Thursday, December 18, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Night Shadow
Cherry Adair

Quick Study
By Maggie Barbieri

The Christmas Sweater
By Glenn Beck

Princeps' fury
By Jim Butcher

Dying for Revenge
By Eric Jerome Dickey

Blue Moon

By Laurell K. Hamilton

Blood Sins
By Kay Hooper

Knit Two
By Kate Jacobs

The Private Patient
By P.D. James

The Treasure
By Iris Johansen

A McKettrick Christmas
By Linda Lael Miller

Crossroads
By Belva Plain

The United States of Atlantis
By Harry Turtledove

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Ascent of Money
By Niall Ferguson

Outliers
By Malcolm Gladwell

Do the Right Thing
By Mike Huckabee

Somebody
By Stefan Kanfer

Why We Suck
By Denis Leary

Annie Leibovitz at Work
By Annie Leibovitz

The American Journey of Barack Obama
By Life Books

The Rise of Barack Obama
By Pete Souza

Thursday, December 4, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Charlemagne Pursuit
By Steve Berry

Santa Clawed
By Rita Mae Brown

Ender in Exile
By Orson Scott Card

The Quilter's Kitchen
By Jennifer Chiaverini

Dashing Through the Snow
By Mary Higgins Clark

Scarpetta
By Patricia Cornwell

Arctic Drift
By Clive Cussler

The Bodies Left Behind
By Jeffery Deaver

The Eleventh Man
By Ivan Doig

Swallowing Darkness
By Laurell K. Hamilton

Ghost at Work
By Carolyn Hart

Cruel Intent
By J. A. Jance

Exposed
By Alex Kava

Just After Sunset
By Stephen King

Every Now and Then
By Karen Kingsbury

Your Heart Belongs to Me
By Dean Koontz

The Hour I First Believed
By Wally Lamb

A Mercy
By Toni Morrison

Cross Country
By James Patterson

Salvation in Death
By J.D. Robb

The Pagan Stone
By Nora Roberts

Midnight
By Sister Souljah


Adult Non-Fiction:

Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual
By Bobbi Brown

Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics
By Ina Garten

Too Fat to Fish
By Artie Lange

American Lion
By Jon Mecham

John Lennon
By Philip Norman

I Hate Your Guts
By Jim Norton

Rachael Ray's Big Orange Book
By Rachael Ray

You Being Beautiful
By Michael Roizen

Call Me Ted
By Ted Turner

The Flat Belly Diet
By Liz Vaccariello

The Purpose of Christmas
By Rick Warren

Thursday, November 20, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The White Tiger
By Aravind Adiga

Six Geese A-Slaying
By Donna Andrews

Divine Justice
By David Baldacci

Hounded to Death
By Rita Mae Brown

The Chocolate Snowman Murders
By Joanna Carl

Twice Loved
By Lori Copeland

Espresso Shot
By Cleo Coyle

Black and White and Dead All Over
By John Darnton

The Gate House
By Nelson Demille

Findings
By Mary Anna Evans

Extreme Measures
By Vince Flynn

Dark Summer
By Iris Johansen

A Wallflower Christmas
By Lisa Kleypas

Foundation
By Mercedes Lackey

A Most Wanted Man
By John LeCarre

Hardly Knew Her
By Laura Lippman

Star Wars : Millennium Falcon
James Luceno

The Fire
By Katherine Neville

A Christmas Grace
By Anne Perry

Testimony
By Anita Shreve

A Good Woman
By Danielle Steel

The Widows of Eastwick
By John Updike

Adult Non-Fiction:

Letter to My Daughter
By Maya Angelou

The Shadow Factory
By James Bamford

Kill Bin Laden
By Dalton Fury

Multiple Blessings
By Jon Gosselin

The Longest Trip Home
By John Grogan

Beyond Belief
By John Hamilton

What in the World is going on?
By David Jeremiah

Here's the Story
By Maureen McCormick

A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity
By Bill O'Reilly

Anticancer
By David Servan-Schreiber

Martha Stewart's Cooking School
By Martha Stewart

Murder by Family
By Kent Whitaker

Thursday, October 30, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Brass Verdict
By Michael Connelly

