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Wikinomics : How Mass Collaboration Changed Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. Web 2.0, Wikipedia, flickr, Second Life, YouTube are familiar terms these days. Read about these “weapons of mass collaboration,” and many more. Learn about their affect on society, politics, business, you name it. Call Number: 658.046 TAPSCOTT 2010.

Radical Homemakers : Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes. Have you always suspected modern life is not everything it could be? Are you looking for somebody to say “Enough, already?” This may be the book for you. Learn about how others are centering lives around family and community for fullfillment and change. Call Number: 640 HAYES.

Shock of Gray by Ted C. Fishman. Are you feeling old and painfully aware that you are perilously close to being put out to pasture? Take comfort in this book. You are really not alone! Call Number: 304.61 FISHMAN.

The Social Media Bible by Lon Safko. Blogging, and Facebook, and Mobile, oh-my! What can you do with all this stuff? Put it to your marketing advantage, that’s what! Call Number: 658.87 SAFKO 2010.

Lastingness : The Art of Old Age by Nicholas Delbanco. Don’t give up on creativity in your golden years. Renew your acquaintance with elders who flourished in their later years — Picasso, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and the list goes on…. Call Number: 155.672 DELBANCO.

Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon  Call Number:  633.1 LOGSDON

Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle by Heather Smith Thomas  Call Number:  636.213 THOMAS

Horse Owner’s Veterinary Handbook by Thomas Gore DVM, Paula Gore, and James M. Giffin MD  Call Number:  636.1089 GORE 2008

Humane Livestock Handling : Understanding Livestock Behavior and Building Facilities for Healthier Animals by Temple Grandin with Mark Deesing Call Number: 636.0883 Grandin

Flowers will be at the Park County Public Library in Cody on Sunday, Feb. 20, to share photos and stories from her 2,500-mile solo expedition above the Arctic Circle.

The family-oriented free public program begins at 1:30 p.m. in Grizzly Hall. Flowers will devote plenty of time for questions and discussion.

Flowers has written award-winning books about her unique expedition and her dogs.

Still based in Alaska, she has undertaken many additional projects, including producing videos and, in 2008-2009, hiking the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail with her dog, Ellie.

Flowers will sign books upon request and has brought Ellie on this current tour to greet audiences who want to meet her.

We will show the movie based on Cornelia Funke’s book, INKHEART, in the ‘Teen Room’ from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday, February 14.  Refreshments will be served.  You have plenty of time to read the book before the movie!!!!  See you on the 14th.

Recycling Projects for the Evil Genius by Russel Gehrke, an engineer and inventor well-known in alternative energy circles. This is a “wow” book for those wanting to do more with the things society wastes. For example, Gehrke always picks plastic when asked his choice at the checkout line. What does he do with the bags? He grinds them up, melts them with sand, crushed glass, or aggregate. Then he molds them into bricks. Look for lots of interesting suggestions in this book and ways to make safer products for cleaning and even earth-friendly insecticides. 333.72 GEHRKE

Roots of Obama’s Rage by Dinesh D’Souza is not a very flattering book about the President, rather it’s a conservative attempt to describe a complex man. The author seems puzzled throughout the book and characterizes Obama as possessing rage inherited from his African father against Western dominance. 973.932 D’SOUZA

Explorers: Great Tales of Adventure and Endurance by the Royal Geographical Society and Smithsonian Institution. In typical Dorling Kindersley fashion, this beautiful book outlines history in text bites and lots of great illustrations. You will learn about the famous and not so famous lives of men and women who dared to tread new horizons. A great book for armchair travelers! 910.92 EXPLORERS

Now for something completely different — Picture This by Lynda Barry.
Let’s call it a graphic novel of sorts, an artistic memoir, an indescribable outpouring of creativity. Fans of quirkiness will celebrate this one. Shelved with adult graphic novels in the new books. GN A PICTURE

America by Heart by Sarah Palin.  No matter what you think of the momma grizzly concept, Palin’s tenacity to stay afloat amid the rocky political seas is remarkable. Part two of her memoirs, this is her way to connect with the people of America, touting her devotion to “family, faith, and flag.” 973.932 PALIN

Arab Voices by James Zogby. The author, who founded the Arab American Institute, unveils some myths about people of the Middle East and the results of a poll that asked key questions to people in eight countries, from Morocco to Saudi Arabia. The subtitle describes it best — “What They are Saying to Us, and Why It Matters.” 956.054 ZOGBY

The Reversal by Michael Connelly — Defense attorney Mickey Haller is asked to prosecute the retrial of Jason Jessup, who has been exonerated by DNA evidence after 24 years in prison. But Haller is convinced of his guilt, and he knows of only one man who can help him prove it — LAPD’s Harry Bosch.

