Worcester - New Books

Worcester - New Books

The 2-hour job search : using technology to get the right job faster
Dalton, Steve, 1976-
Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, c2012.
"A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview"--Provided by publisher.
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10 pounds in 10 days : the secret celebrity program for losing weight fast
Warner, Jackie, 1968-
Boston : Grand Central Life & Style, c2012.
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The 17 day diet cookbook : 80 all new recipes for healthy weight loss
Moreno, Mike, 1968-
New York : Free Press, 2012.
"The 17 Day Diet offers a lifetime plan for shedding pounds fast in a safe and lasting way with a diverse list of foods recommended in every phase and healthy recipes that will help readers lose weight fast, and keep it off."-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 613.25 MORENO

50 popular beliefs that people think are true
Harrison, Guy P.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012.
Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, Harrison invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the skeptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.
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300 best rice cooker recipes : also including legumes and whole grains
Chin, Katie.
Toronto, Ont. : Robert Rose, Inc., c2011.
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1494 : how a family feud in medieval Spain divided the world in half
Bown, Stephen R.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
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Abundance : the future is better than you think
Diamandis, Peter H.
New York : Free Press, 2012.
The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.
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Alice's piano : the life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Müller, Melissa, 1967-
New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
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All the money in the world : what the happiest people know about getting and spending
Vanderkam, Laura.
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.
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American icon : Alan Mulally and the fight to save Ford Motor Company
Hoffman, Bryce G.
New York : Crown Business, c2012.
At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself. Under the leadership of charismatic CEO Alan Mulally, the man who had saved Boeing, Ford had put together a bold plan to unify its divided global operations, transform its lackluster product lineup, and overcome a dysfunctional culture of infighting, backstabbing, and excuses. It was an extraordinary risk, but it was the only way America's last great industrial dynasty could hold on to their company. Mulally and his team pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in business history, and this is the behind-the-scenes account of that epic turnaround.--From publisher description.
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American sniper : the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
Kyle, Chris, 1974-
New York : W. Morrow, c2012.
The astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 150 confirmed kills make him the most deadly sniper in U.S. military history.
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The American way of eating : undercover at Walmart, Applebee's, farm fields and the dinner table
McMillan, Tracie.
New York, NY : Scribner, 2012.
"What if you couldn't afford nine dollar tomatoes? That was the question award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan couldn't escape as she watched the debate about America's meals unfold, one that urges us to pay food's true cost - which is to say, pay more. So in 2009 McMillan embarked on a groundbreaking undercover journey to see what it takes to eat well in America. For nearly a year, she worked, ate, and lived alongside the working poor to examine how Americans eat when price matters."--P. 2 of cover.
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The art of Pixar : the complete colorscripts and select art from 25 years of animation
Amidi, Amid.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2011.
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Artist's block cured! : 201 ways to unleash your creativity
Krall, Linda.
Irvine, CA : Walter Foster, c2012.
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Asian tofu
Nguyen, Andrea Quynhgiao.
New York : Ten Speed Press, 2012.
"A guide to making and cooking tofu, with nearly 100 horizon-expanding recipes from one of the country's leading voices on Asian cuisine"--Provided by publisher.
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The Atlantic coast : a natural history
Thurston, Harry, 1950-
Vancouver : Greystone Books, c2011.
"The North Atlantic coast of North America - commonly known as the Atlantic Coast - extends from Newfoundland and Labrador through the Maritime Provinces and the Northeastern United States south to Cape Hatteras. This North Atlantic region belongs to the sea. The maritime influence on climate, flora, and fauna is dominant--even far inland. This is where the great northern boreal forests intermingle with the mixed coniferous-hardwood forests farther south and where the cold, iceberg-studded Labrador Current from the Arctic and the warm Gulf Stream of the tropics vie for supremacy. Filled with stunning photographs, the book includes chapters on the geological origins of this region, the two major forest realms, and the main freshwater and marine ecosystems and also describes the flora and fauna within each of these habitats. Finally, it looks at what has been lost but also what remains of the natural heritage of the region and how that might be conserved in future.
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The autism revolution : whole-body strategies for making life all it can be
Herbert, Martha R.
New York : Ballantine Books, 2012.
"Move beyond conventional thinking about autism. . . . After years of treating patients and analyzing scientific data, prominent Harvard researcher and clinician Dr. Martha Herbert offers a revolutionary new view of autism and a transformative strategy for dealing with it. Autism is not a hardwired impairment programmed into a child's genes and destined to remain fixed forever, as we're often told. Instead, it is the result of a cascade of events, many seemingly minor: perhaps a genetic mutation, some toxic exposures, a stressful birth, a vitamin deficiency, and a series of infections. And while other doctors may dismiss your child's physical symptoms--the diarrhea, anxiety, sensory overload, sleeplessness, immune challenges, and seizures--as coincidental or irrelevant, Dr. Herbert sees them as vital clues to what the underlying problems are, and how to help. In The Autism Revolution, she teaches you how to approach autism as a collection of problems that can be overcome--and talents that can be developed. Each success you achieve gives your child more room to become healthy and to thrive. Drawing from the newest research, technologies, and insights, as well as inspiring case studies of both children and adults, Dr. Herbert guides you toward restoring health and resiliency in your loved one with autism. Her specific recommendations aim to provide optimal nutrition, reduce toxic exposures, shore up the immune system, reduce stress, and open the door to learning and creativity--all by understanding and truly meeting your child's needs. As thousands of families who have cobbled together these solutions themselves already know, this program can have dramatic benefits--for your child with autism, and for you, your whole family, and your next baby as well. A paradigm-changing book that offers hope and healing for the millions of families who have autism in their lives, The Autism Revolution shows that there's plenty you can do every day to give someone you love the best possible gift: a life lived to the fullest potential"-- Provided by publisher.
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Ayn Rand nation : the hidden struggle for America's soul
Weiss, Gary (Gary R.).
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Thirty years after her death in March 1982, Ayn Rand's ideas have never been more important. Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfishness, disdain for Judeo-Christian morality - these are the tenets of Rand's harsh philosophy.
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Babel's dawn : a natural history of the origins of speech
Bolles, Edmund Blair, 1942-
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2011.
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Banksy locations & tours. Vol 1 : a collection of graffiti locations and photographs in London, England
Bull, Martin.
Oakland, CA : PM Press, c2011.
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Banksy, locations & tours. Vol. 2 : a collection of graffiti locations and photographs from around the U.K
Bull, Martin.
Oakland, CA : PM Press, c2011.
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Barack like me : the chocolate-covered truth
Grier, David Alan, 1955 June 30-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Grier unabashedly muses on politics, culture, and race while recounting his own life story in this edgy, timeless, hilarious, and revelatory memoir and look at all things Barack.
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Be the miracle : 50 lessons for making the impossible possible
Brett, Regina.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
A newspaper columnist for Cleveland's "Plain Dealer" offers essays and stories to inspire everyone to make positive changes, make a difference in the world around them, and even witness a miracle.
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Beautiful no-mow yards : 50 amazing lawn alternatives
Hadden, Evelyn J.
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2012.
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Beautiful souls : saying no, breaking ranks, and heeding the voice of conscience in dark times
Press, Eyal.
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
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Beauty is a verb : the new poetry of disability
El Paso, TX : Cinco Puntos Press, c2011.
"Beauty is a Verb is the first of its kind: a high-quality anthology of poetry by American poets with physical disabilities. Poems and essays alike consider how poetry, coupled with the experience of disability, speaks to the poetics of each poet included. The collection explores first the precursors whose poems had a complex (and sometimes absent) relationship with disability, such as Vassar Miller, Larry Eigner, and Josephine Miles. It continues with poets who have generated the Crip Poetics Movement, such as Petra Kuppers, Kenny Fries, and Jim Ferris. Finally, the collection explores the work of poets who don't necessarily subscribe to the identity of "crip-poetics" and have never before been published in this exact context. These poets include Bernadette Mayer, Rusty Morrison, Cynthia Hogue, and C. S. Giscombe. The book crosses poetry movements--from narrative to language poetry--and speaks to and about a number of disabilities including cerebral palsy, deafness, blindness, multiple sclerosis, and aphasia due to stroke, among others"-- Provided by publisher.
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Before Seattle rocked : a city and its music
Armbruster, Kurt E.
Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2011.
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Behind the beautiful forevers
Boo, Katherine.
New York : Random House, c2012.
The dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century's great, unequal cities. In this fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees fortune in the recyclable garbage of richer people. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a rural childhood, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a fifteen- year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to good times. But then, as the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed.--From publisher description.
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Being nuclear : Africans and the global uranium trade
Hecht, Gabrielle.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
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The benefit and the burden : American tax reform--why we need it and what it will take
Bartlett, Bruce R., 1951-
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2012.
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Between sense and De Kooning
Shiff, Richard.
London : Reaktion Books, 2011.
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Bird on fire : lessons from the world's least sustainable city
Ross, Andrew, 1956-
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
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Blackhorse riders : a desperate last stand, an extraordinary rescue mission, and the Vietnam battle America forgot
Keith, Philip A.
New York : St. Martin's Press, c2012.
Documents the daring March 1970 campaign by the Blackhorse Regiment to rescue an infantry unit that was surrounded and outnumbered by Northern Vietnamese forces, and describes the thirty-year effort to formally commend their bravery.
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Blood & bone : truth and reconciliation in a southern town
Shuler, Jack.
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2012.
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The blood sugar solution : the ultrahealthy program for losing weight, preventing disease, and feeling great now! / Mark Hyman
Hyman, Mark, 1959-
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
"In THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION, Dr. Mark Hyman reveals that the secret solution to losing weight and preventing not just diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer is balanced insulin levels. Dr. Hyman describes the seven keys to achieving wellness-nutrition, hormones, inflammation, digestion, detoxification, energy metabolism, and a calm mind-and explains his revolutionary six-week healthy-living program. With advice on diet, green living, supplements and medication, exercise, and personalizing the plan for optimal results, the book also teaches readers how to maintain lifelong health. Groundbreaking and timely, THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION is the fastest way to lose weight, prevent disease, and feel better than ever"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books, crooks and counselors : how to write accurately about criminal law and courtroom procedure
Budewitz, Leslie.
Fresno, Calif. : Quill Driver Books, c2011.
"Addressing the misunderstood and misrepresented aspects of the law in today's writing, this reliable guidebook demonstrates how to use legal concepts, terminology, and procedure to create fiction that is true to life and crackling with real-world tension. Examples from actual cases are provided along with excerpts of authentic courtroom dialogue. Topics covered include criminal and civil law; differences between federal, state, and Native American jurisdiction; police and private investigation; wills and inheritances; and the written and unwritten codes that govern the public and private conduct of lawyers and judges. Providing a quick and simple legal reference, this handbook is the key to creating innovative plots, strong conflicts, authentic characters, and gritty realism"-- Provided by publisher.
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Born to be Brad : my life and style, so far
Goreski, Brad.
New York, NY : It Books, c2012.
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The Boxer Rebellion and the great game in China
Silbey, David.
New York : Hill and Wang, 2012.
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Breakthrough 'boys : the story of the 1971 Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys
Aron, Jaime.
Minneapolis, MN : MVP Books, 2011.
"The Dallas Cowboys of the 1970s were one of the most dominant teams in pro football history, appearing in five Super Bowls and claiming two championships in a nine-year span. But during the late 1960s, the Cowboys were known as the team that couldn't win the big one, getting close to the top but failing to seal the deal--they were perpetually "next year's champions." That all changed in 1971 when the Boys rallied to capture their first-ever title and put the franchise on its way to becoming "America's Team." In Breakthrough 'Boys, Jaime Aron gets the inside stories from former players, coaches, and other key figures to explore the fascinating and tumultuous road the Cowboys took to their first championship in 1971 under coach Tom Landry. Eight years after the assassination of JFK and seven years before the arrival of J. R. Ewing, this team gave the city of Dallas the new identity it needed and changed the face of football forever"-- Provided by publisher.
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Breakthroughs in telephone technology : from Bell to smartphones
New York, NY : Britannica Educational Pub. in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2012.
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Breathing through the whole body : the Buddha's instructions on integrating mind, body, and breath
Johnson, Will, 1946-
Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, 2012.
"Explores the Buddha's own words on breathing meditation for healing, wholeness, and a deeper understanding of his teachings"--Provided by publisher.
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Bringing up bébé : one American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting
Druckerman, Pamela.
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
"The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play. Motherhood itself is a whole different experience in France. There's no role model, as there is in America, for the harried new mom with no life of her own. French mothers assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their children and that there's no need to feel guilty about this. They have an easy, calm authority with their kids that Druckerman can only envy. Of course, French parenting wouldn't be worth talking about if it produced robotic, joyless children. In fact, French kids are just as boisterous, curious, and creative as Americans. They're just far better behaved and more in command of themselves. While some American toddlers are getting Mandarin tutors and preliteracy training, French kids are-by design-toddling around and discovering the world at their own pace. With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman-a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal sets out to learn the secrets to raising a society of good little sleepers, gourmet eaters, and reasonably relaxed parents. She discovers that French parents are extremely strict about some things and strikingly permissive about others. And she realizes that to be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is. While finding her own firm "non", Druckerman discovers that children- including her own-are capable of feats she'd never imagined."-- Provided by publisher.
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Business model you : a one-page method for reinventing your career
Clark, Tim, 1956-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2012.
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Cain's legacy : liberating siblings from a lifetime of rage, shame, secrecy, and regret
Safer, Jeanne.
New York : Basic Books, c2012.
"What to do when brothers and sisters can't get along"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.875 SAFER

Carly's voice : breaking through autism
Fleischmann, Arthur.
New York : Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2012.
The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.
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Celebrate with cupcakes : designs and techniques for creating 30 gorgeous cupcakes
Smith, Lindy, 1964-
Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 2012.
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A century of wisdom : lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor
Stoessinger, Caroline.
New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2012.
Collects life lessons by a Holocaust survivor and concert pianist, sharing the wisdom she has gleaned and insights into her resolve to thrive in spite of loss and her choice to harbor no bitterness toward her oppressors.
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Childism : confronting prejudice against children
Young-Bruehl, Elisabeth.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
The author exposes American society's prejudice against its children-- from corporal punishment and an uncaring foster care system to the pressure placed on children to support one parent or another in a divorce--and the harm it causes them.
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The CIA's greatest covert operation : inside the daring mission to recover a nuclear-armed Soviet sub
Sharp, David H.
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2012.
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City of fortune : how Venice ruled the seas
Crowley, Roger, 1951-
New York : Random House, c2011.
Draws on firsthand accounts of pitched sea battles, skillful negotiations, and diplomatic maneuvers to offer a complete history of Venice's centuries- long reign as a naval power and maritime trading empire.
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Coming apart : the state of white America, 1960-2010
Murray, Charles A.
New York [N.Y.] : Crown Forum, c2012.
A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass.
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Companion planting
Flowerdew, Bob.
New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2012.
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A complicated marriage : my life with Clement Greenberg
Van Horne, Janice.
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2012.
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Composting
Flowerdew, Bob.
New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2012.
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Cross Walk : an amazing journey of faith
Cruise, Carol.
[Ashland, Ohio : Faithwalk Ministries], 2011.
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Da Vinci's ghost : genius, obsession, and how Leonardo created the world in his own image
Lester, Toby.
New York : Free Press, 2012.
Journalist and storyteller Toby Lester brings Vitruvian Man to life, resurrecting the ghost of an unknown Leonardo. Populated by a colorful cast of characters, including Brunelleschi of the famous Dome, "Da Vinci's Ghost" opens up a surprising window onto the artist and philosopher himself and the tumultuous intellectual and cultural transformations he bridged.
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Daddy loves his girls
Jakes, T. D.
Lake Mary, Fla. : Charisma House, c2011.
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Dancing With Angels. 2 : the role of the Holy Spirit and open heavens in activating your angelic visitations
Basconi, Kevin.
Shippensburg, PA : Destiny Image Publishers, Inc., c2011.
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The dark side of sport : exposing the sexual culture of collegiate and professional athletes
Pappas, Nick T.
Maidenhead : Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2011.
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Dating the undead : loving the immortal man
Showalter, Gena.
Don Mills, Ont. : Harlequin, c2012.
Bestselling author Showalter brings a hip, fun, and irreverent spin to dating vampires, werewolves, zombies, angels, and other members of the undead community. A hilarious parody of popular women's magazines, this full-color package is sure to delight readers of paranormal romance.
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The death of King Arthur : a new verse translation
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2012.
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Death of the cheating man : what every woman must know about men who stray
Billieon, Maxwell.
Largo, MD : Strebor Books Intl., 2012.
"A revealing look at why men cheat, through the lives of two men; one a faithful business mogul and the other a celebrity addicted to infidelity."--P. 2 of cover.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.736 BILLIEON

