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April 2011
(This is a sampling of what the media center acquired…please come in to see everything)
Books-Fiction
FIC HOF
Hoffman, Mary, 1945-. Stravaganza : City of stars. c2003.
Fifteen-year-old Georgia, who loves horses as much as she hates her bullying stepbrother, buys a figurine of a winged horse and finds it has magical powers that transport her from present-day London to the sixteenth-century world of Talia where, in the city of Remora, similar to Sienna, Italy, she finds danger and intrigue as well as friendship and a chance to perfect her riding skills.
FIC MUR
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Front and center. c2009.
D.J. Schwenk finds her life taking an unexpected turn just as she was thinking things were finally calming down, and as she tries to make important decisions about her future, she discovers romance and adventure in the unlikeliest places.
Books-Nonfiction
303.49 WIL
Williamson, Marianne, 1952-. Imagine what America could be in the 21st century : Visions of a better future from leading
American thinkers. c2000.
A collection of essays by leading American thinkers which describe what they think life will be like in the United States in fifty years.
305.42 SPR
Spragins, Ellyn 1947-. What I know now : Letters to my younger self. c2006.
A collection of letters in which forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, offering advice and insights into life, love, relationships, and the world.
910.4 SHA
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922. South : a memoir of the Endurance voyage. c1998.
A memoir in which Sir Ernest Shackleton provides a personal account of his expedition to Antarctica in 1914, a voyage that resulted in disaster when his ship, the Endurance, became locked in sea ice and was stranded for nine months before being crushed.
910.4 WOR
Worsley, Frank Arthur, 1872-1943. Shackleton's boat journey. c2000.
A first-person account of Antarctic explorations with Sir Ernest Shackleton in the early 1900's, a shipwreck, and a rescue mission.
DVDs
DVD FIC HIT
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. Hitchcock thrillers. c2009.
Suspicion -- Strangers on a train -- The wrong man -- I confess.
Features four thrillers directed by Alfred Hitchcock with various special features.
DVD FIC TOY
Walt Disney Pictures. Toy story 3. c2010.
As Andy prepares to leave for college, his loyal toys find they have been donated to the Sunnyside Daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants, and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape and ensure that no toy gets left behind. |