Read Local - July 12, 2012
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Thursday, July 12, 2012 New books written by local authors from the Madison/Dane County area in the library's collection. Published occasionally. Read more from this newsletter: Blog View | Archived Newsletter View | Insider Questions? Email madtech @ scls.lib.wi.us |
 America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare Shortly after 9/11, Joel Brenner entered the inner sanctum of American espionage, first as the inspector general of the National Security Agency, then as the head of counterintelligence for the director of national intelligence. He saw at close range the battleground on which our adversaries are now attacking us - cyberspace. |
 The Baileys Harbor Bird and Booyah Club Open this book and you are in Door County, Wisconsin, strolling down Coot Lake Road—a one-lane, dead-end gravel track just a few miles from Baileys Harbor and the Lake Michigan shore. Along the way you meet George and Helen O’Malley, who are growing old gracefully. Russell, their brave and empathetic golden retriever, wags hello and offers you a paw to shake. A droll and amiable chronicle of retirement, friendship, mishap, fish, and three good dogs on Wisconsin’s scenic Door peninsula. |
 Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks A funny, poignant, wry look at the backyard phenomenon of raising chickens for eggs, meat or just plain pets. Additional stories by Jane Hamilton, Michael Perry, and Ben Logan. Stunning artwork by S.V. Medaris. For animal lovers, pet owners, and art enthusiasts. |
 Finding Love Again: 6 Simple Steps to a New and Happy Relationship Based on a groundbreaking 25-year study of marriage, divorce, and new love, this book prepares readers for a healthy and fulfilling new relationship. Brimming with stunning original findings, first-person stories, and eye-opening advice with simple, practical strategies for finding love. |
 Miracle Beach Macy Allen loses her husband Nash in a tragic accident. After his death Macy learns secrets about him that shakes her faith in their marriage. Problems with in-laws lead to the alienation of people Macy needs. But then a child comes who will overturn all their expectations. Also available as a downloadable ebook from OverDrive, Wisconsin's Digital Library. |
 Murder in Lascaux The cave of Lascaux may be closed to the public, but five scholars a day are allowed inside, and Nora Barnes has finagled an appointment. Nora and her high-spirited husband, Toby, are visiting the Dordogne, in the southern French region of the Aquitaine. Aware that the Dordogne's renown for cave art is matched only by its reputation for delicious cuisine, the couple has also signed up for a cooking class at a nearby château, but they soon find that more than food is on their minds. Nora finds herself immersed in the notebooks of a forgotten artist who once lived in the château. In sifting through the artist's papers and uncovering old secrets, she begins to piece together the motives for a recent murder. But has she cooked up more trouble than she can handle? |
 My American Unhappiness A clairvoyant when it comes to the Starbucks orders of strangers, a quixotic renegade when it comes to the federal bureaucracy, and a devoted believer in the afternoon cocktail and the evening binge, Zeke Pappas has an irreverent voice that is a marvel of lacerating wit and heart-on-sleeve emotion, underscored by a creeping paranoia and made more urgent by the hope that if he can only find a wife, he might have a second chance at life. Also available as a downloadable ebook from OverDrive, Wisconsin's Digital Library. |
 On My Honor: Real Life Lessons from America's First Girl Scout In 1911, Juliette 'Daisy' Gordon Low was widowed and completely unsure of what to do with her life when a chance meeting changed her course forever. Determined and inspired by a belief that young girls and women should be taught to rely not on their husbands and fathers but on themselves, Daisy founded the Girl Scouts of the USA the next year. One hundred years later, Daisy's life lessons still motivate and encourage thousands of young girls and women across the country through the Girl Scout organization . Shannon Henry Kleiber gives Daisy's classic, timeless advice a modern focus that is sure to inspire women of all generations. |
 This Wonderful Year: The Adventures of Mr. Edward Pamprill A two-book novel now available in one convenient volume. Hailed as a "stunning debut, brilliantly written" and featuring a "unique, engaging voice," This Wonderful Year harkens back to the great historical novels of the United Kingdom (think Patrick O'Brian, Jane Austen, Robert Louis Stevenson). The culture, philosophy, and political climate of the period are captured in vivid detail. The reader will thrill as Mr. Pamprill battles Napoleon, endures raging storms, and struggles to keep alive the passion for the mystery woman he left behind while his heart is besieged by some of the era's most beautiful and dangerous women. A truly one-of-a-kind work from one of fiction's newest and most compelling voices. |
 Vampire in Her Mysts Bounty hunters had wounded and abandoned him in the Mysts, a dark haven for the supernatural. But vampire Yuri Feodorovna thinks he has found the key to survival when he sees Ileana Tarasova, a beautiful servant of the Goddess. Yuri is filled with desire at the sight of her tantalizing body ... though it is a desire with a dangerous undercurrent of hunger. He cannot resist his need to feed and possess Ileana, just as she cannot help the way her body responds with eagerness and lust at his touch. But will Yuri still want Ileana when he learns her deadly secret? Available as a downloadable ebook from OverDrive, Wisconsin's Digital Library. |