Dirty minds : how our brains influence love, sex, and relationships
Sukel, Kayt.
New York : Free Press, c2012.
Draws on the latest findings beyond cultural perceptions to reveal how the brain processes love and interpersonal relationships, addressing such questions as the practicality of monogamy, and whether or not the "seven-year itch" actually exists.
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Doodling with Jim Henson : more than 50 fun and fanciful exercises to inspire the doodler in you!
Henson, Jim.
Laguna Hills, Calif. : Walter Foster ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011.
Jim Henson, an extraordinary artist and visionary, invented unique worlds and characters that remain just as vivid, original and fresh today as when they were created. A television pioneer, an innovator in puppetry, technology and visual arts, and a performer who literally brought to life some of the most memorable characters ever, Jim Henson's impact on entertainment, education and culture continues to this day more than 20 years after his death.
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Drink the bitter root : a search for justice and healing in Africa
Geddes, Gary.
Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, c2011.
"Drink the Bitter Root is an international story about the ethical and environmental footprint world nations are leaving in Africa in their determined efforts to destabilize and loot the continent. In the spirit of Robert Kaplan and Samantha Power, Gary Geddes sets out in search of justice, healing, and reconciliation. He begins his journey at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, then travels to Rwanda, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Somaliland, crossing Lake Victoria and the Great Rift Valley, where human life began. Geddes' quest takes the form of an intimate personal travelogue. Although he confronts the dark realities of abduction, rape, mutilation, and murder, drawing on painful encounters, interviews, and adventures that occur along the way, Geddes also brings back amazing stories of survival and unexpected moments of grace. His poet's eye and self-deprecating humor draw us ever more deeply into the lives of some amazing Africans, while never forgetting the complicity we all feel in the face of tragic events unfolding there."--Publisher's catalog.
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The drop 10 diet : add to your plate to lose the weight
Danziger, Lucy S.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
"These days, we're constantly bombarded with trendy, restrictive diets that instruct us to "Eat only this" or "Give up that" diets that ultimately fail when you find that you can't sacrifice the foods you love. But now you can lose weight without deprivation: Lucy Danziger, editor in chief of SELF magazine, and her team of nutrition experts have created the ultimate flexible plan for melting off ten, twenty, or more pounds at any age you can see results in as little as a week! By eating more of thirty superfoods everyday favorites like eggs, yogurt, steak, Parmesan, cherries, kiwi fruit, dark chocolate, and coffee, you can shed weight while naturally reducing your dependence on less healthful foods, lowering your risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, inflammation, and more. The food plan has room for all your can't-resist treats you can eat them and still slim down! This revolutionary diet isn't about denying yourself; it's about indulging in delicious, satisfying foods that help trigger weight loss and instill better body health. Guiding you every step of the way, The Drop 10 Diet includes 101 quick, tasty breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and dinners. You choose your favorites. Each meal or snack incorporates at least one Drop 10 superfood and leaves your cravings and your stomach satisfied! 40 delicious family recipes that even a novice cook can fix. Your loved ones will never know they're eating healthfully! 1,400 extra "happy calories" each week to enjoy on top of your Drop 10 meals and snacks. Use your happy calories for daily splurges or save them up to spend for a big night out. 8 exercises you can do at home or in the gym to boost your metabolism and supercharge your weight loss. Inspirational stories of weight loss from women just like you! Don't waste another bite on bland, strict diets that don't work. It's time to grab life by the fork!"-- Provided by publisher.
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Duke sucks : a completely even-handed, unbiased investigation into the most evil team on planet earth
Tucker, Reed.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012.
"No team in all of sports is as uniquely hated as those smug, entitled, floor-slapping, fist-pumping, insufferable Blue Devils. When Duke won the national championship in 2010, cheers may have erupted on the campus, but for a large portion of theAmerican public, it was like watching a pet die. Every team has its detractors. But with Duke, it's different. To its haters, Duke is like something scraped off shoes. The team is dogged by an intense loathing that no other team can match. But even those legions of basketball fans who detest Duke may have a hard time articulating exactly why they're so put off by the team-- until now. In this book, Tucker and Bagwell show readers exactly why Duke deserves to be so hated. They bruise and batter the Blue Devils with fact after fact, story after story, statistic after statistic. They build an airtight case that could stand up in a court of law. Millions of basketball fans around the world are not imagining things. Duke really is evil, and Duke Sucks proves it"-- Provided by publisher.
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Dust to dust : a memoir
Busch, Benjamin.
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, c2012.
A U.S. Marine who served two combat tours in Iraq, an actor on "The Wire, " and son of novelist Frederick Busch reflects on his childhood in rural New York, his experiences as a Marine, and the nature of mortality.
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Electronics all-in-one for dummies
Lowe, Doug, 1959-
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 621.381 ELECTRONIC

The end of money : cashing out on hard currency
Wolman, David.
Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo ; London : Perseus Running [distributor], 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 332.4 WOLMAN

Enemies : a history of the FBI
Weiner, Tim.
New York : Random House, c2012.
Enemies is the first definitive history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, from an author whose work on the Pentagon and the CIA won him the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. We think of the FBI as America's police force. But secret intelligence is the Bureau's first and foremost mission. Enemies is the story of how presidents have used the FBI to conduct political warfare, and how the Bureau became the most powerful intelligence service the United States possesses. Here is the hidden history of America's hundred-year war on terror. The FBI has fought against terrorists, spies, anyone it deemed subversive--and sometimes American presidents. The FBI's secret intelligence and surveillance techniques have created a tug-of-war between national security and civil liberties. It is a tension that strains the very fabric of a free republic.--Publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 363.250973 WEINER

Enterprise : America's fightingest ship and the men who helped win World War II
Tillman, Barrett.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.545973 TILLMAN

The escape artists : how Obama's team fumbled the recovery
Scheiber, Noam.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
"A book by Noam Scheiber"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 330.973 SCHEIBER

Everyday garden solutions : expert advice from the National Gardening Association
New York : Reader's Digest Association, 2012.
Offers solutions to five hundred of the most commonly asked gardening questions, from cultivating heirloom vegetables and what to expect while composting to battling pests and growing plants in containers, providing complementary climate-zone maps.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 635 EVERYDAY

Exploring Britain's castles
Basingstoke : AA, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 914.2 EXPLORIN

Fatal decision: Edith Cavell, World War I nurse
Arthur, Terri.
[s.l.] : Beagle Books, 2011.
Based on historical fact, this novel tells the story of the legendary Edith Cavell, a British nurse whose duties as a healer clashed with the demands of a ruthless occupying regime during World War I. At the request of a brilliant but hot-headed surgeon, Edith went from London to Brussels to create Belgium's first school of nursing. At the height of her success, the German army marched into neutral Belgium and took over her hospital and school. Swept up in the struggle to survive under the repressive and brutal control of the German occupiers, Edith was forced to make a decision when two wounded British soldiers came to her seeking asylum. If she took them in, she would put herself in danger. If she didn't, they would most likely die of infection or by the hands of the Germans. Her decision plunged her into the dangerous and clandestine world of the Belgian underground, where she became an important link in the rescue of Allied soldiers. For nine months, this quiet, religious nurse, went about saving over a thousand soldiers under the very noses of the German command. What happened next is both shocking and suspenseful. It caused a worldwide outrage, shaped American public attitudes of the war, and rocked the German government. Edith Cavell's story is about the profession of nursing, the brutality of war, and the risks of commitment. It is a testament to one woman's courage, resilience, intelligence, and determination to make some sense out of the violence of war. "Patriotism is not enough," said Edith.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B CAVELL, E. ARTHUR

The favored daughter : one woman's fight to lead Afghanistan into the future
Koofi, Fawzia, 1975-
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
The nineteenth daughter of a local village leader in rural Afghanistan, the author was left to die in the sun after birth by her mother. But she survived, and perseverance in the face of extreme hardship has defined her life ever since. Despite the abuse of her family, the exploitative Russian and Taliban regimes, the murders of her father, brother, and husband, and numerous attempts on her life, she rose above her fate to becoming the first Afghani woman Parliament speaker. Here, she shares her amazing story, punctuated by a series of poignant letters she wrote to her two daughters before each political trip, letters describing the future and freedoms she dreamed of for them and for all the women of Afghanistan. Today, she is one of the most outspoken critics of human rights violations against Afghani women and children and uses her influence to bring global attention to the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, even as a frustrated American military considers relinquishing it to the Taliban. Her story movingly captures the political and cultural moment in Afghanistan, a country caught between the hope of progress and the bitterness of history. -- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B KOOFI, F

Feed yourself, feed your family : good nutrition and healthy cooking for new moms and growing families
New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.302 FEED

Fifty animals that changed the course of history
Chaline, Eric.
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 590 CHALINE

Find, fix, finish : inside the counterterrorism campaigns that killed Bin Laden and devastated Al-Qaeda
Peritz, Aki.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 363.325/60973 PERITZ

The first frontier : the forgotten history of struggle, savagery, and endurance in early America
Weidensaul, Scott.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 974 WEIDENSA

For better or for work : a survival guide for entrepreneurs and their families
Hirshberg, Meg Cadoux, 1956-
New York, N.Y. : An Inc. Original, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 338.04 HIRSHBERG

The forest unseen : a year's watch in nature
Haskell, David George.
New York : Viking, 2012.
In this wholly original book, biologist David Haskell uses a one- square- meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Each short chapter begins with a simple observation: a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter; the first blossom of spring wildflowers. From these, Haskell spins a web of biology and ecology, explaining the science that binds together the tiniest microbes and the largest mammals and describing the ecosystems that have cycled for thousands--sometimes millions--of years. Each visit to the forest presents a nature story in miniature as Haskell elegantly teases out the intricate relationships that order the creatures and plants that call it home. Written with grace and empathy, The Forest Unseen is a grand tour of nature in all its profundity.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 577.309768 HASKELL

Fork on the left, knife in the back
Musto, Michael, 1955-
New York, NY : Vantage Point Books, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 827 M991f

The Freud files : an inquiry into the history of psychoanalysis
Borch-Jacobsen, Mikkel.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
"How did psychoanalysis attain its prominent cultural position? How did it eclipse rival psychologies and psychotherapies, such that it became natural to bracket Freud with Copernicus and Darwin? Why did Freud 'triumph' to such a degree that we hardly remember his rivals? This book reconstructs the early controversies around psychoanalysis and shows that rather than demonstrating its superiority, Freud and his followers rescripted history. This legend-making was not an incidental addition to psychoanalytic theory but formed its core. Letting the primary material speak for itself, this history demonstrates the extraordinary apparatus by which this would-be science of psychoanalysis installed itself in contemporary societies. Beyond psychoanalysis, it opens up the history of the constitution of the modern psychological sciences and psychotherapies, how they furnished the ideas which we have of ourselves and how these became solidified into indisputable 'facts'"-- Provided by publisher. "This book began in 1993 as an inquiry into Freud historians and their work. We had become aware of the upheavals that had affected Freud studies since the 1970s, which were completely transformating how one understood psychoanalysis and its origins. Intrigued by the new histories of the Freudian movement, we decided to interview the key players to gather their testimonies in a collective volume. These interviews were transcribed and annotated (we reproduce a few excerpts in the following), but the volume itself remained unfinished, for in the meantime our investigation had changed. Quite quickly, it became apparent that it was not possible to situate ourselves with the neutrality and ironic detachment that we had initially adopted. The stakes were too high, and too much remained to be researched and verified before one could attempt to pass judgment on the endless controversies around psychoanalysis. Instead of describing them from the outside, we became drawn in, and here put forward our own contribution to the history of the Freudian movement"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 150.195209 BORCHJAC

The FSG book of twentieth-century Latin American poetry : an anthology
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 861 F948

Galileo's muse : Renaissance mathematics and the arts
Peterson, Mark A., 1946-
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 709.45 PETERSON

Gallipoli
Hart, Peter, 1955-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.426 HART

Game changer : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife
Martin, Glen, 1949-
Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c2012.
"Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In Game Changer, award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa's megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead paradoxically to the elimination of the very species--including elephants and lions--that are the most cherished. In his anecdotal and highly engaging style, Martin takes readers to the heart of the conflict. He revisits the debate between conservationists, who believe that people whose lives are directly impacted by the creation of national parks and preserves should be compensated, versus those who believe that restrictive protection that forbids hunting is the most effective way to conserve wildlife and habitats. Focusing on the different approaches taken by Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia, Martin vividly shows how the world's last great populations of wildlife have become the hostages in a fight between those who love animals and those who would save them"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 179.3096 MARTIN

Gandhi and the unspeakable : his final experiment with truth
Douglass, James W.
Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B GANDHI, M. DOUGLASS

Getting past your past : why we are who we are and what to do about it, with self-help techniques from EMDR therapy
Shapiro, Francine.
Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Books, 2012.
"A totally accessible user's guide from the creator of a scientifically proven form of psychotherapy for healing ailments ranging from PTSD to minor anxiety and depression. Whether we've experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by memories and experiences we may not remember or don't fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical procedures that demystify the human condition and empower readers looking to break free from emotional roadblocks. Shapiro, the creator of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), explains the brain science in layman's terms and provides simple exercises that readers can do at home to achieve real change"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 616.8522 SHAPIRO

Girl land
Flanagan, Caitlin.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.23520973 FLANAGAN

Girl Scouts : a celebration of 100 trailblazing years
Christiansen, Betty.
New York, NY : Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 369.463 CHRISTIA

God breaketh not all men's hearts alike : new and later collected poems
Moss, Stanley.
New York : Seven Stories Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 821 M9137g

Gossip : the untrivial pursuit
Epstein, Joseph, 1937-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011.
A juicy, incisive exploration of gossip in all its forms--from celebrity rumors to literary "romans a clef," from personal sniping to political slander.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 302.24 EPSTEIN

Grace and grit : my fight for equal pay and fairness at Goodyear and beyond
Ledbetter, Lilly M.
New York : Crown Archetype, 2012.
In 1998, after the author had spent 19 grueling years working at a Goodyear plant, an anonymous note showed her that she made 40 per cent less than her male counterparts. So began her decade-long legal battle for equal pay, a story she tells movingly and frankly. After a hardscrabble childhood in a small Alabama community, she knew a job at the nearby Goodyear plant meant lifelong financial stability. In 1979 as a manager there, she found men reluctant to take orders from a woman, and faced blatant sexual harassment (a performance review ended with a solicitation). She tried to take it in stride, but the stress took a mental and physical toll. Goodyear continually transferred her between departments, citing poor performance, but failed to produce evidence when she requested it. After discovering the anonymous note, she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, leading to her landmark discrimination lawsuit under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. While she lost the case on appeal (a decision upheld by the Supreme Court), the experience prompted her to become a spokesperson for equal pay. In January 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, a satisfying coda to this inspiring tale.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B LEDBETTER, L

Great discoveries in medicine
New York : Thames & Hudson 2011.
"An unrivaled account of turning points and breakthroughs in medical knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to the latest technology"--P. [4] of jacket.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 610.9 GREAT

Grow : how ideals power growth and profit at the world's greatest companies
Stengel, Jim.
New York : Crown Business, c2011.
Demonstrate how the fifty top-performing businesses in a range of fields have succeeded through superior customer engagement and outlines an action framework that draws on the examples of leading businesses and management guides.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 658.401 STENGEL

Guardians of finance : making regulators work for us
Barth, James R.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 332.0973 BARTH

Gypsy boy : my life in the secret world of the Romany Gypsies
Walsh, Mikey.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They lived in a closeted community, and little is known of their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back. This is something Mikey knows all too well. Growing up, he didn't go to school, he seldom mixed with non-Gypsies and the caravan became his world. Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision, to stay and keep secrets, or escape to find somewhere to belong. His father and grandfather were champion bareknuckle boxers in England's Gypsy community. But Mikey had no interest in fighting. He was proud of his heritage and loved his mother and sister, but as he grew older he came to realize he had a secret that would never be accepted: he was gay. This memoir reveals, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. It is a culture apart, one that is equally more criminal and more puritanical than our own.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.891497041092 WALSH

A hard day's night
Morton, Ray, 1961-
Milwaukee, WI : Limelight Editions, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.937 HARD DAY'S NIGHT MORTON

Harry Potter : page to screen, the complete filmmaking journey
McCabe, Bob.
New York : Harper Design, 2011.
Here is a lavish and personal look at the entire film-making process that turned the world's bestselling fiction series into a blockbuster movie franchise. From the acquisition of the film rights to the casting and the assembly of the creative team, the book is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the most popular film series in cinema history.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.937 HARRY POTTER MCCABE

