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Staff Picks July 2018 Kayla H. our Summer Intern is providing our picks for the month.
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Bitter greens
by Kate Forsyth
A story of desire, black magic, and love interweaves the Rapunzel fairy tale with the true-life story of French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force, who was banished from the court of Versailles by Louis XIV after a series of scandalous love affairs.
Call Number: F FORSYTH, KATE
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Carol
by Patricia Highsmith
Originally published as "The Price of Salt" under the pseudonym Claire Morgan
Two women from different backgrounds, one a department store clerk who dreams of a better life, the other who is wealthy and married, strike up a love affair with each other in 1950s New York.
Call Number: F HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA
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The Danish girl
by David Ebershoff
Set in decadent 1920s Copenhagen, this tender tale of love and marriage in the midst of fundamental crisis introduces a man who discovers he's a woman and the woman who will do anything for him.
Call Number: F EBERSHOFF, DAVID
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The librarian of Auschwitz
by Antonio Iturbe
A tale based on true events follows the experiences of a teen prisoner in Auschwitz who risks her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
Call Number: TEEN ITURBE, ANTONIO
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Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
Hurtled back through time more than two hundred years to Scotland in 1743, Claire Randall finds herself caught in the midst of an unfamiliar world torn apart by violence, pestilence, and revolution and haunted by her growing feelings for James Fraser, a young soldier.
Call Number: F GABALDON, DIANA
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Half broke horses : a true-life novel
by Jeannette Walls
The author offers a novel based on the life of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who learned to break horses in childhood, journeyed 500 miles on a pony as a teen to become a teacher, and ran a vast ranch in Arizona with her husband while raising two children, including Rosemary Smith Walls, portrayed in the author's acclaimed The Glass Castle.
Call Number: F WALLS, JEANNETTE
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I need a lifeguard everywhere but the pool
by Lisa Scottoline
A lighthearted collection of stories by the award-winning mother-and-daughter team features warm and witty memoir tales for women, in an entry in the top-reviewed series that includes, I've Got Sand in All the Wrong Places.
Call Number: 818.54 SCO
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Secrets in summer
by Nancy Thayer
Spending her days at the library and her nights stargazing and contemplating a new relationship, Darcy is unexpectedly drawn into the summertime dramas of three families, including those of her recently married ex, a situation that compels Darcy to consider what she truly wants.
Call Number: F THAYER, NANCY
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Failure is an option : an attempted memoir
by H. Jon Benjamin
H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers--helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option.
Call Number: B BENJAMIN, H. JON
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Particle Physics Brick by Brick : Atomic and Subatomic Physics Explained... in Lego
by Ben Still
A unique and fascinating exploration of the building blocks that make up our Universe, Particle physics brick by brick illustrates and illuminates the twelve core building block particles and the forces that act upon them to create the world as we know it. Starting with the Big Bang and ending with the Higgs boson particle and the future beyond, this is a comprehensive and uniquely visual guide to quantum physics.
Call Number: 539.72 STI
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The Story Peddler
by Lindsay A. Franklin
Weaver Trilogy #1
Tanwen doesn't just tell stories, she weaves them into crystallized sculptures that sell for more than a few bits. But the only way to escape the control of her cruel mentor and claw her way from poverty is to set her sights on something grander: becoming Royal Storyteller to the king. During her final story peddling tour, a tale of treason spills from her hands, threatening the king himself. As Tanwen flees for her life, she unearths long-buried secrets and discovers she's not the only outlaw in the empire. There's a rebel group of weavers, and they're after her, too.
Call Number: F FRANKLIN, LINDSAY A.
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Sunburn
by Laura Lippman
A pair of travelers, one of whom may be playing a dangerous psychological game with the other, embark on a steamy summertime affair that is thrown into chaos by dark secrets and a suspicious death, in a story inspired by the classics of James M. Cain. By the New York Times best-selling author of And When She Was Good.
Call Number: M LIPPMAN, LAURA
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Us Against You
by Fredrik Backman
Beartown #2
A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction the rival team in the neighboring town of Hed. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback.
Call Number: F BACKMAN, FREDRIK
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