SLC Library Staff Recommendations 2010

Suburban Library Cooperative - Library Staff Recommendations 2010
HOME Next Page Previous Page Fiction Non-Fiction Children Audio-Visual 2008 List 2005 List 2004 List 2002 List	NON-FICTION The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot BCD, EB, NONFIC A book which tells the amazing story behind the origins of Hela Cells, which have been used in research all over the world. These cells were taken from a cancer patient without her knowledge, and were the first to grow in a laboratory. (Carolyn from TPL) In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect / Ronald Kessler BCD, NONFIC, PL Secret Service agents formerly on the White House detail relate behind-the-scenes stories of several Presidents and First Ladies. (John from CHE) Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels / Deirdre Le Faye MeLCat This book is a beautiful little treat for true Austen students. (Librarian from TPL) Journey into Darkness / John E. Douglas NONFIC John Douglas is one of the FBI’s original profilers and has written several books about criminal profiling. He was a contemporary of Robert Ressler, another well-known profiler. (John from CHE) Julie & Julia / Julie Powell BCD, EB, LT, NONFIC If you enjoy the PBS series “Dinner and a Book” then this is a must read for your book club! Powell adds a generous slice of humor to temper the sharp tang of reality in her memoir. Mix in a dash of innuendo and voila, a book of tender passion and sensuality. (Dale Parus from HPW)		NON-FICTION Landscape and Memory / Simon Schama NONFIC This is a fascinating study of how art, geography and cultural identity have influenced and affected one another throughout history. (Jason from RSV) Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression / Mildred Armstrong Kalish LT, NONFIC This is a sentimental, yet unflinching look at growing up during the Great Depression. The writer has crafted a great coming-of-age story. (Ed Mandel from CHE) The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits / Les Standiford NONFIC Caught in debt and with his writing career in a tailspin, a 31-year-old Dickens writes “A Christmas Carol” and changes the way the world celebrates Christmas. (Ruth from SCS) BCD = Book on CD, BLU = Blu-ray Disc, CD = Compact Disc, DVD = Digital Video Disc, EB = eBook, FIC = Fiction, LT = Large Type, MeLCat = MeLCat material, NONFIC = Non-Fiction, PL = Playaway, PS3 = Playstation 3 Game

NON-FICTION

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks / Rebecca Skloot
BCD, EB, NONFIC
A book which tells the amazing story behind the origins of Hela Cells, which have been used in research all over the world. These cells were taken from a cancer patient without her knowledge, and were the first to grow in a laboratory.
(Carolyn from TPL)

In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents they Protect / Ronald Kessler
BCD, NONFIC, PL
Secret Service agents formerly on the White House detail relate behind-the-scenes stories of several Presidents and First Ladies.
(John from CHE)

Jane Austen: The World of Her Novels / Deirdre Le Faye
MeLCat
This book is a beautiful little treat for true Austen students.
(Librarian from TPL)

Journey into Darkness / John E. Douglas
NONFIC
John Douglas is one of the FBI’s original profilers and has written several books about criminal profiling. He was a contemporary of Robert Ressler, another well-known profiler.
(John from CHE)

Julie & Julia / Julie Powell
BCD, EB, LT, NONFIC
If you enjoy the PBS series “Dinner and a Book” then this is a must read for your book club! Powell adds a generous slice of humor to temper the sharp tang of reality in her memoir. Mix in a dash of innuendo and voila, a book of tender passion and sensuality.
(Dale Parus from HPW)

NON-FICTION

Landscape and Memory / Simon Schama
NONFIC
This is a fascinating study of how art, geography and cultural identity have influenced and affected one another throughout history.
(Jason from RSV)

Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression / Mildred Armstrong Kalish
LT, NONFIC
This is a sentimental, yet unflinching look at growing up during the Great Depression. The writer has crafted a great coming-of-age story.
(Ed Mandel from CHE)

The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits / Les Standiford
NONFIC
Caught in debt and with his writing career in a tailspin, a 31-year-old Dickens writes “A Christmas Carol” and changes the way the world celebrates Christmas.
(Ruth from SCS)

BCD = Book on CD, BLU = Blu-ray Disc, CD = Compact Disc, DVD = Digital Video Disc, EB = eBook, FIC = Fiction, LT = Large Type, MeLCat = MeLCat material, NONFIC = Non-Fiction, PL = Playaway, PS3 = Playstation 3 Game