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August 30, 2011

* Indicates availability at Goodall City Library

FICTION:

* 1. THE OMEN MACHINE, by Terry Goodkind. A return to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell, in a tale of a new threat to their world.

   2. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. After a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of "A Song of Ice and Fire."

* 3. FULL BLACK, by Brad Thor. The covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath has a plan to stop a terrorist group that wants to take down the United States.

* 4. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

* 5. COLD VENGEANCE, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Devastated by the discovery that his wife, Helen, was murdered, Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast must have retribution. But revenge is not simple. As he hunts her betrayers, a monstrous conspiracy emerges.

* 6.  GHOST STORY, by Jim Butcher. Harry Dresden, the wizard detective in Chicago, has been murdered. But that doesn’t stop him when his friends are in danger.

* 7. THE IDEAL MAN, by Julie Garwood. A doctor who witnesses the shooting of an F.B.I. agent finds herself drawn to the agent leading the case.

* 8. PORTRAIT OF A SPY, by Daniel Silva. To stop a network of death, an international operative must reach into his violent past.

* 9. VICTORY AND HONOR, by W.E.B. Griffin.  Weeks after Hitler’s suicide, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the O.S.S. are up to their necks in battles that are as fierce as the ones just ended.

*10. THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of the Millennium trilogy, about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.

NONFICTION:

* 1. A STOLEN LIFE, by Jaycee Dugard. A woman’s recollection of being kidnapped at the age of 11, spending 18 years imprisoned by a convicted rapist and his wife and bearing two daughters by him.

* 2. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II.

* 3. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS, by Erik Larson. This portrait of Berlin during the rise of the Nazi Party centers on the experiences of William E. Dodd, who became the U.S. ambassador to Germany in 1933, and his daughter, Martha.

   4. AFTER AMERICA, by Mark Steyn.  The writer foresees Armageddon for America, which he says has caught up with Europe in the rush to self-destruction.

* 5. 1493, by Charles C. Mann. Picking up where “1491” left off, the author says that ecological encounters since Columbus have affected much of subsequent human history.

   6. THE GREATER JOURNEY, by David McCullough. The historian explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors.

* 7. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. A memoir from the creator of "30 Rock."

* 8. THROUGH MY EYES, by Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker. The Broncos quarterback chronicles his personal and professional course, from his career at the University of Florida to his rookie season in Denver.

   9.  SEAL TEAM SIX, by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. An expert sniper and former member of the Navy Seals recounts his military training and missions, including the battle of Mogadishu in 1993.

*10. OF THEE I ZING, by Laura Ingraham with Raymond Arroyo. The talk radio host satirizes America’s cultural decline, from muffin tops to body shots.

ADVICE:

   1. THE 17 DAY DIET, by Mike Moreno

   2. PRIME TIME, by Jane Fonda

   3. GO THE _ TO SLEEP, by Adam Mansbach. Illustrated by Ricardo Cortés.

* 4. THE DUKAN DIET, by Pierre Dukan

   5. AFTERSHOCK, by David Wiedemer, Robert A. Wiedemer and Cindy Spitzer