12/15: New at the library this week

DVDs:

• Friday Night Lights
• Faith

Books:

• I, Coriander/Gardner, Sally-- (Age Range: 9 to 12) Coriander Hobie, born in 1643, has a remarkable tale to tell -- the tale of a childhood touched by unexplained bits of wonder, but too soon marked by tragedy. After her beloved mother dies and her father is forced to flee London, Coriander is left at the mercy of a stepmother full of cruelty. In the very nick of time, Coriander finds that she has somehow managed to transport herself to a land of fairies, and there she discovers what she has always suspected: that her mother was from a more magical world than grimy old London.
• Out of Order/ Hicks, Betty--(Age Range: 12 and up) One million American children become part of blended family every year. What happens to stepsiblings when the oldest child suddenly becomes the middle child, and the youngest even younger? Out of Order delivers four electric points of view from stepsiblings, ages nine to fifteen, in a super-unsettled, scrambled-up family
• Son of a Witch/Maguire, Gregory--Ten years after his tour de force Wicked, Gregory Maguire returns to the Land of Oz. Son of a Witch unspools the story of Liir, an adolescent boy who is discovered battered and comatose a decade after Elphaba melted into oblivion.
• The Lincoln Lawyer/Connelly, Michael--In the first-ever legal thriller by crime novelist Michael Connelly, ethically ambiguous defense attorney Mickey Haller's search for innocence in a high-profile case involving a young Beverly Hills playboy leads him to the ultimate evil.
• S is for Silence/Grafton, Sue--Thirty-four years ago, Violet Sullivan put on her party finery and left for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display. She was never seen again. In S is for Silence, Kinsey Millhone's nineteenth excursion into the world of suspense and misadventure, S is for surprises as Sue Grafton takes a whole new approach to telling the tale.
• The City of Falling Angels/Berendt, John--The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns after more than a decade to give us an intimate look at the "magic, mystery, and decadence" of the city of Venice and its inhabitants

12/8: New at the library this week

Books:

• Handknit Holidays/Melanie Falick--Best-selling knitting author Melanie Falick presents an eclectic collection of more than 50 original gifts, decorations, and clothing pieces for Christmas, Hanukkah, and the winter solstice, providing year-round inspiration for knitters of all levels.
• Knitting on the edge/Nicky Epstein--This collection of 350 knitted edgings, borders, and trims runs the gamut of styles and offers something for all tastes. A wealth of individual project ideas are featured for ribbed edges, ruffles, lace, fringes, flora, and garters.
• Stitch 'n Bitch/Debbie Stoller--It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks -- from the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques.
• Stitch 'n Bitch Nation/Debbie Stoller--Shares 50 fabulous, funky patterns for all levels of knitter; Full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions; Hundreds of helpful tips, shortcuts, and techniques; Includes illustrated knitter's cheat sheets and an invaluable guide on how to make any pattern your own.
• How to crochet/Pauline Turner--Master the traditional and versatile craft of crochet through a series of ten workshops.
• The Michael's book of needlecrafts/Dawn Cusick & Megan Kirby--Start stitching! Whether you knit, crochet, or embroider -- or want to learn how -- these fresh, contemporary projects and gorgeous pictures will entice you into picking up the needles and yarn.
• At knit's end; meditations for women who knit too much/Stephanie Pearl-McPhee--The tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in these 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from the self-proclaimed yarn harlot.
• Vogue Knitting: Quick Knits/Trisha Malcom--All 55 projects provide beautiful styles of hand-knit patterns, all of them quick, easy, and fun to make.
• Color Your Home/Suzy Chiazzari--When it comes to choosing colors, most people make selections by trial and error. Now, you can take the anxiety out of home color design with this accessible and easy-to-use guide with more than 65,000 color combinations at your fingertips.
• The Lighthouse/P.D. James--13th mystery featuring Scotland Yard's Commander Adam Dalgliesh proves to be the master detective's most unlucky case to date; while investigating the homicide of a world-renowned author on a privately owned island of the Cornish coast, Dalgliesh is confronted with something even more terrifying than the brutal murder…
• Southern Living 2005 Annual Recipe--compiles every kitchen-tested recipe, nearly 1,000 in all, from a whole year’s worth of Southern Living magazine into one heaven-sent volume.
• As if we were grownups/Jeff Golden--What if our political leaders started talking to us as if we were grownups?
• Pirate Girl/Cornelia Funke--(age 4-8) Ferocious pirate Captain Firebeard THINKS that he and the ruthless crew of the "Horrible Haddock" rule the high seas. But Firebeard and his band meet their match when they kidnap a small but feisty girl named Molly.
• The Princess Knight/Cornelia Funke--(age 5-8) Violetta is a small and spirited young princess who wants to be treated like her big brothers, who are training to be knights.
• Tuesday/David Wiesner--(age 5-9) It's Tuesday night, and a large bullfrog suddenly wakes up to discover he and his lily pad are floating in the air!
• Hurricane/David Wiesner--(age 5-8) The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted tree which becomes a magical place, transporting them on adventures limited only by their imaginations.

DVDs:

• Vera Drake
• Rick