Monday, December 11, 2006

Berkeley County Library: Top Books of 2006

The Top Books of 2006 as determined by Berkeley County Library readers!

* Based on Circulation transactions for New Titles
[1/1/2006 - 12/11/2006]

Juvenile Easy

1. The Berenstain bears and the big road race
by Berenstain, Stan, 1923-
Random House, c1987.
Call #: FIC BERENSTAIN

2. Curious George goes to an ice cream shop
Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
Call #: FIC CURIOUS

3. Please, puppy, please
by Lee, Spike.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Call #: FIC LEE

4. Mrs. McBloom, clean up your classroom!
by DiPucchio, Kelly S.
Hyperion Books For Children, c2005.
Call #: FIC DIPUCCHIO

5. School
by McCully, Emily Arnold.
HarperCollins, c2005.
Call #: FIC MCCULLY

Juvenile Fiction

1. Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day
by Park, Barbara.
Random House, 2000.
Call #: FIC PARK


1. Betty Crocker's kids cook!
by Crocker, Betty.
Macmillan, c1999.
Call #: 641.5123 CROCKER


2. Batter Up Kids : sensational snacks
by Beery, Barbara, 1954-
Gibbs Smith, c2005.
Call #: 641.539 BEERY

3. Kingfisher voyages : Space
by Goldsmith, Mike, Dr.
Kingfisher, 2005.
Call #: 629.45 GOLDSMITH

4. Ms. Frizzle's adventures : Imperial China
by Cole, Joanna.
Scholastic Press, c2005.
Call #: 951 COLE

5. The kids' holiday baking book : 150 favorite dessert recipes from around the world
by Black, Rosemary.
St. Martin's Griffin, 2003.
Call #: 641.86 BLACK

Youth Fiction

1. Fullmetal alchemist
by Arakawa, Hiromu.
Viz, [2005]-
Call #: FIC ARAKAWA


2. Mary, Mary : a novel
by Patterson, James, 1947-
Little, Brown, c2005.
Call #: FIC PATTERSON

3. The 5th horseman
by Patterson, James, 1947-
Little, Brown and Co., 2006.
Call #: FIC PATTERSON

4. Point blank : an FBI thriller
by Coulter, Catherine.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2005.
Call #: FIC COULTER

5. Forgiven
by Kingsbury, Karen.
Tyndale House Publishers, 2005.
Call #: FIC KINGSBURY

Adult Non-Fiction

1. Objection! : how high-priced defense attorneys, celebrity defendants, and a 24/7 media have hijacked our criminal justice system
by Grace, Nancy, 1959-
Hyperion, c2005.
Call #: 345.7305 GRACE

2. So you want to write : how to master the craft of writing fiction and memoir
by Piercy, Marge.
Leapfrog Press, 2005.
Call #: 808.3 PIERCY

3. The South Beach diet quick & easy cookbook : 200 delicious recipes ready in 30 minutes or less
by Agatston, Arthur.
Rodale ; Distributed to the book trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, c2005.
Call #: 641.5635 AGATSTON

4. How to write a grant proposal
by New, Cheryl Carter.
John Wiley & Sons, c2003.
Call #: 658.15224 NEW

5. Speak basic Spanish... in no time
by Rios, Larry C.
Que, c2005.
Call #: 468.3421 RIOS

Lease Adult Fiction

1. Every breath you take : a novel
by McNaught, Judith.
Ballantine Books, c2005.
Call #: FIC MCNAUGHT

2. A secret splendor
by Brown, Sandra, 1948-
MIRA, 2005.
Call #: FIC BROWN

3. All night long
by Krentz, Jayne Ann.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
Call #: FIC KRENTZ

4. The hunt club
by Lescroart, John T.
Dutton, 2006.
Call #: FIC LESCROART

5. The hostage
by Griffin, W. E. B.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2005.
Call #: FIC GRIFFIN

Posted by The Berkeley County Library System at 8:47 PM 1 comments

Saturday, December 9, 2006

ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2006

American Library Association
Best Books for Young Adults: 2006

* Available: In the Berkeley County Library Collection

1. Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story
by Akbar, Said Hyder and Burton, Susan.

* 2. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow
by Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.

* 3. Upstate
by Buckhanon, Kalisha

4. Looking for Alaska
by Green, John

5. Inexcusable
by Lynch, Chris

6. Twilight: A Novel
by Meyer, Stephanie

* 7. Runaways: Volume 1
by Vaughan, Brian K. HC. Illus. by Adrian Alphona.

