2011

 

#GREAT BOOKS#

The lesser evil : political ethics in an age of terror Ignatieff, Michael.

Washington rules : America's path to permanent war Bacevich, Andrew J.

Justice : what's the right thing to do? Sandel, Michael J.

13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown/ Johnson, Simon

 

ADVENTURE

The long walk Rawicz, Slavomir.

33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners

The worst-case scenario survival handbook/ Piven, Joshua.

 

ASTRONOMY

The 4 percent universe : dark matter, dark energy, and the race to discover the rest of reality

The Pluto files : the rise and fall of America's favorite planet Tyson, Neil deGrasse.

Captured by aliens : the search for life and truth in a very large universe Achenbach, Joel.

If the universe is teeming with Aliens... Where is Everybody [Marina]

Rare earth : why complex life is uncommon in the universe/ Ward, Peter Douglas, 1949-

 

AUTO-BIOGRAPHY

Catch me if you can : the amazing true story of the youngest and most daring con man Abagnale, Frank

Annapurna, first conquest of an 8000-meter peak: Herzog, Maurice, 1919-

How I helped O.J. get away with murder : the shocking inside story of violence, loyalty, regret,

The center cannot hold : my journey through madness Saks, Elyn R., 1955-

Slow love : how I lost my job, put on my pajamas & found happiness Browning, Dominique.

The happiness project : or why I spent a year trying to sing in the morning, clean my closets, fight right, read Aristotle, and generally have more fun Rubin, Gretchen Craft.

Genius : the life and science of Richard Feynman/ Gleick, James.

Clean like a man : housekeeping for men (and the women who love them)/ McNulty, Tom, 1950-

 

SCIENCE

Mythbusters : the explosive truth behind 30 of the most perplexing urban legends of all time

The female brain

 

CLIMATE

The two-mile time machine : ice cores, abrupt climate change, and our future Alley, Richard

The hot topic : what we can do about global warming Walker, Gabrielle

Climate solutions : a citizen's guide Barnes, Peter, 1942

Hot : living through the next fifty years on earth Hertsgaard, Mark, 1956

Eaarth : making a life on a tough new planet McKibben, Bill.

[McKibben is the first environmental author I've read that exaggerates and misleads!]

The end of nature McKibben, Bill.

Disaster on the Horizon [Marina Book - Excellent!]

Fire on the horizon : the untold story of the Gulf oil disaster Konrad, John.

Climate solutions : a citizen's guide Barnes, Peter, 1942-

Climate cover-up : t*2220355*

Catastrophe : an investigation into the origins of the modern world/ Keys, David.

 

COMPUTERS

A history of modern computing Ceruzzi, Paul E.

The man who invented the computer : the biography of John Atanasoff, digital pioneer Smiley,

Electronic brains : stories from the dawn of the computer age

 

ENVIRONMENT

Go green, live rich : 50 simple ways to save the earth and get rich trying Bach, David.

Greenpeace : how a group of journalists, ecologists and visionaries changed the world Weyler,

Paradox of plenty : a social history of eating in modern America Levenstein, Harvey A.,

Ecohouse : a design guide Roaf, Susan

Green metropolis : why living smaller, living closer, and driving less are the keys to sustainability

Rising tide : the great Mississippi flood of 1927 and how it changed America Barry, John

Bottled lightning : superbatteries, electric cars, and the new lithium economy Fletcher, Seth,

Merchants of doubt : how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming

Galileos' Revenge

The Wal-Mart effect : how the world's most powerful company really works, and how it's

transforming the American economy

Break through : from the death of environmentalism to the politics of possibility

Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution-- and how it can renew America/ Friedman, Thomas L.

The bottomless well : the twilight of fuel, the virtue of waste, and why we will never run out of energy/ Huber,

 

ECONOMICS/FINANCE

Priceless : the myth of fair value (and how to take advantage of it) Poundstone, William.

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 Brands, H. W.

The myth of the rational market : a history of risk, reward, and delusion on Wall Street

Death by a thousand cuts : the fight over taxing inherited wealth Graetz, Michael J.

This time is different : eight centuries of financial folly

All the devils are here : the hidden history of the financial crisis

Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon

The Wal-Mart effect : how the world's most powerful company really works, and how it's transforming the American economy

13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown/ Johnson, Simon, 1963-

Bad samaritans : the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism/ Chang, Ha-Joon.

Spousonomics : using economics to master love, marriage and dirty dishes/ Szuchman, Paula.

Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk Bernstein, Peter L.

100 questions every first-time home buyer should ask : with answers from top brokers

Straight talk on investing : what you need to know/ Brennan, Jack.

The big short : inside the doomsday machine/ Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)

Spousonomics : using economics to master love, marriage and dirty dishes/ Szuchman, Paula.

