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NEW BOOKs for September 2012 Non Fiction East Meets West By Stephanie Yuen • 641.595 Y9e Traditional and contemporary Asian recipes from acclaimed Vancouver restaurants with information on Asian supermarkets and kitchenware, as well as cooking and serving tips. Mr. Hornaday’s War By Stefan Bechtel • 590.92 H783b William Temple Hornaday, one of the most famous conservationists of the 19th century who established the National Zoo and tried to save the American bison, was not without contradictions. Outlaw Marriages By Rodger Streitmatter • 306.848 St83o Cultural historian Streitmatter reveals how some historical same-sex unions didn't merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture. Susan Feniger’s Street Food By Susan Feniger • 641.59 F357s Celebrity chef Susan Feniger shares her favourite street food recipes from around the world including a refreshing Saigon chicken salad and decadent Turkish doughnuts. Visit Sunny Chernobyl By Andrew Blackwell • 363.73 B568v Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, covering the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth, and encourages us to start appreciating our planet as it is--not as we wish it would be. Women from the Ankle Down By Rachelle Bergstein • 391.41 B454w Part social history, part fashion record, part pop-culture celebration, Bergstein seeks to explain women's fascination with shoes, as she unfolds the story of shoes in the twentieth century. Biography Amy, My Daughter By Mitch Winehouse • 782.42164 W725a Filled with never-before-seen photos and spanning her entire career, this book goes beyond her public persona, revealing the woman behind one of the greatest talents of our time. Mick By Christopher Anderson • 782.42166 J184a
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NEW BOOKs for September 2012
Non Fiction East Meets West By Stephanie Yuen • 641.595 Y9e Traditional and contemporary Asian recipes from acclaimed Vancouver restaurants with information on Asian supermarkets and kitchenware, as well as cooking and serving tips.
Mr. Hornaday’s War By Stefan Bechtel • 590.92 H783b William Temple Hornaday, one of the most famous conservationists of the 19th century who established the National Zoo and tried to save the American bison, was not without contradictions.
Outlaw Marriages By Rodger Streitmatter • 306.848 St83o Cultural historian Streitmatter reveals how some historical same-sex unions didn't merely improve the quality of life for the two people involved but also enriched the American culture.
Susan Feniger’s Street Food By Susan Feniger • 641.59 F357s Celebrity chef Susan Feniger shares her favourite street food recipes from around the world including a refreshing Saigon chicken salad and decadent Turkish doughnuts.
Visit Sunny Chernobyl By Andrew Blackwell • 363.73 B568v Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, covering the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth, and encourages us to start appreciating our planet as it is--not as we wish it would be.
Women from the Ankle Down By Rachelle Bergstein • 391.41 B454w Part social history, part fashion record, part pop-culture celebration, Bergstein seeks to explain women's fascination with shoes, as she unfolds the story of shoes in the twentieth century.
Biography Amy, My Daughter By Mitch Winehouse • 782.42164 W725a Filled with never-before-seen photos and spanning her entire career, this book goes beyond her public persona, revealing the woman behind one of the greatest talents of our time.
Mick By Christopher Anderson • 782.42166 J184a
Insights into the iconic rock-and-roll performer's life, including his substance abuse, his bisexual history, his connections to the British royal family and the secret attempt on his life.
Prague Winter By Madeleine Albright • 943.71 AL15p Former Secretary of State’s account of the tumultuous period from 1937 to 1948, detailing the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, World War II, the Holocaust, and the Cold War.
The Queen Mother By Lady Colin Campbell • 941.084 EL48ca The previously untold life of the Queen Mother is far more fascinating and moving than the official version that has been peddled since she became royal in 1923.
A Thousand Farewells By Nahlah Ayed • 956.054 N231t Ayed provides insight into the myriad ways in which the Arab people have fought against oppression and loss. She has reported on the wars, crackdowns, and uprisings in countries across the region.
The Woman Who Changed Her Brain By Barbara Arrowsmith-Young • 371.9 Ar69w Arrowsmith-Young began life severely learning disabled, and built herself a better brain and a brain training program that has helped thousands of others do the same.
Fiction
Abdication By Juliet Nicolson Social historian Juliet Nicholson’s first novel takes place in England in 1936, where her characters become caught up in the drama surrounding the abdication of King Edward VII.