* 8. Peeps
by Westerfeld, Scott

9. Poison
by Wooding, Chris

10. I Am the Messenger
by Zusak, Markus

Courtesy: YALSA
Posted by The Berkeley County Library System at 1:07 PM 0 comments

Amazon.com: Best Books of 2006

Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Best Books 2006

* Available: In the Berkeley County Library Collection

* 1. Suite Française
by Irene Nemirovsky

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Celebrated in pre-WWII France for her bestselling fiction, the Jewish Russian-born Némirovsky was shipped to Auschwitz in the summer of 1942, months after this long-lost masterwork was composed. Némirovsky, a convert to Catholicism, began a planned five-novel cycle as Nazi forces overran northern France in 1940.

* 2. The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan

From Publishers Weekly
[Signature]Reviewed by Pamela KaufmanPollan (The Botany of Desire) examines what he calls "our national eating disorder" (the Atkins craze, the precipitous rise in obesity) in this remarkably clearheaded book. It's a fascinating journey up and down the food chain, one that might change the way you read the label.

* 3. The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield

Amazon.com
Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel.

* 4. Sharp Objects: A Novel
by Gillian Flynn

Amazon.com
As loyal Entertainment Weekly subscribers, we have been fans of Gillian Flynn for her smart, funny, and spot-on reviews of books, movies, and TV, but we were not prepared for her stunning debut novel Sharp Objects, a wickedly dark thriller that Stephen King calls a "relentlessly creepy family saga".

* 5. The Emperor's Children
by Claire Messud

From Publishers Weekly
Marina Thwaite, Danielle Minkoff and Julian Clarke were buddies at Brown, certain that they would soon do something important in the world. But as all near 30, Danielle is struggling as a TV documentary maker, and Julius is barely surviving financially.

6. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
by Lawrence Wright

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Wright, a New Yorker writer, brings exhaustive research and delightful prose to one of the best books yet on the history of terrorism. He begins with the observation that, despite an impressive record of terror and assassination, post–WWarII, Islamic militants failed to establish theocracies.

7. The Places In Between
by Rory Stewart

From Publishers Weekly
We never really find out why Stewart decided to walk across Afghanistan only a few months after the Taliban were deposed, but what emerges from the last leg of his two-year journey across Asia is a lesson in good travel writing.

* 8. Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany
by Bill Buford

Amazon.com
Bill Buford's funny and engaging book Heat offers readers a rare glimpse behind the scenes in Mario Batali's kitchen. Who better to review the book for Amazon.com, than Anthony Bourdain, the man who first introduced readers to the wide array of lusty and colorful characters in the restaurant.

* 9.The Road
by Cormac Mccarthy

Amazon.com
Best known for his Border Trilogy, hailed in the San Francisco Chronicle as "an American classic to stand with the finest literary achievements of the century," Cormac McCarthy has written ten rich and often brutal novels, including last year's bestselling No Country for Old Men.

10. Caesar: Life of a Colossus
by Adrian Goldsworthy

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. The man who virtually defined the West's concept of leadership comes alive in this splendid biography. Military historian Goldsworthy (The Complete Roman Army) gives a comprehensive, vigorous account of Caesar's conquest of Gaul and his victories in the civil war that made him master of Rome.

Complete List: Amazon.com Editors' Picks: Top 50 Books of 2006
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Friday, December 1, 2006

Don't Forget! St. Stephen Christmas Parade is today @ 6:00 p.m.

The library will be represented!!
Be there or be square :)



A picture from the Parade (12/1/06). More pictures coming soon!




Ramona

Posted by The Berkeley County Library System at 10:02 AM 0 comments

Dewey Decimal meets Indiana Jones

"The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines," is TNT's sequel to the 2004 film, "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear" with Flynn Carson, adventure-Librarian.

This December, Noah Wyle is back for more adventure as Flynn Carson, the unlikely protector of humanity's greatest secrets, in TNT's THE LIBRARIAN: RETURN TO KING SOLOMON'S MINES. This globe-trotting action-thriller from the producer of Independence Day and the director of Star Trek: First Contact sends Flynn on a journey to uncover the fabled mines of King Solomon and a secret about his own family's past. He's joined by Gabrielle Anwar as a woman whose academic skills surpass even his own. Back after 2004's enormously successful The Librarian: Quest for the Spear are Bob Newhart, Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis.

Upcoming Airings
Sunday, December 3, 8:00PM ET TV-PG-LSV
Sunday, December 3, 10:00PM ET TV-PG-LSV
Monday, December 4, 12:00AM ET TV-PG-LSV
Wednesday, December 6, 9:00PM ET TV-PG-LSV
Saturday, December 9, 4:00PM ET TV-PG-LSV
Saturday, December 9, 11:45PM ET TV-PG-LSV
Sunday, December 10, 11:30AM ET TV-PG-LSV
Saturday, December 16, 12:15AM ET TV-PG-LSV

Did you watch the 'The Librarian: Quest for the Spear" or do you plan to watch "The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines", share your comments.

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