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Forthcoming Books: October 2015
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Here are some of the best-reviewed books coming up in October. You can request them before they are published, and the library will contact you when they are available.
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The Lake House
by Kate Morton
Decades after the disappearance of her toddler brother shatters her family, successful author Alice Edevane is approached by a young London police force detective who triggers a series of events that lead to a shocking revelation. By theNew York Times best-selling author of The Secret Keeper. Tour
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Mrs. Engels
by Gavin Mccrea
Very little is known about Lizzie Burns, the illiterate Irishwoman and longtime lover of Frederick Engels, coauthor of The Communist Manifesto. In Gavin McCrea’s first novel, the unsung Lizzie is finally given a voice that won’t be forgotten.
Lizzie is a poor worker in the Manchester, England, mill that Frederick owns. When they move to London to be closer to Karl Marx and family, she must learn to navigate the complex landscapes of Victorian society. We are privy to Lizzie’s intimate, wry views on Marx and Engels’s mission to spur revolution among the working classes, and to her ambivalence toward her newly luxurious circumstances.
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My life on the road : My Life on the Road
by Gloria Steinem
A feminist activist and co-founder of Ms. magazine presents a memoir comprised of reflections on definitive events in her career, from her time on the campaign trail and interactions with forefront political leaders to her visits to India and her encounters with "civilian" feminists. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations. Tour
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Killing and Dying
by Adrian Tomine
Killing and Dying is a stunning showcase of the possibilities of the graphic novel medium and a wry exploration of loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics. With this work, Adrian Tomine (Shortcomings, Scenes from an Impending Marriage) reaffirms his place not only as one of the most significant creators of contemporary comics but as one of the great voices of modern American literature. His gift for capturing emotion and intellect resonates here: the weight of love and its absence, the pride and disappointment of family, the anxiety and hopefulness of being alive in the twenty-first century.
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The Mystics of Mile End
by Sigal Samuel
In the half-Hasidic, half-hipster Montreal neighborhood of Mile End, eleven-year-old Lev Meyer is discovering that there may be a place for Judaism in his life. As he learns about science in his day school, Lev begins his own extracurricular study of the Bible’s Tree of Knowledge with neighbor Mr. Katz, who is building his own Tree out of trash. Meanwhile his sister Samara is secretly studying for her Bat Mitzvah with next-door neighbor and Holocaust survivor, Mr. Glassman. All the while his father, David, a professor of Jewish mysticism, is a non-believer. When, years later, David has a heart attack, he begins to believe God is speaking to him.
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The ville rat
by Martin Limón
South Korea, 1974: A young Korean woman dressed in a traditional chima-jeogori is found strangled to death on the frozen banks of the Sonyu River with only a carefully calligraphed poem in her sleeve. US Army Sergeants George Sueño and Ernie Bascom, agents in the US 8th Army CID, are called in by the formidable KNP detective Gil Kwon-up to investigate. George and Ernie's job is to liaise with Korean law enforcement on matters that may involve or implicate 8th Army American servicemen. But as they learn about the case, George and Ernie realize this isn't their jurisdiction—the nearby village of Sonyu-ri is occupied by the US Army's 2nd Infantry Division, a disciplined and often brutal force that won't stand for outside officers questioning its men.
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Saturn run : A Novel of 2066
by John Sandford
When a mid-21st-century Caltech intern discovers that a spacecraft from a technologically superior alien source is headed toward Saturn, a ragtag crew of competitors races to be the first to claim the ship and its technological advantages. Co-written by a #1 New York Times best-selling author. 500,000 first printing. Tour
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The guise of another
by Allen Eskens
Who was James Putnam? Answering that question may mean salvation for Alexander Rupert, a Minnesota detective whose life is in a serious downward spiral. A Medal of Valor winner, Alexander is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. He’s been reassigned to the Frauds Unit, where he is shunned by his fellow detectives, and he fears his status-seeking wife may be having an affair. When he happens across a complex case of identity theft, Alexander sees an opportunity to rehabilitate his tattered reputation.
