Daily Book Picks November 2009:
Nov. 30:
Gretzky's Tears by Stephen Brunt (Triump
Books)
Gretzky's Tears: Hockey, America, and
the Day Everything Changed
Upheaval by Chris Holbrook (The
University of Kentucky Press)
Upheaval: Stories (Kentucky Voices)
The
Class by Francois Begaudeau (Seven
Stories Press)
The Class (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Spells Of The City...edited by Jean Rabe
(DAW)
Spells of the City
The Sapphire Sirens (Paperback) by John
Zakour (DAW)
The Sapphire Sirens
Changing The World...edited by Mercedes
Lackey (DAW)
Changing the World: All-New Tales of
Valdemar
Anti-Federalist Writings Of The Melancto
Smith...edited by Michael Zucker
(Liberty Fund, Inc.)
Anti-Federalist Writings of the
Melancton Smith Circle, The
Waste by Tristram Stuart (W.W. Norton)
Waste: Uncovering the Global Food
Scandal
Nov. 25:
Saving Kyoto by Graciela Chichilnisky
(New Holland Publishers)
Saving Kyoto
Early Sprouts by Karrie Kalich (Redleaf
Press)
Early Sprouts: Cultivating Healthy Food
Choices in Young Children
What To Eat During Cancer Treatment by
Jeanne Besser, et.al. (American Cancer
Society)
What To Eat During Cancer Treatment: 100
Great-Tasting, Family-Friendly Recipes
to Help You Cope
The Wild Things by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's
Publishing)
The Wild Things (Hardcover)
The World Is Blue by Sylvia Earle
(National Geographic Books)
The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the
Ocean's Are One
Aging Public Policy (2nd Ed.) by
Theodore H. Koff (Baywood Publishing)
Aging Public Policy: Bonding the
Generations (Society and Aging Series)
First Lord's Fury by Jim Butcher (Ace
Hardcover)
First Lord's Fury (Codex Alera, Book 6)
Wyatt's Revenge by H. Terrell Griffin (Oceanview
Publishing)
Wyatt's Revenge: A Matt Royal Mystery
Nov. 24:
The
New Economics by David Boyle (Earthscan/Stylus)
The New Economics: A Bigger Picture
Extraordinary by John Bevere (Waterbrook)
Extraordinary: The Life You're Meant to
Live
Lost Alphabet by Lisa Olstein (Copper
Canyon Press)
Lost Alphabet
Young Woman And The Sea by Glenn Stout
(Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt)
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy
Ederle Conquered the English Channel and
Inspired the World
Rights Of War And Peace, 3 Vols.by Hugo
Grotius (Liberty Fund)
The Rights of War And Peace
Chinese Whispers by Peter May (Poisoned
Pen)
Chinese Whispers: A China Thriller
(China Thrillers)
Red, Green, Or Murder by Steven Havil
(Poisoned Pen Press)
Red, Green, Or Murder
Beyond Alzheimer's by Scott D. Mendelson,
M.D., Ph.D. (M.Evans)
Beyond Alzheimer's: How to Avoid the
Modern Epidemic of Dementia
Nov. 23:
A Gift For Ron by Everson Walls (Globe
Pequot)
A Gift for Ron: Friendship and Sacrifice
On and Off the Gridiron
The
Fate Of Katherine Carr by Thomas H. Cook
(Otto Penzler/Houghton)
The Fate of Katherine Carr
A Cup Of Comfort for Dog Lovers by
Colleen Sell (Adams Media)
Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers: Stories
That Celebrate Love, Loyality, and
Companionship
Minneapolis In The Twentieth by Iric
Nathanson (Minnesota Historical Society)
Minneapolis in the Twentieth Century:
The Growth of an American City
Cockroach by Rawi Hage (W.W. Norton)
Cockroach: A Novel
Night Of Thunder by Stephen Hunter
(Pocket Books)
Night of Thunder [NIGHT OF THUNDER 11D]
The
Scarpetta Collection Vol.1 by
Patricia Cornwell (Pocket Books)
The Scarpetta Collection Volume I:
Postmortem and Body of Evidence (Kay
Scarpetta)
Mobile
Design & Development by Brian Fling (O"Reilly)
Mobile Design and Development: Practical
Concepts and Techniques for Creating
Mobile Sites and Web Apps (Animal Guide)
Nov. 20:
Cake
Keeper Cakes by Lauren Chattman (The
Taunton Press)
Cake Keeper Cakes: 100 Simple Recipes
for Extraordinary Bundt Cakes, Pound
Cakes, Snacking Cakes and Other
Good-To-The-Last-Crumb Treats