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln By Stephen Carter An alternate history in which President Lincoln has survived the assassination attempt by John Wilkes Booth, and now, two years later, faces impeachment.
Insurrection By Robyn Young The story of young Robert the Bruce begins in 1286 amid the chaos after the murder of the King of Scotland. The first book in the Insurrection trilogy.
Potboiler By Jesse Kellerman A middle-aged professor and failed novelist, complicates his life when he finds and plagiarizes the last manuscript of his deceased friend, a successful best-selling thriller writer.
The Queen’s Lover By Francine du Plessix Gray The life of the French Royal family during the turbulent year of 1774, seen through the eyes of Count Axel von Fersen, a nobleman and lover of Marie Antoinette.
The Stolen Chalice By Kitty Pilgrim Archeologist John Sinclair and oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton transverse the globe amid bombings and kidnappings in search of Egyptian art.
Mysteries The Agatha Principle By Elizabeth Elwood The newest collection of mystery stories featuring the Beary family and set in the Lower Mainland.
Beach Strip By John Lawrence Reynolds Josie Marshall deals with the death of her detective husband, Gabe, found naked outside their home on the beach with a bullet in his brain. Was it murder or suicide?
The Crowded Grave By Martin Walker Chief of Police Bruno Courreges investigates animal activists protesting foie gras, a senior policeman killed by terrorists, and a “modern” skeleton found in an ancient site.
Death and Transfiguration By Gerald Elias
In the fourth Daniel Jacobus book the blind violin teacher investigates the dark past of Scheherazade
O'Brien after she fails to attain the position of permanent concertmaster.
Ransom River By Meg Gardiner Rory's return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood as she is selected as a jury member for a trial, unaware of her dangerous connection to the unsolved case.
Woman Chased by Crows By Marc Strange Dockerty police force has its hands full with shady pawnbrokers, crooked cops, and Russian thugs, all of after one thing: the Sacred Ember, a very rare ruby once owned by the Tsarina herself.
Quick Picks
Black List By Brad Thor
Creole Belle James Lee Burke
Fall From Grace By Richard North Patterson
Fallen Angel By Daniel Silva
Friends Forever By Danielle Steel
Haven By Kay Hooper
The Inn at Rose Harbor By Debbie Macomber
Judgment Call By J.A. Jance
The Kingmaker’s Daughter By Philippa Gregory
Not Dead Yet By Peter James
Odd Apocalypse By Dean Koontz
The Spymasters By W.E.B. Griffin
Time Untime By Sherrilyn Kenyon
Where We Belong By Emily Giffin
NEW DVDs for September 2012
Feature Films The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert A small troupe of drag queens take their act on the road through the Australian outback and find it isn't so easy to shock people anymore. Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce. 1994.
August Rush Having been orphaned and working as a street musician, a musically talented kid uses his gift to find his birth parents. Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell. 2007.
Being Cyrus A dark comedy where hidden cracks in the dysfunctional Sethna family are revealed when Cyrus is welcomed into the Parsi family home. Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia. 2005.
Born Free Based on a true story of a couple who raise a lion cub and then set her free when she reaches adulthood. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers. 1966.
Boys on the Side A young HIV+ real estate agent on a cross country trip with a black lesbian club singer pick up a young pregnant woman who has just accidentally murdered her boyfriend. Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore. 1995.
Breakaway Rajveer Singh has the talent to be one of the nation's top hockey players, but his father forbids him to play. With the help of an unlikely new coach, he's putting together an all-Sikh hockey team behind his father's back. Vinay Virmani, Russell Peters. 2011.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off The events in one day of a young man who decides to cut school and head out on the town with his girlfriend and best friend. Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck. 1986.
Footloose City boy Ren McCormick moves to a Southern town where dancing has been banned and encourages his friends to fight for the right to dance. Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough. 2011.
The Great Dictator Chaplin's first film with dialogue in which he is a modest unassuming proprietor of a small barber shop who is mistaken for the country's maniacal dictator. Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard. 1940.
Himalaya Filmed in the Dolpo region of Nepal with Tibetans, this story tells of the struggle for leadership of a small village between an elderly chief and a young caravanner. In Tibetan with English subtitles. 1999.
Let the Right One In A bullied 12-year-old boy befriends a mysterious girl and learns that she is a vampire. Kare Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson. 2008.