The False Friend by Myla Goldberg — In middle school, Celia and Djuna were the leaders of the pack. Then Djuna disappeared. Celia told everyone she’d gotten into a car with a stranger. Now, decades later, she’s come back to set the record straight.

Worth Dying For: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child — Peripatetic crime solver Jack Reacher lands in Nebraska to clean up an old child murder and a family feud.

The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury — A sequel to The Last Templar, full of secret Vatican documents, 13th century Knights Templar, smuggling, and present-day FBI agents. And the Pope, of course.

The Brave by Nicholas Evans — At boarding school in England, Tommy’s greatest wish is to become a cowboy. He gets his chance, sort of, when his actress mother falls for a TV cowboy and takes him to LA in pursuit. But there’s no happily ever after into the sunset. Tommy survives his childhood to become a writer and filmmaker in Montana, divorced and estranged from his son. The story moves back and forth among his many lives as he tries to sort out his present and his past.

Take Me Home by Brian Leung — A story about a lost mining town called Dire, Wyoming, is not at first glance bound to be a cheerful one, but you may find yourself drawn to this story of Addie Maine as she travels back to the place she and her brother lived forty years ago, where she stirred up controversy by befriending a Chinese miner.

Working Stiff and Scared Stiff by Annelise Ryan — Ryan is the pseudonym for a Wisconsin RN who brings her experiences to fiction in this tale of Mattie Winston, an RN turned corononer, whose first case involves the dead body of the woman her husband was having an affair with. Oops. But Mattie takes it all with good humor — and gets the reader laughing along — in this new series.

Pretty Little Things by Jilliane Hoffman — “Picasso” is what everyone is calling the serial kidnapper who’s been befriending teenage misfits and runaways online and then sending eerie, masochistic portraits of them to the press. Special Agent Billy Dees has been assigned to find a 13-year-old girl thought to have been taken by Picasso, all the while wondering if his own teen-aged daughter, who ran away a year ago, will ever show up.

Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans — It’s Christmastime, and Charlotte’s once-perfect life is falling apart, until she meets a mysterious stranger who challenges her to change everything.

The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart — Karel Skala’s mother dies giving birth to him, something his difficult immigrant father finds hard to forgive or forget. 15 years later, Karel is an uncommonly gifted rider, racing against the town champion, with his father betting his land that he will win. Marchart’s novel has been favorably compared to the work of Jim Harrison and Cormac McCarthy.

Cowboys Never Cry by Tina Welling — Cassie takes a job cooking on a Wyoming ranch to recover from the death of her climber husband. Bad-boy actor Robbin returns to the ranch, which is owned by his father, to recover from the excesses of the Hollywood life. Read the book to find out just how the sparks fly.

The Charming Quirks of Others by Alexander McCall Smith — The latest Isabel Dalhousie mystery.

The Prostitute’s Ball by Stephen J. Cannell — LAPD Detective Shane Scully has a new partner, Sumner “Hitch” Hitchens, who just rubs him the wrong way — well, until, of course, Hitch saves his life.

Bleed a River Deep by Brian McGilloway — The third Inspector Devlin mystery finds the Irish sleuth dealing with the attempted shooting of a US senator and a rising tide of illegal Chechen immigrants.

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin — In 1970s Mississippi, an unlikely friendship forms between a black boy, Silas, and a white boy Larry — until, that is, the white boy’s girlfriend disappears and everyone suspects him of murder. Many years later, the two are reunited when another woman disappears, Larry is again suspect, and Silas is the local cop responsible for finding out what happened.