Weekends At Bellevue by Julie Holland,
MD (Bantam Dell)
Weekends at Bellevue
Freshwater Game Fish Of North America by
Peter Thompson (Down East)
Freshwater Game Fish of North America:
An Illustrated Guide
In Such Hard Times by Wei Ying -wu
(Copper Canyon Press)
In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei
Ying-wu
Million Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
(Philomel)
Million-Dollar Throw
The
Bicycle Runner by G. Franco Romagnoli
(Thomas Dunne Books/SMP)
The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love,
Loyalty, and the Italian Resistance
The
Year's Work In Lebowski Studies...edited
by Edward P. Comentale (Indiana
University Press)
The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies
Final
Approach by Rachel Brady (Poisoned Pen)
Final Approach
Nov. 19:
The Silver Skull by Mark Chadbourn (PYR)
The Silver Skull (Swords of Albion)
Women
Lead The Way by Linda Tarr-Whelan (Berrett-Koehler
Publishers)
Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to
Stepping Up to Leadership and Changing
the World
Confessions Of A. Military Wife by
Mollie Gross (Savas Beatie/Casemate)
Confessions of a Military Wife
In
Search Of Bacchus by Goerge M. Taber
(Scribner/S&S)
In Search of Bacchus: Wanderings in the
Wonderful World of Wine Tourism
250
True Italian Pasta Dishes by John
Coletta (Robert Rose)
250 True Italian Pasta Dishes: Easy and
Authentic Recipes
Have A
New Husband By Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman
(Revell)
Have a New Husband by Friday: How to
Change His Attitude, Behavior &
Communication in 5 Days
In
The Courts Of The Sun by Brian D'Amato (NAL/Penguin)
In the Courts of the Sun
Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider Series #8)
by Anthony Horowitz (Penguin Group (USA)
Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Novel
Nov. 18:
The
Tyranny Of E-Mail by John Freeman
(Scribner/S&S)
The Tyranny of E-mail: The
Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox
The Mom
& Pop Store by Robert Spector (Walker &
Company)
The Mom & Pop Store: How the Unsung
Heroes of the American Economy Are
Surviving and Thriving
A
Most Noble Enterprise by William H.
Hildebrand (The Kent State University
Press)
Most Noble Enterprise: The Story of Kent
State University, 1910-2010
The Best American Comics...edited by
Charles Burns (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)
The Best American Comics 2009
Barack
Like Me by david Alan Grier (Touchstonr
Books/S&S)
Barack Like Me: The Chocolate-Covered
Truth (Touchstone Books)
LEGO
Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
by DK Publishing
LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary
Botany
In A Day, 3rd edition by Thomas Elpel
(Mountain Press Publishing)
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of
Plant Identification
Mac OS
X Leopard by David Pogue (O'Reilly)
Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing
Manual
Nov. 17:
Hell
To Pay by D.M. Giangreco (Naval
Institute Press)
Hell to Pay: Operation DOWNFALL and the
Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947
Cloud
Security & Privacy by Tim Mather
(O'Reilly)
Cloud Security and Privacy: An
Enterprise Perspective on Risks and
Compliance (Theory in Practice)
A Postcard From The Volcano by Thomas
Howard (Ignatius Press)
A Postcard From the Volcano: A Novel of
Pre-War Germany
A
Questionable Life by Luke Lively
(Beaufort Books)
a questionable life: A Novel
The
Pure Lover by David Plante (Beacon
Press)
The Pure Lover: A Memoir of Grief
Living
With Goats by Margaret Hathaway (Globe
Pequot Press)
Living with Goats: Everything You Need
to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Herd
A Bomb
In Every Issue by Peter Richardson (The
New Press)
A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short,
Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed
America
Heads Deacon, Tails Devil by P.J.
