August New And Notable
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007We have journals…and journals…and more journals! Journals for enthusiasts of: WINE, TRAVELING, BOOKS, RESTAURENTS, CARS, SCHOOL MEMORIES, HOME ORGANIZATION, PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE…A NEW HOME…A NEW BABY! Do you have tickets from events, concerts that need a special book to keep them safe? We have a journal for that too! Fun new items!
Check-out the BOOKSENSE PICKS link for continued great titles in fiction, non-fiction, and children’s.
We will feature MYSTERY TITLES AND AUTHORS in our front cart during August…give us YOUR ideas too!
PUBLISHED IN AUGUST….
LOVING FRANK, by Nancy Horan
Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting in Oak Park, Illinois, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society. A first novel.
DARK POSSESSION, by Christine Feehan
On the verge of becoming a vampire, Manolito De La Cruz is called back to his Carpathian homeland and unexpectedly finds his destined lifemate, MaryAnne Delaney, a counselor for battered women who has no use for the aggressive tendencies of Carpathian males and who has no idea of the lengths that Manolito will go to to keep his mate.
SONGS WITHOUT WORDS, by Ann Packer
The author of THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER chronicles the long-time friendship between Liz and Sarabeth, a relationship that is forged in childhood and is sustained through the decades that follow, until both women are forced to reexamine their lives in the wake of a devastating crisis.
DIGGIN TO AMERICA, by Anne Tyler
A chance encounter between two families – the Donaldsons, and the Iranian-born Yasdans – at the Baltimore airport, as both couples await the arrival of an adopted daughter from Korea, prompts an examination about what it means to be an American while the lives of the two families intertwine over the years.
THE ELVES OF CINTRA, by Terry Brooks
In a devastated world in which only a few imbued with magical gifts stand against the forces of evil, one hero flees Seattle with a group of orphaned street kids, another leads a group to the Oregon wilderness to meet the long-hidden Elves of Cintra, and the mystical King of the Silver River promises safety for humans and elves if they can reach his protection.
LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE, by Diana GabaldonEighteenth-century Britain and the Seven Years War from the backdrop for Lord John Grey’s quest to uncover the truth about his father’s death, a search that leads to deadly peril, personal betrayal, forbidden love, and an encounter with a Jocobite prisoner, Jamie Fraser, who may hold the key to his quest.
DOWN RIVER, by John Hart
Hart’s richly atmospheric second novel (Hart wrote THE KING OF LIES in 2006) delivers a mystery about a son’s return home to the complicated family life he left behind. This story proves “thrillers and mysteries can also be literature.”
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