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Cumberland Public Library Staff Picks November 2016
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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, or Children's Desk.
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A man called Ove : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
A curmudgeon hides beneath a cranky and short-tempered exterior a terrible personal loss while clashing with new neighbors, a boisterous family whose chattiness and habits lead to unexpected friendship.
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The Diviners
by Libba Bray
The award-winning author of Beauty Queens presents an evocative mystery in New York City of the Roaring 20s, where Evie O'Neill immerses herself in the world of glamorous Ziegfield girls and speakeasies before helping her uncle, a folklore museum curator, solve a rash of occult-based murders.
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The boy is back
by Meg Cabot
A viral scandal draws notorious celebrity golfer Reed Stewart back to his tiny Indiana hometown, where he reunites with small business owner Becky Flowers in ways that challenge their perceptions about each other.
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The final detail
by Harlan Coben
A hardcover rerelease of a sixth entry in the best-selling series finds sports agent and reluctant sleuth Myron Bolitar struggling to clear the name of a friend who has been charged with murdering a fallen baseball star, a situation that is complicated by the friend's reluctance to speak.
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Summerlost : a novel
by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
At the beginning of the first summer since the devastating accident that killed her father and younger brother, Cedar and her surviving family members settle into a different home, where a new friendship and job introduce her to a local mystery involving the death of a young Hollywood actress.
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The man in the high castle
by Philip K Dick
After the defeat of the Allies during World War II, the United States is divided up and ruled by the Axis powers
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Another piece of my heart
by Jane Green
Marrying a divorced father of two, Andi finds herself struggling to gain her stepdaughters' acceptance while preserving family peace in the face of daily dramas and competitions for her husband's attention that challenge everything she once believed about love, family and parenting.
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The couple next door
by Shari Lapeña
When a terrible crime committed on the night of a dinner party casts suspicion on a young couple who seemed to have it all, Detective Rasbach discovers that the panicked duo had been hiding dangerous secrets from each other for years.
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The dragon's return
by Stan Lee
In the second illustrated novel of The Zodiac Legacy series, the dangerous dragon power only grows stronger within Jasmine, and Steven struggles to hold their ragtag team together, but as alliances become strained, the line between the "good guys" and the "bad guys" becomes blurrier and blurrier.
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Vanilla beaned
by Jenn McKinlay
When they arrive in Las Vegas to open their first franchise of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes Bakery, Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are?n't sure about turning their recipes over to brash former showgirl Holly Harzmark until a saboteur with a sweet tooth and a penchant for murder brings out a side of Holly that they both can relate to.
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Two graves
by Douglas J. Preston
Special Agent Pendergrast assists NYPD Lieutenant D'Agosta in the investigation of a number of killings that ultimately prove to be messages from his wife's kidnappers.
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Cross bones
by Kathy Reichs
Receiving mysterious clues about a shooting murder in Montreal, Tempe Brennan wonders if the victim may have been a Jewish black market antiquities trader and teams up with detective Andrew Ryan and biblical archaeologist Jake Drum for a dangerous investigation in Israel.
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The house of Hades
by Rick Riordan
"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"
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Escape clause
by John Sandford
Virgil Flowers' investigation into the theft of two rare Siberian tigers from the Minnesota zoo is complicated by a summer visit from his girlfriend's sister, who aims to seduce him.
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Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.
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The lonely ones
by Kelsey Sutton
Left alone by her busy parents, disinterested siblings and bullying peers, young Fain escapes into fantastical writing adventures that take her away from disappointing potential friendships, in a tale told through intricate and visual verses.
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Crosstalk
by Connie Willis
When a technological breakthrough enables romantic partners to achieve empathy via a simple outpatient procedure, Briddley Flannigan delightedly undergoes the treatment in the hopes of becoming closer to her fiance, only to find herself hearing the thoughts of one of the tech nerds in her office.
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Watership Down
by Richard Adams
Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.
The Evening Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Monday, November 14 at 6:30 pm.
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Dark tide : the great Boston molasses flood of 1919
by Stephen Puleo
Describes the 1919 collapse of a steel tank containing more than two million gallons of molasses in Boston--a disaster that claimed the lives of twenty-one people, injured 150, and caused widespread destruction--the causes of the tragedy, its aftermath, and the sweeping social changes that transformed the era.
The Daytime Book Discussion Group will be talking about this title on Thursday, November 17 at 10:00 am.
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Unwind
by Neal Shusterman
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to survive until they turn eighteen.
The Teen Book Group will be talking about this title on Saturday, November 26 at 2:00 pm.
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