McCalla (The Elevator Group)
Heads Deacon Tails Devil
Nov. 16:
The
Water's Edge by Karin Fossum (Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt)
The Water's Edge
Creating A Home by Kathryn M. Ireland
(Gibbs Smith, Publisher)
Creating A Home
Knock'em Dead by Martin Yate (Adams
Media)
Knock �em Dead 2010: The Ultimate Job
Search Guide (Knock 'em Dead)
The
Book Of Props by Wayne Miller (Milkweed
Editions)
The Book of Props
The
Entertaining Encyclopedia by Denise
Vivaldo (Robert Rose)
The Entertaining Encyclopedia: Essential
Tips for Hosting the Perfect Party
The
Hardest Questions Aren't On The Test by
Linda F. Nathan (Beacon Press)
The Hardest Questions Aren't on the
Test: Lessons from an Innovative Urban
School
I, Alex Cross by James Patterson
(Little, Brown & Company)
I, Alex Cross
Nov. 13:
Frank Julian Sprague by William D.
Middleton (Indiana University Press)
Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical
Inventor and Engineer (Railroads Past
and Present)
Made
in Our Image: The Fallacy of the
User-Friendly God
by Steven J. Lawson (Doubleday
Religious)
Made in Our Image: The Fallacy of the
User-Friendly God
The
Face In The Mirror...edited by Victoria
Zackheim (Prometheus Books)
The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect
on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality
of Age
Diving Into The Wreck by Kristine
Kathryn Rusch (PYR)
Diving into the Wreck
The
Supervision Solution by John Roulet
(Javelin Publishing)
The Supervision Solution: Manage
Performance, Not People
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan
for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
(Thomas Nelson)
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan
for Financial Fitness
The Reactor Factor by Marsha Petrie Sue
(Wiley)
The Reactor Factor: How to Handle
Difficult Work Situations Without Going
Nuclear (Wiley)
Reporting For Duty by H.K. Gilbert (iUniverse)
Reporting for Duty: A Day at the White
House
Nov. 12:
Uncovers The Dutch Colonies (Marshall
Cavendish)
Uncovers the Dutch Colonies (American
Archaeology)
The Book
Of Inkscape by Dmitry Kirsanov (No
Starch Press)
The Book of Inkscape: The Definitive
Guide to the Free Graphics Editor
Healing Stones And Gardens (Five Star
Publications)
Healing Stones and Gardens
Naked by David Sedaris (Little, Brown &
Company)
Naked
The Storm In The Barn by Matt Phelan
(Candlewick)
The Storm in the Barn
American Confluence by Stephen Aron
(Indiana University Press)
American Confluence: The Missouri
Frontier from Borderland to Border State
(A History of the Trans-Appalachian
Frontier)
Byron In Love by Edna O'Brien (W.W.
