New books: January 2012

November 28, 2011

Use your Grandview Library card to search & reserve the books below.

Just enter the titles into our catalog from your computer, or call Circulation at 614-486-2951 to have a staff member place a hold for you.

Want more? Find new books, movies & music.
Love digital materials? Download books, movies & music.

The titles below that are not at the Grandview Library may be borrowed for you from our consortium libraries.

NEW FICTION: January 2012

  • Lara Adrian—Darker After Midnight: A Midnight Breed Novel
  • Ayad Akhtar—American Dervish
  • Alice Albinia—Leela’s Book
  • Niccolò Ammaniti—Me and You
  • Shalom Auslander—Hope: A Tragedy
  • Ellis Avery—The Last Nude
  • Nevada Barr—The Rope: An Anna Pigeon Novel
  • Dave Barry & Alan Zweibel—Lunatics
  • Greg Bear —Halo: Primordium
  • Naomi Benaron—Running the Rift
  • Larry Bond & Jim DeFelice—Larry Bond’s Red Dragon Rising: Shock of War
  • Ryan Boudinot—Blueprints of the Afterlife
  • John Burdett—Vulture Peak: A Sonchai Jitpleecheep Novel
  • Thomas M. Caplan—The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen
  • Orson Scott Card—Shadows In Flight
  • Donato Carrisi—The Whisperer
  • Mary Jane Clark—The Look of Love: A Piper Donovan Mystery
  • Bernard Cornwell—Death of Kings
  • Robert Crais—Taken
  • Tim Dorsey—Pineapple Grenade
  • Erin Duffy—Bond Girl
  • Joe Dunthorne—Wild Abandon
  • Janet Evanovich—Love in a Nutshell
  • Amy Franklin-Willis—The Lost Saints of Tennessee
  • Dalton Fury—Black Site: A Delta Force Novel
  • Elizabeth George—Believing the Lie
  • Alex Gilvarry—From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
  • James Grippando—Need You Now
  • Seré Prince Halverson—The Underside of Joy
  • Kristin Hannah—Home Front
  • Mo Hayder—Hanging Hill
  • Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson—Sisterhood of Dune
  • Jack Higgins—A Devil is Waiting
  • Rachel Hore—A Place of Secrets
  • Michel Houellebecq—The Map and the Territory
  • Joshilyn Jackson—A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty
  • Adam Johnson—The Orphan Master’s Son
  • Christopher Morgan Jones—The Silent Oligarch
  • Darynda Jones—Third Grave Dead Ahead
  • Faye Kellerman—Gun Games: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
  • Jayne Ann Krentz—Copper Beach: A Dark Legacy Novel
  • William Landay—Defending Jacob
  • Stephanie Laurens— The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae
  • Elmore Leonard—Raylan
  • John Lescroart—The Hunter
  • Penelope Lively—How It All Began
  • Margot Livesey —The Flight of Gemma Hardy
  • Bret Lott—Dead Low Tide: A Novel
  • Ben Marcus—The Flame Alphabet
  • Val McDermid—The Retribution
  • Leslie Meier—Chocolate Covered Murder
  • Fern Michaels—Deadline
  • Liz Moore—Heft: A Novel
  • Walter Mosley—All I Did Was Shoot My Man: A Leonid McGill Mystery
  • Carol O’Connell—The Chalk Girl: A Mallory Novel
  • Daniel O’Malley—The Rook
  • Stewart O’Nan—The Odds: A Love Story
  • Sara Paretsky—Breakdown: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
  • T. Jefferson Parker—The Jaguar: A Charlie Hood Novel
  • James Patterson & Maxine Paetro—Private: #1 Suspect
  • George Peleconos—What It Was
  • Stef Penney—The Invisible Ones
  • Elliot Perlman—The Street Sweeper
  • Gin Phillips—Come In and Cover Me
  • Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child—Gideon’s Corpse
  • Matthew Reilly—Scarecrow Returns
  • William Ryan—The Darkening Field
  • Tom Rob Smith—Agent 6: A Novel
  • Dan Simmons—Phases of Gravity
  • David Snodin—Iago: A Novel
  • Eva Stachniak—The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great
  • Edward St. Aubyn—At Last
  • Brad Taylor—All Necessary Force
  • Charles Todd—The Confession: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery
  • Thrity Umrigar—The World We Found
  • Hilma Wolitzer—An Available Man
  • Jacqueline Yallop—Obedience

