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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERS (Non-Fiction)

  • 306.74 Abb
    Abbott, Karen.  Sin in the Second City : madams, ministers, playboys, and the battle for America’s soul.  Random House, 2007.  356 pages.

    973.929 Ber
    Bernstein, Carl.  A women in charge : the life of Hilary Rodham Clinton.  Knopf, 2007.  628 pages.

    973.099 Bec
    Beschloss, Michael R.  Presidential courage : brave leaders and how they changed America, 1789-1989.  Simon & Schuster, 2007.  430 pages. 

    361.7 Cli
    Clinton, Bill.  Giving : how each of us can change the world.   Knopf, 2007.  240 pages.

    973.931 Dso
    D’Souza, Dinesh.  The enemy at home : the cultural left and its responsibility for 9/11.  Doubleday, 2007.  333 pages.

    973.3 Ell
    Ellis, Joseph J. American creation : triumphs and tragedies at the founding of the republic.  Knopf, 2007.  283 pages.

    200 Hit
    Hitchens, Christopher.  God is not great : how religion poisons everything.  Twelve, 2007.  307 pages.

    303.1 Iac
    Iacocca, Lee A.  Where have all the leaders gone?  Scribner, 2007. 274 pages.

    641 Kin
    Kingsolver, Barbara.  Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life.  HarperCollins, 2007.  370 pages.

    813.54 Lam
    Lamott, Anne.  Grace (eventually) : thoughts on faith.  Riverhead Books, 2007.  253 pages.

    958.104 Lut
    Luttrell, Marcus.  Lone survivor : the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10.  Little, Brown, 2007.  390 pages.

    585.Pre
    Preston, Richard.  The wild trees : a story of passion and daring.  Random House, 2007.  294 pages.

    355.354 Sca
    Scahill, Jeremy.  Blackwater : the rise of the world’s most powerful mercenary army.  Nation Books, 2007.  452 pages.

    003.54 Tal
    Taleb, Nassim.  The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable.  Random House, 2007.  366 pages.

    327.12 Ten
    Tenet, George.  At the center of the storm : my years with the CIA.  HarperCollins, 2007.  549 pages.

    KF 8748 T66
    Toobin, Jeffrey.  The nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme Court.  Doubleday, 2007.  369 pages.

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BUSINESS / ECONOMICS

  • 658.872 All
    Allen, Robert G.  Multiple streams of internet income : how ordinary people make extraordinary money online.  Wiley, 2006.  260 pages.

    338.47 Bra
    Brandt, Allan M.  The cigarette century : the rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America.  Basic Books, 2007.  600 pages.

    658.4 Con
    Connor, Tim.  81 challenges smart managers face : how to overcome the biggest challenges facing managers and leaders today.  Sourcebooks, 2007.  276 pages.

    650.14 Cum
    Cummings, Betsy.  Read world careers : why college is not the only path to becoming rich.  Warner Business Books, 2007.  198 pages.

    658.314 Gos
    Gostick, Adrian Robert.  The carrot principle : how the best managers use recognition to engage their people, retain talent, and accelerate performance.  Free Press, 2007.  214 pages.

    338.2 Mar
    Margonelli, Lisa.  Oil on the brain : adventures from the pump to the pipeline.  Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2007.  324 pages.

    658.4 May
    May, Matthew E.  The elegant solution : Toyota’s formula for mastering innovation.  Free Press, 2007.  236 pages.

    658.18 McG
    McGregor, James.  One billion customers : lessons from the front lines of doing business in China.  Free Press, 2006.  312 pages.

    395.52 Sab
    Sabath, Anne Marie.  One minute manners : quick solutions to the most awkward situations you’ll ever face at work.  Broadway Books, 2007.  159 pages.

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COMPUTERS

004.678 Hup
Hupfer, Ryan.  MySpace for dummies.  Wiley, 2007.  314 pages.

006.78 Kar
Karlins, David.  Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 how-tos : 100 essential techniques.  Adobe, 2007.  294 pages.

005.446 Rat
Rathbone, Andy.  Windows Vista for dummies. Wiley, 2007.  408 pages.

006.33 Sei
Seife, Charles.  Decoding the universe : how the new science of information is explaining everythin in the cosmos, from our brains to black holes.  Viking, 2006.  296 pages.