Grace
By Richard Paul Evans

Quofum
By Alan Dean Foster

Bones
By Jonathan Kellerman

A Cedar Cove Christmas
By Debbie MaComber

Faefever
By Karen Marie Moning

Rough Weather
By Robert Parker

The Pirate King
By R.A. Salvatore

Adult Non-Fiction:

A Promise to Ourselves
By Alec Baldwin

Green Goes With Everything
By Sloan Barnett

Giada's Kitchen
By Giada de Laurentiis

The Green-Collar Economy
By Van Jones

Tried by War
By James McPherson

Ted, White, and Blue
By Ted Nugent

Wesley the Owl
By Stacey O'Brien

Against Medical Advice
By James Patterson

The Snowball
By Alice Schroeder

The Wordy Shipmates
By Sarah Vowell

Pieces of My Heart
By Robert Wagner

The Strongest Tribe
By Francis West

Thursday, October 23, 2008

New DVD's

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

John Adams

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Love's Unfolding Dream

Made of Honor

The Other Boleyn Girl

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Sword in the Stone

New Books

Adult Fiction:

A Spoonful of Poison
By M.C. Beaton

Paul of Dune
By Brian Herbert

Liberty
By Garrison Keillor

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By Steig Larsson

Heat Lightning
By John Sandford

The Lucky One
By Nicholas Sparks

Order 66
By Karen Traviss

Hot Mahogany
By Stuart Woods

Adult Non-Fiction:

Mystical Traveler
By Sylvia Browne

The Forever War
By Dexter Filkins

Angler
By Barton Gellman

The Given Day
Dennis LeHane

Mother Warriors
By Jenny McCarthy

Real Life
By Phillip McGraw

Dewey
By Vicki Myron

Acedia & Me
By Kathleen Norris

Boys Will Be Boys
By Jeff Pearlman

Breakthrough
By Suzanne Somers

Through the Storm
By Lynne Spears

The Trouble With Boys
By Peg Tyre

The War Within
By Bob Woodward

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

3rd Annual Harry Potter Night

Harry Potter Night

Saturday, October 25th

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Prattville Public Library


We are please to inform you that you have been invited to attend
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!

After being sorted into your house, you will be able to
attend Hogwarts classes, dine at the Leaky Cauldron, visit Diagon Alley, run Quidditch drills and much more!!

Come dressed as your favorite character!

For children in
grades K-6

For more information, please call the
Children’s Department at 365-3396.

Muggle parents must stay at the library during the activity.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Being Elizabeth
By Barbara Taylor Bradford

One Fifth Avenue
By Candace Bushnell

Sweetheart
By Chelsea Cain

Dark Curse
By Christine Feehan

Silks
By Dick Francis

The Keepsake
By Tess Gerritsen

The Other Queen
By Philippa Gregory

Rough Justice
By Jack Higgins

Night of Thunder
By Stephen Hunter

Sunset
By Karen Kingsbury

The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
By Alexander McCall Smith

Laughter of Dead Kings
By Elizabeth Peters

A Promise to Believe In
By Tracy Peterson

The Letters
By Luanne Rice

Indignation
By Philip Roth

American Wife
By Curtis Sittenfeld

Anathem
By Neal Stephenson

Pecking Order
By Omar Tyree

The Force Unleashed
By Sean Williams

When the Soul Mends
By Cindy Woodsmall

Adult Non-Fiction:

House at Sugar Beach
By Helen Cooper

Hot, Flat, and Crowded
By Thomas Friedman

The One Hundred
By Nina Garcia

We Are Soldier Still
By Harold Moore

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Reading has gone to the dogs!