NEW NONFICTION: January 2012

  • Lori AndrewsI Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy
  • John M. Barry—Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
  • Diane Brady—Fraternity: In 1968, a Visionary Priest Recruited 20 Black Men to the College of the Holy Cross and Changed Their Lives and the Course of History
  • Paula Broadwell & Vernon Loeb—All In: The Education of General David Petraeus
  • Stephen R. Covey, et al.Smart Trust: Creating Prosperity, Energy, and Joy in a Low-Trust World
  • Stephen DavisMore Room in a Broken Heart: The True Adventures of Carly Simon
  • Laurent Dubois—Haiti: The Aftershocks of History
  • Thomas Edsall—The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics
  • Robert Fitzpatrick & Jon Land—Betrayal: Whitey Bulger and the FBI Agent Who Fought to Bring Him Down
  • Caitlin Flanagan—Girl Land
  • Julia Fox—Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
  • Thomas Frank—Pity the Billionaire: The Unlikely Resurgence of the American Right
  • William H. Gass—Life Sentences: Literary Judgments and Accounts
  • Wael Ghonim—Revolution 2.0: A Memoir and Call to Action
  • William Gibson—Distrust That Particular Flavor
  • Elizabeth Hasselbeck—Deliciously G-Free: Food So Flavorful They’ll Never Believe It’s Gluten-Free
  • Doc Hendley—Wine to Water: A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World
  • Andrea Hiott—Thinking Small: the Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle
  • Jennifer Hudson—I Got This: How I Lost What Weighed Me Down and Found Myself
  • Pico Iyer—The Man Within My Head
  • Jodi Kantor—The Obamas
  • Ashraf Khalil—Liberation Square: Inside the Egyptian Revolution and the Rebirth of a Nation
  • Michael Kranish & Scott Helman—The Real Romney
  • Lawrence KraussA Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing
  • Chris Kyle, et al.—American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
  • Walter Laqueur—After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent
  • Robert Leleux—The Living End: A Family Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving
  • Harriet Lerner—Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
  • Gary Marcus—Guitar Zero: On Becoming Musical
  • Bob Marley—The Future Is the Beginning: The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley
  • Andrew Marr—The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
  • John Matteson—The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography
  • Emma Pearse—Sophie: The Incredible True Story of the Castaway Dog
  • Stef Penney—The Invisible Ones
  • Margaret Powell—Below Stairs: The Classic Kitchen Maid’s Memoir That Inspired “Upstairs, Downstairs” and “Downton Abbey”
  • Roger Rosenblatt—Kayak Morning: Reflections on Love, Grief, and Small Boats
  • Gil Scott-Heron— The Last Holiday
  • Deborah Scroggins—Wanted Women: Faith, Lies, and the War on Terror: The Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui
  • Julia Flynn Siler—Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure
  • Kevin Smith—Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good
  • Sally Bedell Smith—Elizabeth the Queen: Inside the Life of a Modern Monarch
  • Philip Taubman—The Partnership: Five Cold Warriors and Their Quest to Ban the Bomb
  • David Treuer—Rez Life: An Indian’s Journey Through Reservation Life
  • Tricia Tunstall—Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music
  • Alec Wilkinson—The Ice Balloon: S.A. Andree and the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration

Catalog down at 6 pm on Sat, Nov 26

November 23, 2011

Our catalog will be unavailable Saturday, November 26, beginning at 6 pm, for system maintenance.