Healing trauma through self-parenting : the codependency connection
O'Gorman, Patricia A.
Deerfield Beach, FL : Health Communications, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 616.8521 OGORMAN

Hello, jell-o! : 50+ inventive recipes from the jello mold mistress
Belanger, Victoria.
Berkeley, CA : Ten Speed Press, 2012.
"Food blogger Victoria Belanger shares the secrets to creating inspired, modern Jell-O mold desserts--with fresh fruits and flavors, new twists on trendy treats, and artistic presentations. Jell-O is getting a makeover, thanks to innovative food bloggers like Victoria Belanger (aka the Jello Mold Mistress of Brooklyn), whose jiggly creations have caught the eye of the New York Times and Food & Wine. In Hello, Jell-O!, Belanger invites home cooks to turn Jell-O into impressive--yet economical--desserts that are conversation starters at dinners and potlucks. Featuring modern flavors such as champagne and strawberries, key lime pie, and chai tea panna cotta, Hello, Jell-O! presents gelatin-mold desserts that are more sophisticated and fun than ever before"-- Provided by publisher. ""The Jello Mold Mistress shares the secrets to creating inspired, modern gelatin mold desserts, with fresh fruits and flavors, new twists on trendy treats, and artistic presentations"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.864 BELANGER

Help! I'm raising my children alone : a practical guide to bringing up happy, healthy kids on your own
Jakes, T. D.
Lake Mary, Fla. : Charisma House, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 248.845 JAKES

Hiding from reality : my story of love, loss, and finding the courage within
Armstrong, Taylor.
New York : Gallery Books, 2012.
An estimated 80 percent of domestic abuse victims remain silent, suffocated by fear and relentless self-doubt. For Taylor, it was the threat of financial ruin and finding herself alone with her young daughter that kept her tethered to her volatile husband. But after a ferocious roundhouse punch from Russell fractured her face, resulting in reconstructive surgery, she finally made the brave decision to walk away from a man she loved and a legacy of physical abuse that she first encountered as a child and that haunted her throughout her adulthood.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B ARMSTRONG, T

Hilarity ensues
Max, Tucker.
Austin, TX : Blue Heeler Books, c2012.
"Tucker Max's third and final book in his series of stories about his drunken debauchery and ridiculous antics. What began as a simple sentence on an obscure website, "My name is Tucker Max and I am an asshole," and developed into two infamously genre-defining books, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell and Assholes Finish First, ends here." -- P. 2 of cover.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.7092 MAX

Hitler's armies : a history of the German war machine, 1939-45
McNab, Chris, 1970-
Oxford, UK ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey Pub., 2011.
The definitive work on Hitler's war machine, charting its evolution from the formidable force which won stunning victories during the Blitzkrieg in 1940, to the hard campaigns it fought in the deserts of North Africa and the frozen wastelands of the Soviet Union to the eventual retreat to the Fatherland itself. Drawing upon Osprey Publishing's unique archive, this volume expertly weaves together the story of the development and deployment of Hitler's armies displayed alongside a stunning collection of original artwork and photographs to show the uniform and equipment of the various land forces.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5413 MCNAB

Hot guys and baby animals
Khuner, Audrey.
Kansas City : Andrews McMeel, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.31 KHUNER

House of stone : a memoir of home, family, and a lost Middle East
Shadid, Anthony.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
"In 2006, Shadid, an Arab-American raised in Oklahoma, was covering Israel's attack on Lebanon when he heard that an Israeli rocket had crashed into the house his great-grandfather built, his family's ancestral home. Not long after, Shadid (who had covered three wars in the Middle East) realized that he had lost his passion for a region that had lost its soul. He had seen too much violence and death; his career had destroyed his marriage. Seeking renewal, he set out to rebuild the house that held his family's past in the town they had helped settle long ago. Although the course of the reconstruction is complicated by craftsmen with too much personality, squabbles with his extended family, and Lebanon's political strife, Shadid is restored along with the house and finds that his understanding of the Middle East, which he had known chiefly in wartime, has been deepened by his immersion in smalltown life. Coming to terms with his family's emigrant experience and their town's history, the "homeless" Shadid finds home and comes to understand the emotions behind the turbulence of the Middle East. In a moving epilogue, Shadid describes returning to this house after a nearly disastrous week as a prisoner of war in Libya along with the first visit of his daughter. Combining the human interest of The Bookseller of Kabul and Three Cups of Tea with the light touch of an expert determined, first, to tell a story, Shadid tells the story of a reconstruction effort that would have sent Frances Mayes to a psychiatric hospital as he brings to life unforgettable characters who lives help explain not just the modern Middle East but the legacy of those who have survived generations of war. He flashes back to his family's loss of home, their suffering during their country's dark days, and their experiences as newcomers in Oklahoma. This is a book about what propels the Middle East's rage, loss of home, and what it must examine and re-find, the sense of shared community. Far surpassing the usual reporter's "tour of duty," books, House of Stone is more humane and compelling and will please students of the region, those whose families have emigrated from other nations, and all readers engaged by engrossing storytelling"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.0956 SHADID

How to read the Qur{174}an : a new guide, with select translations
Ernst, Carl W., 1950-
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 297.12261 ERNST

How to teach relativity to your dog
Orzel, Chad.
New York : Basic Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 530.11 ORZEL

How to win an election : an ancient guide for modern politicians
Cicero, Quintus Tullius.
Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 324.720937 CICERO

The hunt for KSM : inside the pursuit and takedown of the real 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
McDermott, Terry.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Drawing on access to key sources as well as jihadis and family members, provides a comprehensive account of the search for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the elusive mastermind of the September 11 plot against the United States.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 363.325092 MCDERMOT

"I love Lucy" : a celebration of all things Lucy : inside the world of television's first great sitcom
Edwards, Elisabeth, 1963-
Philadelphia : Running Press Book Publishers, 2011.
This book brings to life the world of the show and its impact more fully than ever before. Rare backstage photos and images from the stars' personal collections illustrate new stories about the making of I Love Lucy. Highlights include Lucille Ball's personal commentary on her favorite episodes, taken from previously unpublished interviews. Chapters filled with trivia, character bios, fashions, music, recipes featured on the show, and much more make this an informative and fabulously entertaining tribute to the classic show.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.957 I LOVE LUCY EDWARDS

If you like Monty Python-- : here are over 200 movies, tv shows, and other oddities that you will love
Handlen, Zack.
Milwaukee, WI : Limelight Editions, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.957 MONTY PYTHON HANDLEN

Imagine : how creativity works
Lehrer, Jonah.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2012.
"New York Times"-bestselling author Lehrer ("How We Decide") introduces readers to musicians, graphic artists, poets, and bartenders to show how they can use science to be more imaginative and make their cities, their companies, and their culture more creative.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 153.35 LEHRER

In country : remembering the Vietnam War
Lanham, Md. : Ivan R. Dee, c2011.
Too often the ordeals of participants on both sides of the Vietnam War have been interpreted by others--journalists, historians, even generals. In an invaluable corrective, John Prados, one of our leading interpreters of the Vietnam War, opens a window into the visceral firsthand experiences of those on the ground in Vietnam. His carefully chosen and thoughtfully introduced anthology gathers the voices--in narrative and poetry--of men and women; Americans and Vietnamese (both of the North and South); officers and enlisted men. All of the selections feature individuals' experiences of war or witnessing specific events, and the realities of being caught up in them, Bridging the chasm between history and memory, together they offer an intense, even blazing, testimonial to the human condition in war.--Publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 959.70433730922 IN

In excellent health : setting the record straight on America's health care and charting a path for future reform
Atlas, Scott W., 1955- author.
Stanford, California : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, [2011], {496}2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 362.10973 ATLAS

In our prime : the invention of middle age
Cohen, Patricia, 1960-
New York : Scribner, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.244 COHEN

Indivisible : restoring faith, family, and freedom before it's too late
Robison, James, 1943-
New York, N.Y. : FaithWords, 2012.
"A book, geared towards conservative Christians with massappeal, that connects biblical principles with practical politics to have a lasting impact on our culture"--Provided by the publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 261.7 ROBISON

Indomitable will : LBJ in the presidency
Updegrove, Mark K.
New York : Crown, c2012.
A comprehensive oral history of Johnson's presidency is presented in the words of the president and some of his closest associates, offering insight into his perspectives on the sweeping changes affecting his time.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B JOHNSON, L. UPDEGROV

Inside Pee-Wee's playhouse : the untold, unauthorized, and unpredictable story of a pop phenomenon
Gaines, Caseen, 1986-
Toronto : ECW Press, c2011.
On the 25th anniversary of the show "Pee-wee's Playhouse," the behind- the -scenes story is being told for the first time by those who experienced it. Complete with an episode guide, biographical information about the cast and key members of the show's creative team, never-before-told anecdotes, and previously unpublished photos.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.957 PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE GAINES

Inside the creative studio : inspiration and ideas for your art and craft space
Prato, Cate Coulacos.
Loveland, CO : Interweave, c2011.
"Embrace your space The professional organizers and editors of Studios magazine give you the tools to create your own one-of-a-kind artistic environment. Learn how to find space in your home, whittle down your stash, and get tips on maximizing your storage and organization. Experts will also show you how to repurpose furniture, recyclables, and vintage items to establish a space with function and personality. Spend less time making your studio work and more time actually creating. Inside the Creative Studio offers imaginative and unique solutions for every lifestyle, regardless of money, time, or space. Artists and crafters of all types-quilters, fiber artists, mixed-media artists, jewelry makers, sewists, painters, and more-share their stories, tips, and images of putting together their customized creative spaces. From spacious oases to cute and compact retreats, each studio offers countless inspirational ideas"-- Provided by publisher. "Cate Coulacos Prato is the editor of the increasingly popularCloth Paper Scissors Studios magazine, Online Editor for Quilting Daily as well, and the author of Mixed-Media Self-Portraits, Inspiration & Techniques"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 745.5 PRATO

The Irish way : becoming American in the multiethnic city
Barrett, James R., 1950-
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.89162073 BARRETT

It's not about the pom-poms : how a 40-year-old mom became the NFL's oldest cheerleader-and found hope, joy, and inspiration along the way
Vikmanis, Laura.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
A mother, dietician, divorcée, and first-time NFL cheerleader at the age of forty shares her story of overcoming a bad marriage, becoming "unstuck" and finding renewed confidence at midlife.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B VIKMANIS, L

James Madison and the making of America
Gutzman, Kevin Raeder, 1963-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
This is the first full-length biography, in over a decade, of James Madison, our fourth President and icon of the conservative movement. In it, the author, a historian looks beyond Madison's traditional moniker, "The Father of the Constitution", to find a more complex and realistic portrait of this influential Founding Father. Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, the author treats readers to the story of a man who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself: Madison's fame rests on his participation in the writing of The Federalist Papers and his role in drafting the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Yet, he thought that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary and insisted that it not be included in the unamended Constitution which, he lamented, was entirely inadequate and, likely, would soon fail. Madison helped to create the first American political party, the first party to call itself "Republican", but only after he had argued that political parties, in general, were harmful. Madison served as Secretary of State and, then, as President during the early years of the United States and the War of 1812; however, the American foreign policy he implemented in 1801-1817 ultimately resulted in the British burning down the Capitol and the White House. Virtually all of his great accomplishments, such as his contributions to The Federalist Papers, are now misunderstood. His greatest legacy, the disestablishment of Virginia's state church and adoption of the libertarian Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, is often omitted from discussion of his career.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MADISON, J. GUTZMAN

Kayak morning : reflections on love, grief, and small boats
Rosenblatt, Roger.
New York : Ecco c2012.
"In [his earlier book] 'Making Toast', Roger Rosenblatt shared the story of his family in the days and months after the death of his thirty-eight-year- old daughter, Amy. Now, in 'Kayak Morning', he offers a personal meditation on grief itself. 'Everybody grieves,' he writes. From that terse, melancholy observation emerges a work of art that addresses the universal experience of loss. On a quiet Sunday morning, two and a half years after Amy's death, Roger heads out in his kayak. He observes, 'You can't always make your way in the world by moving up. Or down, for that matter. Boats move laterally on water, which levels everything. It is one of the two great levelers.' Part elegy, part quest, 'Kayak Morning' explores Roger's years as a journalist, the comforts of literature, and the value of solitude, poignantly reminding us that grief is not apart from life but encompasses it. In recalling to us what we have lost, grief by necessity resurrects what we have had."-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 155.93 ROSENBLA

The lady in gold : the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
O'Connor, Anne Marie.
New York : Knopf, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 759.36 KLIMT, G. OCONNOR

Latin lessons : how South America stopped listening to the United States and started prospering
Weitzman, Hal, 1972-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2012.
"The mistakes the U.S. has made in Latin America-and the high price it will pay for them Washington has long told Latin American countries how to run their economies: bring in multinationals, eliminate the social safety net, keep government debt low, court U.S. politicians, and sign free trade agreements. In the past decade, many leaders-Hugo Chavez among the most visible-have rejected that, and those countries are now growing while the U.S. is falling apart. Combining sharp wit and great storytelling with trenchant analysis, Hal Weitzman explains why Latin America has turned against its powerful northern neighbor and why the region's newfound economic success will hurt the U.S. Reveals how the politics of oil and the rise of "resource nationalism" are reshaping America's role in the global economy and negatively affecting its prosperity at home Illustrates analytical points with vivid stories and examples: the disappearance of the Panama hat, the sweater Evo Morales wore on a trip to Europe, and more Written by a Financial Times journalist who formerly served as their Andean correspondent based in Lima, Peru "-- Provided by publisher. "Combinging a sharp wit, great storytelling, and trenchant analysis, Weitzman explains why Latin America turned against the US, and why their newfound economic success is likely to hurt us. For most of the '80s and '90s, Latin America was subjected to "The Washington Consensus" as banks and governments demanded countries ignore the needs of their citizens in the short term and turn over their best assets to foreigners, in order to attract international financial investments"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.8073 WEITZMAN

LDS in the USA : Mormonism and the making of American culture
Trepanier, Lee, 1972-
Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 289.33209 TREPANIE

Leonardo's lost princess : one man's quest to authenticate an unknown portrait by Leonardo da Vinci
Silverman, Peter, 1942-
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012.
"How an oddly attributed $19,000 picture proved to be a $100 million work by Leonardo da Vinci-a true art-world detective storyIn late 2010, art collector Peter Silverman revealed that a "German, early 19th century" portrait he had bought for $19,000 was, in fact, a previously unknown drawing by Leonardo da Vinci-an exquisite depiction of Bianca Sforza, rendered 500 years ago. In Leonardo's Lost Princess, Silverman gives a riveting first person account of how his initial suspicions of the portrait's provenance were confirmed repeatedly by scientists and art experts. He describes the path to authentication, fraught with opposition and controversy. The twists and turns of this fascinating, decade-long quest lead from art history to cutting-edge science, and from a New York art gallery to Paris, Milan, Zurich, and finally a Warsaw library where the final, convincing evidence that the portrait was indeed by Da Vinci was found. Takes an up-close look at the workings of the art world and at figures ranging from dealers and connoisseurs to a suspected forger Discusses current scientific techniques used to investigate and authenticate works of art, such as carbon dating and cutting-edge photography Uses Silverman's drawing as an entree into Leonardo da Vinci's world: his studio, his style, and his methods Explores the intersection of art and science in the authentication process, involving the work of a man who embodied that intersection Unearthing the secrets of a work that were almost lost to history, the book is ideal reading for art lovers and anyone interested in an astounding case of "whodunnit""--Provided by publisher. "Takes an up-close look at the workings of the art world and at figures ranging from dealers and connoisseurs to a suspected forger Discusses current scientific techniques used to investigate and authenticate works of art, such as carbon dating and cutting-edge photography Uses Silverman's drawing as an entree into Leonardo da Vinci's world: his studio, his style, and his methods Explores the intersection of art and science in the authentication process, involving the work of a man who embodied that intersection"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 759.5 LEONARDO SILVERMA

Let it go : forgive so you can be forgiven
Jakes, T. D.
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 234.5 JAKES

The letters of Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011-
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B HEMINGWAY, E v.1

Life as I blow it : tales of love, life & sex-- not necessarily in that order
Colonna, Sarah, 1974-
New York : Villard, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B COLONNA, S

Londoners : the days and nights of London now -- as told by those who love it, hate it, live it, left it, and long for it
Taylor, Craig, 1976-
New York : Ecco, c2012.
A collection of interviews with contemporary Londoners from all parts of the city and all walks of life.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 942.1 TAYLOR