13 bankers : the Wall Street takeover and the next financial meltdown/ Johnson, Simon,

Bad samaritans : the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism/ Chang, Ha-Joon.

So damn much money : the triumph of lobbying and the corrosion of American government/ Kaiser, Robert G.,

You can be a stock market genius : uncover the secret hiding places of stock market profits/ Greenblatt, Joel.

 

FLYING

Forever flying : fifty years *2137208*

Tex Johnston : jet-age test pilot / by A.M. "Tex" Johnston with Charles Barton.[unavailable]

Pilot's handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge *2166340*/

Sport pilot test prep 2006 : study and prepare for the Sport pilot FAA knowledge test/

ROD MACHADO'S PRIVATE PILOT HAND BOOK/

 

HISTORY

In the heart of the sea : the tragedy of the whaleship Essex Philbrick, Nathaniel

Endurance : Shackleton's incredible voyage Lansing, Alfred.

America, 1908 : the dawn of flight, the race to the Pole, the invention of the Model T, and the making of a modern nation

Painfully rich : the outrageous fortune and misfortunes of the heirs of J. Paul Getty

Ten days that shook the world/ Reed, John, 1887-1920.

"A problem from hell" : America and the age of genocide/ Power, Samantha.

Slavery and the making of America Horton, James Oliver

1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created Mann, Charles C.

Death and life of great American cities Jacobs, Jane, 1916-

The Encyclopedia of world history : ancient, medieval, and modern, chronologically arranged Stearns, Peter N.

The Great Society subway : a history of the Washington Metro

The enemy within : 2,000 years of witch-hunting in the Western world

Slavery and the making of America/

Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world

 

INTERNATIONAL

The Party : the secret world of China's communist rulers McGregor, Richard, 1958-

Rivals : how the power struggle between China, India and Japan will shape our next decade

A Problem from Hell: America and the age of genocide/ Power, Samantha.

Egg on Mao : the story of an ordinary man who defaced an icon and unmasked a dictatorship

It's our turn to eat : the story of a Kenyan whistle-blower/

Mullahs, merchants, and militants : the economic collapse of the Arab world/ Glain, Stephen. Due:

 

MATH

The drunkard's walk : how randomness rules our lives/ Mlodinow, Leonard, 1954-

How to lie with statistics/ Huff, Darrell.

 

MIDDLE AGES

A medieval castle/ Gresko, Marcia S. Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

Life in a castle/ Eastwood, Kay. Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

Food & feasts in the Middle Ages/ Dawson, Imogen. Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

Science and technology in the Middle Ages/ Findon, Joanne, 1957- Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

Medieval medicine and the plague/ Elliott, Lynne, 1968- Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

Manners and customs in the Middle Ages/ Groves, Marsha. Due: 10/29/2011,23:59

A Medieval Feast

 

POLITICS

Blinded by the right : the conscience of an ex-conservative Brock, David, 1962-

Nothing to envy : ordinary lives in North Korea Demick, Barbara.

The thirteen American arguments : enduring debates that define and inspire our country

The limits of power : the end of American Exceptionalism/ Bacevich, A. J.

Washington rules : America's path to permanent war Bacevich, Andrew J.

POWER OF LIMITS [unfillable]

The thirteen American arguments : enduring debates that define and inspire our country/ Fineman,

Convicting the innocent : where criminal prosecutions go wrong/ Garrett, Brandon.

 

WAR/MILITARY

Washington rules : America's path to permanent war Bacevich, Andrew J.

The longest war : the enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda Bergen, Peter L.,

The limits of power : the end of American Exceptionalism/ Bacevich, A. J.

A war like no other : how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War

Cultures of war : Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, 9-11, Iraq Dower, John W

Bloodlands : Europe between Hitler and Stalin Snyder, Timothy.

Masters and commanders : how four titans won the war in the west, 1941-1945

 

NAVY SEALS

The heart and the fist : the education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL

Rogue warrior

Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper

 

PHILOSOPHY

Stuff : compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things Frost, Randy O.

Eating animals Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977-

The lesser evil : political ethics in an age of terror Ignatieff, Michael.

Justice : what's the right thing to do? Sandel, Michael J.

Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages Deutscher,

Lust in translation : the rules of infidelity from Tokyo to Tennessee Druckerman, Pamela.

Paradox of plenty : a social history of eating in modern America Levenstein, Harvey A.,

The social animal : the hidden sources of love, character, and achievement Brooks, David,

High crimes : the fate of Everest in an age of greed Kodas, Michael.

Slow love : how I lost my job, put on my pajamas & found happiness Browning, Dominique

A theory of justice/ Rawls, John, 1921-

Why we make mistakes / How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way

Above Average/ Hallinan, Joseph T.

