New at the Library
by Chris Sokol
July 2009

Bodily offspring I do not leave, but mental offspring I do. Well, my books do not have to be sent to school and college, and then insist on going into the church, or take to drinking, or marry their mother’s maid.
--Samuel Butler (1835-1902), British author

Fiction
The Adventures of Blanche by Rick Geary.  Cartoonist Geary chronicles the life of an
extraordinary fictitious woman of the early twentieth century in this graphic novel.
The Stalin Epigram by Robert Littell.  A fictional account of the life of Osip Mandelstam, one of
the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century, who defied Joseph Stalin.

Nonfiction
The Big Book of Juices by Natalie Savona.  Recipes for more than 400 natural blends, alongside mouth-watering photographs.
The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler.  The former FDA commissioner advises on taking control of the insatiable American appetite.
The Environmental Justice by Adam M. Sowards.  UI history professor Sowards explores how Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas helped shape conservation politics from the 1940s to mid-1970s, inspired by his youthful experiences hiking in the Pacific Northwest.
Froth! The Science of Beer by Mark Denny.  A scientific,witty investigation of the physics and chemistry of beer.
Impounded edited by Linda Gordon and Gary Y. Okihiro.  Photographer Dorothea Lange and the censored images of Japanese American internment.
Kneadlessly Simple: Fabulous, Fuss-Free, No-Knead Breads by Nancy Baggett.  Seventy-five tasty recipes for slow rise, easy bread.
The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights by Ingrid Newkirk.  Simple acts of kindness to help animals in trouble.
Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100 Mile Diet by Alisa smith and J.B. MacKinnon.  The authors challenged themselves to spending one year eating only food produced within 100 miles of their Vancouver, B.C. home.
Valkyrie by Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager.  The story of one of the failed plots to assassinate Hitler, written by the last surviving member of the conspirators.
Wicked Plants by Amy Stewart.  A readable illustrated list of over 200 plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend.
Wood-Fired Cooking by Mary Karlin.  Techniques and recipes for grill, fireplace, campfire, and backyard oven,

CD Audiolibros (Texto completo)
El Anatomista por Federico Andahazi.
Bendíceme, Última por Rudolfo Anaya.
Cielos de Barro por Dulce Chacón.
La Lágrima, la Gota y el Artificio por Malú Huacuja del Toro.
El Oro de los Sueños por José María Merino.
La Traducción por Pablo De Santis.

DVD
The Grocer’s Son (France, 2007)  A young man re-discovers life and love in the countryside of Provence.
Frost/Nixon (U.S., 2008)  A re-telling of the legendary battle of wits between disgraced former President Richard Nixon and celebrity TV host David Frost in 1977.
The Unforeseen (U.S., 2007)  Andrew O’Hehir of Salon.com says this documentary is “a beautiful, soulful work about real estate development and sprawl…and if you think that’s impossible you haven’t seen it.”

Valkyrie (U.S., 2008).  Tom Cruise stars as Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg, the mastermind of the actual “Valkyrie” plot that attempted to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Chris Sokol spends money to buy good things for the adult collection of the Latah County Library District.