The James Logan Courier

Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.


Color of the Sea by John Hamamura
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (April 4, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312340737
ISBN-13: 978-0312340735

From the publisher:
Growing up in a time between wars, Sam Hamada finds that the culture of his native Japan is never far from his heart. Sam is rapidly learning the code of the samurai in the late 1930s on the lush Hawaiian Islands, where he is slowly coming into his own as a son and a man.

But after Sam strikes out for California, where he meets Keiko, the beautiful young woman destined to be the love of his life, he faces crushing disappointment---Keiko’s parents take her back to Japan, forcing Keiko to endure their attempts to arrange her marriage. It is a trial complicated by how the Japanese perceive her---as too Americanized to be a proper Japanese wife and mother---and its pain is compounded by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which ignites the war that instantly taints Sam, Keiko, and their friends and family as enemies of the state.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday. Oct. 6 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Playing for Pizza. John Grisham. Doubleday, $26.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
2. The Choice. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central, $24.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 2
3. Dark of the Moon. John Sandford. Putnam, $26.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
4. Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $25.95
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 20
5. You've Been Warned. James Patterson & Howard Roughan. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
6. Bridge of Sighs. Richard Russo. Knopf, $26.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 2
7. Shoot Him If He Runs. Stuart Woods. Putnam, $25.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2
8. The Orc King. R.A. Salvatore. Wizards of the Coast, $27.95
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2
9. Run. Ann Patchett. HarperCollins, $25.95
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 2
10. The Bone Garden. Tess Gerritsen. Ballantine, $25.95
Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 3

LUNCH: Spicy Chicken Salad with Cheddar, Tomatoes, and Ranch Dressing,
Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
Main Cafeteria Pizza: Vegetarian with Bell Peppers, Mushrooms, Fresh Tomato, & Olives

ACTIVITIES:
Come to Colt Court to vote for your Homecoming Court! The top three nominees have been selected and now it’s time to vote!

Jostens will be here at lunch in Colt Court next Wednesday, 10/24. Order your cap & gown or class ring!

Next week Homecoming Dance tickets will be sold during both lunches in Colt Court. Presale tickets are $5 w/asb, $7 w/out. $10 at the door.

By Bethany Stringer, Courier Publications Editor

The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
Country:United States
Language:English
Genre(s):Romance, Science fiction,Comedy
Publisher:MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Publication date:September 17, 2003
Media type:Print (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages:519
ISBN:ISBN 1-931561-64-8

“I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each movement is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?”

Audrey Niffenegger captures the essence of her first novel The Time Traveler’s Wife in the opening paragraph, stated from the point of view of Claire, the main heroine. While the novel follows a basic plotline (boy meets girl, the fall in love, get married, and try to raise a family), Niffenegger throws in a twist that keeps the story fresh from beginning to end. In a normal, modern-day world, Henry is a genetic mutant with a time-traveling gene written into his DNA. Though it may seem to be a useful trait to have, more often than not, it complicates Henry’s life, for he is unable to control when it will happen and where it will take him.

By Jessica Stewart, Courier Literature Correspondent


Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (September 5, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140296476
ISBN-13: 978-0140296471

In today’s society, numbers are often taken for granted by average, everyday people, who only see them as an indication of wealth, the price of gas, or how many influential friends one has. The number zero in particular is treated as merely a placeholder, since it does not usually indicate anything good unless preceded by many other zeros and a higher number. In reality, numbers are much more important because they help to explain the whole universe and everything in it. The book Zero, The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife reveals how important zero is to these explanations and its history.

By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Reviewer
Scarcity of time and a continuous threat from an assassin make Angels and Demons a tale which is spellbinding and entertaining. The novel is set, almost entirely, in Rome; Brown depicts many famous sites, including some of the world’s most famous cathedrals and museums.

The character of Professor Robert Langdon of Harvard is introduced and is called upon to stop a resurgence of an ancient society which seeks to destroy Vatican City. Langdon is perfect for the job; he specializes in symbolism and reluctantly accepts. Brown used him again in The Da Vinci Code.