Ad-Lib Archive
A list of books that have been reviewed by staff members in the
weekly Ad-Lib column of the Ketchikan Daily News.
| Date | Title, author |
|---|---|
| September 4-5, 2010 | Little Bee by Chris Cleave |
| August 28-29, 2010 | Stay by Allie Larkin; Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn; A Dog’s Purpose: a Novel for Humans by W. Bruce Cameron; One Good Dog by Susan Wilson |
| August 21-22, 2010 | Tidal Echoes: Voice of Southeast |
| August 14-15, 2010 | Romance, Alaska Style: Northern Lights by Nora Roberts Fired Up by Jayne Ann Krentz Mail Order Marriages by Debbie Macomber All That You Are by Stef Ann Holm Kisses In the Rain by Pamela Browning |
| August 7-8, 2010 | Library circulation increasing, including program attendance and ListenAlaska users |
| July 31-Aug. 1, 2010 | TAG (Teen Advisory Group) is staying busy this summer! TAG's web page |
| July 24-25, 2010 | Before the Storm: A year in the Pribilof Islands, 1941-1942 by Fredericka Martin |
| July 17-18, 2010 | The Fishes & Dishes Cookbook: Seafood Recipes and Salty Stories from Alaska’s Commercial Fisherwomen |
| July 10-11, 2010 | How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff Life As We Knew It; The Dead and the Gone; This World That We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer The Kindling by Jennifer Armstrong; Feed by Mira Grant; The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan; Gone by Michael Grant Tomorrow Series by John Marsden |
| July 3-4, 2010 | The Encyclopedia of Native
American Artists: Artists of the
American Mosaic |
| June 26-27, 2010 | For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage by Tara Parker-Pope |
| June 19-20, 2010 | Ian Sansom’s Mobile Library series, including The Bad Book Affair |
| June 12-13, 2010 | Inter Library Loan: borrow from a library in another town or state |
| June 5-6, 2010 | Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller |
| May 29-30, 2010 | Stuff, Compulsive Hoarding
and The Meaning of Things by Randy Frost and Gail Steketee |
| May 22-23, 2010 | The
Lightning Thief of “Percy Jackson and the
Olympians” series; Tres
Navarre; The
Red Pyramid, is book one of “The
Kane Chronicles” all by Rick Riordan |
| May 15, 2010 | Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill by Riki Ott |
| May 8, 2010 | Undoing Depression: What therapy doesn’t teach you and medication can’t give you by Richard O’Connor |
| May 1, 2010 | ListenAlaska now offers 700 e-book titles available for free through our Web site: www.firstcitylibraries.org |
| April 24-25, 2010 | Fables 13: The Great Fables
Crossover by Bill Willingham Black Magic Sanction; "Two Ghosts for Sister Rachel" in Holidays are Hell by Kim Harrison Refresh — Refresh; Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff |
| April 17-18, 2010 | Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal by Tristram Stuart |
| April 10-11, 2010 | Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater by Frank Bruni. |
| April 3-4, 2010 | Monkey
with A Tool Belt and Monkey
With A Tool Belt and the Noisy
Problem series by Chris Monroe Keep On: The Story of Matthew Henson, Co- Discoverer of the North Pole by Deborah Hopkinson Helen’s Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan from National Geographic books All Stations! Distress! by Don Brown Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca DVD: Apollo 13 Survival at 40 Below by Debbie S. Miller Blessings Bead by Debby Dahl Edwardson |
| March 27-28, 2010 | Meltdown Iceland by Roger Boyes |
| March 20-21, 2010 | Slow Death by Rubber Ducky: the secret danger of everyday things by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie |
| March 13-14, 2010 | The Library is more than books. You will find: |
| March 6-7, 2010 | The Steamy Kitchen
Cookbook: 101 Asian Recipes
Simple Enough for Tonight’s
Dinner by Jaden Hair Lidia Cooks From the Heart of Italy: A Feast of 175 Regional Recipes by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Cake Keeper Cakes: 100 Simple Recipes for Extraordinary Bundt Cakes, Pound Cakes, Snacking Cakes and Other Good-to- the-Last-Crumb Treats by Lauren Chattman |
| February 27-28, 2010 | Always Follow the Elephants by Anahad O'Connor An Uncommon History of Common Things by The National Geographic |
| February 20-21, 2010 | Harry Haft, Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano by Alan Scott Haft |
| February 13-14, 2010 | Newbery Award Winner: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Newbery Honor Awards: Claudette Colvin: twice towards justice by Philip Hoose ; The Evolution of Calpernia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly ; Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin ; The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick Caldecott Award Winner: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Caldecott Honor Awards: All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illus. by Marla Frazee ; Red Sings the Treetops: a year in colors by Joyce Sidman, illus. by Pamela Zagarenski Michael A. Printz Award: Going Bovine by Libba Bray |
