6/2: New at the library this week

DVDs:

• North Country

Books:

• School's out-- forever / James Patterson — Brave bird-kid Max and her flock fly south on a perilous quest to find their parents, after having rescued Angel and recovered secret documents about their origins. But just when they think they've finally escaped the hungry claws of evil Erasers, they're discovered by an FBI agent and forced to face perhaps an even worse nightmare: going to school.
• The bookwoman's last fling / John Dunning — Denver bookman Cliff Janeway would have liked Candice Geiger. She loved books with a true bookwoman's passion. Her collection of first-edition children's books is the best that Janeway ever hopes to see.
• The Lady & Sons just desserts : more than 120 sweet temptations from Savannah's favorite restaurant / Paula H. Deen — The queen of Savannah's The Lady & Sons restaurant, Paula Deen knows how to please a hungry crowd. In The Lady & Sons Just Desserts, Paula shares the down-home recipes that made her famous, including her signature Gooey Butter Cake (with luscious variations). Peach Cobbler, Turtle Cake, Sweet Baby Carrot Cake, Lemon Curd Pudding, and Pecan Dreams.
• The Complete step-by-step guide to home sewing / Jeanne Argent — This is an eminently practical book, crammed full of attractive ideas for improving any room. Whatever your style, whatever the mood you want to create, 'Home Sewing' delivers excellent technical guidance on an impressive range of topics.
• Life, 100 photographs that changed the world — The power of pictures is celebrated in this portfolio of the most forceful still images of all time.
• A Gathering of Saints in Alaska : an informal chronicle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the state of Alaska / Patricia B. Jasper