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Staff Favourites For September 2010 |
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The following are a collection of titles selected by Library Bound staff as their favourites for the month.
Ron Stadnik
| Print Manager (
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your comments) |  | "Blood, Sweat & Tears"
by David Clayton-Thomas The unlikely success story of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee whose 1968 debut album with BS&T sold 10 million copies and won five Grammys. After growing up with an abusive father, living on the streets from the age of 14 and serving time in reformatory and maximum security prison, Clayton-Thomas went on to perform at the Kennedy Center and headline at Woodstock. An above average memoir with a unique perspective, this book goes beyond the tales of groupies, drug use, and bad behaviour that fill most rock bios. I was never a fan of BS&T and you needn't be to enjoy this. A great book for reluctant readers with great YA cross-over appeal.
Hardcover LBN 688646 / ISBN 97800670064694 |  | "The Beauty Of Humanity Movement"
by Camilla Gibb A heartbreaking story set in contemporary Vietnam, about conflict in all forms and the enduring power of art and love.
Hardcover LBN 688175 / ISBN 9780385663229 |
Helen Wilding Cook
| Children's Collection Development Coordinator (
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by Kiersten White Evie has worked for the International Paranormal Containment Agency since childhood because she can detect paranormals in a crowd of humans, something no one else in the world can do. At seventeen, she learns that the Agency has categorized her as paranormal – non-human. The author builds a fast-paced, mystery plot and a complicated, political, paranormal system. It’s refreshing that Evie has a romance with a boy who is not physically perfect or romantically sophisticated. This promises to be an excellent series. Hardcover LBN 690750 / ISBN 9780061985843 |  | "Song Of The Sword"
by Edward Willett This is the first title in a five-book YA series called The Shards of Excalibur. Ariane learns she is a descendant of the Lady of the Lake and must find the five lost shards of Excalibur before Merlin does. Instantly, Ariane can transport herself through water and rematerialize hundreds of kilometres away. She can also sense the first shard...it’s calling her. The story starts in Winnipeg and has wonderful Canadian references and some really funny passages. Ariane is constantly in danger, and the suspense is beautifully maintained.
Hardcover LBN 690764 / ISBN 9781897550908 |  | "The Danger Box"
by Blue Balliett I recommend this book for a number of reasons, namely quirky characters, a great mystery, and a fast-paced plot. A sight impaired boy writes lists as a coping mechanism for stress. When he meets a loud-talking girl with an eclectic vocabulary and they find an old notebook, they study it (using the internet and library extensively) to figure out where it came from. Meanwhile, criminal characters are closing in to steal the notebook. Blue Balliett portrays research and hard work, history and science as tremendous adventures. Reading this book will get young patrons excited about studying Charles Darwin, particularly his one notebook that really is missing.
Hardcover LBN 684906 / ISBN 9780439852098 |
Tracy Reid
| Music Coordinator (
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your comments) | ![]() | "Eat Pray Love: Original Soundtrack"
by Various Artists The soundtrack to Eat Pray Love is a great complement to the plot of the movie and book Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search For Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. It is a pleasing mix of pop/rock, soul and world music that enhances the story. Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder wrote a brand new song called “Better Days” which has a dash of world music flavour. I especially liked the song “The Long Road” by Eddie Vedder with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. which was originally recorded in 1995.
Genre: Pop
Compact Disc - VRN #210747 |
Duncan Hamilton
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your comments) |  | "$5 A Day" Christopher Walken is one of my favourite actors (Suicide Kings is well worth a look - VRN 65116), so I thought I would give $5 A Day a try. I was not disappointed. Walken plays a con artist who shows up in his grown son's life after years on the lam. Alessandro Nivola plays his son, Ritchie, who is suspicious (perhaps rightly) of his long-lost dad's sudden reappearance, and his plan for a crazed road trip. Follow the two on a cross country ride as Nat shows Richie how to survive on $5 a Day through a host of comical scams. But the real reason for their journey will gently pull at your heart strings. Funny, sad and well-written. (Make sure to watch for all the product placements in the film, it probably only cost $5 a day to make!) DVD - VRN # 203409 | |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 07 September 2010 )
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