last updated December 27 2004 sdc

2004 Selections, June to December

Books reviewed in December

	The News From Paraguay by Lily Tuck Fiction -- Tuck.
	Ten Days to D-Day: Citizens and Soldiers on the Eve of the Invasion by David Stafford Non-Fiction -- 940.542 Sta.
	The Curse of the Singles Table: A True Story of 1001 Nights Without Sex by Suzanne Schlosberg Non-Fiction [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Our Kind by Kate Walbert Fiction -- Walbert.
	Jaywalking With the Irish by David Monagan Fiction -- Monagan. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Nebraska: Simply Beautiful by Mike Whye Non-Fiction [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The following audiobooks or books-on-CD were recommended in an article on holiday gift ideas: (hotlinked entries indicate the libraries have either an audiotape or CD version of this title) Hallelujah! The Welcome Table by Maya Angelou Recipes From My Life by Pat Conroy Bringing Tuscany Home by Frances and Edward Mayes The James Herriot Collection by James Herriot A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read by Sir John Gielgud) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read by Jim Dale) also on CD A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read by Frank Muller) A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (read by Patrick Stewart) The Christmas Thief by Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore (on CD) I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Whiteout by Ken Follett (on CD) Chronicles: Volume 1 by Bob Dylan (on CD)
	Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg Fiction -- Flagg. [Also available in Large Print format.]
	Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt Non-Fiction -- 822.33 ShaBg.
	Christmas in the Great Plains by Dorothy Dodge Robbins &s; Kenneth Robbins Non-Fiction -- Robbins. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Surrogate Thief by Archer Mayor Fiction -- Mayor [M].
	The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin Non-Fiction -- 551.555 Las.
	Hawke's Harbor by S.E. Hinton Fiction -- Hinton.
	A Life With Dogs by Roger Welsch [ On Order ]

Books reviewed in November

	Little Men: Novellas and Stories by Gerald Shapiro Fiction -- Shapiro.
	Snow by Orhan Pamuk Fiction -- Pamuk.
	Florence of Arabia by Christopher Buckley Fiction -- Buckley.
	Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Fiction -- Clarke. Previously reviewed in October 2004.
	Delights & Shadows: Poems by Ted Kooser Poetry -- 811 Koo.
	Land of Sea and Changes by George Schaffner Fiction -- Schaffner. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Double by Jose Saramago Fiction -- Saramago. Previously reviewed in October 2004.
	One Man's Castle: Clarence Darrow in Defense of the American Dream by Phillis Vine Non-Fiction -- 305.8 AfrYv.
	Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos Fiction -- Kallos.
	Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani Fiction -- Trigiani. Previously reviewed in July 2004.
	Bitch Creek by William Tapply Fiction -- Tapply.

Books reviewed in October

	The Love Wife by Gish Jen Fiction -- Jen.
	Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman Fiction -- Hoffman.
	Crazy Woman Creek: Women Rewrite the American West edited by Linda Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier & Nancy Curtis Non-Fiction -- 810.098 Has.
	Nebraska 24/7 by the editors of www.America24-7.com Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe Fiction -- Wolfe.
	Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke Fiction -- Clarke.
	The Plot Against America by Philip Roth Non-Fiction -- [On Order].
	The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket Fiction -- jSnicket.
	Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib by Seymour Hersh Non-Fiction -- 973.931 Her
	Devil in the Details: Scenes From an Obsessive Girlhood by Jennifer Traig Non-Fiction -- 616.852 Tra [Currently only owned in unabridged book-on-cd format.]
	Confessions of an Heiress by Paris Hilton Non-Fiction -- 790 Hil.
	Runaway: Stories by Alice Munro Fiction -- Munro.
	The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley Non-Fiction -- B B9504k.
	The Double by Jose Saramago Fiction -- Saramago.

	America on Trial by Alan M. Dershowitz Non-Fiction -- 345 Der.
	Four Souls by Louise Erdrich Fiction -- Erdrich. [Also available in unabridged audiotape formats.]
	Death Match by Lincoln Child Fiction -- Child.