Little Girl A hard-luck family of circus performers takes in a young girl they find abandoned in a park near Rome. In Italian with English subtitles. 2009.
Marécages (“Wetlands”) A farm family is torn apart and must rebuild its life after the death of the youngest son, and shortly thereafter, the death of the father. In French with English subtitles. 2011.
A Mile in his Shoes An autistic player joins the team with and has an unexpected affect on the team and its manager. Dean Cain, Luke Schroder, 2012.
Planet of the Apes Series Planet of the Apes
An astronaut crash-lands on a mysterious world where intelligent apes rule and hunt primitive, speechless humans for sport. Charleton Heston, Roddy McDowall. 1968
Beneath the Planet of the Apes An astronaut discovers new horrors on the planet of the apes, including a subterranean world where the highly advanced humans live in fear of militaristic gorillas... and worship a weapon capable of destroying the entire planet. James Franciscus, Kim Hunter. 1970.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes Refugees from a future in which their race rules the planet, Zira and Cornelius find themselves celebrated as talking apes - and then hunted down as an evolutionary threat. Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter. 1971.
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes In the near future, apes have replaced dogs and cats as humankind's favorite pets. But as their treatment devolved into slavery, one intelligent ape launching a revolt that may change the roles of human and apes forever. Roddy McDowall, Don Murray. 1972.
Battle for the Planet of the Apes Intelligent apes have inherited the earth and coexist peaceably with humans. But the idyllic balance of this new world is shattered when militant gorillas and a tribe of mutant humans clash with the benevolent leader, pitting man against ape in an explosive final conflict. Roddy McDowall, Claude Akins. 1973.
Red Tails The Red Tails, a group of African American pilots who were kept primarily grounded during the war, are called into action under Colonel A.J. Bullard. Terrance Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., 2012.
Wallis & Edward The story of how in 1936 King Edward the VIII abdicated the throne to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American “commoner”. Joely Richardson, David Westhead, 2005.
The Way After his son dies while walking the Camino de Santiago between France and Spain, an estranged father decides to finish the hike in honour of his son. Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, 2010.
We Were Soldiers An exploration of the courage, valour and loyalty of an American combat division during the first major engagement of the Vietnam War. Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, 2002.
TV Shows All Creatures Great & Small. The Complete Series 2 Collection The Beverly Hillbillies Collection. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 Breaking Bad. The Complete Fourth Season Carlos CSI, Crime Scene Investigation: [season 1]; the Early Cases, Volume One Damages. The Complete First Season Heroes. Season 4 Legend of the Seeker. The Complete 2nd Season Midsomer Murders, Set 17: The Black Book Monty Python's Flying Circus, disc 11 Murdoch Mysteries. Season 4
Poirot. Collector's Set 10 Primeval. Volume Three Sons of Anarchy. Season One Stargate Atlantis. The Complete First, Second, Third and Fourth Seasons Stargate SG-1. Season 5 Suits. Season One Wanted: Dead or Alive. Season One
Info/Documentary How to Use Microsoft PowerPoint DVD005.58 H83v
The History of Christian Theology DVD230 C259h
The Catholic Church: a History DVD282.09 C773c
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson DVD333.952 Ec71d
The Joy of Science by Robert M. Hazen • DVD500 H338j
