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Cumberland Public Library Staff Picks March 2019
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In this Issue
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Check out some of these great reads that members of the staff at the library think you might enjoy because, well, we really enjoyed them. Copies of Book Discussion titles are available to be checked out at the Circulation Desk, Reference Desk, the Teen Center or Children's Desk.
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Fascism : a warning
by Madeleine Korbel Albright
A former U.S. secretary of state and New York Times best-selling author presents a timely, considered and personal look at the history and current resurgence of fascism today and the virulent threat it poses to international freedom, prosperity and peace.
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The Venetian betrayal : a novel
by Steve Berry
Ex-secret agent Cotton Malone and his partner, the enigmatic Cassiopeia Vitt, are pitted against ruthless Central Asian dictator Irina Zovastina as they scour the globe in search of the final resting place of Alexander the Great, unaware that his grave holds the key to a deadly modern mystery that could save the lives of millions.
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The president is missing : a novel
by Bill Clinton
A collaboration between the 42nd President and a #1 best-selling novelist traces the baffling disappearance of the leader of the free world, in a thriller that also explores the pressures, choices and threats facing the modern presidency.
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Early riser
by Jasper Fforde
The best-selling author of the Nursery Crimes series imagines the reader as a first-winter employee with the misfit Winter Consuls, who protect the world's hibernating masses until an outbreak of viral nightmares starts triggering mysterious deaths.
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Lulu is a rhinoceros
by Jason Flom
Everyone thinks Lulu is a bulldog because she looks like one on the outside, but inside Lulu trule feels like a rhinoceros, and when she tells the world who she really is, a wild adventure begins
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The lost girls of Paris
by Pam Jenoff
After discovering an abandoned, photograph-filled suitcase in Grand Central Station in 1946 a young widow sets out to discover who the people in the pictures are.
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A devious death
by Alyssa Maxwell
Hoping to spend a relaxing summer at the new estate of their cousin, Phoebe and her sister, Julia, witness a family dispute about an unequal inheritance before turning their suspicions on a new lady's maid in the wake of an untimely death.
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Hitting the books
by Jenn McKinlay
Dragged into a hit-and-run investigation after a stack of library materials is found at the scene, library director Lindsey Norris must piece together the clues to crack the case—especially once someone is murdered.
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Broken things
by Lauren Oliver
Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend after becoming obsessed and delusional over a novel, but on the anniversary of their friend's death a discovery pulls them back together to find out what actually happened that night
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Star Trek redshirt's little book of doom
by Robb Pearlman
Presents the humorous ways that a Star Trek "redshirt" can be humiliated or killed, from being stuck sitting behind a very tall Gorn in a movie theater to trying out a standup comedy routine in front of an audience of surly Klingons
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What the eyes don't see : a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city
by Mona Hanna-Attisha
A compelling firsthand account of the Flint water crisis traces how 100,000 Americans were poisoned by lead in their water supply with the government's awareness, tracing the pediatrician author's efforts to prove exposure in the face of brutal backlash.
This is the Read Across Rhode Island title for 2019.
The Evening Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Monday, March 11 at 6:30 pm.
The Daytime Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Thursday, March 21 at 10:00 am.
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