We hope the work will be easy & quick. Thank you for your patience!

Questions? Call Circulation at 614-486-2951.

Handmade Remembrance Tree ornaments

November 16, 2011

Purchase an ornament in honor or in memory of someone special, and help decorate the Grandview Library’s Remembrance Tree, located in our Atrium during the holidays.
These felt snowman star ornaments were designed & handmade by Grandview resident Nancy Kukla!
The minimum donation is $15. Use this form (PDF) or pick one up in the Atrium.
Please consider a donation to the annual Remembrance Tree campaign to honor or remember someone special during the holiday season.

We truly appreciate the great support the Grandview Library receives from you!

Questions? Call Connie Frecker at 614-486-2954.

New events through May 2012

November 14, 2011

It’s a new season of events, concerts & fun at the Grandview Library!

Join us for fascinating talks, great workshops, live music, and fun for all ages.

Find out what’s happening December 2011-May 2012.

Highlights:

MUSIC IN THE ATRIUM

FILM

DECEMBER & JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

ONGOING

NOV. 8: Vote in the General Election

November 2, 2011

Exercise your right to vote!

Learn about statewide issues and get voter information from:

Get your forms at the Grandview Library, available at the Circulation desk:

At a table just inside the parking lot doors, the Library provides:

  • Voter Information Bulletins from the League of Women Voters of Ohio
  • Campaign literature from a variety of local candidates & groups

Questions? Call Reference at 614-481-3776.

New books: December 2011

October 28, 2011

Use your Grandview Library card to search & reserve the books below.

Just enter the titles into our catalog from your computer, or call Circulation at 614-486-2951 to have a staff member place a hold for you.

Want more? Find new books, movies & music.
Love digital materials? Download books, movies & music.

The titles below that are not at the Grandview Library may be borrowed for you from our consortium libraries.

NEW FICTION: December 2011

  • Daniel Black—Twelve Gates to the City: A Novel
  • Stephen J. Cannell—Vigilante: A Shane Scully Novel
  • Robin Cook—Death Benefit
  • Patricia Cornwell—Red Mist: A Scarpetta Novel
  • Mary Daheim—The Alpine Winter: An Emma Lord Mystery
  • Juliet Dark—The Demon Lover
  • Anita Desai—The Artist of Disappearance
  • Laura DiSilverio—Swift Edge: A Mystery
  • Nick Drake—Egypt: The Book of Chaos
  • Christine Feehan—Spirit Bound: A Sea Haven Novel
  • Monica Ferris—Threadbare: A Needlecraft Mystery
  • Diana Gabaldon—The Scottish Prisoner: A Lord John Novel
  • W.E.B. Griffin—Covert Warriors: A Presidential Agent Novel
  • Tami Hoag—Down the Darkest Road
  • Anne Holt—1222: A Hanne Wilhelmsen Novel
  • Stephen Hunter—Soft Target: A Thriller
  • Conn Iggulden—Conqueror: A Novel of Kublai Khan
  • Eloisa James—The Duke is Mine
  • Raymond Khoury—The Devil’s Elixir
  • Dean R. Koontz—77 Shadow Street
  • Sara Levine—Treasure Island!!!
  • Alexander McCall Smith—The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
  • Karen Robards—Sleepwalker
  • Michael Scott & Colette Freedman—Thirteen Hallows
  • Natasha Solomons—The House at Tyneford
  • Paul Theroux—Murder in Mount Holly
  • Luis Alberto Urrea—Queen of America: A Novel
  • Stuart Woods—D.C. Dead: A Stone Barrington Novel
  • Anthony E. Zuiker & Duane Swierczynski—Dark Revelations: A Level 26 Thriller Featuring Steve Dark

