Doing the same workout over and over and over can get real boring. But buying tons of workout DVDs is costly. Check out these fitness DVDs from the library (go to gwinnettpl.org)--then you won't have any more excuses.  1. Bob Harper: Totally ripped core 2. Rodney Yee's Daily Yoga 3. Exhale: Core fusion cardio, pure intensity 4. Bob Harper: Beginner's weight loss transformation 5. Tai Chi & Qi Gong Basics 6. Billy's Boot Camp S.O.S.: sweat off the sizes 7. Fit for Pregnancy 8. Tracey Mallett: Total body calorie blast 9. Relax & Restore 10. Kathryn Budig: Aim true yoga

Just because the economy is in a slump, doesn't mean you have to sit there and take it. These popular business books will provide information, and inspiration, for the CEO within. Put them on hold at Gwinnettpl.org, then pick them up at a local branch.  1. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses 2. How to Start a Home-based Mail Order Business 3. Top 100 Careers Without a Four-Year Degree, 10th Ed: Your Complete Guidebook to Good Jobs in Many Fields 4. All I Know About Management I Learned From my Dog 5. A Basic Guide to …

Can't stand to read one more predictable thriller? (Me neither.) The Gwinnett Public Libraries circulations department has "bookmarked" these completely unique reads from debut or literary writers. Check them out at gwinnettpl.org, then have them sent to your local branch.  1. The Barbarian Nurseries By Hector Tobar 2. Bent Road By Lori Roy 3. Warm Bodies: A novel By Isaac Marion 4. I Knew You'd Be Lovely: Stories By Alethea Black 5. Farishta By Patricia McArdle 6. Rules of Civility By Amor Towles 7. Turn of Mind By Alice Laplante 8. Death at the Château Bremont: A Verlaque and Bonnet mystery…

Hey, I'm sure I'm not the first one to tell you that science is really cool. These books, which you can put on hold at gwinnettpl.org and pick up at your local branch, help world make a little more sense.  1. Backyard Birding: Using natural gardening to attract birds 2. Math for Grownups By Laura Laing 3. Feathers: The evolution of a natural miracle By Thor Hanson 4. Everyday Math Tricks for Grown-Ups: Shortcuts and Simple Solutions for the Not-So-Math Minded 5. Annoying: The science of what bugs us By Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman 6. The Book of Fungi: A life-size guide to six hundred species…

Graphic novels and comic books are a genre that is experiencing explosive growth. They are great for the, ahem, reluctant reader. And, news flash: They aren't just for teenage boys anymore.  Check out these new graphic novels from gwinnettpl.org and have them sent to your local branch for pick up:  1. Anya's Ghost By Vera Brosgol 2. Hoshin Engi #23, The Road with No Guidepost, Story and Art By Ryu Fujisaki 3. Red Hood, The Lost Days By Judd Winick 4. Level Up By Gene Luen Yang 5. Captain America, No Escape By Ed Brubaker 6. Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity By Dave Roman 7. Yeah! By Peter Bagge…

Looking for the hottest fiction out there? Lots of new books are on order at the Gwinnett County Public Libraries. Put in your request for the books now, then (try to) wait patiently. When your turn comes, they'll be sent to your local branch.  1. Overbite By Meg Cabbot 2. Learning By Karen Kingsbury 3. Then Came You By Jennifer Weiner 4. Burnt Mountain By Anne Rivers Siddons 5. Dreams of the Dead By Perri O'Shughnessy  6. Escape By Barbara Delinsky 7. Happy Birthday By Danielle Steel 8. Justice By Karen Robards 9. Merciless By Diane Palmer 10. Portrait of a Spy By Daniel Silva

Every week, we bring you great books available for check out at your local branch of the Gwinnett Public Library. Put them on hold at gwinnettpl.org then have them sent to your closest branch.  Inspired by sports-watching dads everywhere -- most of whom are, lets face it, armchair athletes -- we bring you stories about sports and the incredible people who play them.  1. At the Fights: American writers on boxing Edited By George Kimball & John Schulian 2. 56: Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports By Kostya Kennedy 3. Eat, Sleep, Ride: How I braved bears, badlands, and big breakfasts…

