BookGuide - Lincoln City Libraries - Sunday A.M. Index

Every Sunday morning issue of Lincoln's Journal Star newspaper includes the "Sunday A.M." section, featuring articles with a cultural focus. In February 2009, the Lincoln Journal Star discontinued the Sunday A.M. section, moving much of that section's contents to their "The (402) 411" section. Included in that section of the paper each week are regular author profiles and book reviews, by both local reviewers and national review services. Due to the regular popularity of the titles reviewed in the paper, we've devised this page of the Lincoln City Libraries' Web site as a simple listing of the books recently reviewed in the Lincoln Journal Star, with links into the library's holdings for all the listed books which are currently in the collection. If a title below is not hotlinked, this is an indication that the library does not currently own that book, but you may consider requesting the title through the services of our Interlibrary Loan department, or suggesting that we purchase it via our on-line Suggest-a-Title form. We apologize for the gap from July through December 2009 -- we hope to fill in this information over time. This feature has resumed on our web site as of January 2010.

last updated January 19, 2010

2009 Selections

Books reviewed in June

	Searching for Tamsen Donner by Gabrielle Burton Fiction -- Burton.
	Vulcan's Fire by Harold Coyle and Barrett Tillman Fiction -- Coyle.
	The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly Fiction -- Connelly. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Last Mango in Texas by Ray Blackstone Fiction -- Blackstone.
	What Happens by Hilda Raz Non-Fiction -- 811 Raz.
	Relentless by Dean Koontz Fiction -- Koontz. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman Non-Fiction -- 951.058 Gil. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio format.]
	American Passage: The History of Ellis Island by Vincent J. Cannato Non-Fiction -- 325.73 Can.
	Wrongful Death by Robert Dugoni Fiction -- Dugoni.
	The Deepest Cut by Dianne Emley Fiction -- Emley.

Books reviewed in May

	Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting by Michael Perry Biography Perry.
	Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Fiction -- McCall-Smith. [Also available in book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child Fiction -- Child. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Illegal by Paul Levine Fiction -- Levine.
	Losing Mum and Pup by Christopher Buckley Biography Buckley. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Brimstone by Robert B. Parker Fiction -- Parker. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East -- From the Cold War to the War on Terror by Patrick Taylor Non-Fiction -- 327.56 Tyl.
	Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother edited by Barbara Graham Non-Fiction -- 306.877 Gra.
	Blood Island by H. Terrell Griffin Fiction -- Griffin.
	William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hogue Biography -- Wilberforce.
	Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Hascomb Non-Fiction -- 364.168 Bas. [Also available in book-on-CD format.]

Books reviewed in April

	Devil's Garden by Ace Atkins Fiction -- Atkins.
	American-Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA - WHen FDR Put the Nation to Work by Nick Taylor Fiction -- 973.917 Tay.
	Her Appearing: A Love Story by Donald G. Harvey Fiction -- Harvey. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Life Sentences by Laura Lippman Fiction -- Lippman. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Letters From Black America edited by Pamela Newkirk Non-Fiction -- 305.8 AfrYn.
	Winging It: Dispatches From an (Almost) Empty Nest by Catherine Goldhammer Biography Goldhammer
	Revenge by Hugh Holton Fiction -- Holton.
	The Entire Earth and Sky: Views on the Antarctic by Leslie Carol Roberts Non-Fiction -- Roberts. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Long Lost by Harlan Coben Fiction -- Coben. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Still Alice by Lisa Genova Fiction -- Genova.
	The All-American King by Kent Krause Fiction -- Krause.
	True Detectives by Jonathan Kellerman Fiction -- Kellerman. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Sin the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott Non-Fiction -- 306.74 Abb.
	Crossing the Rhine: Breaking Into Nazi Germany - 1944 and 1945 by Lloyd Clark Non-Fiction -- 940.542 Cla.
	Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons From the Lewis & Clark Trail by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs Non-Fiction -- 917.8 Tub.

Books reviewed in March

	Man of the House by Ad Hudler Fiction -- Hudler.
	The German Russians: Those Who Came to Sutton (2nd printing - revised) by James R. Griess Non-Fiction -- 325.7 qGri 2008.
	Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child Fiction -- Child. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the World Buddhist in the World by Mary Pipher Non-Fiction -- Biography Pipher.
	Corkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine County by Robert V. Camuto Non-Fiction -- Camuto. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer Fiction -- Archer. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002 by Bill Murphy, Jr. Non-Fiction -- 355.009 Mur.
	Rupture by A. Scott Pearson Fiction -- Pearson.
	A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson Fiction -- Drayson.
	Safer by Sean Doolittle Fiction -- Doolittle.
	Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin Non-Fiction -- 582.16 Dea.
	Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos Fiction -- Kallos. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Maimonides by Joel Kraemer Non-Fiction -- Kraemer. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

Books reviewed in February

	I Am a Man: Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice by Joe Starita Non-Fiction -- Biography Standing.
	The Associate by John Grisham Fiction -- Grisham. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD and Large Print formats.]
	Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun: The Story of USO Hostesses During World War II by Meghan Winchell
	Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni Non-Fiction -- 305.48 Moa.
	Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey by William Least Heat Moon Non-Fiction -- 917.3 Hea.
	Lincoln and His Admirals by Craig L. Symonds Non-Fiction -- Symonds. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan Non-Fiction -- Biography Lincoln.
	Abraham Lincoln: Great American Historians on Our 16th President by Brian Lamb ad Susan Swain Non-Fiction -- Lamb/Swain. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln by John Stauffer Non-Fiction -- Stauffer. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell Fiction -- Bushnell. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future by Greg Melville Non-Fiction -- Melville. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Charlemagne Pursuit by Steve Berry Fiction -- Berry. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Charles Darwin -- The Beagle Letters edited by Frederick Burkhardt Non-Fiction -- Burkhardt. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	The Letters by Luanne Rice and Joseph Monninger Fiction -- Rice. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]

Books reviewed in January

	Baptism by Fire: Eight Presidents Who Took Office in Times of Crisis by Mark K. Updegrove Non-Fiction -- 973.09 Upd.
	Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World by Eric Foner Biography Lincoln.
	Society's Child: My Autobiography by Janis Ian Non-Fiction -- Music 781.64 Ian
	Telex From Cuba by Rachel Kushner Fiction -- Kushner.
	When the Guillotine Fell by Jeremy Mercer Non-Fiction -- Mercer. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass Fiction -- Glass. [Also available in unabridged downloadable audio and book-on-CD formats.]
	Earthrise: How Man First Saw the Earth by Robert Poole Non-Fiction -- Poole. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Blood Alone by James R. Benn Fiction -- Benn. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock Fiction -- Peacock.
	Stealing Trinity by Ward Larsen Fiction -- Larsen.
	Twenty West: The Great Road Across America by Mac Nelson Non-Fiction -- Nelson. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell Non-Fiction -- 155.92 Gla. [Also available in unabridged book-on-CD format.]
	Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream by Steven Watts Non-Fiction -- Watts. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	Fugitive days: Memoirs of an Anti-War Activist by Bill Ayers Biography -- Ayers.
	The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 by John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross Non-Fiction -- 978.202 Wun.
	The Swap by Anthony Moore Fiction -- Moore. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]
	High Plains Horticulture by John E. Freeman Non-Fiction -- Freeman. [Not currently owned by the Lincoln City Libraries.]

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