Revenge of the Electric Car DVD629.2293 R322p
Mountain Bike Maintenance and Repair DVD629.227 M864e
Encore DVD782.42164 D642e
Carmen DVD792.8 C211p
Shakespeare’s Tragedies, [part 1] DVD822.33 K623s part 1
Shakespeare’s Tragedies, [part 2] DVD822.33 K623s part 2
Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved DVD910.453 T53L
The World at War, Volumes 1-11 DVD940.53 W893i vols. 1-11
A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts by Robert Bucholz • DVD942.05 B854h
NEW MUSIC for September 2012 PART ONE I Belong to the Band: a Tribute to Rev. Gary Davis by Rory Block • CD BLUES BLOCK ROR
Fortune by Chris Brown • CD BLUES BROWN CHR
Fifteen by Colin James • CD BLUES JAMES COL
Write Me Back by R Kelly • CD BLUES KELLY R
Looking 4 Myself by Usher • CD BLUES USHER
WOW #1s : 30 #1 Christian Hits CD BLUES WOW
Hard 2 Love by Lee Brice • CD COUNTRY BRICE LEE
Dirt by Dean Brody • CD COUNTRY BRODY DEA
Welcome to the Fishbowl by Kenny Chesney • CD COUNTRY CHESNEY K
Ryan Laird by Ryan Laird • CD COUNTRY LAIRD RYA
Up all Night by Kip Moore • CD COUNTRY MOORE KIP
Heroes by Willie Nelson • CD COUNTRY NELSON WI
Just Like You by Crystal Shawanda • CD COUNTRY SHAWANDA
Jumped right In by Dallas Smith • CD COUNTRY SMITH DAL
Nashville. Volume 1, Tear the Woodpile Down by Marty Stuart • CD COUNTRY STUART MA
Raven Singer by Ian Tyson • CD COUNTRY TYSON IAN
Long Gone Daddy by Hank Williams • CD COUNTRY WILLIAMS
The Chill Lounge: Volume 1 by Paul Hardcastle • CD JAZZ HARDCASTL
Al Jarreau and the Metropole Orkest Live by Al Jarreau • CD JAZZ JARREAU A
Me, Myself & I by Kenny Werner • CD JAZZ WERNER KE
Thank You Camellia by Kris Allen • CD POP ALLEN KRI
American Idol: Season 11, Top 10 Highlights CD POP AMERICAN
American Idol, Season 10 Highlights by Holly Cavanagh • CD POP CAVANAGH
Cosmonaut and the Girl by Shawn Hook • CD POP HOOK SHAW
Curiosity by Carly Rae Jepsen • CD POP JEPSEN CA
Strangeland by Keane • CD POP KEANE
Trespassing by Adam Lambert • CD POP LAMBERT A
All Live by Gordon Lightfoot • CD POP LIGHTFOOT
Listen up! by Haley Reinhart • CD POP REINHART
American Idol, Season 10 Highlights by Jessica Sanchez • CD POP SANCHEZ J
Master of My Make-Believe by Santigold • CD POP SANTIGOLD
Women & Songs CD POP WOMEN AND
Glorious by Laura Wright • CD POP WRIGHT LA
Stop us if You’ve Heard This Before! by Barenaked Ladies • CD ROCK BARENAKED
That’s Why God Made the Radio by The Beach Boys • CD ROCK BEACH BOY
Albatross by Big Wreck • CD ROCK BIG WRECK
Picture Show by Neon Trees • CD ROCK NEON TREE
Storm & Grace by Lisa Marie Presley • CD ROCK PRESLEY L
Summer in Kingston by Shaggy • CD ROCK SHAGGY
Apocalyptic Love by Slash • CD ROCK SLASH
Oceania by Smashing Pumpkins • CD ROCK SMASHING
Act of Valor: the Album CD SHOWS ACT OF VA
Avengers: Assemble: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture CD SHOWS AVENGERS
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Music from the Motion Picture by Thomas Newman • CD SHOWS BEST EXOT
The Music of Smash CD SHOWS MUSIC OF
Rock of Ages: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD SHOWS ROCK OF A
Shine: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD SHOWS SHINE
StreetDance 2: Music from & inspired by the Original Motion Picture CD SHOWS STREETDAN
Treme. Season 2 CD SHOWS TREME
La Strada: Songs from the Movies by Rolando Villazon • CD SHOWS VILLAZON
What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Music from the Motion Picture CD SHOWS WHAT TO E
Yoga Rhythms: Music to Energize the Flow of Yoga CD613.79 Y75r
Wedding 101 CD781.587 W413
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy • CD782.42 D354d
Symphonies 1 & 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven • CD784.2184 B393 1/2
Symphonies 3 & 4 by Ludwig van Beethoven • CD784.2184 B393 3/4
Fire and Blood by Michael Daugherty • CD784.272 D265f
