Thursday, November 19, 2009

Brenna's Quick List of New Books

Brenna has been very busy getting books ready for you to check out. Please take time to read the list and come into Yocum and check a book or two out.

Drawing: mastering the language of visual expression

Wedding bell blues: 100 years of our great romance with marriage

Dancing with the stars: jive, samba, tango your way into the best shape of your life

Teach yourself visually: poker

Signing everyday phrases: illustrated with over 3,100 easy-to-follow signs

The Sikh religion: its gurus, sacred writings and authors

Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog

Riding the rails: teenagers on the move during the Great Depression

The high-performance mind: mastering brainwaves for insight, healing, and creativity

As I lay frying: a Rehoboth Beach memoir

Abortion under attack: women on the challenges facing choice

The elements of style

The customs of the kingdoms of India―Marco Polo

A mere interlude—Thomas Hardy

Can-cans, cats and cities of ash―Mark Twain

The descent into Hell—Dante

Sold as a slave―Olaudah Equiano

Jaguars and electric eels―Alexander Von Humboldt

Of empire―Francis Bacon

Conspicuous consumption―Thorstein Veblen

A journey to the Russian Empire―Anton Chekhov

The seducer’s diary―Søren Kierkegaard

The Kreutzer sonata―Leo Tolstoy

Animal speak: the spiritual and magical powers of creatures great and small

Totems: the transformative power of your personal animal totem

How to say it tour kids: the right words to solve problems, soothe feelings and teach values

The Irish in America

The art and craft of handmade books

Sister of my heart: a novel―Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Turn the beat around: the secret history of disco

The portable American realism reader

Pope John XXIII: a life

Habitus disgustica: the encyclopedia of annoying, rude, and unpleasant behavior

Ink: the not-just-skin-deep guide to getting a tattoo

Not remotely controlled: notes on television

Sister of the road: the autobiography of Boxcar Bertha

Sweet poison: how the world’s most popular artificial sweetener is killing us―my story

Living in sin: a bishop rethinks human sexuality

Through the American status system

Shakespeare’s the merchant of Venice―Harold Bloom

Shakespeare’s a midsummer night’s dream―Harold Bloom

Bad dogs have more fun: selected writings on family, animals, and life from The Philadelphia Inquirer

Deliver this: make the childbirth choice that’s right for you . . no matter what everyone else thinks