 

RELIGION

The rise and fall of the Bible : the unexpected history of an accidental book Beal, Timothy K.

Society without God : what the least religious nations can tell us about contentment

What good is God? : *2132406* Due: 6/25/2011,23:59

Unprotected texts : the Bible's surprising contradictions about sex and desire Knust,

God : the failed hypothesis : how science shows that God does not exist Stenger, Victor J.,

Paranormal America : ghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities

The age of sacred terror Benjamin, Daniel

Society without God : what the least religious nations can tell us about contentment

Against the gods : the remarkable story of risk Bernstein, Peter L

 

HUMOR

Our dumb world : the Onion's atlas of the planet Earth, seventy-third edition Dikkers, Scott.

The customer is always wrong : the retail chronicles/ Martin, Jeff, 1980-

 

FICTION

Another roadside attraction Robbins, Tom.

Childhood's end/ Clarke, Arthur Charles, 1917-

SCI_FI

2061 odyssey three

3001 : the final odyssey

The Fermata Baker, Nicholson.

 

KIDS

Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety," Judith Warner is the author of

The worst-case scenario survival handbook : Parenting : fu mu ying bian mi ji/ Piven,

Screamfree parenting: the revolutionary approach to raising your kids without losing your cool

Battle hymn of the tiger mother Chua, Amy.

The Mother-Daughter Book Club Frederick, Heather Vogel.

--- history ---

A pocketful of goobers : a story about George Washington Carver

The daring Nellie Bly : America's star reporter

Welcome to Kit's world, 1934 : growing up during America's Great Depression

How would you survive in the Wild West

How would you survive in Rome

How would you survive as an Indian in the West\

An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793

Blizzard Murphy, Jim, 1947-

The great fire Murphy, Jim, 1947-

1776 : a new look at revolutionary Williamsburg Kostyal, K. M., 1951-

You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner! : horrible things you'd rather not know/

--- nature ---

Walking with cavemen : eye-to-eye with your ancestors

Walking with dinosaurs : a natural history / Tim Haines.

--- fiction---

Wind in the willows

Michael Hague's favorite Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales

 

Philosophy for kids : 40 fun questions that help you wonder ... about everything!

Buddhism Wilkinson, Philip.

The Halloween activity book Bull, Jane.

The dressing up book Bull, Jane.

Everything your 4th grader needs to know Roth, Robert R.

EcoKids : raising children who care for the earth

The smartest animals*2106392*

Chickens aren't the only ones Heller, Ruth, 1924

The Well of Sacrific*2097438

Catherine, called Birdy Cushman, Karen

Hester Bidgood, inve*2097571*

The beaded moccasins*2097543*

Beyond the burning time Lasky, Kathryn

The witch of Blackbird Pond Speare, Elizabeth George

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes Coerr, Eleanor.

(Usborne) Knights and armor : Internet-linked Firth, Rachel

The log of Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America in the year 1492

Welcome to Addy's world : 1864 : growing up during America's Civil War/ Sinnott, Susan.

Zoo animals/ Robinson, Michael H.

Leonardo da Vinci : a nonfiction companion to Monday with a mad genius

Mythbusters : the explosive truth behind 30 of the most perplexing urban legends of all time

The Pixar touch : the making of a company/ Price, David A. (David Andrew), 1961-

 

MARINA

Auto mania : cars, consumers, and the environment / Tom McCarthy.

Climate cover-up : the crusade to deny global warming / James Hoggan with Richard Littlemore.

500 nations [DVD]

Galileo's revenge : junk science in the courtroom / Peter W. Huber.

Slavery and the making of America [videorecording] :

Biological exuberance : animal homosexuality and natural diversity

How to be famous : our guide to looking the part, playing the press, and becoming a tabloid fixture /

Wars of blood and faith : the conflicts that will shape the twenty-first century / Ralph Peters.

Williamsburg before and after *2072695*

A guidebook to Virginia Road Markers*2072696*

Yellow dirt : an American *2071401*

You can't be neutral*2151662* 7/23/2011,23:59

101 places not to see before you die*2150438*

Boiling mad : inside*2150451* 7/23/2011,23:59

Why leaders lie : th*2149521* 7/23/2011,23:59

The whites of their *2150450* 7/23/2011,23:59

My lie : a true story *2150435*

The God that Failed

Forever flying : fifty years *2137208* Due: 7/9/2011,23:59

Pilot's handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge *2166340*/

The man who invented the computer *2109266*

If the universe is teeming with Aliens... Where is Everybody *2112184*

Tragedy and farce How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy: *2108882*

What good is God? : *2132406* Due: 6/25/2011,23:59

Tex Johnston : jet-age test pilot / by A.M. "Tex" Johnston with Charles Barton.[unavailable]

The missing Lynx [videorecording] -Unfillable

How to be famous : o*2215377*

Galileo's revenge : *2204409*/ Due: 10/15/2011,23:59

Climate cover-up : t*2220355*

 

DVD

--- Drama ---

One flew over the cuckoo's nest [DVD] Forman, Milo. Available Pickup at:

Papillon [videorecor*2114706*

The ten commandments [DVD] DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959.

