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Tom Clancy Goes Digital

Prolific author Tom Clancy has announced that his books will soon be published in all electronic formats. Hopefully, we will soon be able to listen to The Hunt For Red October as an eAudiobook, or access Patriot Games on a computer screen whenever the whim moves us. In the meantime, you may want to take a listen to some of these thrillers. With just a library card and a computer, you can download and listen to these titles any time of day through the library's MyMediaMall download service.

24 Hours By Iles, Greg 2000/09 - Putnam Publishing Group 0399146245 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of "Mortal Fear" and "The Quiet Game" crafts the story of a psychopathic kidnapper who has perfected the unbeatable crime--a man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. But this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings. LG Featured Alternate. ...More

7th Heaven By Patterson, James Paetro, Maxine 2008/02 - Little Brown and Company 0316017701 Check Our Catalog As fire after fire consumes couples in expensive neighborhoods, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends in the Womens Murder Club race to find the arsonists responsible, in a thriller with unexpected twists and emotional extremes of the kind only Patterson can deliver. ...More

The Camel Club By Baldacci, David 2005/10 - Warner Books 0446577383 Check Our Catalog Exposing the juicy underbelly of Washington society, "The Camel Club" takes readers inside the nation's most elite power club and shows how far its members will go to protect their darkest secrets. ...More

Capital Crimes By Kellerman, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye 2006/11 - Ballantine Books 0345467981 Check Our Catalog Two popular authors team up again for a collaborative work of white-knuckle suspense featuring Jonathan Kellerman's beloved Alex Delaware, and Faye Kellerman's popular duo Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus. ...More

The Charlemagne Pursuit By Berry, Steve 2008/12 - Ballantine Books 0345485793 Check Our Catalog From the New York Times-bestselling author of "The Venetian Betrayal" and The Alexandria Link comes a stunning thriller that takes Cotton Malone on a dangerous international quest set in motion by a mysterious manuscript unearthed from the tomb of Charlemagne. ...More

Parallel Lies By Ridley Pearson 2001/07 - Hyperion 158788366X Check Our Catalog Pearson's latest audiobook brings together all his incomparable talents in a riveting story about a grieving man's mission to bring down the railroad company he blames for his wife and children's deaths, no matter who else dies in the process. Abridged. ...More

Robert Ludlum's the Arctic Event By Cobb, James H. Ludlum, Robert 2008/01 - Center Point Large Print 1602851107 Check Our Catalog Lt. Col. Jon Smith, an army researcher specializing in infectious diseases, and a Covert-One agent, leads a team of scientists to remote Wednesday Island, an icy patch of land off the north coast of Canada. There they stumble upon the remains of a mysterious spy plane containing deadly weaponized anthrax. But Smith and his colleagues aren't alone in their discovery. An international arms dealer and his crew of vicious mercenaries plan to make a small fortune with their find. What neither party knows is that even deadlier secrets rest within the hulk of the lost bomber -- a secret the Russians are willing to do anything to protect. Trapped in a polar wilderness, Smith and his team find themselves fighting a savage war on two fronts -- against one enemy they can see, and another hiding within their own ranks. ...More

New Quick Flicks for the Week of 2/3/08

Do you want to know the newest DVD titles available at your library? Check here to find the newest Quick Flicks released at the Gail Borden Library. This fast turnover, no reserves collection is where you will find multiple copies of the most popular DVDs.

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me By 2007/05 - Vanguard Cinema 5557876812 Check Our Catalog ...More

Bottle Shock By Miller, Randall 2009/02 - 20th Century Fox BL09872DVD Check Our Catalog France's position as the world's top wine producer was unchallenged until 1976, when the Montelena Winery put California wines permanently on the map. Director Randall Miller's film chronicles the heady early days of Napa Valley's rocket to success. ...More

Center Stage: Turn It Up By Smith, Rachele Brooke 2009/01 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435931823 Check Our Catalog ...More

City of Ember By Kenan, Gil 2009/01 - 20th Century Fox BL02090DVD Check Our Catalog An adventure set in Ember, a city illuminated only by artificial light. When the city's generator begins to fail, two teens race to solve an ancient mystery and save Ember's citizens from darkness. Based on author Jeanne Duprau's enchanting children's tale. ...More

Shaun White: Don't Look Down By 2009/01 - Genius Products 5557410686 Check Our Catalog ...More

Honeydripper By Sayles, John Dutton, Charles S. Glover, Danny 2008/06 - Universal Home Video 5557420789 Check Our Catalog When Tyrone, owner of the Honeydripper lounge, is faced with having to shut down his juke joint, his hopes rest on one man -- the famous Guitar Sam. It's a make or break weekend for the Honeydripper. This better be some Saturday night! ...More

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist By Sollett, Peter 2009/02 - Sony Pictures Home Ent 1435944666 Check Our Catalog Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and, live, loud music. Nick (Michael Cera) frequents New York's indie rock scene nursing a broken heart and a vague ability to play the bass. Norah (Kat Dennings) is questioning pretty much all of her assumptions about the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band's secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives. ...More

Rent By Columbus, Chirs 2006/02 - Sony Pictures BL05991DVD Check Our Catalog Members of the original 1996 Broadway cast star in Chris Columbus's adaptation of the award-winning musical set in New York's East Village. ...More

The Secret Life of Bees By Prince-Bythewood, Gina 2009/02 - 20th Century Fox BL03096DVD Check Our Catalog Haunted by the death of her mother, 14-year-old Lily escapes the dreary life she lives on her father's farm and heads to Tiburon, S.C., with her friend and caregiver, Rosaleen, setting off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Set amidst the hotbed of racial tensions in the South in the 1960s. Based on the bestselling novel by Sue Monk Kidd. ...More

Zack and Miri Make a Porno By Smith, Kevin 2009/02 - Weinstein Company BL09877DVD Check Our Catalog Zack and Miri have been platonic friends for years. When they both find themselves in financial hot water, they hit upon the idea of making an adult film to bring in some easy money. But when action is called, these two friends discover that unspoken feelings for each other may threaten the whole enterprise. ...More

The alphabet killer
A police investigator's commitment to finding the murderer of a 10-year-old girl borders on obsession to the point that she is hospitalized for schizophrenia. Two years later she is back working as an advisor, and this time plans to get the job done.

The deal
A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about the 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli. They can only get financing if he can cast a well-known action star. However, production is halted when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set. The producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.

The great polar bear adventure
Ikuk gives birth to 2 cubs, but is nervous about how to teach the cubs survival skills. The family befriends Pupa, an arctic fox, who scavenges after their food and warns of threats from Krakush, the dangerous old polar bear. With the rise of global warming, Ikuk discovers her traditional hunting grounds have melted. She is separated from her cubs in human territory and later reunited.

The lucky ones
Colee, TK and Cheever are three soldiers who return home from the Iraq War after suffering injuries. They learn that life has moved on without them. The three end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S. Colee is on a mission to bring her boyfriend's guitar back to his family. TK is seeking the confidence to face his wife after a shrapnel injury threatens his sexual function. Cheever is a middle-aged man who is planning to hit the casinos in a desperate effort to pay for his son's college tuition.

National Lampoon's Stoned age
Ishbo is a philosophical caveman who yearns for more out of life. Determined to single-handedly advance the human race, Ishbo continually irritates his fellow Neanderthals with ridiculous inventions with the ladder, sun visor and pants. His exasperated parents wish he would be more like his brother, who has the strength of ten mastoodons and has clubbed every girl in the tribe, including Ishbo's dream girl, Fardart.

Now Showing at the Gail Borden Library: Notorious

Notorious

Monday, February 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Alicia Huberman becomes an undercover agent after her German father, who was sent to prison for treason against the U.S., commits suicide. She falls in love with government agent T.R. Devlin and together they bring down some German scientists.