Most Requested BooksApril 2008 Below is a list of the most requested books by library users in Marin County. Titles may be requested and held for you for $0.50 using the "REQUEST" button on catalog pages.
The Appealby John Grisham Published 2008 by Doubleday BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:In Grisham's first legal thriller since "The Broker," justice is for sale -- and only the rich can afford it. more... Lush Lifeby Richard Price Published 2008 by Farrar Straus GirouxHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:In "Lush Life," Price tears the shiny veneer off the "new" New York to show the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour, in this novel that "reads like a movie in prose" (New York Times). more... People of the Bookby Geraldine Brooks Published 2008 by Viking BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "March" comes a novel -- inspired by a true story -- that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. more... A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purposeby Eckhart Tolle Published 2005 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one. In very practical terms, Tolle leads readers into this new consciousness to learn to live and breathe freely. more... Unaccustomed Earthby Jhumpa Lahiri Published 2008 by Alfred A. KnopfHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. more... Betrayalby John Lescroart Published 2008 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:"New York Times" bestseller Lescroart returns with an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his trademark blend of real people and real suspense. more... Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depressionby Mildred Armstrong Kalish Published 2007 by Bantam BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana -- set during the Great Depression -- that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time. more... Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addictionby David Sheff Published 2008 by Houghton Mifflin CompanyHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the familys gradual emergence into hope. more... In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifestoby Michael Pollan Published 2008 by Penguin PressHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. more... The Senator's Wifeby Sue Miller Published 2008 by Knopf Publishing GroupHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:The author of the iconic "The Good Mother" and the bestselling "While I Was Gone" takes readers deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages, exposed in all their shame and imperfection and in their obdurate, unyielding love. more...
The Appealby John Grisham Published 2008 by Doubleday BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:In Grisham's first legal thriller since "The Broker," justice is for sale -- and only the rich can afford it. more...
The Appealby John Grisham Published 2008 by Doubleday BooksHardcover, English.
Find this book in our catalog
Jacket Notes:In Grisham's first legal thriller since "The Broker," justice is for sale -- and only the rich can afford it. more...
Lush Lifeby Richard Price Published 2008 by Farrar Straus GirouxHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:In "Lush Life," Price tears the shiny veneer off the "new" New York to show the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour, in this novel that "reads like a movie in prose" (New York Times). more...
Lush Lifeby Richard Price Published 2008 by Farrar Straus GirouxHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:In "Lush Life," Price tears the shiny veneer off the "new" New York to show the underground networks of control and violence beneath the glamour, in this novel that "reads like a movie in prose" (New York Times). more...
People of the Bookby Geraldine Brooks Published 2008 by Viking BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "March" comes a novel -- inspired by a true story -- that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. more...
People of the Bookby Geraldine Brooks Published 2008 by Viking BooksHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "March" comes a novel -- inspired by a true story -- that traces the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war. more...
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purposeby Eckhart Tolle Published 2005 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one. In very practical terms, Tolle leads readers into this new consciousness to learn to live and breathe freely. more...
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purposeby Eckhart Tolle Published 2005 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one. In very practical terms, Tolle leads readers into this new consciousness to learn to live and breathe freely. more...
Unaccustomed Earthby Jhumpa Lahiri Published 2008 by Alfred A. KnopfHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. more...
Unaccustomed Earthby Jhumpa Lahiri Published 2008 by Alfred A. KnopfHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. more...
Betrayalby John Lescroart Published 2008 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:"New York Times" bestseller Lescroart returns with an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his trademark blend of real people and real suspense. more...
Betrayalby John Lescroart Published 2008 by Dutton BooksHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:"New York Times" bestseller Lescroart returns with an ambitious, torn-from-today's headlines thriller featuring his trademark blend of real people and real suspense. more...
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depressionby Mildred Armstrong Kalish Published 2007 by Bantam BooksHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana -- set during the Great Depression -- that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time. more...
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depressionby Mildred Armstrong Kalish Published 2007 by Bantam BooksHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana -- set during the Great Depression -- that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time. more...
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addictionby David Sheff Published 2008 by Houghton Mifflin CompanyHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the familys gradual emergence into hope. more...
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addictionby David Sheff Published 2008 by Houghton Mifflin CompanyHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:Sheff's story tells of his teenage son's addiction to meth in this real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the familys gradual emergence into hope. more...
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifestoby Michael Pollan Published 2008 by Penguin PressHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. more...
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifestoby Michael Pollan Published 2008 by Penguin PressHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:From the author of the bestselling "The Omnivore's Dilemma" comes this bracing and eloquent manifesto that shows readers how they might start making thoughtful food choices that will enrich their lives and enlarge their sense of what it means to be healthy. more...
The Senator's Wifeby Sue Miller Published 2008 by Knopf Publishing GroupHardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes:The author of the iconic "The Good Mother" and the bestselling "While I Was Gone" takes readers deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages, exposed in all their shame and imperfection and in their obdurate, unyielding love. more...
The Senator's Wifeby Sue Miller Published 2008 by Knopf Publishing GroupHardcover, English.
Jacket Notes:The author of the iconic "The Good Mother" and the bestselling "While I Was Gone" takes readers deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages, exposed in all their shame and imperfection and in their obdurate, unyielding love. more...