Love goes to buildings on fire : five years in New York that changed music forever
Hermes, Will.
New York : Faber and Faber, 2011.
Chronicles five epochal years of music in the Big Apple against a backdrop of the high crime and low rents of the mid-1970s, tracing the formations of key sounds while evaluating the contributions of influential artists.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 784.8 HERMES

Love, InshAllah : the secret love lives of American Muslim women
Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.7088297 LOVE

Mad women : the other side of life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and beyond
Maas, Jane.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
"Mad Women is a tell-all account of life in the New York advertising world of the 1960s and 70s from Jane Maas, a female copywriter who succeeded in the primarily male environment portrayed by the hit TV show Mad Men. Fans of the show are dying to know how accurate it is: did people really have that much sex in the office? Were there really three-martini lunches? Were women really second -class citizens? Jane Maas says the answer to all three questions is unequivocally yes. And her book, based on her own experiences and countless interviews with her peers, gives the full stories, from the junior account man whose wife nearly left him when she found the copy of Screw magazine he'd used to find "entertainment" for a client, to the Ogilvy & Mather agency's legendary annual sex-and-booze filled Boat Ride, from which it was said no virgin ever returned intact. Wickedly funny and full of juicy inside information, Mad Women also tackles the tougher issues of the era, such as equal pay, rampant jaw- dropping sexism, and the difficult choice many women faced between motherhood and their careers"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MAAS, J

Man on the run : helping hyper-hobbied men recognize the best things
Pipher, Ezekiel Bray.
New York : Howard Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 155.3329 PIPHER

The man without a face : the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin
Gessen, Masha.
New York : RIVERHEAD BOOKS, 2012, {496}2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B PUTIN, V. GESSEN

Manolo Blahnik and the tale of the elves and the shoemaker : a fashion fairy tale memoir
Morton, Camilla.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 746.920922 BLAHNIK, M. MORTON

The mark inside : a perfect swindle, a cunning revenge, and a small history of the big con
Reading, Amy.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
A narrative history of con artistry in America documents the early twentieth-century efforts of J. Frank Norfleet to track down a gang of confidence men who swindled him out of everything he had.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 364.163 READING

Marshmallow madness! : dozens of puffalicious recipes
Sever, Shauna.
Philadelphia, PA : Quirk Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.853 SEVER

Masters of the planet : seeking the origins of human singularity
Tattersall, Ian.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
"When homo sapiens made their entrance 100,000 years ago they were confronted by a wide range of other early humans--homo erectus, who walked better and used fire; homo habilis who used tools; and of course the Neanderthals, who were brawny and strong. But shortly after their arrival, something happened that vaulted the species forward and made them the indisputable masters of the planet. This book is devoted to revealing just what that difference is. It explores how the physical traits and cognitive ability of homo sapiens distanced them from the rest of nature. Even more importantly, Masters of the Planet looks at how our early ancestors acquired these superior abilities; it shows that their strange and unprecedented mental facility is not, as most of us were taught, simply a basic competence that was refined over unimaginable eons by natural selection. Instead, it is an emergent capacity that was acquired quite recently and changed the world definitively"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 599.938 TATTERSA

The meaning of nice : how compassion and civility can change your life (and the World)
Oliver, Joan Duncan.
New York : Berkley Books, 2012.
Investigates the idea of niceness, looking at how people perceive the characteristic and how it can contribute to social and individual well-being.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 177.7 OLIVER

Memory : fragments of a modern history
Winter, Alison, 1965-
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 153.120904 WINTER

Mend it better
Roach, Kristin M.
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 646.2 ROACH

Mind over business : how to unleash your business and sales success by rewiring the mind/body connection
Baum, Kenneth.
New York : Prentice Hall Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 658.409 BAUM

Mindfulness for beginners : reclaiming the present moment--and your life
Kabat-Zinn, Jon.
Boulder, CO : Sounds True, c2012.
"Here, the teacher, scientist, and clinician who first demonstrated the benefits of mindfulness within mainstream Western medicine offers a book that you can use in three unique ways; as a collection of reflections and practices to be opened and explored at random; as an illuminating and engaging start-to- finish read; or as an unfolding 'lesson-a-day' primer on mindfulness practice."- -Jacket.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 158.1 KABATZIN

Mob daughter : the Mafia, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and me
Gravano, Karen.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
The daughter of a former Gambino crime family underboss relates her struggle to reconcile the image of her elusive yet loving father with that of a murdering mafioso, and shares how she was able to forge a life after the truth was out.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 364.1092 GRAVANO

The mothers of reinvention : reclaim your identity, unleash your potential, love your life
Pate, Jennifer.
New York : Vanguard Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 155.6463 PATE

Mugabe's war machine : saving or savaging Zimbabwe?
Moorcraft, Paul L.
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2011.
"Mugabe's dictatorship in Zimbabwe has survived only because of the vicious suppression of all internal dissent. At the same time, the dictator fought in external wars, regardless of the domestic costs. This revealing book tracks the rise of Mugabe and decodes his psychology in the context of Zimbabwe's military history. His leadership of a guerrilla army against white rule explains how Mugabe continued to rule Zimbabwe as though he were still running an insurgency. Mugabe used military power -- the armed forces, militias, police and the dreaded Central Intelligence Organization -- to enforce his will against a series of perceived enemies. Along with inflicting massacres in Matabeleland in the early 1980s, Mugabe's forces also fought a covert war against apartheid South Africa. A large army was sent to intervene in the civil war in Mozambique. After 1998 Zimbabwean troops engaged in the massive conflict in the Congo, dubbed Africa's First World War. Domestically, Mugabe crushed all his alleged opponents from the Ndebele to white farmers, and then the media, judiciary, civic groups, churches, unions and homosexuals. The book recounts South African attempts to keep the current government of national unity alive, despite the growing oppression. It also considers how Zimbabwe can be saved from its own self-destruction. Mugabe's War Machine is the first full account of one man's military ambitions. It contains shocking stories of massacre and murder at home and powerful accounts of neighbouring wars and international intelligence intrigues."-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 968.91051092 MOORCRAFT

The muses go to school : inspiring stories about the importance of arts in education
New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 700.71 MUSES

Neptune's inferno : the U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
Hornfischer, James D.
Novato, Calif. : Presidio ; Newbury : Casemate [distributor], 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5426 HORNFISC

The new American homestead : sustainable, self-sufficient living in the country or in the city
Tullock, John H., 1951-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2012.
"This book teaches you how to: make wise choices in the design, planting, and maintenance of your residential space, regardless of its size or location; produce your own food; integrate vegetables, herbs, and fruits with locally native species and surrogates that contribute to the restoration of the local ecosystem; acquire a deeper understanding of the continuously evolving 'livingscape' that you can create for yourself, and of its relationship to the ecosystem that nourishes and sustains all life; use your space in the sun to manage health problems, earn supplemental income, and calm frazzled nerves"-- P. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 640.973 TULLOCK

New World mindfulness : from the founding fathers, Emerson, and Thoreau to your personal practice
McCown, Donald.
Rochester, Vt. : Healing Arts Press, c2012.
"Techniques to fit mindfulness into the demands and pace of real life"- - Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 204.4 MCCOWN

No excuses : nine ways women can change how we think about power : tools for leading an unlimited life
Feldt, Gloria, 1942-
Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.42 FELDT

No worse enemy : the inside story of the chaotic war for Afghanistan
Anderson, Ben.
Richmond : Oneworld, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 958.1047 ANDERSON

The now effect : how this moment can change the rest of your life
Goldstein, Elisha.
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
"Alleviate stress, ease pain, cultivate emotional freedom, create a healthier brain, and find enlightenment with cutting-edge techniques from The Now Effect. A leader in mindfulness psychology, Dr. Elisha Goldstein takes the mindfulness approach of helping people to connect to the present moment one step further by offering practical techniques to make deep, permanent life changes. He demonstrates how to use the space between stimulus and response to break free from habitual beliefs and thoughts that don't serve you. These techniques allow you to connect with the good in life, approach difficulties with more grace, and get connected with what really matters. In essence, Dr. Goldstein teaches the foundation for how "this very moment can change the rest of your life--Now."To enhance and ease the reader experience, the text contains Microsoft tags of Dr. Goldstein demonstrating his exercises and the eBook includes embedded videos"- - Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 616.891425 GOLDSTEI

The one : the life and music of James Brown
Smith, R. J., 1959-
New York : Gotham Books, c2012.
A tribute to the life and achievements of the "Godfather of Soul" covers his unconventional youth in a segregated South, his complicated family life, and his work as a civil rights advocate and entrepreneur.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 780.92 BROWN, J. SMITH

Ostkrieg : Hitler's war of extermination in the East
Fritz, Stephen G., 1949-
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.5421 FRITZ

Our supreme task : how Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech defined the Cold War alliance
White, Philip.
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.4107309045 WHITE

Outlaw platoon / Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
Parnell, Sean, 1981-
New York : W. Morrow, c2012.
Follows the courageous actions of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division as they engaged in sixteen months of continuous battle against Pakistani-based insurgents in Afghanistan, showing how close combat reshaped all of their lives.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 958.104742 PARNELL

Paid to party : working time and emotion in direct home sales
Mullaney, Jamie L.
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 381.14 MULLANEY

Pakistan on the brink : the future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
Rashid, Ahmed.
New York : Viking, [2012].
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.5491 RASHID

Paper promises : debt, money, and the new world order
Coggan, Philip.
New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2012.
A columnist for the "Economist" discusses the history of monetary booms and busts and describes the consequences of the enormous amounts of unrepayable debt racked up by the United States for the country and its citizens.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 330.90512 COGGAN

Paranormal : my life in pursuit of the afterlife
Moody, Raymond A.
New York : HarperOne, 2012.
"Raymond Moody is the "grandfather" of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) movement. As a researcher and medical doctor, Moody's pioneering work Life After Life sold over ten million copies and introduced the world to the phenomenon of NDEs. In this account of his lifetime of research into the after life, Moody explains how he stumbled onto these amazingly consistent stories by people who had died and come back to life. Moody was the first scholar and doctor to describe the accounts of the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side, past life review, and meeting heavenly beings--all of which have become part of our modern cultural knowledge. But Dr. Moody did not quit his research after publishing his first ground- breaking book. Here we learn how he pioneered and researched new ways for the living to encounter the dead and even our past lives. In this fascinating account by a reserved and disciplined researcher, readers will discover the surprisingly thin line between the living and the passed on and why we have so much evidence for our deepest hopes"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 133.9013092 MOODY

Passages : the greatest quotations from sporting literature
United States : Sporting Classics 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 820.88 P285

Phantoms of the skies : the lost history of aviation from antiquity to the Wright brothers
Danelek, J. Allan, 1958-
Kempton, Ill. : Adventures Unlimited Press, 2011.
"Phantoms of the Skies traces the largely forgotten history of aviation from antiquity through the Wright brothers and beyond in a quest to tell the history of those who first dared to dream of ways to challenge the age-old belief that man should remain content to stay earthbound as God designed him to be."--P. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - OVERSIZE 629.1309 DANELEK

Pictorial Webster's : a visual dictionary of curiosities
Carrera, John.
San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2009.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 741.973 CARRERA

Pink and blue : telling the boys from the girls in America
Paoletti, Jo Barraclough, 1949-
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 646.30973 PAOLETTI

Pop party : 40 fabulous cake pops, props and cakes
O'Connell, Clare.
London : Cico, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.8653 OCONNELL

Porch
Vanden Brink, Brian, 1951-
Camden, Me. : Down East Books ; [S.l.] : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 779.4 VANDENBR

Power, Inc. : the epic rivalry between big business and government-- and the reckoning that lies ahead
Rothkopf, David J. (David Jochanan), 1955-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 322.3 ROTHKOPF

The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and business
Duhigg, Charles.
New York : Random House, c2012.
Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 158.1 DUHIGG

Put the needle on the record : the 1980s at 45 revolutions per minute
Chojnacki, Matthew.
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 781.6609 CHOJNACKI

Rare gemstones : how to identify, evaluate, and care for unusual gems
Newman, Renée, 1948-
Los Angeles : International Jewelry Publications, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 553.8 NEWMAN

Reagan and Thatcher : the difficult relationship
Aldous, Richard.
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2012.
Aldous re-examines the iconic friendship and uneasy alliance between President Ronald Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher--the couple who ended the Cold War.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.7304109048 ALDOUS

Reality is broken : why games make us better and how they can change the world
McGonigal, Jane.
New York : Penguin Group, 2011.
Visionary game designer Jane McGonigal shows how we can harness the power of computer games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness, since her research suggests that gamers are expert problem solvers and collaborators because they regularly cooperate with other players to overcome daunting virtual challenges.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.487 MCGONIGAL

Red and blue and broke all over : restoring America's free economy
Goyette, Charles.
New York : Sentinel, c2012.
Libertarian talk-radio host Goyette explains how the growth of federal power and its costly warfare and welfare spending are bankrupting America and strangling our prosperity. Our leaders are ideologically bankrupt. The Obama White House has forced the adoption of bailouts and unnecessary spending programs that do little but destroy wealth. But the Bush administration was no better, with its unending, bankrupting elective war and the largest bailout in our nation's history. Meanwhile, career politicians continue to pointlessly argue without enacting real, effective change. Goyette reveals: how the longstanding practice of crony capitalism--the strong ties between bankers, corporate executives, and their buddies and former colleagues in government-- strangles our economy; why we need to rein in overseas spending and end American interventionism before we meet the same fate as every other empire in history; why freedom works and why the state doesn't. Left to flourish on their own, spontaneous, self-organizing systems can and will restore our prosperity.-- From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 330.973 GOYETTE

Revelations : visions, prophecy, and politics in the book of Revelation
Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-
New York : Viking, 2012.
A world-renowned scholar of religion and bestselling author of "The Gnostic Gospels, Beyond Belief," and" Reading Judas" explores the strangest and most controversial book in the Bible: the Book of Revelation.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 228.06 PAGELS

Revolution 2.0 : the power of the people is greater than the people in power : a memoir
Ghonim, Wael, 1980-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
A key figure behind the Egyptian uprising in January 2011 which resulted in the ousting of President Mubarak tells the inside story and presents lessons on how to unleash the power of crowds to create political change.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B GHONIM, W

The richer sex : how the new majority of female breadwinners is transforming sex, love, and family
Mundy, Liza, 1960-
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2012.
A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. Journalist Liza Mundy takes us to the frontier of this new economic order: she shows us why this flip is inevitable, what painful adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end. Couples today are debating who must assume the responsibility of primary earner and who gets the freedom of being the slow track partner. With more men choosing to stay home, Mundy shows how that lifestyle has achieved a higher status, and the ways males have found to recover their masculinity. And the revolution is global: Mundy takes us from Japan to Denmark to show how both sexes are adapting as the marriage market has turned into a giant free-for-all, with men and women at different stages of this transformation finding partners who match their expectations.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.40973 MUNDY

Riddle of the feathered dragons : hidden birds of China
Feduccia, Alan.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2012.
"Examining and interpreting recent spectacular fossil discoveries in China, paleontologists have arrived at a prevailing view: there is now incontrovertible evidence that birds represent the last living dinosaur. But is this conclusion beyond dispute? In this book, evolutionary biologist Alan Feduccia provides the most comprehensive discussion yet of the avian and associated evidence found in China, then exposes the massive, unfounded speculation that has accompanied these discoveries and been published in the pages of prestigious scientific journals. Advocates of the current orthodoxy on bird origins have ignored contrary data, misinterpreted fossils, and used faulty reasoning, the author argues. He considers why and how the debate has become so polemical and makes a plea to refocus the discussion by "breaking away from methodological straitjackets and viewing the world of origins anew." Drawing on a lifetime of study, he offers his own current understanding of the origin of birds and avian flight"-- Provided by publisher. "Inspired by the spectacular discoveries of the past two decades from the Age of Reptiles in China, Riddle of the Feathered Dragons explores how these miraculous fossils have transformed the contentious arena of bird and dinosaur evolution. Aside from being the most comprehensive discussion of these avian and associated discoveries, the author delves into the world of investigative journalism to expose the darker side of the world of fossil birds and dinosaurs. The book exposes the massive unfounded speculation that has characterized the field of vertebrate paleontology and published extensively in the world's most prestigious journals, including everything from supposed dinosaur protein to so- called feathered dinosaurs. The book questions the validity of the foundational tenets of the now "unquestionable orthodoxy" of bird and dinosaur evolution, including bird origins, feathered dinosaurs, flight origin from the ground-up and hot-blooded dinosaurs and their proteins. It exposes how speculation has gone far beyond the ability of the currently available evidence to yield answers. The author concludes that birds are best defined by a more traditional definition of the possession of feathers and avian flight architecture, that the so-called "feathered dinosaurs" are most likely derived avians, and that flight clearly originated from the trees-down, from ancestors that antedated the dinosaurs, rather than a direct linear descent"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 568 FEDUCCIA

