HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for: 2010. To see new books from other years try: 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

On Folly Beach By White, Karen 2010-05 - New American Library 9780451229212 Check Our Catalog Two women, two wars, and a bookstore in the lowcountry that brings their stories together in unexpected ways--this latest Southern novel is from the bestselling author of "The Memory of Water." …More

The Last Lie By White, Stephen 2010-08 - Dutton Books 9780525951773 Check Our Catalog I>New York Times"-bestselling author White returns to his beloved Alan Gregory series with a taut- ripped-from-the-headlines crime story that also features Sam Purdy from the bestseller "The Siege." …More

The Sonderberg Case By Wiesel, Elie Translator Temerson, Catherine 2010-08 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307272201 Check Our Catalog From the Nobel laureate and author of "Night" comes a deeply felt, beautifully written novel of morality, guilt, and innocence. With his signature elegance and thoughtfulness, Wiesel presents an enthralling psychological mystery, both vividly dramatic and profoundly emotional. …More

Nicety By Williams, Brittani 2010-05 - Urban Books 9781601622709 Check Our Catalog In this second novel featuring sassy vixen Diamond, readers will watch Diamond struggle and make mistakes that could cause her to lose the two things she loves the most: Kemp's best friend Black, and money. …More

The Hot Box By Zane 2010-08 - Atria Books 9780743499279 Check Our Catalog Harmony, Bryce, and Lucinda are back with their friends Fatima and Colette as they embark on a new set of adventures involving love, fun, and of course, drama. But they are not alone. Tempest and Janessa from "The Heat Seekers" join the festivities. (Adult Fiction) …More

Contactees: A History of Alien-Human Interaction By Redfern, Nick 2009-12 - New Page Books 9781601630964 Check Our Catalog We are not alone...and Nick Redfern can prove it. "Contactees" contains the fascinating stories of the select group of people chosen by visitors to Earth to spread their message. Are aliens really among us? Don't be too quick to dismiss their claims. This book relates their thought-provoking, lluminating, controversial, and sometimes bizarre stories in all their appropriately out-of-this-world glory. …More

Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason By Pearl, Nancy 2003-08 - Sasquatch Books 9781570613814 Check Our Catalog What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same Book," has devised 170 thematic reading lists that cater to every mood, occasion, and personality. These annotated lists cover such topics as mother-daughter relationships, science for nonscientists, mysteries of all stripes, African-American fiction from a female point of view, must-reads for kids, books on bicycling, "chick-lit," and many more. Pearl's enthusiasm and taste shine throughout in this lively and informative illustrated guide. …More

Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries By Broome, Fiona 2009-10 - Createspace 9781448664429 Check Our Catalog …More

Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years By Jenkins, Philip 2010-03 - HarperOne 9780061768941 Check Our Catalog Jenkins tells the fascinating, violent story of the Church's fifth century battles over right belief that had a far greater impact on the future of Christianity and the world than the much-touted Council of Nicea convened a century before. …More

The Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business with Babies - And How You Can, Too By Colburn-Smith, Cate Author Serrette, Andrea 2007-03 - Jeremy P. Tarcher 9781585425440 Check Our Catalog This one-of-a-kind guide to balancing motherhood and work is based on actual journals kept by a group of IBM women during their visits to the company's employee lactation room, in which they offered one another advice and support on juggling work and a newborn. …More

Cooked in La By Cook, Paul 2009-11 - Createspace 9781449572297 Check Our Catalog …More

A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age By Rayner, Richard 2010-06 - Anchor Books 9781400033584 Check Our Catalog Best Book of the Year "The Los Angeles Times" - "The" "Washington Post" Los Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, and celebrity scandals. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA taking bribes to throw trials. In "A Bright and Guilty Place," Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom times shaded into the Depression, the adventures of Clark and White would inspire pulp fiction and replace L.A.'s reckless optimism with a new cynicism. Together, theirs is the tale of how the city of sunshine went noir. …More

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago By Perry, Douglas 2010-08 - Viking Books 9780670021970 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Perry vividly captures Jazz Age Chicago to tell the true story of the murderesses who became media sensations and inspired the musical "Chicago." …More