The P.A.W.S. Therapy Dogs are back by popular demand.
Come join us for a special reading time with the P.A.W.S. dogs every Tuesday and Wednesday beginning Sept. 16th.

Each reading time will be held at the Prattville Library from 3:30-4:30 and is open to all children in grades K-5.

Rheta Grimsley Johnson at the library


Please join us for a book signing with syndicated journalist Rheta Grimsley Johnson, celebrating her new book Poor Man's Provence: Finding Myself in Cajun Louisiana.

The signing will be held Saturday Sept. 13, at 11:00 a.m. in the library.

Books are for sale at the library for $25.oo. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the Children's Department of the Autauga-Prattville Public Libraries.

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Lace Reader
By Brunonia Barry

The Story of Forgetting
By Stefan Block

Into the Fire
By Suzanne Brockmann

The Gypsy Morph
By Terry Brooks

Legally Dead
By Edna Buchanan

Supreme Courtship
By Christopher Buckley

Angels Tip
By Alafair Burke

Death Swatch
By Laura Childs

The Legal Limit
By Martin Clark

The Gargoyle
By Andrew Davidson

Sinner
By Ted Dekker

The Bible Salesman
By Clyde Edgerton

The 19th Wife
By David Ebershoff

Forced Out
By Stephen Frey

Hannah's Dream
By Diane Hammond

Cold in Hand
By John Harvey

The Mercedes Coffin
By Faye Kellerman

Lord of Shadows
By Mary Lennox

The Book of Lies
By Brad Meltzer

A Lady of Secret Devotion
By Tracie Peterson

Devil Bones
By Kathy Reich

Faces of Fear
By John Saul

Where the Heart Leads
By Kim Vogel Sawyer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
By Mary Ann Shaffer

Off Season
By Ann Rivers Siddon

Fractured
By Karin Slaughter

The Scourge of God
By S.M. Stirling

Crime
By Irvine Welsh

Adult Non-Fiction:

Limits of Power
By A.J. Bacevich

The Night of the Gun
By David Carr

The Obama Nation
By Jerome Corsi

Empires of the Sea
By Robert Crowley

Waiter Rant
By Steve Dublanica

Havana Nocturne
By T.J. English

The Case Against Barack Obama
By David Freddoso

Books
By Larry McMurtry

Traffic
By Tom Vanderbilt

Thursday, August 7, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Allison's Journey
By Wanda Brunstetter

It Only Takes a Moment
By Mary Jane Clark

Foreign Body
By Robin Cook

The Assassin
By Stephen Coonts

Where Memories Lie
By Deborah Crombie

Vi Agra Falls
By Mary Daheim

Damage Control
By J.A. Jance

A Journey By Chance
By Sally John

Acheron
By Sherrilyn Kenyon

Breaking Dawn
By Stephenie Meyer

Moscow Rules
By Daniel Silva

The Calling
By Inger Ash Wolfe

Adult Non-Fiction:

Slavery By Another Name
By Douglas Blackmon

Life With My Sister Madonna
By Christopher Ciccone

One Minute to Midnight
By Michael Dobbs

When Markets Collide
By Mohamed El-Erian

Rome 1960
By David Maraniss

Dark Side
By Jane Mayer

Yankee For Life
By Bobby Murcer

Goodnight Bush
By Erich Origen

The Billionaire's Vinegar
By Benjamin Wallace

Thursday, July 17, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Tempting Evil
By Allison Brennan

Suddenly Single
By Shana Burton

America America
By Ethan Canin

Say Goodbye
By Lisa Gardner

Romancing the Dead
By Tate Hallaway

A Passion Most Pure
By Julie Lessman

No Choice But Seduction
By Johanna Lindsey

Fearless
By Diana Palmer

Killer View
By Ridley Pearson

Rules of Deception
By Christopher Reich

Last Kiss
By Luanne Rice

Dyer Consequences
By Maggie Sefton

The Sorceress of Belmair
By Bertrice Small

The Last Patriot
By Brad Thor

My Enemy's Cradle
By Sara Young

Adult Non-Fiction:

End of Days
By Sylvia Browne

The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia
By Gary Gillette

It Was Never About a Hotdog and a Coke
By Rodney Hurst

Thursday, July 10, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Hit and Run
By Lawrence Block

The Sand Castle
By Rita Mae Brown

Swan Peak
By James Lee Burke

Undead and Unworthy
By Mary Janice Davidson

The Beach House
By Jane Green

Silent Thunder
By Iris Johansen

Dance Into Destiny
By Sherri Lewis

My Sister, My Love
By Joyce Carol Oates

Tribute
By Nora Roberts

The Last Oracle
By James Rollins

The Valley-Westside War
By Harry Turtledove

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Prosecution of George W. Bush For Murder
By Vincent Bugliosi

The Last Campaign
By Thurston Clarke

Can't Remember What I Forgot
By Sue Halpern

The Road to Monticello
By Kevin Hayes

America's Best Zoos
By Allen Nyhuis

Thursday, July 3, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Whole Truth
By James Scott Bell

The Queen of Babble Gets Hitched
By Meg Cabot

TailSpin
By Catherine Coulter

Chasing Darkness
By Robert Crais

The Dirty Secrets Club
By Meg Gardiner

Death Angel
By Linda Howard

Winter Turns to Spring
By Catherine Palmer

Oh Don't You Cry For Me
By Philip Shirley

A Sticky Situation
By Kiki Swinson

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
By David Wroblewski

Adult Non-Fiction:

Short Sale Foreclosure Investing
By Dwan Bent-Twyford

The Best Game Ever
By Mark Bowden

Churchill, Hitler, and the "Unnecessary War"
By Patrick Buchanan

Bobby Flay's Grill It!
By Bobby Flay

The Drunkard's Walk
By Leonard Mlodinow

Fleeced
By Dick Morris

Tuned In
By Craig Stull

Thursday, June 26, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

From a Distance
By Tamera Alexander

A Mile in My Flip-Flops
By Melody Carlson

Deep in the Heart of Trouble
By Deeanne Gist

The Death Dealer
By Heather Graham

Death and Honor
By W.E.B. Griffin

Wishbones
By Carolyn Haines

The Art of Keeping Secrets
By Patti Henry

This Charming Man
By Marian Keyes

Dead Silver
By Neil McMahon

Don't Tell A Soul
By David Rosenfelt

Cool Cache
By Patricia Smiley

I Shall Not Want
By Julia Spencer-Fleming

Rogue
By Danielle Steel

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Dumbest Generation
By Mark Bauerlein

Me of Little Faith
By Lewis Black

Sway
By Ori Brafman

Letters to a Young Sister
By Hill Harper

The Execution of Willie Francis
By Gilbert King

Lopsided
By Meredith Norton

Hiring Your First Employee
By Fred Steingold

Thursday, June 19, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Sister
By Poppy Adams

Shadow Command
By Dale Brown

Nothing to Lose
By Lee Child

Married Lovers
By Jackie Collins

Master of the Delta
By Thomas H. Cook

Now and Always
By Lori Copeland

The Broken Window
By Jeffery Deaver

The Garden of Last Days
By Andre Dubus

Fearless Fourteen
By Janet Evanovich

One in a Million
By Kimberla Lawson Roby

Cool Cache
By Patricia Smiley

The Art of Racing in the Rain
By Garth Stein

December
By Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Answer
By John Assaraf

Always By My Side
By Jim Nantz

The Monster of Florence
By Douglas Preston

My Stroke of Insight
By Jill Taylor

Thursday, June 5, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Swine Not?
By Jimmy Buffett

Vineyard Chill
By Philip R. Craig

Spies of Warsaw
By Alan Furst

The Others
By David Guterson

Sisterchicks go Brit
By Robin Jones Gunn

Blue Smoke and Murder
By Elizabeth Lowell

Mystery Writers of America Presents the Blue Religion
By the Mystery Writers of America