NEW NONFICTION: December 2011

  • Catharine Arnold—Sexual History of London
  • Richard Bonin—Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi’s Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq
  • Big Boy—An XL Life: Staying Big at Half the Size
  • Donna Britt—Brothers (& Me): A Memoir of Loving and Giving
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama—Beyond Religion: Ethics for the Whole World
  • Joan Didion—Blue Nights
  • Mike Dowling—Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog
  • John Feinstein—Best Seat in the House: One on One with the Greats in the Game
  • Christopher Goffard—You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya
  • Allan Massie—The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain
  • Randy Roberts—A Team for America: When West Point Football Rallied a Nation at War
  • Robin S. Rosenberg—The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy
  • Ntozake Shange—Lost in Language & Sound: A Memoir of Coming to the Arts: Or How I Found My Way to the Arts: Essays
  • Julia Flynn Siler—Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure
  • Adam Sisman—An Honourable Englishman: The Life of Hugh Trevor-Roper
  • Eric Weiner—Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
  • Kimberly Willis—The Little Book of Diet Help: Truth, Tips, Therapy—And Just a Touch of Bullying
  • Anthony Zuiker & Todd Gold—Mr. CSI: How a Vegas Dreamer Made a Killing in Hollywood, One Body at a Time

Beggars Night: Mon, Oct 31

October 28, 2011

Beggars Night for Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff takes place on Monday, October 31, from 6-8 pm.

Stop by the Library & show us your costume! We will be offering trinkets at any of our desks during Beggars Night.

Learn about Beggars Nights, haunted houses, and other spooky activities in Central Ohio at The Columbus Dispatch’s Halloween page

Book & AV Sale: October 21-23

October 18, 2011

Find bargains galore at the upcoming Friends of the Library Book & AV Sale!

  • Friday, October 21: 6:30-8:30 pm—Preview Sale: Friends only. Join today!
  • Saturday, October 22: 10 am-4 pm
  • Sunday, October 23: 1-3 pm

BARGAIN BOOK SHELVES
Find great deals on books, music, movies and more any time the Library is open. Visit the Bargain Book Shelves downstairs in the Study Commons.

SUPPORT THE LIBRARY
Donate your old books, music, and movies to our Book & AV Sales. Tax deduction forms are available. Call Circulation at 486-2951 for more information.

Pumpkin Run & Library traffic

October 12, 2011

The 33rd Annual Great Pumpkin Run 5K race will take place Saturday, October 22, at 9 am!

Although First Avenue (the Library’s street) will not be closed to traffic, it will be restricted from 8:30-10:30 am. Motorists should expect delays along the race route (second page), which will yield to runners. Streets surrounding the Library will be affected as well.

Call Circulation at (614) 486-2951 with any questions about directions. Enjoy the race!

More race details:

  • Race starting time is 9 am. Race day registration is from 7:30-8:30 am at Grandview Middle School Gym, 1240 Oakland Ave.
  • Get a race form & map, also available at the Grandview Center and the Library.
  • Cost is $25 per person race day, and $20 per person to pre-register. (Pre-registration deadline: October 19 by mail and October 21 by noon for walk-ins.)  T-shirts will be given to the first 300 entries.
  • Interested in volunteering? Call Marta Durban at 614-481-6203.

Library eBooks now available for Kindle

October 6, 2011

Amazon Kindle users can now download books from the Grandview Library!

All you need is a Grandview Library card, an Amazon.com account, and a Kindle e-book reader.

Use your Kindle or other compatible device to download books through our Digital Downloads.

Tips for downloading Library ebooks to Kindles:

  • Use the “Advance Search” for better results.
  • Check “only show titles with copies available” if you only want to see books available now. Otherwise, you can place holds if items are already borrowed.
  • Check out this short instructional video.
  • The Library is anticipating a high demand for eBooks. We will continue to build our eBook collection. Keep checking back for more titles!

Check out our other great online services—including other downloadable books, audiobooks, movies, and music—from our Digital Library!

Questions? Call Reference at 614-481-3776.