Violin Concertos by Vilde Frang • CD784.272 F851v
Baroque Conversations by David Greilsammer • CD786.2 G863b
The Middle Sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven • CD786.2183 B393sy
Violin Sonatas by George Frideric Handel • CD787.2183 H191m
NEW MUSIC for September 2012 PART TWO The One by Eric Benet • CD BLUES BENET ERI
What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye • CD BLUES GAYE MARV
American Idol, Season 10 Highlights by Joshua Ledet • CD BLUES LEDET JOS
The Evolution of Gospel by Sounds of Blackness • CD BLUES SOUNDS OF
The Sounds of Blackness by Sounds of Blackness • CD BLUES SOUNDS OF
Back in the Saddle by Chris Cagle • CD COUNTRY CAGLE CHR
Songs We Wish We’d Written II by Pat Green • CD COUNTRY GREEN PAT
Love is a Long Road by High Valley • CD COUNTRY HIGH VALL
American Idol, Season 10 Highlights by Skylar Laine • CD COUNTRY LAINE SKY
Punching Bag by Josh Turner • CD COUNTRY TURNER JO
24/7 by Gerald Albright • CD JAZZ ALBRIGHT
Conversation by David Benoit • CD JAZZ BENOIT DA
Spirit Fiction by Ravi Coltrane • CD JAZZ COLTRANE
The Absence by Melody Gardot • CD JAZZ GARDOT ME
Blossom & Bee by Sara Gazarek • CD JAZZ GAZAREK S
The Molly Johnson Songbook by Molly Johnson • CD JAZZ JOHNSON M
Double Exposure by John Pizzarelli • CD JAZZ PIZZARELL
All Over the Place by Mike Stern • CD JAZZ STERN MIK
Girl Talk by Aleesia • CD POP ALEESIA
Alfie by Alfie Boe • CD POP BOE ALFIE
Wild Ones by Flo Rida • CD POP FLO RIDA
Is by Hey Ocean! • CD POP HEY OCEAN
The Legendary Demos by Carole King • CD POP KING CARO
In Case You Didn’t Know by Olly Murs • CD POP MURS OLLY
Truth or Dare by Take the Night • CD POP TAKE THE
Anthems: Music to Inspire a Nation by Russell Watson • CD POP WATSON RU
We Were Born to Glory by Royal Wood • CD POP WOOD ROYA
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys • CD ROCK BEACH BOY
The Great Twenty-Eight by Chuck Berry • CD ROCK BERRY CHU
Driving Towards the Daylight by Joe Bonamassa • CD ROCK BONAMASSA
This is the End of Control by Cherri Bomb • CD ROCK CHERRI BOM
Chickenfoot III by Chickenfoot • CD ROCK CHICKENFO
Boy on Bridge by Alan Thomas Doyle • CD ROCK DOYLE ALA
Not Your Kind of People by Garbage • CD ROCK GARBAGE
Little Broken Hearts by Norah Roberts • CD ROCK JONES NOR
Overexposed by Maroon 5 • CD ROCK MAROON 5
Dear Love by Suzie McNeil • CD ROCK MCNEIL SUZ
American Idol, Season 10 Highlights by Phillip Phillips • CD ROCK PHILLIPS
The Lion the Beast the Beat by Grace Potter • CD ROCK POTTER GR
Reggae 2012: the Hits CD ROCK REGGAE
Clockwork Angels by Rush • CD ROCK RUSH
The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD SHOWS DARK KNIG
Glee. The Graduation Album; the Music; Season Three CD SHOWS GLEE GRAD
Snow White & the Huntsman by James Newton Howard • CD SHOWS SNOW WHIT
Step Up Revolution: Music from the Motion Picture CD SHOWS STEP UP R
Dois Selos e um Carimbo by Deolinda • CD WORLD EUROPE DEOLINDA
Red Hot + Rio 2 CD WORLD LATIN AMER RED HOT +
Hang on Little Tomato by Pink Martini • CD WORLD WORLD PINK MART
I’ve Got a Crush on You by Measha Brueggergosman • CD782.42 B832i
Lieder by Franz Liszt • CD782.42 L699L
Bells & Whistles by Steph Macpherson • CD782.4216211 M241b
A Tender Light by Paul Mealor • CD782.5 M462t
Beethoven 3 “Eroica”: Overtures by Ludwig van Beethoven • CD784.2184 B393 3
Piano Concertos nos. 20 & 21 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • CD784.262 M877 20/21
Spectacular by Hilary Hahn • CD784.272 H124s
The New Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi • CD784.2858 V837nf
Dissonances: String Quartets KV 138-421-465 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • CD785.7194 B73 421
Legacy by David Garrett • CD787.2 G192L
Invitation to Romance by Chung-oo • CD787.4 C472i
Fantasies & Impromptus by Lavinia Meijer • CD787.95 M476f
