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"...that's really what history mostly is: masses of people doing ordinary things." ~ from Bill Bryson's At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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After the storm
by Linda Castillo
Attempting to identify human remains that are uncovered by a tornado, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder discovers that the person had been murdered and was tied to a family's long-hidden secrets. By the New York Times best-selling author of The Dead Will Tell. Read by Kathleen McInerney. Simultaneous.
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| Armada by Ernest ClineScience Fiction. High school senior Zack Lightman is a lackluster student, but a skilled gamer -- he's ranked number six worldwide among players of his favorite video game, Armada. But when Zack looks out the window and sees an enemy spacecraft from the game, he starts to worry that he's been overdoing it. Alas, the ship is all too real and soon it's up to Zack to use his experience shooting fake aliens to save the world from a real invasion. Packed with references to 1980s pop culture, this latest action-packed science fiction adventure from the author of Ready Player One should entertain fans of Ender's Game or the film The Last Starfighter. |
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| Go Set a Watchman: A Novel by Harper LeeFiction. Much has changed in Maycomb, Alabama, in the 20 years since the events of To Kill a Mockingbird. Now 26 and living in New York City, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch returns home for a visit. That's when she discovers that her father, 72-year-old Atticus, who once defended African American Tom Robinson in court, has become a staunch segregationist at a time when the Civil Rights movement is gaining momentum. Originally written in the 1950s, this atmospheric, bittersweet exploration of family ties and race relations serves as a thought-provoking companion piece to its predecessor. |
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Against the Rules
by Linda Howard
"Cathryn Ashe is looking to make a quick trip back home to the ranch she's owned for years since her father's death before returning to her city life. When she was seventeen, she and Rule Jackson, the ranch manager, had a torrid entanglement after which she ran away. Now, eight years later, she returns, sure of herself and her newfound independence and ready to challenge him again." "But Rule had raised the stakes, and if she lost now the penalty would be high: her heart, the heart that she finally knew had always been his for the taking." "But Rule, once wild and now reformed, has never been as passionate about any woman as he is with Cathryn. However the two of them together always end up fighting and disagreeing. As she stays longer, Rule can't help but fall in love with her. Can Rule show Cathryn that they are meant to be together?"-- From publisher description.
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The Art of Sinning
by Sabrina Jeffries
"American artist Jeremy Keane refuses to return home and take over his father's business. He'd much rather sample bevies of beauties abroad, in search of a model for the provocative masterpiece he's driven to paint. When he meets Lady Yvette Barlow at a London wedding, he realizes she's perfect for his work--and determines to capture the young heiress's defiant spirit and breathtaking sensuality on canvas. No stranger to scandal, Yvette agrees to be Keane's subject--in exchange for his help gaining entry to the city's brothels he knows intimately, so she can track a missing woman and solve a family mystery. But when their practical partnership leads to lessons in the art of sinning, can they find a bold and lasting love?"-- From publisher description.
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Cubed : A Secret History of the Workplace: Library Edition
by Nikil Saval
Drawing from popular books, movies, comic strips and an abundance of management literature and business history, this surprising "secret history" shows how the white-collar world came to be, from the mid-19th century to today, and reveals what it might become. Simultaneous.
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| In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton SidesHistory. This fast-paced, compelling chronicle of a famously ill-fated 1879 Arctic expedition introduces U.S. naval officer and explorer George Washington De Long, who led the crew of the USS Jeannette through the Bering Strait in an attempt to find an open-seas passage to the North Pole. Backing De Long's venture was New York Herald owner James Gordon Bennett, Jr., who hoped to increase his sales by publishing an exclusive account of the voyage. Unfortunately for all parties involved, the Jeannette ended up trapped in pack ice for two years, prompting the crew to abandon ship and trek across the ice fields in hope of a rescue that never materialized. Kirkus Reviews calls In the Kingdom of Ice a "grand and grim narrative of thrilling exploration." |
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