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Man tiger : a novel
by Eka Kurniawan
Eka Kurniawan has been described as the "brightest meteorite" in Indonesia's new literary firmament, the author of two remarkable novels whose sheer beauty, elegance, cosmopolitanism, and ambition have brought comparisons to Salman Rushdie, Gabriel García Marquez, and Mark Twain. A new generation of young literary figures in Indonesia, emerging after decades of repressive dictatorship ended in 1998, is renewing the culture of the world's largest Muslim nation. A slim, wry story set in an unnamed town near the Indian Ocean, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families, and of Margio, an ordinary half-city, half-rural youngster who also happens to be half-man, half-supernatural female white tiger (in many parts of Indonesia, magical tigers protect good villages and families).
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Twain's end
by Lynn Cullen
A tale inspired by Mark Twain's controversial public denouncement of his private secretary reimagines the tangled relationships between the iconic writer and his intimate colleagues to illuminate events in Twain's childhood that challenged his ability to love. By the author of the national best-seller Mrs. Poe
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Submission
by Michel Houellebecq
In 2022 France, a conservative Islamic party comes to power, and François, a porn-loving professor that sleeps with his students, is confronted with life-changing choice--whether or not to take an irresistible academic advancement on one important condition: that he convert to Islam. By the author of The Elementary Particles
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Wrath of the furies : a novel of the ancient world
by Steven Saylor
To rescue an old friend, Gordianus must go behind enemy lines, facing unspeakable danger in the greatest war of the ancient world. By theNew York Times best-selling author of Roma. Map(s)
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Futuristic violence and fancy suits
by David Wong
Reluctantly traveling to the city in a violent near-future, a recent college grad learns that her late estranged father was the head of a superhero negotiator organization that has been fighting a surreal mob and its self-proclaimed mastermind leader. By the author of This Book Is Full for Spiders
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Mothers, tell your daughters : stories
by Bonnie Jo Campbell
A collection of stories featuring the working-class struggles and self-sabotaging betrayals of mother and daughter protagonists includes the tales, "My Dog Roscoe," "Blood Work, 1999" and "Home to Die." By the author ofOnce Upon a River. Reading-group guide available. Tour
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Icarus
by Deon Meyer
Captain Benny Griessel takes on a high profile murder case after a young tech wiz and the founder of an internet service for cheating spouses is discovered dead in Cape Town. By the author ofThirteen Hours
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Thirteen ways of looking : fiction
by Colum McCann
A new story collection by the best-selling author of Let the Great World Spin includes the title novella, in which an octogenarian retired judge's musings on his life are interrupted by police updates about his murder later that afternoon. 40,000 first printing. Tour
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The Dead Student
by John Katzenbach
Reaching out to his ex-girlfriend for help when the police rule his uncle's suspicious death a suicide, alcoholic PhD student Timothy "Moth" Warner resolves to uncover the truth at any cost. By theNew York Times best-selling author of Just Cause
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A Banquet of Consequences
by Elizabeth George
Lynley and Havers are drawn from Cambridge to London to the windswept town of Shaftesbury, in a case that proves to be one of the most complex of their partnership. By the #1 New York Times best-selling author ofJust One Evil Act. 250,000 first printing. Tour
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M train
by Patti Smith
Reflections on the inner life of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and National Book Award-winning writer are presented from the unique perspectives of the cafés and cultural haunts she has visited and worked in around the world. 200,000 first printing. Tour.
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Then comes marriage : United States v. Windsor and the defeat of DOMA
by Roberta A. Kaplan
Chronicles the gripping story of the renowned litigator author's defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act before the Supreme Court, recounting her advocacy of a gay client who was denied marital protections and the author's own private struggles to forge a family. Illustrations. Tour.
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The givenness of things : essays
by Marilynne Robinson
In an array of essays, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gilead delivers an impassioned critique of our contemporary society while arguing that reverence must be given to who we are and what we are: creatures of singular interest and value, despite our errors and depredations. Notes
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Hemingway in Love : Hemingway in Love
by A. E. Hotchner
Hemingway's deeply reflective account of his destructive Paris affair and how it affected the legendary life he rebuilt afterward is told to his best friend, the writer A. E. Hotchner. Illustrations.
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