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	Featured Author: Martin Cruz Smith Find a Novel With NoveList New Titles On Display Literary Events This Month

Find a Novel With NoveList

NoveList is a database for finding fiction. In NoveList you can search by subject, plot, setting, or character, and find annotations, reviews, and much more for over 120,000 fiction titles. Also of interest to fiction readers are author read-alikes, book discussion guides, and feature articles. There are many ways to start your search in NoveList, so pick one that feels comfortable and dive in. If you want to look for a title similar to one of your favorites, choose the "Find a Favorite Title" option. If you feel like reading a book set in an exotic locale try the "Describe a Plot" search. You can limit your results by publication date, number of pages, and lexile rating - very handy if you're looking for age appropriate material for a child. One of the handiest features of NoveList is the ability to search by series. For example, if you type in "Spenser" in the quick search box on NoveList's home page and choose series search from the drop down menu, you'll retrieve a complete list of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series, complete with reviews and links to articles and web sites. You can use NoveList from a library work station or from home. From a work station you'll find NoveList under the Books heading. Begin your search using the quick search box on the left side, or simply click on the start button. From your home computer go to the library's web site, http://www.glenviewpl.org, choose Online Databases on the left side, click on Books and you'll see the NoveList link. You may be asked to type in your Glenview library card number. If you need help logging in from home call the Reference desk and the librarians will be happy to help.

New Titles

FICTION The Broker by John Grisham An incarcerated Washington power broker who may know the secret behind the world's most sophisticated survelliance technology is pardoned by the President. His life is immediately at risk, the only question is, who will get to him first? Loop Group by Larry McMurtry Two sixty year old women travel from Los Angeles to a Texas chicken farm in this road trip saga. Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh The second novel by the author of Mrs. Kimble is the story of an immigrant family trying to make a life in a Pennsylvania coal mining town during World War II. Dark Voyage by Alan Furst A seafaring espionage adventure that takes place at the brink of US involvement in World War II. NON-FICTION Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin A unique analysis of animal behavior by an autistic woman and animal behavior expert. Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution by Donald Tyson Goldsmith and Neil De Grasse The origin of the universe , written by science experts for general readers. The companion book for the PBS series of the same name. Tick -- tick -- tick -- : The Long Life and Turbulent Times of 60 Minutes by David Blum A behind the scenes look at the long-running news magazine show and the personalities behind it.

On Display

Don't miss these displays in the library in January: Israel Alternative Histories On the Front Lines: Military Science & Warfare Gangsters & Godfathers, Mobsters & Meanies Authors on display: John Dos Passos A. B. Guthrie William James

Literary Events This Month

@ the Library in January and February Monday, January 10 at 7:30 PM Monday Evening Book Discussion A dicussion of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi. No advance registration is required. Friday, January 21 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM Feature Film: Friday Night Lights, PG-13 Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers. Friday January 28 at 7:00 PM Mother/Daughter Book Discussion A discussion of Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. For girls in grades 4-7 and their mothers or other special adult. Register at the Youth Services Desk with your GPL card. Monday, February 7 at 1:00 pm Monday Afternoon Book Discussion The book discussed will be The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Monday, February 14 at 7:30 PM Monday Evening Book Discussion The book discussed will be The Amateur Marriage by Anne Tyler. Friday, February 25 at 7:00 PM Mother-Daughter Book Discussion A discussion of Fair Weather by Richard Peck. Glenview and Chicagoland Events at the Book Stall Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetka The Chicagoland Nextbook Writers Series Common Ground: Events Calendar