The righteous mind : why good people are divided by politics and religion
Haidt, Jonathan.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
A groundbreaking investigation into the origins of morality, which turns out to be the basis for religion and politics. The book explains the American culture wars and refutes the "New Atheists."
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 201.615 HAIDT

Rights at risk : the limits of liberty in modern America
Shipler, David K., 1942-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
A Pulitzer Prize winner delivers an enlightening, intensely researched examination of violations of the constitutional principles that preserve individual rights and civil liberties from courtrooms to classrooms.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 342.73085 SHIPLER

Ripley's believe it or not!. Strikingly true / [text Geoff Tibballs]
Tibballs, Geoff.
Orlando, Fla. : Ripley Pub., c2011.
A compendium of incredible and bizarre facts, stories, interviews and features. Includes a dramatic eight-page gatefold section presenting Ripley's first ever odditorium; a selection of choice memorabilia; informative boxes giving the scientific explanation behind some of the most incredible tales in the book; a section on the Olympic games, past and present; black and white Ripley archive photographs; and miscellaneous lists.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - OVERSIZE 031.02 RIPLEYS

Roget's thesaurus of words for intellectuals : synonyms, antonyms, & related terms every smart person should know how to use
Olsen, David.
Avon, MA : Adams Media, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 423.1 OLSEN

Russia : a 1,000-year chronicle of the wild east
Sixsmith, Martin.
New York, NY : Overlook Pr., 2012, c2011.
The full and fascinating story of Russia, from its founding in the waning years of the tenth century to its resurgence of wealth and power in the early years of the twenty-first, skillfully tracing the conundrums of modern Russia to their roots in its troubled past. Covering politics, music, literature and art, the author explores the myths Russians have created from their history and explains the nation's seemingly split personality.--from cover, p. [2].
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 947 SIXSMITH 2012

Scared sick : the role of childhood trauma in adult disease
Karr-Morse, Robin.
New York, NY : Basic Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 155.93 KARRMORS

The science of sin : the psychology of the seven deadlies (and why they are so good for you)
Laham, Simon M.
New York : Three Rivers Press, c2012.
Combines modern research and historical anecdotes to make a lighthearted case for living a sinful life, explaining how moderate indulgences in the "deadly" behaviors can have such benefits as higher self-esteem and better social skills.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 150 LAHAM

Secret weapons : technology, science & the race to win World War II
Ford, Brian J.
Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey, c2011.
An illustrated history of the secret weapons that changed the course of World War II.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 940.548 FORD

The sex diaries project : what we're saying about what we're doing
Cohen, Arianne.
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.
"The book includes a through line reflecting how we live out our desires over a lifetime. Cohen acts as narrator, sharing her own story, and the book also includes commentaries about the diaries from other diarists as well as credentialed experts who will offer relationship and psychological insights"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 392.6 COHEN

Sex for life : from virginity to Viagra, how sexuality changes throughout our lives
New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.7 SEX

Sex, genes & rock 'n' roll : how evolution has shaped the modern world
Brooks, Rob, 1970-
Durham : University of New Hampshire Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 599.938 BROOKS

Sexual harassment and bullying : a guide to keeping kids safe and holding schools accountable
Strauss, Susan, 1946-
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 302.343 STRAUSS

Shadow of the Titanic : the extraordinary stories of those who survived
Wilson, Andrew, 1967-
New York : Atria Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 910.453 WILSON

The Shakespeare guide to Italy : retracing the Bard's unknown travels
Roe, Richard Paul.
New York : Perennial, 2011.
Using the text from Shakespeare's ten "Italian Plays," the author determined the exact locations of nearly every scene, recording them in a work that's a combination literary detective story and travelogue.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 822.33 Xr68

Show dog : the charmed life and trying times of a near-perfect purebred
Dean, Josh.
New York : It Books, c2012.
Capturing the idiosyncratic world of professional dog showing, a seasoned journalist spends a year alongside rising star Jack, a champion Australian shepard, and his friends, presenting a behind-the-scenes look at a colorful subculture.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 636.70811 DEAN

Simple green pest and disease control
Flowerdew, Bob.
New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 632 FLOWERDE

Sometimes there is a void : memoirs of an outsider
Mda, Zakes.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Chronicles the author's life as an artist, family man, and teacher against a backdrop of political turbulence in South Africa, providing coverage of such topics as his childhood exile, his three marriages, and the literature that inspired his achievements.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MDA, Z

The song of the ape : understanding the languages of chimpanzees
Halloran, Andrew R.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Documents the astonishing experiences that inspired the author's work in chimpanzee communication, the individual histories of five captive chimpanzees, and the scientific attempts to teach human language to chimps.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 599.885 HALLORAN

Space chronicles : facing the ultimate frontier
Tyson, Neil deGrasse.
New York : W.W. Norton, c2012.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson presents his views on the future of space travel and America's role in that future, giving his readers an eye- opening manifesto on the importance of space exploration for America's economy, security, and morale.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 629.40973 TYSON

Spectacle & pigsty : selected poems of Kiwao Nomura
Nomura, Kiwao.
Richmond, Calif. : Omnidawn Pub., 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 895.61 N811s

Spectrum 18 : the best in contemporary fantastic art
Fairfax, Calif. : Underwood Books, 2011.
Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award- winning Spectrum series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today's culture.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 741.6 SPECTRUM

Squeeze this! : a cultural history of the accordion in America
Jacobson, Marion S.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 788.8650973 JACOBSON

The start-up of you
Hoffman, Reid.
New York : Crown Business, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 650.1 HOFFMAN

Still : notes on a mid-faith crisis
Winner, Lauren F.
New York : HarperOne, c2012.
Shares the author's experience of finding faith during her times of doubt and crisis when her marriage unraveled, and describes how she overcame her "middle stage" of her spiritual life to find hope and healing.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 283.092 WINNER

The story of De Stijl : Mondrian to Van Doesburg
Janssen, Hans, 1954-
New York : Abrams, 2011.
De Stijl is by far the most easily recognisable of all European avant- gardes. The radically geometrical construction and the cheery colourfulness of the art of Mondrian, Van Doesburg, Gerrit Rietveld, Bart van der Leck and their companions have become a trademark. This book brings it back to life with many historical documents, photographs, anecdotes and newspaper clippings that make clear the importance and influence of the Dutch movement.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 709.492 DE STIJL JANSSEN

The story of Ireland : a history of the Irish people
Hegarty, Neil.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 941.5 HEGARTY

The storyboard artist : a guide to freelancing in film, TV, and advertising
Cristiano, Giuseppe.
Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 741.6023 CRISTIAN

Storytelling in Japanese painting
Watanabe, Masako.
New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 759.952 WATANABE

Straight : the surprisingly short history of heterosexuality
Blank, Hanne.
Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.
Presents a history of heterosexuality, explores the contemporary psyche of sexual orientation, and shows how culture creates and manipulates thoughts and experiences of desire, love, and relationships.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.76409 BLANK

The strongman : Vladimir Putin and the struggle for Russia
Roxburgh, Angus.
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Russia under Vladimir Putin has proved a prickly partner for the West, a far cry from the democratic ally many hoped for when the Soviet Union collapsed. Abroad, Putin has used Russia's energy strength as a foreign policy weapon, while at home he has cracked down on opponents, adamant that only he has the right vision for his country's future.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 947.086 ROXBURGH

Sundays will never be the same : racing, tragedy, and redemption--my life in America's fastest sport
Waltrip, Darrell.
New York : Free Press, 2012.
"From a former NASCAR champion and current Fox Sports announcer, an intimate account of the crash that killed racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 796.72092 WALTRIP, D

Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak
Leydesdorff, Selma.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 949.703 LEYDESDO

Sweat, tears, and jazz hands : the official history of show choir from Vaudeville to Glee
Weaver, Mike, 1962-
Montclair, NJ : Hal Leonard Books, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 782.5 WEAVER

The swing! : lose the fat and get fit with this revolutionary kettlebell program
Reifkind, Tracy.
New York : HarperOne, 2012.
"Tracy Reifkind has a message for exercise-phobes and fitness trendsetters alike: The kettlebell swing is the ultimate equalizer! Men and women, athletes and couch potatoes, the physically fit and the overweight-- anyone can pick up a kettlebell, and in as few as four sessions, it will begin to transform lives. That's what she did, and it catapulted her to a healthy new life and a radically different relationship to fitness. Now Reifkind is bringing this powerful workout--popular among elite athletes, but simple enough for a fitness novice--to its widest audience yet. Her program focuses on the simplest of the kettlebell movements, the swing, to create a fast, accessible workout that makes the body leaner and more muscular body at the same time. As it swings, the kettlebell creates force that demands full-body involvement and constantly engages the core--all with very little impact on the joints. There's no safer, or more effective, way to work the entire body. Reifkind knows that firsthand. Overweight all her life, she had tried every treadmill, stepper, elliptical, and trendy workout on the market. But it wasn't until she picked up a kettlebell that, as she puts it, her "real body" began breaking through. Triceps appeared where there had been no definition; her jeans started showing off a firmer, leaner lower body (muscles she hadn't even realized she was toning!). After only a handful of quick sessions, she knew she had to see where the kettlebell swing could take her and began customizing her own workouts-120 pounds later, Reifkind starting teaching others that unique approach, offering her program in classes and quickly converting others to this easy-to-follow fitness regimen"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 613.713 REIFKIND

Sword of the spirit, shield of faith : religion in American war and diplomacy
Preston, Andrew, 1973-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 322.10973 PRESTON

The synergist : how to lead your team to predictable success
McKeown, Les (John Leslie), 1956-
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 658.4092 MCKEOWN

Take the stairs : 7 steps to achieving true success
Vaden, Rory.
New York : Perigee Book, 2012.
We live in an "escalator world" filled with shortcuts, quick fixes, and distractions that make it all too easy to slide into procrastination, compromise, and mediocrity. How do successful people stay focused and achieve results? Learn to tackle the work that leads to real success.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 650.1 VADEN

Taste buds and molecules : the art and science of food, wine, and flavor
Chartier, François.
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.
""If Catalan superchef Ferran Adria is the leading missionary of molecular gastronomy, Mr. Chartier is his counterpart with a corkscrew."-- Globe and MailThis award-winning book, now available for the first time in English in the U.S., presents a cutting-edge approach to food and wine pairing. Sommelier Francois Chartier has spent the better part of two decades collaborating with top scientists and chefs to map out the aromatic molecules that give foods and wines their flavor. Armed with the results of his extensive research, Chartier has been able to identify why certain foods and wines work well together at a molecular level. In this book, he has gathered his findings into a simple set of principles that explain how to create ideal harmonies in food and wine pairings. This new approach to the art and science of food and wine pairing will be an invaluable resource for sommeliers, chefs, and wine enthusiasts, as well as a fascinating read for anyone who is interested in the principles of modernist or "molecular" cuisine. The Canadian edition of Taste Buds and Molecules was a 2011 IACP Award nominee, and the original French-language edition, Papilles et Molecules, was named the Best Cookbook in the World in the category of Innovation at the 2010 Paris World Cookbook Awards. The book includes a foreword by Juli Soler and Ferran Adria of El Bulli, who worked closely with Chartier in planning the menus at their renowned restaurant"-- Provided by publisher. "This book presents a completely new way of looking at the world of wine, devised by award-winning sommelier Francois Chartier. Chartier has dedicated over twenty years of passionate research to the molecular relationships between wines and foods. This is the first book to present his findings, and approaches the subject of food-and-wine pairing from a molecular level. By looking at the flavor compounds inherent in some of our favorite foods and wines, Chartier has identified the keys to successfully pairing the ideal foods and wines together. His groundbreaking work on this subject has led to collaborations with some of the world's greatest chefs, including celebrated chef Ferran Adria of El Bulli in Spain, who has contributed a foreword to this book"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 641.622 CHARTIER

Taunton's carpentry complete : expert advice from start to finish
Engel, Andy.
Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - OVERSIZE 694 ENGEL

Techniques of pleasure : BDSM and the circuits of sexuality
Weiss, Margot Danielle, 1973-
Durham : Duke University Press, 2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.775097946 WEISS

Ten popes who shook the world
Duffy, Eamon.
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 282.0922 DUFFY

That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
Sebba, Anne.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
"One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the last century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by a woman of Wallis Simpson, Duches of Windsor, which sheds light on the fascinating and enigmatic American divorcee who nearly became Queen of England."--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B WINDSOR, W. DUCHESS SEBBA

Three free sins : God's not mad at you
Brown, Stephen W.
New York : Howard Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 234 BROWN

Thrifty gardening : from the ground up
Harris, Marjorie, 1937-
Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2012.
Bestselling author, gardening columnist and consultant Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide for gardeners at every stage of life. Whether you're moving into your first apartment or condo, upgrading to a house, or downsizing to smaller digs, Harris shares the best money-saving tips for creating a beautiful garden in any space.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 635 HARRIS

Through the year with Jimmy Carter : 366 daily meditations from the 39th president
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 242.2 CARTER

Time travel and warp drives : a scientific guide to shortcuts through time and space
Everett, Allen.
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 530.11 EVERETT

Tinderbox : how the West sparked the AIDS epidemic and how the world can finally overcome it
Timberg, Craig.
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
"Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg and Harvard AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin, PhD, recount for the first time how Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned its rise. Drawing on remarkable new genetic discoveries, Tinderbox overturns the conventional wisdom on the origins of this deadly pandemic and the best means to fight it today"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 614.5993920096 TIMBERG

Together : the rituals, pleasures, and politics of cooperation
Sennett, Richard, 1943-
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c2012.
Discusses why people tend to avoid social engagement with those unlike themselves, why increased cooperation is necessary to make society prosper, and the skills necessary for strengthening cooperation.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 302.14 SENNETT

Twins : the practical and reassuring guide to pregnancy, birth, and the first year
Cooper, Carol, 1951-
New York : Dorling Kindersley, 2012.
Includes practical advice for parents of twins from pregnancy through to their first birthday. Guides you through pregnancy, birth and the first year of caring for twins. Packed with top twin-tested tips, strategies for coping with twins and essential buys for the babies' arrival.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 649.144 COOPER

UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship : the official fan's guide : as real as it gets
Evans, Anthony B.
London : Carlton, 2011.
An overview of the rules, weight divisions, and training in UFC, with information on UFC around the world, and biographies of some of the well-known fighters.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 796.8 EVANS

Uncertainty : turning fear and doubt into fuel for brilliance
Fields, Jonathan.
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, c2011.
Drawing on extensive case studies and research, Fields shares a set of detailed personal practices and environmental changes that can humanize the creative process, allow people to stay more open to opportunity, and harness fear and uncertainty.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 650.1 FIELDS

Uncommon service : how to win by putting customers at the core of your business
Frei, Frances.
Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 658.812 FREI

The undead : organ harvesting, the ice-water test, beating heart cadavers : how medicine is blurring the line between life and death
Teresi, Dick.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 610 TERESI

The underground church : reclaiming the subversive way of Jesus
Meyers, Robin R. (Robin Rex), 1952-
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 262.0017 MEYERS

Unorthodox : the scandalous rejection of my Hasidic roots
Feldman, Deborah, 1986-
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Traces the author's upbringing in a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, describing the strict rules that governed her life, arranged marriage at the age of seventeen, and the birth of her son, which led to her plan to leave and forge her own path in life.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B FELDMAN, D

Untie the strong woman : Blessed Mother's immaculate love for the wild soul
Estés, Clarissa Pinkola.
Boulder, Colo. : Sounds True, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 232.91 ESTES

A user's guide to thought and meaning
Jackendoff, Ray, 1945-
New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 153 JACKENDO

Verdi and/or Wagner : two men, two worlds, two centuries
Conrad, Peter, 1948-
New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 780.92 VERDI, G. CONRAD

The vow : the true events that inspired the movie
Carpenter, Kim, 1965-
Nashville, TN : B&H Publishing Group, c2012.
Now a major motion picture starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, "The Vow" tells the true story of a couple that defied the odds and fell in love with each other again after Krickitt suffered brain damage and memory loss following a car accident.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B CARPENTER, K

