For Immediate Release:  October 27, 2005
Contact:  Sam Gnuse, Altamont Public Library Board President

Subject: New and Donated Books for September, 2005

The Altamont Public Library was busy during the month of September cataloguing a wide variety of new and donated books as well as other material.  Below is just a sampling of new titles and authors available at the Library. 

DVD’s and VHS Tapes
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Death Sentence
The Music Man
Shall We Dance?
Broadway Melody of 1940
Meeting at Midnight
The Shanghai Cobra
The Scarlet Clue
The Jade Mask
The Secret Service
Babybug
Best in Show
A Mighty Wind
Waiting For Guffman
Cracking the New SAT: With Practice Tests on CD-ROM by Adam Robinson
Angels In The Outfield
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Jungle2Jungle
Men In Black
To Kill A Mockingbird
The Princess Bride
Pokemon 4ever
Recess School’s Out
Roman Holiday
The Santa Clause
Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights
Scooby-Doo in Zombie Island
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders
Sabrina
Shrek
Tom and Jerry the Movie
The Princess Diaries
James A. Michener’s Texas
Arthur’s It’s Only Rock N’ Roll
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Pack of Lies
People at Work – Trashy Town – The Paperboy – Miss Nelson Is Back
Scooby-Doo meets the Boo Brothers

Fiction and Non-Fiction
Marcel Proust by Jean-Yves Tadie
The Wild Blue The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24’s Over Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose
No Jumping On The Bed! By Tedd Arnold
Death of a Charming Man by M.C. Beaton
The Cat Who Played Post Office by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Talked To Ghosts by Lilian Jackson Braun
Minnie and Moo Go Dancing by Denys Cazet
George Washington’s Mother by Jean Fritz
Murder Runs In The Family by Anne George
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Guilty Pleasures by Lawrence Sanders
The Hound of The Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
Emily Dickinson: Poems and Letters
Rebecca by Dame Daphne DuMaurier
10 Pound Penalty by Dick Francis
King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
At Paradise Gate by Jane Smiley
A Room of My Own by Ann Tatlock
Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The School for Cats by Holden Averill
Jenny’s Birthday Book by Esther Averill
Arthur Babysits by Marc Tolon Brown
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Click Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin
Ella Takes the Cake by Carmela D’Amico
May There Aways Be Sunshine: A Traditional Song by Jim Gill
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby by Fran Hodgkins
If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Ruby The Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
Alphabite? A Funny Feast from A to Z by Charles Reasoner
Dirty Work by Stuart Woods
Little Mermaid by Sonia Black
The Emperor’s New Clothes by Eve Tharlet
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
Curious George’s First Day of School by Margret and H. A. Rey
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Blood Work by Michael Connelly
The Mercy of Thin Air: A Novel by Ronlyn Domingue
The Divide by Nicholas Evans
White Doves At Morning: A Novel by James Lee Burke
Wickett’s Remedy: A Novel by Myla Goldberg
Matty Groves by Deborah Grabien
The Mark of a Murderer by Susanna Gregory
Running Dark: A Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood
Ice Hunter: A Novel by Joseph Heywood
The Constant Gardener: A Novel by John Le Carre
Fiddlers: A Novel of the 87^th Precinct by Ed McBain
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
School Days by Robert B. Parker
Thirteen Steps Down: A Novel by Ruth Rendell
What Do You Do All Day by Amy Scheibe
Separate Beds by LaVyrle Spencer
Fury by Robert Tanenbaum
The Snake Pit by Sigrid Undset
The Axe by Sigrid Undset
The Son Avenger by Sigrid Undset
In The Wilderness by Sigrid Undset
Goodnight Nobody: A Novel by Jennifer Weiner
Pretense: [A Novel] by Lori Wick
26a by Diana Evans
Blood Royal by Harold Robbins
What’s the Big Deal, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz
The Teeny-Tiny Woman by Paul Gladone
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Courage of Sarah by Alice Noble Dalgliesh
Bear Tunes for Kids by Brent Holmes
D’Aulaires’ Book of Nurse Myths by Ingri D’Aulaire
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
High Rhulain by Brian Jacques
The Haunted Clubhouse by Caroline Leavitt
Kaya’s Hero: A Story of Giving by Janet Beeler Shaw
Dog Overboard by Vivian Sathre
The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
Moby Dob by Alexander Steele
Sammy Keys and the Dead Giveaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
Science Fair Projects: Helping Your Child Create A Super Science Fair Project by Dana Barry
Science Projects For the Intermediate Grades by Maxine Springer Schneider
It Takes A Parent: How the Culture of Pushover Parenting Is Hurting Our Kids
and What to Do About It by Betsy Canfield Hart
A Republic, Not An Empire: Reclaiming America’s Destiny by Patrick J. Buchanan
Unabomber: A Desire To Kill by Robert Graysmith
An Introduction to Modern Japanese by Osamu Mizutani
Stretching: The Stress-Free Way To Stay Supple, Keep Fit and Exercise Safely by Suzanne Martin
Healthy Pregnancy Over 35 by Laura Goetzl
The Complete Persian by Will Thompson
Family Fun Super Snacks: 125 Quick Snacks That Are Fun To Make and To Eat
Home Décor Sewing 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Sewing
Family Fun Home by Deanna Cook
Giants of Gazz by Studs Terkel
Early Medieval Europe: 300-100 by Roger Collins
An Illustrated History of The First World War by John Keegan
A History of Israel: From The Rise of Zionism To Our Time by Howard Morley Sachar
First Ladies by Betty Boyd Caroli
A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History by Russell Frank Weigley
The Modern American Presidency by Lewis Gould
Bitter Legacy: NewsMax.com Reveals The Untold Story of the Clinton-Gore Years
Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger by Laurence Leamer
Grover Cleveland: A Study In Character by Alyn Brodsky
The College Board Scholarship Handbook 2006
A Gap In Nature: Discovering The World’s Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery
The Hot Dog Program
Award-winning Scrapbook Pages: Presenting Over 800 Inspiring Scrapbook Pages and Tips from Winers of the Creating Keepsakes Scrapbook Hall of Fame for 2003, 2003 and 2001
A Journey To The New World Of Remember Patience Whipple, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620
Stories About the Earth
A Boy Names Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schultz 

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 Library’s website also lists titles and authors added to our circulation every month.  This listing includes 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.