Can't afford to travel but can afford to gawk? Your local library has travel DVDs that will make your jaw drop--and might even inspire you to break the bank. Go to gwinnettpl.org to reserve, then pick them up at your nearest branch.  1. Nigeria 2. Morocco 3. The Balkans 4. Micronesia & Pacific Islands 5. Madrid 6. Nepal 7. Route 66 8. French Riviera 9. Egypt 10. Greece

Go to gwinnettpl.org to check out these books that profile incredible lives led. They'll be sent to your local branch for pick up.  1. What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years By Ricky Riccardi  2. The House in France: A Memoir By Gully Wells 3. There Are Things I Want You to Know about Stieg Larsson and Me By Eva Gabrielsson  4. Sean Connery: A Biography By Christopher Bray 5. A Man from Another Land : How finding my roots changed my life By Isaiah Washington 6. Innocent Spouse : A memoir By Carol Ross Joynt 7. License to Pawn: Deals, Steals, and My Life at the Gold…

This week's new and popular list of horror fiction, provided by the Gwinnett County Public Library, is sure to inspire chills of fear. Reserve one of these scary stories today online and pick them up at the Norcross Library Branch. 1. Spirit By Graham Masterson 2. The Five By Robert McCammo 3. Raising Stony Mayhall By Daryl Gregory 4. The Ridge By Michael Koryta 5. Humpty's Bones By Simon Clark 6. The Ninth Nightmare By Graham Masterton 7. Dark Moon By Steve Feasey 7. My Soul to Steal By Rachel Vincent 8. Red Riding Hood By Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 9. Afterlife By Claudia Gray 10. The Dark …

Every week, our friends at the Gwinnett County Public Library bring you a list of great titles that you can pick up at Norcross Public Library. This week: new mysteries that you won't be able to put down. We can't be responsible for the results (undone laundry, undone shopping and unbalanced checkbooks) but we can recommend them. Go to Gwinnettpl.org to reserve your book and have it sent to the branch nearest you.  1. These Dark Things: Introducting the Captain Natalia Monte Series Set in Naples By Jan Merete Weiss 2. A Lesson in Secrets : A Maisie Dobbs Novel By Jacqueline Winspear  3. …

Our friends at the Gwinnett County Public Library have put together this list of books that will intrigue couch potatoes and moviegoers alike. Because the collection is pooled for the entire county, reserve your book on Gwinnettpl.org and have it sent to your local branch. Limitless By Alan Glynn River Monsters: True stories of the ones that didn't get away By Jeremy Wade Earth: The operators' manual By Richard B. Alley Deadly Instinct By National Geographic The Town By Chuck Hogan The American By Martin Booth Boardwalk Empire: The birth, high times, and corruption of Atlantic City By Nelson …

Every week we'll feature a list of cool and new titles put together by our friends at the Gwinnett County Public Library. This week: popular audiobooks you can download and listen to on your smart phone or mp3 player. Great for wasting time in traffic.  1. The Amen Solution: The Brain Healthy Way to Lose Weight and Keep It Off By Daniel G. Amen 2. Breaking the Rules: Troubleshooters Series, Book 16 By Suzanne Brockmann 3. Chime By Franny Billingsley 4. Cleopatra: A Life By Stacy Schiff 5. Dead by Midnight: Death on Demand Series, Book 21 By Carolyn Hart 6. Everything Is Obvious *Once You Know…

The experts at the Gwinnett County Public Library put together this list of hot, new fiction available. Since the collection is for the whole county, reserve the book online then pick it up at the Norcross branch.  1. Twilight's Dawn: A Black Jewels Book By Anne Bishop 2. The Wise Man's Fear By Patrick Rothfuss 3. River Marked By Patricia Briggs 4. Pale Demon By Kim Harrison 5. The Paris Wife: A Novel By Paula McLain 6. Sing You Home: A Novel By Jodi Picoult 7. Tick Tock By James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge 8. A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness 9. Treachery in Death By J.D. Robb 10…