I've decided to be nice to the FBI. I'm going to save them the trouble to bother my local librarian to find out what I intend to check out from the library and write my list here instead. OK, it's a tiny bit selfish as I've discovered that I often forget my list when I get to the library - and if I have it available on the web all I have to do is print it out. This is a list in progress, mind you. I would ask my San Leandro readership to not be mean and check these books out before I get to them.
Currently available at the library.
Non-Fiction
The Nasty Bits
by Anthony Bourdain
641.5 BOURDAIN
in New Books (ckout)
American theocracy : the peril and politics of radical religion, oil, and borrowed money in the 21st century
by Phillips, Kevin P.
973.928 PHILLIPS
in New Books (ckout)
Cobra II : the inside story of the invasion and occupation of Iraq
by Gordon, Michael R.
956.704 GORDON
in New Books
Casting with a fragile thread : a story of sisters and Africa
by Kann, Wendy
968.91 KANN
in new Books
Scribbling the cat : travels with an African soldier /
by Fuller, Alexandra
968.94 FULLER
in new Books
Losing Moses on the Freeway: America's broken covenant with the 10 commandments
by Hedges, Chris
241.5 HEDGES
An African in Greenland /
by Kpomassie, Tete-Michel
919.82 KPO
The assassins' gate : America in Iraq
by Packer, George
956.7 PACKER
The sacred willow : four generations in the life of a Vietnamese family /
by Elliott, Duong Van Mai
959.704 ELLIOTT
Pornified : how the culture of pornography is transforming our lives, our relationships, and our families /
by Paul, Pamela.
306.77 PAUL
Santeria : la religion /
by Gonzalez-Wippler, Migene
299.6 GONZALEZ-WIPPLER
SPA
missing
Don't let's go to the dogs tonight : an African childhood /
by Fuller, Alexandra
FULLER FUL
BIOG
Fiction
THE RUINS : a novel /
by Smith, Scott
CATALOGUING
The pale blue eye : a novel /
by Bayard, Louis
mystery - new
End of story : a novel of suspense /
by Abrahams, Peter
ABRAHAMS
new
Snakeskin shamisen
by Naomi Hirahara
in library catalogue but no item info
mystery
The second coming of Mavala Shikongo: a novel /
by Orner, Peter
ORNER
The people's act of love
by Meek, James
MEEK (new books)
The historian : a novel
by Kostova, Elizabeth.
KOSTOVA
The good terrorist /
by Lessing, Doris
LESSING
look at other books by her
Snobs: a novel
by Fellowes, Julian
FELLOWES
Under the glacier
by Laxness, Halldor
HALLDOR
Paradise of the blind /
by Duong, Thu Huong
DUONG
Field of Blood: A Novel.
by Mina, Denise
mystery
Deception: a novel /
by Mina, Denise
MINA
Oblivion
by Abrahams, Peter
ABRAHAMS
Classics
Bleak House /
by Dickens, Charles
DICKENS
The call of the wild
by London, Jack
The sound and the fury
by Faulkner
Sons and lovers /
by Lawrence, D. H.
The grapes of wrath /
by Steinbeck, John
classic
Not availabe at the library
The Warwolf
by Hermann Löns
fiction
I'll Have What They're Having: Legendary Local Cuisine
by Linda Stradley
Waiting for the Vote of the Wild Animals
by Ahmadou Kourouma
fiction
Understanding Vietnam
by Neil L. Jamieson
The Voice of the Turtle
by G. Cabrera Infante
fiction
Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler
Mystery Authors
future reference
John Burdett
Laura Levine