Books reviewed in September

	A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writers by Ladette Randolph [ed.] Non-Fiction -- 813.08 Ran.
	The Egyptologist by Arthur Phillips Fiction -- Phillips. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	Outside Valentine by Liza Ward Fiction -- Ward.
	To Walt Whitman: America by Kenneth Price Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Rural Voices: Place Concious Education and the Teaching of Writing by Robert E. Brooke Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Last Call by K.L. Cook Fiction -- Cook. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Leopold's Maneuvers by Cortney Davis Poetry. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Stumbling Through the Stars by Fredrick Zydek Poetry. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Medicine Creek Journals by D. Jean Smith Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Encyclopedia of the Great Plains by David Wishart Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Tyrant's Novel by Thomas Keneally Fiction -- Keneally.
	The Tarnished Eye by Judith Guest Fiction -- Guest.
	Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans Fiction -- Evans. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	American Soldier by Gen. Tommy Franks Non-Fiction -- B F855
	The Final Frontiersman by James Campbell Non-Fiction -- 917.98 Cam.
	The Madman's Tale by John Katzenbach Fiction -- Katzenbach.

Books reviewed in August

	The Winter Queen and Murder on the Leviathan by Boris Akunin Fiction -- Akunin [M].
	Sunrise, Dayglow, Sunset, Moon by William Kloefkorn Poetry -- 811 Klo.
	Walking the Campus and Fielding Imaginary Grounders, also by Nebraska State Poet William Kloefkorn Poetry. [These collections not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Sleeping With Schubert by Bonnie Marson Fiction -- Marson.
	The Game by Laurie King Fiction -- King [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and Large Print formats.]
	Cafe Haiku by Zenbu Nometa & Jeffrey Goldsmith Non-Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Evolution's Captain: The Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World by Peter Nicholls Biographies -- B F579n.
	Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Maureen Dowd Non-Fiction -- 973.921 Dow.
	Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen Fiction -- Hiaasen [M]. [Also available in unabrdiged audiotape format.]
	Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley Fiction -- Mosley [M]. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	My Nine Lives: Chapters of a Possible Past by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig Fiction -- Craig.
	The Full Cupboard of Life by Alexander McCall-Smith Fiction -- McCall-Smith [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	The Snow Pit by Reuben Bercovich Fiction. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Adventures of the Artificial Woman by Thomas Berger Fiction -- Berger.
	Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett Non-Fiction -- 616.994 Pat.
	Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich Fiction -- Evanovich [M]. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD, and Large Print formats.]
	The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time by William Safire Non-Fiction -- 428 Saf.
	One False Move by Alex Kava Fiction -- Kava.
	A Good Year by Peter Mayle Fiction -- Mayle. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America by Mark Perry Biography -- B G76p.

Books reviewed in July

	Scenes of Visionary Enchantment by Dayton Duncan Non-Fiction -- E-book. [Lincoln City Libraries' copy of this title is part of our e-book collection. You must have registered for a free e-book account at a terminal at one of our libraries in order to check this item out electronically. After registering, e-books can be checked out and viewed on any internet-capable computer. For more information about our e-books and registering for an account, please visit this page.]
	I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies) by Laurie Nataro Non-Fiction (essays). [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani Fiction -- Trigiani.
	Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul by Tony Hendra Biography -- B H379. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	If We Could Only Come to America -- A Story of Swedish Immigrants in the Midwest by Robert J. Nelson Non-Fiction -- B C1872n.
	Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding Fiction -- Fielding. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	The Fractal Murders by Mark Cohen Fiction -- Cohen [M].
	Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War by Evan Wright Non-Fiction -- 956.704 Wri.
	Eventide by Kent Haruf Fiction -- Haruf. Companion work to Lincoln's 2002 One Book One Lincoln title, Plainsong. [Also available in unabridged audiotape format.]
	Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Non-Fiction -- 817 Sed. [Also available in unabridged audiotape and book-on-CD formats.]
	Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts Non-Fiction -- 973.3 Rob [book is On Order, tape is circulating]. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]

Books reviewed in June

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