Wednesday, August 24, 2011

HPL's New Books


Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for:  2011 .  To see new books from other years try:  2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.



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The Company We Keep
The Company We Keep
By Monroe, Mary
2009-06 - Thorndike Press
9781410416322 Check Our Catalog

From the masterful pen of "New York Times"-bestselling author Monroe comes a compelling, thoroughly entertaining novel about searching for and finding love. …More


The Snowman
The Snowman
By Nesbo, Jo
Translator Bartlett, Don
2011-05 - Knopf Publishing Group
9780307595867 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title

Internationally acclaimed, bestselling Norwegian writer Nesb appears on the Knopf list for the first time with a bone-chilling new thriller about a serial killer who takes Harry Hole--Nesb's irascible police investigator--to the brink of insanity. …More


Hittin' the Bricks: An Urban Erotic Tale
Hittin' the Bricks: An Urban Erotic Tale
By Noire
2009-01 - One World
9780345508782 Check Our Catalog

From Noire, the queen of urban erotica and the #1 bestselling author of "G-Spot," comes a sensual new novel set in Spanish Harlem about a woman torn between family and love. …More


Beach Road
Beach Road
By Patterson, James
Author de Jong, Peter Y.
2006-05 - Little Brown and Company
9780316167116 Check Our Catalog


Down-and-out Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's ship finally comes in when he's hired to defend a local man accused of the triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar.
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Sam's Letters to Jennifer
Sam's Letters to Jennifer
By Patterson, James
2004-06 - Little Brown and Company
9780316000741 Check Our Catalog

A New York Times Bestselling Author
Jennifer returns to the resort town where she grew up to help a beloved relative - and ends up experiencing not one but two of the most amazing love stories she's ever known. In letters that Jennifer finds, it is revealed that her relative has held a secret for decades. Her great love was someone other than the man she was married to for all those years. As Jennifer reads the letters she learns more about love's imperatives and secrets than she ever dreamed possible. And then Jennifer finds her own great love, but at a cost. …More


Shameless
Shameless
By Pierce, Vonetta C.
2005-01 - Holsey Corporation/Q-Boro Books
9780975306666 Check Our Catalog

Reality sets in for Jasmyn when she tests HIV positive. Now, she must take responsibility for her impulsive college days. You'll laugh and you'll cry as you witness Jasmyn and Kyle dealing with the demons from their past and the hard-core reality of their present. Sometimes, love has consequences. Especially when the things you do are just downright SHAMELESS. …More


Somebody Else's Man
Somebody Else's Man
By Poole, Daaimah S.
2009-10 - Dafina Books
9780758222473 Check Our Catalog

"Essence"-bestselling author Poole burns up the pages with a sizzling story of friendship gone wrong. …More


1-900-A-N-Y-T-I-M-E
1-900-A-N-Y-T-I-M-E
By Price-Thompson, Tracy
2009-09 - Atria Books
9781416533054 Check Our Catalog

Price-Thompson has been awarded numerous honors for her steamy, action-packed, and culturally relevant writing. Her latest sexy, thrilling novel features a phone-sex worker whose obsessive clients are determined to get her all to themselves. …More


The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
By Rand, Ayn
Introduction by Rand, Ayn
Afterword by Peikoff, Leonard
1996-09 - New American Library
9780451191151 Check Our Catalog

Howard Roark is an architect whose genius and integrity will not be comprised. He has ideas that work against conventional standards. …More


The Devilish Montague
The Devilish Montague
By Rice, Patricia
2011-07 - Signet Book
9780451234056 Check Our Catalog

The second in the Rebellious Sons series. All Blake Montague wants is to save Europe from a tyrant. But as the penniless youngest son of a baron, he needs a marriage of convenience to provide the money he requires for a military commission. Original. …More


The Devil Colony: A SIGMA Force Novel
The Devil Colony: A SIGMA Force Novel
By Rollins, James
2011-06 - William Morrow & Company
9780061784781 Check Our Catalog


"Every James Rollins delivers mach-speed mayhem; throat-clutching suspense; high-style adventure; and a terrific story told terrifically. He makes the rest us look bad."
--Steve Berry, author of The Emperor's Tomb