GoldenEye [videorecording] Brosnan, Pierce. Due: 1/29/2011,23:59

Diabolique [videorecording]/ Clouzot, Henri George, 1907-1977.

Catch me if you can [DVD] Spielberg, Steven, 1946-

Swiss family Robinson [DVD] Annakin, Ken.

Superman [DVD] Salkind, Alexander, 1922-1997.

To sir, with love [videorecording] Clavell, James.

Shawshank Redemption

It's a Wonderful Life

Sherlock Holmes, the complete Granada television series. Disc 1-6 [DVD]

 

---Sci-Fi ---

Star wars. Episode III, Revenge of the Sith [DVD] Lucas, George, 1944

Star wars, episode I, the phantom menace (Motion picture) Lucas, George, 1944

Total recall [videorecording] Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Ghost in the shell [DVD]/ Oshii, Mamoru.

The Day the Earth Stood Still [2008 version]

 

--- Comedy ---

Arthur [DVD] Gordon, Steve, 1938-1982.

The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai [DVD] Rauch, Earl Mac, 1949-

Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life [DVD] Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.

Swiss family Robinson [DVD] Annakin, Ken

Trading Places

 

--- Environment ---

An inconvenient truth [DVD] : a global warning Guggenheim, Davis.

The end of the line *2167754*/ [overfishing]

A crude awakening [DVD] : the oil crash/ Gelpke, Basil, 1962-

Life in cold blood [DVD]/ Barton, Miles.

 

--- History ---

The way west. [Disc 2] The approach of civilization, 1865-1869 [DVD] Baker, Russell.

Man on wire [DVD] Chinn, Simon.

Charlie Wilson's war [DVD] Goetzman, Gary.

The weather underground [DVD]/ Green, Sam.

Pirates! [DVD*2167751*/

The ascent of man. Disc 1 [DVD

Slavery and the making of America [DVD]

Gandhi [DVD]

 

--- Religion ---

The atheism tapes [DVD]/ Miller, Jonathan, 1934-

Religulous [DVD] Charles, Larry, 1956-

Jesus camp [DVD] Ewing, Heidi E.

 

--- Travel ---

Secret Yosemite [DVD] : explore beyond the tourist hotspots/ National Geographic Television

The Great rift [DVD] : Africa's greatest story/ Taylor, Barnaby, 1972-

Welcome to Mars [vid*2167746*/

Story of India (DVD)/ Wood, Michael, 1948-

Ganges [DVD]

America's national parks collection. Disc 4, Grand Canyon, the world's great natural wonder [DVD]/ Johnson,

 

--- Science ---

Nova scienceNOW. Can we live forever*2167736*/

 

--- Economics ---

Inside job [DVD] Ferguson, Charles, 1955- Your position in the holds queue: 110

Maxed out [DVD] : nothing is priceless/ Scurlock, James D.

Wal-Mart [DVD] : the high cost of low price Greenwald, Robert.

 

--- Kids ---

The fox and the hound [DVD]

Finding Nemo [DVD]/ Walters, Graham.

Toy story 3 [DVD]

Peter Pan [DVD]

 

 

2012 - Marina Books & Videos

Unfilled    The thin blue line. Disc 1 [videorecording]
Unfilled    Peggy Sue got married [videorecording (DVD)]
Expired    The Darwin economy : liberty, competition, and the common good / Frank, Robert H.
Expired    A short history of progress / by Ronald Wright.
Received    Lies, damned lies, and science : how to sort through the noise around global warming, the latest health claims, and other scientific controversies / Sherry Seethaler.
Received    The universe below : discovering the secrets of the deep sea / William J. Broad
Received    The Bay; a naturalist discovers a universe of life above and below the Chesapeake, by Gilbert C. Klingel.
Received    Water baby : the story of Alvin / Victoria A. Kaharl.
Received    The moral landscape : how science can determine human values / Sam Harris.
Shipped    The anatomy of evil / Michael H. Stone. Unfilled    The reactionary mind : conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin / Corey Robin. Pending    Hunting in the shadows : the pursuit of Al Qa'ida since 9/11 / Seth G. Jones. Not Submitted    Economics of the environment; selected readings. Edited by Robert
Unfilled    Off center : the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson.