| American gun : a history of the U.S. in ten firearms | Kyle, Chris, | |
| Does This Church Make Me Look Fat? : A Mennonite Finds Faith, Meets Mr. Right, and Solves Her Lady Problems | Janzen, Rhoda | |
| Finding your Slovak ancestors | Alzo, Lisa A. | |
| Proof of heaven : a neurosurgeon’s journey into the afterlife | Alexander, Eben. | |
| Recovering from religious abuse : 11 steps to spiritual freedom | Watts, Jack (John T.) | |
| A train in winter : an extraordinary story of women, friendship, and resistance in occupied France | Moorehead, Caroline | |
Books
New Large Print added in August and September
| Title | Author | |
| 31 hours [large print] | Hamilton, Masha. | |
| Can’t Stop Believing [large print] : a Harmony Novel | Thomas, Jodi. | |
| Currant Creek Valley [large print] | Thayne, RaeAnne | |
| Generous justice [large print] : how God’s grace makes us just | Keller, Timothy J. | |
| Hotshot [large print] | Garwood, Julie. | |
| Hunting Eve [large print] | Johansen, Iris, author. | |
| Island girls [large print] | Thayer, Nancy, | |
| The memory book [large print] : a novel | Stokes, Penelope J. | |
| Miranda [large print] | Hill, Grace Livingston, | |
| The Panther | DeMille, Nelson. | |
| Tiger [large print] : the real story | Helling, Steve. | |
| The Wednesday daughters [large print] | Clayton, Meg Waite. | |
New fiction added in August and September
| Title | Author | |
| Aftershock | Sorenson, Jill. | |
| Against the edge | Martin, Kat. | |
| Against the odds | Martin, Kat. | |
| All out of love : a Cupid, Texas novel | Wilde, Lori. | |
| The Andalucian friend : a novel | Söderberg, Alexander. | |
| Aunt Dimity and the lost prince | Atherton, Nancy. | |
| Avenging angel | Becker, Anne Marie. | |
| Bare it all | Foster, Lori, 1958- | |
| The blood Gospel | Rollins, James. | |
| The boy from Berlin | Parker, Michael, 1941- | |
| Cat bearing gifts | Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. | |
| The cat, the mill, and the murder | Sweeney, Leann. | |
| The chaperone | Moriarty, Laura, 1970- | |
| Chose the wrong guy, gave him the wrong finger | Harbison, Elizabeth M. | |
| Cover of snow : a novel | Milchman, Jenny. | |
| Creep | Hillier, Jennifer. | |
| Curse of the PTA | Alden, Laura. | |
| Darkness, my old friend : a novel | Unger, Lisa, 1970- | |
| Dead, white, and blue | Hart, Carolyn G. | |
| Deadly stakes : a novel | Jance, Judith A. | |
| Death of a dowager | Campbell-Slan, Joanna. | |
| Dream eyes | Krentz, Jayne Ann. | |
| Eyes wide open | Gross, Andrew, 1952- | |
| False Impressions | Caldwell, Laura. | |
| A fete worse than death | Bishop, Claudia, 1947- | |
| The fifth assassin | Meltzer, Brad. | |
| Home by dark | Perry, Marta. | |
| In his sights | Beckett, Tina. | |
| Inferno | Kenyon, Sherrilyn, 1965- | |
| Killer crust | Cavender, Chris. | |
| Killer in crinolines | Brown, Duffy. | |
| The last man : a thriller | Flynn, Vince. | |
| The line between here and gone | Kane, Andrea. | |
| The loner | McKenna, Lindsay, 1946- | |
| Midnight at Marble Arch | Perry, Anne. | |
| Mrs. Jeffries takes a second look | Brightwell, Emily. | |
| Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker : a novel | Chiaverini, Jennifer. | |
| Nickeled-and-dimed to death | Swanson, Denise. | |
| Notorious nineteen : a Stephanie Plum novel | Evanovich, Janet. | |
| The perfect ghost | Barnes, Linda. | |
| Precious and fragile things | Hart, Megan. | |
| Private Berlin | Patterson, James, 1947- | |
| Red mist | Cornwell, Patricia Daniels. | |
| Redemption | Daniels, B. J. | |
| Robert B. Parker’s Damned if you do : a Jesse Stone novel | Brandman, Michael, author. | |
| Robert B. Parker’s Ironhorse | Knott, Robert, 1954- | |
| Scorched | Griffin, Laura, 1973- | |
| Second honeymoon | Patterson, James, 1947- | |
| Shades of passion | DePaul, Virna. | |
| The silent girl : a novel | Gerritsen, Tess. | |
| Stalked | Brennan, Allison. | |
| The Summer Girls : Low Country Summer Trilogy | Monroe, Mary Alice | |
| Sweet tea revenge | Childs, Laura. | |
| ‘Til death | Sala, Sharon. | |
| Two graves | Preston, Douglas J. | |
| Victims : an Alex Delaware novel | Kellerman, Jonathan. | |
| W Is for Wasted | Grafton, Sue | |
| The week before the wedding | Kendrick, Beth. | |
| Whiskey beach | Roberts, Nora. | |
| Zero hour : a novel from the NUMA files | Cussler, Clive. | |
New children’s books added in August and September
| Title | Author | |
| Amelia Bedelia’s first library card | Parish, Herman. | |
| A bag of marbles | Kris, 1972- | |
| Betty Bunny didn’t do it | Kaplan, Michael B. | |
| A big guy took my ball! | Willems, Mo. | |
| Chu’s day | Gaiman, Neil. | |
| Doll bones | Black, Holly. | |
| Good night! | Marchon, Benoît, | |
| Lucky ducklings | Moore, Eva. | |
| Murilla Gorilla, jungle detective | Lloyd, Jennifer. | |
| Penny and her marble | Henkes, Kevin. | |
| The Silver Six | Lieberman, A. J., author. | |
| Some monsters are different | Milgrim, David. | |
| The surprise attack of Jabba the Puppett : an Origami Yoda book | Angleberger, Tom, author, illustrator. | |
New audios added in August and September
| Title | Author | |
| 12th of never [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Patterson, James, | |
| Beautiful ruins [compact audio disc (unabridged)] : a novel | Walter, Jess, | |
| Don’t go [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Scottoline, Lisa. | |
| Family pictures [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Green, Jane, | |
| The great Gatsby [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), | |
| The hit [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Baldacci, David. | |
| The last runaway [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Chevalier, Tracy. | |
| Low pressure [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Brown, Sandra, | |
| Night moves [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | White, Randy Wayne. | |
| Private Berlin [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Patterson, James, | |
| Return of the Thin Man [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Hammett, Dashiell, | |
| Silken prey [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Sandford, John, | |
| The silver star [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Walls, Jeannette. | |
| Six years [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Coben, Harlan, | |
| This is how you lose her [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Díaz, Junot, | |
| Two graves [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Preston, Douglas J. | |
| Whiskey Beach [compact audio disc (unabridged)] | Roberts, Nora. | |
SALON Participating in International Big Read September 16-30, 2013
The Southern Adirondack Library System invites children and their parents to take part in the Big Library Read, a program in which over 4,000 libraries and schools world-wide give library cardholders simultaneous access to a popular title for a two-week period, creating a virtual, global book club.
Starting Monday, September 16 through Monday, September 30, library cardholders will be able to visit the SALON website and borrow and enjoy eBook and audiobook versions of the Big Library Read book, Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth by Jane O’Connor, Book 1 of the hugely popular Fancy Nancy children’s book series.
Borrowers may read or listen to the book on all major computers and devices, including iPhone®, iPad®, Nook®, Android™ phones and tablets, and Kindle® without worrying about wait lists or holds. Titles will automatically expire at the end of the lending period. There are no late fees!
New Books
These are books we added this week:
- American gun: a history of the U.S. in ten firearms by Chris Kyle
- Deadly stakes: a novel by J.A. Jance
- Dream eyes by Jayne Ann Krentz
- The kingmaker’s daughter by Philippa Gregory
- The last man: a thriller by Vince Flynn
- Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry
- Mrs. Lincoln’s dressmaker: a novel by Jennifer Chiaverini
- Notorious nineteen: a Stephanie Plum novel by Janet Evanovich
- Private Berlin by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
- Second honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan
- Two graves by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Whiskey beach by Nora Roberts
- The white queen by Philippa Gregory
- Zero hour: a novel from the NUMA files by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
New audios we added this week
Check these out!
- Dead man’s chest by Kerry Greenwood.
- Night moves by Randy Wayne White
- Night watch by Linda Fairstein
- This is how you lose her by Junot Diaz
- Family pictures by Jane Green
- Six Years by Harlan Coben
- Beautiful ruins by Jess Walter
- Two graves by Douglas Preston
- The last runaway by Tracy Chevalier
- The hit by David Baldacci
- Return of the Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- Coop : A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg by Michael Perry
Pember Book Club
The book club will meet again in August when they will discuss The Final Confession of Mabel Stark by Robert Hough.
Summer Reading
Beneath the Surface is a program for teens.
SCHEDULE:
- Under the Earth ~ Hobbit Party May 30, 4:30 PM
- History ~ Historical Jeopardy June 13, 4:30 PM
- Subcultures ~ Survivalist June 27, 4:30 PM
- History ~ Fabulous Females July 11, 4:30 PM
- Under the Water ~ Shark Week July 25, 4:30 PM
Our summer reading program is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Summer Reading
Dig into Reading is a program for school-age children.
- Puppet Show ~ the Pirate of Book Island, May 25, 1:00 PM
- Under the Earth ~ Rocks and Minerals, June 1, 10:30 AM With Bob Isherwood from the Slate Valley Museum
- Burrowers ~ Burrowing Animals, June 6, 3:30 PM With Bernadette Hoffman from the Pember Museum
- Under the Earth ~ Gardening, June 15 10:30 AM With the Slate Valley Garden Club
- Just Dig It ~ Dirt Movers / Heavy Equipment, June 22, 10:30 AM With Phyllis Cavanagh
- Dig into the Past ~ Dinosaurs, June 29, 10:30 AM With Lila Myer
- Just Dig It ~ Gnomes, July 6, 10:30 AM With Jo-Ann Nadeau
- Dig into Reading ~ awards and Party, July 20, 12:00
Our summer reading program is supported in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.