"This guy doesn't write novels--he builds roller coasters."
--Booklist

New York Times bestselling thrill-master James Rollins is back with The Devil Colony, another electrifying combination of suspense, history, science, action, and ingenious speculation. In The Devil Colony, Sigma Force stalwarts Painter Crowe and Commander Grayson Pierce must investigate a gruesome massacre in the Rocky Mountains and root out a secret cabal that has been manipulating momentous events since the time of the original thirteen colonies. Once again, Rollins delivers a spine-tingler that will leave fans of Michael Crichton, The Da Vinci Code, and Indiana Jones breathless--as he exposes the dark truth behind the founding of America.
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The Death Instinct
The Death Instinct
By Rubenfeld, Jed
2011-01 - Riverhead Books
9781594487828 Check Our Catalog

A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, "The Death Instinct," by the author of "The Interpretation of Murder," takes readers back to 1920 to the first terrorist attack on Wall Street. …More


The Kid
The Kid
By Sapphire
2011-07 - Penguin Press
9781594203046 Check Our Catalog


In a generational story that moves with the speed of thought from a Mississippi dirt farm to Harlem in its heyday; from a troubled Catholic orphanage to downtown artist's lofts, "The Kid" tells of a young 21st-century man's fight to find a way toward the future.
HPL patron: This book wasn't as good as PUSH.  It didn't hold my interest.
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Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain
By Siddons, Anne Rivers
2011-07 - Grand Central Publishing
9780446527897 Check Our Catalog

From a "New York Times"-bestselling author and one of today's most acclaimed writers ("Sweetwater Creek, Fault Lines") comes this dramatic tale of a well-born Southern woman whose life is forever changed by the betrayal of her mother and by the man she loves. …More


Street Soldier
Street Soldier
By Silhouettes
2011-06 - Urban Books
9781601624529 Check Our Catalog

This debut novel from a powerful new voice in urban lit follows the wild trials and tribulations of a reckless teenager whose world is spinning out of control. …More


Portrait of a Spy
Portrait of a Spy
By Silva, Daniel
2011-07 - Harper
9780062072184 Check Our Catalog

The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author delivers his most spellbinding novel yet featuring Gabriel Allon, art restorer and assassin, in a story of true courage in the face of an unimaginable evil. …More


American Vampire, Volume 1
American Vampire, Volume 1
By Snyder, Scott
Author King, Stephen
Illustrator Albuquereque, Rafael
2010-10 - Vertigo
9781401228309 Check Our Catalog

In Snyder's story, young vampire Pearl sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European Vampires who tortured and abused her. King contributes a western about Skinner Sweet, the original American Vampire with rattlesnake fangs and powered by the sun. …More


American Vampire, Volume Two
American Vampire, Volume Two
By Snyder, Scott
Illustrator Albuquereque, Rafael
Illustrator Santolouco, Mateus
2011-05 - Vertigo
9781401230692 Check Our Catalog

This sequel to the #1 "New York Times" bestseller introduces a new strain of vampire--one born of the American West. When the bodies of prominent businessmen start showing up drained of blood, Chief Cash McCogan must get to the bottom of the case--even if it means fighting the evil undead. …More


Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
By Steel, Danielle
2011-07 - Delacorte Press
9780385340304 Check Our Catalog

In a novel brimming with warmth and insight, beginning on one birthday and ending on another, Valerie, April, and Jack discover that life itself can be a celebration--and that its greatest gifts are always a surprise. Steel tells the story of three very different people, each of whom reaches a crucial turning point: a rite both bittersweet and full of hope. …More


Welcome to Oddville!
Welcome to Oddville!
By Stephens, Jay
Illustrator Stephens, Jay
2011-06 - Adhouse Books
9781935233084 Check Our Catalog

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Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits
By Strohmeyer, Sarah
2011-06 - Dutton Books
9780525952220 Check Our Catalog

When life gives you lemons, call your best girlfriends and whip up some lemon martinis. Such is the mantra for the Ladies' Society for the Conservation of Martinis, which is established after one fateful PTA meeting, when four young mothers discover they have more in common than they ever thought possible. …More


Wifey 4 Life
Wifey 4 Life
By Swinson, Kiki
2010-03 - Melodrama Publishing
9781934157619 Check Our Catalog

Kira's quiet life in the islands is interrupted when she's called back to Virginia to attend a funeral. Kira's plans for a short, incognito trip are derailed when news of her arrival spreads. Now there's a bounty on her head, and several snakes are ready to cash in. …More


Monument to Murder
Monument to Murder
By Truman, Margaret
2011-07 - Forge
9780765326096 Check Our Catalog

When former Savannah cop Robert Brixton--now a struggling P.I.--agrees to look into a two-year-old murder in the hope of clearing a young woman of the crime, he soon finds himself immersed in the greedy, evil underbelly of Savannah's power elite. …More

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