New In The Library This Week: 4 October - 8 October, 2010

Hello ladies!

We have a number of new additions to the Fontbonne Library this week including new fiction, nonfiction and periodicals. Stop by and check one out!

Books 

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

"The story of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers, who, along with two companions, sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." (TitlePeek Summary)

City of Thieves by David Beinoff

"Seventeen-year-old Lev Beniov, having been arrested for looting the corpse of a German paratrooper, is given the opportunity to be released from jail if he, along with a soldier imprisoned for desertion, can secure twelve eggs to be used in the colonel's daughter's wedding cake by traversing the dangerous streets of Leningrad." (TitlePeek Summary) 

Daisy Miller by Henry James  

"Daisy Miller, an innocent yet bold American girl, runs afoul of the European code of conduct at the turn of the twentieth century." (TitlePeek Summary)
 

For One More Day  by Mitch Albom

"After years of drinking, being rejected by his wife and daughter, and a suicide attempt, ex-baseball star Charley Benetto returns to his childhood home where he encounters the ghost of his mother, who tells him family secrets and guides him in making his life better." (TitlePeek Summary)

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

"Examines the experiences of the children and husband of Henrietta Lacks, who, twenty years after her death from cervical cancer in 1951, learned doctors and researchers took cells from her cervix without consent which were used to create the immortal cell line known as the HeLa cell; provides an overview of Henrietta's life; and explores issues of experimentation on African-Americans and bioethics." (TitlePeek Review) 

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 
Rated ****/5 stars by 23 Fontbonne students!  Here are some of their comments: 

"I loved this novel so much. Lily has an amazing and suspenseful journey throughout the entire book. It's hard to put the book down until the very end!!"

"the secret life of bees is an invigorating book about love, worlds trouble, and racism and its all from the point of view of a 13 year old girl!"

"I thought this book was beyond awesome!! I saw the movie and i loved how it stayed really close to the book!! Lets have a sequel!! :)"

Periodicals 

America: The National Catholic Weekly October 4, 2010

-Appalachia's Wounds: the injustice of mountaintop removal 
-Fall Books Review 
-Urban Renewal

Dance Magazine October 2010

-Boston Ballet's Next Chapter 
-Costumes: Glam & Goth 
-The Joffrey Ballet's Victoria Jaiani

Educational Leadership October 2010

-Cell Phones as Teaching Tools 
-Faces of Autism
-Interventions That Work 

Newsweek October 11, 2010

-Attack of the Droids: Google, Apple and the Battle for the Future of Computing 
-From Lockers to Lockup: Should we treat school bullies as criminals? 
-The Remaking of Martha Stewart