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EDUCATION

  • 428.4 Doz
    Dozier, Cheryl.  Critical literacy.critical teaching : tools for preparing responsive teachers.  Teachers College Press, 2006.  210 pages.

    372.21 Evi
    Evidence-based practices and programs for early childhood care and education.  Corwin Press, 2007.  191 pages.

    428.4 Hir
    Hirsch, E.D.  The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children.  Houghton Mifflin, 2006.  169 pages.

    370.15 Jen
    Jensen, Eric.  Enriching the brain : how to maximize every learner’s potential.  Jossey-Bass, 2006.  330 pages.

    510.712 Mat
    Mathematical education at highly effective schools that serve the poor : strategies for change.  Erlbaum. 2007.  231 pages.

    371.94 Mel
    Melrose, Regalena.  Why students underachieve : what educators and parents can do about it.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.  233 pages.

    378.1 Pri
    Privatization and public universities.  Indiana University Press, 2006.  299 pages.

    379.158 Sin
    Sindelat, Nancy W.  Using test data for student achievement : answers to “no child left behind.”  Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.  119 pages.

    371.829 Val
    Valverde, Leonard A.  Improving schools for Latinos : creating better learning environments.  Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.  167 pages.

    370.917 Woo
    Wood, John.  Leaving Microsoft to change the world : an entrepreneur’s odyssey to educate the world’s children.  Collins, 2006.  266 pages.

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HISTORY

  • 973.917 Alt
    Alter, Jonathan.  The defining moment: FDR’s hundred days and the triumph of hope.  Simon & Schuster, 2006.  415 pages.

    355.033 Ast.
    Astor, Gerald.  Presidents at war: from Truman to Bush, the gathering of military power to our Commanders in Chief.   Wiley, 2006.  320 pages.

    973.73 Bea
    Bearss, Edwin C.  Fields of honor.  National Geographic Society, 2006.  448 pages.

    979.004 Bla
    Blackhawk, Ned.  Violence over the land: Indians and empires in the early American West.  Harvard University Press, 2006.  372 pages.

    973.711 Cal
    Calonius, Erik.  The Wanderer: the last American slave ship and the conspiracy that set its sails.  St.

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JERSEYANA

  • J813.54 E92n
    Evanovich, Janet.  Plum lovin’.  St. Martin’s Press, 2007.  164 pages.

    J813.6 F711
    Ford, Richard.  The lay of the land.  Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.  485 pages.

    J796.51 J391
    Jasch, Mary.  Best hikes with dogs in New Jersey.  The Mountaineers Books, 2007.  220 pages.

    J636.737 K198a
    Katz, Jon.  Good dog: the story of Orson, who changed my life.  Random House, 2006.  224 pages.

    J974.71 K262

    Keegan, William, Jr.  Closure: the untold story of the Ground Zero recovery mission.  Touchstone, 2006.  234 pages.

    J974.946 W52 P635a
    Pike, Helen C.  West Long Branch revisited.  Arcadia, 2007.  127 pages.

    J813.6 W651
    Weisner, David.  Flotsam.  Clarion Books, 2006.  39 pages.

    J629.13 L742
    Winters, Kathleen C.  Anne Morrow Lindbergh: first lady of the air.  Palgrave MacMillan2006.  241 pages.

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LIBRARIES

  • 021.2 Abr
    Abram, Stephen.  Out front with Stephen Abram: a guide for information leaders.  American Library Association, 2007.  203 pages.

    027.626 Ale
    Alessio, Amy J.  A year of programs for teens.  American Library Association, 2007.  159 pages.

    027.62 Cer
    Cerny, Rosanne.  Outstanding library services to children: putting the core competencies to work.  Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association, 2006.  94 pages.

    027.665 Cla
    Clark, Sheila.  Library service to the incarcerated: applying the public library model in correctional facility libraries.  Libraries Unlimited, 2006.  246 pages.

    023.9 Kat
    Kathman, Michael D.  Managing student employees in college libraries.  Association of College and Research Libraries, 2006.  198 pages.

    025.52 Ref
    The reference librarian’s policies forms, guidelines, and procedures handbook.  Neal-Schuman,  2006.  339 pages + 1 CD-ROM.

    025.11 Sny
    Snyder, Herbert.  Small Change, big problems: detecting and preventing financial misconduct in your library.  American Library Association, 2006.  149 pages.

    027.8 Too
    Toor, Ruth.  New on the job: a school library media specialist’s guide to success.  American Library Association, 2007.  212 pages.

    027.6 Wei
    Weibel, Marguerite Crowley.  Adult learners welcome here: a handbook for librarians and literacy teachers.  Neal-Schuman, 2007.  307 pages

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SCIENCE / NATURE

  • 363.738 Hil
    Hillman, Mayer.  The suicidal planet : how to prevent global climate catastrophe.  Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin’s Press, 2007.  296 pages.

    629.45 Jon
    Jones, Chris.  Too far from home : a story of life and death in space.  Doubleday, 2007.  288 pages.

    599.67 Oco
    O’Connell, Caitlin.  The elephant’s secret sense : the hidden life of the wild herds of Africa.  Free Press, 2007.  240 pages.

    523.8 Tys
    Tyson, Neil deGrasse.  Death by black hole : and other cosmic quandaries.  W.W. Norton, 2007.  384 pages.

    523.1 Vil
    Vilenkin, A.  Many worlds in one : the search for other universes.  Hill and Wang, 2006.  235 pages.

    567.9 War
    Ward, Peter Douglas.  Out of thin air : dinosaurs, birds, and Earth’s ancient atmospheres.  J. Henry Press, 2006.  282 pages.

    523.4 Wei
    Weintraub, David A.  Is Pluto a planet? : a historical journey through the solar system.  Princeton University Press, 2007.  254 pages.

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SOCIAL ISSUES

  • 303.301 Ana
    An anatomy of power: the social theory of Michael Mann.   Cambridge University Press, 2006.  409 pages.

    303.48 Ben
    Benkler, Yochai.  The wealth of networks: how social production transforms markets and freedom.  Yale University Press, 2006.  515 pages.

    306 Cha
    Chase, Philip G.  The emergence of culture : the evolution of a uniquely human way of life.  Springer, 2006.  217 pages.

    303.484 Dis
    Dissent in America: voices that shaped a nation.  Pearson Education, 2006.  792 pages.

    394.26 Ehr
    Ehrenreich, Barbara.  Dancing in the streets: a history of collective joy.  Metropolitan Books, 2007.  320 pages.

    301 Fem
    Feminist anthropology : a reader.  Blackwell, 2006.  460 pages.

    301.072 Igo
    Igo, Sarah Elizabeth.  The averaged American: surveys, citizens, and the making of a mass public. Harvard University Press, 2007.  398 pages.

    363.583 Leo
    Leonard, Paul.  Music of a thousand hammers: inside Habitat for Humanity.  Continuum, 2006.  184 pages.

    320.973 McC
    McCarty, Nolan M.  Polarized America: the dance of ideology and unequal riches.  MIT Press, 2006.  240 pages.

    305.5 New
    Newman, Katherine S.  Chutes and ladders: navigating the low-wage labor market.  Harvard University Press, 2006.  405 pages.

    304.8 Smi
    Smith, Robert C.  Mexican New York : transnational lives of new immigrants.  University of California Press, 2006.  375 pages.

    305.8 Sok
    Sokol, Joseph.  There goes my everything : white Southerners in the age of civil rights, 1945-1975.  Knopf, 2006.  433 pages.

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MISCELLANEOUS

791.43 Bac
Bach, Steven.  Leni : the life and work of Leni Riefenstahl.  Knopf, 2007.  386 pages.

910.913 Fra
Frater, Alexander.  Tales from the torrid zone : travels in the deep tropics.  Knopf, 2007.  384 pages.

158 Gil
Gilbert, Daniel Todd.  Stumbling on happiness.  Knopf, 2006.  277 pages.

979.7 Kri
Krist, Gary.  The white cascade : the Great Northern Railway disaster and America’s deadliest avalanche. Henry Holt, 2007.  315 pages.

355.02 Lan
Langewiesche, William.  The atomic bazaar : the rise of the nuclear poor.  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.  179 pages.

818.54 Ram
Rampersad, Arnold.  Ralph Ellison : a biography.  Knopf, 2007, 657 pages.

261.7 Tow 
Townsend, Kathleen.  Failing America’s faithful : how today’s churches mixed God with politics and lost their way.  Warner Books, 2007  206 pages.

910.202 Wat
Watkins, Steve.  Unforgettable journeys to take before you die.  Firefly Books, 2006.  256 pages.

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McNaughton Leasing Program - AUDIO BOOKS

F   Alb       Albom, Mitch                 For one more day.  3 discs / unabridged
F   Bin       Binchy, Maeve               Whitethorn woods.  5 discs / abridged
F   Bro       Bronte, Emily                 Wuthering heights.  12 discs / unabridged
F   Bro       Brown, Sandra               Send no flowers.  3 discs / abridged
B  Child     Child, Julia                    My life in France.  4 discs / abridged
F  Cla       Clark, Mary Higgins        Santa Cruise.  5 discs / unabridged
F  Cob      Coben, Harlan                Black spin.  7 discs / unabridged
F  Cor       Cornwell, Bernard           Lords of the North.  5 discs / abridged
814   Eph      Ephron, Nora.                I feel bad about my neck.  3 discs / unabridged
F   Eva      Evanovich, Janet           Hot stuff.  4 discs / unabridged
956.04  Fri        Friedman, Thomas L.     From Beirut to Jerusalem.  3 discs / abridged

F   Gri        Grisham, John               The summons. 18 discs / unabridged
975  Gri        Griffin, John Howard       Black like me. 6 discs / unabridged
F   Hel       Heller, Joseph               Catch-22. 16 discs / unabridged
F   Hig       Higgins, Jack                Drink with the devil.  7 discs / unabridged
F    Joy       Joyce, James                Dubliners.  7 discs / unabridged
973  Oba      Obama, Barack             The audacity of hope.  5 discs / abridged
F    Ode      O’Dell, Tawni                 Sister mine.  5 discs / abridged
F    Spa      Sparks, Nicholas           Dear John.  8 discs / unabridged
F    Ste       Steel, Danielle               Sisters.  9 discs / unabridged
F    Tur       Turow, Scott                  Limitations.  5 discs / unabridged
F     Wil        Williams, Polly               The yummy mummy.  5 discs / abridged


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McNaughton Leasing Program - HARDCOVER BOOKS

F   Alb       Albom, Mitch                 For one more day.
F   Bon      Bond, Larry                    Larry Bond’s first team.
F   Bro       Brown, Dan                   Angels & demons.
F   Cas      Cash, Dixie                    I gave you my heart, but you sold it online.
F   Cla       Clark, Mary Higgins        I heard that song before.
F   Con      Connelly, Michael           Echo Park.
F   Del       Delinsky, Barbara           Family tree.
F   Eva      Evanovich, Janet           Plum lovin’.
F   For       Ford, Richard                 The lay of the land.
F   Fra       Frazier, Charles             Thirteen moons.
F   Har       Harrison, Kim                For a few demons more.
F   McC     McCall Smith, Alexander The good husband of Zebra Drive.
F   Mes      Messud, Claire              The emperor’s children.
F   Mor       Morrison, Toni               Beloved.
F   Pat       Patterson, James          Step on a crack.
F   Pyn       Pynchon, Thomas          Against the day.
F   Set       Setterfield, Diane           The thirteenth tale.
F   Spa      Sparks, Nicholas           Dear John.
F   Tol        Tolkien, J. R. R.                        Narn I chin Hurin.
F   Vre       Vreeland, Susan            Luncheon of the boating party.
F   Woo      Woods, Stuart               Short straw.

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New eBooks

New eBooks
The New Jersey State Library (NJSL) has over 10,000  electronic  books  available for your use. eBooks are electronic versions of printed  books which  can  be viewed online on any PC connected  to  the Internet.  You  can browse eBooks  for  quick  research and reference or check  them out  and  read  them  at your  leisure.  Since eBooks  are online, they’re available at your convenience—anywhere, anytime.  You also don’t  have to worry about  returning them.  eBooks  are  automatically  returned at  the end  of  your  checkout  period. The eBooks are full text, and searchable.  In order  to access  our  collection, you   will  need  to  establish a  user  account.  You  may  do  this from any public computer  at  the  State Library.  State employees and Thomas Edison State College staff, students and mentors may establish an account at:  http://www.netlibrary.com/CreateAccount.aspx using the barcode from your NJSL library card.  

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OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB

F Gar
Garcia, Marquez, Gabriel.Love in the time of cholera: a novel.Vintage, 2003.  348 pages.

 

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