For Immediate Release:  August 5, 2005
Contact:  Sam Gnuse, Altamont Public Library Board President
Subject: New and Donated Books for June, 2005

The Altamont Public Library was busy during the month of June cataloguing a wide variety of new and donated books and other material.  Below is just a sampling of new titles and authors available at the Library.  Summer is the perfect time to try a new author, or even revisit  your favorite authors. 

The National D-Day Museum triumph of the spirit
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Berenstain Bears and the Dinosaurs by Stan Berenstain
The tale of Holly How by Susan Wittig Albert
Act of War by Dale Brown
Shadows: a novel by Edna Buchanan
The black angel: a thriller by John Connolly
The memory keeper’s daughter by Kim Edwards
One Sunday morning: a novem by Amy Ephron
Eleven on top by Janet Evanovich
True Devotion by Dee Henderson
Not a girl detective by Susan Kandel
Velocity by Dean Koontz
The revelation by Beverly Lewis
A good yarn by Debbie Macomber
Blood ties: a Father Dowling mystery by Ralph McInerny
Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky
Appaloosa by Robert Parker
Dance of Death by Douglas Preston
Summer of roses by Luanne Rice
Two of a kind by Nora Roberts
Sullivan’s justice by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Devil’s corner by Lisa Scottoline
Killer takes all by Erica Spindler
Innocence by Kathleen Tessaro
Children of all nations by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Rococo: a novel by Adriana Trigiani
The heaven of Mercuty: a novel by Brad Watson
Case of lies by Perri P’Shaughnessy
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
Snow flower and the secret fat: a novel by Lisa See
Miracle by Danielle Steel
Pounding the pavement: a novel by Jennifer Van der Kwast
Lost city by Scott Ciencin
Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
The winged watchman by Hilda Van Stockum
Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths by Ingri D’Aulaire
The foundling, and other tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexanader
Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Soft rain: a story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Cornelia Cornelissen
Thimble summer by Elizabeth Enright
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
Penny and Peter by Carolyn Haywood
Twig by Elizabeth Orton Jones
Ransom’s mark: a story based on the life of the pioneer Olive Oatman/Little farm in the Ozarks by Roger Lea MacBride
The dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
Frontier family: adapted from the Caroline years books by Maria Wilkes
The twenty-one balloons by William Pene DuBois
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Dancing on the edge by Han Nolan
Junie B Jones and her big fat mouth: The ides of April by Mary Ray
Kaya’s escape: a survival story by Janet Beeler Shaw
Dragon’s blood by Jane Yolen
Pierre-Auguste Renoir: paintings that smile by True Kelley
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
The pioneers go west by George Rippey Stewart
The official eBay bible by Jim Griffith
Mushrooms and toadstools by Jacqueline Seymour
Right plant, right place: over 1400 plants for every situation in the garden by Nicola Ferguson
The world of the horse by Judith Campbell
The complete household handbook: the best ways to clean, maintain and organize your home
Ladies’ home journal recipes
Budget makeovers: give your home a new look
The official identification and price guide to antique jewelry by Arthur Guy Kaplan
Drawing with children: a creative method for adult beginners, too by Mona Brookes
Start to knot: from casting on the binding off by Gina Macris
Carnage and culture: landmark battles in the rise of Western power by Victor David Hanson
The Endurance: Shakelton’s legendary Antarctic expedition by Caroline Alexander
Palladian days: finding a new life in a Venetian country house by Sally Gable
Sea of glory: America’s voyage of discovery by Nat Philbrick
Benjamin Franklin: an American life by Walter Isaacson
John Paul Jones: sailor, hero, father of the American Navy by Evan Thomas
Beauty Contests
The King and I
Left Behind II Tribulation Force
Left Behind
Raiders of the lost ark

Visit the library and spend some time relaxing with a book. 

Browse through the latest fiction and nonfiction titles to hit our shelves in the last few months.  If you find something that interests you check it out.  To see the newest books available, the website will also begin listing titles and authors added to our circulation every month.  This listing will include new arrivals for general non-fiction, fiction, selected children's and young adult titles, compact discs (CD's) and books on cassette. You can even use our new online website interface or order a book.  Visit the Library’s website at www.altamontpubliclibrary.com, click on the website interface, fill out the search by title or author, and click on "place request," and enter your library barcode number and password.  We will notify you when the book is ready for you to pick up at the library.

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