Voyagers of the Titanic : passengers, sailors, shipbuilders, aristocrats, and the worlds they came from
Davenport-Hines, R. P. T. (Richard Peter Treadwell), 1953-
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
While many accounts of the Titanic's voyage focus on the technical or mechanical aspects of why the ship sank, Davenport-Hines follows the stories of the men, women, and children whose lives intersected on the vessel's fateful last day.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 910.453 DAVENPOR

Wabi sabi love : the ancient art of finding perfect love in imperfect relationships
Ford, Arielle.
New York : HarperOne, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 306.7 FORD

Wanted women : faith, lies, and the war on terror : the lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui
Scroggins, Deborah.
New York, NY : Harper, c2012.
Scroggins illuminates not only the disconnect between the West's often one-dimensional perception of Islam and its multifaceted reality but the schisms within Islam itself through the "weird symmetry" in the lives of two women-- Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 305.48697 SCROGGIN

War Room : the legacy of Bill Belichick and the art of building the perfect team
Holley, Michael, 1970-
New York : It Books, c2011.
Bill Belichick is one of the titans of today's game of football. The author, a sports commentator follows three NFL teams, the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons, from training camp 2010 through the Super Bowl and into the April draft, opening a new window into Belichick's influence on the game. This exploration takes football fans behind the scenes of the most popular sport in America, with insider access to the head coaches, scouts, trainers, and players who make the game what it is, including new insights from Bill Parcells, Todd and Dick Haley, and Belichick himself.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 796.332092 HOLLEY

Watch repair for beginners : an illustrated how-to-guide for the beginner watch repairer
Kelly, Harold Caleb.
New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 681.11400288 KELLY

Weeding without chemicals
Flowerdew, Bob.
New York : Skyhorse Pub., 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 632.5 FLOWERDE

Weighing in : obesity, food justice, and the limits of capitalism
Guthman, Julie.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 362.196398 GUTHMAN

What to look for in winter : a memoir in blindness
McWilliam, Candia.
New York, N. Y. : HarperCollins, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B MCWILLIAM, C

While America sleeps
Feingold, Russ, 1953-
New York : Crown Publishers, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.73 FEINGOLD

Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty
Acemoglu, Daron.
New York : Crown Business, c2012.
Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, from Korea to Africa, to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including : China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? Is America moving from a virtuous circle, in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted, to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? This book will change the way you look at--and understand--the world.--From publisher description.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 330 ACEMOGLU

The wide lens : a new strategy for innovation
Adner, Ron.
New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.
Argues that most business projects fail because their success depends on unanticipated external innovations while revealing the logic of "innovation ecosystems" that can be established to dramatically improve odds of success.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 658.575 ADNER

Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B STRAYED, C

The willpower instinct : how self-control works, why it matters, and what you can do to get more of it
McGonigal, Kelly.
New York : Avery, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 153.8 MCGONIGA

Winter king : Henry VII and the dawn of Tudor England
Penn, Thomas.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Profiles Henry VII as an enigmatic and ruthless king of a country ravaged by decades of conspiracy and civil war, discussing the costs of establishing a Tudor monarchy and the ways he set the stage for Henry VIII's reign.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - B HENRY VII, PENN

Wishes fulfilled : mastering the art of manifesting
Dyer, Wayne W.
Carlsbad, Calif. : Hay House, 2012.
This book is dedicated to your mastery of the art of realizing all your desires. The greatest gift you have been given is the gift of your imagination. Everything that now exists was once imagined. And everything that will ever exist must first be imagined. Wishes Fulfilledis designed to take you on a voyage of discovery, wherein you can begin to tap into the amazing manifesting powers that you possess within you and create a life in which all that you imagine for yourself becomes a present fact. Dr. Wayne W. Dyer explores, for the first time, the region of your highest self; and definitively shows you how you can truly change your concept of yourself, embark upon a God-realized way of living, and fulfill the spiritual truth that with God all things are possible- - and "all things" means that nothing is left out. By practicing the specific technique for retraining your subconscious mind, you are encouraged to not only place into your imagination what you would like to manifest for yourself, but you are given the specifics for realigning your life so you can live out your highest calling and stay connected to your Source of being. From the lofty perspective of your highest self, you will learn how to train your imagination in a new way. Your wishes--all of them--can indeed be fulfilled. By using your imagination and practicing the art of assuming the feeling of your wishes being fulfilled, and steadfastly refusing to allow any evidence of the outer world to distract you from your intentions, you will discover that you, by virtue of your spiritual awareness, possess the ability to become the person you were destined to be. This book will help you See--with a capital S--that you are divine, and that you already possess an inner, invisible higher self that can and will guide you toward a mastery of the art of manifestation. You can attain this mastery through deliberate conscious control of your imagination!
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 158.1 DYER

Wolf
Marvin, Garry.
London : Reaktion Books, 2012.
Feared and revered, the wolf has been admired as a powerful hunter and symbol of the wild and reviled for its danger to humans and livestock. Garry Marvin reveals in Wolf how the ways in which wolves are imagined has had far- reaching implications for how actual wolves are treated by humans.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 599.773 MARVIN

Wood identification & use : a field guide to more than 200 species
Porter, Terry.
East Sussex : Guild of Master Craftsman Publications ; Newtown, CT : Taunton Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 674.1 PORTER

The world America made
Kagan, Robert.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
"What would the world look like if America were to reduce its role as a global leader in order to focus all its energies on solving its problems at home? And is America really in decline? Robert Kagan ... paints a vivid, alarming picture of what the world might look like if the United States were truly to let its influence wane"--Flap p. 1 of dust jacket.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 327.7309 KAGAN

The world of Downton Abbey
Fellowes, Jessica.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011.
A companion book to the popular British series about the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants offers insights into the story and characters and background information on British society in the early years of the twentieth century.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.957 DOWNTON ABBEY FELLOWES

Zentangle 4
McNeill, Suzanne.
Fort Worth, Tex. : Design Originals, c2011.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 741.2 MCNEILL

Zona : [a book about a film about a journey to a room]
Dyer, Geoff.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Nonfic - 792.937 STALKER DYER

The 13th apostle
Smith, Raina C.
[S.l.] : [CreateSpace], 2011, c2009.
When a wager is placed between a beguiling visitor from the underworld and an angel from one of the highest orders of heaven, it becomes a race to covet the soul of mankind. Realizing his own destiny, one mere mortal here on earth discovers the burden of saving man has fallen to him. A test he learns he's been preparing for his entire life. With the guiding principles of love, honor, courage and faith illuminating his path, Father Joseph leaves the Vatican and embarks on a quest to prove that man still possesses purity of heart as the end of days nears. With time running out the Archfiend sends one who will put the chosen one to tests a hero would beg to be spared. The resolve of humankind reveals itself once and for all and it is either the rebirth or damnation of the human soul. Only one here on earth has the power to reach into the deepest recesses of their being to find the strength to rise up against evil in its most intimidating form. But have they awoken to hear their calling?
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SMITH

The affair : a novel
Clifford, Alicia.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION CLIFFORD

All about Emily
Willis, Connie.
Burton, MI : Subterranean, c2011.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI WILLIS

All necessary force : a Pike Logan thriller
Taylor, Brad, 1965-
New York : Dutton, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL TAYLOR

Among others
Walton, Jo.
New York : Tor, 2012.
Startling, unusual, and irresistibly readable, Among others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first encounters with the great novels of modern fantasy and science fiction, and a spellbinding tale of escape from ancient enchantment.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI WALTON

Angels' flight
Singh, Nalini, 1977-
New York : Berkley Sensation, 2012.
A collection of four stories set in the world of the author's "Guild Hunter" novels includes "Angel's Wolf," in which a vampire becomes fascinated by the angel who rules Louisiana.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE SINGH

Another piece of my heart
Green, Jane, 1968-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
A woman marries into a ready-made family and learns the true meaning of motherhood.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION GREEN

Apocalypse
Denning, Troy.
New York : Del Rey/Lucas Books/Ballantine Books, c2012.
Luke Skywalker leads an assault against the Lost Tribe of the Sith in order to protect Coruscant and the Galactic Alliance, a confrontation that poses unprecedented threats to his Jedi Order.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI DENNING

Arcadia
Groff, Lauren.
New York : Hyperion, cc2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION GROFF

Astride a pink horse
Greer, Robert O.
Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, c2012.
"This gripping thriller about deceit, revenge, and broken government promises starts with a veteran's murder and takes us back to the horrors of World War II and the dawn of the atomic age"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL GREER

Backlash : a Monika Paniatowski mystery
Spencer, Sally.
Sutton, Surrey, England : Severn House, 2011.
Detective Chief Inspector Monika Paniatowski's bitter personal history with Chief Superintendent Tom Kershaw makes her resent the emphasis being put on finding his wife, who has apparently been kidnapped following an automobile accident, and when young prostitute Grace Meade also disappears, Monika sees enough similarities to justify widening her search, even though she has been told to devote her time to the Kershaw case.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY SPENCER

Before the poison : [a novel]
Robinson, Peter, 1950-
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
Through the years of success in Hollywood composing music for the world's most lauded films, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now, after his wife's death, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he rents an isolated house that will allow him the space to come to terms with his grief and the quiet to allow him to compose his piano sonata. But when he finds that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s, and that the convicted murderer was one of the last women hanged in England, he finds himself increasingly distracted by the events of sixty years.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY ROBINSON

The best exotic Marigold Hotel : a novel
Moggach, Deborah.
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MOGGACH

The book of Jonas
Dau, Stephen.
New York : Blue Rider Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DAU

Born to darkness
Brockmann, Suzanne.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2012.
Michelle "Mac" Mackenzie, a super-human "Greater-Than" with unique abilities, teams up with a former Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin to stop the spread of a highly addictive drug called Destiny, which gives anyone the same abilities as a "Greater-Than."
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE BROCKMAN

By a thread : an elemental assassin book
Estep, Jennifer.
New York : Pocket Books, 2012.
After destroying her nemesis Mab Monroe, retired assassin Gin Blanco heads south with her baby sister Bria for a weekend in the sun. But Gin is called out of retirement when a powerful vampire threatens an old friend of Bria's, and to complicate matters, Gin's old lover Detective Donovan Caine has reappeared.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI ESTEP

Cain at Gettysburg
Peters, Ralph, 1952-
New York : Forge, 2012.
Presents a reimagining of the pivotal Civil War battle from the perspectives of a Blue Ridge Confederate sergeant, a bitter survivor of the Great Famine in Ireland, and a German political refugee.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION PETERS

Cat's claw
Albert, Susan Wittig.
New York : Berkley Hardcover, 2012.
"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to be suicide, perhaps triggered by his painful divorce. Further investigation reveals that Kirk's death wasn't self-inflicted. And the truth is reinforced by her friend China Bayles' news--Larry recently asked her for legal advice in regards to a stalker. As a police chief in a male-dominated force, Sheila meets many challenges, especially when her theories rock the boat in high-profile cases like that of George Timms. He was caught breaking into Larry's computer shop to steal his own computer back because of dangerous personal information it contained. Now that Larry is dead, she's sure it's connected to the burglary. And she's also sure she'll get plenty of resistance on her assessment... Timms' time to turn himself in to the police comes and goes, and he's nowhere to be found. In her investigation, Sheila uncovers secrets, terrible secrets that would drive anyone to kill. So who then? It's up to Sheila to prove she's got what it takes to hunt down the predator that's loose on the streets of Pecan Springs.."-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY ALBERT

Chasing midnight
White, Randy Wayne.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY WHITE

The child who
Lelic, Simon.
New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
"A chance phone call throws the biggest murder case in southern England into the hands of provincial attorney Leo Curtice. Twelve-year-old Daniel Blake stands accused of murdering an eleven-year-old girl. But who is truly responsible when one child kills another? As Curtice sets out to defend the indefensible, he soon finds himself pitted against an enraged community calling for blood. When the build-up of pressure takes a sinister turn, he fears for his wife and young daughter's safety. Must he choose between his family and the life of a damaged child? With piercing psychological insights, Lelic examines a community's response to a horrendous crime"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION LELIC

Cinnamon roll murder
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
New York : Kensington Pub., c2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY FLUKE

The comedy is finished
Westlake, Donald E.
[London, England] : Hard Case Crime 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY WESTLAKE

Cooking the books : a Corinna Chapman mystery
Greenwood, Kerry.
Scottsdale, Ariz. : Poisoned Pen Press, c2011.
Corinna Chapman, talented baker and reluctant investigator, accepts an offer from a caterer friend to do the baking for the film set of a new soap called "Kiss the Bride." While on the other side of town, a young woman is being unmercifully bullied by her corporate employers -- employers who spend a lot of time cooking the books.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY GREENWOO

Coral Glynn
Cameron, Peter, 1959-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Nursing an elderly cancer patient in an isolated English countryside manse in 1950, Coral interacts with a disgruntled housekeeper and her charge's sexually torn and war-ravaged son until a series of random events culminates in a complicated marriage.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION CAMERON

Crucible of gold
Novik, Naomi.
New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2012.
"Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly--and sometimes not-so-friendly--fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just when they are needed most. Newly allied with the powerful African empire of the Tswana, the French have occupied Spain and brought revolution and bloodshed to Brazil, threatening Britain's last desperate hope to defeat Napoleon. So the British government dispatches Arthur Hammond from China to enlist Laurence and Temeraire to negotiate a peace with the angry Tswana, who have besieged the Portuguese royal family in Rio--and as bait, Hammond bears an offer to reinstate Laurence to his former rank and seniority as a captain in the Aerial Corps. Temeraire is delighted by this sudden reversal of fortune, but Laurence is by no means sanguine, knowing from experience that personal honor and duty to one's country do not always run on parallel tracks. Laurence and Temeraire--joined by the egotistical fire-breather Iskierka and the still-growing Kulingile, who has already surpassed Temeraire in size--embark for Brazil, only to meet with a string of unmitigated disasters that leave the dragons and their human friends forced to make an unexpected landing in the hostile territory of the Inca empire, where they face new unanticipated dangers. Now with the success of the mission balanced on a razor's edge, and failure looking more likely by the minute, the unexpected arrival of an old enemy will tip the scales toward ruin. Yet even in the midst of disaster, opportunity may lurk--for one bold enough to grasp it"- - Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI NOVIK

A dance with dragons
Martin, George R. R.
New York : Bantam Books, c2011.
New threats emerge to endanger the future of the Seven Kingdoms, as Daenerys Targaryen, ruling in the East, fights off a multitude of enemies, while Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, faces his foes both in the Watch and beyond the great Wallof ice and stone.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI MARTIN

Dancing on broken glass : a novel
Hancock, Ka.
New York : Gallery Books, 2012.
"Lucy Houston and Mickey Chandler probably shouldn't have fallen in love, let alone gotten married. They're both plagued with faulty genes-he has bipolar disorder; she, a ravaging family history of breast cancer. But when their paths cross on the night of Lucy's twenty-first birthday, sparks fly, and there's no denying their chemistry. Cautious every step of the way, they are determined to make their relationship work-and they put their commitment in writing. Mickey will take his medication. Lucy won't blame him for what is beyond his control. He promises honesty. She promises patience. Like any marriage, there are good days and bad days-and some very bad days. In dealing with their unique challenges, they make the heartbreaking decision not to have children. But when Lucy shows up for a routine physical just shy of their eleventh anniversary, she gets an impossible surprise that changes everything. Everything. Suddenly, all their rules are thrown out the window, and the two of them must redefine what love really is."--P. 4 of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION HANCOCK

The darlings : a novel
Alger, Cristina.
New York : Pamela Dorman Books-Viking, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ALGER

Darth Plagueis
Luceno, James, 1947-
New York : Lucasbooks, 2011.
Darth Plagueis: one of the most brilliant Sith Lords who ever lived. Possessing power is all he desires. Losing it is the only thing he fears. As an apprentice, he embraces the ruthless ways of the Sith. And when the time is right, he destroys his Master--but vows never to suffer the same fate. For like no other disciple of the dark side, Darth Plagueis learns to command the ultimate power . . . over life and death. Darth Sidious: Plagueis's chosen apprentice. Under the guidance of his Master, he secretly studies the ways of the Sith, while publicly rising to power in the galactic government, first as Senator, then as Chancellor, and eventually as Emperor. Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious, Master and acolyte, target the galaxy for domination--and the Jedi Order for annihilation. But can they defy the merciless Sith tradition? Or will the desire of one to rule supreme, and the dream of the other to live forever, sow the seeds of their destruction?
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI LUCENO

Death of an artist : [a mystery]
Wilhelm, Kate.
New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2012.
A small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY WILHELM

