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Forthcoming Books: August 2015
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A Here are some of the best-reviewed books coming up in August. You can request them before they are published, and the library will contact you when they are available.
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The nature of the beast : a Chief Inspector Gamache novel
by Louise Penny
When a young boy prone to crying wolf goes missing, village newcomers Armand and Reine-Marie Gamache join a frantic search for the child only to stumble on a community secret about a long-ago betrayal and murder. By the award-winning author ofThe Long Way Home
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by Sue Grafton
The #1 New York Times best-selling author of W Is for Wasted andV Is for Vengeance presents a latest series entry starring the intrepid Kinsey Millhone. 1 million first printing
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The marriage of opposites : a novel based on the life of Rachel Pizzarro
by Alice Hoffman
Dreaming of an exotic life in Paris while coming of age in a St. Thomas refugee community, young Rachel is forced to marry a widower before falling scandalously in love and becoming the mother of Impressionist master Camille Pissarro. By the best-selling author of Here on Earth
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Last Words
by Michael Koryta
Grieving the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak reluctantly accepts a case from a suspected murderer who may or may not be innocent. By theNew York Times best-selling author of Those Who Wish Me Dead.
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Sophie and the Sibyl : A Victorian Romance
by Patricia Duncker
In Berlin, Max Duncker and his brother, Wolfgang, own a thriving publishing business, which owes its success to one woman: the Sibyl, or Mary Ann Evans, better known as George Eliot, who is writing the final installment of her bestselling serial Middlemarch. Max is as fond of gambling and brothels as Wolfgang is of making a profit and berating his spendthrift brother, but Max is given a chance to prove his worth by visiting the Sibyl and her not-quite-husband Lewes, to finalize the publishing rights to her new novel. The Sibyl proves to be as enthralling and intelligent as her books, bewitching Max and all of those around her.
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The drowned boy
by Karin Fossum
Investigating the suspicious death of a toddler with Down Syndrome, Skarre and Sejer become increasingly suspicious of the child's mother's changing story. By the award-winning author ofThe Caller. 30,000 first printing
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Last bus to wisdom : a novel
by Ivan Doig
Rejected by his domineering great aunt during the summer of 1951, imaginative 11-year-old Donal travels back to his ailing grandmother's home accompanied by his German great uncle while experiencing haphazard adventures along the way. By the best-selling author of The Bartender's Tale.
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Three moments of an explosion : stories
by China Miéville
A provocative new collection of short stories by the New York Times best-selling and Hugo Award-winning author ofKraken explores a range of styles and forms to explore an alternate universe where nature provocatively renders the human race an endangered species
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Last ragged breath
by Julia Keller
A tale inspired by a true event in West Virginia history finds prosecuting attorney Bell Elkins struggling to discover the truth when a survivor of the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster is implicated in the murder of a development-company president.
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Mrs Pargeter's Principle
by Simon Brett
Investigating the connection between her late husband and a wealthy man who has recently passed away, Mrs. Pargeter finds herself in a shady world of gun-runners, shifty politicians and high-profile abductions.
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Brown-eyed girl : a novel
by Lisa Kleypas
A conclusion to the series that began with Sugar Daddy finds cynical wedding planner Avery avoiding the advances of seductive wedding guest Joe, who challenges her beliefs about love and commitment
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Long upon the Land
by Margaret Maron
Judge Deborah Knott tracks down the source of an engraving on her late mother's cigarette lighter while Dwight and Kezzie investigate the murder of a former whiskey runner who has succumbed to three separate attacks. By aNew York Times best-selling author. 40,000 first printing
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Into the valley
by Ruth Galm
"Ruth Galm's spare, poetic debut novel, set in the American West of early Joan Didion, traces the drifting path of a young woman caught between generations as she skirts the law and her own oppressive anxiety. Into the Valley opens on the day in July 1967 when B. decides to pass her first counterfeit check and flee San Francisco for the Central Valley. B. is caught between generations. She's unmarried at 30 and doesn't understand the new counterculture youths, but she never fit into her mother's world either.
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Rock, paper, scissors
by Naja Marie Aidt
"Naja Marie Aidt's long-awaited first novel is a breathtaking page-turner and complex portrait of a man whose life slowly devolves into one of violence and jealousy. Rock, Paper, Scissors opens shortly after the death of Thomas and Jenny's criminal father. While trying to fix a toaster that he left behind, Thomas discovers a secret, setting into motion a series of events leading to the dissolution of his life, and plunging him into a dark, shadowy underworld of violence and betrayal.
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Days of awe : a novel
by Lauren Fox
Enduring a year marked by her husband's abandonment, her daughter's rebelliousness and her best friend's shattering death, Isabel gains new insights into her friend's difficulties while considering a new relationship prospect.
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In the Language of Miracles
by Rajia Hassib
The affluent Al-Menshawy family find their American dream shattered when a devastating turn of events leaves their eldest son and their neighbor's daughter dead, and, becoming the pariahs in their upscale New Jersey community, struggle to keep their family together. 25,000 first printing.
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The Girl from the Garden
by Parnaz Foroutan
When his first marriage does not produce a male son, the head of a prosperous Persian-Jewish family makes a fateful decision that shatters his household and drives his wife to desperate measures to preserve her status. Reading-group guide available. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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A window opens : a novel
by Elisabeth Egan
Torn between the frenetic responsibilities of her family life and obsessive media-trend goals, Elisabeth leaps at a professional opportunity only to be challenged by a family illness, her floundering marriage and unexpected changes at work.
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Trust No One : A Thriller
by Paul Cleave
Diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, a famous crime writer struggles to differentiate between his own reality and the frightening plotlines he has created for his books. By the internationally best-selling author ofJoe Victim
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The Eternal World
by Christopher Farnsworth
Escaping slaughter by conquistadors who claim the Fountain of Youth, chief's daughter Shako swears revenge against commander Simon De Oliveras, who makes a horrifying discovery centuries later. By the author of theBlood Oath. 50,000 first printing
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The Girl Who Slept With God
by Val Brelinski
When the moral-minded eldest daughter of a 1970s Idaho family returns from a missionary trip and claims she is pregnant with God's child, her strong-willed sister and she bond with fellow outcasts while awaiting the birth. Reading-group guide online. A first novel. 40,000 first printing.
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Villa America
by Liza Klaussmann
A tale based on the real-life inspirations for Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night finds expats Sara and Gerald Murphy sharing freewheeling days, hosting parties and hiding heartbreaking secrets in the 1920s French Riviera. By the author of the national best-seller Tigers in Red Weather. Reading-group guide available. 75,000 first printing
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The State We're In : Maine Stories
by Ann Beattie
An award-winning short story master presents a collection of new, linked tales that impart the diverse perspectives of women orbiting around a disaffected teen who is staying with relatives while attending summer school.
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Deceptions : A Cainsville Novel
by Kelley Armstrong
Haunted by visions of a blond child with an urgent message, Olivia Taylor Jones outmaneuvers her stalking ex-fiancé while investigating how her destiny is being shaped by ancient scripts. By the #1New York Times best-selling author of the Otherworld series. 25,000 first printing
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The intruder : a crime novel
by Håkan Östlundh
"The Intruder is an unusual story about betrayal and dark secrets. The Andersson family is being sent scary letters without a sender's name. Who could possibly want to harm them? Gotland policeman Fredrik Broman and his colleagues take the threats seriously, but cannot rule out the possibility that it is all a tasteless joke. When the threats escalate and the couple's daughter disappears, all doubts vanish. This is for real. And it is only the beginning. When the police pressure the husband, a complicated family history is revealed. What really made him return to the small island after his successful career as an international photographer? Is it really someone nearby that wants to harm the family, or does the threat come from elsewhere? Acclaimed crimenovelist Håkan Östlundh combines high literary quality with high-end suspense"
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Hangman's Game : A Mystery
by Bill Syken
When he witnesses the murder of the new all-star draft pick on the eve of the team's summer minicamp, Nick Gallow, who spends most of his time on the sidelines, is thrust back into the spotlight and, when another murder occurs, finds himself driven by the chance to be a hero again.
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The beautiful bureaucrat : a novel
by Helen Phillips
Becoming increasingly uneasy about suspicious activities at a new job she felt lucky to land, Josephine makes a terrible realization and is forced to confront dangerous and powerful elements in order to protect her loved ones.
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The incarnations
by Susan Barker
Receiving mysterious letters from someone claiming to be his soul mate, a Beijing taxi driver learns about their shared relationships in numerous past lives before becoming increasingly certain that someone is watching him. By the author ofSayonara Bar
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Zero World
by Jason M. Hough
Equipped with a brain implant that causes him to conduct missions without a conscience and forget them immediately afterward, super-powered spy Peter Caswell uncovers a universe-shaking secret with ties to a past he cannot remember. By the author ofThe Darwin Elevator
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The secrets of Lake Road : a novel
by Karen Katchur
Hiding the truth about her role in her high-school boyfriend's drowning for 16 years, Jo avoids the family lakeside home that is loved by her preadolescent daughter, who discovers her mother's secret in the wake of a child's disappearance. A first novel.
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You too can have a body like mine : a novel
by Alexandra Kleeman
An anonymous woman who embraces television-inspired beauty trends becomes indoctrinated into a corporate-sponsored new religion that increasingly separates her from her true nature. A first novel. 30,000 first printing.
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The Madagaskar plan : a novel
by Guy Saville
In an alternative history, Hitler orders the resettlement of European Jews to the remote island of Madagaskar, where British forces conspire to incite a colony-wide revolt with the help of an escaped leader of the Jewish resistance. By the author of the international best-seller The Afrika Reich
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Irish meadows
by Susan Anne Mason
"At the renowned Irish Meadows horse farm in New York, 1911, sisters Brianna and Colleen O'Leary struggle to reconcile their own dreams with their father's plans for the farm and his demanding marriage expectations"
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The Investigation
by Jung-myung Lee
Fukuoka Prson, 1944. Beyond the prison walls, the war rages. Inside, a man is found brutally murdered. What follows is a searing portrait of Korea before their civil war, and a testimony to the redemptive power of poetry.
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Barbara the slut and other people
by Lauren Holmes
A debut collection about the human flaws that challenge relationships includes "Desert Hearts," in which a woman casts aside her law degree to work in an adult store; and the title story, in which an Ivy League acceptance makes a woman question her high school's culture of shame. 25,000 first printing.
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Make your home among strangers : a novel
by Jennine Capo Crucet
Upsetting her family by attending an elite college far from home, Cuban-American Lizet struggles with identity issues and her father's abandonment before meeting a young boy whose mother's death enmeshes Lizet's family in Florida's heated immigration debates.
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All that followed : a novel
by Gabriel Urza
Three citizens in a quiet northern Basque Country town in 2004 Spain are targeted with suspicion and hostility in the aftermath of the Atocha train bombings in Madrid.
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The daughters : a novel
by Adrienne Celt
Haunted by a family curse that took away her voice, opera sensation Lulu devotes herself to motherhood and sifts through the stories of her women ancestors, whose experiences were steeped in folkloric Polish traditions. A first novel.
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Dragonfish : a novel
by Vu Tran
Unable to forget the mysterious Vietnamese wife who left him and blackmailed by her second husband into searching for her, a rugged Oakland cop infiltrates the sleazy gambling dens of Las Vegas to uncover his ex's painful past in a Malaysian refugee camp.
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Landfalls
by Naomi J. Williams
A reimagining of the historical La Pérouse expedition follows the exploits and heartbreaks of the explorers, their loved ones and the natives and Europeans they encounter against a backdrop of the Enlightenment period. A first novel.
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Mrs. Sinclair's suitcase
by Louise Walters
A lonely bookstore clerk discovers a hidden letter that reveals her grandmother's struggles with singlehood, a whirlwind love during World War II and the fateful choices that shaped decades of their family life. A first novel. Reading-group guide online. 30,000 first printing.
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Everybody Rise
by Stephanie Clifford
A first novel by an award-winning New York Times reporter is set in the years leading up to the 2008 financial collapse and follows a socially anxious young woman's efforts to define herself away from her ambitious mother and corrupt father
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Best boy : a novel
by Eli Gottlieb
A middle-aged autistic resident of a therapeutic community where he was sent as a young child rebels against changes in his environment by attempting to return to a family home and younger sibling he only partially remembers. By the author ofThe Boy Who Went Away
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The end of all things
by John Scalzi
A sequel to The Human Division finds Colonial Defense Forces lieutenant Harry Wilson investigating a series of alien attacks that are threatening Earth's survivors and an increasingly under-sourced Colonial Union. By the Hugo Award-winning author of Redshirts
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The last love song : a biography of Joan Didion
by Tracy Daugherty
In a meticulously researched biography, the life of the distinguished American author and journalist is explored, taking readers on a journey back through time, following a young woman in Sacramento through to her adult life as a writer interviewing those who know and knew her personally.
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The man who wasn't there : investigations into the strange new science of the self
by Anil Ananthaswamy
In a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, out-of-body experiences and other disorders, an award-winning science journalist presents a collection of in-depth interviews that explore the lives of individuals who offer perspectives that will change how we think about ourselves. 30,000 first printing.
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Mindware : tools for smart thinking
by Richard E. Nisbett
A renowned psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis and causation and correlation.
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Under another sky : journeys in Roman Britain
by Charlotte Higgins
"What does Roman Britain mean to us now? How were its physical remains rediscovered and made sense of? How has it been reimagined, in story and song and verse? Sometimes on foot, sometimes in a magnificent, if not entirely reliable, VW camper van, Charlotte Higgins sets out to explore the ancient monuments of Roman Britain. She explores the land that was once Rome's northernmost territory and how it has changed since the years after the empire fell. Under Another Sky invites us to see the British landscape, and British history, in an entirely fresh way: as indelibly marked by how the Romans first imagined and wrote, these strange and exotic islands, perched on the edge of the known world, into existence"
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The great divide
by Stephen Grace
"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher
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