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Patron Picks June 2018 Barbara, Emily, Gail, Gwyneth, John, Julie, Karen, Kathy, and Lisa participated in the adult reading program and offer these suggestions.
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Death on the Nile
by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot #17
A honeymoon cruise down the Nile spells danger for young, beautiful, and wealthy Linnet Doyle and her new husband, and it is up to the inimitable Hercule Poirot to uncover a killer.
Call Number: M CHRISTIE, AGATHA
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The inheritance
by Louisa May Alcott
A previously unpublished novel by the author of Little Women follows an impoverished Italian orphan who wins the affections of a lord and the ire of an evil matron.
Call Number: F ALCOTT, LOUISA M.
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Last bus to wisdom
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.
Call Number: F DOIG, IVAN
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Lilac girls
by Martha Hall Kelly
A debut novel inspired by the life of unlikely World War II heroine Caroline Ferriday follows the experiences of a Manhattan debutante, who resolves to help upon learning of the atrocities at the Ravensbruck concentration camp; and a Catholic teen, who is swept up in the Polish resistance movement.
Calll Number: F KELLY, MARTHA H.
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Lisey's story
by Stephen King
Two years after losing her husband of twenty-five years, Lisey looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their marriage, her husband's successes as an award-winning novelist, and his secretive nature that established Lisey's supernatural belief systems, on which she eventually comes to depend for survival.
Call Number: F KING, STEPHEN
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Little heathens: hard times and high spirits on an Iowa farm during the Great Depression
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
An evocative memoir of growing up in the heart of the Midwest during the Great Depression describes life on her grandparents' Iowa farm, a time of endless work, resourcefulness, no tolerance for idleness or waste, family, and kinship, in a volume that includes recipes and how-to's for everything from no-fail wart-removal spells to skinning a rabbit.
Call Number: 977.7 KAL
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Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King
Months after a crazed hit-and-run driver kills several attendees at a Midwestern job fair, a depressed retired cop and two unlikely allies join forces to find and stop the killer, who has sent a letter threatening another attack.
Call Number: F KING, STEPHEN
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Stars of fortune
by Nora Roberts
Guardians #1
Centuries after guardian stars tied to the powers of fire, ice and water fall to earth and place the fates of worlds in the hands of their finders, reclusive artist Sasha Riggs is drawn by vivid dreams to a Greek island to search for the fire star and passion. By a #1 New York Times best-selling author.
Call Number: F ROBERTS, NORA
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Team of rivals : the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin
An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election above three accomplished candidates, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in forming his cabinet and winning the Civil War. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of No Ordinary Time.
Call Number: 973.7092 GOO
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And then there were none
by Agatha Christie
When ten people arrive on private Indian Island off England's southwest coast, lured to a mansion by invitations from a mysterious host, terror mounts as one guest after another is murdered, in a classic whodunit that is an elaboration of the famous children's rhyme "Ten Little Indians."
Call Number: M CHRISTIE, AGATHA
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The wild blue : the men and boys who flew the B-24s over Germany
by Stephen E Ambrose
An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous missions during World War II details their courage, bravery, and determination.
Call Number: 940.544973 AMB
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When breath becomes air
by Paul Kalanithi
A Ivy League-trained, award-winning young neurosurgeon describes his how after receiving a terminal diagnosis with lung cancer he explored the dynamics of his roles as a patient and care provider, the philosophical conundrums about a meaningful life and how he wanted to spend his final days.
Call Number: B KALANITHI, PAUL
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