Altamont Public Library
121 West Washington
Altamont, IL 62411
618-483-5457
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: May 24,
2007
Contact: Sam Gnuse, Altamont Public Library Board President
Subject: New and Donated Books for April 2007
The Altamont Public Library was busy during the month of April 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.
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Charles Dickens by Jane Smiley |
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Marcel Proust by Edmund White |
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Andy Warhol by Wayne Koestenbaum |
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Leonardo da Vinci by Sherwin B. Nuland |
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Daddy's Girl by Garrison Keillor |
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Rapunzel: A Fairy Tale by Jacob Grimm |
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Someday by Alison McGhee |
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ABC Doctor by Liz Murphy |
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I Already Know I Love You by Billy Crystal |
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Spanish Dagger by Susan Albert Wittig |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote |
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The Quilter's Homecoming by Jennifer Chiaverini |
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I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark |
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The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens |
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Bleak House by Charles Dickens |
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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
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The Adventures of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens |
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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens |
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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens |
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Sweet Land Stories by E. L. Doctorow |
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Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood |
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My Sister's Bones by Cathi Hanauer |
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My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid |
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Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult |
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Dance of The Gods by Nora Roberts |
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Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts |
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Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts |
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A Three Dog Life by Abigail Thomas |
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The Afterlife: And Other Stories by John Updike |
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Heartstopper by Joy Fielding |
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Glass Houses by Jane Haddam |
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Damsels in Distress by Joan Hess |
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo |
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Daisy Miller; The Aspern Papers; The Turn of The Screw; The Beast In The Jungle by Henry James |
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The Portrait of A Lady by Henry James |
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Momzillas by Jill Kargman |
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Afternoons With Emily by Rose MacMurray |
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith |
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The Marriage Game by Fern Michaels |
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The Naming of The Dead by Ian Rankin |
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Obsession by Karen Robards |
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Miss Julia Strikes Back by Ann B Ross |
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Revenge of Innocents by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg |
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Body Surfing by Anita Shreve |
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The Canyon of Bones by Richard S. Wheeler |
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Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods |
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On the Field With-- Derek Jeter by Glenn Stout |
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Clementine by Sara Pennypacker |
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The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker |
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All In This Together by Scott Thomas |
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101 Things You Should Do Before Your Kids Leave Home by Tom Winters |
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The Mistress's Daughter by A. M. Homes |
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Tyrannosaurus Sue by Steve Fiffer |
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The Polio Paradox by Richard L Bruno |
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Beethoven's Hair by Russell Martin |
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Play Ball Like The Hall of Famers by Steven Krasner |
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Gandhi's Passion by Stanley A. Wolpert |
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I Am A Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg |
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The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama |
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Patch Adams |
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Phenomenon |
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Ice Age |
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The library also had a large selection of used movies and gently read books for sale. Please stop by and browse the sale cart.
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 which 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.
For more information on the Altamont Public Library call 618-483-5457
or go to www.altamontpubliclibrary.com.