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	FICTION The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag / Alan C. Bradley EB, LT Hurray for the second book in the mystery series starring Flavia de Luce! I love this fearless, charming young detective, her eccentric family, and the English countryside. It has superior crime-solving along with plenty of humor. (Beth from CMM) What Remains of Heaven / C.S. Harris FIC This is a Regency era mystery series featuring Sebastian St. Cyr. It is a suspenseful and dark, but completely absorbing, book about families and their secrets and what they do to keep them! (Margaret from CHE) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / Max Brooks EB, FIC, LT A thrilling tale of zombie invasion by eyewitness accounts. Each chapter is a new look at how the world ends. (Blake from CHE) A Year on Ladybug Farm / Donna Ball FIC, LT It's about three friends who make a decision to sell their homes to buy a run-down mansion in the Shenandoah Valley. They know that the house needs a lot of work. The water heater breaks, the roof leaks and they need a new furnace. They have garden thieves, a young boy and a deer. Through all this their friendship remains. (Dawn from CHE) 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 Age of American Unreason / Susan Jacoby BCD, NONFIC This book is a very interesting indictment of the infotainment age and the dumbing down of society. (Ed Mandel from CHE) Angels Don’t Play this HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology / Nick Begich NONFIC While sending bolts of lightning into the ionosphere, is the U.S. government’s High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program manipulating the weather, our minds, or just keeping us safe? (Shane from CHE) Breathe Well, Be Well: A Program to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Asthma, Hypertension, Migraine and Other Disorders for Better Health / Robert Fried EB When was the last time you closely watched your breath? The method and intention of our breathing correlates with our quality of life; control your breath, control your life. (Shane from CHE) The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat / Tal Ronnen NONFIC This comprehensive book has recipes for dedicated vegans or those just wanting to incorporate more animal-free foods into their diets. It has exceptional recipes and is beautifully illustrated. I feel this is probably the best vegan cookbook to date. (Vicky, clerk from RAY)

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The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag / Alan C. Bradley
EB, LT
Hurray for the second book in the mystery series starring Flavia de Luce! I love this fearless, charming young detective, her eccentric family, and the English countryside. It has superior crime-solving along with plenty of humor.
(Beth from CMM)

What Remains of Heaven / C.S. Harris
FIC
This is a Regency era mystery series featuring Sebastian St. Cyr. It is a suspenseful and dark, but completely absorbing, book about families and their secrets and what they do to keep them!
(Margaret from CHE)

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / Max Brooks
EB, FIC, LT
A thrilling tale of zombie invasion by eyewitness accounts. Each chapter is a new look at how the world ends.
(Blake from CHE)

A Year on Ladybug Farm / Donna Ball
FIC, LT
It's about three friends who make a decision to sell their homes to buy a run-down mansion in the Shenandoah Valley. They know that the house needs a lot of work. The water heater breaks, the roof leaks and they need a new furnace. They have garden thieves, a young boy and a deer. Through all this their friendship remains.
(Dawn from CHE)

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 Age of American Unreason / Susan Jacoby
BCD, NONFIC
This book is a very interesting indictment of the infotainment age and the dumbing down of society.
(Ed Mandel from CHE)

Angels Don’t Play this HAARP: Advances in Tesla Technology / Nick Begich
NONFIC
While sending bolts of lightning into the ionosphere, is the U.S. government’s High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program manipulating the weather, our minds, or just keeping us safe?
(Shane from CHE)

Breathe Well, Be Well: A Program to Relieve Stress, Anxiety, Asthma, Hypertension, Migraine and Other Disorders for Better Health / Robert Fried
EB
When was the last time you closely watched your breath? The method and intention of our breathing correlates with our quality of life; control your breath, control your life.
(Shane from CHE)

The Conscious Cook: Delicious Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat / Tal Ronnen
NONFIC
This comprehensive book has recipes for dedicated vegans or those just wanting to incorporate more animal-free foods into their diets. It has exceptional recipes and is beautifully illustrated. I feel this is probably the best vegan cookbook to date.
(Vicky, clerk from RAY)