Hillsdale: Greek Tragedy in America's Heartland By Rapoport, Roger 2000-09 - RDR Books 9781571430885 Check Our Catalog On October 17, 1999 Lissa Roche, the editor of Hillsdale College Press and the daughter-in-law of the conservative school's president, Dr. George Roche III, was found dead in Hillsdale's Slayton Arboretum. Police promptly ruled her death a suicide. But when the authorities suppressed portions of her autopsy, refused to perform a ballistics test on the .357 that ended her life, cross-check key alibis, or find the keys that Lissa supposedly used to access her husband's gun, Lissa's death became an unresolved mystery. Based on exclusive interviews with family, friends and faculty, previously unpublished documents and in-depth research with insiders, this book examines an extraordinary tragedy and lets the reader be the judge. …More

Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin By Sides, Hampton 2010-04 - Doubleday Books 9780385523929 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the acclaimed bestselling author of "Ghost Soldiers" comes a taut, intense narrative about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the largest manhunt in American history. Magnificent in scope, drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material, this nonfiction thriller illuminates one of the darkest hours in American life. …More

How to Mellify a Corpse: And Other Human Stories of Ancient Science & Superstition By Leon, Vicki 2010-07 - Walker & Company 9780802717023 Check Our Catalog Leon brings her particular hybrid of history and humor to the entwined subjects of science and superstition in the ancient world. Leon covers subjects as diverse as astronomy and astrology, and philosophy and practicalities of life and death. …More

Mathematics: A Human Endeavor By Jacobs, Harold R. 1994-01 - W.H. Freeman & Company 9780716724261 Check Our Catalog This is a great book for those who think they don't like mathematics. This book includes: Mathematical Ways of Thinking; Number Sequences; Functions and Their Graphs; Large Numbers and Logarithms; Symmetry and Regular Figures; Mathematical Curves; Methods of Counting; The Mathematics of Chance; An Introduction to Statistics; and Topics in Topology. …More

Hot X: Algebra Exposed By McKellar, Danica 2010-08 - Hudson Street Press 9781594630705 Check Our Catalog "New York Times-" bestselling author McKellar tackles the toughest math class yet: algebra. She shows teenage girls--and anyone taking algebra--how to feel confident, get in the driver's seat, and master topics like square roots, polynomials, quadratic equations, word problems, and more. …More

The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements By Kean, Sam 2010-07 - Little Brown and Company 9780316051644 Check Our Catalog The infectious tales and astounding details in "The Disappearing Spoon" follow carbon, neon, silicon, and gold as they play out their parts in human history, finance, mythology, war, the arts, poison, and the lives of the frequently mad scientists who discovered them. …More

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains By Carr, Nicholas 2010-06 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393072228 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The bestselling author of "The Big Switch" returns with an explosive look at technology's effect on the mind. …More

Healing Foods: A Practical Guide to Key Foods for Good Health By Polunin, Miriam 1997-08 - Knopf Canada 9780676970722 Check Our Catalog …More

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual By Pollan, Michael 2009-12 - Penguin Books 9780143116387 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food" comes this collection of simple, sensible, and easy to use rules--the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food he or she eats. (Consumer Health) …More

Video Slut: How I Shoved Madonna Off an Olympic High Dive, Got Prince Into a Pair of Tiny Purple Woolen Underpants, Ran Away from By Oreck, Sharon 2010-05 - Faber & Faber 9780865479869 Check Our Catalog …More

The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations By Berlin, Ira 2010-01 - Viking Books 9780670021376 Check Our Catalog Four great migrations defined the history of black people in America. Berlin's magisterial new account of these passages evokes both the terrible price and the moving triumphs of a people forcibly and then willingly migrating to America over four centuries. …More

The Obama Diaries By Ingraham, Laura 2010-07 - Threshold Editions 9781439197516 Check Our Catalog Informative and hugely entertaining, "The Obama Diaries" will inspire both laughter and critical thinking about the future of the nation and the man currently at the helm. …More