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Patron Picks August 2014 Allison, Angie, Cheryl, Chris, Drew, Holly, Joanne, Joy, Meredith, Michelle, Stephanie, Steve and Tracy were participants in the adult reading program and recommend these titles.
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The Angels of Morgan Hill
by Donna VanLiere
In 1947, the small town of Morgan Hill, Tennessee, and the lives of its inhabitants are turned upside down by the arrival of the Turners, the area's first black family, a situation that is further complicated for the Gable family when it is discovered that Mrs. Turner is dying and has a last request that could change everything. By the author of The Christmas Shoes. 300,000 first printing.
Call Number: F VanLiere
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Bad love
by Jonathan Kellerman
Child psychologist Alex Delaware returns in a follow-up to Devil's Waltz that begins with a childlike chant and finishes with Alex at the end of a chain of unexplained deaths. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.
Call Number: F Kellerman
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Close knit killer
by Maggie Sefton
When an acquaintance turns up murdered outside the intended classroom space for her yarn shop, Kelly Flynn unravels a long list of suspects in the latest edition to the national best-selling series following Cast On, Kill Off.
Call Number: M Sefton
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The covenant
by Beverly Lewis
In a story spanning three generations, four sisters in Lancaster County witness the secrets of their tiny home community as Leah suffers from her sister Sadie's shameful loss of innocence with an English boy and finds her own dreams of love with Jonas spinning out of control.
Call Number: F Lewis
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The divide
by Nicholas Evans
When a murder suspect's body is found frozen in the ice of a remote mountain creek, the subsequent investigation takes the police from the streets of New York to the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains and poses unsettling questions about how a promising young woman from a loving family could engage in acts of killing and ecoterrorism. By the author of The Horse Whisperer. 500,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Evans
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I suck at girls
by Justin Halpern
The New York Times best-selling author of Sh*t My Dad Says presents a hilarious and heartwarming collection of stories about his relationships with the opposite sex, told chronologically, from his first kiss to getting engaged. 500,000 first printing.
Call Number: 814.6 Hal
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Into the darkest corner : a novel
by Elizabeth Haynes
When her handsome new neighbor encourages her to confront her fears, Catherine Bailey, the victim of a violent attack at the hands of a man whose good looks hid a dark, violent nature, finally believes in the possibility of love and a normal life until one phone call changes everything. 150,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Haynes
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Playing for pizza
by John Grisham
Cut from the Cleveland Browns after the worst performance in the history of the NFL, third-stringer Rick Dockery, desperate to play football, is hired by the Panthers of Parma, Italy, to be their starting quarterback and finds himself confronted by the confusing diversity of Italian culture, language, and romance. 850,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Grisham
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A week in winter
by Maeve Binchy
A final novel by the late best-selling author of Tara Road follows the efforts of a woman who against the opinions of local detractors turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges. 200,000 first printing.
Call Number: F Binchy
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The weekend makeover : get a brand new life by Monday morning
by Jill Martin
The authors of the best-selling I Have Nothing to Wear counsel overtired women on how to take personal time without guilt, sharing anecdotal improvement regimes that can be completed in 48 hours including The Relaxation Makeover, The Romance Makeover, The Clutter Makeover and The Refrigerator Detox Makeover. 30,000 first printing.
Call Number: 155.2 Mar
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Zero hour : a novel from the NUMA files
by Clive Cussler
When a scientist discovers a possible way to tap an unlimited energy source using machines that cause massive earthquakes, Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and their NUMA teammates race against time to locate the scientist's machines underground and in a vast ocean trench to prevent catastrophic disasters. Co-written by the best-selling author of Poseidon's Arrow.
Call Number: F Cussler
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