Resolution
By Robert B. Parker

Adult Non-Fiction:

A Place Called Canterbury
By Dudley Clendinen

Ghosts Among Us
By James Van Praagh

When You Are Engulfed In Flames
By David Sedaris

Up Till Now
By William Shatner

Stolen Innocence
By Elissa Wall

Friday, May 30, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Blood Trail
By C. J. Box

The Reapers
By John Connolly

The Front
By Patricia Cornwell

Devil May Care
By Sebastian Faulk

Bright Shiny Morning
By James Frey

Many a River
By Elmer Kelton

Blood Noir
By Laurell K. Hamilton

Shadow of Power
By Steve Martini

Executive Privilege
By Phillip Margolin

Blood Harvest
By Brant Randall

Scream For Me
By Karen Rose

The Ancient Rain
By Domenic Stansberry

The Book of Getting Even
By Benjamin Taylor

Black Out
By Lisa Unger

Chasing Harry Winston
By Lauren Weisberger


Adult Non-Fiction:

America's Hidden History
By Kenneth C. Davis

The Chris Farley Show
By Tom Farley

The Downhill Lie
By Carl Hiaasen

Harmonic Wealth
By James Arthur Ray

Yum-O
By Rachel Ray

Thursday, May 22, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Sugar Queen
By Sarah Addison Allen

Antiques to Die For
By Jane Cleland

Invincible
By Troy Denning

Wit's End
By Karen Joy Fowler

Odd Hours
By Dean Koontz

Always Grace
By Tim LaHaye

Fidelity
By Thomas Perry

The Hollow
By Nora Roberts

The Steel Wave
By Jeff Shaara

Adult Non-Fiction:

A Remarkable Mother
By Jimmy Carter

Life Beyond Measure
By Sydney Poitier

Patent It Yourself
By David Pressman

The Woman Who Can't Forget
By Jill Price

8 Ways to Avoid Probate
By Mary Randolf

The New Paradigm For Financial Markets
By George Soros

Climate Confusion
By Roy Spencer

Thursday, May 15, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

The Winding Ways Quilt
By Jennifer Chiaverini

Days of Infamy
By Newt Gingrich

From Dead to Worse
By Charlaine Harris

Comfort Food
By Kate Jacobs

Adult Non-Fiction:

Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea
By Chelsea Handler

The Soloist
By Steve Lopez

Bad Money
By Kevin P. Phillips

Retire-and start your own business
By Dennis J. Sargent

The Post-American World
By Fareed Zakaria

Thursday, May 8, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Skeletons at the Feast
By Christopher Bohjalian

Hold Tight
By Harlan Coben

Secrets
By Jude Deveraux

A Promise for Tomorrow
By Sara Dubose

The Plague of Doves
By Louise Erdrich

Careless in Red
By Elizabeth George

Twenty Wishes
By Debbie Macomber

The Host
By Stephenie Meyer

Phantom Prey
By John Sanford

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Prince of Frogtown
By Rick Bragg

Screen Doors and Sweet Tea
By Martha Hall Foose

Debt Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About
By Kevin Trudeau

Audition
By Barbara Walters

Thursday, May 1, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Wicked City
By Ace Atkins

Belong to Me
By Marisa De Los Santos

The Story of a Marriage
By Andrew Sean Greer

The Genius
By Jesse Kellerman

Sundays at Tiffany's
By James Patterson

Child 44
By Tom Rob Smith

The Lady Elizabeth
By Alison Weir


Adult Non-Fiction:

The South Beach Diet Supercharged
By Arthur Agatston

A Wolf at the Table
By Augusten Burroughs

Vindicated
By Jose Canseco

Critical
By Tom Daschle

Full Fathom Five
By Mary Lee Coe Fowler

A Voyage Long and Strange
By Tony Horwitz

Patterson for Alabama
By Gene Howard

Hungry Girl
By Lisa Lillien

Best Day Trips From London
By Donald Olson

The Revolution
By Ron Paul

Bonk
By Mary Roach

Apples Are From Kazakhstan
By Christopher Robbins

Just Who Will You Be?
By Maria Shriver

Thursday, April 24, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Morning Light
By Catherine Anderson

Personal Demon
By Kelley Armstrong

The Whole Truth
By David Baldacci

A Promise for Tomorrow
By Sara Dubose (coming soon)

Quicksand
By Iris Johansen

Unaccustomed Earth
By Jhumpa Lahiri

The Third Circle
By Amanda Quick

Dirty Money
By Richard Stark

Santa Fe Dead
By Stuart Woods

Adult Non-Fiction:

A Civilization of Love
By Carl Anderson

Step Up!
By Daniel Grissom

Harrington on Cash Games
By Dan Harrington

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown
By Charles Morris

The Last Lecture
By Randy Pausch

Mistaken Identity
By Don Van Ryn

Armageddon in Retrospect
By Kurt Vonnegut

Thursday, April 17, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Adam
By Ted Dekker

Wrath of a Mad God
By Raymond E. Feist

Mummy Dearest
By Joan Hess

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
By Alexander McCall Smith

Certain Girls
By Jennifer Weiner


Adult Non-Fiction:

The Sum or Our Days
By Isabel Allende

Family Bible
By Melissa Delbridge

Great American Hypocrites
By Glenn Greenwald

Shakespeare's Wife
By Germaine Greer

Physics of the Impossible
By Michio Kaku

The Red Leather Diary
By Lily Koppel

The Soiling of Old Glory
By Louis Masur

Girls Like Us
By Shelia Weller

Thursday, April 10, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Delusion

By Peter Abrahams

Zapped

By Carol Higgins Clark

Where Are You Now?

By Mary Higgins Clark

Don’t Tempt Me

By Silvia Day


Bulls Island

By Dorothea Benton Frank

The Dark Tide

By Andrew Gross

The Forgery of Venus

By Mark Gruber

The Third Angel

By Alice Hoffman

Twisted

By Andrea Kane

Devil’s Peak

By Deon Meyers

Adult Non-Fiction:

Home

By Julie Andrews

Human Smoke

By Nicholson Baker

The Eskimo Way of Life

By Charles Cloutier (local author)

Retribution

By Max Hastings

The Best Sports Writing of Pat Jordan

By Pat Jordan

Where Did I Leave My Glasses

By Martha Weinman Lear

Forward From Here

By Reeve Lindbergh

Common Wealth

By Jeffrey Sachs

Brett Favre: The Tribute

By Sports Illustrated

Tell Me Where It Hurts

By Nick Trout

Thursday, April 3, 2008

New Books

Adult Fiction:

Winter Study
By Nevada Barr

Small Favor
By Jim Butcher

Unpredictable
By Eileen Cook

Pleasure
By Eric Jerome Dickey

Days of Atonement
By Michael Gregorio

Death Walked In
By Carolyn Hart

Her Little Black Book
By Brenda Jackson

The Barefoot Believers
By Annie Jones

The Ex-Debutante
By Linda Francis Lee

Compromised
By Kate Noble

Guilty
By Karen Robards

Miss Julia Paints the Town
By Ann B. Ross

My Heart Remembers
By Kim Vogel Sawyer

What Are You Wearing To Die
By Patricia Sprinkle

Torrent Falls
By Jan Watson


The Ten-Year Nap
By Meg Wolitzer

Adult Non-Fiction:

The Healthy Carb Diabetes Cookbook
By Jennifer Bucko

The Bin Ladens
By Steve Coll

Country Living: Crafting a Business
By Kathie Fitzgerald

Hat & Glasses
By Martha Frankel

Are You Ready!
By Bob Harper

Pretty Is What Changes
By Jennifer Queller