"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious than to be able to decide."
~Napoleon BonaparteOkay, how odd is it to find a quote about freedom from a dictator like Napoleon? This week we celebrate freedom and remember all of the costs and responsibilities that come with it. Celebrate your freedom and give some thought to the gift that it is to be able to decide.
FICTION HARDCOVER
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEXT, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
Call #: F LAR
THE LION, by Nelson DeMille. (Grand Central, $27.99.) John Corey, now a federal agent, pursues a Libyan terrorist who has returned to America bent on revenge.
Call #: F DEM
THE PASSAGE, by Justin Cronin. (Ballantine, $27.) More than a hundred years in the future, a small group resists the vampires who have taken over North America.
Call #: F CRO
WHIPLASH, by Catherine Coulter. (Putnam, 26.95.) The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock help investigate misdeeds at a pharmaceutical company.
Call #: F COU
The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
Call #: F STO
THE SPY, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95.) In 1908, a murder leads the detective Isaac Bell to investigate international spies who are trying to keep America from developing a fleet of dreadnought battleships.
Call #: F CUS
LOWCOUNTRY SUMMER, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (William Morrow/HarperCollins, $25.99.) In this sequel to “Plantation,” a woman returns home after her mother’s death to encounter old secrets and lies.
Call #: F FRA
61 hours, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial.
Call #: F CHI
INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) When Rusty Sabich’s wife is found dead, Tommy Molto accuses him of murder for the second time, as Turow revisits the characters from “Presumed Innocent.”
Call #: F TUR
DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war.
Call #: F HAR
THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne matches wits with a vicious Russian mercenary.
Call #: F LUS
NONFICTION HARDCOVER
SH*T MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.
Call#: 818.602 HAL
MEDIUM RAW, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The author of “Kitchen Confidential” looks critically both at the changes in the food and restaurant culture in the past 10 years and at the people responsible for them.
Call#: BIO BOU
THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
Call#: 330.973 LEW
THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. (Viking, $30.) Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Call#: 973.82 PHI
SPOKEN FROM THE HEART,by Laura Bush. (Scribner, $30.) A memoir from the former first lady.
Call#: 973.93 BUS
WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan.
Call#: 958.104 JUN
CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the comedian.
Call#: 814.6 HAN
UNCHARTED TERRITORI, by Tori Spelling with Hilary Liftin. (Gallery Books, $25.) Humorous stories about juggling Hollywood work, marriage and motherhood, from the author of “Mommywood” and star of “Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.”
Call #: BIO SPE
THE PACIFIC, by Hugh Ambrose. (NAL Caliber, $26.95.) Stories of Marines and a Navy pilot during World War II; companion volume for an HBO mini-series.
Call #: 940.545 AMB
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA
CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel G. Amen. (Harmony, $25.99.) Using the brain-body connection to lose weight and avoid depression.
Call#: 613.AME
WOMEN, FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth. (Scribner, $24.) How women can free themselves from the tyranny of fear and hopelessness surrounding their bodies.
Call#: 616.852 ROT
THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment,” from a Carnegie Mellon University professor who died of cancer at age 47.
Call#: BIO PAU
"There is no secret to balance, you simply have to feel the waves."
~Frank Herbert, AuthorWhere does reading fall into the balanced life? With all that we have to do, how do we find time for those optional pleasures, those things we mean to do - one day? Step off the daily treadmill of activities and take some slow measured steps. Rediscover simple pleasures and the joy of being leisurely.
FICTION HARDCOVERTHE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEXT, by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf, $27.95.) The third volume of a trilogy about a Swedish hacker and a journalist.
Call #: F LAR
BULLET, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Berkley, $26.95.) Anita Blake, vampire hunter, is menaced by the Mother of All Darkness, who wants to take over her body.
Call #: F HAM
THE SPY, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam, $27.95.) In 1908, a murder leads the detective Isaac Bell to investigate international spies who are trying to keep America from developing a fleet of dreadnought battleships.
Call #: F CUS
The HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam, $24.95.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.
Call #: F STO
DEAD IN THE FAMILY, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) Sookie Stackhouse is exhausted in the aftermath of a Fae war.
Call #: F HAR
61 hours, by Lee Child. (Delacorte, $28.) Jack Reacher helps the police in a small South Dakota town protect a witness in a drug trial.
Call #: F CHI
THE BURNING WIRE, by Jeffery Deaver. (Simon & Schuster, $26.99.) The forensic detective Lincoln Rhyme investigates a series of murderous electrical explosions and tracks the killer known as the Watchmaker to Mexico.
Call #: F DEA
STORM PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam, $27.95.) Lucas Davenport’s wife is a witness to a botched robbery and murder in the 20th novel in the “Prey” series.
Call #: F SAN
THE BOURNE OBJECTIVE, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Grand Central, $27.99.) Robert Ludlum’s character Jason Bourne matches wits with a vicious Russian mercenary.
Call #: F LUS
INNOCENT, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central, $27.99.) When Rusty Sabich’s wife is found dead, Tommy Molto accuses him of murder for the second time, as Turow revisits the characters from “Presumed Innocent.”
Call #: F TUR
HEART OF THE MATTER, by Emily Giffin. (St. Martin’s, $26.99.) The lives of two women — one married to a pediatric plastic surgeon, the other a lawyer and single mother — converge after an accident involving the lawyer’s son.
Call #: F GIF
THE 9TH JUDGMENT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Detective Lindsay Boxer pursues a killer who’s preying on women and children.
Call #: F PAT
ALLIES, by Christie Golden. (Del Rey/Ballantine, $27.) The Skywalkers and the Sith undertake an unprecedented joint mission; a “Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi” book.
Call #: F GOL
THE RULE OF NINE, by Steve Martini. (Morrow/HarperCollins, $26.99.) The lawyer Paul Madriani pursues the hired assassin Liquida, who is out for revenge, while a terrorist plots an attack on the United States.
Call #: F MAR
NONFICTION HARDCOVER
SH*T MY DAD SAYS, by Justin Halpern. (It Books/HarperCollins, $15.99.) A coming-of-age memoir organized around the musings, purveyed on Twitter, of the author’s father.
Call#: 818.602 HAL
WAR, by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve, $26.99.) The intense lives of American soldiers in a lethal corner of Afghanistan.
Call#: 958.104 JUN
SPOKEN FROM THE HEART,by Laura Bush. (Scribner, $30.) A memoir from the former first lady.
Call#: 973.93 BUS
THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton, $27.95.) The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.
Call#: 330.973 LEW
CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG, by Chelsea Handler. (Grand Central, $25.99.) More humorous personal essays from the comedian.
Call#: 814.6 HAN
THE LAST STAND, by Nathaniel Philbrick. (Viking, $30.) Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
Call#: 973.82 PHI
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities as well as talent.
Call#: 302 GLA
CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel G. Amen. (Harmony, $25.99.) Using the brain-body connection to lose weight and avoid depression.
Call#: 613.AME
WOMEN, FOOD AND GOD, by Geneen Roth. (Scribner, $24.) How women can free themselves from the tyranny of fear and hopelessness surrounding their bodies.
Call#: 616.852 ROT
THE LAST LECTURE, by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow. (Hyperion, $21.95.) Thoughts on “seizing every moment,” from a Carnegie Mellon University professor who died of cancer at age 47.
Call#: BIO PAU
ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN, by Steve Harvey with Denene Millner. (Amistad/HarperCollins, $23.99.) Tips on relationships from the comedian and host of “The Steve Harvey Morning Show.”
Call#: 646.77 HAR