Norton)
Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life
Nightchild by James Barclay (PYR)
Nightchild (Chronicles of the Raven)
Nov. 11:
Hollywood Babylon by Danforth Prince
(Blood Moon)
Hollywood Babylon--It's Back
Paul Newman by Darwin Porter (Blood
Moon)
Paul Newman, The Man Behind the Baby
Blues: His Secret Life Exposed
Heat Wave by Richard Castle (Hyperion)
Heat Wave
Smaldone by Dick Kreck (Fulcrum
Publishing)
Smaldone: The Untold Story of an
American Crime Family
Open: An Autobiography
by Andre Agassi (Knopf Doubleday
Publishing)
Open: An Autobiography
Nothin But Try by Tall Paul (Author
House)
"Nothin' But Try": The Shane Drury Story
Girl On Top by Nicole Williams (Center
Street/Hachette)
Girl on Top: Your Guide to Turning
Dating Rules into Career Success
Divine Soul Mind Body Healing and
Transmission System: The Divine Way to
Heal You, Humanity, Mother Earth, and
All Universes
by Zhi Gang Sha (Simon & Schuster)
Divine Soul Mind Body Healing and
Transmission System: The Divine Way to
Heal You, Humanity, Mother Earth, and
All Universes
Nov. 10:
In
Their Blood by Sharon Potts (Oceanview
Publishing)
In Their Blood: A Novel
The
Sixty-Minute Shakespeare by Cass Foster
(Five-Star Publications)
Sixty-Minute Shakespeare : Romeo and
Juliet (The Sixty-Minute Shakespeare
Series)
Souvenirs Of Solitude by Brennan Manning
(NavPress)
Souvenirs of Solitude: Finding Rest in
Abba's Embrace
Dwelling In His Presence by Cynthia
Heald (NavPress)
Dwelling in His Presence: 30 Days of
Intimacy with God: A Devotional for
Today's Woman
Emmy's Equal by Marcia Gruver (Barbour
Publishing)
Emmy's Equal (Texas Fortunes)
Love
Is A Battlefield by Annalisa Daughty
(Barbour Publishing)
Love Is a Battlefield (A Walk in the
Park)
No
Kids by Corinne Maier (McClelland &
Stewart)
No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have
Children
Batteries
Not Included by Thom Singer (New Year
Publishing)
Batteries Not Included
Nov 9:
Rural Free by Rachel Peden (Indiana
University Press)
Rural Free: A Farmwife's Almanac of
Country Living (Quarry Books)
Pitch Black, Don't Be Skerd by Youme
Landowne (Cinco Puntos Press)
Pitch Black
All About Electric And Hybrid Cars
(Mitchell Lane Publishers)
All About Electric and Hybrid Cars and
Who's Driving Them (Tell Your Parents)
(Robbie Readers)
Under The Cajun Moon by Mindy Starns
(Harvest House Publishers)
Under the Cajun Moon
Pumpkin Baby by Jane Yolen (Key Porter
Kids)
Pumpkin Baby
Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas
by Jane O'Connor (Harper Collins)
Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas
Promote Like A Pro by Linda Radke (Five
Star Publications)
Linda Radke's Promote Like a Pro: Small
Budget, Big Show
The Economical Guide To Self-Publishing
by Linda Radke (Five Star Publications)
The Economical Guide to Self-Publishing:
How to Produce and Market Your Book on a
Budget
Nov. 6:
What's So Great About Granite by
Jennifer H. Carey (Mountain Press
Publishing)
What's So Great About Granite? (What's
So Great About Geology?)
When
Everything Changed by Gail Collins
(Little, Brown)
When Everything Changed: The Amazing
Journey of American Women from 1960 to
the Present
Palm
Web OS by Mitch Allen (O'Reilly)
Palm webOS
Programming The iPhone Experience by
Toby Boudreaux (O'Reilly)
Programming the iPhone User Experience
Essays by Wallace Shawn (Haymarket
Books)
Essays
Field Notes On Democracy by Arunbhati
Roy (Haymarket Books)
Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to
Grasshoppers
America
In The 1970's by Marlee Richards (21
Century Books/Lerner)
America in the 1970s (The Decades of
Twentieth-Century America)
Action Figures by Bob Raczka (Lerner
Publishing Group)
Action Figures: Paintings of Fun,
Daring, and Adventure (Bob Raczka's Art
Adventures)
Nov. 5:
Another Faust by Daniel & Dina Nayeri
(Candlewick Press)
Another Faust
Innocence Proves Nothing by Sandy
Mitchell (BL)
Innocence Proves Nothing (Warhammer
40,000 Novels)
 Why
Italians Love To talk About Food by
Elena Kostioukovitch (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux)
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food
NASCAR POP-UP by Sallly Blakemore (Gibbs
Smith Publisher)
NASCAR Pop-Up Book: A Guide To The Sport
(NASCAR Library Collection (Gibbs
Smith))
Dreaming Of Baghdad by Haifa Zangana
(The Feminist Press)
Dreaming of Baghdad (Women Writing the
Middle East)
Gilt
by Stephen Greenhorn (Hern, Nick Books)
Gilt
Everything We Needed To Know About
Business, We Learned Playing Music by
Craig M. Cortello (La Dolce Vita
Enterprises)
Everything We Needed to Know About
Business, We Learned Playing Music
A
Deep Dark Secret by Kimberly Lawson Roby
(William Morrow)
A Deep Dark Secret
Nov. 4:
The
Way Of Boys by Anthony Rio, Ph.D.
