351.5 .N49 2009 quarto
Donation
Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
N6263.N4 M47 2011 quarto
Donation
Monet, Claude, Claude Monet, 1840-1926: Paris, Galeries nationales, Grand Palais, September 22, 2010-January 24, 2011
ND553.M7 A4 2010
Donation
Pennsylvania impressionism
ND212.5.I45 P43 2002 quarto
Donation
Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1977-2008
N610 .P48 2009 quarto
Donation
The American Matisse: the dealer, his artists, his collection: the Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse collection
N649 .M476 2009 quarto
Donation
Golden age of advertising -- the 50s
NC998.5.A1 G56 2007
Donation
The Hermitage
N3350 .A58 2010 v.1, 2 quarto
Donation
The Wrightsman Galleries for French decorative arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
NK947 .M48 201
Donation
Berliner, Nancy Zeng
The emperor's private paradise: treasures from the Forbidden City
NA1547.B45 B49 2010 quarto
Donation
Chapman, Martin
Cartier and America
NK7398.C37 C43 2009
Donation
Danto, Arthur Coleman
Andy Warhol
N6537.W28 D36 2009
Donation
Fairbrother, Trevor J.
Painting summer in New England
ND1351.5 .F35 2007 quarto
Gardner Blanchard Perry Fund
Fleming, Geoffrey K.
Irving Ramsay Wiles, N.A., 1861-1948: portraits and pictures, 1899-1948
ND237.W649 A4 2010
Donation
Grabar, Oleg
The formation of Islamic art
N6260 .G69 1987
Donation
Higonnet, Anne
A museum of one's own: private collecting, public gift
N5210 .H54 2009 quarto
Donation
Jayne, Thomas
The finest rooms in America: fifty influential interiors from the eighteenth century to the present
NK2002 .J39 2010
Donation
Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O.
French royal furniture in the Metropolitan Museum
N610 .A4 2006 quarto
Donation
Mayer, Lance
American painters on technique: the colonial period to 1860
ND1471 .M39 2011
Donation
Rewald, Sabine
Rooms with a view: the open window in the 19th century
N8261.W56 R49 2011
Donation
Comparative architectural details: a selection from Pencil points, 1932-1937
NA2840 .C59 2010
Doris Duke Preservation Fund
Arbogast, David H.
How to write a historic structure report
T11 .A73 2010
Doris Duke Preservation Fund
Garvin, Alexander
Public parks: the key to livable communities
SB481 .G37 2011
Doris Duke Preservation Fund
Hewitt, Mark A.
The vintage house: a guide to successful renovations and additions
TH4816 .H49 2011
Doris Duke Preservation Fund
LITERARY CRITICISM
Turkish coast: through writers' eyes: the south-western shore
DR416 .T86 2008
Donation
Plautus, Titus Maccius
Plautus
PA6569 .A6 M45 2011 v.3
LIBRARY SCIENCES
E-books in libraries: a practical guide
Z716.6 .E26 2011
Wilson Fund
Hopkinson, Martin J.
Ex libris: the art of bookplates
Z993 .H67 2011
Donation
Preston, Jean F.
English handwriting, 1400-1650: an introductory manual
Z115.E5 P74 1999
Wilson Fund
None this month
Baghdad ER
UA910 .B344333 2006
Donation
Behind the hedgerow : Eileen Slocum and the meaning of Newport society
CT275.S56 B48 2010
Bridge on the River Kwai
E DVD BRI
Donation
Energy on trial
QH545 .E53 .J63 2011
From here to eternity
E DVD FRO
Inside shock & awe
DS79.76 .I57 2005
Donation
Inside the CIA
JK468.I6 I563 2008
Donation
Seeing New Englandly
PS614 .A54 2010
The guns of Navarone
E DVD GUN
The other side of the mirror: Bob Dylan live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965
M1630.18.D95 O84 20
The following new items have not yet arrived but are on order.
Please ask for assistance in requesting these titles.
Acemoglu, Daron
Why nations fail
Ahmad, Imran
Perfect gentleman
Anders, Roslund
Cell 8
Archer, Jeffery
Sins of the father
Baldacci, David
Innocent
Barnard, Robert
Charitable body
Barr, James
Line in the sand
Best, Nicolas
5 days that shocked the world
Brawley, Otis
How we do harm
Cain, Susan
Quiet
Cash, Sarah
Corcoran Gallery of art
Child, Lee
MWA presents vengence
Clark, Mary Higgins
Lost years
Clinton, Bill
Back to work
Member Request
Donaldson, Ian
Ben Johnson
Dykstra, Natalie
Clover Adams
Flood, Gavin
Bhagavad Gita
Fox, Laura
Friends like us
Frank, Thomas
Pity the billionaire
Gabaldon, Diana
Scottish prisoner
Member Request
Gabriel, Mary
Love and capital
Member Request
Gregson, Jessica
Angel makers
Member Request
Griffiths, Elly
House at Sea's End
Gross, Gwendolyn
Orphan sister
Member Request
Handel
Messiah
Hoag, Tami
Down the darkest road
Hogan, Michael
Death in Newport
Hruska, Alan
Wrong man running
Member Request
James, P.D.