The death of King Arthur : Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur : a retelling
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949-
New York : Viking, 2011.
In this modern adaptation of the story of King Arthur, the author resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot. The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from the world of myth. Although many versions exist of the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory endures as the most moving and richly inventive. In this abridged retelling the author transforms Malory's fifteenth-century work into a dramatic modern story, vividly bringing to life a world of courage and chivalry, magic, and majesty. The golden age of Camelot, the perilous search for the Holy Grail, the love of Guinevere and Lancelot, and the treachery of Arthur's son Mordred are all rendered into contemporary prose.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ACKROYD

The dressmaker : a novel
Alcott, Kate.
New York : Doubleday, 2012.
"A vivid, romantic, and compelling historical novel about a spirited young woman who survives the sinking of the Titanic only to find herself embroiled in the tumultuous aftermath of that great tragedy."--from dust jacket.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ALCOTT

Echoes of betrayal
Moon, Elizabeth.
New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2012.
The imminent nuptials of Lyonya King Kieri are overshadowed by treacherous rumors about his elf queen grandmother, while young Tsaia king Mikeli struggles with political unrest over his decision to elevate a magical woman.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI MOON

Enchantments : a novel
Harrison, Kathryn.
New York : Random House, c2012.
Rasputin's daughter, Masha, is sent to live with the royal family after her father's death. Tsarina Alexandra asks her to tend to Prince Aloysha, hoping that she has inherited Rasputin's healing powers. After Tsar Nikolay is forced to abdicate, Masha and Aloysha find solace in each other's company and tell stories as a way to escape their confinement by the Bolsheviks. In the worlds of their imagination the weak become strong, legend becomes fact, and a future that will never come to pass feels close.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION HARRISON

Everything is broken
Shirley, John, 1953-
Rockville, Md. : Prime ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI SHIRLEY

The expats : a novel
Pavone, Chris.
New York : Crown, c2012.
"An international spy thriller about a former CIA agent who moves with her family to Luxembourg where everything is suspicious and nothing is as it seems"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PAVONE

Fair game
Briggs, Patricia.
New York : Ace Books, 2012.
"It is said that opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son--and enforcer--of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant Alpha. While Anna, an Omega, has the rare ability to calm others of her kind. Now that the werewolves have revealed themselves to humans, they can't afford any bad publicity. Infractions that could have been overlooked in the past must now be punished, and the strain of doing his father's dirty work is taking a toll on Charles. Nevertheless, Charles and Anna are sent to Boston when the FBI requests the pack's help on a local serial-killer case. They quickly realize that the last two victims were werewolves, and identify others originally thought humans as fae. Someone is targeting the preternatural. And now Anna and Charles have put themselves right in the killer's sights.."-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI BRIGGS

Fall from grace : a novel
Patterson, Richard North.
New York : Scribner, 2012.
Adam Blaine arrives at the funeral of his estranged father, Ben Blaine, a famous and charismatic writer who left behind him a string of secret legal and financial arrangements. Using his training as a CIA operative, Adam seeks to find the truth of his father's death, even if it means exposing one or more of his own family members as the killer and discovering secrets about himself that he was never supposed to know.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION PATTERSO

Fat chance
Russell, Lyndsay.
Harpenden : Oldcastle Books, 2008.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION RUSSELL

Fire engine dead
Connolly, Sheila.
New York : Berkley Pub. Group, 2012.
When the entire collection of the Fireman's Museum ironically goes up in flames, Nell Pratt discovers one of the charred pictures isn't the one that was originally exhibited. But getting to the bottom of the mystery is bound to get Nell burned.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY CONNOLLY

Force of nature
Box, C. J.
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Having hidden the truth about a past colleague's violation, former Special Forces agent Nate Romanowski is targeted by a determined killer who threatens Joe Pickett's life as part of a violent plot.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY BOX

The Gilly salt sisters
Baker, Tiffany.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BAKER

Girlchild
Hassman, Tupelo, 1973-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Obsessively following the edicts of the Girl Scouts Handbook in spite of her lack of a troop, young Rory longs to escape the Reno trailer park where she lives with her bartender mother.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION HASSMAN

The gods of Gotham
Faye, Lyndsay.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
New York City, 1845. Timothy Wilde, a 27-year-old Irish immigrant, joins the newly formed NYPD and investigates an infanticide and the body of a 12- year- old Irish boy whose spleen has been removed.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL FAYE

Gods without men
Kunzru, Hari, 1969-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed--but not unchanged--the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them. Driven by the energy and cunning of Coyote, the mythic, shape-shifting trickster, Gods Without Men is full of big ideas, but centered on flesh-and- blood characters who converge at an odd, remote town in the shadow of a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, it is, above all, a heartfelt exploration of the search for pattern and meaning in a chaotic universe.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION KUNZRU

The good father
Hawley, Noah.
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
An intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his 20-year old son.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION HAWLEY

Gossip
Gutcheon, Beth Richardson.
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
This novel is about the importance of connections between women, and it tells the story about the friendship and support among a group of five women. Follows the friendship and support among a group of five women on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Dinah's favorite son and Avis's only daughter fall in love and marry. Over the years, as their commitment is strained by time and change, secrets surface and friendships alter ... having a shattering effect on all their lives.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION GUTCHEON

Grantville gazette VI : sequels to 1632
Riverdale, N.Y. : Baen ; London : Diamond [distributor], 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI GRANTVIL

Guilty wives
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Abbie Elliot and her best friends arrive by helicopter in Monte Carlo and enter the most luxurious hotel they have ever been to. They have four days to live a fantasy life and Abbie quickly finds more pleasure and release than she has ever experienced. But then, one day she and her friends are arrested for a heinous crime and their fantasy vacation becomes a fight for survival.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PATTERSO

Half-blood blues : a novel
Edugyan, Esi.
New York : Picador, 2012.
"Berlin, 1939. The Hot-Time Swingers, a popular German American jazz band, have been forbidden to play live because the Nazis have banned their 'degenerate music.' After escaping to Paris, where they meet Louis Armstrong, the band's brilliant young trumpet-player, Hieronymus Falk, is arrested in a café by the Gestapo. It is June 1940. He is never heard from again. He is twenty years old, a German citizen. And he is black. Berlin, 1992. Falk, now a jazz legend, is the subject of a celebratory documentary. Two of the original Hot-Time Swingers American band members, Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, are invited to attend the film's premier in Berlin. As they return to the landscape of their past friendships, rivalries, loves and betrayals, Sid, the only witness to Falk's disappearance who has always refused to speak about what happened, is forced to break his silence. Sid recreates the lost world of Berlin's pre-war smoky bars, and the salons of Paris, telling his vibrant and suspenseful story in German American slang. Half-Blood Blues is a novel about music and race, love and loyalty, and marks the arrival of an extraordinarily 'gifted storyteller' (The Toronto Star)"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION EDUGYAN

Heir of Novron
Sullivan, Michael J., 1961-
New York : Orbit, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI SULLIVAN

Helsinki white
Thompson, James, 1964-
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY THOMPSON

Hinterland : a novel
Brothers, Caroline.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BROTHERS

The house I loved
Rosnay, Tatiana de, 1961-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
"Paris, France: 1860's. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, moulding it into a modern city. The reforms will erase generations of history-but in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand. Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home until the very end; as others flee, she stakes her claim in the basement of the old house on rue Childebert, ignoring the sounds of change that come closer and closer each day. Attempting to overcome the loneliness of her daily life, she begins to write letters to Armand, her beloved late husband. And as she delves into the ritual of remembering, Rose is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried deep in her heart for thirty years. The House I Loved is both a poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants, and secrets endure in the very walls"-- Cover verso.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ROSNAY

How to eat a cupcake
Donohue, Meg.
New York : Harper, 2012.
When childhood friends, Annie and Julia, reconnect as adults and decide to open a cupcakery, they must overcome old betrayals, first loves, and a dangerous threat.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DONOHUE

The husband hunt
Sands, Lynsay.
New York : Avon Books, c2012.
"Let the hunt begin...Lisa Madison wants a husband, and she has just the candidate in mind: Robert Langley. Trouble is, the infuriating man insists on seeing her as the impish girl she once was-even as every other gentleman in London has taken notice of her womanly...charms. When her beauty lands her in danger, it's Robert who comes to the rescue, only to announce his affections are not of the romantic kind! Robert saw enough sorrow in his parents' union to know he wants nothing to do with marriage, which is exactly what he'll be trapped into if he acts on his desire for the irksome siren. And then Lisa does what Robert least expects: gives up on him! As feigned indifference gives way, blistering passion burns at last. But just before the pair can succumb to hard- won bliss, an enemy with unfinished business lurks, threatening to destroy them both."--P. 4 of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE SANDS

Hush now, don't you cry
Bowen, Rhys.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY BOWEN

Intruder
Cherryh, C. J.
New York : Daw Books, c2012.
Ben Cameron, a human diplomat, must negotiate with a young atevi alien lord unfamiliar with humans in the hopes of convincing him to stop hostilities towards the west.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI CHERRYH

Kill me if you can : a novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
A poor art student in New York City discovers a duffel bag full of diamonds in the chaos during an attack at Grand Central Station and is pursued by the Ghost, an assassin who had murdered the bag's owner.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PATTERSO

Knit one pearl one
McNeil, Gil, 1959-
New York : Hyperion, c2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MCNEIL

Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto
Rodari, Gianni.
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House, c2011.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION RODARI

Letter from a stranger : [a novel]
Bradford, Barbara Taylor, 1933-
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
When award-winning film maker Justine Nolan returns to her beautiful childhood home, she is intrigued by an envelope she finds in her absent mother's post. But the letter inside contains a shocking revelation. If genuine it will change everything she believes about her family's recent history, her mother and her adored grandmother, Gabriele.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BRADFORD

Loving
Kingsbury, Karen.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2012.
In the fourth and final chapter of the series, Bailey's planning her dream wedding to Brandon Paul in Los Angeles, but doubts are wracking her mind. Did she make the right choice in choosing Brandon, or should she return home to Bloomington, Indiana, and be with Cody Coleman, her first love?
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION KINGSBUR

May the road rise up to meet you : a novel
Troy, Peter.
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
"An engrossing, epic American drama told from four distinct perspectives, spanning the first major wave of Irish immigration to New York through the end of the Civil War. Four unique voices; two parallel love stories; one sweeping novel rich in the history of nineteenth century America. This remarkable debut draws from the great themes of literature--famine, war, love, and family--as it introduces four unforgettable characters. Ethan McOwen is an Irish immigrant whose endurance is tested in Brooklyn and the Five Points at the height of its urban destitution; he is among the first to join the famed Irish Brigade and becomes a celebrated war photographer. Marcella, a society girl from Spain, defies her father to become a passionate abolitionist. Mary and Micah are slaves of varying circumstances, who form an instant connection and embark on a tumultuous path to freedom. All four lives unfold in two beautiful love stories, which eventually collide. Written in gorgeous language that subtly captures the diverse backgrounds of each character and interspersed with letters, journals, and dreams, this unforgettable story, rendered in cinematic detail, is about having faith in life's great meaning amidst its various tangles"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION TROY

The midwife of Venice
Rich, Roberta.
New York : Gallery Books, 2012, c2011.
"Hannah Levi is renowned throughout Venice for her gift at coaxing reluctant babies from their mothers--a gift aided by the secret "birthing spoons" she designed. But when a count implores her to attend to his wife, who has been laboring for days to give birth to their firstborn son, Hannah is torn. A Papal edict forbids Jews from rendering medical tratment to Christians, but the payment he offers is enough to ransom her beloved husband, Isaac, who has been captured at sea"--P. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION RICH

A moment in the sun : a novel
Sayles, John, 1950-
San Francisco : McSweeney's Books, c2011.
"In 1897, gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months, an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor, plunging the U.S. into war. This is the story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century, as seen by one of our greatest storytellers of all time...'A Moment in the Sun' takes the whole era in its sights--from the white-racist coup in Wilmington, North Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism overseas. Beginning with Hod Brackenridge searching for his fortune in the North, and hurtling forward across five years and half a dozen countries...this is a story as big as its subject: history rediscovered through the lives of the people who made it happen."--P. [4] of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SAYLES

Monday mornings
Gupta, Sanjay, M.D.
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
At Chelsea General, surgeons answer for bad outcomes at the Morbidity and Mortality conference, known as M & M. This peek behind the curtain into what is considered the most secretive meeting in all of medicine is the backdrop for this story.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION GUPTA

Mudwoman
Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-
New York : Ecco Press, 2012.
M.R. Neukirchen--the first female president of a lauded Ivy League institution--struggles to hold onto her self-identity in the face of personal and professional demons.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION OATES

Mumbai noir
New York : Akashic Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY MUMBAI

Murder at the Lanterne Rouge
Black, Cara, 1951-
New York : Soho Press, 2012.
Aimee Leduc is happy her longtime business partner Ren has found a girlfriend, but Aime's instincts tell her Meizi isn't trustworthy. And her misgivings may not be far off the mark: Meizi disappears during a Chinatown dinner. Minutes later, the body of a young man is found shrink-wrapped in an alleyway--with Meizi's photo in his wallet.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY BLACK

Needles and pearls
McNeil, Gil, 1959-
New York : Hyperion, 2010.
In this follow-up to "The Beach Street Knitting Society & Yarn Club," McNeil picks right up with small-town intrigue, packed lunches, and the joys of knitting--not to mention romance.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MCNEIL

The next right thing : a novel
Barden, Dan, 1960-
New York : Dial Press, c2012.
Crediting his survival to his supportive Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor, former police officer Randy Chalmers is shocked when his sponsor is found dead of an alleged overdose, a situation that compels him to discover the truth.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL BARDEN

Night vision
Adams, Jane, 1960-
Sutton : Severn House, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY ADAMS

The ninth day
Freveletti, Jamie.
New York : Harper, c2011.
A prisoner of Mexico's most feared cartel, biochemist Emma Caldridge discovers a flesh-eating toxin that causes a horrible death within nine days of exposure, forcing her to race against time to find a cure to save herself and stop the cartel from spreading their lethal product across America.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL FREVELET

No cooperation from the cat : a mystery
Babson, Marian.
New York : Minotaur Books, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY BABSON

No one is here except all of us
Ausubel, Ramona.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.
In 1939, the families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them. Danger is imminent in every direction, yet the territory of imagination and belief is limitless. At the suggestion of an eleven-year-old girl and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank, the villagers decide to reinvent the world: deny any relationship with the known and start over from scratch. Destiny is unwritten. Time and history are forgotten. Jobs, husbands, a child, are reassigned. And for years, there is boundless hope. But the real world continues to unfold alongside the imagined one, eventually overtaking it.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION AUSUBEL

November hunt : a murder-by-month mystery
Lourey, Jess, 1970-
Woodbury, MN : Midnight Ink, 2012.
When Tom Kicker is killed in a hunting accident, not-quite-a-P.I. Mira James braves a blustery blizzard to investigate--and discovers dark secrets that incriminate the town's most prominent families.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY LOUREY

The O'Briens : a novel
Behrens, Peter, 1954-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
"A family saga spanning half a century in the lives of a restless and ambitious clan starts with the story of backwoods youth-turned-railroad magnate Joe O'Brien, who after leaving the Canadian wilds and sharing a passionate courtship with Iseult, becomes the patriarch of a family that sees the first airplanes, two world wars and the election of JFK. By the award-winning author of The Law of Dreams"--From publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BEHRENS

One rough man
Taylor, Brad, 1965-
New York : Signet Select, [2012], c2011.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL TAYLOR

The one that I want
Scotch, Allison Winn.
New York, N. Y. : Broadway Paperbacks, 2011.
Tilly Farmer is thirty-two years old and has the perfect life she always dreamed of: married to her high school sweetheart, working as a guidance counselor in her hometown, trying for a baby. Perfect. In fact, on the surface you might never know how tough things used to be. At seventeen, Tilly lost her mother to cancer, her father drowned his grief in alcohol, and she played parent to her two younger sisters more often than being a kid herself.Then one sweltering afternoon at the local fair, everything changes. Tilly wanders into the fortune teller's tent and is greeted by an old childhood friend, now a psychic, who offers her more than just a reading. "I'm giving you the gift of clarity," her friend says. "It's what I always thought you needed.' And soon enough, Tilly starts seeing things: her father relapsing; Tyler uprooting their happy, stable life; and even more disturbing, these visions start coming true. As Tilly furiously races to keep up with?and hopefully change?her destiny, she faces the question: Which is the life she wants? The one she?s carefully nursed for decades, or the one she never considered possible.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SCOTCH

A perfect blood
Harrison, Kim.
New York : Harper Voyager, c2012.
When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet --humanity.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI HARRISON