| February 6-7, 2010 | What Color is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles Occupational Outlook Handbook U.S. Dept. of Labor |
| January 30-31, 2010 | Parenting Teens With Love and Logic by Foster Cline, MD and Jim Fay |
| January 23-24, 2010 | FOREIGN MYSTERY SERIES: Sicily: Inspector Salvo Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri Brazil: Inspector Espinosa series by L.A. Garcia-Roza Australia: Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte by Arthur Upfield Palestine: A Grave in Gaza by Matt Benyon Rees Mallorca: Inspector Enrique Alvarez series by Roderic Jeffries |
| January 16-17, 2010 | The Photographer: into war-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders by Didier Lefevre Nelson Mandela: the authorized comic book by the Nelson Mandela Foundation Stitches: a memoir by David Small |
| January 9-10, 2010 | Changing Rhythms of American Family Life by Suzanne M. Bianchi; John P. Robinson; Melissa A. Milkie |
| January 2-3, 2010 | Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne |
| December 24-27, 2009 | Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: characters and community by Ray Cashman |
| December 19-20, 2009 | Holiday Booklist: book gift suggestions for children & young adults from Ketchikan Public Library and the Ketchikan chapter of the AK Library Association pick up a list at the Library or click here to view a PDF version |
| December 12-13, 2009 | Kill A Watt a handy gadget that can show you what is using all the electricity in your home Checks out from the Library |
| November 28-29, 2009 | The Ketchikan Public Library will email upcoming due dates, overdue and lost item notices: all we need is a working email address for you |
| November 21-22, 2009 | Red's Hot Honky-tonk Bar by Pamela Morsi Slumdog Millionaire (DVD) |
| November 14-15, 2009 | Your Call is (Not That) Important to us: customer service and what it reveals about our world and our lives by Emily Yellin |
| November 7-8, 2009 | Crazy For the Storm by Norman Ollestad |
| Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2009 | NurtureShock by Po Bronson & Ashley Merryman |
| October 24-25, 2009 | A Passion For Nature: the life of John Muir by Donald Worster |
| October 17-18, 2009 | You Can Adopt: an adoptive families guide by Susan Caughman & Isolde Motley |
| October 10-11, 2009 | The War That Made America by Fred Anderson War on the Run: the epic story of Robert Rogers and the conquest of America's first frontier by John F. Ross Union 1812: the Americans who fought the second war of independence by A.J. Langguth The End of Barbary Terror: America's 1815 war against the pirates of North Africa by Frederick C. Leiner Manila and Santiago: the new steel Navy in the Spanish-American War by Jim Leeke |
| October 3-4, 2009 | T.A.G. or Teen Advisory Group for interested teens ages 13-18 |
| September 26-27, 2009 | New art books at UAS-Ketchikan Campus Library: Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz Ingres by Andrew Carrington Shelton The Golden Age of Spain: painting, sculpture, architecture by Joan Sureda Art: over 2,500 works from cave to contemporary Dorling Kindersley, publisher |
| September 19-20, 2009 | The Last Child by John Hart |
| September 12-13, 2009 | Authors who write books boys like: Andrew Clements, Eoin Colfer, Roald Dahl, Bruce Hale, Anthony Horowitz, Jeff Kinney, Rick Riordan |
| September 5-6, 2009 | A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella L. Bird Following Isabella: travels in Colorado then and now by Robert L. Root |
| August 29-30, 2009 | Crazy Love: a memoir by Leslie Morgan Steiner |
| August 22-23, 2009 | Naming infinity : a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity by Loren R. Graham |
| August 15-16, 2009 | Holy hullabaloos : a road trip to the battlegrounds of the church/state wars by Jay Wexler |
| August 8-9, 2009 | The Mighty Queens of Freeville: a mother a daughter and the people who raised them by Amy Dickinson |
| August 1-2, 2009 | Featured Children's Author/Illustrators: Laura Vaccaro Seeger: One Boy; First the Egg; Dog and Bear; Black? White! Day? Night!; The Hidden Alphabet Mo Willems: Knuffle Bunny; Knuffle Bunny Too; Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed Emily Gravett: Wolves; Orange Pear Apple Bear; Monkey and Me; Meerkat Mail; The Odd Egg; Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears |
