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|  | The Leopard by Archibald Colquhoun, David Gilmour, Giuseppe T. Di Lampedusa
This acclaimed historical novel about a powerful man, the prince of an ancient Sicilian family, caught between the old world and the new order is set in Sicily at the time of Garibaldi, when Italy's future was at stake. Don Fabrizio clings to the old feudal order, but, under the influence of Tancredi, his beloved nephew, he finds himself succumbing to new ways of thinking and of living. Don Fabrizio is a cultured, learned, proud man who, as he grows older, struggles to accept the facts of death and change. Tancredi is a man of the future; his role is symbolized by his marriage to the daughter of a middle-class parvenu--a union which, ironically, Don Fabrizio is called upon to arrange. The novel ends with his death in 1888, but, in an epilogue set in 1910, his three spinster daughters clear out many of the old relics from the family mansion, and we see that the transformation of Italy is complete--the old world is finally, irrevocably, dead. AUTHOR: Archibald Colquhoun, David Gilmour, Giuseppe T. Di Lampedusa
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General 
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 | The Colors by Monique Felix
Illustrations of mice are used to introduce readers to different colors in this wordless book. AUTHOR: Monique Felix
PUBLISHER: Creative Company, The
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Bought and Scold by Laura Dower
Description not available.The Powerpuff Girls may no longer use their powers to protect the people of Townsville from all its criminals once Princess Morbucks buys the city from the mayor and makes crime legal. AUTHOR: Laura Dower
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Golden Age by Michael Chabon
During the rise of Nazism, Joe Kavalier escapes from Prague and immigrates to America, where he hopes to make enough money to bring the rest of his family with him. He teams up with Sammy Clay, his Brooklyn cousin, to create comic book characters who act out the dreams of their creators--who, meanwhile, both become involved with the same woman, the devastating Rosa Saks. Chabon's critically acclaimed novel provides not only a window into the immigrant experience but also a hymn of praise to the golden age of the comics. THE AMAZING ADVENTURES was a New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000. AUTHOR: Michael Chabon
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: General
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 | Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Blair Brown
Description not available.At a turn-of-the-century coastal resort in New Hampshire, fifteen-year-old Olympia Biddeford is drawn into an intense love affair with a much older man, John Haskell, a married physician and activist, which has profound and long-reaching repercussions upon everyone around them. Reprint. AUTHOR: Anita Shreve, Blair Brown
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | As Ever by Joanne Kyger
This volume selects from among the several Beat-inspired collections Kyger has previously edited. AUTHOR: Joanne Kyger
PUBLISHER: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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