The large print collection continues to expand its range. Look for a blue dove on the spine for Christian Fiction titles, including The Elevator, by Angela Hunt. Also highly recommended is the Ted Dekker fantasy/thriller Circle Trilogy: Black, Red, and White.

New acquisitions include Christine Falls, by Benjamin Black, a mystery set in 1950s Dublin and Boston; another Alex Delaware mystery by Jonathan Kellerman, Compulsion; The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted: Stories, by Elizabeth Berg; The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, a biography by Alice Schroeder; a romance, Can't Take My Eyes Off of You, by Judith McNaught; and finally an historical fiction by Christopher Bohjalian Skeletons at the Feast.

If you have been watching the excellent PBS series of Jane Austen stories, the large print collection now includes: Sanditon (by Austen and "another lady"), Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park.

In terms of the political landscape, there are several titles about or by the three major candidates: The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama; Woman in Charge by Carl Bernstein; Worth the Fighting For, by John McCain; and Citizen McCain, by Elizabeth Drew.

For the Nashua Reads program there are several books to choose from available in large print: The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan; Marley & Me, by John Grogan; and When the Emperor was Divine by Julia Otsuka. These books are recent titles in a competition to become the selected title for the season's city-wide reading club.