New Non-Fiction

Paris Fashion 
Valerie Steele

Dawn of the New Everything   
Jaron Lanier

Ten Emerging Technologies, 
That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything 
Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Wild Nights, How Taming Sleep Created Our Restless World   
Benjamin Reiss

What Do Philosophers Do?
Penelope Maddy

San Lorenzo A Florentine Church     
Robert W. Gaston

The Struggle to Reform Our Colleges     
Derek Bok

A Good Cry   
Nikki Giovanni

Reporting War 
Ray Moseley

About Abortion, Terminating Pregnancy in 21^st Century America   
Carol Sanger

Shrinking Violets, The Secret Life of Shyness     
Joe Moran

Raptors The Curious Nature of Diurnal Birds of Prey   
Keith L. Bildstein

Choosing Daughters Family Change in Rural China   
Lihong Shi

Flavor The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense  
Bob Holmes

Making the Scene  A History of Stage Design 
and Technology in Europe and the United States  

Oscar G. Brockett

Leonardo Da Vinci 
Walter Issacson

Leonardo Da Vinci 
Walter Issacson

Ethics in the Real World, 
82 Brief Essays of Things That Matter   
Peter Singer

It's not too late to be a Foster Angel!

Its not too late!

We love to see those bicycles!

Two weeks remain before the deadline for gifts and there are still tags on the tree to choose from. And don't be daunted by teen requests!  

Most of them just want a gift card and nothing could be easier!  

The last day to bring in gifts is Dec. 14th, so please come by and choose a tag! 

NEW NON-FICTION !

Once again, we don't want our Non-fiction readers to think we've forgotten them. Here is a list of some of our new titles just in:

Becoming the Math Teacher You Wished You'd Had by T. J. Zager

The Metaphysics of the Pythagorean Theory by Robert Hahn

All the World's Primates by Rowe, Myers and Goodall

Protestants:The Faith that made the Modern World by Alec Ryrie 

End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religion

by Wendell G. Johnson, ed.

Ants Among the Elephants: 
an Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

by Sujatha Gidla

Death in the Air: the true story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog 

and the strangling of a city by Kate W. Dawson 

Drunks and American History by Christopher M. Finan

Suzanne's Children, a Daring Rescue in Nazi Germany by Anne Nelson

The Makeup Artist Handbook by Gretchen Davis and Mindy Hall

The Art of Mesoamerica from Olmec to Aztec by Mary Ellen Miller

Destroying a Nation, The Civil War in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam

True Gentlemen, The Broken Pledge of America's Fraternities by John Hechinger

Muslims and the Making of America by Amir Hussain

Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 by David Cesarani

New in Fiction:

The Lease Book Collection is provided by the 

generosity of the Brandon SGA

Merry and Bright by Debbie Macomber

Mind Game by Iris Johansen

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz

Killing Season: A Thriller by Faye Kellerman

In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende; translated from the Spanish by Nick Castor 

The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Typhoon Fury: A Novel of the Oregon Files by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison

Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

End Game by David Baldacci

Foster Angel Tree

The Foster Angel Tree is Up!

Awww come on, Laurie!  It’s not even Thanksgiving yet! I know but there are less than six weeks of shopping before the pick up deadline of December 14^th. And, of course, we have to make sure to take everyone can take advantage of the post-Thanksgiving sales! You can take one tag, or more than one.  Buy one gift, or more than one gift. Buy toys they want, or clothing needs.  Or both. (We noted one request for a "Live Hamster."  It's tempting, but please, no!)

Some of the children in the Foster system are able to go back with their parents, but most are not.  If they’re lucky they stay in one home throughout their time in foster care. But most are moved around.  Most of the volunteers in this program are Foster Parents and many of those adopt the children they care for, despite having children of their own. Our contribution at this time of year helps make all this a bit easier. Daily necessities are priority, Christmas presents are a luxury we can make possible. Why is this important? Because it’s your money going directly to a child and insures a better holiday season, right here in Hillsborough County.

Thank you, 
Laurie

New Fiction TItles

New Best Seller titles are in! Have a look for your favorite authors 

or stop by the BLRC and browse the collection!

The Lease Book collection is made possible by the

HCC Brandon SGA

A Column of Fire by Ken Follett

Crime Scene by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman

The Store by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta

Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben

Deadfall by Linda Fairstein

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie Sanders

This Fight is our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class by Elizabeth Warren

The Cuban Affair: A Novel by Nelson DeMille

New books for your reading needs

New titles have arrived for the last of summer reading!

The Lease Book Collection is made possible

by the generosity of the HCC Brandon SGA

Any Day Now by Robyn Carr

The Black Book by James Patterson and David Ellis

The Fix / David by Baldacci

Finding Gideon by Eric Jerome Dickey

I Found You by Lisa Jewell

Walkaway by Cory Doctorow

Two from the Heart by James Patterson and Co.

