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Patron Picks February 2015 Alyssa, Andi, Angie, Barbara, Chelsea, Christine, Jeffrey, Linda, Lindsey, Lynette, Mary, Patti, Rebecca, Tamara, Tammy and Vicky participated in the adult reading programs and offer these suggested titles.
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Backward in high heels
by Judith Kelman
When Maggie discovers her husband is having an affair, she is heartbroken. He didn't even have the decency to go for a bimbo but rather a beautiful graduate student, younger, firmer, prettier and brighter than Maggie. Now he's leaving her, Maggie has to pull herself together.
Call Number: F Kelman
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The beekeeper's ball
by Susan Wiggs
While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a destination cooking school, celebrated chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who has arrived to dig up old history.
Call Number: F Wiggs
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Before I fall
by Lauren Oliver
After she dies in a car crash, teenage Samantha Kingston relives the day of her death over and over again until, on the seventh day, she finally discovers a way to save herself. 75,000 first printing.
Call Number: YA Oliver
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The butterfly effect : how your life matters
by Andy Andrews
A compelling and powerful story about a decision one man made more than 100 years ago and the ripple effect it has had on us individually--and nationwide--today inspires courage and wisdom in daily decisions.
Call Number: 158.1 And
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
When Cinder, a gifted cyborg with a mysterious past, becomes entangled with the handsome Prince Kai, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle to save humankind from a deadly plague and ruthless lunar beings.
Call Number: YA Meyer
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Ender's game
by Orson Scott Card
An expert at simulated war games, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin believes that he is engaged in one more computer war game when, in truth, he is commanding the last Earth fleet against an alien race seeking Earth's complete destruction. Nebula and Hugo Winner.
Call Number: YA Card
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The gargoyle
by Andrew Davidson
Awakening in a burn ward after being horribly burned over much of his body after a terrible car accident, the cynical narrator is visited by a beautiful and enigmatic sculptress of gargoyles who tells him that they had once been lovers in medieval Germany and spins a tale of deathless love. A first novel.
Call Number: F Davidson
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Get started yoga
by Nita Patel
Offers information on learning and practicing yoga, including starting with breathing techniques, mastering standard balances, and building up to more advanced poses.
Call Number: 613.7046 Pat
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The innocent
by David Baldacci
Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the U.S. government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up in this new thriller from the New York Times best-selling author of One Summer. 600,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Baldacci
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The last cowgirl
by Jana Richman
Expressing public disdain for her childhood on a Utah ranch despite her secret cowgirl's heart, Dickie Sinfield becomes a journalist in Salt Lake City and is forced to make a difficult choice in the wake of a family funeral. 20,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Richman
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The litigators
by John Grisham
The best-selling author of The Confession and The Appeal presents a latest legal thriller in which high-stakes courtroom tensions lead up to an explosive, unorthodox conclusion.
Call Number: F Grisham
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Nineteen minutes : a novel
by Jodi Picoult
In the aftermath of a horrific small-town school shooting, lawyer Jordan McAfee finds himself defending a youth who desperately needs someone on his side, while intrepid detective Patrick DuCharme works with a primary witness in the daughter of the superior court judge assigned to the case. By the author of The Tenth Circle. Reprint. 800,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Picoult
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Notes from the Internet Apocalypse
by Wayne Gladstone
When society and the economy collapse in the wake of the Internet's sudden breakdown, an Internet addict and a menagerie of dysfunctional fellow sufferers chase down rumors that someone in New York still has online access. By the creator of the Hate by Numbers online video series. 40,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Gladstone
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Once upon a prince
by Rachel Hauck
When a jilted girlfriend, American Susanna Truitt, meets the reluctant crown prince Nathaniel on his holiday to St. Simon's Island, they discover the power of God's love to heal hearts and change a nation.
Call Number: F Hauck
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Sacred clowns
by Tony Hillerman
Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn solve a crime that involves the murder of a Pueblo tribal official, the death of a schoolteacher, and the disappearance of a tribal memento. By the author of Coyote Waits. 400,000 first printing.
Call Number: M Hillerman
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Turn up the heat
by Jessica Conant-Park
Supporting her chef boyfriend as he works to get Simmer, his fledgling trendy restaurant up and running, Chloe Carter must take time out of her busy schedule when Leandra, an unpopular waitress at the restaurant, turns up murdered in a fish truck, in a mystery that comes complete with recipes. By the authors of Simmer Down and Steamed.
Call Number: M Conant-Park
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