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Staff Picks April 2014 Mary from youth services is providing our picks this month.
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Blood & beauty : the Borgias : a novel
by Sarah Dunant
A tale inspired by the lives of Borgia siblings Lucretia and Cesare traces the family's rise in the aftermath of Rodrigo Borgia's rise to the papacy, during which war, a terrifying sexual plague and the family's notorious reputation forge an intimate bond between brother and sister. By the best-selling author of The Birth of Venus.
Call Number: F Dunant
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Bomb : the race to build--and steal--the world's most dangerous weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
A dramatic introduction to the international competition to create the first atomic bomb recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
Call Number: J623.4 She
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The Martian : a novel
by Andy Weir
Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and harsh environmental challenges that test his ingenuity in unique ways. A first novel.
Call Number: F Weir
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My family for the war
by Anne C. Voorhoeve
Before the start of World War II, 10-year-old Ziska Mangold, who has Jewish ancestors but has been raised as a Protestant, is taken out of Nazi Germany on one of the Kindertransport trains to live in London with a Jewish family, where she learns about Judaism and endures the hardships of war while attempting to keep in touch with her parents, who are trying to survive in Holland.
Call Number: YA Voorhoeve
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The white princess [sound recording]
by Philippa Gregory
Passionately in love with Richard III in spite of her arranged marriage to pretender to the throne Henry Tudor, Princess Elizabeth of York is forced to marry the man who murdered her lover and create a royal family under the controlling gaze of his mother, Margaret Beaufort. By the best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Simultaneous.
Call Number: CD F Gregory
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The big crowd
by Kevin Baker
Inspired by a real-life mid-20th century mayor, this dramatic novel follows two Irish brothers—one fallen political star accused of corruption and the other a young DA desperately trying to clear his name—as they navigate through a dangerous world of socialites, politicians, righteous reformers and cold-blooded gangsters to find the truth. 30,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Baker
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The Maid's Version : a novel
by Daniel Woodrell
A maid for a prominent family in Missouri chases down justice after her younger sister is one of 42 people killed at a mysterious explosion at a local dance hall in this new novel from the author of Winter's Bone.
Call Number: F Woodrell
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Strange bird
by Anna Jansson
BoAs the bird flu pandemic reaches Gotland Island, panic spreads among the inhabitants who are frantic for an elusive cure. In the desperation that rises, the hunt for scapegoats begins, and extremist and anti-immigrant groups gain ground. Meanwhile, nurse Sandra Hägg makes a gruesome discovery at the health clinic where she works, a discovery that will cost her life. Soon Detective Inspector Maria Wern is assigned to solve the murder. Strange Bird, the first novel in the Maria Wern series in English, showcases Anna Jansson's mastery of both hair-raising crimes and the inner lives of her beloved characters.
Call Number: M Jansson
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The Windsor faction
by D. J. Taylor
Assembling a cast of real and imaginary characters in a terrifying reinvention of history, this dramatic novel, set in 1939 London, reveals the existence of a secret organization determined to derail the war effort against Nazi Germany during Edward VIII's reign as King of England.
Call Number: F Taylor
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Beautiful day : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand
Gathering on Nantucket for a wedding planned to the letter by the bride's late mother, the Carmichaels and the Grahams hide their scandal-ridden, crumbling lives from the blissfully unaware, happy couple in this new novel from the author of Barefoot. 200,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Hilderbrand
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Never go back : a Jack Reacher novel
by Lee Child
A latest novel of suspense by the best-selling author of Worth Dying For finds Jack Reacher arriving in Virginia in the hopes of contacting the woman he spoke with on the phone in 61 Hours only to be drafted back into the Army, where he confronts life-changing elements from his past.
Call Number: F Child
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Once upon a lie
by Maggie Barbieri
When her cousin Sean is murdered in a public park and her father, who is slowly succumbing to Alzheimer's, becomes the prime suspect, Maeve Conlon, while dealing with her failing bakery and her daughters, must face dark memories and long-hidden secrets to clear her father's name. 30,000 first printing.
Call Number: M Barbieri
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Sweet salt air
by Barbara Delinsky
Two childhood friends reunite at a summer retreat, each harboring a horrible secret that would test the bounds of their longtime relationship if revealed in this new novel from the author of Threats and Promises.
Call Number: F Delinsky
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Wedding night : a novel
by Sophie Kinsella
Tiring of commitment-phobic boyfriends, Lottie readily accepts her ex's offer of marriage in fulfillment of a safety pact made years earlier that they would marry if they were still single in their thirties, a rushed arrangement that prompts family disapproval and an unexpected renewal of passion. By the best-selling author of the Shopaholic series.
Call Number: F Kinsella
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The wives of Los Alamos : a novel
by TaraShea Nesbit
An emotionally charged debut told in the collective voices of the wives of the team who created the atom bomb traces their struggles to adapt and raise children in a rugged military town where everything their husbands are doing is an intense secret.
Call Number: F Nesbit
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