Perla
De Robertis, Carolina.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
Set in Buenos Aires, "Perla" is a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DEROBERT

Phantom : an Alex Hawke novel
Bell, Ted.
New York : William Morrow, c2012.
Counterspy Alex Hawke hunts a madman about to unleash a new super weapon- -one powered by artificial intelligence.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL BELL

Poison flower : a Jane Whitefield novel
Perry, Thomas, 1947-
New York : Mysterious Press, c2012.
Protecting a man wrongly charged with the murder of his wife, Jane Whitefield is shot and abducted by the real culprits, who threaten to kill her if she does not reveal her client's whereabouts.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL PERRY

Pulse : stories
Barnes, Julian.
New York : Vintage Books, 2012.
A volume of fourteen stories about loss, friendship, and longing includes the tales of a recently divorced real-estate agent who invades a reticent girlfriend's privacy, a couple that meets over an illicit cigarette, and a widower who struggles to let go of grief.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION BARNES

Rainshadow road
Kleypas, Lisa.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012.
Lucy Marinn is stunned and blindsided when her fiancé Kevin leaves her. His new lover is Lucy's own sister. Facing the severe disapproval of Lucy's parents, Kevin asks his friend, Sam Nolan to "romance" Lucy and hopefully loosen her up and get her over her anger. Complications ensue when Sam and Lucy begin to fall in love.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE KLEYPAS

Raven calls
Murphy, C. E. (Catie E.).
Don Mills, Ont. : Luna, c2012.
No longer a cop, Joanne Walker's inner magic draws her to Ireland and back in time to rescue the woman who, one year ago, sacrified her life for Joanne.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI MURPHY

Redemption : a Joe Burgess mystery
Flora, Kate, 1949-
Waterville, Me. : Five Star, 2012.
When a long-lost friend's body is found by two boys fishing, Detective Joe Burgess of Portland, Maine, must put his hopes for a normal life on hold to investigate the death.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY FLORA

Redwood Bend
Carr, Robyn.
Fort Erie, ON : Mira Books, 2012.
Katie Malone and her twin boys' trip along the beautiful mountain roads to Virgin River is stopped short by a tire as flat as her failed romance. As she stands by the side of the road pondering her next move, Katie hears a distinct rumble. The sight of the sexy, leather-clad bikers who pull up beside her puts her imagination into overdrive. Original.
Worcester Main New Fiction - ROMANCE CARR

The reeducation of Cherry Truong : a novel
Phan, Aimee.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION PHAN

A rising thunder
Weber, David, 1952-
Riverdale, NY : Baen ; New York : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, c2012.
"After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plans lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task #1 for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power--but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League inevitably takes as a declaration of war. Once again Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she must win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI WEBER

Sail of stone
Edwardson, Åke, 1953-
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012.
"A brother and sister believe that their father has gone missing. They think he may have traveled in search of his father, who was presumed lost decades ago in World War II. Meanwhile, there are reports that a woman is being abused, but she can't be found and her family won't tell the police where she is. Gothenburg's Chief Inspector Erik Winter travels to Scotland in search of the missing man, aided there by an old friend from Scotland Yard. Back in Gothenburg, Afro-Swedish detective Aneta Djanali discovers how badly someone doesn't want her to find the missing woman when she herself is threatened."-- P. 4 of cover.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY EDWARDSO

The sea is my brother
Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.
Boston, MA : Da Capo Pr., 2012.
"In the spring of 1943, during a stint in the Merchant Marine, twenty- one -year old Jack Kerouac set out to write his first novel. Working diligently day and night to complete it by hand, he titled it The Sea Is My Brother. Now, nearly seventy years later, its long-awaited publication provides fascinating details and insight into the early life and development of an American literary icon. Written seven years before The Town and The City officially launched his writing career, The Sea Is My Brother marks a pivotal point in which Kerouac began laying the foundations for his pioneering method and signature style. A clear precursor to such landmark works as On the Road, The Dharma Bums, and Visions of Cody, it is an important formative work that bears all the hallmarks of classic Kerouac: the search for spiritual meaning in a materialistic world, spontaneous travel as the true road to freedom, late nights in bars and apartments engaged in intense conversation, the desperate urge to escape from society, and the strange, terrible beauty of loneliness."--from cover, p. [2].
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION KEROUAC

Sins of the angels : the Grigori legacy
Poitevin, Linda.
New York : Ace Books, 2011.
To stop the apocalypse, homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis is forced to partner with Aramael, a hunter of the fallen angels, and together they must capture Aramael's brother, who is wreaking bloody havoc in the mortal realm, and send him back to eternal exile.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI POITEVIN

The Sisters brothers
deWitt, Patrick, 1975-
New York : Ecco, c2011.
When a frontier baron known as the Commodore orders Charlie and Eli Sisters, his hired gunslingers, to track down and kill a prospector named Herman Kermit Warm, the brothers journey from Oregon to San Francisco, and eventually to Warm's claim in the Sierra foothills, running into a witch, a bear, a dead Indian, a parlor of drunken floozies, and a gang of murderous fur trappers.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DEWITT

Skeleton Coast
Cussler, Clive.
New York : Berkley Books, 2012.
Narrowly escaping following a mission on the Congo River, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon rescue beautiful Sloane Macintyre--who is looking for a lost ship that may be carrying a fortune in diamonds--when her boat is attacked off the African coast and find themselves up against a deranged militant who plans to launch a devastating force of nature against those who oppose him.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL CUSSLER

Skirmish : a House War novel
West, Michelle, 1963-
New York : DAW Books, c2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI WEST

The Sleepy Hollow family almanac : a novel
D'Agostino, Kris, 1978-
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DAGOSTIN

The snow child : a novel
Ivey, Eowyn.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION IVEY

So pretty it hurts : a Bailey Weggins mystery
White, Kate, 1950-
New York, NY : Harper, 2012.
Sassy writer turned amateur sleuth Bailey Weggins investigates the death of a supermodel.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY WHITE

Sonoma Rose
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
New York, N.Y. : Dutton, 2012.
As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence shatters Rosa's resolve to maintain her increasingly dangerous existence, she flees with the children and her precious heirloom quilts to the mesa where she last saw her beloved mother alive. As a flash flood traps them in a treacherous canyon, only one man is brave-or foolhardy-enough to come to their rescue: Lars Jorgenson, Rosa's first love and the father of her healthy daughters. Together they escape to Berkeley, where a leading specialist offers their only hope of saving Ana and Miguel. Here in northern California, they create new identities to protect themselves from Rosa's vengeful husband, the police who seek her for questioning, and the gangsters Lars reported to Prohibition agents-officers representing a department often as corrupt as the Mob itself. Ever mindful that his youthful alcoholism provoked Rosa to spurn him, Lars nevertheless supports Rosa's daring plan to stake their futures on a struggling Sonoma Valley vineyard--despite the recent hardships of local winemakers whose honest labors at viticulture have, through no fault of their own, become illegal.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION CHIAVERI

Spin
McKenzie, Catherine.
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2012.
When Kate Sandford lands an interview at her favorite music magazine, it's the chance of a lifetime. So Kate goes out to celebrate--and shows up still drunk to the interview the next morning. It's no surprise that she doesn't get the job, but her performance has convinced the editors that she'd be perfect for an undercover assignment for their gossip rag. All Kate has to do is follow "It Girl" Amber Sheppard into rehab. If she can get the inside scoop--and complete the thirty-day program--they'll reconsider her for the position at The Line. Kate takes the assignment, but when real friendships start to develop, she has to decide if what she has to gain is worth the price she'll have to pay.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MCKENZIE

Stay close
Coben, Harlan, 1962-
New York : Dutton, c2012.
Three people--a suburban housewife, a talented documentary photographer, and a detective--living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past doesn't recede ... and that desperation and hunger can lurk behind even the prettiest facades.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL COBEN

The story of beautiful girl
Simon, Rachel, 1959-
New York : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
"A novel about a woman who can't speak, a man who is deaf, and a widow who finds herself suddenly caring for a newborn baby"--Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SIMON

That deadman dance : a novel
Scott, Kim, 1957-
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
As Australian settlers come into contact with the Noongar people of Western Australia, young Noongar man Bobby Wabalanginy befriends the new arrivals and helps them to establish their colony, until conflicts gradually begin to arise.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SCOTT

That's how I roll
Vachss, Andrew H.
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Waiting on death row after confessing to several homicides, a master assassin writes his life story to protect his younger brother, a process during which he remembers their murderously violent father. After pleading guilty to a series of homicides, Esau Till sits on death row, writing his life story. But his memoir is his one last chance to protect his brother. When the genetic cards were dealt, Esau drew a genius IQ, and a crippled body. His brother Tory drew a slow mind, and almost superhuman strength. Very early on, Esau learned that the only way to guarantee his brother's safety was to make himself indispensable, so he became the top hired killer for both rival local mobs. As the state gets ready to take his life, Esau plots going all-in on the last hand he will ever play.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY VACHSS

These days are ours
Haimoff, Michelle.
New York, NY : Grand Central Pub., 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION HAIMOFF

Three weeks in December
Schulman, Audrey, 1963-
New York : Europa Editions, 2012.
This novel interweaves the perspectives of Jeremy, an engineer who leaves small-town Maine in 1899 to oversee the construction of a railroad across East Africa, and finds himself the reluctant hunter of two lions killing his men in nightly attacks; and Max, an American ethnobotanist who travels to Rwanda in 2000 in search of an obscure vine that could become a lifesaving pharmaceutical, but finds herself shadowing a family of gorillas whose survival is threatened by a violent rebel group from nearby Congo.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION SCHULMAN

Touchstone
Rawn, Melanie.
New York : Tor, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI RAWN

Trail of the Spellmans : document #5
Lutz, Lisa.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
For the first time in Spellman history, Isabel Spellman, P.I., might be the most normal member of her family. Yet as a number of cases pile, Izzy won't stop hunting for the answers--even when they threaten to shatter both the business and the family.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY LUTZ

Train dreams
Johnson, Denis, 1949-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Presents the story of early twentieth-century day laborer Robert Grainer, who endures the harrowing loss of his family while struggling for survival in the American West against a backdrop of radical historical changes.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION JOHNSON

The translation of the bones
Kay, Francesca, 1957-
New York : Scribner, c2012.
Volunteering at the local church, Mary-Margaret, a dull and overweight girl who nearly everyone disregards, has a profound experience while cleaning a statue of Jesus and becomes obsessed with fulfilling what she believes to be sacred duties while religious fervor spreads throughout her community.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION KAY

Tricks of the trade
Gilman, Laura Anne.
[New York] : Luna, c2011.
When magic goes wrong, who are you going to call? The team is working two cases. When the paranormal investigation gets stretched to the limit, it not just the agency's rep on the line...
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI GILMAN

Trigger point
Glass, Matthew, 1954-
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2011.
Worcester Main New Fiction - THRILL GLASS

Until the next time : a novel
Fox, Kevin, 1968-
Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION FOX

Unwanted : a novel
Ohlsson, Kristina, 1979-
New York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books, 2012.
Inspector Fredericka Bergman investigates the kidnapping and murder of a child who had been separated from her mother on a crowded train on a rainy Swedish summer day, a case that points to the work of a brilliant and ruthless killer.
Worcester Main New Fiction - MYSTERY OHLSSON

The variations : a novel
Donatich, John.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION DONATICH

Watergate a novel
Mallon, Thomas, 1951-
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
A retelling of the Watergate scandal, as seen through a kaleidoscope of its colorful perpetrators and investigators.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION MALLON

Wayfinder
Murphy, C. E. (Catie E.).
New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books, c2011.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI MURPHY

What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank: stories
Englander, Nathan.
New York : Knopf, 2012.
"The author of the sensational national best seller For the Relief of Unbearable Urges returns with a commanding new collection of short stories: What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank establishes Nathan Englander beyond all doubt as the heir to Roth, Malamud, and Babel. A tour de force. The title story, inspired by Carver's masterpiece, is a comic classic, a provocative portrait of two marriages in which the holocaust is played out as a devastating parlor game. "Camp Sundown" is an outlandishly dark story of vigilante justice undertaken by a troop of geriatric campers in a bucolic summer enclave who recognize a fellow vacationer as a former Nazi guard. "Free Fruit for Young Widows" is a small, sharp study in evil. "Sister Hills" chronicles the history of the Israeli settlements from the eve of the Yom Kippur war through the present, a political story constructed around the tale of two mothers who strike a terrible bargain to save a child. A great leap forward from one of our most audacious and important writers, and a sensational literary event"-- Provided by publisher.
Worcester Main New Fiction - FICTION ENGLANDE

Wide open
Coates, Deborah.
New York : Tor, 2012.
Worcester Main New Fiction - SCI FI COATES

Blue Monday
French, Nicci.
New York : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, 2012.
Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. She believes that the world is a messy, uncontrollable place, but what we can control is what is inside our heads. This attitude is reflected in her own life, which is an austere one of refuge, personal integrity, and order. The abduction of five-year-old Matthew Farraday provokes a national outcry and a desperate police hunt. And when his face is splashed over the newspapers, Frieda cannot ignore the coincidence: one of her patients has been having dreams in which he has a hunger for a child. A red- haired child he can describe in perfect detail, a child the spitting image of Matthew. She finds herself in the center of the investigation, serving as the reluctant sidekick of the chief inspector.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - FICTION FRENCH

Cinnamon roll murder
Fluke, Joanne, 1943-
New York : Kensington Pub., c2012.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - MYSTERY FLUKE

The fear index
Harris, Robert, 1957-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
"A visionary scientist creates a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But after an intruder breaks into his home, he has to try to discover who is trying to destroy him"- - Provided by publisher.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - FICTION HARRIS

Hidden
Armstrong, Kelley.
Burton, MI : Subterranean, 2011.
Hiking through the snow, holiday baking and playing board games by the fire--what's not to love about an old-fashioned family Christmas? Werewolves Elena Michaels and Clayton Danvers want to give their four-year-old twins, Kate and Logan, something their parents never had: a nice, normal holiday. No Pack responsibilities, no homicidal half-demons or power-hungry sorcerers to deal with--just the four of them, alone, at a chalet outside Ontario's Algonquin Park. Then a strange werewolf shows up at their door while the town is buzzing about a young man, back from college, found half-eaten in the woods, and there's the missing little girl. With all the signs pointing to a rogue mutt with a taste for human flesh, Elena and Clay have no choice but to investigate. But are they the hunters, or the hunted?
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - FICTION ARMSTRON

Into the darkness
Andrews, V. C. (Virginia C.).
New York : Pocket Books, 2012.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - THRILL ANDREWS

No time like the present
Gordimer, Nadine.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
"Gordimer trains her keen eye on Steve and Jabulile, an interracial couple living in a newly, tentatively, free South Africa. They have a daughter, Sindiswa; they move to the suburbs; Steve becomes a lecturer at a university; Jabulile trains to become a lawyer; there is another child, a boy this time. There is nothing so extraordinary about their lives, and yet, in telling their story and the stories of their friends and families, Gordimer manages to capture the tortured, fragmented essence of a nation struggling to define itself post- apartheid."--Publisher's website.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - FICTION GORDIMER

Showdown : the inside story of Obama's fight to save his presidency
Corn, David.
New York, NY : William Morrow, c2012.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - 973.932092 CORN

Some assembly required : a journal of my son's first son
Lamott, Anne.
New York : Riverhead Books, 2012.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - B LAMOTT, A

Victims : an Alex Delaware novel
Kellerman, Jonathan.
New York : Ballantine Books, [2012].
Unraveling the madness behind L.A.'s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best. By all accounts, acid- tongued Vita Berlin hadn't a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware. But despite his finely honed skills, even Alex is stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion. yet with no apparent connection among the victims. And the only clue left behind--a blank page bearing a question mark--seems to be both a menacing taunt and a cry for help from a killer baffled by his own lethal urges. Under pressure to end the bloody spree and prevent a citywide panic, Milo redoubles his efforts to discover a link between the disparate victims. Meanwhile, Alex navigates the secretive world of mental health treatment, from the sleek office of a Beverly Hills therapist to a shuttered mental institution where he once honed his craft--and where an unholy alliance between the mad and the monstrous may have been sealed in blood. As each jagged piece of the puzzle fits into place, an ever more horrific portrait emerges of a sinister mind at its most unimaginable--and an evil soul at its most unspeakable. "This one was different," Alex observes at the start of the case. This one will haunt his waking life, and his darkest dreams, long after its end.
Worcester FPBL New Fic & Non-Fic - THRILL KELLERMA

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