Death comes to Pemberly
Member Request
Johansen, Iris
What doesn't kill you
Johnson, Adam
Orphan master's son
Judt, Tony
Thinking: the 20th century
Leonard, Elmore
Rylan
Lovins, Amory
Reinventing fire
Macdonald, Malcolm
Dower House
Mars-Proietti , Laura
Profiles of Connecticut and Rhode Island
Maté, Ferenc
Sea of lost dreams
McCormick, Herb
One island; one ocean
McDermid, Val
Retribution
Negev, Eilat
1st lady of Fleet Street
Pearse, Emma
Sophie: the incredible true story of the castaway
Platt, Stephen
Autumn in the heavenly kingdom
Rothschild, Emma
Inner life of empires
Ryan, William
Darkening field
Sandford, John
Shock wave
Member request
Scottoline, Lisa
Come home
Sharp, Zoe
Fifth victim
Sontag, Susan
As consciousness is harnessed to flesh
Tillman, Barrett
Enterprise
Updike, John
Higher gossip
Vargas, Fred
Uncertain place
Member Request
Woodard, Colin
American nations
Yarnell, James
John La Farge
The following Youth items may be found in various stack areas.
Please ask for assistance
in finding these titles.
All items are donations.
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Schroder, Walter K.
The Hessian drummer boy of Newport
Selznick, Brian
Wonderstruck: a novel in words and pictures
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Treasure Island
Windling, Terri
The faeries of Spring Cottage
YOUNG ADULT NON-FICTION
Ganeri, Anita
World history encyclopedia
D21 .G275 1999
Garfield, Leon
Shakespeare stories
R2877 .G37 1985b
Wenzel, Angela
13 sculptures children should know
NB1143 .W56 2010
Wilson, Jim
Uncle Jim's Book of things to make: original projects from the classic Book of knowledge, with new annotations
TT157 .W574 1976
JUVENILE FICTION
Berta and Elmer Hader's picture book of Mother Goose
The 20th century children's book treasury
Allan, Nicholas
Where Willy went
Anholt, Laurence
Cézanne and the apple boy
Edwards, Michelle
Papa's latkes
Fields, Julia
The green lion of Zion Street
Gordon, Elizabeth
Wild flower children: the little playmates of the fairies
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody
My penguin Osbert
Kirk, David
Nova's ark
Mayol, Lurline Bowles
The story of a happy doll
Miomandre, Francis de
The story of Pierre Pons
Potter, Beatrix
Giant treasury of Beatrix Potter
Pyle, Katharine
Once upon a time in Rhode Island
Ramirez, Carolyn
Small as a raisin, big as the world
Spafford, Suzy
Witzy wonders
Wormell, Christopher
Mice, morals & monkey business: lively lessons from Aesop's Fables
JUVENILE NON-FICTION
Berlitz Jr.
Spanish
PC4121 .B527 1989
Krull, Kathleen
The boy who invented TV: the story of Philo Farnsworth
TK6635.F3 K78 2009
Markle, Sandra
Animals Robert Scott saw: an adventure in Antarctica
G875.S35 M27 2008
Metz, Lorijo
Discovering crabs
QH541.14 .C73 2012
Discovering jellyfish
QH541.14 .J45 2012
Discovering sea lions
QH541.14 .S43 2012
Discovering seagulls
QH541.14 .S44 2012
Discovering clams
QH541.14 .C53 2012
Discovering starfish
QH541.14 .S73 2012
Rockwood, Leigh
Hadrosaurus
QE862 .D51 H33 2012
Plesiosaurus
QE862 .D51 P54 2012
Stegosaurus
QE862 .D51 S74 2012
Triceratops
QE862 .D51 T75 2012
Allosaurus
QE862 .D51 A44 2012
Brachiosaurus
QE862 .D51 B73 2012
Diplodocus
QE862 .D51 D57 2012
Iguanodon
QE862 .D51 I38 2012
Pteranodon
QE862 .D51 P74 2012
T. Rex
QE862 .D51 T74 2012
Velociraptor
QE862 .D51 V45 2012
Sebastian, Emily
Chipmunks
QL706.2 .C55 2012
Badgers
QL706.2 .B33 2012
Moles
QL706.2 .M65 2012
Mongooses
QL706.2 .M66 2012
Armadillos
QL706.2 .A76 2012
Foxes
QL706.2 .F69 2012
Standiford, Natalie
The bravest dog ever: the true story of Balto
SF428.7 .S7 1989
The following Special Collection items may be found in various stack areas.
Please ask for assistance
in finding these titles.
All items are donations
Pesare, Anthony M.
They always win: inspired by a true story
PS3531.E72 T32 2011
Schumacher Fund
Schroder, Walter K.
The Hessian drummer boy of Newport
PZ4 .S3785 2011
Schumacher Fund
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