Red Herring by Archer Mayor — Joe Gunther and Vermont Bureau of Investigation team are perplexed by the single drop of blood left behind at each of three recent murders — perplexed enough that they have to call in the big guns — a forensics lab in Boston — to try to get to the bottom of things.

Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker — The 38th and final Spenser novel from the late Parker.

Lost Empire by Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood — The second grand adventure of treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo.

The Blindness of the Heart by Julia Franck — Helene is a half-Jewish, half-Aryan woman who works as a nurse in Germany through WWII — only to abandon her seven-year-old son on a train platform as the war ends and the story begins. Franck’s novel takes us back in time to explain how Helene comes to make that decision.

Bad Blood by John Sandford — It’s not every day you deal with a T-ball murder, but that’s how things start in Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension director Virgil Flowers’s fourth outing.

Naked Heat by Richard Castle — A sequel to Heat Wave also based on the ABC show Castle.

American Assassin by Vince Flynn — International arms deals, the threat of Islamic terrorism, and his assignment for the CIA take former college athlete and newly minted agent Mitch Rapp from Istanbul to Hamburg to Beirut in this nail-biting thriller.

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane — Twelve years ago, in Gone, Baby, Gone, Boston PIs Patrick McKenzie and Angie Gennaro were assigned to the case of a missing 4-year-old girl. They found her, but McKenzie’s decision to return her to her neglectful mother causes a rift in his and Gennaro’s relationship. Now, however, they are married and the parents of a young child themselves, happy if broke. But then one day the grandmother of the formerly missing girl calls to say she’s missing again, and the decisions of the past come back to the forefront.

Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin — For Michael Connelly fans, here’s another gritty story of the LAPD, this one written by a former LA Times crime reporter. Detective Ash Levine was forced into retirement, but now he’s been brought back to solve the murder of another officer.

Never-Ending-Snake by Aimee and David Thurlo — The 16th mystery featuring Navajo Tribal Police special investigator Ella Clah.

Foreign Bodies by Cyntha Ozick — It’s 1952, and divorced English teacher Bea is sent by her rigid, controlling older brother to rescue her nephew Julian from the snares of Paris, which, as it turn out, include his marriage to a Jewish refugee ten years his senior. His sister Iris, also eager to get away from their father, shows up on the scene, too, as Ozick traces the complicated strands of family, loyalty, and culture in this novel inspired by Henry James.

The Neighbors Are Watching by Debra Ginsberg — It’s heyday for Neighborhood Watch association heads Dorothy and Dick Werner in a Southern California enclave when a pregnant teenager shows up on the doorstep of their neighbor Joe, explaining that she’s his daughter by a previous girlfriend. Joe has fun explaining that one to his wife, and Dorothy and Dick are so consumed with it all that they fail to notice their own son is a drug addict. It’s like Desperate Housewives, but with literature!

Nonfiction

United States of Americana: Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement by Kurt B. Reighley with illustrations by Aaron Bagley — a survey of people taking up old crafts, old drinks, and old entertainments in modern America.

Buzz: A Year of Paying Attention by Katherine Ellison — Ellison, a former foreign correspondent, makes two discoveries the year her son Buzz turns twelve — he has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) — and so does she. This chronicle of the next year alternates between exploring the history and future of ADHD and observations about family life.

Mastering the Craft of Making Sausage by Warren R. Anderson

The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering by Melanie Thernstrom — Thernstrom wrote a story about chronic pain for the New York Times Magazine nine years ago, and now she has expanded her initial forays in to this book, which deals both with her personal experience, and, as the subtitle suggests, with a wealth of other stories.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey — It’s hard to sound rapturous about a book about a snail and an invalid, but really, like every other reviewer I’ve read, I was bowled over by this account of a woman bedridden by a mysterious illness and her observations of an ordinary snail that a friend brings her.

The Pot and How to Use It: The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker by Roger Ebert — Roger Ebert, the movie critic, has been ill for some years now, but in that time, he’s started a wildly popular blog and become a connoisseur of the rice cooker. He’s now written a book about the latter.

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand — The gripping story of a WWII pilot who survived a plane crash over the Pacific, by the author of Seabiscuit.