New Releases
Our Picks this Week
Week of June 30, 2009
This week’s featured titles, as selected by our Collection Development department.
Angry Management
by Chris Crutcher
(Library Binding)
Return to Sullivan’s Island
by Dorothea Benton Frank
(Hardcover)
Swimsuit
by James Patterson
(Hardcover)
Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train
by Anne Rockwell
(Library Binding)
Timely, Topical Lists
We continually create collection-enhancing lists on topics that are important to your patrons right now.
- [NEW] Tribute to Michael Jackson
AV Special Topics (Added 06/26) - First Day of School
Juvenile & YA Special Topics (Added 06/22) - Multimedia: Early Learning
AV Special Topics (Added 06/22) - School Days
Adult Special Topics (Added 06/22) - Bastille Day
Juvenile & YA Special Topics (Added 05/29) - Independence Day
Juvenile & YA Special Topics (Added 05/29)
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This month, we sit down with Stephan Talty
Stephan Talty is a widely published journalist who has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, GQ and many other publications. 
He is the New York Times best-selling author of Empire of Blue Water and Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture. His latest release is The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon’s Greatest Army.
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Playaway Giveaway
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