(William Morrow)
The Way of Boys: Raising Healthy Boys in
a Challenging and Complex World
Ford
County by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday)
Ford County: Stories
Fantasy Geeks And Gaming Geeks by Ethan
Gilsdorf (Globe Peguot Press)
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic
Quest for Reality Among Role Players,
Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of
Imaginary Realms
National Geographic Concise History Of
Science & Invention (National Geographic
Books)
National Geographic Concise History of
Science and Invention: An Illustrated
Time Line
Blade Runners, Deer Hunters, and Blowing
The Bloody Doors Off by Michael Deeley
(Pegasus Books)
Blade Runners, Deer Hunters, & Blowing
the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult
Movies
Inventing Montana by Ted Lesson (Skyhorse
Publishing)
Inventing Montana: Dispatches from the
Madison Valley
The
Adderall Diaries by Stephen Elliott (Graywolf
Press)
The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods,
Masochism, and Murder
Leaden Skies by Ann Parker (Poisoned
Pen)
Leaden Skies (Silver Rush Mysteries)
Nov. 3:
Service Dress Blues by Michael Bowen
(Poisoned Pen Press)
Service Dress Blues: Rep and Melissa
Pennyworth Mystery (Rep and Melissa
Penyworth Mysteries)
Vegan Yum Yum by Lauren Ulm (HCI)
Vegan Yum Yum: Decadent (But Doable)
Animal-Free Recipes for Entertaining and
Everyday
Bake
Deliciously by Jean Duane (www.alternativecook.com)
Bake Deliciously! Gluten and Dairy Free
Cookbook
 Why
Our Health Matters by Andrew Weil, M.D.
(Hudson Street Press/Penguin)
Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of
Medicine That Can Transform Our Future
Angel Fall by Coleman Luck (Zondervan)
Angel Fall: A Novel
Lift
Every Voice by Patricia Sullivan (The
New Press)
Lift Every Voice: The NAACP and the
Making of the Civil Rights Movement
I
Never Fancied Him Anyway by Claudia
Carroll (Avon Trade)
I Never Fancied Him Anyway
Riches Among The Ruins by Robert P.
Smith (Amacom)
Riches Among the Ruins: Adventures in
the Dark Corners of the Global Economy
Nov. 2:
The
Anatomy Of Evil by Michael H. Stone, MD
(Prometheus Books)
The Anatomy of Evil
1,000 Dollars And An Idea by Sam Wyly
(New Market Press)
1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur
to Billionaire: Expanded Edition
Sudoku Easy-to-Hard, Vol. 2 by Will
Shortz (St. Martin's Press)
Will Shortz Presents Easy to Hard Sudoku
Volume 2
Deadly Descent by Charlotte Hinger
(Poisoned Pen Press)
Deadly Descent
Warrior's Rage by Douglas Macgregor
(Naval Institute Press)
Warrior's Rage: The Great Tank Battle of
73 Easting
i
sold Andy Warhol by Richard Polsky
(Other Press)
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)
The
Pattern In The Carpet by Margaret
Drabble (Hought Mifflin Harcourt)
The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal
History with Jigsaws
Rules of Vengeance by Christopher Reich
(Knopf Doubleday)
Rules of Vengeance
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