Little White Lies by Ace Atkins

The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick

Full Wolf Moon by Lincoln Child

Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Fallout by Sara Paretsky

The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve

A Hiss Before Dying: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

by Rita Mae Brown

The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand

The Switch by Joseph Finder

New Non-Fiction

We don't want our non-fiction readers to feel left out, so here's a sampling of the some of the new titles in the permanent collection. Many more are now on display in the BLRC! ~ Laurie

Born to Run / Bruce Springsteen

Stealing Fire / Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal

Bedlam's Door /True Tales of Madness and Hope  Mark Rubenstein, MD

Medieval and Renaissance Art / Carl Becker

Renaissance / Manfred Wundram

Vermeer The Complete Works / Karl Schultz

Black Elk The Life of an American Visionary / Joe Jackson

Secondhand Time:The Last of the Soviets / Svetlana Alexievich

Unlocking the Past,How Archaeologists 
are Rewriting Human History with Ancient DNA / Martin Jones

Women in Imperial China / Bret Hinsch

The Plague of War: Athens, Sparta and the Struggle for Ancient Greece / Jennifer T Roberts

The Chosen Few A Company of Paratroopers and its Heroic Strugge to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan / Gregg Zoroya

Darwinism as Religion: What Literature Tells Us About Evolution / Michael Ruse

The Making of the Oxford Dictionary / Peter Gilliver

The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, 
Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish / Emily Voight

The Case Against Sugar / Gary Taubes

New books!

  

Best sellers are in for summer reading!

Tim Dorsey leads the pack with Clownfish Blues, 
guaranteed to help us find the humor in Florida life.

New In Fiction

Courtesy of the Brandon SGA

    The Prisoner / Alex Berenson

     The Sleepwalker / Chris Bohjalian

    The Wrong Side of Goodbye/ Michael Connelly

    The Girl Before / JP Delaney

    Expecting to Die / Lisa Jackson

  Lord of the Privateers / Stephanie Laurens

  Fatal / John Lescroart

   The Obsidian Chamber: A Pendergast Novel / 

Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

   Escape Clause / John Sandford

  Sex, Lies & Serious Money / Stuart Woods

  The Most Dangerous Place on Earth / Lindsey Lee Johnson

   Clownfish Blues / Tim Dorsey

  Power Game / Christine Feehan

  Never Never / James Patterson and Candice Fox

  Bone Box: A Decker Lazarus novel / Faye Kellerman

   My (Not So) Perfect Life / Sophie Kinsella

Rather be the Devil / Ian Rankin

   Right Behind You / Lisa Gardner

  Below the Belt / Stuart Woods

Baxter Family Christmas / Karen Kingsbury

Florida Nature Program

James Moran, Florida nature photographer, will present his spectacular program "A Journal of Light: a Photographer's Search for the Soul of Florida, on Wed. Feb. 24, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to noon, in the Brandon Student Services Building Auditorium.

"For twenty years, John Moran has traveled the Sunshine State with his cameras, capturing natural Florida as it must have appeared to Ponce de Leon and other early strangers in paradise. Narrating a slide show of his remarkable collection of landscape and wildlife photography, Moran reflects on his quest to capture the soul of one of the most photographed states in the country."

The program is sponsored by the Hillsborough Community College's Brandon Speakers Committee and is supported by the Hillsborough Community Brandon Student Government Assn.

The program is free and open to the public. Professors who wish to bring their classes should rsvp Wendy Foley at 813-253-7803 or wfoley@hccfl.edu. For more information, please also contact Wendy Foley.

New Books/ Halloween

2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France the Celtic tribes observed the New Year on November 1 with the festival of Samhain. Marking the end of summer and the beginning of winter this time of year was associated with death, and the Celts believed that on the night before the new year the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. By A.D. 43, Romans had conquered the majority of Celtic territory and in the course of the four hundred years that they ruled there, two festivals of Roman origin were combined with the traditional Celtic celebrations. First there was Feralia, a day in late October, when the Romans traditionally commemorated the passing of the dead. Second was a day to honor Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees who's symbol is the apple, and the incorporation of this celebration into Samhain may explain the tradition of "bobbing" for apples practiced today. As Christianity spread the celebration called All-hallowmas ( meaning All Saints' Day) and the night before, the night of Samhain, came to be called All-hallows Eve and, eventually, Halloween. Later, in A.D. 1000, the Catholic Church would make November 2 All Souls' Day, a day to honor the dead. It was celebrated similarly to Samhain, with big bonfires, parades, and dressing up in costumes. So, this year, as you spend your share of the estimated 5 billion dollars spent in the US each year on Halloween costumes and tooth decaying snacks for your neighbor’s kids, go ahead, feel part of a very ancient tradition, because you are~ Laurie

The Lease Plan is sponsored by the Student Government Association.

NEW IN THE LIBRARY:

Traveling with Pomegranates by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Seven Days of Rage by Paul La Rosa
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! by Ralph Nader
A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve
Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates
The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson
Rough Country by John Sandford
The Defector by Daniel Silva
The Help by Kathryn Stockard
The Spire by Richard North Patterson
Hothouse Orchid by Stuart Woods
Hardball by Sara Peretsky
Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls

Image: "Black Domestic Cat Silhouetted Against Sunset Sky, Eyes
Reflecting the Light, UK by Jane Burton